The Sun.
London, England, 1834-12-02 00:00:00

WESTMINSTE.

GREAT WESTMINSTER MEETING.

the promises and delusions of a set of men who were the
greatest enemies of the countrv.—(Cheers.)
Mr. IIttME, M. P., caTbe rdrward, and was received with
loud cheering. He had not hesitated to bona° forward
when called upon to meet his constituents, as he thought that
no advocate of reform should hang back on the present occa-
sion. When he looked back at the glorious proceedings of
the last thirty rtiontli:;, he tvonld ask them could they hesitate
to decide between the Tories and liberty; or would they again
submit to become the slaves of those men ? (Cheers. )
Was it to be supposed that they who had so far succeeded in
carrying into effect the great measure of Reform, would now
bend their necks to the yoke, and permit these men whom
they had spurned before to ride rough-shod over them.—
(Great applause.) He knew that the present meeting would
be as unanimous as that at which he (Mr. H.) had attended
yesterday in his own parish, when they had proclaimed in a
voice of thunder, " Down with the Tories.—(Cheers.)•

stn
user ..._eratti meeting of the electors and inhabitants of West-
11k,asi wak place to-day in Covent-garden, for the purpose
derin
,iloatth g the • present state of the country. At one
ce., High Bailiff, accompanied by Mr. Hume, Colonel
,21enel Jones, and several other true friends of Re-
Zed O 4 the hustings, which were erected (we pre-
Ititit'utieiPation of a more crowded meeting than usual)
4elyerent !pot to that which is usually devoted to them,
e7P°sLte Joy's Hotel, instead of the front of the church.
9H BAILIFF stated that they had met for the purpose
din
is het Into consideration the present state of the country,
,l'ot he nal rather ignorant of the exact object of the requi-
usted gentlemen would come forward and state
ss nad to propose.—(Laughter. )
!iot th /TEAR stated that he hail received letters from seve-
leeea,letropolitan Members, stating their acquiescence
ed ealects of the meeting, and regretting that they were
itiavoidably to be absent.
'abi'dPS°ll then came forward to propose the first resole-
glas ,"eY had met for the purpose of taking into considera-
Nt"ovrnment which his Majesty the King had been
dqt ° aPpoint over them, and although it was neither
,s?e, tor right of the meeting to dictate to his Maleae,cy
•1a should call to his councils, yet it ee':4:alnly was
t,gbht to
express themselves satlsels' or dissatisfied
s-Ir
°persons his Majesty had !Sileialt necessary for hise Great cheering.)
remind the meeting that the
towhom his Ysajesty had thought proper to call to
!Ig) 11,1,w" Trace the DLit eof Wellington.—( Great
csf;vas admitted that the King could do no Wrong—
(' tho can't he ?")--but his Minis'ers could—L.( Cheers)—
Ministers bad to bear all the responsibility.—
ti The people were fearful, and most justly so, that
appointment of the Duke of Wellington, their
t.Nilwould be placed in jeopardy.--(Great cheering.)
Cascci le were also fearful for the King—(Cheers)—for
not forget that Cromwell turned out the Houses of
.gent, set them at defiance, and assumed the reins of
aeiit himself.—( Cheers.) Napoleon Bonaparte acted
c,ilaql' manner ; and who could say that the Duke of Wel-
. '4P he successful general, placed as he was with the destiny
)407,°P1e in his hands, without a Parliament sitting, might
S: the same course.—( Great cheering.) The King must
foq the Napoleon o. the present day, or he would not
Z 4 err the conseuen (
ces.—( Cheers. ) Now wh was the
Wellingtonq? Hisses)—th oat the people were to
'lst thtsuch confidence in him.—( Great confusion.) Was
uh,,e 'llan who, before the Reform Bill passed, and while
eonsideretion gave it the most decided opposi-
c''.4Y Hold. h'e not declared himself an open
° all
reform 6—anhad •
1 el
d he not further declared that
toted hooked to the constitution of the country as it then
dispaired of forming anything so perfect ?
k'as,e' And had he not still declared he should
pad d if he ever became Prime Minister of the country ?
gite„-°tle all these, and yel such was the man who now held
Cf.ll,',°: undivided person all the offices of the Government.
