The Sun.
London, England, 1865-05-11 00:00:00

LITERATURE.

THE BRITISH ARMY REVIEW.—Capt. Boulby has
concluded " Sir John Moore's Last Campaign," and
melancholy was the fate of his retreat. Deceived by
the Spaniards and pressed by the French, he struggled on
in spite of terribly bad weather, and died like a soldier
superior to adversity. "Too Late" is an episode of the
siege of Sebastopol, smartly written and most affecting. It
is highly descriptive of the dangerous work in the trenches
where two engineer officers were wounded, one mortally by
the loss of a leg, and the other losing an arm, and both by
the same shell bursting at their feet. "Our Treatment of
Savages') refers to our wars in New Zealand and Bhootan,
in which our policy is censured as being too lenient
end indecisive. An invasion is termed by the natives
as unjust and intolerable, and never to be forgiven—
never, never, never, as they emphatically avow. It is,
therefore, considered best to tame tho wild tiger by sub-
duing him, and then to treat him kindly after convincing
him of our might. " The Practice of Duelling" is next
commented on. In the duel the aggressor meets the
aggrieved ; in war the opposed masses have no personal
grievance between them, but they fight to kill or be killed,
because their duty orders them to fight—
" As only men can fight,
Who know no reason why."
The practice of duelling is condemned, and war, too.
" Celebrated Trials" is continued, and Colonel Despard
figures in the present number. His " trial" presents coin-
cidences with that of Governor Wall. Both Wall and
Despard were men of family, and both came from nearly
the same part of Ireland, Tipperary. Both by their own
merits rose to bo colonels and governors of colonies, and
both were eventually hanged in London—one in 1802, and
the other in 1803. " Frederick the Great and Napoleon "
presents a sort of contrast betwen conquerors who were
similar in tactics, discipline, and daring. Napoleon himself
said of Frederick that the battle of Leuthen alone would
alone suffice to immortalise him and rank him among the
greatest generals.

BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY.—The Editor's story of
" The House of Seven Chimneys" proceeds with
animation and interest. Charles Stuart and Buck-
ingham have now reached Madrid, and all the en-
tanglements of court plots and diplomatic intrigues has
commenced. A new and less ambitious story, " The
Blank in the Lottery," is begun in this number, and pro-
mises attraction of a domestic character. " Malmaison"
is a very interesting paper, recounting the impressions of
one of the oldest and most faithful of Napoleon's friends
and associates on revisiting a spot endeared by so many
recollections. Wo have besides another " cue from Shaks-
pears," by Francis Jams, a tale from the Swedish, a Ger-
man's account of a visit to a London printing-office, and
a sketch of Life on the Bosphorus, besides several miscel-
laneous papers, so that the list of contents is more than
usually varied. _ _

THE VICTORIA MAGAZINE.—We are glad to see
this evidence of female industry and enterprise still
keeping its place among the serials of the day. The
dissertations are by no moans confined to the worktable or
the fashion book ; in fact, it does not coondescend to such
trifling, preferring rather to discuss "Our Convicts,"
"Strikes and Lock Outs," and the " llistoiro de C6sar."'
These subjects, as may be guessed, aro not treated exclu-
sively by feminino scribes, and the articles are, on the
whole, well written and sensible. Two tales are continued
from number to number—one a modern story, the other a
medicoval romance. The questions of social science which
affect the position or education of woman are also discussed
at length, with, of course, a strong leaning to the ladies'
side of the argument.
THE DAY OF REST.—This publication will find
favour with the serious class of readers, and, indeed,
it contains plenty of matter to attract and interest
the general student. One very good feature of its
contents is that portion called " Tho Whispering Gallery,"
which is an excellent name for it, since it also affords a
summary of the most notable events of tho week. Some of
the verses here met with are above the average, and writ-
ten in a flowing strain that is pleasing and graceful. In

one of the sections of " The Whispering Gallery" which
appear in this volume there is an affecting allusion to the
death of Richard Cobden, which is sure to attract interest
and win regard. A great variety is met with in the con-
tents of this periodical ; and with the stories, anecdotes,
descriptions, and reflections no one can complain that there
is not presented to notice ample materials for reason and
fancy to dwell upon in such serious or lighter hours.

