The Sun.
London, England, 1849-06-28 00:00:00

AUSTKIA.

VIENNA, JUNE 22.—The Wiener Zeitung, of this
day states that the Emperor has conferred upon the
Prince of Warsaw, Count Paskewicz von Crindon,
Field-Marshala and Commander-in Chief of the
u:sian Imperial Army, the Grand Cross of
the ()vier of St. Stephen, and has sent him
the
of the order set in brilliants. It
also appears from
Telt% -Wiener. Zeitung that the
brigade Pott and
were by a superior
were driven back to
anraolfmanintin has
force in the Island of cliiluivateissiall
Pered and A- Szelly ; the R
gone this day to reinforce them, t orrow the
Imperial army will begin to act on the otrentav
Several other movements took place on the same day,
and co-operated with the brigades of the reserve
corps on the Waag. Two field-pieces were taken
from the enemy, and thirty men were made prisoners.
A corporal of the Uhlanin regiment, and another
corporal of the light horse, immediately received
gold medals from the Master- General of the Ord-
nance, for having taken the field-pieces. The loss on
the side of the Imperialists is not stated.

SURVEY OF THE SEVERN.—A " crow's nest," very
similar in structure to that recently sees on the top of
St. Paul's, has just been completed on the tower of
Gloucester Cathedral, fur the purpose of taking obser-
vations for the survey of the river Severn, in accordance
with a recommendation by the Admiralty surveyor on a
preliminaryriet.hw,.improvement . i inquiry uoifryt uponhe a
navigationpro pos proposed
tßhiel Bill
sloovr
etrhne.
the to,;Vn
house or cot,v, is raised to a considerable height
thejathedral and is surmounted bya
The survey, which ,!:`above
zijanc..hed by means of along ladder.
made under the direction of
erect a Weir, hat the Admi-
ralty Admiralty, will coraii'?
whole of the estuary of
rtyh.e influence of the
the Severn, and all above itwtiteetst,,
wtidase,reexeetenntldyinpgrotpooasebdovetoTe
At this point it
ralty reported against it.
A REAL RELISHER OF A JOKE.--A man lately re_
MOVEMENTS OF THE COURT.—It iS now pretty ceived twenty lashes well laid on, at the whipping post
The culprit instead of bell
at Delaware.when
well understood in circles likely to be correctly
informed, that her Majesty will proceed to Ireland the unstable
officer
latheer i
al
ya laughed e ds t immoderately,dlhoawridnegr
on
which made the angry
h e therher©
angryrais t
er : officer,sai
said
couldth e
about the 4th of August next, going from Bristol to
Cork, and thence by Killarney to Dublin, where it is
stand it no longer. Well, .
expected her Majesty intends holding a Levee and a giving him the twentieth blow
Drawing-room, and subsequently will visit Prince
no more, but I'd just like to know what
,:t_aisn that's so
offended officer, ~ I've done my duty, and.l can. lick ye
Albert's shooting quarters in Scotland. There can be
funny?" " Funny!" roared the
,other. F_ ny! why
no doubt of the enthusiastic reception our beloved Queen
it's the best joke I ever heard of! "Funny ! Well what
will meet with in the "Sister Isle," and we feel confident
the joke?" "Joke!" roared the other, ", why, it's
of the greatest benefits resulting from the arrangement. is
—Evening Paper.
•
excellent. You've got the wrong Smith ! I ain t the man
POSTPONEMENT OF THE CHATHAM REVIEW. In Now you'll
that was to be whipped! It's the other one!
consequence of the serious illness of one of the senior have to go it all over again! Really it's too good! You
officers of the garrison of Chatham, the siege operations, must lick the other mart! Ha! ha!
which were intended bbe carried on there on the 30th CITY COMMISSIONERS OF SEWERS.-011 Tuesday a
Court was held, Mr. Deputy Peacock in the chair, at instant, are unavoidably postponed.
which it was determined that certain localities, having
A building in Lewes, county of Sussex, was one
day last week set on fire by the sun. The suit's rays been seriously attacked by cholera, they should be im
were concentrated on it through a skylight, the panes of mediately examined by the inspector for the district, and
which having a slight convexity in the centre, acted as a the works necessary to render them healthy at once
lens iu bringing the rays to a focus. undertaken.