The Sun.
London, England, 1829-10-10 00:00:00

.TAE ARMY.

CHANGES IN THE DISTRIBUTION OF CORPS.

The 11th Foot (King's own) from Belfast to
Newry. The reserve companies of the 25th (King's
own Borderers) from Aberdeen to Edinburgh. The
30th (Cambridgeshire), from the Isle of Wight to
Gosport. The 34th (Cumberland) from Cork to
Halifax, Nova Scotia, and the reserve companies of
the same regiment to Mullingar. The 36th (Hereford-
%hire) from Limerick to Birr Thereserve companies
of the 42d (Royal Highlanders) from Glasgow to
Paisley. The 47th from India to the Isle of Wight.
The 53d (Shropshire) from Birr to Cork, with the
reserve companies. The 56th (West Essex) from
Newry to Birr. The reserve companies of the 58th
(Rutlandshire) from Naas to Armagh. The Ist
battalion of the 60th Rifles from Clare Castle to
Limerick. The 70th (or Surrey) from Buttevant
to Templemore. The reserve companies of the
71st (Highland Light Infantry) from Chatham to
Berwick. The 76th from Templemore to Butte-
w►nt. The reserve companies of 78th (Ross-shire
Buffs) from Edinburgh to Aberdeen. The reserve
companies of the 86th (or Royal County Down) from
Fermoy to Buttevant. The 88th (or Connaught
Rangers) from Corfu to Cephalonia. The reserve
companies of the 93d (Highlanders) from Weeden to
Stockport. The reserve companies of the 98th from
Kilrush to Clare Castle.

The 47th (Lancashire) Regiment of Foot arrived
on Wednesday in the Isle of Wight, from Chatham.
A detachment belonging to the 30th (Cambridge-
shire) Regiment of Infantry arrived in town on
Wednesday, from Scotland, and marched yesterday
for Portsmouth. _ _ _ _

