The Sun.
London, England, 1867-03-28 00:00:00

THE SUN, LOisItION, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 28, 1867.

as well as those on all the coast lines and branches

between Portsmouth and Hastings, Horsham, Guild-
ford, and Tunbridge Wells, have been running to-
day as usual ; and to-morrow morning (Thursday)
it is intended to resume the ordinary service, as per
time-tables, over the whole suburban system be-
tween London-bridge, Victoria, the Crystal Palace,
Croydon, Epsom, Leatherhead, Dorking, and the
South London line.

" GEO. HAWKINS, Traffic Manager.

" March 27."
"The.Engineedrivers' and Firemen'sUnited Society,
31, Brydges-street, Strand, March 27.

" Dear Sir,—The strike on the Brighton Railway
is virtually at an end. The only point at issue be-
tween the men and the directors—namely, the con-
ditions on which the men should receive their pro-
motion—has been arrang'd by the authorities
agreeing that, if any me❑ are pas6ed over, they will
have the right to appeal to the Board of Directors,
and their claims will be duly considered. The men
ask no more than this, and, the Brighton directors
having conceded every other point, they have re-
solved to trust themselves to the upright dealing of
gentlemen with whom they have no especial quarrel,
and hope that their future relations may be both
amicable and satisfactory.
" Yours truly, " J. 0. PUTLEY."

miralty have wisely determined on disposing of her.
Her dockyard stores and other gear will be removed
from her before she is scold.

The paddlewheel steamer Adder, Mr. W. J.
Blakey, Master-Commander, left Chatham yester-
day with a number of the wrought iron frames on
board, for conveyance to Woolwich, to be used in
the construction of the twin screw composite gun
vessel Dwarf, building at that establishment.
The chartered convict ship Norwood has been
taken up by the Government for the conveyance of a
party of between 300 and 400 convicts, under
lengthened sentences of penal servitude, from Chat-
ham and the other convict establishments, to IVest-
ern Australia. She will receive on board her comple-
ment from Chatham at the Nore to-day. A military
guard of army pensioners will accompany the con-
victs to Australia.

The larg. 40 ton steam hammer at Chatham dock-
yard, which broke down a short time since while
forging the massive stcrnpost for the ironclad frigate
Hercules, having been repaired, the post was forged
at the smithery yesterday. The Admiralty obtained
the services of some of the workmen from a private
establishment, accustomed to large forgings of this
description, to assist the dockyard hands in the
undertaking.
Five thousand stand of arms, from the armoury,
Chatham, have been despatched to the Tower for
conversion to Snider breechloaders, at the Royal
Small Arms Factory, about 40,000 remaining at
Chatham to be so converted.
In accordance with instructions from the Horse
Guards the removal of the Ist King's Dragoon
Guards to Aldershot has been arranged to take
place as follows :—On; troop, March 27 ; two
troops, March 28 ; two troops, March 29 ; two
troops, March 30 ; and the head-quarters, and one
troop, including the band, &c., April 1. The dis-
mounted, including sick nen, women, and children,
will be removed during the first week of April.
The following appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty :—Lieut. A. B. C. Booth and
Lieut. C. S. P. Woodruffe, to the Malabar ; Lieut.
T. Clanchy and Lieut. J. F. Lenon, to the Jumna ;
Lieut. W. L. Martin and Lieut. A. F. M. Mayer to
the Euphrates ; Lieut. S. Gassiot to the Simoom ;
Lieut. C. A. Watts to the Donegal ; G. D. Perry,
master, to the Juana ; H. B. Akaster, master, to
the Malabar ; E. Vise, master, to the Euphrates ;
Sub-Lieut. Arthur C. B. Bromley, to the Terrible,
as supernumerary ; S. H. Moore, paymaster, to the
Malabar ; 11. Seward, paymaster, to the Jumna ; J.
B. Swan, paymaster, to the Euphrates ; and P. M.
Sims, assistant paymaster, to the Terrible.

emotion, "are you in favour of a vigorous prosecution of
the war ?"
"I am. I am."

" Then, boy, take her ! Maria, child, come hither.
Your William claims thee. Be happy, my children ! and
whatever our lot in life may be, let us all support the Go-
vernment."

His letter to the Prince of Wales, " An Agricul-
tural Discourse," " Fourth of July Oration at
Baldinsville," "The Census," " Boston" and "Joy in
the House of Ward," are among his choicest pro-
ductions to " perlite litteratoor." He has written
several novels, and though none of them are more
than three pages in length, they contain quite as
perfect a plot, have quite as much in them, and are
far more racy and humorous than nine-tenths of the
three-volume romances of the day. It is not often
that the writer of a biographical sketch has space
to embody in a newspaper an entire work of his
hero ; but with your kind permission, Mr. Editor,
I insert here Mr. Artemus Ward's very popular
story, entitled "Marion : a Romance of the French
School." It is a good specimen of his novels, and I
believe it is one of the longest tales he ever wrote :