The Sun. — 1842-09-22 (London, England)

POUNDS SHILLINGS, AND PENCE."—Mr. Martin, the author of a little book with this title, has invented a simple plan for teaching mental arithmetic. By a feW concise and simple rules the amounts of fractional numbers at fractional rates can be immediately ascer' tained, without the aids of. pen, ink, and paper : and abstruse calculations are made in the tenth part of the number of figures that are used in' the bidinhryinode of managing pounds, shillings, and pence. In counting-houses, or in any of the various trades in which expeditious money calculations are an object, a know • ledge of Mr. Martin's system of arriving at the result of a given question must be found very useful. A man of the name of Lynch was banged for murder at Sydney, last April, and at the scaffold he confessed having been a principal in no less than ten murders.  • s AYE  k).l.eL, 15Major-General Sir Neil Douglas, K.C.B. and K.C.H., Commanding her Majesty s Forces in North Britain, has the greatest satisfaction in promulgating to the troops under his command the Queen's approbation of their conduct during her Majesty's visit.to her Northern dorninions ; and he knows of no more gratifying mode of conveying to the officers, noncommissioned officers and privates employed on guard and escort duties, during her Mtljesty'4 rest" dente in SCotland, than by repeating her Majesty's own gracious expressions to him, when he had, by her Royal command, the honour of waiting upon bet Majesty after her embarkation this morning, whiC4 were as follow :  " Sir Neil-4 am happy to assure you thift the arrangements of the troops have been very perfect, and have given me the greatest satisfaction. To which his Royal Highness Prince Albert, after a flattering eulogy on the conduct and appearance of the troops, was pleased to add that neither delay nor mistake had occurred during the whole of her .31-1 jesty's progress since her arrival.  . . . _ In making this highly gratifying communication 0 the troops employed on the occasion, the Majpr,G.ef neral avails himself of the opportunity of offering Col. Hutcheson, of the Royal Artillery, his thank* for the precision and punctuality with which the ss' lutes entrusted to his charge were fired on every oc" casion. To Col. Jackson, K.H. of the 6th Dragoon: Guards, and to Lieut.-Col. White, of the 6th Drs' goons, he begs also to offer his thanks, for their unremitting exertions in seeing his orders for the guards and escorts of their respective corps properly ear: tied into effect. To Major Macdougall, of the 42°1 Lieut.-Col. Hill of the 53d, Lieut.-Col. Johnston of the 66th, and Lieut.- Col. Winchester, K.H., of the 92d Regiments, the Major-General's thanks are al due for the appearance and conduct of the Guards 0, 1, Honour furnished by their respective corps to attells her Majesty during her residence in this country. ." The Major-General begs in an especial manner 10 offer to Lieut.-Col. Lord Robert Kerr, K.H., his best thanks for the very able and efficient manner in wilich he has carried on the duties of the Adjutant-Gene' ral's and Quartermaster-General's departmeitts, during the whole period of the Royal visit to scot.. land, on the accuracy of which so much dependA and which have in every respect met with the Major' General's entire approbation. To Captain Canch, Fort-Major of Edinburgh Castle, Sir Neil Douglas offers his acknowledgments for the judicious manner in which he carried into effect his instructious and arrangements on the oc": casion of her Majesty's and his Royal Highne° Prince Albert's visit to the Castle ;—and the Major; General begs to assure Colonel Sir Archibill, Christie, K.C.H,Deputy-Governor of Stirling Ciitlel that the manner in which he received her Majeg and his Royal Highness Prince Albert ivithin t fortress under his charge, has met with the Mai General's approbation, and is deserving of his be!.! thanks. By Order of Major-General Sir Neil Douglas, K.C.B. andK.C.g,' &c. Commanding her Majesty's Forces in Norts, Britain. (Signed) ,