The Sun.
London, England, 1852-12-31 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

The Hon. W. Quin, Grenadier Guards, has arrived on
a visit to his brother, Earl Dunraven, at Adare, county
Limerick.
Captain Turton, 3d Dragoon Guards, is transferred
from Cahir to Limerick.
Lieut. George B. Garvey, Royal Artillery, has been
appointed adjutant of the detachment of Royal Artillery
at Jamaica, vice Lieut. J. D'A. Street, appointed to
Horse Artillery, and posted to Captain Maude's troop at
Limerick.
The Royal Horse Artillery in Limerick is to be aug-
ment by 150 rank and file.
The Royal Artillery in Limerick are to be increased
in men, guns, and horses, and the Dragoons are in future
to be limited to a troop instead of a squadron.
The A troop of the Royal Horse Artillery is to be
mounted upon greys, and brown harness is to supersede
the black in both arms of the Artillery.
Limerick is in future to be head-quarters of two regi-
ments. A second, from England, will arrive here to
replace the 47th depot, on embarkation at Cork of the
corps now in orders.
Captain Marindin, Royals, has arrived in Limerick.
The ships Progress and Poictiers will convey the 2d
battalion Ist Royals from Cork to Corfu, the 30th from
Corfu to Gibraltar, the 26th from Gibraltar to Barba-
does, the 34th from Barbadoes to Halifax, and the 97th

from Halifax to Portsmouth.
The depots, Royals, 39th and 57th are formed.
The 23d Fusiliers, 50th, 77th, and 82d Regiments, are
under orders for Ireland, to replace the Ist Royals, 31st,
39th, and 57th, proceeding to the Mediterranean.
Brevet Major Aylmer's company, 89th, has joined
head-quarters from detachment at Carlow.
Captain Armstrong is ordered to join the 15th depot
at Mullingar.
Lieut. Suckling, 18th, has retired ; Lieut. Williams,
32d, has leave to England ; also Lieutenant Twemlow,
64th, Lieut. Hastings, and Ensign Martin, 78th, Lieut.
Mlielvey, 83d, and Captain Pakenham, 96th.
The 50th, at Preston, have seven recruiting parties .
out.
Captain Jones's troop, 4th Dragoon Guards, from
Dublin, has replaced, at Monaghan, Captain Heywood's
troop 16th Lancers, which joined at Dundalk.
Captain Dickson's troop 16th Lancers, moved on
Thursday from Monaghan to Dundalk, head quarters.
Lieut. Maher, 10th, Lieut. Col. Walter, 95th, and
Lieut.-Col. Findlay, 3d West, sold out of the service on
Friday.
Major Elliott, 79th, has purchased the command of
the regiment on the 'retirement of Lieut.-Col. Maule,
brother of Lord Panmure, the former Secretary-at-War.
Major J. Webber Smith has purchased the Lieut.-
ColonelcSr of the 95th.

THE CASE OF THE MADIAIS.--PUBLIC
MEETING AT BRIGHTON.

...
A very crowded meeting was held on Wednesday last
at the Pavilion Rooms, in this town, Sir T. W. Bloom-
field, Bart., in the chair, for the purpose of hearing from
Captain Trotter an account of his ,recent mission to
Florence in company with Lords Roden and Cavan, in
the hope of procuring the release of the Madiais from
the Grand Duke of Tuscany. The gallant captain gave
very many interesting details concerning the spread
of Protestantism in the city of Florence and its im-
mediate neighbourhood ; a result which he entirely
ascribed to the number of English Bibles which had
been introduced into that country in spite of the
vigilance of the Roman Catholic authorities. Captain
Trotter further stated that within the last few weeks
the Grand Duke had introduced the guillotine into
Florence for the purpose of checking the progress
of the Protestant movement, and had actually appointed
a public executioner with a salary of 101. a month. He
also described the system of espionage to which all per-
sons were exposed in Tuscany who were suspected of
entertaining the least Protestant sympathies, and the
power of the state authorities and police to arrest and
imprison individuals, though innocent of any overt act,
upon the merest suspicion of favouring that cause. He
stated that Francesco Madiai at Volterra, and Rosa,
his wife, at Lucca, were suffering severely in health
from the effects of their close imprisonment, but that they
were much comforted by the assurance of English sym-
pathy. He also stated that a college was in the course
of erection at Geneva for the purpose of receiving those
converts who were forced to leave Tuscany on account
of becoming Protestants, and announced that the collec-
tion made at the doors of the room would be applieicl to
that purpose. The meeting was closed with prayei by
the Rev. Mr. Smith, and a considerable sum was col-
lected at the doors.