NEW CAVALRY REGIMENTS.

Colonist, Issue 63, 28 May 1858, Page 4

NEW CAVALRY REGIMENTS.

Her Majesty's Governmenßhiirresolvecl to raise immediately two' new^regiments 'of '•" dragoons, and in doing so to restore the sth' Irish Dragoons, whichwere gtruck from $# . roll of the army 60 years ago. Ofte follow i ing is a copy, of the officiaUetter address^l -: by the Secretary of State for \^ar to the' General Commanding-in-Chiefonthis fcup-. ject':— ' ." . ■ , ;. •'*

" War r office, Feb. >1,1858. " Sir,—l have the honor to acquaint your royal highness that her. Majesty's - Government hate decided that two additional cavalry regiments shall be raised 'forthwith, - to meet the exigencies of her .Majesty's'1 service. Before this occasion the Queen has been graciously pleased to command - ; that the order by which the sth Dragoons were struck out of-the list of her Majesty's forces in 1799 shall be cancelled. iheQueen is thus desirous of wiping away an unfortunate event now long gone by, and which it is time to consign to. oblivion; and her Majesty wishea by this gracious act to give a public testimony of her sense of the loyalty and attachment of .her Irish people. When your royal highnoss, therefore, takes her Majesty's pleasure upon this increase to", She army, you will suggest to her Majesty that the denomination of the two ne,w regiments shall be the sth Royal Irish Regiment of Dragoons and the 18th, Dragoons. In communicating to.the army the restoration of the sth Dragoons to its place among the - cavalry regiments of, the line, her majesty's Government trusts that your royal highness will dully impress upon the Queen's forces thi3 act of her Majesty* grace and favor.—l have the honor. »tobe r sir, your royal highness's most obe&jent, humble' servant, Panmure."

[The 18th Light Dragoons (Hussars) were disbanded in 1821,. after a-brillant ' \ career in the Peninsula and -at Waterloo. IS; was also an Irish regiment, and.was known by the familiar name of Lord Drogheda's Light Horse, the Regimen* having been raised by the late venera&le i Marquis of Drogheda, who did not long. survive the breaking up of his favorite corps. Many clays, it may be eafely predicted, will not pass before men will be found torecruit the ranks of the two new regiments of Irish Dragoons. General the Hon. Henry Murray, the present colonel 7 iri-chief of the 14th Light Dragoons, was lieutenant- , colonel commanding the 18th Hussars at - the period of their disbandment. The late Marquis of Londonderry commanded, the old sth Dragoons when they were brokenup nearly 60 years ago. The sth and the Scots Greys were the only cavalry regiments who were permitted to wear-the.bearskin cap as a distinguishing head-dress, the latter still retaining the uncomfortable honor.]"

Re-opening of the African Slave trade. — The Charleston Mercury broaches the following notable scheme to evade the law* against the slave-trade. For unmitigated rascality this scheme bears away the palm j —"The laws of Congress carrying out'the powers given to 'Congress by the Constitution, "'jMrohibitsv the-African slave-trade ancjimakes'tnat trade pirS^ But if importing negroes as emigrants fromsAfrica be. not the slave-trade, then the laws of Congress can not apply to it. We suppose emigrants from Africa may just as legitimately be brought into the' United States as emigrants from Germany or IrelancJ. Nor will the circumstance of an agreement being - previously made for employment and wages, &t all affect the legality of die importation. Hundreds, thousands, are being imported daily from Europe, under silch agreements with the manufacturers of New England to. carry on their factories. If ther Government,.of the United States shall therefore" determine that the importation oi*negroes from the African coast, by England and France, as. emigrants into the West India Islands, ia; not the African slave-tradei then the whole trade of bringing, negroes from Africa is also open to the j Southern States. Wnat. become of the j negroes after they are imported into • a Stato must be an affair of the State. The General Government can have nothing to do with it. The enforcement,of any contract for wages will be entirely within the jurisdiction of the .Courts of the States. And if public opinion, or the real understanding of, the emigrants, establishes ■practically that they shall be slaves, there is no redress by any other authority than that of the States in which they are located." Death of a Boy through Placing a J?ea in is i7#r.~Lately, Mr. Carter held an inquest at the Jolly Caulkers, New-road, Rotherithe, on Robert Sinclair,' aged eight years, the son of a lighterman, residing at No. 46, Commercial street, who, .while playing with a number of-school-fellows, said he would have a game at conjuring, and put a pea in his ear and bring it out of his mouth. The poor little^fellpwiput the pea in,his ear, and much to his alarm he was unable to withdraw it. His cries soon1 brought, assistance, and he was conveyed to St. Thomas's Hospital, where every means were resorted to relieve the little sufferer, but without success. He was accordingly again taken home, and placed under the care of Mr. Cregeen, surgeon; but, notwithistand-r ing that gentleman's exertions, he died.There was not the slightest doubt thatthe pea gradually penetrated into the head, until it caused some injury to the brain, and thus caused death. The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental'death."

The Dumfries Courier has authority for stating that in consequence of Lprd Pal-r merston, having declined to acknowledge' the Marquis of Queensberry's claims to be made, a British peer, his lordship has resigned the lord-lieutenancy of Pumfriesshire. ~'..

Advice to Fast Young Men..-— lf you mean to settle, emigrate.— -Punch. Ferdinand's ffirmness.—Bomha.-took the earthquake - at.. Naples coolly enough. It " did not shake his throne.— Punch..,.."" .