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THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 18, 1858.

RAINBOW TAVERN IS NOW OPEN.

ARMY CLOTHING FOR INDIA.

A pattern specimen of the recently adopted new
clothing for our troops in India, which is being
sent out now with the regimental draughts to that
country, is on view at the War Department, Pall-
mall. Both in shape and material it is of the sim-
plest kind, and seems to combine in an unusual
Hithertodeemed etshseenintifaalntrtyo
athed
levoembfeoliiteveofthethecallilerny.
degree those many qualifications that are rightly
also, have been supplied with a loose kind of shoot-
ing jacket, made of coarse red flannel or serge,
with dark ordinary trousers of the same material.
The coolness, lightness, and ease of these, while
they lasted intact, seemed to•fit them admirably for
the trying climate of India. But a slight examination
of the loose texture of the serge would seem to show,
that no great amount of durability could be ex-
peeted from them, and that, above all, they were
scarcely fitted for the bivouacking and jungle
marching of an Indian campaign. It is now in-
tended to replace these tunics with new jackets
and trousers, different both in colour and material
from those we have mentioned. The present pat-
tern is made of a very strong description of corded
jean of a grayish slate hue, similar to those " carkee'
tunics which have been describe& It is made to fit
the wearer loosely, and is without. braid or orna-
ment of any kind beyond a simple shoulder-strap,
with the regimental number in white cotton figures,
and a few stout brass buttons down the front. The
trousers are of the same material and colour, made
close to the waist, but fitting very loosely round
the hips and legs ; so that the whole costume gives
the greatest possible freedom of action to all the
movements of ate body. Those of our readers even
the least versed in military matters can at once
appreciate the value of such a dress to the soldier
when on the rapid and forced marches which seem
likely to be the chief features of the approaching cam-
paign against the rebels. The strength of the new
material is also a great recommendation, while its
pale gray neutral colour, so hard to distinguish at
a short distance, will afford the wearer a protection
against sharpshooting which he would never ex-
perience in the staring red tunic now worn. Alto-
gether, the new clothing is about the best, strongest
and most comfortable service uniform which the
soldier has yet got., and, though doubtless it may
still be improved upon, it is a great step in the
right direction. It now only remains to adopt this
or some such dress as the recognised uniform for
all her Majesty's troops stationed in warm climates,
for we trust that we have seen the last of the old
style of things, when our infantry were required to
face a Canadian winter or an Indian summer in
precisely the same clothing. It is only now that
the Government have admitted that there is a dif-
ference in the temperature of Lahore in July and
Newfoundland in December, but now that the fact
is acknowledged let the change which it suggests
be fully carried out in all branches of the service.

PiE WS, PATEIi
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Her Majesty's iron paddle-whee elrem- Ve---,))
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Harpy, Lieutenant Commander George A. vte,S
was yesterday inspected at Woolwich by Commodore
Shepherd, preparatory to being paid off. The Harpy
was commissioned at Portsmouth in May, 1854,' by
Lieut. Commander Lindsay, who exchanged with
her present commander from the Hannibal in
August, 1855. She sailed from Portsmouth with
Admiral Boxer for the Bosphorus, where she
hoisted the .Adm;ral's flag, and was subsequently
employed with the fleet and transports in convey-
ing the army to the Crimea, and during the war
was incessantly engaged in conveying despatches,
removing invalids, prisoners and supernumeraries
and in laying down buoys and anchors for moor-
ings for the fleet, assisting wrecks and ships on
shore, towing distressed vessels, and cruisitpr in
search of pirates. On the 4th of last month the
Harpy hoisted the flag of Admiral Stopford at
Malta, and having been inspected by Lord F. heir,
she sailed on the 19th of that month for England,
calling at Algiers, Gibraltar, and Viz°.
The statement which appeared in The Sun a few
days since, relative to the condition of the river
Medway in the vicinity of Chatham dockyard and
the Gun-wharf, where the channel of the river is
becoming fast filled up, owing to the washing away
of the banks and the :deposits of mud which have
been allowed to accumulate, has had the effect of
directing the attention of the authorities to this
important subject. The local authorities have also
been aroused, and a numerou'ly signed requisition
has been presented to Mr. Badden, the high con-
stable of the borough of Chatham, calling u,)on
the inhabitants to take into consideration the ex-
pediency of immediately adopting such measures
as may be deemed advisable with the view of
arresting the further filling up of the bed of the
river. In obedience to the requisionists the high
constable has convened a meeting which is to be held
in the largest public room in the borough. The protec-
tion and control of the Medway devolve upon the
corporation of Rochester (who claim jurisdiction
over the river) and the Lord Mayor, win; is the
conservator ; the Board of Admiralty tan exercise
their authority over it, but notwithstanding the
interest of each and all these bodies the Medway
has been left uncared for until it is now in its pre-
sent alarming state.
Seven 9-pounder brass-guns, cast at the foundry
in Woolwich Arsenal, were yesterday proved at
the butt, six of which were found defective, and
were ordered to be restored to the foundry to be
recast.
The dockyard authorities have as many men em-
ployed as can work upon the undermentioned ships
at Portsmouth, with the object of getting them out
of hand with all despatch :—The Victoria, 121 guns
1,000 horse power ; the Prince of Wales, 131 guns,
800 horse power (both on the stocks) ; and the Nep-
tune, 120, sailing ship, under conversion to a 91
gun screw two-decker, with 600 horse power.
The following appointment were made yesterday
at the Admiralty :—Commander C. G. Grills, to be
Inspecting-Commander of the Coastguard, vice
Hobart; A. G. S. Pasley, acting mate, to the Liffey ;
Wm. J. Hamilton, surgeon, to the Conflict ; George
B. Beale, acting assistant-surgeon, to the Victory ;
William Percevall, acting assistant-surgeon, to the
Impregnable ; and Charles W. King, clerk, to the
Liffey.

