The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-05 00:00:00

THE ARNIY.

An inspection of the troops in garrison at Ports-
mouth took place at Southsea-common on Saturday,
by Field Marshal his Royal Highness the Duke of
Cambridge, LH. The troops took up their position
at 11 a.m. The force drawn up on the ground com-
prised the 6th Brigade of Garrisoa Artillery, under
Col. Longden. The "K" battery of field artillery
(12 12 pounder Armstrongs, with ammunition wag-
gons, &c„ and 97 horses), under Col. Anderson, C. 8.,
the 2d battalion of the Ist Royals, under Col. Hol-
combe ; the 53d Regiment, under Col. English,
C.B. ; the 55th Regiment, under Col. Hume ; and
the Royal Marine Artillery, under Col. Schomberg.
Major-Gen. Lord W. Paulet, C. 8., commanded,
having on his staff Capt. Paulet, aide-de-camp;
Col. E. Somerset, C. 8.; Deputy-Quartermaster-
Gen. Col. Thackwell ; Deputy-Adjutant-Gen. Col.
Warde, C. 8., commanding the Royal Artillery in
the district; Col. Gordon, C. 13., commanding the
Royal Engineers in the district ; Col. Tait, com-
manding the Royal Marine Artillery, and a num-
ber of other officers. Accompanied by Lord Wm.
Paulet, his Royal Highness made an inspection of
the men, horses, and guns as they stood in position,
after which they marched past. The slippery state
of the ground, from the quantity of rain which had
fallen, combined with the force of the wind, caused
some of the lines in " grand divisions" to waver at
times considerably ; but, on the whole, the march-
ing past was excellent, and drew forth frequent
encomiums from his Royal Highness. At the con-
clusion of the inspection his Royal Highness, ac-
companied by Lord W. Paulet, rode round the for-
tifications, existing and erecting, between Southsea-
common and Langston harbour, and, after visiting
the Royal Artillery barracks at Portsmouth, par-
took of luncheon at the Government-house, and at
2 p.m. left by the South-Western train for London,
under a salute of 21 guns from the garrison saluting
battery.
Major-General Duncan Alexander Cameron, C. 8.,
now commanding the troops in New Zealand, has
been gazetted to the colonelcy of the 42d (the Royal
Highland) Regiment of Foot, vice Gen. the Marquis
of Tweeddale, transferred to the 2d Life Guards.

A vacancy has occurred in the military depart-
ment of the Royal Hospital at Greenwich, value
£4OO, with apartments, stores, &c., in consequence
of the death of the senior Captain, Thomas Lamb P.
Langharne. There is also a vacancy for a Lieu-
tenant on the same establishment, salary £230,
with apartments, stores, &c., in consequence of the
death of Lieut. Abraham Parks.

Referring to " Cool as a Cucumber," recently
translated into French by Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr.
Blanchard Jerrold states, " It is entirely original ; I wrote
it in the year 1851; it was first performed at the Lyceum
in that year ; and I know of no French farce which in the
least particular resembles it. lam fortunate in being an
English dramatic author who has made an appearance on
the French stage."
SCIENTIFIC MUSIC !—Mr. Macfarren is said to
have completed an opera on the subject of "Hamlet."
His overture, so entitled, is an established concert piece,
and would be sufficient of itself to prove that the choice of
such a subject is a hopeless mistake. If there is one thing
that music cannot achieve it is the pourtrayal of what may
be called intellectual emotion. " Hamlet" is made up of
this. ‘: If Mr. Macfarren has really rendered the play in
music,' says a whimsical critic of the art, "we need not
despair of seeing some day, the dijerenttal calculus made
into a symphony."

A shocking crime was committed in one of the
streets of Newcastle-on-Tyne, on Saturday night. A young
Irishman, named Linskey,was stabbed in the neck by some
unknown hand. The main artery was severaesdc,oannvd4nedthaes
course of a few minutes the poor fellovvosho was
quickly as possible to a druggist's shop, bled to death.
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