The Sun.
London, England, 1858-04-16 00:00:00

COURSE OF SXCHANGE.—Zurs DAT.

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Ditto, three months 11 1714 Leghorn ..... 29 72
Rotterdam 11 17 Genoa ......... • ...... 25 5714
Antwerp •• •• .• •• •• •• •• 15 375 y Milan •• •• •••••• •• ••
Brussels ..............25 37,4 Venice.•••••••••
Bamhurgh 13 6' Naple., •• .. 42
kltcna •••• .• •• .. Palermo .... ...... .... 125
• • 25 12 Messina ... 125%
Do. three months .. ••25 37 Lisbon ....... ••• •••• 5134
Marseillu 25 40 Oporto 51'
Bourdeaux • Janeiro
Frankiort•on-Maine 118% ,Buenos Ayres..... „
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Vienna .• •• ...II ••s•• • • • •• I 0 36 Philadelphia
frie5te........•• 10 Mi ?SLOES OF BULLION. PER oz:
i'etcrsburg ............ 35!4 Foreign Gold in Bars £5 17 9
lfadrid .........., .... 49 Portugal Oold Coin 00 0
Cadiz •, ••. •... 49• N 15frxie.0 0 0 0
P. sreelona •• •• •.•• .. • • New Dollars 00 0
. ........ 'Silver in bar" •. • (1 0 0
- LAMM

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

Two battalions of Royal Marines, under the command of
Lieut.-Col. Fleming, as well as the Oxford Militia Regi-
ment, in command of Lieut.-Col. Fane, were yesterday
morning drawn out on Woolwich common and were put
through battalion exercises. A number of Artillery recruits,
who have passed certain stages of gun and position drill,
were likewise mustered on the parade-ground for the in-
spection of Col. Bloomfield (in temporary command of
the garrison), and having performed various evolutions
they marched past in well-disciplined order and regularity.
The freight ship Cordelia has commenced shipping war
stores from Woolwich arsenal for Halifax; and the Flying
Foam, laden with war materials for Hong Kong, is under
orders to sail for her destination to-day.
The launch of the large line of battle screw steamer
Hero, 91, took place at Chatham dockyard yesterday after-
neon in the presence of several thousand spectators. The
Hero has been on the stocks nearly four years, having been
laid down on the Bth of June, 1851, and was built from
the designs of Admiral Sir Baldwin W. Walker, K.C.8.,
Surveyor of the Navy, under the direction of Mr. F. J.
[Aire, the master shipwright at Chatham dockyard, and
his assistants. She is one of the finest vessels of .her class
ever constructed for the British navy. Precisely at 25
minutes after 1 o'clock Mr. F. J. Laire conducted Mies
Jones, daughter of Mr. H. T. Jones, storekeeper at Chat-
ham, to the bows of the vessel, and she performed the cere-
mony of " christening" the Hero. The supports having
bee❑ knocked away the slender rope which held the ship
was severed, and the Hero glided into the Medway amid
the cheering of the spectators, the band of the Royal
Marine Light Infantry playing "Rule Britannia." The
following are the proportions of this splendid vessel :
As ordered. As built.
Feet. In. Feet. in,
Length between perpendiculars 2:34 3 231 4
Length of keel for tonnage 199 11 199 3.i
Extreme breath 55 4 55 4
Breadth for tonnage 54 6 51 6
Breadth moulded ••• 53 8 53 8
Depth in hold
Burthen in tons ..........
She is to be supplied with the following powerfu
armament :

Guns. Weight Cwt. Feet. In.
Lower deck 3t 8-inch 63 9 0
Main dock
Upper deck 22 32 „ 45 8 6
Ditto (pivot)
After the launch, the Hero was towed to Sheerncssby
the African and Lizard steamers, for the purpose of being
taken into deck to be supplied with her machinery, which
will be of 609-horse power. Captain G. Goldsmith, C. 8.,
the superintendent of the dockyard, entertained a dis-
tinguished party at his official residence after the launch,
and the whole of the workmen were granted a half-day's
holiday.
The next vessel to he launched at Chatham dockyard is
the large screw steam-frigate Mersey, 40, which is very
nearly completed.
Her Majesty's steam block-ship Blenheim, 60, Capt. F.
Scott, C. 8., having been completely refitted for her new
coast service, went to Spitheal on Wednesday, where she
was inspected officially yesterday by Admiral Sir G.:,orge
Seymour, K.C.8., the Commander-in-Chief. She was fol-
lowed to the anchorage yesterday by the Arrogant, 47,
Captain Heath, which went out to try her machi-
nery and speed, and afterwards returned into harbour.
The ImperieuEe, 51, screw-frigate, is being got ready with
all despatch for commission. The Vnlcan, 6, troop-frigate,
Commander John Seccombo, will embark her troops for
Malta, +Ade day.
The Madam, 31, Capt. Moorsom, C. 8,., made another
trial of her speed yesterday in Stokes's Bay.
Yesterday about 500 men of the 2.1 battalion 7th Fusi
leers and Bedford Militia, under the command of Major
Ilibbert and Capt. Ledger, visited the Crystal Palace.
The men con lucted themselves in a most orderly manner,
,ho Tin; by their ccnduct that they appreciated the kind-
ness of their officers

The mail which will bring full particulars of the c
tore of Lucknow ard the flight of the 50,000reabpei
Sepoyß, will be dues in London on Monday next.
DEATH OF MR. . COBDEN —Mr. F. Cobden, brother
of Mr. Richard Coble!), has died at Dunf..)rd, ITdhurst'
agel 58. The afli etion (f his brother, and a desire to
be wish him during those sufferings which have now
been terminated by death, was, it is believed, one of the
reasons for which Mr. Cobden ba, )at,ly withdrawn from
public; life.