The Sun.
London, England, 1853-07-04 00:00:00

T MONTH.

_ raser's.—An article on " Table Turning," the
great wonder of the day, asserts that we must no
longer use the words " our utilitarian age," but we
must style ourselves the " credulous nineteenth
century." The author, however, is not sceptical
8.4 to the rotation of tables, but believes that there
IR truth at its foundation. He explains it on me-
chanical principles. To the scientific reader this
account presents great attraction. " Wanted an
wrier" is a curious account of certain bones found
in a vault beneath Rothwell Church, Northampton.
Thirty thousand skeletons are there to be seen.
How they came there, or whose remains they can
be, are questions to which no satisfactory answer
can be returned. It has been suggested that the
battle of Naseby affords a solution. But as the
author of this paper observes of
is very improbable
that the dead would be collected and carried ten
miles for interment, and a far stronger objection,
he doubts if there
were thirty thousand living com-
batants at Naseby, much more incredible is it there-
fore that there should be that number of dead. It
has also been thought that the vault has been the
Sepulchre of a monastery, but the marks of violence
the bones exhibit do not accord with the quiet of
Monastic life. This singular account is followed by
a tale entitled " Bertha's Love," which is written
in a very superior style, and shows great powers of
description, whether of the beauties of nature or
the stormy feelings of the human heart. " The
History of the Prussian Court, Aristocracy, and
Diplomacy," is founded on a German work by Dr.
Edward IL Felix. " Carpiana" is another of the
series of articles on fish which has recently appeared.
Another tale is entitled " Emily Orford," but it
is inferior in interest to that already mentioned.
An article on Holland and Belgium concludes the
number.

Colburn's United Service.—There is a long ac-
count of " The Chobham Camp" given here, in
which it is observed that the idea of forming it was
a good one, as by this means many irregularities
and imperfections now existing in the army may
be brought to light, and thus afford a chance to
os
the in authority of improving the general state
of things, a. It is regretted that no more general
officers are attached to the camp. " A camp of
evolutions is a school for all ranks. Are we going
to have any commanding
raanwu vre officers taught how to
Duke of troops ? With the exception of the
of Cambridge, there is not a general present
any age to fit him for active service duties, how-
ever Willing he may be. It would be no harm
'were some rising men attached to the camp, and
toevery now and then made to manoeuvre. Yet have '
any on. our list of general officers who answer
Via'
description. Some commanders-in-chief
we have, subordinates we know of but few. The
old school Pis disappearing, and they are not re-
wtceoil, v 111 time of trouble we
we should look to those
victory;ebsillirrifn how able they are to lead men to
that, beside a those old veterans who have justly
active may be 1,),'04 few of the younger and more
articles on " Perg:Zote,d with them." There are
"On the Action of V_ SYStetn of Fortification ;"
Coast," ch., which are uee_,Sea
.upon the Kentish
desire information on auciaerta..ining to those who
of the Ida" is a pleasing st,.._llbJl•
Conehe Cruise
4Y it
is luded this I
month.
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Coiburib's New Montlay..__The _
this periodical is entitled, "Bevvarnerosft subjeehcoteion.
late of Chiapa." It is an amusing sketthe
manner in which the ladies of chi,va ch of the
the
newly-appointed bishop contested about tiallelid
constituted privilege of regaling themselves
Nsvl lt
fi;
chocolate during the delivery of his sermons. The
sequel to the struggle does not yet appear ; but
the leader of the rebellion has already turned
traitor to her friends, and relinquished the cause
of " chocolate." In the remarks made on
" Thackeray's Lectures on the English Humor-
ists" great praise is awarded to him for the way in
which he has acquitted himself of the task. It is
said that " none will put down the book without
a sense of growing respect for the head and heart of
its author, and a glad pride in him as one of the
representative men of England's current literature."
"The Preacher's Daughter" is a strange story con-
cerning an episode of the time of Frederick the
Great. It exemplifies his iron justice, and although
painful to dwell on in detail, it has for its basis
the restitution of the wronged. " American
Alnuthorship" for this month has its subject in " Her-
„ an Melville," who does not appear to be a great
favourite with the critic, especially as regards his
late productions. He is thus addressed at the con-
clusion :—" Oh author of Typee and ()moo I we
!admire so cordially the proven capacity of your pen,
I-I,u we entreat you to doff the non-natural sense
of Your late incubations, to put off your worser
) and to do your better real self that justice
which its potentiality deserves." In the
10,sfpalm-edoti.tldseecceivniertetos of Paris " the greatest praise
Queen ALlie for the example
t--a conducute,
duc ever presented by her con-
it is remarked, which was
ever emulated by the yowl°. princsses wh
must have been surround by'many temptations ,
and ever encircled by flatterers. The princes also
were never wild or extravao•ant. It is averred,
however, that the society of France was very bad
during the life of T
from want of pow.uerouiosr Philippe ; and whether
m ignorance, many
crimes were glossed ov'er, or
Georgina Verealkethr'g' etheri
sa.
singulartoosl slightly
hyt leyt
punished. " Geor •
interesting story, with the original-
the future of a dying child,
dreaming
whom other 1
she is 1

