The Sun.
London, England, 1855-02-13 00:00:00

THE AULITIA.

The following gentlemen have had their commissions
signed :—Mr. A. Cockburn, late a Captain in the 11th
Foot to be Major in the North Durham Regiment of
Militia, vice Baker, who has resigned. Mr. H. L.
Hood, to be a Lieutenant, vice Nich,Ason, who has re-
signed. Mr. C. Wilkinson, to be a Lieutenant, vice
Featherstonhaugli, who has been promoted, and Mr. J.
Bowling to be an Ensign, each commission to bear date
the Ist of February.
Mr. William Hartshorn, late a Captain in the 24th
Foot, has been appointed ♦djntant of the 6th Regiment
of Royal Lancashire Militia.
Two new regiments of militia are to be raised in Lan-
cashire, to be called the 6th and 7th Royal Lancashire
Militia ; the first of which, commanded by Colonel the
Hon. E. B. Wilbraham, is to be raised in Salford, and the
other is to be raised in Manchester. Colonel Wilbra-
ham and Adjutant and Captain Hartshorn have already
advertised for volunteers, offering a bounty of 61. for
men between 18 and 35 ; but men who have served in
the army, if well recommended, are to be received up to
45 years of age. The standard of height is 5 ft. 4 in.,
and the corps are to be each 1,000 strong.
The martial spirit that pervades both officers and men
of the two Antrim regiments has latterly manifested
itself in a meet creditable incident. Major Verner, hav-
ing received an order from the Marquis of Donegal,
colonel, to return the names of all willing to ♦elunteer
into active service, paraded the Rifles in the Barrack-
square, and, on hearing the nature of the order, the offi-
cers unanimously expressed their willingness to serve
her Majesty whenever and wherever their services would
be required. This noble conduct was responded to on
the part of the men by a general cheer, and all expressed
their desire to follow wherever their officers would lead.

THE nicisnucT.—The Lord Chancellor of Ireland
has appointed M. g. Murphy, of Benefield, Ballinasloe,
Esq., to the commission of the peace for the county of
Roscommon.

THE CONDUCT OF TRH ITA.R.-..-DER/11r, Saturday. A
very crowded meeting, attended principally by working
men, was held last night, is the Town Hall, "to take
into consideration the present deplorable and wretched
condition of ourarmy in the Crimea, to canvass the cause
thereof, and, to determine such means, as to the meet-
ing may seem good, to avert the dangers besetting us."
Resolutions were passed unanimously, condemning the
conduct of the war, and a memorial to the Howse of
Commons was adopted, praying the house "to carry on
the war with vigour," attributing the losses and suffer-
ings of our brave soldiers in the East to "culpable mis-
management and incapacity."
FATAL ACCIDENT ON THH GREAT NORTHERN RAIL-
WAY. —On Friday, a fatal accideat occurred on the
Great Northern Railway, at a level crossing a little north
of Carlton station, between Newcastle and Tuxford, to a
youth whose name has not been ascertained, but who
appeared to be about nine or ten years of age, and of
respectable connections. It appears the boy way about
to cross the line when he perceived a coal train approach-
ing from the north. He waited until this had passed,
and was in the act of stepping on the down line just at
the moment the first-class express from Loudon to
Edinburgh came up at full speed. The buffer of the ex-
press engine struck the youth with great force, and he
was killed on the spot.