The Sun.
London, England, 1855-01-16 00:00:00

APPOINTMENTS.

Commander.—Walter J. Pollard (1354), to the Orion,
91, screw, at Chatham.

Lieutenants.—John F. Tottenham (1854), to the
Ajax, 58, screw, at Portsmouth ; Arthur W. Gillett
(1854), and Frederick W. Pym (1355), to the Nile, 91,
screw, at Devonport.
Mate.—Arthur L. Galbraith (1852), from the Arro-
gant, to the Geyser, 6, paddle, at Portsmouth.
Midshipmen.—T. G. J. Purcell and G. G. Storey, to
the Esk, 20, at Portsmouth.
Commander Arthur Mellersh (1819), serving in the
Rattler, screw steam-sloop, in the East Indies, has been
promoted to the rank of captain.

THE BLACK SEA PROgOTIONS.
Rear-Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons has filled up the
blank commission sent to him by the Admiralty by the
promotion of Lieutenant Cowper P. Coles (1846), who
served as flag-lieutenant to the gallant Admiral in the
Agamemnon, 91, screw steam-ship, on the Black Sea
station. The Lords of the Admiralty have confirmed
the promotion, and ordered that the commission of Com-
mander Cowper P. Coles should be dated November 13,
1854.

Vice• Admiral J. D. Dundas, C. 8., has filled up the
blank commission sent to him by the Admiralty, by the
promotion of Lieutenant Charles Vesey (184 G), serving
as one of the lieutenants of the Britannia, 120, flag-ship,
to the rank of Commander, and their Lordships have
confirmed the same, and ordered the commission to bear
date November 13, 1854.

LIEUT. HEWETT, R.N.
We are glad to learn that Lieutenant Hewett, R.N.,
who so much distinguished himself in a late instance
'when attached to the naval brigade before Sebastopol,
has just returned with a view to pass the examination
involved by his promotion. It will be remembered that
Lieutenant Hewett is the gallant young officer who on
the occasion of a sudden attack of the Russians upon the
allied entrenchments, when directed by military autho-
rity to spike the Lancaster gun of which he had the
charge, resolutely refused to obey the order, stating
that he was sure it did not proceed from his captain ;
and, instead of complying, cleared away the parapet of
the battery, and turned the gun against the advancing
columns of the enemy with such effect as to cause their
speedy retreat, making dreadful havoc in their ranks.
Admiral Dundas, with a praiseworthy appreciation of
Lieutenant Hewett's intrepidity, not only recommended
him at once for proinotion, but placed him in a tempo-
rary command of her Majesty's ship Beagle—a position
which he will again assume on his return to the Black
Sea, accompanied by the approval of the Lords Com-
missioners of the Admiralty.
The Yolante, with another detachment of the
" navvies," sailed yesterday morning from Gravesend
for the Crimea.

Yesterday the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty
issued contracts for the supply of 20,000 blankets for
her Majesty's service, one-half to be sent in within a
month. Their Lordships have just completed a contract
for the immediate supply of 110,000 pairs of boots.
Boxes of clothing and several packages of useful
articles have been sent from Carnarvon to be despatched
to the }grave fellows in the Crimea. On Saturday,
articles of apparel and of general usefulness were also
transmitted from Ruthincastle to the same destination,
by Mrs. West, who has evinced untiring zeal in pre-
paring comforts for the soldiers, especially of the
wounded at Scutari.
The workmen and staff in the est.,blishment of Messrs.
Bass And Co., the pale ale brewers at Burton upon-Trent,
have subscribed nearly 90t. to the Patriotic Fund, in
addition to which the workmen have testified their ad-
miration of the gallant conduct of the army in the
East by fcr warding six barrels of strong ale to the
Crimea.

The Resistance troop ship, with the .56th Regiment,
from Bermuda to Dublin, put into Queenstown, through
stress of weather, on Friday night.
The following ships have been engaged by the Admi-
ralty as regular transports :—No. 177, Amity (steamer);
No. 173, Imporador (steamer) ; No. 179, Durham
(steamer) ; No. 180, Retriever (steamer) ; No. 181,
Rajah (steamer).

