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London, England, 1857-03-02 00:00:00

since been impo,sible to rectify it. "The Gallery
of Theatrical Portraits" has reached the third
number, and narrates the history of William
Dowton. -

Colburn's United Service.—" The Life of Napier"
is the subject of the opening paper, the review a
highly eulogistic one, concludiug as follows :
" The highest compliment we can Ray to Sr Wm.
Napier (the biegrepher), is to say that he has rea-
lised the idea with which he set out, and given us
"the story of a Man who never tarnished his repu-
tation bya himeful deed; of one who subdued dis-
tant nations by his valour, and then governed
them so wisely that English ru'e was reverenced,
and lived where before it had been feared and exe-
crated l" And now we await its conclusion. e‘ A
Few Remaks on voluntary Enlistment and Armies
of Reserve" appear to have been suggested by
what the writer designates " The palpable failure
of voluntary enlistment under existing regulations
to fill our ranks with eligible recruits during the
late war." The writer recommends a reform in the
distribution of Vie army, and a more liberal rate
of pension, and advances condemnatory strictures
on certain parts of Gen. Wyndhatn's plan. A second
notice of " The Theory of Wire is followed by fur-
thbr criticism on " The Regulations. of the Army."
" The General's Hut in the Trenches" is continued,
and we have a glimpse of several civil and military
notabilities, including the Duke of Newcastle, Mr.
Ru,sel, Miss Nightingale, Gen. Markham, and
Marshal. Pelissier. "A Scramble Through the
Hills to Cashmere" may be got through without
difficulty, so far as the present instalment -goes.
"Austrian Soldiers and Statesmen in the Nine-
teenth Century" are considered, with due re-
membrance "that the hereditary tendency of
the Shaeic races to absolute, government arises
from an excerslve submission to authority."
The weak poii.t of Austria, according to the
writer, is Lombardy, which "must always (0 re-
main a running sore." The recent amnesty is de-
set ibed as "a temporary emollient—certainly not
a definitive cure." "The Boatmen of the Coast"
is a paper which ought to be read, the writer en-
deavouring t) do justice to the gallant crews of our
life-boats, whom he, in conclusion, wishes all
honour, pro,perity, and SUCCCSF. "Notes on Mili-
tary Science" are continued ; and "The Caspian
and its Shores," aro the subject of an interesting
historical view, which is to be continued. "The
Editor's Portfolio'? yields a by no means flattering
notice of the way in which some parties have
set about raising a Testimonial to Lord Har-
dinge. The force of the objections advanced
against the late Commander-in-Chief being
honoured with an equestrian statue, would
not have been diminished had there been no pre-
vious indications of a bias certainly not in favour
of the deceased veteran. " The Victoria Cross," it
would appear, could not be distributed without the
Commissioners-appointed to elect its reoipients dis-
charging their duties in a manner so unsatisfactory
as to provoke well-grounded complaint. "Reform
for the Navy" contains this serious allegation :
"Proverbial as ti e Admiralty has always been for
jobbery and corruption, no First Lord has ever
abu-ed his pet r mega so grossly and continuously as
Sir Charles Woo 1" This is going ahead.

The New Monthly.—The openinz paper is a con.-
tinuation of the "Memoirs of the Duc de Raguse,"
undir the title of "Toe War of Liberation." "A
Dream from Heaven," by the authT of "Ashley,"
gives us the conclusion of the history of Adam
Grainger and Margaret Charming. It is written
in this writer's interesting style, and .conveys an
ex..elltm); moral. Adam Grainger, reduced to
poverty and unable to obtain employMent, forms
the tash and co A ardly project of committing suicide,
and abandoning his wife and children. He is pre-
vented by a warning dream, and reuewe his endea-
vours with a perseverance and spirit that ob'ain
success. An account of the " Rena's.iance at Aln-
wick Castle" wi.l b3interes•ing to antiquaries. A
memoir of Sylvaiu Bailly o!cupiei this number of
f' Notes on Not,,:-worthie," and draws a striking
picture of the cl,ath scene of one of the victims of
1789. The tragic story, under a comic title, of Mr.
Joshua Tubbs is proceeded with in its usual man-
ner. "A Swed.sa Voyage round the World" is
also continued, and describes San Francisco and
its inhabitants. Florentia contributes a paper on
"The Baths of Lucca," and a description of "An
Autumn in Italy." "The Talker and the Worker,"
by T. E. Carpenter, is concluded wi.h melancholy
interest. Alexander Andrews brings down his
" History of the Newspaper Press " to near the
elite of the last century. There is no poetry this
month.-

The Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of
England. John Murray.
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An interesting and able essay (prize) ou " Bring-
ing Moor Land into Cultivation' opens the num-
ber. Tho writ n's attention is princp,dly directed
to moorlauas in an elevated position, and he may
be said to have succeeded in diminishing the many
obstacles to their cultivalion by his remarks and
suggestions. Tie subject of the succeeding essay
is of kindred interest and importance. It is the
"Action of the Atmosphere upon Newly Deepened
Soil," which is clearly shown to be that of a power-
ful fertiliser. Who at all conversant with atmos-
pheric action could doubt the fact ? And yet many
of our agriculturists who act upon it do so to all
appearance unwittingly, or why, for instance, the
necessity for this treatise I "The Farming of War-
wickshire" is described in four divisions, and
though not first class, we are happy to
find there are tokens of steady improvement.
The farmers of Warwickshire, it would appear, are
not now the "sly jealous set" Mr. Murray de-
scribed them. " The Construction. of Labourers'
Cottages" is the subject of a suggestive and well-
illustrated essay, creditable to the writer and the
conductor of the journal. It is always pleasing to
witness anxiety manifested for the sanitary and
social welfare of the toiling labourer, who literally
earns his bread by the sweat of his brow, and is too
often lodged in a hovel wholly unfitted for human
residence. Pr afesior Buchanan, of the Agricul-
tural College, Cirencester, contributes an article
"On the Natural History of British Meadow and
Pasture Graces," in which various species are
lucidly described. This is followed by another
paper in connection with atmospheric action, being
"On the Different Mechanical Modes of Deepen-
ing the Staple Soil in order to give it the Full
Benefit of Atmospheric Influence.' A varety of
reports and miec.llaneons contributions make up
the contents of the number.

The Journal of Agriculture. Blackwood and

Sons.

The collection of "Agricultural Statistics for
1856," though attended with considerable difficulty,
has, we are told by "an Enumerator," been
crowned with complete success. Among other
notabilia we observe an increase of 15,122 acres
in the area of tillage ; an increase of horses, sheep,
and lambs, and of cows and cattle, but a decrease
of calves, making a decrease in the total of cattle
as compared with the returns of the preceding
year. Au increase in wheat and oats respectively
of 2,200,000 bushels and 1,800,000 bushels, but a
decrease in barley of 500,000 bushels. A great
deficiency is reported in the potato crop 1 In
interesting paper on "Tropical Cultivation, and its
Limits follows." After a residence of 13 years within
six degrees of the equator, the writer expresses his
firm conviction that a temperate climate is not
more necessary for the full development of the
energies of man than it is for the full production of
the most valuable kinds of food. " Characteristics
of the Year 1856," and a paper on " Salmon and
Pisciculture" will repay perusal, as will " Notes on
Novelties at the Smithfield Club Show." Besides
the above, there is a variety of papers of more or
lessinterest to the agriculturist.

The National Magazine hopefully pursues its
useful and entertaining career under the able editor-
ship of Messrs. J. Saunders and Westland Marston.
The part for March contains a variety of high class
literature, combining the amusing and the instruc-
tive, together with a number of superior engravings
of subjects judiciously selected, and worthy of the
attention of the public.

Little Dorrit. No. XVI. By Charles Dickens.
A remarkably important number as far as one
incident is concerned. For in it old Mr. Dorrit
dies—in it we hear the last in life of the mean-
spirited and babbling Father of the Marshalsea.
A character intrinsically so detestable, so con-
temptible, so thoroughly and entirely obnoxious,
that we cannot find our sympathies touched for a
single instant by the narrative of
wthuoirnsrdd
spite of its being glorified, in a manner, by the loveni
of Amy, and eloquent in everye the—t
.e
pathos of Charles Dickens. W
relief at hbitisneglfaat
efwmrotitshe
corpse of the miserable houndolddse
" gentleman" with a Ben ofcalling.
length—ha—well rid—hum—of him..
himismdeedaitahteloynalyftebrwecaardesßegretting
the decease
ofof Iliitssfaciatrfulingand admiring
brother the old quondammerlarDionet player Frederick.
The first symptoms of
are exhibited, by the way,:
here fantastically described as of
in°lTithte'sfamfaiiiilyngbavnitqauleittys
a decidedly
PrillieY and prismatic" character I His castles in
the air about making Mrs. General his more than
middle-aged bride, leading. him upon the eve, as it
were, of his dissolution, to the extravagance
o. f kissing that lady's knuckles. a salute an-
Jectured by our author to have been a
rather bony kiss, of a cosmetic fiavotti• !" Leav-
ing the Dorrit family thus diminished by. two—we
follow Arthur Clennam for awhile to Calais in quest
of information about M. Blandois (otherwise M.