The Sun.
London, England, 1856-05-29 00:00:00

The Law Magazine.

The number opens with an article—the first, we
believe, of a series—on the " History of Jurispru-
dence," the subject matter being "The Writings
of PulTendorf and Leibnitz." " The Constitutional
History of Jersey, by M. Charles Le Quesne-J urat,"
of the Royal Court of Jersey, and member of the
States, next passes under review, and is followed
by an article ou "Life Peerages," explanatory of
the grounds on which " all lawyers are now satis-
fied that there exists no such power in the Crown
as that of which the Ministers, without inquiry,
almost without reflection, advised the exercise."
The contemplated reduction of the salaries of
judges of " County Courts," by the Lord Chanc3l-
- bill, is strongly protested against. A notic
able paper, ou "The Four Heirs to Sovereignty in
France," is designed to show how remarkably ana-
lagous have been the circumstances under which
these heirs—to wit, the King of Rome, the Duo
de Bordeaux, the Comte de Paris, and the present
Prince—have been born. While conceding to the
last named the better chance of reigning, and
" due praise' also to Napoleon 111. for boldly re-
cognising the aforesaid analogy, the writer by no
means expresses a lively faith in the Imperial des-
tiny of the " Child of France." A straw thrown
tip will show how the wind blows. In the article on
Life Peerage, it will also be observed, some strin-
gent remarks are inserted on the slavery of the
French press. Among the remaining articles may
be noticed—" A Review of the Reports of the
Charity Commissioners for England and Wales
(1851, 1855, 1856)," and another of the "Papers
of the Society for Promoting tha Amendment of
the Law."

Signs of the Times. By Christian Charles Josias
Bunsen. Smith, Elder, and Co.
Another and not the least valuable contribution
to the cause of civil and religious liberty by this
celebrated author. Iu a series of letters addressed
to Ernest Moritz Arndt, CLevalier Bunsen takes a
survey of the world, and points out the dangers to
which religious liberty is exposed. That this is
done with consummate ability those who are ac-
quainted with the European reputation of the writer
will not require to be assured, while to many it
will be a source of gratification to know that the
conclusions to which he arrives are hopeful for the
cause he has at heart. Of the two great signs of the
times he remarks—" The spirit of association, with
its liberty, is the genius and the demon of the
dawning day ; the hierarchy, with its tyranny, is
the waning planet of departing night." They (the
Catholic people) and we are journeying by separate
paths towards the same goal, but as to what that
goal is we are philosophically and historically at
one with each other throughout Europe—we with
them and they with us. It is legal religious
liberty with its consequences." The work has been
translated from the German by Susanna Wink-
worth, author of " The Life of Niebuhr."

Post Office Directory of Gloucestershire, with Bath,
Bristol, Herefordshire, and Shropshire. Kelly
and Co.

The well-known character of the publishers is a
sufficient guarantee for the accuracy of this the
first edition of the Post Office Gloucestershire, &c.,
Directory, while with regard to copiousness of in-
formation, all that is necessary to say is the work
is got up on the same plan as the Directories by the
same publishers of other counties, which embrace
every city, town, village, hamlet, and country
seat therein. A well-digested Index facilitates
reference, the work is neatly got up, and in every
respect reflects credit on the publishers. The proof
sheets, we are told, have been corrected by clergy-
men and other gentlemen of local knowledge, thus
affording an additional guarantee of its accuracy.
The Directory is accompanied by maps engraved
expressly for it, and corrected up to the time of
publication.

Manual of Quotations. By E. H. Michelson,

Ph. D. John Orockford.
A new, enlarged (almost doubled), and greatly
improved edition of " Macdonnell's Dictionary of
Quotations," which was so popular as to pass
through several editions. The range of quotations
is extended in the present, and includes law
phrases, proverbs, and family mottoes in rich
abundance. In a word, it is a book to buy, to mas-
ter, and to refer to.

EXHIBITION OF TKO ART TREASURES
OF THE UNITED KINGDOM.

The contemplated Fino Arts Exhibition in Man-
chester in 1857 is exciting the liveliest interest
throughout the country. The following letter has
been received by the executive committee, and
numerous promises of co-operation and support
have been made by the leading collectors and
possessors of ancient and modern pictures and
s,atuary

" Carlton-gardens, May 22.
" observe in the public papers of this limning
an announcement of the determination of the inhabitants
of Manchester to hold !an exhibition of the art trea Aires
of the United Kingdom in the course of the ensuing year
accompanied with a list of contributors to the necessary
guarantee fund.

"If the addition of my name as a contributor to the
amount of 1,000/. to this guarantee fund will be acceptab e
to the other subscribers, it will be a, gratification to me
to be associated with them on this occasion.

" No man cm have better reason than I have to be
well assured that whatever purpose the inhabitants of
Manchester deliberately undertake they will carry out
efficiently upon their own responsibility and with their
own resources ; and that they will repudiate, rather than
welcome, the extraneous aid of strangers. But I trust
they will not think that this rrinciple is in any degree
violated by permitting me to co-operate with them in the
present undertaking, as I can safely assure them that no-
thing could be more painful to me than the supposition
that the varied associations by which I have through
life been connected with the town of Manchester are now
altogether dissolved.—l have the honour to be, Sir,
your faithful servant, "OVEBSTONE.
"The Mayor of Manchester, 840."

TRAGIC EVENT IN THE TYROL.—The Revue Pranco.
Italienne reports a terrible event as having occurred re-
cently at Bolzano, in the Italian Tyrol. A schoolboy of
the town school threw a stone at a peacock belonging.to
the masters, and killed it. The father of the child, when
he heard of the circumstance, came forward voluntarily
to pay the value of the bird. But the two masters, who
were priests, determined that the child must, neverthe-
less, receive exemplary chastisement. At a moment
when all other scholars went out for a walk the "mur-
derer" of the peacock was detained, and beaten till his
back was broken. He died on the spot. The father,
people who heard the cries of the
child,wh o wcassmsee lat ) for by
once
to the school, and seeing his infant
dead, fell upon the two priests and killed them by re-
peated subs with Lulfe.