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THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 3, 1846.

MAGAZINES-(CON TIN UED).
BENTLEY.

The author of " Wild Sports in the West " continues
" Brian O'Linn" in the present number. He gives us
two chapters, which are full of stirring incident. "ißrian
O'Linn" promises to be one of the best of Maxwell's
novels, Mr. henry Curling contributes a paper entitled
"Chronicles of the Cirque Ports," which is replete
with antiquarian lore. Aifred Crowquill contributes an
isteresing tale, entitled "The Portrait," arid Miss Cos-
tello gives us some graphic sketches of Switzerland.
" JacqueS Bonhomme " is the title of a paper by Lady
Duff Gordon. And who is Jacques Bonhomme? per-
chance the reader may ask. Why, Jacques Bonhomme is
to France what John Bull is to England, the impersonation
of the national character ; and whoever wishes to know
the true character of the French people—that is of the
sound and thinking portion of them, in fact, the great and
powerful majority, which is quiescent from its very
strength, which has but to will to be obeyed—should read
this paper. Jacques Bonhomie is an excellent fellow with
sound good sense and a warm heart, somewhat preju-
diced perhaps (and so is John Bull fir that matter), but
sound at the core. We have a great lilting for this said
Jacques Bonhomme. We have a very valuable . paper
on the " Albigenses and the Troubadours ; and Mr.
Albert Smith continues his demonstations of " Popular
Zoology." The tourists arc the subject of the prest nt dis
section. The following account of the doings of the con-
ventional tonrist in Paris is true to the letter:—
"At Paris he goeth to Meurice's, or Lawson's, and seen
the sights by rule, as they are put down in the handbook.
He formeth his notions a Paris in this wise. lie Stayeth at
an English hotel, and is waited on by English servants. He
meeteth nought but English people at the table d'hote; he
hath an English lacquais de place, and readeth the English
papers. He buyeth even English things to take home with
him, at shops where they write up "English spoken here,"
and speaketh English himself, all day long. And then he
sayeth to himself, "when I get home I will write a bock
upon Paris and its people." He thinketh it right to dine
once at Verey's, or Vefour's, and once at the Rocher de Can-
cale ; and delighteth in ordering the dinner himself, albeit,
he maketh wild shots at the dishes, and if there is a party of
three or four, amazeth the garcon, by ordering a portion a
piece, for everybody. He (loth not much like the French
theatres, but goeth as a duty, and laugheth with the audi-
ence, as do many at the French plays in London ; but he un-
derstandeth not a line he heareth ; and therefore cloth he
pt. er Franconi's. He firrieth that his best clothes, brought
from London, produce not the effect he de,ireth in Paris; and
thereon riggeth himselfout in the Falais Royal. But he cloth not
approach tit arer to the Frenchman for all that ; and when he
goeth to the Messageries, in the Rue Notre Dame des Vic-
toires, and aslich," Esker eel err oon diligence,tnossieu,poor
Genave?" he is di,gusted to hear the clerk reply inconti-
nently, " Yes, sir, every morning at eight o'clock.'
Evcrard Clive contributes a clever Plutarchian parallel
of Jugurtha and Abd-el-Fader. This paper is illus-
trated by a portrait of the Emir, drawn from the life,
by De Rezctti, an artist in the French service, while a
prisoner in Abd-el-Kader's camp. The following de-
scription of the personal appearance of this celebrated
Arab chieftain, which is quoted as for a forthcoming
work by Count St. Marie, may prove not uninteresting
to some of our readers:—

"His costume is very simple. He wears the Arab haick,
fixed on the top of his bead by a string of camel hair. Over
his woollen shirt he has a white burnouse, and over that an-
other burncu:e, striped white and brown His legs are en-
closed in yellow morocco boots. His beard h black, and un-

shaven, like all the Arabs who have made the pilgrimage to
Mecca. He is deeply marked with the small-pox. His
features are prominent and decided, and his full black eye is
expressive of extraordinary firmness of character."
A glorious " Tipperary Hall," redolent of fun and
frolic, learnincr, wit, and poetry, concludes this, one of
the best numbers of Bentley that has yet appeared.