THE ENGLISHMAN'S MAGAZINE.—One of the most
attractive papers in this number is the second part
of the essay on the Valcanoes of Auvergne, which

has now reached the period of the volcanoes, and conveys
a good deal of information. "I and Myself" is an original
and suggestive paper, showing we deceive and argue with
ourselves, while the " selves" have generally the right on

Leir side. " The Madonna of St. Roche" is a leaf from

the blood-stained history of the Reign of Terror. A
chapter of Talmudic Legends is very well worth reading,
and takes us into tho literature of another world.

THE BOY'S OWN MAGAZINE. THE BOY'S
MONTHLY MAGAZINE. Beeton.—These publications
are of great excellence, and furnish useful and at-
tractive subjects for the class for which they aro
designed nowadays, and literature abounds with every
variety that can please or profit the young, and it may
fairly be said that these magazines for boys aro not behind
their contemporaries in style or subject; they aro deserv-
ing of support from all those who are directly or indirectly
concerned in the mattar.

NEWTON'S LONDON JOURNAL OF ARTS AND
SCIENCES is, as its title-page informs us, " a record
of the progress of invention as applied to the arts,
and presents us with an endless series of inventions,
and is in fact a perfect chronicle of progress. Of course
this periodical is designed for a particular class of readers,
but to these-it will prove invaluable, and its past claims to
fame have not received any diminution from its present
course, which well entitles it to support.
GOOD WORDS.—This well-written and well-
edited serial keeps up its character and interest.

It has two stories proceeding from month to month in
regular course, both of them by authors of some note
Charles Kingsley and Alexander Smith. Sir John Her-
schel contributes an essay on Light, and Mr. Kaye con:-

dillies his series of lives of our Indian Heroes. There are
also poems by David Wingate and Isa Craig, and articles
by the editor and by the author of " The Eclipse of Faith.'
THE SUNDAY MAGAZINE. Edited by Dr.
Guthrie.—This magazine is more directly religious
in tone and sentiment than " Good Words," and
contains less matter of general interest. It is very excel-
lent in principle, and has several touching and instructive
papers among them, the pathetic history of a poor idiot
boy. . . _ _

THE ECLECTIC.—" The Eclectic" is this month
more than usually attractive. It opens with an
article on the memoirs of the quaint but able and
conscientious Abernethy, followed by a discourse on Earl
Russell's essay on the Constitution. We have, besides, a
criticism on Cornelius O'Dowd, and a memoir of Richard
Cobden.

CARDINAL WISEMAN'S SUCCESSOR.

(From the Times of this day.)

We are informed that both Dr. Grant and Dr.
Clifford, whose names were returned by the Roman
Catholic Chapter to fill the office vacated by the
death of Cardinal Wiseman, sent to Rome such a
sincere and strong nolo episcopari, or rather nolo
archiepiscopari, that neither of them could be ap-
pointed. Thus there remained but one name, that
of Dr. Errington, and so the Pope was deprived of
any power of selection. Therefore all three were
set aside, and Dr. Manning was choSen as being one
of the most accomplished and distinguished men
among the Roman Catholic clergy. We are informed
that this is the true reason why Dr. Grant and Dr.
Clifford were passed over.

