The Sun.
London, England, 1857-08-03 00:00:00

an article at the commencement-, " than whom," it
is said, "a truer soldier or braver gentleman never
led Englishmen to battle," and also that those on
whom the responsildlity of Indian affairs rests
should give their nights and days to his " Life
and Opiidons." "The Caste of Dublin" offers its
summary of event. It it now brought down to
the time whAl the Eirl of Kildare was appointed
Viceroy by Henry the Seventh. The paper on
the "Indian Mutiny" will be accTtable at this
juncture. It enters fully into tha question, and
suggests some plans for the adjustment of the diffi-
culties with which the subject is involved.

Fraser.—" Our past, present, and future policy
in Persia," comes un 'er review in the first artii le of
Fraser. The writ:r observes the, however un-
satisfactory many may have considered the terms
of the peace Moly conclude!' with Persia, few will
deny that under the present aspect of Asiatic af-
fairs it has been very opportune. The writer takes
a brief review of Persian politics, and concludes by
strongly recommending that no uncalled-for con-
cessions be made to a Governm like that of the
Shah, which, in the present state of our Indian
empire, would certainly misconstrue any untimely
forbe traire into signs of weakness and alarm.
" High and Low Latitudes" is the title of a plea-
sant paper on two recent travellers' tales. Lord
Dufferiii's Le tars from Ili4h Latitudes afford
some amusing glitnpres of Icelandic life and Arctic
amateur voyaging. The excursion to the Island of
Jun Mayen attempted by the French steam vessels
and the Eugli,h yacht with such very different re-
sults, shows in sufficiently strong contrast the re-
lative value of a courageous leader and an attend-
ant squadron. It must, however, be admitted,
with the critic, that the adventurers appear to have
run great risk for no equivalent object. The otht r
work of travels alluded to is Lady Falkland's plea-
sant basket of Chow-chow. A criticism on the
Opera companies is rather severe, though some of
its observations are just. A brief notice of the
late Rev. Chas. Badham rendursatributo to a valued
contributor to the pages of Fraser's Magazine.
Indian affairs, which are now justly regarded as
the subject ,of paramount importance, furnish the
topics of two papers. The first, on the Indian
Army, takes a review of its consbitution; and offers
some suggestions worthy of consideration ; the other
is a, briefer paper on the supposed crisis of the
mutinies,"'Tiro Interpreter, • a tale of the war,
by the eleVer author of "Thgby Grand," is con-
tinued ivith interest; rrrn-present4netaimens,
lates an accidental explanation between the hero
and heroine, owing to a mistake in a masquerade ' •
the hero's subsequent departure for the East, and
his entrance into a Turkish establishment under
the of I. device of a " hakina ;" and we are also told
of the death of the old baronet, and the marriage
of the fair Constance to Count de Rohan. The
story, it will be seen, proceeds more in accordance
with the realities of life than with the exigencies of
romance. The interesting memoir of George Ste•
phenson recently published furnishes the subject
of an article on his life and inventions, which will
well repay perusal. It gives a concise account of
his life and struggles, the difficulties through which
he forced his way, the opposition and abuse his
plans encountered, and the clear intellect and un-
flinching perseverance that bore him triumpt antly
through all. His integrity and kindness of heart
add not a little to the qualities that rendered his
name distinguished. His character, his biogra-
pher remarks, exhibits a striking combination of
those sterling qualities which we are proud to re-
gard as essentially English. A third paper on Deer
brings that division of the series to a close.
" English Social Life from the Thirteenth to the
Sixteenth Centuries," is the title of an article on
the Plumpton correspondence, which gives us
some domestic details of the middle ages. The
letters are curious as samples of the formality of the
most familiar correspondence of those days. A
retrospect of the session of 1857 takes a fair and
moderate view of the position of political measures
and parties.

