The Sun.
London, England, 1846-12-05 00:00:00

THE CHURCH OF EIVGLAND MAGAZINE.

This is a very useful and interesting periodical,
furnishing a series of reading for each Sunday in the
month. It is peculiarly valuable, as tending to en-
force the practical duties of religion instead of enter-
ing into any doctrinal discussions. The present
number contains several sermons, some sketches of
natural history and scriptural geography, various
sacred poems, sundry pieces of useful information
under the head " Miscellaneous," and numerous in•
teresting papers upon the " Last year of William the
Conqueror," "Biography of Lady Elizabeth Russell,"
"Missionary Records," the " Siege of Londonderry,"
&c. " Passages of Scripture arranged under heads,"
is a series of great practical utility. There is only
one paper of Juvenile reading"—the adventures
of Madame Godin in the country of the Amazons
This is a department which is susceptible of great
improvement : moral tales and interesting biogra-
phies, calculated to afford entertainment as well as
instruction, and to furnish young readers with a pro-
fitable occupation for the leisure hours of a Sunday,
would be a valuable addition to a work such as the
present.

THE KNIGHT OF GWYNNE. No. XII. By

Charles Lever.

Harry Lorrequer rattles on with his story with as
much volubility and pleasantry as ever. From the
closing scenes of the present Number, we may an-
ticipate a change in the fortunes of the principal
characters, a removal of the Darcys from their seclu-
sion, and in the end a retribution upon those de-
plorable parvenus, the O'Reillys. If the person
described as Counsellor O'Halloran be, as we very
strongly suspect, an intended satire upon a great
living statesman and patriot, it is a most monstrous
caricature and a most ungenerous and flagitious libel.
We hope sincerely that our conjectures as to the in-
tentions of Mr. Lever in delineating this character
are mistaken ; if not, we would tell him that he is
playing with dangerous tools, that he is traducing
under a mask, and morally stiletoing in the dark.
The intervie or in which Mr. Dempsey's newspaper
" creates a sensation," is humourously described and
excellently illustrated by Hablot Knight Browne.

NEWTON'S REPERTORY OF ARTS,
SCIENCES, AND MANUFACTURES. No.

CLXXX.

The enterprising and industrious conductor of this
periodical, Mr. W. Newton, continues his labours
with unabated zeal. In neatness of arrangement, in
clearness of illustration, and in excellence of ty-
pography, it still claims our commendation. The
specifications or descriptions of new patent inven-
tions are given in their completest form. Besides
this, the " Scientific Notices " are superintended with
much discrimination ; they are copious only when
copiousness would be most desirable, and condensed
whenever there should be condensation. The publi-
cation must necessarily command a circulation in

"This patent age of new inventions
For killing bodies, and for saving souls;"
and it merits all patronage.

THE FARMER'S MAGAZINE.

The December Number lacks a biographical notice
and an accompanying portrait. In that particular
alone it is inferior to its predecessors. Among the
most interesting and important of the many interest-
ing and important eontributions is the one upon the
" Improvement of the Cottages of the Agricultural
Labourers." The subject itself demands the most
earnest consideration—it demands the consideration
of the patriot and the philanthropist, equally—for in
it is comprised the health, the happiness, the morality,
and the enlightenment of the chief glory of a country
—its peasantry. The writer insists with some
emphasis and very great reason upon the necessity
of elevation in the cottages, so as to insure good
drainage and a wholesome circulation of uncontami
nated air. The aspect of the cottage again he
regards as a matter of no little importance, and
strongly recommends a southerly aspect as the
warmest. This valuable article is to be continued,
and we shall watch for that continuation with interest.
According to the Farmer's Magazine, the season for
preparing the ground for the reception of the seed has
been most favourable, and " a larger breadth of land
has already been sown than is usual at this period of
the year." With a divine blessing, therefore, we
may hope for the prevention of a spread of the vege-
table murrain, and the infusion of fresh enterprise
into our agriculturists.