The Sun.
London, England, 1840-09-02 00:00:00

or countenances the persecution of Unitarians.
The author of the paper before us has the great
merit of having brought within a smail and read-
gfiYat maser of learning for the
elbeidatioti of the if the clear
eStand nott satisfactory manner, that, td rige his
Oo Wards, "in Ireland. the mere denial of the
Trinity was never' either at common law or
by statute." It is not pretended that now theele-
nial of the Trinity is punishable by statute law,
although it was so at one time ; and as the com-
mon law of England and Ireland is the same, it
follows that the author's torieltisioti above quoted
applies equally to both countries, whateVet may be
said to the contrary by such narrow-minded ex-
pounders of the law as Mt. Knight Bruce, who is
much more of a bigot than a lawyet. The Dis-
turbed District in Wales " is a combination of
a series of papers on the mental, moral, and
physical state of the population of that por-
tion of the Principality in which the late insurs
rectionary movement took place. The subject de-
serves the serious attention of the Government, as
well as of those whose situation or circumstances
connects them with Wales, and whose rank or for-
tune gives them influence there. There will be
found in these articles, which are evidently from
the pen of one well acquainted with what he writes
about, much valuable information and many useful
suggestions. Our limits will not permit us to do
more than allude to the vast quantity of Unitarian
intelligence which the present number of this Ma
gazine contains. The Unitarians appear to be a
thriving body of Christians. • Unitarian chapels
are starting up everywhere, and there-are accounts
and reports of innumerable meetings of Unitarian
associations throughout the country. We observe,
too, that a newspaper is about to be established in
Ireland for the express purpose of promoting Uni-
tarian objects. Why do not the English Unita-
rians adopt the same plan ? The Independents
have their Patriot, the Wesleyans their Watchman,
and if the Unitarians had also their organ, we
cannot help thinking that it would be of infinite ser-
vice to their cause, were it only to let the public know
what Unitarianism really is. The Unitarians,
like the primitive Christians, are " every where
spokene against," and every where misrepresented.
1 hey surely owe it to themselves and to the doctrines
they profess, to make every exertion to undeceive
those whose minds have been studiously led into
error as to the tenets of Unitarianism, by malicious
and interested parties. The Unitarians, if not the
most numerous sect of Dissenters, are by far the
most wealthy and influential in proportion to their
numbers. It would, therefore, be an easy matter
for them to establish and support a weekly News-
paper devoted to their interests. We hope they
will take the hint given them by their Irish bitthren

LONDON AND EDINBURGH PHILOSO-
PHICAL MAGAZINE.
The present Number opens with a paper on the
mineral structure of the South of Ireland, by Mr.
It. Griffith, in which that gentleman ably defends
his views against the observations of Mr. Weaver,
who has impugned them. The paper is temper-
ately written, and is accompanied with a neatly-
engraved plate, illustrative of the geological struc-
ture of the above-mentioned district. M. Dumas's
Memoir on the Law of Substitutions, and the
Theorrof Chemical Types, is concluded. There
are two admirable articles on Photography. One
of these is from the pen of Mr. It. unt, and de-
tails the results—many of them extremely curious
—of numerous experiments made by the writer
with hydriodic salts as photographic agents. The
other is by Professor Draper, of New York, who
has succeeded in applying the Daguerreotype to
taking portraits from the life. 4‘ Miniatures," he
observes, " procured in the manner here laid down,
are, in most cases, striking likenesses, though not in
all. They give, of course, all the individual pecu-
liarities—a mole, a freckle, a wart. Owing to the
circumstance that yellow and yellowish browns are
long before they impress the substance of the Da-
guerreotype, persons whose faces are freckled all
over, give rise to the most ludicrous results—a white
mottled with just as many black dots as the sitter
had yellow ones. The eye appears beautifully ;
the iris with sharpness, and the white clot of light
upon it with such strength, and so much of reality
and life, as to surprise those who have never before
seen it. Many are persuaded that the pencil of
the painter has been secretly employed to give this
finishing touch."