The Sun.
London, England, 1849-09-05 00:00:00

mISVELLANEOUS.

Especially attractive in this month of September is
the Sporting .31ag0,-,-,ine—the first embellishment to
which, "The Approaching Footstep," is calculated
to whet the appetite of the grouse-shooter. " Killing
no Murder" is the best paper among the current con-
tributions. As the second illustration, is a clever
engraving called "The Ferret Laid." In the Belle
Assemble the frontispiece is a drawing of
"Rebecca," the most splendidly coloured of all the
marvellous heroines of Sir Walter. Bssides this,
there is a woodcut of Crowland Abbey in Lincoln-
shire, and the usual monthly fashions. With con-
tributions from Mrs. Crosland, Elizabeth Youatt,
Calder Campbell, Mrs. Abdy, and others, the
miscellany is rich in story, verse, and anec-
dote. Lc Follet is scarcely so graceful in its
embellishments as heretofore ; neither is the Journal
of Design so felicitous as usual in its illustrations.
The sketch of the bust of the Queen, from the cele-
brated original by Chantrey, although ingfsS_Lias:
is by no means sightly in execution.
gazine, on the contrary, is charmfirtnlyS,:
°drawing of
with two elegant engravings—Ter
from
a paintingof
Glendalough, by Creswick, anot
Neor are the literary
Lake Chandi ere, by Bartlett.
contents less worthy of commendation, some of them,
such as " A Contrast in Biography," being of superior
excellence.
Among the periodicals relating to the
progress of science, .we must particularise as de-
ser ag• of encouragement the Patent Journal, and
also a kithired publication, well known as Newton's
Repertory. Our readers are possibly long since fa-
miliar with tl.,e fact that there is no lack whatever of
organs dedicated to the cause of religion, of all shades
and peculiarities' of opinion. First amongst the
monthly journals of this nature we must mention
the Church of Eh: gland Magazine, the illustration to
which is the same u, the wood-cut already noticed as
appearing in the 13(1.1e Assemblee, namely, Crowland
Abbey. Of the m issionary organs two are lying
before us, the Colons-al Church Chronicle, in which
will be found an in,teri tsting paper on the present
aspect of Jerusalem, and the Evangelical Magazine,
embellished with an engrai, -ed portrait. At this par-
ticular time, for reasons -which it is unnecessary to

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l enumerate, the Journal iit:l74os;Co.i 're -,- c;7 ik:oirlit 'be
found of peculiar interest figtiid-Jo-saniiary mat-
tars in general and to elm 'in.444-ictitar-.• -To ' the
agriculturists we commenc tha. *O/zees jragei=4;t;le,
a periodical whose energie •• ; :.abiy4ll.-flirectvi to
matters of practical importaitiad AunnAciaptd-'Vgerest,
and of professional utility. 'This niagitiftilMe are
rejoiced to see, augurs well for the harvest already
commenced.

BURIAL OF THE DEAD.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Stu,—Passing, on an omnibus, the Islington chapel
of ease, in the Holloway-road, last evening, as the
clock was striking ten, I saw two men skulking
into the burying ground with a plain uncovered
coffin on their shoulders, evidently containing a
corpse. "Oh ! that's very common now," re-
marked the conductor, " they put them in here at all
hours, these cholera times. I frequently see them even
latter than thin"

I saw (for a vivid flush of lightning at the mo•
ment illumined the place) no clergy man at
that unseasonable hour at this consecrated
Christian churchyard, waiting to commit
those remains of " the dear departed brother"
(or sister), with our beautifully impressive funeral
service, to their last (query) resting•place. But
perhaps they were the remains of a burglar, of a
suicide, or (more likely for such things are common
now,") of a PAUPER.
I merely mention the fact, and leave it for those
who have the power to order it otherwise to enjoy, if
they can, the reflections that such a circumstance
must give rise to in all well-regulated minds.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
CHARLES JAMES THICKE,
Honorary Secretary to the National Society
for the Abolition of Burial in Towns.
New Bridge•street, Blackfriars, Sept. 4.