The Sun.
London, England, 1854-11-23 00:00:00

MILITARY.

A skeleton depot of the 17th will remain for the pre-
sent in Kilkenny, and will probably be joined there by
some other skeleton depot.
Captain W. B. Battiscombe's company, 91st (-Argyll-
shire) Regiment, relieved the grenadier or Captain
M'Kenzie's company, in Spike Island, on Monday.
Captain Morton R. Eden, 56th, has arrived, and as-
sumed the duties of aide-de-camp to Major-General Eden
in the Kilkenny military district.

THE 46TH MICHMENT:-A letter from an officer in the
46th Regiment, a native of Cork, dated on board the
Prince, states that in addition to the 46th Regitvent,
,two officers of the 4th, and two of the 38th, are going
out to join their regiments. Colonel Shadforth, of the
38th, is also going out. There were 43 officers on board.
The vessel had the wind entirely in her favour. Nut a
single accident has occurred, with the exception of one
,horse which had to be shot in consequence of a fall. The
vessel did not touch at Malta. On entering the Archi-
pelago she met with a violent storm, which lasted three
days. On Saturday, Nov. 4, arrived at Constantinople
at eight a.m., and•were abreast of Scutari at seven a.m.
A steamer came in from Sebastopol with the news that
it was to be assaulted immediately, and the Prince was
accordingly ordered off to Balaklava. She left for the
Crimea on the evening of the 4th inst.

DEATH OF LIEUT.-GENERAL SIR HENRY
GOLDFINCH.

Lieut.• General Sir Henry Goldfinch, K.C.8., died on
Tuesday "at his residence in Upper Wimpole•street, of
paralysis. Sir Henry was coronel commandant of the
Royal Engineers, and entered the service so far back
as March, 1798. He was with the expedition to
Copenhagen in 1807, and was four years in the Penin-
sula, where his services included the capture of Oporto,
battles of Talavera, Busaco, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nive,
Orthes, and Toulouse. Sir Henry wore a gold cross and
the silver war medal for his services.

DEATH OF GENERA.r, EGERTON.
We record with regret the death of Lieutenant-Gene-
ral Egerton, C. 8., of this county. He entered the ser-
vice as ensign, in the 29th Regiment, on the lat of
Decemher,.. 1798, and, after serving some time in
America, he, proceeded, as captain of the 34th Regiment,
to the Peninsula, in 1809. In the following year he
was appointed to the staff as deputy-adjutant-general to
the 2d division, in
,which capacity he served at the
battle of Busaco, and in the retreat to and during
the subsequent occupation of the lines of Torres
Vedras. lie was then removed as senior adjutant-
general to the 4th division, was present at the siege
and capture of Olivinza, the first siege of Badajos, and
the hard-fought battle c f Albuera, where he was severely
wounded. He was appointed aide-de-camp to Sir Row-
land Hill in 1812, on whose personal staff he remained
until the termination of the war, and was present at the
battles of Vittoria, the Pyrenees (for which he obtained
the brevet rank of major.) Nivelle, Nives, Orthes, and
Toulouse. On Lord Hill's appointment to a command
with the army in Flanders, he selected Major Egerton as
his first aide-de-camp, who served as such at the battle ,
of Waterloo, where he obtained the brevet rank of lieu-
tenant-colonel, and continued in the same capacity until
the return of the army of occupation in 1818. When
Lord Hill assumed the command of the army in chief,
in 1823, he was pleased to name Colonel Egerton for the
confidential appointment of first aide-de-camp and pri-
vate secretary, which he held during the whole period
of his lordship's continuance at the head of the army,
and remained his faithful friend and companion to Lord
Hill's death in 1842. General Egerton has received the
war medal with eight clasps. By his death the coloneloy
of the 46th Regiment becomes vacant. In his life Ge-
neral Egerton exemplified all the social virtues of an
English gentleman, and all the distinguishing attributes
of a gallant officer ; and his death, which occurred on
the 18th inst. at Eaton Banks, near Tarporley, in the
72d, year of his age, is sincerely regretted.—Chester
Courant.