The Sun.
London, England, 1861-04-10 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

His Royal Highness the General Commanding'
in-Chief will hold a levee at the Horse Guards at 1
o'clock on Monday next, the 15th inst.
The contract for the erection of the two large
batteries which the Government has decided 0°
building at Shornmeade, on the Kentish coasts
and at Coalhouse Point, on the Essex shore, for the
protection of that part of the entrance to the river
Thames, in the place of the two small batteries for'
merly placed on those points, has been taken 1/
Messrs. Brassey and Betts, who are to commence
the works forthwith. A detachment of Royal Ar'
tillery, under the command of Lieut. Thurlow, he°
accordingly been employed at Coalhouse Point i°
dismounting the guns on that battery in order that
it may be taken down, but during the last fed
days operations have been suspended in cense'
quence of the difficulties which have arisen respect;
ing the appropriation of the shot, shell, sad
powder stored in the buildings. As there is
building in the neighbourhood of the batteries ill
which the powder can be stowed during the time
the new batteries are being erected, it has been pre"
posed to place it on board the floating batteries
Etna and Thunderbolt, both of which will be ste"
tioned in the Thames until the new fortificatios°
are completed. Both those floating batteries ere'
however, still at Chatham fitting, and consequentil
the works at Coalhouse Point are at a complete
standstill until the two steam batteries have er'
rived. Nothing has yet been commenced at the
Shormeade battery. In order to afford still greater,
protection at Chatham dockyard and the vessels 0'
war lying in harbour at that port, Government hag
decided on placing two powerful batteries on the
projections of land on both sides the Medway
known as Folly Point and Bishop's-marsh, in addi-
tion to the extensive chain of fortifications hi;
tended to be erected around Chatham. The plan °'
the defences to be built at Chatham has not yet been
finally decided upon, and nothing definitely 119°
been arranged respecting the system of fortiflee-
tinns to be adopted for the defence of that in3Por;
tant garrison and naval establishmeat. It see°3_
probable, however, that the recommendation of the
Commissioners on the National Defences will b:
adopted, with some amendments, and that the gar;
rison and town will be encircled by seven
batteries, each connected by a chain of works, in
order to protect the dockyard and garrison on all
sides. Any positive announcement on the subject,
however, would be premature, as the plans, even Of
the proposed works, have not yet been prepared.
Mr. C. Naylar, the Government contractor at
Rochester, has entered into an arrangement with
the War Department fOr the erection of a large
range of buildings at Sheerness for married quer;
ters for the non-commissioned officers and men 0.1
the Royal Engineers, at an expense of £lO,OOO.

THE WEATHER.

METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS.

This Day,
etween 8 and B. E. M. D. F. C. LS.
9 a.m.
~...
____.- ----- 0
Nairn 30'24 50 46 S.S.W. 4 6
.0. 3
Aberdeen - S.W. 5 1 v. 3
Leith 30,0 60 45 S.W. 3 2 a 0
Berwick 30.42 45 42 W S.W. 2 9 a 5
Ardr, scan
Poi tr sh
,„a
Shields
Galway , 30.43 48 47 S. 8 9 0. 0
Scarborough ! 30'55 42 39 W.S.W. 3 1 b. 0
Liverpool
Valentia 130,16 47 146 S. 4 9 1:11. 3
Queenstown ' 30'50 50 4/ S.W. 4 5 o. g
Yarmouth 30•62 44 142 S.E. 2 2 b. 0.
London 3O 58 44 40 E. s.E. 2 2 b. 8
hover 30'57 48 43 E.N.E. 8 1 b. 1
Portsmouth
Portland
Plymonth
Penzance
..„...-;
EXPLANATION.—B. Barometer, corrected and
red_u:c„A
__ _

EXPLANATION.—B. Barometer, corrected and - .11eel .00
-o 32 deg at mean sea level ; each 10 feet of vertical rllO
causing about 1-100th of an inch diminution, and each s,
deg above 32 deg causing nearly 3-100ths increase. (for
Exposed thermometer in shade. M. Moistened bulb 1/4„..,
evaporation and dew-point). D. Direction of wind (trimo
not magnetic). F. Force (1 to 12—estimated). C. C 1192)•
(1 to 9). I. Initials :—b., blue sky; c., clouds (detachew
f., fog. ; h,, hail ; 1., lightning ; M., misty (hazy); (/'
overcast (dull) ; r., rain ; s , snow ; t., thunder. A lett!ff
repeated augments—thus, r.r., much rain. S. Sea distal(
ance (1 to 9).

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—YESTERDAY.
Amsterdam
Ditto
Uotterdam — 12 0 12 9i
Antwerp . — 25 571 25 61
Brussels — 25 57i 25 62
Elamburgh
Paris
Ditto
Marseilles — 25 672 25 7.4'A
Frankfort on Maine — 119 119i0
Vienna
Trieste
Petersburgh —. 331
Berlin
Madrid
Cadiz
Leghorn
Milan
Genoa
Naples
Palermo

48$ 48f
48$ 43f
26 95 26 0
25 821 25 871
25 82k 25 871
39} s9l
117 1174
117 1174
52k 521.
52i 63

Messina
Lisbon
Oporto
Rio Janeiro
New York •
Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard) ....per oz. £3 17 • 9
Mexican Dollars
""ff 0 0 0 0
Silver in Bars (Standard) 0
0 0
South American Doublons