The Sun.
London, England, 1862-06-18 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

An order has been received at Chatham garrison
from the office of the Deputy Adjutant-General,
11,,y11 Engineers, directing that the whole of the
home companies of the Royal Engineers are 'to be
40m,pletsd to theie proper strength froth the "depot
"r7spauies at head-quarters on the Ist of July.
o_eompanies are the Ist, at Davenport ; 9th,
~Yolwich ; 22d and 26th, Chatham ;47tb, Cur-
ragh aryl 23
d, at Shorneliffa.
Yesterday the
to the ancceiski annual distribution of prizes
School took place at
of the Royal Naval
liththo Institution, New Cross,
Admiral Bowies in the chair. The examiners—
namely, the
Rev.l)'• ielor,ead master of King's
College School ; the Rev.
Royal Military College, Sandhurstand the Rev.
W. Vinter, of the
T. Marzials, 8.D., French
examiner
e re-
ports, Council of Military Eduefttion, presentedthir under the
n
which were highly eteditabletolatrhgee scholarsumher
and to the masters of-the school. A
of prizes were awarded, of which the following
be mentioned :—Class 1 (first school), gall, mayi,
the
Classical Silver Medal, first in Classics, first in
French and second in German ; La'verty, mathe.
reatical Silver Medal, first in Mathematics. ma,
1 (second school), Pilkington, Classics and Maths_
mati3s ; Day (the prize founded by the late
Admi-
ral Sir R. Grant), Mathematics and French. Class
1 (third school), Morison end Herbert (equal).
Classics; Lark, Mathematics. The Cookney me-
dals (founded by_ the late_Lieut. J. T. Cookney,
R.N.), Sayer (first school), Wemy„ (second school),
Parker (second school). Marine cadetship, Wright;
first naval cadetship, and Yarborough scholarship,
Moore ; second naval cadetship, Ferris ; Rear-
Admiral Frederick's naval cadetship,White, There
are 240 boys in the school.
- Col. Commandant John Frazei'retires from the
command of the Royal Marine Artillery on full pay,
and is succeeded in the command by Col. Henry
Carr Taco.
Lieut.-Col. O'Connell, commanding the Royal
Artillery in the Eastern District, has been inspect-
ing the Artillery Volunteers at Great Yarmouth and'
Lowestoft this week.
The funeral of Col. C. E. Fairtlough, lately in
command of the 3d Br, ttalion of Infantry, took place
at Chatham garrison yesterday with military hon-
ours.

Good conduct medals have been presented
camp at Colchester to at the
Staff-Sergeant Patrick
Peltiney, 10th Batt-oi„' find to Sergeant F.
Cole, 2d battalion, lst Royals.The presentation
was made by Colonel Street, •ri., at a general
e camp, of thetroaps stationed at til

GALWAY, Monday.--Z he disbanded militia at-
tacked the police to-day. Several were cut with stones
and
otherwise injured. Numerous arrests Were made. They
police are patrolling the streets with- firearms loaded with
ball cartridge.

MIDDLE LEYEL INUNDATIONS.

LYNN, TUESDAY NIGHT.

