The Sun.
London, England, 1861-05-02 00:00:00

signs end manwuvres of the respectable fra-
ternity who follow that profession. Nume-
rous anecdotes are given of clever tricks,
sometimes meeting the exposure they merit,
and sometimes successful. The perusal of this
paper should certainly put inexperienced and heed-
less players on their guard when playing in strange
company. The second paper on Population and
Trade in France discusses the value of land and the
extent of cultivation. He comes to the conclusion
that in round numbers 65 per cent. of the surface
of the country is cultivated, 17 per cent. is in forest,
and 18 per cent, is uncultivated. This article is
well worth reading, and contains a good deal of in-
formation. There are several other papers, and an
essay on " Hailstones and their Phenomena," which
Will attract the scientific.

The Cornhill Magazine.
The Cornhill opens with " Bird's-Eye Views of
Society—No. 11 : A Juvenile Party-3 till 7;"
one of Doyle's inimitable and almost indescribable
pictures, crowded with life and character. Every
variety of child is there, with every variety of face
and form and fashion.
"The accompanying drawing," says the artist, "is de-
signed to show a children's party at that advanced period
of the entertainment when the stiffness and the coyness,
and the pride and the pomp of the earlier part of the after-
noon have given way, in most cases, to the high spirits and
demonstrative behaviour of the natural juvenile. The
sports and pastimes are raging, so to speak, and may be
said to include dancing, and eating and drinking, blind-
man's buff, (rocking) horse exercise, and music on the
penny trumpet; besides playing at soldiers and Noah's ark
(with all the latest improvements), fighting, flirtation,
Jack-in-the-box, and no end of other games, sentimental
conversation, and sleep I"
The scene is well worth a study, and, without dis-
paragement to the rest, constitutes unques-
tionably the most attractive page in the maga-
zine. Another attraction is the commencement
of a tale by Mrs. Beecher Stowe, to be
published in the Cornhill simultaneously with its
appearance in America. The opening is interesting,
but it is of a romantic character that will some-
what astonish some of the readers of " Uncle Tom's
Cabin." Agnes of Sorrento is a fair pure young
damsel under the guardianship of strict and wise
duenna, who hardly hopes to keep her in ignorance
of love and all its mischief. How she succeeds the
sequel m ill doubtless demonstrate. " Ups and
Downs in the House of Peers" gives an interesting
account of some of the antecedents of the peerage.
' The Adventures of Philip" are continued with
spirit. The present number seems to have some
reference to the recent marriage case, which Mr.
Thackeray cannot help recognising while he dis-
claims it. The "Roundabout Papers," "On Being
Found Out," is capital, and fullf its author's
satiric power.

The New Monthly Magazine.
The vexed question of the Temporal Power of
the Popes is discussed at length in the opening
article. A paper on " The Nyam-Nams" follows
it, founded principally on Mr. Petherick's valuable
contribution to our knowledge of the aborigines of
Central Africa. Those who have not met with
his interesting volume will gather a good deal of
condensed information from these pages. The
story of " East Lynne," which has now continued
for many months, proceeds with interest, and
rapidly approaches a crisis. The suspicion of
the murder rests upon the evil genius of the
story, Sir Francis Levison, and will probably be
traced home to him in the next number. This
discovery will not surprise the penetrating reader,
although various circumstances have seemed
to contradict the supposition. The wretched
Lady Isabel still retains her anomalous
position, watching over her dying child,
and running great risk of discovery by the sharp
eyes of Miss Corny. The Emperor Otho is the
subject of Sir Nathaniel's Notes, and he comments
on the singular fact that men who have seemed
most engrossed in the absurdities of fashion, and
the frivolities of the toilette have sometimes proved
the :most conspicuous for daring and heroism.
Cyrus Redding contributes some " Desultory
Thoughts on British Art," which are worth read-
ing. "A Fackelzng in Heidelberg" is the title of
a melancholy and unsatisfactory story. " Gran-
ville do Vigne " is also continued, and the self-
willed and selfish hero seem likely to reap the re-
ward of his unreasoning vehemence. W. C. Kent
gives us another of his " Stereoscopic Glimpses,"
showing us the author of Hudibras at Earlscromb.
There are also papers on Northumberland and its
mineral treasures, and on the early life of King
Jerome, and those matrimonial perplexities which
reflected so very little credit on the future King of
Westphalia or his imperial brother.

