The Sun.
London, England, 1850-11-09 00:00:00

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, FRIDAY MoRNING.—BUSINESS IN THE EN-
CUMBERED ESTATES COURT.—The great accumulation
of sales in the E3cumbered Commission Court has com-
pelled the Commissioners to adopt a total change in
their arrangements. Heretofore the petitions, in the
order of their presentation, were adjudicated upon, and
days
~f sale fixed at convenient periods, in some in-
stances several months hence. But the sale lists are
now so full, whilst hundreds of petitions remain for
consideration, that the Commissioners have determined
to make no further orders for sales during the present cr
the next year. On Wednesday last a solicitor, entrusted
with the carriage of the sale of an extensive estate, at-
tended in court with a box containing the title-deeds and
other necessary documents, with the view of having a
day fixed for the sale, the absolute order having been
pronounced last week in the cause. But he was in-
formed that the Commissioners have resolved to make no
further orders for sales until the commencement of the
year 1852.

ST. IVES.—FISBERT.—During the past week the
following fish adventurers have been successful:—Messrs.
Bolitho's and Co., have secured and taken up about 360
hhds. ; Messrs. Weatne's and 00 hlids. ; Messrs. Hock-
ing and Co. 270 hhds. ; Messrs. Co.,bamtield an Co., it is said,
about 6 0 hhds. Those last yarned are not all taken up. A
great quantity of hake was brought on Wednesday morning,
of very tine quality, which sold at 3d. each. Mackerel sold
at I Is. and 12s. par hundred ;:the catches being very small.
Some of the drift boats that had on board.pilchardinets took
from 300 pilchards and 1 hundred herrings; the latter sold at
three per penny.—Cornwall Gazette.
AmmAL SAGACITY.—On the evening of Tuesday,
during the Castle Donington feast, the keeper of Mr. Batty's
menagerie went into the area of the carriages in a state of
intoxication, where ke came in contact with one of the bears,
and after a considerable contest the man and bear rolled
down to the elephant, who, seeing the danger of the keeper,
immediately seized the bear by the chain with his trunk, by
which the bear had been secured, and in a moment extri-
cated the man from the rude grasp of bruin, and kept him
suspended until the man had recovered himself from the
struggle. Derby Mercury.
About a ton of smuggled tobacco was seized at
Manningtree last week ; and on Wednesday three parties
in whose possession it was found were each fined in the sum
of Icol. In default of payment they were sentenced to six
months' imprisonment in Chelmsford fool.

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THEATRE.
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JULLIEN'S CONCERTS.
M. JuMen commenced his campaign last evein4.:
at this theatre, which was crammed w - ti su.lea._on _
every part. The fittings up ere th same for 1141(
masked ball, which gave to they theatre a wry bril-
liant appearance. The crystal curtain, in particular,
seemed the object ~f universal admiration. The band
is, with few exceptions, the same as last season ; end
is fully as efficient. Madlle. Jetty Treffz is, as lest
season, the vocalist. The concert commenced
with the overture to Der Freischutz, which
was splendidly played ; the lovers of clas-
sical music were delighted when the band
performed the andante movement in Beetho-
ven's pastoral symphony, and the allegro in
Mendelssohn's Scottish symphony in A minor; the
admirers of dramatic nimic were roused to a furore
by the wimirable selections from Robert le Diable, in
which Mr. A. Winter bottom's I.ex-form:lnce of the
solo part for the bassoon elicited the most cothusi-
astic Npplaus2, whilst the votaries of the dance were
in raptures whit the qtr-enilles, uultz..s, and
poilcss (including. the '•Brithl Army Qin.-
drilles"), constituting the most brilliant re-
pertoire ( f dance music ever performed.
i'he solo performers were Herr liu ag on the cornet .
niAtais and Mr. Pratten on the flute. Mademoiselle
Treffz sung Mrndelssohn's beautiful song,
‘• Tee First Violet," most uxquisitily. Tht re
was then an universal cry for "Trap, Trab," with
which she at once complied ; and she afterwards sang
" Home, sweet Herne." The per[ormanee of the
National Anthem was, us usual at these concerts, a
great feature. During its performance the applause
was vociferous, and was largely mingled with cries of
"No Popery !" " Bravo! Lard John Russell !" The
concert was brilliant and sparkling, and in the British
Army Quadrille the introduction of four military
bands, in addition to the monster orchestra of 110
performers, was most effective.

