The Sun.
London, England, 1854-10-26 00:00:00

THE MILITIA.

The Royal Bucks Militia., Colonel Carrington com-
mandant, now out for duty at \Veedon, is becoming
extremely efficient. This regiment is under orders to
relieve the Essex Rifles at Windsor about the middle of
December.
The Middlesex Rifle Militia, Colonel Viscount En-
field, complete their 23 days' drill at Barnet on Satur-
day, the 28th, when it is expected that the'men will be
for the present dismissed to their homes. The regiment
has been inspected by several distinguished military
officials, who were highly pleased with the soldier like
bearing of the men, the precision of their manceuvros,
and general discipline.

ADMIRAL DIINDAS.—The Standard, at the request of
the son of Admiral Dundas, publishes the following letter,
which he has addressed to the editor of the Times :
"Kintbury Vicarage, Hungorford, Oct. 24.
"Sir—Admiral Dundas's character as an officer has been
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attacked in your leading articles and the letters of your
correspondents with such persevering venom that people
begin to suspect there must be some private motive.
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that although in the House of Commons personal brew•
tives may pass unnoticed, there is still a code of honour
among the officers of her Majesty's navy
the slanderer from their society.
publishing
" Now, sir, I do not complain of a journal
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letters, even should they emanate from .'re party assailed,
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of the fleets have been guided. My object in addressing
you is to claim fair play for an. absent man,
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Believe me h remain, your obedient servant,a cl:fmvaetamhnedern.a—t::
" JAMES W. DEANS DIINDAS."

DEPARTURE OP THE GUARDS—THIS MORNlNG—Yes-
terday final orders were issued for the departure of the
detachments of the Guards under orders to reinforce the
service companies of their regiments in the Crimea • and
this morning, at six o'clock, the men paraded in march-
ing' order : the Grenadiers at the Wellington Barracks,
St. James's.park ; the Coldstreams at the-Portman-street
Barracks ; and the Scotch Fusiliers at St. George's Bar-
racks,
Trat algar-square. After inspection the different
'detachments, escorted by their bands, marched for the
South-Western Railway Terminus, Waterloo-road, at
seven o'clock, at which hour a train was in readiness to
carry them on to Portsmouth, where they will embark
in the Queen of the South steamer. The total number
in this reinforcement is about 340. They are all armed
with Mini rifles.
ALLEGED MURDER AND SUICIDE AT BETHNAL GREEN.
—Yesterday afternoon Mr. William Baker, coroner,tee
held an inqviest at the Falcon public-house, E.se..xa-s rts
Bethnal-green-road, touching the deaths of Lou:.
ary.
Gar-
rett, aged 62 years, who died from violenc! d
Ann Rani's, aged 42 years,
Old com-
mittedßethnal-
suicide at No. 12, Essex-street,s have already
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her daughter,
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inquiry the je y . . .
,appeared, and after a long
Louisa Garrett died from
verdict, " That the deceased
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a fracture of the skull, cause
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what means the said violenceand
or by
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evidence to prove; and that
.the daughter, Mary inn