The Sun.
London, England, 1856-08-02 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

The 20th and 97th Regiments are ordered to be guar
tered in Portsmou h garrison, and will proceed there on
the 4th inst. ; both are Crimean regiments. The 3d
Battalion of the Rifle Brigade proceeds from Portsmouth
to Aldershot ; the depot proceeds to Port Cumberland,
near Portsmouth.

On Thursday 8 officers and 246 men of the 96th Regi-
ment embarked at Kingstown on board the Cleopatra
screw steam-transport, in which they will be conveyed
to Gibraltar ; also 2 officers and 114 men of the 15th
Foot embarked on bard the same vessel for the same
dcAination. The wives and children of a certain num-
ber of the men accompanied them, in accordance with
the. regulation of the service. Five officers and 126
men of the Sapiiers and Miners also embarked on board
the Cleopatra, for the Cape.
Her Majesty's ship Himalaya, Commander Priest,
landed 16,000 of the British Foreign Legion at Port--
mouth yesterday, who proceeded to the camp at Brown-
down. -

her Majesty's ebip Sanspareil, 81, Captain A. C. Key,
C. 8., left Portsmouth yesterday morning for Plymouth.
Her Majesty's ship Princess Royal, 91, Capt. Gifford,
was taken into the steam basin for repairs yesterday ;
and the Colossus, 81, Captain the Hun. H. Keppel, was
taken out after repairs. _

The screw steamship James Watt, 91, Captain Tala-
vera V. Anson, in tow of the paddlewheel steatn-frigate
Valorous, 16, Captain Claude H. M. Buckle, from Spit-
head, arrived at Plymouth on Thursday.
The London, 90, Captain William H. Jervis, was
towed from Plymouth Sound into Llarnoaza on Thu, s-
day, and her crew unbent sails ; she is to be paid off.
The Edinburgh, GO guns, screw steamship of 600-horsa
power, to be commanded at Sheerness by Capt. Halsted,
in charge of the steam squadron of reserve at that port,
arrived there yesterday at 10.40 a.m. She saluted the
commander-iiocbief's flag and to ik in her harbour
moorings. The officers and men belonging to the steam
reserve are ord-red to be immediately transferred to her
from the Formidable, 84 guns. guardship of ordinary,
Captain Superintendent John Jervis Tucker.
Yesterday Captain Cleveland's company (from Alder-
shot) of the Royal Artillery, No. 2, of the 31 BaVaiion,
left head-quarter,,Wo and embarked on board the
Royal mail screw steamer England, 1,150 tons register,
Lieutenant A. D. Dundas, R.N., Commander (W. S.
Lindsay owner), for the Cape of Good Hope.
The following appointments were made yesterday at
the Admiralty : —Captain C. F. A. Shadwell; C 8., t)
the Highflyer ; Commander H. J. Raby, to the Medusa ;
and Commander W. T. Bate, to the Actleon ; John J.
Ball, master, to the Blenheim ; J. S. Hill, master in
cAninarid, to the Tyne ; Midshipman H. J. Dyke, to
the Brilliant ; John Cotton, surgeon, to the Infl-xible ;
G. J. A. M'Cullagh, surgeon, to the Cruiser - Etoberr.
C. Scott, to the Fury ; and John Bremner, cleric, to the
Brilliant.

ETON COLLEGE.

ETON, AIIGII.ST 1

The examinations conducted by the heads of the col-
lege and the two posers, which commenced-on Friday
last, terminated this afternoon, and the following is the
result, as given out in Election•cbamber, between 2 and
3 o'clock :
Eton boys elected on the indenture to go to King's
College,' Cambridge, as vacancies occur

