The Sun.
London, England, 1842-07-02 00:00:00

SECOND INNINGS.

Mr. Brown, c by Sir F. Bathurst s.. 2O
Earl of Winterton, b by Day
Caldecourt, by Day
Mr. T. A. Lambart, b by Sir F. Bathurst 4
Lnrd Loftus, not out
Mr. E. Maitland, c by Sir F. Bathurst
Captain Price, b by Bodle 2
Byes
Wide Balls . I

MAGAZINES-CONCLUDED.

METROPOLITAN:

The best article in this Number is the tale of " Sa-
vindroog," which exhibits no ordinary acquaintance,
with the manners and customs of some of the native
Indian tribes. The description of the birth-day festi-
val of an oriental cheiftain is as vivid and circumstan-
tial, as those glowing and accurate descriptions which
occur so frequently in Captain Taylor's popular re
mane of " Tippoo Saib." The " Spirit of Song" is
a graceful, unaffected poem, from the pen of Mrs.
Abdy, who throws off an English ballad with great
apparent ease, and undoubted feeling. The " Bro-
thers" is the continuation of an Italian story, a great
portion of which has already made its appearance in
thu pages of this Magazine. •A
" Chapter on Names"
is an ingenious little prose essay, something after the
manner of the late Charles Lamb. The " White Rose
of Meath" is a sweetly versified Irish song, by Mrs.
Crawford. As it is fortunately short, we quote it
en tire :

She came like a sunbeam, she glided along',
She was all that a poet would weave into song;
The step of her beauty was joyous and free,
She was more than wild fancy had pictured to me;
And as blue in its tint as the flower of the heath,
Shone the eye young Ellen, " the White Rose of Meath.
But it is not the brightness that beams from her brow,
Nor the shadowy curls that repose on is snow ;
Not the charm of her cheek, with its delicate flush,
Nor her fairy mouth, glowing like morn's early blush,
Nor her blight eye, as blue as the flow,er of the heath,
Illakes me sigh for young Ellen, " the White Rose of Meath."
'Tis the soul of affection, the goodness, the grace
That play like soft moonlight all over her face,
That hallow the days of young passion to me,
1•lore sweet to my soul than the flower to the bee ;
0, there's not such a gem in all Erin's bright wreath
As my lovely young Ellen, " the White Rose of Meath."

UNITED SERVICE JOURNAL.
The articles in this periodical are written in a fine,
dashing professional style, characteristic of its gal-
lant contributors. Peril by land and water—in fields
of battle, and upon the quarter-decks of ships of war,
with all their guns run out—are narrated by veteran
eye-witnesses in their own true and impressive lan-
guage. This Number opens with an article on " The
Naval Improvements of the Eighteenth Century," in
which agreat deal of valuable information is condensed.
From the article entitled " British Arms as they
were, and as they are," we quote the following ex-
tract, upon a subject well worthy of the attention of
the Government :

.31ilitaiw Law.—Admitting the propriety of making
military law subordinate to the civil laws of the realm,
and even, as Englishmen, approving to a certain extent
that nothing in the Mutiny Act should be construed as
exempting any officer or soldier from being proceeded
against by the ordinary course of law, we must confess
we cannot approve of the mode in which this " ordinary
course of law" has latterly been stretched, to the no
small gratification of too officious parish officers.
Time was, when if an unfortunate soldier did exceed
in his libations to Bacchus, he was handed over to
receive a soldier's punishment for his offence.—Time is,
that the man, who perhaps for years has been absent
from his native land, and on his return cannot refuse to
pledge the health of the warm old friends around him, is
seized on his coming into the street by a constable or
police officer ; and the cage is considered a fit resting-
place for the imprudent wearer of her Majesty's livery.
The following day the soldier is brought before a Magis-
trate, who inflicts a pecuniary fine of several shillings on
the man who receives daily but a wry few pence ; and,
should the culprit refuse to borrow the money, or should
his officer object to advance it, the Justice orders the
soldier to be imprisoned for a stipulated period.
The harshness, may we not add absurdity,' of this
system will not in a single instance, perhaps, be duly
appreciated by any but the victim of overstrained civil
power but let us assume a case, which, doubtless, often
has occurred, and a recurrence of which may occasionally
be expected. Let us suppose a regiment, on whose
banners are inscribed the words Waterloo—Salamanca—
Busaco—Talavera—Vittoria, &c. &c. ; the days of which
victories have ever been commemorated by the men who
contributed their share to the success of the engagements,
and subsequently by younger soldiers, who,. when those,
banners were unfurled, hoped, and inwardly vowed, man-
fully to strive to add other records of valour to those
already emblazoned on the colours of the corps.
John Bull is notorious for invariably displaying his
propensities for edacity, bibacity, and loquacity, when-
ever called upon to congregate with his friends or neigh-
bours on days of public rejoicing, to audit merchants or
bankers' accounts, nay, even to talk over parish business;
and the gratification of hilarity being equally inherent in
soldiers, we will presume an instance occurs when twenty
or thirty militants are carousing and enjoying the festive
glass on one of " the immortal days," and that, in conse-
eetence of their slightly overstepping the bounds of pro.:
priety and moderation, they aro incarcerated by the civil
power. Now, we ask, might not the public service be
seriously inconvenienced by this system ?—many of the
men might be required for duties early the following day,
which could not be performed by their more prudent
comrades ; and, supposing the culprits consider they
have been too harshly treated in being fined more money
than would reach their hands in a fortnight or three
weeks (even if they were out of debt for necessaries, &c.),
they are, therefore, determined not to pay the fine, pre-
ferring rather to undergo any sentence of imprisonment
which the Magistrate. may inflict. Surely, in such a
case, the hardship of the too severe civil ordinances will
be made manifest ; and we trust ere long that some
modification may be introduced into the civil code, by
which soldiers, for offences peculiary specified, and for
which stipulated ppnishments are clearly laid down in
the Articles of War, may be handed over to receive, in
the presence of their comrades, such military punish-
' meat as may be deemed commensurate with the irregu-
larities they have committed.
" Scenes in America" abounds in stirring anecdotes.
" A Day in Calabria," " Encounter with Busli-
rangers in Van Diemen's Land," and " In Port after
Action," are pleasant gossipping articles, such as we
like to read quietly at the breakfast-table with an en-
joying listener or two of the gentler sex. They make
us feel that there are still fine fellows in the world
who do stranger things than are yet performed by
steam, and that we may claim kindred with them as
our countrymen.