The Sun.
London, England, 1835-03-09 00:00:00

LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 9, 1835.

THE ARMY.

PLYMOUTH, MA RC II s.—On her Majesty's birthday the town
of Devonport enjoyed a beautiful spectacle. The whsle of the
garrisons of Plymouth and Devonport, with the cavalry, artil-
lery, and Royal Maniocs, were assembled on the Government
House-parade, under the immediate command of the General
of the district, who, after farming them in line, opened the
ranks, and fired a feu de joie on the occasion, after which the
general salute. q'hey then formed close columns, and, open-
ing out from the front, passed by in review order. Nothwith-
standing the confined space of the parade for the number of re-
giments out, owing to the admirable arrangements and the
perfect manner Sir Willoughby Cotton manoeuvred the co-
lumns, not the smallest confusion took place, and it was a
beautiful and gratifying sight to the spectators.
We have heard the General has intimated to the Command-
ing Officers of the Regiments that it is his intention to have
the whole garrison out twice a week during the ensuing Spring,
and manoeuvre them himself as a division.

Colonel Sir George 'Whitmore has arrived in this garrison,
and taken the command of the Royal Engineers.
Lieutenant-Colonel Cochran has arrived, and taken the
command of the 10th Regiment.
It is impossible for any garrison to be in hater order than
the troops are here.
(From the United Service Gazette.)

The Queen's Bays are about to be added to the Irish esta-
blishment.
Lieut. Taylor, of the 6th Dragoon Guards, has left Glas-
gow on leave.
The King's Own, under the command of Lieut.-Colonel
Stisted, K. H., have received orders to march frem their pre-
sent quarters at Hounslow about the middle of next month,
and proceed to Bristol, to embark for Cork. It is expected
this regiment will be relieved by the Bth Hussars.
A detachment of the Scots Fusileer Guards marched from
Brighton on Monday for the metropolis. The remainder will
do the duty for a month to come, when a change is expected.
An affray has taken place between some of the privates of
the 22d and a parcel of Irishmen at Hull, in which seven of
the.latter have been held to bail. On Saturday night, the
14th uit., two privates were so dreadfully beaten near the Flag
Inn by some Irish, that one was left for dead, and is still in a
dangerous state. On the Monday following six or eight pri-
vates were drinking at the Shamrock, in Nevs ton, where were
several Irish,; a quarrel ensued, and the soldiers fought their
way out of te house with their bayonets. In the scuffle some
of the Irish were wounded with the bayonets, and locked them-
selves in the beershop. However a picquet from the barracks,
under Lieut. West, soon burst open the door, secured the pri-
soners, and took them to the dungeon.
The 24th Regiment, at Montreal, is to change this Spring to
Kingston, Upper Canada.
Ensign D'Esterre, of the 30th, is to proceed immediately to
join the service companies at Bermuda : he goes by the way of
Halifax and the United States.
The 32d Regiment, at Quebec, are to change with the 24th
at present in Montreal.

On their late move from Masulipatam to Maunmore, the 62d
Regiment had but 27 men able to accompany head-quarters,
from sickness.

Lieut.-Colonel IL Senior and Captain Baylee, of the 65th,
hiVe embarked on board the freight-ship Clansman, to join
the service companies at Jamaica.

The 66th are to move in the Spring from Kingston to
Quebec.

Captain Macdonald and Lieut. Douglas, of the 79th, at the
latter end of January had gone on leave from Canada to the
United States.

In the next Gazette we may expect to see the promotion of
Major Ferguson to the Colonelcy of the 79th, on the retire-
ment of Colonel Macdougall. In that case Captain Cameron
gets the majority, Lieut. Fitzgerald the company, and Ensign
Maxwell the Lieutenancy.

Captain Hall, of the Royal Engineers, has sailed for Malta.
Colonel Durnford is in command of the garrison at Portimouth
and its dependencies, in the absence:of Major-General Sir T.
M‘Mahon, gone on leave.

