The Sun.
London, England, 1851-04-07 00:00:00

MAGAZINES, &c.—(CON TIN UED.)
sA. second BLACK W 00D.
portion of the' delightrul criticism on
Outhey" opens the April number of Backwood..
vtritt •
en, as it is, in a genial and eclectic spirit. it evi-
E`,llces s full appreciation of the powers of the departed.
acolar, whose genius was remarkable rather for design
than execution—voluminous though its effusions visere
'n i
most of the departments of literature. Hence it s
that the reviewer is forced to acknowledge " the
crimes, epics, romances, bit,torits, novels, Li, graphis,
rer43,. and books a all descriptions, which he at dlf-
tiaaes projected, it is beyond our power and our
spice to enumerate." Among these, we may remark
at
.a literary history of England was not the leest pr•-
ttntious project; end that Southey intended also at one
rita tp Pen the annals of the monastic orders. The
re In Liege derides somewhat, and not undeservedly,
a ftin'astie metre selected by Southey in most of his
Poetical
compositions. The following " skit" upon it is
too rich to be overlooked :
b "Vo opened Burke On the French Revolution,' the
c''?k which happened to be nearest at hand, and resolved to
;rite out in the metre of Thalaba the very first passage that
eeYe fell upon. Political discussion looks strange enough
llereNerse, but into Thalaban verse it arranged itself direztly.
it is:—

"You would not cure these evils by resolving
That there should be no more monarchs,
Nor ministers of state,
Nor of the gospel ;
No interpreters of law;
No general officers ;
No public councils.
lou might change the names;
The things in some shade must remain."

