The Sun.
London, England, 1862-05-21 00:00:00

THE NAVE

The Geyser, 6, paddle, Commander Jackson, ar-
rived at Portsmouth yesterday, from Devonport,
with the detachment of Marine Artillery on board
who have returned to England in her Majesty's
ship Sanspareil from the Mexican expedition. The
detachment landed from the Geyser at the dockyard,
and proceeded to head-quarters.
The Banshee, 2, paddle, Commander Madden, ar-
rived at Spithead yesterday morning, from the
Mediterranean, with dates from Malta of the 28th
of April ; Algiers, 30th ; Gibraltar, May 3d ; and
Lisbon, 16th. Fine weather was experienced until
the vessel was off Lisbon, when she encountered a
-violent gale, which detained her five days in the
Tagus. The passage home has been made with one
boiler, with which, during favourable weather, a
speed of nine knots was averaged. Commander
Wilson, R.N., from her Majesty's ship Marlborough,
on promotion ; Capt. Hall, 6th Foot; Capt. Moor-
som, 100th Foot ; and Lieut. Napier, 23d Foot,
have come home passengers by the ship. The
Banshee received orders to proceed round to Wool-
wich to pay out of commission. She sailed from
Spithead last evening.

The Armstrong armament for the screw line-of-
battle ship Frederick William, in the first-class
reserve at Portsmouth, was received on board yes-
terday. It comprises two 100-pounder, eight 40-
pounders, two 20-pounders, and one 12-pounder.
The Black Prince, iron frigate, fitting for com-
mission at Portsmouth, is ordered to receive, as the
heavy portion of her Armstrong armament, 14100-
pounders and four 70 pounders. In addition to
these she will carry a number of lighter Arrestrongs,
besides her 95cwt. 68-pounders for her main deck.
Private letters received from Cherbourg, from an
English gentleman well qualified to give an opinion
upon such matters, state that the plated frigate
Couronne, now lying in Cherbourg basin, has in her
recent trials proved a decided success in every way,
She is 250 feet long on her gun deck, carries 32 guns
on her main deck, steams 14 knots, and has proved
herself to be an excellent sea boat. The Couronne's
frame is of iron, coated with wood, on which rest
the armour plates. She was placed ou the stocks
in September, :858, at Lorient. She is coated with
armour from end to end, and her engines are of 900
horse power nominal.

His Prussian Majesty's transport ship Elbe,
Capt. Werner, arrived at Falmouth on Sunday from
Siam, having been occupied for two years in an ex-
perimental cruise in the Eastern seas, from which
she is now returning. She has on board a large
collection of objects of natural history.
The following appointments weze made on Mon-
day at the Admiralty :—Lieut. Henry F. Stephen-
son, from the Emerald to the Cormorant ; Lieut.
W. H. M. Molyneux, to the Emerald ; Lieut. Har-
court T. Gammell, to the Dauntless ; Lieut. T. M.
M. Wynyard, to the Blenheim ; R. J. Wemyss,
confirmed as chief engineer ; W. Smilay, promoted
to acting chief engineer in the Wrangler ; R. Phil-
lips, confirmed as second-class assist.-engineer in
the Bacchante; and Sidney Smith, master's-assist.,
to the Galatea.

The following appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty :—Lieut. Charles E. S.Woodman,
to the Cormorant ; Thomas S. Gissing, first-class
assist.-engineer, to the Asia, for the Fancy; Charles
F. Gregory, second-class assist.-engineer, to the
Indus, for the Princess Alice.

THE ARMY.

