The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-11 00:00:00

THE MILITARY ANNUAL FOR 1844.—This volume
by the Author of " The Artillerist's Manual," is an-
nounced for immediate publication. It will doubtless be
considered a great desideratum by the profession. The
following extract from the prospectus will sufficiently
explain the nature of the work:—" The Military An-
nual will comprise a continuous history of the military
organisation of all countries, both ancient and modern,
successively tracing the progressive improvements in
arms from the earliest period, and adverting to Martial
Law, the Proceedings of Courts-martial, &c. The late
improvements or inventions appertaining to the three
arms of the service (Artillery, Cavalry, and Infantry)
will be succinctly noted, and as far as possible each:sub-
ject will be rendered not only interesting to the corps
itself, but also attractive to every soldier. A review will
be taken of Military, Scientific, and Geographical Works
published during the year, and a portion of the Annual
will be devoted to Biography, to Memoirs, and to the
relation of heroic feats of arms. An Almanac will be

introduced to record those days which have been ren-
dered memorable by the examples of courage and dis-
cipline; and the decease of men who have distinguished
themselves in the service of their country will be duly
recorded. Every effort, in short, will be exerted to
render this work a truly useful military compendium,
and a welcome adjunct to the library of every officer."
AFFLICTING ACCIDENT.—Tuesday, about one in
the afternoon, George Thomas Combder, a fine little
fellow, the son of a brazier, residing at No. 26, Old
Gravel-lane, after ascending some steps in front of the
house, by some accident tumbled into the carriage way
in Old Gravel-lane. A waggon, belonging to Mr. Charles,
the soap-boiler, in Wapping, was passing at the instant,
and the poor child rolled right under the vehicle, and
between the feet of the shaft horse. The animal did not,
however, touch it, and the little fellow would have avoided
the dreadful fate which just awaited him, had it not been
for the screams of his affrighted mother. The poor wo-
man, observing the frightfully perilous situation in
which her child was placed, and dreading that the
horse would trample it to &nth, screamed out vio-
-1.-ntly. The waggoner, who, up to this time, was per-
fectly unconscious of what had happened, instantly
stopped his horses, but the waggon was at the moment
ascending the rise to the weigh-bridge, and instead of
stopping instantly, it receded 12 or 18 inches, and one of
the hind wheels backing over the head of the child
pressed it to a mummy. The feelings of the poor
mother, who had witnessed the dreadful scene, and who
was the unintentional cause of the catastrophe, may be
imagined. Thomas Willett, the waggoner, was taken
into custody for having caused the death of the child,
and brought to the station-house in King David-lane. A
gentleman named Perkins, who had witnessed the acci-
dent, attended at the station-house, and declared to the
sergeant on duty that not the slightest blame was at-
tachable to him. On hearing this, and the father of the
deceased refusing to make any charge against him, the
sergeant allowed Willett to depart, on his promising to
attend on the inquest.
Ernst, the violinist, has created quite a furor at
Manchester, by his recent performances there. He will play,
we believe, at the forthcoming Philharmonic Society.