The Sun.
London, England, 1854-11-10 00:00:00

SALE OF A RUSSIAN PRIZE.

The Russian prize brigantine Ciiistine, of 160 tons, was
sold yesterday by public auction at Liverpool, by Messrs.
Tonga, Carry, and Co., brokers appointed by the Admi-
ralty. There was some competition, and the vessel was
ultimately knocked down to Messrs. J. and G. Barnes, of
Liverpool, for 8001. The sale of another Russian prize
seized in -the Mersey is expected in a few days.

SHELLS FOR THE BLACK SEA FLEET.
All the 8-inch shells in the Gun-wharf at Portsmouth
were sent up to Woolwich by railway on Tuesday, for im-
mediate despatch to the Black Sea fleet.

- MORE CANNON BALLS.
The Low Moor Iron Company have just received an
additional order from the Government to cast 20,000 balls
of large size for the purposes of the war.

ROYAL NAVAL COLLEGE.
At the monthly examination of officers for promotion,
and candidates far entry into the navy, which terminated
yesterday at the Royal Naval College, Portsmouth, the
following passed :
Mates, R.N., for Lieutenants—Mr. S. Court and Mr.
W. H. Broadley.
For Naval Cadets—Mr. C. S. Harford, G. T. H. Boyes,
W. G. Best, and S. A. St. George.
For Masters' Assistants—Mr. S. S. Bogdan and D. L. H.
M'Bean.
For Clerk's Assistant—Mr. F. L. Voules.
For Royal Marine Cadets —Mr. G. H. Elliot and Mr.
W. E. Despard.

THE HORSE GUARDS.
During the absence of Major-General Wetherell from the
Adjutant-General's Office, tho duties were performed by
Colonel Woed. The gallant general is now quite restored
to health. The militaty secretary will have a levee on
Tuesday next. Lord Hardinge is daily busily engaged
with
.the Duke of Newcastle.

THE ARMY IN IRELAND.
DUBLIN, Thursday. —The depot of the 59th Regiment,
accompanied by three officers, removed on Saturday even-
ing from the military barracks, Cork, to Elizabeth Fort,
to make room for the large number of drafts, which
arrived hero from the .stations of Fermoy, Templemoro,
and Birr.
Numbers of the 2d Somerset Militia are joining the re-
giments of the line in Cork.
Captain Maunsell, 85th Light Infantry, has arrived in
London from the Mauritius. The 16th Lancers have sent
a recruitint, party from Cahir to Leeds. The band of the
40th depot°, at Galway, plays up on every market day for
recruits. The out-pensioners of Armagh district have sub-
scribed a day's pay, from Lieut.-Col. Farmer down to the
lowest rank, in aid of the Patriotic Fund. Lieut.-Colonel
Trench, Queen's Bays,i, Dundalk, is gone on leave, and
Colonel Campbell returned from leave. Officers on leave
of absence.—Major Fraser, 6th depot; Major Cole, 17th ;
Major Johnstone, 33d. Captain Tritto'n, of the 23d, has
vacated the appointment of adjutant to the depot at Birr,
in order to join his regiment in the Crimea.

THE COMMANDER OF TEE ROYAL
ARTILLERY IN THE BAST.

