The Sun.
London, England, 1850-01-12 00:00:00

THE •.S VN,

THE ARMY AND NAVY.

(From the United Service Gazette of this day.)
HORSE GUARDS LEVEE.—Lord Fitzroy Somerset,
the Military Secretary, will hold a levee on Tuesday
next, on which occasion a full attendance of General
Officers wanting regiments is expected.
THE VAC ANT REGIMENTAL COLONELCIES.—RH-
mour has been rife for some time at the Horse Guards
respecting the non-appointment of a successor to the
80th Regiment. Ondit the Duke has certainly for-
gotten the subject of the vacancy, and not one of the
officials dare mention it to him, particularly as the num-
ber of the corps corresponds with his own age. His Grace
could not be treated with more delicacy on the subject of
his age were he an old lady, instead of a vigorous
elderly gentleman.. Neither the Military Secretary
nor Mr. Ferguson can even hint to his Grace the
annoyances to which they are subject by the repeated
visits of expectant General Officers, who, with long
and doleful countenances, betray the greatest anxiety
as to their chances of obtaining a Colonelcy. We do
hope that the circumstances of the 68th Light In-
fantry having just become vacant will give a re-
fresher to the Commander-in-Chief's memory, and
ease the minds of sundry old veterans, and send them
home to their firesides and the Yule log.
STAFF OF IRELAND..—We are informed, on very

good authority, that Major-General John M'Donalci,
C. 8., will shortly be withdrawn from Kilkenny,
which will cease to be a military district. In conse-
quence of the above change, Lieutenant A. Wien
M‘Donald, 92d Highlanders, Aide-de-Camp, will
rejoin that corps, and Colonel Sir Charles R. O'Don-
nell will resume the command of the troops at
Waterford. Lieutenant-Colonel J. F. S. Clarke, late
of the Scots Greys, will probably remain in command
of the troops stationed at Kilkenny.
ORDNANCE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.—We under-
stand that Sir John Webb, K.C.H., the Director
General, retires from the service, after a period of
56 years on full pay, having held his present em-
ployment upwards of 36 years. This appointment
is not to be filled up, by which a saving will ulti-
mately accrue to the public of 1,0951. per annum, in-
inclusive of allowances. Sir John Webb
served on the Continent in 1794 with the
Duke of York, and was in the action of Lannoi.
In 1796 he served at the siege of Morne Fortune and
capture of St. Lucia ; also at the expulsion of the
Caribs from St. Vincent. He was at the capture of
Trinidad and the descent on Porto Rico in 1797; at
the reduction of the Helder, and the capture of the
Texel fleet in 1799 ; on the coast of Spain in 1800 ;
the Egyptian campaign of 1801 (including the action
at the landing and those of the 13th and 21st of
March) ; the taking of Grand Cairo, and all the sub-
sequent operations; siege of Copenhagen and capture
of the Danish fleet in 1807, and expedition to the
Scheldt in 1809.
ARMY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.—It is rumoured
that a change is about to:take place in the manage-
ment of this branch of the service, and that the
Ordnance Medical Staff will be incorporated with
that of the line. The present Director-General, Sir
James McGrigor, ALD., has been fifty-six years in
the service, forty of which he has been a member of
the Medical Board in London. He has 2,0001. per
annum and other allowances.

ARMY SAYINGS' BANKS.—The Secretary-at-War
has notified to regiments having savings'-banks, that
Government is responsible to the several depositors
for their respective amounts.
MILITARY PRESENTATIONS AT COURT.-It is
rumoured that a change is contemplated in the com-
mand of a cavalry regiment of the Household
Brigade, by the retirement of an officer. We hear
it is owing to a presentation at Court last season,
and which was much commented on at the time.

ARMY AMMUNITION.—The Deputy-Adjutant-
General in Dublin issued a circular on the 9th inst.
to the effect that the men belonging to infantry regi-
ments serving in Ireland should be permitted to carry
only thirty rounds each of service ammunition in
their pouches ; the remaining thirty rounds to be
lodged in store in charge of the sanctioned quarter-
masters, ready for immediate issue whenever circum-
stances rendered it necessary.
We are enabled to contradict the statement which
has been going the round of the press respecting the
dilapidated state of the church at Norton, where the
Marines attend Divine service, and to state that the
men have not been so conveniently accommodated fur
many years.
REDUCTION OF THE BOARD OF ADMIRALTY.—
We are enabled to state on the best authority, that
there is not the slightest foundation for the reports
which have been circulated to the effect that the num-
ber of the Lords of the Admiralty is to be reduced.
Lord John Hay's vacancy will be filled up after he
has formally accepted the Chiltern Hundreds, on the
opening of Parliament.
Sia F. COLLIER'S SUCCESSOE.—Up to the time of
our going to press no officer had been appointed to
the command of the E ist India station, vacant by the
death of Sir Francis Collier.

COMMODORE PLUMRIDGE.—We are sorry to hear
that Commodore Plumridge, now Commander-in-
Chief in the East Indies, mail the appointment of a
successor to the late Sir F. Collier, is also in very ill
health, and it is reported at the clubs that he is about
to return to England immediately. The last mail
left him at Madras.

