The Sun.
London, England, 1851-12-08 00:00:00

DUBLIN UNIVERSITY.

In the number for the present month we take our
leave of " Maurice Tiernay,"
.who concludes his ca-
reer by winning "the gold chain and the wooden leg,"
the loss of a limb being accompanied by high promotion
and royal favour; and, above all, by the hand of the fair
and wealthy Mademoiselle D'Estelles. The autobio-
grapher, in conclusion, announces to his readers that
anyone wishing to know more about the " per-
sonnel" of himself or his bride has but to look at
David's picture of the great Emperor s marriage.
" There they will find, in the lefthand corner, partly
concealed behind the Grand Duke de Berg, an officer
of the Guides, supporting on his arm a young and
very beautiful girl, herself a bride. If the young
lady's looks are turned with more interest on her
companion than upon the gorgeous spectacle, re•
member that she is but a few weeks married. If the
soldier carry himself with less of martial vigour or
grace, pray bear in mind that cork legs had not
attained the perfection to which later skill bad brought
them." And so endeth the adventurous career of the
gallant Maurice, with whom we have spent many a
Pleasant half-hour, Of more solid character are the

papers " lianna's Life of Chalmers," and the " Present
State of Geology," the latter especially worthy the
reader's attention, as curtly but clearly showing what
that noble science really is, how it has been occa-
sionally misapplied, and how it may operate in the
transactions of the world. In the eulogium bestowed
upon "Mscarthy's Poems," our former expressions
relative to that talented writer testify that we coin-
cide. The political article is devoted to a considera-
tion of the
"Papal A ression" as handled in ggArch-
bishop Whately's charge in Lord Monteagle's tricky
letter to that prelate, and in Mr. Napier's argumenta-
tive reply to the letter of his Lordship. " Divination,
lVitchraft, and Mesmerism," is one of the most ex-
traordinary and interesting contributions that has
ever appeared in the pages of any periodical. Lastly,
we find a collection of appropriate lays, in "Christmas
with our own Poets," with a genial -introduction by
Jonathan Flake Slingsby, among which our fa-
vourites are, " The Irish Emigrant's Mother" and
" Father Time and his Children." The present
number of the Dublin University illagazineis in-
ferior to no former one, and the magazine itself fairly
competes with the proudest in the literary field.

COL BURN'S UNIT ED SERVICE.
The valuable history, by Mr. Horace St. John, of
" British Conquests in Indic" is completed in the
present number of the United Service; we hope to
see this admirable work published separately—it is a
work of authority on the subject. The work of
General Yusuf on " War in Africa" is continued ;
this is a most valuable work, and we recommend it to
the attentive consideration of the authorities of the
War Department and of the Colonies. It should be
the hand-book of every officer who is likely to be
employed in the Kafir war; the same tactics which
have succeeded in the north of Africa against the
Arabs will succeed equally well in South Africa
against the Kafirs. The other papers in this number
are worth an attentive perusal.