Blackwood's.—Weiss's—History of the French
Protestant Refugees is the subject of the first article
of Blackwood. The tragic account of the persecu-
tions and sufferings endured by that numerous
class are indeed sufficient to incline the reader to
coincide in the opinion expressed, that the deepest
stain on the memory of the grand monarque was
that mistaken cruelty. "Lady Lee's Widowhood,"
. though not of the class of fiction which we are
accustomed to meet in these pages, is lively and
attractive. An article on Paris Theatricals rejects
the idea so generally entertained in this country of
the questionable morality of the French drama,
and gives some entertaining sketches of recent
productions. A chapter on Life Assurance vigor-
ously upholds the benefits of the system, and
much
justice and reason are apparent in the observations
on the acquisition of money. The Fine Arts and
the Public Taste in 1853 is by a vehement opponent
of Pre-Raphaelites, who attacks Mr. Millais 's
pictures with the most uncompromising severity.
The writer asks, on asserting that he saw
many pictures sold at high prices, which he would
not have accepted at a gift, " What is the mean-
ing of this ? Whence this wondrous diversity of
*pinion—nay, of feeling ? Am I dead to merits ?
or does fancy fashion, or absurdity invent merits
which the painter never conceived ?" Those who
read his protest against Mr. Landseer's pictures,
on the plea that they are " subjects of cruelty,"
will most probably reply, that the critic, if not
" dead to merits," is not an unprejudiced
or judi-
cious observer. According to the rule that all such
scenes are obnoxious, we should be deprived of many
noble pictures, and our paintings would be con-
fined to tame and indifferent subjects, if all painful
associations must be removed. Perhaps the most
interesting article is that on the correspondence and
dispatches of the late Marquis of Londonderry, re-
cently published. The following extract forms the
commencement of an animated sketch of his politi-
cal career :
" The memory of her great men is the noblest treasure
of a great country ; to preserve it is an act of justice,
and to vindicate it is an act of virtue. But the memory
of her statesmen demands the exertion of those honour-
able impulses in a more vivid and vigilant degree than
those of any other class of eminence. The monument of
a poet is in his works ; all the world has there the living
evidence of his claims on posterity. The soldier has
prevluded all doubt by the brilliancy of achievements
which speak to the universal conviction. The orator,
like the poet, is to be judged by the triumphs of his
appeals to the hearts and heads of mankind. But the
leader of a national council has a peculiar ordeal to
undergo. His career must be through the ordinary cir-
cumstance of life, not, like the man of imagination, above
them ; his materials must be the common influences of
mankind, not the nobler faculties of exclusive genius,
dazzling courage, or profound philosophy ; his renown
must grow out of long struggle against the difficulties
of public events, the opposition of ignorance, the stub-
bornness of popular prejudice, the selfishness of indivi-
dual feelings and the thousand commonplace casual-
ties of all things subject to the caprice, frivolity, or
vices of man. He must be content to be mis-
understood, and, of course, maligned, for a time ;
to have his most honourable motives arraigned,
his clearest views pronounced to be problematic, and his
profoundest policy ridiculed even in proportion as it is
profound ; for few men will praise that which they can-
not penetrate. The general result being, that the
greatest statesmen in our annals have been compelled to
await the tardy vindication of the tomb. Examples of
this moral injustice, yet almost natural necessity, will
recur to every reader of English history. In proof of
.both the partial judgment and the slow vindication, for
nearly his whole administration, Pitt was assailed with
every outcry of popular hostility. That stately tree, the
noblest product of the intellectual soil of England, was
stripped of branch and leaf, for year after year, by the
blast of popular indignation. His fame now flourishes in
a verdure which gives the promise of an imperishable
luxuriance. The severest names of faction were flung on
Burke—pensioner, partisan, tool, and knave. The nation
now approaches his monument only to bow down to the
majesty of his wisdom. We shall not quarrel with this
law of public life, however we may regret its injuries to
society, but we feel that it forms a stronger obligation to
do justice to those to whom we can do no more than lay
our tribute on the grave."
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Bentley's Miscellany.—Bentley's commences with
the eighth chapter of "Aspen Court," which places
a pleasure-seeking party in the uncomfortable
position of sailing under a steamer. "Loitering
among the Bavarian and Tyrolean Lakes, in the
years 1851. and 1852," is an amusing chapter of
travels. An article on Chloroform presents to us
a description of the terrible scene of operations,
the hospital, and emphatically relates the advan-
tages of this discovery in destroying the sensation
of pain. A history of the Duchess of Orleans, of
the reign of Louis the Fourteenth, is interesting.
" The Crisis of my Existence, by an Old Bache-
lor," is a comic tale. " Reminiscences of Henley
Regatta" describes the scene of excitement on the
banks of the Thames on the day of the great boat
race. " Turkey—its Hopes and Perils," is an
article on the great question that has lately occu-
pied the attention of all Europe. " The Last
Years of the Emperor Charles the Fifth " is con-
tinued. " The Journey from Westminster Abbey
to St. Peter's," leaves the traveller at Florence.

