The Sun.
London, England, 1852-05-26 00:00:00

POST-OFFICE NOTICE.
ESTABLISHMENT OF CONTRACT MAI 7. PACKETS TO
AUSTRALIA, VIA THE CAPE OP GOOD HOPE.
On the evening of the 2nd of June next, and on the
evening of the 2nd of every alternate month, mails will
be made up in London for St. Vincent (Cape de Verds),
the Cape of Good 'lope, Western Australia, South
Australia, Victoria (Port Philip), Van Diemen's Land
and New South Wales, to be conveyed from Plymouth
on the following day, by the packets of the Australian
Royal Mail Steam Navigation Company, under contract
with her Majesty's Government.
All letters and newspapers for the Australian colonies
above-mentioned will, hereafter, be forwarded by these
packets, unless specially addressed to be otherwise sent.
Lettere and newspapers for the Cape of Good Rope
will be forwarded by these packet., or by tho packets of
the General Screw Steam Shipping ;Company leaving
Plymouth on the 15th of each month, eccording as such
letters and papers may be posted in time for either line
of packets.
Letters for any of the British colonies wili be liable to
a postage of ls. when not exceeding half-an-ounce in
weight, letters of greater weight being charged in pro-
portion according to the scale of weight for charging
inland letters, which postage must be paid in advance.
Newspapers will be conveyed free from charge.
Letters for the Caps de Verds will be liable to a
postage of, ls. 10d. when not exceeding half-an-ounce,
&c., and newspapers to a postage of 2d. each. The
postage, whether for letters or newspapers, must be paid
in advance.

Those postmasters whose instructions direct them to
send their letters for Plymouth by cross post, will of
courso forward the correspondence intended for these
mails in the same manner.

THE LONDON GAZETTE, May 25.
LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, MAY 12, 1852.
Notice is hereby given, that her Majesty will hold a
Drawing-room, at St. James's Palace, on Thursday, the
3d of June next, at two o'clock.

• DOWNING-STREET, MAY 25.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Arthar Ed,
ward Kennedy, Esq., to the Governor and Commander-
in-Chief in and over her Majesty's Settlements in the
River Gambia, and their dependencies.
WHITEHALL, MAr 24.
The Queen has been pleased to grant the office of So-
licitor-General for Scotland to Charles Neaves, Esq.,
Advocate, in the room of John Inglis, Esq., appointed
her Majesty's Advocate for Scotland.

- ST. JAMES'S-PALACE; Mar 24.
The Queen has been pleased, on the nomination of the
Earl of Sandwich, to appoint Captain Edward Wilson
Konworthy, late of the Madras Army, one of her Ma-
jesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, vice
Philip Salmons, retired.

CROWN-OFFICE, MAY 24.

MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT

PARLIAMENT.

Borough of New Windsor—Charles William Gron-
fell, of Belgrave•square, in the city and liberty of West-
minster, Esq., in the room of George Alexander Reid,
Esq., deceased.
Commissions by the Lord-Lientenantof Huntingdonshire.
John Bonfoy Rooper, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant;
John Moyer Heathoote, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant,
May 17.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Leicestershire.
Prince Albert's 0 wn Leicestershire Yeomanry Cavalry
—Captain Edward Basil Farnham to be Major,vice Packs,
resigned; Lieutenant Hampden Clement to be Captain,
vice Farnham, promoted; Cornet Sir George Howland
Beaumont, Bart., to be Lientenant,vice Clement,prometed ;
the Honourable Gerard James Noel to be Cornet, vice
Russell, promoted, March 6; George Henry Littledale,
Gent., to be Cornet, vice Heygate, promoted, April 12;
Cornet the Honourable William Henry Curzon to be
Lieutenant, vice Arkwright, resigned; William Unwin
Heygate, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Beaumont, promoted,
May 14.