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THEATRE ROYAL, LEEDS.

La Sonnambula, on Tuesday evening, was played to
a crowded house, and was the chef d'eurre of the
week. The opening scene by Liza (Mrs. Weiss)
augured well fur the after performance. The playful
wooing of Alessi() (Mr. Corri) was a finished piece of
burlesque. Amino, (Miss Pyne) was not only excel-
lently rendered, but taken in conjunction with her
charming vocalism, the character in her hands fur-
nished a really rich intellectual and musical treat.
Her buoyancy of spirits, depicting the artless simpli-
city of the country maiden (in the scene with the
Notary) and the signing of the marriage contract,
contrasted admirably with her deep and thrilling
pathos in subsequent scenes. In the scene with the
Notary, her great powers as a vocalist were shown in
the chaste and sustained bird-like warble with which
she embellished the principal song. This song elicited
marked approbation from all parts cf the house ; and
afterwards, in the chamber scene, her " Prithee hear
me," electrified the audience, and caused many an
auditor, even of the sterner sex, " to play the woman."
Her walking scene, in the last act, and the beauti-
fully softened tone in which she gave mutual utterance
to her hopes, and fears, and deep despair, whilst tearing
up the nosegay she had taken from her bosom, was really
pathetic. Elvin° (Mr. Harrison) was pourtrayed in
excellent taste. He was in capital voice ; and, well
as he always plays in operas, we never knew him ac-
quit himself better. His first indication of the
" green-eyed monster" had a rich comic humour about
it which elicited roars of laughter ; whilst in the
chamber-scene his deeply-wrought agony and mani-
acal singing at the assumed guilt of Amina, were
touchingly effective; and his song—" So gently o'er
my tenses stealing," was exquisitely rendered. Count
Rodolphe) (Mr. Weiss), in the little he had to do, was
a character well sustained, and his songs were given
with an ease and richness which gained him deserved
plaudits. Upon the whole the opera was well put
upon the stage, and several rounds of applause accom-
panied the fall of the curtain. On Wednesday even-
ing Wallace's beautiful opera of Maritana was re-
peated, but it did not draw so good an audience as
were present on the two previous evenings. Mr.
Harrison's Don Caesar de Bazan was a highly satis-
factory performance; indeed, we think his acting ex-
ceeds his singing. He was entirely successful in
hitting off cleverly the bold, dashing, and reckless
Don Cseiar. The singing of Miss Pyne, as
Maritana, was sweet and finished, and her
acting was marked by a refinement, judgment,
and delicacy that at once showed her correct appree
elation of the gentle, chaste, and constant Maritana.
Her personation of the character met with repeated
applause. The character of Don Jose de Santarem
was well conceived by Mr. Weiss, and some of the
music allowed full scope for his superb bass voice. He
was in one song deservedly encored. The other cha-
racters in the piece were respectably sustained, and
the opera of Maritana, we may say, pam•ed off suc-
cessfully. At the conclusion, the operatic corps were
called before the curtain, when Miss Louisa Pyne
received the unusual compliment from a Leeds audi-
ence of a beautiful bouquct of flowers, which was
thrown to her from one of the private boxes. Last
evening (Friday) we had the Crown Diamonds, but
we were unable to attend. We perceive that the
operatic c‘iinpany are engaged for six nights longer,
end we advise all who admire fine singing and good
dramatic performing to make a point of being present
one or more evenings. To Mr. Caple we have one
suggestion to Lifer. The effect of the fine singing of
the operatic company was not unfrequently marred
by the wretched rendering of the choruses. In a
town like Leeds, where good choral voices and a
knowledge of music are almost as plentiful as black-
berries, such a drawback ought never to be suffered
by a manager ; and we would suggest to Mr. Caple
the desirability of supplying the deficiency forthwith.
—Leeds Times.

