The Sun.
London, England, 1834-09-02 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

(Circular,)
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War Office, August, 185014evt
SlR—The Secretary of State for the Colonial DePar,thst
having noticed to me that it has been found by experiall ii, to
the practice of making gratuitous grants of land is iniurw,ig
the Colonies, and not beneficial to the individuals reel-gee!
them, when they are of that rank of life to which dischlri
soldiers belong, and that consequently the practice vn,avet,
discontinued, I think it right to communicate this circurni`rvii4
to you, in order that it may be notified to the troop' set arl
Under your command, in such a manner as will prey° led,
misunderstanding' on the subject, should they have bee'llode
by the allustons to cases of men settling in the Colonies ,tjog
in the Pension Regulations, to entertain the mistaken'
ftvivd,
that they were entitled, on discharge, to free gran" ° t,
—I have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient servo_
C k;.
EDWARD ELL'
Officer Commanding his Majesty's Forces.

(From the Limerick Chronicle.) a 0"
Major Lord Charles Wellesley, sth regiment, sec°ll„ from
of the Duke of Wellington, is arrived in this gsTrl,,,s°";,gl3).
Templemore, on a visit to Major-General Sir James vrgutbe
The officers of the 91st regiment, this week, the
new undress uniform with gold plated scales in plate
°
late embroidered shoulder knot. f
The 82nd regiment at Glasgow is the next corps '4/- the
country. Bee'
under 14th Dragoons have furnished a detachment t°Liee'
under Lieutenant Royds, and one to Ballinasloe, under -
to Stephens.
•Cholera having wholly ceased at Gibraltar, the 47th,
and 68th regiments will proce, d without further delay ,
men
Mediterranean, to relieve the 23d, 94th, and 95th Ng'
whose period of foreign service has expired. h the
The following officers have disembarked in Dublin *,,.00e1
right wing of the 3d battalion Grenadizr Guards • iu°ftasi
Lambert, Major, Commanding; Licutenant-Colonel
iioton
Captain Spottiswood ; Captain Compton, Captain i'.eute-
( (Adjutant) ; Lieutenant Godrell, Lieutenant Purvis,
nant Lord Cantalupe ; Quartermaster Lilley ; Assistant•
geon Deacon.
At the late inspection of the 74th regiment, by the Liaieielf
nant- General commanding, he was pleased to express L"nersl
highly gratified with their discipline, cleanliness, and ge
management. Gore:6'
A company of the 60th Rifles have been sent to
bridge under Captain Hamilton, and a detachment te PbeeP
corthy, under Lieut. Woodgate. That at Callan his
withdrawn. varquis of

Lieutenant Lord Wm. Beresford, brother of the iat°
Waterford, has exchanged from the 43rd Light Infant*
~he Ist Life Guards. bog

Major-General Sir Thomas Reynell, a Waterloo otu.,.,eriel
been transferred from the 99th, as successor to the late al Irish
Sir John Doyle, in the command of the 87th, or TOY
Fusileers.
The garrison at Cork are manceuvering under arinsfitissei
day, in expectation of a visit from Lieut.-General Sir
Vi
The vian. 'r Is"
officers of the 97th depot have presented the' ssci
Major, Lieut.-Colonel Tyler, with a handsome silver /did'
cover, as a testimonial of their respect and esteem, and°
regret in losing him as their commanding officer. 0 ev
Lieutenant-Colonel Greene, of the Royal Artillery, big
ccedingly clever but eccentric man, has been deprive es°,
commission for being absent without leave. About frl'rifea
since he was ordered out to Malta; and not having 'sled
there, or been heard of for eighteen months, it was Pre';
that be had disappeared for ever. After tits treattrtell'ril,
cially gazetted, and another officer appointed in his 1"("'I and
was discovered in some very remote part of the Levni!st, non
his commission was restored to him. We suppose be.
on an excursion of the same description. Oder
The company of the Royal Artillery at Bermuda, left'
Colonel N. W. Oliver, were all well when the Vole sere,
the Sappers and Miners, under Major Tylden,
employed on the extensive public works going on in
Isle and St George's.
Captains. O'Neill, 44th regiment (brother of LadY rtiri.sl4a,
Becher), and Hatton, 62nd regiment, marched on IP hoi,
with detachments from the provisional battalion at Cha"
to embark in the ship Malcolm, for Bengal. eusfj
.11 a
.
The Royal Admiral, Captain Fotheringham, t, s"
of the 50th regiment, consisting of 30 men, under Lie
Adjutant Tutor and Quartermaster Freer, destined for.rito the
town, to embark convicts for New South' Wales, put ''oes °
Medway on Wednesday, in consequence of several ccer
cholera having appeared on board—the medical (fenn
charge, Mr. Boyter, Surgeon Royal Navy, being of lac,
bar sick. Two companies yet remain at Chatham, WI"-
mand of Major Ryan.

TIMIDITY IN SINGING.—There is no sort 01 ci,!
sons who become so absurdly alarmed, and get into ~-raVY'v
fever when requested to sing, as our countrymen getilt Pl3,s's
and the men suffer from this species of infirmity, if 5° 00
be called, even more than the women. Our frienkholet
north of the Tweed and those on the other side of the 4, is 110
have a less share of this " mauvaise honte;” but it been
been
"mauvaise honte." A librarian at Brighton, who 1131005cr
in the habit of engaging persons to sing at his evening vecoe'e
the last fifteen years, asserts, that whilst the women Irk allt
a moderate share of timidity, the men could not treln" ed.
when they get up to sing if they were going to be o,lle
seems that a debut there- is a greater trial to the ne" es
P'he
at a theatre. Were these trembling gents. to ri,selito te't
earlier, and betake themselves to the ocean side, an
Athenian of old, rehearse solfeggii—the roaring sl.a`,ing the
audience—to get rid of their guttural tones, by brln& 000
voice more freely from the chest, this diffidence 'KO soctise;
overcome and subdued ; but an Englishman will not P oftefr
This species of fear, so peculiar to amateur singers, sat
begets a temporary loss of memory, and they frequerVe 01°,0
stitute for the proper words of their songs languagettiville,;l
outre, ridiculous, and ungrammatical. A friend °` bo
Somersetshire relates an anecdote of a gentleman '1005"
received a college education, and who, in ordinary
hen pre;
sion would never betray the least stupidity ; yet ,vtild
df
Wailed upon to give a specimen of his vocal powers, W° re.a
into so dreadful a heat, that his face assumed all the_oseir;
appearance of the moon at her full, and the genius of :091
at the same time laid such fast hold of him, that be WO
thus unwittingly :
The hounds they comes in jovial cry,,
And snuffs the flagrant breeze.
And another timer.
And my warm sighs decrease the wind
Look'd on the moon and thought 'twas
—Willtams's Treatise on Singing

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BIR THS. lam.
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On the 27th ult. at Cheltenham, the lady of Sir
joribanks, Bart., ofia daughter. a he -e
On the Ist inst., at Eaton-place, Belgrave-squar-' yon
John Farquhar Fraser, Esq., of a daughter. °fs 411'
On the Ist inst., in Saville-row, Mrs. James Somerin h'
le,
'On the 28th ult., at Edinburgh, the lady of Sir 1113- of
struther, Bart., of a son and heir. TOI
On the 31st ult., Mrs. Win. Farlow, of Mitre-court, ter,
a Ondaughter. gb of
the 30th ult., at Winchmore-hill, Mrs. Frith, 0, 6tp 1-e IP'
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On the 26th ult., at Little Aston-hall, Staffordshire,
William Leigh, Esq., of a daughter

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MARIED.
On the 28th ult., at the Parish Church of North rte moll;
rlilton, second son of the late James Hilton, Esq.! ef Prethe tv,
and Read Hall, Lancashire, to Elizabeth, ony child 0' coari,,,,
Gilbert Ford, M. A., Rector of North Meols, in the slew, ribsyt
On the 28th ult., at Hanllam, Denbighshire, L. 11. /7 Id jeig
M.B. of St. Peter's College, Cambridge, to Alicia, th'r Ai $.,
of the late Joseph Peel, Esq., of Stapenhill, DerbYshire:oo Pne of
On the 23th ult., at St. Mary Magdalen, Taunton,,Aest eLO,
Kinglake, Esq , barrister-at-law, of -Lincoln's Inn, el" ilep
Robert K.nglake, Esq., _ M.D., of Taunton, to Lotus*
only dattglier of John Liddon, Esq., of the same place'
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.DIED.a or On the 31st ult., at Greenwi c h Mj' James Fr klin,
an o(
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Ist Regiment of Bengal Light Cavalry, in his 52d Yeair:,e, .fl,,gtoi
')n the 30th ult., at Sandhurst, in his 18th year, James'. Ili'
the late Major-General Hare, a Student in the R°Y OP
College.
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tiolte, ,NYoottrsk.shir a,
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On the 24th ult., at Lausanne nee her 6th year,
, in O.'
egg
child of Sir T. Charles Style, Bart. G ift°
• Marl the
On the 28th ult., at Tunbridge Wells, Honora fart of
wife of the Rev. E. P. Henslowe, and eldest daught asbi
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Lieutenant-Colonel Spence Thomas Vassal!. Thomas t
On the 31st ult.', Mrs. Rxid; widow of the late eber
Reid, Esq., surgeon, Chelsea.
dfriars, ,
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On the 31st ult., in Jewry-street, Crutebe
Seldon, in his 61st year. the; 'Oll
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