sie-,.„r`ng and hissing.) The present were most awful times;
if Cnient was in the hands of a person who had admitted
c accepted office, he would be insane, fit only to be
;1144,441°00g iiieurables.—( Great cheers.) The Duke of
L' ltd had said that he would millet the country in ten days ;
Cgten"? Iv held all the offices of the Government for more
htlYs, and had he quieted the country ? As a proof
4kltts not done so, look at Ireland. Look to the pre-
Zi`,"ng, and to the meetings that were taking place,
it ' hourly, throughout the country.--( Great cheers.)
tf' tee Was said that the peor:la should wait patiently
k„.A did tile measures that would be brought forward.
f'sth hot gather grapes from thorns, nor figs from thistles ;
;14a h:reiore, could it be expected that any good could be
hrt"?a Ministry of which the Duke of Wellington formed
4:ty d,,---(Great cheering.) What had the Duke and his
la:na for the country ? Why, they had given them
lie b`hsslng the Corn Laws--the Gagging Bill—and also
the millions of debt.—( Great cheers.) These
Works of the Tories. It had been very aptly said,
•"ja theirh works, ye shall know them. The people knew the
NI .3? their works. And if they only allowed them to
sisajT•l, Power, the debt of this country, instead of being
j'a'Te) 'ens, would very shortly be 1,600 millions. —(Loud
Stvtisittat.he present meeting, he trusted, were united in their
is °la ti 'ea to do all in their power, by legal means, to
Oals domination of the Tories. If his Majesty were
tt5,,,,-2?(I to continue the Tories in power, the only plan for
hir:lae to adopt was to instruct their representatives to
k true tills° Supplies-4 Great and enthusiastic. cheering.) It
Atlhoiliduat his Majesty had the power of saying who should
k, Dower not, form his Government. But it was equally in
)tZsPeref the people to sad, whether they should, or should
h;Tle h' a their money (Cheering*) He thought that the
:,,a,'-uffitteni Phalanx in the House of Commons to
being given.—( Loud cheering.) . Such
I 'ase the people must eventually triumph, if they,
t°" td
• %nly
united. Jur. Simpson• ncluded by moving
,leis
41111,11}77 resolution
Majesty Meetin does not presume to question the
4;101/144
sceinirt_ozppfiqitglitgas; his Ministers such men as to his
yet that it is equally the un-
,lP.:.4ilege of the people to state their opinions freely upon
AriterPointments as appear to them detrimental to the public
tik
th„•alt s ERE seconded the resolution. One great con-
Pt's er the country was, that a Tory Government, with
4kp, -sent House of Commons, never could rule its des-
A"( Great cheering.)
O,IIPuLRE moved the second
aratat the political conduct of the Tories, as the constant and
advocates of arbitrary principles, in this and every other
the active friends and defenders of prodigality, corrup-
elaidi abuse, in every department of the State and Church—and
wb niv(llPrLmising foes of a reform of the Representation—
'l, ° c'isq`lai-ified them for the Executive Government of a
11' ;add th
e people for one moment suppose that the Duke of
,:s
alritoon
.iwould protect their rights ? No such
.thing. If
-wel4 him to retain pow-er, the Reform Bill would
'-nd the country would again be in that state in which
tiesii,resviona to the introduction of that great measure.
sat gated that in future the people would put direct ques-
-I"Nat4 those who wished to have the honour of being their
retitatives, as to what their sentiments were, letting
eseraation or any thing of that sort, deceive
',4a into '• •
a- NA giving their votes to men on whom
et not rely. Kings had been so hedged round of late,
vn People were led to believe they were something more
u‘'aiyt:eraselves.—( Cheers.) That the King was the first
tter' of the country was true; but being so, he was the
kt,
•ku ho of the country.—(Cheers ) He should consider
„‘O.
rpldd ; and the King, animated by the same feeling,
:414 Plt it equally so. And to prove that he thought so,
it„t'lltry:°,.every thing he could for the prosperity of the
"etfallhe people should teach the King, manfully but re-
bY, what his duty was.—(Great cheering.) He con-
Gtir the resolution.
