The Sun.
London, England, 1849-08-09 00:00:00

DUBLIN UNIVERSITY.

The proprietors of this very able periodical have
compiled a most agreeable miscellany for the present
month. The number for August is less encumbered
than usual with merely political matter, and we should
be disposed to think the omission by no means dis-
pleasing to the general reader of periodical literature.
The first paper is a commentary on the " Minutes of
Evidence taken before the Select Committee on Irish
Savings' Banks, appointed in the last Session,"
ordered by the House of Commons to be printed,
12th of February, 1849. The subject is one of great
importance to the industrious portion of the commu-
nity, and we trust Parliament will surround these
admirable institutions with all the safeguards necessary
for their security and encouragement. The next paper
is " Scenes and Stories from the Spanish Stage—The
Physician of his own Honour," from Calderon. The
Spanish scholar will duly appreciate the literal trans-
lation and close imitation of the form and variety of
the versification of the original. " Love Eternal "
is an exquisite little poem, and we regret our
space will not allow us to transcribe it. The next
paper is a continuation of "Ceylon and the Cinga-
lese." We know Int if our readers will concur in
these notions of feminine loveliness :

" A woman's tresses should be abundant, as volumin-
ous as the (ail of a peacock, and as long as a palm leaf of
ten moons' growth; her eyebrows should be arched like
the rainbow, her eyes long as the almond, and the colour
dark as midnight when there is no moon. Her nose
should be slender as the bill of the hawk; her lips
full, and the colour of red coral; her teeth small,
even, closely placed together, and the colour of the
pearl when it is newly taken from the oyster
and cleansed. Her throat should be thick and round,

like the stem of a plantain tree in full bearing. Her
chest should be wide, her bosom full, and the form of
a young cocoa nut, and her waist small, round, and
taper, so slender that it could be clasped within two
outstretched hands; her hips should b 3 large and
round, her limbs slender, and the soles of her feet
without any arch or hollow, and the surface of her
person should be soft, delicate, smooth, and round,
neither bones, sinews, or angles visible. Not a blemish
on her skin, the tint of which should be bright and
brown."

The other papers are " Italy, an Allegory," " A few
Words about Mosquitia and Musquitoes," by Major
O'Connor, First West Indian Regiment ; "My
Uncle Nick's Duel with Major Sabretasch, of the
Buffs," by Percy Boyd, Esq.—a story well conceived
and humorously written ; " Use and Abuse." The
Portrait Gallery is embellished with a well-
executed etching of Crofton Croker, the
well-known, able, amusing, and facetious Irish
writer. Some remarks on Mr. Grove's book,

" the Calendar of Nature," are appropriate and well
merited. " The Love Songs of Horace," by Bon
Gaultier, " The Sybil's glass,".by Sidney Whiting,
" Sonnets on Colonisation," by Aubrey de Vera ;
"Fergusson on Fortification,"—all are admirable.
Indeed, altogether, we have been much gratified by a
perusal of the present number.

THE BANKERS' MAGAZINE.
The papers composing the number of this useful
periodical for August are all of great importance and
clearly and ably writ ten. The article with which it opens,
on the "Joint Stock Banks of London," will be read
by the trading and commercial interests with pleasure
as well as profit. The additional articles upon sub-
jects of practical importance, not only to the trading
world, but to the community at large—Railway In-
telligence—lnformation with regard to Savings
Banks—General Monetary Statistics—will be found
accurate and comprehensive, as usual. Altogether the
present will be found a very instructive number, and
fully sustains the character of preceding ones both in
quantity and quality of useful intelligence.