It.
"Wise men will apply their remedies to vices,
Not to names;
To the causes of evil which are permanent,
Not to the occasional organs
By which they act,
And the transitory modes
In which they appear.
Otherwise you will be wise historically,
A rctice"
Afacetious dialfoolouin entitle !
g itled " The Peaceful Lieutenant
and his treatsFriends"ee tde omnibus rebus, &c., in a vein
nautical eable satire, though the " confab" of these same
uolq;
to the lim-i-t-s-oPfs appears to us to be somewhat spun out
garrulity. What the particular merit of
the contribution about " Michael Angelo and the Friar"
;4 can nowhere discover. The only truly poetic line
.the whole contribution is the one here italicised—
" The thoughts
That bear me company the livelong day,
Th Through my thin sleep look in upon me still."
1,,? Other metrical piece in the number, being a trans-
;"en from the German, called " The Flowers' Re-
'etigc," we remember to have met with previously. Sir
vv,•filvard Bulwer Lytton continues his charming novel
h
o'. unabated evidences of humour, wit, and wis-
tn--dashEd at moments with an agreeable me-
ttleholy
i
. —the story gradually unfolding its tortuous
nvolvement. Leonard Fairfield promises toa besustphi_
the
;I
N of the narrative, and we have
cion that, lady as she is, the littleVllanto may
trove towards him what Pauline was to Melnotte, and
onora to Tas. o. In an admirable argument carried
°ollf 1.,.137 the Parson and Doctor Riccabocca in the presence
thiTralY the author refutes in a masterly manner the
Wunder, that Lord Bacon ever made such a non-
Insical :assertion as that, " knowledge is power."
partis a glarious passage from the more sententious
vkrt of the contribution to Blackwood by the great poet-
"Nig ::•.•
4 At this day, there is a vast increase of knowledge spread
4
°\'sr all society, compared with that in the middle ages ; but
t
here not a still greater distinction between the highly
`"ncated nett:Teen and the intelligent mechanic, than, there
was -
then, between the baron who could not sign his name
14,114, tllo churl at the plough ? between the accomplished
Politics
versed in all historical lore, and the voter whose
tv°leletities,Lare formed by his newspaper, than. ther:e was be-
he we legislator who passed laws against witches, and
burgher who defended his guild from some feudal ag-
lifftasim? between the enlightened scholar and the dunce
tohie°t•iic:lilsaoYatilheainci there was between the monkish alchemist and
cantury°tayreesterday ? Peasant, voter, and dunce
bur h, no doubt wiser than the churl,
genfl anti
blockhead of the twelfth. But the
burnenfan, statesman, and scholar of the present age are at
quite as favourable a contrast to the alchemist, witch-
La.p*, and baron of old. As the progress of enlightenment
,a' .04e hitherto, so will it ever do. Knowledge is like
palr)iittal the more there is in a country, the greater the dis-
fore Parities in wealth between one man and another. There-
other if the working class increase in knowledge, so do the
legit!, classes; and if the working class rise peacefully and
ithowl,zately into power, it is not in proportion to their own
ittowr,dgo alone, but rather according as it seems to the
se 'e'igo of the other orders of the community. that such
grneatat.
rise„ I°n of proportional power is just, and safe, and
et
ifuoraitdy.seems in a fair way tb acquire both fortune and
An interesting review of Mr. Wright's very
eighth ..‘ Narrative of Sorcery and Magic" follows the
For the of the " Varieties of English Life."
old fables
entertainment of those unacquainted with the
anent the loups-garous, we quote the subjoined
It is
lhae th as by a serious and intelligent writer of the
of his kat, in 1588, a gentleman, looking out of the window.h
tnourite;t4teau in a village two leagues from Apchon,. in t
aqiu4,l" of Auvergne, saw one of his acquaintances going
ing, And begged e would bring Dim home some game.
ert'-'ll„briter, whilst occupied in the chase, was attacked by a
hirevrithe,wolf, and, after firing at it without effect, struck it
leg, ulintin -knife and cut off the paw of its right fore-
tooituihereu
ur, Pon ft immediately took to flight. The hunter
gatee the Paw, threw it into his bag with the rest of his
and soon afterwards returned to his friend'. chateau,
ting t hint of his adventure—at the same time put-
'SorlirBisehoannd into the bag to bring forth the
Lis sn 151‘1, in confirmation of his story. What was
ring drawing out a lady's hand, with a gold
greater 13ne fingerfriend's astonishment was still
gi
e‘er when he recognised the ring as one which he had
to his own wife; and, descending hastily into his
her
tl
fiten, herrand the lady warming herself by the fire, with
iri'ght wraPPed in her apron. This he at once
;14,,e(,1, and found to his horror that the hand was cut off.
),elf, had
confessed that it was she who, in the form of a
t,„ iciinad attacked the hunter; in due time she was brought
condemned, and burnt at Blom."
4the fourth Paper of the enthralling series on " Mo-
atio State Trials," we have a succinct account of the
taart forward by Alexander Humphreys to the
`" f Stirling—a tale which has justly been de-
la Elted "The Romance of Forgery." The last article
op the late
for April is an elaborately-compiled chapter
or late Ministerial crisis, under the significant title
Th_u° 'Latter Days of the Free-trade Ministry."
ItuoTighout it the writer, displaying here and there the
and aser of Archibald Alison, reveals the dawning hopes
tteti elf-satisfied dogmatism of a thoroughgoing Pro-
Para°,lai't- Seldom have we seen a greater number of
forw "escomprised within an equal compass, or put
arrosrd with a more barefaced effrontery or a fatuous
kr,,gnee- The argument of the publicist, however, de-
teths more than a mere casual reference, being put to-
ahQt i 4
Parts with very considerable ingenuity. From
that pow,o have observed, it will be sufficiently obvious
roacie-`aohicood, as a literary organ, still maintains its
Post as the chief of all the monthly periodicals.

Ths BANKERS' MAGAZINE.
first of a series of articles on the " Law of Money
11
41711 g." by Mr. Alexander Palling, a barrister of the
Temple, appears in the number for the present
ratio
ki "
, rn-le,
Among several papers devoted to the conside-
tiob;" °I financial subjects, the principal are—" Sugges-
as to the Banking Prize Essay," " Observations
Sdh" proposal of Government paid Treasurers in
the ,rts' Banks," and on the " Financial Condition of
teecrinegatell Banks;" and an account of the recent pro-
ss in the National Bank ( f Ireland.

