The Sun.
London, England, 1824-09-02 00:00:00

'TILE ARMY.

MajotcGeneral Sir Henry 'l'orrenc, the Adju.
tant-General, will proceed this day to Chat:latn, for the pur-
pose of inspecting the 2d 'Regiment of Foot, of which he is
Colonel, the 7th -Royal Fuzileers, and the Ist Battalion of the
60th, which has recently arrived from,Quebec.
A party of the Royal Artillery, which assisted in performing
the duty at Chatham, ;sill, in consequence of the arrival theu
of the Ist Battalion of the 60th, return to Woolwich.,
Tice 157th Regiment of Infantry is daily expected to arrive
at Chatham from Cork, preparatory to its embarkation for
India.

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The 2d Regiment of Foot will embark in D,-;%.-I:ber

MERCANTILE SHIPPING.

DEAL, SEPT. I.—Wind E,N.E.—Passed through the Riga,
ltoyal, from London for Jamaica.
Po RTB3lou TH., SEPT. 1.-LWind E.—Arrived his Majesty's
ship Chanticleer, from-the Mediterranean ; Ann Louisa, iternt-
zin, and Emanuel, Thestrup, from Christiana.
FALUOUTH, Ara.. 31.—Wind S:W.—Arrived the Fa-
vourite, Stensin, from Portsground ; Ceres, Blom; from hong-
sound ; and Diamond, Faucet, from Jersey. Sailed the Her-
cules, Stapler, for Petersburgh.
LTV E n POOf., A u G. 31.—Arrived the Alexander, Newlands,
from Jamaica, sailed 20th July. The Rapid and the Mary
were to sail for this port in two or three days after the Alex-
ander. Off the port the Margaret, —, fiom Africa.

Arrived off Castlehaven (Ireland) the Nancy, Patrick, from
Sierra Leone; and the Ann, Ware, from Alaranhath.

Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India
House, when the following ships were thus timed, viz.:—
The Atlas. and Herefordshire for Madras and China; the
Vansittart and Windsor, for Bombay and China; to be afloat
the Gth Nov. 1824; sail to Gravesend 20th Nov. ; stay there 30
days ; and be in the Downs 26th December.
The Repulse, for St. Helena, Bencoolen. and China; the
General hyd and Hythe, for Bengal And Chiba ; to be afloat
the 20t1 of NovSniber 1824; sail to Gravesend the Gth of De-
cember; stay there thirty days; and be in the Downs the 11th
of January 1825. " •
The Royal George, Bridgewater, and Waterloo, for Bengal
and China ; to be afloat 6th December 1024 ; sail to Gravesend
20th December; stay there 30 days ; and be in the Downs gsth
January 1823.
The Kent, for Bengal and China ; Farqultsrson, for St.
Helena, Bombay, and China ; and the Kellie Castle and Inglis,
for Bombay and China ; to be afloat 20th December -1824 ; sail
to Gravesend 4th January 1825 ; stay there 30 days; and bb in
,the Downs 9th February.
LAUNCH Or AN EAST INDIAMAN AT ROCHESTER.—A
new East Indiaman, about 600 tons burthen, was latinched on
Thursday from'the Dock-yard of Messrs. Brindley and Co. at
Rocheskt, built for Messrs. Macqueen and Palmer. She had
not proceeded far on the Slip, when part of the cradle gave way,
and she stopped on the sliding banks, but she was fortunately
got off' on the return of the tide. She is•namtid The City of
Rochester, in compliment to the City, and as she is built on a
construction at once novel and economical, she bids fair to ex-
tend the fame of the City in naval architecture. Her bottom
and sides consist of separate thicknesses of 'planks, worked
fore-and-aft ways, • lapping over the joints or seams of each
other alternately, and under the last coating or outside plank-
ing, there are iron hoop ribs, worked at proper distances, cross-
ing at right angles the planking of the bottom, sides, and deck,
and are firmly secured, within side the ship, with scrcw-nuts
made suitable for the purpose, the whole forming a conibina-
don of strength, which, upon calculation, is estimated to resist
80,000 tons. It appears a very simple improvement, and if
these facts become plain, it no longer becomes a matter of dou bt-
ftil choice whether all ships and vessels should not be built on
this plan, especially as life and property are infinitely more se-
cure from the danger of the sea than in any other ship built in
the common way. As, upon this principle, it Is next to iinpos-
sibility a ship can founder at sea. The ship sails next week
for the East Indiei, and we shall have a demonstration of one
of the greatest improvements in naval architecture that has oc-
curred for centuries past.—The owners gave an excellent din-
ner on the occason to the 31ayor and Corporation, and to which
were also invited the gentry of the surrounding country. A
sphildid ball was given in the evening at the Assembly Room,
which was attended by all the rank and fashion of the neigh-
bourhood.