A
LEAVE OF 119ENCE.—CHATHAM MARCH 5.-2 d Foot,
Ensign Young, from Feb. 26 to March 20 ; 6th Foot, En-
sign Barnes, from Feb. 15 to April 30; Ensign Bentley, Ist
West India Regiment, ordered to join his Regiment ; Assis-
tant Staff-Surgeon Doctor Millar, from March 4 to 18; Capt.
Barden, 84th Regiment. from March 10 to May 10.
COURT- MARTIAL.—The General Court-martial, over which
Major-General John Wardlaw is to preside, assembled in
Edinburgh Castle on Monday to try Assistant-Surgeon G.
Ferguson, of the 71st Regiment. The charges are ten in
number, and they originated in an occurrence at the mess-table
while the regiment lay off Bermuda.

The following officers have retired from the army this week :
—Major Rickaby, Royal Irish Dragoon Guards ; Cornet
Parry, 17th Light Dragoons; Lieut. Tollemache, 10th Foot ;
Lieut. Viscount Fordwich, 31st Foot; Ensign Edwards, 40th
Foot ; Lieut.-Colonel M'Nair, 73d Foot ; First Lieutenant
Hyde, 87th Foot; Captain Guinness, 94th Foot; Captain
Talbot, Royal Newfoundland Veteran Companies; and Lieu-
tenant A. M'Pherson, half-pay Sicilian regiment, to become a
settler.

Sixty Colonels of the Bengal army, thirty-three of the
Madras army,, and twenty-eight of the Bombay army, have
lost rank by departure from the regulations of 1796.

MONTHLY MILITARY OBITUARY.
Lieut.-General—Sir R. Jones, K.C.8., E. I. Comp. Ser.
Worthing.
Colonel—Barclay, late 56 F., Bristol.
Lieut.-Col.—Pattison, K. H. , 2 W. I. Reg., Nassau, New
Providence.

Major—Moore, 4 Dr., Bombay.
Captains—Lawless, 54th F. ; Harrison, late 5 R. Vet. Bn. ;
Stewart, h. p. 39 F., Perth; K. APlCenzie, Unatt. ; Gethin,
ditto.

Lieutenants—Brennan, 2 W. I. Reg. ; Sheppard, R.
Mar. ; M'Caul, late 3 R. Vet. Bn., Collon, Louth; Steel,
h. p. 7 F. ; Radford, h. p. 17 F. ; De Gougelberg, h. p.
Roll's Reg.
Ensign—CartWright, late 9 R. Vet. Bn.
Quarter-Masters—Jones, 92, F. ; Gibbons, h. p. 23 Dr. ;
Roche, h. p. 30 Dr. Guignard, h. p. Roll's Reg.
Veterinary Surgeon—Cherry, 11 Dr.
Medical Department—Surgeons—Barker, h. p. 11 F.,
Dublin ; Denny, h. p. 62 F., Ipswich.

29, at Constantinople. The ships now here are the Caledo-
nia 120 (flak ship), Thunderer 84, Canopus 84, Revenge 78,
Edinburgh 74, Malabar 74, Endymion 50, Vernon 52, Cey-7
lon (with Sir T. Brigg's flag), Columbine 18, Sccut 18,
Childers 18, Beacon and Mastiff surveying vessels, Medea
staamer, and Hind cutter. The Tyne 28, is at Corfu;. the
Favourite 18, at Tripoli ; and the Jaseur and Orestes sloops
of war, on the coast of Spain. The fleet from Vourla is, of
course, in quarantine, but will be relieved on the 2d of Fe-
bruary. A Turkish frigate has just anchored, on her way to
England to bring back the Ambassador, Namik Pacha. The
Time, Hobbs master, a heavy laden merchant schooner; of
132 tons burthen, recently arrived here in seventeen days
only from London, and twelve and a half from off the Lizard,
though on her passage she was detained twenty hours off the
Cape St. Vincent by a gale of wind. Mr. Cochrane, an
Englishman, has entered into a contract wibh the French
Government, to furnish steam-packets to run between Mar-
seilles, Genoa, Leghorn, Naples, Malta, Athens, Syria,
Smyrna, and Constantinople.
(From the Hampshire Telegraph.)
PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 7.—The Actaeon, 28, Captain Lord
Edward Russell, sailed from St. Helen's on Saturday for
South America.

The Victor, 18, Commander Crozier, sailed from Spithead
on Wednesday, for the East Indies, but from the state of the
weather put back to Yarmouth Roads, where she now remains.