A Royal warrant, dated the 26th of April, 1861,
has been issued by command of her Majesty, in
which the rules and regulations under which field
allowance is granted to officers of the general, gar-
rison, and departmental staff are revised, and the
provisions contained in pages from 81 to 87 of the
Royal warrant of the Ist of July, 1848, cancelled.
The field allowances are intended to provide officers
with the means of defraying the expenses to which
they may be subject by being placed under canvas,
or in taking or preparing for the field. The allow-
ances are classed under two heads, ordinary and
extraordinary, and are to be granted with the
strictest reference to the nature of the service, or
to the preparation for it which the emergency may
require. The ordinary field allowances are applica-
ble to the encampment, under canvas, of troops
in the United Kingdom or in the colonies. Extra-
ordinary field allowances are sanctioned in eases
when and wherever troops are engaged in mili-
tary operations in the field, in time of war, dis-
turbance, or insurrection, whether actual or appre-
hended. None but officers actually present and
serving with or in immediate connection with the
troops, and not being in occupation of public quar-
ters, nor in receipt of lodging-money, shall be en-
titled to receive field allowance. Extraordinary
allowance will be issued three months in advance,com-
mencing from the date of the order to take the field.
In cases, however, where military operations are
likely to be of longer duration, a double issue of the
extraordinary allowance, amounting to six months'
in the whole, may be sanctioned by the General
officer on a foreign station. An officer serving with
any field force who has received an advance of field
allowances, and who shall succeed to a higher ap-
pointment, or a Staff appointment, will, if he con-
tinue to serve with the same force, be entitled to
receive the difference between his old and new rates
of allowance from the date of the general order
notifying such appointment or promotion. Officers
in receipt of field allowance who may quit the force
with which they are serving in consequence of ill
health or wounds, or by reason of being ordered
elsewhere, will not be liable to refund any portion
of it to the public. In cases, however, where offi-
cers leave the force for their own convenience, they
will only retain a portion of the allowance to the
date of leaving. Captains with brevet rank are
not to receive field allowance unless they are direc-
ted by general orders to perform field officers' duty,
but a captain succeeding to the command of a regi-
ment, or directed by general order to perform field-
officer's duties therewith, will receive the allowance.
Officers commanding companies will be entitled to
the allowance of a captain. Under no circumstances i
will an officer be permitted to receive more than
one rate of field allowance.
The 17th company of Royal Engineers, which
has been placed under orders to proceed from Chat-
ham to the Omagh Camp, was inspected on the
general parade-ground at Chatham Barracks yes-
terday by Major-General R. Eyre,
commanding
the district. The necessary transfers from the
depot companies to the 17th has taken place, and
the company raised to its proper strength. The
departure of the 17th company for the Curragh will
take place to-morrow.
Intelligence was yesterday received at Chatham
garrison of the arrival at Gravesend of the troop-
ship King Lear, Capt. Croudace, from Bombay,
with the head quarters and service companies of the
83d Regiment on board. The 83d proceeds to
Dover, where the regiment is to be quartered. The
depot of the regiment remains at Chatham until
further orders.
Orders were yesterday received by Col. Leman,
C. 8., commandant of the Chatham division of Royal
Marines, for detachments of non-commissioned offi-
cers and
men of the Royal Marines and Royal Ma-
rine Artillery to embark to-day on board the Cor-
morant, 4, and Racehorse, 4, screw steamers, both
commissioned for service in China.
Yesterday the entire division of Royal Marine
Light Infantry, numbering 1,000 bayonets, marched
to Chatham lines, under the command of Colonel
Leman, C. 8., and, having been formed into two bat-
talions, were put through a variety of brigade and
other movements, which cccupicd about two hours.
There are now 1,200 non
-commissioned officers
and men (forming the third division Royal Artil-
lery) at Warley barracks, near Brentwood. The
half-yearly review by Major-Gen. Sir R. Dacres has
just taken place, and passed off satisfactorily. Gen.
Dacres, after complimenting the men on their satis-
factory appearance and discipline, intimated that
many of them would be required for service in India
Lind the colonies in the course of the summer.
The headquarters of the 49th Foot, under the
command of Col. Edwards, C. 8., left Portsmouth
yesterday by speeidl train friehranchester, via Read-
ing and Wolverhampton. A'dbtaebtlient of the
regiment,
consisting of 6 officers and 170 men, left
Portsmouth at
6 a,m. forWeedon. '
detachments of the regiment at Portsmouth and

Weymouth left the latter place at 6 p.m. yesterday,
to join the headquarters at Manchester.
The 53d Foot, under the command of Col. English,
arrived at Portsmouth last evening from Aldershot,
and marched into quarters in the Cambridge bar-
racks, vacated by the 49th Foot.

The 24th Foot, quartered at Gospm t, will move
over into quarters at Portsmouth to-morrow.

The 2d battalion 18th Regiment, stationed at
Portsmouth, is expected to embark for the Channcl
Islands to-morrow or Friday.
Lieut. Boyle, 3 bombardiers, and 56 drivers of the
horse brigade, Royal Artillery, disembarked at Ports-
mouth yesterday from her Majesty's troopship Ad-
venture, which vessel had brought them round to
Portsmouth from Kingstown, and proceeded by rail
to Wcolwich.

THE INTERN.4TIO2IVAL EXHIBITION.

The financial prospects of the Exhibition are de-
cidedly mending, for not only was the building
more crowded yesterday than on any day since the
opening, but the proportion of payments at the
doors showed a still greater increase. The total
number of visitdrs up to 5 o'clock was 16,722, of
whom 11,529 paid their half-crowns for admission,
and 5,193 were season-ticket holders. It is to be
hoped that these first signs of the tide of prosperity
will determine the Commissioners to push forward
with extra speed what yet remains to be done to
give the last finishing touch to the building, and
that we may be able soon finally to announce that
the Exhibition is complete. Within the last two
three days there is a perceptible relief in the pres-
sure round the jewelry, glass, porcelain, and other
attractive objects in the neighbourhood of the nave ;
and visitors, no longer driven away by the deafen-
ing noise of carpenters' hammers and the manifold
perils from empty packing-cases and loose timbers
of all sorts, find their way now freely into courts
which have hitherto been unknown lande, In pass-
:

ing, we may say here that, as soon as the last pack-
ing-ease is absolutely disposed of, the Commis-
sioners ought to have the flooring of the building,
from one end to the other, thoroughly looked to.
It is but roughly fitted everywhere, but in many
parts it has been broken through, and visitors have

