The Sun.
London, England, 1859-10-29 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

The ceremony of decorating a private soldier be-
longing to the 31st Regiment, at Chatham, with a
silver medal which, with a gratuity of £5, had been
awarded him by order of his Royal Highness the
Commander-in-Chief for long and meritorious ser-
vice, took place at Chatham barracks yesterday
afternoon, ,in the presence of the whole of the
Indian depots belonging to the 2d Battalion of In-
fantry at that garrison, to which the 31st depot is
attached. The troops having been formed on the
parade-ground, Private J. Woods was called to the
front of the battalion, when the medal was pre-
sented to him by the Colonel commanding, and
afterwards fastened to his breast by Capt. Roney,
the Adjutant. Private Woods has been upwards
of 20 years in the service, and has always borne an
irreproachable character. In addition to his good
conduct medal, he is decorated with four other
honours for service in the field, having been pre-
sent in the campaign in the Sutlej, Cabul, and in
the Crimea. The gratuity of £5 will be deposited
for him in the regimental savings' bank until he
takes his discharge.
The Perseverance, screw troopship, Commander
Power, will embark the following troops at
Portsmouth this morning :—For Corfu-2d batta-
lion 2d Foot-1 officer, 51 men, 1 woman, and 3
children. 2d battalion 4th Foot-1 officer, 20 men,
2 women, and 1 child. For Malta-2d battalion
22d Foot-2 officers and 50 men. 4th battalion
Rifle Brigade-10 men. For Gibraltar-3 women
and 1 child. After embarking the above the Perse-
verance will proceed to Pembroke, where she will
embark 3 officers, 1 officer's wife, and 151 men of
the 2d battalion 15th Foot ; and afterwards call at
Queenstown to receive 8 officers, 150 men, and 2
women, of various regiments for Gibraltar, Malta,
and Corfu.

The Kerry regiment left Liverpool on Tuesday
evening in two divisions—one in the Windsor, Capt.
Williams, and the 'other in the Trafalgar. Both
vessels had to withstand the terrible weather in the
Channel during the entire of Tuesday night, when
it was blowing a gale. Shortly after 11 on Wed-
nesday the Windsor arrived at the North Wall,
Dublin, having on board 17 officers and 326 non-
commissioned officers and privates. After landing
they formed on the quay and marched to the King's-
bridge terminus, whence they departed for the camp
at the Curragh. Much apprehension was enter-
tained for the safety of the rest of the regiment, as
the Trafalgar did not make her appearance for a
considerable time after the Windsor had landed her
proportion of the troops. But all fears were set at
rest by this fine steamer, after having encountered
the full fury of the gale, appearing in the bay at 3
o'clock, and steaming up to the point where she
had to wait for the returning tide. She came along-
side the North Wall shortly after 7 o'clock, with 17
officers, and 280 rank and file on board. It being
too late for this division of the regiment to proceed
to the Curragh on Wednesday night the soldiers
were marched to the Linen-hall Barracks.

CIIANCELLORSHIP OF EDINBURGII
UNIVERSITY.

EDINBURGH, FRIDAY EVENING.

The General Council of the University of Edin-
burgh met to-day, in the Music Hall, at 12 o'clock.
Sir David Brewster, Principal, presided.
Professor Christison nominated, and Sir George
Clerk seconded, the Duke of Buecleuch as Chancel-
lor of the University. The Solicitor-General, se-
conded by Dr. Alexander Wood, proposed Lord
Brougham.
The speaking lasted till 2 o'clock, and the roll of
1,393 members was then called over, which occupied
the meeting till nearly 5 o'clock, the doors of the
hall being meanwhile strictly closed. The numbers
as intimated were—

Lord Brougham.
Duke of Buccleuch.
Majority for Lord Brougham ... 235
The result was received with loud cheers by the
supporters of Lord Brougham, and a large crowd
waited the result outside.

. 654
. 419

In the evening Lord Brougham's election was
celebrated by the ringing of the bells of the city
churches.

At 7 the Council again met to elect an assessor to
the University Court. Lord Neaves, seconded by
Professor Syme, proposed Sir John M'Neill ; Dr.
Douglas Maclagan, seconded by Mr. Morton, pro-
posed Solicitor-General Maitland. The numbers
were—

For the Solicitor-General
Sir John M'lsTeill
Majority -88

THE STATE OF TRADE.

MANCHESTER, Oct. 28.—Various influences have
affected the market favourably to day, and there
has been more business doing. A telegram from
Calcutta to the 29th of September has been re-
ceived, stating that no improvement was percep-
tible there, but yet there has been a great many
offers for India goods, and there is an evident dis-
position among buyers to renew operations. One
cause of this is the fear that the early frost which
has shown itself here will have extended to
America, and may have affected the growing cotton
crop. This bas already led to a large demand for
cotton this week at Liverpool, where the sales have
reached 87,000 bales in the six days. Another
cause is no doubt to be found in the startling news
from the United States, that an insurrection has
broken out among the slaves. Such intelligence
will necessarily create much uneasiness here, and
at once send up the price of the raw material in
hand. However that may be, we have more busi-
ness. Longcloths, T•cloths, and printers are in fair
demand, and there is more inquiry for shirtings
and other roods for India, so that both home con-
sumers and exporters are in the market at the same
time, and there is an increased general demand. In
yarns there has been a growing firmness in price
since Tuesday. Some reather heavy business has
been done in water twist for China, and the buyers
of yarns for Germany are more active. The yarn
market generally is more active.