PRICE 4D. STAMPED, SD.

protect the native iron-master, the State
must make an exception in its own favour
by using English iron, or sacrifice so far the
efficiency of the navy. Meanwhile protection
has been utterly unable to sustain prices. While
secure from all competition French iron
experienced the same vicissitudes as ours, of course
with no Protection, did. As if, however, to show
that protection has nothing to do with the matter,
French iron has just fallen considerably, in the face
of a relapse into Protection obtained by the iron-
masters themselves. They represented that it was
impossible to make iron at the low prices lately
prevailing, and that the evil was caused by the free
importation of iron to be manufactured for exporta-
tion. They carried their point, and now find that
without any unusual importation for this purpose
prices have fallen, and iron, if made, must now be
made on still lower terms. In this country we
are accustomed to such vicissitudes. They come,
and the sufferers lament that they had not the
sense to see them coming. But they have no Em-
peror, no Protection to run to ; they know it is vain
to expect laws in their special favour ; they quietly
accept the warning to do their work still better,
and conduct their business more prudently.— Times.

RAILIVAI' INTELLIGENCE.

WEST LONDON.

A special general meeting of this company was
held yesterday, at the London Tavern, to consider
the propriety of making application to Parliament
in the ensuing session for an act to extend the Ken-
sington Canal branch across the Thames to the
London and South-Western Railway, and also for
power to sell the Kensington Canal—Mr. S. Bird
in the chair.

Mr. TURQUAND, the secretary, read the notice
convening the meeting, and a circular that had been
sent to the proprietors, stating that the committee
of shareholders had submitted to the directors of
the company a plan for converting the Kensington
Canal into a. railway, which would connect the
West London Railway with the railways on the
southern side of the Thames, and had requested the
directors to take the necessary preliminary steps
for laying the same before Parliament during the
ensuing session. To effect this object it was im-
perative that the plans should be deposited with
Parliament by the 30th inst. The directors having
regard to the strong representations made to them
by the committee of shareholders, and feeling also
that such a disposition of the property of the com-
pany must materially enhance its value, had in-
structed the solicitor to prepare for depositing the
plans.