MILITARY.
Yesterday morning the arrivals of volunteers and re-
cruits, by railway, from the northern, eastern, and mid-
land counties were exceedingly numerous, and with
those who arrived during Satur*, or were - enlisted
_ _ pt. opyrs.rdzi of
170 for regiments of infantry of the line. These were
mustered and surgically inspected, and having been,
without a single exception, finally approved, proceeded
in the afternoon, under the command of staff-sergeants,
to join the depots of their respective regiments, which
are chiefly serving in the Crimea. In addition to the
above, 37 fine, tall, and athletic young men, enlisted for
cavalry regiments. During the past week 65 volunteers
and recruits for the Royal Artillery and Royal Sappers
and Miners passed through the metropolis on their
way to join the head-quarters at Woolwich and
Brampton.
Yesterday 24 men (invalided) two women and four
children, belonging to the Royal Artillery, disembarked
at Gravesend, from the ship Barham, from Hong Kong,
and proceeded to Chatham Invalid Depot.
It is rumoured that the Highland Brigade in the
Crimea is likely to be strengthened by the addition of
the 92d, now at Gibraltar.
The following changes of commanding officers of the
Royal Artillery are announced :—Lieutenant-Colonel
Aylmer to succeed Lieutenant-Colonel Ormsby at, the
Pigeon-house Fort, Dublin ; Captain H. Flint promoted
to a company, to proceed to Lisburn to relieve Lieu-
tenant-Colonel Harrison (on recruiting service there) ;
Lieutenant-Colonel Harrison is to proceed from Lis-
burn to Kilkenny. Captain Anketell, promoted to a
company, to proceed frem Ireland to Gibraltar ; Lieu-
tenant Tupper to be removed from Alderney to Ireland.
It is stated that Carrickfergus-castle is about to be
made the head-quarters of the artillery in the north of
Ireland. It was asserted, a short time ago, that 500
men were shortly expected to arrive there from Wool-
wich, and a thorough inspection of the castle's accom-
modation having been made, together with the old
county of Antrim gaol and court-house, with the view
of turning them into barracks, one of the largest house
and landed proprietors in the neighboorhoed communi-
cated with the Board of Ordnance, offering to let them
any accommodation they might require. This would
be one of the most desirable places suitable for training
recruits, and from its proximity to the sea-shore would
tend to increase the health of the troops. The place is
admirably adapted for drilling the men to both light
and heavy gun exercise. In olden times this citadel was
the head-quarters of a regiment of infantry and one of
cavalry ; and, if it were once more made head-quarters,
it would have a decided tendency to promote the in-
dustry and welfare of the town.

