The Sun.
London, England, 1842-09-22 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

GENERAL ORDER. 15.
Adjutant-General's Office, Edinburgh, Sept.
Major-General Sir Neil Douglas, K.C.B. 8"
K.C.H., Commanding her Majesty's Forces in Sorth
Britain, has the greatest satisfaction in promulg“til4,
to the troops under his command the Queen's aPrto
bation of their conduct during her Majesty's vi6'te
her Northern dominions ; and he knows of no Inor
gratifying mode of conveying to the officers, 05
commissioned officers, and privates employed on gu3,
and escort duties, &c., during her Majesty's
dente in Scotland, than by repeating her Af-niejl,if
own gracious expressions to him, when he hnu,ber
her Royal command, the honour of waiting uPontifb
Majesty after her embarkation this morning, "'-
were as follow :
the
Sir Neil--I am happy to assure you that
arrangements of the troops have been very Perfe‘
and have given me the greatest satisfaction.' et
To which his Royal Highness Prince Albert,
a flattering eulogy on the conduct and appearance
or
the troops, was pleased to add that neither delay ‘,ll,
mistake had occurred during the whole of her
jesty's progress since her arrival. to
In making this highly gratifying cornmunicatio,e,
the troops employed en the occasion, the Majorvto
neral avails himself of the opportunity of offering
Col. Hutcheson, of the Royal Artillery, his thin
for the precision and punctuality with which the,
lutes entrusted to his charge were fired on everi;il
casion. To Col. Jackson, K.H., of the 6th Drar,
Guards, and to Lieut.-Col. White, of the 6th v-e:
goons, he begs also to offer his thanks, for their Oro
mitting exertions in seeing his orders for the go
r,
and escorts of their respective corps properly c3,,d,
ried into effect. To Major Macdougall, of the 4'of
Lieut.- Col. Hill of the 53d, Lieut.-Col. Johnstoabe
the 66th, and Lieut.- Col. Winchester, K.H.,
92d Regiments, the Major-General's thanks are l''of
due for the appearance and conduct of the Guards
Honour furnished by their respective corps to ate
her Majesty during her residence in this cOuntry. to
The Major-General begs in an especial manneLst
offer to Lieut.-Col. Lord Robert Kerr, K.H., his
thanks for the very able and efficient manner in w'jf,"e,
he has carried on the duties of the Adjutant-6',
ral's and Quartermaster-General's departnle%t,
during the whole period of the Royal visit to Sded,
land, on the accuracy of which so much depen. r,
and which have in every respect met with the 31(13°
General's entire approbation.
To Captain Canch, Fort-Major of Edinbu'aiti
Castle, Sir Neil Douglas offers his acknowledgMe..ll-to
for the judicious manner in which he carried ",,
effect his instructions and arrangements on the '5l
casion of her Majesty's and his Royal higher,
Prince Albert's visit to the Castle ;—and the 14,9hiii,i
General begs to assure Colonel Sir Arcrjet
Christie, K.C.H.,Deputy-Governor of Stirling "e".ty
that the manner in which he received her Arbe
and his Royal Highness Prince Albert within. ,
fortress under his charge, has met with the 311'9°r4
General's approbation, and is deserving of his
thanks. By Order of
Major-General Sir Neil Douglas, K.C.B. and
&c. Commanding her Majesty's Forces in -Li--
te
Britain. (Signed)
ROBERT KERR, A.A.G.S'n'

LLOYD'S SHIPPING. eto
VESSELS SPOKEN WlTlL—Luerise, Newcasd
•„,blet
Constantinople, 4th inst., lat. 40, lon. 11, by the 11710.•
arrived at Falmouth ; Antelope, Newcastle to sr
seilles, 4th inst., hit. 44, lon. 9, by the Cassandra'
rived at ditto ; Bremen, of and from Bremen, °Litt,iio;
days, lat. 43, lon. 42, by the Margaret, arrived at Puio,
Lena, Pettiendiae to St. Helena, 18th ult., lat. 0,1 pt,
36 ; Coreu, Pernambuco to Newfoundland, 28th Littler
33, lon. 35, by the Aylesford, arrived at Liverpool ; tho
Majesty's ship 1\ inehester, lat. 19 S., lon. 37 W„
Maxan, arrived at Cowes ; and General Browolow,,
dia
verpool to New York, out ten days, lat. 49, loa• 14' k)
Shannon, arrived off Dover.

EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Sion,
Arrivals.—W. S. Hamilton, BroWn, fral So
tit.
in the Downs, sld. April 30, Singapore MaY Id)
Helena August 5. Jane, Stovers, from • New
Wales in the Downy, sld. from Sydney, April 12. i ye.
ct
Denny, from Bengal, in the Downs, sld. April 8, ja
lena, July 17. 'Thomas Lee, Wolff, from Singurri-;001
the Downs, sld April 30. Elizubeth, Weatherbb,c-ii
Bombay, in the London Docks, sld. May 10. 'edeie
cherry, —. Morayshire, Lamont, from Bengali 11
Downs, sld. March 22, Cape June 25, St. Helena .11
51 ,
14. Rachel, Scott, from Bombay, in the Down'',follo
April 20, Cochin May 21, St. Helena August 1.
Hullett, Austin, from Mauritius, in the Downs,
tj„,
Arrivals at St. Helena.—Enterprise, Robertson,
"
id
5, from Bengal, and sld. 6th to Liverpool. Pleiades
Virginia, 4th, from Sumatra. hens,
Departure from St. Helena—Devonshire, Slel3-4- ;
August 1, to the Downs ; Logan, Woodbury, to
Vishnoo, to Bordeaux ; Penyard Park, Mid,",,e))to
August 2, to London ; Gentoo, Dodds, August j„'D
Liverpool ; H.M. brig Persian, August 4, to Ascens'w-
John Brown, Bugloss, August 4, to London. .115.
Arrival in Algoa Bay—Velox, Watts, from Manriti 0
Arrival at Callao---Hope, M`Lachlon" , May 23, fr°
New Zealand, and sailed May 28, to Chinchie.
,r 55'
Arrivals at Sydney ,
A—Eagle, Buckley; Eleanor,
man ; and Emma, Sproulepril 2, all from Port Pilj,
Departures from Sydney—Queen Victoria, Dreiii
April 9, to Singapore ; Jupiter, Aicks, April 2, to "
Zealand.

FISHING BEARS.—liTii•ingtheheight of the fisr
season in Kamtschatka the salmon is so plentiftl;ol
all the rivers and creeks of the country that the benii.
catch them with the greatest ease, and will then Poy
eat of the heads and backs ! The Kamtschatdales f
that a large bear will spoil from 25 to 30 fish °,,ftt
night. As the season advances, and the fish .6'
scarcer, the bears become less choice in their select:o 0:
do
PORTRAIT OF BEESWING.—BeII's Life in 10:, of
of Sunday next, Sept. 25, will contain a Portra`Lith
Beeswing, the winner of the " Doncaster Cup,
a history of all the performances of this extraordinf
animal, together with all the sporting informati°llfall
the week. Bell's Life of Sept. 18, containing s.
report of the five days' Doncaster Races and a f,nr
trait of " Blue Bonnet," has been kept on sale al no
office, 170, Strand, all the week., and copies, FivePe'
each, can be had for a week to come.
The Memorial de .Rouen states that onthe innril 1
of the 13th, as between 40 and 50 of the workmen ;b4
„,33
ployed at the bridge, near Oissel, were going across 40
Seine in the ferry-boat to breakfast, just as the ferry t,
was pushing out into the centre of the river, the l'tbe
from being overloaded, went down, drawing with it, „e,
passengers. A most distressing scene then took pot,r
as few of the unfortunate men could swim, and the Olig
was 15 feet deep. They caught at each ether, uttel.,,lo
lamentable cries, and, by their convulsive efforts to s.:rlit
themselves, rendered the assistance which they
have received from the ferryman, and some others "(
could swim, of no avail. Aid was soon dispatched illo
0
the bank of the river, and a considerable number of thw,
saved. The total loss has not been ascertained, but
the evening eight dead bodies had been found.
During the week, from the 9th to the 15th inst. ill;
elusively, the number of passengers between Fratiat
and England who embarked from and landed,.
Boulogne was 1,291. At Calais the number (10°1"
the same period was 526.

B ITII
On the 13th inst., at PariR
s, the lady of George Grab39l'
Esq., of Drynie, of a son.
On the 15th inst., at Northfield House, Bath, the lady of the Rev. Sidney Henry Widdrington, Rector of Walcot, of a 9001.
On the lath inst., at the Vicarage, Midsomer Norton, of
Bath, the lady of the Rev. T. Keeney Thomas, ALA"
daughter.
iekt
On the 18th inst., at Edinburgh, the lady of Major n "
53d Regiment, of a daughter.

D'
On the 14th inst., at St M ARRIE.
Leonard's,. Shoreditch, Mr. Acile,
ander Allan, to Hannah, the second daughter of the late
ward Green, Esq., of Hackney-road. • AP
On the 20th inst., at Bray, Berks, Thomas Frederick B,1,1;00,,
Esq., Commander, R.N., to Ann, only daughter of Wii"
Stephens, Esq., of Ive's-place, Maidenhead, Berks.
On the 20th inst., at Oulton Church, Louis Ruckland,
cf Camden-road Villas, to Barbara, eldest daughter of the I"
Samuel Pitman, of Oulton Hall, Norfolk.

DID.
On the Ist inst., at St. Omer, Rhys Jones, Esq., late 7, s•
32d Regiment, son of Lieut.-Colonel lt. Jones, Royal .Eng'?",o
On the 7th inst., at Nice, Mr. George M'Micbael,
London and Bridgrnorth, Salop, aged 46.
010
On the 10th inst., at Blakeney, the Rev. George Colebr°
Jordan, aged 43. , ,
On the 14th inst., Frederick Philpot, Esq., surgeon, °—
Upper Southwick-street, Paddington.
On the 17th inst., in Isleworth-square, Isleworth, 3"
Ccoper, aged 76.
On the 17th inst., Mr. Thomas Oliver, late of Stratford'
Essex.
of
On the 18th inst., at Ealing', Sophia Amelia, the rife
William T. Rogers, Esq., aged 32.

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