The Sun.
London, England, 1836-12-01 00:00:00

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THE CHRISTIAN PHYSICIAN.
Palmer and Son, Paternoster-row.
There are several articles in the present Number Of
this Magazine which deserve, and will well repaY,
perusal. That entitled " The Dissenters and Esta-
blishments" enters boldly into an examination of the
laws which regulate civil and religious obedience. The
author, who is evidently a man of talent, adduces the
conduct of Shadrach, 111:shach, and Abcdnego,
in re"
fusing to worship Nebuchaci;:czzar's golden image) as
a complete justification of the Dissenters in refusing t°
pay Church-rates ; and challenges Any person to paint
out a difference in principle between the two cases'
Dr. Harrison's paper, on the practical application of the
facts relating to the structure of the spinal column t°l
the treatment of diseases, is a very important one, an
will, we trust, attract the attention of medical prO"
titioners.

COURT MAGAZINE.
A carefully engraved portrait of the 'Viscountess
Fordwich, the back-ground of which is made up of $
lovely sylvan landscape, forms the leading embellish-
ment this month. The literary department, as usual'
is got up with much judgment and taste, consisting
of a variety of talcs, essays, &c., of the first of which
" Glenbower, or the Bothered Glen" is the best spe
cimen. The brief Litt notices of new works at the
end of the Number, are drawn
p
nary skill. We are glad 1:9 with more than ordi-
Numbers, the publisher proposes
find that in his future
to leave out the fa.
shions." They were of no earthly use, for none bt4
ladies' maids and servant girls ever pinned their faith
on them.

NEW MONTHLY.
Ele-
The first article in this Number, entitled the "
ments of Conversation," is from the pen Of 1"t"
Theodore Hook ; and when we have said thilq, W.
have said quite enough to convince the reader that it'
shrewd, sprightly, and entertaining. It contains,:
moreover, one or two allusions to Foote—the Englis
Aristophanes as Johnson called him—which Will 1).
read with the greater attention, when it is remembered
that Hooke himself has to a considerable extent no"
delled his farces on those of Foote, and has proved a
not unworthy disciple of his master. The brief Nre'
moir of Mr. Lister, author of " Granby,"
does justice
to the talents of a clever novelist. Granby is not far
behind Pelham in its knowledge of high life in Lon-
don ; but 'has more repose of manner about it, and, to
our thinking, more nature. It does not aim at effect,
but makes its way with the reader by-its just, unex'
aggerated portraits of character. " The Yeomanry of
England" is penned in a truly healthy English spirit'
" The History of a Radical" contains some strong
painting ; but is too unmitigated and immitigable to
its prejudices. There is more of fancy than of fact
in
the umstances of the story. " Tigers and Tigerisol,
is se t
ign pages thrown away on a subject not wort'
seven lines. From " Martial in London" we extras
one epigram, which insinuates as graceful a
ment to Lady Blessington as ever was paid to the!
friends by Pope or Chesterfield :--
" SLAVERY.—AN IMPROMPTU.
" Mild Wilberforce, by all beloved,
Once owned this hallowed spot,
Whose zealous eloquence improved
The fettered Negro's lot.
Yet here still Slavery attacks
Whom Blessington invites,
The chains from which he freed the Blacks

She rivets on the 'Whites." " 0
" Recollections of Bannister and his Family 9f,
amusing enough, but the subject is scarcely of into(
rest to the existing generation, to whom the nanle
Bannister is as much one of tradition as that of Ilebi
dcrson—who, as an old play-going friend told tIS tjg
other day, was the only Falstethat ever trod the bottleof
of an English theatre. In the dramatic article)
which this Magazine was once deservedly celebrat,er:
we find a just and discriminating notice of Mr. I,°of
rest, whose " King Lear approaches the thresholo.
poetry. It is a creation of almost imaginative por
produced by the truth of a physical and merely b 1
ulss
infirmity. It borders upon the grand, by the felt!cof
of its possession of the external signs and shows
ute
grandeur. Mr. Forrest is an actor who can e%eco
most finely all but the highest tasks of poetry.
comprehends the wonderful action of human nature
in other words, he can do all that Kean could do,
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much that Kean would never have dared to atteelPt.