DOLMAN'S MAGAZINE.
Neither in variety nor literary merit is the July
number of Dolman deficient : the magazine proceeds
prosperously under its present editorship, and may now
be looked upon as permanently established. As the
professed organ of the Roman Catholic body, its pages
will be resorted to with peculiar interest at this moment,
in consequence of the recent demise of Pope Gregory
XVI., an occurrence of• religious importance to the-
spiritual children of the Papacy, and of some political
importance to the people of Europe generally. A brief
allusion to the death of the Sovereign Pontiff, in an
article by the editor, will more than satisfy curim.ty on
this point, as it is written in a strain of earnest simplicity.
The memory of Gregory XVI. appears to be regarded
with affection by the Catholics ; and the nomination of
Pius IX. as his successor is mentioned with considerable
satisfaction. We arc gratified at the revival of" Glean-
ings in the Green Isle," as the writer has a buoyancy of
manner and a spontaneousness of expression (we can give
it no other name) which we particularly admire : the
present instalment is infinitely the best that has hitherto
appeared. Mr. Price's contribution, entitled " The
Infidel," is the more excellent because—invested with
much dramatic interest—it instils a very noble principle,
and is pointed with a solemn moral. The conclusion of
the tale is powerfully drawn: it reminds one of Warren's
inimitable " Passages from the Diary of a Late Phy-
sician." For the pleasure of our reader we will tran-
scribe some verses on " The Coquette, by Miles Gerald
Keon." They are animated by a touching and beautiful
sentiment. The lady, in her old age, is seated at her
cazement, and sings the fallowing:—•

My heart is sinking
With ever thinking
Of him who wooed me in early life;
He had scarce a rental,
But his look was gentle,
As, whisp'ring, he prayed me to be his wife.
" I cannot proffer
A wealthy coffer,"—
So ran his words in the days of youth,—
" But your husband's glory ,
May be named in story,
And you shall engross a heart of truth."
But I answered slightly,
Laughing so lightly,
That my love was love of the rich and high,
" And t' at I cared not,
. Indeed, I dared not."
And thus I rebuked him, I know not why.
He bowed, and departed,
Quite broken-hearted,
And long I thought he might come once more;
But, 0 my life's morning !
One pretence of scorning,
Clouded the light which your moments bore.
Thus my heart is sinking,
As I still sit thinking
How he prayed me softly to be his wife :
Though small was the rental,
The look was Co gentle,
Of him who wooed me in early life.
Acurious paper on "The Requiem Bell" follows, in which
the antiquity of its use and the variety of its usages are
narrated. In its every tone that voice seems to have been
Lando Deem verum ; on Sundays, plebem voco ; and on
jubilees, festo decoro ; but its most mournful cry was
Defunctos ploro .1 The illustrative recollections given
upon these several heads betoken no inconsiderable re-
search. In the article " Upon the Prospects of Agri-
culture" we are pleased to rcrinrk that the author has
no forebodings of ruin to our tenant farmers or landed
proprietors, from those glorious measures of c-antnerc-al
reform which are now, thank God, indelibly written on
the •statute-book. But although his theory, that the
conversion of arable land into pasture land Kill be a
necessary and advantageous consequence of the unre-
stricted importation of foreign corn, is ingenious enough,
we cannot conceive that it is based upon anything like
substantial argument. The notions may be historically
probable, but they are logically improbable. We anti-
cipate neither a preponderance in pasture nor in arable
land, but an ultimate balance of both. In drawing out
his scheme the writer has altogether overlooked the
circumstance that butcher's meat and live cattle are
being, and will continuo to be, very extensively im-
ported, as well as grain : now the ROIESIS imported no
butcher's meat or cattle (or scarcely any) while they
were wholly supplied with flour from abroad—the cotta
sequence was they were obliged to depasture their herds
at home. The deductions of the author go therefore
for nothing in point of fact—in point of ingenuity and
novelty they are clever. Of the memoir by the Roy.
Charles Plowden, which is commenced in the present
number, we shall refrain from expressing any opinion
until it is further advanced. "A Plea for Eustace
Budgell" is a singular effort to redeem the memory of
that essayist from the obloquy with which it has been
heretofore covered, and is written by the author of the
" Vicissitudes of Illustrious Men," which series we are
glad to see will be resumed next month. Without any
question, the most delightful contribution in this nurn-
ber of Dolman is that upon " The Last of the Bona-
partes, Prince Napoleon Louis ;" it is charmingly written.
From the recent escape of this unfortunate and adventur-
ous Prince, and from the romance which invests bis most
illustrious name; from the agreeable elegance and sparkle
of the composition, and from the fact of the authoress be-
ing apersonal acquaintance of this descendant of the Great
Napoleon, we have no hesitation in calling her perform-
ance the best magazine article of the month. The pre-
sence of Prince Louis in London at this moment, only
tends to enhance the interest of the narrative, and ren-
der it in all respects peculiarly apropos. There is a
drollery in the self-badinage (if we may call it)
of the writer, wbich is—(really we ca of no
other word to exprees our meaning) From
its piquancy and freshness we should ture the
authoress to be young in the mysteries writing,
but that in the more serious portions of the paper she
discloses a perfect familiarity with those same mysteri, s.
For the gratification of ladies who delight in the so-called
science of Lavater, we will quote a sentence descriptive
of the prince:—" He is well proportioned, about five feet
seven inches in height, with light-brown hair, moustache,
a good and high forehead, and mild countenance." In
other words, the beau ideal of a preux chevalier. In the
opinion of his accomplished memorialist, he may, with
reasonable opportunities, prove hiuself " a great man
hereafter." Dolman sustains its reputation.

