The Sun.
London, England, 1854-01-03 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 3, 1854

young females, agonised with the prospect, to
wretches as disgustingly licentious as the lord of
a Mormon bevy of worthless women. To the
anti-Christian crime of turning a rational and
immortal human being into a chattel, Slave States
add, with odious consistency, the crime of deny-
ing him the Christian rights of marriage. No-
thing were easier than to decree the inviolability of
negro marriage, and to prohibit for ever the
forcible separation of man and wife, of parents
and children ; but such law would be inconsistent
with the infernal practice (we can use no milder
epithet) of slavebreeding, and would almost ex-
tinguish the inland slave traffic. Either, then,
let not New York shrink from federal contact
with the Mormons, or let it repudiate all' fellow-
ship with Slave States. Polygamy, revolting
as it is, does not add heart-rending cruelty
Ito its desecration of marriage. It degrades
it by a one-sided licentiousness--not compulsory,
however, on the party most wronged ; but slavery
breaks it up amidst the groans and tears of parents
and children. Mormonism corrupts marriage,
but slavery martyrs it. From the former the cry
of the cities of the plain ascends to HEAVEN, but
from the latter the cry of the Apocalyptic
Babylon.

We write in all sober earnestness. We may
well believe that if the most offensive feature of
Mormonism should call the attention of respect-
able Americans afresh to the serious consideration
of the supreme importance to society of the prin-
ciples of Christian marriage, it will also react
upon the frightful and atrocious violation of those
principles in States now forming a part of the
Union. Mormonism, whenever the time may
come for claiming admission to the Union, may
well bid the objecting States to "cast first the
beam out of their own eye.' It will bid them to
cast off, or to purify, the Slave States, before
they treat the Mormon State as an unworthy asso-
ciate. It were hard, indeed, to strike the balance
between those who believe and therefore practise
a licentious creed, and those who believe a purer
creed, but practise a worse licentiousness because
stained with cruelty.

We had hoped that the monomachia, or duel,
had been permanently banished from civilised
society—that persons moving in respectable
circles, and occupying distinguished positions,
could not be found who would endeavour to re-
vive the atrocious and happily obsolete practice.
It is true that we occasionally read with disgust
of half-educated and wholly barbarous savages
meeting with bowie-knives and revolvers, in some
of the minor towns in America, firing at and
stabbing each other until one or both are either
killed or severely wounded. But even in Ame-
rica the practice is alike deplored and reprobated
by every right-minded man. It is only the
Hannibal Chollops who permit themselves to
seek an evil notoriety by such infamous means.
Never, perhaps, was a more decisive revolution
effected in public opinion than on the subject of
duelling. Many years have not elapsed since,
day after day, the public journals contained long
accounts of what were termed " affairs of ho-
nour," with voluminous correspondence between
the so-called "friends" of the respective par-
ties. The nature of the offence, the punctili-
ousness displayed by the seconds, were all sub-
jected to the most stringent comments. The
man who was not willing to sacrifice his friend, or
who would neither give nor accept a fair and reason-
able explanation was scouted from society, in place
of being applauded for his extraordinary moral
courage. No person who desired to take a part
in public affairs could hope to do so until he had
proved his " pluck" by " smelling powder," and
" winging his man." The aspiring barrister had
to fight his way into notoriety. A readiness to
" parade his opponent" at twelve paces was an in-
dispensable qualification more essential than
even a knowledge of law. All have heard of the
father who sent his son to commence life with 501.
and a pair of duelling pistols, and of the career of
that son, who, by means of a truculent disposition,
and a readiness to fight across a handkerchief at
any moment, was elevated to a Chief Justiceship,
and eventually became an Earl, with an immense
fortune and wide-spread domains. A " fighting
friend" should accompany every candidate to the
hustings. The "good and safe man" then re-
quired was one who had for some trivial cause
left his " opponent quivering on a daisy," and who
was ready at a moment's notice to act in a
similar manner, on any or no provoca-
tion. Ministers of State, occupants of the
Judicial Bench, officials of every class fol-
lowed the fashion, and were ready to give or take
an invitation to " slugs and saw-handles" on the
cheapest terms. A Law-officer of the Crown might
be found, while his hands were actually reeking
with the blood of an acquaintance, friend, or rela-
tive, prosecuting a more vulgar assassin for a ho-
micide at a faction fight. Even a grave and ve-
nerable Judge, while explaining the law to a jury,
every member whereof had been " out" in due
course—a Judge, too, whose knowledge and inte-
grity were beyond suspicion, and whose ermine
was never sullied by the breath of slander—has
added the extra-judicial remark, that "he never
heard of a fairer duel" than that is which the pri-
soner at the bar was implicated.

