The Sun. — 1833-11-01 (London, England)

UNITED SERVICE JOURNAL.  The present number is as dull as the month it heralds in. We hardly recognise our ancient favourite in the flippant and cantackerous, yet prosy articles, we have toiled our way through. The third and fourth, entitled, " Narrative of the Exhumation of the Remains of Major Andre," and " Sketches of a Year's Service in the Egyptian Marine in 1832 and 1833," are the two which have most pleased us. The latter opens a field comparatively unhackneyed. It appears from it that the Egyptian navy consists of six line of battle ships, two of them carrying 138 guns, seven large frigates, five corvettes, eight brigs, and a cutter. They are all named after towns and places in Egypt, with two curious exceptions. One of the brigs is called the Pysche, of whom the gallant Pacha, we dare say, never heard, and the other the Washington. Is it possible that the Grand Decapitator of Egypt has any vague notions resembling Washington's ? We shall be glad to see the continuation promised by the writer of this article. Almost the only other contribution in the Number, not disfigured by the profession of excessive Tory principles, advocacy of flogging, slavery, &c., is the "Notes on Hyderabad," which, with Indian readers, may be found passable. The following anecdote is one of the notes to it :  " These Amazons, forming the guard of the zenanab, or seraglio, are under a state of military discipline, can go through the manual and platoon exercises, and the general movements of Company drill. The following ludicrous circumstance occurred some time ago, on the visit of an European officer, whose curiosity had been excited to see this female praetorian band : he observed with astonishment that the big drummer, or rather the beater of the big drum, had her instrument suspended behind, instead of having it in the usual position, and was in this attitude hammering away with great execution ; on inquiring the reason of this singularity, he was very gravely informed that it was merely occasioned by the gallant drummer being at that time enceinte."  The only other extract we can make is from the " Foreign Miscellany," and is too gratifying to our national vanity not to give pleasure :  " There is no less candour than justice in the following remarks, for which we are indebted to the per.of a French  m The Oa& with h h o_oo the _spite*, which so 1.61111 veiled us against troops who were paralyead by along -eries of reverses, was attended, with fatal consequences when we came to face the English infantry, who had been trained at great expense, and taught to fire with calmness and precision. Oa the shores of :Calabria, at Mount Busaco, Vimiera, Talavera, and Waterloo, the elite of orr ranks were swept down by the murderous volleys o Wellington's phalanxes. Deployed into line, they stool firm, and coolly awaited the onset of cur masses, which were not masked by swarms of tirailleurs ; nor, when the encounter took place, did the English need any other ally but that same want of caution which gave them the victory at Cressy, Poictiers, Agincom t, and Verneuil. The English infantry repelled our attacks by adopting a principle analogous to that which we ourselves adopted in the opening campaigns of the Revolution ; their power of resistance, like ours of attack, was derived from the preliminary effects of musketry. The British line, deployed at an early hour, and posted, wherever it was practicable, on undulating ground or behind the crests of eminences, was covered by swarms of sharpshooters, who, by the very act of retreating upon the line, gave the signal of our advance. So soon as the heads of our columns were completely unmasked, the English saluted them with a volley almost within pi.tol-shot ; and dreadful was the havoc which it dealt amongst us. Instantly upon this discharge, the enemy's line broke f. om their ground, b tyonet in hand, assailed our broken ranks at every point, and seldom failed in driving us before them. If, however, this operation dal not at once succeed, the English soldiery fell back with admirable celerity behind a second line, which was posted in a similar manner to the first ; and here we had to pass through a second ordeal. The affair in which Marshal Soult involved himself on the 21st July, 1813, for the purpose of raising the blockade of Pampes luna, affords an instance in complete proof of the system pursued by the English, when exposed to the attacks of the French.'"