The Sun.
London, England, 1836-02-01 00:00:00

MAGAZINE OF POPULAR SCIENCE.

Like all first Numbers, this is got up with consider-
able care. We like the idea and if followed up in a
zealous spirit, we have little doubt that the publisher,
and all connected with it, will find their account in it.
The essay, under the title of a ". Popular Course of
Astronomy," is penned in an easy, intelligent spirit, not
unduly encumbered—as is apt to be the case with such
treatises—with a pedantic show of scientific technicalities.

THE DUBLIN UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE,
Simphin and Marshall.
The admirers of bigotry and intolerance—a nume-
rous brood in Ireland—have here an ample board
spread for them. We select as a sample the following
Hymn, not unworthy of the cause which the champions
of Orangeism espouse with so much ardour. Our rea-
ders will please to regard it as a sample of Protestant
liberality in Ireland. It must include all that we offer
by way of criticism on the January Number of this
periodical :
THE BIBLE AND CROWN.-A NEW BALLAD, TO BE SAID OR SUNG
IN ALL CHURCHES AND MEETING-HOUSES THROUGHOUT THE
LAND.

Awake to the combat I stout hearts to the strife I
Each blow that we deal is for freedom and life.
The vulture of bigotry screams on the blast;
The foeman around us his leaguer has cast,
And loud is his menace and dark is his frown
As in vengeance he glares on the Bible and Crown.
No phantom illusive allures to the fight,
No vision that flashes and fades on the sight,
That flits like the vapours of morning away,
A moment deceptively gilt by its ray,
No Selfish ambition—the bubble renown—.
But the soul stirring cause of the Bible and Crown.
Each minor dissension be lost at the call,
Absorb'd In the peril impending o'er all ;
Let the Presbyter strike by the Prelatist's side,
And stem, in strong union, fell Popery's tide,
Whose billows unsparing both quickly would drown.
Strike, Protestants all, for the Bible and Crown.
Oh, dream not the demon will pause in his ire,
Of Luther and Calvin the signs to inquire;
Enough ye the fetters of Error have burst,
Alike ye have dared, and alike are accurst ;
He heeds not the squabble of surplice and gown ;
Woe, woe is your doom, with the Bible and Crown.
Awake to the contest, and proudly and brave
Let your banners of freedom and loyalty wave;
While we strike for the cause of our freedom each blow,
Despise we the traitor, and dare we the foe,
As tumbles the Dagon of tyranny down
Before the blest ark of the Bible and Crown.

TIIE ASIATIC JOURNAL. Allen and Co.

This periodical has been gradually improving for the
last six months, both in the variety and the interesting
nature of its contents. It is more of a journal of intel-
ligence and less of a critical review than it used to
be. The " Present State of India" is an article
which will not tend to lower it in public es-
timation. On the contrary, such papers, when resting
on the authority of authentic documents, are of the first
importance in the present • imperfect state of our ac-
quaintance with the internal resources of our oriental
possessions. The several journals of journeys per.•
formed in the interior of India are very instructive; but
even read as romances of events in India, they would not
fail to afford a lively gratification to the lovers of tales
of the " Wild and Wonderful." Jungles, tigers,
palanquins, torch-bearers, and caverns, are just the
pegs for hanging the incidents of a startling adventure
upon. The Notices for the Month are carefully ar-
ranged.

ARBORETUM BRITANNICUM ; OR, Dal: HARDT

TREES OF BRITAIN.
Longman and Co, and Ridgway and Sons.

We have looked ,carefully through Nos. XV. and
XVI. of this standard work, with their twenty-four
beautiful embellishments, and a suitable
.quantity of
letter-press, from the pelt of Mr. Loudon—and we
can safely pronounce them equal to the best Numbers
which preceded them. The plates, to any landscape-
gardener or botanist, or any admirer of such pursuits,
are worth double the cost-price of the work.