The Sun.
London, England, 1846-07-09 00:00:00

ROYAL ARTILLERY.

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The following is an extract from an officer serving in
the detachment of the Royal Artillery at New Zealand,
nnder Captain Henderson We are going to the south
in a hired transport, together with Colonel Mime, of
the 96th Regiment, and two flank companies and two
battalic n companies of the same Regiment, two flank
companies of the 99th Regiment, and two battalion
companies of the 58th Regiment. The Driver steamer-
of-war, with her Majesty's ships Calliope and Castor,
accompanies us. There is now in this harbour (Auck-
land), on the 23d of January, her Majesty's ship Castor,
North Star, Calliope, Racehorse, and her Majesty's
steamer Driver ; also, the lion. East India Company's
ship Elphinstone, and one hired transport. The 58th
Regiment are about 800 men strong, but greatly de-
tached ; the 96th Regiment about 200 men strong, and
the 99th Regiment the same ; so altogether the force in
this island is about 1,020 men, including our 23 artillery-
men ; and are distributed .thus-400 at this place
(Auckland), 200 at the Bay of Islands, 420 going south,
where we expect a little work. The marines and sailors
work on shore ; so altogether we muster tolerably strong
when necessary. The paths of the natives are regular
rabbit-warrens, and it is madness to think of attacking
them without artillery."
The remains of the late Quartermaster Forbes, of the
Royal Artillery, were interred on Tuesday, with the
military honours due to his rank, in the churchyard of
the parish of Woolwich. The coffin containing the body
was conveyed upon a gun-carriage, drawn by fourihorses,
and above the pall, which was borne by six officers of
the same rank as the deceased, were placed his cocked
hat and sword he formerly wore. The attendance of
his former private friends was numerous as mourners ;
and Colonel Turner, Colonel Cleveland,
LieutQnant-
Colonel Crawford, Lieutenant-Colonel Willis, Brigade
.
Major Cuppage, Captain Tylden, and a number of offi-
cers
of the Royal Artillery, and Colonel Mercer, of the
Royal Marines. and Captain Webb, Royal Engineers,
joined the procession to the churchyard. The band and
drums and fifes of the Royal Artillery, alternately play-
i9g the " Dead March in Saul," preceded the gun-car-
riage containing the coffin. After the portion of the
funeral service performed in the church by the Rev.
J. C. Connolly, they played an anthem. When the
funeral service was completed three vollies were fired
over the grave by a party of the Royal Artillery. Quar-
termaster Forbes was an excellent classical scholar,
having studied at one of the colleges in Aberdeen ; but
he enlisted as a gunner and
dprirevfeerrriinn
preferring
d was promot dt e o the
highest step attainable by those who enter the ranks.
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Fox RUNT AT BRlXTON.—Yesterday, the village of
Tulse-hill, Brixton, was the scene :of amusement in conse-
quence of a large fox having been started from a plantation
in that neighbourhood. A " field " of pedestrians quickly
set foot for reynard, who hurried towards the church and
crossed the high road, taking refuge near a stack of hay.
The field now came up with " the hounds," composed of the
Newfoundland breed down to the king's spaniel. A ring was
formed to take reynard vi et arinis, but he slyly stole away
and fled from his enemies to Water-lane, Camberwell. The
" game " now was in full view, and the chase became very
animated, the order of hunting being reversed, by the hun-
ters running first and the pack following at their heels.
Rey hard skirted the fields towards Dulwich, but evidently
had lost his track, and, after a dodging chase of about two
hours, poor reynard submitted to be taken. He is supposed
to have strayed from Penge-wood.
SUSPECTED SUICIDE FROM REMORSE OF CONDUCT.. —•
Yesterday afternoon IMr. Bedford held an inquest at the
White Hart, Millbank-row, Westminster, respecting the
death of Rachael Lewis, aged 29 years, who was four.d in
the river. The deceased was the wife of a paper maker, but
for some time past she had been cohabiting with a young
man named Thomas Morriss, a tailor, with whom she was
constantly quarrelling and fighting. She called recently at
the house of Morriss for money, for which she was given
into custody, and taken before a magistrate at Queen-square
Police-court, who fined her for causing a disturbance. De-
ceased had been in a low and desponding state for several
weeks, and had been heard to say she would commit suicide.
She called on her sister, in the Vauxhall-bridge-road, at a
late hour on Tuesday night, in a disturbed state of mind.
Her sister asked her the cause of her excitement, when she
answered in a low tone, " I have more on my mind than I
can divulge," and added, as she left the house, " God above
knows all." About a quarter to four o'clock yesterday
morning her body was found in the water. There was no
evidence how the deceased came into the water. The jury,
therefore, returned a verdict of " Found drowned."
The proprietors of the Colonial Bank held a meeting
yesterday, when a dividend at the rate of 3 per cent. per
annum upon the paid-up capital was declared. Considering
the heavy losses which this company sustained a few years
ago, and which until very lately compelled them to abstain
from the declaration of a dividend altogether, this result
may be considered highly satisfactory. ipos.Eol.
FRANCE.—THE ESCAPE OF PRINCE LOUI
—The trial of the accomplices of Prince •01.11e-si'll_P:',._l")&_.l4 oectn
the occasion of his escape from the
_si_tnie jrpuerscrunen. fixed
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