conjecture be correct ? In the "Voices from the Past,"
there is discoverable not only melody but feeling ; the
writer had the perceptive faculties well developed we
should imagine, and deep susceptibilities for the beauti-
ful and tender. "0, how I love to listen," and "I can't
make up my mind," by I. ILI. are of a contrasting
excellence, the former pensive, the latter playful. The
poetical contributions which are, however, the most to
our mind in this number are entitled " Bunlight upon

the Waters," from the pen which produced the "Thiral
Sonnets." From the number of composite phrases
scattered through these sonnets upGn sunlight, we
should imagine that the author has latterly become im-
bued with a fondness for the Anglo-German diction of
Carlyle, for example, " atoms-shatter'd," " radiance-
flush'd," " storm:leaned," and the like. Nevertheless,
this somewhat rugged concomitant does not deteriorate
Either the music of the metre or fantastic delicacy of
the imagery. After dilating upon the lustrous min-
gling of sunlight and water in the rainbow, comes this
charming sonnet :
"Lo ! on a lesser scale 'tis still the theme,—
Spangling in dew-drops o'er the bladed grass;
Bright'ning the shallows of the pebbled stream,
Thro' which the naked-footed urchins pass;
When in some reservoir, or large, or small,
It draws the basking inmates to the brim,
As, on their scales of gold and silver, fall
Th' exhilirating rays in which they swim ;
Or when some well-oar'd boat, in swift advance,
Quickens the strokes from which the waters glance;
Or when,•to take ler bath, th' imperial swan
Flutters, for glee, the surface in her track,

Stoops her arch'd neck, down-diving, and, anon,
Showers liquid brilliants o'er her plumage-ruffled back."
Such is the description of poetry introduced thus plenti-
fully into the pages of Hood, and we ere singularly
mistaken if this difference from the ordinary run of
magazine literature does not prove acceptable to its
purchasers. Though we are haunted by the " Bush-
ranger," and the " White Cloud," and " Nell G wyune,"
and the "Serge of Antioch," we are so well satisfied
with the other portions of this periodical that we close
the number with satisfaction.

THE COBDEN TESTIMONIAL.
(From the Manchester Guardian.)
Now that the question of the corn-law is set at rest, as
we trust, for ever, the general and natural inquiry arises
amongst men of all shades of opinion—what is to be
done for him to whom we are indebted for the accom-
plishment of this stupendous change ? In what way can
the gratitude of the public be most appropriately and
most substantially manifested towards Mr. Cobden
That to him, far more than to any ether individual, the
repeal of the corn-kw is owing, no man doubts, what-
ever may be his opinions on the general question. On
this point Lord George Bentinck and the editor of the
Morning Post are perfectly agreed with the members and
the organs of the League ; and we have now the testi-
mony to the same effect of men holding intermediate po-
sitions between those two parties. Sir Robert Peel, in
addressing the House of Commons on Monday evening,
paid the following just and well-turned tribute to the
talents and the services of the lion. Member for Stock-
port :