ti;:tiry tn",,Nownas felt that on the present occasion it was m-
-11 ii,"° something more than merely second the resolu-
destrni-tetPurpose of strengthening their own good position
pre`,„L,-"sajog the position of their adversaries.—( Hear.)
ktaits ent resolution went to express the opinion of that
that the Tories did not possess the confidence of the
lrotre te-,',,,er of the country.—( Hear, hear.) The Tory prints
llvotrg with the promises of future good at their hands
fort, th,-the people believe them ?—( Cries of " No, no.")
~li;• Tories would turn round, and say they were fools
4`airese4ng their unauthorized statements. Their former
Were the best proof of what their future ones would
tl-" would, with reference to these promises, tell them a
71-Cedote. Once on a time, a shepherd lost his sheep-dog
"et lise'rsPrasent instance their sheep-dog had. been strangled
'---and advertised for another guardian for his flock.
ki,tottll 4PfPlications in the world what should the first have been
011„1.°111, a drove of wolves.—(Laughter.) The shepher
" Gentlemen, I know something of your previous
ittilltcl characters, and I know that you have a strong at-
141'zhin ifor my mutton—(laughter)—but, unfortunately, your
sa',es,e-• was never of the right sort—l can't accept your
0116" The spokesman of the wolves replied (for
" w 't was very extraordinary for wolves to speak,
‘ll,!i".4tselnore extraordinary for Tories to reform)—
04,„ „ are quite altered since you lost your sheep dog,
and
114 Ures have been entirely changed ;" but the shep-
tes "I am extremely obliged for your kindness, but
Your professions may be, I fear you will never be
tll4 Illure nor less than wolves. "—(Great laughter. )
the se people of England would in like manner de-
tq'titipai services of the Tory wolves. His ( Sir F. Knowles)
in coming forward to second the resolution was
0,11, to the their minds against the delusive promises held
is had he landed-and, he believed, the agricultural interests.
,t's"est lie" among malttaxiry friends that they had the
rh'at Yes thst the would be immediately repealed
tesPeanS wculd he taken off the poor man's pot of porter.
I)tk.4,' Wh-oseallence would be, and it was well known to every
of `vas aware of the connection between. this great
ta,t NOiculture and the duty of five millions which it
7rs It would introduce a spirit of gambling among the
gofernd make their condition ten • times worse
hie ,le
--( Hear.) When a much greater quantity.
: in Ytheoald be sown, the wheat crop would naturally dimi-
tit" with esaame Proportion, and after baying glutted themar-
brtale,,s oarley a great scarcity of wheat would. probably
-Vlitierl,",l if the precarious resources from abroad failed,. what
ne, would ask, would the people of England be in, or
t' ether? °14(1 be the advantage of the ld. a pot taken off their.a
thenother absurd alarm put forth was that the combin
07.
istii.ropertPeople at the present time tended to the destructionther 1
Ql by Y. Ile would not insult their feelings or good_e
il,lNlutionreasoning on such a supposition, but he had mad
44.'1 Y) show them what would be the consequence of an
• tit rlbution of all property, Why that every man
tb 41l f "al would have 601 each for the first year, and nothing
lill;ttaiiLthle next year- Hear.) Was it to be supposed
114V' tl a • men would thus destroy the very instrument by
b' en. subsistence was furnished?—( Hear, hear,
might however, be thought useless to allude
4114, aruri Inours, but the poison had been privately whispered
that F kd the antidote should be publicly administered. He \
on the part of the middle classes—on the part of
(t;'°lseilllF,' and on the part of every high-minded. English •
din !rs, )e".;he foul, the absurd, and the calumnious assertion.
ult'olition another insinuation was that they meditated the
Itoht)°, set ill the Monarchy of that country,and were endeavour-
Gee LA -1' a republic. It was not to be supposed that they
thrveian ; such fools--they would not search the pages of
rekhciitv 44 oman history for the semblance of liberty, and
't of `hits substance. He was satisfied that whatever the
Meeting was, they would not put their trust in

