The Sun.
London, England, 1849-01-05 00:00:00

DUBLIN UNIVERSITY.

The agreeable, anticipationi ith" 'which we closed
our last notice of .number of this very able periodi-
cal for the past eventful yeir, have been fully: realised
'by the .first -.number • • for the new - year, -
`hare • found it a most 'pleasing • conabination, of
the instriictiire and Lthe, ibeautiful. It opens with a
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well-written- tale, entitled " LOve and .Mesrnerisin ;
some pas Sages froth` the Life 'Of "the Ceiinteas Of 80-1
RIAU. ;" the next is an interesting paper on the
'" Life, and Literary Remains' of jOhn Keats," edited
4oncirtOn Icillrus. M.P. The continuation of
,` Ceylon and the Cyngalese ". is, as usual, light and
amusing.• The " Fairfax Correspondence" will be
read -with" deep interest. •It contains some quaint
and graphic accounts. of '4 stenea . and characters
)-tt 'very' stirring- period of .England's - histeryj
Thelioeti3r' i& thelweSent''humber is ticellent,, and
we,scaroeiy,,know 9n.. which to bistoW the palm—the
. original or • the translations.' ALProvisiOn for the
Roman Catholic Clergy, considered in a Letter to the
Editor of the Quarterly Review" is a cleverly written
paper, but .our space will; not allow us at preseht to
mums 'the opinions 'Of the author. • The other ;papers
are ." Ireland's' Industry and Ireland's Benefactors,"
'and -"France, a 'Retroipettdf,the 'Year 1848"—alto=
"getter,, the first number- for 1849 has opened well,
and' We have no doubt. the genius and talent of 'otir
-aiiter isle, ,will continue to sustain this magizine in the
lrigh pOsitiOn Which' it. his attained in the periodical
literature of the day,

SIMMONDS' .COLONIAL MAGAZINE.
The, Cp/o4i9i, Afpgaxing for January
,contains
cies on " Our Colonial Relations," " The Cultivation of
Tea in British Indiar" The Establishment of Central
Sugar Works in:the British-'Sugar Colonies," " The
Laws Of 'the Winds,", " Coral Reefs, a Cause' of the
Fevier of the Islandifiear,Singapore," and an indig-
nant protest .agaitist 'the annexation of Cuba to' the
SlaV9 Statei of Ainerica, together with colonial 'in-
telligeno 'and a" variety;of matter of colonial inttrest.

"BANKERS'.
The opening numher for the new year is enriched
with ,an excellent likeness of James William Gilbart,
Esq., the respected general manager of the London
and Westminster-Bank. • It also contains an interest-
ing Memoir of the London and Westminster Bunk,
the first 'of' the joint-stock hanks established in the
metropOlis. 'We like happy to find that it is theinL
tention of_the 'Proprietors to give similar notices' of
the prineipal joint-stock banks throughout the king-
dom. The series cannot fail to prove both interesting
and, instructive The monetary review of the past
year, with which the number opens, points 'out the
fluctuations that have taken place in the value'Of
stock and shareS* of every description, and proves, the
Signal failure of the. Act of 1844 iin'one, at" leait, of
the 'objects contemplated:by its framerS. I,,etters
to Bratidh Manager " are continued with the same
ability that has.' been sio—eonspiclious. in the former
ortant point
contribtitionsof the author. The all-
- present
of"Alisemints"'.ford6 the subject.
iteresting, papirs
epistle: There are many
c9ntfkining,:tho usual, inamant4bnot ofeei valuable
r, mercantile
regret, e 'to 'find that the
yo given currency to One of a Se .'es
editors ha,
mischievous articles the object of which is manLestly
to oithe "i3earis4" guae, And to depreciate railway
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