The CHAIRMAN stated that the engineer had
suggested an Alteration in the notice which would
have been too late for insertion, and therefore a
supplemental notice was given.
Mr. J. WIIITEHEAD then entered into an expla-
nation showing the advantages that would arise to
the company from the proposed undertaking. He
had proposed the sale of the canal, but that was
objected to by the committee, and he must say
they had shown great vigour and devotion to the
interests of the company. If something was not
done, there was but little chance of the second-
class shareholders getting anything, and as to the
original shareholders they would get nothing. There
were several schemes for extending the West London
line. The West-end and Crystal Palace scheme
intended to occupy their canal, and were, therefore,
considered friendly. The North and South Metro-
politan Junction scheme avoided the Kensington
Canal, and therefore must be considered as unfriendly
The Great Western scheme also avoided their
canal. If the shareholders of the West London
continued supine, their property would pass into
the hands of other companies, but if they exerted
themselves their property would not only be pre-
served, but raised considerably in value. No line,
from its position, offered greater advantages ; it •
would join the London and North-Western and
the Great Western Railways with all the railways
at the south side of the Thames, the South-Eastern,
the Brighton, the South-Western, and the Crystal
Palace Railway. Kensington was a very populous
district, and it would therefore have a large local
traffic as well as a through traffic. Looking at the
receiOts on other lines in the metropolis somewhat
similarly situated, he was of opinion that when the
proposed extension was carried out they would re-
ceive 10 per cent. on Ocir outlay. The coal-
owners in the north were prepared to send a large
quantity of coals over the line to southern districts
sufficient to justify the proposed undertaking. The
London and North-Western and Great Western
Companies would go forward with their schemes if
the West London Company did nothing ; but he
hoped they would go vigorously forward and secure
their Bill. Their true policy was to go forward.
He (Mr. Whitehead) held first and second class
shares only in the West London—he had not one
old share. He would therefore not stand in the
way to prevent them making their property a sure
one for the sake of any dividend they could
now pay. At present there was no chance
of getting back one farthing of their money;
but by carrying out the new project, instead of
being represented as " Punch's line," it would in
reality become the grand junction line of the king-
dom. He concluded by moving a formal resolu-
tion, adopting and confirming the steps taken; and
being taken, by the directors, authorising them, in
conjunction with the committee, to take all neces-
sary steps for carrying out the undertaking men-
tioned in the Parliamentary notice, or such por-
tions thereof as the directors and committee might
deem necessary, and to defray the expenses in re-
lation thereto out of the funds of the company.
Mr. Alderman CUBITT had great pleasure in
seconding the motion. At present their property
was of no value to them, neither was it of any value
to the traffic of the kingdom ; but by extending it
as proposed they would unite the network of rail-
ways on the north of the Thames with the network
on the south of the Thames, and consequently ob•
thin a very large traffic. The facilities for traffic
would be greatly improved by its construction, and
passengers would be conveyed from north to south
by it expeditiously, instead of in cabs, as at pre-
sent. He thought they would be considered as
having a prior claim on Parliament for an Exten-
sion Act, and he need not say that if they got it
there could be no doubt it would be of great value
and importance to them. They would then be in a
good position and able to deal with any proposition
that might be made to them in respect of their pro-
perty ; otherwise their property would be valued
according to its antecedents, instead of in respect to
its future prospects.
Mr. HARTRIDGE understood that there were at
present nine schemes afloat for:crossing the Thames,
and some of them would no doubt appear before
Parliament. Their extension was not a new scheme;
it had been contemplated by the original promoters
of the line, but circumstances had prevented the
project from being carried out. The traffic on the
Greenwich line was at the rate of £11,509 per mile

THE ARMY.

The following circular, relative to the deliveries
of ammunition from the Government magazines, has
just been issued from the Horse Guards, by order
of the Duke of Cambridge, for the guidance of
commanding officers at home and abroad :
" His Royal Highness the General Commanding-
in-Chief has reason to believe that sufficient atten-
tion is not paid by commanding officers to the de-
livery of ammunition from the r.?gimental
magazines, and that this duty is too frequently
delegated to non-commissioned officers ; attention
is, therefore, called to the " Queen's Regulations
and Orders for the Army," page 107, on this sub-
ject, which directs that the deliveries of ammuni-
tion from the regimental or depot magazines arc to
be made by the Quartermasters CO the officers
commanding troops or companies. The .Quarter-
master will be held responsible that he so regulates
this point of his duty as to prevent the necessity of
trasting the key of the magazine to any subordi-
nate authority.

