The Sun.
London, England, 1833-12-12 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

(From the Limerick Chronicle.)
We received letters from Demerara yesterday to the 20th
October, when the troops were healthy. The bead-quarters
and right wing of the 86th Regiment, under Gdonel Sir
Michael Creagh, K.H., had removed from Berbice to
George-town, Demerara ; the left wing, under Major
Barrett, remained at Berbice and Fort Wallington. The
proceedings of the General Courtmartial at Demerara on
Lieutenant and Paymaster Dean, 25th Regiment,—Colonel
Sir M. Creagh, 86th,President,—have been transmitted
to the Horse Guards. London, for approval.
We have also received letters from Barb udoes to the 2tl
November. The first division of the 67th Regiment, under
Captain Martin and Lieutenant Snow, had embarked in
the Arachne sloop-of-war for Grenada. The second divi-
s4m was to embark for the same island on board the affray
brigantine Duke of York ; Officers going with them—
Lieutenant T. Byrne and Ensign Dacres. The third
division, Grenadiers, under the command of Captain Adair,
are not yet under immediate orders to move. When this
change shall be completed the six service companies of the
69th Regiment will be at St. Vincent.
No less than 103 volunteers for the Royal Regiment,
19th, 25th, 36th, 65th, 86th, and Ist West India Regi-
ment, have left the 93d Highlanders on the order being
received for that Regiment to proceed to England, of which
number 51 are for the Royals, which will very nearly
complete their establishment. The 93d will return home
in two divisions, and under 400 strong. lhe 76th
Regiment from Ireland was daily expected out to reinforce
the troops in the West Indies. The Company of Royal
Sappers and Miners, under Major Reid and Lieutenant
Ross, are under orders to emb irk for England to he reduced.
Ensign Capadose, Ist West India R•gitnent, has been
appointed Fort-Adjutant at Dominica, vice Lieutenant
Aylmer, 931, who returns with his Regiment to England.
A general courtmartial, of which Lieutenant-Colonel
Warburton, 85th regiment, is to be President, is ordered
to assemble at Weedon barracks.

It has been officially notified to Captain Woollen, 15th
Hussars, that he is to stand trial before courtrnartial, on
charges preferred, but not yet communicated, by Cul. Lord
Brudenell, his commanding officer. Some few officers from
our garrison daily expect an order for Cork, to preside as
members of the Court.
Colonel Lord Brudenell, 15th Hussars, has communi-
cated to the proprietor of a Cork paper, through Captain
Wood, of that corps, that his Lordship will take law pro-
ceedings for the publication of an alleged libellous artic'e
relative to himself, Captain Wathen, and the officers gene-
rally, unless the author be given up.
The Paymastership of the 36th is vacant by the retire-
ment of Captain Fraser, whose faithful services in the
army extended to near a half century.
The 85th Light Infantry are expected in Dublin this
day from Liverpool, o❑ route to this garrison.
A Treasury circular has this week been transmitted to
every person holding a Government sinecure situation,
requiring information as to their revenue, for what ser-
vices, and when granted.
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The City Club-house is nearly ready for the
reception of the members, but appearances do not de-
note a very harmonious commencement of their proceed-
ings ; in fact, the Committee are openly charged with
having framed the regulations for the government of the
club in such a manner as to retain the entire control in
their hands, and to exclude the members at large from
all interference with them. This is so obnoxious to the
members, who were led at first to expect a very different
mode of proceeding, that many declare their wish to with-
draw, if they could obtain the return of the admission
fee of 25 guineas, while others say that they will not
pay the annual subscription, and quit the club at al
events, unless the offensive regulations are remodelled.
The Committee took great offence et a charge of Toryism
made against them last year, and angrily disclaimed all in-
tention of giving to the club in any way a political cha
meter, but they seem to act in admirable harmony with
the gre it Tory principle of arrogating all power to them-
selves.

