The Sun.
London, England, 1841-10-23 00:00:00

MILITARY INTELLIGENC .

CHATHAM, WEDNESDAY, OCT. 20.—A detachment of
the 38th Regiment, consisting of two officers, Lieutenant
Hackett and Ensign Jarvis, one sergeant, and 40 rank
and file, arrived at this garrison on Friday from Hull,
and will proceed as soon as shipping can be procured to
join the service companies at !ante.
The depot of the 33d Regiment left this garrison on
Friday last, and embarked from the Royal dockyard on
board the Prince Regent transport, and sailed immedi-
ately for Cork. The following are the names of the
officers :—Major R. Westmoon, Captain J. D. John-
stone, Captain J. B. Gough, Captain W. Maude, Cap-
tain IL K. Erskine, Captain J. Williams, Lieutenant T.
Todd, Lieutenant J. Knight, Lieutenant Hon. J. Keane,
Lieutenant J. B. Neil, Ensign C. W. Donovan, Ensign
H. N. Burke, Ensign H. C. Fitz7,errdd, En•Agn G.
Swaby, two officers of the mess, and Assistant-Surgeon
M. M‘Donald ; there was one sergeant-major, two quar-
ter-master sergeants, and 205 non-commissioned officers
and privates. The 33d regiment is now in the West In-
dies, and is called "The Duke of Wellington's," the Duke
having been their. Colonel for some years.
A detachment of tke 79th arrived yesterday at noon,
consisting of one officer, viz., En,ign Aynsley, one ser-
geant, and 40 rank and file; they arrived on Monday
night, about twelve o'clock, by the Adelaide steamer,
erom Paisley. They encountered a dreadful passage,
and on Sunday they saw two ships go down. Tlie Ade-
laide met with a trifling accident, which prevented them
arriving earlier. The detachment was expected on Fri-
day last..
PRESENTATION OF NEW COLOURS TO THE 99T11 REGT.
This morning the whole of the troops in garrison were
under arms, and marched on to the lines, preparatory to
the military spectacle about to be witnessed—that of
;iresenting the regiment with a new and splendid set of
eolonrs. On the ground was a numerous assemblage of
the gentry of the neighbourhood. About half-past
twelve o'clock the Commandant, Colonel Sir W. Warre,
K.C.8., together with General Sir H. Douglas, Colonel
of the- 99th, appeared on the ground, followed by a nume-
rous staff. The usual military ceremonies baring been
observed, the colours were consecrated by the Rev. Dr.
Curtcis, the chaplain, who delivered a prayer suitable
to the occasion.

Miss Douglas, (laughter of the Colonel, then came for-
ward to present. the colours, which she did, delivering
the following suitable address, with a firmness, that did
honour to th daughter of a British soldier :—" I have
great pleasure in presenting these splendid colours to the
99th Regiment, because I feel convinced that this excel-
lent corps will always be true to respect and honour
them ; that if ever unfurled before an enemy they will
he nobly borne to victory; and I most confidently be-
lieve that they will never, under any circumstances, fall
into the hands of an enemy. I need scarcely say, that
as the daughter of a soldier, and he your Colonel, I shall
,Iver fervently wish this excellent corps success, rrospe-
rity, and renown in all its undertakings."
Ensigns Montgomerie, R. de Winton, G. de Winton,
and Blackburn, then knelt down to receive the belts,
,vhiA were richly embroidered with velvet, and were the
gift of the Lady of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Gaspard le
Merchant, of the same regiment, the whole of the
regi-
ment presenting arms, the band playing " God save
the Queen." After a few military movements the old
colours were displaced for the new. A half battery was
on the field, and fired a salute of 19 rounds.
The regiment was ably and forcibly addressed by their
Colonel, Sir Howard Douglas, trusting that whenever
duty should be called for they would keep those
virgin colours pure and spotless. The Colonel then paid
high eulogium on the discipline of the regiment, not
:orgetting the Lieutenant-Colonel, Sir Gaspard le.Mar-
dhant, who immediately advanced to the Colonel and tic •
Icnowledged the compliment. The troops, consisting of
the Royal Engineers, Royal Marines, and detachments of
different regiments, then marched in review order before
the Commander and the Colonel of the 99th.
The number of men on the ground was 4,252 Privates,
+9) ) Corporals, 273 Sergeants, 85 Drummers, 42 Staff,
101 Subalterns, 39 Captains, and 13 Field Officers.
After the review a grand dejeuner in the new mess-
room was given by the officers to a numerous and fashion-
able assemblage.
The Sergeants of the 99th gave a splendid dinner to
the Sergeants of the different depots.

