The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-12 00:00:00

Kinsale

Dover
Chatham
Stirling .
Chatham
Buttevant
Clare Castle

Chatham
Newbridge
Chatham ,

Paisley .
Cork
Carlow
Isle of Wight

Carlisle
Chatham
Dover
Sheerness
Isle of Wight

Chatham
Chatham
Athlone
Isle of Wight

COLONIAL CORPS.
Ist West India Regiment Demerara, &c.
2d do .... Jamaica

3d d 0...
Ceylon Rifle Regiment Ceylon
Cape Mounted Riflemen ..... Cape of Good Hope
Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment Canada
St. Helena Regiment
Royal Newfoundland Vet. Companies Newfoundland
Royal Milta Feneibles

• Left wing at Barbadoes.

78TH HIGHLANDERS, OR ROSS-SHIRE BUFFS.—We
have seen a private letter from a non-commissioned
officer of this gallant regiment, who is a native of this
town, and at present doing duty with his corps, under
the ccmmand of Sir Charles Napier, in India. The left
wing joined the right on the 22d of December last. It
left Bombay on the 18th of that month in the frigate
Auckland,j' Sinde. ..The writer.states that the regi
meat has suffered in some degreo from fever and ague,
.&c.; but many of our readers; who have friends in the re-
giment., will he gratified to learn that the Highlanders
are in excellent spirits, and are much respected by their
brave countryman and commander, Sir C. Napier. We
extract the following passage, as recording a providential
escape which the writer had from drowning:—" We left
Bombay for Scinde on the 18th December, 1843, and,
on our arrival, I remained on board to see all my com-
pany's baggage •put on shore. We lay about two-and-
a-half miles from land, and about seven miles from
camp ; we lost the tide, and had to remain in the boats
until the tide rose again. I was so eager_ to be with
the company, that attothtr sergeant and I left part of
the regiment, and were making for the amp across the
beach—the nearest way we could get. This was in the
evening, just about the time that the sun was setting.
We continued our route till it was quite dark, and by
that time we were fairly done up for want of everything;
both shoes and stockings were lost, and we kept
sinking in clay, so that I got so weak .that I was
obliged to give up. I was now five miles from the camp;
and my comrade left me for lost. Here I remained for
some time, till I got in a small jungle or shrubbery.
The title came in on me at -seven o'clock, P.M.,
and ro,e gradually until it came up to the lower button
of my coat; judge what state I WAS in. It hying,: quite
dark, I saw alight at a distance, but calling for assistance
was in vain. As my last resource, I took off my sash
and fastened myself to the bushes, and there I remained
till gun-fire in the morning, at daylight. It was concluded
in the camp. that I was lost for ever : parties went (Mt.:
in all directions in search of me, but none could find'
me. Well, I made my way out by ten o'clock A.M. the
follckviog morning, with a hard fight, and was received at
the Camp by my comrades in the Highland and hospitable
manner of our country, by offering me everything that
could be procured. I got a slight cold in consequence,
but now I am quite recovered from the effects, and enjoy
excellent health, as indeed I have ever since 1 left Eno.-
land."—lnvez ness Courier.
We regret to hear that Sir John Pechell still re-
mains in a very precarious state. The Hon Lady Pechell
do 's not leave the house, and the Duke and Duchess of Nor-
folk are constantly in attendance upon their near relatives.

The various metropolitan parishes were engaged
cn Tuesday in the election of churchwardens, overseers,
sidrstnen, and other officers ; but the proceedings gene-
rally were merely of local interest, and not of such a
nature as to call for publication.