(THIS DAY.)

[We shall give the conclusion in a Second Edition.]

SIR WALTER SCOTT IN DANGER.

(From the Aberdeen Herald.)
A meeting of the " Skene -Reading Society" was held
on Monday last, for the purpose of " approving or disap-
proving of the Waverley Novels," as forming part of their
library. r.ub meeilfig held In the Congregational Cha-
nel asl.o'lackhills, which was crowded to suffocation, persons
raving come from tilt neighbouring parishes of Echt and
Midmar to hear the discussion. It appeared that at a for-
mer meeting the novels, in 48 vols. had been purchased for
and added to the library, and this meeting arose out of a re-
quisition by a certain number of the members to assemble
and consider whether these books were 'worthy of being re-
tained. Thdi'd were veakos on both sides—
the disapproval party being led by 414 V.ev, Mr. Smith,
of Blackhills, and the approval party by tlt Rev.
Charles Skene, parish schoolmaster of Spies e. The argil-,
ments of the first party were—that the books were full of
oaths—that the character of the puritans was defamed, par-
ticularly in the case of Anthony Forster, who was described
as a devil 1n hUnin shape—tilat the work tended to de-
base Christianity, to hold up worldly motives.of action, and
that they were to the mind what cholera and pestilence were
to the body—that they were opposed to the spiritual and eter-
nal interests of mankind, and that many better books had been
publicly burned—that they Were fiction, and not truth—that
if they were admitted, so also might the works of
Bolingbroke, Voltaire, and all infidels—Haggart, and
all thieves—that Sir Walter's fascinating eloquence
could not atone for his went of religion and morality,
no more than could the fine writings of Gibbon or
Hume recommend their works—that the . Puritans and
Covenanters were slighted and held up to public scorn.
These, and many other arguments were used, and fervent.
appeals made to the religious feelings of the audience. The
Rev. Mr. Skene opened the case on the approval side in
an eloquent speech. His character of Sir Walter, as a
man in private life, as a Christian, and as an author, was
conceived in the most appropriate and elegant terms ; and
he entered also into the historical view of the question to
show that the character of Anthony Forster was less co-
loured than it deserved—that it was only the most despe-
rate, wild, and fanatic part of the Puritans which Sir Walter
held up to derision, and that the cause of loyalty and true
religion, either as respected his recommendation of princi-
ples, or his delineation of character, were inculcated through-
out his whole works. The arguments on the approval side -
were briefly—that such a meeting could not fail to throw
disgrace on the district in which it was held, that persons
should gather from their parishes to endeavour to throw
obloquy on a name which was hallowed by the good
and the learned, not of this country only, but of the whole
civilized world—that, as to oaths and expressions of a like
nature, it was too much to say that they denoted the stile
or expressed the sentiments of the author—that in Dodd's
Sayings of Dying Infidels, many horrible expressions were
recorded ; and in Hannah Moore's works some words of a
profane hymn were given as. a warning ; yet no one would
charge Dr. Dodd or Hannah Moore with being approvers
of these things—that the Spectator, the Rambler, the Vicar
of Wakefield, and numerous other books in the library, were
fiction ; but that such reading had a great tendency to im-
prove the human mind—that in every instance the characters
in the novels (and Mr. Skene beautifully sketched the
history of some of the dramatis persona) were re-
warded according to their actions—vice in all cases
being signally punished. This is but a faint out-
line of the arguments on both sides, which hav-
ing been finished, and both parties seeming to remain in-
flexible, a member, to procure unanimity, proposed to remit
the 48 vols. to a Committee to consider them, and to re-
port to another meeting. This seemed to please some of
the objectors, but others remained immoveable ; and ulti-
mately a vote was taken. For the Committee, 97 ; against
it, 39 ; majority, 58. A Committee of eleven was then
appointed ; and thus—tell it not in Scotland—publish it
not in the civilized world—are eleven of the good men of
the parish of Skene to sit in judgment on the works of the
master-spirit of the age—the immortal Sir Walter Scott ! !!
—Gentle reader, is this the march of intellect, or the pro-
gress of cant ?

