The Sun.
London, England, 1847-09-14 00:00:00

THE DUBLIN UNIVERSITY.

The first article in the present number, " Novels
and Novelists of the Day," contains extremely well-
written notices of " Tancred," " A Whim and its
Consequences," and " The Fortunes of Turloch
O'Brien." " The Bell Founder," a poetical tale, in
three parts, of considerable merit, is followed by the
second and concluding part of " An Irish Election
in the time of the Forties," by William Carleton. As we
anticipated in our notice of the former part, it details
all the reckless and desperate projects made use of in
former days, when ample time was afforded to try
every ruse that gave any prospect of success. A
person named Pendleton is introduced to the V anston
committee-rooms, in the garb of a Wesleyan clergy-
man, as an illustration of the formal manner in which
the personation of voters was carried on, who deceives
even the wily Burnside himself, although acquainted
with the person assuming the character, and actually
reproaching his companion for letting him escape his
clutches. Pendleton promises to assume six different
characters, and to poll in each, but will not do so
until votes become more valuable. He is also in
treaty with both parties, and will be on the side of
those that pay the best. The abduction of two
large bodies of voters on either side is then detailed.
The Black Cosh Men, a class of wretched paupers
located upon the side of a bleak, spongy hill on the
estate of Mr. Vanston, the Orange candidate, are
persuaded by the priest that Egoe has changed
his politics, and that therefore he (the
fathveomur
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ands
polling-placeivne the following day. They
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are thus induced to embark in a lugger lying in the
bay, where they are kept in a state of constant in-
toxication, the lugger beating about until the election
has terminated. The Orange party are in despair
at their loss, and determine to make up for it by
taking forcible possession of " the Bank boys," a
similar body of voters, in the interest of Egoe. They
have been kept in a secluded house in the mountains,
under the surveillance of several priests, ready to be
brought in at a moment's notice. The Orange party
surround the house at night in immense numbers,
and carry off all the voters, with Father Fogarty,
who has taken care of them. They are deposited for
safety in a church at a considerable distance, where
the padre is obliged to sing convivial songs from the
pulpit for the amusement of his captors. The usual
number of duels, of course, are fought, although the
particulars are not given, and all the real electors
having been polled, or sent out. of the way, Vanston,
who was in a considerable minority, succeeds in
gaining the election by means of a number of
Orangemen from the neighbouring counties,who bring
up a sufficient number of fictitious voters to give him
a colourable majority. Such were the incidents of an
election in Ireland in " the good old times when
George the Third was king." " The Steppes of the
Caspian" records the observations of M. de Hell and
his lady, during a tour of nearly five years. Odessa,
Nicolaief, and sundry other places in the Russian terri-
tories, and also the manners and customs of the inhabi-
tants, are graphically described. "The Lays of Many
Lands " contain some spirited translations from the
German, Swiss, Spanish Irish, Danish, French, Per-
sian, and Welsh. We extract a portion from the
" Deliverance of Count Guarinos "

" 11l fared ye, gallant Frenchmen, on Roncesvalles' plain!
There your Emperor lost his glory, and his Paladins *
were slain,
And Admiral Count Guarinos was captured in the fight;
Seven Moorish Monarchs all made prize of that renowned
Knight,
Seven Moorish Monarchs all cast lots for that redoubted
Knight,
And the winner was a mighty King; Marlotez was he
high t.
Him valued more Marlotez than all Arabia's wealth,

