The Sun.
London, England, 1853-05-02 00:00:00

LLOYD'S SHIPPMG--(THIS DAY.)

LONDON, May 2.—Wind this day at Noon, E. ; light
breeze, and fine clear mild weather.—The Pauline, Stettin
to Dundee, passed the Sound, Nov. 23—the Catherina
Cornelia, Konigsberg to Salecombe, sailed from Tvender,
Jan. B—and the Jaeollus Begeman, Konigsberg to Yar-
mouth, sailed from Christiansand, Dec. 22—and have not
since been heard of. _

COWES, May I.—Arrived—Charlotte, Maraim; Mau-
lina, Havannah. Sailed—Naiad, St. Thomas.
DEAL, May 2.—Arrived—Providence, Mauritius.
FALMOUTH, May I. Wind, S.S.E. Arrived—Marks,
Calcutta, for Dundee; Anna Catharina, Rio Grande. Off
Port—lslander, Barbadoes. The Jane Gray, from Lon-
don, struck on Lergo Rocks.
OFF DAnTMouTH.—Agincourt, Calcutta.

PLYMOUTH, May 1.--Wind, E.S.E. Sailed—Kinnear,
Sydney, N.S.W. Off Port—Norma, Bremen, for New
York; Kate, Sydney, N.S.W.„ on freight 13,000 oz. of
gold.
QUEENSToWN, April 30.—Wind, strong. Arrived—
Purseril, Callao. Off Port—Mary, Matanzas, and pro-
-ceoded for the Clyde.
SHIELDS, April 30.—Wind, S.S.E. Sailed—Regent,
New York ; Renovation, Quebec ; Lord Lambton, do.
LIVERPOOL, May I.—The Glendaragh, Akyab to Queens-
town, put into Batavia leaky, and would discharge.
SCARBOROUGH, May I.—The True Abstainer, of this
port, picked up twenty-nine casks of tallow in the North
Sea, marked IL I. G.
LYNN, May I.—The Petronella, from Emden, has been
assisted in leaky, having been aground.
DUBLIN, April 30,—Wind, S.S.E. Arrived—Sally
Mazagan.
BELFAST, April 30.—Wind, W.S.W. Arrived—So-
braon, Demerara.
NEW YORK, April 20.—The St. George, of Yarmouth,
N.S., the Clyde to Boston, was abandoned in a sinking
state, March 28, lat. 47, long. 43 ; crew saved.—The Au-
gusta, French barque, of Havre, went on shore on Laguna
Bar, March 16, and remained.—The Persia, or Persian, of
Baltimore, Havre to this port, is on shore on Fire Island ;
crew and passengers saved, and cargo discharging.
CAPE TOWN (Cape of Good Hope), March 9.—The
Sophia, hence for Melbourne, is on shore here, belged, and
with cargo all damaged.

GRAY'S INN, APRIL 30.—At a pension of the Honour
able Society of Gray's Inn, holden this day, Henry Mil-
ford, Esq., and Thomas Micklethwaite, Esq., were
called to the degree of barrister-at-law.
ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.—The following gen-
tlemen were admitted members of the college at the
meeting of the Court of Examiners, on the 29th inst. :
Messrs. William Harrison, Gargrave, Yorkshire ; Edwin
Stephens Collins, Sherborne, Dorset • John Jones,
Ruthin, Denbighshire '
; Frederick Abell Humphry, Bal-
ham-hill ; Henry Frederick Marley, Port Isaac, Corn-
wall ; Marcus George Hill, Chelsea ; Hurnphry John
Gillet Atkinson, Dublin ; Herbert Eady Proctor, Brack-
ley, Northamptonshire ; John Robert Low, London-
fields, Hackney' ; William Kaye, Knaresborough, York-
shire.
CALLS TO THE BAR—LINCOLN'S-INN.—The Easter
Term calls to, the Bar of the Hon. Society of Lincoln's-
inn were made on Saturday last (April 30), and they
comprise the after-named gentlemen :—Wm. Whittaker
Barry, Esq. ; C. G. Tripp, Esq. ; S. Hatchard, M.A. ;
J. Lewis Roget, M.A. ; Robert Hay Murray, M.A. ;
William Bircham, jun., M.A. ; Edwin Davis Maddy,
M.A. ; the Hon. Robert Charles Herbert, M.A. ; Geo.
Edward Adams, M.A. ; William Downing Bruce, Esq. ;
Hugh Frederick Jackson, M.A. ; Joseph Askew Turner,
M.A, ; and William Henry 14elvill, M,A,

LITERATURE,

THE MAGAZINES FOR MAY.