PRINCE ESTERIIAZY.—HiS Highness has written
letters to say that he intends to return to this country early in
the spring. The Prince will be accompanied by his heir ap -
parent, Prince Nicholas; but it is doubtful whether the
Princess will again visit England. She is residing, with her
youngest (laughter, the Princess Therese, a beautiful and ac-
complished young lady, now in her 20th year, with her mother,
the Princess Dowager of Tour and Taxis (sister to the Grand
Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and of her Royal Highness
the Duchess of Cumberland.) Sir Frederick Lamb, on his
way to Paris, paid a short visit to the Prince, at his castle of
Galanthain, Hungary. The luckless confiseur of his High
ness at Chandos-house was a passenger on board the ill-fated
Hamburg steam-packet, the Superb.
MUNICH, Nov. 20.—An affair which has caused
many dissensions, and occasioned warm debates in the Assem-
bly of the States of 1831, namely, that of mixed marriages in
Bavaria, is now settled in the most satisfactory manner, by the
care of our paternal King. Ir, compliance with the wish ex-
pressed in an autograph letter from his Majesty, such instruc-
tions have been given by his Holiness the Pope to the Arch-
-I.)shops and Bishops at their request, that the obstacles to the
celebration of mixed marriages are removed. Thus concord
is restored between the three Confessions in Bavaria, and a
fresh motive given to all Bavarians gratefully to acknowledge
the paternal solicitude of the King.— Frankfort Paper, N0v.25.
Saturday, at a meeting of the Marylebone Vestry,
an animated discussion arose on the question whether a vote of
thanks should be passed to Sir J. Hobhouse for throwing open
a portion of the Regent's• park, in compliance with the me-
morial of the inhabitants. Dr. Fellowes, Mr. Edwards, and
Mr. Savage supported the vote ; while Mr. Todd opposed it,
on the ground that the promised boon had not as yet come into
their possession Mr. Savage said he did not think any Mi-
nistry would be found to refuse the ratification of the King's
promise. Mr. Hume alluded to his efforts to get the Park
opened. Sometimes the excuse had been " The trees are too
young," and sometimes " The land is let to Mr. Maberly on a
long lease." He certainly thought thanks were due to Sir J.
Hobhouse, and he trusted that this concession would be fol-
lowed by a further grant. Vote agreed to.—Adjourned.
TIIE METROPOLITAN DECLARATION.—This
address has been translated into the French papers, which
thus spell the names attached to it : Vood, Grot6, W. Oraw-
ford, W. Clay, Sir Lushington, B. Havves, C. Ternyson,
W. Brougham, J Hurnfrey, T Ducombe.
GREAT STEEPLE-CHASE FOR £l,ooo.—The
match between Lord Waterford's Cock Robin and Captain
Lamb's Vivian, took place yesterday over four miles of ground'
in the Market Harborough county, commencing at Mr. Wat-
son's farmhouse, leaving Knowsley Hall, Goadbv, and Kay-
thorpe to the right. and terminating at the Rains Head Cover,
belonging to Lord Berners. The match was swell contested,
Lord-Waterford being first over the last fence; Vivian, how-
ever, had the best of the concluding struggle, and won cle-
verly by 5 or 6 lengths ; he was ridden by Captain Beecher.
ANECDOTE OF DR, JOIINSON.—The cat's taste
for fish reminds us of an exquisite anecdote of dear, dogmatic,
thoughtful, surly, charitable Johnson, who would go out of
doors himself, and buy oysters for his cat, because his black
servant was too proud to do it. Not that we condemn the
black, in those enslaving, unliberating days. He had a right
to the mistake, though we should have thought better of him
had he subjected his pride to affection for such a master. But
Johnson's true practical delicacy in the matter is beautiful.
Be assured that he thought nothing of .‘ condescension" in it,
or of being eccentric. He was singular in some things, be-
cause he could not help it. But he hated eccentricity.—
_Hunt's London Journal.