Such was the state of affairs in
"The good old times, when GEORGE the Third was
king."
Such was the practice under the Regency and the
Fourth GEORGE. It had not materially altered
even under our " Sailor KING." It was reserved
for the reign of VICTORIA to abolish the infamous
practice, and, calling things by their right names,
to declare that every participator in a fatal duel,
every man who went to the ground with a know-
ledge of what was about to take place, would, on
the death of either party, be guilty of wilful and
deliberate murder ; nay more, we believe that if
it could be shown that if the pistols were loaded
with ball, and that the parties intended to fire at
each other, and not merely to scare the pheasants
or minor game of the vicinity, they would be
guilty of firing at each other with intent to mur-
der, or at least to do grievous bodily harm, and
would, according to the circumstances, be liable to
the extreme penalty of the law, or to banishment
for life, or for a prolonged term of years, from
their native land.

And yet this is the practice which is about to
be regenerated under the auspices of the repre-
sentatives of England, Franee, and America to
the court of Spain, and of a Spanish grandee of
the first class. All parties in any degree im-
plicated in the transaction are deserving of grave
censure. Even those who were aggrieved by the
gross misconduct of the diplomatic bullies, who
should rather have been encountered with the
cudgel and the horsepond, or even the cesspool,
than a duel with really distinguished and honour-
able men.

It is impossible to find the slightest excuse fog
the behaviour of the Messrs. Sou Ls. Father and
son were equally reprehensible. The rawness of
youth could not even extenuate the folly of the
boy, who, with the nervous sensitiveness of a
parvenu, sought to resent the ridicule which he
fancied he heard cast on a female rela-
tive. The very complaint proved his degradation,
and showed that he was unworthy of " gentle-
manly satisfaction." Evenin the heyday of duelling
no person would take a message for the man who
avowed that it was by the most unpardonable
eavesdropping, by listening to the private conver
cation of strangers, that he received the offence
which he desired to resent. Mr. SOUL; junior,
should have been quietly kicked out of society, in
place of receiving any explanation from the Duke
of ALBA, and a summary expulsion should have
been awarded to his messengers.

It is said, however, that " one fool makes
many," and, in the present instance, the adage
received a new and powerful illustration. The
" old fool" was decidedly the worst of any. The
elder SOtTLE has shown that he is totally unfitted
for any situation requiring temper and discretion.
It is to be regretted that the Marquis DE TITRGOT
should have forgotten himself so far as to accept
such a challenge, or that Lord HOWDEN, the Eng-
lish Ambassador, should have permitted himself
to be mixed up in a transaction in every respect
so discreditable. We cannot conceive that the
Government of the United States will lend any the

slightest sanction to such proceedings, and we
trust that all the diplomatists, in any degree
mixed up in the transaction, may learn that such
conduct is, to say the least of it, highly reprehen-
sible, and merits a severe reprimand from those
by whom they were accredited to the Spanish
Court.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT,

HOUSE OF LORDS—(THIS DAY.)
Parliament was this day further prorogued by
Royal Commission, until Tuesday, the 31st of
January, 1854.
The Lon]) CHANCELLOR and the other Peers
named in the Royal Commission, having taken
their seats on the woolsack, the Yeoman Usher of
the Black Rod was directed to summon the Com-
mons to the bar.

The Royal Commission was then read by the
Clerk at the table.
The LORD CHANCELLOR then declared the Par-
liament to stand prorogued until the 31st of Janu
ary, then to meet for the despatch of public busi-
ness. •

THE PRINCE ALBERT.

( From the Morning Herald.)

The following letter has been sent us by a corre-
spondent, upon whose accuracy we place implicit
reliance. We feel that we should be guilty of a
dereliction of our duty, as public journalists, were
we to hesitate in giving it publicity :

TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING HERALD.

