The Sun. — 1853-10-03 (London, England)

XVIII., so preoccupied was he by the subject under discussion that he placed his snuffbox on the table among the papers, and his handkerchief by its side. ' You seem, to be emptying your pockets, Monsieur de Corbires, remonstrated the King, with offended dignity. A fault on the right side on the part of a minister, Sire,' was the ready retort. ' I should be far more sorry if your Majesty had accused me of filling them !' "  Ainsworth's.—This magazine presents us with the usual amount of romance and light literature. The industrious author of " The Confederates" continues his two historical tales, and Mrs. Edward Thomas commences a story, entitled "Is he a Doctor?" which is apparently intended for the edification of the ladies who speak of what they do not understand. The present instalment consists of a rhapsody on the rights of women. " Adventures in Bath "is a sketch of i*ferior merit. " The Queen's Letter" presents us with a scene of vivid interest, in which the Princess, being discovered, but not recognised, is forced to denounce Marie Antoinette and her family. " The Miseries of a Cheap Neighbourhood " are sufficiently proved to deter any one from moving their habitation from Bayswater to Somerstown, like the unfortunate hero of the story. A criticism on the poems of Alexander Smith is a most favourable one, as it asserts that " a new poet has risen up among us sudden and beautiful as a rainbow in the firmament of June." " The Carnival at Venice," by Nicholas Michell, displays that elegance and superiority which usually characterise this author's verses. It is to be regretted that the serials have not a few more such poets.  Colburn's New Monthly.—Colburn's first article is on " The Military Resources of Russia." The author is certainly a great admirer of the despotism of the Czar. He takes the trouble of informing us that the war now entered on between Russia and Turkey is a war of religion---" the last crusade of Christianity against barbarous Islamism"—and quotes, in support of this theory, the conclusion of the Russian proclamation, which asserts that " Russia is called upon to annihilate Paganism." Truly a very convenient inspiration ! If Christianity is-to make a " final" crusade by destroying all Pagans, it will have enough to do in wholesale murder. We must also deny the inference that Great Britain and France would do wrong in un dertaking a war in favour of a " barbarous race and an unenlightened faith against a young colossal Christian power" We should like to see the Russians display their Christian feelings otherwise than in acts of aggression, before we look on their " colossal power" with much respect. Few will agree, moreover, that the two great nations who have so long held the foremost part in the history of the world, when allied to resist aggression and maintain the rights of states, will be " totally unequal to bring the struggle to a successful issue." " An Event in the Life of Lord Byron" is asserted to be a fact well known abroad. A small party of pleasure went to spend the day on one of the umnhabit94 isles of the Adriatic. Their gondola broke loose and floated away, leaving the unfortunate pleasure-seekers to perish, as they believed, with famine. One of the gondoliers having found a cask, ventured in it, and, having succeeded in his perilous journey, brought assistance to the sufferers, after they had been more than forty hours in the open air without food. No.