The Sun.
London, England, 1841-01-08 00:00:00

LITERATURE.

TUE 1•E IV ANNUAL ARMY LIST for 1841.
Br H. G. 114nr, Lieutenant 49th Regiment.
London, Murray.
On the publication of tile " New Army .List
last summer, we had occasion to advert to it in
lolly tetras of high praise, and the edition for this year
hears out the opinion we forired of it. To
;base who are unacquainted with its contents, a
()rid' outline of the plan, with one or two speci-
niens of its details, will suffice to point out the na-
ture and value of the work. It commences with a
ofthe Field-Marshals, of whom there are now
fire namely, the Duke of Wellington, the King
ofl4 1-I,nover, Duke of Cambridge, the King of the
71gians, and Prince Albert. Then follows a list
of the Generals, with their military pedigree, at
(tue head of which is the veteran Earl Cathcart
ja7g,e4l 86), who was appointed Cornet Jutie 2,
" (64 rears aoo) ; Lieutenant, November 14,
-wait" Year ; Captain, December 10, same year ;
Fllajor, April 13, 1779 ; Lieutenant-Colone,
ebruary 2, 1781 ; Colonel, November IS, 17901;
Gia'-r-"eneral, October 3, 1794 ; Lieutenant-
pe,neral, January 1, 1804 ; General, January 1,
'l2 ; Color.el of the 2d Life Guards, Governor
of hull, &C. This plan is followed throughout the
whole line, down to the Ensign ; and appended in a
note to each name illustrious for skill or bravery are
avails of the battles and seiges at which the officer
Was present, the wounds he received, and the clasps
and medals conferred on him by authority. On
running; over the list, one is surprised to find such
a number still alive who had served in Holland and
o. Pt, who had undergone all the fatigues and
dangers of the Peninsular campaigns, and passed
through the fiery ordeals of Quatra Bias and Water-
lon
-; some with the loss of a leg and arm, others
With ten or fifteen wounds, and not a few disabled
for life. In addition to these the " New List"
contains the names of those who for their services
have received British or foreign military orders,
with many other particulars interesting to persons
" 144f;:tf.:d with both army and navy. The work
Cannot fail to be duly appreciated at every mess-
table and every club-room. We subjoin three speci.•
mens
tor of the details—giving a brief military his-
} of the
present Master-Generalt of the Ord-
nance, of a Colonel who has done no small honour
to the army by his deeds and his writings, and of a
Lieutenant who has distinguished himself on many
occasions in foreign .as well as British service.
Right Hon. Sir Richard Hussey Vivian, Bart., G. C. B.
and G.C. H., Ensign 31st July, 1793 ; Lieutenant 20th
October, 1793; Captain 7th May. 1794; Major
_9,11.
March. 1803 ; Lieutenant-Colonel 28th September. 184
Colonel 20th February, 1812; Majee_General4th
June,o,
11.8,141 Lieutenant-General 22d July, 1830 ; Colonel t
" Dragoons 20th January, 1837. Sir Hussey Vivian
served in Flanders and Holland, under the Dune of York,
from June, 1794, until the return of. the British army in
1'35.
Present in the sortie from Ntmeguen, and was left
with a picquet of the 28th Regiment, in conjunction with
other picquets, to hold it after the retreat of the army.
'resent in the affair at Geldermalsen, in which his regi-
i4nt (the 28th) suffered severely and in other slur-
"bes. Also present in all the different battles which
'CH* place during the expedition to the Helder, excepting
nu the landing. Commanded the 7th Hussars in he
er'Paign under Sir John Moore, in 1808 and 1809.
Commanded a brigade of cavalry in the Peninsula, from
41,ternber, 1813, until the return of the army ; including
Au,battles Orthes, Nive, and Toulouse. Severely
T
llouseln car in the bridge of Croix 'Orade, near
Serrvyed• at the battle of Waterlood. Sir Hussey
hal received a medal and one clasp for Sahagun and Bene-
t'hfe, and Orthes.
F P. Napier, C. 8.. Ensign, June 14, 1800 ;
ethenant. April 18, 1801 ; Captain, June 2, 1804;
`tNor, May 13,
July 22, 1811 ; LlB3O. ieutenant-C
Co
Nov. 22,
17-11 Colonel, am Na-
Pt" berved at the siege of Copenhagen and battle of Kioge
1807; Sir John Moore's campaign of 18003-9 ; the sub-
-,:q' ""t Peninsular campaigns from 1809 to the end of the
-a
1814, and was present in many of the soul-stirring
edit
"nes which he has described with s ; much ability in his
•
orable " History of the Peninsular War," including
enrabat of the Coa (wounded), battle of Busaco, com-
mits," Pomba!, Redinha, Casa! Nova (severely wounded
t" head of six companies supporting the 52d Regi-
-7,"t), Foz d'Aronce, battle of Salamanca, passage of the
rluebra combat of Vera, when Soult attempted to re-
' -
B"e San Sebastian, and again when the allies passed the
idassoa, battles of the Nivelle, Nive (wounded defending
e churchyard of Arcangues), and Orthes. Medal and
two clasps for Salamanca, Nivelle, and Nive, at which
ditties he commanded the 43d Light Infantry, as also in
teeny miner combats. Served also in the campaign of
1813.
Shaw, Sir Charles, Cornet, Jan. 21, 1813 ; Lieutenant,
Dm 9, 1813 ; placed on half-pay, Dec. 25, 1818. Sir
Charles Shaw served the campaigns of 1814 and 1815 in
Holland, Fianders, and France, including the reeonnoi-
lance of Bergen-op- Zoom, attack on Merxhem, attempt
to burn the French fleet at Antwerp, and battle of Wa-
terloo. In 1831, joined the army of the Queen of Por-
tugal, and served throughout the civil war in that
t°441"3• including all the general actions, sor-
ties, and skirmishes during the defence of Oporto,
is
of Torres Vedras, and battle of Almoster
.‘,„the above service lie was seven times wounded. In
1.0d5 lie was appointed a Brigadier. General in the British
Auxiliary Legion in Spain, and till Aug. 1836. he took a
leading part in all the contests in which the Legion was
engaged, including the successful assault on the Carlist
lies before San Sebastian (severely wounded), and for
Which a medal was given.
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OST-OFFICE LONDON DIREC-
TORY, 1841.
London, W. Kelly and Co.
We noticed some proof sheets of this work a
few weeks since, with new improvements. It
is
now published complete, and comprises, among
other Information—a Street Directory, a Commer-
cial Directory, a Directory for Trades, Law, the
Court (including, the nobility, gentry, and others
not engaged in trade, law, or commerce), for 'Vern-
hers of Parliament, the City, including the Public
FFunctionaries, Common Councilmen, Scc.; and
gives, as might be expected, the most ample infor-
mation relative to the Post-office. To this depart-
are allotted forty-four pages, containing all
late regulations, the postage of foreign letters to
every principal place in the world, the arrival and
departure of the mails for every town in Great Bri-
tain, and the number of deliveries daily in the
London and suburban districts. There are sepa-
rate departments for railway trains, for convet sue
°Y coaches, waggons
'all ,barges, and boats, a'l
ged on a simple plan, and easy of refteence.
" It cannot be
necessary to state in detail," tray,
the Compiler, " all the improvements effee,al to
tile present edition. Every division of the boo
slid every page, contains much that ca pt to
ver
found iii an m y other book for the year 1841. Tie
y. late information now published, has been
obtained by means of the peculiar resources placed
at the disposal of the proprietor by the Postmaster-
General. Thousands of instances could be adduced
tri, which the information is published a year earlier
than in any other annual work." We have looked
°ver this Directory with some care, and, as far as we
can
cet judge, it appears to be the most copious and
boo work of the kind hitherto published. In a
k comprehending, so many thousand details, and
cx!ending to 1,448 pages of royal octavo, in small
P:'"t, there cannot fail to be both errors and (amis.
but we have observed very few. In some of
the streets in the outskirts of the metropolis an im-
Proretnent might b Lie made. For instance,in Clare-
4font-row, Pentonville, only two numbers are given,
While there arc probably sixteen or eventeen
houses. Altogether, however, we can safely re-
commend it as a Directory especially adapted for all
classes in country as well as town.