London, Dec. 29, 1853.

SlR,—The conduct of the press is very praise-
worthy in exposing those undue influences by which
our foreign and domestic policy is controlled.
Facts, however, have not been adduced to an
amount or with a precision sufficient to justify the
prevalent opinion. Let me do a little to supply
this deficiency.
1. The statement that his Royal Highness Prince
Albert is invariably and on all occasions present
when the Queen receives her Ministers, is literally
true. His Royal Highness is not at such times a
silent listener, but takes an active, often a leading,
part in the deliberations. This practice is not of
recent origin, but was first permitted and encour-
aged by .Sir Robert Peel. Lord Melbourne never
suffered it, and by his prohibition incurred the
lasting, though ineffectual, displeasure of the
Prince.

2. The same illustrious personage corresponds
largely with British Ministers employed at foreign
courts—his letters being, of course, private, and
their contents unknown to the Foreign Secretary
for the time being. Several diplomatists have re-
ceived such letters, being, in fact, private instruc-
tions not conveyed through the Foreign Office.
Where the Court and the Minister notoriously
differ in opinion, as in the case of Lord Palmerston,

it is not difficult to see what must be the result of
this unconstitutional practice. One diplomatist
who was commanded to enter into a correspon-
dence of this kind, declined—or, rather, silently
forbore to obey the order, on the express ground
of its unconstitutionality.
3. I believe (but it is only belief) that, besides
the correspondence here alluded to, there exists a
good deal of direct, and, necessarily, secret com-
munication between the English and certain Conti-
nental Courts. It is matter of notoriety that Louis
Napoleon entered the presidential office a warm
friend to England, and resolved, at all costs, to
stand well with us ; that his friendship was at one
period without visible external cause changed into
suspicion and menace of hostility, and that the rea-
son ascribed for this change among well-informed
persons was the accident of certain important mis-
sives not reaching the hands for which they were
destined. Here, however, I only repeat the popular
rumour, corroborated by some indirect proofs, but
for which I do not absolutely vouch.
4. The degrading restriction imposed upon Lord
Palmerston during his tenure of the Foreign-office
is well known. He was not permitted to send off a
single despatch of any moment which had not pre-
viously received the sanction of the Court—that is,
of the Prince Consort. True, this sanction could
not be withheld where the Minister was firm in his
decision and backed by public opinion ; but the
delay thus caused operated injuriously to the suc-
cess of negotiations in more than one instance, and
Lord Palmerston, unable to explain to Parliament
the reason of this delay, endured the blame for
which others were in reality responsible.
I am little disposed to join in a popular outcry
against regal or quasi-regal authority. But no man,
be his political opinions what they may, can desire
to see that power which the constitution has vested
in Ministers, answerable to the people for their
actions, exercised by a secret, an irresponsible and
an inexorable influence. The interests of the
Crown must be defended, even, if need be, against
those who stand nearest to it. Let Prince Albert
have full credit for the Exhibition—for his services
to art—and for his exertions to benefit the working
class ; but it is too much that one man, and he not
an Englishman by birth, should be at once Foreign
Secretary, Commander in Chief, and Prime
Minister, under all administrations.—l remain
your obedient servant, M. P.

MAGAZINES FOR THE MONTH.

