The Sun.
London, England, 1846-03-14 00:00:00

MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

Copies of the following letter have been addressed to per-
sous seeking information as to the probable fate of their rela-
tives amongst the non-commissioned (lacers and privates in
those of her Majesty's regiments which took part in the bat-
tles of Mosdkee and Ferozeshali. The list of the killed in
the 3d. (the King's Own) Regiment Light Dragoon, was re-
ceived a few days since, and ordered for publication in the
Gazette of last night.

" War-Office. 12th March, 1846.
"Sir,—l am directed to acknowledge your letter of the
instant, and to acquaint you that as soon as the return
of the names of the men killed in action at Moodkee and Fe-
rozeshah are received they will be published.
"I atn,ssir, your obedient servant,

S. SULIV.4.N.
6th Regiment of Dragoon Guards (Carabineers).—We are
authorised to state that this regiment is not about to pro-
ceed to India, as stated in a paragraph (copied from a pro-
vincial journal) which has been latterly going the round of
the London papers.
7th (the Princess Royal's) Regiment of Dragoon Guards,
serving on the frontiers of the British possessions, Cape of
Good hope.—Major General Sir George Scovell, K.C.8., a
Waterloo and Peninsula officer, Governor of the Royal Mili-
tary College, has been appointed colonel of this regiment, in
the room of General Sir Evan Lloyd.

7th (the Queen's Own) Regiment of Light Dragoons
(Hussars).—Major-General Sir William Tuyll has received
the colonelcy of this regiment, in the room of Sir James
Kearney, lately deceased. He was one of the aides-de-camp
to the Marquis of Anglesey when on foreign service, and his
private secretary when Viceroy of Ireland. Being a foreigner
(a native of llolland), a special Act of Parliament was passed
some years since to enable him to obtain the rank of a general
officer in the British armv.

13th (Prince Albert's) Regiment of Light Infantry.—
Major- General Sir Win. Gomm has been selected by the
Commander-in-Chief to succeed the late Sir R. H. Sale in
the colonelcy of this corps. The Gallant General has been
fifty-two years in the army, and was last in the Coldstream
Guards. lie was appointed Governor and Commander-in-
Chief of the Mauritius, where he is now stationed, in 1842.

There is no foundation for the report set afloat by a
Brighton paper, to the effect that the 17th Lancers, lately
stationed there, are on the raster tiir Indian service.

We regret to state that, owing to an informality in attes-
tation, the Grenadier Guards are daily lo,ing numbers of
men. Indeed, it is now pretty well understood that upwards
of 700 men in the British army arc in the same position.
The intbrmality consists in the men having been enlisted in
one county or division and attested in another, which ren-
ders their enlistments wholly informal. In some instances
this circumstance has been recently ascertained of men who
have been many years in the service, anti the authorities
appear doubtful how to act.

Viscountess Palmerston trill have a grand assembly
to-night, when most of the Foreign Ministers and a brilliant assem-
blage9f the leading aristocracy will attend.

The Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury are still resid-
ing at Palermo, and it is with great pleasure we hear that the object
of their visit to the delightful climate of Sicily has been fully realised
in the restoration of his Lordship's nephew and heir, Mr. Talbot, to
perfect health. Lord and Lady Shrewsbury Intend returning to Eng-
land in June next.--Dublin Evening Poe.
_ _

Sir Robert Peel acknowledges the receipt of 11/. 10s.,
from some person unknown, on account of income-tax.
The anniversary entertainment of the officers engaged
la the Egyptian campaign of 1801, under Sir Ralph Abercrombie,
took place last evening at the Senior United Service Club, Pall-mall.
The customary day fur this annual meeting was the Bth instant, the
anniversary of the landing of the British troops; but this year, It
having occurred on the Sabbath, it was deterred until the 13th inst.,
the anniversary of the first action with the enemy. In 1836, when
we noticed this gathering, :.bove forty officers assembled under the
presidency of Lord Hill, the then General Commanding-in-Chief, but
time has limited the gallant individuals who share the glories of that
campaign, and on Friday only eleven were present :—The Marquis
of Westmeath presided, and in addition were General Paul Ander-
son, C. 8., Colonel of the 78th Foot ; Major-General John Duffy,
C.B. ; Major-General Thomas Kenai), C.B. ; Colonel Iremouger,
Lieutenant-Colonel Elwin, Rear-ACmiral D. Dundas, Captain Lloyd
Captain Feed, and Captain Kelley.
We understand that the date of the latest dispatches
from the Governor-General is the 19th ofJanuary. It is obviously hu-
possible therefore that any certain or direct intelligence can have been
receivJd in this country, or in France, as to the affairs which are re-
ported in the Delhi Gazette of the 24th of that month to
havehe attack
taken
Place on the 21st, in the vicinity of Loodianah, or as to the
thrown up by the Seikhs to cover their.
pDeo,baa
ttshrtoo have been made on the 21st of.
bridge tJanuarystated by
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obtpohoaent
boats
tahe Journaltt
the,
battlesa are glad do
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hl learn r
Ins thatth2lnl,
to,
andlese
fddoei'd of Sobraon, a few miles lower down the
thWe'e
than 500
stohoaloirtl:heefonricelnofwloluunr r ed
wounded
ec. i
n 22d of Decembr, bad sufficiently recovered by the 19th of January to
be able to join their regiments.—Times.
PRESIDENT YOLK " PRISONER OF WAR" TO ENG-
LAND.—It is a curious fact that the President of the United States,
the warlike and pugnacious Polk, was a prisoner of war, in the year
1812, to the " Britishers." Mr. Polk was then a subaltern In the
United States army, and was captured en the ice, near Detroit, by a
party of the 41st Regiment of Foot, under the command of Captain
Bullock. General Cass, the bellicose military orator in the American
Legislature, also fell, by the fortune of war, into the hands of the
English forces in the same year.
TROTTING MATCH.—On Thursday the match be-
tween Mr. Gould's mare and Mr. Wentwood's cob, which were
matched for lat. a side, to trot in harness upon two miles of road,
came off at Brixton. The nags were driven by their owners. The
former came in the winner by one hundred yards, and in seven
minutes and ten seconds. _ _

