The Sun.
London, England, 1859-06-02 00:00:00

THE MAGAZINES.

Blackwood.—The first article is on the fleets and
navies of France, in which an admirable account
is given of the plans and measures adopted by our
neighbours. In conclusion we meet with some
very sensible remarks regarding the policy that it
is desirable that we should pursue.. It is said that
there is an especial and direct warning held out
for us, and that is preparation.; and that while the
energy of the present Government has redeemed
in a great measure the neglect of former adminis-
trations, which had sunk our naval strength below
the standard of national safety, there remains more
to be done, " that we may gather up our strength
and our resources, and be prepared to assert before
nations the old supremacy of England on the seas."
" Lord Macaulay and Marlborough" is the title of
a paper which refers to the charges brought by
.the
brilliant historian against the renowned warrior.
The writer of this article enters fully into the
question, and succeeds in showing that Lord
Macaulay has given way to prejudice in his estimate
of the Duke. He expresses the greater regret as
he observes that the remarkable talent of Macaulay
has invested the charges against Marlborough with
such an importance that they may "in all proba-
bility live and flourish as long as the English lan-
guage lasts." " The Luck of Ladysmede" is
continued. The story does not make much progress
in this portion, but there are some passages that
are replete with skill interspersed among its
chapters. " The Siege of Plymouth" is a very
animated sketch, written in a smart and humorous
style, and one which is sure to prove attractive to
the reader who desires something to laugh
at. It relates the marvellous adventures that
befell a self-supposed hero in an imaginary
siege which he dreams by night:insteadof enacting
by day. He is roused in the, morning to the un-
pleasant consciousness that he is no conquering
hero, but a deluded mortal, and the events that he
considered were to crown his name with glory were
nothing more than " the baseless fabric of a vision

" The New Parliament and its Work " gives rise
to some remarks which are well worthy of atten-
tion. It states that the result of the elections has
been satisfactory to the Conservatives, especially
when the peculiar circumstances under which the
appeal to the country has been made are considered.
It is truly said that the Opposition leaders regard
Reform simply as a means to turn out the Ministry,
and that they must exhibit far more unity and
straightforwardness than has hitherto characterised
them, before they can expect to take their seats on
the Treasury benches. There is evident ground for
the assertion here met with, that if another sinister
attempt were made, the Ministers weuld have a
considerable majority. The public, it is said, " gets
disgusted with dodges, however clever, and Lord
John's clever trick would pall greatly if he attempt
to repeat it. Knavery appears peculiarly obnox-
ious when it is likely to prove successful." After
entering upon the consideration of the chief ques-
tions of the day, and indicating the course pursued
by the Government in maintaining an armed neu-
trality, and paying a just tribute to their strenuous
exertions to improve the condition of the navy,
through which our fleet is now twice as strong as
it was a year ago, the article concludes with these
remarks on the conduct that will probably be pur-
sued by the members of the new house :

" In spite of all the resolved factiousness of the Opposi-
tion chiefs, we repeat our hope and expectation that a wise
moderation will rule in the counsels of the new Parliament.
Moderation, of course, not to the extent we desire, or which
we think best for the interests of the country, but sufficient

to maintain the Executive in its full efficiency, and to
strengthen the hands of the Ministry in the important
work which they have to do, and which hitherto they have
discharged so ably, courageously, and well. This is not a
time for convulsing and distracting the country by playing
a game of ninepins with our established institutions. It is
not a time for weakening the body-politic of the country
by internal dissensions, when a war is rlging on the Conti-

nent of which no man can see the end;'an-d when no one
knows how soon the storm of war may break against our
own shores. In the ensuing session, Parliamentary Reform
may be uppermost in the thoughts of those who desire to
make of it an engine of party—but assuredly it is the main-
tenance of the independence, honour, and rights of the em-

pire in this crisis of peril that will be uppeimost in the
hearts of the nction."