Blackwood--A pleasant variety is the charac-
teristic of Blackwood for January. Delightful
themes for two really charming articles have been
found in the effusions of two travelled Frenchmen.
M. Eugene Flandin's Voyage en Perse has suggested
the paper entitled "A Painter in Persia"—while
Francis Wey's Les Anglais chez eux has suggested
the (to us) yet more interesting chapter, headed by
a comical antithesis, " The English at Home—by a
Frenchman Abroad." Abroad these agreeable
Frenchmen mostly are, indeed, when they take
up the pen to write one, or two, or three
volumes, as the case may be, about "England and
the English." Amusing, however, they always are,
if—perhaps we should rather say because—they are
always so inexact. And amusing the chapter re-
lating to M. Wey will accordingly be found by the
readers of Blackwood—the subject matter of the
paper calling more forcibly than ever to mind the
significant fact that the French have no cor-
responding word to our dear old English word
of Home—Home ! It collapses, dwindles, freezes
down to chez nous among our neighbours. A second
instalment of "The Quiet Heart" adorns the num-
ber of Maga for January. A dismal little mystery
in verse, light " Dives," and signed with the initials
. G. K., initials gradually becoming familiar to
the pages of Blackwood, is this month the sole
poetical contribution. Then, besides a criticism
on the last work of Walter Savage Landor, prettily
called, as he himself calls it, " The Last Fruit off an
Old Tree," we have an account of " The Past and
Future of China," followed soon after, appropriately
enough, by a chapter on tea, a chapter entitled
" The Beverages we Infuse," another of
those exquisite little treatises on the Che-
mistry of Common Life, for which the pub-
lic has of late been indebted to the hand and
intellect of Professor James Johnston. Finally,
Maga has (for a wonder) this month a political con-
tribution—an estimate of "The Aberdeen Cabinet"
—a Derbyite estimate, of course, of duo severity.
Laughing to scorn the coarse and sneering, and
withal vulgar allusion to Kossuth, where it is said
that- he was received in this country " with almost
superhuman honours by mayors, and aldermen,
and other civic idiots"—it is impossible for any
sane man to deny the justice of the strictures pro-
nounced by Maga upon the wretched, dilatory,
drivelling foreign policy of the Aberdeen Govern-
ment.

Fraser.—A brother of the Laureate again appears
in Fraser as one whose hand ventures to trifle with
the Lyre of Erato. This time, however, Frederick
Tennyson is scarcely so successful as in his previous
contribution. His celebration of " The Birth of
the Year," is by no means so satisfactory as his
commemoration last month of the glories of " Har-
vest Home." The author of " Digby Grand" ful-
fils his promise by beginning with the beginning of
1854 another of his sprightly and facetious fictions
—this time a narrative oddly entitled " General
Bounce ; or, the Lady and the Locusts." The scene
opens on the sea shore, at a fashionable watering-
place. It promises well, as far as we can
judge from a first instalment. Among the
chief curiosities in the number of Fraser for
January is a critical essay on " Young Ger-
many"—a paper evidencing in every sentence that
it is from the hand of one who is perfect master
of his subject. Immediately before the essay on
" Young Germany," are some exquisite verses
signed G. W. M., an exemplar of the beauty of
which will be found in the subjoined quotation :

" AN ANGEL IN THE WAY.
" Fair the downward path is spread,
Love and Light thy coming greet,
Fruit is blushing o'er thy head,
Flowers are springing neath thy feet.
Mirth and Sin, with tossing hands,
Wave thee on, a willing prey ;
Yet an instant pause—there stands
An angel in the way.
" Heed the heavenly warning, know
Fairest flowers the feet may trip ;
Fruits, that like the sunset glow,
Turn to ashes on the lip.
Though the joys be wild and free,
Though the paths be pleasant, stay !
Even mortal eye can see
An angel in the way.
" Wilt thou drown in worldly pleasure,
Wilt thou have, like him of old,
Length of days and store of treasure,
Wisdom, glory, power, and gold ?
Life and limb, shall sickness waste,
Want shall grind thee day by day,
Still to win thee, God hath placed
An angel in the way."

Dr. Veron is again reviewed— the renowned
Doctor Vern of the Constitutionnel. A bitter
and acrimonious attack is made in the political
article of Fraser on " Derbyism." Besides which,
and several other contributions exceedingly
miscellaneous in their character, the readers of
Regina will be interested to observe the commence-
ment of a series of papers on the " Decline and
Fall of the London Corporation."

Ainsworth.—Nicholas Flame' continues his mys-
terious adventures, which terminate for the pre-
sent in his perpetual imprisonment. Doubtless he
will soon be extricated from this unpleasant posi-
tion. A paper on " the Gastronomic Marvels of
Antiquity" will be attractive to all students of M.
Soyer. Among the romantic tales always to be
found in this periodical is a romance of Tottenham,
called " the Seven Sisters." The season of the year
is of course alluded to in two lyrics by T. West-
wood, " Grave Chimes and Cradle Chimes," and
" The Old Year Out and the New Year In," a
curious allegory by Basil May. There is a variety
of miscellaneous literature.