ption, ot. Peterx ei
OsuNrEvivOinFg NmleEmLberG, owwit'hs
oßnelNexDce.
BoDwige,ltTline oOnfly
Gow's celebrated "reel band," died at Perth, on the Ist inst., at
the advanced age of 83. The survivor is old Peter Murray, of Inver,
now also an octogenarian, and who, with his mamesake now de-
ceased, have long outlived all the rest of that corps, without whose
exhilirating strains no joyous meeting, from the fashionable assem-
bly to the humble "penny wedding," could be said to be rightly
constituted. It has been often a subject of regret that none of this
famous coterie had the turn to leave on record any of the multi-
farious adventures which befel them in the exercise of their calling,
which, from want of the facilities for travelling at the time, necefs
sadly partook Wish of the characteristics of the gaberlunzie. After
breaking up of the band, upon the death of its head, John and Peter
Bowie, brothers, took up shop in Perth, as music-sellers and teachers
of the violin and piano-forte, and from their talents, as well as their
former popular connexion, enjoyed a large share of public support.
The elder brother deceased upwards of thirty years ago, unrnairiel,
and the survivor, being a man of frugal habits, and continuing in the
exercise of his profession till lately, amassed a considerable fortune,
the greater part of which, we understand, he has bequeathed to the
charities of this place.—Pertlisleire Courier.
OUT-PENSIONERS OF CHELSEA AND GREENWICH.--
The Bill just introduced into the House of Commons for regulating
the payment of the out-pensioners of Greenwich and Chelsea Hospi-
tals proposes the repeal of various statutes on the subject, and df
such part of 2 and 3 Viet., c. al, as refers to repayment of relief
granted to Chelsea and Greenwich out-pensioners. The Bill then
proposes to enact that the Secretary at War may regulate the
payment of these out-pensioners, and that the accounts are to be
audited as army effective services, with a saving of the powers
of the Commissioners of the Admiralty and Chelsea Hospital.ore
A penalty similar to that already provided in the Actsbef
mentioned is to be inflicted for frauds respecting pensions.
ter Greenwich
1 i by
pensioners convicted of felony may
reatoret to their
LordPiligh
the Secretary at War, with the concurrence of
may e paid to
Ad-
miral or Commissioners of the Admit alty.
reth'esikijogdom ; and the
the wives. and children of pensioners out ofsrishes of relief given to
Bill further provides for the repaymentitoticp,
pensioners. Arrears of
out-pensioners,
and
for
the
cure'Ploluitbe personal representatives,
pensions under SO/. may
befialmlnistration. Bills on account of
without probate or letters o
psusio • us paid are to be presented to the Secretary at War.
rh Bilk • t •
ICES.— e just intro -
diced OUT-PENSIONERS' SERV
the House of Commons by Government, rendering
duced into
effective the services of tile Chelsea out-pensioners, and extending it
to the out-pensioners of Greenwich Hospital, proposes to extend the
provisions of the 6111 and
'-11, of Victoria, C. 25, to the Greenwich
ides e number of nsioners of
pensioni e. It also Pr
and Greenwich o,•
Hospitalsthat so to be enrolled in the United
Kingdomelseaat any one time may be any number not exceeding twenty
thousa .nd men ; tend that they may be called out for inspection or
exercise on an.,
• v number of days not exceeding twelve in any year.
The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland is also to be empowered to call out
the Irish pensioners " to assist the civil power."
SENATORIAL COURTESY IN AMERICA.--We have the
following rich scene in the reports of the senatorial:proceedings of the
state of New York. It is truly characteristic. It is a correct report:--
" Mr. Clark—You dodged on the Convention Bill.
" Mr. Young—You lie, sir.
." Mr. Clark—You owned stock In thirteen banks.
" Mr. Young—Yon lie, sir.
" Mr. Clark—You have a princely fortune from the country.
" Mr. Young (with his foot on the desk)—You lie—you ire—yea
lie, you old hypocrite.
"All the Senators—HOoray I hit him again, Buck, he halal got
no Aleuds•"