The Sun.
London, England, 1836-10-25 00:00:00

THE ARMY. ir
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GENERAL ORDER.

Horse Guards, Oct. 12, 1836.
The General Commanding-in-Chief, is pleased to ap,
prove of General officers commanding districts in Great
Britain granting leave of absence to officers, and furlough'
to non-commissioned officers and soldiers, under the fet.
lowing limitations and restrictions, viz.

1. The leaves of absence granted under NI order tit
officers, may commence as soon as the half-yearly invectiot
shall have been male ; the furloughs granted to non-coi,
missioned officers and soldiers may commence from tbl st
of the next month.

2. These indulgences are to terminate on the 10th of
March next, when, in conformity to His Mai :sty's regula-
tions, all officers and men are to be pretter,t with their re-
spective regiments.

3. One field officer, one half of the captains, and one half
of the subaltern officers are alwan to be present with their
regiments.

4. No officer (except ir. the performance of duty, or for purpose of joining?
ilk regiment) is to quit the United
Kingdom without brAving first received His Majesty's spe-
cial permission, -

5. The of!,cers employed on the recruiting service, or
upon the staff of the army, are not to be included in the
nuuter hereby fixed for the constant duty of the re-
giment.

6. The applications for leave of regimental paymasters,
and medical officers, are to continue to be made in the
mode prescribed in pages 72 and 73 of the general regula-
tions of the army.

7. In cases of short leaves of absence being requested by
adjutants, riding-masters, quarter-masters, or veterinary-
surgeons of regiments, it will be necessary that a special
report should be made as to the mode in which their duties
are to be performed during their absence.
8. The proportion of non-commissioned officers, trumpet-
ers, drummers, and private men, to whom furloughs may be
granted, is not to exceed I 0 per troop or company.
When regiments are not stationed in garrisons or mili-
tary districts, the officers commanding are at liberty to use
their discretion in granting the indulgence of leave of ab-
sence, under the foregoing restrictions, to the officers and
men under their command.

This orde.: does not apply to the officers and men doing
duty with the depot companies of regiments on foreign
service.

His Lordship expects that the General and other officers,
who are empowered to grant leave of absence under the
provisions of this order, will strictly confine that grant to
the proportion of officers herein snecified.
By command of the Right Hon. General Lord Hill,
Commanding-in-Chief,
JOHN MACDONALD, Adjutant-General.

URT OF REQUESTS.

KINGSGATE.-STREET—MONDAY.
Could a Sterne or a Mackenzie pay a visit to these
dreary Courts, a sad tale of human misery would be un-
folded. A whole pair of pannier full of buns (solid pud-
ding or two-inch bread and butter would look too osten-
tatious), would scarcely satisfy the cravings or appease the
wants of the poor children, who, for lack of any one to take
care of them at home, are dragged through the dark fog
of a bitter cold morning, along with their thinly-clad mo-
thers, to answer for pot-house scores! Upwards of forty
cases were heard yesterday, where the amount sued for
was for beer and gin. As cowardice generally accom-
panies depravity, the poor wife is thrust forward by the
husband to bear the brunt of the battle ! It is sufficient
upon this dark side of the picture to say that every case
was dealt with as leniently as possible.
ONE OF DAN'S FOLLOWERS IN TROUBLE.—" The
course of true love never did run smooth !"—The bard
who wrote for all times and all seasons, certainly never
contemplated that Creina Fagan should summon Patrick
Ragan before Mr. Commissioner Dubois for 11s. 6d.,
money lent, and the principal and interest of a pair of
shirts, making altogether 19s. Creina Fagan told her
case thus

It's to marry me, yer Honors' Wartchip, that he tonic'
me, an' he played the very piper with me bone heart and ho
won it--(Laughter)—and in regard of that same thing,
didn't I make him a pair of shirts, and lent him I Is. 6d7,
all hard money—all away from me hone pockit ? and thin,
the baste as he is, wid me hone pair of shirts on his spal—
peen back—(Laughter)—he goes straight round about me
and marries annuther—(Laughter)--as ould and as bastely
as Barney's pig, yer Honnor.—(Laughter.)
COMMISSIONER—HOW long did he court yolk,
Creina Fagan ? Plaintiff—[ever since ho tuck up *id
O'Connell, your Wartchip. •
COMMISSIONER—Indeed. What do you mean by " tuck
up with O'Connell?" Plaintiff—Och, he attends all the
big meetings—Ragan is the dear boy to hollabalue, and in
regard of that he wakes all our dead.--(La.ughter.)
COMMISSIONER—ReaIIy he looks a remarkably clever
specimen of the " fine pisintry !" Now, Mr. Ragan, do you
owe this woman the amount claimed 2 Defendant—Now,
by my cowl and body, I don't.
COMMISSIONER—Swear him.

