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THE MAGAZINES.

Blaokwood.

There is an excellent article on the " Anglo-
Gallican Budget," which denounces that measure
for its one-sided policy, and censures the iN inisters
who offered it for acceptance. After citing the
many unwise concessions made by us, and the total
absence of any conditions imposed on France in
regard to her future aggressive policy, the writer
thus forcibly expresses himself :—" Supposing it
possible that old Noll Cromwell could have been
present at the Cabinet where such a degradation
was proposed, the chances are that he would have
cleared the apartment in as summary a manner as
he once dispersed the House of Commons." It will
be interesting to notice the opinions that were ex-
pressed some time ago by the chief of the Cabinet.
who now promulgates the treaty :

" The question was discussed years ago, and, as a result,
the late Sir It. Peel concluded that our plan with regard to
free-trade was to establish it ourselves whenever we
thought it desirable, and that without any bargain or
stipulation with regard to the reciprocity That view
received the emphatic approbation of the Premier,
Lord Palmerston, who said—' I concur with my noble
friend that it is not expedient for this country to enter into
a treaty of commerce with any foreign country, founded
upon a mutual arrangement of tariffs. The true policy is
to make for your own advantage such diminutions of your
Customs' duties as you think are calculated to promote
your own interest.' We havo quoted the exact words, and
we leave our readers and the public at large to draw the
inference."

Those who are possessed of sufficient sense to agree
with plain statements, instead of being led away by
the delusive arguments of those who are frightened
of foreign despots, will appreciate this article, as it
contains not only snlid truths on important sub-
jects, but is imbued with some of that sentiment of
national honour which seems dying out in the
minds of too many of our legislators; and
some of the Radical members, who are con-
sumed with patriotic fires at suburban entertain-
ments, and some of the orators whose elo-
quence electrifies manufacturing districts, might
gain some wise hints as to maintaining the dignity
of their country, and relieving the oppressed mil-
lions of her toiling sons, by perusing the remarks
made in an old Tory publication. The following
suggestions, in conclusion, as to the non-approval of
this treaty by the French nation are worthy of
notice :

"The French are a jealous and highly irritable people;
and it is a vast misfortune that their present constitution
is such, that we have no means of ascertaining what is the
aggregate general opinion. Had there been a free
Chamber of Deputies, representing agricultural, manufac-
turing, and trading interests, their resolutions would have
been an excellent guide. But there is nothing of the kind.
We have to deal solely with a dark inscrutable man, upon
whose good faith it is impossible to place any reliance. Mr.
Bright and his disciples profess to have the utmost confi
dence in his probity ; but, on the contrary, the transactions
of the last twelve months bear damning evidence to the con-
trary. What have become of the stipulations of Villafranca P
—where is the Treaty of Zurich ?—what is this we hear
about the bargain for the cession of Savoy, in case Sardinia
should acquire Lombardy, and the annexation of Nice, if
Venetia could be wrested from the Austrians ?"
" St. Stephen's" is continued, and it presents in its
third part much to claim attention. Perhaps the
best of the sketches here described in graphic force
is that of the late Sir R. Peel. This graceful tri-
bute to the memory of one who was so distinguished
in his generation cannot but prove acceptable to the
friends of the departed minister. However, after
the display made on Friday in the house, it is too
much for us to believe that the responsibility of
office would, work such a miracle as here repre-
sented—

" Let Bright responsible for England be,
And straight in Bright a Chatham we should see."

This poem is really admirable in its peculiar style,
and is a decided acquisition to the pages of this
periodical. The following lines are expressive of
the spirit that actuates the author of these brilliant
stanzas :

" Still in the Senate, whatsoe'er we lack,
It is not genius ; —call old giants back,
And men now living might as tall appear,
Judg'd by our sons, not us—we stand too near.
These I name not—their race is yet to run,
Huzza'd or hooted ;—my calm task is done.
Ne'er of the living can the living judge—
Too blind the affection, or too fresh the grudge I
My aim was not the libel of the hour,
To snarl at Genius or beslaver Power.
To live is to contest; no angry breath

From this fierce world should-pass the gates of Death."
,‘ The Luck of Ladysmede" is concluded in a very
spiritad manner, and redeems much.that was tame
in its former parts. " Noruian Sinclair" is rather
dull this month, but here and there exhibits some
clever sketches. The first paper passes a well-
merited eulogium on Mr. Oliphant's work on Lord
Elgin's Mission to China and Japan, and after dis-
cussing the political passages, it observes that for
variety and interest of incident, it may be compared
to the voyages of Sinbad the sailor.

