The Sun.
London, England, 1826-06-21 00:00:00

GENERAL. ORDER.

Horse Guards, June 8.
Earl Bathurst, the Secretary of State for the Colonial Depart-
went, having communicated, to the Commander-in-Chief the rules
which his Majesty's Government have laid down for regulating
the grants of land in the Colonies of: New South Wales and • Van
Lieman's Laud, to persons proceeding thither as settlers, and his
ordship having suggested that it would he desirable to encourage
officers of the army, and more especially those on half-pay, to be-
none settlers in that colony, by holding out to them superiqr ad-
vantages, in consideration of their services; his Royal Highness
hereby snakes known to the officers of the army, the regulations
approved by his Majesty for carrying these, his Majesty's gracious
intentions, into effect.

The rules under which 'lands may he obtained without pun
chase, are as follow :

That no free grant shall he made to any officer under the rank
of Captain, nor to any officer who shall not produce satisfactory
testimonials from the Commander-in-Chiefs Offices of good con-
duct and unexceptionable character.
That in these cases, a remission of siltit rent shall take piece for
a certain number of years, beyond the wrap:o period which is
prescribed its the case of ordinary settlers, according to the fol-
lowing scale _

Off een; who have served twenty years and upwards, to be ex-
empted from all quit rent.
Officers who have served fifteen years and upwards, but short
of twenty years, to be exempted from quit rent for the first twenty
years._ .

Officers who have served ten years and upwards, but short of
fifteen years, to be exempted from quit rent for the first fifteen
years. _ _

In other respects the conditions on which the grants are made,
to be similar to those which are now in operation in New Smith
Wales, with certain modifications, respecting which,- the officers,
who may be disposed to avail themselves of this arrangement, will
receive information at the Colonial Department.
The Officer; to whom land is granted, shall give some security
that he, or his faMily, shall residefor at least seven years in the
Settlement, anti the. grant shall not he allowed to he sold by him,
until he shall be reported •to have eipended upon it a capital equal
to half its value, us that value was estimated at the time when his
grant was made.
In the application of this arrangement to the officers of the
army, the following regulations are to be observed:— •
Officers on full pay, who have purchased their commissions,
or who have served twenty years, are to he permitted to dispose of
their commissions in the usual manner, at the price fixed by his
Majesty's regulations, viz. :—Lieut.-Colonel 4500/. Major 39001.
Captain 1800/.
Officers on half pay, whether they have or have not purchased,
and whatever may have'been the period of their terrify, provided
it he not less than ten years, to be permitted to sell their commis-
alone for two thirds of the value fired by the last regulation, (viz.
Lieutenant-Colonel, 3000/. ; Major, 2133/. 6S.' Bd. ; Captain,
.1200/. ;) and without being subject to any of the restrictions im-
posed by the regulations of the 25th of April, 1825, excepting
those which apply to age, and health, and character. The sur-
plus—(viz. Lieutenant-Colonels, 1500/. ; Major, 1006/. 13s. 4d. ;
Captain, 6001.)--nue third of the value to be paid iii such man-
ner as his Majesty's Government shill.direct ; the price given
by the purchaser, being in each case, the full value of the com-
mission.

The officer, who may avail himself of this offer, will be re-
quired to prOvide for his own passage, and that of his family, to
the Colony; and, out of the proceeds of his commission, to place
in the hands of the Government a sum equal to one third value of
the commission, to be reserved for the cultivation of the land, and
which sum will be repaid to him upon his arrival in the Colony,
and upon his taking possession of the grant.
By command of his Royal Ilighnos the Commander-in-Chief,
TIENRY TORRENS, j 1 t.-Gen.

LITERATURE.
RECOLLECTIONS Of a PEDESTRIAN; by the Author of
the JOUR NAT. of an Exit. Rio S vols. SA T.: awl ()Tuty,
Ise6.

In the introduction the author expresses his hope that the re-
ception his work meets with from the Reviewers, may not be such
as to draw from them the reply which a Canadian savage once
nuide to some persons who were seeking a lost companion, and
who asked the Iroquois if he knew their comrade ; "Uo I know
him?" replied the savage,--" why, I have eaten him !" Now in
the present case we must for our own parts say,. that if we have
not eaten. this book, we have at least digested it: and that cer-
tainly in some parts we have devoured the narrative, without at
all thinking it to deserve a roasting, and 'though such cannibalsas
to feast upon the best parts of it, we should be sorry to cut it up,
in our review of it; and upon the whole we are well pleased with
our fare.

