The Sun.
London, England, 1850-09-30 00:00:00

GERMAN Y

A telegraphic dispatch from Cassel of the 26th inst.,
in the Kolner Zeitung, states that the Standing Com-
mittee of the Diet has resolved to decline taking part
in the Cabinet Council which, on the 27th, was to be
held at Wilhelinsbad. The Committee refuses to re-
cognise the assembly of Plenipotentiaries of sundry
German states, now sitting at Frankfort as the Fe-
deral Diet, for it protests that the Federal Diet is ex-
tinct, and that no act of general legality has called it
into life again. The Committee protests further that
any interference of the said Plenipotentiaries in the
affairs of Electoral Hessen, is an attack upon the
safety and independence of that country, whose So-
vereign is by no means jeopardised in the exercise of
his constitutional rights. The Committee appeals to
international law, and protests in the strongest terms
against the late Frankfurt resolutions, and against all
aiders and abettors of the same.

The Kolner Zeitung has telegraphic dispatches
from Berlin of the 26th inst., stating that a Cabinet
Council has been held at Berlin, and that a decisive
resolution respecting the affairs of Electoral Hessen
has been taken. The Prussian League, which was
said to be on the point of being dissolved, will remain
in statu quo ante even after the 15th of October, nor
is there any likelihood of its being remodelled or re-
constructed upon a new basis.
His Majesty the King has been pleased to appoint
Baron Radovitz to the office of Minister of Foreign
Affairs. Baron Schleinitz, the late Minister, has been
appointed one of his Majesty's Privy Councillors.

THE ARMY AND NAVY.
(From the Unitcd Service Gazette.)
STAFF OFFICERS OF PENSIONERS.—We have every
reasons to believe that several appointments as Staff
Officers of Pensioners, will take place during the en-
suing month.
THE NEW Comes FOR AFRICA.—The delay which
has taken place with respect to the formation of the
regiment for service in Africa has occurred at the
Colonial-office. The selection of the officers will be
made from the half-pay and retired list, and as the
effective strength of the corps will only consist of 300
men, it is suggested that thecommand should be given
to a Major.
ROYAL MARINES ENLISTMENT.—The recruiting
service for the corps is to be immediately resumed.
The standard of height is to be 5 feet 7i inches, and
not to be under 19 years of age, nor above 24. In-
structions have been issued to use every practicable
means to prevent men cf doubtful character being
admitted into the service. • Three parties from each
division, consisting of 1 captain, 3 sergeants, 3 cor-
porals, and 1 private, are to be forthwith detached as
follows :—From Chatham—To Sevenoaks, Chelms-
ford, and Bury St. Edmund's. From Portsmouth—
To Salisbury, Claippenham, and Farnham. From
Plymouth—To Exeter, Taunton, and Okehampton.
From Woolwich—To Warwick, Woburn, and Chip-
ping-Norton.
MEDICAL STAFF.—Staff-Surgeon' Second Class,
E. H. Blakeney, at present stationed at Chatham, has
received, orders to hold himself in readiness to embark
for foreign service.
- ARTILLERY COMMAND AT DEvosronT.—Lieu-
tenant-Colonel Bloomfield is about to leave the com-
manel of Devonport, and proneed to the lonian Islands,
and will be succeeded by I4eutenant-Colonel Ander-
son, at the former station.
MILITARY KNIGHT OF WlNDSOR.—Captain An-
drew Ellison, late of the 6011 Rifles, has been ap-
pointed a Military Knight of Windsor, in succession
to Lieutenant Ragg, deceased. Captain Ellison's
service extends over a period of twenty-eight years,
twenty-five of which were passed in the 60th Regie
went. He entered the army as an ensign in 1807,
and retired upon half-pay unattached, in May, 1832,
and from the service in 1835.
DUBLIN DISTRICT.—Major-General his Royal
Highness the Duke of Cambridge, commanding the
district, has proceeded on leave of absence.
BARRACK MASTERSHIP, GIBRALTAR.—A vacancy
has occurred in the appointment of barrack master,
north district, at Gibraltar, by the decease of Lieu-
tenant-Colonel Lascelles, which event took place at
his quarters, in the Town Range, oz the sth inst.
MILITARY EXPENDITURE IN THE COLONIES,—The
Board of Ordnance have issued orders to their officers
serving in the colonies, not to draw upon the Commis-
sariat Department for the amount that may be in-
curred in the repair or alterations of military build-
ings, but that the expense in future is to be defrayed
Cut of the funds of the Colonial Treasury.
LIMERICK GARRISON.—The Strand Hired Bar-
racks at Limerick have been purchased by the Govern-
ment, in order to afford additional accommodation and
comfort for the troops. The building is at present un-
occupied, as it requires extensive repair.
CHOLERA AT Coarue—ln consequence of the autho-
rities at the Horse Guards having received informa-
tion that the cholera is making rapid strides at the
military stations in the Mediterranean, a surgeon,
and two assietants, from the Szaff at Chatham, are
under orders for immediate embarkation for Corfu,
at which place the troops have been attacked with the
disease.
THE FRENCH ADMIRAL BARON MACKAIT.—This
distinguished officer has visited Chatham and Sheer-
ness Dockyards ; hut it is not likely that he will
extend his visit to Devonport. A correspoadent very
properly ask;, " Under what part of the naval regu-
lations a French admiral on half-pay, and not a mi-
nister (in short a private individual), can be entitled
to three salutes in one day of fifteen guns each from
three different ships—the Excellent, Blenheim, and
Thetis ? When did the French ever salute our ad-
mirals on half-pay ? Did they do so at Cherbouig,
or is short anywhere ? They only laugh at us fur
onr folly. I admano big gallantry in 4al,inar Ohm
Alacrity, but that was the only brig in the navy that
he could so easily have captured."
THE LATE " LIEUTENANT" GeteE.—ln. the notices
which have been published of the life and career of
the late unfortunate aeroaaut, he has been treated as
" Lieutenant" Charles Gale of the royal navy. Mr.
Gale did not belong to the profession, and the ser-
vices which have been assigned to him are those of
Lieutenant Charles Gale, 117 N., now serving in the
coast guard.
ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT.—Captain Stawell, late
45th Regiment, barrack-master of Tullamore and
Philipstown, has received two months' leave of ab-
sence, and Captain Faulkner, the staff-officer of pen-
sioners, will perform the duties.
AMOUNT AND COST OF THE ROYAL NAVAL STEAM
POWER OF ENGLAND.—The total number of steam-
vessels of all classes and sizes, propelled by paddle-
wheels and screws, belonging to the Royal Navy of
England, is 164, and the total amount of horse power
of this formidable fleet of steamers is above 44,500, of
which nearly 40,500 is actually fitted, or being fitted,
to the vessels. The total cost of the machinery alone
may fairly be estimated at nearly three millions and
a half sterling.!
BUYING AND SELLING THE BRITISH NAVY,—SOHIe
time since we drew attention the the fact of the iron
steamer Grappler, which cost 33,0441. baying been sold
for 560/., after a couple of years' service ; and pointedly
noticed the immense sacrifice of the public money in
this transaction. We are now likely to have another
example of buying in the dearest and selling in the
cheapest market. On the death of the late Earl of
Yarborough, the Admiralty were induced to purchase
his yacht Kestrel, for about 3;0001. ; she was fittcd out
at great cost, and recently returned from the south-
east coast of America, where she has been employed
about four years, and having been found so very de-
fective she is ordered to be :sold out of the service,
and will most likely be disposed of for about 500/. It
must be remembered that the Navigation Laws have
passed since the Kestrel was purchased by the Adm'
ralty.

