The Sun.
London, England, 1852-04-15 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

IST ROYAL DRAOOOMS.—New colours were presented
on Tuesdry to the Ist Royal Dragoons stationed at
Brighton, by Sir Arthur Clifton, G.C.8., the colonel of
the regiment. This is the oldest cavalry regiment in
the service. It was raised in 1661, in the reign of
Charles 11. of " merry" memory. Three years after it
had been in existence, in 1664, it captured a Moorish
standard at Tangier. At the battle of Dettingen, in
1743, it captured the standard of the Mousquetaires
Noirs. The regiment distinguished itself at Warn-
borough, in 1760, under the Duke of York in Flanders,
in 1794, in numerous engagements with the legions of
Napoleon in the Peninsula from 1810 to 1814, and
lastly, at the great battle of Waterloo on the memorable
18th of Juae, 1815, were they bore off one of the two
French eagles captured from the enemy.

THE EPEE-POINTED PENCIL.—The improvements
made in the black-lead pencil from the period when a lump
of plumbago served the purpose to the present day, would
form a little work in itself. Mordan, Riddle, and;others have
given their best attention to it, and brought it near to per-
fection. There appears, however, to have been two things
necessary to this almost indispensable instrument; that it.
should approach the common pencils in the larger supply oi
lead in the interior, and that the point through which_ the
pencil is refilled should be secured against becoming loose
and being lost, which often renders the pencil useless. these
two objects are now accomplished by very ingenious Mr.original contrivances in the new pencils patented Or
Stephens, of Stamford-street.
No little excitement prevails in the medical pro-
fession at the fact of the celebrated Mr. Lewis, eof his
Manches-
ter, having entered largely into the m of
well-known medicines; but it having
ai thatascertained
re
such a course was alone adopted from a desll'e .
tn greaLer pro..
largely known the benefits of this recipe,
tended a helping
portion of the faculty have handsomely
hand to their dissemination, foreseeing thate the more they
are dispensed amongst the public, the
Injurious,
rthe edymwlilnlabmeednet.
sired, and inferior, not to say positively
will have to give place to the new comer thus auspieiousl;
introduced.
137 Bond-
SOCIETY FOR THE PROSECUTION OF DOG STEALERS
AND THEIR CONFEDERATES.—YOSH3r4ay
_E!cgeelleil meeting
Of the above society was held at their oft
chair. Ms;
street, Mr. James Graham
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treasurer, in referring to theinprtohsepects of the society, con-
gratulated the members on the
on it, and stated that the subscriptions already placedd
eitnrohrtiss
hands, amounting to a large sum,
to stimulate public energy. A
e circular,m e
nt rexplaining the ob-
jects,bineapnraignted
Votesfoor general circulation
uses, and general the society, was
and gentry. of thanks to the
agreed to and ordered to
amongst the nobility
chairman, treasurer, acc., having been Passed, the meeting
separated. . .
The accounts from the various Continental Ex-
changes continue wholly uninteresting. Gold in moderate
quantities arrives from Paris. Advises from Odessa of the
2d inst. state that the recent active demand for grain at that
port had entirely ceased, and that the tendency of prices was
towards a decline, although no decided alteration had yet
taken place. Large arrivals of vessels had caused a reduc-
tion in freights. The project for a railway from Charkofr to
Theodosia, on the Black Sea, was understood to have been
abandoned. From St. Petersburgh the dates are to the sth
of April, but it was a dull period of the year, and the markets I
were without the slightest alteration.