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Besides the article on which we have commented
at such length, and. which, from its peculiarity of
temporary interest and. able handling, is deserving
of grave attention, there are other papers of deep
interest in the number. Among others is one on

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" The Dukes of Orleans," in which the personal
history of that dukedom is succinctly but vividly
traced from the birth of the first who bore the title
to the death of the last wearer of its ducal honours.

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_uily repulsive from the haze of guilt, in
variety of stain, by which the blazon is sur-

1. In that paper we find the following
u, highly indicative of

THE VATICAN MORALITY

lave always thought the election of Benedict XIII.,
ised Dubois to the Cardinalate, one of the most
Dusty conducted of all the Papal elections. Re-
published state papers have, however, revealed a
When Wolsey was intriguing for the tiara, he not

r bought the majority of the-cardinals, but he bound
nby an oath to vote for him, and no other. Having
ived his money, the pious men repaired together to
Sistine chapel, released each other from their oaths,
le assurance doubly sure by administering mutual

The number concludes with a selection of brief
s. most of which are written in a good

ary notic

and display considerable critical acumen-

The Dublin University Magazine for Jitly.
Dublin : JaMes larGlashan.
The present number of this ably conducted
magazine maintains the character of excellence its
predecessors have won. The pages of the Dublin
are generally resonant with innocent hilarity and
joyous mirth, the July number possessing rather
more than an average share of those good qualities,
and its table of contents exhibits a rich admixture of
lively and pathetic, of grave and gay. A consider-
able portion of the prose is devoted to what may
be called, for lack of a better name, foreign politics,
opening with an able paper on " The War," and
including interesting articles on " The West Indies,"
" American Ambition and Europe's Dilemma," and
a capital one on " The Protestant Refugees of
France." Thelighter articles are composed of genial
tales of life, artistically flavoured with such a dash

frivolity as gives animation to the_ narrative
thout impairing or obscuring the moral. The
ly Tills of poetry which now sweep sorrowfully
ions shad-7 hanks_ now lanch iovfullv in sunshine.

and anon murmur ransicallithi•Ough -forest glades,
find a lively and inviting cello in the strains which
grace the pages of the July Magazine of Hibernian
wit and Dublin learning. In the article entitled

" American Ambition and Europe's Dilemma," we
have a rapid but expressive delineation of the pro- 1
gress and ruling ambition of the great transatlantic
republic, in which a sort of analogical comparison
is drawn between her and the grasping empire of
Russia,—" each bearing southwards upon the terri-
tories of empires once powerful, but now sapless and
effete, and which at once awake the cupidity and
invite the attack of their colossal neighbours." In

the Cuban difficulty" is discussed
with gravity and earnestness. It is one of a pecu-
liarly interesting series of questions, which await
the consideration of the British people, and is of

