The Sun.
London, England, 1853-08-17 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

On Wednesday a company, with head-quarters, of the
62d Regiment, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel
Trollope, arrived at Kilkenny from Athlone. The day's
march was an exceedingly severe one in the present
warm weather. On Thursday another company of the
62d arrived from Shannon-bridge; whilst on the pre.
vious day a company from Athlone proceeded to Carlow,
and another, some days before, from Philipstown to
Maryborough. On Friday a company of the 62d arrived
at Wexford from Tullamore ; and the following day
another company, from Roscommon, proceeded to
Thurles to relieve a company of the 9th Regiment.
The company of the 9th Regiment, under the com-
mand of Captain the Hon. W. L. Talbot, to be relieved
atThurles by the 62d, proceeds to Clonmel to join head-
quarters ; and Captain Bethune's company of the same
regiment, from Wexford, arrived on Friday at Canick-
on-Suir, there to be stationed.
The company of the depot of the 2d or Queen's Regi-
ment, under command of Captain Squire, relieved by
62d at Maryborough, has joined head-quarters at Tern-
pletnore.
BlRR.—Three soldiers belonging to the depot of the
Ist Royal Regiment, attired anabourers, were placed
at the bar at Birr petty sessions charged with desertion.
Sub-constable Cox proved that on the night previous,
between ten and eleven, when on patrol near Rivers-
stown, he met the prisoners, who stated that they were
going to work at Nenagh ; suspecting that they were de-
serters, he apprehended them, and brought them to the
barracks, where they admitted that they were soldiers,
and stated where they had left part of their necessaries.
The court directed them to be handed over to their
commanding officer, and forwarfled a report of their
arrest to the Secretary of War. Two labourers named
Caddihy were charged with having in their possession a
stock, a pair of boots, &c., belonging to one of the de-
serters. They were fined 10s., treble the value of the
boots, &c., with costs of court, or be imprisoned one
fortnight each.

Thursday last a district court-martial, composed of
the following officers, assembled at Limerick, viz.:—
Lieutenant-Col nel Cuppwr"e, R.A. president • Major
Calder, Local Pensioners ; Major Bentinck, 7th D.G. ;
Captain Smith, R.A. ; Captain Dwyer, 16611 ; Captain
Trevor, 14th ; Captain Fraser, 60th ; Captain Douglas,
60th ; Lieut. Heywood, 14th ; Lieut. Williams, 60th ;
Lieut. Strode, 14th ; Lieut. Nichols, 60th ; Lieut. Earle,
60th ; Lieut. Haigue, R.A. ; Major Farren, 47th, de-
puty judge advocate. The members having been sworn,
proceeded to the trial of private Wm. Smith, 14th Regi-
ment, on charges of mutiny, by throwing a bottle at his
commanding officer, desertion, and making away with
necessaries in hospital. Witnesses being examined, the
court terminated its probeedings at two o'clock.
A half-company Royal Artillery, under Captain
Hamilton, on Wednesday r placed a similar force of -
Ca tain Freese's company on the Lower Shannon forti-
fications, comprising Kilkeeran, Tarbert, Carrigafoyle,
Dunaha, Kilcreedane, and the officer in command is at
Kilrush.

ROYAL COMMISSION.—A meeting of the Royal Com-
mission for the Exhibition of 1851 was held on Monday
at the Privy Council-office. The Commissioners present
were—Earl Granville, the Right Hon. E. Cardwell,
Sir W. Cubbitt, Sir C. Eastlake, Sir C. Lyell, and
Mr. Coulson, Q.C. Mr. E. Bowring, Secretary to the
Commission, was in attendance.
THE CLERGY ORPHAN CORPORATION. The usual
quarterly court of the governors and subscribers to this
valuable institution, which was incorporated in 1809, for
clothing and educating poor orphans of clergymen of the
Established Church, was held yesterday afternoon in the
Board-room, 79, Pall-mall, for the purpose of electing
six children into the asylum, and upon other business.
The Rev. Dr. Russell presided, and amongst those pre-
sent we noticed the Venerable Archdeacon Hale, the
Rev. Dr. Jacobson, and the Revs. G. Currey, R. T.
Wharton, J. D. Glennie, W. T. Bullock, and J. Evans.
The minutes of of the last Court having been read and
confirmed, and the election of six children from a list of
thirteen candidate proceeded with, the chairman an-
nounced several new subscriptions to the fund for build-
ing a new school at Canterbury, and uped upon the
clergy the necessity of exertions to obtain the subscrip-
tions still needed to carry out the objects contemplated.
The report states that the fund above alluded to was set
on foot by the Rev. Dr. Samuel Wilson Warneford,
who in February, 1852, gave 3.0001. to purchase a site
for a new boys' school ; 4,0001. towards building a
school for 100 boys, St. John's-wood schools being
given up the girls, and their number increased to 100 ;
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and 6,0001. to found six scholarships, three scholars to
be elected annually for two years each, at 301. per an-
num, from the date of their regular superannuation. A.
vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the pro-
ceedings.
METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENTS.—By order of the
commissioners for carrying out the improvements in the
city of London, a further portion of the houses in Ray-
street, Clerkenwell, are forthwith to be demolished, to
complete the direct line of communication from Black-
friars-bridge and Farringdon-street to Islington and the
Great Northern Railway terminus at King's-cross. The
long-talked of widening of Fenchurch-street is at last
being carried out, and the whole of the houses on the
south side, extending from Mark-lane, crossing London-
street and Railway-place, up to Church-row, contiguous
to the East India Company's warehouse, are being de-
molished for that purpose. A great many houses are
now being pulled down on the south side of Thread.
needle-street, in Finch-lane, and Spread Eagle-court,
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be opened throughout early in OctobYer. The Commis-
sioners of Works have recommenced operations to com-
plete the new street through Spitalfields, celled Com-
mercial-street, extending from the London Docks,
through Whitechapel, to Shoreditch.
A NARROW ESCAPE. —On Thursday night last as a
Barnsley vessel, heavily laden with timber, was proceed.
ing up the Trent from Hull to Gainsborough, she sud-
denly capsized near Althorpe Ness, in consequence of
the tide flowing very strongly and her cargo being piled
too high on her deck. The master, James Bray, and
another man and a boy succeeded in getting safely to
shore, but a little boy, seven years of age, was left in
the cabin, it being impossible to get at him, and it wasfeared he must perish. The vessel shortly afterwards
drifted, keel uppermost, to a sandbank, when the per-
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there seems not the least doubt now entertained but
that several men were prematurely hurried into eternity
when that portion of the cliff fell on Monday morning,
alluded to in our paper of yesterday. Three or four
persons who lived in the neighbourhood of Limekiln-
street and Snaresbrook-street, and one near the Theatre
Royal, have not been heard of since Monday morning,
although they were all seen near the spot where that
portion of the cliff cell a few minutes before the alarm
was sounded. There appears to be now strong ground
for concluding that several persons were crushed to
death when the immense fall of chalk took place. A
very considerable period must elapse before the autho-
rities of the town will be able to remove the ms,ss o
chalk, weighing nearly 2,000 tons, that fell, so as to
enable them to know for certainty how many perseas
have perished.