The Sun.
London, England, 1855-02-02 00:00:00

LIGIITX AT CAPS ELIZABITH, MAINE.

Portland Maine, Dec. 20,1854.
On or about the Ist of June next (1855), the present
fixed light and the present revolving light at Cape Eliza-
beth, Maine, will be discontinued, and at the time of the
discontinuing of the two lights, (a fixed light, varied by
flashes, of the third order of the system of Fresno', will be
exhibited from the tower from which the present fixed
light is exhibited.
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The tower of the revolving, light will not be removed,
but the two towers will be left standing as at present, to
serve as a distinguishing mark of the locality by day.

TRU MUSEUM OF ORNAMENTAL ALT AT MARL
BOROUGH HOUSE.—The numbers attending, &c., during
the month of January, were as follow. :-8,706 persons
en the public days, and admitted free ; 251 person. OR
the students' days, and admitted as students on the pay-
ment of 6d. each, besides the registered students of the
classes and schools. The museum is new open, free,
on Saturdays, for the convenience of schools, &c.
A FaLsa .A.Lamr.--Yesterday, at neon, the most in-
tense excitement was created in the City, in consequence
of the report of what appeared to be several successive
discharges of artillery, and it was imagined that the guns
at the Tower were being fired for some glerious victory.
All were anxious to know the cause, and it being too
early for the second editions of the morning papers, mes-
sengers were despatched to the Tower t• ascertain what
joyous event was being celebrated ; the result of their
inquiries turned out to be that in consequence of there
being a large number of rifles and other small arms
to prove, several were discharged simultaneously and
successi rely.
The first division of the 94th Regiment marched from
Chatham garrison yesterday morning to the terminus of
the North Kent railway,-and proceeded by rail at 8
a.m. en route for Windsor. The division comprised eight
companies, under the command of Captain W. H. Dore,
with Captain Bruce and Captain Marne, Lieutenants
Malthus and G. L. Heciley, aid Assistant-Surgeon
Stoney. The bead-quarters of this regiment leave
Chatham for Windsor this day, under the command of
Colonel Dennis, with Captain Pratt, Lieutenant Lewis,
Lieutenant Buchanan, Lieutenant Gaskell, Ensign Har-
ris, and Surgeon Patrick Gammil, with the whole of
the staff. The head-quarters will consist of five com-
panies.

NEW GOVERNMENT MUSKET FACTORY.—The Govern-
ment having resolved to be the manufacturers of their
own small arms, a❑ extensive factory is now in progress
of erection at Enfield Lock, Middlesex. It will contain
the following arrangement of departments : Smithery,
brass foundry, picking-room, annealing-room, desiccating-
room, metal-room, engine and boiler-house, packing-
room, and packing-case department, storekeeper's offices,
browning-room, grinding and polishing-room, casehard-
ening-room, and tool-making department. The contract
for the same is taken by James Haywood, of Derby,
who has recently completed the New Manchester Mar-
ket. The contractor is bound to the completion in six
months. The prosees of setting out the ground has
commenced.

The railway train which left St. Etienne on Sunday
morning, for Lyons, went off the rails not far from the
station of Vernaison. Eleven carriages broke their axle-
trees, but as the train was going rather gently at the
moment, from the line running in a curve at the spot,
no further inconvenience was caused than .a delay of
about two hours, whilst other carriages were brought
up. The cause of the accident is said to be the breaking
of one of the rails, which was too weak to boar the great
weight in the carriage!

NAVAL AND MILITA1?1" INTELLIGENCE.

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The Royal yacht has hauled into the steam-basin,
and as soon as the new eaah dock of the steam-basin is
ready she will go in.
The Duke of Wellington, 131, will proceed from Ports-
mouth to Plymouth to be docked, as stated some three
months ago.

The Eurydice, 26, Capt. Okmmanney, will return from
Bermuda to England early in April, and be ready to
proceed to the White Sea.
The Esk, 20, screw eorvettee, Captain Birch, is
ordered from Portsmouth to Plymouth, on her way to
the Black Sea.

The Sampson, 6, paddle frigate, Captain Brock, was
put out of commission at Portsmouth on Wednesday,
and her crew were granted leave.
The crew of the Retribution, Captain Fisher, will be.
paid wages at Portsmouth to-day, and granted lead e
while the ship refits.
The Excellent, gunnery ship, during the snow-storm
on Tuesday parted the southern arm of her moorings,
which has been replaced.
The crew of the Magicienne, 16, paddle, Captain Van-
sitto.rt, are to be paid wages at Devonport, and have
leave for such time as they call be spared.
The Fisgard flag-ship at Woolwich and the Black
Eagle and Vivid steam-vessels were paid down at that
port on Thursday.
The Perseverance screw steam troop-ship will be paid
down to-morrow at Woolwich, and the crew turned over
to the Falcon, 17, screw steam-sloop, at Portsmouth.
The Rhadarnanthus paddle-wheel steam store-ship
arrived at Woolwich on Thursday from Glasgow.