The Sun.
London, England, 1846-12-09 00:00:00

THE 31st REGIMENT.

On Monday the head-quarters of the gallant 31st
Regiment,eb rk
ed at Gravesend
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from commandthe s ofbi p
Madagascar.
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Sobraon,present atwih the division
Moodkee
Ferozeshah,.
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harry Smith—in all of which battles it was hotly
engaged, and suffered very severely. 28 officers and 530
men formed the list of casualties, the whole strength of
the regiment before the battle of Moodkee having been
32 officers and 733 men.
Four standards captured by the regiment from the
Siekhs were landed amid the deafening acclamations of
thousands of spectators, "ho lined the bank of the river,
cheering with all their might and main the stern heroes
of the Sutlej.
One of these trophies was taken at Ferozeshah, one at
Aliwal, and two at Sobraon. Among them was an
Akablee flag; and desperate must have been the combat
before these devotees left their banner, which they are
sworn to lose only with their lives.
The colours of the corps, torn to shreds from the
storm of grapeshot through which they were victoriously
borne, and stained with the blood of the ensigns who
were killed carrying them to the muzzles of the Seikh
guus which the regiment captured, formed objects of
great interest to the assembled spectators.
Colonel Spence, C. 8., who commanded the 31st in all
these actions, met them at Gravesend, and marched at
their bead to Chatham, where every one seemed to vie
with another in doing all honour to these brave men.
The 31st Regiment sailed for India in January, 1825,
on board the ill-fated Kent East Indiaman. The only
officers now with the regiment who were present at that
lamentable catastrophe are Colonel Spence and Quarter-
master Benison

EXTENT OF CRACO'VV.---The territory of Cracow
extends 21 square miles. The population of the city is
43,000, ot the territory 146,000. The revenue amounts
to two-and-a-quarter millions of Polish florins.
The—Queen's Advocate opened an appeal from the
Chancery of York, " Her Majesty's Proctor v. the Soli-
citor for the Duchy of Lancaster. ' The case was ad-
journed.
PRICE or GOLD.—The premium on gold at Paris
is 15 per mill; , which, at the English Mint price of
31. 17s. 104 d per ounce for standard gold, gives an
exchange of 52 ; and the exchange at Paris on
London at short being 25 55, it follows that gold
isu 0.12 per cent, dearer in London than in Paris.
which,
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standard
gold, gives at the English
an x
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exchange
at Hamburh on London at short.
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being 13 7i, it follows thato golds 0.17 per cent. dearer in
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*SnaFFOCATION IN A SEWER.
—Yesterday Mr. Baker held
Devon-
shire Arms, Devonshire-street,oGinquest at the .
cube Town, Mile-end-
road, on the body of Samuel Hodder, aged forty, fore-
manoema siobuilder. rihe
in the service of Mr. John
deceased on Monday afternoon was
exca-
vating a sewer in Devonshire-street, frinemipot e main line.
he
was
sonsequence
The ground was of a sandy nature, and
cautionedf
pgiLvrens sewlsa,ywhichhere used to
Deceaseda was
of its ihtisaheamvipnigo)%crcsastioonpaultlyo
do, observing that there was no danger.
at a depth of about nine feet when the ground
and buried him, in which position he remaiLdvefowaY
quarter of an hour, his son, who saw the fall of earth,
with with several others, assisting in his exhumation. On
being extricated he was taken to the Devonshire Arms,
and was attended by Mr. Leake, who found life extinct.
Verdict, " Accidental death."
THE QUEEN v. RICHARD DUNK.--The special
jury, at the instance of the prosecutrix, Miss Burdett
Coutts, was struck at the Crown Office on Friday. The
sittings in London of the Court of Queen's Bench will
commence on the 15th inst., when an application will be
made to appoint a day from the trial. Sir F. Thesiger
and Mr. Bodkin are retained for the prosecutrix, who is
expected to be the principal witness on the occasion.
The defendant will be his own client on the indictment
for perjury.
NEW CARRIAGE FOR THE LONDON AND NORTH-
WESTERN RAILwAX.—Mr. Booth, the carriage builder
to the London and North-Western Railway Company,
has lately constructed a first-class carriage upon a new
and improved principle. The carriage is adapted for
the accommodation of twenty-four passengers, with
guards and luggage, and measures twenty seven feet in
length, by the usual width. It is divided into four
bodies or compartments in one length, containing six
divisions each, and runs upon eight wheels. The frame-
work is constructed in the usual manner, with springs,
&c., but is divided into two parts, which, being separate,
move on their own centres. The superiority of Mr.
Booth's invention over the usual carriage consists in the
increased accommodation afforded to passengers, the
absence of any oscillation, the lightness ot the draught
and the great facility and safety in rounding curves
The carriage has lately made several journeys to London.
The cost of construction amounts to about 6001.—Aris's
Birmingham Gazette.

Thelong projected marriage between the Earl of
Waidegrave and Mrs. Milward, of Hastings, was cele-
brated on Tuesday morning at All Souls Church, Lang-
ham place. The Right Rev, the Lord Bishop of Chi-
chester officiated. The whole proceedings were of a
most private nature, only the more immediate members
of the respective fawilies being present.