The Sun.
London, England, 1850-02-04 00:00:00

UNITED SERVICE.

Lieut.-Colonel Wilkie has written on " The Pay of
the Army," and, utterly heedless of Mr. Cobden,
advocates its augmentation. The article on " Pun-
ishment and Crime" is to a certain extent just, but in
some respects too severe, especially in allusion to
corporal punishment. We say so undeterred by
the complimentary inuendo contained in the

AINSWORTIL
The story of " Guy Fawkes" has now reAched
its
most interesting point. In this part of the narrative
Guy Fawkes discovers that he is himself the object
of Viviana's lore, and a few pages after we read of
his capture on the memorable fifth of November, as
event celebrated by the pencil of Cruickshank.
There are several interesting tales in this number of
Ainsworth.

TAIT
A somewhat discursive but interesting article, en.
titled " Hyperboreana," records the downfal of
Patrick Stewart, the once potent Esrl of Orkney,
who, two hundred .and thirty-four years ago, finish Ad
his ignominious career at the market-cross 'of il?Ain-
burgh by the hands of the common executioner. !The
most delightful paper in this number of Tait is the
second instalment of Hurton's " Written Pictures
from the North of Europe." The Christmas family
festivities at Copenhagen, and the men and manners of
the north countries, ate described in the most fits,
cinating and natural iminner. The scenes and tioe
Characters, already rendered familiar to sus by Yiiis Bremer and Christian Andersen, revive in these scriptions.

THE ECLECTIC REVIEW.
The Eclectic Review contains a very excellent
article headed "Juvenile Depravity," which treats of
the terrible social state of London. The review of
Gilfillan's literary portraits is a delightful article, and
in the main it accords with our own already expressed,
opinion of that work.

THE ANGLO-SAXON.
The Anglo-Saxon contains a -beautPul map a the
world, called " The Anglo-Saxon Map," all . those
places being coloured a bright red where the Children
of our race have established themselves and
"Filled the world with funs,
And with great praise and marvel of the Anglo-Saxon
name."

THE' CHEMIST.
A new periodical, under the above title, purport..
ing to be " a monthly journal of chemical philosophy,,
and of chemistry applied to the arts, manufacture',
agriculture, and medicine, and record of pharmacy;
has recently made its appearance. It has been
brought out at an appropriate time. The publics
health is now deservedly one of the most interesting
and popular topics of consideration, and, in addition
to various papers on purely chemical subjects, VA
Chemist devotes considerable attention to matt
affecting the sanitary condition of the people. In'an
article on some of the many poisonous sewers in
London, it is asked—" Should the summer of this
year, on its *frivol, find us unprepared for the attacks
of epidemic disease, what fearful results may we net
anticipate ! What shall we not deserve 1' " Sanitise's-
Observations relating to articles of Food, Drink, &c.'
is worthy of perusal. As far as it has come under
our notice, this periodical appears entitled to com-
mendation, and is likely to help the good cause.

THE JOURAAL OF DESIGN.
Every succeeding number of this periodical con-
firms our opinion of its excellence. Its criticisms are,
for the most part, as judicious as its illustrations are
graceful.

THE LONDON JOURNAL OF PATE,AVT
INVENTIONS.
The proposed Exhibition renders the London Jefroirnal
especially interesting at the present moment. The
abrogation of the contract with Messrs. Munday ap-
pears to have given general satisfaction. The London
Journal, in an article on the subject of the Exhibi-
tion, strongly urges the paramount importance of the
useful to the ornamental. According to this srticlet
improvements in impit-tnente, &c., affecting " sgricul-
ture" should take the first rank, next articles con-
cerned with " building," then "clothing," and then
" domestic utensils.' Nevertheless, the framer of
the above proposition does not wish ornamental art
to be wholly negleoted. It is to be desired that
neither the ornamental nor the useful shall be
neglected in the Exhibition. They are both se closely
intertwined that it is difficult and quite undesirable
to separate them.

