The Sun.
London, England, 1836-08-05 00:00:00

DISEMBODIED MILITIA.

According to a return recently made that there arc retained
under 10 Geo. 4. c. 10. on Permanent Pay in Great Britain,
89 Adjutants, as many Sergeant-Majors, 1,243 Sergeants,
61 Drum-Majors, and 469 Drummers. Of the Staff at pre-
sent receiving Permanent Pay the numbers are 81 Adjutants,
85 Sergeant- Majors, and 621 Sergeants. In Ireland about
one-third of the above force are in pay.

SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY .)

(FROM LLOYD'S. )

DEAL., AUG. 4.—Wind S.W., fresh breezes.—Arrived the
Diamond, Patterson, from Riga. Arrived from the River,
and remains, the Honduras, Welsh, from Jamaica ; Kent,
—, from Quebec ; Lord Saumarez, Rowe, from the Mau-
ritius ; Whitehaven, Dodds, from Quebec ; and Prince,
—, ditto. Arrived from the river, and sailed, the Fawley,
M‘Lochlan, for the Cape of Good Hope.
PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 4. —Wind S. W., fresh.—Arrived from
London the Lady Flora, Ford, from Madras ; Broxbornebury,
Chapman, ditto ; and Georgiana, Thompson, from New-
castle for Calcutta. Sailed the Marquis of Hastings, Clark-
son, for Bombay ' • Lord Hungerford, Farquharson, for Ben-
gal; Henry Packer, Hart, for Van Diemen's Land.
STANGATE CREEK, AUG. 4.—Arrived the Swift, Cocks,
from Smyrna.
SHOREHAM, Auc. 3.—Arrived the Julia and Maria, Berkcly,
from Memel.

BRISTOL, Auo. 4.—Arrived the Choice, Caithness, from
Riga.
LIVERPOOL, AUG. 3.—Arrived the Milo, Thompson, from
New Orleans; and Cecilia, Bay, from Copenhagen.
CLYDE, AUG. 2.—Arrived the John Campbell, Cleland,
from Bombay ; Isabella, M'Cashell, from Demerara ; and
Lord Byron, —, from St. John's, New Brunswick.
PLYMOUTH, AUG. 3.—Wind S. S. W.—Arrived the Chief-
tain, Falconer, from Lisbon, and proceeded for Peterhead.
Sailed, his Majesty's ship Minden, for a cruise ; Marshal
Blucher, Haye, for Fayal ; Superior, Tyler, for St. Domingo.
FALMOUTH, Arc. 3.—Wind S. to W. S.W. fresh.—Ar-
rived his Majesty's ship Scorpion, from Lisbon, and proceeded
to Plymouth. Off port, Permee, Rendal, for Ibrael. Sailed,
his Majesty's ship Hermes, for Cadiz and the Mediterranean,
with the mails ; Ranger packet, for the West Indies ; Har-
vest Home, Thomson, for Quebec.
WIIITEHAVEN, Are. 2.—The Jane, Wise, from Bray, in
entering this port, ran foul of the pier, and sunk, but was as-
sisted off the following tide with damage. The Bradsea,
Gilbert, from Limerick, in entering here, got foul of the pier,
and received much damage.

LIMERICK, AUG. 2.—The Brilliant, Tegg, from Quebec,
which arrived in the River yesterday, is reported to be water-
logged.

Two or three hundred Tories mustered at Taunton
last Tuesday to eat and drink, and to make after-dinner
speeches, in which there was the usual amount of hatred to
liberal men, and laudation of themselves. A Correspondent
of the Sherborne Journal, in his account of the gathering,
says, " Prejudice was invoked, and bigotry called to the
rescue. A great many people got drunk, and this is the sub-
stance of the sayings and doing of the Tory dinner."
Owing to the late rains and cold winds, the crops
over the greater part of the Lothians and neighbouring coun-
ties are in a backward state. In Fifeshire there have been
frosts during the night, which have been severely felt. The
continuance even for a few days of the present untoward wea-
ther, will certainly occasion the most disastrous consequences
to the harvest in most parts of the country.—Ayr Observer.

We learn from a source which can be relied upon,
that their Majesties have signified the intention of visiting
Brighton this year early in October, and of remaining till
nearly the latter end of February. The air of Brighton is par-
ticularly beneficial to the health of the King.—Brighton
Paper.
Miss Dalbiac, only daughter of Major-General Sir
C. Dalbiac, M. P., who, it is rumoured, will bestow her hand
on the young Duke of Roxburgh, as soon as, if not before, his
Grace obtains his majority, is in her 20th year. The Duke is
at present travelling in Belgium and Germany with his mo-
ther (the Duchess), and his step-father, Colonel O'Reilly.
The Dukedom of Roxburgh, Marquisate of Beaumont and
Cessford, Earldom of Kelso, &c., being Scotch honours, his
Grace will not be entitled, on coming of age next year, to a
seat in the House of Peers.

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DEATH OF TIIE EARL OF FINGAL.—WC have
to announce the death of the Earl of Fingal—an event which
took place at his residence, in Kingstown, on Saturday, the
30th of July. There were few men more beloved and re-
spected than this Nobleman, and, notwithstanding his ad-
vanced age, he died in his 77th year—there are not many more
regretted. For more than half a century his name has been
mixed up with the history of his country. As the head of the
Catholic Peerage of Ireland, he was necessarily placed—and
for many years placed—in the foreground of the struggle.
Amiable, considerate, and prudent, although he went the
whole length in principle, with the most determined and uncom-
promising of his compatriots, yetthe gentleness of his manner,
the kindness of his disposition, in short, the unaffected dignity
and virtue of the man, won the affections not only of his Ca-
tholic brethren, but the respect even of the bitterest foes of
Catholic liberty. George IV., on his visit to Ireland, con-
ferred the Order of St. Patrick on the Noble Earl—the first
Roman Catholic elevated to that dignity. His Lordship was
elevated to the British Peerage by Earl Grey, during whose
administration, it is needless to add, that when he was able to
attend his place in Parliament, he was a constant supporter.
His Lordship is succeeded by his son, Lord Killeen, now
Earl of Fingal—a Nobleman not more remarkable for his
strenuous and constant devotion to the public cause, than for
unyielding uprightness, integrity, and honour..--Publsn Even-
ing Post.