The Sun.
London, England, 1839-11-15 00:00:00

THE ARM Y.

The 9th Lancers will embark for India next year, to
relieve the 4th Dragoons or 16th Lancers.
The:s9th depot head-quarters from Nenagh to Li
merick.

The service companies of the 7th Fusiliers have em-
barked at Cove, in the Apollo troop ship, for Gibraltar
TROOPS FOR FOREIGN SERVICE.—Drafts of the fol-
lowing depots are ordered to embark at Cork to join the
service companies :-07th, at Wexford, for Cape of
Good Hope ; 87th, at Dublin, for the Mauritius ; 48th,
at Templernore, for Gibraltar ; 59. d, at Armagh, 77th,
at Enniskillen, 74th, at Fermoy, and 70th, at Temple_
more, for the Windward and Leeward Islands ; 64th,
at Boyle, 67th, at Buttevant, and 6Sth, at Cork, for
Jamaica ; sth, at Galway, 60th, Ist battalion, at Birr,
and 60th, 2.d battalion, at Clonmel, for lonian Islands ;
59th. at Tralee, 47th, at Enniskillen, and 92d, at Birr,
for Ma4a.

GRAND FANCY:BiL, AT

GUILDHALL.

Last night a grand dress and fancy ball and concert,
in aid of the funds for the relief of the distressed Polish
refugees, was given with great splendour in the City of
London ; the Corporation having granted the Guildhall
for the purpose. The Hall was thrown open at eight
o'clock, brilliantly illuminated, and onamented with
devices and banners ; and before ten there must have
been a concourse in the rooms of between 2,000 and
3,000 persons, many of them attired in motley cos-
tumes, but the great majority wearing the ordinary ball
dress prescribed by fashion. There was a truly splen-
did display of ladies—a perfect galaxy of beauty and
loveliness ; and the stream poured along with endless
variety and vivacity, while the dances and the tr:usic
kept the whole company animated and amused.. The
entertainment was in the early part of the evening
varied by a concert, in which Miss Rainforth, Miss
Woodyatf, Miss Steele, and Miss Galbraith took
part ; with Broadhurst, Francis Fitzwilliakn, Bradbury,
Young, and Turk, and two boys from Westminster,
Masters Coward and Stevens. The concert was under
the conduct of Mr. Edward Taylor. Nothing could be
better than the general arrangements of the ball, which
was altogether respectable, orderly, and•unconfused, and
was maintained with the utmost spirit and good humour
up to two o'clock, when we left the roam with a bril-
liant and untired assemblage. Lord Dudley Stuart
and the Hon. Mrs. Leicester Stanhope were still among
the company. We did not see any other persons of I
fashionable mark, most of the distinguished Noble
Patrons and Patronesses of the cause being at the time
out of town ; but we were given to understand that
many of them were present by the substantial and
beneficial proxy of their gold. The following verses,
written to pioniote the charity of the ball, were
extensively circulated in the room. They are from the
pen of Mrs. Cornwall Baro❑ Wilson :
Poland's martyr horocs ask
Pity's tear and Mercy's aid;
'Tis the Poet's gentle task
To such tribute to persuade !
He who hears the Exile's prayer
Warms your hearts with Mercy's glow;
He, whose love all nations share,
Bids the stream of bounty flow.
British Daughters I who ne'er knew
Scenes of slaughter or dismay ;
Whilst a Father blesses you,
Wipe the Orphan's tear away.
British Wives! who know no fear,
Nor War's sad bereavements dread ;
Ye will haste to dry the tear
Poland's suffering children shed
British Mothers! they appeal
Confident in hope to you;
Think what your brave sons may feel,
And Misery's path with healing strew.
Come I ye fair and generous band
Dove_ like pity calls you here;
Mercy leads you by the hand.
To wipe away the exile's tear.