The Sun.
London, England, 1846-04-04 00:00:00

March.

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TBE DEATH OF A DRUNlCARD.—Yestarday MT.
Wakley, M.P., held an inquest, at the York Arms, East-street, Man-
chester-square, on the body of Redmond Cower, aged fifty-five, a
dissipated Irish labourer. Margaret, the wife of the deceased, proved
his death, which occurred on Monday last, in consequence of a fall
which happened to him three days previously, whilst in a state of
inebriation. A son of the deceased, aged twelve years, not being
sworn on account of his tender years, said he saw his father fall,
about noon, on Friday last, near the Paddington and hiarylebone
Hospital, now in the course of erection, close by Cambridge-terrace.
Edgware-road. By the Coroner—My father could be no tipsier than
he was at the time of the accident—he could not stand. The Coroner
—Used he to beat you? Boy—Yes, Sir, always when he was drunk.
He struck me with the shovel some time before he fell. The Coroner
Do youwork?—Yes, Sir, and I earn 2s. a day at sifting sand. Coroner
—Row much did your father eam? Boy—A great deal more, Sir, but he
never brought anything home to mother ; he drank it all. Sir-
Coroner—Who supported your mother and three young brothers and
sisters? Boy—l did, Sir, with the help of my mother. I gave her
all my earnings. Coroner—Well, my little fellow, you deserve some
reward. We ought to raise a small subscription for him. The jury
readily assented, and the Coroner having put down his quota, they
followed his example. Verdict—" Accidental death through
drunkenness."
DISTRESS AT SEA.—On Thursday last a stou round
glass bottle was picked up on the beach at Society, near Hopoun-
house, Linlithgewshire, by James Anderson, resident there. The
bottle was sealed, and contained the following notice : Monday.
March 16.—Elizabeth, of Liverpool, bound to Newcastle, in great
distress, off the Bell Rock. We expect never to see land again,
,fer
we are driving fast to the northward.--John Wilson, Liverpool.
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Edinburgh Witness.
RAILWAY LUXURIES.—We lately gave currency to a
report, that on some of the long lines it is in contemplation to esta-
blish -
blish locomotive divans. Another proposition, and one of m_
general utility,
ohrastrbeaveenuiinnadg eredsataritnirgantte. pasAt fortnight,
iogfht,fanamre,
onel_eYyri, tr,
what the refectory contains, is to be posted in each carritag?i:
to the waiter, who will travel to them along a narrowp.
purrs:ol
are to be at the command of the passengers, to announceislieu
side the interior of the carriages constructed for the
The Builder. intermediate gauge
THE GAUGE QUESTION.—The
considers the narrow
e w.. 0
Siena
willsi,_._
finds a supporter in Major-General Pasley, who_
gauge of 4 feet t 3.,/,gaugetite oft.-
'approved for Ireland, to be
inches
mediate gauge of 5 feet 3 inches,
hich
will admit of engines as
the Great Western
established for Great Britain also,
wwa railway.
The narrow gauge,
powerful as those o whiny Gremat il est
ft not room between the wheels for fire-
lie enough to obtain sufficient power, and, there-
d r °;:ri 'dana recommendsth
e 7 fe
feet
the
:reiltrbrlr
means of travelling with that degree ef speed,
which the public have a right to
e
expect. He
combined safety,witthilitile railways
from
orb:ill:etre s'h.
tecei raoeinflpdi contrary,
IroWetsaei elffetyo s rd
alarr
narrow llll
g a
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nb a br 0
ll y
tu
rb e e t rnewob consideration
in Great Britain shall adopt the in-
recornllle
tndg'auge of 5 feet 3 inches, under the
dd,eertithaanttigethno
fethbcahrita
nut the
bridges
terinedia e
nileage of railways in the country will certainly be doubled in the
or tunnels, &c., and that the carriages of the present railwaye may
be altered to suit the intermediate gauge at a moderate expense.