Dublin University Magazine.
" Vonved the Dane, Count of Elsinore," is con-
tinued, and the
,extraordinary narrative is well
worthy of perusal. One is compelled to admire the
spirit of dashing and daring enterprise that ani—
mated the wild warrior of the ocean. If his prin-
ciples were not perfect he had his. own code of
honour, which was strictly observed among the
brave band of devoted followers. They seemed
spirits akin to those of whom it was written—
" O'er the glad waters of the dark blue sea,
Our thoughts as boundless and our souls as free,
Far as the breeze can bear the billows foam,
Survey our empire and, behold our home."

The doom of the traitor is a most effective passage;
it was a fitting end for so base a deceiver that he
should find immediate retribution for his infamous
act, This uncommon narrative will interest those
who like exciting records and romantic sketches,
and the Rover of the Baltic is not an unworthy
hero. The story of "Artist and Craftsman" is con-
cluded ; it is a very interesting tale, but it must
be confessed that the author makes some sweeping
assertions as' regards feminine vocations, and it is
rather a circumscribed boundary in which to con-
fine the intellectual and gifted to fix the limits of
their endeavours in the successful performance of
house-keeping. Unless something better actuates
them there will be plenty of occasion for the ad-
versary to speak reproachfully.' " The Season
Ticket" also reaches its termination in this number,
and there is no doubt that many readers will miss
its sparkling sallies, its pungent sarcasms, and its
good natured abuse of men and things in the suc-
ceeding pages of this periodical. During
its existence it has certainly furnished an
inexhaustible fund of enlivening .and en-
tertaining reading. "My Club Table" is a well
written piper on various works of importance in
branches of literature that have appeared. It is
fairly done on the whole, and the high praise be-
stowed on Holme Lee's last work, " Against Wind
and Tide," is well deserved, inasmuch as all the
books of that author stand out apart from the com-
mon run of romances, and reveal glimpses of deep
thought, which show they emanate from no com-
mon min I. There is the second part of "The Life.
and Times of Edmund Burke ;" it is ably written,
and is peculiarly appropriate in the pages pf a, I
magazine which belongs to the country that is
proud to rank Burke in the role of her
glorious
and gifted SODS. It is here stated that ‘i no 11101111
ment was raised to him in St. Paul's—his statue is
not in the streets or squares of the cities of it-
land ; and even in the ()wintry of his birth, for
which lie toiled nobly to the last, and of wbos:
rights he was the first, the greatest, and
li
wisest advocate, the name of Ednnind urke is not
often mentioned, and yet, in the phrase of Thuoy
dideo, "he has not died without a witness." In
conclusion, it is said—" We may claim for Edmund
Burke the reputation of being the deepest thinker,
the most philosophic speaber, and •of one the most
noble Minded men who ever adorned the Parlia-
aient4ry annals of England.:' We commend this
admir4bi? 4rticiP t 9 PAWo r.qclors ad a fair

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exposition of the career of a great statesman of our
history.

Fraser's Magazine.

