The Sun.
London, England, 1855-01-06 00:00:00

MILITARY.

One officer, one serjeant, and 60 men of the depot of
the 34th Regiment in Plymouth Citadel received orders
on Thursday to hold themselves in readiness to join the
headquarters in the Crimea.
We regret to announce the death of Captain W. It.
Newport Campbell, of the sth Dragoon Guards, which
took place at Scutari on the 23d December. Captain
Campbell served with the 9th Lancers in the battle of
Puneiar during the Sutlej campaign of 1846, and the
campaign on the Sutlej under Lord Gough, including
the battles of Chillianwallah and Goozerat. Captain
Campbell had a medal for Sobraon, and one with clasps
for Chillianwallah and Goozerat.

The death of Lieutenant and Adjutant Warren, of the
55th, is reported to have taken place at Scutari on the
23d ult. ; he was fivo years in the service, and was pro-
moted to a company in last Friday's Gazette.

THE INTERIOR OF ST. GEORGE'S HALL,

LIVERPOOL.

The elaborate finishings of the interior have been de-
signed by Professor Cockerell, and very arduous and
responsible, no doubt, has it been felt to handle a frame-
work so nobly designed ; and great might well be the
apprehension that its grace and nobility might suffer
under any hands short of that of the original master
himself, Mr. Elmes. The ceiling, according to the ap-
parent system of the Romans, is covered, like a firma-
ment, with a multitude of appropriate detail to give
space and magnitude to the whole. The provincial armo-
rial bearings, and the symbols appropriate to navigation,
the municipal and legal purposes of the structure have
been largely employed. These have been circumscribed to
the crowns of the side-groaning arches, and not carried
down to the springing of the arched vault, as is commonly
the case. , The whole proportion is thereby heightened,
and the parallelogram of the ceiling materially elon-
gated. The six pendentives are adorned with symbolical
figures, taken from Raffaelle's composition in the Vati-
can, of Temperance, Prudence, Art, Science, Justice,
and Fortitude, and in the paving under these are in-
scriptions illustrative of each of these virtues. A rich
decoration of galleries, composed of Irish black marble,
Derbyshire spar bullesters, and twenty-four Irish green
niches adorn the lower part of the ball, the walls being
decorated with slabs of various British marbles. Two
of those niches are already occupied by illustrious
tenants, Sir R. Peel and George Stephenson. The six
doors are very magnificent, and surpass anything of the
sort yet executed in England. The jambs are in solid
grey granite, in single pieces, with cornices carved in
Portland stone ; the gates themselves are of bronze and
brass, highly elaborated. Among these are ten chan-
deliers, of great magnificence in size, materials, and
design ; they are seven feet in diameter, with 140 lights
each, in the form of stars. The paving, executed by
Minton, after designs by Mr. Cockerell, Mr.. Gruner,
and Mr. Stevens, unexampled in tesselated workman-
ship. The drawings of the Tritons and' Sea-nymphs
in red and yellow, is highly classical, spirited! and beau-
tiful. A regulation of some interest n the direction of
this structure has been vigorously observed in every de-
tail, namely, that none but British materials and British
workmanship should enter into the
work. The organ,
and magnificence, has
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question,
as impairing the perspective
of the Hall and Nisi Prius Court ; and its position in
this regard must ever be lamented ; but after extended
deliberation, and the best advice on accoustics and mu-
sical convenience, it was finally decided to be placed at
the north end of the hall. Pains have been taken by its
form and structure, to play into the lines and perspec-
tive and uses of that part of the hall. The area in the
east front together with the niches in the hall, afford
space and position for all the illustrious of our land, and
will furnish, in the growth of time, a museum of art and
of renown of the utmost historical interest.

PARIS EXHIBITION.—The Senate of Hamburg has
just appc.inted Herr GJfhen, a doctor of civil law, and
s?eretary of legation for the free towns at Paris, to be
tlteir continissioner at the "Universal Exhibition."

PAYMENT OF CHINESE CUSTOMS DUTIES AT SHANG-
HAL—Veiterday (Friday) deputations from the Man-
chester Commercial Association, and Manchester Cham-
ber of Commerce, had :in interview with Lord Claren-
don, at the Foreign office, relative to the question of en-
forced security and payment of Chinese customs duties
at Shanghai. His lordship received the deputation
most graciously, and assured them that instructions
were sent out to evinguish all securities given
for the payment of duties to February last, and that
the other portion of the question (payment between
February and July) was under the consideration of the
law officers of the Crown, and would be settled as soon
as posuible. The interview lasted an hour.
THZ ROYAL THAMES YACHT CLUB have unanimously
Toted the sum of 501. to the Patriotic Fund.