RAILWAY RETURNS

TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE PAST WEEK.

Miles
opened, NAME OF RAILWAY. Receipts.
1850.
IsRITISH.
72 Aberdeen .. • ..... .. •• • ... •• .. 4508 £1,250
37% Belfast and Ballymena • . •• • ..• • • 439 574
17 Belfast and County D0wn.......... - 162
16 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire b9G 959
27 Bolton, Blackburn, and West York .. . • 448 -
85 % Bristol and Exeter .................. 3,611 36:593800
160 Caledonian.. ... ••••• • • • • . .• • 6.4
3924 % Cphiiebsltienraeundd
ll3laotlayshte
.Junction .•
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.. 1,254366 2,4%551
53 Dublin and Drogheda. ••••••• • • • • • • • 924 1,029
6 Dublin and Kinustown .• •• •. • • .• • 1,309 1,256
16 Dundee and Arbroath •. • • • • • • • • .. • • - 364
31 Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction 596 601
19 Dundalk and Enniskillen ............ 158 171
67% East Anglian.- ................ 826 691
79 East Lancashire • 3,017 3,550
322 Eastern Counties and Norfolk 14,595 14,675
95 Eastern Union.. .... ........ .... 1,574 2,231
57% Edinburgh and Glasgow .• .. .......t 3,458 3,692
71 Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee-. 2,176 2,432
18 Furness Railway ... .............. - 220
100 Glasgow, Paisley, and Ayr ....
22% Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock •• • • 989 955
231 Great Northern and E. L 3,847 7,110
188 Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 4,091 4,682
26234 Great Western
90 Lancaster and Carlisle.. • ... ...... 3,10 4,957
260 Lancashire and Yorkshire.... .... 11,6 i 9 14,634
39 Leeds and Thirsk ••..••.• • • • • • . . • 624 898
121% Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport.... 105 462
5181,4 London and North Western ..... 40,165 :42,167
sys London and ••. • .. 653 764
171 14 London, Brighton, and South Coast.. 10,266 10,492
239 London and South Western. ........ 8,959 9,841
15 Londonderry and Enniskillen ........ 139 145
11% Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, &c. 109 114
167% Manchester, Sheffield, and:Lincolnshire 4,733 6,054
9s, Manchester and South Junction ...... 323 Bsl
28 Maryport and Carlisle • • ...• • • • ..... - 623
49514 Midland ••- • • • •. • • ..... 22,321 21,764
50 Midland Great Western (Irish) 1,367 1,345
60 Newcastle and Carlisle.. 2,109 2,294
146 North British ••..•• • • • • •......... „. 3,246 3,428
222 North Staffordshire 4,269 4,735
47 North-Western ..................., - 413
45 Scottish Central .....
32 Scottish Midland ....... ..... ...• 371 415
47 Shrewsbury and Chester ............ 1,463 1,401
30 Shropshire Union ... ........... 321 456
58 South Dev0n........ . .............. 1,432 1,754
234 South Ea5tern..........
75 South Wales - ht 5
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69 South York., Doncaster, and Goole • • - 1,211
40 Taff Vale .•.....
36 Ulster . • .. ..... .................... 818 1,016
25 Waterford and Limerick ..... - 328
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13 West Cornwall ...... ............. 282 319
12 Whitehaven Junction ............... 193 193
293 York and Newcastle, and Berwick ... 14,223 14,5:3
256 York and North Midland. ••. • • . 6,863 7,729
FOREIGN.
76114 Amiens and Boulogne. .• •• • • 1,602 1,458
44 Dieppe .. • • • • • • . • .. • • ........
63 Montereau and Troyes .......... • 1,021 1,090
336 Northern of France „ 18,105 20,443
143 Orleans to Bourges (Cent.) 2,731 3,319
72 Orleans to Bordeaux •••• •••••••••••• -
82 Paris and Orleans ..
65 Paris and Rouen .
591„1 Rouen and Havre .................. 2,364 2,681