The author seems as if he were really afraid of being eaten,
from hi* care to intr,lieh liim►self in the fashionable humbug of
shifting off th►e responsibility for his story from one narrator to
another, and appearing only as the editor whilst a second is the
professed narrator, and the greater part, even of his narrative, is
made up of those Drinkers. However, when we have got through
all preliminaries; and find our pedestrian fairly afoot, he heroines
a most entertaining companion, and irresistibly carries us along
with him. His first adventure with his friend Frankenstein, is
somewhat tragical, and his sojourn at the inn at Aubagne, not a little
comical ; especially when the. English travellers arrived, whO wish-
ed " dejeuner tout aule !" and ou the landlady presenting
,the bill,
exclaimed, comment! tout eshi! c'est un abominable hunte, et

avant'le magistrat!" At Toulon he 11'C OS with an
tam, who gives au admirable account of Napoleon in the outset M
his career, which we must extract

An old man, who was one of the eompany, said, "when I
knew Napoleon at the time he was ,near Toulon, I little
thought that I knew the future King of France."
"Did you know him intimately?" I asked.
" No, Sir,
,no ; it was difficult to do that. Ile was always
cold and, reserved, and there WWI something in his eye that made
one feel uneasy in his company. Besides, be appeared to be eon-
gently ruminating upon some project ; and I well remember that
when the news of the approach of our army arrived, at the time
that Toulon was occupied by the English, he seemed to become
every day more kestleo. And then the army came, and Salicetti
got him appointed Chef de Brigade; and when he put on his
uniform, I saw him smile, and beard him' mutter, 'My destiny
is commencing He was a brave fellow, _but not too merciful ;

for, whewhe;ntered Toulon, the day the English troop, evaru.
ated it,, he had the streets' swept with cannon, and down he
Marched with his brigade first to the quay; and When I got there
with my men, a terrible sight it was; 'for, there were the ships
blazing, and women and children screaming and imploring mercy,
and to be taken am heard the NAN and then two powder-ships,
which had been set m fire, blew up with a tremendous roar, and
the whole harbour looked like purgatory, with the poor devils
struggling upon the water, and the trumpets and drums sonud-
ing, and the houses on fire, and the cries of terror and rage
which we heard all around ! Mufti l I thought, too, that that
young Chef de Brigade looked as if he was just in his element,
for he was just as cool and calm among it all as if he had been at
a skirmish in the college of Brienne• When the' Government
chlni,,,h he was arrested at Nice (whither he had retired), as a
Terrorist; but he was soon released, and 1 never heard of, or
Saw him again, till he. was the General . of the Italian army. I
was a little confounded where I -found myself afterwards taking an
oath of fidelity to him. Meet,atty./1)i l I had rather be where
I tun, with a good glass of wine, than have been Emperor of
Franck., and now lying in my grave."
Our traveller spends some tiniest Nice : and his descriptione
of the place and its scenery are very interesting: not leas so, the
history which his old fetus& attentia"t gives of the events of her
youth, and which occupies thret4ourths of the first' volume. It
is a most romantic and tragical history, awl we particularly re-
commend it to the uotiee of our reader*.
The air of Nice is strongly recinumended by our author for. its
salubrity, and especially in pulmonary meg• ne preform it greatly
to Naples, and deserihes the English residents there as generally of
g better class than in most other French towns.
At Frentiguan our tourist seated himetlf "in the only apart- :
ment the inn contained, in which was a bed, two goats, a large
stack of blackberries for feeding the mules, and the , hostess,"
,Mete we are enlightened as M the sail blunder which the Engilah

