The Sun.
London, England, 1848-09-07 00:00:00

BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.)
John Freterey, was placed at the bar before Mr. Jardine,
charged with being drunk, and having a horse and cab
in hi, possession, of whiz ► he was not the owner or the
driver.

At twelve o'clock last night, a constable of the A
division found a horse and cab in Whitehall, moving
slowly towards Charing-cross. The reins were trailing
along the street, and the prisoner was lying drunk across
the footboard with a cab-driver's badge in his pocket.
2n being taken to the station, he said he was not a
eensed man, and that he was entrusted with the cab by
the regular driver, who was suddenly taken ill. He was
then locked up, and in a few minutes the driver arrived,
ourunk, demanding his cab, which had been taken to the
"'Teen-yard.
Mr. JARDINE said he could not punish the prisoner as
48 a cab-driver, as he possessed no license, nor did it
appear he e as plying for hire.
The proprietor wished to know what remedy 1 e had,
as he had bad to pay 4s. 6d. at the Green-yard for the
recovery of the vehicle?
Mr. JARDINE said the only redress he could afford,
to grant summonses against both the driver and the
prisoner, who should pay a fine of ss. for being drunk.

MAGAZINES, s c.—(CONTINUED.)
TAIT.
Those who merely familiarize themselves with
magazine literature through the medium of the u
advertisements, will have been rather puzzled as to
the meaning of an article in Tait for September,
headed "Nautical Blunders and Manslaughters."
Strange as the title may appear, the article itself is
the article of the month, full of wisdom and worthy
'of more than a merely passing attention. Among
other things it suggests greater precautions on the
erring fisheries, where there is periodically a terrible
.se of life from the mad practice of the fishermen
trusting themselves to the perils of the deep-sea
fishery in open boats. The ignorance of the fisher-
;Ten. of Scotland is also a subject of lamentation.
Aranda" is continued, and so likewise is " The
Tale of Communism." In the introduction to the
number for September there are some judicious ob-
servations on recent attempts at "sedition."

THE BANKERS'.
There is no lack of subjews coming within the pe-
culiar sphere of our talented contemporary. In fact,
tt present it may be supposed to labour under the
ernbarras des richeses, there are so many points which
fall within its peculiar province, which it is compelled
to overlook for the present. The first paper—" Mone-
tary and Commercial Prospects," is deserving of an
Bank
perusal ; it alludes to the late debate on the
•uank Charter Act, and exposes the fallacy of the ar-
tornents brought forward in its defence by Sir R.
Peel, its legislative parent. All classes will, we are sure,
cordially concur in its concluding aspiration ; it says
, We sincerely trust that there may be no coin-
Inercial pressures to demonstrate again the impolitic
character of the measure which Sir Robert Peel and
the Government are so determined to enforce. We
trust that the harvest will turn out better than is
generally expected. But, should the worst happen,
live hope that the country will insist on the Ministry
producethey the havoc which resulted from them last
exear." " Letters to a Branch Manager" are continued.
k e
impolicy of permitting a habitual resort to over-
drawn",; accounts is forcibly depicted. A general re-
of the savings' banks system is given, together
th the report of John Tidd Pratt, Esq., on Irish
savings' banks. There is also an article "On the
haritable Loan Funds in Ireland," a system which
Prevailed to a great extent in that country, with
mixed results of good and evil. The case against the
Bank Charter Act of 1844, as stated in the report of
the Lords' Committee, is extracted from that able
document. There is an analysis of the accounts
at t the principal railway companies presented
their meetings during the past month, and also
the reports of joint-stock banks, and a variety of
valuable information on various commercial subjects.
A e supplement contains the remainder of the evi-
dence taken before the Committee of the House of
ecitntnons on the Commercial Distress, including that
the Governor and Deputy-Governor of the Bank of
England, and of Messrs. Cotton, Pease, Gardner,
cues Loyd, Tooke, Taylor, and Birkbeck.
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THE UNITED SERVICE.
This number will be peculiarly acceptable to the
1t is
of the gallant professions to whose interests
is especially directed ; it will also be well received
t;}! the general reader. We have a dissertation "On
Jelence of Mind," " A Chapter upon Anchors" (ccn-
elude
u), and an able paper " On Regimental Schools."
kept."
Henry Curling gives a " Summer Ramble in
:17,'"t," written in his best style. " The Old Six
have
continues his shots. We trust he may ever
a good one remaining in his locker. " The
Smugglers'. League" is a well written narrative
m 1
t:, much interest. Major L. Smyth O'Connor con-
.cues his " Leaves from the Tropics" in the style so
"II known to the readers of the United Service Maga-
zine ; and Tristram still exposes with equal vigour
and
heartiness, the boastings and fallacies of La-
lnarche's Algeria. The " Story of a Spanish Nun,"
"Southern Peru," "Early Voyage to the Gulf of St.
Lawrence," and the " Reminiscences of a Subaltern,"
are all well worth of perusal, and, with the general
correspondence on the usual topics, constitute on the
Whole an excellent number.

