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MAGAZINES—(CONTINUED).
THE DUBLIN UNIVERSITY.
The present number opens with a beautifully writ-
ten
tale, " Philip Armytage, or the Blind Girl's Love."
The author manifestly possesses deep and passionate
feeling, and no ordinary descriptive powers. He
Paints one of those i':ne old country mansions, the
glory of our native land. In this we are intro-
duced to the heroine, Stella Brandreth, a fair child,
springing up in grace and loveliness, but afflicted
with that deepest deprivation—the loss of sight.
She was not born so. "For six years hid the little
child looked on the beautiful sky and seen the flowtrs,
and then a shadow grew over her vision ; gradually it
darkened and darkened, and the world grew
dimmer, until at last she saw it no more, and all the
`Lnle earth was become to her like a scene once be-
held in a dream, and then shut out for ever." Gentle
and subdued she was, as became her helpless condi-
tion ; it seemed as if He who knew how dependent
her whole life must be, on the affection of others, had
endowed her with that irresistible beauty which wins
love, and the meek spirit that preserves it." There is
the father, a learned man, cold and stern, a man in
'hom " mind held pre-eminence over heart." Her
twin-brother, a fine bold manly boy, and her amiable
but delicate and fast fading mother, " who clung to
her blind child with a passionate fervour, an all
absorbing love, that almost atoned for the loss of the
blessed gift of sight." That loving mother dies, and
the stricken girl is left desolate indeed. She springs
Into Womanhood, and is almost compensated for her
334 bereavement by a soul to which music was as its
feeling,
breath, and a voice that spoke of mind, of
of passion, such as came from no angel's
IPs but from a woman's heart. She travels with
her father, and then meets with Philip Armytage,
but"that one well calculated to gain a woman's best affec-
lans, particularly those of a " young, beautiful, blind
girl, whose lonely, dreaming heart, yearned for an
eal, round which to hang, as a garland, all its flowers
of lova and fancy." Love steals on them imper-
ceptibly, and it is not until they are about to part
that they discover the real nature of their feelings to-
wards each other—the depth and intensity of their
mutual love. Philip proposes to the father, but is
!,1131, ly rejected, and informed that a man without
'lnnes should never be the husband of Stella Bran-
rt},." She is taken away, whither he knows not,
.i.„ut,lle determines to gain for himself that worldly
his which which will enable him ultimately to obtain
atismdeareat wishes. He becomes a barrister and an
'°r, and l3°
gains fame and reputation, bu can hear
1_
.e tidings of the loved one. Att
length
meets her restored to sight, fond, faithful,
tncl Confiding as ever ; her father is dead, and she
- Possessed of wealth, but which is of no value in
comparison
with the object of' her young heart's best
baffections. They are united, and their visions of
sPlsirless are more than realised. It is, however,
a brief and passing season of felicity. They
rbevisit
the old mansion, the scene of her
joys and sorrows, and there are struck
et'" lightning, which renders her once more
oz, essly blind. She is still, however, dear as ever
her husband-lover, who watches over, cherishes,
onds if possible, loves her more deeply for her griev-
thirsafaintion- She is, however, speedily taken from
rim' and yields her pure spirit to her Creator,
hilinn
wring his name. He sinks beneath the
Cw• For a time his noble mind is a
ssiteteik• But at length reason is restored
declining health, and he is summoned
n.
IC• um her whom he had loved with such fervour and
st
IY. "Neophytus the Monk" is continued.
4amil Bey has landed near the monastery with an
°lierPowering force; the aged Egoumenos surrenders
te,_!ithority to Neophytus, who becomes chief
tis be rethren at a season of unexampled danger
so difficulty. The Bey has invited the
captain to return to his allegiance, and
thr4,,bitn in reducing the rebellious Pacha, but
of his the most bloody vengeance in the event
taris refusal. A message of the most scornful de-
vnb, e is returned by the Novice, Irenaeus, who
life-4teers the fatal duty, willing to sacrifice even
brouiltself in the cause of duty. His high-minded
r rooa_rnsends him forth to certain death without one
rd r dissuasion, and the noble boy is butchered
dernnenTing to give the Bey information which he
Theds of the numbers of the Souliotes and monks.