are apt to make in calling the wine .produced from this place
Frontignoe. The vintage is miraculously productive, good
years it yields about 1600 pieces of wine (as. they are termed);
but about 40,000 are annually imported at Cette as genuine! ! !
At Montpellier our pedestrian went to u email isln, and asked
for some tea, " not authoritatively, but in a doubtful and implor-
ing' tone." It was, .however,-:to be had, and be consoled him-
self upon the expeetation.afita arrival ; . when at length the land,
Indy appeared with a large red jug, "which contained a vast quay-
thy of hot discoloured water, which she said was 'le To
this he could by no means agree, and so, following the lady into
the kitchen, ho had the unspeakable happiness accidentally to ths-
.covet a tea pot, and the gratification of teaching the good dame
the use of it.
Upon the whole, he was far from finding this place the earthly
paradise it has been ellen represented.
An overturn of the diligence near Vienne, and . other Oven-
tures on the road, afford ample field for his powers Or ludicrous
description, and his final arrival at Lyons: introduce,' hint to
Irian, whose narrative of his adventures. during the horrors of the
revolution of that place, occupies the main part of the second
volume, and is replete with interest ; but to attempt any account
of it would necessarily load us into far too extensive details.
On his arrival 'at Paris, amidst the other elegaiwies of that
polite city the following description of a London citizen taking his
pleasure there is too good to be passed over
A very different person now presents himself—an Englishman,
whom I became acquainted with upon the first day of my arrival
at Paris, and also of his from England. He was fresh and green
from the neighbourhood of St. Paul's, and had been recommended
to his hotel (which luckily happened to be a good one) by the con-
ductor of the Calais diligence. I had not seen hint for some dap,
and I began by saying, " Well,' Sir, how do you like Paris?"
" How do I like it, Sir," grumbled my acquaintance, " why not at
all, Sir, d—me, There's no smelt place as London after all. What
with their narrow streets without footpaths, and their cursed sharp
atones, I declare I am almost frightened and wearied to death.
And then, Sir, I can get nothing to eat. • Only think, I went to a
tavern place they call a Roasters, (Restaurateur's I suppose lie
meant), and there they brought me a bill of fare longer, Sir, than
'you'll see at the London Tavern ; but the devil a bit dill I know .
what to choose. There were papillotea and blankets, and chew
mises, and daub; Nit, says I, none of your daubs for me, if I
could get a nice bit of steak, that would just suit me ; and lo and
behold the waiter or garcon says to Me, • < Parehaps Mniisire wish
for de steak, de bif steak.' To be sure I do,' I replied, quite
overjoyed ; ' and let's have some horse-radish with it, and a nice
hot potatoe, eh'!' Away runs 'the fellow, and bawls out at the
'door of the kitchen, 'beef steak pour on (pour art, I suppose) ;

, .
No, no, don't pour any oyster-muce on it,' hulloed I, while the
waiter runs up to me with that eternal tont sweet, Monsire.' As
-for me, 1 looked any thing but sweet, for when he brought me his
confounded rag of a steak, cut into a square, just like a piece of
my large patch-work quilt at home, and greased over with butter,
d—me, Sir, it was the beef in a daub sure enough ; and I
could get nothing. out of thet smirking monkey of a waiter but
something about my only having ordered one portion. Why, Into
how ninny portions, then, do they cut up a rump steak ?" " You
should have ordered a double portion, Sir," said J. " The devil
take their portions, Sir; can't they give a man a plain quiet
good-sized steak,• such as one gets at Dolly's ? And then, their
cursed blank wine (yin Mane), I can safely 'say it made me look
blank enough. And then, what do you think the rascal bad the

impudence to ask .1116—whether I choie Charlotte the .apple
woman ? the scoundrel ! I tell you what, Sir, I'm starving ! 1)o
come and let's eat our dinner together, perhaps you may moist

For an afternoon's amusement, I consented to accompany this
countryman of mine to a " Roaster's." He was extremely corpu-
lent, so much so that he might roally, without any impropriety,
have been counted,, as a fat peer was urn a division in the House
for two, which gave his party a majority. When we entered
the anion, I observed the yorcona smile at each other, and one of
them pointing out a table to us, said to my companion, "Pnieque
Afonsiene a defd cette petite table sera asses yranele,"
"What doe* tie say'?" ~:M1 my friend. " Many, that as you have
already dined, this small table will IT large enough for me."
" What tines he mean, Sir? Oh! yes, yes, I forjot, I just took at
smolt about two hours' ago, a little soup and flair, and a bottle of
wine, but that goes fur nothings you know.* Here. garcon,
puteez opt kW& de catty rood's pnur mate.--1 can't do without
my bottle, Sir; I seem usif 1 hadn't dims' ‘vhen 1 don't drink at
least that."

