The Sun.
London, England, 1848-10-07 00:00:00

INFANTRY.
34th Depot, Nenagh—Two Ensigns are ordered to em-
bark to join the service companies in the West Indies.
38-h Depot, Boyle—Captain Story is ordered to em-
bark for Halifax, Nova Scotia, to join the service com-
panies. Brevet Lieut. Colonel Campbell is commanding.
47th Regiment, Limerick—Two companies marched
from Adare, Oct. 4, to Limerick, and joined head•quar-
tens same day. Lieut.-Colonel Dundns is commanding.
Two companies are stationed at Ratlikeale.
66th Depot, Kinsale—A draft of 1 captain, 2 lieu-
tenants, 2 ensigns, 2 sergeants, and 75 rank and file, is
ordered to embark at Cork for the West Indies, there to
join the service companies. Captain Trench is stationed
at Charles Fort with a company. Major Sir William
Gordon, Bart., is commanding.
75th Regiment, Killu.nny-4. compuny marched, Oct.
3, to Castle Comer, and arrived same day, relieving a
company of the 83d Regiment. Lieut.•Coloael
is commanding.
83d Regiment, Fermoy—Captain Ainslie's company
marched from Castle Corner for Fermoy, Oct. 5, and
wtfl arrive and join head-quarters on the 11th, on being
relieved by a companyrof the 75th Regiment. Lieut.-
Colonel Tydell is commanding.
88th Regiment (Connaught Rangers) Derot.:6, Tsalee
—A draft of 1 captain, 2 ensigns, and 135 rank irk? ale,
is ordered to embark for Barbadoes, to join their ser-
vice companies. Two companies are stationed at Kil-
rush and Newcastle, and a detachment ut Abbeyfeale.
Major Irwin is commanding.

ROYAL ARSENAL, WOOLWICH.
WooLwrcer, OCT. 6.—Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas
Downman, 0.13., commandant of the garrison,
Major-General Lacy, R. A„, and several members of the
select committee assembled in the square of the carriage
department at ten o'clock, A.m., to-day, to witness expe-
riments with Mr. Haig's fanblast forges. for field battery
and mountain service. The experiments commenced by
banking up a fire in one of the fanblast forges, mounted
on the rear of a field battery ammunition carriage. The
axle of a light 6 pounder field battery gun-carriage pre-
viously lgoken into two pieces was then placed in the
fire, and in thirty minutes they were brought to an ex-
cellent welding heat, and welded together in a most sub-
stantial manner by the workmen in four minutes. The
axle of a heavy 6-pounder gun carriage previously broken
into two pieces was then placed in the trough of the
forge, and the fire being very bright, the pieces, although
larger than those used on the first trial, were brought
to a welding heat is 25 minutes, and strongly welded
together in an additional 41 minutes. The officers
of the select committee appeared very satisfied with the
result. It may be mentioned that axles of these sites
had never previously been mended when broken in the
field, as the usual camp forges had not the p_wer of
bringing iron of such dimensions to a
yveldrETheat.
Formerly each troop had a camp forge attached, requir-
ing a carriage and horses exclusively for its own use,
but Lieutenant-Colonel Colquhoun has so adapted Mr.
Haig's invention that each gun may now have its camp
forge, which will not add above 1 cwt. 1 qr. to the am-
munition carnage, and can be made ready for use in
half the time of the camp forges, and are not so liable to
get out of order. A box has been placed in front of the
ammunition boxes for the smiths' and farriers' tools, and
the arrangements appear very complete and efficieut for
field service. The members of the select committee hen
inspected the operation of a small fanblast forge only
weighing about 'Nibs. weight, including all appendages
and working tools, adapt, d for conveyance over moun-
tains on the hacks of mules when required. In this
experiment the fire was brought to a red heat in about
a minute, and in about four minutes 4ht two pieces
of rods of iron three-quarters of an inch diameter to a
welding heat, and they were joined firmly in little more
than one minute. A horseshoe was also brought to a
sufficient red heat for being formed into any shape in
two minutes. There were several other fanblast forges
the same principle, but it was not necessary
both large and small with different
cmoloisdi(ifecraetdions, allon
to try them, the
advantage
qoufatrheosseevteersateldfabneibnigasetsvidweinth
largend
miners ch et.
There were also
intended for the use of sappers
constructingipea field works, and although oc-
cupying
but little room they are capable of melting five
cwr. of metal in an hour, and; will prove of great ad-
vantage on foreign stations.