THE SPORTING REVIEW.
"The Regatta in the Solent," by the editor, gives
ns a graphic account of the yatching proceedings
during the week, which will be received with much
Pleasure by the lovers of aquatic pursuits. Craven
describes the "Racing in August" with his usual
Power and fidelity. Linton continues his " English
Sports and Sporting Quarters." The manner in which
the sober and sedate quaker becomes a lover of the
f'onting-field—a pursuer of hounds, will provoke a
hearty laugh. " Fox-hunting in the South of
France;' " Sporting Incidents at Home and
Abroad," " A Day's Sport in South Africa,"
Summer Sports," " Wild Sports in the
Far West,' " Angling in the Lakes of Scotland,"
!The Steeple-chase by Castor," with the usual
mount of sporting information on every subject con-
nected with our national amusements, will help to
guile many a weary hour when more active enjoy-
gent is denied. We were agreeably surprised to find
he
our old favourite Maxwell has resumed the work
e commenced so ably, and which we feared had been
t r°opt to a premature conclusion. "Two Years in
the
}sir West" is continued, and a third part in the
author's best style is given. " The Colonel," for
whom every reader of " Wild Sports of the West"
had conceived an affection, is again introduced. The
t
umber is exceedingly good in all its parts.

FARMERS' MAGAZINE.
v The article on the small-pox in sheep in this num-
er of the Farmers' Magazine is worthy the attention
oD
f every possessor of flocks. It seems that inoculation
renders the disease almost harmless. The article on
reeding horses, by Mr. Cherry, is also well worthy
consideration. He v
says—
" The skill shown, by the founders of the breed of
ovaes which _have exclusively obtained the name of
til°rPogh-bred,' produced stoutness as well as speed;
and
80 long as races were contested in heats of four
hoe, the horse carrying twelve stones, both these
!panties wete indispensable, and the character of tho-
rough-bred' horses was raised to the highest pitch of
eminence. But a change has taken place, and it is easily
•Lfteeable to later supporters of the turf, who established
`LI° custom of running ridiculously short distances with
Zer°°k' light weights. Indeed, the facilities tor
©n
me a
appears, with few exceptions, to have beco the
paramount object."
Government,
is a subject well worthy the consideration of the
"overnment, for it is known that during the last war
the success of our cavalry operations was in many in-
-Btilnoca owing to the superior " bottom" of our horses.
The illustrations to this number are a portrait, by
Davie, of Mr. Carpenter's Prize Hereford Bull, and
Portrait, by Strafford, of Mr. Large's Prize Oxford
Rums.

THE ETHNOLOGICAL MAGAZINE.
This remarkable publication progresses with so
many evidences of power, of enterprise, and of eru-
dition, that we are fain ,to believe that it is prosper-
ing. The paper depicting the origin of Mythology
is more than curious, it is profound and beautiful.
With such an organ, the new science of Ethnology
Cannot fail to multiply its votaries.