Dublin.—The prize essay on India is concluded in
this number; it is written with clearness of style,
and calmness of judgment, and the writer expresses
his convictions in a straightforward manner, so that
he does not offend the prejudices of those who do
not agree with his tenets. He argues fairly enough
that so long as India clings to a religion of custom,
respect her prejudice; but should she open her
mind to a religious conviction do not refuse her the
right of judging for herself. " Gerald Fitzgerald"
is more exciting in interest in this instalment, in-
asmuch as the ill-fated and persecuted prince
escapes from the thraldom in which he was held by
plotting manceuvrers, tend finds himself among
some old and long unseen friends. The "Banker
of Ballyfree " is a clever sketch, the story
of which is very sombre, but the characters are
well drawn, and the awful fate of Luke Farrell
serves as a warning to that most contemptible of '
all classes, the miser, who powerfully illustrates
the misery of heaping up riehes without knowing
who shall gather them. There is a May-day song
by Jonathan Freke Slingsby, which is very pleas-
inn.. It is announced as a month behind time, and
the reason given is that of the weather not being
in accordance with the season until tha present
change occurred. The two first verses are as \fol-

lows :

Beautiful May, beautiful May I
I've longed for it all the year ;
When every spray with blossom is gay •
And the sky is sunny and clear.
All night on the lawn, till the break of the dawn,
I watched for the welcome day,
Till the sun came out, and with gleesome shout
The birds sang, " Here comes May !
The May,
Here comes the beautiful May !"
I marked her feet trip light and fleet
Adown the mountain grey;
I saw her eye, in the kindling sky,
Laugh out with the merry day ;
Her waving curls were bright with pearls
Of hawthorn flowers gay;
Her kirtle was green with the dewy sheen
Of leaves from every spray.
The May,
So came the beautiful May I

The amusing series of papers called the " Season
Ticket," is continued, which will gratify the lovers
of the ludicrous. There are some sensible observa-
tions made on the subject of French literature, in
the criticism entitled, " A French Butterfly on a
Moralist's wheel." We meet with another excellent
article on " Womanhood and its Mission," which
contains, among other remarks that are full of
truth, the following passage :
It is easy to tell a woman that she has work, though she
knows it not; that the simple round, the common task, are
sufficient for her—wise advice, considering present circum-
stances. But have we ever realised how we men would
feel in the same environment; have we ever been just
enough to allow the enormous difficulty of a girl's position
who has been given no aim in life, who has no work cut
out for her, who is forced to find in trivial duties the only
realisation of those high prophecies within her of action
spent on worthy objects? We talk much nonsense of
woman's sphere. Her sphere is everywhere, and we confine
it to the drawing-room and the kitchen. It is her duty,
true, to be at home, and to work at home ; but what be-
comes of all the unemployed time ? There are many women
who have no home functions. It is a Christian thing to
bow before God's will ; and we cooly tell women that they
must work out their life quietly among thewirhceitrhceurmt hs.etanyannicdeasiit
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is our imperative duty as parents and as men to see that
our daughters' lives are not always imprisoned by the chains
of circumstance and convention. It is our imperative duty
to cease mocking them with a Christian formula, as long as
we do nothing ourselves to free them from a bitter and
hard necessity. This can only be done by supplying them
with an aim and real work in life.

Fraser opens with a letter to the editor from Mr.
J. D. Coleridge, in answer to the attacks made upon
his father, Mr. Justice Coleridge in Mr. Buckle's
essay, published in the last number. Leaving this
controversy to those personally concerned in it, we
come to a paper by the pleasant writer on social
subjects who signs himself A. K. H. B. There,
again, we meet Mr. Buckle, though on general
grounds, and combined with a criticism on " Man
and his Dwelling-place," a work recently pub-
lished by Messrs. Parker. It has become the
fashion to write criticisms on the artistic exhibi-
tions, and Fraser is no exception to the rule.
" The Exhibitions of 1859" is the title of an article,
which passes under review the Royal Academy,
the Water Colour Societies, and Mr. Ruskin's
Notes." " flolmby House" proceeds sturdily ;
Humphrey Bosville, its unfortunate hero, gets into
another difficulty and is captured by the Puritans.
Love and war, history and romance, are mingled
pleasantly enough, and the author bestows some
pains in making his characters appear natural and
lifelike. George Effingham and his grim friend,
Simeon, occupy a considerable portion of this in-
stalment. The other story, which is progressing
month by month in Fraser is by the clever
author of " Guy Livingstone." It continues
with spirit, and promises to involve the
dramatis persona in some complicated'
difficulties. Bacon's History of Henry the
Seventh furnishes an interesting paper for the
reader of historical predilections, who may also find
something to suit his taste for antiquity in another
essay on " The Early History of the Isle of
Thanet." Some very curious details of the retro-
spects connected with this locality are given. The
translation of the poems and ballads of Goethe, by
Professor Aytoun and Theodore Martin, receives a
cordial encomium. The reader who interests him.
self in the important but uninviting study of
currency questions will find an article on the future
value of gold repay perusal. The writer arrives at
the conclusion that a decline in the value of gold

must be expected before long, although there has
been as yet no perceptible diminution. M. About's
recent
.Romaine," is re-
viewed,
wanak on ' a
brief'
summary
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yisigiven
of the prin-
cipal features of the work, which is characterised
as brilliant and forcible. An article on the Elec-
tions and the War, censuring the dissolution, and
taking a survey of the state of Europe, concludes
a number which is scarcely of average interest.