The Rattlesnake, 28, Captain Hobson, will go out of har-'
hour on Monday, weather permitting, and sail on Wednesday
for the East Indies, via Plymouth, andthe Cape of Good Hope.
The Scylla, 18, Commander Carpenter, and the Pelican,
IS, Commander Popham, arrived on Tuesday from the Downs ;
the latter sailed last week from Spithead for the coast of Africa,
but was driven to the Downs by the strong westerly gales. In
a storm of thunder and lightning the electric fluid struck her
foretop-gallant mast. She will proceed to her destination, as
will the Scylla to Halifax, as soon as the wind is fair.

From the winds which have prevailed for the last fortnight
Sir G. Cockburn may be hourly expected, it is believed, in his
flag-ship, the President, as the Flamer steamer, which carried
out his recal, arrived at Barbadoes on the 12th of January, and
immediately followed the gallant Admiral to Trinidad, and
thence, having missed him,•to Antigua. Variours rumours are
afloat as to his successor, Vice-Admirals Sir Peter Halket and
Sir David Milne having put in their claims for a command.
The Diligence, naval transport, sailed on Monday, with
stores for the Dockyard at Plymouth.
At Spithead.—Scylla, Pelican, Maitland transport.
In Harbour.—Victory, Excellent, Royal George, Rattle-
snake, 'Water Witch, Buffalo, and Speedy cutter.
The Thalia frigate, with Rear Admirel Campbell's flag, left
the island of Ascension for the Cape of Good Hope on the 29th
of December.

The Osprey cutter left this port for Lisbon, with despatches
and 20,000 sovereigns, on Wednesday last.
The Abercrombie, Robinson, for Madras, Bengal, and
China ; the Lord Lowther, for Bombay and China ; and the
Achilles, bound to Bermuda, arrived on Tuesday from the
River • the latter with loss of sails, &c. The Tam O'Shanter,
from India, passed by on Wednesday, landing the remainder
of the passengers here who were on board the Earl of Eldon
when she took fire at sea on the 27th of September last. The
General Palmer, Honourable Company's chartered ship from
India, passed by the same day for London. An attempt was
made by the greater part of the outward-bound ships, which
have been detained here for some days, to proceed to sea on
Monday, but they were obliged to put back.
It will be seen, by reference to our overland communication
from Malta, that the Childers sloop-of-war, Hon. Commander
Keppel, was in the harbour there on the 7th of February.
We allude to it only as a contradiction of the idle reports
which have been prevalent in this town for some days past
of her having been lost.
PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS.—Lieut. Sydney Grenfell,
of the Excellent, to the Winchester; Lieutenants J. Williams
and Arthur W. Jerningham, Messrs. W. Kendall and W.
Johnson, Mates, to the Excellent; Lieut. J. C. Johnstone,
to the Melville ; Lieut. J. Foote, to the Caledonia; Mr. D.
King, Surgeon, to the Rattlesnake, vice Magrath ; Messrs.
John Caldwell, Henry Baker, and William Rogers, Assistant-
Surgeons to the Victory ; Mr. H. Fossman, Assistant- Surgeon,
to the Alban; Mr. J. J. Winsom, Clerk, to the Scylla; Mr.
A. Hooper, Clerk, to the Thunderer ; Mr. G. W. Bentham,
Mate, to the Andromache; Mr. J. C. Bennett, Mate, to the
Rattlesnake ; Mr. James Stopford, Midshipman, to the Jupi-
ter ; Mr. D. P. Dumaresq, Mate, to the Hyacinth.
PLYMOUTH, MARCH 7.—We have had a series of gales this
week. Wind variable, S. W. W. S. W., and on Sunday even-
ing there was a shift to N. E., which continued out at sea till
Monday evening. Several of the vessels in the Sound and
Catwater, taking advantage of a strong north-easter, on Sun-
day evening got under weigh, and went to sea immediately.
These have been fortunate enough to make Ushant, as sup-
posed, and thus get plenty of sea-room, whilst others, delaying
till Monday morning were met again by a hea;/ south-wester,
and after knocking about were obliged to bear up on Wednes-
day, and made the Sound again, where they still remain.
Thursday night, after it had ceased raining, it commenced
blowing. from the westward, and raised to a very heavy gale,
continuing till Friday noon, when the weather moderated.
A few Irish schooners are in the Sound, being part of the
fleet of vessels, amounting to thirty, that were in Portland-
roads, and took the advantage of a slant of wind on Wednes-
day, but bore up for this port on Thursday. None of the ves-
sels have sustained damage.

