The Sun.
London, England, 1846-01-05 00:00:00

LOWE'S EDIA BUItGII MAGAZINE.

This is a new work, to 1; devoted chiefly to
theological subjects and general literature and science,
with intelligence in regard to public events, political
as well as religious. We believe it is brought out
under the patronage of what is called the Free Church
party in Scotland, and if this is the fact we rejoice at
the principles which it professes, for they are of a
truly Christian character. To give intensity and ex-
pression to " longings" after true Christian unity,
says the editor, " shall be one of our chief objects ;
and we can only do so by maintaining a truly Catholic
position, endeavouring, with the eye of brotherly
love, to trace in each individual Church the linea-
ments of our common parentage, and the pledge of
eur common inheritance—to discover, amid much
diversity in the details of organisation, of govern-
ment, formulas, and rituals, the recognition of One
Lord, One Faith, One Baptism.' On this point we
have only farther to remark, that while it will not be
possible that each article in our pages, taken singly,
can fully exhibit this Catholic impress, our hope is
that the whole, taken together, shall do so ; and that
all of them shall be pervaded by the cairn and genial
spirit of Christian love." The theological articles in
the present number are on " The Liverpool Confer.
ence on Christian Union," and " Puseyism as an In-
terpreter of Nature," which are well suited for the
object in view. There is another, on the " Scottish
hero, Wallace," which will cause disappointment--
because such a notice leads the reader to expect some-
thing new and interesting respecting this wonderful
character, while his deeds are hardly mentioned, and
the greater part of the article is devoted to a sort of
genealogical history of the Saxon and Celtic races,
and accounts of the descent of the Scotch Wallaces.
The reader cares very little whether the hero's ances-
tors were Normans, or Anglo-Saxons, or Danes, or
Dutch—he was a native of Scotland—he gloried in
defending her liberties—he was a Scotsman of the
13th century—and that is quite enough for the pur-
pose. The paper is left unfinished, with a notice that
the subject will be resumed in another paper. This, we
may tell the editor, is bad policy, for it is infinitely
preferable to make an interesting article rather dis-
proportionally long than to give part in one month,
which will be forgotten when the next comes.

NE IV LONDON MAGAZINE.
Although this magazine has only reached its fifth
number, it has already acquired for itself a character
peculiarly and exclusively its own, namely, that of a
‘ery delightful conversational, chatty, generous-
spirited periodical. Its tone is genial, its style is
popular, its articles are all entertaining, and after the
perusal of a number the reader will feel on better
terms with himself and everybody else than when he
commenced. Among the many able contributors to
its pages, we may mention the familiar names of
Albert Smith, Shelton Mackenzie, E. L. Blanchard,
and J. H. Stocqueler, in themselves a guarantee of
amusement. The most characteristic papers in the
present number, are those entitled " A New Year,"
" A Day's Sunshine in Winter," and "Twelfth-
Night Retrospections," all of which are redolent of
genuine mirth and kind-heartedness, besides being as
seasonable as skating and frost-bitten noses. These,
with a clever leaf "From the Note-hook of a Coro-
ner," a shrewd narrative of how " Zedekiah Wish-
well" was " always in a fix," and a simple story
about a miller's daughter, by Zachary Gobbletop,
make up a very charming and readable miscellany.
On entering a railway carriage for an excursion, or
occupying an easy chair for a lounge, an hour or two
of profit and pleasure might be obtained from one
shilling expended in the New London Magazine.

ANGLO-INDIAN AND COLONIAL
ALNANACK FOR 1846.
To all who are either interested in or are about to
visit our East Indian possessions, this little volume
offers very great attractions. As a civil, military,
and commercial directory over Bengal, Agra, Madras,
Bombay, Singapore, Malacca, Ceylon, China, &c., it
must form a necessary part of the contents of every
eastward valaise. It is cheap, N\ ell arranged, and as
complete as it possibly could be under all circum-
stances. •