Colburn's New Monthly. —This number com-
mences with a very interesting prologue to the
hundredth volume. Certainly the list of contri-
butors to the pages of the New Monthly since
Campbell first undertook the editorship is one of
striking variety and eminence. This chronicle is
followed by an account of " Campbell and the Lite-
rary Union," by Cyrus Redding. This will be in-
teresting to all admirers of the poet. " Literary
Leaflets" contains a criticism on the much-praised
work of Alexander Smith. It is written with im-
partiality. " The Felon's Reverie," translated from
the Danish by Mrs. Bushby, is pathetically written,
rendering forcibly the sensations experienced by
the wretched criminal while meditating on the last
words he had heard when enclosed in his gloomy
cell, that death should be his deliverer. No.
X. of " American Authorship" is devoted to
Donald G. Mitchell, who is better known as
Ik. Marvel. There is a curious paper on " Ger-
man Almanacks for 1854," and another on
" The Bourgeois of Paris." There are two articles
on the subject of gold. One is a notice of a work
which has recently appeared on the gold rocks of
Great Britain and Ireland. It is certainly for-
tunate that gold may be so easily obtained, if such
lamentable consequences are likely to result from
the pursuit of it in other countries as "A Record
of the Gold Fever," by the author of " The Un-
holy Wish," relates. There is something in the
sketches of domestic manners and incidents, that
always attracts and interests the reader in this
author's writings. " Chronicles of a Country Town"
is concluded, on the whole, unsatisfactorily. The
episode of Eleanor waiting in the cave while the
tide rises, beside the body of her early playmate, is
very awful. Everything in this story has been
ruined, and the happiness of all the deserving peo-
ple marred by the rencontre of Captain Howard,
with a designing character, who must have appeared
far more fascinating to him than she ever did to
the reader.

Bentley's Miscellany. The two chapters of
" Aspen Court" which appear this month are
chiefly devoted to the description of theatrical
managers. Bernard Carlyon, the hero, being de-
sirous to assist a friend who is in difficulties, with-
out expense, remembers a comedy he had once
written, and thinks that may be productive of
profit. He accordingly visits two managers, both
of whom are described, with their attendant curio-
sities. How his plan prospers we shall doubtless
hear more fully in the next number. At present
the appearances are suspicious, as, though accepted,
the play is doomed to undergo such numerous al-
terations that its ultimate withdrawal is probable.
A curious sea tale, from the narrative of an eye-
witness, edited by Angus Reach, follows. A
new story is commenced, entitled " Arthur
Arden, the Medical Student." The characters in-
troduced in it are not very attractive, and the hero
seems to possess more shrewdness than moderation.
" St. Januarius to St. Constantine is continued,
and the Island of Capri is described. There is a
sketch of "An Elizabethan Pepys," namely,
Robert Cary, Earl of Monmouth, " a time server,
determined to achieve court preferment at what-
ever cost of dignity or self-respect." " Art," a
dramatic tale by the author of " Christie John-
stone," is an episode, whether true or fictitious
is not told, in the life of Mrs. Anne Oldfield.
It is entertaining and lively. There are several
other articles—among them one on " The Present
Sultan."

Dublin University.--The story of " Sir Jasper
Carew" increases in interest in the present num-
ber. In the first chapter, entitled A Strange
Incident," the hero leaves his crossing business to
dine with Royalty. Some of the fashionables who
frequently passed by him took notice of him, and
invited him to their grand mansions. He, willing
to revisit for a brief period his real station, accepted,
hired a dress, and presented himself. It chanced
that the Prince Regent was there when he arrived.
He attracted his attention by his amusing anec-

