The Sun.
London, England, 1850-02-26 00:00:00

5. ENA3IELS.

7• MODELS.

i The objects whiclitlis Commissian is most desirous of re-
ceiving among the products of the vegetable kingdom are
such as from their utility, novelty, or practical interest may
appear e>pecially e'.eserving publ:c attention. Peculiarly
fine samples of substances in common use; authenticated
samples of substances having similar properties, but derived
from different sources, such as arrowroot, sago, &c. Dyeing,
materials, accompanied by specimens exhibiting the effect
of such materials. Fancy wood, both in the polished, rough,
and manufactured state. All sorts of materials which are
applicable to the manufacture of linen, cordage, wickerwork
paper, and the like.
Nothing, however, appears suitable to this exhibition ex-
cept such results of iman industry as are capable of being
preserved without injury through several months.
Divisrcor
visio AL KINGDOM.
As illustrations in this din, the various processes of
preparation rruy be exhibited in connexion with the raw
materials; and in some cases a finished article may be in-
troduced as the termination of a series of objects in prepara-
tory stages.
Nothing, however, appears suitable to this exhibition ex-
cept such results of human industry as are capable of being
preserved without injury through s:everal months.
SECTION H.—MACHINERY.
DIVISION (A).— 3IACIIINES FOR DIRECT USE.
Machines will be exhibited in motion whenever it may be
desirable to do se, and it may be fund practicable to provide
the necessary arrangements for that purpose.
DIVISION (B),—MANUFACTURING MACHINES.
Although in arranging this class for exhibition it will
generally be found advisable to separate products from the
producing mechanism, yet the latter should always be
accompanied with sufficient specimens of the raw material,
in its several stages of manafacture, and of tLe finished
product to make the operation of the machinery
intelligible.
The complete series of tools and machinery that belong• to
the manufacture of any object of common use, such as a
watch, a button, or a needle, accompanied by specimens
of the olject and its parts, in their various stages
of :progress, is so instructive and interesting that it is
very desirable to of tain several such series for the propsed
exhibition.

SECTION' M.--MANUFACTURES.
Manufactures to be exhibited in this section must be in
their finishedstate, as fit fur use.
All articles to be admitted in this section must exhibit one
or more of the following qualifications:-
1. Increased usefulness, such as permanency in dyes;
improved forms and arrangements in articles of utility, &e.
2. Superior skiil in workmanship, as in block-printing,
cha hug, &e.
3. New use of known materials.
4. Use of sew materials. -
u. New combinations of materials, as in metal and pottery.
6. Beauty of design, in form or colour, or both, with refer-
ence to utility.
7. Cheapness, relatirely to excellence of production.
SECTIC.N IV.—SCULPTURE, MODELS, AND TIM PLASTIC
aT.
Objects formed in any kind of material, if they exhibit
such a degree of taste and skill as to come nr.der the de-
nomination of Fine Art, may be admitted into this section.
The specimens exhibited shall be works of living artias.
Oil paintings and water-colour paintings, drawings and
engravings, are not to le admittel except as illustrations or
example of materials and processes, and portrait busts are
not to be admitted.

SIR C. NAPIER AND THE INDIAN

ARMY.

Tie 133mb3y papers publish the following order of
Sir C. Napier :
" Head-Quarters, Camp, Lahore, Die. 15, 1849.
"At the late review of the troops on the pLin c.f
Meean Meer, the following egregious deficiencies were
evident to all :

" 1. That some commanders of the regiments were
unable to bring their regiments properly into the
general line.
"2. One commanding officer of a regiment at-
tempted to wheel bis whole regiment as he would a
company
" 3 Several officers commanding companies were
seen disordering their companies by attempting to class
them from the wrong flank.
"4. When the line was ordered to be formed on
the left column, some commanders deployed too soon,
and ordered their lines (thus improperly formed) to
double quick,' in order to regain their pssition !
This was all bad ; but it was worse to see the regi-
ments, on receiving the word to double quick, at
once charge with loud shouts—no such order to
charge having been given by any one, nor the word
I repare to charge ;' nor did anything occur to give
a pretext for such a disgraceful scene, exhibiting both
want of drill and want of discipline !
"5. Bad as this was, it was not the worst. When
these regiments chose to' charge,' the Cornmander-'n-
Chief, to his astonishment, beheld the men discharging
their firelocks straight up in the air, and he saw some
men of the rear rank actually firing off their muskets
to the rear over their shoulders as their bearers (he
will not call them soldiers) were running to the front!
Ire feels assured that no such scene could have oc-
curred in any other regiments in the army ; if ever
such again happens, he will expose the commanding
officer of any regiment that so disgraces itself in
public orders,, to the whole Indian army. In the
course of his service he never before witnessed such
a scene. Na commander could go into action
with a regiment capable of such conduct, without
foaling certain that it would behave ill! The Com-
mandtr-in-Chief will, therefore, hold commanding
officers responsible (for they alone are to blame) that
any soldier who shouts, or charges, or fires without
orders, be instantly seized, tried at once by a drum-
head court-martial, and the sentence executed on the
spot. Courts • mat tial which try such dangerous offenders
will, the Commander-in-Chief has no doubt, uphold mi-
litary discipline and military honour against outrageous
and criminal disorder. This order may be deemed
severe—the Commander-in-Chief means it to be so,
f,r he will not pass over without animadversion
faults which, if tolerated, would in the event of uer
pLojideuhcetheceert
Jain mmdandaeeart-into-utihs
ieif
maramkyes.
ofThe reviews
which
the
eretvroawpss
are not to be taken as so many chips in porridge.'
Tn-y are made for the purpose of ascertaining what
officers are fit to command battalions, and there being
no want of such in the Indian army, he will feel it to
be his bounden duty to remove those who are not ;
and whenever he finds a regiment' fire," shout,' or
charge,' without orders from its commander, he
will, after this warning, remove the latter from his
command.

