The Sun.
London, England, 1851-10-28 00:00:00

THE ARMY

Two hundred of the 90th Light Infantry from Cork
will replace an equal force of the 40th at Spike Island
on Tuesday next.
Major-General Bainbrigge inspected the battalion
of the 91st at Belfast, under Lieutenant-Colonel
Campbell. The officers afterwards entertained the
gallant General and a number of fashionables at lun-

cheon, and in the evening tl;General and staff at the
officers' mess.

LAUNCII OF THE CAPE SCREW STEAM-
SHIP THE QUEEN OF Tli E SOUTH.
A very fine vessel was yest?rday launched from the
yard of the eminent builder, Mr. Charles Mare, of
Blackwall. Precisely at three o'clock, Pas., the dog-
shores were knocked away, and the gallant vessel,
after receiving at the fair hands of Miss Ford the
poetical name of "The Queen of the South," glided
most majestically into that element where we trust
she is destined to perform some good service. The
Queen of the South has been built for the General
Screw Steam Navigation Company, and is intended
to convey the mails, passengers, and cargo, between
this country and the Cape, under the contract which
the company have taken. The Queen of the South is
a very beautiful model, and reflects high credit upon
those who have designed her, and upon the company
who have had the spirit to make so noble an addition
to our mercantile screw fleet.

The dimensions of the Queen of the South are as
follow :

Feel
... 240
... 216;
... 39
... 25

Length between perpendiculars ...
Length of keel for tonnage ...
Breadth for tonnage ...
Depth of hold ... ...
Burden in tons ... 1,752 36-94ths
She has two direct acting engines by Maudslay,
Field, and Co., of 300 horse power, and her rig will
assimilate as near as possible to that of H.M.S. Daunt-
less, as now fitted. The Queen of the South has
ample cabin accommodatiou for 120 passengers, and
is finished in a style equal to any of the crack sailing
ships of Messrs. Green, Smith, Wigram, or any other
of the large shipowners of the port of London. She
will, without loss of time, take her engines on board,
and as soon as ready will be placed on the line, where
we doubt not she will amply realise all the views that
are entertained by the most sanguine supporters of the
t crew principle. The Queen of the South has capa-
city for stowing about a thousand tons of cargo, and
independent of her facilities for passengers, she pos-
sesses a number of large single cabins of ample di-
mensions, which, with the others, are entirely pre•
pared for the reception of passengers, at the sole ex-
pense of the company, with every regard to as much
comfort as can be found in any ship afloat, whether
propelled by sails or steam.

COURT CIRCULAR.
WINDSOR, 111oNnAy.

The Queen and Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales,
and the Princess Royal visited the Countess de
Neuilly at Claremont to• day, attended by the Vis-
countess Canning, Major-General Sir E. Bowater, and
Colonel Buckley.
Prince Alfred and the remainder of the royal chil-
dren took their usual pony and walking exercise.

Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-
office from the Governors of the North American
provinces.

ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE.

The Rev. W. W. Champneys, rector of White-
chapel, has been preferred to the vacant Canonry of
St. Paul's.
The Rev. John William Clarke, ILA., has been
instituted to the Rectory of Catistock, Wiltshire, void
by the death of the Rev. R. Broadley, on the presen-
tation of the trustees of the Rev. Peter Still, deceased.
The Lord Bishop of Killaloe has appointed the Rev.
Wm. Henry M'Causland, for many years the re-
spected curate of Birr, to the Prebend of Tulla, vacant
by the lamented death of the Rev. Richard Brew.
The Lord Bishop of Cork held a confirmation at
Christ Church, Cork, on Tuesday, when 600 persons
were confirmed, and .51 of his clergy were present.
The parish church of Durrington, Wiltshire, which

(with tile exception of the tower) has been rebuilt on
a larger scale for the better accommodation of the
inhabitants, will be consecrated for Divine service on

the Ist November next, by the Lord Bishop of
Salisbury.
THE
_BISHOP OF GLOUCESTEU AND BRISTOL.

—At Cheltenham, on Thursday, 7[r. Holt, the
bishop's registrar, attended and furnised each of
the clergy with a copy of his Lordship's
charge. Before the business of the visitation
was over the Rural Dean read a letter from
the Bishop, wherein he explained the cause of
his unavoidable absence (illness),
and stated that in
regard to the Horfield estate, which has lately en-
gaged so large a share of public attention, it was his
intention to appropriate one moiety derivable there-
from to the augmentation of poor livings throughout
the diocese, and the second to the employment of
curates in those parishes where the advanced age of
the incumbents appeared to render such assistance ne-
cessary. Upon this latter part of the proposition,
however, the Bishop sought the opinions and sugges-
tions of his clergy, and, in order to obtain this, had
adopted the course he had done, of writing to the
Rural Dean, who, on his part, requested his brother
clergymen would consider this matter over,
and com-
municate to him their views in the course of the
afternoon, that he might forward a reply to the Bishop
as soon as possible.—Gloucester Journal.
PAEISH OF ST. ANNE, BLAcitrniAns.--The dispute
between the Lord Chancellor and the united parishes
of St. Anne, Blackfriars, and St. Andrew-by-the-
Wardrobe, respecting the successor to the Right Rev.
Dr. Harding, Bishop of Bombay, is likely to be forth-
with settled. It appears that the Lord Chancellor,
who claimed the right of presentation in consequence
of the late incumbent being promoted to a bishopric,
has some doubt himself whether the law applies to
colonial bishoprics the same as to English. It has
been submitted to his Lordship that it does not, and
he has therefore handed the case over to the law
officers of the Crown, in whose hands all the papers
relating to the matter have been placed, and their
decision is expected to be given in the course of the
present week.

LIMERICK, OCT. 25.—Major-General the Duke of
Cambridge is'expected to arrive this day in Dublin,
and resume the command of the Dublin district.

Major-General Napier inspected the detachments
of 4th Dragoon Guards and 17th at Gort,; the 63d
at Clare Castle, and returned to Limerick with Lieu-
tenant-Colonel Doyle on Thursday night.
Captain Pretiman, 33d; Captain Lyon, 923; Mr.
Carden, 93d ; Mr. Hawker, Carbineers ; Mr. Thursby
and Mr. Bidgood, Royal Regiment; and Captain
Mansergh, Queen's Bays, are on leave in this city.
All the military recruiting parties in this garrison
have been withdrawn, and joined their corps; how-
ever, a number of remarkably fine young fellows have
been enlisted for the .52d and 63d. _ _