Ships in Dock.—Agincourt, 74; Wellesley, 74 ; Fishgard,
42 ; Pylades, 18.
In the Basin.—lndustry, transport.
Remaining in Hamoaze.—San Joseph, Dublin, Rover, Nau-
tilus, Skylark, Alban and Meteor steamers, and Industry,
naval transport.
In the Sound.—Romney and Royalist.
Alongside the Jetty.—Rodney, 12 ; America, 52 ; Me-
lampus, 42.

X From the Devonport Telegraph.)
DEvoNPORT, MARCH 7.--Admiral Sir William Hargood,
G. C. 8., G. C. H., Commander-in-Chief at this port, leaves
this day, on leave of absence, for Bath. Captain Superinten-
dent Ross, C. 8., hoists a broad pendent as Commander-in-
Chief during the absence of the Gallant Admiral.
His Majesty's steam-vessel Rhadamanthus, with Admiral
Sir George Cockburn on board, is expected hourly to arrive
at this port.
His Majesty's ship Dublin, Captain Hope, and his Majesty's
ship Rover, Captain Eden, are in a great state of forwardness,
and, it is expected, will be ready for sea by the latter end of
next week.

His Majesty's steamer Meteor, Lieut.-Commander Duffill,
will be undocked on Monday next, and ready for sea on the
12th inst.

Captain Hookey, of the Royal Marines, lately commanding
the detachment of that corps on board his Majesty's ship
San Josef, has been superseded by Captain Hornbrook, his
time having expired.

The NaiitiJut:, Lieut. W. Crook, will start for Falmouth
immediately. The Skylark Packet, Lieut. Ladd, arrived here
on Tuesday ; she will be new coppered, and then return to
Falmouth. The Alban steamer is nearly ready, and will in
a day or two sail for the Mediterranean, to be in attendance
upon the Euphrates expedition. The Industry transport is
to be paid off and temporarily fitted for a seaman's chapel,
and then towed round to the Isle of Man, and moored in
Douglas Harbour. The Pylades is fitting out for a three
years' station, if not found too defective.

(From the West Kent Guardian.)
WOOLWICH, MARCH 7.—Mr. Mullins, boatswain of the Tra-
falgar, building in this yard, has been superannuated on a pen-
sion of 75/. a year.
The Falmouth, lighter, is ordered to proceed to Germany
with some of his Majesty's horses.

The Maitland, transport, which left the River some time
since with stores for Malta, taken out of the Prince Regent
when she got on shore in Blackwall Reach, is still wind-bound
at Spithead.

The Cumberland has just embarked 220 convicts for Sydney.
The Jupiter was paid off on Saturday, when the crew sub-
scribed 21. Is. to the funds of the Seamen's Hospital. She
was re-commissioned on Sunday, and the following Officers
have joined :—Captain Edward H. A'Court (brother to Lord
Heytesbury) ; Lieutenants IL Byron (1825), Hon. R. Le
Poer Trench (1833) ; G. Keith Ogilvy (1834) ; Mr. S. G.
Northcote, master; J. L. Jones, purser ; A. Neill, surgeon ;
J. Steill, assistant ditto ; Lieut. Burney Varlo, Royal Ma-
rines; Mr. IL Godden, second master; and Messrs. Brown
and Carter, clerks. Her complement is 230 men, including
thirty-nine marines, and she is to be armed with eight long
six-pounders in addition to her present armament.
The Salamander was, paid off on Monday, when the crew
subscribed 41. to the Seamen's Hospital.
The Fountain, tank vessel, will shortly leave for Jamaica.
Mr. N. I. Lee, is appointed as master, and Mr. R. Ross as
mate.

A series of experiments are now making with Mentz's pa-
tent yellow bolts, intended to supersede the use of copper bolts
in ship building; these experiments will be completed in
about a fOrtnight.
The Messenger steamer has proceeded from Sheerness to
Portsmouth, to bring round the furniture of the Herald yatch
for the use of the Jupiter.