" By command,
" G. A. WETHERALL, AdjutantGldneral."
The new system of ventilation for the barrack-
rooms occupied by the _troops, which• has been so
successfully adopted by the several blocks of build-
ings at Chatham-barracks, is being applied to the
various buildings occupied by the Royal Engine( r
at Brompton Barracks, under the direction of
Colonel M. Williams, the Commanding Royal En-
gineer. The new principle of ventilation, which
has already: been described in• The Sun, has been
found to answer so satisfactorily that it will be
carried out at all the barracks and military hos-
pitals throughout the kingdom.
Yesterday the officers and reinforcements for the
2d (the Queen's) Dragoon Guards, Gth Dragoon
Guards (Carabineers), 7th Hussars, 9th Lancers,
Royal Artillery, Gth, 19th, 23d (Royal Welsh Fusi-
liers), 34th 35th (Royal Sussex), 37th, 88th (Con-
naught Rangers), 90th (Light Infantry), and 97th
Regiments, from the depots at Maidstone, Canter-
bury, Chatham, and Colchester, embarked at
Gravesend on board the Gertrude, for Calcutta.
The recent arrangements, sanctioned by the
authority of the Duke of Cambridge, for sending a
certain number of staff-sergeants and discharged
sergeant-majors with the reinforcements proceeding
to India, have been found to work so satisfactorily,
that orders have been received at Chatham for an
additional number of non-commissioned officers of
this class to be selected to embark for India with
the troops under orders for embarkation. On
arriving in India these sergeants will be employed
in conducting invalid and wounded troops to
England.
The order for the departure of Captain Blosse's
company of Royal Artillery for Bermuda reeenlly
issued at Woolwich was yesterday countermaneed,
under an order, it is said, from the Commander-in-
Chief, to reduce the strength of the Royal Artillery
there to one full company only.
Yesterday, at 1 o'clock, the entire corps.of Royal
Horse Artillery stationed at head-quarters, Wool-
wich, were mustered on parade for the purpose of
witnessing the execution of a sentence of a regi-
mental Court-martial, pronounced last week on two
sergeants of Major Tupper's A troop, named Ed
ward Raisebeck and Simon Briggs, who we:.•
convicted of having, in breach 'of the articles of
war, absented themselves from their post without
leave, and retired to their homes without the gar-
rison lines, at a time specified, when appointed to
night duty, together with four other sergeants, in
charge of a 100 rank and file as a garrison picket,
to asEemble in case of fire or any sudden emergency.
The sentence of the Court-martial, adjudging the
prisoners to be degraded from their position and
reduced as gunners, having been read by the Ad-
jutant of the day, a couple of drummer-boys
advanced towards the prisoners, and tore off their
stripes and other badges distinguishing their grade
above the ranks, to which they were thereupon or-
dered to retire.

A detachment of 66 non-commissioned officers
and gunners of the Royal Artillery yesterday left
Woolwich for Calcutta. A number of non-com-
missioned officers employed as clerks in the Adju-
tant- General's and the Battalion offices accompanied
the detachment for similar servive in India'.

per annum ; that of the London and BlaCkwall,
£15,000 per mile ; and of the North London Rail-
way, £lB,OOO per mile per annum. There was,
therefore, no doubt the traffic would be ample to
compensate them for their outlay. He was happy
to say that the directors and the committee had
acted together unanimously in this matter.
After some observations by other shareholders in
favour of the proposed undertaking, which it was
stated would not only be remunerative to the share-
holders, but very useful to the public,
Mr. HADDON expressed a belief that the eaten
sion line would increase the goods traffic on the
canal to an amount 20 times greater than it was at
present, and if so it would 3-ield £6,000 a year, and
every one who had invested his money would get
20s. in the pound.
The resolution was then put, and carried unani-
nseimonudseldib passed
appointing as Mr.se
d
unani-
mously.
On the motion of Mr.
as LOVELESS,unanimously
co
WHITEIIEAD, a resolution was
Htr
appointing Messrs. Cobb, idge , Huggins,
Scott, and Gordon Thompson aar
committee for the
purpose of the foregoing resolution.
A vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the
proceedings.

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OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVER-
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The receipts of this company,including the Stour-
bridge Extension and Stratford-upon-Avon Canals,
for the fortnight ending the 7th Nov. have been
£9,524, while those for the corresponding fortnight
of 1857 amounted to £9,361, and the expenditure
amounted to £3,776, being at the rate of 39.65 per
cent., and for the corresponding fortnight of 1857
to £3,957, or at the rate of 42.26 per cent. The
aggregate receipts for the first nine fortnights and
four days of the half-year amounted to £86,928, as
against £90,108 for the corresponding nine fort-
nights and five days of the previous year. The
aggregate expenses for the first nine fortnights and
four days of the half-year amounted to £33,161, or
3814 per cent. as agains t ?,38,596 for the corres-
ponding nine fortnights and five days of the previ-
ous year, or at the rate of 42.83 per cent.