to them, if any, as they say in Ireland, for just at this moment they were exposed to a heavy fire of bullets, which of all fires is certainly not the pleasantest to sit before. However, as the squadron were galloping off, a conscientious corporal, who was no doubt a good Calvinist, began to think that he had very little chance of being made a serjeant if the Captain was left to be spitted on a parcel of bayonets, so screwing up "his courage to the sticking place," he pulled up his horse, and made the squadron a speech.

Now, whether the corporal's speech on that occasion was modelled after that of the great Frederick at the battle of Leuthen, of Buonaparte's at Marengo, or of Wellington's at Vittoria, must ever remain doubtful, as the particulars have not been handed down to us. One thing is clear, that if the Corporal had given each of the runaways a glass of Schnapps, it could not have had a better effect on their courage, for he had no sooner ended than on they rushed, with the Corporal at their head, like the wild Jager and his hell-hounds, dashed into the midst of the Chasseurs, and liberated the Captain. They did not stop here, having set to work con amore, they thought it would be as well to prevent the possibility of being obliged to do the same thing over again, so they coolly cut the battalion of Chasseurs in' pieces.

For this exploit Napoleon gave Bismark the cross of the Legion of Honour, and the King of Wirtemberg made him a knight of the military order of Merit.

Bismark, after this hot work among the Chasseurs, went to cool himself in Russia; he accompanied Marshal Ney with the 3d corps d'armée in 1812, and was constantly employed by him on outpost duty, and in all critical situations; no doubt, the peppering at Riedau made the captain more cautious in this campaign, for he return ed to Wirtemberg safe and sound when the war in Russia was over.

The King of Wirtemberg, however, did not forget his former gallantry, for as soon as the war in Saxony began, he gave Bismark the command of the 1st regiment of Chevaux legers.

In this war he was made a complete

riddle of. At the battle of Leipsic, the Wirtemberg army changed sides, and Bismark returned home.

The dissolution of the Wirtemberg army, did not, however, affect the wellearned rank and honours of Bismark; on the contrary, he now appears be fore us as the chief of Prince Adaur's* staff, in which capacity he accom panied that Prince when the King of Wirtemberg furnished his 2d contin gent for 1814. He entered Paris with the allies on the 31st March, conssquently saw all the big wigs who presided at Napoleon's downfall, and no doubt dined at Very's, took coffee at the Milles Colonnes, and played Rouge et Noir at Frescati; perhaps also be took a cool pipe of Canaster at a Palais Royal Estaminet in remembrance of old Deutschland.

It was in 1815 that Bismark displayed a more than ordinary talent for commanding large masses of cavalry, of which the following account is a striking proof, and is really wor thy of record. Bismark's division of cavalry, in conjunction with the Hessian and Wirtemberg infantry, was opposed to the French on the Suffel; it was formed up between these corps, and occupied a distance of nearly two miles and a quarter. The infantry attacked the villages of Lampertshum and Mundolsheim to the right, and Suffelweirsheim to the left. Bismark took advantage of this movement to attack the front of the French line. Under the fire of a strong battery which commanded the Suffel, he charged across the bridge, took the battery, routed the whole of the enemy's cavalry, which consisted of five regiments, and broke several squares of infantry: this masterly and high-spi rited attack immediately decided the battle. Thus we see the versatility of talent which the General possessed, being as well able to fight against his old friends the French, as for them; however, as this was the last battle in which the army of Wirtemberg was engaged, he, no doubt, thought it would be as well to make a good finale; and so indeed it was, for the King of Wirtemberg rewarded him with the title of Count.

Having thus traced our author's history from the Cadet to the Count, it is

now time to inform our readers how his sword came to be turned into a pen, and these books with hard names, placed at the head of this article, given to the world. The facts, we believe, are simply these. When old King Freddy of Wirtemberg died, A.D. 1816, his present Majesty (William), (who is, we understand, a second Frederick the Great in point of pipe-clay), thought it advisable to revise the Wirtemberg tac ties, and accordingly appointed a committee of Generals and colonels to make a new book; something, we suppose, like Sir Henry Torrens's new regula tions. Bismark was appointed to do the cavalry part of this new code, and thus was the "Vurlesungen über die

