The Sun. — 1842-01-27 (London, England)

NAVAL AND MILITARY. New colours were presented to the 72d Highlanders on Wednesday afternoon at Windsor by the Duke of Wellington, who, in his address, alluded to his serving in the same regiment in India in 1795, and spoke in high terms of its bravery and good conduct. Baron Humboldt and the King of Prussia's mite were afterwards entertained by the officers of the regiment. Nine officers belonging to the Niger Expedition, one of whom is Capt. Trotter, who had the chief command, arrived at Liverpool on Tuesday night, by the Warre, which sailed from Fernando Po on the 13th Nov. Major-Gen. Brown, C. 8., late of the Rifle Brigade, has entered on his duties at Head-quarters as Deputy Adjutant-General to the Forces; vice Sir John Gardiner promoted. Gen. Brown is one of the heroes of the Peninsular War, and was severely wounded at Talavera. The Earl of Mulgrave, Scots Fusilier Guards, has arrived at head-quarters, Montreal, to resume his duties as Aide-de-Camp to the Commander of the Forces. A meeting of the shipmaster:, captains, and mates of vessels engaged in the merchant service was held at Liverpool on Tuesday, to memorialise the Government to appoint Boards of Examination for captains and mates, previous .to their -being inducted into their responsible situations. The present irregular system was shown to occasion immense loss of life and property, , occurring from wreckage and unskilful captainship. A 1 memorial to the Earl of Ripon was accordingly adopted. LAW AND POLICE, The matter of Mr. Hitchcock's bankruptcy. was resinned yesterday, before Mr. Commissioner ihdroycl. With •regard to the imeulpation of Messrs. Cook add Gladstone in the bankrupt's' practices, Mr. Humphrej, showed that, instead of eolleaguing with him, Messrs. Cook and -01adstone had been the first to strike the docket of bankruptcy agdinst 'him, and it was they who first diseovered the concealment of his goods. All along all their` goods they believed the bankrupt to be, as he represented himself, solvent. The statement that they had received goods fromto ng iitel'l'es°ecekre,bt): as the ` b aek door," r always,as shown came in there. Mr. Gladstone also utterly denied any clandestine dealing. The further hearing of the case was adjourned to Wednesday next. • William Thompson, and Henry Norton, _ well-dressed young men, were committed to take their trial pickingFforriaAt Greenwich Police Court yesterday, Georg Dixon, pockets at the West-gate of the Hospital on arm in a sling, was charged as a begging_irmsm plioibbert, a appeared he had imposed repeatedly on Yesterday Wm. Troy, a tall young man, with his 1;1.1 lady of property in Hyde-Park-square, by telling her that he had broke his arm, and that ithad been so badly set by a surgeon at Highgate, he wasmpelled to applylte it at St. George's Hospital, when Dr. Hawkinsco broke f trace, was found well and soun4, e the Ma on examination examination by a surgeon be nd firths a p again and reset it. The wife of the intptohsitsobrrraoislksooennetroa,glrdmina pitiful story about a dead child; an , mcoona3tehs. quence, was ordered to the tread-mill for three  No less than five daring robberies have taken place in Kent during the last week, in cottages on the high road. In the pariihes of Staplehurst and Marden scarcely a night passes without a robbery. The excavators on the railroad, it is generally believed, are implicated in these numerous depredations. Delahunt in his confession states that for a month he was under an insane impression that he should commit a murder, and this idea clung to him with such tenacity that he wandered about the streets with a knife in search of his prey. jump on a coal-cart in play, He enticed him, and in describing the murder, says " he back forcibly across his thr:agta, memorable " Petition He Was attracted by the boy Maguire, while he was trying to seized the boy by the forehead, and having Pressed his from him." rrrni Alex's. . .-- • i for the Corporation of At a sale of coins and medals at Mr. Sotheby's last. week, a crown iannsdt thhiesntfihnignhg,hdimrew the knife quickly piece, being the Crown of Charles 11., by Thomas Simon," was sold for 17E11. to 111 r. Baker, who collect the City of London. Of this pattern-piece a very few were struck, and it commemorates the famous contention between Simon and the Roetteirs.  -•-