The Sun.
London, England, 1856-05-27 00:00:00

The following appointments were mark yesterday at
the Admiralty :—Commander G. F. Day, to the Firefly ;
John Tucker (to), master, 0. the Ajax ; John Waye,
master, to the Intrepid ; Alfred J. Veitch, master, to the
Niger ; Matthew P.. Lyon, master's-assistant, to the Ma-
gicienn' ; Robert H. Hawes, master's-assistant, to the
Arisl ; Dal iel Saunders, surgeon, to the Atalanta; Wm.
A. Turner, assistant-surgeon, to the Duke of Wellington;
Wiliam T. Carr, assistant,surgeon, to the Boscawen, ;
Ed ward M'Cartby; acting assistant-surgeon, to the Royal
George ; Wm. Simpson, acting assistant surgeon, to the
Boseawen ; John Jefferson, acting assistant-surgeon, to
the Ca;sar ; Pierce Mansfield, acting assistant-surgeon,
to the Boscawen ; James Flanagan, acting assistant-sur-
geon, to the AlgierS ; Matthew B. Grandy, assistant-
rk, to the Atalanta.
- The Duke tf Omni fc'ge inspected the cavalry regi.
talents of the British German Legion at the camp at
Shorncliffe yesterday. The Royal Duke, with his
equerry, Colonel Tyrwhitt, attended by Major-General
the B4l'oll de Stutterbeim, Colonel Kinloch (Inspector-
General), and Staff, and accompanied by Colonel Darby
Griffiths of the Scots Grays, arrived at the camp shortly
after 9 o'clock, and occupied himself for three hours in
witnessing the evolutions of the two regiments of cavalry
(500 strong), and -r the command of Lieut.-Colonel Per-
cival and Lieut.-Colonel Fleming, the Royal Duke him-
self suggesting same of the roanceuvres. In the course
of the inspection several rapid and dashing charges were
made, and all paned off with the greatest show of effici-
ency in drill. Men and horses looked admirably, and
the Duke expressed himself highly pleased with the sol-
dierly appearance of the men. Subsequently the infantry
were turned out, when his Royal Highness inspected
the three regiments under the command of Lieutenant-
Colonels Hunofrey, Bathurst, and Kent Murray, a fine
healthy compact body of soldiers. The Duke also visited
the cavalry stables, and, after taking luncheon with
the gallant commander of the Legion, the Baron
Stutterheitn, was accompanied to the train by the gal-
lant General's Staff (hcluling Majors Ellerman, Folle•
nius, Cartwright, &c.) The regiment of Japers, under
the command of Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. F.
Joscelyn, left Shorncliffe for Aldershott last week, and it
is likely the other regiments, cavalry and infantry, will
also proceed to Aldershott and be brigaded with the
troops already there. Baron Breitbach was presented
to the Duke of Cambridge. The veteran served in
mo,t of the campaigns of the Peninsula, and was one of
the Duke of Wellington's aides-de-carnp at the battle of
Waterloo.

Brigades of the ttoyal Artillery at Woolwich have
gone through heavy gun exercises for some days past,
in preparation for the general review which is to take
place ou the CommOn on the 29th. The Pensioners
also wintered in full Lumber yesterday morning, under
the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Forbes, and were
joined by those from Deptford, under Major Ward.
Trey went through a number of field evolutions in a
satisfactory manner, which terminated in firing several
rounds of musketry to practise a feu de joie.

GRAND TRUNK RAMTVAY OF CANADA.

The following letter has appeared in the Toronto
Globe :

Inspector-Genera,i's-office, Toronto, May 6, 1856.
Sir,-1 have the honour, in reply to your request, to
furnish you with a memorandum of the terms on which,
after much anxious con:ideration, the Government con-
ceive they would be justified in recommending to Par-
liament the granting of aid to the Grand Trunk Railroad.
You, sir, cannot be insensible to the many difficulties
which beset this question, or the differences of opinion
which exist, as to the best mode of disposing of them ;
and as the further course of the Government may mate-
rially be influenced by the opinion which you, as the no-
crelited agent of the English proprietary, may entertain
of the practical results to be expected from the outline
of the scheme which I have sketched, I shall be obliged
by your favouring me with your views thereon, which I
may submit to the Governor-General and my colleagues
in the government.—l have the honour to be, sir, your
obedient servant, Wm. CAYLEY.
To the Hon. William Napier, Toronto.
PROPOSAL FOB RELIEF TO GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY