The Sun.
London, England, 1851-07-25 00:00:00

APPOINTMENTS.

WOOLWICH, JULY 24.—Commander Thomas Mitchell
(b) (1842) to the Persian, 12, sloop, on the North Ame-
rica and West Indies station, in the room of Archibald
G. Bulman, who has been invalided, after having held
commend of that vessel since July 7, 1849.
Lieutenant Henry Boys (1846), formerly First Lieu-
tenant on board the Centaur steam-frigate, when serving
on the west coast of Africa station, is again ar pointed to
the Centaur, for service on the south-east coast of Ame-
rica station.

Surgeon Charles B. Brien, M.D. (1842), to the Cen-
taur.

Assistant-Surgeon Hugh Girven (1847), to the Cen-
taur.

Second-Master Augustus G. Whichelo (1848) to the
Excellent gunnery-ship, at Portsmouth.
Master's-Assistants—N. D. Barnes to the Fisgard flag-
ship, at Woolwich; J. Burdwood and W. J. Baker to the
Impregnable flag-ship, at Devonport.
Clerks—Henry W. Sanders (1848) to the Impregna-
ble, and Francis J. Long(1851) to the Styx steam-sloop,
at Devonport.
Gunner Stephen Slade to the Oberon, 3, iron paddle •
wheel steam-vessel of 260-horse power, at Portsmouth.
Peter Morgan, senior clerk in the storekeeper's-office
at Woolwich Dock-yard, is appointed store-receiver at
Woolwich-yard, vice Robert Laws, appointed store-
keeper at Sheerness-yard.
John Russell is appointed to be agent's steward at
Haslar Hospital, Portsmouth.

PROMOTIONs.
James Ray and Patrick Farrell have been confirmed
to the rank of boatswain; James Smith is promoted to
be acting boatswain; William Lacy is promoted to b©
acting carpenter.

The Magicienne steam-sloop, in charge of Master
James Brown, Assistant-Master-Attendant at Devon-
port Dockyard, will leave this port on Saturday next,
for Devonport, and will take back Mr. Biddlecombe and
the riggers and spare gear brought round here when
navigating the Valorous from Pembroke to Woolwich.
The Valorous steam-sloop is to be taken up to the
East India Docks, to be fitted with her engines by
Messrs. Millar, Ravenhill, and C.o, at Blackwell':
The Trafalgar, 120, Captain Grevillo, in temporary
command, is to be paid wages at Spithead on the 28th
inst. and sail on the 30th for the Mediterranean station.
The Lisbon squadron, under Commodore Martin,
lying in Arcos-bay, experienced very blowing weather
for the fortnight previous to the 19th inst., the latest date
of intelligence from that station. The Arrogant, 46,
screw-steam-frigate, Captan Robert S. Robinson, during
a gale, parted her best bower cable, and the buoy of the
anchor having been previously lost by the violence of the
wind, it occupied her nearly a week of sweeping and
creeping before Bh9 recovered it. The Arrogant was
to leave Lisbon for Gibraltar on the 22d inst.

SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.
Yesterday evening a flower show, on an unusually ex-
tended scale, took place at these gardens, the greater
part of the plants and fruits exhibited being chiefly
those belonging to the Chiswick Horticultural Society,
to whose fete the weather was so unpropitious a few days
since. It was much to be regretted that the weather did
not permit so large an attendance yesterday as is usually
congregated by floral displays in these gardens, but, not-
withstanding the damp, a considerable number of per-
sons were present. Vocal music was added specially
for the occasion, and some of the favourites of the public
did their best to enliven the company, and in some de-
gree to dispel the gloom of the evening. There was
also an entirely new arrangement of the pyrotechnic
display, and the various devices went off very success-
fully, having been carefully guarded from the atmo-
speric influence. The following prizes were awarded:—
CLASS 1. Best collection of miscellaneous plants, gold
medal, Mr. Wray; second best, gold medal, Mr. Cole ;
third best, silver medal, Mr. Ober; silver medal, Mr.
Stanley; silver medal, Mr. G. King. For Cape Heaths
—Silver medal, Cole; ditto, Mr. May, second; ditto. Mr.
Stanley, third. Fuchsias—Silver medal, Mr. Mockrett,
first; ditto, Mr. Shuckford, second; ditto, Miss Jackson,
third. Picotees—Silver medals to Mr. E. Lochner, first;
Mr. May, second; Mr. Edwards, third; Mr. Newhall,
fourth; Mr. Hardstone, fifth; bronze medal, Mr. Sande-
lands. Carnations—Silver medals to Mr. May, first;
Mr. Lochner, second; Mr. Newhall, third; Mr. Ed-
wards, fourth; Mr. Sandelands, fifth; bronze medal,
Mr. Hardstone. Cut Flowers—Silver medals, Mr. Cole,
first; Mr. Young, second; Mr. Hamp, third. Verbenas
—Silver medals, Mr. Lochner and Mr. Brown. Grapes
—Silver medals to Mr. Thorne and Mr. Hamp; bronze
medal to Mr. Young.
CLASS 2. Miscellaneous Plants—Medals to Miss
Fraser, Mr. Pamplin, and Mr. Hook. Cape Heaths—
Medals to Mr. Fairbairn, Rolleson and Son, and Miss
Fraser. Picotees—Medals to Mr. Turner, Mr. Brogg,
Mr. Ward, and Mr. Wilmer. Carnations—Medals to
Mr. Turner, Mr. Brogg, Messrs. Ward and Co., and Mr.
Franklin. Roses—Medals to Paul and Son, and Mr.
Francis. Fuchsias—Medals to Fowle and Son, itiessrs.
Frazer, and Mr. Hook. Cut Flowers—Medals to Rolleson
and Son, Mr. Francis, and Messrs. Fraser.
Other prizes open to both classes were also given; as
was also a largo silver medal to Mr. Dutton, for the best
glass of honey taken on the humane principle.

NVe hear that Mr. Dyce Sombra has left a paper,
intended to be his will, and that its validity must form the
subject of some legal investigation. By this document the
whole of his property, with the exception of small legacies
to the family of his two sisters, is given to the directors of
the East India Company, in trust, for the foundation of edu-
cational establishments throughout Hindostan.

In addition, twenty-five members of the majority
have presented a proposition, tending to extend the
duration of the recess a fortnight longer than the pe-
riod just mentioned. Their proposition runs thus—
" We have the honour to propose to the Assembly to
suspend its sittings from the 18th of August to the
sth of November next."

The Minister of Finance has presented to the As-
sembly a Bill authorising the formation of a bank in
Algeria.
It is said that General OUDINOT will be immediately
promoted to the rank of a Marshal of France.
The Committee of Resistance has published a 13th
bulletin, calling upon the people to be prepared for a
struggle to establish a Democratic Socialist Republic.
This bulletin was printed upon white paper like the
Government placards, and stuck up during the night
on the walls of Paris, and even on those of the Pre-
fecture of Police. In the morning they were all torn
down by the police agents.
M. PALL, who was formerly one of the Secretaries
of FougumaTINVILLB, and DeptityJudge of the Re-
volutionary Tribunal, and who was present at the
trial of MARIE ANTOINETTE, died last week at Liege,
aged 88.
The organ of the Elysee the Patric has the follow-
ing : . _

There is an idea which is uppermost in every one's
mind, and is on every one's lips, because it is just and
true. This idea is that the present state of things is in-
tolerable, and cannot endure until May, 1852."
Is this a " feeler" put forth to test the state of
public opinion, on the subject of a coup d'etat?
The complaint of M. LEMULIER, representative of
the people, against M. CARLIER' the Prefect of Po-
lice ; M. FOCARDE, editor of the Messager ; and M.
VIRMAITRE, editor of the Corsaire, for having
libelled him, came on for argument yesterday, before
the Civil Tribunal of the Seine. It excited great in-
terest, and the court was crowded. M. FLANDIN,
advocate of M. LEMULIER, said that on the 10th June
last M. FORCADE was tried before the Court of As-
sizes for having published false news calculated to
disturb public peace, and in his defence read a docu-
ment which he said had emanated from the Prefect
of Police. That document was in the form of a re-
port addressed by the Prefect to the PRESIDENT of the
Republic; and after stating the dangers of the Societe
du Dix Decembre, it charged M. —, one of the
chiefs of the society, with having by his influence
obtained a public situation for one of his friends,
and with having received a portion of the salary.
The Corsaire took up the matter, and intimated
that the member of the society referred to was M.
LEMULIER, representative of the people, and that he
was charged with having obtained the situation of
director of the Gobelins for M. LACORDAIRE. The
Minister of Commerce, on reading this article, sent
for M. LACORDAIRE, and, in answer to the Minister's
inquiries, that gentleman declared that it was an in-
famous calumny to say that he allowed M. LEMU-
LIER any portion of his salary for having obtained him
his place. M. LACORDAIRE then went to M. LEMU-
LIER and told him of the article ; he displayed the
most profound indignation at having his name mixed
up in such an affair. The matter was then brought
before the National Assembly, and M. LEMULIER posi-
tively denied the truth of the statement. The next
day he brought an action against all the parties.
lie now demanded 3,000 f. as damages from each
of them for the outrage done to his honour, and
proposed to make over the money to the hospitals.
The calumnious report against M. LEMULIER had
probably been spread, because he had succeeded in
getting the situation at the Gobelins for a friend
of his, whereas the Prefect of Police had wished
to obtain it for one of his own proteges. The
Prefect bad said that M. FORCADE had made an
improper use of the document confided to him
confidentially ; but in giving it to M. FORCADE at
all, he had either acted with a bad intention, or
had committed a most unpardonable fault. M.
VESIN, advocate of M. FORCADE, dwelt at some
length on the injury done to that gentleman by the
Prekct having, in a letter to the newspapers, stated
that he had confided to him the report in question to
" occupy his leisure," also by his allowing him to
be called ‘• one of his subordinates ; " and though
he now disavowed those expressions, the dis-
avowal was not enough for the injury done.
M. FORCADE had never been the subordinate of the
Prefect of Police, and had not been guilty of a
breach of confidence in making known the document
which that functionary had confided to him. M.
FORCADE, who is a young man, and a powerful
writer, had left the editorship of the Patric, sooner
than support the policy of the Government of which
ho disapproved. M. CARLIER, who had previously
taken pains to make his acquaintance, had then
asked him to draw up the report in question. But
he had no real need of the report, as it was already
drawn up in an able manner ; and he himself had
admitted that he would probably have made no use
of it. Why, then, had he called on M. FORCADE for
assistance ? Probably because he feared that M.
FORCADE would start another journal, and make a
vigorous opposition to the Government ; and in that
case it would have been in his power to compromise
him—to blast his reputation—by making it appear
that he had been connected with the secret police.
Another probability was that as a change of Ministry
was then expected, M. CARLIER wished to secure the
favour of the new Ministers by producing a document
which proved that he had blamed and exposed certain
acts of their predecessors, and had no share in them.
The Learned Gentleman then contended that as the
Prefect had acted in such a way, it was absurd to
pretend that he had placed confidence in M. FORCADE,
and, therefore, the latter could not be accused of
having violated any confidence. The further hearing
of the case was put off for a week.
Although the Bourse was nearly deserted public se-
curities were remarkably firm, at an advance on yester-
day's prices. The Five per Cents. opened at 95f. 5c.,
and closed at 95f. 35c. for the end of the month; the
Three per Cents. closed at 57f. 15c.; Orleans Railroad
Shares, 857 f. 50c.; Rouen, 643 f. 75c.; llavre, 245 f.;
Great Northern, 468 f. 75c.; Avignon, 211 f. 25e.; Vi-
-1531. 75c.; Bordeaux, 3951.; Paris
erzon, 440 f.; Basle.
and Strasburg, 361 f. 25c.; Tours and Nantes, 2721. 50c.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JULY 24.
Boulogne and Amiens,
105/4—East Indian,lBl,4—North-
era of France, 11% ex m.—Orleans and Bordeaux, 4% ex
in.—Paris and Strasbourg, 114.

SPAIN.

Madrid journals of the 19th have arrived.

On the Previous evening deputations from the Se-
nate and the Chamber of Deputies had waited on her
MAJESTY, to express their satisfaction at the prospect
of her giving to the nation a direct heir to the
Crown. Her MAJESTY received them most gra-
ciously, and replied in suitable terms. The pro-
ceedings in the Chamber of Deputies were without
interest.

The departure of Lord HOWDEN from Madrid is
deferred, in consequence of the serious illness of his
Lordship.
MADRID BOLSA, JULY 19.—The following are the
prices of stocks :—Three per Cents. were done at
361 for time ; the Four per Cents. at 15i ; Five per
Cents. at 17,1 ; the Debt without Interest at 6 15.16;
and the Coupons at Bi.