Age.
Hodgson
- - 18

Willis

Age

Nelson
Boys
Mozley, ma lB Stow
Barrett
Cornish . 17 I Graham l7
Austen-Leigh, 17
The holidays commenced on Monday last, and as nn
extra week will be granted this vacation—although one
was expected in consequence of the termination of war
with Russia—the school will open on Wednesday, the
10th .September, on which day the lower boys will
arrive. The fitth form return on Wednesday, the 11th,
and the sixth form on Friday, the 12th, when the whole
school will have assembled.
THE SCHOOL AT ELECTION 1856.
Upper School.
_ _ _

Sixth Form 20
•
Fifth Form (Upper Division)
Middle Division BO
• Lower Division
Remove-
Fourth Form
Unplaced • 4

Lower School.
Third. Form (Upper Greek).... 2O
Lower Greek
Sense 7
Nonsense
Second Form
First Form 7

Total 667
Tieing an increase of 32 since Easter. Such is the
healthy state of Eton that not a boy was left behind
through illness.
"7"A vacancy having occurred at King's occasioned by,
the marriage, on Friday last, of Russell Day, Esq.,
M.A., one of the Masters of Eton, Hodgson, as soon as
the result of the examinations had placed him as captain
of ,the school, bad the good fortune to get the resigna-
-1 ion. This young gentleman, comequent!y, leaves for
King's, and Nelson is now the captain of the collegers.
Mr. Watkins, ma., at election, was both captain of
the school, and captain of the oppidans, a very unusual
circumstance, that of an oppidmis standing higher in the-
school than any colleger. If Watkins should leave this
hal, which' it is expected ho will, Nelson will become
cap aiu of the eohool and chute•eaptain of the oppidano.

MET ROPOLI rA V B )A RD OF WOBKS.

110--

Yesterday, the ordinary weekly meeting wai held in
the Couneil-Chamber, Mr. J. Thwaites, the president, in
the chair, for the purpose of transacting the business set
forth in an extremely heavy agenda paper.
The financial paper showed a total general balance
of 135,7821., of which 8,2601. was set down under the
head of " available balance."

The board was occupied from 12 up to 2 o'clock in
hearing three appeals from the decision of several dis-
trict Boards of Works refusing the appellants compensa-
tion for the loss of office under the operation of the Me-
tropolis Local Management Act. In the case of Mr. C.
H. Hill, late Surveyor of the Highways of the parish of
St. Mary's, Islington, Mr. Dolton moved that an annuity
of 1271. lOs for life be granted. This proposition was
strenuously opposed by a considerable number of hon.
members, and led to an animated discussion. Mr. Leslie
spoke with much energy against awarding any coaipen-
sation whatever ; and Mr. H. L. Taylor moved, as an
amendment to Mr. Dalton's motion, that 100& a year
be granted for life. Upon a division, this was negatived
by 13 to 11, Mr. Leslie voting in the majority—a fact
to which Mr. H. L. Taylor called the attention of the
board, andicharged the hon. member with voting in direct
opposition to his spoken opinions ; in order, therefore,
to give Mr. Leslie an opportunity of retracing his steps,
Mr. Taylor said he would move that 105/. per annum

for lie be accorded to Mr. Hill, and was proceeding to
further comment on the conduct of Mr. Leslie, when

The PRESIDENT put it to Mr. Taylor whether the
course he was pursuing, in referring to particular mem-
bers, was, to say the least, convenient_?
Mr. LESLIE hoped the President would not now inter-
rupt the hon. member for the City, because it was his
(Mr. Leslie'.) intention to walk into the City presently,
when he hoped the President would not interpose. Mr.
Taylor would not induce him to retract his vote ; his
bon. friend appeared to regard the proceedings of the
Common Council as the only model of perfection. He
believed that it was perfectly illegal to vote any com-
pensation to that gentleman.
Mr. D'IFFANGSR trusted that Mr. Leslie properly ap-

•
preciated the kindness of Mr. Taylor in giving him an
opportunity of amending his ways. The member for the
City was a very powerful man, but he hoped the board
would not be led to such an extent by the gentlexpen
from the City. He supported the motion.
The proposition of Mr. Dalton was then put, and car-
ried by 14 to 12.