The Sun.
London, England, 1853-06-02 00:00:00

THE MAGAZINES.

The Dublin University.—We miss in this month's
number the poetical contributions which generally
form one of its chief attractions. " Sir Jasper
Carew" is continued in two chapters. He meets
with an extraordinary adventure in the mountains,
and forms a friendship with an old man, who is
engaged in some mysterious affair. After a few
visits have passed between them he suddenly dies,
declaring himself the son of John Law, a mighty
financier. " The Ancient Music of the Hebrews,
and their Temple Music in particular," is exceed-
ingly interesting. It is truly observed, that if the
Jewish music had been only sensual, exclusively
devoted to amusement and personal gratification,
it would be only in the province of the antiquarian
to make it his study ; but, on the contrary, when
it was sanctified from all time as the means of
praise and the method of adoration, the " Christian
reader must take a lively interest in those songs of
Zion which sounded through the vast spaces of the
temple upon the holy hill, and which the sons ofJudak
remembered with tears when they sat by the waters
of Babylon." " The Tree of Knowledge" is a very
mysterious and melancholy story concerning an
aspiring youth who carried on his pursuit of know-
ledge to a blameable extent. He was not content
with knowing what others knew, but he must find
out something peculiar for himself. He ended by
destroying the life of his young and lovely wife,
and ruining his own chances of happiness and peace
for ever. The tale is written in a superior style,
and may contain a useful warning to those who
forget discretion in discoveries of marvels, and who
in their haste to get wise are apt to make them-
selves the victims of folly. The writer on " The
Great Industrial Exhibition of 1853" remarks, that
if any stranger to Ireland for years—one who had
left it in famine, poverty, and distress—now
returned, and found it in such prosperity and
power, he would scarcely be able to credit
his own senses. After making several observa-
tions on the various benefits that may ac-
crue from this mighty undertaking, it is said that
this is an opportunity for Ireland that has never
yet been, and never may again present itself. The
hundreds who come will see that Ireland is not
behind hand in the arts that adorn life ; they will
carry away with them memories of the genius and
worth of the people. We have no fear for Ireland ;
and when at length the vast structure which stands
upon the lawn of the Royal Dublin Society shall
be removed, —when it shall have passed away,
even as it arose, like a beautiful vision, still may
its influences be permanent and beneficial,—may it
have served, like the exquisite inventions of modern
science, to gather together the images of every
beautiful and luminous object that came within its
field, and, so fixing them by the light of truth,
leave an enduring picture of itself upon our native
land.

Colburn's United Service.—The "Military Orga-
nisation of Prussia" is one of the chief papers in
this number—its object being to give ample and
minute details of Prussia's defensive powers, and
also the amount of the peace establishment. It is
to be continued. The " Anchor Trials " will be
interesting to professional readers. The " Cruise
of the Ida" is continued, and it is followed by an
article on the abstruse subject of the " Distinction
between Civil and Astronomical Time." Among
the most interesting of the remaining subjects may
be mentioned " A Wild Buffalo Hunt," and " A
French Account of the War in China."

Bentley's Miscellany.—Th• present number com-
mences with " Aspen Court," which is one of the
most entertaining articles. The seventeenth chapter,
" A Night with the Speaker," gives an animated
sketch of the house and its characteristics. Ame-
rican literary celebrities, is a paper founded on
some contributions of M. Ampere to the " Revue
des deux Mondes," under the title of " Promenade
en Amerique," in which he describes his impressions
of many of the literary characters whom he visited.
The next article is also a literary one, being
" Table Talk about Thomas Moore," which is a
very amusing description of the poet and his pecu-
liarities. " Half a Day in Ireland," is a lively
comic account of Irish characters and conduct.
" A Journey from Westminster Abbey to St.
Peter's," leaves the author at Pisa. In mounting
the celebrated leaning tower, he asserts that " you
feel as if you had got by mistake into Lord Rosse's
telescope."