MAY 26,

1852,

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SALTPETILE.—To-day there was a reluctance to operate in
Saltpetre, and previous terms are barely .sustained. Of
2,097 bags at auction a small portion only found' buyers—
Calcutta refraction 9i to 7i per cent. refraction at 26s to
26s Gd. Madras 10fr ditto 245, and washed 163 to 22s per
cwt • 75 bags Bombay taken in at 23s for not refracted.
SArtrrs.—East India Rum is not to be obtained under
Is 4tl proof, on account of a small supply; still operations
are trifling. Leeward Island is held for is 5d to
is Sid proof; but few buyers are to be found. Prices
continue to decline for Demerara, Is 11d to 2s Id
having been accepted for 30 to 40 over proof; but several
parcels have been sold, chiefly at 2a Id. The previous cur-
rency is with difficulty supported for Jamaica, supply being
plentiful ; the home and export demand small. Price for choice
kinds 35 to 38 over proof rule at from 3s to 3s 4d, fine 23 10d to
3s 3d, good mid to good 30 to 34 over 2s 4d to 2s Bd, mid
2s to 2s 3d, low 24 to 28 over is 10d to 1s lld per gallon.
There are ready buyers of Brandy, and deliveries exceeding
4s 2d to
,sinlgB49frodmitto 4s 9d
arrivals previous terms are well sustained.
5s sd, older 5s Gd
Cognac best.
4bsran4dds,ofisbothedivttinota4sge
6d
df
tloBsl4sre7adli
4s, and Bordeaux
made Spirit Sopd.iinritstrade is not brisker,
to 4s 11d, 1848 ditto 5s 3d to 0
low.
Fort o
Britishmiddling
to
iGids
and there are sellers at 93 8d cash
to
proof, and 17 ditto 8s 9d. Geneva met s 3d for 22 under
Is 8d to Is 9d, and fine 2s to 2s 4d with a slow sale at
TALLOW.—There continues to be
epeor gallon.
fdoing in Russian on the spot, but holdersn a limited business
ain 378 to 37a 3d per cwt for fine lI are firm, and ob..
tions are of importance for delivery ye
low Candle. Opera-
the year, and the terms obtained in ast three months of
not free sellers. II are 373 9d to 38 •
orne melted is in fair s, with
and not offered under Hs 6d cash.
Other
have sustained previous valuations. sorts of T allown
Australian were sold, Beef At auction 160 - casks
to 37s Gd; 640 packages of to 6d MuttO
for common to fine.of South
b American
335 3d
n 35s 3d
The stock to
of Tallow is 8,6 n 36s
Non than last year, ando. casks
that time. On
Friday
pricas are is Gd to 2s d
to auction. ay 800 packages tallow • 'er c•trt under
will be su mi b -
t ted

COLLISION ON THE YORK, NEWCASTLE, AND BEEP*
WICK RAILwAv.—On Saturday night a collon took place
on the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway, but happily
no loss of life occurred, The mailtrain left York about eight
o'clock, and on arriving at ten minutes to eleven within a
quarter of a mile of Gateshead, when speeding at the rate of
25 miles an hour, it ran into an engine and tender, which
stood upon the line. The passengers, about twelve in num:
ber, were thrown With great violence from their seat% The
were all much bruised in various parts of their bodies.
from
train carne to a standstill at about twenty Yard% out
where the collision happened, and the passengers robe ~..es
in great alarm, and found that the two tenders and engines
en
were almost crushed to pieces. It was at once perceivedengine
that one, at least, of the men who had charge of the 4 taking
standing on the line was drunk, and incapahl.'! "
round that
care even of himself, and upon inquiry it the
the engine had come from South Shields:va:huatotret, and
fires having been neglected the steam w" etrxain came in
the engine stopped just before the mail
sight. It was marvellous to all the passengers that no liros
were lost.

The
Royal Marines are to be greatly augmented
in the number of men from the insufficiency- of relieving
those
.doing duty in ships of war upon foreign stations.—
Kentish Mercury,
IN CEN -DIANY FIRES
lately o —Several incendiary fires have
occurred in the neighbourhood of Gravesend, causing
loss G. f r
pOtiads.
"'ming property to the amount of moral hundred