ZOOLOGICAL RECREATIONS. BY W. J. BRODERIP,
ESQ.—A second edition, with additions, of this enter-
tabling work has just appeared. "Zoological Recrea-
tions (says the Magazine of Natural History, is a
pleasant book on a delightful subject, belonging to a
class far too rare, in which White, of Selborne, Knapp,
Waterton, Darwin, and Gosse, have earned laurels.
The chit) object of this class of works is to please
while they instruct, to enliven as well as to enlighten.
In the same list with the authors specified above, the
writer of this work may be placed. Mr. Broderip's
writings have indeed done much to diffuse a taste for
natural history ; in the work before us he delights us
with many pleasing chapters on birds and beasts. The
work will prove instructive to many a scientific man as
well as amuse his leisure hours. We have no doubt it
will cherish, as well as awaken, a love for natural
history."

SELECTION OF BUILDING STONE.—The importance
of using care in the selection of stone for building pur-
[ poses was not felt till recently; the fact that the same
quarry of whatever stone it may be will supply a bad as
well as a good material was unnoted, and the result is
that many modern structures are in a state of oblitera-
tion. Black'', iars-bridge, built of Portland stone, began
to show symptoms of decay before it was finished. Se-
veral modern churches, built of the same material, retain
little or none of their original carving, and some of the
mouldings in the arches at Hyde Park-corner are all to
pieces. We could even point to a building of tlre same
material not yet finished, where, in spite of more than
usual care, stories have crept in which are not likely to
endure any time; and yet we all know that the Portland
quarries do furnish stone as lasting and as good as any
we can obtain. The appointment of the commission to
select stone for the Houses of Parliament, and the re-
port which they published, have led to a different feel-
ing on the subject, and cannot fail to be productive of
advantage. Knowledge is now wanted, and that can be
obtained only by careful inquiry and diligent investiga-
tion.—The Budder.
CHANGE OF NAME.—By a notification in the Lon-
don Gazette of October 3, it appears that her Majesty
has been graciously pleased to give to J. Arthur Jones,
of Llanarth, Esq.,-her royal license and authority that
he and his brothers and sister (viz., Arthur James Jones,
of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers; Edmund Philip Jones,
Gerald Ilerbert Jones, and Mary Louisa Jones), and
their issue, may take and use the name of Herbert in-
stead of that of Jones. Mr. Herbert, of Llanarth, is
the lineal male descendant of Gwylim ap Shenkin Her.
bert, Lord of Gwarin Du, who was the lineal descendant
of Herbert, Chamberlain to Henry 1., being a remark-
able instance of an uninterrupted male descent of nearly
seven hundred and fifty years,

THE
GALLANT RESCUE.
zg'eeraalPd
'ts from the M. _
-I.ll.ilman, of the sth Fu.siliers, in corn-
. Captain
tChoelrmitet, and
cxpedition. When about four miles from shore, a .quail
came on and upset the boat. Captain Milmanowam on
shore, and returned with a boat and rescued the others,
who had been five hours and a half clinging to the boat
regiment, were
that had upset. Had it not been for Milmau they would
doubtless have perished, as it washalf past ten o'clock at
night when they were picked up. Fortunately there
were no sharks about at the time, those parts being noto-
r:ous for their numbers."

