The Sun.
London, England, 1842-09-19 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

WOOLWICH, SEPT. 17.—Captai Desbrisay's 'com-
pany, 3d battalion, and Major Durnford's company,
I 4th battalion of Royal Artillery, were inspected in
heavy marching order on the guard mounting parade,
by Lieuteaant-General Lord Bloomfield, G. 0.8. and
G-.C.H., and the baggage of these companies was put
on board the Dee steam-vessel on Monday, the 12th
inst., and the-companies embarked on the following
day at the Royal Arsenal, at half-past eight o'clock in
the morning, for a passage to Gibraltar.
On Tuesday last, the 13th inst., upwards of 50
non-commissioned officers and gunners arid driVers
passed a medical board previous to obtaining their
discharges.
Major Anderson's company, Ist battalion, will pro-
ceed to Chester early in the ensuing month to relieve
Captain Dick en's company, 6th battalion. The latter
company will return to head-quarters.
On Thursday last 15 non-commissioned officers
and men embarked on board a steam-vessel at the
Royal Arsenal to complete the company and troop of
Horse Artillery in the northern district.
The practices at the mortar and howitzer battery,
and in the marshes, have been carried on regularly
during the past week; and also battalion drills, under
the superintendence of Colonel Turner, C.B. The
battalions have been supplied with blank cartridges
at those drills, and the manoeuvring was excellent.
After her Majesty left the dockyard to-day the
Royal Marines, who had been on duty for so long a
period, formed and marched before the Earl of Had-
dington, Sir W. Gage, Lord Bloomfield, Sir F. Col-
lier, and other superior officers, in .order of review,
first in slow and after in quick march, and then left
the establishment for their quarters. Lord Hadding-
ton paid a high compliment to Colonel Parke on the
appearance of his men.
CHATHAM, SEPT. 17.—Yesterday afternoon the 2d
battalion of the 12th Regiment of Foot marched into
this garrison from Weedon Barracks, which place
they left by railroad on Wednesday, the 14th instant.
The battalion, which is newly raised, consists of 291
rank and file, 10 sergeants, and four drummers. The
troops are under the command of Major Sir Robert
Douglas, with Captain Percival, Captain Granet,
Lieutenant Bishop, Lieutenant Marconi, Lieutenant-
Adjutant Lawrence, Assistant-Surgeon Booth. The
rear of the battalion was brought up'by 32 prisoners
handcuffed, all charged with desertion. The batta-
lion will shortly embark for the Mauritius to join
their head7quarters..
This morning, a detachment of the 75th Regiment
loft this garrison for Tilbury Fort, with their band
anal drums. The band, which is new, having only
bee:i in existence one month, played merrily out of
the town. The detachment is under the command of
Major Halifax, with Captain Jardine, Lieutenant
Brownie, Lieutenant Brummell, Lieutenant Gordon,
Lieutenant Hill, Ensign Knox, Ensign Matge, and
Assist.-Surgeon Anderson. There are two other de-
tachment s of this Regiment, one stationed at Har-
wich,-and the other at Sheerness. The head quarters
are now at the Cape of Good Hope. .
A detachment of the East India Company's troops,
consisting of 120 men, left Brompton barracks on
their march to Gravesend this morning, where they
embarked at the Custom-house.quay, on board the
Company's ship John Bibby, bound for Bengal. The
detachment is under the command of Capt. Gidley, of
the 11th Regiment of the Bengal Native Infantry.
Lieut.-Adjutant David Beatty, of the 99th Regi- •
silent, resigns the Field Adjutantcy of the provisional
battalion. He is to be succeeded by Lieutenant
O'Molloney.

DUBLIN.—The first division and head-quarters of
the 58th Regiment, under the command of Lieu
tenant-Colonel Frith, arrived in Dublin on Thursday
from England. The remaining division arrived on
Friday, and will occupy their old quarters in Rich-
mond barracks.

The first division of the 45th Regiment, under the
command of Captain Cooper, embarked for Cork on
Wednesday evening. Six hundred and eleven strong
in all ranks.

The head-quarters of the depot, 67th Regiment,
will arrive in Cork this day from Youghal, for em-
barkation for Portsmouth.
We, give the following statement on the authority of
the Linieric. Chronicle The colours of the 44th
Regiment were preserved to the very last extremity,
and until the, battalion , was reduced to twelve men,
worn out and exhausted, after six days' constant
fight with a vastly superior force, in the midst of
frost and snow. Lieutenant Souter was then made
prisoner with the Queen's colour, but the man who
had the regimental colours wrapped round his body
surrendered the precious charge to the ferociouS
enemy only with his life, for he was butchered on the
spot. He was colour sergeant, and an Irishman. His,
name was Carey."