riot,i'v_estruction of the monastery is then detailed,
its "Standing the fierce and vigorous resistance of
a reinmates ; the Souliote captain, Anagnosti, with
sole stlitiant of his gallant band, and Neophytus, the
the arvivor of his monastic brethren, escaping from
4T "An excellent article on " Architecture
eeleb,na,_lm, gives an account of the works of the
Ca,t(;°'''ed dames Gandon, the designer of the Irish
Courtin „House the Royal Exchange, and Four
fro4?_ 'lnns Carlisle-bridge, &c. " Leaves
state:oe Life of Prince Talleyrand, ' detail that wily
Eu rall's plan for the territorial settlement of
when pe' and carries us up to that exciting period
deter the restoration of the Bourbon's is
Illtined on, and the Provisional Government
or, ,:a:ablished. The history of tractarianism
Matiatint may' well be termed, the Counter-Refor-
Riven 1Y Movement in the Church of England," is
Pleasin " The Bishop of Ossory's Charge." A
z°anclat:' g°laiping " Chapter on Angling; on the
°f Bell, the the well-known work by " Ephemera,
interest s Life," will be perused with much
by the lovers of the gentle science.
Miele Rivers" is continued, with a second
thafele on the Boyne, written in the same spirit
distinguished' the former contributions.
a Spirited memoir of the Lord Chief Justice of the
'onimon Pleas •in Ireland accompanies a portrait of
that Learned Judge, which, however, is less happy
than others that have graced the gallery of illustrious
Irishmen. The poetry consists of "The Viking," a
spirited translation from the Swedish of E..G. Geijer,
137 William Lander, and two pleasing transla-
'lons from the odes of Horace. "Free trade and
Currency
Reform," exhibits sounder political views
t'n the great question of the currency than we are
aneustomed to see in the Irish periodical. The mis-
chievous effects of the Bill of 1844—that fatal mea-
"u're which has fettered our energies and paralysed
ir industry—are well exposed ; which has driven
theto wal.l3Fik, while its coffers are overflowing with gold,
ill it its accommodation and to disturb our com-
mercial and trading operations, by which the labour
pr the country is supported—the national wealth
latliced. It truly says, "If commerce and trade
sinirlsh, labour cannot flourish. There is no divi-
elms (if interest, the productive and distributive
class,,eB depend upon one another for support. These
and constitute the great bulk of the community,
ezert:'ne wealth of the nation depends on their
tal el,"s; and it is, therefore, for the gene-
" Th's°°d that their exertions should be allowed
teetee freest scope, and be in every way possible pro-
is from sudden checks and long depressions." It
1,4, Possible to controvert this great truth or to dis-
:lt:,rorn the following views
nraiti_a_blie opinion has set in this direction, in an extra-
bein:r3' degree; and instead of the Currency Question'
legularelonfined to one or two newspapers, it is now
aithert'Y discussed, despite the distaste which has
a(1, been
g manifested, by one-half of the press of
and Scotland—discussed, too, in an enlightened
"" 1 d ' • i Th
node genera.ly on soun princip es. e question
,that ~80 much progress within the last six months.
De IN efforts of the supporters of the present system will
Of sire,to turn the tide of public opinion. The principles
40bert Peel are found to be unsuitable to the
thepo-
nd wants of this country; unsound and dangerous
eo,_er tendency, and producing, when in operation,
quences precisely the opposite of those which it
,s,
ssien° Confidently alleged would follow their establish-
b,'"- These are the opinions held at the present time
a very large proportion of the leading bankers, mer-
falq.ants, andmanufacturers of the United Kindom. The
failed in every particular ; it has, in reality, effected
%thing which was sought to be effected by it. It is
Pronounced to hare been unsuited to the old circum
alisnces of the country, and still more unsuited to the
tallgladly hail so able a " collaborateur" on this
-
important topic. The number is in every re-
Peet a good one.

DOLMAN'S MAGAZINE.
IWithout in any particular manner diminishing the
,--_aracter it has already acquired as a general maga-
af`n,' of light literature, Dolman is becoming month
the month more and more peculiarly the organ of
ti'le Catholics of England. It has achieved for itself
the verty considerable share of popularity
.among
ent s andard periodicals as a vehicle for literary
steett
wiry..
ainment and for literary research ;. it is, now
vas
~,,‘
_id to. bring the original intention with which it
lop„'"4lllfestly started to a mature and visible deve-
intention
DZent; This • • was clearly to render
-an _Magazine the mouthpiece of our
.Roman
tillitholic fellow-countrymen, and to do so with the,
tctsrt gentlemanly forbearance, and the most liberal
re ation. Differ as we may on doctrinal points we
firlsit,et a principle so times in accordance with the
n ("tenrnent of these. And actuated by that
'-'rlei
a e
c 14a e Dolman's Magazine must be_ singularly
(ble
it is to the religionists for whose behoof
especially printed, and welcome, too, as
an intelli
guliar creed 'who have "te
and superior periodical tot tehoes.
ean hical sympathy whatever
.for h the
iftapacy. The ofte bold
s iritually subservient to
°Peningy a'rpticle for June is a caustic.
