The Sun.
London, England, 1849-06-23 00:00:00

THE ARMY AND NAVY.

(From the United Service Gazette of this day.)
THE COAST OF AFRICA. CORRESPONDENOE.—Great
complaints exist on the coast of Africa respecting letters
and papers forwarded monthly by ships-of-war from
England. Some stringent Admiralty order on the sub-
ject would render an essential benefit to those serving
there. There is a recent instance of one ship-of-war
communicating with another, and nearly parting com-
pany again before recollecting that she bad a bag of let-
ters to deliver. We know that in some stations this sub-
ject receives the greatest attention on board the flag

ships.
PRESIDENCY OF THE ROYAL NAVAL SCHOOL.—We
understand that Rear. Admiral Bowles, C. 8., M.P., has
withdrawn his letter of resignation, and has consented
to continue President of the
Royal Naval School.
The Admiralty have ordered not only the Royalist,
now in the East Indies, but the Adelaide, intended as a
steam- tug for Port Adelaide, to proceed to the Cape,
and there to be employed as tenders to the Commodore's
ship.
It is reported that Captain Charles Fremantle, who
paid off the Albion, 90, last year, after a short period of
service in her, will again be appointed to the command of
that ship.
THE CANADA COMMAND.—The command of the
forces in Canada is to be divided between Major-
General W. Rowan, and Lieutenant-General Sir John
Harvey—the former to have the rank (local) and pay of
a Lieutenant-General on the Staff; and the latter, in ad-
dition to his government, and also the pay of a Lieu-
tenant-General on the staff—by this arrangement a sav-
ing will accrue to the public.
THE HONG•KONG COMMAND.—A reduction is about
to take place in the military establishment at Hong-
Kong. It is to cease to be a Major-General's command,
and to be placed under that of a Colonel on the Staff. It
is rumoured that Colonel Trevor, 59th, is likely to be
selected for the appointment.
CHATHAM GARRISON.-vire regret to announce that
Lieutenant-Colonel Weare, K.H., commanding the Pro-
visional Battalion, has been attacked with serious illness,
which has confined him to his bed since Sunday last.
VANCOUVER'S ISLAND.—The Hudson's Bay Company
have submitted to the consideration of the Government
the expediency of allowing Pensioners to emigrate to
this colony, to be formed for service under Staff Offi-
cers in the manner adopted in the emigration to New
Zealand.
The Land Service Practice Battery, ordered to be con-
structed outside Fort Cumberland, for the Royal Marine
Artillery, is not to be commenced until after the next
official visit of the Lords of the Admiralty to Portsmouth.
TROOPS IN THE TROPICS.—We noticed some short time
since that a Board of Officers had been ordered to as-
semble to investigate and report as to the best means of
providing sanitary accommodation for troops in the West
Indies. It has recommended the use of hospital mar-
quees for sanitary encampments, which are, on all occa-
sions, to be double, with an interspace of eighteen or
inches, judiciously ventilated along the ridges.
Each marquee is to accommodate not more than twelve
twenty
nntwy with bedsteads, which will give a space of nearly
five feet for every bedstead, and between the two ranks
of bedsteads, by night, four feet, and, when turned up by
day, ten feet, thus allowing ample room for tables, forms,
&c. This arrangement will entail a trifling additional
expense, but the recommendation has been fully ap-
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preyed of both by the Ordnance and other military autho-
rities, and instrt etions issued immediately to have it car-
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have such objection. The above arrangements we
think very judicious, and such as we were led to
expect when we observed the constitution of the Board.
Although great sticklers for a wise economy of the
public money, still we feel assured that a trifling,
indeed, any reasonable, expense would be readily
acceded to by every rightly-constituted mind, which has
for its object to allay the fearful mortality which at
times take place in tropical climates, and which, no far-
ther back than last year, decimated the ranks of the 66th
andl72d Regiments at Barbadces.
STAFF OFFICERS OF PENSIONERS.—Captain Christie
having been removed from Taunton to the newly-created

