The Sun.
London, England, 1859-12-19 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

In order to supply the deficiency created in the
Royal Regiment of Artillery by the late removal
of the 7th brigade Garrison Artillery to Que-
bec, the 11th and 14th brigades Field Artil-
lery to Bengal, the 12th brigade Garrison Artillery
to the Mauritius, and the 13th brigade Field Artil-
lery to Bombay, and with a view of re-establishing
the home strength of the corps according to its
original proportions, it is stated that the Horse
Guards have decided on appointing an equal number
of new brigades with the greatest possible expedi-
tion. Additional recruiting parties will accordingly
be despatched throughout the various districts
already established for the service, with instructions
to apply themselves with the most persevering
energy to raise the requisite number of competent
rnen,and forward them to head-quarters,Woolwich,to
be enrolled. 54 first-class cadets have passed satis-
factory examinations at the Military Academy,
Woolwich, and immediately after the half-yearly
exhibition on Wednesday next they will be gazetted
to commissions in the corps of Artillery and the
Engineers.

SNOW STORM AND LOSS OF LIFE,

The village of Crooke, near Durham, was visited
on Wednesday afternoon with a storm of snow and
wind of unusual violence. About five o'clock, J. F.
Adamson, a farmer, proceeded on his return jour-
ney to his home, a distance of between seven and
eight miles, to Quebec, near Esh Loud. A quarter
of an hour afterwards, he was killed by a train of
eighteen empty coal waggons, engine, and tender
passing over his neck, severing the head from the
body, except as it hung by the skin. It is supposed
that deceased was blinded by the falling damp
snow, and the wind blowing in hisfacc ; that whilst
walking along the line he trod on two loose rails,

when his tea slipped, and he fell with his body
across the railway, his head inside the rails. In con-
sequence of the engine jerking, the engine man's
fears were excited,and he attempted by signals, Sec.,
to call the 'gatekeeper's attention,butunsacessfully.
On his return with another train, search was
made, and the body was found. In the breast co
pocket a brukervnedicine bottle, labelled, was dis.
covered, which was taken by the policeman to the
different shops, by which means he was identified.
Deceased was 42 years of age, and leaves a wife and
adoptcd son to mourn his loss,
Our Shields correspondent writes on Thursday
forenoon:—" The counties of Durham and Northum-
berland have been visited, since daylight yesterday
morning, by one of the heaviest snowstorms expe-
rienced in these parts for some time. It is now lying
very deep in the hill districts and down on the
coast, and in some parts it has drifted up several
feet. Several of the colliery waggon ways have been
partially blocked up by snow, and difficulty has
been felt in passing from town to town. The wea-
ther has been very cold, the wind blowing from the
north-east, and yesterday the thermometer in this
town indicated four degees below the freezing point.
Yesterday afternoon the view seaward from Tyne-
mouth Point was very grand and impressive. The
entire seaboard was covered 1v ith a mantle of snow,
and the distant Cheviots were also wrapped in their
winter's mantle ; the North Sea was breaking with
great fury on the North Pier and across Shields
Bar, the eky seaward being almost of an indigo
colour, the north-east gale bringing up blinding
showers of snow, which made it exceedingly diffi-
cult for the pilots to keep their look-out. So dark
and stormy was the afternoon at three o'clock that
the lights on the coast had to be put up, to assist
vessels makingfor the harbours. The Shields life-
boats were ready for any emergency, bat the few
vessels that attempted to run for port were got in
in safety by clever seamanship. Some light vessels
.that had got down as far as Shields Bar were ob-
liged to put about and run for Bridlington Bay.
,The weather is a little milder this morning."

The Journal du Loiret announces the seAing at
liberty of Capt. Doineau from the prison of Tours. , It may
be remembered that he was condemned for taking part in
the death of an Arabian chief.

[ADVEILTISEMENT.3—Amon; the numerous extraordi-
nary cures without medicine • effected Du Barry's deli-
, eioushealth-restoring Revalenta Arabica Food of indiges-
nervous, bilious
tion (dyspepsia), flatulency, constipation,cough, asthma,
6Lotmio, and
and liver complaints,
debility, the followino. are not t
eiriemarkable
" Athol-street; Perth,rlay 2, 1842.—Thirte ears' cough
indigestion, and general debility have been removed by Du
' Barry's excellent Ilevalenta Arabica Food.—James Porter!'
No. 24,814, the Rev-. Thomas Minster, cure of five years'
nervousness, with spasms and daily vomitings. From the
Venerable Archdeacon of Ross.---N0.32,836. "Threeyears'
excessive nerlionsness, with pains in my neck and left arm,
and- general debility, which rendered my life very miserable,
Jlizai-been radically removed by Du Barry's health-restoring
tbod.—Alex. Stuart, Archdeacon of Boss, Skibbereen."
In tins, at ls. Cxl.; 11b., 3s. ; 21b., ss. 9cl. ; 51b., 125.; 121 b.,
265. The 101 b. and 121 b. tins carriage free, on receipt of post-
office order. Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, London'
Fortnum, Mason, and CC., 182, Piccadilly; Abbis, GO,
•.GraCeehureh-street ; 4, Chcapside ; 63, and 150, Oxford-
'. street"; . 330 and 451, Strasid. ; 49 and GO, Bishopsgate-
street ; 85, Tottenham-court-road. Also at Dublin.
Bewley and ...Draper ; at Edinburgh, Raimes and Co.;
at. Liverpool, Nixon and Thew ; at Manchester, Sharp and
Scott; at Yoik, Itaimes, Blauchard,;.andCo, ; at South-
- anipton, Randall and Son.