The Sun.
London, England, 1846-09-03 00:00:00

N,_____LONDON, THURSDAY

would have destroyed it; but had he done so " po-
etical justice" would ha% e been offended. The tale, as
we have said, is well told, but we could have been well
content, if we could not have both, to have exchanged
" Sampson Hooks and Joe Ling" for " St. James and
St. Giles—William Howitt for Douglas Jerrold. We
have, however, the " History for Young England,"and
the story of the Mad Parliament is well told and ad-
mirably commented on. The paper on " the True Sup-
port of Genius" is admirable, because it is plain, good,
honest common sense. We commend it to the attentive
study of all those who drivel puny sentimentalisms
about genius dying for lack of patronage. Angus Reach
furnishes a smart article on the aristocratic mania for
a multitude of names bestowed by a baptism in the
waters of the Jordan, and we have an eloquent plead-
ing for the abolition of the punishment of death in a
paper, entitled " The Gibbet—its Death and Burial."
In this, as in all the preceding numbers of this most
suggestive magazine, there i 3 mush to meditate on,
much instruction pleasantly communicated ; but still
we miss our old friends Juniper Hedgehog and St.
Giles and St. James.

THE OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE REVIEW.
" Historical Fallacies," is the commencement of a
series chiefly remarkable for its audacity. The wri-
ter absolutely endeavours to prove that THE SPARTANS
WERE NOT BRAVE! It has been cunningly sug-
gested to us that the writer of this article can be no
other than Colonel Mitchell—the redoubtable Colonel
Mitchell—the man who received a bit of plate from
the Emperor Nicholas (a toothpick or something of
that description) for traducing the memory of a dead
enemy of Russia! Surely there is the master-hand
in the very object of the paper. " The Spartans were
not Brave !"—"Napoleon had no talent !"—the pater-
nity looks suspicious enough. Somewhere towards
the conclusion of the last century an Englishman
published a theory in which he endeavoured
to show that the sun was literally a gi-
gantic mass of ice radiating light and heat,
a hypothesis little inferior to the one that the moon
is made cf green cheese. Well, here in September,'
1846, an anonymous scribe undertakes to demon-
strate that the Lacmdemonians were cowards. Talk
of our advancement in enlightenment indeed ! Bah!
Generations upon generations, heroes after heroes,
have reverenced, nay, so to speak, have worshipped
the almost divine valour of these same Spartans :
Plutarch has memorialised the intrepidity and nearly
superhuman devotiOn of that race : their splendid ex
hibition of patriotism at Thermopylw has become a
howehold truth—a spectacle for the emulation of
mankind, and The Oxford and Cambridge Review
has at last discovered that the whole is an agreeable
fabrication. " The fellows were arrant poltroons,"
says the writer, " and men have hitherto been dolts
to worship them for a virtue they never possessed."
" Buzz ! buzz !" said Hamlet the Dane to Polonius.
" Buzz! buzz!" say we to the author of " Historic
Fallacies" We commend the whole race of grumblers
in England to the paper headed " Necessaries of
Life." It will render their vision less jaundiced—it
will ease their blood of much bile, and dispel many of
the lugubrious meditations. It is singular to reflect
upon that unanswerable fact, that many of those
things which are called the necessaries of life by our
peasantry were literally the luxuries of Crcesus and
Cleopatra. " Pierre D'Aubusson" is completed, and
forms an enthralling and instructive piece of biogra-
phy. " The Colliery and Mining Districts" must be
read and re-read—it deserves it. " Church and State"
is of considerable importance among the contributions
to the present number.

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTEL-

LIGENCE.
PORTSMOUTH, TUESDAY.—The Lords of the Admi-
ralty are expected to arrive here this evening at ten
minutes past six, on their annual official visit of inspec-
tion. Their Lordships dine this evening with Sir Charles
Ogle.

The Comet steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander
Johnston, returned this morning from Lisbon, whither
libe had conveyed dispatches for the Commander•in
Chief of the squadron of evolution, Vice-Admiral Sir

William Parker. She arrived at Lisbon on the 21 it
ult., and found lying there the Trafalgar, 120, Captain
Nott, with the broad pendant of Commodore Sir J. G.
Bremer, protecting British interests ; and the Superb,
80, Captain Stephens (acting). Captain Corry had not
joined, not having gone out in the Comet, which re-
mained a day at Lisbon to coal, and then went in search
of the squadron of evolution, which she found a few
hours' run off this port on Saturday, the 22d ult., and
delivered her dispatches. The Admiral had in his com-
pany at the time the St. Vincent, 120, Captain Sheppard
bearing the pendant of Commodore Sir F. Collier;
the Queen, 110, Captain Sir Henry Leeke ; the Rod-
ney, 92, Captain Collier ; the Albion, 90, Captain

