The Sun.
London, England, 1834-12-18 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

( From the Limerick Chronicle.)

Distribution of the troops and Commanding Officers in
garrison :--7th Dragoon Guards, New Barracks and Royal
Artillery-square, Major Nugent ; Field Battery, Royal
Artillery, Artillery Barracks, Lieut.-Colonel Roberts ; 18th
Royal Irish, New Barracks, and St. John's-square, Colonel
Burrell ; 36th depot, Castle Barracks, Captain the Hon. R.
Hare.
Captain Barton, 36th, left the Castle Barracks yesterday,
for London, about retiring from the service.
Two companies of the Royal Artillery from Gibraltar, re-
lieved by Captain Heron's division from Dublin, are now at
hcaci-quarters, Woolwich.
Captain P. Hill, 53d regiment, is appointed an Aide-de-
Camp on the Staff of Lieut-Gencral Sir Win. Houstoun, at
Gibraltar.
The Military Staff of the late Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
is completely broken up by the removal of Lord Wellesley.
A gunner of the Royal Artillery, stationed at the Pigeon-
house Fort, Dublin, attempted to cut his throat on Wed-
nesday : he succeeded in dividing the trachea and principal
vessels there. Surgeon Mahon, of the Artillery, was im-
mediately called upon, and applied ligatures to the arteries,
and was under the necessity of introducing a tube into the
stomach, through which he takes his food. He is likely to
recover.

The 47th, 59th, 68th, 70th, and 92d Regiments are now
stationed at Gibraltar.

The 38th Regiment went to India in 1813. The 48th, in
1817. The 48th are under orders for home, and the 38th still
remain abroad 1

TILE. LAST DAYS OF PONIPEIL-Our notice of
this splendid production must be brief; bursts of admiration
are necessarily so. In this work we see genius speaking in
her triumphant language. She has placed tongues in the dead
of centuries, and they enchant us. She has disinterred whole
populations, and now they breathe, move, and act before us.
This work should be first read with the rapidity that intense
interest imperatively demands ; again, leisurely, that its poe-
tical and moral beauties may sink deeply into the heart; and
still again, it should be perused with the slow progress of
study, that its deep philosophy may be understood. All that
we can say, and we could not speak more to the purpose were
we to occupy pages, is, read !—read !--read !—Metropolitan
Magazine.

The country 'Squire of 3001. a-year (an indepen-
dent gentleman in the reign of Queen Anne) is described as
having " never played at cards but at Christmas, when the
family pack was produced from the mantel-piece." His chief
drink the year round was generally ale, except at Christmas
time, when he would make a bowl of strong brandy punch,
garnished with a toast and nutmeg. In the corner of his
hail, by the fire-sido, stood a large wooden two-armed chair,
witha cushion ; and within the chimney-corner were a couple
of seats. Here, at Christmas, he entertained his tenants,
assembled round a glowing fire, made of the roots of trees,
and other great logs, and told and heard the traditionary tales
of the village, respecting ghosts and witches, till fear made
them afraid to move. In the mean time the jorum of ale was
In continual circulation.

DEATH BY A BULL.--A fatal accident occurred
012 Monday se'nnight near Bishop's Castle. Mr. Price, of
Newton, a respectable fanner, joined with Mr. Sankey, of
Partridge, in keeping a bull, which, on the first of the month,
was transferred by Mr. Price himself from Partridge to New-
ton Farm. On approaching home, the bull mistook the
pastures, and pushed himself into a wrong field. Mr. Price
attempted to drive him away, and lifted up his arms for that
purpose. The bull ran furiously at Mr. Price, threw him
down, and gored him so violently that he expired in a few
hours.—Worcester Herald.