The Sun.
London, England, 1834-11-01 00:00:00

the idiot. The articles are all good in their several
Places, and on the various topics of which they treat ;
,and this we say even of some of them which look at
things very differently from what we would. And yet
this Magazine does not please us quite so well as it did
some months ago. It wants variety—not of matter,
but
of mind. The papers are sufficiently varied in the
subjects of them ;but the same genius seems to have
directed all. We do not intend to say that all the
Papers in the present number, or even half of them,
Were written by the same hand ; we only mean that the
Writers, how numerous soever they may be, think too
much alike, and express themselves as if they all dined
ptogether ; read the same books ; frequented the same
ub in the evening ; attended the same church or chapel
°nSundays ; and agreed so well together on all matters,
that two were never heard addressing each other in the
same breath. We likewise do not meet with the gorgeous
article, for which we were wont to look forward with
tshuch pleasure, and which we believe was always from
we Pen of the able and eloquent editor. Still, on the
whole, this periodical is not retrograding. If the
Papers are more uniform—which is always a blemish
1.!I Periodical literature—they are also well written, and
the subjects less of a sectarian character than formerly,
which is decidedly a great improvement. " National
;.anniversaries," " Acephala," Buy Images," and
On the Pleasures of Getting Drunk, by a Workinglan," are all good articles—the last the most amus-
and with the finest moral appended to it. The
~tititer of " Hints on the Errors of Party" seems to
have forgotten, before closing his article, what he be-
VII it about ; for assuredly there is little affinity
setween
uarles the conduct of Charles in the case of
ct,afr°rd, and that of Cromwell in the instance of
himself—and Mr. Wickham's opinion cf
441 Althorp's opinions of the sound policy of im-
posing a tax on the venders'of tapes, and the tapsters
ofstrong waters ! Away with such trumpery schemes
taution. A child would hardly propose any thing
° ridiculous. Lord Althorp must be excessively
:°d-natured as well as polite, to have the patience to
4bend to suggestions from a quarter so obviously un-
toarc direct him. Let us add, however, that the
evils Contains some wise reflections on war, and the
8 attendant on political intrigues and divisions.

RE UNITED SERVICE JOURNAL.
Henry Colburn.
xci4.l.re are glad to see the " United "Service Journal',
itting a greater variety—of matter into its pages than
0:s hitherto to be found in it. It was too exclusive__
whrather too technical for the general reader, from
1,4°111 we question if it be quite fair to conceal the
the owledge of professions so intimately interwoven with
greatness and glory of England. Besides the
they brave, whether on flood or in field, are of all men
most sociable—the fondest of showing their good
humour, their tales of wonder, and their intimate ac-
plaintanee with their profession, with all who take a
of Sure in their society, which of course in the opinion
Bible he honest open-hearted veteran, includes every sen-
t() h inan, woman, and child in the world. And is it
,e itnagined that a Magazine would be the more ac-
eoPiatiable to such brave men, because none but themselves
idea
peruse it with pleasure ? Not at all. The
is and was a most mistaken one ; and we are sure
than veteran subscribers to this clever periodical will
t,e k the Editors for the occasional insertion of a
bili'ver which the housekeeper will laugh, over, and the
,er
11, • Pronounce " for all. the world like master when
ill •
good humour."
Spae e articles are so numerous that we cannot afford
ande even for their names. In all they exceed twenty;
e1,,,-ro oft of them are of a character from which every
That readers may derive instruction and amusement.
6) however, which will be read with most avidity
,Traditions of the American War of Indepen-
which bears the impress of being written by an
he so ness of, and participator in, the trials and scenes
full Powerfully describes. " Scenes in Colombia" is
of
The life and vigour. We read it with much pleasure.
3ourilt:; Order Book " is more in the character of this
totich and very well written, with here and there
nu es of genuine feeling, and strokes of rich naval
-Inour .
the • There is no want of information respecting
tutiesent state of the " United Services" in this
of heels and to military and naval officers the memoirs
it
ex brethren in arms lately deceased, must render
eeedingly valuable.