A detachment belonging to the 2d battalion of the
60th (the Duke of York's own Rifle Corps) arrived
in town from Scotland, and marched yesterday for
Gosport.
The North Somerset Regiment of Yeomanry
Cavalry, about 400 strong, under the command of
Colonel Horner, assembled in this city on Saturday
for eight days' training and exercise. On Friday
next we understand they will be inspected by Col.
Horner, on Claverton-down.—Bath Chronicle.
RENFR FAN'S HIRE YEOMANRY CAVALRY.—On Mon-
day tkis regiment, under the command of fir Michael
Shaw Stewart, Baronet, marched into quarters here,
for the usual period of training and exercising. 'I he
muster of the regiment this year is considerably
above 200, and a finer body of men, or better horses,
or more perfect equipments, we have never seen
equalled in any Yeomanry Corps in Scotland.—
.Paisley Advertiser.
THE YortxsturtE, HussAns.—During the recent
.assembling of the. Yorkshire Hussars at Pontefract,
Major the lien. E. R. Petre presented a splendid
gold snuff box, made by Hamlet of London, weigh-
ing 17 ozs. and valued at 170 sovereigns, to the
Right Hon. Lord Grantham, and the officers of his
regiment, for the use of the mess.
The Taunton troop of Yeomanry Cavalry, com-
mended by Clpt. E. Coles, assembled last week
and on Tuesday, at Bath-pool, for exercise, and will
t his day complete the six days' training required by
the Act. With a kindness quite characteristic, their
Captain has intimated to such of the Yeomanry as
have been prevented attending on the appointed day,
that he will be present on any ensuing day to inspect
those who may be desirous of entitling themselves to
the advantages conferred by the late Act.
;AMERICAN LOYALISTS.—The pensions and allow-
ances which will become due to the American Loyal-
ists on the 10th inst., will be in course of payment
on the-following days, between the hours of &even
and one o'clock, viz.—On Wednesday the 14th of
October, on Wednesday, the 21st of October, and
on the rst Wednesday In each succeeding month.
It is said in the best-informed military circles,
that on the demise of the Earl of Harrington, Colonel
of the first regiment of Life Guards, the command
of the regiment was offered by an illustrious per-
sonage to his Royal Highness the Duke of Cum-
berland, who .eeelined the offer, observing at the
same time, that in consequence of the attachment
his late King and father had for the regiment of
Royal Horse Guards, when it was called the Oxford
Blues, which he had the honour at present to com-
mand, be should most certainly decline tile proffered
exchange.
TUE 47T11 FOOT.—Since the departure of the
52d regiment from this place, we have been unac-
customed to the sound of a bugle band, and our ears
were regaled on Thursday last most unexpectedly
by the arrival of the 47th regiment with bugles
sounding, and in full marching order, attended by
waggons laden with baggage, women, children, and
sick men. The appearance of the regiment did riot
indicate either a high state of health, discipline, or
equipment, and being induced to inquire into the
causes, we were not surprised to find that the regi-
ment had arrived recently at Gravesend, from Cal-
cutta, anti was on route to the depot in the Isle of
Wight, whither it marched on the following morn•
ing, after having had its head-quarters at the Old
Strip fa the night, with billets throughout the town.
The regiment came home in the Ccesar, the Mait-
land, and the Sibbald; the left wing had been on
the seas six months, the right wing, with the head-
quarters, nearly seven months. We are induced to
dwell upon the particulars connected with this regi-
ment by the interesting facts attending them. Ac-
cording to the information we could collect, the 47th
regiment left Cork about twenty years ago for the
Isle of France. It left the Mauritius for the Cape
of Good Hope, and from the Cape it went to join
the expedition to South America, under General
Whitelork, after which it went to Madras, from
Madras to Bombay, arid lastly on its India servit e
it went from Bombay to Calcutta to take part in the
Burmese war. It was in the Burmese territory about.
four years, and lost, as it is stated, about five er six
hundred men in that service, more owing to bad
rations and bad bivouacs than hard fighting, in which
the lour was only about thirty men. The regiment
came dawn to Barampore in the hope of being re-
turned to England, but it remained there about two
yew", and experie.nced a further loss of about 200
men from sickness. It lost officers, men, and wo-
men, on its voyage home, also from sickness, and
had not the regiment been kept up by continued
drafts, and by recruits sent from England, we ,can
fancy the perfect skeleton it must have been sent
back many years ago, instead of returning now about
three hundred strong, after having parted with some
of its men, who accepted the bounty of twenty-four
rupees to remain in India. Of the men who went
out with the regiment originally only three have re-
turned, one of whom did duty in this town 26 years
ago, and is now tough and sturdy—so differently
are men constituted. Our officers in India are
s•ated to be much dissatisfied with the curtailment
of th,-;e allovvances. Lord Combermere was on a
ection throughout the Presidency, and
military in: ,"
had not returned When the efficers of the 47th left.
Dr. Buck, one of his Lordship's staff, had, how-
ever, arrived at Crs...lutta, from which it was in-
(erred that Lord Combern:.!res with his whole staff,
would not be detained much lon;.er up the country.
Lord Combermere had been extrangif partienlar in
his inspection, and on one occasion w reit ate visited
the quarters of the men of the 47th regiment,;n-
quired if that small loaf which was then distributed
was their allowance ; and finding it so, expressed
his conviction that it was not enough to satisfy Lin-
ger, and ordered the size to be enlarged. Sir A.
Hope has not joined the regiment since hi; appoint-
!nent to it, but Colonel Lbrington, the second in
command, is represented as favouring the parade
and drill system mentioned in our Bombay cor-
respondence as lately introduced at that Presidency.
Sickness prevailed to a great extent amongst the
natives, who were dying in great numbers.—
Brighton Gazette.

The Austrian Ambassador had a long inter-
view with the Earl of ABIRDEEN yesterday. Ms Lord-
ship afterwards_ visited the Duke of Wzmalic•rot4 at the
Treasury.
The French Charge d'Affaires transacted
business with the of A IVERDVEN at the Foreign
Office yesterday afternoon,

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