The Sun.
London, England, 1834-10-04 00:00:00

MAGAZINES.-(CONTINUED•)

CNITED SERVICE JOURNAL.
The " United Service Journal" is in full uniform
,
this month, with drums beating and colours flying, and
turns out as showy a body of troops as have ever ar
peared on the literary parade. The titles alone of thed
different papers are of the most tempting kind; au,
truly we opine with old Bernard Lintott, no simp..6
~eight in the mysteries of the trade, that a good title.ls
more than half the battle ; but when, as in this number
of the " United Service Journal," a good book is ap;
pended to a taking title, the reader may deem himself
exceedingly well treated by his boekseller. It
1)/1:
fact, an excess of liberality which, as he had no rig
to expect, so he ought to be truly grateful for it.
Having a mortal antipathy to all the race of touristsii
some few notable specimens alone excepted, we sha
commence our extracts with an anecdote highly
trative of the genus. It is from An Excursion t

Ithaca in 1830 :"
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" When we got to the top of the ridge between ta ~ero
and the fountain, the sky being cloudless and the atmosr
of
clear, we had a fine view of several islands, dcpendenelest to
Ithaca, though at a considerable distance and more adjeenotit..
the continent of Greece, of which also we saw the faint ,s 09
line, especially of the high land forming the promontar:nl 0.0
each side of the entrance of the Gulf of Lepanto. jegi
reached the spot where this interesting and extensive, 3b,
burst upon our sight, the Resident, to give an idea of tieeivo,
surdity of some of the T. G.'s, i. e. travelling the gent, vity,
who now penetrate into every remote corner of any CO'', be-
related an anecdote of one of this description ; he not leltbea
fore had visited the fountain, escorted by a friend, Ivir'eanto,
they arrived at this spot, pointed out the locality. of gra'
when the traveller, seizing his spy-glass, and with grea Igo
vity accommodating it to his eye, exclaimed—` AYe,„nersceocte
the celebrated spot where the two famous battles 01 '-'atetin"
and Trafalgar were fought.' To which the gcntleronodeej
as Cicerone, and who was a bit of a wag, replied -l• oust
then I'll thank you for a peep through your glassy, wr"woardi,
be an excellent one to enable you to do that.' And ei,tebe sore°
with an air of modesty, told him he fancied there Tans "lig, trio
small mistake in what he advanced; but the trac'..e-mained
had read a great deal and trusted to his memory, '
firm in his position. The acting Cicerone, who real.V.:tib-gi
well informed, said he had read almost every book on the sub'
ject of these battles, but could nor recollect any rut; bJI
which, even by misconstruction, would bear the other of
hit
the traveller, nothing daunted, boldly gave the nennorks 116
author, being no other than Lord Byron, in whose Vi t°
affirmed he had read it, and even specified that it lv,lsoloold'
found in a note attached to a pat titular canto of Childs f big
Still the Cicerone affected to doubt the correctnesV,sol
knowledge : being also in familiar with Byron's vlfr,,eat°
knowing that the resident possessed the book, it Wa64b-ai Se;
refer to it when they returned to the Vathi, whin pattiesw
cordingly done, and as the traveller had said, the sol
Lepanto and Trafalgar were indeed mentioned in the got
line, canto ii. ; not as having been fought on the sumo 130:
but some how or other linded together in verse, so a, your`
given rise to this remarkable confusion of ideas.
for your dogmatic-learned travelling gentlemen !" 000
The " Scenes in Columbia" are amongst the m+
amusing of the amusing. We should t° hay`, h
volume of such uncut on the table before us'
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what pleasure should we iutroduce the parer here
" into the bowels of the land," catching a glimpse Ai
and a glimpse there, before sitting down finallY.,4l'
steadily to the expected banquet. Here is asr
men : oh°
An ass laden With some fine looking plantains' oirn
were balanced in equal fardles, in nets of oxide, w3g,,,g3
crossing the market-place from the vicinity of the ninjr!.,jegtb,er
its conductor, however, seemed more intent on serattpiol'
persons of the officers in the balcony, than pursuing' "iioad°o;
course ; for he proceeded through the midst of the ,
`,ir
gueras or tripe-women, to the manifest peril of their
heel'
and calabashes. A negro boy, who, squatting en idstra,W„;
had just received his calabash of breakfast from an °OOP'
hatted female of his own complexion, and With bis co'
escaped being trampled on, exclaimed with ire in de ;Jen
tenants, Canastos ! what for not go de right waY,an't t nee
go—running over people dis way !—Haw !'
blacker than the Zamuro ! ' bellowed the driver of 4-11nbe aliej
a Sambo, with a poncho or blanket, descending from `at, aft
tare at the neck about his body, a tremendous pair°,o
his eyes almost hid with thick hair, through nrAffie'i;
gleamed like fire ; and passed on. But the insulteuiv, cire
resolving to have toll from the intruder of his ineivi'lAi tier/
his knife from his side, and cutting a mesh of the 13 joAefi
teously extracted a couple of fine plaintains as 0(4„3
of t
passed, indulging in a most Ivxurious giggle at the 1";oye%,
revenge. A soldier who witnessed the occurrence lrested
too much to think of betraying the thief, who, in thnvol,,tba