I contented myself with the demie, lint after dinner was obliged
:u join him in a bottle of Chaupaigne, awl thus the sow total of

what this man had eaten and drank within a few hours, had been
two large basins of soup, two plates of fish, some fricasseed fowl,
which also of course went for nothing ;, two mutton chops, au
nature!, recommended by myself, and which he said were natural
enough, an oinlette soufliee, Nome cheese, fruit, and three bottles
of wine. The accusation against England, that it is a gluttonnus
land, because it contains so many moodia,t was certainly not so
unfounded iu this ease. When we had finished our dinner, not
feeling very anxious to remain any longer with this {iargantua, I
pleaded en engagement, and left him preparing to go to TortiM's.•

to have a bowl of Roman punch.
On a subiteguent occasion the same dignitiiry makes his appear-
ance at a Cag : here,, Garcon, portez moi un bowl de punch a la
Roman." "Monsieur, ventril un hol tout enteir Iln bowl
what ?---.lereux moi avoir on bowl de pouch tout sweet.",--" Bien
hien, Monsieur." (on bowl being about four times the usual Tian.
tity). However, at length, amid significant looks and nods, the
stately vessel is set down before the-Englishman.. A whisper
oir-
nulates.-." Ma foi &est Milord ! ! !" (V. M. p. 14.) The.
endless novelties and sights of Paris have been so often described,
that we need say very little of this portion of our author's delinea-
tions, though they are sketched with so much spirit as to make
up for the want of novelty.

•. • But for a specimen of admirable description, let the reader turn
to the passage in the Steam Packet, Vol. 111... p. tiu. And
if this be admirable in its way, -not less so in the pathetic style -is
the description of poor Luey's funeral, p. 101. •
Some good sketches are given of Tunbridge Wells and Brigh-
ton ; and some pretty stanzas on the loss of the Kent, (p. 440! -
The author is a determined wanderer, and in h►s third volume
seta out again for the Continent. He gives lor an entertaining ac,
count of the scenery and inhabitants of Normandy and otherparts
of France, interspersed with some pleasing pieces of poetry and
narrative. We must, however, take our leave of hitt), and beg to
hand him over to our readers, with a conviction that they will
be as much gratified as we have been by the recital of his
• adventures.

* In this, my companion a►med to imitate liiy Grace the late
Duke. of Norfolk, who was accustomed, to hay, " I generally take
my fish rind a bottle of claret, and then I go to (limier."
t A Dutchman is ►u►id to have made this nexus:aim], ihas—
"' You English have nothing but mouths—Portsmouth-4almoUth
•;-..-Exinouth—Siitlmoutli," &c. " VcS'," replied the Eugtioi-
" but you Dutch are all d—d, Amsterdam, Ibitterdam,

A 1-1 lOHLA ND .rt IN T.--Ati officer of the Excise,
who' had been recently settled in a Highland district, wliere much
illicit. distillation had been carried on, commenced the duties of
his office with great keenness and seemingly indefatigalik persover.
*nee. One day as he was ranging among the scraggy knower
that skirted. the sides of a deep' wild. glen, an unexpected little
curling cloud of smoke, which seemed to slip out as if by *evident
from under the fringed bow of a large hush of heather, caught. his
eye, and acting like magic on his enraptured senses, directed him
with hurried steps. to the secret spot, where, pushing aside the
Dinoutoahtlhein atrliTivlecroyntc:iaillisltieltl)ti p the
elts and
gbaealltigitur'%Auintii.iiiPseinlitellililpogtarlyg silence ensued, as if either.partyfrfioxiningthat
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To ME fits, CANDIMITES, Commirrers, and
ELECTONS.—Being allXlolls to give theonille,t and
?nost correct account cif the Elections throughout the
Kingdom, we shall be very tha»ifid to any Gentle=
man immediately interested, to, vour us by post or
otherwise, with the stole of the Polling, and other
matters connected with the Election, in his Town or
County.