DEATH F ROM:COLD.—Tuegshdlay,dthpeastichulainrsiyt.,
was an extremely bad day in the mans
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et hfesi?
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from . theemm.o:rhn,inh thatrtgarovfest
ia
returning
Strathmore, were overtaken by thesttohrme
violencetnth of ewildson
the south side of the Dee. From the
,vital and rain, and the dense mist which covered the
hills, they 1:)st their way, and wandered long, without
knowing where they were going, among the almost.
trackless hills. Cold, wet., hunger, and fatigue, se-
verely tried the stoutest of them ; and we regret to
say that one woman, Isabel Watson, wife of Alexander
Stewart, fella victim to the inclemency of the weather.
She travelled on, with much spirit, till near the top of the
Firmont, when becoming quite exhausted, she sunk under
the cold and fatigue. Her daughter and the other woman
in company, did all they possibly could to strengthen and
animate her, but all their efforts proved unavailing. They
somehuman
n habitation i twa
then attempted to carry her along in hopes of reaching
ree
otimonan;
on
dhais manhac
k fwhoor wsaesvewrai with
miles,
em
carried
but
her getting worse, and finding himself
unable to proceed farther with her, he was obliged to
put her down. One party then hastened to seek assist-
ance, while her daughter, and others, remained with the
lying woman, to render all the assistance they could.
They placed part of their own clothes on her, but
oothing they could do would warm or invigorate her
perishing frame. It must have been a great trial to the
poor girl to stand by and see her mother perishing with
cold, and yet unable to render the least assistance. At
last a horse and cart were brought to their assistance,
but, ere then, nature was exhausted, and she had not
!)een many minutes placed in the cart when the last feeble
spark of life gave way, and all symptoms of animation
were long gone ere they were able to reach a house.—
, &Vela Paper.

EDUCATION AND CRIME, During the year
persons conN,ni..:eted of f,,lony in
1840 the total number of
re.(ei
sturansported,
England was 19,927, of these 4,105
understand the
edu-
out of which number only 390 hadiriecndeei
ation as enabled them to reabirand Bible,
tfw remaining 3,715 being more or less, andttle,
majority wholly uneducated. In the county ofusgarleapt
during the year 1840, there have been 44 persons o.'
trans-
ported, not one of whom had received education s,,fiiient to enable him to read the Bible, and the chaoli;ini'-
report stated that of 222 prisoners in the gaol during ih:
last quarter 59 or them were so deplorably ignorant that
they did not even know the name of the
Liavionr ; 61
only had been confirmed ; 18 only
.were communicants of
the Church of England ; the remainder were either Dis-
senters or of no religious persuasion whatever. A con-
siderable portion could not read, but many of them had
been taught to read and even write, and do the first four
rules of arithmetic while in prison. In Worcestershire
the total number of prisoners committed from the year
1855 to 1341, both inclusive, amounts to 1,954. Out of
this number of 1,954 no less than 771 prisoners could
neither read nor write. This is about two-fifths of the
iwhole. And taking the last six years the number of
prisoners who
cool 4
read and write well. were but
twenty-three ! to counterbalancean the 771 who were in a
state of complete
4 deplorable iguoraxce.