The Sun.
London, England, 1835-10-01 00:00:00

ASIATIC JOURNAL.

We have ofici: spoken in terms of praise of the
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Asiatic Journal," i;;_r the copious details it gives
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"(1111 month to month of all Oriental matters. The
Number just published is unusuOY abundant in these,
IV among other readable papers furl:.
ishes us with an
able notice of Mr. Moorcroft's " Joun:eY to Balkh
ail, d Bokhara." " Reminiscences of a 2 eturning
indian" will also be read with pleasure, from its.,(!reat
variety of incidents, and the skilful way in which thb,"
are told.

UNITED SERVICE JOURNAL.
There is one article in the Number before us, which
I'llll be sure to attract the attention of military men,
far 't is written in an excellent spirit, and contains
many useful hints which might be acted on at
:lead-quarters with advantage to the profession. It
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entitled " Suggestions for increasing Promotion in
the Army," and is the production of one who evi-
dently understands the subject on which he writes, and
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apparently no interested ends to serve. " No-
tices on the Austrian Army" is from the pen of Cap-
tain Basil Hall ; some of the facts contained in this
Essay are well known, but the generality, we believe,
tSill be new to our readers. " A Sketch of the Coast
Guard Service" is a clever tale, though somewhat too
00g- The " Chapelgorris" is a sketch of a certain
race of sturdy, privileged Spanish Mountaineers, from
which we quote the following:—
" The province of Guipuzcoa maintains a whole battalion of
these bold and reckless fellows, from 800 to 1,000 men strong,
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114 split into several detachments. It is a corps completely
generis : composed of men of proven gallantry, fit for any
.lt, and wholly sans peur, though by no manner of means
tstterly sans reproclie. 11 it be necessary to send a dispatch
„4 any remote station, your Chapelgorry is always ready to
rwey it under covert of the night, be the peril what it may,
half an ounce ; and if the distance be within the reach of
tl3r
Ivo swift feet i.,etween nightfall and daybreak, depend upon it
,an orderly has s.iipped within the gates of Elisondo, Pampa-
,,/1, or San Sebastun, almost before they are unbolted. He
i?ltt upon his hazardous mission unattended, and disdaining
j'aY aside his distingm:bing costume—a large cap of red
oth, called by the Bisca'cul a cliapelgorry, a grey frock,
/ithout waistcoat, a pair of re ; or blue pantaloons, and a girdle
fl
astened round his loins, similar' to what a Franciscan brother
ears, but nesting half a score cari...vidges. By his side hangs
hbayonet, not unfrequently sheath less ; a stout musket is
„rotto over his shoulder ; and if not shoes, alpargaras, a
,
;roles of twisted hempen sandals, upoz his feet; but neither
'eso nor his legs seek the covert of a stocking. He bounds
,
ie,r,°2B the mountains like a chamois, and wOl track a horse at
114,1 trot. Your Chapelgorry has the appetite of an alderman,
tild has his heart's content when he can levy gasirenomic con-
:l,botion on the "factious"--a denomination, in his vocabulary
Least familiar to every peasant in the north. He is gene-
-41114 to be found with the advanced guard, or hovering about
e fianki of columns under march—stands in high favour with
the troops of the line, and always finds a " Hail, fellow, well
heti" among them, whether he has a craving stomach or
earied limbs to gratify ; and he lives with his comrades on
better terms than twin with twin-brother : though with an ad-
y
uertary he neither gives nor accepts quarter, be the circum-
Inces what they may. He is devotedly attached to the
Christina party ; nor would all the gzlld in Christendom per-
suade him to shake hands with a Carlist--perchance from his
141Placable aversion to ecclesiastics of all g:rades and shades,
113 Well as every peasant, their stedfast ad:erents ; and it
IhNild be difficult to say whether he is most hated or dreaded
Y both. It is very remarkable, that the families of these
Zorn foes to the cowl and ploughshare suffer no moleZiation
Q(1111 the Carlists whatever; nay, there is not a single instaocv
2,l;ecord of their persons or chattels having been exposed to
i. Inroad, though they inhabit the same villages as the " fac-
Ivi?Ils" themselves. The Chapelgorry's intimate acquaintance
ell every inch of ground, and every dweller upon it, has ren-
dered him the most valuable prop wh'c'i the Christinos and
cause could have prayed for.

THE PARTERRE.
A. Miscellany well conducted, and embellished with
(3ut engravings. Many of the prose tales display
taleue), though there is rather too much sameness
about &cm.

T-I
-E WALT; OF FASHION. Bell, Craven-street.
The embellishmeil
its of the October Number of this
!'llblication, are five very handsome plates, represent-
-1"g the various female fas:lions for the season, and a
111,,,,1()5t execrable daub, intende3 for a portrait of Mrs.
" iabett, of the Queen's Theatre, in the character of
z
arah. A piece of fulsome bomLast, in the form of
critique upon the theatrical accomplishments of the
actress follows, so that it would be diOcult to deter-
mine whether the lady has been worse treatod by the
author or the artist. Most of the other sketc.bes are
amusing ; with the exception of the sentimental tale
°f_ the " Widow," Of which we had not the courage
i : read more than twenty or thirty lines. We saw
clearly, when we had got so far, that the affair was
likely to become exceedingly distressing, and as we are
7t to laugh in the midst of those scenes in which au-
01's intend us to weep, we preferred leaving the
widow" to share the sympathy of more congenia
Toladies, and to 'ladies only, this work will be
uteresting, and that much more on account of its
Plates than its literature.