The opening article in this magazine will proba-
bly attract considerable attention among readers
of literary tastes. It consists of seventeen letters
addressed by the poet Shelley to the author of
" Headlong Hall." An old-established friendship
subsisted between them, and the correspondence
was frequent and confidential. Thirteen of the
poet's letters have been published by Mrs. Shelley,
and the present selection adds seventeen to the num-
ber. They have never before been published, and
as there is little personal matter contained in them,
since they chiefly consist ofe'allusions to the poet's
studies or literary.labours, and of descriptions of
the beautiful land he was then sojourning in, few
could cavil at their publication. The peculiar cha-
racteristics of the poet are easily discernible. His
enthusiastic love of the beautiful lends fervour and
eloquence to his description of Italian art and
scenery. The allusions to current events, and to
his own pursuits and endeavours, cannot fail to in-
terest the reader of kindred sympathies. The con-
stant incidental references to sickness and sorrow re-
mind the reader painfully of the poet's own de-
scription of the gifted ones of humanity—
" They learn in suffering what they teach in song."
The pleasant essay writer who has so often contri-
buted to these pages, furnishes an essay which, un-
fortunately, addresses itself to most of us. It is
entitled, " Concerning the -Worries of Life, and How
to Meet them," and contains much sound and sensible
advice as to how to meet and conquer these for-
midable enemies. 'We commend all who are in the
habit of making mountains of molehills -and of
hugging their own miseries to follow the plan here
recommended. Perhaps the article in question is
somewhat diffuse, and certainly the " worries " it
refers to are among the slighter evils of life, but
the writer claims exemption for that which he leaves
unsaid. He remarks that no critic has done justice
to the modest word " Concerning," which heads
each of his papers, and which hints that though the
essay may say various things on a subject it does
not pretend to exhaust it. The interesting story
of " Holmby House" is brought to a conclusion in
this number. It maintains its previous character,
and gratifies the reader by making all the lovers
happy, a reward they have certainly earned by
their many misfortunes and disappointments. A
paper on " Female Labour" discusses, though it
does not dispose of, a very important subject. 'We
commend the article which follows it to the careful
consideration of our peacemongers. It bears the
somewhat ominous title of " Louis Napoleon's
Intentions tested by his Conduct," and at the pre-
sent epoch the facts it sets forward should not be
absent from the minds of Englishmen. The third
chapter of the series of papers on " The Literary
Suburb of the Eighteenth Century" contains much
pleasant reading, and apparently terminates the
essay. Madame Recamier is the subject of an article
whose penetrating criticism is a little too keen for the
artificial though brilliant heroine of Parisian salons.
Two of the concluding essays touch upon the great
political topic of the day. The wine question
is reviewed in the first at some length and
thoroughly examined and discussed in all its bear-
ings. The second is an extended criticism on the
Budget by no less an authority than Professc,r
Leone Levi. It goes over the old round of argu-
ments so fashionable at the present dhv. The
labouring classes share in the advantages and pro-
tection afforded by good government, and therefore
should share the taxes, we are told, though if the
advantages derived from the laws, and the relative
nature of income be adjusted with perfect equity,
we have a strong suspicion that our financial sys-
tem would receive a severe shock. Notwithstand-
ing the general approval of the Budget and Treaty,
which the writer expresses however, he finds many
points to censure, as, indeed, all unbiassed and un-
prejudiced men must do. As is too common with
the advocates of commercial enterprise, we meet
with the old recommendation of mutual disarma-
ment among the Great Powers. Two brief poetical
contributions have no particular merit to recommend
them.

The New Monthly Magazine.

A lengthened paper on the question that is just
now occupyinc, so much of the public attention,
opens this number. It takes into consideration the
varying aspects of " Commercial and Industrial Re-
form in France," though we cannot altogether
coincide in the conclusions at which the writer
arrives. It is followed by the third part of the tale
of " East Lynne," in which the story advances con-
siderably. The characters are interesting and the
general style is as easy and natural as is generally
the case with this author's writings. Sir %Nathaniel
devotes this number of his Notes on Noteworthies
to Epictetus and the stoic philosophy. It is, as
usual, full of quotation and historical allusion, and
it is curious to notice what persons were most en-
thusiastic in praise of the stoic and his writings.
The diary of Richard Symonds affords some inte-
resting material for a brief paper. Another of the
series of " Stereoscopic Glimpses," by W. C. Kent,
shows us 'Wordsworth at Rydal, and pictures the
bard of the lakes in his peaceful and philosophic
retirement, planning—
" h calm excursion through green English lanes."
"A Poet's Wife" gives us a portrait of Charlotte
von Schiller, who was a charming and womanly
character, more fitted to appreciate and sympathise
with her gifted husband, than is often the case,
with women in a similar position. Among the
remaining papers are sketches of a holiday tour in
Spain, and a story, taken from the Swedish of
Uncle Adam.

