The Sun.
London, England, 1851-06-09 00:00:00

SUN, LONDON,

Royal Regiments ; and that brought him (the
Chairman) to the period of the Gallant Gene-
ral's connexion with the East India Company.
Having joined his regiment, he had served in
the army at Madras, and during the Burmese war he had
carried several important posts. He had afterwards
commanded the southern division of that army, of which
the chief commend was at present committed to bis
charge. After having served six years in India, and
after having received the thanks of the Commender-in-
Wel, be returned but the other day to this country;
and he was at present about to go back again to the
scene of his former triurnphs.—(Cheers.) The Diet
India Company consider« d it a great advantage that
they were enabled to send out to fill the important post
of Commander-in-Chief at Madras un officer so admira-
bly qualified to appreciate the many noble and eminent
quaiith a of their native army in India.—(Cheers.)"
We are rejoiced to find that the directors of the
East India Company bare determined to seek
e:tt for Indian commands officers qualified
to appreciate the many and eminent quali-
ties of the native army in India —an army,
the annals •of which can show a record
of gallant deeds equal in number and in daring to
those of any other army in the world. It was the
native army of India that won for the Duke of
WELLINGTON his first, perhaps most brilliant
victory, that of Assaye; and in later times, Jellala-
bad, the Khyber Pass, Ghuznee, Meanee, Hyderabad,
Gwalior, Moodkee, Ferozeshab, Sobraon, Moultan,
Goojerat, and other well-fought fields, have shown of
what the native army is capable.
The appointment of Sir RICHARD ARMSTRONG to the
command of his old comrades of the Madras army,
on the recommendation of the Duke of WELLINGTON,
cannot but be considered by the descendants of the
victors of Assaye as a most flattering compliment.

Proud may they be indeed of their Commander, of whom
Lord HARDINGE on Saturday said, " that he had
known his Gallant Friend for a period of more than
forty years, and that he had upon every occasion
found him remarkable for his gallant conduct in the
field, and for his judicious management of the troops
entrusted to his care. He had served most efficiently
in the Burmese campaign with the Madras troops,
and he would therefore moat appropriately return to
India to maintain the admirable discipline which
characterised the Madras army. lie (Viscount
HARDINGE) believed, that if that army should ever
be called into the field under the command of his
Gallant Friend, it would be found that it had not

degenerated from those days when it had been led by
Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY at the battle of Assaye."

We have to draw attention to the annual report of
:he Times Life Assurance and Guarantee Company,

which appears in another part of our columns. It
will be in the memory of our readers, that we last
year stated it as our opinion that the principles of this
company were such as to command success, and cer-
tainly the annual statement proves the correctness of
our opinion, inasmuch as the report states they have
ilsued, during the past year, six hundred and nineteen
policies. The ptinciple of public guarantee is daily
becoming of greater commercial importance, the lead-
ing railways and banks seldom accepting private secu-
rity for the honesty of their employes—an office, there-
fore, that makes the premiums; or annual payment
for Kuerautees an investment instead of a tax de-
series success, inasmuch as such a practice bolds
out the highent inducement to honesty and a faithful
dichsrge of duty. This office also combines life
assure ice mLb guarantee, rtducing the guarantee
prmiums in such cases to a nominal sum. We shall
he glad to hear of their continued success. Thera
is no measure in our opinion better calculated to re-
lieve in a great degree public guarantee of its ab-
stract risk than this principle of mutual guarantee, as
practised by this office, together with the union of
guarantee and life assurance, and we strongly recom-
mend mercantile firms and' public institutions to
avail themselves of this system of security. The
Times Company, we perceive, have obtained
the co-operation of many of the most dis-
tinguished Manchester manufacturers in carrying out
their valuable principle of guarantee, and we have no
doubt that in the populous districts of Lancashire
the office will find a large field for the exercise of its
objects. We sincerely wish success both to the prin-
ciple of public guarantee, as an important commercial
one, and to the Times Life Assurance and Guarantee
Company.

LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH-COAST
RAIL WAY.
Traffic— Week ending June 7, 1851 ... £11,028 18 8
Traffic —Week ending June 8, 1850 ... 10,007 118
Total of the half-year, to this date, 1851 ... 207,0'0 4 8
Total of the half-) ear, to this date, 1.50 ... 190,350 0 11
Total number of Passengers—Week ending
June 7, 1851 ... E 6,167
Passengers ... ... .... £8,853 011
Goods ... ... 2,175 17 9

Total... £11,028 18
Total miles open, 1851, 17314 ; ditto, 18a0, 17114.
London Terminus, June 9, 1851.

and to-morrow will be kept
Stamps and Taxes, Somerset House.
HOLIDAYS AT THE STAMasP.aoFhFolliCdEa,yikcat.
—ti‘hehoigfacdeaoyf
SUPPOSED MURDER.—A sensation was created on
Saturday in the neighbourhood of Clerkenwell, by the dis-
covery of the mutilated body of an infant in an unfinished
house in Percy-square; and at half-past eleven o'clock an
inquest was holden at the workhouse of the parish, before
Mr. Wakley, M.P., when the district surgeon, Mr. Taylor,
stated that the body was so decomposed that he could not
account for its death, and an open verdict to that effect was
returned, leaving the further investigation to the police.
A NOVEL MODE Or SPARROW SHOOTING.—Last
Saturday afternoon two men of colour, apparently Hindoos,
and exceedingly well attired, were observed, "killing time"
by amusing thQuizelyes in " killing sparrows," which acts
they achieved in the foil .wing singular manner :—Having
taken up their position in Cumberland Haymarket,
near the Regent's-paik, where the above birds are pretty
numerow, they wailed until the game settled on some spot
withiu the reach of their projectile range, when, by apply lng
mas uarbdea
emt oubsobelocfaa:toerretitoihdteehdaebiwrovraitehopuuttatirpotsa,lsteheectiyoencdstismissed a shot at the
object of their aim, which, in five instances out of six, was
sembling greatly boys' marbles; and
ii6st.twedals'ohfterhupalyredliaecstitsaoyntihsreheY--
ing to notice with what accuracy and precision these expert
fowlers strack the birds at which they levelled their deadly
tubes. Wien within fifteen paces of the object their aim
proved unerring, and during the short interval of time they
CUD tinued to exer rise 1 heir sportive suniitartkheety,
small basket, and walked out of the amine nearly two dozen sparrows, which they consigned to a
highly gratified with the result of their remunerative ad -
managedap arent apparently
venture.

gust. Lord JOHN RUSSELL still talks of an inquiry !
still seems to think that the public can place any
confidence'iin " the conclusion" that may be. arrived at
by a packed Committee, in accordance with the dic-
tates of Sir CHARLES IVOOD. The fiscal and financial
reformers must now act for themselves, and by a
pressure from without endeavour to enforce that jus-
tice which it is useless to expect or hop for under
thb.prezent state of affairs.

The appointment of Maior-General Sir R. ARM-
STRONG to the command of the Madras army is one
that does equal honour to the East India Company
and to the Gallant General who is the object of their
choice. The Gallant General entered the army when
he was only 14 3 ears of age, and during a period of
fifty years he ha. oeeu actively engaged in the service
of his country, hiving earned every honour and every
pro notion by his own exertions. To his honour be
it sp Mijor•General Sir R. ARMSTRONG
has never purcha,ed a commission; he has fairly
fought his way up to the command in chief of the
Madras army, and the Duke of WELLINGTON, in
cordially recommending his old comrade for that
appointment, merely gave utterance to the universal
wish of all who have served with Sir R. ARMSTRONG,
and more especially to that of the Madras army, which
be had so gallantly led during the Burmese war.
Few officers have seen so much and such hard
service as Alsjor-General Sir R. ARMSTRONG,
and to meet with a more efficient or more practised
organizer would be difficult, if not impossible. At
the farewell dinner given to him on Saturday by the
directors of the East India Company, the Chairman
gave the following resume of the distinguished mili-
tary career of their gallant guest
Sir Richard Armstrong had commenced his military
career at a very tarty ae. He had served in one of
her Majesty's regiments at Gibraltar. After an interval
of a few years he bad sought and obtained a company in
another gallant regiment; had assisted at the expedition
to Oporto, and had servt d in the Peninsula under the
immediate command of the great captain of the age, the
Duke of Wellington.—(Cheers.) He had shared in
the glories of the battles of Oporto and Busaco; and
Sir Arthur Wellesley, in the dispatch giving an account
of that last-mentioned bat.le, had specially alluded to
the gallant conduct of Sir R. Armstrong's regiment.—
(Hear, hear.) For his services upon that occasion the
gallant officer had been rewarded with a medal. He
had afterwards been employed by Viscount Bereaford
in organizing the Portuguese army. He had afterwards
assisted at the battles of Vittoria and the Pyrenees, and
in the latter engagement he had been severely wounded.
His services had been again rewarded by a medal. He
had afterwards been at the battle of Toulouse. He bad
subsequently returned to England, while suffering from
his wounds. But not wishing to remain inactive he
had soon obtained a new command in one of the

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