Our contemporary had the following in its im-
pression of yesterday under the heading—
" ARCHBISHOP MANNING."-It is announced that
the Titular Archbishopric of Westminster, rendered
vacant by the death of Cardinal Wiseman, has been
conferred upon the Rev. Dr. Henry Edward Man-
ning, the Pope having passed over the name of
Dr. Clifford, Bishop of Clifton, Dr. Grant, Bishop
of Southwark, and Dr. Errington, late coad-
jutor to Cardinal Wiseman, who were returned
according to custom by the Chapter of the dio-
cese. The new Archbishop is a son of the late
Air. William Manning, M.P. He was born in 1809,
and was educated at Harrow and at Balliol College,
Oxford, where he graduated in 1830, taking a first-
class in classics. Among those who took a first-class
at the same time were Mr. H. W. Wilberforce,
formerly a clergyman of the Church of England,
now a Roman Catholic layman, and Mr. W. K.
Hamilton, now Bishop of Salisbury. Dr. Manning
was subsequently elected Fellow of Merton College,
and in 1834 was presented by Mr. Wilberforce, now
Bishop of Oxford, to the vicarage of Graffham,
Sussex. In 1840 he was nominated to the arch-
deaconry of Chichester. These preferments he held
up to 1851, when he resigned them with a view to
join the communion of the Church of Rome. After-
wards he became a priest of that Church, and is now
the head of a religious order settled at Bayswater,
called " the Oblates of St. Charles Borromeo," con-
sisting chiefly of clerical secessionists from the
Church of England. The nomination of Dr. Man-
ning (the l intes of yesterday went on to remark) has
caused much surprise among the Roman Catholics
of London, who were universally of opinion that
Dr. Clifford, on account of his connexions and great
learning, would be chosen by the Pope as Cardinal
Wiseman's successor.

It is observed, however, in the Daily News
of this morning as follows :—" The name of
Dr. Manning, who has been appointed by the
Pope to succeed Cardinal Wiseman as Archbishop of
Westminster, stood, we are informed, at the head of
the list sent to Rome by the bishops of the Roman
Catholic Church in England, when they assembled
at Birmingham, after the cardinal's death. The
names then agreed upon were--Ist, Dr. Manning ;
2d, Dr. Clifford, Bishop of Clifton ; and 3d, Dr.
Grant, Bishop of Southwark. The clergy of the
late cardinal's diocese sent in the names of-Ist,
Dr. Clifford; 2d, Dr. Grant; and 3d, Dr. Ulla-
thorne, Bishop of Birmingham. It is the custom
of the Roman Catholic Church, when a metropolitan
bishop or archbishop dies, that the suffragan bishops
should send in the names of the three ecclesiastics
they consider most fit to rule over them, and also
that the clergy of the diocese should declare who is
the individual they consider most fit. It is said
that what has decided the Pope in the selection of
Dr. Manning is a private letter which the late Car-
dinal wrote to the Holy Father when upon his death-
bed, in which he said that he considered Dr. Man-
ning the most fit man in England to be his suc-
cessor. Dr. Manning is not to be created a car-
dinal ; the " hat" vacant by Cardinal Wiseman's
death is to be conferred upon the Hon. and Right
Rev. George Talbot, who resides at Rome, and has
for some years been one of the domestic chaplains
of the Pope, a brother of Lord Talbot de Malahide,
and for many years a beneficed clergyman of the
English Church. Dr. Manning, not being yet a
bishop, will have to be consecrated as well as to re-
ceive the pallium of an archbishop. It is supposed
the ceremony will take place at Moorfields Chapel
on Thursday, the 29th of June, the feast of Saints
Peter and Paul, Dr. Biown, Roman Catholic
bishop of Newport and senior Roman:Catholic
bishop in England, being the consecrating bishop."

Mr, Walter Macfarren's Pianoforte Recital,

On Saturday afternoon a select and fashionable
audience attended at Hanover-square Rooms to
listen to a concert given by this gifted and accom-
plished artist. Even among the numerous pianists
of the present day Mr. Macfarren holds an undis-
puted rank, and the selection of the programme on
Saturday proved that he possesses a sound and
classical taste. Of late years the works of the great
masters have been studied with so much assiduity
in this country that it is no longer the marvel
which it would once have been to hear a concert
composed exclusively of classical chef d'ceuvres. To
the real lover of music there is perhaps no greater
treat than to hear such works fittingly interpreted,
and the success which invariably attends a really
good performer is sufficient to show how widely
a taste for the highest kind of music is diffused
throughout this country. Mr. Macfarren was accom-
panied in a duet for two pianos by one of his pupils,
who did ample justice to his teaching; and the
concert, which consisted of pieces belonging to a
selected and exclusive kind of music, was an unques-
tionable success.

It has been proposed in America to raze Ford's
Theatre (where President Lincoln was murdered) to the
ground, and build a monument to the memory of the mar-
tyred President.