The Sun.
London, England, 1861-04-02 00:00:00

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phi nie.gazine opens with an article*mi the Army
Estimates ter.-./86P62; in which the writer analyses
each item,:ara censures them-all nidre-or Jesse lie
iu particular; condemvs the waste of forage, in
ft;quirine,,Or. sanctioning staff' officers' to. keep an.:
m uecessary number of horses,; for instance, the-
Milltery. Secretary' .to ,:t `Commander-in-Chief,
:w-hOse duties probably require him to appeal% on
:horseback some half a dozen times during the year,
is allowed five horses. It is remarked likewise thiit
is a curious fact that the expenses for the convey-
ance of troops increases as their rf.uttfheF diminishes,
and that I.hel44l6wanc,-) for the aria 'se-iiints
of the officers -of the medical staff' decreases ha the
.number of the members of stafriffiiitbreasek'
and'nd: that the truth is that the pruning.iinife.
is applied on every occasion to clerkt and, other
subordinates, while iti higher quarters, where re-
form end economy is most required, no retreffeh*
ment is made. Under the bead at*i"ilel6i Coin!
mitteeon Naval Reform," we hav9 aa, account of
the phase after Sir Baldwin Wailier;.in ±hich it is.
shOwn how impossible it was for the (Avon' tivinter
Copt the Narcissus,, and ho-# eaSylf hitite•
been to have dispatched the Jason, one of the fa4Pst
r .th
of ou screw corvettes; which was ate:time,-.ly,ing,
in the Sound, to have oretlakera her. The neglect of
the::scheme.to carry. out . promotion by;Selection, or
accordingAo 'merit, is •considered_at j9lllO length,
and the author. of the paper on this subject remarks
as;f6llows:—

TIE:IE .RIGHT BORT AND THE WROXO. SORT.;
Regiments taken us collective bodies arequite -alive to
the great importance, of having A good botinnanding
officer ; they suffer toe severelYfroin defects in such a
quarter not,to take a keen interest in such appointments',
but of this the discipline of the service, and the known
.uselessness of taking thought on the subjeCt, supprossee
.111 outward manifestations: The general publie On • the
Cher-hand,o has never realised the serious responsibilities -of
tile position, or the irreparable mischief which naightarise.
(Alva td the-gYeateet interests of the country from the inca-
pacity of the colonel of a matching regiment. People take
• up. the " Gillette" and read such appointments without fan,
,cyung they
.can even bo of any consequence, 4119,110 the,
dtitails of the Indian mutiny ought for ever to have 'ilis—
abonled` them of such an, impression. There we• saw- the
lives of our men,
,the honour of our women, the giving of,
towns to the flames, and tho disgrace of ()lunation allhang-
,ing on the judgment, energy, and decision' of offirtrs, ••cvl,.e)
had been appointed to commands, without the slighteap,re,
fern/ice to their possession of 'any such qualities.. A.,
tle'witt, instead of trampling under foot the banner of-re-
bellion ere it had time, to spread its ensanguined folds to
.the breeze, and give -the signal for outbreak far and wide,
inst sad of quenching its incendiary fire in the blood el the
viilf tins who kindled it, as he had maple' means to: do,
alto wed the fiery cross to' be borne off in safety to summon
a. /nighty army to mutiny, and thereby caused the loss of
tiiousands ,of liVes and millions of money. lkfany a desolate'
fit larth.' has,; mason to curse his memory, and yet -who.
th. unglitit -any. crime to appoint an old worn out harmless
me to the command at -Meerut ? • Who foresaw any evil
or considered any wrong to be done by appointing helpless
any 4 headless Old LlOYd to the charge of the Dinapore
2 ? " Poor old gentleman," it would haVe been said had
any - one objected, •"'how unfair to refuse them their turn•
.of staff employment after waiting so long, for it; they
have a just right to it by the regulations of the service:
A t h ousand English soldiers properly handled have ere
now. ,decided the fate of. empires. Clive had not nearly. so
marer when..lle virtually trateerred the 'sovereignty of
India .on the field of Plassy ;. andllewitt had a considerably
greater number when 116 allowed three native regiments to
ippelil it by their mutiny at Meerut. The lamented Neil,
witb,,hardly one-third of that number, saved Benares and
Allah abed, the leo of which would' have been utter ruin,
and: ehe very different management of a colonel at the head
of ball regiment opposed to the tribes of New Zealand, bas
just involved *ho • colonists in partial destruction, and
eaditTud the mothe'r country, with the einense of a small
arm;r.. Shaild then the command of au English regimentbe b ...stowed blindly' on any major belonging to it, of Wh'oin
.it cap a only be said,, hy, here is-nothing against him,
and He money is lodged 1" Yet this is what is being done
every- walk, and we are told there is no help for it, cons-
anan fin g officers cannot be selected I - Sad and luilent
able' co) olession

