The Sun. — 1846-06-24 (London, England)

KNT.—This veteran officer expired on the 20th instant, at his real. dence, Linwood Lyndhurst, New Forest, after an honourable ant' distinguished career in the service of ha count of sixty-three yew' entered the 44th Foot as ensign, June 24th,ry 1783, and his other commissions were thus dated, lieutenant, August, 1793 ; cePtei,'/' Sept. 2, 1795 ; major, Jan. 14, 1802; lieutenant-colonel, Feb' 4.' 1803; colonel, Jan. 1 1612 ; major-general, June 4, 1814, and lieutenant-general, July 22, 1830. Sir Charles was present at the taking: of St. Lucia, Martinique, and Guadaloupe in 1794, and in Egypt if 1801. He subsequently rendered some most important services liu the defence of Sicily, for which he received the order of St. Jell 15: taus, He also held a medal for the Egyptian campaign, and for many years held the pest of deputy quartermaster-general. 'lll` deceased married in 1830, Harriet, relict of the Rev. Richard Strode. of Newnham-park, Devon, and daughter of the late Sir FrederiaRogers, Bart., of Blackford, in the same county. The Gold Cup or Piece of Plate, which is to be run for on the 25th of June at the Newcastle races, is a piece of ernamental plate, of the most beautiful design and admirable worknior ship. It is a group of figures, in solid silver, representing a weir known and interesting incident in the life of Edward 1., in the Foil Laud ; when, after having been wounded by a Saracen assassin, his devoted Queen Eleanor, with her own mouth, extracted the poison from his arm. The artist, in modelling the group, has selected the moment after the incident, and the expression of the figures is ex!' ceedingly beautiful. The plate is manufactured by Messrs. Lister and Son, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, silversmith:, to the Queen. _. e I Ic lira rto it iacbel :Lir; Yesterday, the magistrates of Clerkei who, it may recolleieted, received 1/. for the relief of Peter Rybert, ~ Canal through distress attempted to drown himself in the ficaen...l7n. The case hag bee ' himself and taruily being driven to starvation. Isnigqnturededhiminstoe,lfanAd. zlo.und to be very deserving. P. violent city on a 37 atter Our correspondent at thunder storm passed over that Ooon, fortunately without e.amage. Winchestsertusrtdaates that pears tha . of the ugnf'n papdrowned whilst bathla Mention numerous cases of persona era of Saturday leo papers. At least thirty The provincial ATTEMPTED A ssaAr noticedessiN A I ino N the Izi ST. GrLEs.—Yestero'clock . day afternoon, l' hbourhood of St an in , great excitement prevailed in tke nets •0h,,,,,, deaths thus occasioned tv.efn,.tßwuostalndßUtre,e . , girl f the town, well. man having been stabbed in Church-lane. b,c. --auence of a young. that street. It apt 31artin Welch, the father r. Mason, the owner of the the habit of collecting rents, . ... unfortunate victim, was Ira known hy the nan house at which th for the real xt icaphai itri en dg with the p woman lses,u nlideetat place. '&s° occurrence'telivin ' mote already alluded to, tfe lie. had also hew/ coandin due for rent, butgetting in sore money shiaievibnugroliteoarpednotth' wit" is on the second door• t .at once proceeded to the room. ensued between her and Ito prisoner. His wife the prisoner and her husband rent, and being refused admittance. At this moment, John Welclet up and ran down stairs, when words in bed. He ImMediately t., protect his ,mother and, prisoner, who threatened to kill hertable kidfe, and, a lad about eighteen, stepped forward inflicted , the prisoner caught hold of a large a dreadful wo,:nd in his breast. She then attempted to stab him in the abdomen, but having missed her aini she struck him on the left leg just above the shinbone, and thla et hie door,cir:ll, 11 I, eStt piaa 1 :fee: sc:::l..ttelineCtei visiting caused a wound of about an inch and a half in length, and an inch' tf.eep. The screams of murder had by this time attracted the 4:Laefl. ion of Police-constable 123, who having secured the prisoner, the boy was conveyed to the ThilverstY College Hospital, where be remains iu a very precarious condition. The prisoder, who Is a young vlanan about twenty-three years, was taken to the Georwstrell, police-station.