The Sun.
London, England, 1826-03-20 00:00:00

THE ARM Y.

YEOMANRY CAVALUY.—It appears by a letter addressed
by Mr. Beal to the Lord Lieutenant for the County of Chester,
-that a general inspection of the Yeomanry Cavalry of Great
Britain will take place during the ensuing spring.
The lith (the King's) Regunent of Foot, embarked at Ply.
'mouth, on the 16th instant, on board the Madan and Zephyr
transports, for Greenock, on route to Glasgow.
A detachment belongincto the 90th Regiment of Infantry
marched on Saturday morning from Westminster to Coventry,
on route to Burnley. _ _

A detachment belonging to the 25th Regiment of Foot, ur.
rived in town on Friday from Bristol, on route to Berwick.
The Bd (the King's own) Regiment of Light Dragoons, ar.
rued in two divisions, on the 14th and 1501 instant, at Port-
',atria, to embark for Donaghadee.

Office, of Ordinance, March 15, 1826.
CA' rim of Royal Engineem—Gentleman Cadet George Burg-
man to be Second -Lieutenant; Gentleman Cadet Edward
Aldrich to be ditto; Gentleman Cadet Robert N. Bull to be
ditto.

Commissioner in Lytiti Troop of 'Yeomanry Cavalry, signed
by the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports.—Thornas Dunne,
.aent. to be Cornet, vice Thomas bloncypenny, resigned.

ROYAL NAVY.

POWNIKOUTIIf, MARCH 18.-On Tuesday, the Druid
frgate, Captain S. Chambers, arrived from Plymouth, fitted
for the West Indies; and remains with the Blond an Jasper.
On Sunday, the Louisa. transport, Lieut. James Bradley,
Agent, arrived from Antigua in days, with the Ist Divi-
sion'of the 4th Regiment, which had been 7 years in the Lee-
ward Islands; the remainder of the Regiment is coming home
in the Parmelia and Indian Trader transports. 7ha 25th, and
93d Highlanders, from Kinsale, have arrived out. The garrisons
in the Leeward Islands were in good health. The Duchess of
York transport, Lieut. Spencer, struck on a shoal on Sandy
Island, near Antigua Point, littadaloupe, on the Ist of Fe-
bruary, and WWI lost. No :lives were lost, but it was feared
the, itoros and baggage would not be saved.. The ltingdove had
sailed, to render assistance, and to convey the passengers to
Barbadoes.

On Tuesday morning, the Arrow cutter, Lieut. Brooking,
captured off Heathy Head, the. French lugger Alexander, of
thelklm, with :142 kegs of spirits, end eleven hales of silk and
gloves on board. When first seen, thin vessel was close tinder
Beachy Weed, from which she was chased to a distance of eight
or nine miles and captured. Six Men, presumed to be English-
men, escaped in a smell boat, and reached the shore. The
persons found on board were Frenchmen.
The fallowing seizures have been made, and taken into
(lowa this week :-109 casks of brancly and Geneva, by Capt.
Ferris, Stag cutter; 148 ditto, by Lieut. Cruse, Preventive
Blockade, Yarmouth ; 104 ditto, by Lieut. Arnold, Adler-
field. The Bulwark, 74, is to be broken up here.
PLY ;rot:TIC, 111.snen 16.—Atrived the Sparrowhawk, from
Spithead, bound to the Cape—the Martin having gone thence
to India Frolic packet, from Falmouth; Carnelian, with 60
seamen, from Liverpool. Sailed the Bind, 10, Captain Fur-
neeux, with dispatches for Madras; Sparrowhawk, for the
Cade ; Bramble, for Falmouth. In the Sound, Galatea.

StiletnE.—Mra. GitEA.TottFA,—not long since
the, greatest attraction as a courtesan at the opera, masquerades,
found dead in bed at her lodgings in Back-lane,
btlington-roud,
on Saturday morning, having taken poision.
SUrrounded by want and mkery, she had endeavoured to drown
herself in the Poplar Canal, at the beginning of last week.
A short time ago a very singular wedding- was
„celebrated at lluvettliarn, near Middlewieli ; the
,united height of the happy couple was something
less than eight feet, and .each had a perfect
:Luny back.