CAVALRY.
I,t, or King's Dragoon Guards, Cahir—A troop
marched from Rathkeale for Limerick Oct. 5, Lieutenant-
Colonel Hankey corninandin,,.
6th (Carbineers) Dragoon Guardg, Dundalic, ii held
in readiness to move from Dundalk to Dublin, on being
relieved by the 13th Light Draooons, from Lengtotd.
Brevet Major Jones's troop, at Belturbet, and Captain
Saws er's troop, at B, Misr, will march fOr Dablin to join
headquarters, and wiil be relieved by two troops of 'the
13,1 a Light Dragoons. Captain Mackinnon and Lieut.
Polhill are on leave of absence. Colonel Jackson, 1,C.H0
is on leave to Oct. 14. Lieutenant-Colonel Hoy com-
manding.
2d Royal North British Dragoons (Scots Greys),
Athlone—This corps is held in readiness to move from
Athlone to Longford, to relieve the headquarters of the
13th Light Dragoons, detaching a squaeron to Ballin-
robe, one troop to Castlebar, arid one troop to Sligo.
Fourt troops are stationed at Galway, Gort, Ballinasloe,
and Loughrea. Lieutenant-Colonel Ricketts has re-
turned from leave of absence and resumed the com-
mand. Cornets Cockburne and Bowtrice are on leave
to Oct. 14. Major Griffiths will proceed from Gort to
Ballinrobe, to take command of the squadrOt.
4th Queen's Light Dragoons, New Bridge, will march
from New Bridge to Athlone, to relieve the 2d Royal
North British Dragoons, detaching four troops to 'Gort,
Galway, Ballinadoe, and Loughrea. These troops are
stationed at Waterford, Carrick-on-Suir, and Pilltowm
Lieut.-Colonel Load Augustus Paget is commanding.
Major Fane is on leave to Oct. 14.
7th Queen's Own Hussars, Porto Bello Barracks,
Dublin, is held in readiness to move lrom Dublin tb
New Bridge, to relieve the 4th Light Dragoons, de-
taching three troops to Waterford, Carrick• on-Suir,
and Tullarnore. Lieutenant-Colonel Shirley is com-
manding. Captain the Marquis of Worcester is on leave
to Oct. 31.
Bth Royal Irish Hussars, New Bridge—Captain
Thompson's troop at Kilkenny will march ibr. New
Bridge, to join head-quarters, on being relieved; by a
troop of the 7th Hussars. Major Rodojph de Nalis is-
commanding three troops at LAnster [louse, Dublin.
Lieut.-Colonel Strewell is commanding.
I'`3th Light Dragoons, Longford, is held in readiness
to move to Dundalk, to relieve the Gth Dragoon Guards,
detaching two troops to Belfast and Bethturbet. Lieu-
tenant Colonel Knox is in command. Two troops are
at Ballinrobe, one troop at Castlebar, and a detachment
at Sligo.
1
Royal Artillery, Porto Bello Barracks, Dublin—A de-
tachment, consisting of Major Tomkyns and Lieutenant
Thrupp, sth battalion, 3 sergeants, 1 trumpeter, and
30 gunners and drivers, proceeded from Dublin by rail-
way to Bagnalstown, Oct. 2, and marched to Kilkena,
same day, to relieve a detachment of Captain Flude e
company.
A detachment, consisting of Captain Flude, Lietit.
Young, of the 7th battalion, 3 sergeants, 1 trumpeter,
and 35 gunners, marched from Kilkenny to Clonmel,
Oct. 3, and arrived on the 4th, to relieve Captain Tul-
loh's company.
A detachment of Captain Tulloh's company, with
Second Captain Dodsworth, Lieut. Carthew, Ist batta-
lion, 4 sergeants, 1 trumpeter, and 37 gunners and
drivers, marched from Clonmel to Kilkenny, Oct. 5, aiyl
arrived on the 6th, to relieve a detachment of Majvr
Toinkyn's company.