The Sun.
London, England, 1832-12-01 00:00:00

BRITISH MA GAZINE.

There is fortunately little or nothing that calls
f)r particular notice in this number. There are
few original papers, and none that possess any
general interest. The readers of this Magazine
are, we suspect, chiefly clerical. Among the
correspondence is a prosing paper on the
" Millenarian Denominata," and another (much
better) on the " Present State of Religion in
Russia." The " Sacred Poetry is, like most
such poetry, more remarkable for devoutness
than genius.

THE QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF
AGRICULTURE. BrwrwooD, No. XIS.

A good number, full of interesting matter to
all the world. The accounts of the Dundee
and Newtyle Railway, and of sugar making'''
the West Indies have both given us great plea'
sure, the latter more especially, the writer having
evidently taken much pains to make himself
master of the subject, if, indeed, he has not
been actually engaged in the operations he Jr
scribes. When we say that his descriptions pot
us more in mind of Cobbett's Cottage Economy'
than any thing else, we cannot bestow higher
praise upon a treatise of this nature. M
article on the conversion of certain sorts
of arable land in permanent pasture is well
worthy of attention at a time when the
increasing quantity of corn, supplied fro"'
abroad, threatens to throw still more corn
land out of cultivation. The writer of this 31"
tide (Mr. G. Sinclair, of New Cross, Surrey)
states the result of an experiment of his own
upon a light, gravelly soil ; but we prefer
quoting his account of one by Mr. Troutbeel''
of Blencowe, near Penrith, in Cumberland as
being fuller of details. The extent of grotto('
was ten acres, the site high, and exposed to the
west winds

The seeds were sown without any admixture of col
crop ; they consisted of the following species of permao,,
pasture grasses and clovers, selected chiefly by Mr. Trot,'
heck himself

" Cock's-foot grass, best improved perennial rye-gre
hard fescue, meadow fox-tail grass, tall oat-like soft groll
larger meadow cat's-tail grass, crested dog's-tail gill
sweet-scented vernal, common meadow grass, white clover,
perennial red clover, trefoil, and broad clover.
"These seeds were supplied at the rate of thirteen pec-O,
to the acre. The details of the mode of sowing and aft
management I cannot do better than state in Mr. Trout'
beck's own words, because the facts and deductions brought
forward agree so perfectly with the results of my own er
perience and observation, that I could add nothing to tbe
clearness and force of the statement.
"To secure a good vegetation of the grass-seeds, much
depends upon skilful management, for many have tried the
plan and failed, and I have been condemned for making the
attempt, the expense being so great ; however, I am dally
more convinced of the advantages arising from such cul-
ture. The secret lies here,—you must, in short, bg%
your land in such order, that it will produce nothing put
what you want it to grow. Notwithstanding the prePula
of husbandmen and neighbours, and the length of time 8°
labour required to effect it, I worked my land so 0';
pletely that there was not a weed to be seen : I gave it tep,
furrows, and harrowed and picked it until it was thorough/A
cleaned and well pulverized. After I have ridged the lar
up, which ought only to be done a few hours previou6.::
sowing the seeds, I never allow a horse to set foot upon
for when it is brought to such an exceedingly fine tilth,!',
foot-marks could never be got out even upon the dile:
soils. My ridges are six times about, and, before I
.
I harrow the laud well, the horses going in the furt)
° ,
After the seeds are deposited, which ought to be 41":11,
with a drill, for it is not possible to sow small seeds vv!b
the hand so well as a drill, I use a very light harrow v'l'or
short teeth. There is scarcely a tillage-farm in this co The
which lies higher than the one I am now improving.
land I laid down last year with your seeds is a strong loslll','e
soil, with a clayey subsoil. I dare hardly mention 'ye
quantity of stock the ten acres have upon them. I belie
at this time I have upwards of forty wether sheep, tbitto;t:
three lambs, end twenty yearling bullocks. find Yb,
cannot stock too closely, and during the growing Writ y
of the year, sheep cannot keep down the coarser or
grasses ; and if you allow these grasses to get a-bead, 31°„
ruin all. My grass, last autumn, kept as much stock 119
common turnip crop would have done, and made the sheep
equally as fat."

LADY'S MA GAZINE.
Contains two good papers from the pens ,9
Mr. Galt and the author of the t, Dominic
Legacy." That by the last writer, entitled " C)1l
the present alarming Stagnation of Matrimony'
is very amusing and readable, and just such °{l
article as is appropriate to a Lady's Magazine`
The embellishments are of the average order °
excellence:

GENTLEMANR MAGAZINE.
It is long since we have seen this staid, venr
rable periodical which is now, we believe, One
•
where about the patriarchal age of Methusaleni;
or, perhaps, a few years (say some two or threis
score) older. The very sight of it carries
back to the past, to the days of Cave, and jobil,
son, and Goldsmith, the two last of whom c°,stire
tributed their earliest essays to its pages.
are glad to see that it still retains its old exterfoo
and its old harmless twaddle about ruins and
n,l
forth. Both are consecrated in our eyes, 30
we should no more think of venturing a sneertiii
the quaint wood-cut of St. John's Gate, or the "
quainter epistles to ,6 Sylvanus Urban, Gevt‘'y
than we should think of laughing at the gr
hairs of age. There is little to notice ill the
three
present number, except, indeed, two or thrft
letters from Sir W. Scott to Mr. Potewhel4, il
one of which, alluding to the numerous S"oi
arts (always in the end the longest of all ctj
to.
whether as respects matters of learning or he
pogra
says, fearpliy) lately laid
nv of the sh
openian to knowledjte:b3lo!
writer
acquisition will be found 6 in fancy ripe)