THE NEW NORTH-WEST EXPEDITION.—Among
the numerous gallant and experienced men who have
offered their services to the Admiralty to proceed
North-west in search of Sir John Franklin, is the
devoted master of the whaler Advice, Captain Penny,
DEPARTMENT OF THE SURVEYOR OF THE NAVY.—
It is reported that the department of the Surveyor of
the Navy is to be removed from Somerset House to
the Admiralty, Whitehall. It would save an im-
mense deal of time and expense if the whole of the
departments of the Admiralty were located in one
range of building.
THIS MEDITERRANEAN.—It iS reported, on good
authority, that it is not the intention of the Govern-
ment to relieve Sir William Parker. Even should he
attain, by succession, the rank of Full Admiral, he
will hoist his flag at the main and retain the Com-
mand-in-Chief of the Mediterranean.
ADMIRALTY CIVIL EN GINEER..— The candidates
for the office of Admiralty Civil Engineer are daily
increasing. C,,lonel Reed, R.E., and Major Veitch,
R E., it is said, are among the number. It is con-
fidently reported, however, that no military man will
h eve the appointment.
SECRETARY TO THE NEW ADMIRAL SUPERIN-
TENDENT OF DEVONPORT DOCKYARD.—It is confi-
dently reported that Lord John Hay, the newly-ap-
pointed Superintendent of Devonport Dockyard, will
select a new secretary to accompany him thither. It
is understood that he will be selected from the sur-
veyor's department, Somerset House.
THE NAVAL WAR MEDALS.—It is estimated that
the naval claimants far the war medals exceed 17,000.
The cost of the medal is about 10s. 6d. In consequence
of delay on the part of the Mint, the medals, which it
WAS expected would have been ready at this date to

distribute to claimants, who have sent in their names
subsequently to Ist June last, will not be ready until
the beginning of next month (February).

ALARMING MUTINY BY THE
PRISONERS IN APPLEBY GAOL.

John Jackson, John Hart, and John Wall, under
sentence of transportation, and John Wilson and
Richard Morgan, under sentence of imprisonment,
five most desperate and ruffianly charcctera, were
confined in the same ward of Appleby it4ol.
They had been punished more than once for
insubordination, and on 'Wednesday, after they had
taken their dinner in the day-room, they commenced
throwing and kicking about the tin basins in which
their soup had been supplied, and otherwise manifest-
ing a riotous intention. Mr. Thwaites, the governor,
remonstrated with them, and threatened solitary
confinement. Wilson set him at defiance, and
threw one of the tin basins at the iron bars which
separated the governor from them. Mr. Thwaites
thereupon insisted on his coming out to be locked
up. This he pertinaciously refused to do, and the
others (excepting Morgan, who took no part in the
revolt) used the most abusive and threatening lan-
gugge to the officers, especially the governor, whom they
swore they would kill if he came near them.
While Mr. Thwaites left the gaol to obtain addi-
tional aid, four of the mutineers armed themselves
with the fire shovel, three heavy broom-sticks, the
handle of a hand corn-mill, and three heavy nut-
screws and some iron washers which they screwed
off the mill. On the return of the governor with
Mr. Bird, the superintendent of police, and other
assistants, they threatened to murder the first that
entered. The narrowness of the door into the ward
will only admit of one person passing through at a
time, and the floor of the ward being a little higher
than the floor of the passage where the constables
stood, and the approach to which is by two steps, the
prisoners possessed considerable advantages, and
great difficulty was experienced in effecting
an entrance. Mr. W. Raine first made an attempt,
armed with a constable's staff, but was repelled ;
and having retreated a short distance, Wall threw
at him one of the nutscrews, weighing a pound,
which struck him on the left ear, inflicting a serious
wound on the head. This was followed up by the
other nutscrew and the washers, one of which struck the
turnkey on the back of his head. Additional assistance
was now procured ; the door was forced open, and
a terrific conflict took place. The prisoners fought
desperately, and with an evident intent of fulfill-
ing their previous threats; but being outnumbered,
they were soon subdued. The constables had to
apply their staffs to the best advantage they could, both
offensively and defensively ; and the resistance they
met with aroused their ire to such a degree that the
prisoners had to call out to the gaoler (whose life
they had just before threatened), to, protect them
from the unnecessary blows that were being
inflicted. Mr. 'hells, the under-sheriff, reached
the gaol soon after the mutiny was quelled, and
gave directions fur the insurgents to be put in
heavy irons, as the only effectual means of prevent
ing another revolt. Indeed it would be unsafe to
give them even the liberty of the yard, considering
their malicious intentions towards the officers, parti-
cularly towards Mr. Thwaites, whom Jackson swears
he'll murder before he leaves the prison, if an oppor-
tunity offers.

BANK OF FRANCE.
The following is a return of the situation of the Bark
of France on Jan. 10:

ASSETS.

Cash and ingots . . f. 305,531,672 20
Ditto in branch banks 132,712,339 0
Bills past due ••• ••• 99,101 55
Bills falling due in Paris, of which
18,239,31 U. 31c. were received from
the Branch Banks ... ... 46,563,382 74
Bills in the branch banks ... 73,555,552 0
Advances on coins and ingots... ... 3,452,500 0
Ditto by the branch banks ... 572,162 0
Ditto on French public securities ... 18,878,019 85
Ditto by branch banks... _ _ 2,458,691 0
Ditto to the State on Bons du Tresor... 50,000,000 0
Ditto on the loan of 150 millions ... 50,000,000 0
Loan of 3,000,000 f. to the city of Mar-
seilles 1,350,000 0
Rentes of the reserve fund 10,000,000 0
Rentes, disposable funds ... 42,514,988 13
investments of the new branch banks in
the public funds ...
Hotel and furniture of the Bank
Real property of the branch banks ...
Interest in National Discount Bank ...
Ditto branch banks _
Bills protested at Paris ~, ~.
Ditto at the branches
Expenses of administration of the Bank
Ditto of the branches ... ~.
niscellaneous

12,826,541 39
4,000,000 0
2,975,275 0

200,000 0
230,000 0
2,180,096 57
1,656,563 0
1,847 75
43,174 0
767,002 51

E 762,348,908 69