The water on the Fens, which has for several days
been within an inch or so of being level with the
roads (which in this part of the country are gene-
rally higher than the surrounding lands, being, in
fact, banks), after I left yesterday for the purpose
of making up my parcel, in half a dozen places on
Rand's-bank, or Diggons's-road, as it is called,
rushed over from the great Marshland Mere into
the Smeath Cross, as if it took a wild delight at the
idea of fresh victories, and to the inhabitants fresh
disasters and losses. For about six hours the water
was trying to find its level, and was breaking on to
the land in the occupation of Mr. Sutterby, of Fil-
ney Fen End and others, about half way between
Filney Fen End and Enneth. The greatest alarm
was felt throughout the neighbourhood, and vast
numbers flocked to the spot with horses and tum-
brils, and by the most extraordinary exertions they
succeeded just before dark in checking to some ex-
tent the water in its overflow. An eye-witness has
just informed me that the lake was just like a large
basin into which it was being attempted to get more
*water, and it was consequently flowing over on all
sides. It is hardly believed to be possible for many
more days to elapse before the water covers a still
larger extent of land than that submerged.
There are still many complaints reaching my ears
of the insecure state of the east bank, to make which
secure does not seem to enter the minds of the en-
gineers or their employers. The water is now rush-
ing through the culvert at a rate which almost pre-
cludes the possibility of the Magdalen engine
carrying the water away fast enough to prevent it
getting on the land. The water has forced a great
quantity of earth away, and considerable apprehen-
sion exists as to the bursting of the bank at that
particular point. It is useless to make any repre-
sentation of such insecurity, except through the
press, as otherwise no notice is taken of them.
At the , first extensive hole in the cut to which
reference has been made I found to-day about 100
men and 20 or 30 lighters; and from dippings which
have been made, I am enabled to say that the re-
sults are satisfactory. Nothing is being done, how-
ever, to the hole by the Short Fen north bank.
All the various interested parties from the aque.
duct to Lynn are prepared to petition the House of
Lords against the Middle Level Drainage and Navi-
gation Bill. These bodies number, perhaps, a dozen
courts and commissions, and though they have re-
solved upon a united opposition, they will petition
separately.

A public meeting of landowners and occupiers is
convened for Friday, to take into consideration the
conduct of the Middle Level commissioners, and 1
am also informed to arrange for and take steps to
inaugurate a national subscription for the sufferers.
It is said that it will be attempted to drop the
panels into their places on Thursday.

_RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

SOUTH WALES.

A Wharncliffe meeting of this company was held
yesterday 1... t the offices, Eastbourne-terrace, Pad-
dington ; Mr. C. R. M. Talbot, M.P., in the thair.
Mr. F. Saunders, the secretary, having read the
notice convening the meeting,

The Solicitor read the heads of a Bill for author-
izing agreements between the Briton Ferry Dock
and Railway Company, and other companies, and a
lease of part of their wharves, and for altering rates
payable to the Neath Harbour Commissioners, and
for authorizing the Briton Ferry Dock and Railway
Company to raise further capital.
The CHAIRMAN explained that the matter in dis-
pute between the South Wales and Briton Ferry
Companies had been settled, and that the South
Wales Company would now pay up the £5.000 due
on the shares held by them in the Briton Ferry
Company, £15,000 having been paid, making the
total amount £20,000.
A formal resolution approving the Bill was carried
unanimously.

The Solicitor read the heads of a Bill for author-
izing the Llanelly Railway and Dock Company to
make and maintain new lines of railway by way of
deviation from the authorized Swansea lines and
Carmarthen line, and other works, and to lay down
narrowgauge rails on the Carmarthen and Cardigan
Railway, and to make arrangements with other
companies, and to raise further capital. The prin-
cipal object of the Bill, so far as it affected the
South Wales Company, was to enable them to lay
down a third rail from the junction of the Lianally
lines to Swansea. The powers were pertaissive,
and enabled them- to do so if they thought it de-
sirable.

A formal resolution approving the Bill was car-
ried unanimously.
The next was a Bill to enable the Swansea Har-
bour Trustees to raise a further sum of money for
the purposes of that undertaking, and to authorize
a lease or leases of the Swansea Harbour Railway
and certain wharves in Swansea Harbour to the
Vale of Neath and Swansea and Neath Railway
Companies, and to authorize the laying down of
additional rails for the narrow gauge on that rail•
way,

The CHAIRMAN explained that the bill gave th•
South Wales Company the option of taking a cer-
tain portion of 'wharfage in the south dock within
12 months after the passing of the Act. They had
also the power of using the Swansea Harbour Rail.
way on payment of ld. per ton as toll.
A formal resolution approving the bill was car-
ried unanimously, and the proceedings terminated.