The Dutch steam-ship Batavier made her first voyage
this season from Rotterdam to the port of London, on Thursday in
the present week, when she arrived at the St. Katherine's steam-
packet wharf; after a quick passage, having on board thirty-eight
oxen and cows, eighty-four baskets and three cases of fresh fish, four
baskets of poultry, two boxes of eggs, one hundred casks of butter,
seventy of cheese, a large quantity of Geneva spirit, wine, and other
articles, the produce of Holland. The arrival of the ship announces
the commencement of the summer traffic to and from the Northern
European Continental ports for the season.
Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston leave town on
Monday next for Paris, with the intention of spending three weeks
in the French capital.
The Countess de St. Aulairoa arrived at the French
embam IPA ritnillit frOMFMIII.

FRIDAY NIGHT'S GA.ZETTE.
WHITEHALL, APRIL 1, 1345.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right Hon.
Charles Join Viscount Canning to be one of her llajesty's
Coneinis6ioners fur inquirirg into and considering. the most
effectual means of improving the metropolis, and of pro-
viding increased facilities of communication within the same,
FOREIGN OFFICE, APRIL 2.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of :Mr. Clements
Frederik Good, as Consul at Hull for his Majesty the King
of Denmark.
WAR-OFFICE, APRIL 3.
Royal Regiment of Horse Guards-Lieutenant A. B. P.
Hood to be Captatn, by purchase, vice Oliver, who retires;
Cornet the Hon. G. W. to be Lieutenant, by purchase;
vice Hood ; Lord G. C. G. Lennox to be Cornet, by pur-
chase, vice Milles, April 3.
4th Dragoon Guards--Cornet and Adjutant J. Mullen to
have the rank of Lieutenant, March 26.
3d Light Dragoons---Captain H. A. Ouvry, from the 68th
Foot, to be Captain, vice Dyer, who exchanges; Lieutenant
W. H. Hadfield, to be Captain, without purchase, vice Tritton,
promoted in the 10th Light Dragoons; Cornet W. H. Orme,
to be Lieutenant, vice Hadfield; Troop Sergeant Major R.
Shaw, from the 17th Light Dragoons, to he Cornet, vice
Orme, April 3.
10th Light Dragoons-Veterinary Surgeon J. Robertson,
from the I.lth Light Dragoons, to be Veterinary Surgeon,
vice Gloag, who exchanges, April 3.
11th Light Dragoons-Veterinary Surgeon J. W. Gloag,
from the 10th Light Dragoons, to be Veterinary Surgeon,
vice Robertson, who exchanges, April 3.
16th Light Dragoons-Lieutenant F.T. Meik to be Captain,
without purchase, vice Waugh, appointed to the 10th Light
Dragoons; U. W. Evans, M.D., to be Assistant Surgeon, vice
Stevens, appointed to the 10th Light Dragoons, April 3.
Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards-Brevet Colonel
H. Armytage, from half-pay 22d Light Dragoons, to be
Captain and Lieut.• Colonel, vice F. Clinton, who exchanges;
Lieutenant and Captain F. W. Hamilton to be Captain and
Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Armytage, who re-
tires; Ensign and Lieutenant-Colonel Lord A. Hay to be
Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Hamilton ; S.
Burrard, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Lord A. Hay ; Lieutenant and J. H. Purees to be Ad-
jutant, vice Hamilton, promoted, April 3.
Ist Regiment of Foot-Lieut. T. L. Leader, from the 2d
Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Webster, promoted, April 3.
2d Foot-Lieut. T. Wingate, to be Captain, without pur-
chase, vice Carney, deceased; Ensign E. M. H. Mainwanng
to be Lieutenant, vice Wingate, March 26 ; Ensign W. H.
Poulett, from the 54th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Mamwaring,
April 3.
12th Foot-Ensign and Adjutant W. E. Crofton to have
the rank of Lieutenant, April 2; Ensign J. R. Palmer to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Braham, who retires ;
H. White, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Palmer,
April 3.
14th Foot-Captain J. V. Fletcher, from half-pay Un-
attached, to be Captain, vice Brevet Major J. M. Wood, who
exchanges, receiving the difference; Lieutenant E. Archdall
to be Captain,_ purchaie, vice Fletcher, who retires;
Ensign W. C. Trevor to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Archdall ; S. C. Lousada, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Trevor, April 3.
