The Sun.
London, England, 1822-12-07 00:00:00

IRELAND.

REVISION OF THE IRISH MAGISTRACY.
We understand that Writs of Supersedeas have
been issued to a vast number of Gentlemen of
the first rank and consequence, who have been
deprived of their Commissions as Maaistrates.—
This measure is supposed to be introductory to
the new Constabulary Bill. The following are
already known :
SUPERSEDED.

COUNTY ARMAGII-1 Earl, 2 Barons, 2 Honourable and
Reverend Gentlemen, 1 Honourable Gentleman, 1, Brigadier-
General, 26 Esquires.
CARLOW-1 Knignt, 12 Esquires.
CAVAN-1 Knight, 2 Major-Generals, 1 Lieutenant-Colonel,
18 Esquires.
CLARE-3 Major-Generals, and all the other Military
Gentlemen
,lately put into the Commission ; 2 Knights, 14
Esquires.
DONEGAL-1 Honourable Gentleman, 1 Major-General, 15
Esquires.
Dowx-1 Honourable Gentleman, 1 Major-General, 1 Bri-
gadier-General, 1 Baronet, 37 Esquires.
FERMANAGH-1 Major-General, 5 Esquires.
GALWAY-1 Major-General, 1 Knight, 1 Honourable Mr.
—, 1 Reverend Mr. ----, 3 Lieutenant Colonels, 20 Esqrs.
KILDAREI Major-General, 12 Esquires,
The arrangements for the other counties are not as yet known.
—( Dublin Patriot. )
In nine Counties, nearly two hundred Noblemen and Gentle-
men have been deprived of their Commissions. This is the
greatest alteration which has been made in the Government of
this country. It is an alteration, every candid man will admit,
rendered absolutely necessary by the wants and wishes of the
country. We hope that the new principle now introduced into
the local Government of Ireland will justify the expectations
which were formed of it; and from what has already occurred,
we are disposed to infer that it will.. •
STATE OF THE COUNTRY.
The country continues to enjoy tranquillity. The incen.
diaries and fabricatcps of news in the county of Cork have been
busy in tales of horror, which, it appears have not the slightest
foundation. Limerick is quiet, and so is Tipperary. In some
other counties Petty Sessions are held every week ; and every
thing, thanks to the vigour and prudence of the Authorities,
promises a continuance of the present calm throughout the
winter.—( Dublin Evening Post.)
On Sunday night, Lieutenant Swayne, on the
half-pay establishment, being at supper, at the Bush Inn, at
Midleton, had some altercation with M'Carthy, the owner of
the house, who, in fit of ungovernable passion, went from the
apartment in which they both were, procured a gun or pistol,
with which he fired at Mr. Swayne, and wounded him, it is
feared mortally, in the groin. Lieutenant Swayne was alive at
nine o'clock yesterday morning, though in extreme danger.
M'Carthy has, we understand, absconded.—( Cork Mercantile
Chronicle. )

THE CASE OF CARRINGTON, THE IMPOSTOR.

It is impossible to trace to what extent this
fellow has carried his impositions, but it is evident his opera-
tions were successful, and that byhis deceptions and heart-rend-
ing tales, he has obtained a very considerable sum of money
from almost the whole of the Nobility in the kingdom. His ap-
plications were even extended to branches of the Royal Family.
Vllien the officers went to arrest him, they found him alone in a
miserable apartment, at a house in George-street, Maze-pond,
Southwark. On their making him acquainted with the tenour of
their visit, he rose from his chair in great agitation, and endea-
voured to approach a small drawer, doubtless with the intention
of demolishing the papers which it contained, but he was foiled
by being secured. The officers'seized the drawer, which was
filled with papers, which turned out to be letters of correspond-
ence from the Nobility, Members of Parliament, Clergy, and
Gentry, resident in all parts of the kingdom, to the impostor,
some of whom designated him Colonel Carrington, others
Lieut.-Colonel, &c. &c. For the curiosity of our readers we
have given the names of the humane persons from whom they
were received, and their purport :
From Sir George Crewe, at his seat, Calke-abbey, Derby-
shire, enclosing 301., and expressing his regret at not being able
to remit more ; from Messrs. Drummond's, the bankers, en.
closing 5/., addressed to Col. Carrington, 9, Magdalen-circus,
Borough : from Cox and Greenwood's, enclosing 2/. ; from his
Grace the Duke of Portland, rejecting his application ; from
his Grace the Duke of Rutland, to the same tenour; from the
Bishop of Norwich, to the wile effect; from Sir George Crew,
at Paris, stating that he had forwarded a box of clothes for the
children ; from Admiral Hoare, PlymOuth-dock, refusing to re-
lieve him ; from the Earl of St. Germains, with 2/. ; froth
Adml. Gambier, with 31. ; from Sir W. Keppell, with 51.; from
Sir Geo. Lee, with 5/. ; from Admiral Sir T. Bertie, with 10/. ;
from Sir J. aumarez, with 10/. ; from Mr. Smith, Navy Pay
Office, with 1/. ; from his Grace the Duke of Buckingham, re-
fusing his application ; from the Duke of Devonshire, with 10/. ;
from his Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence, rejecting his
solicitation ; from the Duke of Richmond, to the same effect ;
from Miss Katherine Fry, the daughter of the benevolent lady
of that name, rejecting his petition.
In addition to the above letters, were fOund, a vast num-
ber of envelops, bearing the names of the Duke of St. Al-
ban's, Lord Amherst, Lord Alvanley, Lord Calthorpe, Sir
Roger Gresley, Bart., J. P. Beresford, Esq., Mr. 'Wilber-
force, Mr. Canning, r. T. F. Buxton, J. Fleming, Esq.,
M. P., Hon. G. H. Cavendish ; Bishop of Chichester; Earl
Spencer, Mr. Taylor, M. P., and many others, who have
been duped by the prisoner's artifice. Amongst the above
were several letters from his wife at Portsmouth, wherein she
reproaches him for not allowing her more than 30s. per week
for the maintenance of herself and children. A book was also
found, containing several written texts from Scripture, treating
on charity, evidently extracted by him for the purpose of intro-
ducing them into his letters for the better accomplishment of
his object.
It is conjectured that within the last twelve , months this fel-
low has obtained between 4001. and 5001. from the benevolent,
and it is also believed that' his family lives in Portsmouth, to
all appearance in a state of abject misery ; but as it appears by
his wife's letters that she was receiving a weekly allowance of
305., their miserable condition without doubt is merely assumed,
for the wicked purpose of imposition, by which the compasSion
of the humane is excited.

