The Sun.
London, England, 1841-11-19 00:00:00

WOOLWICH—WEDNESDAY. '
ROYAL ARTILLERY.
Captain Greenwood's company, about to proceed to
China, attended cohorne practice this morning on the
Upper Common. As this is a description of exercise
seldom performed here, it may be necessary to observe
that a cohorne is an engine of a similar construction to
a mortar, but so small that two men can carry it on a
hand-barrow. When used in actual warfare it is carried
to within from 100 to 200 yards of the spot against which
the missiles discharged from it are to be directed, the
chamber for containing the powder being so small that it
cannot contain a charge sufficient for a greater range.
The shells fired from the cohornes this morning were
about four inches and two-fifths in diameter, and the
practice showed they are excellently adapted for firing
over an elevated wall to dislodge troops stationed on the
inside of it. In the afternoon the company attended
rocket-practice in the marshes, and have evidently ac-
quired a thorough knowledge of the various branches of
the science, surprising, considering the short period they
have been under instruction.
Yesterday the Miiskets of the company were called in,
and placed amongst the stores of the Royal Arsenal, and
to-day they are to be served with handsome carbines, on
the new construction, with percussion locks. It is a
positive fact, that the certainty of the men being served
with the new and approved arms previous to embarking
on this expedition has raised their spirits, which were
otherwise good, fully 20 per cent., for they cordially
hated and detested the present cumbersome musket, and
there is but one general feeling throughout the regiment
in favour of the carbine, and a hope that they will soon
be issued to every individual.
Orders have been issued to the men of the company to
hold themselves in readiness to embark in a steam-vessel
here on Saturday morning next, for conveyance to Ply-
mouth, where they will bo transerred to the Belleisle,
Captain Kingcombe, formerly a 72-gun ship, but now
converted into a troop-ship, with 24 guns, and a crew of
280, for the conveyance of her Majesty's troops. It was
originally intended that the company should embark in
the Apollo troop-ship, about the Ist of next month, but
400 extra workmen having been put upon the Pelleisle,
she will be ready for sea by the time the Royal Artillery
arrive at Plymouth, and will sail almost immediately
after their embarkation.
By converting the old ships of the line, as in the in-
stance of the Belleisle and several others, contemplated
by Government, an immense saving will accrue to the
country, compared with employing hired transport-ships,
as the former vessels will be commanded by officers of
the Royal Navy and be under the entire control of the
Admiralty, which the hired vessels were not, having
merely an agent on board. The country may now cal-
culate on having efficient vessels of its own in the
transport service, and the troops will be far better ac•
commodated, in spacious and airy ships, with ample
room betwixt decks, and many valuable officers of the
navy be kept in active employment in the service of
her Majesty, instead of being idle on shore. Besides,
another great saving will be derived, by converting the
majority of 72-gun ships into troop-ships, instead of
into 50-gun frigates, as recommended by some, as to
effect the latter an expense would be incurred amounting
on every vessel to a sum nearly equal to what she would
cost if built entirely of new materials.
The Boyne transport-ship will sail to-morrow from
Deptford, having taken in her stores, and will proceed
round to Cork, to embark troops for Malta.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
(From the Brighton Gazette.)
PonTsmount, Nov. 17.—The Apollo, troop ship, is
making rapid advances towards completion, and report
says is to take Major-General Lord Saltoun to China,
with the 98th Regiment, which will embark at Cork.
The Commander of the Apollo (Festing), is now at
Hasler Hospital, suffering from indisposition.
The Tyne, 26, Captain Townshend, arrived on Sun-
day from the Mediterranean, and exchanged salutes
with the port flag-ship St. Vincent. She left Malta the
15th October, and has had very boisterous weather in
crossing the Bay. Left in port the Powerful, 84, with
Sir John Ommaney's flag, Howe, 120, Rodney, 92, Cal-
cutta, 84, Vanguard, 84, Indus, 80, and Inconstant and
Magicienne frigates. The Implacable, 72, had left for
Gibraltar, to join the Monarch, 84, on that station.
Rear-Admiral Sir Francis Mason was daily looked for in
the Impregnable, 110, to succeed Sir John Ommaney,
who, it was thought, would proceed home overland. The
Tyne will be paid off at this port.