SWEARING IN OF THE NEW LORD MAYOR.—
Yesterday Alderman Musgrove, the new Lord Mayor of
London, was sworn in at the Guildhall. There was a very
large attendance of Aldermen. His Lordship and Alder-
man Farncomb, who Las just completed his Mavoralty, and
the Sheriffs, Alderman Carden and Mr. Hodgliinson, were
received in the hall in a very warm manner. The usual
forms were gone through by the various officers of the Corpo-
ration appointed by the Livery of London, and the whole of
the proceedings appeared to be a very favourable precursor
of the great clay of civic fes;ivity.
DEPUTATION TO THE BISHOP OF LONDON.—ST.
GEOUGL'i, IIANOVER-SQUAlZE.—Yesterday morning a depu-
tation of the inhabitants of St. George's, Hanover-square,
waited upon the Lord Bishop of London, pursuant to ap-
pointment, in order to present to his Lordship an address
upon the recent unwarrantable aggression of the Romish
Church. The address was signed by no less than 7,820 per-
sonn in this one parish, and amongst the signatures were those
of the Marquis of Westminster, the Marquis of Exeter, the
Earl of Jersey, the Earl of Glengall, Earl Brownlow, Lord
Foley, Lord Colchester, Lord Viscount Chewton, the Hon.
Captain Fitzroy, M.P., the lion. E. Gardiner, the Hon. H.
Clive, the lion. Colonel Dawson Damcr, Sir W. Farquhar,
Bart., Sir W. B. Riddell, Bart., &c.
Arrangements are in progress for a direct railway
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The Gazette of last night contains the treaty of
peace, amity, commerce, and navigation, between her Bri-
tannic Majesty and the Dominican Republic. Signed at
Santo Domingo, March 6, 1850. Ratifications exchanged
at Santo Domingo, Sept. 10, 1850.

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LORD MAYOR'S DAY.

PROCEEDINGS IN THE COURT OF

EXCHEQUER.

Long before the civic procession arrived at West-
minster-hall, the Court of Exehequer, in which the
Lord Mayor is presented by the Recorder to their
Lordships, and sworn to execute his office, was crowded
to excess. A more than ordinary number of junior
barristers occupied the benches assigned to the gen-
tlemen of the bar, attracted thither apparently by
the desire so witness the proceedings ; whilst the
jury-box, and: every available space in the vi-
cinity of the bench, was filled with a large
number of well-dressed ladies. The judges on the
bench were the Lord Chief Baron, Mr. Baron Parke,
Mr. Baron Alderson, and Mr. Baron Platt, and they
were all bellied in full bottomed wigs and gowns of
scarlet and ermine. The tedium of waiting the
arrival of the civic dignitaries was agreeably beguiled
every now and then by some junior barrister rising
in court and making some such interesting application
as a motion for a " distringas," or a rule to " com-
pute," from v bicb, dry though such motions were,
the Court, ant especially Baron Alderson, contrived
to elicit conti4crable merriment, though at the
expense of the applicant.
Several Queen's Counsel, among whom were Mr.
Roebuck, Mr. Crowder, Mr. Talbot, and others, who
had vacated their usual seats in the front Barristers'
bench for the accommodation of the Lord Mayor
and his suite, were seated on the Officers' bench,
immediately below their Lordships,.
A few minutes before two o'clock the civic pro-
cession, headed by the Recorder, arrived, and took up
their several positions in the front bench and the floor
of the court, the Lord Mayor elect standing on the
right of the Recorder, and the retiring Lord Mayor
on his left.
Order having been restored,