POPE.-During Mr. POPE'S last illness, a
squabble happened in his chamber between his
two physicians, Dr. Burton and Dr. Thompson.
The first accused the latter of having hastened
the poet's death by‘the violence of the medicine
he had prescribed ; which charge Dr. Thompson
as promptly retorted. Pope, vexed and irritated
at finding to what hands he had intrusted his life,
at length silenced the medical antagonists, by
saying, " Gentlemen, I can only learn, by your
dissension, that 1 am in a very dangerous way ;
therefore, all I have now to ask is, that the
epigram I am going to dictate may be added,
after my death, to the next edition of the Dun-
ciad, by way of postscript :
" Dunces, rejoice ! forgive all censures past,
The greatest dunce has killed your foe at last.' "
Some, however, attribute these lines to Dr. Bur-
ton, stating that he aimed them at Dr. Thompson,
by whom they were thus answered ;
" As physic and verse both to Phoebus belong,
So the college oft dabbles in potion and song ;
Hence Burton, resolv'd his eineties shall hit,
When his recipes fail, gives a puke with his wit."

Major V. aDWARD, Inspector-General of
Prisons, is e.ptxted in town this evening upon a tour of
general inspection ; we are confident he will find all right here ;
if he does find any thing to censure, it will only arise from the
defective state of the prisons.—The activity and vigilence of
Messrs. Walsh and Murphy defy all observations.—( Cork
Mercury.)
December 6, 1822.—N0. 16,522, Drawn this
day a Grand Money Prize of ;220,000 ! was
Sold in Shares by CARaoLr., Stock-Broker, 19,
Cornhill, and 26, Oxford-street.—Undrawn
Tickets and Shares are Selling for the Last Day
but One, I7th December, when the Great Capi-
tals now in the Wheel may be all drawn, includ-
ing 2 of 20,0001., 2 of 10,0001., 2 of 5,0001.,
ANALOGY.—A little girl happening to hear her
mother speak of going into half mourning, said—
" Why are we going into half mourning, Mamma,
are any of our relations half dead 2 "

THE ARMY.

The following regulations respecting the cloth-
ing for the Army have just been issued from the
Horse Guards, and are as follow :
That the parade dress of all regiments of Infantry is to con-
sist of white overalls for the summer season, and gray for tile
winter, in lieu of breeches and gaiters ; and on particular 040-
lions, the full dress to consist of white breeches and leggings,
with a black strap below the knee.—Officers of the Light Cora-
pany to wear the horse-hair plume in the chace• for general ler::
vice, and the plume in cog. for full dresi.
An Order has been sent to the Commanding Officers of Yeo-
manry Cavalry, that in future the number of days for training
in the year are to be extended from fourteen to 28 days. The
time to be divided as follows ;—Eight days' permanent duty,
eight field days during the season, and twelve drills. The re-
giment to be inspected at least once during the season by the
Inspecting Officer of the district.