dotes and varied information, and the climax was
that the adventurer received an invitation to Carl-
ton House. This he, however, did not accept ; but
under the influence of his evil star lie wandered to
an hotel crowded by needy foreigners, where he
became involved in a quarrel in which Carew
wounded a man, which catastrophe induced him to
return to the Continent. He is left starting for
Paris, to meet some lately-made friends there.
An article is devoted to " Children's Pleasure
Books," in which a great number are enumerated
and their merits set forth. It is remarked that in
no department of literature has the press been more
prolific than in juvenile works of late years. The
fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen aro deserv-
edly highly praised, and some extracts are given
from the books. The one in which the mother
follows her child to death's conservatory is very
striking. " Blanche, a Poem," is well written, but
of a most melancholy hue. There are some
" Memoirs of Count de Lally." He was the leader
of the troops of Louis XV. in his wars in the East
Indies. " Among the many gallant Irishmen who
served in the armies of France, I know of none
more brave and disttinguished," remarks his bio-
grapher. An amusing account is given of "A
Voyage to Van Diemen's Land," in which it is
related that a very enthusiastic young lady, who
was very anxious to see the island of Madeira, was
called up one night as they were passing the spot.
She hastily dressed herself, and came out of her
cabin with a lighted candle, in order to see it bet-
ter. " Our Winter Garden" is among the most
attractive of the contents. " The Lyrist's Death"
is a well-described piece ; but, on the whole, the
best is the " Dying Year," the first verses of which
are here given :
" Stretched on the Autumn's withered leaves,
Which the winds had heaped in play,
With the glittering shroud that the hoar-frost weaves
Cast o'er him as he
•
With death within his heart,
And dimness in his gaze,
The dying Old Year saw depart
His last moon's pallid rays.

•
There was a dim light in the air,
A cold and ghastly gloam ;
The clashing boughs were stripped and bare,
The ice was on the stream.
Out from the frozen North
The winds rushed fiercely by ;
And the stars of heaven came looking forth
To see the Old Year die.

And the old man's thoughts are wandering back,
As his hours approach their last,
With a vain remorse on the lengthened track
He bath left in the shadowy past.
His children, fair and bravo,
All to their rest have gone ;
And on the threshold of the grave
The Old Year lies—alone.

Fie thinks of the clays when his reign was young,
And his sun of life was high,
When the early flovers from the green earth sprung,
And the hours flew laughing by ;
When the leaves came bursting out,
And from hill and grassy plain
The streams, released, with a joyous shout
Leaped on to the sparkling main."

George Cruikshank's Magazine. No. I. Bogue.
All hail to the prince of caricaturists.! and
yet, be it said, one nobler, and better, infinitely
nobler and better than a mere .caricaturist. Janu-
ary comes to us, indeed, by no means empty-
handed, when he brings us the initial number of a
new magazine, edited by Frank E. Smedley, bet-
ter known by his nom de plume of " Frank Fair-
legh," and illustrated by the master-hand, and
called by the popular name, of George Cruikshank.
Everything secures to this new claimant of public
favour, even before its appearance, the most cor-
dial welcome—as everything in the first number of
it will be found to deserve that hearty reception.
First and foremost there is the grand opening illus-
tration. Such an illustration ! " Passing Events
—or the Tail of the Comet of 1853"—a wonderful
pictorial skit upon the age, worthy (can more be
said in panegyric ?—if so, tell us and we'll use it)
worthy of the artistic genius in its palmiest day of
our inexhaustible George Cruikshank. The em-
bellishment contains a marvellous profusion of
figures—" figures of fun," drawn with infinite
humour—and the whole accompanied (this, from
the hand of the editor) with the liveliest of expla-
nations. By the way, the Tail of the Comet of
1853 will be regarded by the vast majority, we
doubt not, as the " special wonder " of the new
magazine—and wonderful it is, as we have said,
undoubtedly. Nevertheless, to our mind, the ela-
boration of the Tail is surpassed altogether by the
exquisite expression of the Head—an expression of
breathlessness, of surprise, of merriment, and of a
perfectly amazing consciousness of all the
astounding eccentricities that come flooding
afterwards. Such a face ! we have no word
for it—we look down amazed at the apparition—
dumbfoundered like our namesake with his hair
on end up in the corner of the illustration
Besides the frontispiece—George Cruikshank con-
tributes to his new magazine a variety of other
comical cuts—such, for example, as the broadsheet
against tobacco. Frank Fairlegh has a rollicking
Ingoldsbyan Legend of Brabant, called " The For-
feit Hand"—but beyond this the letterpress admits
of considerable improvement. The glory of the new
magazine, however, radiates resplendently from the
illustrations.

