The Sun.
London, England, 1840-07-01 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

REVIEW OF TUE RIFLE BRIGADE AT WINDSOR —Yes-
teiday morning the 2d battalion of the Rifle Brigade,
under the command of Lieut.-Colonel Brown, was re-
viewed in the Home Park by Major-General Sir James
Gardiner, K.C.8., the Deputy Adjutant-Gencral of her
Majesty's forces.
Tile General afterwards inspected the barracks and the
hospital, and then partook of a splendid cold collation
which had been prepared by the orders of Colonel Brown
and the officers of
.the regiment.
Upon the departure of the Major-General, the follow-
ing regimental order was promulgated by Lieut.- Colonel
Brown:—

" The commanding officer has received the Deputy.
Adjutant-Gencral's directions to express to the officers,
non-commissioncd officers, and men, his unqualified appro.
lution of the appearance, movements, and interior economy
of the battalion at his inspection this day; and the Major.
General assures him that his report to the General com-
manding-in-chief will be most favourable."

PRESENT TO HER MAJESTY FROM TILE
EAST.—Tuesday a great number of persons assembled at the
West India Dock, Blackwell, in order to witness the landing of
a magnificent male elephant, from the ship Lady' Flora,
which has recently arrived from Calcutta. The elephant was
a present to her Majesty, who, having no accommodation for
so gigantic a protege, has since presented the distinguished
oriental stranger to the Zoological Society, and be arrived with
his keeper at their gardens in the Regent's Park the same
night. The elephant is a very tine specimen, is docile and good
tempered. The elephant before he was shipped in the East
Indies was christened " Prince Albert." A ship arrived on
Tuesday night in the London Dock with a beautiful I:oness and
a tiger on board, also intended as presents to the Queen. It is
expected that these animals will also be consigned to the
Zoological Gardens.
FRENCH SH EPHERDS.—The French shep-
herds induce their flocks to follow them to and from pasture.
instead of driving and alarming them by dogs as we do
in England. The shepherd effects this by bringing up two
or three lambs by hand, which, by following him ever after.
wards when called, cause the whole flock to do the same. But
the shepherd's perpetual call upon these proteges of his, natu-
rally induces the flock to move when they hear his voice; and
to persons to whom such s.!enes of rural imagery are not de-
void of interest, it is a very gratifying sight. This, too, is
classical. Statius, in his " Thebaid," compares the parental
care of the Grecian General, Eteocles, to a shepherd leading
out his sheep from their fold; and Homer illustrates the joy
which i'Eneas displays on viewing the discipline of his troops
by that of a shepherd, on seeing his flock in good plight as he
leads them to weer.

EDINBURGH, TUESDAY. Throughout the
whole of Scotland public meeting: have, within the last. kw
days been held, and loyal and dutiful addresses voted to her
Majesty, on her preservation from the recent attempt made on
her life. The Commission of the General Assembly of the
Church of Scotland met this day for a similar purpose, and
also to appoint a day of public thanksgiving for her Majesty's
preservation.

RAPE.—On the 27th of May, a young woman,
aged twenty-two years, named Bellard, was walking from Man-
chester, and by the t►me she are:ved at Westhoughton it had
grown rather late, and was dark. Seddon met her in the lane
as she was going along, and advised her to proceed no further
on her journey, as she was still some distance from Wigan, and
these had been some suspicious-looking men seen going about
who might illuse her. Ilellard consented to go with him to a
lo,iging-house, and they were informed that all the accommoda-
tion at that place was taken up ; and Seddon then offered to get
her a night's lodging at his own house. It was while they were
Proceeding, as she supposed, to his house, that he effected his
purpose, notwithstanding the resistance she offered. O❑ Wed-
nesday morning, at ten o'clock, the prisoner was brought up for
final examinaticn, and committed to take his trial at the next as-
sizes for the capital offence.— Wigan Ga:ettc.

On the 13th inst. w•e pointed out the extreme
impropriety of embarking a pack of hounds in the John Fle-
ming transport, having on board a large detachment of the 3d
Foot destined fur the East Indies, and stated that the express
from the Court of Directors, ordering the captain to disem-
bark the troops, did not reach Deal until after the vessel had
ft. the Downs. It appears, however, that contrary winds pre-
vented the vessel's progress being so speedy as its captain
wished, and she was obliged to get into Torquay on the 14th.
The following dny, having again set sail, the John Fleming
encountered such heavy gales of wind that the captain deemed
it prudent to ta,:k into Falmouth on the 19th init. No sooner
had he done so than a mandate was delivered to him, ordering
the ti imps to disembark, which took place at Falmouth the
morning following, and the gallant Buffs are now waiting fur-
ther orders. if anything should prevent them from embarking
speedily, the East India Company ought, in common justice,
to defray all extra expenses to which either the officers or men
will have been subjected. The pack cf hounds, we under-
stand, are for the officers of the 15th hussars.—Naval and
Military Gazette.

TII DAYS OF YORE.—Forty years ago young
ladies of the first i espcetability learned music, but it was the
humming of the spinning-wheel, and learned the necessary steps
of dancing following it_ Their pianoforte was a loom ; them
arasll, a broom ; and their novels, a Bible.

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