The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-20 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

(From the Limerick Chronicle, Jan. 15.)
The number of army pensioners paid off by Captain
W. Calder, staff officer, in the Limerick district, this
quarter, was 794.

The 15th Regiment will march hence to Buttevant,
after the half-yearly inspection in April, and embark
at Cork for tour of foreign service.
Sir W. 4Charles Morshead, Bart., 15th Regiment,
has joined Captain Capel's company, on detachment
at Newport.
Captain Quentin, 10th Hussars, has taken command
of the troop at Waterford, in place of Captain Lord
George Beauclerk, returned to Newbridge, head-
quarters, on promotion.
Captain Curtis's company of " The Royal," at
Ennis, is ordered to join the depot at Clare Castle,
to be relieved by a company from heed-quarters.
Lieut. Lucas, son of the tinder Secretary, and late
Aide-de-Camp to Earl de Grey and his xcellency
Lord Heytesbury, sailed yesterday from .Kingstown
to join the 88th at Malta.

Enlistment for the army was not for a long time
so brisk and successful in Tralee as at present.
Cornet East, of the Blues ; Captain Palmer, 17th
Lancers ; and Lieut. Willington, 87th Fusiliers, ac, ld -
out of the service on Friday.
The 67th Regiment, at Dublin, in the event of a
brevet, will be one of the few in the army which
will obtain a step of promotion in all its ranks.
Seventy non-commissioned officers and privates of
the Royal Horse Artillery will be discharged aria
month at Woolwich, on pension.
Major Eyre's company Royal Artillery were to
leave Woolwich this day, to embark at Southampton
for Gibraltar.

Officers of the 3d Buffs entitled to the Mahar-
japore and Punniar Star. —Lieutenant-Colonel
John Clunie, C. 8., Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
Christie, Captains Cameron, Airey, Lieutenants,
Dorehill, M'Kenzie, Hobson, Kains, Downing, Smith,
Richardson, Douglas, Woods, Dore, Souter ; Ensigns
J. Sweetenham, D. Stewart ; Adjutant Marsh, Pay-
master Lukis, Quartermaster Williams, Surgeon
Smith, Assistant-Surgeon Bostock.
The 62d had not left Dinapore fur Umballah, but
awaited the arrival of the 39th. The 62d expected to
have new colours to be presented by Briadier Gene-
ral Simpson, 29th, for those lost in the Ganges.
Lieut. Owen, succeeds to a company by the death
of Captain H. Croly, at Madras.
Brevet Lieut. Colonel Tripp, 98th, has arrived in
London from China.

81st Depot, Ternplemore.—Effective strength :-
15 sergeants, 4 drummers, 259 rank and file. Major
Creagh has leave till the 30th January. Captain
Bowyer, 90th, retires; Captain Bowyer, 81st, does
not retire.

Mr. M'Kenzie, band muter, Royal Artillery, who
has held that appointment at Woolwich since 1810,
will retire in a few days on a pension.
Haversacks in possession of the troops in Ireland
are ordered to be delivered into the several ordnance
stores.

THE CHEVALIER D'EON NOT
DEAD?
__ _

" Your Excellency must have yourself observed that
the recal of Lord Cowley has been formally pointed out,
if not called for, by the principal organ of public opi-
nion."—Letter from London to M. Guizot, Maria.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,—I have read that the Chevalier D'Eon died in
London many years since ; I begin to fancy the report
must be false. 1)o you think it probable that the old
woman is still living, but under an assumed name ?
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
Ilfracombe, Jan. 17, 1845. J. NACK.

ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.
The Medical Times states that the following modifica-
tions are to be introduced into the Charter recently
granted to the College of Surgeons :--
Ist. All members, now and for the future, of ten cr
fifteen years standing, whether practising pharmacy or
not, are to be fellows, ipso facto, and to have the plenary
power of electing the governing body of the College.
2dly. Gentlemen practising midwifery will be eligible
to be on the Council, which in future is always to be
composed of a certain number of gentlemen practising in
that department of the profession.
3dly. The Court of Examiners will be partially com-
posed of surgeon-accoucheurs ; and examinations in
midwifery will form for the future an integral part of the
surgical candidate's examinations.

iihly. Some new arrangement will be proposed, by
which will be removed the barrier which now prevents
surgeons practising pharmacy from ever sitting on the
Council.

ithly. The Fellows will take seniority in the order of
their standing, as members of the College ; and may pro-
pose, without refereace to any list of precedence, any
eligible member as candidate, to fill any vacancies in the
Council.

These modifications, which are to be embodied in a
supplementary charter, have been recently under the
consideration of the College Council. It is said that Sir
James Graham acquiesces in the necessity of some modi.
cations of the charter.