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.
(From the London New Price Current, May 25.)
SuGAIL-To-day the West India Sugar market presented
a firm appearance, there was a large business concluded, and
at rates fully equal to those of Friday,- refiners being the chief
operators. The purchases amount to 1,500 hhds and trcs, in-
cluding the public sales which went at the previous value ; 200
hlads, 15 tres Barbadoes, fine yellow 40s to 41s, good 37s to
38s 6d, good mid 36s to 36s 6d, mid 34s to 353 Gd, common
32s 6d to 338 6d, good crystallized 36s 6d, low mid 345; 267
hhds, 33 trcs, and 285 brls other sorts; Demerara, fine crys-
tallized 41s, good 33s to 39s 6d; Nevis, good and fine soft
brown 30s to 31s 6d, low yellow 31s 6d to 325, mid 34s to
355; St. Kitt's, fair brown 31s; Grenada, good yellow 35s
6d to 36s 6d, ord to mid 32s 6d to 34s 6d; good to fine brown
31s 6d to 325.
REFINED.-To-day there were ready buyers of Refined
Sugar for home consumption, and supply not being adequate
for the demand, it was difficult to obtain brown lumps under
47s 6d per cwt. A free sale exists for Crushed Sugar for
shipping, and fine British is now to be obtained under 288
per cwt.
IMAURITICS.-This afternoon Mauritius Sugar met with
essa attention, and in some cases rather lower rates were
ken. At public sale 5,009 bags were mostly sold, fine
yellow went at 352 6d to 36s 6d, low to good 31s 6d to 355,
ganooddvteoryiludarybiarown 283 to 31s, middling 26s to 278 6d, low
223 6d to 255, and low to fine grey from
30s to S6s per cwt. -
Sugar submitted to auction was e
EAST INDIA.-This afternoon th
, but other kinds realised full terms.e
10,000 bags; prices declined Is to large,
a n quantitydT h.aemoecfu
amounted
i etßengalfdpotro.
brown,
rteioanlisedof
383theto Sugar
g 00
dagj rsa3m64i
to edlslo7twso,
low 32s to 33s 6d, brown 303 6d to
fine white Benares 36s to 7s9e,
6ds
d364d:
tt
002483 i 4
s 5 s6g66dod: 7, ,
al ord
soft tarsoildd,
to fiiene" per cwt for soft
to mid like Mauritius 30a to 33si,
l ot
gwt
oe et
#32d2sn '33i
vsoefrtyyoerldlow2l2Bs6sdt2622s,s.bropwr
brown di
terms were barely sus-
tained for Madras, still 5,000 bags nearly all sold, soft
brown 24s 6d to 25s 6d, yellow 2Gs to 28s 6d, and a
few lots
29s to 30s 6d.
FOREIGN. -To-day exporters and refiners were anxious to
operate in Foreign Sugar, but a further advance being re-
quired operated against business. The private operations
-since Saturday are two cargoes yellow Havannah at 21s 6d
to 22s 6d for numbers 12 to 15 : several parcels clayed Manilla
at 20s to 21s; and 2,000 chts yellow Havannah duty paid at
from 37s to 39s Gd. Al. auction 50 hhds St. Croix sold at 38s
to 43s for mid to fine yellow, and one lot common 345.
MOLASSES.-There is a greater demand, and prices have
improved, sales are 600 puns since this day week. Trinidad,
St. Kitts, and Demerara at 14s to 14s 6d, fine Antigua 15s
to 15s 6d, and other sorts of West India at 13s to 13s 63.
Cuba and Porto Riso waisted as HI ro 152, Bengal and
Mauritius 12s to 12s 60, but at present supply ~o a.auty.
There are ready buyers of Tamarinds, East India at 9s to
14s, and West India 25s to 40s. Several purchases made in
Honey; Jamaica from 38s to 50s, Cabe 30s to 38s, and Nar-
bonne 50s to 58s per cwt.
COCOA.-To-day at auction 240 bags Grenada Cocoa were
taken in at 30s to 31s for fair quality.
COFFER.-This afternoon Plantation Ceylon Coffee was in
excellent demand, and realised full previous valuations. At
auction 690 casks and 250 bags were mostly disposed of;
good qualities went at 59s to 645, middling 56s to 58s, other
kinds 52s to .5.55, good to fine ordinary 49s to 51s, and triage
42s to 48s. Native was in good request at the previous
value. At auction 1,500 bags were chiefly sold at 44s to 44s
Gd for good ordinary. For Mocha the market remains in-
active, still there is no decline. Of 34 bales and 176 half
ditto at auction a part only found buyers at 78s to 78s 6d for
middling clean garbled; the long berry was withdrawn
without a price.
TEA.-The previous currency is well sustained for Congos',
and a good demand exists, especially for better qualities.
Sales of low to good ordinary sound made at 84d to 90, rather
blackish leaf to blackish leaf Sid to Mid, strong and Pekoe
