The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-12 00:00:00

the line, and thus turning the flank, a mode which
though much less decisive, and less calculated to effect
the total rout of an army, and the loss of its mat rid
is more effective in compelling the enemy to abandon
the field of battle, and produces minor advantages to
the attacking force with far less risk of failure, and is
therefore in more general use. The others offer con-
siderations "on artillery," "on its division in the
lines of battle," and "on its positions." We are
happy to find that a promise of a continuation is given.
The second article on " The African Ring Money,"
by Brevet Major L. Smyth O'Connor, after a pleasant
gossiping introduction, anent the return of the gallant
Major, a genuine specimen of the warm-hearted Irish-
man, and an Eleve of " Old Trinity" to his native
land after a prolonged absence on active service on
Afric's burning soil, gives the substance of a
discourse addressed by him to the Royal Irish
Academy, in which with considerable ability
he agues that, as " the gold ring money brought
from the interior of Africa, from Houssa,
Timbucto, Lego, Teembo, and the gold ornaments
worn by the Ashantees, Fantees, Yarribas, Poulatis,
and other natives of Central and Western Africa, are
identically the same as the rings and ornaments
found in the Irish bogs ;" which the gallant
oe
major,ular
from his own personal inspection and
demonstration, asserts to be the fact beyond the sha-

dow of doubt, that " an intercourse, connexion,
or reciprocity of dealing must have existed betwees
the inhabitants of these countries so distant
„from
each other, no matter how remote, problema-
tical, or trifling it may have been, to count for .
this anomalous, but indisputable -Coincidence.
" The Indian army as it now is," founded on a
quotation from the dispatch of the " Hero of
Meeance," written immediately after his victory,
I).4:Ants out foreibly the deficiency in the number of the
European officers of the native regiments, a defieiency
which seriously endangered the result of that action.
As a mere matter of policy this fault should be re-
medied. The remonstrances of the Conqueror of
Scinde should not be slighted or neglected, but it is
due to those brave men that they should not have ex-
traordinary and most arduous duties heaped upon
them. The complement of officers to a native regi-
ment is but half that of a European regiment of the
same number of men. The proportion is fixed at the
very smallest ratio, without any allowance being made
for sickness, or any other cause of absence, whereas
very many are necessarily absent on staff service or
on furlough. The grievance is ably exposed, and it
most certainly demands a speedy remedy. The
" History of Texas " is concluded in the present num-
ber, which brings it up to its incorporation with
" The United States ;" and a resume is given of the
American operations in Mexico up to the present period.
" Napoleon and Goethe " is a translation from the
diary of the great German poet, detailing the particulars
of his interview with the Emperor, an event which
led to his obtaining the order of the Legion of
Honour, and to which he ever referred with the
greatest gratification. There are several narratives
of great interest. The Attack on the Fort of Bou-
lukamba, by H. M. S. Cornwallis, in 1809, will be
perused with much pleasure. " The 'Memorial of
Ensigns Blake and Patterson," details briefly the
adventures of two high spirited lads, who had taken
part in the school recitations, &c., that preceded the
Midsummer vacation at the school of Dr. Valpy, one
of whom fell on the sanguinary field of Corunna,
while his co-mate had a leg shattered in the same
memorable contest ; and formed one of the audience
at the ensuing vacation, but halt and maimed,
with a cork substitute for the limb he had
lost in the service of his country ; and
" The Rocket Battery at St. Lorenzo, on the
Panama," presents a graphic account of one of the
more recent successes of the British arms in forcing the
passage of the Panama, and the convoy of a number
of vessels of all nations up the river, and beyond the
influence of Roses. In addition, we have " The
Guerilla's Leap," continuations of " Guard-room
Stories" and of " A Tale of the Sea," and an excel-
lent paper on "District Medical Officers ;" while, in
The Editor's Note-book," there is a just tribute
paid to the liberal policy manifested in the proposi-
tions of the Secretary at War. He is manifestly an
advocate of limited enlistment, although he does not
enter into the subject as fully as we would have
wished. We should be delighted to have the senti-
ments, in extenso, of so able a " collaborateur" as the
Editor of the United Service Magazine, on this most
important subject.