Bentley's Miscellany.—" At Home and Abroad. "
is the title:of the opening paper, which takes a brief
review of the present exciting state ofpohticalafrairs.
" Carlyon's Vacation" is an agreeable and animated
story by " Oaida." It is a considerableimprove-
ment on the last tales by the writer who adopts
that pseudonym. Monkshood, in treating of
essayists and romancers, comes this month to
Hartley Coleridge, of whom he gives an interesting
account. The lovers of romance will find another
attraction in " Blanche Level," a story whose first
instalment promises complication and distress.
"Up among the Pandies " is continued, and has
reached the seventh part. A tribute to the me-
mory of Alexander Von Humboldt gives an inte-
resting summary of the career of that wonderful.
man, to whose labours in the wide field of scientific
discovery Europe owes so much. The history of
Mr. Miranda is brought to a sudden conclusion
by the vengeance of one of his dupes. .A paper on
Piedmont and French intervention discusses the
state of continental politics.

Colburn's United Service. Questions con-
cerning the efficiency of the rival services are
just now peculiarly interesting and important.
The magazine before us will, consequently,
be likely to find many readers unconnected with
either profession. It opens with an article on the
recent changes in the organization of the Royal
Artillery, which it does not regard with favour. It
is remarked that all our improvements only tend to
multiply appointments, and to do little else besides.
After this we meet with a paper on the "Ten pound
Bounty," in -which the causes for the general
difficulty in manning the Royal Navy are discussed.
The absurdity of suffering a fine crew to be dis-
missed and dispersed on returning from a voyage,
are especially condemned, " What can be so inju-
dicious," asks the writer, after citing an instance,
" when a ship. like the Nankin returns home with
her crew perfect, officers and men working well
together, and well acquainted with the properties
of the vessel, as to scatter the three years' continu-
ous labour to the winds. To say nothing about
the loss of men, it costs some £20,000, often more,
and nine or ten months' downright labour to get a
new and untried crew in the same condition as the
splendid frigate we have instanced as broken up in a
day." " The channel war ports, and naval stations,"
and "A summary of the British Navy," are two other
papers on a similar topic. An account of the
campaign of 1848, in Lombardy, is interesting at the
present period. It is remarked that the campaigns
of Radetsky are of especial interest to the English
military student from their resemblance to the
campaigns of Wellington. Some observations on
the formation of volunteer corps will well repay
perusal by those who purpose enrolling themselves.
Several very useful and practical hints are given
on the composition and organisation of volunteer
corps, the manner in which they should be armed
and trained, and the most suitable dress for them.
The writer strongly upholds that paragraph in the
War-office circular which directs that the members
of the corps should provide their own arms and
equipments and defray all expenses, except in the
event of its being assembled for actual service. It is
remarked that otherwise the line of demarcation be-
tween the volunteer and the regular and militia forces
would disappear, and the esprit de corps of the
volunteers would be destroyed. With regard to
the dress, it is recommended that the colour should
be some neutral unobtrusive tint, such as drab or
grey. Some directions for becoming a good marks-
man are also given. The " Notes on Military
Science" in this number include the Battles of
Hastings, of Bannockburn, and of Cressy—a triad
of remarkable conflicts. The General Correspon-
dence and the Naval and Military Intelligence
occupy their usual places, and some lighter papers
on military adventures enliven the number.

The Universal Review. No. 4. Allen and Co.

