The Sun.
London, England, 1836-05-03 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

Major Copland, of the 2d Dragoon Guards, has arrived in
London, on leave of absence from his regiment, in the garrison
of Dublin.

Major Tuite, of the 3d Light Dragoons, has joined at Cork,
from leave of absence, and taken command of the squadron of
his regiment stationed there.
Major Lloyd, of the 73d, has joined at Birr, and assumed
the command of the depot companies of that regiment, in suc-
cession to Major Hamilton, who is under orders to join the
service companies at Corfu.
The draft from the depot of the 83d, destined to join the
service companies of that regiment, marched from Boyle on
the 27th ult. for Dublin, whence it will proceed by steam
conveyance to Cork, for embarkation for Nova Scotia.
The depot companies of the 81st Regiment, under the com-
mand of Major Willcocks, marched from Fermoy on the 25th
ult., for Clare Castle, in order to relieve the depot com-
panies of the 2d battalion 60th Rifles, which are under orders
to proceed to Fermoy.
Two companies, with the bead-quarters of the depot of the
88th Regiment, under the command of Major O'Hara, arrived
at Nanagh on the 27th ult., from Charles' Fort, Kinsale,
and relieved the depot companies of the 27th Regiment, which
proceed on the same day, under the command of Major Mac-
lean, on the route to Charles' Fort.
Major Dixon, of the Royal Engineers, has been appointed
to the command of the Engineer department at Jamaica.
Died at Demerara, on the 4th of March last, Captain J. W.
Spellen, of the Royal Artillery, aged 47 years.
Lieut. Robert Bolton, of the 13th Regiment, had a condi-
tional order for a criminal information granted against him
Thursday in the Court of King's Bench, for calling a gentle-
man named Cooper " a d--d scoundrel." This unpleasant
affair occurred during a day's coursing last season.
PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 30.—The 7th regiment will remove
from this garaison to the King's House, Winchester, as soon
as the 58th depot companies arrive from Plymouth ; and the
depot of the 2d battalion of the Rifles from Jersey. The de-
pot of the 58th is ordered here from Plymouth.

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL.—On Saturday
the committee of the whole Court assembled at Guildhall, the
Lord Mayor in the chair, for the purpose of discussing the
propositions for the reform of the municipal institutions of the
city. Mr. Pritchard observed that as Sir Peter Laurie was
not in his place to submit the motion of which he had given
notice, that the Court of Aldermen should be continued as a
separate Court, as he (Mr. Pritchard) should propose his in-
tended amendment in the form of an original motion. It was
that the Court should, as a separate Court, be abolished, and
that the power of its members, except as justices, should be
in future exercised by the Courts of Mayor, Aldermen, and
Commons in Common Council assembled. Sir Peter Laurie,
who entered while Mr. Pritchard was commenting upon his
motion, contended that the members present, consisting of
twenty-six Common Councilmen and three Aldermen, were
not competent to decide upon so important a question as that
before the Committee. After a long discussion, in which
the Lord Mayor, Mr. Lawrence, Mr. Prior, Mr. Galloway,
Mr. Heppell, Alderman 'enables, Sir C. Hunter, and other
gentlemen, bore part, the following amendment was ultimately
carried :—" That the Court of Aldermen should be continued
as a separate Court, but that for the future the whole of the
City cash should be under the control, and expended only, by
the authority of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons
in Common Council assembled."

TRADE.—If we could possibly persuade ourselves
that all is gold that glitters at present, we could say at once
—without reference to " the oldest man living "—never was
there a palmier period in the manufacturing and commercial
history of Britain. For years the store-master was cased in
velvet, while his neighbour in the valley was out at elbows, or
something like it; and it is only of late that continued elas-
ticity in the commercial world, in connection, very possibly,
with other causes, has brought re-action to the door of the
arable farmer. That his prospects have mended greatly, if
not his fortune, we at once admit ; and looking a few mqths
back, numerous contrasts might be pointed out bearing, at
least, some resemblance to those which, at the close of an
iron winter, precede and follow a tropical spring.—Duniffies
Courier.

EGYPT.—An e3timate of Mehemet Ali's regular
force showed that in Egypt he had 27,700, in .Sunhar and
Kordofan 6,300, in Syria 47,200, in Candia 6,300, and in fled-
jas and Yemen 12,900 men, making in all 100,400 men. The
whole of his irregular force consisted of cavalry, including ad-
venturers of every tribe, chiefly Bedouins. This body, amoun-
ting to 13,450 men, was remarkably daring, and all tho-
roughly trained. His navy consisted of eight vessels of 110
guns, three others on the stocks, four line-cf-battle ships of
102, 90, and 54 guns, five frigates of from 60 to 50 guns
each, one frigate on the stocks, five corvettes of from 20 to
24 guns each, 9 brigs of from 22 to 10 guns, and one cutter
of 10 guns, makki on the whole 36 vessels of war.