The Sun.
London, England, 1825-12-17 00:00:00

THE ARM Y.

The depot of the sth (Northumberland) Regiment of Infan-
try is ordered to embark, from the He of Wight, en board the
Zephyr transport, for conveyance to Tynemouth.
A detachment belonging to the 74th Regiment of Foot has
arrived, on board the Arah transport, at rortsmouth, front
Halifax, and is ordered to Chatham, for the purpose of pro-
ceeding from thence to Edinburgh, to join the depot of that
corps, which is at present stationed there.
The depot of the 42d (Royal Highland) Regiment of Infantry
has arrived, on board the Susan transport, at Edinburgh, front
Cork, where it is to be stationed.

The depot of the 91st (Argyllshire) Regiment of Foot has
received orders to march from Edinburgh, to Perth, where it is,
for the present, to be stationed.

ANECDOTES, &c.

ASIASSIN.--The origin of the word assassin in'
its present application is not generally known. The following
brief account, collected from various sources, will afford the
necessary explanation. The word assassins is a corruption of
Hussunes, a tribe of fanatics, who appeared in Persia about the
eleventh century, and whose leader was called the Old Man
of the Mountain. Their religion was founded in I.llnhani-
medanism, with a mixture of the Sooffees of Persia ; and one
of their leading dogmas was the metempsychosis, to which
they added a belief of the divine inspiration of the imans. 'A
blind obedience to their chief was, consequently, one of their
principles of action, and they were accordingly sent by him to
foreign courts to murder the objects of his hate, and were also
hired by other Princes for the saine purpose. Hence the mo-
dern idea attached to the term assassin. The Oriental histo-
rians make frequent mention of their enormities, as do likewise
the historians of the Crusaders, with whom the adaptation of
the word to its present signification may have originaLcd. •
lirsTorticAr, 1, lIENOM kNA.— 1 is a si:iZular
fact, that Parliament has assembled on a Sunday, in conce-
quence of the death of the Sovereign, no less than three times
during the present and the three preceding reigns ; in George I.
on occasion of the death of Queen Anne ; in George 111.,- on
occasion of the death of George H.; in George IV. on occa-
son of that of George 111. It is also equally singular, that
the reigns of the first three Edwards should have occupied a
space of time considerably exceeding a century ; and that the
reigns of the first three Georges should also have occupied a
similar period ; Edward I. ascended the throne Nov. 16, 1272 ;
Edward 11. July 7, 1307; Edward 111. September 21, 1327.
These three Monarchs ruled England for one hundred and
four years, seven months, and twelve days. As the reign of
the late King terminated on Saturday, the 27th of January,
.18'.:(1, the time occupied by the reigns of the three Gearges
was one hundred and five years, five months, and twenty.nine
days.
CHRONOLOGICAL NOTICES.—The third riiod
proposed in the duration of the World (ton? the Crea,ion to the
present time, stands in connection with unitersei History as
follows ; —The Year of the World then was 4332—the Year of
Christ 383. This was in the 3d year of the 290 Olympiad
1135 years after the building of Rome—the 9th year of the
reign of the Emperor Gratianus, and in which he was killed by
Maximus. The year of Julian Account was "569,"-'s
---the I iro
year of Damascus, Bishop of Rome—the sth of the reign hi'
Fe-gusus, then King of Scotland. Medogisilius, the first King
of the Vandals, had then reigned two years. England was then
subject to the-Romans.
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lIUNTING INTELLIGENCE.

MEETINGS or HOUNDS IN TIIE.ENST7ING

His Majesty's Stag Hounds, on Monday, at Belmont Cottage,
111 aidenhead Thicket ; Friday, at the Magpies, ikounsow
Heath.
The East Essex Fox Hounds, on Monday, at Aldham Hall.
The East Sussex Fox Hounds, on Monday, at A bbot'a Wood.
The Worcestershire Fox Hounds, on Monday, at Hallow ;
Friday, at Beedon Hill.
The Somerset Subscription. Fox Hounds, on Monday,. at
Combe, Sydenham ; Wednesday, at Kennel, Nettlecombe ;
Friday, at I gingham Brake.
Sir R. Sutton's Hounds, on Monday, at Thingrarn Gorse;
Tuesday, at. Staplesford Moor ; Wednesday, at Gate Burton ;
Thursday, at Nocton House; Saturday, at Welling-ore.
The Brighton Harriers, on Monday, at Patcharn ; Wearies-
day, at the Race-course ; Friday, at the Dyke.
The Brookside Harriers, on Monday, at Newmarket Hill ;
Wednesday, at the Kennel, Ilford ; Friday, at Tellescomhe
Tye.
Mr. Meynell's Hounds, on Moralay, at Eton 'Wood ; Thurs-
day, at Bradby ; Saturday, at stone's Gorse:
Sir G. Sitwell's Hounds, on Tuesday, at the Kennel; Fri-
day, at. Brightside Bridge.
Mr. Muster's HOurds, on Monday, at Clipston ; Tuesday,
at Pitsford ; Thursday, at Badby Wood ; Friday, at Preston.
The Gransden Hounds, on Monday, at Burton Wood ; Fri-
day, at Gransden Kennel.

GENERAL Rooir..—Tfiere is a
.letter in town
from a British naval,ofEcer, dated from the coast of Peru, in
which it is stated one of .our Naval Commanders entered into
the port of Callao, with the intention of offering his mediation
between the Spanish Governor RODIL and the Patriots, and
that he might be instrumental in saving the life of so brave a
man, by conveying him to Europe. He was received in the
most hospitable manner, and notwithstanding all the rumours,
he partook of a
,very handsome dinner (perhaps got up for the
occasion). He speaks of liodil, who, •in the most polite man-
ner, declined all interference of the British officers, saying he
would defend the place to the last, and would die at his post,
as became a true Spaniard. lie is described as a man about
four feet and a half high, with a long heard, a gentleman in
his manners, at the same time of the most determined charac-
ter, and, notwithstanding his diminutive size, that the British
officer says he would delight to fight alongside him in a good
cause.