The Sun.
London, England, 1854-08-01 00:00:00

DON DOMINGO DULCE.

" One of the most important persons concerned in the
conspiracy was the Director of Cavalry, Major-General
Domingo Dulce, reputed one of the best and bravest
officers in the Spanish army, and who had won his high
rank and many honours, nut by political intrigue, as is
so frequently the case in this country, but at the point
of his good sword. He passed for a Prugressista, and
most of his friends were of that party ; but in fact he
had
_never mixed much in polities, and, as a military
man, had served uudergovernments of various principles.
It is evident, however, that whilst confining himself to
the duties of his profession—which is rarely the case
with Spanish general officers—he cherished in his heart
the love of liberty, and a strong detestation of the
tyranny under which Spain has for some time groaned.
An intimate friend of his, a well-known and distinguished
Liberal, was the immediate means of his joining the
conspiracy. It was au immense acquisition to the cause
he agreed to assist. Chief of the whale of the Spanish
cavalry, respected and beloved by the men and officers
under his command, he could bring a large force to the
insurgent banner, and his own presence beneath it was
of itself of great value, for he is a daring and decided
officer. He it was who, by his obstinate resistance in
the palace, at the head of a handful of halberdiers, de-
feated the designs of the conspirators in the year 1841.
Dulce is a slightly-made, active, wiry man, rather below
the middle height, of bilious temperament, and taciturn
mood, extremely reserved, even with his friends, not
calculated to cut a great figure in the council, but a man
of action, precious in the field."
Another insurrection is commented upon by an-
other contributor to Maga in the politico-critical
paper, comparing " Tricoupi and Alison on the
Greek Revolution." An agreeable chapter, descrip-
tive of "Student Life in Scotland," is followed by
the letter from Vedette, already mentioned, and
this ill its turn is succeeded by a learned and
carefully-written essay on "The Ethnology of
Europe"--an article likely to prove especially in-
teresting to those who have either visited, or who are
going to visit, the people's Crystal Palace at Syden-
ham. A comprehensive argument, headed " The
Gangetic Provinces of British India," passes under
review in succession the recent pamphlets and•
volumes of Messrs. Robinson, Campbell, Kaye,
Marshman, and Cameron, and with these the re-
cord of the " Mission, the Camp, and the Zeuana,"
by Mrs. H. Colin Mackenzie, and the late lamented
Sir Charles James Napier's withering onslaught
upon the magnates of Leadenhall-street, in his
posthumous work on the " Defects, Civil and Mi--
litary, of the Indian Government." A third instal-

ment of the new story in Blackwood, the family
history about " The Secret of Stoke Manor," is
followed by the concluding article in the number of
Maga for August, the " Political Article" of the
month—" Conservative Reascendancy considered"
—rather hopeful in its deductions in reference to
the probable future of her Majesty's Opposition.

Fraser.—Another of those remarkable papers
illustrative of the strength and weakness of Russia
now that she is opposed to the rest of the chief
powers of Christendom, another of those curious
disclosures with which Regina has recently startled
the reading public of England, leads off the ne vv
number of Fraser's Magazine. It is the most re-
markable paper of all, and one containing the most
curious disclosures, perhaps, of any yet published
in reference to the Czar and his empire, even in the
pages of our contemporary. It describes the ex-
tent of the " Russian Army," the manner of its
distribution, and the general system upon which it
has been organised. It carries the inquisitive in
such matters (and to whom just now are they not
interesting ?) through detail after detail up to the
grand total of the forces at the disposal of the
Emperor Nicholas, including 283,000 infantry,
and 40,000 cavalry, and 22,000 artillery
having 1,100 guns)—in all 345,000 altogether.
The tabular pages following this from page 136 to
page 153 inclusively, are worthy of very careful
examination, and may henceforth be set aside for
purposes of reference. We doubt not but that the
Messrs. Parker and Son will find it worth while to
give the article here mentioned the benefit of a
wider circulation by means, of course, of separate
publication iu a form rendering the essay accessible
to the community at large. A brief paper relating
to the subject of " Haydon's Picture of ' Napoleon
Musing' " follows this very notable contribution.
The art-critic traces the idea of Haydon to the
following half-dozen lines in the noble ode (Cinque
di Maggio), written by Manzoni on the Death of
Napoleon :

! quante volte al tacito
Morir d'un giorno inerte,
Chinati i rai fulminei,
Le braccia sell conserte
Stette, e dei the furono
L'assalse it souvenir."