The RECORDER proceeded to address the Court.
He said he had now the honour, and it was his duty
and his pleasure to present to their Lordships a gen-
tleman who had had the good fortune to be the object
of the unanimous choice of his fellow-citizens
in his election to the office of Lord Mayor
of the city of London, and in doing so
he might be permitted to refer to the great loss which
their city had sustained in his (the Recorder's) distin-
guished predecessor, whose qualities were well known
to their Lordships in the intimacy of private friend-
ship, and who not only discharged the duties of the
office which he (the Recorder) had now the honour
to fulfil, with dignity and efficiency in all its branches,
but who usually lent to the proud ceremony of this day
the grace of oratory and the most refined elocution,
which he (the Recorder) could not hope to imitate.
He (the Recorder) had now to present to their Lord-
ships James Musgrove, Esq., citizen and alderman,
and a member of the Worshipful Company of Cloth-
workers, who had been unanimously elected to serve
the office of Lord Mayor in the coming year. The
Lord Mayor only aft.orded another instance among
those many bright examples of men who, rising
from a comparatively modest origin, attain to the
highest elevation among their fellow-citizens, by force
of a life characterised by industry, integrity, and
probity. Himself the son of a citizen distinguished
in his time, Mr. Alderman Musgrove inherited his
freedom, and at the early age of twenty-one devoted
all his energies to an industrious life ; and in the busi-
ness of a public auctioneer was entrusted with the
transfer of large masses of property, necessarily,
therefore, enjoying the confidence of those
whose property was confided to him. At the
same time, he was brought prominently into public
observation, and he not only, in the course of the
thirty years during which he managed his business,
had the satisfaction of gaining the confidence of his
fellow-citizens, but also attained to that position which
enabled him to retire from business, and to devote
himself to public affairs. The Learned Recorder
then proceeded to state the gradations of office through
which the Lord Mayor passed, especially referring
to I,his having had the good fortune at the
time when he was a Sheriff of London, of introduc-
ing to the freedom of the Company of Cothworkers
the late Sir Robert Peel, a circumstance of which he
was now justly proud, and required special mention;
and, after passing a beautiful and touching eulogium
upon the talents and virtues of that lamented states-
man, the Recorder said there was an incident likely
to occur in the coming year which would throw on
the Lord Mayor great responsibilities. It was now
nearly 36 years since the Sovereigns of several nations
met together in this country with the great com-
mander whose renown eclipsed their inferior
honours. Thirty-six years had now nearly elapsed,
during which England had enjoyed the longest peace
in the records of history ; and on the coming year
this country would have to receive not the sovereigns,
but the nations themselvee. That event, when it
came, would necessarily throw a great amount of
responsibility on those who were entrusted with main-
taining the order and peace of this great City ; and
the citizens of London believe d that they had
selected a gentleman for the high office of Lord
Mayor who would not only maintain order during
that event, but contribute splendour to it, when it
should occur; in his mayoralty. The Learned Re-
corder then presented the retiring Lord Mayor to
their Lordships, stating that, during his mayoralty,
he had signally well maintained the dignity of the
office and the hospitality of the Mansion-house.

The LORD CHIEF BARON, addressing the Recorder,
said he had the honour to congratulate him on being
chosen by the unanimous voice of his fellow-citizens
to the high office he now held ; he had still more to
congratulate him upon the more enlarged sphere that
he would now have for the exercise of those qualities
which the Learned Recorder had justly presented to
the attention of the Court and which had occasioned
his fellow - citizens to select him to fill
that important office ; for, as the Learned
Recorder had observed, the proceedings of this day
were not a mere gaudy and idle pageant. He (the
Lord Mayor) and the officers of the city around him,
as the Recorder had observed, came to do homage to
the law ; they came also to claim those privileges that
belonged to them, and to assert those principles which
were embodied in the corporate principle, for the cor-
poration, of which he was the head, afforded the most
illustrious example of the benefits of popular
institutions, and how largely and advantageously the
people might be entrusted with the management of
their own affairs. His Lordship the❑ made an
affecting response to the eulogium passed on the late
Sir Robert Peel by the Recorder, adding, that the
best tribute that could be paid to the memory of that
great man would be to remember his life, and
follow the example of his patriotism and
his devotion to the interests of his coup-
try.—(Suppressed murmurs of applause.) His
Lordship then referred to the benefits likely to
accrue to this country and to the world at large by
the forthcoming industrial exhibition in the advance-
ment and improvement which it might be expected to
give to art and science, and in the promotion of feel-
ings of international amity ; and then concluded by
complimenting the retiring Lord Mayor for the dig-
nified manner in which he had exercised the duties
and maintained the hospitalities of his offi e.
The usual oaths were then administered to the se•
veral corporate officers, and the procession withdrew
in the order in which it entered the court.