Ainsworth's.—Nicholas Flamel and the Confede-
rates are continued, and Isabel Milford and Cor-
net Seymour concluded. There are several other
tales and sketches, but there are no poetical con-
tributions this month. This number of " Queer
People," by John Allen, describes irritating people,
a series of portraits which certainly find many pro-
totypes in life.

The Gentleman's.—One of the prominent features
in this month's number is " The Lady Novelists
of Great Britain," in which due deference is paid
to that distinguished class. It is truly remarked
that most people are getting tired of the endless
theories that have been broached concerning the
proper work for women—that any work is suitable
for which an individual has capabilities. It is like-
wise asserted that women have an undeniable pri-
vilege to write novels, although they have not all
the opportunities enjoyed by men of penetrating
into scenes where character may be studied. The
article concludes with an elaborate criticism on the
merits and demerits of " Ruth," in which full jus-
tice is rendered to the authoress of that admirable
production. "A Political Caricature of the time
of Charles the First" presents us with some curious
and quaint specimens of the mode chosen in those
days for expressing satire. The theme selected is
the struggle that ensued between Rome and Aus-
tria on the one hand, against the Protestant houses
of Europe. The first paper is a review of the last
two volumes that have lately appeared of the
Memoirs of Moore. It is declared that these addi-
tions to our literature will be a constant source of
gratification to the future biographer, student, and
literateur. A glowing eulogium is pronounced on
the immortal bard, the results of whose labours are
here shown forth, and the renown of whose laurels
is here acknowledged. It is observed that a writer
could hardly find a more attractive theme to take
for the life of a hero. "As child, he was loving
and precocious ; as youth, fulfilling the promise of
his childhood ; nor in his maturity belying the ex-
pectations formed of his youth; not without faults,
but with virtues in whose lustre they were hidden
and forgotten. If he had to acknowledge time
misspent,' he also left works to prove how much
of it was well employed."

The Journal of Agriculture.—This quarterly is
chiefly devoted to the transactions of the Highland
and Agricultural Society of Scotland. Its infor-
mation on such subjects is very extensive, and to
the agricultural reader full of interest. Many
useful accounts of experiments in farming, and se-
veral instructive and practical articles are given
Which are likely to prove a valuable assistance to
centl y
the enterprising. Numerous subjects of local in-
terest are also included, such as the prices of the
different counties of Scotland in the year 1852, and
which
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Tait's MISCELLANEOUS.
.Rdinb
nus and ins phreh Magazine opens with " Gervi-
is
Ninetee a
ver nth
Centu r
amusing a37jlrtion to the History of the
y e A Frenchman inLondon"
impressions of English
lie a a foreigner's ideas and
however, be made eone:fe-. Great allowances must,
remarks, seeing that a
col Ing the bitterness of his
soned him in his lodgings 7 4,11 4 rainy June impri-
of a sunny.
" people are so surprised. at
ah-L.ll London," he says,
all youLtr Irond.
cost you with the
.remark, `Veryfi,:aintances ac-
day, that when it occurs
He admires the fortitude with which weather, sir 1' "
changes of our climate, and the per w' ear the
display in our pursuit of pleasure in thveeroanee we
under a shower of rain. W. Carleton's pteanl air
" Joe Lockhart's Dreams " is concluded, and
tler
eief
is a story of "American Life," and an interesting
article on " Ragged Schools."—The two plates of
The Sportsman represent E. Flatman, the cele_
brated jockey, and West Australian, the winner of
the late Derby. The usual amount of racingintel-
ligence and sporting anecdotes is given.—The
Scottish Review is a quarterly journal,. recently
commenced, the present number being only
the third. There are articles on " The Heroic
in History and Life," on " Lord Jeffrey,,
on " Juvenile Delinquents," and a criticism
on the last work by the talented author of
" Margaret Maitland," "Harry Muir, a Story of
Scottish Life." Another new competitor is the
National Miscellany, and it is one that promises
well. " The Nurse's Fate," is a chronicle of that
sort of heroism which is too easily forgotten and
too little noticed. Its heroine, Sally Smith, was
a poor village woman, who, in the time of a fearful