The 'coincidence (to say the least of it) is extraor-
dinary. Those six lines of Manzoni exactly de-
scribing the celebrated picture first painted by
Haydon long after the exquisite " Ode" of the
poet had been printed and in world-wide circula-
tion ! A capital criticism upon Dryden under
Claude Halcro's pet soubriquet for him of
" Glorious John," is succeeded by three additional
chapters of " General Bounce ; or, the Lady and
the Locusts." Besides six other articles of various
merit, which we have neither leisure nor space to
particularise conveniently, Fraser contains this
month a sensible argument in regard to the once
more attractive theme of Spanish Politics and
Pronuhciamentos.

Colburn's New Monthly.—The New Monthly
ohms with a paper on the last days of Charles the
Fifth. Perhaps it is not generally known that
although so much has been said about the monastic
retirement in which the Emperor ended his days,
that he had abdicated little more than a year and
a half when he died. He took formal leave of
his Court in February, 1557, and died on the 21st
of September, 1558. " A Trip to Boulogne," by
Dudley Costello, gives a comic account of the mis-
fortunes of an adventurous stockbroker and his
family in a summer excursion. The " Diary of a
First Winter at Rome" presents us with some
astonishing glimpses of Italian domestic life. It is
followed by a criticism of Mr. Ruskin's recent lec-
tures. A sketch, entitled " A Royal Family in
Distress," relates the events immediately preceding
the downfal of Charles X. A very interesting
article on earthquakes gives many curious anec-
dotes respecting those catastrophes ; one which
took place in the 17th year of Christianity
' destroyed twelve cities of Asia Minor. In
more modern times, by an earthquake in Syria,
twenty thousand persons are said to have perished
at Balbaec alone. Some incidents are related
of an earthquake in North America in 1812, which
the author witnessed. A negro girl, frightened by
the sound of the approaching tornado, took refuge
under her mistress's bed. The roof of the house
fell in, but the lady who was nearest it remained
unhurt, while the negress was crushed. Most peo-
ple are acquainted with the details of the fearful
earthquake at Lisbon, in 1755. Similar horrors
occurred at Caraccas in 1812, when 9,G00 people
perished. The effect of these catastrophes appears
to vary as on this occasion we are told that resti-
tutions were made by those never suspected of
fraud ; enemies were reconciled, and sins confessed ;
but in Sicily, a very different result took place, for
murder and rapine "reigned amid the smoking
ruins," and at Chili, on a similar occasion, " thieves
prowled about, and at any trembling of the ground
they would cry Misericordia, and, beating their
breasts with one hand, filch what they could from
the ruins with the other." The Paper concludes
with a sentiment, quoted from an historian, which
is worthy of Lord Aberdeen. " The mischievous
effects of an earthquake or deluge, a hurricane, or
the eruption of a volcano, bear a very inconsider-
able proportion to the horrors of war." The twonty-

second number of " Literary Leaflets" gives a
criticism on Talfourd's last poetry and prose, viz. :
" The Castilian," and the supplement to his vacs,-
'on ra,n,,bies. The following extract is from some
verses on constantinople, by Nicholas Michell :--
"Day bids Aurerwell to Asia, and his eye
Rests on i;yezki Europe tired, yet lovingly;
Behind 013,:mpus snow-browed height,
That glows vvith richest ruby light,
As earth had alll its roses spread,
To make a perfilmed gorgeous bed,
He slowly sinks upon A'lis evening pillow;
But ere he folds his golden limbs in sleep,
He looks from wood to wood, and steep to steep,
Far o'er the Euxine, o'er The iEgean billow,
Views Grmcia's shores of- fiver-dying fame,
And tips Parnassus' cloven mount with flame,
Views Troy's wide plain, anc:k all the marble Isles,
Purpling the earth, the wave, With well-pleased smiles ;
Yet nothing sees he there,
So gorgeous, glowing, fair;
So lovely from afar,
Each mosque a golden star ;
So calm, the cypress weeping
O'er walls flushed waves arc Nteeping ;
So picturesque, yet grand,
Adorning sea and land,
As Stamboul, city of the :sweet green waters':
Shining like Venus 'mid Earth's dimmer davg.hters,
"City I since Constantine upreared thy towers,
And Venice stormed thee, and from Asian plaini
The Othma.n Caine, and seized thy beauteous bowers;
Nature rich gifts hath showered, yet half in vain;
Thou sittest in an Eden bright and blest,
Holding the Envied keys of East and West ;
Two inland Oceans kiss thy queenly feet, -
And wealth, power, glory, in thy halls might meet.
Each nation would thy lord be, would caress thee,
But, jealous, dares the other to possess thee.
.E'en now the aggressor of the North,
Sending his lawles,, Vandals forth,
All robber; like, would seize thy charms,
But never shalt thougrace his arms ;
No, while Gaol bath a sword, and we
A white-wing-4 thuriderer of the sea !
Yet come what may, 0-city, pearl of earth'

Lying in sunset splendour sleeping here,
Fair as some creature of celestial birth,
Her breast soft heaving, on her cheek a tear.
If Moslems must depart at some far hour,
Yield:ng to Western progress, art, and power,
May Gorgon War her hand lay light on thee,
Ana none thy ruin, desolation see ;
But ever mayst thou smile with tranquil brow,
A thing of beauty, as thou smiled now."

