The Sun.
London, England, 1849-12-29 00:00:00

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COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SCHOOL.
Mrs. ROWE begs to return her sincere thanks to these La-
dies and Gentlemen who lent their aid in securing the Election of her
SON to the Schools of the above Institution, for which kindneis she
will ever feel grateful.
Camberwell, December 29, 1849.

Up to the time of our going to press the French
papers of yesterday had not arrived, owing to the
stormy state of the weather.

THE ARMY AND NAVY.
(From the United Service Gazette of this day.)
OUR NAVAL FORCES.
The following is a statement of the Naval Forces
afloat of this country in ships, guns, and men, at the
present moment :
Stations. Ships. Guns. Men.
Portsmouth
Devonport
Falmouth Packets
Sheerness 5 108 958
Woolwich 8 61 638
Deptford
Chatham ..
P. mbroke 2 12 44
Queenstown 8 111 1,164
Lisbon
Mediterranean 2B 800 8,222
West Indies
Pacific
Coast of Africa
South east Coast of America 11 152 1,694
Cape of Good Hope 6 68 827
Discovery and Surveying
Store and Troop-ships 4 26 372
Admiralty Packets

Total 199 2,718 2!;217
This gives a total of 199 ships, 2,718 guns, and 29,217
officers and men. There are, however, about 1,000 su-
pernumeraries not included here, and this number is ex-
clusive of marines ashore at their respective divisions.
Arrests or NICARAGUA.— We announced a few
weeks since that Rear-Admiral Hornby, C. 8., Com-
mander-in-Chief in the Pacific, had been ordered to
proceed from Valparaiso, with all the men-of-war he
could collect, to Nicaragua, and place his squadron at
the disposal of the British Charge d'Affaires, for the
protection of British interests against the designs and
encroachments of the Yankees in that quarter. We
have now also reason to believe that Vice-Admiral
Lard Dundonald, Commander-in-Chief in the West
Indies, will also assemble all the ships he can get
together on that station, and proceed to the Mosquito
shore with the same view.'
ROYAL MARINES.—It is rumoured that Colonel
Powell retires early in the ensuing year. The Lords
Commissioners of the Admiralty have given direc-
tions for the men of the Royal Marines to be in
future paid three times a week, instead of twice as
heretofore.-

Lieutenant-General Sir Andrew Barnard, G.C.8.,
and G.C.H., recently appointed Lieutenant-Governor
of Chelsea Hospital, attended a meeting of the Com-
missioners on Saturday last, and took his seat at the
board, of which he is now a member by virtue of bis
appointment.
UNITED EAST INDIA SERVICE CLUB.—Upon the
recent election of secretary to this club, Major R.
D. White had 115 votes; Major Crafton, late of the
Bombay Army, 18 votes; 8 fell to a Mr. Biscoe, and
2 to the former secretary to the Free-trade Club.
There were fifty-six candidates for the office, among
whom were many retired and half-pay officers.
SPIKE ISLAND, CORE.—The Government having
directed that 300 additional convicts shall be sent to
the convict depot at this place, a strong detachment
from the 41st Regiment, under a Field Officer, will
embark for the island, as a reinforcement to the guard
already stationed there.
THE PRESENT STRENGTH Or THE ARMY IN IRE-
LAND.—RoyaI Artillery-2 Troops Horse Brigade,
10 Companies of Battalions and Detachments, 1,160
Gunners and Drivers ; 10 Dragoon Regiments, 4,000
Rank and File ' • 24 Infantry Regiments, 10 Infantry
Depots, 24,000 Rank and File ; Officers of Royal En-
gineers, and Recruiting parties, 610 ; together with
21,800 Enrolled Pensioners, and 12,000 Constabulary
Horse and Foot.

TDB NEW LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY AND DE•
vorirowr DOCKYARD.-It is now reported that there
will be no vacancy created for a Lord of the Ad-
miralty, by appointing Lori John Hay Superinten.
dent of Devonport Dockyard, before the meeting of
Parliament, when his Lordship will accept the
Chiltern Hundreds, and then succeed Sir John Louis:
In the meantime the Vice-Admiral remains at Devon-
port Dockyard.