The United 'Service Magazine.
The United Service contains a short but very able
artisle on the all-important subject of the annexa-
tion of the provinces of Savoy and Nice to France.
It is really quite refreshing, after witnessing the
arguments with which nearly all the London press
endeavour to justify and uphold the questionable
policy of their particular factions, and the un-
English and servile conduct of the make-believe
Liberals, to find that the periodical press has not
altogether forgotten what is due to our national
character. The writer of this article conceives
that the annexation of these provinces is but the
foreshadowing of future absorption of other terri.
tory ; that, in despite of the treaty of 1815,
Switzerland, will become the next victim; and he
goes on to state, that "France is striving hard to
procure the cession of the so-called happen-Thad,
or valley of the Dappes, which would give her not
only a military station, but the command of the
road to Geneva and Italy." The comments on the
Russian official account of the siege of Sebastopol
are little more than a recapitulation of facts with
which the public are well conversant ; nevertheless,
the publication of a history of that memorable
siege by any enemy, in which it is proved beyond
all possible doubt that the privations suffered by
the allies were of their own seeking—that the town
could have been easily taken had there been a
general worthy of so responsible a post as the com-
mander of the Anglo-Galic army, leads us to ex-
claim,—
" Oh for an hour of Wallace wight,
Or well-skilled Bruce to rule the fight !"

The material was there, but the Horseguards' au-
thority would not apply it. In the comparison be-
tween the Armstrong and Whitworth guns, justice
is not done to Mr. Whitworth. Without wishing
in the least to depreciate the great invention of Sir
W. Armstrong, we see no reason why others should
be kept out of the field. The greater the competi-
tion and rivalry the surer is the nation to be fur-
ni,hed with an efficient gun.

MacnziMin's 111agazine.
The continuation of " Tom Brown at Oxford" is
the first subject that greets the reader in opening
this magazine. A discourse on the general
prin-
" gown and town row,"
and the relative
capabilities ofgentlemenand commoners, and an
animated descriptioni of a boat race form the chief
features of thi▪ s estahnent. Our friend Tom seems,
however, somewhat likely to get into difficulties,
notwithstandi▪
ng his successful boating. The next
paper addresses itself to the more serious reader,
being entitled "The Grenvilles ; Government by
families," and discusses the prominent part which
that family took in the direction of public affairs,
and the influence they exercised, after a fashion not
yet out of date, among our Whig potentates. In
commenting on the hereditary talent of which the
last generation furnished so many eminent examples,
the w iter remarks, " In a competition open to all
the nobility and gentry of England, the highest
prize was won in succession by three or four sons
of fathers who had held the same position. The
principal Ministers and Parliamentary leaders be-
tween the death of Pelham and_the American Nvar
were Pitt, Fox, and Grenville; the principal
Ministers and Parliamentary leaders between the
Arneriean war and the regency, were again Pitt,
Fox, and Grenville," mong other in-
stances he cites Mr. Jenkinson, father of
that Eavl of Liverpool wile, held such a
lengthened tenure of (ace as Prime Minister;
the son of Lord tiardwicke, who died Lord Chan-
cellor, Awl %arks Townahend, who was son of the
farnoiis rnipister of George I. In many of these
instances, it observed that the accident of birth
hail little to do with political advancement, since
Lord Holland was at the time of his son's entry
into public life, the most . unpopular man in Eng-
land, and disliked by the ; while neither
Lord Chatham par r. Grenville lived to see their
successors take part in political affairs, A paper
on English etymology
.has some Curious informa
tiou respecting the derivation of 'Words. An essay

on " The Revivals of 1859," has some sensible
comments on its peculiar features, but the quota-
tions made from a work by President Edwards
on the same subject contain passages not more
shocking and repulsive to the common sense and
feeling of human nature than they are diametri-
cally opposed to the letter and spirit of Christian
teaching. Who, for instance, can read of his asser-
tion that, "Innocent as children seem to be to us,
yet if they are out of Christ, they are not so in
God's sight, but are young vipers and infinitely
more hateful than vipers," without recalling the
words of a greater Teacher, " Of such is the king-
dom of Heaven." The extracts here given add to
the many melancholy instances where the carrying
out of a theological system of human frami.g have
left their followers further removed from the true
spirit of the Divine teaching than the heathens
they endeavour to convert. An article on classical
music discourses on the antipathy felt by some
to the severe school of music. We are glad to
think, however, that the appreciation of this style
of music is largely increasing among us. Mr.
Smiles's valuable work on " Self Help" furnishes
matter for an interesting article.