Colburn's United Service.—The first article in
the United Service asks the important question
" What is to be done with the Crimea ?" It traces
the history of the unfortunate Taotars, the rightful
owners, who, during their long wars with Russia,
have almost all been destroyed, or have emigrated.
The sketch of their subjugation does not tend to
elevate the Russian character. Some considera-
tions, on promotion in the army, conclude by dif-
fering entirely from present arrangements. "The
Journal of the late Major Macready" is continued.
" A Story of Barking Creek" is a tale of wild ad-
venture. "A Scramble through Seinde" presents
us with some variety in the district described, as it
has become something refreshing to meet with
travels or histories not about Russia or Turkey.
" The Topographical Sketch of Russia': is continued,
and relates to the Steppe district, which extends
from the mouth of the Danube to the territories iu
central Asia. "The Acounts of the Fortunate
Islands" (the Canaries) are concluded in this num-
ber. There is a great variety of information con-
nected with naval and military science to be met
with in this magazine, as well as many subjects of
general interest. The subjoined is from a paper on
Sir John Franklin :
" The object of these remarks upon the tides and cur-
rents of the Polar Sea, is to urge the expediency of fit-
ting out an expedition with the aid of steam, which,
when Spring is sufficiently advanced, would no doubt
find a passage into the Polar Sea between Norway and
Spitzbergen. It is probable that by keeping along the
Siberian coast, but not very close, a communication
might be effected with Behring's Strait. It by this
means a shorter route to China should be discovered,
the commercial advantages arising to us must be evident.
But there are other objects that might be obtained by
this voyage far greater than any that commercial gain
can offer. Let us not forget onr long absent country-
men. No vestige of a wreck has yet been found that
could lead us to say with certainty that further search
for Sir John Franklin would be useless. We know that
these dreary regions of the north, though barren of vege-
table productions, abound in animal lite, and can there-
fore supply subsistence to travellers detained there. If,
therefore, Sir John Franklin has proceeded with his
ships, as is very probable, a long-way up Victoria Chan-
nel, ie may have been ice-bound, and not wishing to
abandon his ships, and undertake a journey of nearly
nine hundred miles, is perhaps waiting for a favourable
season, or help from home. Shall these hopes be dis-
appointed I How painful would be the feeling which
would, no doubt, touch the heart of every honest Eng-
lishman, if, in years hence, some travellers passing
through the Polar tracts, should find a 'cairn—a little
heap of stones—or some other humble monument, bear-
ing the names of Sir John Franklin and some of his fel-
low sailors. These names could not be read, ner could
the story be narrated without exciting profound emotion,
but should that monumental stone bear a date, showing
that aid might have come in time if a little exertion had
been made, how great would be our regret, how bitter
our self-reproach. Let us picture to ourselves our poor
countrymen embayed in ice, and trusting confidently in
our sympathies.

" ' Ungrateful Florence ! Dante sleeps afar,'"
was the expression of one whose faults and whose follies
had not been kindly dealt with by his own countrymen.
If the Italian poet slept far from the city that he loved,
it was because he had been banished by the party opposed
to his own. But against Sir John Franklin no political
ban has been uttered. He was sent forth a messenger
over the wide waste of waters, and if he has not returned
with an olive branch, it is because no olive blooms in
those regions whether he was obliged to direct his course.
Shall he be abandoned whilst there remains a possibility
that aid my come in time ? Where so many means of
succour are suggested, will no kindly voice be raised in
his favour, no generous hand be stretched forth to save ?"

Ainsworth.—" Nicholas Flamel " continues, and
has reached the thirty-seventh chapter. " A Vil-
lage Tale" terminates very happily, rescuing the
unfortunate miners from their living grave, and
restoring the worthy schoolmaster to his former
dignities. A paper on " Dublin Punning" con-
tains some very ludicrous examples. The tales of
" Herewarl of Brunne" and " Expiation" are con-
tinued. No. 3 of " Chapters on the Working
Classes" treats of the important subject of recrea-
tion, of which it takes a sensible view. " The
Coming Man " is George Owen, a provincial actor,
who, according to this account., equals Macready in
Richelieu. The disadvantages of a quiet street are
amusingly portrayed under the name of "Musical
Miseries." Some pleasing verses by Mary Monck,
entitled " What is Fame ?" and " Rhyme v.
Reason," by G. Thornbury, form the poetical con-
tributions.