About seven' o'clock on Saturday morning an un-
expected and unwished-for visitor made his appearance, sans
cm- emonie, in the gardens at the rear of a private dwelling in
Manor-place, Walworth, which excited no little consternation
and alarm among the occupants. Upon a female inmate of
the house opening the shutters of the kitchen window, which
looks directly into the garden, she was suddenly amazed at
beholding a kangaroo staring her full in the face. Terrified
at the appearance of this strange animal, she gave the alarm,
at the noise of which the kangaroo retreated a few steps, and
took his stand upon a strawberry-bed. After gazing at the
affrighted girl for a few seconds, he took a leap over the
adjoining gardens, and made his exit. It is Supposed that he
had effected his escape fz.orn the. neighbouring Surrey Zoolo-
gical Gardens.
On Sunday morning, about eleven o'clock; the
greatest alarm and consternation prevailed in Holborn and its
vicinity, in consequence of loud cries of fire from a number of
voices, and the rattling of engines along the streets ; it was
Loon discovered that the scene of conflagration was Ball-court,
Gray's-inn-lane, and that the premises of Mr. Townsend, a
smith in an extensive way of business, were blazing away with
such frightful rapidity as to threaten the destruction of the
surrounding dwellings; 'in a short space of time, notwithstand-
ing a plentiful supply cf water and the utmost exertions of the
firemen, every room in the house was completely gutted, as
also the workshop in the rear. The premises immediately ad-
joining on either side sustained some degree of damage, but
fortunately not to any great extent ; the amount of property
consumed is somewhat considerable, but we believe Mr. Zown-
send was insured. It is not known how the fire originated.

1 y,

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1834.

FINE ARTS.

THE MAGAZINES-CONTINUED.

WESTALL AND MARTIN'S ILLUSTRATIONS

TA IT'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE.
Simphin and Marshall.

of the BIBLE, PART-IX.—Edward Churton.
We do not like the engravings of the present number
of this work, so well nts those which preceded it. We
are aware how unreasonable it would be to expect eight
superior engravings with as many pages of letter-press,
for a shilling ; but we are speaking comparatively.
The best is " the Death of the First Born" from
Westall's celebrated picture.

Tait is unusually heavy this month. He sadly
lacks variety ; and if he does not take care will soon
sink, as an amusing witty fellow, in public estima-
tion. In his Radicalism he. is as strong and as
powerful as ever-.---a Brixreus in the cause of the
working classes—but he ought to bear in mind that
people cannot be always thinking about taxes on
knowledge, triennial Parliaments, and the ballot. We
want to laugh sometimes, and if we are over-
burdened with taxes, and overladen with fetters,
why, we would still laugh—at least on the first
day of the month. There are even ways of in-
structing us in politics—in allowing us to gra-
duate in the doctoral dignitieS of Radicalism, and yet
cause us to laugh heartily all the time. Our friend
" Panurge," who made his way to England in the
pages of Tait some two months since, and who bowed
himself out of our presence, that he might conclude
his supper in peace with the modern Lords Kisse-
breech and Suckfist, was a prof Nato whose lectures
we could have listened for half a day without tiring.
Where is he now, or what is he doing ? Has he for-
gotten the instructions of his gracious master—Pan-
tagruel ?
The present number opens with a long and rather
heavy article on the retiring salaries of Scotch
Judges. Of course Tait is a rigid economist ;
and like most political economists, we think he
has overshot the mark. He goes into a long de-
tail of the comparative cheapness of living in
Edinburgh, and seems to think that a high public
fuhe,:,?nary should have 11;s wages doled out with as
sparing a hanul,.as if he were only a higher order of day
labourer. In this
„,-p think him greatly mistaken.
The public will never be well served unless it pay ge-
nerously for the performan,?l'
a,year appears a
s.
of the services which it
requires. Five thousand pounti
large sum, but what is it when one . comes consider
the many years of anxious toil and study, and the
pense of the preparation necessary to qualify the aspi-
rant for Bench preferment, for the enjoyment of such a
seat and such a salary ? Besides it will ever be the
interest of the people to place the judges of the land
above temptation. If Tait will attack the large grants
allowed as retiring pensions to Cabinet Ministers, after
a five year's service, then shall we join issue with him ;
but to quote an adage often heard beyond the Tweed,
—we will not " risk- the sheep for the bawbec's worth
o' tar." We regret that " number one" has made an
end of " Love and Parliament," of which the con-
cluding part is by no means the worst. His pen is a
faulchion in his fingers, with which he lays lustily
about him.. We recommend him to resume his late
task in some other shape, but still to keep near the
Legislature. Nothing is more wanted at present than
a political Juvenal. A Horace would not be listened
to in our days. " Pagehood, or the first step in Do-
mestic Life" is too brief for the subject. The writer
has opened a mine which will bear working. " The
Man to win his way through the World" seems intended
for a satire on Scotland. We are sure that no English-
man would admit that the hero of such a tale could be
found on this side the Tweed. The " Memoirs of a
Radical" is a clever sketch of the life of a most extra-
ordinary enthusiast in the popular cause—Major
Cartwright. He was a man of some genius, much
honesty, unalterable resolution, and indomitable cou-
rage. 'We pass over the remaining articles. The
literary notices are extremely few, and the paper on the
dismissal of Whigs as brief as most of our own
leading articles on the subject. Again we repeat Tait -
isnot equal to himself this month.

