THE REMOUNTING OF CAVALRY. 
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more calculated to imbue the mind with admiration and reverence 
for the wonderful works of the Creator! At this particular junc- 
ture, too, when circumstances exist, not only calculated to damp 
the ardour of the agriculturists, but to cause dissension amongst 
them, it is doubly gratifying to see such a spirit evinced in aid 
of the cause of agricultural improvement, and such a determination 
manifested not to permit any speculative difference of opinion to 
impede the promotion of the great objects of the society. Although 
not yet arrived at perfection, a very great improvement has taken 
place in the management of the country meetings, and especially in 
the department which embraces the trial of implements. The 
noble President, the Marquis of Downshire, well merited the en- 
comiums passed upon him by the Earl of Yarborough, for the 
manner in which he conducted the business of the chair at the 
Pavilion dinner. We cannot omit notice of the activity and 
energy displayed by Mr. Brandreth Gibbs, the Honorary Secre- 
tary, and the steady, business-like, and affable manner in which 
the Secretary, Mr. Hudson, went through the onerous duties which 
annually devolve upon him on these occasions. 
Mark Lane Express, July 22. 
The Remounting of Cavalry. 
By Lieutenant Hely, late Riding-master 1th Hussars, 
Paymaster Wth Hussars. 
The demand at present made on the public for remounting our 
cavalry is greater than can be warranted by the reason upon which 
it purports to rest, viz., efficiency, because m-efficiency prevails. 
And yet the system of buying is carried on as if there was no 
doubt at all about it, though every one who understands it has, in 
his own mind, a conviction on the subject utterly exclusive of 
doubt — that it works badly. I will now advert to what I consider 
the defects of this system. 
The first point deserving attention in the exposition is the em- 
ployment of horse-dealers ; which brings me to the consideration of 
whether the dealer should be allowed to realise an exorbitant pro- 
fit, or whether all the Government contemplates is, to reimburse 
him for his trouble and reasonable charges. 
The functions of the dealer are, to produce horses for approval 
(receiving on such approval the sum of 26/. 5s.), so that it may be 
supposed that a reciprocal interest exists between him and the re- 