to be very cautious in walking lest they catch their
feet in a hole, which may either detain them pri-
soners or let them through altogether. Two •er
three severe accidents have already occurred from
this cause, and the risk of others is sure to go on in-
creasing, unless the defective and unsound board-
ings be replaced at once. The Colonial Courts have
benefitted as much as any portion of the building by
the spirit of discovery which now seems to animate
the visitors, and there is a constant stream flowing
through them all day long. The display here has
but little of thatglittering splendour or artistic beauty
which challenges admiration in other quarters, but
the very complete illustration it affords of the
varied products and manufactures of our colonial
empire is full of solid interest, and can hardly be
thoroughly appreciated without careful examina-
tion and even serious study. The colonial govern-
ments appear, for the most_ part, to have been at
great pains to be well represented, and the result is
a comprehensive and admirably-arranged collection.
The North American colonies make a very good
show, though it requires smile special knowledge or
tastes fully to enter into the merits of many of the
contributions. The Canadian timber trophy every-
body, of course, has seen, and, from a timber point
of view, no doubt, it is exceedingly fine in its de-
tails. In smaller blocks we have here examples of
the beautiful polish which many of the North
American woods will take, and of the part they
may be made to play in decorative furniture. Nova
Scotia, in particular, exhibits a very handsome
piano of native woods. The geologist will find a
long day's work in the Canadian court alone, and
some of the beautiful marbles contributed by the
Geological Survey of Canada cannot fail to attract
the admiration of the most ordinary observer.
There is an ample collection of all kinds of Cana-
dian grains, on the qualities of which we cannot
now stop to dwell, and of agricultural implements,
among which we may mention one which does the
work of plough, drill, and harrow at one operation.
It combines lightness and strength, and seems by
no means difficult to manage. A case of plumbago,
or graphite, in this court may, perhaps, attract more
attention from the very prominent position in the
nave which the Russians have just given to some
samples of the same material recently discovered in
Siberia. The specimens of Indian work exhibited
in the New Brunswick court are more curious than
beautiful ; but the bear skins and other furs shown
here and in the neighbouring collection from Prince
Edward's Island are very handsome. Almost the
only jewels from this portion of the world are in a
case shown by Nova Scotia, the chief attraction of
which is that both jewels and the gold setting were
found in the province. The greater part of the arti-
cles from Ceylon have not yet arrived, but there are
shown some good specimens of carved furniture in
ebony and sandal wood. A case of exquisite silver
filigree from Malta catches every eye; and close by
the Maltese lace, which is very well displayed, is
sure to have many admirers. In all these colonies,
and in Jamaica, Dominica, the Mauritius, and other
colonies in the same neighbourhood, there are very
full collections of the natural products, and the wax
models of the fruits of Guiana are particularly suc-
culent and attractive in appearance. A model of
the sleeping cars in use on the Great Western Rail-
way, shown in the Canadian court, is worth looking
at as a sort of example of how comfortable railway
travelling can be made if directors are only willing
to learn. Crossing over to the Australian colonies,
the first object which will attract attention is a case
containing Specimens of nuggets, large and small,
picked up at the diggings. The largest weighs
some 80oz., and is valued at £350. Lady Young
exhibits two small figures of an emeu and a kangaroo
in Australia, but though they are said to be de-
signed by a pupil of Thorwalsden—Mr. T. Hogarth
—they have little to recommend them but their
intrinsic value. In softness and fineness of tex-
ture the woollen goods manufactured in this
country from Australian wools are not to be sur-
passed by any in the building. Of the New South
Wales minerals there are very numerous specimens,
and the copper in particular seems of remarkably
fine quality. Sir William A. Macarthur and others
contribute samples of all varieties of wood, and
there is a stand of New South Wales hermitage,
Madeira, amontillado, claret, and other wines
grown in the colony. Pianos or organs were going
all the afternoon in different parts, and round
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organs are all finished, for the process of tuning,
which most of them are undergoing just now, is
excruciating to persons of sensitive nerves. We are
informed that there are several excellent instru-
ments of Swiss manufacture in some gailery up-
stairs; but no one seems to have come across them
yet. Why could theytpr ne
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bullfinch scarcely anybody would force his way
into this department, though in the rear of it there
are some wonderful specimens
The Genevose makers are now emulating with con-
siderable success the finish and solidity of English
workmanship. Messrs. Baume and Lezard exhibit
here a pocket chronometer, the performances of
which,[tested by the chief astronomer of Geneva, are
said to be equal to the best English chronometers.
The same firm exhibit hour, quarter, and minute
repeaters, some exquisite ladies' watches, enamelled
with diamonds, and close by a case of silver watches
of wonderful cheapness. Messrs. Aubert have just
added to their show several fine specimens of the
roseate amethyst—the new stone not long since dis-
covered, and in Denmark we have to mention the
arrival of a very beautiful suite of diamonds, the
setting of which is little inferior to the work of the
best London or Paris jewellers. The machinery
has every day a large share of visitors,
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glad to hear that it is intended to in-
crease the steam power, which, as we mentioned a
few clays ago, is at present utterly inadequate to
display the full effect.a. Some•of the_finest engines
here.