THE BELLE ASSEMBLER.
In an article entitled 4• Reviewers Reviewed," the
criticisms upon Mrs. Newton Crosland's beautiful
tale " Stratagems," are effectively answered. In the
review in the Art Journal, the title and subject of
stratagems was objected to, on the ground that it is
not well to familiarise youth with images of deception
or any form of vice. Miss Edgeworth was quot,Al in
support of the opposite principle, whereas, on examina-
tion of one of Mies Eigeworth's works. " -)4arenta'
Assistant," it appears that the majority of Lb lesseons
are inculcated by presenting vice in all its enormity.
Those who remember the tales of the " The False
Key," " Tarleton," " L►.zy Lawrence," and others,
will at once agree that if Mrs. Cr►►sland has erred in
the principle of her tale, Miss Edgeworth had also
erred greviously and continually, which very few will
allow.

MRS. ELLIS'S MOBANIAG CALL. Part 11.
This new magazine promibes well It is bdornad
with borne very beautiful engravh,gs, and, in bddition
to tales and poems, contains literary criticisms of con-
siderable ability. Longfellow's beautiful "EvArige-
line" is reviewed this month.

MIS CE L LAN E 0 US.
Sharpe's Magazine is, as usual, adoraied with two
beautiful engravings, and full of interesting and well-
written articles. In one of these Mr. Sydney Her-
bert's emigrating scheme is advocated in a cordial
and thoughtful spirit.—The Farmers' Magazine
contains its *customary report of agricultural meet-
ings and other matters of interest to the firmer and
agriculturist.—The Spurting .Reriere is adorned with
engravings of " the IVhaddon Chase Hounds" and
" the Barbel," literally a fish out of water, hut its
appearance of agony accords ill with the jocpctosertnraesist
of the proverb.—Thel,abrei
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People's
emigrationel Magazineournpl er
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timelyrat n reviewreports.--The rt . —o f
and memoir of the Hungarian hero,
The first part of the story, in explanation of Gilbert's
pictures—" The Sulditt's Progress," hich obtained
the prize of twenty pounds, is contained in the
People's Journal this month. It is written with
much spirit.—The Metropolitan, among many fic-
titious tales, contains one of powerful interest called
" The Veiled Portrait."—The Church (y. England
Magazine is occupied with its customary serious and
instructive papers.—The Worhing Man's Friend is a
new weekly magazine, and appears calculated to be
beneficial to the class for whom it is intended. "Why
should not every working man be a gentleman
behaviour !" is the very reasonable beginning of an
excellent article in this magazine.—Very deranntlar
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The operas of Le Domino .Noir, Zampa, and Lot
Cold, will form the attractions at the bt, jeolo.i.
Theatre dodos tho pretest week,

folio Wing observation :-----TI i
cannot
vest I uyself-
of the ides," says the writer o , f this
i article, "that those philanthropists who so anxiously
desire tile abolition of capital and corporal punish-
ment, and who talk so much of the nobleness of
human mature, and its degradation by the use
of the lash, have some innate consciousness of
their own
_fallibility, and a distrust in their power
of resisth3g the evil influences to which their cor-
ruptible natztio may expose them, and of the possi-
bility, should these punishments be allowed to exist,
of their some day affecting themselves." A mournful
fragment, entitled " The Cashiered," concludes with
some just anims dversions upon the irresponsibility of
courts-martial. "A recent court-martial' —we quote
the last paragraph of thisarticle—" held at Guernsey%
on Captain Douglas, of the 16th nt,
forcibly recalled our attention
to the subject. Regime
That
bus
he is innocent of any crime, or that his con-
g
duct has in au ht deviated from
reci course of an officer and the cot-
man,
there cannot be the slightest doubt,
yet a bege hitntlse been
sympathise and condole
convicted and cashiered by a court-martial.wedeeply While
Douglas in his unmerited disgrace with Captain
we confidently
hope that justice will ere long be rendered him ; and
sincerely as we commiserate the position of that high-.
minded gentleman, we rejoice that his undeserved le,.
fliction will prove the means of remodelling the per.
nicious system of courts-martial."