The Sun.
London, England, 1850-02-07 00:00:00

THE COSMOPOLITE.

Baying assumed this as the title of their new perio-
dical, the entrepreneurs of the present enterprise have
adventured upon the task of its periodical production
with wide and comprehensive sympathies. Among
the more noticeable papers in the instalment for
February 15 the acute and serious essay on " Crime
and Education."

THE PEOPLE'S REVIEW.
"Another new periodical, so called, has st:trted
into existence simultaneously with many similar ad-
ventures—the present being a bold undertaking,
somewhat in the style of the quarterly publications.
As a first number it promises well for its continuance.

THE BANICEI?S' MAGAZINE.
The present number contains a continuation
of " The history of
Opinion on the Currency,"
an exposition cf the public revenue of Russia
and the new Russian loan, and the usual r•-nount
of well-arranged statistical and monetary in 'orma-
tion. It is illustrated by an engraving of S unuel
Rogers from Sir Thomas Lawrence's picture.

PENDENNIS. By nr. Tkaekeray.
Fart XIII.
In th's which commences the second volume,
we find Pemjennli established in London society as
a litteraf.:,:zi• c,7tznce, the author of a successful novel,
the soi/g3t ricer of the booksellers, the petted of so-
ciety, a d ft 2 admired of his uncle the Major, who
endea4ours to persuade him of the propriety of re-
r. ewing his addresses to Miss Blanch Amory, seeing
that that young lady will have " thirty or forty or
fifty " thousand pounds. Pen, however, is proof
against the temptations of the money or the fascina-
tions of the flirt, but not so Mr. Henry Poker, who
is hooked by thQ coquettish Blanche, and played like
an overgrown
gudgeon. These love passages in the
life of Mr. Henry Foker form a most amusing por-
tion of the present number.

THE DUBLIN" UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE.
The number for the present month of this usually
able periodical scarcely reaches its accustomed
standard of excellence, though containing many well
written and important papers. " Canada," the open-
ing paper, is evidently written by one well acquainted
with the recent revolutionary spirit manifested in
that portion of our colonial settlements. The second
paper, " A Few more Random Records of a Ramble
in the East," is a dashing and agreeable narrative,
fully sustaining the interest created by a perusal of
the preceding part, and will amply repay the atten-
tion of the reader. "The Life Insurance" is well
told, and most strange if true. "Irish Tourists
—Cuiraldus Cambrensis," this
i subject is con-
tinued, and contains much to interest the scholar
and historian. The next paper is an able
review of " The Vicissitudes of the Eternal City, or
Ancient Rome ; with Notes, Classical and Historical,"
by Mr. Whiteside, the eminent Irish barrister.
" What's in the Wind," a little fragment " fancied
on New Year's Eve." The next is a short and spi-
rited paper on an important subject" The Lines con-
necting the Atlantic and Pacific," by Major Lake
Smyth O'Connor. "The Mysterious Lodger" is
continued and, we are happy to say, concluded, for a
more dark and unnatural tale of horror we never read,
and we could heartily wish that the writer, before he
again draws on his fancy, would take a generous dose
of " civet,"-or some other sweetener of the imagina-
tion. The next paper is "A Review of the Life and
CorreTondence of Robert Southey," edited by his
son ; and if the odour of merited praise can reach
and be felt by the spirit of disenthralled genius, how
sweet and grateful to Smithey must be the eloquent
tribute of his warm hearted Irish censor. We can-
not avoid extracting the glowing yet graceful com-
pliment with which he opens his critical remarks :
" IIonour«1 be the memory of Hobert Southey! Ilis
name call 1 ing preserve its sweet savour in the re jon,„.
tion of the wi, e and good, w ho admired him not more for
his transcendent genius thsn they lovel him for his
gentle worth; and whose mature productions will go
down to posterity with the singular commendation Cita
they contain not one single line which a good man, upon
his death-bed, could wish unwritten."