The Sun.
London, England, 1848-11-13 00:00:00

HOLLAND.

A letter from Rotterdam of the 6th inst. states
that the cholera, which appeared there on the 13t
inst., has raged with great violence. On the pre-
ceding day 41 new cases were declared, and 29
deaths, whilst there were but seven recoveries.
During the previous five days there had been 298
cases, 157 deaths, 121 recoveries, and 16 remained
under cure.

ITALY.
A letter from Botzen of the 21 instant, in the
Allgemeine Zeitung of Augsburg, announces the
arrival on' that day of a courier from 011mutz, on
his way to the head-quarters of Field-Marshal the
Count Radetzky. He was said to be the bearer of
the Imperial assent to the prolongation of the armistice
for three months.
The Opiuione of the 6th instant quotes a letter
from the Lake of Como, of the 2d, stating that the
insurgents maintained themselves in the Val d'lntelvio,
and that the Austrian troops had not advanced beyond
the town of Agegno. The writer says that troops
were marching in every direction to surround them.
The valley of Camonico, and the centre of Valteline,
were also in open revolt. The Italian General Apice
had been wounded in an encounter with a party of
Tyrolese Chasseurs, at Mount Bisbino, and sought
refuge at Capo Lago.

THE ARMY AND NAVY.
(From the United Sen :ice Gazette.)

COMMODORE SIR CHARLES HOTHAM.—By a private
I,tter from the coast of Africa, we are informed that
Commodore Sir Charles Hotham,7K.C.B., has positively
expressed a desire to be relieved in the Command-in-
Chief of the station in March next. There is no doubt
the Admiralty will meet the gallant officer's wishes in
this respoct.

Captain the Hon. James Robert Drummond (1846).
who was promoted from the command of the Scout
sloop, whose came was mentioned last week as a candi-
date, is to succeed Captain Charles Eden in the corn
mand of the Victory.
Commodore Superintendent Sir Gordon Bremer.
K.C.8., sc., will resign the command at Woolwich on
the 15th or 16th instant; but Captain Henry Eden will
not take charge, it is said, until after the revision of
the establishment by the Admiralty Committee. The
Confiance steamer, is ordered to carry Sir G. Bremer's
baggage to Plymouth.
Captain Sir Henry Blackwood, Bart., has not been
appointed to command the Vengeance, 64, as reported,
for at present there is no vacancy. In the event of Cap-
tain Lushington's resignation, we have heard that Sir
Henry Blackwood will have a competitor for the Ven-
geance more likely to succeed than himself.
THE WEST INDIAN MAIL.—A correspondent in-
ferms us that, at the request of the Admiralty, the Di-
rectors of the Royal West Indian Mail Company have
most promptly assented to their steam•vessels calling,
and exchanging letters and dispatches, &c., at Mobile
Point (where a British Consul, Mr. Nicolas, has been
appointed), instead of at Ship Island, as heretofore; and
the directors have also determined that the steamer that
leaves Southampton on the 2d January next shall carry
Out the new arrangements.
We believe that the appointment of a Captain of the
Royal Navy to the Superintendentahip of the Indian
Navy has not yet taken place. Another candidate has
been named for the post, Captain the Hon. F. Pelham,
now commanding the Odin steam-frigate, in the Medi-
terranean, and it is said that the vacancy will not be filled
for a fortnight.
QUARTERMASTERS OF ROYAL MARINES. - With
respect to any alteration as regards the retired pay of
these officers, nothing officially has transpired; all, there-
fore, at present is mere rumour, which may, neverthe-
less, be well founded, and at any rate carried into effect,
the scale of payments being similar to that of regiments
of the line. _ _

