The Sun.
London, England, 1853-07-05 00:00:00

THE CAMP AT CHOBHAM COMMON.

Yesterday was the first Monday of the new regime,
Under which it was positively asserted that both Mon-
days and Saturdays would be field days, yet the whole
of yesterday passed off at the camp in a very quiet,
if not a very dull manner. This, we believe, arose from
accidental causes, as up to Sunday afternoon a grand
field day was fully intended to take place -at -!-Virginia ,
Water ; and the public we think may,., therefore, con-
tinue to rely on the announcement which as a general
rule, and wind and weather permitting, fixes sham
battles for the first and last days of the week. As we
have said, we believe there was every intention of com-
mencing the operations at Virginia Water yesterday ;
and a party of Sappers and Miners were to have left the
camp at three a.m. yesterday morning, for the purpose
of pitching a tent near the pontoon bridge for the ac-
commodation of her Majesty and his Royal Highness
the Prince Consort, who were expected to honour the
review with their presence. But at a late hour on
Sunday night a messenger arrived at the camp from
Windsor countermanding the order for the erection of
the marquee on the following day, as her Majesty would
not be present. It was under these circumstances, we
believe, that the review was postponed ; and, should
the operations be commenced to-day at the pontoon
bridge, they will only be in the nature cf a rehearsal,
at which her Majesty will not be present. It is ex-
pected by all the officers that the pontooning manoeuvres
,will be„one of the most brilliant and warlike displays
that has been attempted in this country for sonic years
past. Orders have been issued to commanding officers
of the different regiments to see that the men march out
of step while crossing the pontoons, as it is thought
that the combined movement and weight of so great a
number of soldiers crossing at once might be perilous to
the stability of such a fragile structure. The troops will
parade at nine to-day.

THE NEW HALL IN BUCKINGHAM PALACE.—Accord-
ing to the newspapers, the ceiling has been painted in
oil, and panelled with a great variety of geometrical
forms, and adorned with shields of arms, heraldic badges,
the insignia of the national orders of chivalry of the
three kingdoms, the badge of the Prince of Vales, and
the monogram of the Queen and Prince, with wreaths
of flowers and the varies mottoes interspersed. A large
oval occupies the centre of the ceiling, in which are the
shields of her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince
Albert, surrounded by a wreath of flowers. On the one
side is the golden harp of Ireland in a circle of deep blue,
and on the other the lion of Scotland. The stars of the
orders of the Garter and St. Andrew, with the rose,
shamrock, and thistle, on squares of vermilion, are
arranged so as to form the points of the geometrical
forms into which the ceiling is panelled by colour. The
architectural ornaments of the architrave, frieze, and
cornice, are also picked out with vermilion and white,
blue, gold and white, and green and white.—Builder.
THE COMMITTEE ON DOCKYARD APPOI NTMEN
Yesterday, the committee whose sittings were a short
time since so protrated relative to the appointments and
promotions in the different dockyards, and in which the
proceedings of the late Board of Admiralty were in-
volved, re-assembled, in pursuance of an order of the
house, to inquire into the circumstances connected with
the memorials and correspondence regarding the restora-
tion of Lieutenant Engledue by the late Board of Ad-
miralty to his former rank in the service. The com-
mittee consisted of Lord Seymour (chairman), Lord
Hothani' Sir B. Hall, Sir F. Davie, and Mr. Beckett.
Admiral Berkeley, Captain Duncombe, M.P., Sir T.
Herbert, M.P., and several other witnesses, having been
examined respecting the circumstances of the transac-
tion, the committee adjourned to Tuesday next.
ROYAL COLLEGE 01' SURGEONS or ENGLAND.—TiIe
following gentlemen, having undergone the necessary'
examinations for the diploma of the college, were ad-
mitted members of the college, at a meeting of the
Court of Examiners, on Friday, the Ist instant :
Messrs. Samuel Argent, Hinckley, Leicestershire ;
William Hall Ryott, Thirsk, Yorkshire ; Ephraim
Matthews Cridge, Stoke, Devonport ; John Halliday,
Wakefield, Yorkshire ; John Henry Gould, Broad-
street, Golden-square ; Arthur Henry Sankey, Dover ;
William Turner, Lancaster ; Northcote William Spicer,
Chard, Somerset; Peter Clark Kirkconnell, Dumfries ;
Thomas Chaplin, Lewes, Sussex ; Richard Burford
Searle, Bridport, Dorsetshire.
SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH FROM ORFORDNESS TO
HOLLAND.—The following order has been issued by the
Trinity House :—" Notice is hereby given that the sub-
marine cables from Orfordness to Holland, lay in a
direction E.S.E. from the Orfordness Light House,
with the light house on with Gedgrave high trees,
bearing W.N.W., and that it is desirable that vessels
should not anchor with those marks or bearings on, lest,
by so ding, they damage the electric cable, or lose their
own anchors. —By order, J. HERBERT, Secretary."

SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH BETWEEN THIS COUNTRY AND
AMERlCA.—Arrangements are far advanced towards
completion. for laying down a submarine telegraph be-
tween the United Kingdom and America. It is intended
to connect the two countries, or rather the Old and
New Worlds, by means of Galway and Halifax—these
being the two nearest points of communication.
.The
distance is about 1,600 miles. The perfect practicability
of the thing has been guaranteed under the hand of
nearly all the eminent engineers of the day, and various
parties have sent in estimates for the execution of the
work. These estimates vary from 800,0001. down to
300,0001., and it is a remarkable fact that some of the
lowest estimates have been sent in by some of the most
respectable firms in the country. When this extraordi-
nary project has been carried out, we shall be able 'in
half an hour to send messages from London to New
York, and receive messages from the United States in
about half an hour. And not, we ought to add, from.
New York alone,
_ but from the• interior of America, the
electric telegraph being laid down for upwards of 2,000 •
On Wednesda,v miles up the country.
SUICIDE
to work Up 'the
after-
noonlast,
asAT s
otUeDnE colliersR s EI:D were—
goingroad leading to the railway station, known as Covi-late,
Hinley, near Huddersfield, they perceived a man lying,
as if sound asleep, in the corner of an elevated field ad-
joining. As he did not appear to-moVe; an aged znan,
named Simeon Oldfield, who was passing at the tithe,
was sent to awake him, and on arriving at the place
found him lying in a pool of blood, quite dead,
his throat having been cut in a very shocking man-
ner, evidently by a razor, which was found near
him. The colliers were anxious to get from t 4 place
so as not to be mixed up with the matter, but the old
man prevailed upon them to stop near the bodvi„ and
went immediately for the constable. A cart haying
been procured, the body was conveyed to the J'a&A's
Well inn, where it was identified as that of \Villain
Hanson, whose course of life has, we understand. le
some time back been dissolute and unhappy. Hy h 4
once before attempted to put' an end to his exiSterfe.
The deceased was forty-one'years of age. He has 14 a
wife and several children. 'An inquest before J. Dyson,
Esq., coroner, was held over _ the ;Jody on. Frptiv,
-whdn- a- verdict in accordance Tr:Sl tl..z.v circumstances
of the case was returned.