The Sun.
London, England, 1849-06-25 00:00:00

Mr. C. LAWLESS then rose to move another amend-
ment, and was

(LEFT SPEARING.)
CONTINEN TAI. TRAFFIC

NEWHAVEN.—We are glad to find the number of
passengers increasing between the ports of Newhaven
and Dieppe. The fast sailing steam boat Magician,
now performs the passage regularly three times a
week each way. On Friday, the 15th instant, she
arrived with 49 passengers at this port, and on the
following day sailed for Dieppe with 30. The arrival
and departure is an object of attraction to the locality,
and no doubt the Packet Wharf will be much fre-
quented as soon as :the intended, very important, and
desirable improvements are carried into effect, by
widening the east pierpli
haen de
epening the h
about five
ve hoursarbu harbour.
and
The
alvfo;yaangdeNiseawchcaovmen is now the shortest, cheapest,
and most direct route for London and Paris. The
Brighton and South Coast Railway, and the General
Steam Navigation Companies united, enable any one
to have the option of return tickets (extending to 15
days) for either London or Paris. The large wharf
at Newhaven adjoins the splendid building called the
London and Paris Hotel, of which Mr. Bacon_(of the
New Steine Hotel, Brighton) is the landlord, and
supplies on a moderate scale of charges. The hotel
is tastefully and elegantly furnished, and every
facility and convenience is given for embarking
and disembarking at the quay where the steamer
lies ; and, on the other side of the hotel,
under cover, passengers may step from the railway
carriages to the hotel, a portion of which is used
for the Customs. The structure of the hotel com-
mands extensive sea and land views—of the ship-
ping, the Downs, and of the deep and noble bay of
Seaford—and is contiguous to tne mouth of the har-
bour.
The hotel is of great magnitude, the rooms
being numerous, spacious, and lofty; and it is well
adapted in every respect for a very extensive business
for passing travellers and visitors, also for sea-bathing
residents. The neighbourhood of Newhaven is diver-
sified by hill as well as valley, and the Downs, which
appear to dip at thin point, command the
most extensive views of Brighton and Wor-
thing on the one hand, and Seaford hills,
town and hay ; where during strong easterly
winds, a con-iderable number of vessels anchor for
shelter, and is a site much recommended by her
Majesty's Harbour of Refuge Commissioners for a
national breakwater, -at an estimated cost of
1,250,0001., having great depth of water there at all
tides, and lying midway between Dover and Ports-
mouth—and ieachy Head still farther east, on the
other. Newhaven promises, from situation, to be-
come a great naval station as soon as th'. Govern-
ment funds can be provided for the proposed
harbaur of refuge. This port being nearer
to London than Portsmouth or Dover, gives a
superior advantage to Newhaven, and will increase
the revenue (already considerable) obtained from
the passage and gcods' traffic on the Newhaven
line. Every facility required by the officers of Cus-
toms, for examination and passing of luggage, have
been fully supplied by the company. Passports are ob-
tairid at the wharf, and nothing is omitted to make
Newhaven pre-eminently (A. 1) the best port for French
traffic. A new town is gradually springing up near the
railway station, amd the widening of the harbour will,
most probably, lead some commercial enterprising
men to a mosa desirable and no doubt profitable spe-
culation in the immediate locality—that which is al-
ready half formed by nature itself, particularly near
Sleeper's Hole, and must strike every observer, viz.,
the erection of docks near the mouth of the Ouse, and
Lewes would soon follow the example. Newhhaven
must eventually become what nature has so visibly
intended—the best harbour ,on the southern coast.—
Sussex Express.

ARRIVAL OF HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF THE
BELGIANS.—Her Majesty the Queen of the Belgians,
attended by a limited suite, arrived at the Brick-
layer's Arms Station of the South-Eastern Railway
this afternoon from Dover, where her Majesty disem-
barked from Ostend this morning. The Queen and
suite entered one of the Ro3 al carriages in attendance
and proceeded to Buckingham Palace. The King of
the Belgians has returned to Brussels from a visit to
Liege.
ASSAULT or ARAB.--On Saturday an assault of
arms took place at Willis's Rooms, under the patronage
of Colonel John Hall and the officers of the Ist Regment
of Life Guards. There was a large and highly respect-
able attendance of visitors present, who appeared to take
a warm interest in the proceedings. The exhibition
comprised swordsmanship, stick-play, sparring, and ether
amusements, and was commenced by Messrs. Arnold and
Sherry taking the foils. They were followed by Messrs.
Bushman, jun., and Jackson, Sergeant Tuohy and Mr.
A. Sherry, Sergeant Collins and Mr. Winterbottom,
each pair of whom showed the most surprising mastery
of their weapons, and the due combination of elegance
with dexterity. This part of the performance was suc-
ceeded by a sabre encounter between Mr. Bushman and
Sergeant Tuohy, in which the latter, notwithstanding his
matvelous rapidity and audacity of manner, was obliged
to succumb to the calm and v% ell-directed skill of the
former. A. stilt more interesting exhibition was the
opposition of the bayonet to the sword, for the pur-
pose of testing which is the most effective weapon.
The musket, with spring bayonet attached, was wielded
by Sergeant Tuohy in the first instance, Mr. Bushman
taking the sword. After a time the former, getting
rather the worst of it, the different weapons were
changed, and in the hands of Mr. Bushman the victory,
which seemed at first to rest in favour of the sword, was
eventually decided for the bayonet. Nothing could be
more satisfactory than the proof which Saturday's ex-
hibition supplied, that in resolute hands the bayonet is
one of the most effective of all our weapons of war. After
this part of the performances had terminated, Mr. Bush-
man performed the feat of cutting through a large leg of
mutton with one sweep of the sabre. He also severed a
thin handkerchief, previously placed on his sword's edge,
and handed round the large bar of lead which ho had cut
in two, two days previously before her Majesty in Rolland
Park. After some very clever stick play, young Keene,
the well known pugilist, put on the gloves with Mr.
Arnold, the benefictare, and some sparring commenced,
which excited a very lively interest, in none more so,
judging by appearances, than in Sir R. Peel, who, with
two of his sons, was present.