The Duke and Duchess of CLARENCE came to
town on Tuesday, and dined with the Duke of
SEuesnsseix4,
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t;sotely;teirrsui,i;i,,t2tgdhhociniKeisiisateivgse'srreel:cauelriniviceeedd,
nl;out ten o'clock.
h.ythe Greek Govern_to
The Greek
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a copy .or rallftentlim
toeut of the ternts' alfte Loan. • •Ttte formal nct
of ratification reached Ancona on the 9th ult. on
its way, to this country..
Russian Goverinbenti according to recent
accounts, has imposed a tax of three per cent. on the produce
of all the copper
considerable revenue;rt: Tictslttueall6siao? ,whichte 300w,i01100b erg
eisuet thati veuosfeda
to be raised under the (Ad systeth:
The 'names of CITATF:AUBRIAND anti ANnou-
Laym were formerly celebrated in the annals of love and gal.
!entry. A Countess de Chateaubriand, remarkable for her
beauty, was the -mistress of Francis T. King of France ; anti
. the Duchess of Angouleme, the mother of that Monarch, so
perSecuted and mortified thelovely favourite, that she was corn:
pelled to retire from Court and seek, fin asylum in the chateau
of her husband. But M. de Chateaubriand, who by no means
approved of the conduct of his fair wife, had her put to death.
The unfortunate Countess was imprisoned in an apartment
hung with black, and, in presence of her husband, was assassi.
nated by four masked bravos, her veins being opened.
CUlttous WILL.—In the year 17'24; Jnitice
NonmArr, of Norwich, by his will directed, that the sum of
4,000/. should be given to build a charity school, sixty years
after his decease. The school to contain 120 boys; and be di.
rected that every boy should on Sunday have a pound of roast
beef to his dinner, and ten ounces of plum-pudding to his sup-
per ; on Monday a pound of boiled beef for his dinner, and ten
ounces of suet puddmg for supper ; and every Tuesday morn-
ing beef broth for breakfast, and at dinner a pound of mutton
or veal; every Wednesday, pork and peas; every Thursday,
mutton or' veal; every Friday, beans or peas; and every Sa.
turday, fish well buttered. There were a number of curious
items, and he appointed the Bishop, the Chancellor, the Dean,
the two Members for the City, the two Members for the
County, and eight worthy Churchmen besides, to be his perpe-
tual Trustees. The term of the donation having expired, the
original legacy, with simple and
.compound interest, amounted
-to 74,0001,

DEK FRETSCUUTZ (the Free Archer); writttli
by the German Poet WEBER, has been translated into the
Russian language by 111. SOTOW, anti been repeatedly per-
formed in the theatre at St. Petersburgh, to overflowing houses

ECUTION AT AnEnnEEN.-.--Friday Alexander
Martin, alias Alexander Milne, was executed
here, pursuant to sentence passed upon him by
the nigh Court of Justiciary, at Edinburgh, on
the 14th of July last, for the crime of stouthrief.
Immediately after his conviction he evinced the
most becoming sense of his awful situation. lie
manifested a great degree of firmness and resigna-
tion to his the justice of
his sentence. ngpast three he
fate,
A fullybo About
ta acknowledging
ow d
minutesgi
appeared on the scaffold ; part of the 23d Psalm
was sung, when the Rev. Mr. Thom delivered a
fervent prayer in his behalf, after which the un-
happy criminal, in a distinct and audible voice,
without faultering or hesitation, addressed the
populace at great length, enlarging particularly on
the topics which had greatly engaged his attention
during his confinement, namely, the evils attending
Sabbath breaking and bad company, and the
ruinous tendency of these.derelictions of duty to
youth in particular; above-all, exhorting parents
to enforce the sacred obligations of religion on
their children, so as especially to avoid these fatal
errors from which he had to date all his misfor-
tunes. having ascended
,the drop he, after a
short time employed in earnest prayer, gave the
fatal signal about twenty minutes before four
o'clock, when he was launched into eternity. 'He
was an athletic young man, seemingly about 32
years of