The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-24 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAIt.
WINDSOR, FRlDAY.—Prince Albert walked this
morning in the grounds adjacent to the Castle. His
Royal Highness rode out on horseback in the after-
n°oll, attended by Colonel Wylde, Equerry in
Waiting.
The Royal Family were taken their accustomed
airings in the pleasure-grounds and slopes of the
Castle in the forenoon, the Prince of \Vales and the
Princess Royal on ponies. Their Royal High-
ness?s the Prince of `Vale,' and the Princess Alice
were taken a carriage drive in the afternoon, ac-
e°panied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton. Her
Yal Highness the Princess Royal was also taken
an airing.
, Robert Peel arrived at the Castle at three
°ek this afternoon and had an audience of Prince
Albert.
his The Right 'Hon. Baronet afterwards took
4 eparture, returning to town by the five o'clock
I.rain of the Great IVestern Railway.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent will dine
at the Castle this evening.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of
,ualnbridge and the Hereditary Grand Duke and
• Ltd ess oiMecklenburgh Strelitz, arrived at Kew on
Thursday evening, from Alton Towers.
M. Dedel returned to town yesterday afternoon
from
Nuneham Park, where his Excellency had been
• vited by the Archbishop of York to meet the Prince
of Prussia.
Sir Robert Peel left town yesterday afternoon for
W•
indsor Castle, to have an audience of his Royal
Highness Prince Albert. The Right lion. Baronet
returned to his residence in Whitehall .gardens last
evening.
The Earl of Haddington, the Earl of Aberdeen,
ankc! the Military Secretary to the Commander-in
Chief, •
u.„lef, had interviews with Sir Robert Peel yesterday.
4. Van de Weyer, the Belgian Minister, transacted
business yesterday at the Foreign-of ice.

LITERAT EIRE.
REVELATIONS OF RUSSIA. 2 Vols.

Colburn, London, 1844.
an
Portion of this work has alreacV made its appear-
in the a
D ees of the New Monthly and United
Bernice Mag`az-ines, where it attracted no ordinary
_at-
tention, from the circumstantial character of its de-
tails, as well as from their freedom and boldness. In
consequence, no doubt, of this success, the author was
induced to continue it, and we now have it in its com-
pleted form.
Somemaoyf the " Revelations"—provided
that their accuracy
be relied on—are not a little
Curious and interesting, especially those which relate
to the Russian navy, of whose efficiency a very indif-
ferent opinion is
expressed. In the event of a war
with England, We
wou
thing ld offelike-r
are told that the fleet of Nicholas
Ti more effective resistance to any-
Chinse Junks have equal British force, than the
f the have done. Of the public character
‘,Lcid
,ViliPeror, the author expresses himself in terms
does euLY unfavourable, though at the same time he
s justice to his sterling qualities as a man ; but
Zthbofuthimin his imperial capacity, he tells us
:wen e being either better or worse than the
g of his predecessors, he bids fair to do more
in'Pry to mankind than all of them put together ; and
rein
that, though during the nineteen years of his
eign, only seven men have been condemned to death,
Zet probably more than in all the preceding reigns
have inreality perished by the hands of the executioner.
to eompanies of Polish prisoners have been flogged
deathl ; the knout, which tears away in strips the
thousands
from the bone, has been inflicted on
and'
and [thousands for political offences ;
tted, on the lowest computation, two hundred
fifty thousand unhappy wretches have been
the on their weary journey to Siberia! " Yet
tithewho could be guilty of these atrocities
-"e same who, but the other day, was eagerly
°lifted by our aristocracy, and received as a welcome
gUest within the regal halls of Windsor Castle ! how
Leaclily the world forgives the most heinous acts when
prPetrated by a crowned head ! Wholesale murder
or crime of so flagrant a die when committed by
dinary humanity—is, it seems, a mere venial trans-
/Ile3sion if a monarch he the transgressor ! How true
are
.the words of Shakspeare !—" That in the Cap-
but a choleric word, which in the soldier is
blasphemy." We close our brief and hasty notice
I‘ltb,,,.some statistics respecting the Russian army :
oriloittbe regular cavalry of the Russian empire consists
and Y-eight regiments of the line, twelve of the guards,.
bwelve of the grenadier corps ; one of Caucasian
16oagins, and one model regiment, of nine squadrons of
Inn -ell each, of which eight take the field : it thus
the°Zt' an Paper, to upwards of 94,000 men who take
ire and top 103 inclusive of those in depot—
a ity,
valr probably, to 85,000 men. The irregular ca-
ttle YClion,nts to about 135,000 men, and is composed of
Kir •'sacks of the Ural, the Don, and Black Sea,. the
cif guise, the Tartars, the Bashkirs, and other tribes.
The rusa,hout 90,000 ;re as well disciplined as the. line.
to
its inf., cavalry of the line is decidedly inferior
Idu e composed of the natives of Old Russia.
.d
able Passive qualities which render the Russian form -
bi as au infantry soldier do not so advantageously ap-
t. Yto the horseman ; in whom an active and fiery va-
ur ;
and discipline.!, as necessary an element of excellence as obedience
The Russian peasant is also by habit
enu rider • though horses everywhere abound in his
d •s' but seldom mounts them. It is
-rile that he r a
portionlle of mounts
the Russian regular cavalry is re-
ed
kick from the Ukraine, and othe
far it isr population, Cos-
Co of Cossack origin • and sogood,s for the
t, ask is brave, warlike, 'hardy, and thoroughly acs-
car to the horse, which he backs from his earliest
tyl'"nood. But as this is only partially. the case, on the
Ie the regular cavalry of the Russian army may be
94113 dared as a very inefficient force ; and such it un-
ofettt,„i°,nabl proved itself in almost every engagement
tate
olish war, when opposed to that of' the Poles.
very " general the whole army of the line presents a
treit wretched appearance ; the dirty brownish-grey
of throats, the usual dusky and shabby habil.amenitfs
atarv, soldiers, their sallow complexions, their ha -f
theh',aleagre frames, and the mean appearance o
ttaele, '4"INPrs, are far from offering an imposing spec-
Lit is sec.„-,„ltil the imperial guards the case is different :
I°l* the first time at a review, they strike the
seen many
almost with awe ; for though he may have
hi n-411Y finer regiments than any which pass before
body of in the world can he have seen so large a
gaard tkllee-looking troops together. The imperial
.
~_sover,:;h has always been the hobby of the Russian
elieholgas, and is so peculiarly of the present Emperor
ierarCt'as and of his brother Michael, consists of 41,000
additfrsrY and artillery, and of 15,000 cavalry, and, with
414;41 of the regiments of the young guard, or grena-
foree-?rPa, does not fall short of 120,000 men. This
Ppinwls stationed in the government of St. Petersburgh,
entknlPallY in and about the capital, and is under the
'lf, and of the Grand Duke Michael.
il
are ~e, guards, the picked men from the whole army,
e,ecliu either five feet eleven inches in height, or ex.-
strectilg that stature. On the first view an observer is
as roc t° find them all dark, and bearing to each other
Whe-nalatvkable a similitude as the sheep of a flock.
!let rc,-;,,ti,3 eye wanders over thousands of faces, he can-
urotClll point out one man who might not pass for
as if of the one most dissimilar to him ; they seem
to nature had moulded them all by ukase, according
OfdigYea pattern ; and the precision and uniformity
refullr attitude and equipment, make one man look the
800-itioo
of the one beside him. This similitude of per-
t) theaPPearance he afterwards finds to be much owing
bl ir general dusky and sallow complexions (proba-
atinndueed by the excessive warmth of the artificial
ate,Znere in which they live, and the abuse of the
tletly ,bisath), as well as to the black moustache, of ex-
oriiinr same cut and trim, and which, whatever its
arioiti;l4 colour, receives the same dark gloss by being
4oket7 and plastered with an unctuous compound,
4Ppliedl,ng similar to our English cart-grease. This is
a aoldieu,Y order. An " ukase " also fixes the length of
tevroth r 3 or an officer's hair at a finger's width, and de-
Lila ;Zs, on which side it must be brushed, and how low
•tlies;"'skers may be allowed to invade the cheek.
tivete4rrclers are the same for the general as for the
12,0iLed As l
, 211 g as we see these soldiers of the guards em-
ll'ard4 they are very imposing. High of stature—of
tasteful though rigidly stiff carriage—they are clad in
coarse Uniforms, of which the materials, though
and have been fashioned with all the skill of art,
Qi h Lted to each man individually ; they are worthy
14rti "ing come from the hands of the late King of
"ia, of h
sl.ortane, whom the Emperor Alexander said that
uns "ad spoiled an admirable master-tailor in giving
rklierb.e,r°,wn• There is one effect, however, strikingly
..elai4"', in the attempt to improve the figures of both
talteh by officers:—their trousers are tightened so
hostla 4 band at the waist, that the stomach protrudes
e,florro;graeefully, particularly in the soldier, who eats
vo ex 18 quantities of his black bread. When we come
" au,:!inae the soldier after the review, without his
4 ereit.ting uP." we are surprised to find how miserable.
nailed re is---how meagre, narrow-chested, and Ill-
aniioat what a want of muscle, sinew, and elasticity to
grown form° that great body, which reminds one of an over
he ash athletic great body, different from the healthy cheek,
Ir
which ,figure and the symmetrical of our own
iftrdalmin• There is scarcely in these regiments,
°he are considered as the pride of the imperial army,
man in ten whose shape is net glaringly defective.'

4 understand that the Judges are expected to
essrlile en Monday to consider their opinions in the toen,°l tha een v, O'Connell and others. The judg-
tts-' as has been alreadT announced, will be delivered on
``
vlSlonday following, September 2.
4.4.18°Ns AND WIDOWS. BY THE AUTHOR OF
tP4'ta PRIOGINS." THREE VoLs.—Those who have
atid A 7.13 former publications of the author of " Parsons
is sun iid°ws." mill be prepared for the rich treat whichf
eliS rPI by his present work. The delineations o.
11 dttpeter with which it abounds, and the incidents, eli
arty derived from facts—fiction could not speak to the
le7l as these do—render the narratives of the several
histYaien, who are supposed to give the strange eventful
ories
gamed. cf their progress through life, replete with
Irlterest. They cannot be read without creatinF,
47hir tare
for
" the cares, the fears, the pains, the joys,
?Ili. ie are
t. experienced by the clergy of the Nati
rats
also is Certain downy doctors and rubicund recto.
still -°l2a° in for a fair share of ridicule, and occasionally
sages to reproof. There is a sufficiency of love p3s-
te t° interest the fair sex; enough of caustic humour
grEttify bachelors; and of prudential maxims to please t; '"alts d
nen ari Papas. The " widows" are hit off to perfee-
' 4114 atO are to plegse every one.— Globe.