The Sun.
London, England, 1859-03-07 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS MAGAZINES.

The Eclectic maintains its improved and en-
livened character. It has several papers of interest
besides some serious and reflective articles. The
opening article, which is a criticism on " The
Limits of Religious Thought," recently published,
and an entertaining paper on " The Times of George
the Third," will offer attractions to very different
tastes. The authoress of," Mary Powell" continues
her charming story of Town and Forest," showing
in strong light that the need for home missionaries
fully equals the claims of distant regions no way con-
nected with us by race.—Tait's Edinburgh Journal
is scarcely so entertaining as usual. It has several
stories of average merit, and one or two articles on
political questions. A criticism on Miss Freer's
" Henry III." gives an interesting account of that
valuable work. The continuation of the " Life of
Mozart" is one of the most attractive features in
the number.—The Church of England Monthly
Review is a very valuable publication. It supplies
a want which must have been long felt by. thought-
ful readers. It treats the religious topics of the
day in a broad and liberal spirit, and takes a com-
prehensive view of the wants and difficulties of
human nature. Of course, on political and theolo-
gical questions it upholds the opinions most con-
sistent with ecclesiastical authority, but those who
differ from them on these topics cannot do otherwise
than admire the fair and tolerant spirit in which
they are treated, so unlike the bitterness and severity
so often found in similar publications.—Newton
London Journal has an interesting paper on the
entions and discoveries. The
claims of rival inventors that will repay. perusal
by
usual concerned
listo
f p
at e innt
patents
na NI;
d scientific reports is given.
__me National Magazine has several entertaining
uaalll
articles among its contents. The continuation of
Mr. Brough's story of "Miles Cassidy's Contract"
is full of animation and eccentricity. "Our Foreign
Teachers" is the title of a paper which gives a sum-
mary of the careers of Olympia Morata, Ulrich von
Mitten, and other notabilities of the Reformation.
The exhibitions of the season are criticised at
length.—The Welcome Guest is another of the
cheap serials whose number has so rapidly increased
of late years. It is lively and well conducted,
giving copious extracts from various writers.—
The Works qf the Rev.
Sydney
Smith are being
reprinted in shilling parts, uniform with Macaulay's
essays. The third part, containing, among others,
the essays on America, on Ireland, on the Poor-laws,
and the Game-laws, is now ready.—Knight's Pope'
lar History of England proceeds satisfactorily.
The Battle of Blenheim is described in this num-
ber.—. Davenport .Dunn has reached its twentieth
part. We shall reserve further criticism until its
completion.—Le Follet is, as usual, the most grace-
ful of the pictorial authorities of fashion, and dis-
plays an attractive array of spring garments.

THE SHORT-TIME MovEmENT.—A meeting of
journeymen bakers was held on Saturday afternoon. at the
Royal Tent, Silver• street, Golden-square, to consider the
best means of obtaining redress for the severe injustice and
hardship under which the journeymen bakers of the metro-
polisfrequently
suffer. Mr. Blackwell, a journeyman, was called to
the chair, and in a lengthened speech detailed the serious
injury the journeymen sustained in health, owing to the
number of hours they were compelled to work, and for
which they were very insufficiently paid ; they
worked 21 hours out of the 24, for which the wages were
about
prepare a pe-
tition, 18s. per week, but never exceeded £l. What they
required was an enactment limiting the working hours to
Parliament. Subscrip-
tions the same as in Scotland, and a division of labour, there
being at present upwards of 2,000 of the trade '
unemployed.
praying
dg
for
ro
tehaellinategerfneerreanlensioeef tpinagri,
tit wona.s
were at once entered into for defrayin
DREADFUL DEATH FROM CHOKING.--On b he expense.
Satur-
day Mr. Wakley held an inquest, in the 11, •
on Thomas Gardiner, aged 50, whose death Middlesex Hospital,
the following circumstances. The d took place under
company of Mr. Thirst, the sewers deceased, who was in the
his wages, went to partake of contractor, after receiving
coffee-
house, George-street, Tottenham-court-road.some refreshment at a coffee-
to be at the time in the best He appeared.
diately afterviards, when health and spirits, but mime-
from his seat, a corpse, in the act of eating a chop, he fell
death seemed to have Medical aid was called in, but
aroused that he might been instantaneous. A suspicion was
out to be the case, for
have been choked, and such turned
large piece of meat,' foourr uponin tshe windpipe beingeorned, a
long, which form one end
of the chop, was found so (-)S ec that it completely blocked
up the air passages, and thus g
produced 1 • mmediate death.—
Verdict, accidental death.