Temple Bar.
" The Seven Sons of Mammon" is proceeded with,
and still displays that caustic style and exhibits
that general knowledge of society in many
branches, which before this has so often distin-
guished the writer of this tale. In this instalment
Mrs. Armytage and Mr. Sims proceed in their ne-
farious schemes, and poor Sir Jasper is entangled in
their meshes. He will soon be in the position of
the man who heaps up riches and does not know
who will gather them, as his almost fabulous
hoards are melted away under the furnace heat of
the deceiver's crucibles in the form of bills and
loans. "For Better for Worse," becomes more
exciting in this number, and at last the dreaded
hour arrives when Ethel has to receive her friends
in her own house, and feels to the fullest extent
the curse of an unequal marriage, where there is no
kind feeling or good taste to smooth away difficul-
ties and soften the asperities of temper that con-
tact with different dispositions gives rise to.
There is a paper on " Clouds," which is entertain-
ing in its tenour, and may convey desirable infor-
mation to those who have not studied the subject.
It is truly said how few notice the phenomena of
the sky, and yet "there is scarcely a moment when
nature is not producing, in this same sky, scene
'after scene, picture after picture, glory after glory,
it is in clouds that the highest characters of the
beautiful, and even of the sublime, are to be traced,
and belonging to our earth they form a link con-
necting us with infinite space." The writer dis-
plays admirable taste by selecting to conclude his
essay some verses from Shelley's poem on " A
Cloud," of which he truly states that " there is
nothing in ancient or modern literature that mere
nobly or accurately pictures what it professes
to describe." An amusing sketch on "Quacks"
will attract notice ; the quack moral, the
quack literary, the quack political, and the
quack religious, are all mentioned in turn,
and of the latter it is affirmed that he is especially
to be avoided, " who teaches that God saves by
sects, and according to the pass-word of a congre-
gation, and that salvation is to be reached only
through the gates whereof he takes the toll." It
is said that when we have buried quackery, we
shall be, inaugurating the good time coming. An
appropriate subject in this magazine is that called
"In the Temple Gardens." It is a melancholy
sketch. Of the scene it is truly said that " the gar-
2Liens are hermit nooks of quiet in a world of din."
-here is a very pretty poem, entitled "Three
linles," which is very gracefully expressed. There
are generally some admirable verses in this maga-
zine. It is as follows :

THREE TIMES.
First time I saw my Love, my eyes
Were gladdened with a sweet surprise ;
There woke a thought that never dies,
That bright June morning.
A vision, fairly clad in white,
Dawned softly, freshly
on my sight,
And in her hand were roses bright,—
June roses,—pure from speck or blight,
My Love's adorning I
Last time I saw my Love, she lay
All pale, all silent, cold as clay;
The light of life had died away ;
Oh, sad and sweet last time I
And still she wore a robe of white,
And on her pillow, lightly prest,
And in the hand that lay at rest,
Solemnly, on her peaceful breast,
Were roses,—buds not opened quite,—
Gathered before their prime.
A tender care had laid them there ;
But my dead Love was far more fair.
Next time 1 see ray Love, I know
A glorious garment, white as snow,
On which no stains of earth can show,—
A garment meet for heaven,—
Will robe the form I long to see
My angel-love, who r me,
And holds a palm ofvictory
For earth's white roses given.

Zhe United ,Ferviee Magazine.
As is the custom with this magazine, the short-
censured of the naval and military authorities are
censured without
nlerc3r, while any good deeds
Which they may accomplish are not. passea over.
The report of the Royal Dockyard Commission is
the aPPointinent of civilians to
The
and
certain services in preference to officers of the army
or navy
is recommended. It is maintained that
"the dockyard engineer should be a civil engineer,
and nothing more, and the architect should be a
man of talent and experience in his peculiar pro-
fession. It is a great mistake to place a military
engineer in such a position, who is neither a civil
engineer nor a civil architect ; both qualities being
essentially requisite in our royal dockyard ( stablish.
Inents." The writer of this article comments on
the different opinions of Lord Clarence Paget out
of office and in office. We have another paper on
Purchase in the army and promotion from the ranks.
The following extract will show that promotion
from the ranks was
than •
ma"
joltknehfire.ased
is generally suppos.d :
more common in olden times
Promotion frorn the ranks is another question
--.. .een inwh argiwl tithe sitrongly recommended.