The Sun.
London, England, 1850-01-05 00:00:00

TAIT'S.

- - Tait opens with some timely " Hints on the
Franchise," an expected subject of debate in the
ensuing Parliament. The life of the late lamented
Dr. Chalmers is the subject of an interesting article.
Mr. St. John's sentimental journey" There and Back
Again" continues.: Some " Winter Pictures from the
North of Europe" are commenced. These, with an
article on " High Farming," and some interesting
tales and criticisms, are the contents of Tait's for
January.

SPORTING REVIEW.
One of the most interesting articles in the Sporting
Review is a biography of the late Mr. Musters, the
husband of Lord Byron's " Mary." Mr. Musters,
according to the spirited pen•and•ink portrait here
given of him, appears to have possessed all the attrac-
tive and excellent qualities of an English country
gentleman. Nevertheless, few will see with Miss
Chaworth s eyes, and, in contemplating the manly
graces of the sportsman, forget the high intellect and
gentle heart which Mr. Musters, involuntarily, over-
shadowed with so much gloom. Those who have
lamented over the sad evanescence of Lord Byron'a
Dream of love will read with painful interest this
memoir of his successful rival.

TILE UNITED SERTICE.
"Lord Gough's Return to England," by a soldier
who served under his Lordship in one of his most
the return
glorious campaigns
naturally expresses a desire that
ing general may meet with a reception
calculated to efface the remembrance of his recent
unpopularity. An article on " The Cat and the Cord"
advocates the retention of the brutal punishment of
flogging on the ground that it is an effectual stimulant
i
to duty, and is not in itself degrading, sentimentsn
which, it is unnecessary to say,
we in no way concur.

MRS. ELLIS'S MORNING CALL.
A new magazine with the above title has made its
appearance under the direction of Mrs. Ellis. The
name of the editress will be a sufficient recommenda-
tion to many. The appearance of the work is very
attractive ; it is handsomely "got up," and adorned
with beautiful engravings. The articles are of
diversified character. The criticism on "Shirley" is
both interesting and truthful.

WHO' S WHO 1850.
Messrs. Bailey o. have endeavoured to evince
their gratitude totheirpatrons for the great success
of Who's Who in 1849," by rendering " Who's
Who in 1850" more complete even than its predeces-
sor, and this they have done not only by including in
their present list of " Who's Who' a greater num-
ber of personages than were included in the last, but
by telling us a great deal more about who each par-
ticular " who" is and has been. '.l he volume is most
elegantly got up, and whoever desires to know
who's who ought to lose no time in purchasing it, in
order to acquire the desired information.

POST MAGAZINE ALMAN ACK, and. Court
and Parliamentary Register, 1850.
The Post Magazine Almanack reaps some advantage
from the lateness of its appearance in the field—as it
is not published until the last week in December it is
more truly and accurately an almanac for 1850
than many of its competitors. On this subject the
editor says—
" Some impatient persons seem disposed to complain
that the Post Magazine Almanac/ is published later
than others. The best reply that can be made to this
objection is, that nearly the whole of theother almanack•
in the kingdom will bear upon their pages, -throughout
the year 1850, a long account of the household of a royal
personage who departed this life in 1849; that not one
of the same pages will show that the lion. Fox Maule is
a Cabinet Minister; and that many similar instances of
omission and commission might be cited as the unavoid-
able result of early publishing."
One of the distinguishing features of this excellently
compiled almanack is the list of sixty-three recently
projected assurance companies.

MISCELLANEOUS.
The proposed Exhibition of 1851 renders the
Journal of Design, and the Patent Journal, and the
London Journal and, Repertory of Inventions more
than usually interesting. These periodicals, more
especially the Journal of Design, are admirably
qualified to elevate the popular taste. We are glad
to find both this and the Patent Journal speaking in
cordial though criticising terms of the French expo-
sition in London.—Ainsworth's Magazine is rendered
chiefly attractive by the continuation of " Guy
Fawkes."—The Metropolitan is chiefly filled with
light fictitious tales aid some graceful verses.—The
Farmers' Magazine contains the republication of the
excellent Chronicle articles on "Labour and the Poor."