THE .BIJOU A LiTIANA CK.
Schloss, London, 1840.
W ith the aid of an excellent microseqe we have
been able to master the contents of this curious al-
tuanack, which ought to have been printed and
published ill Lilliput, or if not there, at leait
in
fairy _land, where it would have been in high. favour
with Oberon and Titania. Seriously speaking, we
never saw a more perfectly unique production than
this literary bijou. It is almost half the dimen-
sions of a good-sized oyster, and seems to us to
grow less and less every year, so that in a year or
two, it it keep diminishing at its present ratio, we
may expect to see it, like a phantom, vanish altoge-
ther into thin air ! Not the least singular thing
ut it is the correctness of its portraits. That of
Sheridan Knowles is perfect, though his phiz is
actually no bigger than the head of a brass nail !
Hundreds of young people will, of course, buy this
Altnatiack, in order dm:, they may have it to say
that they are in possession
of the most orighial
uork of this, or any age ; but we would advise old
people also to buy it, for its literary contents will
be a pleasing Christmas puzzle to them, even with
their spectacles on.
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''e editor editor of the Sydney Gazette, Mr. George
William Robertson, has been sentenced to pay a fine of
nthe
2001. to the Queen, and to be impriscr.ed for twelve
rr.o
Herald.
.for a libel on Captain Nies, of her Majesty's ship
jp°Lady Dover, we understand, has delayed her
tjllslrttare from Govrran Castle, Kilkenny, on account of
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" ihe youngest children having been attacked with
bi! sll.pox. fier Ladyship KU to have arrived at
cilliZ Lodge, Dublin, on Aionday last, from the above 'it) 04 4 Yillit to Viscount Morpeth, M.P.
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