'The Queen, 110, Captain Rich, it is expected, will be
moved out to Spithead in about a fortnight. and complete
there for the Mediterranean. Vice-Admiral Sir Edward
Owen, K.C.8., goes out in a steamer to Malta, to assume
the command.

The Ferret, Lieut. Lapidge, is to return to the coast
of Africa, and awaits orders at Plymouth.
The Crocodile, 26, Captain Milne, from Halifax, and
Scorpion, 10, Lieut. Gayton, from Gibraltar, have left
Spithead, to be paid off at Plymouth.
The brig Rapid, 10, Lieut. Tryon, returned from Cork
on Saturday, with volunteers for general service.
The Viper brigantine, for the Brazils, will sail from
this harbour about the 15th of December.

The steamer Devastation, Commander Henry, is daily
expected from Woolwich for the Mediterranean. Com-
mander Wilson to join the Cambridge, 72, will take a
passage in her ; also the new Bishop of Jerusalem, the
Rev. M. Alexander, late Hebrew Professor at King's
College, Cambridge.
The Illustrious, 72, Captain Erskine, is awaiting the
embarkation of Sir Charles Begot, for conveyance to
New York, on his way to Quebec. She will sail imme-
diately afterwards, ank will ultimately receive Sir Chas.
Adams's flag in the *est•lndies.
. _ _

The Pique, 36, Captain Yates, is under orders to refit
with all dispatch, it is supposed to proceed to China.
At Spithead—lllustrioui, 72, Tyne, 26, and Pique, 36.
In Barbour—St. Vincent, Queen, Victory, Royal
George yacht, Excellent, Vindictive, Warspite, Belvi-
dera, Sapphire, Hazard, North Star, Apollo, Viper, and
Rapid.

IRELAND.
LORD DE GREY'S FIRST LEVEE.

DUBLIN, Nov. 16.-The levee of Lord De Grey, to be
held to-morrow, will be very numerously attended. The
Orange and Tory gentry, who so factiously avoided the
Castle during the viceroyalties of Lord Normanby and
Lord Fortescue, are crowding into town from the most
distant parts of the country ; and even from London,
Mr. Emerson Tennent and some other small officials
coneeted with Ireland, have come over.
The Reformers have determined to pursue a totally
different course from that adopted towards Whig Go-
vernments by the Tories. They will attend to-morrow as
a matter of duty towards the representative of the Queen;
for their loyalty is still the same, whether Whigs or Tories
govern. The leading Liberals, Protestant and Catholic, will
appear at the Castle to-morrow—such men as the Duke of
Lein ster, Lord Charlemont, Lord Fingal, and Archbishop
Murray. No matter how factious may be the conduct
and the appointments of the present Executive, it is the
duty of the Reformers to pay their respects to the Queen's
Viceroy, especially at a levee held so soon after the birth
of an heir apparent to the throne, and that duty they
will perform, however painful it may be to their feelings
to mix in a Court where faction and intolerance reign
triumphant.
The following notification appears in the papers this
morning:—" The Lord Mayor requests that such of the
Aldermen and Councillors as intend to do him the ho-
nour of accompanying him to the levee, will be so good
as to be at the Mansion-house in their gowns at twelve
o'clock precisely. The Lord Mayor's carriage will leave
the Mansion-house at a quarter after twelve.
" Mansion-house, Nov. 15, 1841."
MURDER OF MR. WALSH.

A very numerous meeting of the Magistrates of the
county of Waterford was held on Friday in Dungarvon,
for the purpose of adopting "measures to discover the
murderers of Mr. Walsh. Amongst those present were
Sir Richard Musgrave, Mr. Villiers Stuart, M.P., Sir
W. J. Roman, and Sir J. N. Humble. Subscriptions to
the amount of 800/. were entered into in aid of the re-
ward offered by Government. The meeting was not open
to the public.