The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-13 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

The Commander-in-Chief has been pleased to ap-
prove of the following officers being appointed extra
aides-de-camp to the Lord-Lieutenant, viz. :—Capt.
Lord Charles Lennox Ker unattached ; Captain
Robert Meade, sth Dragoons Guards ; Lieutenant
Edmund Peel, 11th Hussars ; Lieutenant J. H.
Fetherstone 11th Foot; Lieutenant Lord Tullamore,
43d Light Infantry ; and Ensign Edward Wingfield,
56th Regiment.
Sir Robert and Lady Sale left by the mail on Mon-
day for Dublin; but so high do they appreciate the
attention of the citizens of Derry, that they intend to
return on Monday, the 16th instant, and to honour a
ball by their presence, which will take place on Tues-
day, the 17th. Their stay in this city after the ball
will be prolonged for one week, when they will
leave by the Liverpool steamer for England.—. Derry
Journal.

CAUTION TO SHELL HUNTERS.—A few days since,
as the crew of a Deal galley were returning from Broad-
stairs, one of them thought he could trace the faint out-
line of a man under the cliff hailing for assistance. On
nearing the spot the truth became manifest; a person
was plainly seen standing on a narrow ledge of the
cliff, one hand desperately clinging to a projecting
point above, while the other was waving for succour.
As the boatmen were precluded a nearer approach,
being unprovided with ropes, and the water dashing
furiously against the cliff, they lost no time in
hastening to Broadstairs to summon assistance. A
party furnished with tackle speedily reached the spot,
when a brave fellow, named Archer, fastened to a rope,
was lowered over the cliff, and by a well managed con-
trivance both persons were soon drawn to the summit.
The party thus providentially preserved is the son of a
respectable gentleman sojourning at Broadstairs, who,
having a vacant hour or two, had taken a stroll to Kings-
gate in search of shells ; while returning, it seems, he
was too much absorbed to notice the tide, which at last
completely hemmed him in.—Maidstone Journal.
MELANCHOLY INSTANCY OF SUDDEN DEATH OF
A SOLDIER.—On Wednesday afternoon a private of the
Royal Marines, of the guard in the dockyard at Wool-
wich, named John Powell, fell dawn suddenly in one of
the outhouses of the yard, and in a few minutes expired.
On being discovered, and life not supposed to be extinct,
he was removed to the officers' guard-room, and the sur-
geons of the establishment were immediately in at-
tendance ; an attempt was made to get some blood from
him, but without effect. A coroner's inquest was si▪ tting
at the same time, at the Mitre, and an intimation was
sent
.to the coroner of the melancholy circumstance ;
but such has been the press of business on that official,
in consequence of the number of sudden deaths in▪ his
division of the county, that it is not likely he will be
able to assemble a jury for a day or two. The body
was removed to the Marine Hospital. The deceased
was an old soldier, and had seen some service.
The will of Earl Moutnorris was proved in the
Prerogative Court, Canterbury, on the 29th ult., by the
oath of Arthur Lyttleton M‘Leocl, Esq., the nephew,
and E. R. Nicholas, Esq., the executors. Personal pro-
perty sworn under 10,0001. The will is a very large one,
and the property is given in small sums to a great many
legatees.