A letter from Woahoo, one of the Sandwich
Islands, gives an account of the changes consequent on the
death of the old Queen in June, 1832. It appears that
the young King, her successor, has abrogated sundry
sumptuary laws enacted by the late Queen Regent, hay
permitted the dances of the natives to be resumed, and
favourite games, spear •throwing, &c., are now allowed.
Those who choose to attend divine worship are allowed to
do so, but no compulsion is suffered. It short, the native
authorities appear disposed to legi•late for themselves, and
to pursue a coarse very different from that of the late
Regent, who is understood to have surrendered himself
too implicitly to the guidance of well-meaning but in,As-
creet missionaries. The growing importance of the Sand-
wich Islands may be estimated from the number and
tonnage of vessels which entered and sailed from Honolulu,
the port or Wo:ihoo, and the seat of Government, in the
year 1832. The number of British vessels was 23, and
their tonnage 6,335 ; the number of American vessels
128, and their tonnage 35,090 ; and the number of other
foreign vessels 8, of 322 tons.

Mr. Dansey's hounds met on Monday last,
and found at llalloughton Wood ; ran down Thurgarton
Priory, through Brookwood Hills, to Gonalston Ha?, ;
then hack by Thu'rearton Hill skirting Norwood Park to
Halam, and again through Halloughton Wood and Brock-
wood Hills towards Oxton Grange; whence Reynard bore
to the rieht through Jackson's Wood, to the top of Eding-
ley Dam, thence close up to the village of Farnsfield, and
was run into in fine style in an open field whilst striving
to reach Combe's Wood, after two hours and 50 minute.,
pace and country both frequently severe. The run was
certainly a •ery ringing business ; but the striking charac,
teristics of the day were the superior performance of the
hounds (which require neither voice nor horn to cheer
or guide them, and in steadiness and perseverance cannot
be surpassed), and the extraordinary equestrian skill and
nerve of a fair huntress, Mrs. Dyer, the wife of Lieute-
nant Dyer, of the 2d, or Queen's Bays, now stationed at
Nottingham Barracks. Although three-fourths of the
field were regularly beaten off at least 25 minutes before
the dealt, this lady was in a good place at the finish, as
she had been throughout the day, and was, in consequence,
presented with her just meed, the brush. She rode for
the first time with hounds a horse which had run away
with half the officers of the regiment; he, however, took
no such liberties with her, affording another proof to the
many we have witnessed, that there is nothing for a vio-
lent horse like good temper, good nerve, and last, though
not least, a light hand.
BRIGHTON.—Extract from the journal of a
traveller, December 4, 1833 :—" Took a place and my
was in the mail at the Blossoms Inn, Lawrence-lane, and
was immediately driven the Post-office, whence we
started with a pair of horses direct for the Elephant and
Castle, where we stopped fur a few minutes. We had not
proceeded above two miles when the inside passengers
were civilly requested by the guard to alight anti walk up
Brixton-hill, which was immediately complied with.
Many a resolute stand was made by the horses against any
further effort of the coachman to lash them through the
tough coating of tnacadamizttion that impeded their course,
and it was not without the assistance of a hostler, with
the powerful and repeated thrusts of a birch-broom under
the flanks of the horses, that they could be induced to
make another start ; however, with the repeated aid of
the whip and birch-broom,the poor jaded horses at length
reached Streatham, where they were changed, and we
reached Croydon about 20 minutes before ten' o'clock, and
arrived at Brighton at half-past four o'clock in the morn-
ing. Alas! I thought, is the Brighton mail under the
control of the Government Post-office establishment, tha
has added to Britain's fame by excellent arrangements ?
Might not two extra horses be allowed without any addi-
tional charge to travellers ? In fine weather two horses
may be competent to the work, but in the month of De-
cember it is surely too much, in the face of modern
improvements iu travelling, to expect passengers to be
detained above two hours from London to Croydon, and,
eight hours and a half front the Post-office to Brighton.'