And thus he blandly spake him, To Don Guarinos
health!
Ay Allah, valiant Knight, but in bonds thou must not
pine !
Become s Moslem of the Moors, and all I have is thine.
My daughters twain, 0 Pride of Spain! shall own thee
Lord for life,
And one shall weave thee shawls and shoon, and one
shall be thy wife;
And as a marriage-dower that may be worthy theta and
thee,
Chuse thou the richest lands and towns in all Alarabee.'
But Count Guarinos answered, Now, God's protecting
grace
And the Holy Virgin save me from apostacy so base!
I worship Christ my Saviour, and curse thy false Mahound;
Moroo'er, I have a bride in France, to whom I hold me
bound.'—
Thereon the King waxed wroth, and ho had Guarinoscast
Down deep into a dungeon, and chained with fetters fast,
Seven hundred weight of iron, which left him ill at ease,
While slimy stagnant waters rose up ayond his knees.
Thence thrice a year for sport and cheer to the Paynim
rabble-rout
With buffetings and mocking taunts his captor dragged
him out,
And the days whereon this Noble Knight must brook
such bitter scorn
Were Christmas-feast, and Whitsuntide, and the holy
Easter morn."
" A Highland Chief One Hundred Years ago " con-
tains an account of the celebrated Lochiel, the gal-
lant and devoted adherent of the house of Stuart; " A
Lawyer's Reminiscences," a tale of man's perfidy and
deceit, where a fair and amiable girl, the only child
of General St. Aubyn, is abandoned by her be-
trothed lover, and an action of breach of promise is
brought for the vindication of her character from the
unjustifiable imputations cast on it; and " Female Fa-
naticism in Scotland," containing an account of the
extraordinary imposition of Mrs. Buchan, and the
wild credulity of her followers, concludes an excellent
number of this talented periodical.

THE OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE REVIEW.
This, the organ of the High Church party, contains
two articles on the results of the elections (with
which, as might have been expected, they are any-
thing but pleased), besides various papers advocating
Puseyite views of polity, ecclesiastical and civil.

THE NORTH BRITISH REVIEW. No. XIV.
A more meritorious or more diversified number of
the North British Review has not appeared. The
first contribution is an interesting series of biogra-
phical mementoes of " Simeon and his Predecessors,"
referring especially to George Whitefield, born, 1714,
died, 1770; to John Wesley, born, 1703, died,
1791 ; to James Hervey, born, 1714, died, 1758 ; to
Samuel Walker, born, 1714, died, 1761; to Augustus
Toplady, born, 1740, died, 1778, to John Berridge,
born, 1716, died, 1793 ; to Thomas Adams, born,
1701, died, 1784, to William Grimshaw, born,
1708 ; died, 1763 ; to Henry Venn, born, .1724,
died, 1797; to William Romaine, born, 1714, died,
1795 ; to John Newton, born, 1725, died, 1807 ; and
to Charles Simeon, born, 1758, died, 1846. The
style, however of the paper is odious from its affecta-
tion and turgescence. For example, when speaking of
the various manifestations of vital Christianity the
writer proceeds in this stilted and hyperbolical
strain :—" In bolts that melt as well as
burn, it flashes from Luther's surcharged
spirit ; and in comprehensive kindliness
spreads its warm atmosphere round Melancthon's
loving nature : in streams of fervour and fiery earnest-
ness it follows Zuingle's smoking (!) path, and in a
halo of excessive brightness. encircles Calvin's awful
brow : in impulses of fond beneficence it tingles in
Howard's restless feet, and in a blaze of in-door glad-
ness welcomes Cowper's friends." There 's superb
fustian for you grandiloquence from which the heart
of a school-boy would revolt. And that is the per-
vading tone of the paper. Then comes a rather
scornful notice of Mr. Doubleday's admirable "Finan-
cial History of England," followed by a disquisition
on De Wette and his translators, and a commemora-
tive chapter upon " German Lady Novelists."
"China" forms the theme of an excellent paper, and
"India" another of a companion character. " The
Scotch Law of Entail" is a contribution'of considerable
interest to every first-born in Caledonia ; and " Agra-
rian Outrages in Ireland" is, in like manner,
calculated to arouse the attention of every landlord
in Hibernia. An examination into the advantages of
Photography, in reference to its possible influence on
art, is also deserving of mention, from the writer's
manifest familiarity with that extraordinary dis-
covery. Two biographical papers complete the nuns:
ber, namely, memoirs- of David Hume :and..Theinati:

"..Th•lire peers orrriiice;''

Chalmers. The article upon the genius, the cha-
racter, and the career of Dr. Chalmers is a very
remarkable composition, and is almost worthy of the
subject upon which it treats. Every Scotchman, and
indeed every admirer of the sublimest order of phi-
losophic minds, will read with profound interest this
commemorative paper upon a great man.