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necessary, that country without doubt is Russia. Immense in
her geographical Inuits, she is but in her childhood with regard
to civilization and industry. Both•her material and her intel-
lectual greatness vacillate. That she may develope her strength,
she needs to halt in her march of invasion, and to • set hounds
to her impetuous ardour for aggrandizement. She ought to
make herself acquainted with her position that her people may
enjoy tranquillity after so much exhaustion, lest, extending her
dominions beyond her means of control, she break those feeble
bends brivliich the far distant regions under her sovereignty
are united, and thus 'elapse into her pristine insignificance.
Stretching from sea to sea—penetrated by the largest rivers in
Europe—rich in her soil and in her productions—new to indus-
try and commerce—inhabited by a hardy, labur:ous, and intel-
ligent people—Russia, on her own-account, needs no conquests
from her neighbours. • Better far would it be for Russia to live
at, peace and to cultivate a good understanding with the rest of
Europe.
" But, though such is clearly the interest of the nation, very
different and quite opposite are the views of her autocratic
government. They deoght in war as the means of enriching
themselves personally and of satisfying the cupidity of their
adherents. Indeed it would seem to be their destiny thus to
bring on themselves their.own ruin."

We shall give but one more quotation on the system
of policy pursued by Europe towards Russia :
The sufferings of Europe at the commencement of this
century may well deter any statesman from encouraging move-
ments which might lead to their renewal. But it is requisite
fairly to entertain the questions, whether the solicitude fur peace
may not be the greatest bar to its continuance? whether imme-
diate and decisive measures will not be the most certain means
of arresting a war?
European diplomacy has hitherto been too supine, Con-
tent with examining the plans of a campaign, or speculating on
the immediate views of Russian ambition, they have allowed
Russia to go on unchecked in her conquering progress, as if
they were deprived of all right of retaliation. It is tune they
should lay aside their complacent indifference, and no longer
sacrifice European interests to the pleasure of the Russian cabi-
net Before it shall be too late let them form a counterpoise.
From the Baltic to the Euxine let Russia be thrown back to
her former limits, to constrain her government to domestic
annelioration.iny,ead of foreign aggrandizement.
"In all these measures let England point the way. France,
no longer our natural enemy, but now our natural friend, will
not hesitate to unite with us in a European cause. Austria will
reflect how deeply it (4 oucerus her not to withhold her confi-
dence. Poland, impressed with the conviction that the artifi-
cial peace between eastern and western Europe cannot be
lasting, and actuated by the strongest sympathy towards the
name of England, will rise at our summons. Let us repair by
future vigilance whatever there may have been of past over-
sight; let us show what is the feeling of all parties among us
for that injured nation. But, whatever may be the resolve, and
whenever may be the impluse, let England never stoop front
her lofty station, but adhere to the maxim of directing her en-
tire policy by the most unswerving political honesty."

Blackwood's Magazine. August.
This is an unusually rich number, especially in its
Tales. The " Old Manoi House" is very well written,
and the interest it excites is powerfully sustained
throughout. The author of " Passages from the Diary
of a late Physician," is as fresh, vivid, descriptive, and
pathetic as ever. "The Ethics of Politics" is fraught
with sound philosophy, and places the conduct of some
of our puhlic characters in a very unenviable light. We
shall endeavour to find room in our next for a very
striking extract from this article.

The Asiatic Journal. August.

This spirited and well conducted Magazine opens to
English °readers a new source of lite'rary enjoyment—
introducing them as it does to all the riches of Eastern
lore, and all the gorgeousness of Eastern fiction. We
recommend it most cordially to the support of our readers
on account of its intrinsic merits and the surprising
variety of its-contf.nts.

Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country. August;

1836.