ECTED EDITIOA OF THE WORKS
h'IP DOUGLAS JERROLD. Part IV.
Nti,° Present number of this beautiful edition of Jer-
-1;14,8 works contains chapters 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, and
of 28 of the admirable story " St. Giles and St.

rj,p
STRUGGLES AAD ADVENTURES
CHRISTOPHER TADPOLE. By
411Lbert Smith. Part VII.
tipuei 3 re-publication of Albert Smith's best novel con-
NI are ad rogularly. The illustrations by Leech to this
mirable.

fr 3.18 TRIM LINEN TRADE.—The latest accounts
i°l,tll the United States—where, on 4 4 bleached linen
san—cl
11'"'t goods, sales have not covered more than first co t .
hi:4l had a depressing effect on the markets throughout this
i:°l'ince since our last notice. In yarns the business
.done
1115 been comparatively trifling, and stocks are becoming
gut y' as manufacturers are purchasing only to meet im_
..
tit 0.4 :!zants. The cloth markets have been exceedingly dull,
h, alight, though general decline in prices. There is to be
,),c7er.cent. added, on the Ist of May to the present duties
British
goods in Havannah.- Banner of Ulster.
EL—About 150 seamen belong-
itigtllo 11, Rum, SEAM
belong-
ter 4%111, who have not yet obtained employment on the
iiine: sought for by them,
,proceeded to Sheffield some days
tito.> where they endeas oired to excite public sympathy
assistance. In both endeavours they
and obtain pecuniary
and on their return home
lifkea,r te have been successful,
4t14. a week's stay) they. paraded the streets, preceded by a
of ships, and banners,
with of music, and carryinghineshet?,
Assist your tars," " We
witn'teitleh inscriptions as t
Aron 'Jut ju3tioe,,, 4, Treat us as men." horninent in the
4 -ession were two or three waggonhs,iclhoaadedhowa•ridthbuoprwnearbdys
tti: t„en of bread, ham, and beef,
frortietthtbe seaman's committee ann,wounocnedWteod
nbees 'aya epvreens sent
discussed
ilea,, shopkeepers of Sheffield: --
achy
ty ' substantial tokens of symp . families, at a tea
,Ile:41?out 50 persons, sailors and theird were
b4:o„te'vneßraalt i then di v
iSciauialoisr:'anlndebtiytute.
Mrs. Ao.dlivareercs,e.syw.
a sailor's widow,
'ere, delivered
b d as tne womTe thF i.l,'d the women of Hull to rise in
It. etheld had done to obtain a repeal. ohfththreee
the ineßill. The meeting terminated with
Queen and three groans for Mr. Labouchere.
Yeari "TISH CENTRAL RAILWAY. —The
—The usual held
Iciheercer3sntflor
,s offices, at
lit' Pr'arneeting of the proprietors of this railway Washalf-
'rt,f,'"a.,Y, at, one o'clock, within tbe
chairmancomn made a
state Air. Dundas in the chair. The.
the
45 fht4ent in regard to the present position o company,
11 -tll4, pros )ects and its relatioLs with other companies.
' l'ieewB'vtrl itelms in the report of any conseque.nce were re-
to stleci bY him seriatim, and a variety of details submitted
tfttitn,w that there had been a considerable general increase,
De al4e during the half. 'ear now pas-. A dividend o .
come-ere on th-e consoli2ated stock was then declareide, and
i and utins business having been gone through, t p
c„ "R 3 terminated.
i tlic,
N, 0,-thE FROM 13LACKFRIARS-Lest—.....B , L st even-
?trti3,--°ut fine o'clock, a man of respectable appearan,esud-
'et° titi°oauted the parapet of Blacktriars. bridge and plunged
441cIte water. In his descent the unfortunate man's head
1/416.44 ag4il33t the third abutment from the Surrey shore. An
1141t11, _f,hai_rised and boats put off, but nothing was to.
.be
4' lta ~,I4 The persons who close to him describe
were
t, about 40, dressed in black, with white cravat.
4
Nttattilliel Creelman, Esq., is appointed Financial
iir'Y f9r Nova Scotia.