kinds lld to Is 5d per lb. Souchong has been sold to a fair
extent; at present there is no advance; common realising 90 to
10d, mid to good lld to ls 3d, and fine is 4d to Is Bd. Oolong
met with little notice, supply is more plentiful, and rates
rather lower, good to fine selling at is to is 60, low to mid
Bid to ii d. Pouchong continues to be wanted at 6d to 73d.
Prices rule firm for green, a good demand existing, especially
for batter sorts; there is, however, no decrease of supply.
The rates are for Hyson, low to mid is to is 4d, good to fine
Is 5d to 2s 3d, choice 2s 4d to 2s 10d ; Young Hyson,
common 9d to Ild, mid to good is to Is 6d, fine is 7d to 2s
3d, Imperial Canton 10d to 11d, Hyson sort 18 to
Is 70, fine Is 8d to 2s, Twankay 9 Sid to Is; Gunpowder,
Canton 10d to Is, Hyson kind 18 ld to 2s 7d,
fine ditto 2s 8d to 3s 4d, Caper 9d to 101/sd, Scented lld to
Is 40, and Hyson skin 7d to is per lb. In good and fine
Scented Orange Pekoe large purchases have been made at
Is Id to 1s Bd, but inferior remain dull of sale at 10d to ls,
and is in plentiful supply. There are still several buyers of
flowery Pekoe, fine and superior at is 8d to 3s, and low to
good Is 3d to is 7d per lb.
Prasossero.--A public sale to-day of 940 bgs damaged went
at Llld to scl per lb, being very full prices.
DICE.-To-day there was again a reluctance to operate in
East India, and previous terms were barely supported. At
auction 5,432 bgs Bengal mostly s old, mid and good mid white
at 9s to 93 60, good 9s 6d to 10s. Privately fine can be ob-
tained at lOs 60 to I ls, dadras 7s 6d to Bs, Coringa grain.
8s 60 to 9s, Moulmein white 9s to 10s, low ditto 8s 6d to
88 9d. Arracan 9s to 9s 6d, white Java 9s to 12s, and cargo
is 6d to Bs. Carolina met with a slow sale, town dressed at
2ls to 272, and American 18s to 19s. Sales are limited in
Patna at 11s to 16s. Sago is wanted, small pearl at 16s to
18s, medium and large 21s to 245. A fair trade done in
Sago Flour at 14s to 14s 60, and Farina 155 to 17s. Tapioca
has been dealt in with caution at lid to sd. Arrowroot is
cheaper, St. Vincents at 21c1 to 6d, Bermuda Is Old to is Id,
and East India lid to 2d.
PROVISIONS -The best kinds of new Irish Butter have
been operated in with more freedom ; but inferior met with
a slow sale at a further reduction. Prices for Carlow, Clon-
mel, and Kilkenny rule at 76s to 795, Waterford 75s to 78s,
and Limerick 70s to 725. Cork is offered at 70s, free on
board for three months' shipment ; Limerick at 665. Prices are
depressed for Dutch, but a large business has been done ;
Friezland, fine at 68s to 70s, surplus and seconds 58s to 65s ;
Leer and Kiel, fine 64s to 70s, inferior 50s to 70s; Hol .
land, fine 60s to 645, inferior 50s to 565; and Holstein, fine
70s to 73s per cwt. English has been dealt in with cau-
tion • fine weekly Dorset at 74s to 80s, mid 58s to 70s, and
fresh at 6s to lOs 6d per dozen lbs. Bacon finds a more
ready sale; still prices are not better; for Irish they rule at
49s to 53s for sizeable, at 46s to 51s for heavy, and Ham-
burgh 48s to 50s. Only 1,000 bls arrived last week, and
stock is much less than in the former year. The Lard trade
has ruled dull ; Irish bladdered is offered at 53s to 595, keg
and firkin 45s to 525, Hamluzgh bladdered 55s to 533, and
American 52s to 545. Hams met with little notice;
there are sellers of Irish at 46s to 60s, and English
60s to 665. Only a limited business done in :middles
at from 43s to 46. e. Navy provisions are much wanted, and
obtain stiff rates, supplies being light; sales of Irish India
Pork made at 135 s to 140 s per tierce; prime mess 77s 6d to
80s per barrel ; India Beef 1158 to 125 s per tierce, and mess
from 855 to 105 s. Trade is not better for Cheese; ,Edam is
offered at 348 to 425, Gouda 28s to 38s, and Banta 17s to 18s
per cwt.
OlLS._.Prices are not so firm for Linseed Oil, although a
good home and export demand exists. The value is 27s 3d
to 27s 6d per cwt for present and early delivery. A good
sale exists for Rape Oil, brown at 31s, pale 325, and refined
Foreign 32s 6d to 335. Lard Oil is worth 49s to 51s. There
are ready buyers of Palm; the rates paid are from 26s 6d to
27s 6d for mid to fine, and only a limited quantity is on offer.
Cocoa Nut is in good demand, Cochin 33s to 35s 60, Ceylon,