The services of several of the officers in important coin-
mends of the army at the seat of war in the East having
appeared, the following interesting detail of the services o
the commanding officer of the Royal Artillery is now given
from authentic sources :
WOOLWICH, Nov. 9.—Among the general officers com-
manding divisions in the British army in the East, few pre
more distiniuished by long and brilliant war services than
Brigadier-General Fox Strangways, commanding the entire
force of British artillery of the eastern expedition.
In 1813 Lieutenant Fox Strangways embarked with the
rocket brigade, under the immediate command of Colonel
Bogue, Royal Artillery, for the north of Germany, as the
force sent from this country to be attached to the Swedish
army during the campaign (the entire Swedish force in the
allied army being commanded in person by the Crown
Prince of Sweden). At once entering on active service, part
of the brigade was detached under the command of Lieut.
Fox Strangways, and assisted in the successful issue of
two actions and in the siege and reduction of a fortress
in Northern Germany, previous to rejoining Col. Bogue,
then under the walls of Leipsic: Ono of the first casualties
in the battle which ensued was the death of Colonel
Bogue, the command of the brigade falling to Lieutenant
Fox Strangways; and so distir guished were his conduct
and courage in this most important position, and so essen-
tially did the services of his brigade contribute to the
glorious victory of Leipsic, that on the field of battle, at
the head of his troops, this gallant young officer received
the thanks of the Allied Sovereigns. Ho also received the
gold medal of Sweden " for bravery and good conduct,"
the order of St. Anne of Russia, and the order of the
Sword of Sweden, accompanied by the most flattering tes-
timonials from the military commanders of the Allied
Sovereigns present, expressing their high approval of his
conduct and courage.
Owing to the remarkable rules governing army promo-
tions at that time in force in the British army, though sc-
knowledgieg his great merit, Lieutenant Fox Strangways
was debarred from promotion or reward, in consequence
of his junior rank and age. No comment is needed in illus-
tration of this system, now happily abolished in her Ma-
jesty's army. Distinguished by the well-merited favour of
foreign monarchs, and wearing the well-earned decorations
presented to him by them, Lieutenant Fox Strangways
had still, according to the rules then in existence, the mor-
tification of finding himself superseded in the command of
the brigade, by an older officer, sent out from Woolwich,
and of again returning to the unnoticed subaltern position,
in a force he had shown himself so competent to command.
At the battle of Waterloo Lieutenant Fox Strangways was
most severely wounded in the hip and spine, while com-
manding his gun on the crest of the hill, in the hotly-con-
tested position behind La Haye Sainte, and it was at first
supposed mortally disabled ; he was, however, conveyed to
the village of Waterloo, and it was several days before he
could be removed to Brussels, where the ball was extracted,
and he remained in great danger and suffering for months,
but ultimately returned with the army of occupation to
England. Lieutenant Fox Strangways returned to take
up the same undistinguished and subaltern rank that
was occupied by those of his brother officers who had re-
mained at home. Ho slowly, therefore, received, ac-
cording to seniority. and in the regular order, the dif-
ferent steps of rank, although always on active service.
Captain Fox Strangways was in command of the rocket
troop stationed at head-quarters on the occasion of his
Royal Highness Prince Albert coming to review the Royal
Regiment of Artillery immediately after his marriage.
His Royal Highness was cognisant, as a German prince
born near the locality, of the enormous results the great
victory at Leipsic had upon the early and final termina-
tion of the terrible war of which the battle of Waterloo
was the crowning event, and the Prince graciously con-
sented to place the undoubted claims of Capt. Fox Strang-
ways to brevet rank before tho Government of her Ma-
jesty; but so stripgent were the harsh and extraordinary re-
gulations governing the promotion of the British army at
• that time, that, even thus royally supported, it was respect-
, fully intimated, in answer to his Roy al Highness, that "it
was impossible to reward even great services performed so
long ago." Promoted in regular routine to the rank of
lieutenant-colonel after more than 40 years' active service,
Lieut.-Colonel Fox Strangways was sent to command
the Royal Artillery in the Dublin district. His Royal
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iu hcommand of the troops of all arms in the district,
and on all occasions distinguished Lieutenant-Colonel Fox
Strangways by the most gracious attentions and marked
approval. The regular term of the command having ex-
pired, Lieutenant-Colonel Fox Strangways returned to
head quarters at Woolwich, and, as the senior officer, as-
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towns of the northern departments of Franca.
The English Government having determined or sending an
army to the East, acting in conjunction with the Government
of France, Lieut.-Colonel Fox Strangways had the honour of
being named by the Master-General of the Ordnance to the
command of the Royal Horse Artillery attached to the expe-
dition; the command of the entire artillery of the British
army being confided to an old distinguished officer, Briga-
dier-General Cater, Royal Artillery. Upon his arrival in the
East, Lieut.-Colonel Fox Strangways was attached to the
light division, under the commend of General Sir George
Brown, find with his troops of horse artillery proceeded
from Scutari at once to Varna, thence to Davna, to Camp
Aladyn, and to Monastir, and while there he was summoned
to Varna and placed by the Commander-in-Chief of the
Eastern army in the important end high command of the
entire force of artillery in the British army of the East,
vacant by the prolonged illness of Brigadier-General Cater.
Lieutenant-Colonel Fox Strangways was thus placed in
command of the most important arm of the British army
at the East, and with few exception's was the senior in age
and length of servicesto any of the English officers in com-
mand of divisions, but still with the rank of lieutenant-
colonel. The general brevet made him a full colonel,
and the Commander-in-Chief, in token of his high appro-
bation of his merits, applied in the most flattering man-
ner to her Majesty's Government for the bestowal on
him of tile rank of brigadier-general, an honour at once
granted, with distinguished and most gratifying mention
of Colonel Fox Strangways' "brilliant services." This
just tribute to a long course of gallant services reached Cul.
Fox Strangways when actually embarked for the Crimea.
How well he merited the distinction he showed at the glo-
rious and hard-fought battle of the Alma. In the gallant
advance of the infantry against the Russian redoubts, the
clear judgment of the English commander saw a great crisis
in the battle, and that a moment might come when the noble
courage and devotion of the regiments engaged might he
over-horno by the deadly fire from the Russian forts. "Is
it possible to get artilleryover such ground," said theCom-
--mander-in-Chief. • --Arr immediate." Yes," was the answer
from Brigadier-General Fox Strangways, and he at once
put himself at the head of the nearest battery, commanded
by Captain Turner, of the Royal Artillery, and over every
obstacle, and under the most withering fire from the Rus-
sian forts, the battery was brought into action. The sub-
seqxeut and most masterly manoeuvres on Balaklava
brought Brigadier-General Fox Strangways again into ac-
tion with the enemy.
No reflections in illustration of the imperative necessity
existing for the late alterations in the system guiding the
promotion in the British army can give stronger proof
than this short notice of the career of so gallant an officer,
whose acknowledged merits would, in the service of any
other country, have long ago placed him in the highest
rank of his profession, as is proved by the positions held
in the Austrian and other services by officers of his own
standing. His comrade at the battle of Leipsic, Count
Walmoden, so well known and so highly esteemed in the
service of Austria, was but little the senior to Brigadier-
General Fox Strangways, whom ho served with at the
battle of Leipsic. Count Walmoden is now a field-marshal
in the service of Austria, and loaded with well-earned re-
wards. But, thanks to the late alteration, rewards for
distinguished service will for the future be within the
reach of those who merit them, and promotion may be
conferred for higher merits than seniority in age.