Tuctik der Reuterei" created. It was published in 1818; the next year it went through a second edition, and in 1821 was translated into French. This commencement of the Count's literary campaign was rather more encou raging than that of his military, and induced him, in 1819, to bring out "die Elemente der Bewegunskunst," &c., which succeeded so well, that in 1820 he favoured us with a'third work, entitled, “ Feld dienst Instruction für de Kavallerie." The Carlsruhe press was now kept going; for, up to the year 1822, we find him sending forth various publications on cavalry. But "Nichts mehr vom eisen spiel vom blitz

der Waffen,"

Whether owing to the Count's deeds of the sword, or of the pen, whether enchanted by his person or by his works, a fat Margravine at Stutgard fell desperately in love with him. "Oh Zarte sehnsucht! süsses hoffen Der erste Liebe goldne Zeit Dasange sieht den Himmel offen, Es schwelzt das Hertz in Seligkeit Oh! dassie ewiz grunen bliebe Due schöne Zeit der jungen Liebe !”

How could he resist? A Margravine, and a fat one too. We shall send our excellent friend Wadd an account of this lady for the next edition of his pleasant little Essay on Corpulency. We really admire fat ladies. We remember once the story is a comical one-Ha ha! ha! Wadd shall have it but it has nothing whatever to do with the Margravine, or Bismark, or his books. The Count must excuse our laughing-it is constitutional to us-indeed, it is so easily excited, that we may soon expect to be as fat as the

Margravine herself; but we are old soldiers too, and have always thought that

"A merry story's better far "Than a lampoon or witty libel."" We, however, laugh in the full conviction of Count Bismark's superior military talents, and the entire acknowledgment of the important services which his works have rendered to the army in general, and to the cavalry in particular.

We regret that our limits will only enable us to give a slight sketch of the publications before us.

The Vorlesungen uber die Tactik der Ruterei," or Lectures on the Tactics of Cavalry, is a neat duodecimo, containing twelve lectures on the tactics of cavalry, and embellished with lithographic plates. The arrangement is at once original and scientific; the respective divisions of the art of war, as relating to cavalry, are clearly defined, and ably investigated; and the whole is enlivened with amusing anecdotes, tending to illustrate the author's positions, which renders the book, even to an unmilitary reader, extremely entertaining. We venture a hasty translation of one as a specimen.

Speaking of the trifling circumstances which sometimes lead to the determination of a battle, he relates the following anecdote in proof, as given by Vou Brettschneider;" The great discovery, which I here communicate to the world more than fifty years after it took place, is nothing less than the cause of the battle of Collin being gained! I was on that day with the Saxon Chevaux legers; we stood in order of battle from morning to noon on a rising ground, covered by the top of a mountain, behind which we could neither see, nor be seen by the enemy. On our right the cannon roared incessantly; we, however, remained perfectly tranquil, and had nothing to do. Before me, as I stood in the ranks, was a shady tree, under which Colonel Von Benkendorf had established his dinner table. This circumstance made a deep impression on my memory, because the ham which the Colonel devoured, and the Garde du vin which he emptied, appeared to me to be of more importance than anything else. Scarce had he finished his bottles, when, behold! the aide-de-camp of Field-Marshal Daun rode along the

front, bringing an order for all commanders of brigades and regiments to retire, naming the place where we were to re-assemble at. He had scarcely gone when Colonel Benkendorf rode up to the top of the hill, and coming back with a red face, called out, "The enemy is coming on; those that wish may retire, but let every brave fellow follow me" So we all followed him, for we were all brave e fellows. We Saxous rushed in upon the infantry and cut them to pieces; the Austrian regiment St Ignon, which was formed next us, followed our example, and so by degrees the whole of Naskady's cavalry, and the battle was won--whereas, if we had followed the aide-decamp's orders, it would have been lost. Now the grand problem is, whether, if Colonel Benkendorf had not finished the last bottle, he would have taken this daring step? I say quod non, because it always irritates me, even now, to think, that in the most extreme craving of my stomach, the fellow should eat and drink before my nose, without taking the least notice of me and my wants; thus is the victory of Collin, like many thousand other great events, to be attributed to the bottle." -P. 60, &c.

We sympathize with poor Brettschneider, and quite agree with him in thinking that Benkendorf's last bottle gained the victory of Collin.

Speaking of the different methods of elevating the moral force of a soldier, Bismark observes

"After a good breakfast a man goes into battle with much greater courage."

"Before the battle of Leuthen, 5th December 1757, Frederick tried every possible means of raising the drooping courage of the Silesian army; he appealed to the seuse of honour of the officers, talked to the private soldiers, caused provisions to be distributed, and even had wine served out to cheer his spiritless troops."