The finnan of the Viceroy of Egypt, authorising M.
de Lesseps to form a company for the purpose of cut-
ting a navigable canal across the Isthmus of Suez is
worded as follows :
Our friend M. Ferdinand de Lesseps having called
our attention to the advantages which would accrue to
Egypt from a direct communication between the Red
Sea and the Mediterranean, by means of a navigable
THE MILITIA. I ship-canal, and having pointed out to us the possibility of
The Lord Mayor, as Lord-Lieutenant for London, i forming a joint stock company for this purpose from
hasreceived her Majesty's warrant to embody the whole I amongst the capitalists of all nations, we have accepted
of the City of London Militia forthwith. The body
will assemble the proposals he has made to us, and grant to him by
table in the- first instance in the Artillery- this present firearm the exclusive privilege of forming and
growground, and when complete will be sent to do garrison directing P. conipaey for the purpose of cutting through
d,
the Home Secretary may appoint, It the isthmus of Suez, and making a ship canal to con-
ic supposed that their first quarters will be at the Tower.
On former occasions they generally necessary works at the expense of the said company, took the duty at 1 nett the two seas, with permission to execute all the
Deptford, Greenwich, or Woolwich. At the next Court after duly sing and indemnifying the rivate
of Lieutenantcy her Majesty's warrant will be received. landholders forrecomp theen ground expropriated, according to
Yesterday the 2d Royal Surrey Militia was summoned the conditions as follows :--
to muster, by command of the Lord Lieutenant, on the Art. 1. M. Ferdinand de Lesseps will form a joint-
-Ist of February, at Guildford, to be embodied for per- stock company under the firm of the " Compagnie uni-
manent duty. The regiment is expected to muster at verselle die canal 2marithae de Suez," for cutting the
least 700 strong.
Isthmus of Suez, making a canal navigable for large
. s The Norfolk Militia Artillery are summoned to mus-
`C----nitjexiiiena ships, and forming the needful. two ports, one at each
''---: ----:;4.' ed for permanent dut n.ext, the 2,adinst..... to_be, .4pd orthe canal, the direction of which company is en-
trusted to him,
---6greter and South D' eyro n Volunteer Rifle Corps assembled for ball practice at Dawlish last week. Up- Art. 2. The nomination of the directors of the corn•
wards of 80 piny will for ever remain the privilege of the Egyptian
tubers from various parts of Devonshire
were present, under the command ofAsljutant Moore. Government, and they will be principally selected from
The corps evinced considerable profi .
iilinie rifle. amongst the largest shareholders.
great precision in firing with the 1 .ciency in drill Art.3.Theduration
and
South Devon Regiment of has been re- year:s from the date of the opening of the canal and coin-
Thecruiting in several of the rural and towns of
regiment, pletion of the works.
Devonshire lately with some succeasr Art. 4, The expenses of the undertaking are to be
which is under the command of Lient.-TChoellonel Sir J. borne exclusively by the company, to whom all the re-
Y. Buller, has attained great military Colonel gnisite land, not belonging to private individuals, will
of its officers have recently volunteered ecire"f.iegicTewino bfie given by the Egyptian Government without indemni-
the Crimea, and have been appointed ensigns in two re.
giments of the line. cation. Any fortresses and other works of defence that
may be deemed necessary by the Egyptian Government
The recruiting officers of several regiments of the will be built at the expense of the latter.
line, stationed at Exeter and other places in Devonshire Art. 5. The Egyptian Government will receive 15 per
continue to be very successful in obtaining men. .g. cent• of the annual net profit on the undertaking, with-
large number of recruits came from the rural districts, out reckoning the interest and dividends on the shares,
pan execution of the
Yesterday the Royal Cornwall and Devon Miners which the viceroy reserves to iiraself the right of taking
Militia corps assembled for permanent duty at Falmouth. twheieenxemit.ted, and without any guarantee on his part of
The deficiency in the regiment, consequent upon volun. works or the operations of the corn-
teering into the line, will, it is fully anticipated, be soon
made up, as several of the gentlemen of the county have
. caonmdplaOny.
divided a, remainder of the clear annual profit is to be
t 8 ' 75 Per cent, for the shareholders,
per cen . for the benefit of
liberally offered to give an extra bounty of 2/ each for
charges for the
originatorsetransitof of
fthe
Art. 6. The tariffpaonfy,
and which areyto be collecYted
Egyptthrough the Canal of Suez, agreed to b the Vicero ships
recruits, in addition to the 61. per man offered by Go-
can ever
verntuent..
etmhe latter, shall be invariably bythe aagndentthseocf
l not be
The Leicestershire Regiment of Militia, which has
been embodied more than a mnth, assembled in the
morning, and were
the same
yesterday
for the naafi of all nations and no sti 1 '
be made in favour of any One country tphuatatelohnal
market-place at Leice,ite.r
by Major-: eaeral Simpson, who was
minutely inspected
common to all,
attended by Lieutenant-Colonel King and Major the
Art. 7. Should the co consider it
Marquis of Granby.
l delivered a
At the c,lo.se. of the inspection a
mpany
. connect the river Nile with the Suez canal, by means of
advisable to
square was formed, and the Major Genera
a navigable canal, the Egyptian Government binds
that he should report to the
abort address, complimenting the men on their soldier-
itself to give up to the company the necessary tract of
like appearance, and stating
Commander-in-Chief that they land without reninneration, as far as they do not inter-
The Major-General• ^ the armoury.
were a fine body of men.
afterwards inspected
Up to the present time about 40 men have signiged their no taxes shall be raised for a period of ten years from
the opening of the canal. Daring the succeeding eight
land, to volunteer. The colonel, the Duke of Rut-
land, has not been able to join the regiment since it was nine years, that is to say, from the expiration of the first
.
embodied.
ten years, up to the end of the concession, the usual land
..2_.....,_
tax is to be paid by the company to the Egyptian Go-
vernment. At the expiration of the concession the com-
pany can only retain possession of the ground upon the
payment of the taxes usually levied on that kind of pro-
Pel:l.t2r.:t 8. At the expiration of the ninety-nine years the
Egyptian Government
all the takes the place of the company,
e sights and privileges till then
and enters upon
The amount of indemnification to
their establishments.
Government to the Suez Canal
enjoyed by the company, taking formal possession of all
be paid by
and materiel, will
Company or their moveable. property ,
vid dro e
the Egyptian
be fixed by friendly negotiation, or by umpires, p _

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS.

LONDON AND SOUTII-EASTE,AN RAlLWAY.—Traffic re.
turn for eho week ending Jan. 13, 1855 ...... 217,193 19 1
Corresponding week last year .................... 1 ',,755 11 S

Increase in 1854,........,, ...... t 1,138 7 10
LOMON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST
RAILWAY.—
Tr affis return for the week e.ading Jan. 13,. £
9,980 4 o
18,56 ...... . ........... .......
Corresponding weelila,st year , 9,061 2 6
Total of the half-year to this daWlB55 20,151 711
Total of the half-yeaz to this date, 1.851 17,155 13 2