The Sun.
London, England, 1819-12-29 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

The Coldstream Regiment of Guards mounted
duty on the Parade in St. James's l'ark, on Sa•
turday morning, in their new clothes. The ap-
pearance of long-tailed coats, which is the
principal new feature in them, attracted consider-
able no►ice

Last week, about im etre,;-..., men, belonging
to the parishes of Queensferry and
made an offer to he trained and armed in such
manner as Government might require.
The patriotic example set by the inhabitants of
the village of East Linton was followed up by the
whole parish, who, with very few exceptions, -to
the amount of 350, have enrolled themselves its
support of the King and Constitution.
.•
Major-Gen. Shanks has called a meeting of all
the half-pay Officers in Glasgow, Naval and Mi-
litary, to be held in t!►e Town-hall, on Friday,
the 31st of December, to take into consideration
the propriety of forming themselves into a corps
or company, and offering their services to Go-
vernment.

The following movements of troops have been
ordered :

The 33d regiment from Oxford to Newurk
(Lead-quarers).
The 631 regiment from Gloucester to Broms-
grove.

- The sth Veteran Battalion from Shrewsbury to
Plymouth.
By a lately issued regimental order,' the head-
quarters of the two western troops of Mid-Lothian
cavalry mill be until further orders, at Mid-
Calder; the head-quarters of the other troops will
continue to be in the Riding-school, Edinburgh.—
(Edinburgh Paper.)
The recruiting parties from the Plymouth divi-
sion of Marines have hitherto been very successful :
scarcely a day passes without producing men from
one quarter or another.—(Exeter Gazette )
The 3d Veteran Battalion left Long-room
Barracks fur Dock on Tuesday last, for the pur-
pose of assuming duty at the various ports vacated
by the removal of the 63d regiment into the in-
terior.—(ldem.)
The artillery-men have been busily employed in.
the neighbourhood of Plymouth and Dock for
some time past, in dismounting the batteries which
surround those &zees, and collecting such Other
pieces of ordnance as come within the meaning
of the public circular lately issued from the Home-
Office.—(ldem )

EXECUTION.-"This morning the sentence of,
the law was carried into effect, at the usual place
in the Old Bailey, on John Markham, convicted
at the October Sessions of an abominable offence.
Precisely:at eight o'clock the wretched culprit
was placed on the scaffold, more dead than alive,
attended by the Rev. Mr. COTTON, with whom he
appeared to join in fervent prayer while the exe-
cutioner was performing his melancholy office.
In a few minutrs the drop fell, and the miserable
wretch was dead in an instant. Markham was a
person of ti►e lowest stamp in society : he had
been for some time, and was at the period of the
commission of the offence for which he forfeited
his life, a pauper inmate of St. Giles's workhouse.
There were fewer spectators than ever attended
on any former occasion.

ACCIDENTS ON THE Ice.—On Monday even.
ing several young teen ventured on the basin of
the Regent's Canal, near Battle-bridge, for the
purpose of skaiting. Among them a youth, named
George Smith, more bold than his companions,
ventured too far on the ice, %rhich gave way, and
he fell in. 'His brother Francis flew to his as•
sistance, when he also slimed the same- fate.—
They were both drowned. The bodies were not
found until yesterday.