The Sun.
London, England, 1870-07-18 00:00:00

THE TROOPS FOR INDIA.

The following are the dates fixed for the departure of
the regiments under orders for India. As the whole of
these corps are now serving in Ireland, they will embark
at Queenstown. The 89th Regiment will be the first to
leave, and will embark in H. M. S. Crocodile on September
30, completing the voyage on the other side of the Isthmus
in the Jumna, and reaching Bombay on November 1. The
63rd Regiment will leave in the Serapis on October 7, be
transferred to the Euphrates at Suez, and reach Bombay
on November 8. These are the only two regiments which
will embark this year. The three next voyages will be
for the conveyance of drafts, and the troops comprising
them will embark at Portsmouth. The crocodile will
leave that port on November 15, the Serapis on November
22, and the Crocodile again on January 1, 1871. Three
other regiments will embark early next year, viz., the 65th
on January 10 in the Serapis, finally reaching Bombay in
the Malabar on February 11 ; the 72nd in the Crocodile
on February 20, to be transferred to the Jumna at Suez,
and arriving at Bombay on March 24, and the 56th in the
Serapis on February 28, completing the voyage in the
Euphrates, which is due at Bombay on April 1. The order
in which the regiments will embark at Bombay to return
to England will be 95th, 88th, 103rd, Ist Battalion, 7th,
and Ist battalion, IsThoyals.

THE REPORTED ACCIDENT TO THE
HOLBORN VIADUCT.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,- -We should esteem it a favour if you would inform
the public in your next issue that the reported alarming
accident •to the Holborn Viaduct is entirely without
foundation.
A slight leakage from the defective socket of a small
water main, running under the bridge in Farringdon-road,
was discovered at midnight by our watchman, and is being
remedied in the usual way ; but the main in question has
no connection.with the -Viaduct, and it is simply impos-
sible that any damage could arise to the piers of the
bridge from such a cause.—We are, sir, your obedient
servants,
HILL, ICEDDELL, and -WALDRAM,
Contractors.
38, Kingsland-road, E., July 16th, 1870.

Mr. Charles James Fox is announced as a Con-
servative candidate for Rochester.

The reductions in the number of hands em-
ployed at Pembroke Dock continue, a number having
been discharged last week on superannuation or allow-
ances.

We (John Bull) hey that Mr. Hawkins, the Eng-
lish chaplain at Baden Baden, has expressed his willing-
ness to succeed Mr. Archer Gurney in the chapel iu the
Cour des Coches at Paris.

A. number of massive iron armour-plates have
arrived at Pembroke dock for the ironclad ship-of-war
Thunderer, now in course of building. They have
been manufactured at Sheffield.

MIL MILBANK, M.P.—We (Yorkshire Post) re-
gret to learn that Mr. Milbank has been prevented by
severe indisposition from attending the House of Com-
mons since Monday last.

The owner of a little country public-house close
by the Great Western Rail*ay, between Moulsford and,
Goring, has recovered £2OO damages from the com-
pany in consequence of his house- having been set on fire
by a spark from the engine of a passenger train.

THE ARCEDIeHOP OF CANTERBURY.—The Arch-
bishop attended.the }rouse of Lords on Friday night for
the first time since his long and serious illness, and
received the hearty congratulations of many noble lords
upon his convalescence.
The Civilian states that it has been resolved that
the salaries of the Customs' officials of all ranks shall
in a short time be paid monthly. The scheme for car-
rying out this long wished for reform is in a forward
state, and will take effect from the settlement of th e
classification.

NEW NAVAL GUN CARRIAGE.—The Dew gun
carriage for use in the Royal Navy is just being com-
pleted in the Royal Carriage Department, Woolwich, by
Colonel Clerk. When finished it will be inspected by the
Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, who will visit the
Royal Arsenal in a day or two for the purpose.
THE CONVICT ANDREW CARR.—The solicitor
who defended Andrew Carr, who lies under sentence of
death in Dublin for the murder of Margaret Murphy, in
Bull-lane, has presented a petition, numerously signed,
to his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant, praying for a com-
mutation of the capital sentence passed upon his client,
on the grounds of his temporary insanity when he com-
mitted the deed.—Freenum's Jourszal.

THE GERMAN VESSELS IN THE TYNE.—There is
great excitement in the Tyne district among the French
and German residents, consequent on the receipt of the
news from the Continent. The Consul for the North-
German Confederation received a message on Friday
night from the Prussian Government requesting him to
warn the German vessels in the Tyne to be very careful,
atid if possible not to leave the river in the present state
of affairs. There are at present upwards of sixty German
vessels in the Tyne. The German residents are expecting
to be summoned home to join the Landwehr.

THE PRESIDENT'S LATEST APPOINTMENTS,—
President Grant, among other nominations, sent to the
Senate the following :—" Noah Davis, to be United
States Attorney for the Southern district of New York ;
Thoinas Hillhouse, to be Assistant Treasurer, and
Thomas Murphy, to be Collector of the Port, in place
of Moses H. Grinnell, who is nominated for the position
of naval officer. Why Mr. Grinnell is to be transferred from
one position to the other it is hard to say. Daring the
administration of the duties of his office he has discharged
the trust confided to his care with fidelity to the Govern-
ment, satisfaction to the commercial community of the
city and honour to himself.—New York Herald.
THE CANADIAN VOLUNTEERS.—The Lord Mayor
has recently received at the Mansion-house upwards o
a hundred and fifty pounds' on behalf of the fund for pre-
senting valuable prizes to the volunteers of Canada at
their annual contest to be held at the end of August
next, at Fredericton, New Brunswick, as a token of
the public appreciation of the loyalty and valour
shewn by them in defending the frontiers of the Domi-
nion. The suggestion of such a movement was first
made by the Lord Mayor about a month ago, at a meeting
of the British and Colonial Emigration Fund, and his
lordship has sine v been actively but privately engaged in
forming a committee to carry out the object in view. His
Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge has expressed his
hearty approval of the movement, and, in addition to ac-
cepting the position as President of the Committee, has
subscribed £lolos. to the fund. Lord Westminster has
given a donation of £2O, and sums of £lO 10s. have been
contributed' by the Lord Mayor and others. The Royal
Canadian Emigration Club, consisting entirely of working
men, AISO, sent a chepk for £3 3s. through its:chair-
man. 4.