" The Svoy is both a brave and an obedient sal
dier, and whenever he bel.avts ifl, it is in a great
measure the fault of his commanding officer.
" The drill and dilcipline of all armies rests mainly
with the commanders of regiments and of companies.
They are in immediate contact with the officers, non-
commissioned officers, and private soldiers ; and to
them general officers must look for that perfect obe-
dience without which any army is an armed
mob,
dangerous to its friend=, and contemptible to its
enemies.

"The Commander-in• Chief does not hereby call on
commanding officers to torment those under their
orders by long and harassing drilling. But he does
call upon them to instruct their officers, and to in-
struct themsslves, and also their supernumerary ranks,
that they fue to seiza any man in their front, who
dares to shou', or task, or fire, or run, without orders.
wn
General officers commanding divisions and brigades
in this army ere called upon to see that commanders
kaltythtee
are abundant first, rate soldiers and fis this
of regiments do their duty on those points.
lma n der-
i n - C h i
ef deloles k notknows
w a
order "Theto Con
all
commanders—he
nt-rate regi-
ments, in the ladian army; but he applie3 it to those
whcse regiments are in bad order.
" C. J. NAP lER,General,
Commander-in-Chief."
...."....--

FRENCII PLAYS—ST. JAMES'S r
repetion of Le l'o,tillon de Lonjumeau attracted T
last
whom o
evening the fullest audience of the season. The houce
fashionable
rued, andth de i spt irnign tic
Prince
$ hoe df
Syracuse,cD pany,
amongstv4'aserowdedho ithns w
the Marchioness of Ailesbury, the Marchioness of
Downsbire, Earl and Countess Granville, the Earl and
Countess of Shelburne, the Earl of St. Germany, the
Earl and Counters of Glengall, the Countess de Fla-
Inuit, Lady George Stewart, Earl c f Cranbourne, Lady
F. Theayr, Lady Frederick Beauclerk and Miss Beau-
ckrk, Lady Vassall, Lady Molesworth, Lord Arthur
Hay, Sir Frederick Ror, Sir John Lister Kaye, Mr. and
Mrs. Phillips, M. and Madame Uzielli, Mrs. Milner Gib-
son, Mr. and Mrs. Heywood, Mr. Willoughby, Mr.
Henry Gtevile, &r.
ACCIDENT TO THE EARL OF LINCOLN'S YACHT.—
We regret to state that his Lordship's yacht, the Gitans.
with the N 01.13 Earl and tarty on beard, ran ashore cff
Tenedos, on her voyage to Egypt. Her Majesty's
eteamer Rosameed, Commander Focte, proceeded to
or assistance, and she was got off in a leaky state, and
arrived at Alexandria on the 27th ult.; where she will
be repaired.

rill stone.
4. MOSAICS AND INLAID In tiles.
WORE
In vitrified
.
In wend.
Lin int,tal.
lOn metals.
On chins.
On gl4ss.
6. MATERIALS AND PROCESSES APPIICALLF. TO TIIE
.FINE
ARTS GENERALLY, including Fine Art Printing, Printing
in Colour, &c.

In Architecture.
In Topography.
In Annt.mr.
CONDITIONS AND .LIAIITATIONS.
All spirits, wines, and fermented liquors, unless derived
hnidbeirtesdp,etcoiapl
rreesvetnrticaticocnids
from unusual sources, are inadmissible, except in special
e; n andts t h se; ri eu
must ells,
1 e or wi sn,
in well-secured glass vessels.
c&alsaarenclexu
All highly inflammable articles, such as gunpowder, tleto-
nat;ng powders, lucifer matches, &c., end all live stock, and
articles perishable within the duration of the exhibition,
are inadmissible, unless specially excepted.
SECTION I.—RAW MATERIALS AND PRODUCE.
DIVISION (A).— MINERAL KINGDOM.
It is desirable that the raw materials should be shown in
connexion with the produce of the mineral kingdom, so as
to form a history and explanation of the processes employed
to fit them for the useful and ornamental purposes of life.
The exhibition would thus comprehend (1) illustrations of
the various modes of extracting and preparing the raw
materials fur produce; (2) illustrations of methods of re-
ducing, working, or combining raw materials, so as to obtain
products which may
• afterwards receive applications to the
useful or ornamental purposes of life.
The specimens fitted for exhibition should include (1) only
those remarkable for their excellence, for novelty in their
occurrence or application, or economy of their extraction or
preparation; or (2) thofo remarkable as illustrations of some
further processes of manufacture.
DIVISION (9.-7VEGETABIE KINGDOM.