THEFT AND ROBBERY OF THE PAISLEY BELL.—
The town of Paisley has been thrown into a state of
great excitement this week by the discovery that the
bell of Mr. M'Naughtan's church, belonging to the cor-
poration of Paisley, has been surreptitiously or theftu-
ously abstracted and carried away; and the excitement
is the greater, because it is strongly suspected that this
act of sacrilege has been committed, not by some pitiful
thief or thieves, for the sake of the metal, but by some
free agents or deacons who hold their heads pretty high
in Patslex.—Scots Reformer's Gazette.
MR. TEMPLETON IN DUBLIN.—Mr. Templeton,
the celebrated vocalist, has, by the magic •f his powers,
taken the good people of the Irish metropolis completely
captive. The spacious Music Hall in Dublin, which is
capable of holding nearly 3,000 persons, appears to be
crowded every night on which he makes his appearance.
A MAN FOUND IN THE THAMES.—Yesterday after-
noon (Sunday) about four o'clock, the body of a young
man, about nineteen years of age, was discovered washed
ashore near Lett's timber yard, Waterloo-bridge. An-
derson, the beadle, was apprised of the fact, and a shell
having been procured, the deceased was conveyed to St.
John's Church vault. The body was very much decom-
posed, and dressed in a blue jacket, apron, check shirt,
and corduroy trousers. It remains in the vault for re-
cognition and a coroner's inquest.
A FATAL DUEL.—A duel took place at Mayence,
on the 341 inst., between M. Rupferberg, aged ta enty-
one, a clerk in a commercial house at Manheim, but a
native of Mayence, and a M. de Lavalette, a Prussian
dragoon officer, of a noble family, aged twenty-four,
which terminated fatally for the latter. The quarrel
arose from M. Lavalette laughing at M. Rupferberg
slipping as he was squiring a young lady from the play,
and it was decided with pistols. They fought at fifteen
paces. M. de Lavalette fired the first, and wounded M,
Rupferberg in the belly, who, in falling, fired and struck
M. de Lavalette on the artery of the neck. They were
both taken into the town, M. Rupferberg grievously
wounded and M. de Lavalette dead. M. de Lavalette
was buried on the 7th. He was followed to the grave by
all the military, evangelical priests, civil functionaries,
and burghers. M. Kcenig, the evangelical pastor of the
Prussian garrison, pronounced the funeral oration. Be-
fore and after the lowering of the coffin the Singing So-
ciety sang the funeral hymns, in order to show their
esteem and sympathy towards the defunct. No eye was
dry, and the numerous assistants, principally persona of
rank, were extremely affected. It is said the deceased,
was an excellent character, and worthy in every respect
of the sympathy which every one took in his fate,---.
Frankfurter Journal
THE MURDER AT SALT-HILL.....The prisoner John
Tawell is confined in one of the cells in which there are
two or three other prisoners, and no alteration or relaxa-
tion of the prison regulations has been made. His soli-
citor, Mr. Bevan, of the Old Jewry, hy'l a lengthened
interview with him on Friday, with a view, it is under-
stood, to some arrangement h':ing effected as to his pro-
perty, the bulk of which. is in Sydney, and at this moo
moat is not available, so that, although the prisoner is a
wealthy man, he is at this time very short of funds.
Mrs. Tawell, the prisoner's wife, has twice visited her
husband in gaol, having procured an order from one el
the Magistrates for that purpose. It appears that
prisoner was in the habit of purchasing a large rvaangt,
of drugs at Mr. Thomas's, in Bishopgate-'street, and
other shops. These medicines, it has been ascertained
he dispensed to the afflicted poor at. iserkhamstead. .
never purchased any hydrOei:.nic acid of Mr. Thomas
until the Ist inst. The abcused has exhibited much re. k.
lessness since his Commitment, and his health has ap.,
patently undergone an unfavourable change.
CONTEMPLATED ASSASSINATION.—Of those garage
acts of premeditated murder which ever and anon spring
from the various provinces of Ireland, and justly place
assassins on a level with the insatiate aud
prowli
panther, one has, fortunately, been checked in the bud in its discovery in this locality. The fellow
who
commissioned to do the deed is named Denis O'Brien,al
and his victim was to have been Mr.
4 Tohlandcyov
Cerledlitnu' r°ti-
Shannavoe. The way the plot w
near Limerick,
hcoamvimngoeu.ndOer'tßarkieenn,two who lLvtehd'elato.C4b,e,E.letslooe
licited the assist.
nisanangw, recnaroiylinrgllfaan.froin
once of another individual,
the horrid Conspiracy,
lodged informations _ against
refused his co-operation, and
hthise
O'Brien was, the
refore apprehended, and lodged lit
prison yesterday •
, and, after an examination, has bee
committed. Mr. Cullinan was to have been 'di patchel
on Monday last; and only owes his life to thes refusal
and resistance shown by this person to O'Brien when he
mooted the question.—Glare Journal.
Buitt
. HE TURN-OUTS.—The miners at the
Turton and Quarltan collieries, near Tottington Lower
End, belonging to Messrs. Andrew Knowles and Co..
who turned out on New Year's Day, for an advance ot
10d, per load of twenty-four tubs, having succeeded in
obtaining an advance of 6d., resumed work on Wednesta
day morning last. The power-loom weavers in the css.
ploy of Mr. Richard Hamer, of the Somerset
Elton ; and of Messrs. John Hilton Kay and Sons, Hey-
wood, are still out. The moulders, mechanics, anti
millwrights at Messrs. Walker and Co.'s ; and also at
Messrs. Bland, Simpson, Howarth, and Co.'s, Bury, hare
not yet returnned to their work. The workmen meet
in the large room at the Hare and Hounds publio-house.
Bolton-street, Bury. Delegate" are also sent to other
towns every day.—Manchester Guardian.
The typhus fever is prevailing, to a great extent,
among the workmen at Conside Ironworks, and the
Bishop of Durham has benevolently sent a done ion.s. ot
101, fig their relief: