The Sun.
London, England, 1852-05-05 00:00:00

THE HONOURABLE ARTILLERY COMPANY.

Mr. E. S. Creasy, in his work upon "The Invasions
and Projected Invasions of England," calls our attention
very ably to the importance of the Honourable Artillery
Company, and the valuable assistagce that corps has
from time to time rendered the State. " The vrvlces of
this admirable body of volunteers, at the time of the Ar-
mada," says Mr. Creasy," have been already spoken of,
and on other occasions their efficiency has been well
proved. In the civil war they marched with Essex to
raise the siege of Gloucester, which was the determining
crisis of the contest; and in the second battle of New-
bury, their steady valour repulsed the fiercest charges of
Rupert's cavalry, and proved the main safeguard of the
Parliamentary army. The reluctant homage of Claren-
don to the discipline and bravery of these 'Lon loners' is
very remarkable. The Artillery Company well deserves
oar attention, for it is a time-honoured institution of old
England, and under the Royal Prince, who is now its
Captain-General, it might speedily be made the neeleus
of such an army of defence for London as no other me-
tropolis in the world could supply." The present nu-
merical strength of the regiment is between 400 and 500,
and since attention has been drawn to the defenceless
state of the kingdom, recruits, principally consisting of
the sons of gentlemen, professional and mercantile men,
have fl)cked to its standard. In fact, every facility seems
to be offered for the gratification of patriotic zeal, and
the obtainance of a thorough knowledge of military tac-
tics, with the truly manly bearing of the soldier, without
the sacrifice of that time which is imperatively due to
business and pecuniary pursuits. Mr. Creasy observes,
that "immense additional advantages would also be
gained if every regiment of volunteers had two light
pieces of artillery,- which those who offered themselves
for the dUty might be trained to serve." The Honour-
, able Artillery Company has four pieces of cannon, which
are served by the artillery division most creditably ; its
periodical. practice at Woolwich frequently exciting ad-
miration, as being quite equal to that of the general ser-
vice. There are Battalion Companies and a Rifle Com-
pany, the latter, numerically the strongest, having, for
years past, numbered amengA its members some of the
best shots in Europe. Tue well-merited prejudice that
has manifested itst If in favour of the ruts has been im-
bibed by those who have recently j )ined the corps ; this
company being in constant practice, not only in rifle
shooting, but also in !acquiring a thorough knowledge of
light infantry drill, thereby qualifying itself for that
which volunteers of this class would in all probability be
most required to perform—active and efficient skirmish-
ing. It ought, moreover, to be generally known that
" effective members of this corps are exempt fromserving
in the militia." We are not acquainted with the meats
by which introductions are obtainable to the Honourable
Artillery Company, but we should apprcheni that any
information would be readily acceded at the head quar-
ters in Finsbury.—Observer.

MURDER OF A WOMAN BY HER
HUSBAND.
OXFORD, TUESDA.Y.—Yesterday an inquest was held
on view of the body of Elizabeth Noon, whoie death was
caused by a stab in the back with a sword by her hus-
band, Elijah Noon, on the previous Saturday night.
It appears that on Saturday evening the husband, who
is a plasterer, went to a public-house to receive his
wages from his brother, Mr. Thomas Noon, builder. In
consequence of his not coming home at twelve o'clock,
his wife went to fetch him, and met him on the way,
when it appeared that she continued to upbraid him for
his conduct until they reached their house. On reaching
home the wife in the presence of their daughter (13 years
old) upbraided her husband. This put him in a passion,
and he went to a shelf in the room and took off au old
sword which was kept there, drow it out of the sheath,
and then struck his wife across the back with the flat
part of the sword. The daughter unlocked the door of
the sitting room loading into the street, and tried to pull
her mother out by her right arm, but she would not go,
and while she was doing this, the father, who held the
sword in both hands, ran it into his wife's left aide,
and she fell partly in the street and partly in the house.
She afterwards got up and went to a neighbour living
next door but one to her own house, and there she fell
again. With the assistance of her daughter, she
thre sword
turned
home, when she found her husband putting e
back on the shelf; he afterwards took a seat by the fire,
when his wife fell on her knees end beggedim
husbanto take
her hands, for she knew she should die. The
sent his daughter to get some brandy, and on her return
he found that her father bad carried her mother up
stairs
to bed and undressed her. They were reconciled to each
other on Sunday, and she told him that she freely for-
gave him all things, and hoped that the Lord would for-
giva her; she also begged him to avoid passion.
A post-mortem examination was made by
Mr. Godfrey
and Mr. Symonds, when it was ascertained that the sword
had passed between the seventh and eighth rib through
the pleura, wounding
through the diaphiam, and penetrated the small curve-
the left lung; it had also pasted
taro of the stomach, wounding the coronary, artery, and
gone through the stomach to the opposite artery, and
sword bad penetrated from ten to eloven inches.
ilf
The jury returned a verdict of Wul Murder.

EunorEAN LIFE . AssUEANCE COMPANY.—The
sixty-fourth general meeting of this company was held on
Monday last. From the report of the auditors, which was
then presented to the proprietors and pt?licy-holders, it ap-
peared that during the year 1851 e
snw
3s ~ insurandances were com-
pleted, insuring the sum of 20,00/. representing
new income to the ambunt of 7,3801. 17s. 11d. The directors
congratulated the meeting upon the continued success of the
company, and recommended that the dividend should be
increased from 10s. to Iss. per share. All the retiring di-
was also chosen to fill the seat
rectors, who vacated their offices in obedience to the com-
pany's by-law, were unanimously re-elected, and Captain
from the diree.
Drinkwater Bethune, R N.,
vacant by the retirement of IL Hill, Esq.,
tion. Resolutions of thanks to the Chairman and Secretary
*PA 1110 pXQOVAPVI,