Bentley's Miscellany—Bentley opens with an in-
teresting paper on the Revolution of 1830, founded
on a French work that has recently appeared, en-
titled " Ilistoire du Regne de Louis Philippe I."
There is not much novelty in it, but it will afford
a useful outline to those who have forgotten the
causes or incidents of the commotion. Dudley
Costello's story of " The Millionaire of Mincing-
lane," proceeds in its usual strain, without any
striking events. "Life at the French watering-
places" describes the maritime retreats of our con-
tinental neighbours without much liveliness or in-
terest. Monkshood continues his "Retrospective
Reviewals," and gives us the first notice of Nar-
cissus Luttrell's diary. This work has lately been
pr nied at the University Press, in six ♦olumes,
offering much valualde information to the curious,
though the extent of the work renders it more use-
ful as a book of reference than attractive to the
generallreader. The critic comments on the singu-
lar insignificance which pros rues Luttrell himself.
Most of the old diary writers, he observes. take care
to write Me and Mine with a capital M, in the
spirit, if not in the letter, they identifg_themselves
with their chronicles, and leave quitb as vivid au
impre,sion of their own sayings and doings on the
realer's mind as those of any celebrity they treat
of. Narcissus Luttrell, on the contrary, is contented
with keeping a bare record of facts, the news of
each day, without giving his opinions even, but
with characteristic caution constantly adding, in
parenthesis, "as is reported." " A Midnight
Dream," by the author of " The Redcourt Farm,"
is the continuation of the story of Mr. Castanel,
under another title. Tho readers of this tale will
not be surprised to learn that the third bride of
the surgeon dies suddenly in the same mysterious
manner as her predecessors. Mr. Castonel is cer-
tainly a fictitious rival to Palmer, for the author
has now indirectly laid six or seven deaths at his
door. The next instalment will probably relate to
the discovery and punishment of the criminal. The
life of an architect is continued ; and Mr. Grin-
sted's Gallery of Theatrical portraits shows us a
' pleasing likeness of the life and successes of Charles
Kean.

The United Service Magazine. —This magazine has
its usual amount of sensible and well written
articles on topics both naval and military, which in
the present state of affairs are those of chief im-
portance. " The Mutiny in India," of course, is
the subject of a conspicuous article, in which the
writer dues not take an encouraging view of the
matter. Indeed, his anticipations are scarcely jus-
tified by the latest intelligence, though it is always
wise, while anticipating the best, to prepare for the
worst.' A paper entitled, " Wanted, a Harbour of
Refuge," arrives at the conclusion that there is a
great deficiency on our north-east coast, and after
giving the cage a careful consideration, asserts that
there should be at least three deep water ports on
t'lis coast—one at Redcar, one near the Tyne, and
one at Runswick, to the north of Whitby. In the
gale of the 4th of January last 94 vessels wont
down, and 169 seamen were drowned within sixty
miles of the Tyne, only a few being wrecked near
the port itself, the residue either going ashore or
foundering in the bight formed by the coasts of Nor-
thumberland, Durham, and the North Riding of
Yorkshire. It is at this spot that Redcar is situated.
The wciter therefore argues that had there been an
asylum harbour in existence there, the greatest
number of these vessels might have been saved,
the Tyne being to windward of nearly all the ships
hovering on the coast, while Redcar was easy of
access. Atter this important subject we meet with
an article of some length, entitled "Society in Bom-
bsy and the Native Tribes," chiefly founded on
Lady Falkland's entertaining volumes. " A Paper
on Japan" is interesting from its novelty, so little
being known or written of that singular Empire.
The details of its history and its customs are equally
curious. The Dutch, it is known, aro the only
foreigners with whom they will trade, and they
have established a factory at Dezima, the island to
which Europeans are restricted, that they
may be
watched. They are forced to submit to such a
number of arbitrary rules and restrictions, that the
writer remarks they must find the trade with Japan
very profitable, since they submit to them. Th.! !
Duteh, however, are not celebrated forged great
quickness of nerve, nor are they
troubled with any inconvenient
bility, and they much require all
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Portuguese that this circum-
stance was sufficient to break off all intercourse.
There is the usual amount of information and
udwaliske a toP"tthue guPeos gu
satisties, with the critical notices and general cor-
respondence. Among the latter there is a note
from Lieutenant-Colonel Parkinson, suggesting the
substitution of palm oil for the lard that has been
made as excuse for some of the late atrocities iu
India.

The National Rev iew. —The table of contents this
quarter is unusually attractive. It is beaded by a
criticism on Mr. Lever's novels, which, like most
comprehensive crit'cisms, has many interesting
points. " The Receut Researches in Central
Africa" afford the subject of the following paper,
which contains much valuable information respect-
ing a part of the world of which very little is
kuown. It possesses the unusual assistance of a
map. "London Street Architecture," and "The
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