24th Foot-Captain C. H. Ellice, from the 82d Foot, to be
Captain, vice Spring, who exchanges; Surgeon G. K. Pit-
cairn, M.D., from the 49th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Lori-
mer, who exchanges, April 3.
36th Foot-Lieut. C. W. Carden to be Captain, by pur-
chase, vice Goodman, who retires, April 3;. Ensign F. Pal-
mer to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Harvey, de-
ceased, Feb. 16 ; Ensign R. Barnston to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Carden, April 3 ; Sergeant IL Ellis to be En-
sign, vice Palmer, April 2 ; 11. K. Grant, Gent., to be En.
sign, by purchase, vice Barnston, April 3.
t9th Foot-Surgeon W. Lorimer, from the 24th Foot, to
be Surgeon, vice Pitcairn, who exchanges, April 3.
54th Foot-T. F. Rolt, Gent., to be Ensign, without pur-
chase, vice Poulett, appointed to the 2d Foot, April 3.
50th Foot-Lieutenant G. Rabau to be Captain, by par-
chase, vice Paget promoted; Ensign A. G. 'Woodford to be
Lieutenaut, by purchase, vice Baleen ; W. Clutterbuck, Gent.,
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Woodford, April 3.
63d Foot-Capt. F. B. Muller, from half-pay Unattached,
to be Captain, vice J. R. Norton, who exchanges; Lieut. G.
N. Harrison to be Captain, by purchase, vice Muller, who re •
tires; Ensign H. M. Walmsley to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Harrison ; T. W. Paterson, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Walmsley, April 3.
64th Foot-Ensign W. C. Dunn to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Willesioni, who retires; R. D. Cane, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Dunn, April 3.
65th Foot-Lieutenant J. W. Marshall to be Paymaster,
vice Blake, appointed to the Royal Canadian Ride Regiment,
April 3.
68th Foot-Captain .J. E. Dyer, front the 3d Light Dra-
go.c.ins, to be Captain, vice Oavry, who exchanges. April 3.
.101 Foot- Lieutenant G. W. Fordyce, to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Eyre. who retires; Ensign R. P. Smith, to
be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Fordyce; C. Breton, Gent.,
to be Ensign,, by purchase, vice Smith, April 3.
82d I ot,t-Captain W. Spring, from 24th Foot, to be
Captain, vice Ellice, why exchanges, April 3.
83d Foot-Ensign J. W. Crowe to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Naylor, appointed to the Bth Light Dragoons;
W. K. Bookev, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Crewe,
April 3.
84th Foot-Surgeon J. Marshall, from 65th Foot, to be
Surgeon, vice D. Armstrong, who retiree upon lialf-pny,
April 3.
,92d Foot-Captain C. T. Graves, from half-pay Unat-
tached, to be Captain, vice P. M•Leod Petley, who ex-
changes; Lieut. E. E. Haines to be Captain, by purchase,
vice Graves, who retires; Ensign R. Bethune to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Haines; J. Cunningham, Gent., to
be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bethune; Lieut. D. Macdo-
nald, from 54th Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Pryce Clarke,
who reverts to his former half- pay, April 3.
96th Foot-Lieut. H. V. Mundell, from 65th Foot, to be
Lieutenant, vice Horsley, promoted, April 3.
Ist West India Regiment-Captain G. Rawlison from
nalf-pay Bth Foot, to be Captain. vice Robertson, promoted ;
Lieut. E. L. Knight to he Captain, by purchase, vice Raw&
son, who retires ; Ensign A. Tunstall to he Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Knight, April 3 ; Ensign F. Miller to be Lieu-
tenart, by purchase, vice Pogeon, who retires, April 4; R.
B. Fickl n, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Tunstall,
April 3 ; J. T. Ling, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Miller, April 4.
Ungrrecurne-Capt. H. W. Paget, from the 56th Regi-
ment, to be Major, by purchase, vice A. Forbes, who retiree,
April 3.