The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-30 00:00:00

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CAUSES OF DEATH.

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the garrison.
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risen, obtains a considerable .
A recruiting party of the 15th Regiment is ordered
to Mar borough, to he stationed.
The I Ton. Captain Forester has resumed his duties
in the Military Secretary's Office, Royal Hosfkal,
perfectly recovered from his late illness.
Lieutenant-Colonel Michel, 6th Regiment, Rich-
mond Barracks, Dublin, is on leave of absence.
Major Pottinger, brother to Sir Henry Pottinger,
cominanding.
A recruiting party front the 16th Regiment, at
Cork, is ordered to Kilrush, to be there station( d.
A recruiting party, 54th Regiment Muflingar, is
ordered to march for Cootehill, there to be stationed.
The company 66th Regiment, Royal Barracks,
Dublin, stationed at Drogheda, consisting of Captain
Michel, Lieutenant Smythe, Ensign Benson, three
sergeants, one drummer, and 62 rank and file, are
ordered to join head-quarters in Dublin on being re-
lieved by same corps next month.
The 73,1 Regiment, Royal Barracks, Dublin, has
received the order to march fur Castlebar, as stated in
the Chronicle.
A Lieutenant of the 2d Dragoon Guards (Bays)
will shortly sell out of the service.
An officer of the Lancers a few days ago touched
2,0001. for an exchange in an infantry corps.
The 6th Carbineers at York are the first cavalry
regiment for foreign service. They are to wear a
different and lighter uniform, accoutrements, &c.
The departure of the 58th from Chatham is greatly
regretted. The last division, under Lieutenant-Co-
lonel Wynward, embarked on Wednesday.
Colonel Sir Michael Creagh and the officers of the
11th Regiment will give a splendid ball at Chatham,
on the Slit instant. The elegant quadrille band of
the 11th, conducted by one of the talented Crozier
family, will be in attendance.
The following arrived at the Cape of Good Hope
between the 18th and 20th November :—Lieut.-
Reignolds and Captain Campbell, 18th Royal Irish,
en route to China ; Captains Hardy, Chester, Porter,
Grubbe and Cox, with 218 of the 58th for Van
Diemen's Land: olonel Campbell and lady, 95th, for
Mauritius ; Lieut. Smith, 22d for Bombay.
The erection of military barracks at Graham',
Town, Cape of Good Hope, has been commenced.
The kaffirs, since the new Governor's visit to the
frontier, are remarkably quiet. The new post of Vic-
toria is fast attaining to order. Its position is an ad-
mirable one, and worthy of being called the " key of
Kaffirland."
The La Belle Alliance Government transport, with
200 male convicts, left Woolwich on Monday for
Gibraltar. A detachment of the 72d formed the con-
vict guard.
It is in contemplation at the Horse Guards to
equalise the-regimental strength of the heavy Cavalry,
by reducing two troops of the Ist Dragoon Guards.
Veterinary surgeons of Cavalry are in future to
undergo a strict examination by the Royal College.
No person to be appointed under 21 years, and they
must have served an apprenticeship of three years, and
be complete in the various branches of the profession.
The following corps stationed in Ireland have re-
cruiting parties at the undernamed places:-Ist bat-
talion Ist Royal Depot, Ennistymon; 2d battalion Ist
Royal Depot, Wiibeach; 32d Regiment, Bells ; 34th
Regiment, Coventry, Leeds, and Charlemont ; 6th
Regiment, Castlecomer, Newcastle, -Magherafelt,
Coventry, York, and Pontefract; 82d DepOt, Shrews-
bury, Abbeyfeale, and Killarney ; 54th Regiment,
Dunbar and Thetford ; 60th Rifles, Ist battalion,
Fethard ; 61st Regiment, Macrooth ; 66th Regiment,
Boyle, Mountrath, Bristol, and London ; 73d Regi-
ment, Portarlington, Kilrea, Derry ; 69th Regiment,
Adare ; 77th Regiment, Carrick-on-Suir and New
Ross.
85th DepOt, Londonderry—Effective strength under
Capt. Blackburne-1 acting sergeant-major, 14 ser-
geants, 4 buglers, and 196 rank and file. Recruiting
—4 sergeants and 17 ditto.
46th DepOt, Beggar's Bush Barracks, Dublin.—
Effective strengh under Brevet Lieut.-Colonel Robert
Garrett, K.H.-16 sergeants, 6 drummers, and 362
rank and file. Recruiting —74 sergeants and 7 rank
and file.

Ist Rifle Brigade Depot, Athlone.—Effective
strength under Captain Hooper-1 acting sergeant-
major, 11 sergeants, 6 buglers, and 192 rank and file.
Recruiting-2 sergeants and 16 ditto.
82d DepOt, Tralee.—Effective strength under Major
W. Slater-1 sergeant-major, 12 sergeants, and 216
rank and file. Recruiting-2 sergeants and 13 ditto.
Captain Riley's company, 24th, from Carrick-on
Suir, joined head-quarters at Kilkenny, this day.
Lieut. the Hon. Percy Egerton Herbert, 43d,
second son of the Earl of Powis, has arrived at
Powis Castle, Welshpool, from Canada, on leave of
absence.
Lieut. Manners, 37th, and Lieut. the lion. A.
Chichester, sth Fusiliers, have arrived at the United
Service Club, Dublin, from England.
The engineer establishment, stationed for the last
fifteen months at Alderney, under Col. Emmett's
orders, has been withdrawn ; Captain Alexander is
appointed to Sheerness, a branch of the Medway dis-
trict ; and Mr. Hanley, the second clerk of works, is
ordered for service at Hong-Kong.
ROYAL ARTILLERY IN IRELAND.—Total—Five
staff serjeants, 26 sergeants, one rough rider, 27 cor-
porals, 38 bombardiers, seven wheelers, six farriers,
10 trumpeters, seven carriage-smiths, eight shoeing-
smiths, 17 master gunners, 42 officers' chargers, 398
troop horses, and 734 gunners and drivers.

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS.

The following are the results of " A Table of Mortality
in the Metropolis, showing the Number of Deaths than
all Causes registered in the Week ending Saturday, the
25th of January, 1845." The Table is issued from theollice
of the Registrar-General:—

Weekly
Total. Average of
Five Years
Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases 180 184
Diseases of variable or uncertain seat 99 106
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses 156 159
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
Respiration
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 36 24
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other
Organs of Digestion
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c 3 6
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c.
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles 5 6
Diseases of the Skin, &c
Old Age, or Natural Decay BB 70
By Violence, Privation, or Intemperance
Causes specified 999 951
Deaths from all Causes 1002 9C3
DEATHS FROM TILE PRLNCIPAL DISEASES INCLUDED UNDER

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