The Sun.
London, England, 1849-12-28 00:00:00

Totals... ..... 1,948,369 ... 1,162 ... 1,043

Males ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 530
... 513
Females ... ••• ••• •••

BIRTHS IN THE WEEK.
Males ... ... ... ... ... 682

Female• ... ... ... ... ... 671

Total ... ... 1,353
*ln this number are included 29 by Scarlatina, 34
by Typhus Fever, 13 by Diarrhoea, and 1 by Cholera.

THE ARMY.—Three companies of the 20th regi•
ment of Foot, stationed at London, Canada, were under
orders to proceed to Kingston, the head-quarters of the
regiment, on December the 7th. They were to embark
at Hamilton in the Princess Royal transport ship. On
the arrival of the 20th at Kingston a wing of the Rifle
Brigade, now in garrison there, will embark for Toronto,
to join the head-quarters of the 2d battalion, doing duty
at that station: The period of foreign service of regi-
ments at present serving in Canada, and other parts of
North America, now nearly completed, place them in
the following rotation of return home to England:—The
7th Royal Fusiliers, at present stationed at Halifax, I
Nova Scotia, went abroad on the 6th of November, 1839,
and their ten years of foreign service are now completed.
The Ist battalion of the Ist, or Royal, Regiment of Foot
went abroad on the 25th of November, 1839, and are at
present stationed at New Brunswick. The 19th Regi-
ment
of Foot, at present in Montreal, went abroad in '
September, 1840; and the 38th Regiment, at present in
Nova Scotia, in the same month of the same year. The
79th (Cameron Highlanders) went abroad in December,
1840, and are at present in Quebec. The 88th (Con-
naught Rangers) went abroad in December, 1840, and
are at present stationed at Trinidad. These regiments in
the rotation given are the first to be relieved from foreign
service in North America and the West Indies. The Ist
battalion of the Rifle Brigade went abroad in November,
1840, and are now serving at the Cape of Good Hope,
but their services may be required some time longer at
that station.
POLITENESS REWARDED.—We copy from the New
York Sun an amusing incident: —" A spruce-looking girl
of 19, tripping along at a moderate pace, with a em4ll
bundle under her arm, was accosted by a gentleman, who
naked permission to accompany her. Certainly,' said
she; Just hold my bundle while I tie my stocking;' and
presenting it to him as she spoke, instantly ran off at
speed. The gentleman felt a slight movement in the
bundle, and in great trepidation trotted after her, re-
peatedly bawling out,' Here, you woman, come back and
take your It by." Soon a crowd gathered to learn the
nature of his distress. A woman gave me her baby to
hold, and then ran off, piteously exclaimed the man of
burden. Take it to the almshouse,' shouted some half-
dozen voices. 'Let us see it first,' cried one more saga.
cious than the rest; an I, as a large coarse towel was
unfolded, out jumped a full-grown cat, who scampered
off amid the vociferous shouts and laughter of all pre-
sent save one, who looked awfully std. It seems that a
lady, desiring to rid her house of one of these animals,
whose petty larcenies in the kitchen were a source of
great annoyance, had commissioned the servant girl to
take it out of the neighbourhood and drop it." I

Ou Wednesday last a large eagle, who has taken
up bis quarters at Blarney, eoized upon a plump, well-
grown pig, and flew a considerable distance, but was
terrified into the surrender of his prey by the shouting
of the spectators.— Cork Reporter.