PORTUGAL.
FALMOUTII, SEPT. 17.—The Lady Mary Wood
steamer arrived last night with Peninsular mails; her
dates are, from Gibraltar the Bth, Cadiz the 9th, Lis-
bon the 12th, Oporto the 13th, and Vigo the 14th inst.
LISBON, MONDAY, SEPT. 12.—The Cortes will re-
main open throughout this week for the purpose of
carrying the Douro Wine Bill, the Bill for trying the
assassins of persOns in authority by court-martial, and
some other administrative measures. The -Ministerial
question remains. in the same position, with this dif-
ference, that the Minister of Marine, Campilo, tired
out by the badgering in the Chambers, with reference
chiefly to the case of the General Marinho, condemned
for irregularitfof pipers, and, in reality, u slaver, has
withdrawn temporarily (meaning finally) from the
exercise of his official duties, and that Baron Tojal,
byßoyal decree, holds this portfolio, together with that
of Finance. The Baron has instituted a searching
inquiry into all the circumstances of this affair,
which is clearly most disgraceful to the previous ad-
ministration of the Marine Department, it being per-
fectly certain that the custom-house officers were in-
fluenced to make a fraudulent valuation at about
1,2001. of a vessel clearly worth 5,000/.
Baron Tojal will this day bring together the mem-
berS of the Finance Committees of the Peers and De-
puties, and submit to them his project for levying an
additional 5 per cent, upon all the customs duties in
the kingdom and colonies, with which he is determined
to persevere.

Thc Tariff Convention has made no advance since
my last communication. The distress continues to be
most alarming in the Douro district and in Tras •os-
L%lontes.

The Queen and Court returned from Cintra on
Saturday to take up their residence definitively in
Lisbon, the great heats having subsided. The proro-
gation of the Cortes will take place by Royal decree,
without any formal speech.

MURD—E-11 IN TRANCE.
At the Assizes of the Aveyron, on the 31st ult., a
man named Merle, aged 36, a grocer, in the village
of Salais, and a youth of 19, named Gaubert, were
tried for the murder of a widow, who also kept a
grocer's shop in the same village, and against whom
Meric entertained feelings of hatred, on account of
her shop being more frequented than his own. The
murdered woman was found by her neighbours in the
morning, with her head lying in the fire-place, and
much burnt, and it was at first supposed that she had
Pen drinking, and had fallen into the fire, but on exa-
minntion, it was discovered that the head been frac-
tured by the blows of a hammer, and the body had
evidently been placed in the position in which it had
been found by the murderer or murderers, in the
hope of causing a belief that she had accidentally been
burnt to death. Suspicion was entertained of
as he had been heard to threaten the life of the
woman, but there was no proof against him, until dis-
closures were made by Gaubert. This person was
sitting with the deceased by the fire-side without a
light on the evening of the murder, when Merle
rushed into the place, and, without seeing Gaubert,
struck his victim repeatedly on the head with a
hammer. On perceiving Gaubert, he threatened to
murder him also, if he did not swear to preserve the
secret, and at the same time offered him 200 f. out of
a sum of which he robbed the house of the deceased.

Gaubert gave the promise, took the money, and went
home, but Meric followed him, with the intention of
murdering him, having, on reflection, thought it
better to remove the only witness of his crime out of
the way. Gaubert, however, had locked his door,

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and ref-used to adinit Meric. For some time Gaubert
kept the secret ; but one evening, as he was going
home, a large stone was hurled at him, and as he had
no doubt of its having been thrown by Meric, for the
purpose of killing him, he resolved to make dis-
closures. As the accounts which he gave were such
as to cause a suspicion that he had assisted in the
murder, he also was brought to trial, but was ac-
quitted, as there was other evidence to show that his
only crime had been concealment and the taking of a
bribe. Meric was found guilty, but with extenuating
circumstances, notwithstanding the deliberate ferocity
of his act, and was, therefore, condemned to impri-
sonment with hard labour for life.

Mr. Stephen Plummer, of 11, Ludgate-hill, has
published a statment of the number of persons, vehicles,
and horses, that passed his house on the 13th inst., from
9 o'clock in the morning till 9 in the evening of that day,
being an ordinary day of business, and at a time when
London is considered empty, and no business doing, by
which it will appear there were 8,572 vehicles, in 12
hours, 714 per hour, 12 per minute ; 13,024 horses in 12
hours, 1,085 per hour, 18 per minute ; 105,352 persons
in 12 hours, 8,779 per lu ur, 146 per minute.

The condition of the Ivor in this town, we fear,
notwithstanding the bountiful supply of almost every
description of human food, is not improved ; so fur at
least as the means of obtaining the necessaries of life are
dependent upon employment.—Leeds Menniqb
Bnussms, SEPT. 17.—Among the foreigners lately
arrived at Brussels are M. W. Rahleigh, I.Y. ; Sir
Iler.ry Seymour and family, Lord and Lady Berehaven,
Count Hamilton, a Swedish officer ; the Duke of San
Carlos, tke. The Prince de Chirnay has returned from
Paris,

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