Blackwood.—Happily for the readers of Maga in
May, Blackwood appears this month without any
political. Instead of wearying the attention with
party discussions, Ebony gratifies one and all of his
subscribers with a variety of attractive and some of
them really delightful contributions. As prepara-
tory to the "leafy month of June," we have conse-
quently these leaves of fancy, and flowers of the
imagination. Conspicuous among the articles com-
prised in the current number of the magazine of
magazines, must be particularised a beautiful paper
entitled " The Circulation of Matter." In this
paper are arranged together some of those exquisite
truths for the discovery of which the world has
reason to be grateful to Justus Liebig, and other
chemists of deservedly high reputation. Those
who have never studied the mysterious and mar-
vellous revelations of modern philosophy in regard
to the perpetual circulation of the elements of
Nature through the very form and substance of the
animal and vegetable kingdoms will find in the essay
here referred to subject at once for meditation and
amazement. Those even who are already familiar
with the theme in question may discern in this
same essay a sketch meriting their perusal, if only
from the mingled tenderness and solemnity of its
moral tone, and the exceeding lucidity of its ar-
rangement. Nothing can well be more admirable
than the tabular schemes of reciprocation given at
intervals to mark the progress of the general expla-
nation. Ignorance the most profound could scarcely
fail, in the presence of those tabular schemes, to
understand the astounding ingenuity with which
matter is being everlastingly circulated through
animals and through vegetation. Everybody, for
example, can perceive the chain of connexion bind-
ing , the two together thus in reference to their
mutual-nourishment—the PLANT " taking in" car-
bonic acid by its leaves, and water by its roots; and
" producing" oxygen from its leaves, and starch,
&c., in its solid substances—the ANIMAL " taking
in" starch, &c., into the stomach, and oxygen into
the lungs, and " producing" carbonic acid and
water from the skin and the lungs. So that the
animal supplies the plant with water and carbonic
acid—the materials necessary for its proper de-
velopment. While the plant-supplies the animal
with starch, &c., and oxygen—the materials neces-
sary for its proper development. They nourish
each other continually. And so the circulation of
matter is carried throughout all the various shapes
of creation. The plant and the animal are,
in this manner, even linked by another chain of
changes with the soil—thus, the PLANT "taking
in" ammonia and nitric acid from the soil,
and " producing" gluten—the ANIMAL " taking
in " . gluten into the stomach and oxygen
by the lungs, produces muscle and other tissues,
and "taking in " the muscle, &c., with oxygen
from the lungs, " producing ". urea, &c., in the
liquid excretions—while the son, " taking in" urea
and other animal excretions, with dead animals
and plants, produces " out of these nitric
acid 'and ammonia. Here, again, it will be seen
how matter is in perpetual circulation. Sometimes
we cannot but think that the writer of this ingeni-
ous paper, with a view possibly to enforce his argu-
ment, indulges over much in exaggeration. At
page 554, for instance, he says—" So rapid is the
tear and wear of the animal machine to change our
figure, that the repairs which are constantly called
for are said to renovate the whole framework
in one month " Never was anything more
exaggerated. According to Liebig, we believe
the metamorphosis of the tissues is carried
on with a speed that changes the whole frame-
work iu seven years, and not, in one month !
However,. in spite •of these blunders by the way,
the article under notice is most charming and
praiseworthy. Story readers will be glad to find
in the May number the fifth instalment of " Lady
Lee's Widowhood." A curious production, so en-
titled, by Joseph Sortain, has elicited from Maga a
readable review of " Count Arensburg, or the Days
of Martin Luther." Another criticism elicited by
the recent travels of Dr. M. Yvan is headed " Froth
Brest to the Island of Bourbon." A third considers
" Dr. Chalmers as a Political Economist." Two
capital papers are respectively named the one
" Lord Wellington in Spain,'' the other, " A Tale
from the French Stage." Blackwood for May closes
with a magnificent onslaught upon one of the most
egregious humbugs of the day—that of Rappings
really produced by the toes of the Misses Fox
and other Media, but dignified by them with the
title( of" Spiritual Manifestations."