Our author shows also the natural consequence of this polite attention to the wants of the stomach for battles, he says, which take place in the afternoon, are generally more desperate than those which commence at sunriseno doubt owing to the presupposed breakfast or dinner. We suspect that John Bull is a good deal of this way of thinking, for although the author of "The Military Character of the European Armies" tells us that "the British soldier requires neither brandy nor self-conceit to make him brave," he certainly enjoys the thing more after a good bellyfull.

"The principal military novelties which the Vorlesungen contaius, are a substitution of sub-division movements, for movements by fours or threes, used in our cavalry, and the addition of a skirmishing division to each squadron. It is well known to every cavalry officer what a difference of opinion has long existed, and in England does still exist, on thisdivision system; the foreign cavalry, who formerly moved by threes and fours, finding that in action the telling off was destroyed, and the regiments weakened, constantly had recourse to manoeuvring by divisions, this led Bismark to an attentive consideration of the subject, and the result was his substituting divisions and sub-divisions in all cases where threes and fours were formerly used.

The author supports his opinion with strong and convincing reasoning. Speaking of the causes which led to the telling off by threes, he adds—

"Die Erfahrung zeigt indessen, dass bei dem Seiten-marsh mit 3 en die Entfernungen scih sehr leicht vergrössern, oder die Pferde sich in die eisen treten."+

Again, speaking of threes and fours; "Beides nat Nachteile, besonders

search the forests, and his artillery to crown the heights, aud can illustrate not only

"The pomp and pageantry of glorious war,"

but the various theories of the science, by a practice almost approaching to reality; but in England (and thanks be to God for that free constitution which prevents it) this is impossible.

In a country where the cavalry practice is necessarily confined to a few regiments of dragoons galloping about a green field, as at Hounslow, the field-service or out-post duty of ca

valry can never be acquired. We give Captain Beamish great credit for the zeal which has induced him to attempt an improvement in this part of our service; but we fear, notwithstanding his exertions, that he will never make our Lancers or Hussars understand anything of out-post duty.

We must again repeat the satisfac tion which we have experienced from the perusal of Count B.'s works. The author has evidently studied his profession à fond, and merits the acknowledgment of all cavalry officers, for the pleasing manner in which he has communicated the result of that study,

THE celebrated Letters of Malachi Malagrowther have produced divers effects, which we imagine must have greatly astonished their illustrious author, and which, in our eyes, are highly deserving of observation.

The measure for altering the currency originated with the Ministry, and it was sanctioned by the Whigs, All parties-all party-men amidst the great-All the Talents-all the philosophers were in its favour, and yet this unaccountable person took the field against it. That he should thus have provoked the hostility of power and patronage-that he should thus have exposed himself to the shafts of nearly the whole of the press that he should thus have declared himself to be neither Economist nor Philosopher, but a Practical, when such a declaration is sufficient to destroy a man's character for sanity-that he should thus have sacrificed personal interests and friendships to the good of his country and countrymen that he should have done all this, is a thing which, in these days, cannot be sufficiently marvelled at.

Now, granting that this most improvident person may wish for nothing for himself that he may care not for pension and advancement-that he may sigh not for authority and promotion under any party banner-that he may hold in utter contempt the philo sophers and their systems-still, is it nothing to be laughed at by petty newspapers, to be scoffed at by such a

man as Mr Hume, and to be assailed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer ! Fame may even be thought of when profit is disregarded.

If this perverse individual, holding in due regard both fame and profit, had stood forward as the minion of either of the great parties which, ac cording to what has recently been said in the House of Commons, form the Government of this Empire, to sup port the change if he had published his Letters to throw a veil over the evils which the alterations will bring upon his country, and to persuade his coun trymen to submit in silence to a mea sure calculated to cover them with injuries-if he had played the sycophant, panegyrised, the Ministry, administered soft flattery to "his Majesty's Opposition," and lied, distort. ed, and misrepresented against his conscience, in order to delude the Scottish people-if he had done all this, what would have followed? The pure and unerring "Press" would have overwhelmed him with dazzling puffs the ministerial, whig, and ra dical prints would have vied with each other in eulogising the vastness of his powers, and the profundity of his knowledge, touching currency matters

Parliamentary praise would have dropped upon him in profusion-he would have been quoted by all sides

"as that great genius Malachi Malagrowther has said," would have been repeated by every orator, Mr Robinson and Mr Hume not excepted and what