The Sun.
London, England, 1855-05-04 00:00:00

WAR-DEPARTMENT, MAY 2.

The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders
for the appointment of James Hudson, Esq., her Majesty's
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the
King of Sardinia, C. 8., to be an Ordinary Member of the
Civil Division of the Second Class, or Knights Com-
manders of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath.
DOWNING-STREET, Mir 3.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint Charles Henry
Darling, Esq., Administrator of the Government of New-
foundland, to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief in
and over that Island and its dependencies.
WHITEHALL, MAY 4.
The Queen has been pleased to constitute and appoint
the Right Honourable R.bert Montgomery, Lord Bel-
haven, to be her Majesty's High Commissioner to the
General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.
WAR-OFFICE, MAY 4.

6th Regiment of Dragoons—Quartermaster James Mar-
shall to be Paymaster, vice Steadman, who retires upon
half-pay, May 4.
17th Light Dragoons, George Cleghorn, Gent., to be
Cornet, by purchase, vice Lowe, promoted, May 4.
Coldstream Guards—Richard Hassell Thurslev, Gent.,
to be Ensign and Lieutenant, without purchase, May 4.
7th Regiment of Foot—Ensign. Francis Burton Cole,
from. the 20th Foot, to be Ensign, without purchase,
May 4-
19th Foot—Walter Lacy Rogers, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchace, vice Blake, deceased, May 4.
20th Foot—Ensign George Blair Puffin, from the 2d
Somerset Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, May 4.
24th Foot—Ensign A. W. Adcock, to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Geneste, appointed Paymaster,
May 4.
26th Foot—Arthur Kershaw, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Lowndes, promoted, May 4.
46th Foot—Charles Thomas Paley, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, in succession to Lieutenant Coote, whose
promotion, by purchase, on 22d September, 1834, has been
cancelled, May 4.
47th Foot—Captain J. Villiers to be Major, without
purchase, vice Lardner, who retiree upon full-pay ; Lieut.
J.A.Lowry to be Captain, without purchase vice Villiers,
Ensign C. Van R. Conway-Gordon to be Lieutenant with-
out purchase, vice Lowry, May 4.
81th Foot—Ensign E. Woolhonse to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Peacocke, appointed to the 30th
Foot, May 4.
94th Foot—Lieutenant Arthur Chute, from the Kerry
Militia, to be Ensign without purchase, May 4.
97th Foot--Lieutenant 0. B. Cannon to be Captain,
without purchase, vice Vicars liilled in action ; Ensign E.
M. Alderson to be Lieutenant without purchase, vice Can-
non, March 23.
Rifle Brigade—Herbert Alexander St. John Mildmay,
Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase. To be Assistant-
Surgeons —Assistant-Surgeon Alexander Guthrie, M.D.,
from the Depot Battalion at Winchester ° • Assistant-Sur-
geon Joseph Fletcher Lonclheed, from the Staff, May 4.

MARCII OF THE WEST.-Vast additions and improvements are
silently yet rapidly proceeding at the west end of the metro-
polis, and, iu spite of war and the comparative scarcity of
money, capital is there asserting its supremacy in the shape of
magnificent squares and rows of mansions of an almost pala-
tial character. The large open space of ground in the Ux-
bridge-road, opposite the Kensington-gardens, has been taken
by Mr. Austin for a further extension of his grand and utili-
tarian habitations; and a church of some magnitude, from
designs of Mr. Francis, the architect, is already exhibiting its
just and correct proportions. But it is behind this plot, and
over a space of some extent, to which we would direct the
attention of those to whom the remarkable increase of this
neighbourhood is new. The principal feature of this area is
Cleveland-square, bounded on ono side by the Queen's-garden,
and but a few minutes' walk from the Westbourne-terraces
and that chef d'ceuvre of railway termini, the Great Western
and its noble hotel. In entering this square from the south-
east we find its corners rounded off, which gives a novel effect
to this approach, and will be appreciated by those " who in,
easy carriage ride." The houses in the square are some
sixty in number, with a uniform exterior of a pleasing
and elegant, yet unpretentious character. The interiors
are models of their kind, and the mechanism of compo-
sition appears to have been thoroughly understood.
Distribution, decoration, and construction have been
well considered, and convenience and economy very com-
mendably kept in view. To use the happy medium of size for
a family of position and substance appears to have 'been at-
tained, and the quaint old Dr. Fuller's notion that "houses
had better be too little for a day than too big for a year" seems
to have been borne in mind. Mantels of scarce marble and
serpentine, and stoves of approved construction, are found in
the principal rooMs and conservatories; and libraries, or
studies lighted from above, mark the attention of the builder
to the more elevated and special requirements of the period.
The drawing-rooms of several of these houses, particularly
that of the Swedish Ambassador, are decorated in a light and
cheerful manner in the French style, and others in the Ger-
man school, by Mr. Kuckuck, of Pall Mall, the successor to
Mr. Sang—and they display an adv weed and correct know-
ledge of chromatic art, giving a life and animation to apart-
ments which might perchance have become grave and ppres-
sive, or meretricious and offensive, under other influences.
Upon inquiry we found that, as is the ease in this locality, the
water possesses great purity, and the soil being gravelly, in-
dicates dryness -aid salubrity, The altitude of the position
is perhaps no less remarkable ; the kitchens of these houses
being upon a level, if not above, the upper floors of Bucking-
ham Palace. The whole extent is private ground, and will be
protected from the intrusion of objectionable traffic, much
after the manner of the Marquis of Westminster's and other
exclusive property, ft may be added that the houses appear
to be let almost as fast as they are ready for the reception of
inhabitants, and next to the wonder of the neighbourhood
itself is that of where all these families of evident wealth and
posititu COl/19 from,—Morning Pont,