The Sun.
London, England, 1841-05-06 00:00:00

THI4", SUN. LONDOV. THURSDAY, MAY 6. 1-,41.

The surveillance of Bores Pficba bas bei revoked,
and this ancient funetioary ii expected every day in ti c
capital.

General Joehmus bas had a most diitingui.hed reccr-
tion by the Seraskier Nebo.
The A barian troops, who crrat•d such eisordcrs in
Syria, have been removed from the ca it tl.
The troubles of Samos have terminated.
A treaty of commerce his been concluded between the
Pot te and the Grand Duke cf Tuscany.
The Magicienne has rus up the Bosphorus and takPn
her station opposite to Tberapis. The French brii; La
Fleche is also gone there.
The Persian thet continues between Tor:thane and Or.
takuoy, and Tdhir Pacha having all the et ips put is
order so as to be ready for sea if rt quired.
PE ctSJA.
The last aecannts from Trehisonde redresera tha' diffi.
culties between the Shah a ad Great Brita'n as still to be
in a fair way cif settlement.

LITERATURE.

BRITISH AND TOREIGN REVIEW.
No. XXIII. Taylor, London. 1841.
There are usually sonic able statistic articLs in
this periodical, which, indeed, constitutes its
chiefrecommendations with the public. In the
Number now lying before us there is an admir-
able one on " Russia, her Commercial Position,
and Prospects," wherein, after enterinc, at con-
siderable length into the subject of the borne
and • fbreign trade of this gigantic Power,
the writer closes his remarks by observing:—
" To us, it does not appear a difficult under-
taking, notwithstanding the difference of soil and
climate,.to call up a city equal in wealth and ex-
tent to Calcutta, on the banks of Lake Baikal,
and to make Orenburg or Astrachan rival Bom-
bay. or Madras. The only talisman we should
seek, would be the eradication of the Russian
police, a body no less inimical to the progress
of civilization than the Strelitzes or Janis-
saries of former days, and the conversion
of the Minister of Finance to the opi-
nion that the sum of ti; items of natio.ial
trade, and not their difference, forms the true
object to which a statesman ought to direct his
attention—in other words, that the prosperity of
a country can be much more correctly estimated
according to the extent'of its trade, than accord-
ing to its apparent balance." In the critical
notice of " Poems by the Reverend R. C.
Trench," the Reviewer, alluding incidentally
to Wordsworth, expresses it as his opinion, that
" he has imparted to the age the reflective cha-
racter of his own genius." We cannot hold with
this assertion, for certainly modern poetry is not
remarkable for development of thought; in the
generality of instances itis as superficial as can
well be, and therefore diametrically opposed to
the tendency of Wordsworth's genius. We admit,
however, that Mr. Trench is one of his most suc-
cessful imitators, and possesses something of a
kindred spirit. ". Combe s Constitution" is an un-
fa,vourable criticism on a work that has recently at-
tracted no ordinary share otlaublic attention. The
Reviewer insists that Mr. Combe has performed
his task in a very imperfect manuer ; that " his
production shallow," and is of "an injurious
tendency." 'How this may be, we know not,
as we do not happen to have read the work
in question. The article entitled " Finance,"
contains some shrewd, practical -remarks on the
subject of a sinking fund, of which the Re-
viewer approves, adding-- "We are clearly
of opinion that Mr. Pitt's principle of 17t)
ought to be followed up ; and that a sinking
fund to redeem the debt within forty-tiye
years, as well as the interest of the loan, ought to
be provided by additional taxes. Perhaps if the
state of the country should admit of it, it might
be better to have a sinking fund sufficient to re-
deem the debt in forty-five years, without accu-
mulation ; this would require something less than
two and a quarter per cent. This fund, like the
former, would be applicable to the expenses of
the war; but after its termination, would be ap-
plied to the redemption of debt." " Italian
Narrative Poetry " is sufficiently explained by
its title. Its greatest defect is, that the subject—
no very prolific one—has been discussed over
and over again, usque ad nauseam. " Anglo-
Saxon Laws and Institutes" add little to the in-
formation whieli we have already obtained,
through the medium of Sharon Turner's history

POLYTECHNIC JOURNAL.
A serviceable Monthly Miscellany, well suited
to the taste of the day, its ob:ect being to further
the interests, by timely and temperate, discus-
sion, of art, science, and general literature. The
best essay in the Number before us is one on the
subject of" Malaria," which is the production of
the author of the "Anatomy of Suicide."

SPORTING REVIEW.
Contains this month, a remarkably spirited
portrait, engraved by Hall, from au original
picture, of the Flying Childers; and a plan of
the Hippodrome Race-course. In the literary
department we find a lively sketch, entitled
" The Westminster Boy," from the pen of Lord
William Lennox ; and some appropriate remarks
on the " Preservation of Game," by the Hon.
Grantley Berkeley, who exhibits here to greater
advantage than in his capacity of novelist.

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COLONIAL MAGAZINE.
There are several intelligent articles in this
Number, and among them we may notice the one
which is devoted to a consideration of the
" China Expedition," wherein the writer justly
observes The results of the expedition Aviil
teach the nation a -wholesome moral lesson, not
to rely too much on physical force for the at-
tainment of great national requirements ; not to
undervalue any people merely because we are
their superiors in courage; but, above all, it de-
monstrates the vast superiority of mind over mat-
ter. In fighting the British have in China been
invariably victorious; in diplomacy they have
been as invariably worsted ; and the Conditions of
a peace have been agreed to, which do not even
achieve the objects which Lord J. Russell stated
in the house of Commons, the expedition had in
view." "Western Australia" is an apparently
impartial account of this new and rapidly in-
creasing settlement.