The Sun.
London, England, 1854-05-22 00:00:00

vesseett,
fated
_; of action he can be. said scarcetly to have 1617; 11141
tist Noel is a thorough Englishman in this respe '
Asa companion picture to this we give the fol-
lowing mention by our author of the " 'shining
light" of the Presbyterians :

THE REV. JOHN CUMMING.
Dr. Cumming himself looks not a large man, but a
sturdy, determined man, with good intellectual powers and
that power well cultivated, but all in the dry Scotch way;
though so little does the Doctor's speech betray him,
that you would scarcely notice that his pronuncia-
tion was that of a native of the Land of Cakes.'
He is young-looking, his hair is dark, and his com-
plexion is brown. As he wears spectacles, of course
I can say nothing about his eyes; or, as he wears a
gown and bands, as to the robustness of his frame. Ho looks
agile and well set ; strong in the faith, and master of t sate
innumerable wherewith to support that faith. A polished,
graceful, self-contained, and self-satisfied man. He may
be a man of large heart and sympathies, but he has not
the appearance of one. He rather seems a man great in
small things, tediously proper and scrupulously correct—
a great gun I imagine, at an Evangelical tea-table—and,
with his ultra-Protestantism she is a countryman of Miss
Cunninghame's, and every Scotchmau hates Popery as a
certain personage does holy water), he is a tremendous
favourite at Exeter Hall. Indeed, Ido not know that
there is at this time a more popular performer on those
hoards, and he is a favourite with people whose favour
pecuniarily is worth something —with people w No can afford
to buy his books. Hence, also, he is one of the me tt.
copious religious writers of our day."
Another Presbyterian is described in the' person
of the Rev. James Hamilton, and then come sun-
dry pages devoted respectively to Johannes W9nge,
the Rev. William Forster, and the Rev. B. enrY
lerson, classed together lacier the vague head' of
the miscellaneous. A curious supplement relating',
as its title intimates, to the cathedrals of the capl.•
tal, introduces the reader successively to St. Paul's,'
to St. George's, to the Irvingite, and to the old.
Abbey at Westminster.

Murray's Hand-book to Turkey. Third. edition.

Murray.
As timely a reissue of one of Mr. Murray's world-
famous hand-books as we have ever marked among
this class of publications. Doubtless, had the
volume appeared yet a little earlier, it would
have been advantageous for its circulation. But,
everything considerd, it must be obvious to those
who have examined the pages under notice, that the
rapidity with which the information contained in
them, has been collected and arranged together ac-
cording to the accustomed plan—a plan admirably
adapted for affording facilities for instant reference
—is really, in a remarkable degree, extraordinary.
Transmitted, as, we doubt not, many a o
Hand-book will inevitably be by thefriecnNsy of
(left at at
home) of our brave soldiers now encamped at Scu-
tari or Gallipoli, it cannot fail to be accepted by
them with all eagerness as a more useful companion
than the travelling Englishman would find in
France or Belgium in the courier, in Italy in the
cicerone, or in Turkey itself in the most skilled and
faithful dragoman. Accompanied with new maps
and plans, revised and greatly augmented, this the
third edition of the " Handbook to Turkey" will
be found on examination to supply the traveller
with a fund of valuable information in regard to
Constantinople, European Turkey, Asia Minor,
Armenia, and Mesopotamia. Sections relating to
passports, firmans, Turkish money, Turkish weights
and measures, the Mahommedan year, and a
Turkish Vocabulary, are comprised in a very read-
able and gossippiug General Introduction.