The Sun.
London, England, 1860-02-06 00:00:00

The Art Journal.

This elegant and artistic journal continues in its
usual style. We have three large plates, two of
them taken from pictures in the Royal Collection,
the other an engraving of Foley's statue of
Caractacus. The prose portion, however, especially
the illustrated articles, is more attractive. Some of
'the vignettes are really charming, and the
reader of artistic taste may beguile many
a pleasant hour over its pages. Mr. and
Mrs. S. C. Hall's " Guide to New South
Wales" is excellent both in style and illustration,
while the new series of papers tracing the progress
of the Hudson from the wilderness to the sea adds
to the manifold attractions of this journal. David
Cox is the British artist whose works and style are
discussed in this part, and woodcuts of some of his
chief works are given. Mr. Thornbury contributes
another of his papers on the painters, showing us
-Nollekeens, in Mortimer-street, and the number
• altogether offers a variety of entertainment to the
lovers of art.

The Constitutional Press.
The story of " Hopes and Fears" is progressing
in a most satisfactory manner, and the character of
Lucilla is very well drawn, her general style is
natural, with her variations of manners, and her
adroit arrangements always to appear the injured
p_arty in any fracas. Her conduct and that of
aoratia are exactly the counterpart of those wise
ladies who think that they are vindicating the
rights of their sex, when they are only disgracing
it by their forward demeanour, and who in their
zeal to appear independent, prove that they are
unfit to be trusted. Phoebe is more interesting as
we become more fully acquainted with her, and she
bids fair to add another to the list of this authoress'
chef d'ouvres in the way of feminine characters.
The best article in this number is that on Lord Ma-
caulay, and althuugh this periodical is diametrically
Opposed to him in politics, no more favourable
tribute could be paid to his memory by his friends.
The highest praise is lavished on Macaulay's essays.
It is said that "his undying essay on Milton was
the sublimest thing that had ever been written on
a blind man. It was his introduction; with all its
extravagance, it was not untrue; with all its elabora-
tion, it was not obscure ; it was the first of those
Pure Saxon papers that have contributed an inalien-
able power to the English language." After pass-
ing some just strictures on the partial style of his

history, which production, marvellous as a composi- '
ticn, contains errors of judgment that militate
against its author being classed as a luminous in•
terpreter of the past, the paper concludes with
this passage, " We do but borrow from Macaulay,
when our own witness speaks what all the world
proclaims—lie was a man ofparts, history will say
tie died too early, posterity. will say too soon.
Whilst England, hushed in spirit, stood around his
bier, there was in the breath of the requiem, and in
the voice of the world, We grudge thee to the
grave, Macaulay.'" " War," a Tale, by the author
of " Paul Ferroll," is a striking narrative of some
of the private calamities of war, which is very
effectively slcscribed, and the general style of it has
something of the original, especially as it is supposed
to have occurred so very recently. In the paper
on the " English Church in Paris," there are some
very just censures passed on the conduct of the au
thorities in that capital for their late interference
with Mr. Gurney, in the exercise of his ministry.
There is an amusing piece entitled " The Three
Brains of the Cabinet," which presents some smart
sketches of Palmerston, Russell, and Gladstone,
who are styled the wondrous trio of the Coalition
Cabinet.