Here Ragan, in accordance witch the moral philosophy of
Peter Dens, was about. to draw a long bill on his " mental
reservation box," but he was cut short ay being ordered to
take the oath of the Romau Catholic form, at which Patrick
appeared considerably chagrined.
COMMISSIONER—NOW, Sir, did Criena Fagan make you
two shirts, and 'lend you money out of her pocket ? De-
fendant--By the Powers, I can't say but she did ; but she
made me a prisint of it—(Laughter)—and its only an ould.
spite, bekase I got married, that she brought me here.
COMMISSIONER—It seems you've sadly cheated the poor
woman, and you must pay her. What are you ?--Patrick
—I goes straight where I'm tould, Sir.—(Laughter.)
Speak plainly, Sir, how d'ye get your living ?—where do
you go, and who sends you Divil a row is ther but its
meeself that's in it, and o. gentleman, and a rale one, pays
me, and he knows Tl;an. (Here Patrick gave a very
knowing wink.)
Amid considerable laughter Patrick, the patriot, was
ordered to p,:.y the amount sued for. As soon as he corn-
prehendq, the latter fact, he clenched his fist, and looking
very 'Much like a deceived bull-dog at Mr. Dubois, be eja-
cr:iated " Onley let me catch you at Cork !"

A grand fancy fair was given last week at Bury St.
Edmund's, for the benefit of the Suffolk County Hospital.
The Marchioness of Bristol, Marchioness of Bute, Lady
Jemima Elliot, Lady C. Bentinck, Lady Cullen, Lady Mary
Hussey, Mrs. Ridley Colborne, Lady Mary Ross, Lady
Middleton, Hon. Miss Townsend, &c., were amongst ene
liberal contributors, and held stalls on the occasion. The
receipts of the two days amounted to upwards of 1,5004
The whole terminated with a very splendid ball at the
Guildhall ; amongst the company present were his Grace
the Duke of Norfolk, Marquis and Marchioness of Bristol,
Earl and Countess of Euston, Earl and Countess of Jermyn,
Lady Augusta Seymour, Earl of Sandwich, Lord Alfred
Hervey, Lord and Lady Charles Fitzroy, Lords John and
George Fitzroy, Sir Thomas and Lady Cullum, Sir W. and
Lady Middleton, Sir John Pigott, Sir John Tyrrell, m.p.,
Sir W. Beauchamp Proctor, Sir H. and I,,Ady Blake,
Dowager Lady Petre, Hon. Mr. Petre, Mr. Eaton, M,p,,
Mr. Elwes, M.P., Col. Ruslibroohe, M.A., and nearly 300
of the principal gentry of the cou•uty.

- - The country is now fee,ng, in all its counties and
boroughs, the effects of thr., successful resistance made by
the Tories to the Registration Bill brought hi during the
last Session of Parliament. Thousands and tens of thou-
sands of frivolous and litigious objections wriuld have been
prevented by the clause in that Bill which made persons
liable to pay the costs of voters if their objections were
groundless ; but this the Tories dislilze ; every thing that
occasions expense and gives trouble is grateful to them, be-
cause, as they have had their hands in the public purse for
about forty years, they calculate that in a game to be de-
aided by the application of money, the advantage will be on
their side. The country will not, however, long endure a
system fraught with so much trouble, that in the borough of
Leeds alone we have 3,000 objections, of which 1,700 are
made by the Tories, principally with the hope that the
electors may not find it convenient to attend the Barrister?
Court when their wales are called over, or that, if they do
attend, the omissir,o of the cross of a t, or the dot of an i, in
the overseers' 1;ook, may deprive them of their, franchise.
This is one bt the wrongs that require a remedy and we un-
derstand that the Leeds Revising Barristers have shown a
`;ery laudable disposition to alleviate it, though they have
not the power which they certainly ought to possess, of
mulcting the wholesale objector-in costs, to be paid for the
loss of time vexatiously inflicted upon well-qualified voters.
—Leeds Mercury.
At the Quarterly meeting of the Exeter Humane
Society, a man named Grant, claimed a reward for savinc,
his wife from drowning ! The clah!„ after creating much
pleasantry, was allowed.—E.reter, Flying Post.
p
Last week a family cour.cii met, to deliberate u
on
the interests of young WVtfrid de t 4 eriot, son of M. Beriot
and Madame MalibrA,.who, it is said, has left a fortune of
600,000 francs, Among the members of the council were
Adolphe Nourrit, Troupenas, Herz, and.
SMehtiißu;s3riP 4
.—Gazette des TribUnaux.
A. decision most important to Licensed Victuallers
' was made at the Middlesex Licensing-day, last Thursday.
In answer to a question from Sir Peter Laurie, Mr. Ser-
geant Addams, the chairman, stated that the music licence
could not be transferred from the outgoing to the incoming
tenant, in the manner the other licences were allowed.
Mr. Ellis, the ex-Ambassador to Persia, embarker I
at Constantinople on the 24th ult. for Odessa, on board° le
steam-packet, on his return to England via St. Peterabur gh.
It h supposed that Mr. Ellis has chosen this route in"' rder
to have an interview with Lord Durham.