The Sun.
London, England, 1850-09-21 00:00:00

GERMAN Y.

The Ko!ner Zeitting has a telegraphic dispatch,
dated ()Asset, Thursday, STt.. 19, stating that an
ordinance had been published on that day, transferring
the seat of Goverment to Wilhelmsbad. The cause
of this is ascribed in the document to the opposition
of the chief magistrates, and further measures are
announced for the regulation of the Government.
A caution is given against any further opposition,
and all the requisite measures for the monarchical
form of Government are authorized.

THE ARMY AND NAVY.
(From the United Service Gazette of this day.)
RECRUITING FOR THE GRENADIER GUARDS.—In
consequence of the regiment being nearly 100 under
the strength, ten additional recruiting parties will be
sent out on the ht of next month.
PENINSULAR MEDAL.—The Board of General
Officers at Whitehall have now completed their la-
bours in respect to applicants claiming medals for
their service in the Peninsula, and the several muster
and prize rolls, Gazettes, &c., upon which the claims
have been examined, have been returned to their re-
spective departments.

THE ARier IN CANADA.—The Government are
desirous that discharged soldiers should become
settlers in the colonies, and about 200 men of regi-
ments stationed in Canada have quitted that service
during the last month, and remain in that colony.
This arrangement will materially assist the plan for
forming a large body of pensioners into local com-
panies, under the command of staff officers, the men
not being actually disabled but unfit for active
service.

NEW TROUSERS FOR THE INFA.INTRY.—M9jOr-
General his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge,
Commanding the Dublin district, accompanied by his
staff, made an inspection of the 40th Regiment, at
Great Ship-street Barracks, on Monday, to see the
new pattern of grey trousers which were worn on the
occasion.

WATERLOO ThoraxEs.—lt was decided some time
since to make an addition to the military trophies
which have been deposited in the Royal Military
C Alege, Chelsea, by sending from Woolwich Arsenal
some brass guns to be placed in the grounds of that
establi>hinent, which were captured from the French
at the Battle of Waterloo. The carriages, &c., are
not completed, and we understand the trophies will
arrive at Chelsea Hospital in the course of the ensuing
week.

Captain Halleett, of the Grenaiier Guards, has
been appointed Senior Aide-de-Camp to Lieutenant-
General Sir William Gomm, K.C.8., Commander-
in-Chief in India. By this appointment a vacancy
has taken place in the Adjutancy of the Ist battalion,
which Captain iltlkett held.
REWARD FOR LONG SERVICE.—Two Or three
Gazettes back, we announced the retirement of a
major of the line by the sale of his commission. The
position of this officer, after thirty-five years' service,
is a severe reflection on the miserable half-pay of the
service. After paying highly for his lieutenancy
and his company, he reached the rank of major, where
he stood fast, and now, in his retirement, gets more
in the shape of interest for the price of his commis-
sion, invested in the foreign funds, than he received
as the half-pay of his rank !
MANNING TUE NAVY.—We regret to find that the
Trafalgar, 120 ; Albion, 90 ; anti Vengeance, 84 ; at
Sheerness, Devonport, and Portsmouth, do not pick
up their men as fast as we could wish. Seamen do
not like these advanced commissioned ships; the
Albion still wants about 70. blue j tekets, and the
Trafalgar and Vengeance hive not yet completed their
meagre half or third complements.
MORTALITY ON W3ARD HER MAJESTY'S SHIP
TWEED AT Rio.—We are informed that the mortality
on board her it jesty's ship Tweed, 18, Commander
Lord F. Russell, by offioial returns received at the
Admiralty, was only 18 deaths, inatead of 32, as pre-
viously stated.
Comae \NDEft or GREENWICH lIO3PITAL.—We are
enabled to state that the A itnir,ilty have conferred
the vacant appointment at; Greenwich Hospital on
Cominander Thomas Colby (1814). Commander
Colby is one of the Seniors, as he is one of the most
distinguished Commanders on the List. He was at
the battle of Camperdown ; in the Centurion, when
she beat off Linois's squadron ; was a Lieutenant in
Calder's action; at the defence of Gaeta; at the
forcing the Dardanelles and destruction of the Turk-
ish squadron ; in the Egyptian campaign of 1807 ;
and was Senior Lieutenant of the Prince of Wales at
the reduction of Genoa, in 1814. The Admiralty
deserve credit for b<stowing this appointment on an
officer of such good service.
DESTINATION OF HER MAJESTY'S STEAM FRIGATE
DRIGON.—This steam-frigate, Captain Giffae(l,- Is
under orders at Spithead to proceed direct to Malta,
and join Sir W. Parker's fleet, calling off Devonplrt
en route. We believe she will not start for a day or
two, in consequence of some domestic bereavement
that the Captain has sustained. _

COME AT LAST.—Her Majesty's store ship
Hercules, Master Commander Fulton, has at length
made her appearance at Spithead ; she has been about
a couple of months on the road from Malta. Three
voyages a 3ear to Malta and back seem to be the
limits of her service. She is to come to the river to
land her stores, &c.
Moue ADMIRALTY ECONOMY.—It is well known
that, in spite of all remonstrance, the Admiralty has
persisted in bringing forward the Portland, 50, as the
new flag-ship for the Pacific, or rather to relieve an
84 gau ship. Whether the authorities at Devonport
have deceived their Lordships by representing her as
mare forward and requiring less expense than any
other ship, in fitting for the Pacific Flag, we know
not; but already his there been upwards of 2,000/.
of the public money squandered on her, and daily
is there some frightful defect discovered. Ooe day
last week her capstan was found unfit for use, and
subsequently most of her kelson and the entire of her
false keel were found completely rotten. These will
all have to be removed and replaced at an enormous
expenditure; and, after all, it will be found that she
is completely unsuited for her work. We cannot
heliethinking that the Lords of the Admiralty see
that they have been deceived with respect to the ship,
and are too much ashamed of themselves now to sub-
stitute another ship.
AMUSEMENTS AND COURTESIES AT THE CAPE.—
We extract the following from a private letter from
the Cape :—" Cape Town is rendered a gay place by
Lady Smith's entertainments; her Ladyship gives a
ball every Friday evening. The officers of her Ma-
jesty's ship Pantaloon, with Lieutenant Crowder, of
her Majesty's steamer Dee, gave a splendid ball the
first week in July ; it was a grand affair, and cost at
least 250/."

THE AFFAIR OF THE CORMORANT WITH TUE
Brtaztmax FORT.—We are enabled to state that the
conduct of Commander Schomberg, of the Cormorant
steam-sloop, on the coast of Brazil, in capturing the
four slavers, and avenging the insult to the British
flag by demolishing the fort that fired at him, has been
not only approved by the Admiral on the station and
the Admiralty at home, but has been justified by the
authorities at Rio.