I speak, the allied flags of England, of France, and of
Turkey, wave triumphantly over the walls of Sebastopol-
(lmmense cheering.) We may, I think, without too
much presumption, nourish that hope ; for, have we not
everything to justify that confidence—the bravery and
loyalty of our soldiers, the noble emulation that animates
both armies and navies, and, over and above all, the
holy cause—liberty and civilisation—which they defend.
(Enthusiastic cheering.)
The LORD MAYOR then proposed " The Health of the
Lord Chancellor," who briefly responded to the toast.
The LORD MAYOR said he was extremely happy to find
that the Prime Minister and several other members of
her Majesty's Government had honoured him by their
presense on the present occasion. Their duties at the
pi!eeent time were of the most arduous nature, and,
kiidwing their zeal and devotion to their country, he was
surc'their healths would be received with the greatest
cordiality. (Loud cheering.)
The Earl of ABERDEEN—My lords and gentlemen, in
acknowledging the cordiality of my reception, and in re-
turning thanks for the honour which you have been
pleased to confer upon my colleagues and myself, there
are various topics to which I might without impropriety
advert on the present occasion ; but I will only say a
few words upon that subject by which the minds of all
men at this moment are almost entirely engrossed. On
this day last year, when I had the honour of being pre-
sedt in this hall, and of addressing those who were
then assembled, we still continued to enjoy a state of
peace. It is true that our prospect was then •threaten-
ing, but a war was not imminent, and as the policy
of her Majesty's Government was a policy of peace, I
declared that no efforts should be wanting on our part
to endeavour to preserve peace. (Cheers.) I know it
is the opinion of many that those efforts_ were too long
protracted, and that we ought at a much earlier period
to have had recourse to the arbitrement of the sword.
So far is that from being my opinion that, in spite of
the justice of the war, in spite of its disinterested ob-
jects, I am perfectly persuaded it never would have re-
ceived the universal support it has met with in this
country, and the general sympathy of Europe, had it
not been clearly seen and fully admitted that every effort
bad been employed to avert the horrors of war. (Cheers.)
I think it not improbable that many of those who have
been most eager for war are, perhaps, most easily dis-
couraged by thoseevicissitudes to which a state of war-
fare is proverbially liable ; but I trust that you will
never find anything of that sort on the part of her Ma-
jesty's Ministers. We are determined, under ell cir-
cumstances, to persevere in the endeavour to perfortn•
our duties in such a manner as our Sovereign and ,our
country have a right to expect from us. (Cheers. 2
Keeping steadily in view the great objects of the war:
and looking to the paramount interests of this country_
acting, too, in the strictest concert, with our great ally
—I cannot entertain a doubt that we shall be enabled
to bring this contest to a happy termination. (Cheers.)
The NOBLE EARL then proposed " The health of the
Lord Mayor," who briefly returned thanks.
The LORD MAYOR then proposed "The Judges."
The CHIEF BARON responded to the toast.
The LORD MAYOR next proposed "Lord John RWi•
sell and the House of Commons." (Loud cheers.)
Lord JOHN RUSSELL, in acknowledging the toast,
briefly referred to the late inquiry into the state of the
corporation, and was understood to express his convic-
tion that they were quite ready and willing to remove
all existing abuses. (Cheers.)