Bentley's Miscellany.—Bentley commences with
an article entitled " The Campaign against Russia
and the Negotiations Pending." It concludes by
observing that despotic governments must laugh at
' the unfitness of constitutional governments for war
with forces so slow to move, and such imperfect
plans of campaigns. The lively tale of "Clouds
and Sunshine," by Charles Reade, shows us in the
present instalment mostly clouds. " The History
of the Theatres of London " traces this month the
fortunes of Drury-lane, where Charles Kemble made
his first appearance in 1794. " Haps and Mishaps
of a Tour in Europe " conduct the authoress to
France, and leave her at Pere la Chaise. A criti-
cisin of• Mr. Van de Velde's new work reminds the
writer of a remark made by George the Third on a
literary quarrel—" When people begin to call
names, I think the reasoning is pretty well Juan
end." " A History of Cricket," by Edward se,
will prove entertaining to the lovers of that famous
old sport—the name of which is taken from aSaxon
word, meaning stick. Among numerous other ar-
ticles we may mention a notice of " Lamartine's
Historical Characters," and " Sketches of Religious
Life in the East."

the
The Gentleman's.—The present number com-
mences with a criticism on M. Guizot's History of
English Commonwealth.
bylt
the
and
continuation of the article on
the political constitution of Finland. The writer
is desirous that Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and
Oliveri
s followed Cromwell
Finland should form a great Scandinavian union
of independent states, governed by one hereditary
chief. This armed northern confederation," says
the writer, " will then present the bristling front
of eight millions of hardy freemen, and will hold a
country almost impregnable. A sweep of coast
stretching from the North Cape to Petersburg and
Heligoland will command the Baltic and all its har-
bours, will grasp inhands of iron the keys of the Sound-
and the power to defend them, and will mount and
man a navy that shall hold even that of Russia
in the most perfect awe." An account of the cata-
logue of Mr. Roach Smith's Museum of London
Antiquities has some curious illustrations • among
them a Roman sandal and a mediaeval saddle,
which is very singularly embossed. The first part
of a sketch of the early history of the Jews is given,
which is derived exclusively from heathen authors.
A paper entitled " Our Ladies of St. Cyr," gives a
very interesting description of one of the most cre-
ditable acts of the reign of the " Grand Monarque."
The Correspondence of Sylvanus Urban and the
Antiquarian Researches are continued. The "Obi-
tuary," as usual, gives short memoirs of the cele-
brities who have died iu the month; among whom is
the lamented Madame Sontag.

Dubli►z University.—Soule remarks are made
the first article on the question " Who is to carry
on the Queen's Government ?" which do not offer
any very wise suggestions, or snake any bag°

declarations. The
principal argument seems to be
that these Ministers must remain, because no one
can succeed them. " Mosses upon Grave Stones"
is continued, and is very well described. The
story is retrospective this time, and the sorrows o
the beautiful and departed Geraldine, the sister of
Morton's wife, are touchingly shown forth. A.
dreary melancholy pervades the narrative, which
is in keeping with the Style and tenour of the
y
events. M " Brooch "is a graceful little sketch,
that is most pleasingly given to the reader. " A Vag*
of Lilies" contains much interesting information
concerning those lovely flowers, and here and them
the prose part is interspersed with poetical selec-
tions, in general appropriate and elegant.
.The
concluding passage, in verse, is the suuimin4 up
of the whole species of the flowers. Some of it as
here given :
" Enjoy, in your innocent sweetness, dear flowers,.
The light and the life of the brief genial hours.
Look gratefully up to your calm azure heaven,
For the dew and the sunshine to cherish yegiven—
With a smile for the happy, a tear for the sad,
Live blessing and blest, and make human hearts glad ;
Live lovely and lov'd, live bright while ye may,
For your season of blooming is passing away.
Yes ! summer will wane, and when winter draws nigh,
Then, flowers of the world, ye must wither and die.
Ali dear as ye are to the soul and the eye,
Beautiful flowers, ye must die—ye must die !
"E'en so let it be !—though our forms must decay,
And leaflet by leaflet our charms drop away,
We shall die unrepining, and lie down to rest
On the spot that we sprang from,--our Mother Earth
breast.
'Tis but for a time that we pass from the view-
-11., is 'Jot for ever we bid yoti adieu :
We <lit• in the light that Hope's sunbeams can give,
For we knew that again we shall rise—we shall live r'