le 16 Aberdeen .. •• .• .... ••••• • • • • • ••• • •
17 Amiens and Boulogne. .... • • ........
16 Belfast and Ballymena •••••••• • • • • ••
17 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire
17 Bolton, Blackburn, Clithercre, and W. Y.
17 Bristol,and Exeter •• . ...... ..... •
10 Ca1ed0nian............. .......... • •
16 Chester and Holyhead.....
11 Dublin and Drogheda...... .........
19 Dublin and Kingstown .. •••• • • • •
16 Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen •••• • • • •
17 East Anglian.... • • •••••••• • • • • • • ••
16 Edinburgh and Glasgow .• • • •••• • • • •
16 Edinbnrgh and iforthern •••••• • • • • • •
17 Eastern Counties and North Eastern..
17 East Lancashire . • ........ •••• • • ••
16 Eastern Union • • • • ..... .•••• • • ••
16 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr ......
16 Glasgow and Greenock.. .......
17 Great Northern and E. L. ••••.• • . • •
16 Great Southern and Western • .......
17 Great Western, &c •• .• ...• ..........
Kendal and Windermere.• ..... • • • •
17 Lancashire and Y0rk5hire............
10 Lancaster and Carlisle • ..
17 Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport....
16 Londonderry and Enniskillen • .......
17 London and North Western, &c. .....
17 London and Blackwall • ••••
16- London asuLitzighteu, •• •• •••• • •••,.t•
17 London and South Western
16 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire
17 Midland, Bristol, and Birminghani....
17 Midland Great Western (Irish) ......
Monklands
Newcastle and Carlisle •• • •
Norfolk .. ••• • • • • ...........
17 North British ......................
16 Paris and Rouen ...• • •
16 Rouen and Havre .... •
17 Scottish Central .• ••• • • • ...... • •
Shrewsbury and Chester • • ..........
16 South Eastern and Branches ........
10 South Dev0n...................
16 Taff Vale •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• ••
•
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9 Waterford and Limerick....... ••• • ..
10 Whitehaven Junction ...............
17 York and Newcastle .••••••• • • • .• • •
16 York and North Midland .

517
1,121
542

430
4,477
6,062
1,749

400
1,306
438
887

861
1,027
1,013

4,072
1,112

631
3,554
2,118
15,619
3,141
1,325
2,8711
1,042
2,029
3,595
23,078

781
1,090
1,052

636
3,402
1,449
16,417
1,608
1,548
2,066
1,097

12,519
2,272
216

2,334

141
44,528
1,004
.10.936
41.964
3.513
20,193
.1,054

12,090
2,446

153
47,745
1,336

!0,926

2,678
5,138
2,429
1,322
1,381
9,177
1,791
2,631
709

3,338
23,113
910

2,016
3,882
1,682

202
11,741
7,218

CREMORNE GARDENS.

632
10,293
1,588
1,846
775

214
12,554
8,240

This charming, picturesque, and popular suburban re-
sort has not been inaptly described by the imaginative
being who pens the programme of the place, as " the
modern Ranelagh, the garden of the Million," for cer-
tainly it has a goodly share of the support of that
portion of the multitude—and their name is legion
—who are habitual pleasure-seekers ; while its attrac
tions are not even surpassed by its more aristocratic
rival Vauxhall itself. Young ladies, bewitchingly attired
in pink bonnets and French visites, and showily-dressed
gents," the aim of whose existence appears to be that
of rattling through the polka or the schottische with the
velocity of a spinning jenny, nightly assemble at Cre-
morne, in immense numbers—their happy, self-satisfied
visages, with the merry laugh, and lively prattle of their
fair companions, affording a fund of inexhaustible enjoy-
ment to the Brothers Cheryble, who are tempted now
and than by the splendour of the season, to abandon
the dingy lanes, and never•ceasing turmoil of the still
dingier city, for a sail on the river, and a stroll
amidst the shady groves and tastefully planted
walks of these delightfully situated and well
arranged grounds. Nor are the juvenile part of the
community, whose joyous scream of delight as a bril-
liant rocket illumines the surrounding firmament, or a
daring grenadier plants the
"Flag that's braved a thousand years
The battle and the breeze,"
on the dizzy heights of the fortress of Moultan, adds
greatly to the spirit of the scene, much less numerous in
their attendance; and one can hardly wonder at this,
since, irrespective of the beauties which nature and art
have bestowed on the place, there are all kinds and de-
scriptions of amusement, from cricket and bowls, from
archery and gymnastics, up to stage representations and
musical performances—in fact there is something to
please every taste. Then, again, for the contemplative
mind, there is a graphic panoramic representation of
California, a truthful though ideal illustration of a
woodman's hut, buried in the gloomy solitude of an
American prarie, with some admirably executed works
in sculpture. These are the attractions to be witnessed
in daylight, but when.the shades of evening have closed
in, there is a vocal and instrumental concert, a Ballet
d'Action, and La Danse al Fresco, to while
away the time till the Storming of ,Moultan, a spirit-
stirring affair-,.a long series of rational entertainments.
We mu.t not omit making a passing allusion to a change
which has been made in the mode of publishing the bill
of fare. Now, instead of a flimsey sheet, you are sup-
plied with a neatly got up book, in a pamphlet form,
bearing the title of the " Theatrical Programme; or,
L'Entre-acte," which contains some readable and
amusing matter, besides a glowing description of the
establishment. Altogether, these gardens present many
novel and at ractive features, and those who take plea-
! sure—and who is there that does not—in healthful
recreations, would experience no disappointment in
paying them a visit.