THE ARMY AND NAVY.
(From ►he United Service Gazette of this day.)
REDUCTIONS OF OUR ►STEAM DEPARTMENT.---We
announced last week a reduction of the number of
men employed in the steam department at Woolwich,
and now we hear from good authority that the num-
ber of bards is to be still further reduced by 200.
When the present chief engineer was appointed there
were 1,000 men in the factory ; there are now only
about 600.

RELIIF OF THE NEW ZEALAND DIVISION.—The
Havannah, 19, Capt. Erskine; Fly, 14, Commander
Oliver ; and Acheron steam-ship, Copt. Stokes, now
on the coast of New Zealand, are to be relieved by
the Calliope, 26 ; Fantome, 12 ; and Pandora, 6, to
be commissioned immediately, the latter as the sur-
veying vesel.
THE NAVY ESTIMATES FOR 1851-52.—Orders
have deen issued by the Admiralty for all dockyards
and other departments to complete and transmit the
estimates for the next financial year as early as
possible.

HER MAJESTY'S SHIP INDEFATIGABLE ORDERED
Homa.—Some three months since, when the attempt
of the Yankee pirates to take possessiond of Cuba had
been defeated, the Admiralty tached the Indefati-
gable, 50, from Commodore Martin'sE'Squadron, direct
to the Havannah, the Trincomalee q" on her
passage home at that time. We regret- toecihnoegmaer,
home
again that the Indefatigable is now to
again to Devonport ; so that, on tt.e whole, instead
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of our West India Squadron being strengthened, it
will actually be reduced. Some of these days, when
we find, in the absence of a naval force on the station,
that the Island of Bermuda, or some other colonial
possession, has been seized by a baud of pirates, we
shall send a man-of-war out to see what has been the
matter; and finding that she is not strong enough to
recover the place, she will be ordered home. We are
evidently coming to this state of things with our navy
by these piecemeal reductions.

RETIRED CAPTAINS OF THE NAY r.—We are en-
abled to announce that Captain George Woolcombe,
of July 22, 1830, has also accepted the retirement of
1846, on 18s. per diem.
Wao WILL GO TO CHINA. ?—We learn that no
Major• General has yet been found hardy enough to

accept the command at Hong-Kong. Six, at least,
have declined the offer, and Major-General Staveley is
to remain until his successor shall be sent out, who
will then proceed to Bombay.
REDUCTION IN THE AEMY.—We understand that
if the continental differences are amicably adjusted
by the time that the Army Estimates are in course of
preparation, the Government intend to carry out a
further reduction in the regiments of the line.
TUN VACANT REGIMENT.—The Commander-in-
Chief, who is enjoying the sea air at Walmer Castle,
with a select number of friends, has not yet decided to
whom the vacant regiment shall be given. Wa are
aware that no immediate appointment is necessary, in
a pecuniary point of view, as the off reckonings can-
not take place until April ; it would, however, ease
the minds of many old General Officers if the Duke
would condescend to give the question his early at-
tention.