Fraser.—The present number opens with a poli-
tical article on Lord Grey's colonial administration.
It is followed by " The Policy of the Restoration
in 1822-23," a review of a French work, by the
' Comte de Marcellus. A very interesting paper
describes the process of photography. " Kircaldy
of Grange," a chapter out of Scottish history, gives
a sketch of an eventful period. An article, with
the curious heading of " Opsophagy," introduces
us to ancient fish dealers, cooks, and salt. " The
Chosen of the People" is the title of an article on
bribery, which certainly presents a melancholy
contradiction. " Manners and Miseries of the
French Clergy" is founded on two French works
recently published. Dr. Bowring gives us a tran-
slation from the Sanscrit. The following is from
some verses on 1815 and 1853 :
" Again improvement long delayed,
Swiftly progressed through Mind's domain,
Neath calmer skies, with broad sails spread,
Our ships of commerce ploughed the main.
The giant heart of England poured
Her lifeblood through her farthest veins,
To distant climes unknown in yore,
Through Afric's wilds, o'er India's plains.
Then the oak of British science,
By Bacon planted long ago,
Broad branches bore among the stars,
And strong roots sank in earth below.
Then days of science were like years
In the old chronicles of time,
Then years grew large, as ages past,
In rich results—in works sublime.
Loud rang the hammer in the shed,
Swift through the loom the shuttle plied,
O'er iron roads our steam steeds ran,
• Like thought th' electric courier hied."

Dublin University.--" Sir Jasper Carew" is con-
tinued this month in three chapters. The unfor-
tunate widow is unable to find the proofs of her
marriage ; consequently the property is taken away,
and lost to her son. She dies of grief, and her son
is taken by some friends, and we find him at the
Splugen Alps, at a school there. " Rhymes from
the Edda—Thor and Thrym, or Thor's Hammer
brought Home," is a most entertaining legend, in
verse. Thor went disguised to Jotunheim to win
back his hammer. He personated Freya, whom
Thrym sought in marriage. The hammer was
brought in as a part of the ceremony, when Thor
seized it, and slew the giants. " Michael Kohlhaas"
is a most extraordinary tale of a horse-dealer, who
lived in the sixteenth century. He was defrauded
of his property by some powerful baron, and that
roused him to rebellion. Finally, to adjust his
rights and punish his misdemeanours, the most un-
precedented measures were adopted. In the first
place, his enemy, the baron, was sentenced to two
years' imprisonment, and then Kohlhaas himself
was beheaded for the rebellious insurrection he had
raised against the peace of the kingdom. The poetry
of the month is as usual very good. There are four
sections ; the most pleasing is the following :
Weloeme May ! welcome May !
Every thing kept holiday
Save the human heart alone.
Mirthful May ! gladsome May !
We had cares and thou hadst none
When thou earnest last this way ?
When thou tamest last this way
Blossoms bloomed on every spray,
Buds on barren boughs were born—
Fertile May ! fruitful May :
Like the rose upon the thorn
Cannot grief awhile be gay ?
'Tis not for the golden ray,
Or the flowers that strew thy way ;
0, immortal One thou art
Here to-day, gentle May,
'Tis to man's ungrateful heart
That thy fairy footsteps stray.
'Tis to give that living clay
Flowers that ne'er can fade away—
Fond remembrances of bliss ;
And a foretaste, mystic May,
Of the life that follows this,
Full of joys that last alway !
Other months are cold and grey
Some are bright, but what are they ?
Earth may take the whole eleven—
Hopeful May—happy May,
Thine the borrowed month of Heaven
Cometh thence and points the way.

Colburn's New Monthly.—The editor's story of
" The Flitch of Bacon" is the chief feature of this
magazine. It has reached the fourth part, and in-
creases in interest. It is followed by an article on
the two last volumes of Moore's diary. The notice
of the Exhibition in Trafalgar-square informs us
that three artists, Mr. Leslie, Mr. Frost, and Mr.
Egg, are only prevented by want of time from ex-
hibiting some of the finest works they have yet
produced. " The Paradise of Spain" gives an-in-
teresting description of the beautiful scenery of the
Peninsula. No. 2 of " American Authorship" is
scarcely just to transatlantic literature, for, though
its writers have not produced an " Iliad" or
Jerusalem Delivered," a " Macbeth," or a
44 Paradise Lost," few of Professor Longfel-
low's admirers will agree to place him beneath
the author of " The Excursion. Indeed, the critic
seems to have a strange admiration of Wordsworth,
for he describes one or two of the poems of R. H.
Dana, who is the subject of this memoir, as imi-
tated from him. " A Tun): in the Leaf of Life" is the

sequel to " The Unholy-Wish." The author asserts
that the tale is one of real life, and that all the
events which it chronicles are facts, even to the
singular fulfilment of "The Unholy Wish." " Down
the Ohio" brings us this month to Cincinnati.