DUBLIN UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE.
Simpkin and Marsha.
The immense mass of polemical writing contained
in this periodical is the only constant drawback on its
excellence. All that partakes of the imagination in
it is deserving of very high praise. " The Red Cross
of Burgundy" is a fine magazine tale, and the period
to whiCh it relates well chosen. Our only objection
to it is the absence of that under-current of philosophy
which the readers of Blackwood, about seven years
since, well remember so enriched his series of tales.
The capture of the Chevalier de Bourdon by the High
Constable D'Armagnac, and the death of both are
powerful, though not high-wrought passages. We
shall not be surprised to see this tale dramatised in a
short time ; and an excellent subject it would be.
More than half the work is already done. " Scenes
from the Life of Edward Laseelles, Gent.," is growing
very heavy—very tiresome indeed. We can brook this
the less easily from knowing by past experience the
great powers of the writer, and how much he could
please us, were he to exert himself for that purpose.
The character of Widow Western, and her triumphant
attack on the liberty of the unfortunate Baronet, are
admirably hit off, but the whole of the article is by no
means equal to these detached passages. There are
several very fair specimens of Magazine poetry in this
number. A song by Gilfillan is among the best.
" Oliver's Advice" is miserable trash. How it found
its way into the pages of a periodical in which, even
in our opinion, genius made amends for ultra-Tory
principles, is best known to Anthony Poplar. And
yet we cannot believe that our friend Anthony
could so sacrifice his taste—his character as
a critic—as to have any hand in the mat-
ter. The printer was bribed by madman " Fitz-
Stewart," which accounts for an error which thus turns
out to be a mistake—nothing more. The long article
on Croly's pamphlet .may interest the people of Ire-
land ; but, in our opinion, curtailed two-thirds of its
length, it would answer the intended purpose much
better. We quarrel not with the writer for his opinions
about the Catholic priesthood, considered in any ca-
pacity. We are persuaded (and we know as much of
that body as the writer) that the only way to abate the
worst spirit of the religion of Rome in Ireland, is to
pay the salaries of the priests out of the State coffers.
Until this is done, never will that religion lose one jot
.of its exclusiveness. Education cannot do it, and
persecution will only increase it to an infinite degree.
We speak advisedly, and assuredly not in ignorance of
the principle which we recommend, nor of the tenets
and habits of those on whom we wish it to operate.
We hardly expected to find the dismissal of the Whigs
passed over so lightly. The number, taken altogether,
is a good one.. But what has become of Mr. O'Brien,
the
..author of the powerful sketch of " Charles D'Al-
ton ?" We would be glad to meet with many more
such College " Reminiscences" in the pages of the
Dublin University Magazine.

THE METROPOLITAN.
Saunders and Ottley.
This is a good number. ' japhet in search of
Father," is a very fair article ; but Captain IVrarryat
is not quite at home in it. The wit is in a great
measure forced, and the humour unnatural. Perhaps
we do not properly understand, or fully appreciate, the
merit of descriptions of manners which belong to man
neither in a social nor savage state. " The Life of a
Sub-Editor," is full of vigorous and wholesome
thought. Nothing can be truer, nor worthier of the
attention of parents, than the writer's deprecation of
the usual mode of instilling and infusing religious
instruction into young and tender minds. Why the
majority of those to whom the care of youth is
committed delight in representing the Deity as