Colburn's United 'Service Magazine and Naval
and Military Journal.—The first article is " The
Black Sea," and an opinion is expressed, that as
the war raging between Russia and Turkey is
extending to those countries bordering on the
Black Sea, of which so little haPi hitherto been
known, that now, " new and almost unexplored
regions will be opened to inquiries." In conclusion,
it is said, that if the Sultan could be persuaded
to receive men of every class and distinction into
his army and navy, he would be more than a
match for his collossal antagonist. "If a well-
digested system of immigration from the civilised
West could be organised to a land at once
fertile and salubrious, intersected with the finest
rivers and straits, and having the advantage
of so many seas and ports, Turkey might
become as much to be admired for her social,
political, and religious institutions, as she now is
for her natural resources and geographical posi-
tion." A long memoir is given of " Radetzky,"
who, it is observed, offers in his career more in-
interest than is found in the annals of many great
military men. After a life of battles, in his 80th
year he still mounts his horse, and governs the
Austrian provinces in his master's name. It is
remarked further on that, as a statesman also,
" Radetzky" is entitled to a place in the historical
gallery. The sketch is to be continued in the next
number, and will prove interesting to many it is
to be presumed. There are various other subjects
of importance here treated of, such as "De la Barre
Duparcy'sCommentaires on Clausenitz," " Individ-
ua: Organisation of Prussian Regiments," " General
Sir Harry Calvert on National Defence," &c. " A
Treatise on Small Arms," by Leon Parrot, contains
a great deal of information on the formation and
operations of arms and warlike instruments, &c.

The Zoist ; a Journal of Cerebral Physiology
and Mesmerism.—This is the forty-fourth num-
ber, and the eleventh volume of this quarterly
journal ; a fact which is a sufficient proof of its
success. To believers in this popular science
the work will be highly interesting, and will, no
doubt, in time convince many who are now incre-
dulous of the curative powers of the mesmeric force.
One of the most remarkable cures is of a maniac,
who had been rendered insane by table-turning.
There are also accounts of cases of blindness,
rheumatism, &c., which have been successfully
mesmeric agency.. We shall shortly
terminated by
quote an interesting paper, which Dr. Elliotson
has contributed to this number.

The Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Re-
view.—Among the objects of interest here pre-
sented, the accounts of " The Lady Elizabeth, a
prisoner at Woodstock," are worthy of being men-
tioned. Few probably are acquainted with the
details of the unfortunate lady's captivity, and it
will thus be generally instructive. The cause of
her being imprisoned was that Wyat, in his con-
fession, accused her of being accessory to the plot
in which he was engaged. In consequence of which
misrepresentations the Princess was senb to the
Tower, but she was subsequently removed to Wood-
stock, where she was placed under the care of Sir
Henrylledingfield. From the letter book of the
latter many details are gathered relative to the
mode in which the detention of the Princess was
carried on. The chief vexation arose from her not
being free to select what books she thought fit, and
there were many communications held with the
council as to the propriety of her wishes being
granted. " On supposed Apparitions of Air Lady
at Salette," gives an account of the modern and
ancient superstitions of that place. The proceed-
ings of " Sir Walter Raleigh at Sherbourne" are
concluded from the November number of this Ma-
gazine. It will be remembered that he was left
disputing with Meere his steward, as to whether he
possessed the right of dismissing him from his
service. Meere was undoubtedly right in law, it
is observed, as he recovered the bailiwick. A plate
is given of the pulpit of Richard Baxter, author of
the " Saint's Rest." He was some time vicar of
Kidderminster. It is still preserved in that town,
but not in the church. The pulpit is of oak, octa-
gonal in its shape, and properly decorated with
flowers and architectural ornaments in the well-
known style of the reign of James I. " The Toxaris
of Lucian" is a very interesting sketch of the
ancients. Mnesippus, a Greek, argued with Toxaris,
a Scythian, as to which of their countries produced
the most eminent examples of friendship. The five

nstances which the Greek brings forward are here
cited, and are worthy of attention. The last given
story is the most pleasing. The one friend was cast
into prison, being innocent ; the other contrived to
be sent in after him. When released, a large sum
was presented to each by way of atonement. De-
metrius, the second-mentioned friend, observed to
Antiplilus (after having given up his money to
him), " I leave you now. I shall have no use for
this money, and you will stand in no need of a
friend in the good circumstances in which I leave
you."