The Sun.
London, England, 1857-09-02 00:00:00

last century. Speaking of the discontent of the
people with the acts of the Government and aris-
tocracy, the author utters a melancholy truth :
They felt these indignities as men can feel them whose
minds have not been broken by foreign occupation, not
unmanned by a decrepid civilization, not exhausted
intestine dissensions. Greatly indeed are Mazzini and his
followers mistaken in supposing that the more a paople
are oppressed, themore ready they will be to rise and
shake off their chains. This may hold of a people.just
emerging from the state of savage life, in whom there is
much nnwrought material ; it may hold of a people who
have fallen under some sudden stroke of tyrannical
power ; but not of one that has lived for generations
under even a mild slavery. Swill a people may rise
when an opportunity occurs, or when they are smarting
under some aggravation of their misery, but it will only
be an insurrection, not a revolution. For that, more
mutual confidence, more manhood exercised in hopeful
self-restraint, more home virtue, is required than can be
found amongst such a mass.
The author brings down the Sardinian history
through the subsequent storms and struggles :to a
happier time,
and closes his interesting sketch by
proving that it is by no means necessary, in consti-
tutional improvements, to exterminate the old in
order to introduce the new.

Tait's Edinburgh, Journal.—Several attractive
topics find a place in Tait's magazine, and the
great social questions of the day are usually treated
in a fair and comprehensive spirit. The number
before us has articles on India, Australia, the
Civil Service, and Over-crowded Dwellings, while
the " Tangled Talk" offers some sensible reflec-
tions on the industrial culture of women, and a
" Reader of Old Books" some pleasant literary re-
miniscences. Papers on Jersey and the Isle of
Man deserve perusal.

The National Magazine—This magazine has se-
veral attractive names among its list of contributors.
Mrs. Crowe, the popular author of " Susan Hop-
ley," proceeds with her tale of Greenhill Hall,
which contains the proper mixture of the horrible
to be expected from the pen of the writer of "The
Night side of Nature." Mr. Thornbury, who is
becoming a well-known name in the literary world
commences a history of " Rascaldom and, its
Kings," the first monarch of this populous kingdom
being Cartouche, of Parisian celebrity. Dr. Doran
finds a congenial subject in the " First article of a
popular author," and the vigorous writer of Paul
Perron contributes the opening chapters of a tale
called " The Tower of Harlestone Castle." ,The
engravings are numerous, and taken from many
well-known paintings.

The Irish Metropolitan has its usual lively m;x-
ture, taking the reader to the Irish Diggings, to
the Great Salmon of Ballina, to the shores of the
Baltic, and to India, in turn. The story of " Life's
Foreshadowings" proceeds rapidly. The Sporting
Intelligence of the month is given with full particu-
lars ; and there are some poetical contributions
above the average.

Newton's London Journal. —This number, which
is the thirty-third of the new series, opens with the
report of the Commissioners of Patents for Inven-
tions for 1856, and then proceeds with an account
and anal sis of recent patents. Conspicuous among
them we find the patents of Messrs-Roberts and
Dale, of Manchester, for improvements in purify-
ing oxalate of soda ; Mr. Hoywo6d, of Camden-
town, for improvements in inflating air-tight bags,
arc. ; and cf Mr. Brooman, of Fleet-street, for im-
provements in the manufacture of cranked axles
and shafts. This invention, we are told, consists
in a method of manufacturing cranked axles and
shafts in which the iron is neither twisted nor cut.
The illustrative diagrams which accompany the
magazine assist; greatly a ready comprehension of
the patents described.

The Mechanics. —This useful scientific magazine
is conducted in its usual able manner. The great
amount and practical value of its inform.fon can
only l e appreciated by those conversant with me-
chanics, and in addition to its direct instruction,
it is extremely valuable as a medium of communi-
cation between scientific amateurs or artisans.
Thus in the present number a correspondent ap-
peals to the readers of the Mechanics Magazine to
obtain the results of an elaborate mathematical
calculation connected with some astronomical ob-
servations. As may be supposed, the Atlantic
telegraph finds a place among the topics, and the
report of the engineer of the company to the direc-
tors is given. The New Decimal system, the Wel-
lington Monument, Sound Signals for Ships at Sea,
and many other subjects likely to interest and in-
form the reader receive full consideration.

The Eclectic Review. —Arago's "Scientific Bio-
graphies" afford the subject of au interesting
paper, which gives a brief account of the lives
and discoveries of the great men it describes. The
physical and political history of Sardinia is dis-
cussed, and a list of foreign works on its consti-
tutional progress criticised. Gregson's correspon-
dence and the memoir ofJosiah Conder, recently pub-
lished, receive careful and appreciative notices, and
the summary of the works will interest those who
have not read them. The usual quarterly review of
German literature and notices of new books are
given.

The Fnglish Cyclopcedia maintains its high cha-
racter. The present part completes the fifth volume
of the biography and commences the sixth
and concluding volume. It contains the con-
tinuation of the letter T, and many biographies
of the greatest interest and historical import-
ance are found in it. It has the lives of
Torquato Tasso, Jeremy Taylor, Themistecles,
Titian, Tintoretto, Tiberius, and many other great
names of the past, while among modern cele-
brities the memoirs of the late Justice Tal-
fourd, the Laureate, Mr. Thackeray, and Bishop
Thirlwall, will interest most readers. The vast
range of information, and the general fairness and
moderation of the opinions expressed, are sufficient
to render this work a standard biography.

Knight's Popular History of England brings
down the reader to the coronation of James 1., and
the present number is chiefly occupied with some
curious details of the social life and manners of the
Elizabethan age.

The amusing serials of Ask Mamma and Paved
with Gold proceed in their usual manner,

IN REMEMBRANCE OF THE LATE MR.
DOUGLAS JERROLD.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Six,—The work we have carried on being now
brought to a close, we beg leave through your
columns briefly to make its result known to the
public.
We have first to observe that the committee
whom we represent decided in the outset to state
no case, and to make no appeal or representation
beyond thelines which form the beading of this
letter. They considered that, in taking this course,
they had a due regard both to the independence (,f
literature, and to the personal character of their
deceased friend ; and therefore they have never for
a moment deviated, from it, nor do they now de-
part from it.
They have considered their personal responsi-
bility a sufficient refutation of any untrue and pre-
, posterous statements that have obtained circulation
as to property asserted to have been left by Mr.
Jerrold ; and they now merely add that unless they
had thoroughly known and, beyond all doubt, as-
sured themselves that their exertions were needed
by the dearest objects of Mr. Jerrold, s love, those
exertions would never have been heard of.
The audited accounts show that the various per-
and lectures, have realised,
after2froo wtn.
is to be expended in the purchase
ayrmeaecleint.gA all expenses, a. clear profit of
Ile
Tel; h e sum
(through trustees) of a government annuity for
Mrs. Jerrold and her unmarried daughter, with
remainder to the survivor.
We are happy to add, in conclusion, that al-
though we have been moat generously assisted on
many hands, and especially by members of the
musical i rofession, we have never conscientiously
accepted a sacrifice that could not be afforded, and
have furnished good employment and just remune-
ration to many deserving persons.—We are, &c.,
CHARLES DICKENS, Chairman.
ARTHUR SMITH, Honorary Secretary.