THE FOLLOWING REGIMENTS OF THE LINE ARE ON
DUTY IN IRELAND:-
4th Regiment of Dragoons Guards, Lieut.-General Sir
Henry Fane, K.C.8., Colonel—Dundalk.
sth Ditto, Field-Marshal his Royal Highness the Prince of
Saxe-Coburg, K,G. G.C.B. and G.C.H., Colonel—Dublin.
6th Ditto, General the Hon. R. Taylor, Colonel—Cork.
6th Regiment of Dragoons, General the Earl of Pembroke,
K.G., Colonel—Newbridge.
7th Regiment of Light Dragoons (Hussars), General the
Marquis of Anglesea, K.G. G.C.B. and G.C.H., Colonel—
Dublin.
10th Ditto (Hussars), Lieut.-General the Marquis of Lon-
donderry, G.C.B. and G.C.H., Coloriel—Cahir.
12th Ditto (Lancers), Lieut.-Gen. Sir Wm. Payne, Bart.,
Colon el—Ballinrobe.
Ist Regiment of Foot (Ist Batt.), General the Marquis of
Huntley, G.C.8., Colonel—Waterford.
2d Regiment of Foot, Major-General Sir Henry Torrens,
K.C.8., Colonel—Dublin.
11th Ditto, General Sir Charles Asgill, Bart., G.C.H., Colonel
—Dublin. •
15th Ditto, Lieut.-General Sir Moore Disney, K.C.8., Colonel
—Dublin.
19th Ditto; Lieut -General Sir Hilgrove Turner, K.C. and
K . C. H., Colonel—Dublin.
22d Ditto, General the Hon. Edw. Finch, Colonel—Buthvant.
23d Ditto (Fusileers), General R. Grenville, Colonel—Boyle.
25th Ditto, General the Hon. C. Fitzroy; Colonel—Belfast.
26th Ditto, Lieut.-General the Earl, of Dalhousie, G.C.8.,
Colonel—Cork.
29th Ditto, General Gordon Forbes, Colonel—ilfellingar.
31st Ditto, General the Earl of Mulgrave, G.C.8., Colonel-
-Armagh.
39th Ditto, General Nisbet Balfour, Colonel—Tralce.
40th Ditto, Lieut.-General Sir Brent Spencer, G.C.8., Colonel
—Athlone.
42d Ditto (Highland), General the Earl of Hopetoun, G.C.8.,
Colonel—Limerick.
52d Ditto, Lieut.-General Sir George T. Walker, G.C.8.,
Colonel —Clonmell.
57th Ditto, General Sir Hew Dalrymple, Bart., Colonel—
Buthvant.
63d Ditto, General the Earl of Balcarras, Colonel—Euniskillen.
71st Ditto (Highland), General Francis Dundas, Colonel-
-F ermoy.
78th Ditto ( Highland), Major-General Sir Edward Barnes,
K.C.8., Colonel—Kilkenny.
79th Ditto( Highland), Lieut.-General Sir A. Cameron, K.C.8.,
Colonel— Te 'den-sore.
84th Ditto, Major-General Sir Dennis Pack, K.C.8., Colonel
—Cork.
86th Ditto, General the Earl of Killmorey, Colonel—Dublin.
88th Ditto, Lieut.-General Sir Gordon Drummond, G.C.8.,
Colon el—C astkbar
93d Ditto, Major-General Sir lludson Lowe, K.C.8., Colonel—
Ennis.
Rifle Brigade (Ist Batt.), Field Marshal his Grace the Duke of
Wellington, K.G. G.C.B. and G.C.H., Colonel —Buthkeate.
Ditto (2d Batt.), Ditto—Kinsale.
lit Royal Veteran Battalion, Major-General Sir Robert Kelso,
Colonel—Cork.
2d Ditto, Major-General A. Mach Hamilton, Colonel—Lon-
donderry.
3d Ditto, Colonel Sir G. H. Way, Knt. —Athlone.

EAST INDIES.

Meerut, May 2, 1822,
(GENERAL ORDERS.) .

Major-General flardyman has seldom derived greater satis-
faction from any inspection of European troops than he has re.
ceived in the contse of his inspection of his Majesty's 11th
Light Dragoons, under the temporary command of Major
and that of the 14th Foot, under the command of
Lieu olonel Tidy ;it appearing that only two corporal
punishments had been inflicted in the former Regiment, and three
in the latter, during the last seven months, and without the
existence of one single complaint or grievance in either of
them, both maintaining the highest state of discipline and regu-
larity in quarters. Such regiments are, no doubt, beyond com-
mon praise, and far above that of the Major-General ; for be-
haviour so exemplary in soldiers is more rare than perfection in
field movements, and when both are conspicuous, as in the 11th
Light Dragoons, and the 14th Regiment of Foot, they may
both be fairly traced to the system of laudable forbearance in
Officers like Colonels Watson and Sleigh, and Lieut.-Colonel
Tiddy, long accustomed to command and know the just value
of British Troops, when employed in real service.