UNATTACHED PAY.—Major-General W. Lindsay Dar-
ling and Major-General Sir Joseph Thackwell, K.C.8.,
have succeeded to the unattached pay of twenty five
shillings per diem. Both of these officers have seen
much service, and Sir Joseph Thackwell is one of those
men whose reward has borne no just proportion to his
deserts. Major-General Darling served at Guadaloupe
in 1810, and received a wound in storming the heights
of Matauba. In 1812 be was in the Peninsula with the
51st Light Infantry, and was engaged at San Christoval,
Salamanca, Madrid, and Burgos. Returning to Eng-
land, a victim to typhus, in 1813, he lost no time in
seeking a restoration to health, and was thus enabled
to rejoin his regiment in five months, and to share
in the affairs of Nivelle and St. P 6. In 1813 he was
appointed to the Staff of Major-General Hay's Brigade,
and served in the operations before Bayonne. He joined
the sth Division as Assistant Adjutant-General in 1814,
and was afterwards with the 4th Division in 1815, serv-
ing at Canibray, and subsequently at the capitulation of
Paris. Sir Joseph Thackwell began his career in Spain,
serving under the immortal Sir John Moore at Corunna.
In several of the great actions in the Peninsula he dis-
tinguished himself 23 a first-rate Dragoon officer,
and was foremost in the fray at Quatre Bras and
Waterloo. He received a contusion at Vittoria,
and lost his left arm at Waterloo. In the
year 1837 he pr9ceeded to India with the 3d
Light Dragoons, and in the winter of 1833 was dis-
patched toCaubul at the head of the Cavalry Division of
the Army of the Indus. After the capture of Ghuznee,
at which ho was present, Sir Joseph returned to India,
in command of the second column of the Army, and re-
ceived the distinctions awarded to those officers who
had taken a leading part in the expedition. On Lord
Ellenborough's taking up arms against the Gwalior
Durbar, Sir Joseph Thack well's services were again put
into requisition. He commanded the Cavalry Division
in the action at Maharajpore. In the same year we
find him on the banks of the Sutlej, heading the Ca-
valry at Sobraon, and sharing in the dangers, but get-
ting none of the substantial honours of that memorable
campaign.
THE COMMAND OF THE SUPERB, 80. —We may
state, on good authority, that Captain Edward Purcell
(1828), will re-commission the Superb. 80, on being
paid off at Portsmouth by Captain A. L. Corry. The
Superb will be refitted, without being dismantled, by
which, it is said, a saving of no less than 3,0001. will be
effected; but we query whether, on Nomination, she
will not, like the Albion, be found so defective
in her masts, spars, and standing rigging, that
all of it will have to come out and be re-
placed by new. The Superb will only have an advanced
complement (496 officers and men) at port, like the
Caledonia and Ganges, to be filled up, as in the ease of
the Powerful, 84, when required to proceed on foreign
service. Captain Purcell is about fifty-six years of age,
and, we believe, has been selected for the command of
this ship upon no other recommendation than of his own
professional merits.
WATERMAN'S STEAM PACKET COMPANY. This
Company having yielded to the orders of the Admiralty
with respect to the possession of a place called the
Grove, at Woolwich, has made applicati)n to be allowed
the use of a fire there occasionally fur the repairs of
their vessels.
RUSSIAN FRIGATE.—Another iron steamer, named
the Taman, built fur the Russian Government, is to be
launched from Messrs. Robinson and Russell's Iron-
works, Millwall, on Monday next. We have heard
that the cost for demurrage of this vessel, if exacted,
would be enormous, she has been so long on the stocks.
":'EAXEN AND MARINES' C 1 -enooLs.—The Admiralty
have given orders to the authorities at Portsmouth, that
a space of ground and building which formed part of the
laboratory, are to appropriated to the use of the institu-
tion for educating the orphans of seamen and marines.

BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, NOV. 10.—.1n the ab•
sence of supplies the market is badly attended, and the
sales of the week are unimportant ; refining descriptions
are in demand, every fresh parcel brought forward finds
a ready sale at full prices. In rum there is nothing
doing. Refined goods are steady at former rates._
Bristol Mercury, .

THE LORD MAYoR's Scow.—The nondvelties of a
civic pageant, with its men in armour, a
and pageantry which distinguish the Lord Mayor'stePmnr,
of the far-famed city of London, are objects upon w Dayv
the eyes of countrymen seldom linger; it was, therefor.,ch
not a matter of surprise to behold the town of Chelms-
ford thrown into excitement, by the announcement that
arrangements had been made to convey passengers from
this place to London and back for two shillings each.
Accordingly yesterday morning a great number of
tradesmen, artisans, and mechanics, casting aside for a
time the anxieties of business, and emerging from the
workshops and the counting-house, were seen hurrying
to the railway station, clothed in holiday attire, to gratify
their curiosity, and by a brief relaxation to be the better
fitted to resume their varied occupations on their return.
A goodly company were brought from Maldon and
Braintree, and about nine o'clock, the train consisting of
several carriages, and propelled by powerful engines,
started for town.—Essex Standard.
EXAMINATION OF THREE MORE MEMBERS OF TITS
FIALSTEAD GANG.—The revelations of the convict Bryant,
followed ap as they are with zeal and tact by Superin •
tendent Hunt, promise fair to thoroughly break up this
desperate gang, and bring all the parties in it to justice,
three more members of it having through these means
fallen into the hands of the officers—William Ritchie,
William Smith, and Henry Finch, all young labourers,
on various charges of sacrilege and robbery. On Wed-
nesday last the prisoners underwent an examination at
the county gaol, at Springfield, before J. J. Mayhew,
Esq., they having been sent there for further exami-
nation, in order that they might be confronted with Br, •
ant. Mr. 0. Hustler, jun., attended to take the deposi-
tions.—Chelmsford Chronicle.
KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON.—We have much satis-
faction in stating that the Council of this college have
come to the resolution of immediately electing professors
of military science, with the view of commencing with
the ensuing year a class for military education. The
report, however, is without foundation, that communica-
tions have takenplace between the Horse Guards and the
college authorities on the subject.