The Sun.
London, England, 1851-08-26 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

Lieutenant• General Sir C. J. Napier arrived at
Portsmouth yesterday on a visit to the Lieutenant-
Governor Mejor-General Lord Frederick Fitzcla-
rence. At eleven o'clock he attended the weekly
ceremony of " trooping the Queen's colour," which
was witnessed by a very large concourse of persons,
including many members of the aristocracy staying
in the neighbourhood. In compliment to the veteran
General the Lieutenant-Governor had had erected a
triumphal arch at the entrance of the governor's field,
where the above imposing spectacle takes place, and
upon it were inscribed " Scinde," " Meanee," and
" Ilyderabad." At the conclusion of the ceremony
Sir Charles was introduced by Lord Frederick Fitz-
clarence to the officers present, after which he re-
meined on the ground during the performances of the
hands of the Royal Marines, 7th Fusiliers, 48th, and
8
which, as is usual on the Rlo_nedcayve
95th regiments,
parade, were united in one monstre and most effective
band. Sir Charles Napier is stopping at the
theLl_:. r .1
nant-Governor's. To-morrow evening
t depart-
Admiral, the Hon. Sir T. B. Capel, Admiral Superin-
tendent Prescott, the heads of the diffeceonn,
and of
ments, and several of the officers in garrison,
the ships in commission at this
"°L'ord Frederick.
Charles at a dinner, to be given p r_tarwrii 1 I meet Sir
by •/) r brigaded on
This afternoon the troops are hel ,6
Southsea COIIIOIOI3.
The Hercules, 12, store
WooLwicn, Ana.
and troop-ship, Maste2rs-C.
°Smcotia, on the 22d of July,
rounder Robert Fulton,
arrived at Halifax,
Noevaadoes, with the 72d High-
fourteen days from B
and the strength of the
, underar the command of Lieutenant-
lenders on board
Colonel Freeman s :--19 officers, 32 non-commis-
regiment is as filov,e,lurray,
in drummers, 538 rank and file-24
sioned officers',
children. The regiment disembarked
and 3')
and Tuesday following, and
the Alonday g, proceeded
on
the south barracks, vacated by the 38th
women,
to occupy
that corpsbeing under orders to embark
Regimen Hercules forH convey an
ce to England, under
in the
Ithe command of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir J. Campbell,
Bart., their foreign period of service having expired,
as they went abroad in September, 1840. The depot
of the 38th Regiment was recently removed to Win-
chester to await the landing of the head-quarters of
the corps on their return to England at Portsmouth,
and then proceed to Winchester.

DEATH GP D.R. OKEN.—"We have just received in-
telligence of the death of the famous naturalist, Dr. Lorenz
(Nun, whose theory of the Cranial Homologies effectedt
the
revolution
admirable
researches
ph i to s o polf, ic
oural anatomy,o,
is, in this country, most associated with
b3n. Mr.liis
" Physio-philosophy," a translation of which vi
comnmoo,nvleyn. The namew...Ok.e.n
Talk, was published by the Ray Society.
immersed in much
admirable generalizations. unfortunatehlydim It abounds in
metaphysics. Okents
phraseology of German transcendentea
wasm as
that is false and fantastic, and clothed -e in the cloudiest
practical as he
researches and speculations
departments of natural his-
was dreamy) extended over all_actsP,
and the industry with
tory. Of the value he set upon f
monument exists in the
In cotton , AUG. 23.—Cotton— . woo/ an
1 which he collected them, a lasting
atlibrary of abstracts of the
(fordeh
feelingGLAsGOsNr
has manifested itself, and prices have ad- volumes of the " Isis," a va- nducted by him as a
improved
%.d. to 4cl. per lb. as compared with this day bad greater
co
influence oa
men have
vanced from
periodical..forced to quit German
FewOken. Until _
held
a y
En-
week. The market closes firm. A better feeling also pre- scence of hi time founded and
D science than professorship
goods and yarns, but as yet an advance cannot be r°- can of his political opinions, he h
wails
in
Iron—Our
noted. Pigpig iron market has been steady
at Jena. Latterly .
on account
city he died a few days
during the week, and a fair amount of business is doing atZurich, in which
be was professor of natural. history at
the University of
our quotations—viz., 31s. 6d. No l, G. M. B. ; 38s. No. 3; since, at the advanced
age of seventy-tUree years. —Lit erary
and 43s 6d. No. 1, Grartsherrie.
Gazette.