32s 6d to 34s 6d, and Sydney 803 to 325. A free sale
exists for Olive ; Gillipoli at 431 to 431 10s, and other
sorts 411 to 42i 10s. Seal has been only in limited
demand, and pale can be obtained at 811 15s to 32/,
other sorts 22/ 103 to 31s. Southern less wanted, and prices
are not so firm, ruling at from 325 to 345. Cod is not
offered under 344 although few buyers are to be met with.
A greater demand exists for Sperm, and prices are still on
the rise; Colonial realising 87/ to 89/ per tun for first sort.
Headmatter 921 to 94/ per cwt. 1
Cocitneams -To-day there was an improved demand for
Cochineal, and at auction 300 bags mostly sold at fully
former rates; Honduras silvers went at 3s 6d to 3s 9d for
ordinary to good. Black 3s 100 to 4s, Mexican 3s 10d to
4s lel. Of Cutch 150 bags realized 2ls 6d for Pegue, and
500 bags Shellac, broken button 40s to 425.
hennao.-Since the termination of the quarterly sales of East
India, a good home and export demand has been experienced,
in some cases an advance of 2d per pound has been obtained.
Holders are sanguine in their expectations as to the future.,
position of the market, deliveries already exceeding those of
last season by 6,000 chests, and there is a decrease on stock
of nearly 10,000 chests. Spanish:is wanted, andPreio
terms are freely offered. For auction 86 serous fine Manilla
are declared.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
THE DUKE OF NORTHIMRERLAND'S LEYRE.•-•-ThO
following officers attended the levee of the First Lord
of the Admiralty yesterday:—Captain C. Talbot, Sir
B. Outracc; Mr. S. S. Flinn, Lieut. T. Poad, Captain F.
Scott, Captain W. B. Dodson, Commander T. Wilson,
Captain C. M. Hawkey, Commander H. D. Twysdee,
Commander G. C. Mends, Captain T. B. Maxwell, Cap.
tain T. Robb, Commander C. Festing, Lieut. A. Darby,
Captain G. Woolcombe, Commander C. P. Coppin, Com-
mander P. B. Stewart, Captain A. C. Key, Commander
W. Robson, Lieut. H. B. Everest, Captain J. T. Stop-
ford, Lieut. H. Lloyd, Lieut. W. P. Chapman, Lieut. F.
W. Ellis, Lieut ,W. E. Fisher, Commander R. Phillipps,
Lieut. C. G. Crawley, Lieut. T. G. Robins.
ADMIRAL PARKER'S LEVEE.—SilbjOined is the list of
officers present at Admiral Parker's levee yesterday:—
Captain W. B. Dobson, Captain Justice, Lieut. F. W.
Ellis, Captain J. Robb, Captain F. Scott, Captain Max-
well, Captain L. A. Robinson' Lieut. H. Lloyd, Lieut.
W. Chapman, Captain J. W. Cole, Commander J. Rich-
ardson, Lieut. Bathurst, Lieut. C. M. Luckeroft, Lieut.
J. P. Luice, Commander Qliver, Commander E. F.
Robert:, Mr. S. Flinn.
In alluding to the paying eff lately of her Majesty's
ship Amazon, Captain Barker, at Devonport, we omit-
ted to mention that Mr. Ramsden, the clerk, was highly
complimented on the manner in which the pay-beoks
had been prepared, there not having been one mistake.
He also received a high encomium for the way in which
the store account had been kept.
DETONPORT, MAY 24.—The newly-raised men of
the Rodney were paid advance this morning, after which
she sailed for Ireland.
Sanspareil was brought alongside the dockyard again
this morning, for the contractor to perform the work
required to her engine, pointed out and recommended to
be done by Mr. Dentin.
Sprightly tender sailed this afternoon, for Ports-
mouth.
PORTSMOUTH, TUESDAY.—To-day, in honour of the
Princess Helena's birthday (the Queen and Court being
within the port) a Royal salute was fired by all the
ships at Spithead and the flag-ships in harbour at twelve
o'clock.
The Edinburgh, 60, screw gunnery-ship, Captain
Hewlett (acting), was taken out to Spithead and Stokes-
ay to
bay to-dmake a trial of her qualifications, which,
as far as could be judged of from the shore, were very
was undocked to-day.
satisfactory.
iesr7rexpor.rtGed.
eosrhgee
The Tiger new steam-frigate, having been examined,
The Sprightly steam-tender missioned by the officers andcrew of the Dragon.
ing Master, R.N., command' ing, returned from Plymouth
this morning with supernumerari wAillllenbe, cAcimOt.-
es. •
PROMOTIONS.
Lice Reeutenant Frederick A. Egerton (1841), serving in
Pringent, 90, at Portsmouth,
mender. to the rank of Com-
Mates Joseph H. Maryat, J. M. Bushell, M
W. A. T. Boyse, James C. Campbell, 0,
and B. Peehall,
bell, to be Lieutenants. A. Camp-