Lord PALMERSTON, who was received with several
rounds of applause, said the• Lord Mayor had been gra-
ciously pleased to permit him to propose a toast, which
he was sure would be drunk with the greatest satisfac•
tion, and be might say with the greatest enthusiasm.
The Lord Mayor had collected together an assemblage
in which might be found the most distinguished men in
this country, and the representatives of many of the
greatest and most considerable Powers of the Christian
world. But splendid as such a display must be con-
sidered, something would have been wanting if the Lady
Mayoress had not graced the company with her presence,
and if her ladyship's example had not led to the festive
board that blaze of female beauty which he had now

the pleasure of witnessing. (Cheers.) There was a
peculiar appropriateness in the toad which he was about
to propose. Whilst, on the one hand, they saw before
them the representative of that great nation which was
now in such active and cordial alliance with this coun- '
try, and had listened with admiration to the address
which that distinguished individual had delivered—whilst
his presence was an emblem of a happy national alliance
on every side might be seen instances of happy slomestio
alliances—(laughter)—and he trusted that the present
national alliance would be as durable as those domestio
alliances. (Cheers and laughter.) And he must le al-
lowed to say, when he looked around on the younger
portion of the female visitors he anticipated many future
happy alliances. (Loud cheers.) The noble lord con-
cluded by' proposing "The Health of the Lady Mayoress,'
which was duly honoured.
The LORD MAYOR returned thanks, and proposed
" The Health of the Sheriffs."
Mr. Sheriff MUGGRRIDGE and Mr. Sheriff CROSLRY
returned thanks.
" The Bar of England" was given, and responded to
by Mr. Sergeant SUER.
The LORD MAYOR proposed " Alderman Ennis and
the Court of Aldermen."
Alderman FINNIS returned thanks.
The LORD MAYOR then gave " Mr. Masterman and
the other Representatives of the City of London."
Mr. MASTERMAN acknowledged the toast, and the
dinner party soon afterwards broke up, a considerable
portion of the company retiring to the ball-room, where
dancing was kept up till a late hour.
The dinner, which was provided by Messrs. Staples,
of the Albion, received general commendation. Mr.
Harker officiated as toastmaster. The vocalists (under
the direction of Mr. Ransford) were Madame Weiss,
Miss Ransford, Miss Eyles, Mr. T. Young. Mr. Pope,
Mr. Manvers. Mr. Longhurst, Mr. W. E. Ransford,
Mr. Alfred Kempster, and Mr. Mattacks.
The following was the bill of fare :-
250 tureens of real turtle, containing 5 pints each ;
200 bottles of sherbet, 6 dishes of fish, 30 entrées, 4
boiled turkeys and oysters, 60 roast pullets, 60 dishes of
fowls, 46 dishes of capons, 50 French pies, 60 pigeon pies,
53 hams, ornamented ; 43 tongues, 2 quarters of house
lamb, '2 barons of beef, 3 rounds of beef, 2 stewed rumps
of beef, 13 sirloins, rumps, and ribs of beef ; 6 dishes of
asparagus, 60 do. of mashed and other potatoes, 44 do.
of shell fish, 4 do. of prawns, 140 jellies, 50 blancmanges,
40 dishes of tarts creamed ; 40 dishes of almond pastry,
30 ditto of orange and other tourtes, 20 Chantilly bas-
kets, 60 dishes of mince pies, 56 salads.
The Removes-80 roast turkeys, 6 leverets, 80 phea-
sants, 24 geese, 40 dishes of partridges, 15 dishes of wild
fowl, 2 pea fowls.
Dessert-100 pine apples, from 21b. to 31b. each ;
200 dishes of hot-house grapes, 250 ice creams, 50 dishes
of apples, 100 ditto of pears, 60 ornamented Savoy cakes,
75 plates of walnuts ,80 ditto of dried fruit and preserves,
50 ditto of preserved ginger, 60 ditto of rout cakes and
chips, 46 ditto of brandy cherries.