THE. SPORTING RE VIEW.
This periolical well maintains its high character.
We have an excellent portrait ard memoir of the ce-
lebrated horse Switcher, the winner of the W orcester
-Ind Newport Pagnell steeple chases, and of twelve
other races, he being the victor on fourteen oc-
casions out of thirty •two contests. " Have a care for
the Vixen," the other engraving, shows an instance of
maternal love in the vixen braving the beard of the
whipp(r. in and the hue and cry of the whole army of
hounds, in order to rescue her cub from her
enemies. The literary portion commences with an
account of the Great National Steeple-chase, by
Craven, who, as is his wont, is not satisfied with a
mere detail of the contest, but enters, in some degree,
into the philosophy of the sport, and the account of
events now brought within the statute of limitations,
but which must still retain their interest for so faith-

ful a votary as Cfaven. "Metropolitan Horses," by
Harry Hieover, gives a capital sketch of the various
classes of horses required in "the modern Baby-
lon," and of the different machines that have from
time to time been the fashion. We shall allow him
to speak for himself as to the cab-horse, the neces-
sary adjunct of the exquisite of the present d ty. lie

says—
" He must be, or should be singu.'w ly handsome, of
commanding size ; must be fast, or, at least, extreme'y
(pick in all his movements ; be able and willing at ono
moment to go al )ng rating fourteen miles an hour, the
next as willing to walk, it wanted, at the rate of three. lie
must stand motionless while his aristocratic owner en-

j,,ys his colloquy at the coronetted carriage window ;
must not want the application of the toy whip, or pull
so as to stretch or twist the fingers of the white, lemon,
or pink kids. To want holding at a door would render
him useless, fur who is to hold him ? He must know by
instinct that minute piece of humanity, yclept, " the
tiger," is before him, for seeing him is out of the ques-
tion to a horse in harness. In going, the slightest indi-
cation on his mouth must suffice. lie ought never, if a
well-taught cab-horse, to voluntarily stop or attempt to
stop at doors because he has often stopped at them be-
fore ; this is only the habit of butchers', bakers', and
such plebeian horses. The baker may be proud and feel
it his interest to stop at my lady's or other ladies' doors;
but though our scion of nobility or aristocracy may also
at times stop at the same doors, it might be extremely
inconvenient that his horse should indicate that his
master did so. There are also numberless other places
where our pink of haut ton often calls, in that question-
able light of an hour or two before dinner, that it would
not do if Mr. Cab-horse in broad day evidently showed
he was in the habit of visiting ; some inhabited by good
souls who never refuse a few hundreds to a spirited
minor who has some old hunks of a father who is illiberal
enough to wish to prevent a sucking lordling or heir
spending his patrimony before he gets it. Then there
are other locales, where snuff-boxes, rings, dressing-
Icases, bronzes, and all sorts of things of that ilk, aro
sold, bought, exchanged, and sometimes—" name it not
in Gath !"—left in return for certain small cards, and
certain advances of coin of the same colour as those por-
tentous globes that indicate a something being two to one
against the punter. Why three should be thes
havetillex-
isting number seems extraordinary, when. . the odds
increased so wonderfully in favour of the banker. ut
it must not be supposed that it follows as a
a 1
a
p
necessaryerso o that
should betake itself to
o
the owner against these golden worlds; there are more
mtt hhaeet t eNrci;tfir7 coursel.lor aila its geo isn
aristocratic places where silver and gold plate is exhibi-
ted, that to the initiated are equally.well-known, where
the same sor: of business is transacted to larger amounts.
These mammoth contrebundiers in this trade are sad
stumbling-blocks in the w:ty of the honest man of balls.
God bless them, one and all of the fraternity I though
the number three may mean that it is two to ono he will
not do so. However, my good wishes are the same.
" Having here stated some actions that the cab-horse
must not perpetrate, we must look to the action he must
have. This is precisely that which some fifty years since
would have caused him to be rejected by any good judge
as a " clamberer"-_a style of going then considered as of
the very worst sort; and so, in fact, it is for use, for such
goers must tire. It is true Rattler, Mr. o,baldiston's
horse had extraordinary lofty action, yet was uncom-
monly sieedy, and could " last at it." The miser's
horse had just begun to live without food, but he died;
sS. poor Rattler did a long match, but he died also; and I
doubt not that had his action been less fatiguing, he
would not have done so. But the cab-horse is only
wanted for show; so the more parade he makes about
what he does, the bettor he is thought of : in truth, this
is pretty much the same with men now-a-days. One
animal of this sort (I mean a horse), not long since, was
actually bought at seven hundred guineas, solely from his
lofty action."
" Extracts from My Journal," an account of two
sporting excursions in India, where tigers, hogs, rock-
snakes, &c., are the quarries, in fact nothing, whether
relating to the chase,lthe gun, or the rod, appears to come
astray. There can be no want of excitement in
such varied adventures, and the very dange!,,itsef
must add to the pleasure. "La C onciirgeignnec7
but
de-
picts a character wholl,y unknown ng i