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The Universal Review opens with a paper of
a somewhat metaphysical character. It is a criti-
cism on " Man and his Dwelling-place," and the
writer takes into careful consideration the theories
and arguments of the author, sometimes coin-
ciding with his views, and at others combating his
opinions. Those who inelin eto metaphysical specula-
tions will find much to admire in this article, which
displays deep thought and careful argument. 'Most
readers, too, we should imagine, would incline to
the practical straightforwardness of the critic rather
than to the somewhat mystical and dreamy argu-
ments of the author. An article entitled "A.
Reviewer's Parcel," commences by lamenting the
wonderful increase of books and general amount of
reading. Some truth and some exaggeration are
mingled in this part of the paper, and it must be
remembered, when the writer says that the good.
books of former generations should suffice to, us,
that those books refer 'to a different state of things,
and, though valuable in their own day, would not
now equal the advance of knowledge. Who, for
instance, would care to study mechanics from books
written before the powers of steam were applied to
daily uses, or who would wish to be restricted. to
histories that omitted the last half century ? In
fiction, too, the manners of society and tone
of feeling is so entirely altered, that the
novels of former generations lose the great
charm of novel writing, the portraiture of
people like ourselves. The reviewer, after indulg-
ing his mournful feelings, proceeds to open a com-
prehensive parcol, and to give us his opinion, briefly,
upon most of the new publications. " The Story of
Microscopic Discovery" is the title of an interesting
paper, very attractive to the scientific reader.
, A
second paper on the "Resources of India treats of
~
a subject which is just now of great portal-me,
and the immense advantages to be derived from
encouraging British settlers is dwelt upon. A
lengthened criticism of the Royal Academy and the
Water Colour Exhibitions is written with care, and.
discusses the merits of all the principal pictures.
Mr. Knight's Popular History receives an analysing
criticism, in which the writer takes occasion to
differ from many of the historian's theories. A
paper on the French in Italy recals the French in-
vasions from Charles VIII. downwards, and arrives
at the conclusion that little hope of Italian liberty
can be entertained from the intervention of their
powerful neighbours.

THIS DAPS MARKETS.

CORN EXCHANGE.

IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. - Wheat, 53s 6d;
barley, 33s 6d; oats, 25s 9d; rye, 33s 8d; beans) 46a
6d ; and peas, 42s 10d.

I,„
RE Six WEEKS' AVERAGES. Wheat, 46s 2d ;
barley, 32s lld ; oats, 24s 7d ; rye., 32s Ild ; beans, 44s ld ;
peas, 41s 3d.

ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 103,770 ;
barley, 6,736 ; oats, 8,279; rye, 128; beans, 3,197 ; peas,
290 quarters.

METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.

To-day's market was fairly supplied with most kinds of
beasts, and the demand for them ruled very inftetive at
Monday's quotations. Sheep--the show of which was
seasonably good—moved off slowly. In prices, however, no
change took place. We had a slow inquiry for lambs, th.a
a
supply of which was rather limited, at Monday's decline n
value. About 300 came to hand from the Isle of Wight.
C

'aloes were in moderate supply and sluggish request on
former terms. In pigs and much cows very little was
passing at unaltered currencies.

Per Blbs. to sink the offal.
s. d. s. d. s. d. a. d.
Crse. &inf. beasts 3 0 3 4 Primecrs-wool do. 4 4 4 6
Second qualitydo. 3 6 3 10 Pme. S'thdowndo. 4 8 5 0
r
Prime large oxen 4 0 4 4 Large crse. calves 3 8 4 6
Prime Scots, &e. 4 4 4 6 Prime small d 0... 4 8 5 0
Crse. & .ilf. sheep 3 4 3 8 Large hogs 3 0 3 6
Second quality do. 3 10 4 2 Small porkers .... 3 8 4 2
LlaBmsbtas,
2525 s Odantod Optte •old store pigs,
d.
19s to 225.
TOTAL SUPPLY.
Suckling calves,
FOREIGN SUPPLY.
Beasts
Sheep and lambs ..... 6,751 Shee— ..... 70
Calves
p .... ....... 412
Pigs ,295 ,
Pigs ............. 370
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MEAT MARKETS.
NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—A moderate supply a
meat, and the trade inactive, as follows:—Beef, from 3g
Od to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; lamb, 4s 4d to 58
6d ; veal, 3s 10d to 4s 6d ; pork, 3s 2d to 4s 2d per 81bs.
by the carcase.
SOUTHALL, Jnne I.—The supplies of fat stock were
seasonably large, and the trade generally was in a very
inactive state, as follows : Beef, from 3s 6d to 4s 8d;
mutton 3s 8d to 5s Od ; lamb, 5s Od to 5s 10d ; veal, 38
lOd to 4s 10d ; and pork, 3s 6d to 4s Od per 81bs. to sink
the offal.

Itomronn, June I.—We had a dull trade here to-dayr
and prices had a drooping tendency : Beet; from
3s 8d to 4s 8d; mutton, 4s Od to 6s Od; lamb, 58 Od to 6s
Od ; veal, 4s Od to 46 8d • pork, 3s 6d to 4s 2d per 81bs;
milch cows, £0 Os to £0 'Os each ; suckling calves,
18s to
21s ; quarter old store pigs, to —s each.