,
Czar, are cautiously examined, fearlessly estimated,
and uncompromisingly condemned. The dangerous
nature of the autocratic impiety in arrogating to
himself the religious supremacy of the Greek
Church, is pointed out and insisted on as one of
the most subtle means by which the Rulers of
Russia have for nearly two centuries secured the
extension of her territorial aggression, and the
writer shows that this usurpation of the supreme
ecclesiastical functions and prerogatives, and
uniting them with political despotism, has " con-
centrated upon the person of the Emperor the
strongest feelings of respect and devotedness of
which human nature is capable." He then traces,
with systematic precision, the long course of com-
plicated and stealthy movements by which the
Russian frontier has been advanced, first in one
direction and then in another ; the systematized
autocratic rapacity, seizing now one territorial ad-
vantage, and after that another ; sometimes on Christianity ; or Christ Our All in All. By
pretence of affording protection to the weak against Robert Montgomery, MA. London :H. Wool-
the strong ; sometimes on the plea of resenting in- dridge.
sults ; sometimes as the fomenter, sometimes as
„. The little volume before us is the substance of
the queller of quarrels ; but, under every pretext,
four sermons preached at an early period of the
y,ressing onward and onward
author's incumbency of Percy Chapel in London.
auloll of • ,Nurpations. Take —,
iiney are remarkable for the fervency of spirit by
which they are distinguished from the common
RUSSIAN INFLEXIBILITY OP PURPOSE AND SUCCESS. run of sermons, and constitute the first part of a
While the last fifty years have formed a new period in cheap edition of the prose works of this popular
Russian history, by the reign of a national and seriously author. The work, as a cheap library copy of
theoretic spirit in the court, the more vulgar and old Mr. Montgomery's sermons, deserves extensive
Russian process of extending the empire by conquest has
been pursued without intermission. In vain do geography patronage, and being very handsomely got up
at a
and diplomacy assign to her limits; she never concludes moderate cost, is, we should say, sure to obtain it.
a treaty without aggrandisement ; she undermines every-
thing within her reach ; and the obscurity that surrounds The .3fonthly Journal of Industrial Progres.
her movements, renders them more menacing. Never No. VII. Dublin : W. B. Kelly.
did any school of diplomacy display more address in
taking advantage of circumstances, and in getting other The July number of this really useful journal
powers to work for them, even those whose interests were contains several articles of great practical im-
most opposed to theirs. 1806-7 saw the singular spectacle portance in Ireland, among others an interesting
of an English army in Egypt, and an English fleet in the paper on the peat might be
plied in tlLautsceosuntotrwyhi.ch charcoal
Dardanelles, co-operating with the Russians on the
1.1
Woe. This suicidal policy was interrupted, not by the ap
Awning wisdom of British rulers, but by Alexander's
r rather his instruments. At the The Two Sacraments ; and Confirmation, or the
le
Alexworlanddercould be and Napodivided between leon discussed Vow Renewed. Two Discourses by the Rev. B.
a, because Alexander insisted L. Witte. London : Seeleys.
ie Dardanelles. " I offer you These are two apposite discourses, addressed to
help you to obtain it, secure candidates for confirmation, and to those who have
and all I ask in return is the just been confirmed. They are eloquent and
t, which is also the key of my
earnest in tone, and very suitable in matter ; and
41ear-sighted to be won by
,d that Russia should ex- are admirably adapted to the young.
irts, while France was to
land. Alexander
!(1 to aban td on hus The Exode ; or Israel's Departure from Egypt.
< 'ussian army London : W. Freeman.
'lmation of This is the seventh number of the Library of
') in case Biblical Literature, and treats, in a popular form,
of the leading events which accompanied the re-
markable exodus of the Israelites, and their
journeyings and dangers during the first part of
their wonderful career. An important note is
added relative to the passage of the Red Sea. The
ries is happily adapted to the instruction of

nd on every hand

in its Banal

•
vital importance to the community,L
of Liverpool.
The American atmosphere seems as much charged
with the elements of political commotion as that
which hovers over continental Europe, and it is
difficult, indeed impossible, to predicate whether
the cloud will dissolve, or whether the storm which
hurtles in the portentous gloom, shall burst in the
desolating thunder of war. The writer in the
Dublin Magazine insinuates, rather than declares,
a growing inclination of the American Republic to
take part with Russia in the struggle now com-
menced in Europe, and, if his views be correct,
extending towards the Caribbean Sea. Such a
contingency, even in probability, is too serious a
matter to be lightly looked on, and no amount of
vigilance can be too great which is directed towards
its avoidance.

banging his allies, a
,inference of Tilsit, .

he terms on whic

Hogg's Instructor. Edinburgh : James Hogg.
The July number of this periodical is a fair
specimen of the work. Its contents, though varied,
have a considerable dash and flavour of " Auld
Reekeeism" about them, which, to the denizens
and also to the errant sons and daughters of the
Scottish metropolis, imparts to them a welcome
and peculiar relish. " Edinburgh Hospitals and
the Hospital System" is a good illustration of the
remark. In this article a candid estimate is made
of the motives which prompted the founders of
those benevolent institutions (those treated of here
are all educational), and no inconsiderable amount
of judicious exception is taken to the operation of
the system as practically worked out ; but we can-
not concur with the writer in many of his conclu-
sions as to the ultimate effects of such institutions.

Vie.

not to acre

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rope; I will

It was

We think he undervalues the benefits, and greatly
exaggerates the disadvantages. The other articles
are interesting, as well as diversified in their
objects and modes of treatment.

1 a Russian arm

Was prat

it that

nms.—A fortune

of twenty-thousand pounds.
COUNTER-C/IAR It S.—Pretty shop-girls.—Punchinello.
AN OBLIGATO ON THE FLUTE.—The sum lent on that
Ahliffing pawnbroker.

WHAT

E r —An American Johnson is ready
—" A prodigal desire on the part of a
paj some young woman's board."
—The famous William Penn had a scape-

s LoT

ersa
are next brieflirglan;cl;,l;atecourse of grace relation, our punning ancestors aescrib
'lil it is stated that Russia has, under one pre- a pen that had been "often cut, but never mended."