The Cornhill Magazine.
Mr. Thackeray's magazine justifies the promises
with which it opened. We hardly thought No. 2
quite equal to No. 1, but No. 3 is again an im-
provement on its predecessors. The serial tales by
the editor and Mr. Anthony Trolloppe continue
with unabated interest—the interest in both cases
appertaining rather to the manner than the matter
of the narration. As a story-teller Mr. Thackeray
is one of the most inartistic, rambling, colloquial,
delightful gossips possible. Rightly does he call
himself in another series (the Roundabout Papers),
Mr. Roundabout, for he encircles his subjects with
all possible involutions, but so attractive is his
manner that we follow him through the maze with
fascinated attention. Mr. Trolloppe, on the other
hand, relates his history in a quiet, business-like,
unaffected manner, which has a charm about it,
already recognised by many admirers. " Studies
in Animal Life " introduces us this month to many
unheeded marvels of the animal world, among
others the star-fish, familiar to the wanderers by
the seashore, and which so long dwelt in the
boyish reminiscence of David Cepperfield. "A-
Winter Wedding-party in the Wilds" is an amusing
sketch, as natural as if drawn from reality—which
perhaps it partly is. The " National Gallery diffi-
culty solved," is a subject to which we shall probably
again refer. The paper is illustrated with various
plans of proposed alterations. The second chapter
of William Hogarth, describes him when Mr.
Gamble's apprentice. Sir Joshua and Holbein, is
an article full of interest and well worthy of a
thoughtful perusal. Speaking of Sir Joshua's style
the critic says "He is lily-sceptred, his power blos-
soms, but burdens not. All other men of equal
dignity paint more stoutly ; all others of equal
force paint less lightly. Tintoret lays 'his line' like
a king marking the boundaries of conquered lands;
but Sir Joshua leaves it as a summer wind its
trace on a lake ; he could have painted
on a silken veil, where it fell free, and
not bent it." Nevertheless, the same critic
goes on to prove that while Reynolds was so happy
in his drawings of ladies and gentlemen, he could
not paint heroes, nor saints, nor angels. The Italian
masters " painted not the court, nor the drawing-
room, but the earth, and not a little of heaven
besides, while our good Sir Joshua never trusts
himself outside the York palings. He could not
even have drawn the strawberry girl unless she had
got through a gap in them." The poetic contribu-
tions to this number consist in a pathetic little his-
tory of " Mabel," and some mysterious musical
verses, entitled " The Ebingeburg."

Baily's 3lonthly Magazine of Sports and Pastimes,
and Rasing Register. Baily Brothers and Co.
This record of sporting events gives fair promise
in its first number of becoming both an interesting
and instructive periodical, it commences with an
engraving and biography of Vice-Admiral the Hon.
Henry John Rous, as the first of a series of distin-
guished sportsmen ; followed by the first chapters
of the a iventures of Sydney Godolphin Yahoo, Est.,
by Francis Francis, a tale of the Moors, the beau-
ties of which may, perhaps, be forthcoming here-
after. The history (for we can call it by no other
name) of the English racehorse, by the Hon. H. I.
Rous is given ; like the English people, it has been
produced by the combination of various and anta-
gonistic races, and mongrel though it be, challenges
the world, and has yet to find a conqueror. The
first mention of horse races which is known,
according to the author, was in the reign of Henry'
the Second, " when the Court and nobility attended
the tournament at Smithfield during Lent, where
the London citizens desported themselves in mar-
tial attire on horseback, and races were the order
of the day." " From Oxford to St. George" is the
beginning of a free and easy sketch of University
life, the writer of which wishes to impose on the
present students of Oxford schoolboy restrictions,
which when he was himself at college he would
have been the first to kick against. All ruinous
credit would be put a stop to if the heads of the
University would protect its members, and discoun-
tenance any tradesman who should endeavour to
recover at law a debt incurred by any member of
the University while in static pupulari. The evil
would work its own care, and parents, guardians,
and greenhorns would be thus saved vast inconve-
nience, and the character of our Universities main-
tained. We should much prefer the use of an in-
telligible S in this magazine rather than the obso-
lete, old-fashioned form in use in the past century.