" I said before, and I said truly, that in proposing
those measures I had no wish to rob others of the credit
justly due to them. N I must say, with reference to
Hon. Gentlemen opposite, as I say with reference to
ourselves, neither of us is the party which is justly
entitl, d to the credit of them. There has been a com-
bination of parties; and that combination, and the in-
fluence of Government, have led to their ultimate
success; but the name which ought to be associated
with the success of those measures is not the name of
the Noble Lord, the organ of that party, nor is it mine.
The name which ought to be. and will be associated
with the success of those measures, is the name of a man
who, acting, I believe, from pure and disinterested
motives, has, with untiring energy, by appeals to reason,
enforced their necessity with an eloquence the more to
be admired because it was unaffected and unadorned;
the name which ought to be associated with the success
of those measures is the name of lUchard Cobden,"
To this estimate of the services which Mr. Cobden
has rendered to the cause of free trade, Lord Palmerston
expresed his hearty assent ; and the loud cheering
which it elicited from all parts of the House, proved the
general concurrence of the Members. Such being the
unanimous opinion of all parties in reference to the im-
portant share which our highly-respected fellow towns-
man has had in bringing about the happy result at which
we have now arrived, the question recurs—ln what way
are his invaluable services to be acknowledged ? And
here arises a point of some delicacy. If Mr.
Cobden was, as many people have asserted, and
many more believed, an opulent man, of course
some public testimony of respect, in the form of a statue,
or a service of plate, or, the erection of some public
institution, might have presented the most appropriate
means cf testifying the gratitude of his fellow-country-
men. But it is absurd to speak of Mr. Cobden as an
opulent man, in the general and ordinary acceptation of
the term. When he first devoted his best exertions to
the great object which he has now so successfully ac-
complished, he was still a young man ; he had been but
a few years engaged in business, and granting him to
have been succeesful, as we believe he was, he could
not have done more than lay the foundation of a mode-
rate fortune. Since that period, his time, his labour,
his thoughts, have been entirely engrossed by the pub-
lic object to which he had devoted himself, to the utter
neglect of his private affairs ; and we feel quite con-
fident that he cannot have done anything to increase his
property. _ _

We are quite aware that these are details which may
give some little pain ; but it is necessary that they
should be placed fairly before the public, who might
otherwise greatly misunderstand the grounds on which
they are about to be appealed to for contributions to a
testimonial, intended by its promoters to be in some de-
gree worthy of the great services which have been
rendered. Mr. Cobden has devoted seven or eight
years of the best years of his life to the attainment of a
great public object ; he has disregarded his private inte-
rests, neglected a business by which he might have ac-
cumulated wealth ; and the question for the considera-
tion of the public is, whether they will permit the
pecuniary loss which he has incurred in their service to
be borne by himself, or whether they will step forward
to indemnify him. If we know anything of the spirit
which actuates, not merely our fellow-townsmen, but the
supporters of free trade throughout the country, the)
will not subject themselves to the charge of ingratitude
on this occasion, but, on the contrary, they will show, by
their contributions to the testimonial, that they desire to
see Mr. Cobden placed in at least as good a position as
he might have fairly expected to occupy, if he had
employed his time and his talents in the accumulation
of wealth, instead of devoting them with unparalleled
energy and success to the service of his fellow-country-
men.

We feel it necessary to state that for the preceding
statements and remarks we alone are responsible. We
have received no suggestion from, and held no communi-
cations with, any other parties on the subject. What
we have learned, as we stated on a former occasion, is,
that a number of gentlemen of all shades of opinion in
politics have determined to set on foot a subscription for
the purpose above named ; and that a meeting on the
subject will be held to-morrow at the Town-hall, when
the Mayor of Manchester is expected to take the chair;
and we feel no doubt that the proceedings will be such
as to do credit to those who take part in them, and to
show that they are no less inclined to subscribe their
money to acquit themselves of a debt of gratitude, than
to secure a prospective advantage.

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON.
On Wednesday the annual distribution of prizes in
the faculty of arts and laws, to the successful students
in the various classes of the above college, took place in
the theatre of the institution.
George Grote, Esq., presided, and was supported on
the platform by the Earl of Auckland, Sir Chysles Lemon,
Bart.. Mr. C. Wood, M.P., Mr. D. W. Christie, M.P.,
Dr. Bowrittg, M.P., Mr. Warburton, M.P., Sir J. L.
Goldsmid, Henry Maymouth, Esq., Mr. Hatton (late
M.P. for Dublin), Mr. H. C. Robinson, &c.
Professor De Morgan, the dean of the faculty of arts,
read the report as to the state of this department of the
college. The number of students in the faculty of arts
and laws were 206, of which number twenty-nine were
in the schoolmaster's class, and the conduct of the
students generally had been highly satisfactory.
The Chairman then proceeded to distribute the prizes
to the successful candidates as follows:--
MATHEMATICS.—Professor De Morgan—Higher se-
nior class prize, Henry Matthews, of London ; lower
senior class prizes, equal, 1). Charles Davies, of Wales,
and Charles E. Conder, of Clapham ; higher junior class
prize, Eccles S. Ashton, of Darwen ; lower junior prize,
A, Young, of London.
LATlN.—Professor Long—Senior class, first prize,
Henry Matthews ; second prize, Wm. Colfox, of Brid-
port ; junior class, first prize, John Agnis, of Foul-
mire ; second prize, William Maines, of Fellows of
London.

1833.
1839*
1840.