THE " GOOD " CONSTABLE OF THE TOWER.—
Up to the period of the Constableship of the
Tower of London being conferred upon the Duke
of Wellington, in 1826, it was the custom of his
predecessors to sell the situations of Warders,
or what are commonly termed Beefeaters—the
price being 300 guineas. Upon his Grace entering
:he situation, he abolished the system of purchase,
but held the privilege of giving the vacancies to de-
serving non-commissioned officers ; and during the
period of holding the situation he has appointed forty•
five old soldiers, the value of whose situations would
have been no less than 14,17.51., which the gallant
Duke might have pocketed. Surely his Grace de-
serves the appellation of the " Good" Duke, quite as
much as a Royal Duke lately deceased.
Tim NEW CORPS FOR AFRICA.—The Secretary
of b ate for the Colonies has still under consideration
the formation of the new regiment for service in Af-
rica. The appointment of the officers will, we un-
derstand, be made by Earl Grey, but the opinions of
such selection will be given by the Commander-in
Chief. The corps will be under the command of a
brevet-major.
TOWER OF LONDON.—Great alterations are in
course of execution at this ancient fortress; the ram-
parts are all being repaired, and a four-gun
,battery
is being constructed at the second gate over the bridge
which crosses the moat. The entrance which now faces
Tower-hill is to be done away and a new entrance
formed to front Thames-street. The Lion's Tower,
which has for some time been used as a waiting-room
for visitors, and the barrack-master's house over the
arch at the front entrance is to be taken down. The
half-yearly inspection of the garrison took place on
Tuesday last (Guy Faux day). This is generally a
very interesting ceremony, as not only the troops but
the warders and other officers of the garrison assemble
on the parade ground. The muster upon this occasion
was larger than it has been for the last 50 years.
The warders, who are commonly termed beef-eaters,
alone mustering 33 out of 40 ; and many of the old
veterans displayed their medals with a just pride,
looking as if they would eat up Cardinal Wiseman
and his bishops, with the Pope to boot, if they only
had the chance. We are glad to see that the old
Popish dodge of making the headsman parade with his
axe was abolished upon this occasion.
BOMBAY STAFF.—The appointment of the second
Aide. de-Camp to Sir John Grey has not yet been
made by Lord Fitzroy Somerset, in whose hands the
Lieutenant-General has left the nomination.

ARMY RETIREMENT.—CoIoneI Gascoigne, of the
Grenadier Guards, is about to retire from the service,
on half•pay.
INDIA STAFF.—Captain Auchmuty, recently ap-
pointed to the 13th Light Infantry, from the 98th
Regiment, Aide-de-Camp to his uncle at Bombay, is
about to return to England on sick leave.
THE ADMIRALTY.—The First Secretary, Mr.
Parker, M.P., has returned from leave of absence, and
has resumed official business. Captain W. A. B.
Hamilton, the Second Secretary, proceeds on leave.
Captain Eden, Private Secretary to the First Lord,
returns from leave of absence next week.

NEW 30-GUN SCREW FRIGATE.—The Admiralty
have ordered a new screw-frigate to be laid down at
Sheerness, on lines submitted by the Surveyor of the
Navy. She is to mount 30 guns with a heavy pivot
gun forward, and is to have auxiliary machinery of
200-horse power.

HER MAJESTY'S SCREW FRIGATE " ARROGANT."
—The Dauntless, 24, screw frigate, Captain Hal-
stead, took out orders to Commodore Martin, at
Lisbon, to send the Arrogant to Spithead ; ?since
then, however, these orders have been counter-
manded by the packet, and tLe Arrogant is to remain
with the squadron.
THE NEW DOCK AT DEVONPORT.—We have
stated that the new works at Devonport Dockyard
have been stopped until the right plan is agreed upon
for making them as efficient as might be expected
from the money spent upon the construction of them.
It has been intimated, however, to the authorities
that their Lordships do not approve of the suspension
of the works ; but those who have undertaken to im-
prove them are to make haste and send in the state-
ment of the alterations they propose to make in the
present plan.