glee, consigned his booty to the embers wader ibe
begged the old regress to keep his motadongo °frog its
plantaine should be roasted. Presently an exploslt.ssity:
neallithe pot bathed the negro boy, the tripe-wenl„. ere'holl
niilitar, in flames and smoke, which, dissipating,
two former rolling in agony upon the ground, an a
_ilol
tribe of Mondongueras in a state of consternation. rho to
" My Gad ! my Gad I' vociferated Blackep dof fir'
himself unexpectedly, and as if by magic, deprive
me erni,
hair, brows, and lashes—" Dem Sambo villain bier the Est
bit, and sca-a-ald all over wid de mondongo,'-'l,-e fire' pit
n hich had been supported on three stones above t'vr,l,
turned over so as to lodge its seething contents uPer
the soldier, who had sustained no injury from the eg cder°o
0
seemed endowed with new faculties from the gu'lP°le'llti frii
mosphere surrounding him : gathering up some &ago! 1103
the ground, he was about to proceed to the mai,tpbe'lli,cei
his progress was arrested. The tinkling of a ,iet-P flee'
for some minutes been announcing to the full Tnavpeaca tbe
that the Holy Sacrament was about to make its ;307400
and the soldier had scarcely advanced a pace on ii`snisieatolit
main-guard, when the Host, with its usual accoroPin-aii
white robed priest, issued from the cathedral. 111,tecl tari/'
silence reigned among the crowd, which now preseed to per
tiouless and kneeling multitude,__ every face tni:uhead,;;
the priest, who carried the Ostia Ssgrada,—everiiine;9
vered, saving one alone,—it was the soldier's, wile,' ", guar 'pre
report some strange suspicions to the officer of the t° t°,l 110
mained standing, and seemingly, almost deternanoite, 0/
ceed. But the guard was already formed, and Quid I: ;I:,
presented arms, till the Lord, as it was termed, shoed
pay the accustomed homage. The Host continln-00°1000
proach, when on the word of command, Rinua- 'es r°re`cil
ranks dropped upon the knee, lowering the barl7.l' oc•
the ground ; and, doffing their morrions, ?Pier
themltbo
backward in the right hand. Just then the ?Tiestocolltig
eye
companiment halted, and turning to the kri.e cling c hich %leo,
performed the motions of his benedictioc„ durineothershi
detected our heretic trio, under an a:chway at werotree"ool,
the Plaza, into which he had the dght proper ire
of the
the soldier standing with his e-,,p on in the centre
titude. thrent hall'
ng
" The priest, who, in common with his bre d °foe
friendly to the cause of independence, had observe_i,ds , for
that religion had lost much of its influence on the 'Alibied_ oa'
since the revolution had commenced. His lip trt:nable touourel
space before he could find utterance : at length,
oe ourz
trol himself, with a look which embraced at °,llciaireees a et,.:
and the unfortunate soldier—' Militar ' he e. fija...efe 111
thou a Catholic, or is thine a legien of Jews, sic
at us,' observed Batt—our regiment, from th each
sent in consequence of wounds, being origil nyv thha,l
Legion,' and composed of British' and Irish '9,1 'e'cOrPs t th
the ranks were filled with native troops, and "It-covanc:
sumed the name of Carabobo, from its brilliacrilio per:ll,o:V
battle of that name, when Bolivar commandeituall'%er
" The soldier,—abashed and moved by blut whet abicrit)e
uncovered, and knelt 'like those around bin' ; clerOti°llier•A
trayed a want of humility, or an absence of ,e bo
in obeying the nowise obscure insinuation or the of tnilaye'l,
still flushed cheek aund unduly accelerated,r_beig„cer,.
man gave proof that his indignation was farertli.:),Soetin:;tilebi:r:,:
by the mechanical submission of the offend
he muttered as he passed the guard, I q'iana sent
that soldier taught the homage owed by t' nick his belie oifee
sence of the Lord, and that he may not m?e,_ fro, thee Diteed
with impunity.' But not a look, not a rcacll.%a
addressed, acknowledged that the words.
nt droppeellf3;t e,05
Motionless, uncovered, with the sword's pa,, with ste'cl corer,
his knee, before the passing Host, he see bake the in oed, feet
and features fixed in marble gravity, to re
such nlO,OOO
a. _f orae t
mystery
bnyuV
Thsl lti ishet
riedoyensal
tout
ohfiktybl
death-bed."
.F”a th or, who hurried on in 'tete'
haps to administer to the soul's necessity 0
1 here
lersa mu: t
o;cite.;
at_
e idooi
tic In 1-
• he wit°
but it would be hardly fair to
os
bfehtteid
give t th r a"
's only an° e
" A Trip throuah Portugal" 1 Doat ,eaxlpmloossitomn
gentleman
to whitewash that dingy-looking ouperuo,
i-devant
Duel, and blacken the face of the c , far el
s uv
, take it,
the Brazils. The latter, we rt-sie
ut what s.io
easiest exploit of the two. B notu oei
who can see .tio.
moles must these worthies be,. j 1; ',31
MS)
but the two Do
a grand political question n thito
en if you ca
and Pedro. Really, gentlemen' ~e as 0
One name is qui,
talk of nothing but names, o or
el
as the other. ma 41,
of much
We are now come to matters
laVa th
his beard a-
tance than Miguel and .ato•
have naPW' beg
strongly to e
which seems so stron, f large ore
• Mist, as i
fancy of our journalist,
of charity, vvottld
like a moderate quantum trl
" Naval Tactics.
_.lO
a multitude of sins. eel . to
existence or s
is a subject in which the very c
of late then'y Ott.
1 as fallen ,eo
is bound up, yet we fear it
and the Pe°` pus
`s
neglect both with the giver
ements jig
litar acinev
very splendour of our mr as they I
an injury to the country, inasmuch