GREElC—Professor Malden—Senior class, firs
prize, Henry Matthews ; second prize, Wm. Colfox,
junior first class prize, equal, W. M. Fellow and John
Agnis ; second prize, Charles E. Conder.
linnnEw.— Rev. D. W. Marks, teacher—Prize, W.
R. Stevenson, of London.
ENGLlCll.—Professor John Taylor—First prize, Chas.
Algernon Bowring, of London ; sec:md prize, Henry
G. Willmar, of Liverpool.
FRENCH.—Professor Merlet—Senior first class prize,
G. Roeher, of London ; second class prize, E. S. Ashton;
junior prize, D. C. Davies.
ITALlAN.—Professor Pepoli—First prize, Andrew Ha-
milton, of London; second prize, E. S. Ashton.
GERMAN.—M. W. Wittich, Teacher--Junior prize,
W. B. Randall of Southampton.
COMPARATIVE GRAMMAR. Professor Key—First
prize, Henry Matthews ; second prize, R. B. Hayward,
of Colchester.
lllSTORY.—Professor Crasy—Prize, John Agnis.
PHILOSOPHY OF MIND AND Loofa—Professor Hop-
pus—Prize, Walter Bagshot, Langfort, Somerset.
NATURAL PHILOSOPHY.—Professor Potter—Senior
prize, Robert B. Batty, of London ; junior prize, D. C,
Davies ; second prizz., R. Cr. Williams, of Liverpool.
Experimental—First prize, E. A. Leasham, of Heath,
near Wakefield ; second prize, Robert W. Long, of
Clapham.
DRAWING.—Mr. J. B. Moore—Prize, Frederick
Warren, of Kentish-town.
ARCHITECTURE.—Professor Donaldson—First year's
course, Line art prize, Benjamin J. Benvell, of London ;
science, prizes equal, J. P. Boyce, of London, J. Law-
rence of London ; second year's course, fine art prize,
John P. Siddon, of London ; science, T. G. D. Allason,
of London.
CIVIL ENGINEERING. Professor Lewis —Prize, J.
Lawrence ; surveying prize, W. Draper, of London.
BOTANY.—Professor Lindley Junior class medal,
W. D. Wilkcs, of Salisbury.
ZOOLOGY.—Professor Grant—Medal, Soorjo Coomar
Chuckerbutty, of Calcutta.
ENGLISH LAW.—Professor Marshmam—First course
prize, Henry Matthews ; second course, first prize, P.
Lenaghttn, of Antigua ; second prize, Win. BeLlingharu,
of Southwark ; third course, first prize, H. Matthews ;
second prize, Edward Bromley, of Gray's Inn.
JURISPRUDENCE.—Professor Hargreave—Prize, Fran-
, cis Wm. Brady, of Dublin.
The distribution having concluded.
The CHAIRMAN delivered a long address, and expa-
tiatocl or. the advantages which that college afforded
for ,the study of the higher orders of literature and

science.-
On the motion of the Earl of AUCKLAND, a voto of
thanks was awarded to the Chairman, and the procee d-
ings terpinated.

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THE BOROUGH OF FALMOUTIL—FALMOUTIL JUNE 28. i
.....j. W. Freshfield, Esq ,of London, late solicitor to the F•ank
of En and, has announced himself as a candi3ate for the
suffrage 3of the united borough of Penryn and Falmouth, at
the nex t ensuing election.
Awe UL THUNDER STORM—On Monday, the 22d,
one of 'the most terrific thunder storms visited the neigh-
bourho; xl of Sawrey ever remembered. Soon after noon
thunder 7 was heard in the distance, and rolled almost continu-
ally unt it about five o'clock, when the storm began in earnest.
The will d blew a complete hurricane; the air, for an hour
and a h alf, seemed in one electric flame, and the thutader
cracking without intermission. So near the ground wet; the
electric i ire, that all who went out in the roads and amongst
the hone es in Sawrey, felt just as if they had received a shock
from a a trong electric machine. There were six young .men
standiwz, together, who were all brought to the ground at
once, and yet without sustaining the least harm. We are
sorry to state that a cow belonging to John Sharp was killed.
It woul d almost appear that the cow had been lifted from the
ground and then thrown down upon its back, for the horns
were stack into the ground up to the head. There was not
a mark upon the animal, but its body was swelled as hard as
a drum.. The great fury of this dreadful tempest (strange
to say) did not exceed a mile square, and while the lower
part of Estbwaite lake was foaming under the hurricane, the
higher part was calm as a mirror ; and at Hawkshead,
llownevs, Ambleside, and all the surrounding villages, it
was only like an ordinary thunder-germ.— Westmoreland
Gazette. .