The Sun.
London, England, 1846-11-13 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

The following is a Return " showing the Average
Effective Strength of the Army in the year 1843;
specifying severally Dragoon Guards, Dragoons, Foot
Guards, and Infantry of the Line":—
Life Guards and Horse Guards—Corporals,l32; trum-
peters, 27; rank and file, 1,043.
Dragoon Guards—Sergeants, 181 ; trumpeters, 44;
rank and file, 2,256.
Dragoons—Sergeants, 552; trumpeters, 121; rank and
file, 6,877.
Foot Guards—Sergeants, 262; drummers, 133; rank
and file, 4,505.
Infantry of the Line—Sergeants, 5,318; drummers,
1,636; rank and file, 95,135.
West India and Colonial Corps—Sergeants, 315;
drummers, 103; rank and file, 5,308.
TOTALS IN EACH YEAR FROM 1834 TO 1843.
Corporals and Trumpeters Rank and
Sergeants. and Drummers. File.
1834
1835 ...
1836
1837
1838
1839
1840
1841
1842
1843
(Signed) JOHN MACDONALD, A.G.
Adjutant-General's-office.

Years.

GOVERNORSHIP OF BOMBAY.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sin,—Sundry rumours are afloat with respect to the
appointment of Mr. Clarke to the Governorship of
Bombay. Without pretending to be intimately ac-
quainted with all the circumstances of this appointment,
it does appear rather more than strange, and partaking
somewhat of the character of a dodge, that after a most
unprecedented delay in filling up the office, a gentleman
who, however experienced, is neither a Munro nor an
Elphinstone, should at last have been selected, when it
is a matter of notoriety, that he is very unlikely to ac-
cept the appointment after all. Is Mr. Clarke a warm-
ing pan? We are satisfied that neither Lord John
Russell, nor the Government generally, would lend
themselves to anything underhand, or like an intrigue,
but has or has not the rresident of the Board of Con-
troul sacrificed his own conviction to Sir J. W. Ilogv,'s
prejudices, for the purpose of excluding Mr. Villiers,
who was originally named for the appointment, whose
nomination gave great satisfaction to the public at large,
and who is so well qualified for the office, by his expe-
rience, his talents, and his generally comprehensive
views.—Yours, &c.

AN INDIAN.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

am very glad that your attention is directed
to the thoroughly disgraceful system of conveying real
property, but fear the landed interest are too ignorant to
consent to registration courts, where title deeds could be
deposited. however, might be done by Govern-
ment introducing an intelligible title deed, which ought
to be printed, so that only the description of the pro-
perty and price would have to be written. Indeed, a
short endorsement might suffice when there was once a
clear deed, whether it was transferred to a purchaser or
mortagee. To have more deeds than one to represent
one property seems to be absurd. If the Government
required a tax on every transfer—and I see no reason
nhy they should not have it—it might be levied in the
form of a receipt stamp, rendering the transaction illegal
without one, and imposing a fine on parties witnessing
a transfer without seeing that the tax was paid.— I am,
Sir, you: most obedient servant, A. B.

His Excellency the Earl of Elgin, the Governor-
General of Car.ada, is expected to embark for North
America on the 15th or 16th proximo. The Noble Earl
and his bride have left Lambton Castle, Durham, for
Broom Hall, Fifeshire.
Two CROPS OF GRAPES IN ONE SEASON.—Mr.
Mitchell, gardener, of Kemp Town, Brighton, is now
gathering a second crop of grapes this year from the
same vine. The first crop was gathered in February,
and the vine pruned on May-day.