The Sun.
London, England, 1853-08-30 00:00:00

THE CROBHAM CAMP.

The following is an extract from a letter from
the Adjutant-General of the Forces to Commissary-
General Sir R. Routh, K. 0.8.

Horse Guards, Aug. 22, 1853.
The camp at Chobilam having broken up, and the
troops dispersed to their various quarters, the General
Commanding-in-Chief has imposed on me the agreeable
duty of conveying to you the expression of his entire
satisfaction at the admirable manner in which the Com-
missariat arrangements have been conducted and carried
out during the whole period of the encampment, and
with the quality and regularity of the supplies ; request-
ing that you will have the goodness to inform Mr.
Deputy Commissary-General Adams and the other gen-
tlemen of the Department acting under your direction
how fully sensible his Lordship is of the advantages the
troops have derived from the activity, zeal, and intelli-
gence displayed by them in the performance of their
important duties.

GENERAL POST OFFICE, Auch PlBs3.—The packet
established last year, by the Royal Mail Steam Packet
Company, to maintain a monthly communication be-
tween Savannah, the Bahamas and Jamaica, having
been withdrawn, closed mails can no longer be for-
warded via Savannah, to the Bahamas, and to Jamaica.
THE ROYAL FAMILY IN EDINBURGH.—We understand
that three of the Royal children who are not to accom-
pany her Majesty and Prince Albert to Dublin—con-
sisting, it is probable, of the Princess Royal, the Prin-
cess Alice, and the Princess Helena—are expected to
arrive in Edinburgh on Tuesday afternoon from London.
Apartments have been prepared for them in Holyrood
Palace ; and, after a day's repose, the illustrious party
are to resume their journey to Balmoral on Thursday
morning. Her Majesty and Prince Albert will arrive
in Edinburgh, according to the present arrangements, on
Monday week, by the Caledonian Railway, from Dub-
lin. After resting one night at Holyrood they will take
their departure for Balmoral the next day.—Edinburgh
Courant.

THE EARL OF ABERDEEN.—The portrait of the Earl
of Aberdeen has just been placed in the Town-hall. The
frame, which is of elegant material and workmanship,
bears the following inscription :—" The Right Hon.
George Earl of Aberdeen, K.T., &c. &c. &c., Lord-Lieu -
tent of Aberdeenshire, a tribute of respect conferred by
public subscription, 1851." The portrait forms a splen-
did addition to the ornaments of the Town-hall. We
understand that the noble earl, who is patron of the
Mechanics' Institution here, has intimated his intention
to contribute the sum requ;red beyond the subscriptions
of the Town Council (101.) and Mechanics' Institution
(51.)—amounting to fully the sum of these together—
for the purchase of casts, &c., for the School of Prac-
tical Art, under the auspices of the Government, and
connected, in so far, with the Mechanics Institution in
this city.— Aberdeen:Herald.
THE BRICKLAYERS' STRlKE.—Yesterday the firms of
Locke and Neasham and the Messrs. Holland settled
their dispute with the bricklayers, by consenting to in-
crease the wages 6d. per day. In the course of the day
the bricklayers in Myers' employ struck, and refused to
work unless an advance of 6d. per day was guaranteed
them.

THE CARPENTERS' STRIKE. —Yesterday the men in the
employ of the firm of Messrs. Myers had their demand
for au advance of 6d. a day conceded them, and they
accordingly returned to their work. The whole of the
master builders are gradually complying with the de-
mands of the carpenters.
DINNER TO GENERAL SIR JOSEPH THACKWELL, G. C. B.
—We have the pleasure of announcing that Lord Fitz-
hardinge and Lord Ellenborough have both signified
their intention of being present on this occasion. Glou-
cester Journ-

NEW CURE FOIL CONSIIMPTION.---Dr. Cartwright, of
New Orleans, asserts, from personal experience, that a
few hours spent in a sugar manufactory, inhaling the
saccharine fumes, is a certain cure for consumption.
ELECTRIC Gas.—The experiment of lighting London
by electric gas, obtained by the decomposition of water,
and applicable also to heating, and as a motive power,
at half the expense of ordinary gas, with equal illumi-
nating power, non-explosive, inodorous, and free from
smoke, is about to be tried on an extensive scale, and in
the event of its succeeding, it is said that all the pipes.
awl lamps in London maybe used with it.

REPRESENTATION OF EISBURN.—The Nwthern Whig
confidently calculates upon the return of a Liberal can-
didate for Lisburn, to fill the vacancy created by the
demise of the late member, Mr. R. J. Smyth.
PORTRAIT OF THE QUEEN FOR THE DUBLIN CORPO-
RATION.—Her Majesty has graciously complied with the
wishes of the Lord Mayor and corporation of Dublin to
sit for her portrait. Mr. Catterson Smith is engaged
for this important work, and Mr. Cranfield is to have
the honour of publishing an engraving from it.
MASTER CUTLER'S FEAST.—Amongst those who
have accepted the invitations to the cutlers' feast, which
will be celebrated on Thursday next, are Lord Wharn-
cliffe, Lord Edward Howard, the Lord Mayor of Lon-
don, the Bight Hon. the Lord Mayor of York, Mr.
Roebuck, M.P., Mr. Hadfield, M.P., Mr. Peto, M.P.,
the Hon. F. Stuart Wortley, the Mayors of Leeds,
'Ripon, and Wakefield.
SALE AT DAYLESFORD.—The sale of the furniture and
effects of the mansion at Daylesford, the seat of the late
Warren Hastings, was concluded yesterday, by Mr.
Lye, of the firm of Farebrother and Ciark, the estate
and manor having been previously disposed of to Mr.
Grisewood, of the Stock Exchange, for 30,250/. The
sale was numerously attended, , and the furniture and
other articles sold brought very good prices, although
the furniture was old and considerably worn. There
were several tables, couches, &c., in solid ivory, and
var;ous articles of oriental manufacture sold. The sale '
of the furniture occupied six days, and produced 4,000/.
The property has been sold by order of the executors
under the will of the late Mr. Hastings. At the com-
mencement of the last century the Daylesford estate
~vas alienated by the Hastings family, and it was upon
that occasion purchased by a London merchant. After
almost all di)"
the lapse of 70 years, it was re-purchased by the late
here hay
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tho PAUPERISM IN IRELAND.—The rapid
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unions. In some northern unions
vast numbers of Tof blankets and other articles
the workhouses. Although there
ctoitliaitTasantry are still proceeding to
harvest labourers, at good wages,
England and
saving of the crops. to obtain employment in the