- -
JAMES WARD AN ARTIST.--ID this age of won-
ders, when each new year teems with discoveries in art
and science which awaken our warmest admiration, we
are gratified in bei▪
ng enabled to record the triumphs of
intrinsic merit, claiming kindred
'clbayss es of educated society. James
intuitive genius soaring above the prejudices allied to
aehdnadmpion
of
with
crudtr,hetehoerpi
oegi
in.s
c,
England, has, unassisted by
the slightest instruction, become an artist in the most
pure and unqualified. sense of the term. His last
forms as chaste a portraiture of
pro-
duction, " Tne Setting bun," dipping his brilliant orb
wave,
from the most masterly pencil.
And happy
i,urnahtteoh
reohoarsi blushingzeovno n
distribution of the varied
coloured cloin!s, dis•
play a bolf,ness of outline which the
fearless hand of truth could alone have ventured to
depict. The perspective is in admirable keeping. The
foreground is also beautifully relieved by the distant
coruscations emitted from the departing god of day,
while the presence of a small bcat, resting near the
bank, forms an interesting object in this faithfully deli-
neated sketch of nature. In tact, the chiora-oscuro, or
happy blending of light with shade, is perfect ; but the
really transending excellence of the painting will be dis-
covered in the hitherto unapproached and felicitous tone
of colour pervading the whole picture. We have never
before seen realised, even in the works of Turner or
Denby, splendid as their productions are allowed to be,
that peculiar warmth of colouring which indicates the
concentration of heat and light; but immediately the
eye rests upon Ward's picture, an idea is conveyed that
the sun is basking in the borrowed refulgence of some
concealed agency, so perfectly transparent and fire-
emitting an orb does it appear! Most heartily do we
congratulate Mr. Ward upon this extraordinary work
of art, illustrating the poetic lines of Anacreontic
Moore—

"How brilliant the sun looked in sinking!
The waters beneath him, how bright."
—Liverpool Courier.

TROOPS FROM INDIA.—CHATHAM, JUNE 21.—Last
night the following detachments of regiments serving in
India arrived at the Invalid Depot, Fort Pitt :—one private
of the 3d Light Dragoons, six men of the 29th Foot, three
sergeants and three privates of the 32d, twenty-three privates
of the 53d, one sergeant and one private of the 61st, and one
sergeant and thirteen privates of the 98th Regiment, under
command of Lieutenant Drought, R. Croasdaile, of the 61st,
with seven women and sixteen children ' • and after medical
inspection by the chief medical officer, Dr. M. Henry, seven-
teen were sent into the hospital. The whole of the troops
are from the Sutlej, and landed at Gravesend from the ship
Trafalgar, Captain Robson. The ship sailed from Calcutta
on the 11th of February, and put in at the Cape on the 15th
of April, where she remained four days. The number of
casualties on beard were seven previous to the ship arriving
at the Cape. Captain T. Hussey Burgh, of the 61st, died on
board, and at the Cape private Ratcliffe, of the 53d, fell clown
the companion into the hold of the vessel and was killed.
The following soldiers died on the voyage :—Private P. Re-
mington and private Joseph M'Grath, both of the 10th
Foot; private John Driscoll, of the 29th ; private Hughi
se
Hughes, of the 32d, and private J. Owen, of the 53d. Those
troops that did not require medical treatment we
St. Mary's Invalid Depot for examination by Chelsea
sent
a e
The 17th Regiment will arrive at Chatham in two divisions;
soard.
to
the first division under command of Brevet Lieutenant.
Cthoelohneelad
head-quarters,
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teerrsso, n ,u
ncdoemr esc imn
m onn
d Friday,
L i utt ehne a n2t2-'CI o; oannedl
Stoyte, arrives on Saturday, the 23d. The strength of the
corps t
ei is
no:,s
fifovl
el osw t
as :—fourff, forty-sevenfield officers,sergeants, ten captains,
sixteen
drummers, t en t 3
and 738 rank and file.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE. WANSTEAD, SATURDAY
EVENlNG.—Between one and two o'clock this day a fire
i inCganii:effiic:tlluabl'a, ram
c. E
that could be obtained was speedily
but
xa ton,lle efforts
w
communication
assistancew was
s
broke out in a hay stack on the premises of Mr. Richard
brought to bear,
pnroays
made by electric telegraph to the London fire brigade,.
which immediately started for the scene of the confla-
gration. On the firemen reaching Mr. Plaxton's they
found four large stacks of hay in one body of flame, and
their principal exertions were: therefore directed to
tho safety of the house, granaries, and other surrounding
buildings, upon which the engines were playing up to
a late hour. The four ricks of hay were completely
destroyed. The origin of the fire has not been as-
certained.

'I be Earl of Suffolk had an interview with Sir George
Grey on Saturday. Mr. Ilamilto•n, M.P., had also an
interview with the Right lion. baronet ou Saturday, at
the Home•office.