0 '`llT's EDINBURGH MAGAZINE.
11° -ur friend Tait, though a sincere Reformer, is
111elv
e set capricious in his political likes .and dislikes,
the up an idol one day, only to pull him down
goodlleIt• A few months since, who so i ugh in his
w, gTaces as Lord Brougham ; now, who so. low ?
bpllY is this ? The Chancellor has compromised no
'n'aeiple that we know of ; he holds at this momentfi-
ti,' rehelBel7 the same opinions that he held, when heT o.es
14.-edin full luxuriance of wig on the cover of '
tlt,ag:tzine ;" he is still as anxious as ever he was t
th -e‘
all necessary Reforms in Church and State;—why..
A ell has
%Ilk,
.1: ' our worthy friend visited him with his con-
otr'spleasure ? We know not, so must leave to
Social con-
others the solution of this puzzling problem. " France,
we,, Literary and Political," is a notice of Mr. u
eht late work on this subject, penned in that pleasant,
berg, and dispassionate style, which we remember
stB° much pleased with in the pages of " John-
ont
deser) -Magazine." Its choice and variety of extract
t e ve
high praise. In the " Sketches of the later
"liSh
ths . Poets," we meet with an acute and elaborate
torZlsiti°u on the merits of Southey. His metrical
of 'lees are rather overrated, particularly the " Curse
tio eha°'a" which is a sprawling, disjointed produc-
41iL with neither shape nor substance, beginning,d
tLitZlle nor end ; but the specimens of his genius a
favo-' by the Reviewer arc certainly among the most
IN:arable
and characteristic that could have been se-
Of truth We subjoin some observations which arefull
',and 3agacity :-
4elli4Bll::Vievertheless, are the paths which the chosen of
11.iiitnivs'l With 71::clorn must of necessity prefer. These cannot
o,_ ki., differentcrowd_ :. they have no common language, their
tat it eatholic,
theirstill
effthort.s, h
being, in its individual re-
t:4llt Will 's
retiri4l exclusievi-er, arbitrary. They can lead,
I,dily shruat follow ; in the exertions of others theyt dloout
hil,stu 4 yoi,ee ; you might as well expect Pcyasanudseoompinaa.
lie7o4td jo,,,!!.°3Ken• Their motions arerap d
iti,_,lthe '"'!ent. of a lingering advance rapid
effects are
Erli youl_rnaltation of any combined multitude of small striv_
411 e,._ t t? build Y multiply minor forces till you have power suf-
ill
tlritliplievi_a.,pramid, or to drag it from its base ; but were
Icltiiwarpe mass
%Nu!,
.u!and-fold, they would not avail to launch
uctioLis, it
is nieh. a single effort of Enceladus has hurled
l'uPer 14
°T it mainfalluey of our day to estimateld, tbhye
mere
-
tier .ficiQi
extent zd, as the surveyor measures a alkie;tl lies t, taking little account of the matterfie beneath.
IA oali%, " blunder perpetually committed by certain noisy
secl,,Qlett:pacaed talkers, who are evermore vauntingintehse.
-1, '' pre.em• t are able , inen.ce of the present over former ti
tigie the to. perceive how far we surpass our prodeces-
i4 =few re,specleutaanblity of
productions reaching a certain and
of beg brief e standard; but they have yet to learn, th.at,
ti,t lit sand oracles, such as formerly revealed the mysteries
°II:I:x
e,rahblleraebes::aCt's
i„ slept truth
ther elives not only a higher intrinsic worth,
xanederlaenti. and practical
.efficacy, than shall be
4illci Pr0%„411 Ale
ofiwbroarrlydlyfwmiesdriotmori,o,us common places,
?t 4W Ith,°4ah, a Drama,, is by the author of Corn
e(I ener 74'es' and exhibits much of his terse and rug-
-41 Arri Y°l thought and diction. The scene is laid
center rtes about th
thin --Y • Jo, . e commencement of the seventeenth
k NTT. Judo from this slight sample, we should
gedy, • Elliott
.., ver •
bil •At an y likely to produce a good tra-
_, bustle or _
.Y rate, he would not fail from lack of
k•niefiy anlretion.
readable The article on Coleridge is
from the discriminating spirit in which