The Sun.
London, England, 1852-06-21 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

The following General Officers have been placed upon
the list of those receiving the unattached pay of 253. per
diem:—Major-General Robert C. Mansel, K.H.; Major-
General George Paris Bradahawe,
WAR-OFFICE CIRCULAR,
CHELSEA PENSIONERS. —The Secretary-at-War has
issued the following circular to each of the staff offics,ra
in command of the respective divisions of Chelsea pen-

stoners:—
" As employment may probably be provided during a
couple of months for some of the most active and intelli-
gent of the pensioners, who are capable of acting as in-
structors in infantry drill, it is re quested that the same
be made generally known among those under their
superintendence; that about ten of this description will
probably be required from each district to drill the
militia, after the ensuing harvest, provided they are
found qualified, and willing to volunteer for that duty on
the following terms:—
" 'l. The pay to be Is. 6d. in addition to pension, but
without distinction as to the rank of the pensioner.
" `2• The same allowances in regard to barracks cr
billets, travelling
fec., as in the regular army.
clothing expenses, marching money, messing,
" ' 3. They will be provided with the usual suit of
to keep up a
enrolled in the local force, they will be allowed
the use of that clothing; but
of an enrolled pensioner, or if they are already
.they will be expected
expense.
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proper supply of necessaries at their own
4. Every pensioner engaging for this duty must,
in the event of having to remove from his home during
the
period of his employment, leave at least sixpence a
day out of his pension for the support of his wife during
his absence, with threepence per day additional, if he
have only one child, or 6d. a day if he have two or
more children. Should his pension be less than these
amounts, the whole must be applied to prevent his
family becoming chargeable to the parish in his absence.
" ' Before, recommending these men, the 3144 officer
must use his best endeavours to ascertain that they are
capable of drilling recruits, and inform them that they
will probably, be inspected and examined by another effi-
flew as to their capacity in this respect, before being
fieally approved for this duty. The pensioners recom-
mended should not exceed 47 years of age, and a pre-
ference should be given to enrolled men and those who
are recently discharged.' " .

THE ST. JAMES'S LITERARY SOCIETY..-011
Thursday evening a highly interesting lecture was delivered
by Dr. Lankester at this society (which has been recently
formed in the midst of a large population, the Right Lion.
T. B. Macaulay being president) on " The Study of Nature."
The subject was considered to be happily chosen for one of
the first lectures delivered to a new institution, showing, as
it did show, how the ordinary forces around us, gravity, heat,
and electricity, are also those concerned in producing the great
phenomena of nature, and how, by a knowledge of the laws
which govern these forces, man may render them subser-
vient to his wants, and convert agencies which, uncontrolled,
produce disease and death, into ministers of his comforts and
luxuries. The lecturer, amongst other instances. exempli-
fied this by reference to the articial scents which were ex-
hibited at the Crystal Palace, and which were actually
formed by the French chemists, not from the flowers of the
garden, but from the refuse of the cow-house and similar
noxious sources. He concluded by repudiating the doctrine '
that one animal or plant can ever be converted into another
of a different species, and showed that all known facts pointed
to a distinct creative act for the production of every species
of animal or plant.

EXTRAORDINARY. FOOT MATCH AT CALCUTTA.—
The "American Stag," who was, it' appears, chief officer of
an American vessel, has accomplished his task of walking
1,000 miles in 1,000 hours in India. He began his journey
on the road between Calcutta and Barrackpore on the Bth of
March, and completed it on the 19th of April, and although
the weather at the commencement of his task was unusablly
favourable, yet for the last 15 days he bad to endure a tem-
perature frequently above 90 degrees. He did not, however,
according to the Bengal Hurkaru, appear much exhausted
by his exertions, but bad lost nearly one-sixth of his weight.
The achievement excited an unusual amount of interest, and
131,02 Europeans and natives betted considerably on the re-
he Hiadoos viewed the feat when performed as posi-
tivel 1y
miraculous.

ACCESSION OF HEIL MAJESTY.—Yesterday was the
fifteenth anniversary of her Majesty's accession. The royal
standard was hoisted at the Tower of London, Somerset-
house, the Admiralty, the steeples of St. Martin's-in-the
Fields, St. Margaret's, Westminster, and other public edi-
fices. The different vessels in the various docks (St. Katha-
rine, London, West and East India) and in the river had
their variegated, colours flying on the occasion. At two
o'clock the Park and Tower guns fired the usual royal salute;
as did also the batteries and ships of war at Woolwich.

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SHIPWRECK AND Loss OF LIFE.—A schooner calm d
the Ilrewood, of Plymouth, was wrecked on Wedaesday,
about a mile off the coast of the village of Beer, in the south
of Devon, and her crew, consisting of six men, perished.
The disaster occurred in the middle of the day, and in sight
of a number of people on the shore. A boat was manned
and attempted to gain the vessel, but the heavy sea pre-
vented it, and the brave crew were compelled to put back
again. The vessel, it is conjectured, was water-logged.
Suddecly she was, observed to heel over, being struck with a
heavy sea, and soon after sunk and broke to pieces. If there
had been a life-boat here, the probability is that the crew
would have been saved.