eeeoue APPOINTMENTS.
Captain 3. C. Fitzgerald to studyilik•atthe
factory at Woolwich dockyard.
Commander the Hon. Francis Egerton (1850) to com-
mand the Basilisk paddle-wheel steam-sloop, of 400_
horse power, commissioned this day at Portsmouth.
Lieutenant E. B. Hopkins (1850) to the Basilisk.
Master William Jeffery (1841) to the Basilisk.
Paymaster and Purser James F. Phillips (1850) to the.
Basilisk.
SHEERNESS, SIINDAY.--Her Majesty's screw steam-
frigate Amphion, 34, Mr. W. J. B. Hilliard master in
charge, is ordered to get ready for sea forthwith. She
has taken her powder on board, and embarked a detach-
ment of the Chatham division of Royal Marines. The
officers and crew of the Horatio, we bear, will be trans-
ferred to her pro tem., and she will shortly proceed on a
trial cruise round the Mouse, to test her engines and
machinery.
Fier Majesty's paddle-wheel steam-vessel Wildfire,
tender to the Waterloo, Mr. Brockman, second master,
commanding, left port yesterday morning for Wool-
wich, with Vice-Admiral the Hon. Joc9line Percy, Com-
mander-in-Chief at the Nore, accompanied by his Flag
Captain, the Hon. Montagu Stopford, and other officers,
to be preoent at the launch of the screw line-of-battle
ship Agamemnon. 5
Her Majesty's steam-sloop Miranda, 14, is orde*d to
be stationed at this port, as one of the first division of
the advanced steam squadron of reserve. She was
launched from this dockyard last year, baying been built
by Pincher°. She is of 1,039 tons, and fitted with a
screw propeller of 250. horse power, and will be na-
vigated here shortly from the Clyde, where she has
for some time past been placed to have her engines put
in her.
Her Majesty's steam-vessel Myrtle, Mr. W. S.
Bourchier master commanding, proceeded to Chatham
yesterday on dockyard service, and returned in • the
at to ruoon.
Her Majesty's ship London, 90, Capt. G. R. Mundy,
will be completed by the dockyard artificers on the 29th
inst. It is expected she will proceed to Spithead the
latter part of June.
The trial of the various anchors now in use is fixed
to take placa at this port on the Ist of July. A portion
of the parade ground in the dockyard has been prepared
for the purpose, and the other necessary arrangements
are nearly completed. Their holding qualities will be
tested afloat ta well es on shore, under the superintend-
ence of a committee formed of the principal naval officers
of this port, and others connected with our mercantile
marine.
The Royal Dockyard Battalion, under the command
of Colonel Reed, will commence this week their slimmer
drills.

The men belonging to the Coast Guard are practised
every Thursday at Minster in the great gun and small
arms' exercise, by the inspecting Commander Webb,
assisted by Lieutenant Baker, according to th© mode at
present in use on board her Majesty's ships and vessels
of war.

A court-martial assembled on Tuesday at the Royal
Marine Barracks, Chatham, to try a private of that divi-
sion, named Bryant, now serving on board her Ma-
jesty's ship London, 90, Captain G. R. Mundy, on a
charge of having stabbed with a knife the arm of his
measmate Allen while on shore on leave. Several
witnesses were examined on both sides, from whose evi-
dence it appeared the prisoner committed the act under
circumstances of great provocation. The finding of the
Court has not yet been promulgated.
Her Majesty's ship Meander, 44, has been docked at .
Chatham, and is to be immediately got ready for com-
mission, to relieve the Castor, 36, Commodore Wyvill,
at the Cape of Good Hope.
Her Majesty's brig Kangaroo, 12, is expected to be

launched during the present summer.
The new slip in course of construction at Chatham.. .