Ptni;P,°n " The Architectural movement in the
t. irs's'l:(l Church," signed Scott Nasmyth Stokes.
but- P°' Without ability. Mr. Jerningham contri-
,, Tells h lively chapter f biographical. gossip about
be deeiEmPrems Maria Louisa ; but, to our thinking,
, 8s somewhat too entl ith the character of this
artloss P • •g••Y " • • the Rev.
lair. ,sr rincess. The indefatigable editor, „
e;es it:,:il; pursues his serial upon the " Penal Laws,
end ,
int In the
present continuation arrives at the most
crisis in the religious bigotry of the
tilglirriteoth century—namely, the first gleanings of irte_or oral conflagration which was ignited among the
bPI ant and the depraved, by that eccentric fire-

ane
SKeTCL:

brand Lord George Gordon. •
the personal aspect of that celebrated madman is al-
most as vivid as the one given by Boz, in his
tale of " Barnaby Rudge. ' The progress of
the riots, however, is more temperately depicted
by the Roman Catholic priest than by the popular
novelist, and hence what is lost in picturesque effect
is gained in accuracy. We shall watch this narrative
of the riots of 1779 and 1780 with interest. The
next article bears a rather add title for insertion in a
Roman Catholic publication ; it is headed " Catho-
licity in the Dark Ages." The writer encleaveur3 to
vindicate his religion from the accusations with which
it has been very long assailed in respect tp the middle
ages, W 9 do not remember to have ever met be?ore
this with a distinct contradiction of and argument
against those accusations npou the Roman Catholic
faith. The si:4'l6ei and the purpo3e Qf UK, P-Titri-
bution of it must coi:rittrid far it a very general pe-
rusal. We perceive by a n,74:1' apptn L 4 to the paper
that the article, together with a co.:l:!nuation, being"
Remarks on the Government scheme of National
Education," addressed to the Catholics u#'the United
Kingdom, and dedicated to the Right Rev. Dr. Wi#p?
man, Bishop of Melipotamus, and President of 0804
College" is in course of publication in a separate
form. A pleasant melange of anecdotes, inscribea.
" Collectania Lepida," or, in other womb " A Wag-
gish Chapter of Scraps," with the average number
of criticisms, bring the number to a conclusion. In
lamenting over the decease of the Liberator, Dolman's
Magazine mourns that " that voice, so pregnant with
wit, and wisdom, and rarest eloquence, will never,
never be heard again, until the fast trumpet of the
archangel shall sound." The commemorative ii.Qtitit) is
briefly but earnestly written.

THE METROPOLITAN.
Nearly as this periodical is approaching to the
completion of the two hundredth month of its exist,
ence, it has atill some indication of its pristine vigor.
The flavour of it, spring-time is still detectable
though considerably diluted, " The Battle of Be-
nevento," which seemed to be almost as in-
terminable as a prize fight might be between
"The I'luckly Crusher" (see "Christopher Tadpole")
and " The Game Chicken" (see " Dombey and Son,")
is at last brought to a conclusion with the twenty-
sixth round—or rather chapter. May it sleep peace-
fully in its natural grave—oblivion ! "The Cant of
the Present Age" is a clever conceit by the editor.
" Twining on the Picturesque," being a miniature
criticism upon a book partially published last year, is
followed by tales precisely to the taste of the readers
of the " Metropolitan," engagingly headed " The
Double Romance," " Marmaduke Hutton ; or, The
Poor Relation," and " Sir Monk Moyle," the first and
last being continuations. " Sir Monk Moyle" suits
our palate but little ; it is flippant and bigotted
throughout. There is not about it the agreeable
flavour of good-fellowship. It is a thing to be spat
forth derisively, as it deserves. " Copenhagen as it
was" is about the best contribution in the number,
though the writer of it is a sad chatterbox.