Fra.ver this month is rattier heavy. It contains, how-
ever, several good articles. The article on "The Prin- •
c;ple of Church Establishments" should be read alike by
every churchman and dissenter. To the one it will of
arguments -to rebut the plausible clap-traps and
"conscientious" misgivings of the dissenter against the
principle of a church supported by the state; and to the
other, if the eyes of his reason are not blinded by preju-
dice, it must carry conviction. In the "Notes of the
Month" we find the following on the ministry :
" What, then, is the position of the Whigs, considered •as
men of honour,—as men, some of whom, at least, would shrink
trom the'prospect of going down to posterity with the stigma of
having clung to office with a tenacity which nothing but the
love of salary and patronage could inspire. What is the situa-
tion of such men at the present moment?
" be king, as every one is well aware, looks upon the
O'Connell ministry as one forced upon him,—as one in whose
principles he has no cenfidence,—as one of which he would be
delighted to be rid :
The House of Lords, by a majority of 220 against 123, has
once more declared against them:—
" The people, in the great midland county of Warwick, by
1873 votes against 1354; and in the important borough:town of
Newca.tle-an-Tyne, by 1576 votes against 1528, haye declared
against them :
" But a majority of the House of Commons is still in their
favour. And what a majority ? The Spectator, a journal of
ultra Liberal' opinions, has shewn that that majority is not
above twenty. Another dozen returns like those of Newcastle
and Warwickshire will cut away even this slender pretext.
" But what is the pretext in itself ? The sovereign tieing
against them, the House of Lords against them, what ought the
majority of the lower house to be, to give a decent colour to
their otherwise indecent clinging to office. Whatever we might
call it in numbers, it ought to be a clear, decided, overwhelming
majority, making it obviously Impossible for the government to
be carried on, except on the principle so espoused by that ma-
jcirity.
"Now no such majority exists at this moment. All that they
have is just what Lord Brougham so aptly termed a ' measuring-
cast' majority! Twenty is the total amount: Deduct, then,
'the tail,' and
_you are at once in a minoi it y. Take the repre-
sentatives of England, and you are in a minority of nearly
t/fifty. Let the ministers themselves stand aside, and let the
rest of the house decide upon their continuance in office, and
they are instantly ejected.
"Such is the desperate predicament of the O'Connell ad-
ministration. The present plans and projects of the more reck-
less of them are said to be of this description,—to call Parlia-
ment together again in November; then to re-produce the Irish
Corporation-bills and Tithe-bills, and to send them (if they can)
up to the upper house. If the Lords once more reject them,—
to demand of the king a dissolution ; in order either to aug-
ment their majority, and thus alarm the Lords, or to ascertain
their defeat, and then to resign.
"In this position of affairs, then, bow all-important is the
registration now commencing ! It is too late, indeed. for the
indolent among the Conservatives to give every attention to the
revision of the lists. Arouse, then, your Associations and
Committees, and fight the last Registration Battle that can
intervene before another election. That election, come when
it will, will probably decide the fate of the monarchy. Let the
Conservatives be ready to say, on the Ist of November next—
" Now, then, we are prepared for you; dissolve when you
please !' "

The Scottish Monthly Magazine. No. 3. August,

1836.

This number amply sustains the character of this new
periodical. The table pf contents presents a most ex-
cellent bill of fare. Many of the articles strongly re-
mind us of Blackwood. The first, however, is of the
greatest value, containing as it does an elaborate state-
ment on the subject of "The Trade of the Canadas."
We regret that our limits preclude us from making any
extracts. '

The Dublin University Magazine for August. 'William
Curry, jun., and Co., Dublin; Simpkin and Marshall,
London ; J. Walmsley, Liverpool.

The magazine this month contains a good article on
"The Collision," and a clever review of German poetry,
in which several translations from Kerner, Heine, Lud
wig, Uhland, and others, are given, the composition of
some of which are dissected with a masterly hand. There
is also a clever article on "The Botany of Ireland," and
one or two imaginative pieces. We copy the following
translation from the German of Gottefteid Augustus
Burger :

THE WAYS OF CUPID.
Young Susan was a lively lass;
I knew her well and long;
A.modest girl and good she was,
Or else my guess was wrong.
I went and came, I came and went,
As rivers ebb and flow ;
Whene'er I carne 1 felt content,
Nor less when forced to go.
Anon, without my choice or voice,
Things took another turn;
The Corning bade my heart rejoice,
The Going made it mourn :
I had no hope, no home, no goal,
Save Sue, and Sue•alone,
14y mind and thoughts, my heart and soul
Were her's, and not mine own.
Then deaf 1 grew, and dumb, and dull,
I saw nor bloom nor flower,
For nought was bright or beautiful
Unless in Susan's bower;
Sun, stars, or moon, by night or noon,
I could not find or mind—
I only gazed on Sue, and soon
hA
As
ufahli
ry
Susanaa ss c•
good,
I gazed my peepers blind.
When lo! a different season came,
Ando g
vtill
ae sd remainedt
un
true,
the same,
I went and came, I came and went
As rivers ebb and flow, _•
But always came with less content,
And went, well pleased to go.
Ye sages grave, you understand
'Why many a v:aith and miss
Join heart and hand in Wedlock's band,
• And woo, and coo, and kiss:
Ye thinkers,
then,
ye learned men, •
I pray you tell me free,
The How and Where, the Why and When
Timings went so odd witlm me.
I've thought, myself, both morn and night,
Both night and morn I've thought ;
I've thn:'ght, and sought, and prayed for light,
But I've discovered nought;
So Love, you mind, is like the wind—
You feel it while it hlows—
But whence it comes you 'cannot find,
Nor follow where it goes.

A voung man, about 17 years of age, of the name of Titus
Blacker, of Barnsley, was transported at- the York August
assizes, 4835, for life, for shooting a person named Bennett, of
Barnsley. On Wednesday. his parents received a letter from
the place be was sent- to, itgorining them, that their son was
hung for murdering one of the overlo: kers. Thefat her of the
unft,tunate young man was unwell when the letter arrived, and
the ecudtiet of his sort, and the awful end he had come to, bad
such an effect upon 11- , that he died in about an hour.