The Sun.
London, England, 1861-02-23 00:00:00

" ESSAYS AND REVIEWS."

TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.
Sir,—A letter which appeared in the Times of
yesterday on the subject of " Essays and Reviews,"
written by one who signed himself " A Cambridge
Graduate," is a striking contrast in its fairness and
the desire it evinces to have each of the essays
judged by its own individual merits, to the angry
wholesale denunciations of them which may be
found in some of our religious newspapers. What,
according to the writer of this letter, is wanted as
an antidote to some of the essays is a reply which
shall not be merely a refutation of errors, but a de-
finition of truths perverted or neglected.
Now, I cannot help asking you to allow me to
bring before your readers—to those of them who
are interested in theological questions—how, in
some degree, a refutation of the kind alluded to
already exists—how, in reference at least to the
rationalistic views of the Old Testament history
which some passages in the essays seem to encou-
rage, it exists in such works as that of the Rev. F.
D. Maurice " On the Kings and Prophets of the Old
Testament," and in some of the " Sermons" of the
late Rev. F. Robertson. For, surely, the best refu-
tation of such views, which would make the stories
of the Old Testament mere myths and legends of
the past, is to make us feel the force and meaning
which these stories possess for us Englishmen of
the present day; to make us look on the miracles
of the Old Testament, not as mere marvels of a by-
gone age, but as glimpses of a Divine government
which, though under different circumstances and
in a different way, is as really and truly being car-
ried on in our own age; and this is the view to
which one is led by the study of the works
alluded to.
Surely, then, great good will be effected out of
the evil which some of the Essays and Reviews
are likely to occasion, if they are the cause of our
divines writing refutations of them conceived in
the spirit of such works, or if they lead our young
students to the perusal of such works. Above all
will great good arise out of the evil if both are led
to a more calm, thoughtful, earnest attention to
that study of which two*, at least, of the much
maligned writers of the essays remind us that it is
the great work of our day—l mean the study of
the Bible.—l have the honour to be, Sir, your
obedient servant,
Feb. 21.

AN OXFORD GRADUATE.
*Dr. Temple and Professor Jowett.

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THIS EVENING, the First .pct of BIANCA, THE
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Coro di Odalische " Oh qual perenne"
Cavatina "Vole talor dal Carcere"
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Terzetto Finale "Vol tacete io non"
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and Italian language—in addition to the usual attractions.
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LONDON, SATURDAY, FEB. 23, 186

The Paris Correspondent of a contemporary, who
generally has good information, writes—" The
intelligence from Austria becomes daily more revo-
lutionary. We may expect a general outbreak ere
long, and the flight of FRANCIS JOSEPH." These,
if we can look on them as at all well-founded, are
startling expressions, yet we are by no means sure
they may not be a prevision of the truth. If the
writer has, as in the society of Hungarian exiles
and other foreigners at Paris he is likely to have,
information more special than what reaches us by
the ordinary channels, then his remark is evidence
additional to what we already possess. But even
if not—if it be but the mere outspoken interpreta-
tion of telegrams and printed correspondence which
we all see, the interpretation is not one to be utterly

rejected.
At first sight it may seem strange to think of an
Emperor who has 150,000 men in Venetia alone,
commanded by a veteran who is popular with the
army, and who will have even Archdukes,
while serving under him, conform to military
discipline—an EMPEROR who has probably as
many in Hungary, since we read lately of 85,000
on its eastern frontier only, and a large force also
in:the other provinces of his empire—it may seem
strange to think of such a monarch being on the
eve of flight, because a general outbreak and a
revolution are anticipated. And then, again, the
King of ITALY has, even to his Parliament, intimated
that the time for waiting has come ; in other words,
that he and Count CAVOUR do not include an
attack on Venetia in their policy for the year 1861.
England, too, and Franoe, united in telling the
Italians that Austria, though she cumbered the
ground, with no hope of ever doing anything better,
must be let alone this year also. Altogether the
position of Austria, to outward appearance, was
better far than at the close of 1860.
But there is another side to the case. The in-
ternal difficulties of the empire are little affected
by these external alleviations. The despised idea
of nationalities has risen to life with full strength
during the last year or two; indeed it has been
growing ever since its violent suppression in 1848.
The most unwilling witnesses now admit that what
is meant by that word, however difficult it may be
logically to define it, is a grave political reality. It
has outlived all the Holy Alliance schemesof 1815,
and all the cruelties by which those schemes have
been supported; and Europe, now, reminds one of
that splendid valley of vision described by the
prophet, in which the bleached bones of the de-
stroyed children of Israel were seen fast uniting
with
.each other, then clothed with flesh, then
standing up a vast and mighty army, and lastly,
restoring their ancient kingdom to its pristine
:national state. Already this resurrection has
'begun in the South of Europe. The dissipated
skeleton of Italy is now standing before Europe as
a living power; Hungary, with its ancient and
long affiliated territories, is instinct with national
life, and shows in every way that nothing but its
fully recognised and distinct nationality will satisfy
it. And all the other provinces, Bohemia, Gallicia,
and the Tyrol, are awaking to the consciousness
of their own rights and the rights of the other-nss
provinces. In 1848 it was very different. Then a
large part of the provinces retained their alle-
giance to the principle of an empire, and
and were willing to aid the little hereditary
Archduchy of the HAPSBURGS in retaining their
rule over the rest. It Noss one of the earlier errors

of Hungary, in 1848, to aid Austria in keeping
Italy—one quickly, and for ever, renounced. Now
the HAPSBURGS and the petty German Archduchy
stand alone—the Germans detested, and most
deservedly so, all over the provinces, and wished
back, both soldiers and civilians, with many curses
on their heads, to their own fatherland,
Another difficulty is the HAPSBURG s themselves.
Like the BOURBONS, they are incurable, and never
to be trusted. A theologian might cite them as an
illustration of the doctrine of " Original Sin."
They have all inherited from the founder of their
race the same treachery, cunning, cruelty, and
tyrannical pride. These qualities, each aecording
to occasion, have never been wanting in the stock.