A PAIIPE Et KILLED B Y A
RELIEVING OFFICER.
MANCIEUESTER, SEPT. 27.—An inquiry took place
before the coroner for Manchester, yesterday, into
the circumstances attending the death of a pauper
named Andrew Murphy, 22 years of age, who had
expired on Sunday morning at the workhouse. The
inquiry was attended with a great deal of excitement,
in consequence of a report that death_ had been caused
by a blow given to -the deceased by a relieving officer
named Edward Moran. The officer was in custody.
Deceased was a tailor.
,
Mary Tierney, a servant at 7, Mulberry-street
the tailor's club-house (beer-house), said on Tuesday
evening week deceased slept there, having a card from
the tailors' club, He complained of being tired after
a long walk. Witness saw no marks of violence
about him.
Francis Dalton, tramp master at the Tib-street
vagrant ward of the workhouse, said his duties
were to receive applicants travelling in search of
employment, to provide them with a bed and
breakfast, and to require from them, in return,
three or four hours' work at oakum picking or
turning a capstan, on the following morning. It
was his duty to inquire from them where they came
from, where they were going to, and upon what busi-
ness. When admitted they were searched by Edward
Moran, in the passage. He was nppointod by Mr.
Bolds, the superintendent of the Tib-street Indus-
trial Establishment, for that purpose. The property
found -upon them was ticketed and returned to them
on their departure, unless they had any large sums of
motay, such as 61, which was ferii.titnd to the guar-
dian?..The property was taken in this way to prevent
it from being pilfered by any other person in the ward.
About seven or eight o'clock, on Wednesday the 18th
inst., he was standing at the door of the establish-
ment in Foundry-lane, when deceased came up to him
and inquired if that was the sight Asylum. Witness
told him it was the vagrant ward, and asked him
what he wanted. Deceased said he wished to be ad-
mitted. In reply to witness's questions he said he
came from Sheffield, was a tailor by trade, and in-
tended to seek work in Manchester. He said he came
from Ireland. Witness told him that three hours
severe task-work would he required from him in the