af • • a
Loekyer ; the Canopus, 84, Captain Moresby ; the Van-
guard, 80, Captain Wiles ; the Raleigh, 50, Commodore
Sir Thomas Herbert ; the Constance, 50, Captain Sir
Baldwin Walker ; the Eurydice, 26, Captain Elliot ; the
Spartan, 26, Captain Symonds (the latter four forming
the frigate experimental squadron under Sir T. Herbert,
which had joined the large fleet on the preceding day) ;
the Rattler, screw steam-sloop, Captain Smith ; the Cy-
clops steam-sloop, Captain Lapidge; and the Polyphemus
steam-sloop, Commander M'Cleverty.
The Comet received letters and dispatches from the
Admiral and the squadron, and left on her return on
Sunday, the 23d ult., put into Corunna from the preva-
lence of north-easterly winds, where she coaled, which
place was at that time in a state of considerable excite-
ment from the probability of a rising of the popu'ace.
The town was under martial law.

Mr. Northcote, master, came home from the fleet in

the Comet to resume his du'ies as assistant-master
attendant of Chatham Dockyard, having been relieved
by Mr. Thompson. Mr. Smith, second master of the
Trafalgar, also invalided in the Comet, which brou4ht
invalids and mails, which latter she landed at Plymouth
last evening.
The Orestes, 18, Commander Cannon, arrived this
morning at Spithead from the Mediterranean, her period
of service having expired.
The Garland steam-packet, Master-Commander
Smithett, arrived last night from Dover, to attend upon
her Majesty during her next marine excursion.
The Nautilus, 8, Commander M'Donnell, arrived to-
day from her cruising ground off Brighton, to replenish
water and provisions.
The royal yacht Victoria and Albert, Commander
Lord A. Fitzelarence, left this morning for Cowes.
CHATHAM, SEPT. I.—Commander Hugh Goold is ap-
pointed to the Ocean, 80 guns, flag-ship, Rear-Admiral
Sir E. D. King, K.C.H. at Sheerness. He succeeds
Commander Fit ming, and Lieutenant Charles Haydon
is succeeded by Lieutenant Charles B. Stockdale. Lieu-
tenant C. Haydon is appointed to the service of the
Ordinary at this port, and we sincerely believe much
regretted by all at Sheerness who had any intercourse
with him; and the very high order and efficiency in
which he has left that ship reflects the highest honour
and credit on him. His gallant services are too well
known to require comment. In 1810 Mr. Haydon was Mid-
shipman of the Ramillies at the capture of Linois' squa-
dron; in the Epervier, at the taking of the islands of St.
Thomas and St. Croix; in the Cherub at Martinique,
served in her boats in an unsuccessful attempt to burn
the French frigates Felicitti and Furieuse, in Basse-
terre, Guadeloupe, under a heavy fire; and at the de-
struction of the two French frigates under that island.
Was in the Pompee at the subsequent capture of that
island; commanded a gun-boat at the siege of Cadiz,
and was present at the surrender of Genoa. After such
services, it is surprising that a First Lord professing to
promote men that have been under fire in preference to
others should have passed over this officer, he having
been thirty-six years a lieutenant and first lieutenant of
a flagship.
Tne North Star, 36 guns, Captain Sir James Home,
C. 8., is ordered to this port to be paid off; she is ex-
pected this afternoon. Her station has been in the East
Indies, and she has been out five years..
This morning a detachment from the depot of the
46th Regiment, consisting of 2 sergeants, 1 drummer,
and 52 rank and file, left Chatham Barracks under com-
mand of Captain David Fyffe, with Ensign G. F. Dallas,
for Gravesend, there to embark on board a steam-vessel
for Harwich, for the purpose of relieving a detachment
of the provisional battalion at present stationed there.
A detachment of the 2d battalion of the 60th Rifles,
consisting of 4 sergeants, 1 bugler, and 42 rank and file,
under command of Lieutenant H. E. Warren, also left
this morning, for Tilbury-fort, for the purpose of reliev-
ing a detachment of the provisional battalion; and 1
subaltern, 4 sergeants, 1 drummer, and 44 rank and file,
left the provisional battalion for duty at Upnor Castle, to
relieve the depOt at present stationed there.

ROYAL ARTILLERY.
GENERAL ORDER.

Woolwich, Aug. 29.
Her Majesty is pleased to approve .of the following
promotions in the Royal Regiment of Artillery:-
1. Major-General Joseph Webb Tobin, to be Colonel
Commandant, vice Lord Bloomfield, deceased; dated 16th
August, 1846.
2. Major-General Richard Luken Brough, to be
Colonel Commandant, vice Wulff, deceased; dated 17th
August, 1846.
3. His Lordship the Master-General has been pleased
to appoint Major-General Sir Thomas Downman, C. 8.,
to be Colonel Commandant of the Royal Horse Artil-
lery, in the room of Lord Bloomfield, deceased; Major-
General Tobin is therefore posted to the third battalion.

4. Second Lieutenant J. Godby is transferred from
Major Rowland's company 9th battalion to Major Ot-
way's company 3d battalion, by order of the Master-
G eneral.
(Signed) IL D. ROSS, Deputy-Adjutant-General.