Bentley's Miscellany.—" Aspen Court" is here
carried on. Some of the scenes are amusing.
" The Tuileries from 1815" is concluded here. It
is interesting to note the changes time produces in'
the mighty monuments of human power and great-
ness. Louis Philippe conducted himself in a very
extraordinary manner on his first arrival in Paris
as king. He 'wished to havd plenty of people
around him to tell him how the world at large
went on, &c. ; yet he did not wish to spend much,
so he contracted with a restauranteur to furnish
dinners at so much a head. It is said that "he
who wears the crown of his uncle in the old pa-
lace of the Tuileries" arranges affairs very dif-
ferently :
"Napoleon the Third likes splendour, and show, and
expenditure. He has greatly raised the salaries of all
functionaries, but he insists on their spending them.
He sets his face against the idea of a senator whose sole
equipage is his umbrella. Such measures at least render
the imperial palace more like the abode of kings than
it has been during the time when the Duchess of An-
gouleme received no one but her almoner, or when
Louis Philippe dined his guests at so many francs a
head. The French boast themselves that they like
4galit4,' and yet we find them not reluctant to admit
the claims of those who boldly and proudly assert supe-
riority."._

The " Last years of the Emperor Charles the
Fifth" is continued, and records a most memorable
time when the crafty monarch arranged the mar-
riage of his son with Queen Mary.

The United Service.—The first paper on the " De-
fence of Australian Colonies," proposes the formation
of effective militia companies, aided by a small body
of artillery and sappers and miners. The second is
an interesting " History of the Action of the Sea
upon the Kentish Coast," the inexplicable problem
being whence the shingle comes, and where it
goes. The shingle is known to move westward,
and has in the process of time filled up all the cinque
ports but Dover, where the importance of the
position has induced the inhabitants to follow the
sea and build harboui:after harbour in succession ;
and as the shingle gained ground upon them, Rom-
ney and Hythe have been converted from flourish-
ing seaports into pasture lands, while Brighton,
now built upon the side of the cliff, was-formerly
built on the beach, on the spot where, now stands
the chain pier. The " Cruize in the Ida" continues,
in which some remarkable incidents take place.
" A French Account of the War with China" has
reached its ninth Chapter. The habits and customs
of the Chinese are described. " The Steamers,
Railways, and Lakes of America, " by Captain
Mackinnon, shows the relative advantages of the
American and British railways and steamers. " A
Narrative of Border Warfare," chapter 1., intro-
duces us to a party of moss troopers, but why or
wherefore chapter 11. must inform us.

Ainstvorth's.—The lovers of light literature will
find their usual amount of entertainment in this
month's number. The author of the "Confederates"
continues the tale of " Nicholas Flamel." An
episode of ,the French Revolution, entitled " The
Queen's Letter," presents to us a scene in the life of
the unfoituni.te Marie Antoinette. Nicholag Michell
contributes a poem on the retreat from Russia.
The tales of " Florence Hamilton" and " Change"
are continued. There is an article on "Three Years
with the Duke ; or, Wellington in Private Life ;"
and also some pleasing verses by G. W. Thornbury,
and a very amusing sketch entitled " The Horrid
Carpet Bag," by Mrs, Eclwaid Thomas, in which
an elopement is prevented by the hero unfortu-
nately taking with him his carpet bag.

Thi Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Re-
view.—" A Trip to the Gold Regions of Scotland"
contains much useful information concerning the
lead mines, and the ancient gold-washing carried
on there. A long account is given of Bens Bulmer,
who was a celebrated miner in the days of Queen.
Elizabeth. He made a great deal of money by his
transactions, but, like thousands of speculators,
died in debt.

"It is said that James the Fifth was hunting in corn-
pa,ny with French ambassadors, when they jeered at the
barren appearance of the country. He instantly wagered
with them that it could produce richer fruits than their
own, and won by introducing at the repast covered
bowls filled with native gold coins."

" Traits of the Trappists, the Cousins of "Montrose,"
furnishes us with some very explicit details of
the monks of La Trappe. The forms observed
there were quite ridiculous. " The hour for rising
was the second after midnight. Silence was sel-
dom. broken ; and the brother who ventured to
raise his eyes from the ground, except when bidden,
was guilty of a great offence. Robert Graham
entered the monastery as a postulant, but deter-
mined on taking the vows. His uncle, Lord Perth,
refused to comply with this arrangement, but he
insisted, and became a monk. He soon died of
consumption." " The Wheel of Human Life, or
the Seven Ages," presents some curious definitions
of the course of existence. In the cottages of the
peasants in France there is frequently to be seen
prints on the walls representing figures ascending
and descending steps, thus showing forth constantly
to the beholders that their end was near.