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Ther.e Is an interesting paper on the regulations
respfti ting the naval cadets in the Pritannia training'
ship. • " Our own Correspondent,' on the American
navy a) id army gives an account of several court
martialk 1, the result of disunion of the Northern and
Souther, a States. Under the head of Justice to the
Navy;a.z . epitome of the discussion in Parliament on
the fifth, of last month on Sir J. H. Elphinatone's
Motion fa, "a select committee "to consider the pre:r
sent. syste to of promotion and retirement in Via,
Royal -Nalcy, and the present pay and pos4iogi

lziagmtirk.
A paper en the, Ate.:reeican'enith'e7 to
meet the r:z3z? ? ti i 3 number. . she
queet:eua ii its expecte te
estion. epHter greati;7zegi.ets" The se,ieidal
policy preened hy the Northern Statec in passing
Teh;,-ele, as h e observes, has gifen an ine!
reensemoml ad7antage to the seceders. He expresses
a hope„:hewever, considering the embarrassed state
of the Federal Treasury, eehich this ill-advised
mare 'is likely so greatly to' increase, that it will
I speedily be found impracticable and repealed as
quickly as it was passed. The -statistics- giVen of
the,:relative populations of the Southern States are
worth-consideration: Mr. Whyte ..Melville'n story
of ".Geod. for Nothing", progresses- considerably.
Hints are given at the conclusion of this instalment
that life is hot going to flow's& sinbothly with the
inhabitants of. Verbena- Villa, and the reader has
grounds, for suspecting that the Shrewd and
practical John Gordop is -hovering on, the
borders of the world of romance. - The
incidental sketches of character which are
introduced are as felicitous as- usual. " 'The nierita
and demerits of onr public schools are discussed 'by
a writ* who finally arrives at the conclusion that
in most cases the advanthgea.outweigh,the draw-
beats of such institutions. The pleasant essayist,
A. K. H. 8., gives us another of- his delightful
papers, this time perhaps more melancholy in tone
than usual, for he discourses concerning" a sub-
ject—which f©w after—early - youth- can look at
lightly. " Concerning Future:Years," is the title
-of hiEeesSay, mid-though he does not take into con-
sideeation the sudden, vicissitudes or startling
catastrophes that overwhelm some, he finds perhaps
deeper pathos •in the thought of all 'the -smaller
:changos,', in thought, habit, and feeling, ,in views
and-expectations, in those around us andhelonging
to, use whichelet our onward path be as smooth as it,
may, must inevitably come with advancing years.
'One anticipation on aria own part is at least prema-
ture. He looks forward to the day when his essays
shall no longer find favour with the, readers of
yriser ; but the wearied subscriber will sink it
-" Here is that tiresome person
again, L- with • the four initials !" To dis-
cover ,signs of this alteration in himself and
his readers in his present hour of well-
-deserved success' and popularity would be as
rationales,: lan Foster's horror at the sight ea
-buttercup, as the, herald of a future winter: -To
'Might the pleasures of the present; in eager
tettiplatiOn. of Vie- peStible changes of the fUtaire;
whether for good or evil,, is unreasonable -and
:wrong;iind, our author speaks justly on this sub-
ject in the passage headed " Taking short views.''
the second paper on the "Progress and Prospects
of 'Astronomy " contains much matter for eefiection
and- study. The story of "Ida Conway" is con-
tinued with interest. The Heroine is recalled to
herself by the dangereus illness of-her neglected
aunt. Kitty, whose kindness and indulgence she had
slighted while grieving over her unsatisfactory love,
affairs. She is now punished 'for her self-absorption,
by her anxiety for ber aunt, ,who happily re6overs.
A paper -on " British Sculpture'" does not fake
very encouraging view of the prospects of the Art.-
The Edmost exclusive deyotiOn of our sculptors to
classical aubjeets the writer considers to be injuri.
ous in effect, and syneptomic of, want .of origi-
nality and vigour. Among the remaining contents
is an, article on Java, giving an account 'of the
progress And development Of tho"Nland 'since its
restoration to the Dutch in 1816.

• Colburn's New Monthly Magazine.
A work, recently .published in France, entitled
Les Moeurs de Notre Temps," is the subject of
the opening paper, which takes a full survey of
contemporaneous -France in its political, social,'
liteiary, theatrical, and dramatic- aspects. The
interesting story of East Lynne is continucd, and
fresh• complications arise in the plot. Mr. Carlyle
is proposed as a candidate for the borough, and, to
the amazement and indignation of the neighbour-.
hood, Sir Francis Levison is put Tor Ward t 6 oppose
him.- - Lady-Isabel -is--left -in peril of deteciion, and
it does not' seem likely' that she will much longer
elude the keen eyes of Miss Cornelia. Sir Nathaniel,
in' his." Notes 'on Note-worthies' "traces-the labori-
ous and.persevering. career of Etienne Pasquier,
a French forensic celebrity of the ,16th century.
The. "Autobiography of Mrs. Piozzi" is the sub-
ject of .a pleasant . paper, which- • restkiets itself
to the- - consideration of the lady, as- Mrs.
Piozzi,.and says little of her under her more famous
appellation. The writer -takes her part warmly,
and succeeds in showing that her friends and asso-
Cialas;and-e*en. f?.,,eat•Doetcii,..treated her with.
some seVerity. -Mrs. litishby's• story -of- ,4 The
Shipwrecked Mariner's Treasnre," tranalated-frona
the Danish, is breiight to h conclusion. The much
talked of 'treasure, as--is- often the ease, broUgl4
luck tO ijone bta ftonble and: disaster on ,all'con-
meted with it. `'Granville de Vigne" is another
tale, who's() scene is laid in our English metropolis
at. the,preSent day, and, being full' of fishion and
sentiment, will probably lascinateimanyireaders;
The poetical contributions are Itwo 112' number. The
flea, beinitnnie musical verses,,byNichOWNiciicii,
cuzithe:oid,„lnit unexhauSted stibjeyt;-fhe- coming of
Spring ; and-the other a." Stereoscopic CitiMpscf,".
hyr,lY.-Cbmies Kent4.showing Ins Pryden at Soho,,
which' tligplayn the accustomed skill of the iviktet
thihiaipg the,itecessorieg4f the old- haunts of the
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