The Sun.
London, England, 1850-01-16 00:00:00

APPOINTMENTS.

WooLwicrr, JAN. 15 —Assistant-3urgeou Henry
Loney (1846) to the Stromboli steam-sloop, cruising
in the English Channel.
Midshipman Francis T. Symour. to the Gladiator
steam-frigate at Devonport.
The Lightning steam-vessel, Master Commander
Petley, returned to Woolwich, from Greenhithe, on
Saturday morning.
The Monkey steam-vessel, Master Commander
Bryant, returned to Woolwich this morning from
towing the Investigator to the Downs.
Shortly after the crew of the Investigator were paid
wages in advance, at Greenhithe, on Friday last, six
of the men managed to get on shore, and it was ge-
nerally reported they had run and left the vessel. It
was subsequently found that, sailor-like, they wished,
as they had obtained their pay, to treat their friends
at Woolwich, and bid them goodbye a second time.
The facility of railway communication ; between
Greenhithe and Woolwich enabled them to accomplish
their wishes and return to Greenhithe the same night,
where they kept up their jollity with the fcitnds they
had taken with them from Woolwich until five o'clock
A.M. on Saturday, when they were all found and taken
on board their vessel by Master-Commander Petley,
of the Lightning, with the sergeant of marines. The
men all declared they had no intention of being ab-
sent when the vessel was to sail.

THE COUNTESS OF BLESSINGTON'S NEW NOVEL,
"COUNTRY QUARTEttS."—." This novel is not the least
amusing cf Lady BlessingOn's books, the interest of
which rests upon the ' sayings and doings' of the officers
of an English regiment who are quartered in a quiet
provincial town of Ireland. Young hes, t. flutter, bright
eyes glitter, and old heads calculate. Its pages are re-
plete with husband-hunting misses, match-making
mammas, and love making, lighthearted aspirants fur
conquest in love and glory. Its principal characters are
%sell drawn, and the secondary personages by whom
they are surrounded are sketched in Lady Blessingtou's
peculiarly racy style."— Weekly Times.
THE POOR AND THE FINE ARTS.—The exhibition
of paintings in Post-office-place was finally closed on
Saturday eveninr, having been open sixteen weeks.
During the last month the exhibition has been accessi-
ble to the working classes at 2d. etch for adults, and ld.
for children; and, :although many of the middle class
have availed themselves of the cheap rate of admission,
gnat numbers of the people in more humble circum-
stances have also attended. The fact that the weekly
receipts have been as great during the past month as
when the price of admission was Is. is conclusive evi-
dence that the poor as well as the rich are capable of
admiring and appreciating the beautiful in art. The
average weekly attendance during the month has been
upwards of 3,250, being six times greater than the at-
tendance at the original charge. The exhibition was
closed on Christmas-day, so that it has been opened
twenty-three days at the low prices; and it is calculated
that no fewer than 13,000 have availed themselves of the
opportunity thus afforded for visiting the exhibition.
Last 3 elr the exhibition was open for seventeen days at
the charges of 2d. and Id , and 11,391 persons attended.ti
The number of pictures sold during the exhibiti e has
been much smaller this year than on any previous
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Bagdeednarrtledes,inshleedri.tl-yl3::t.r, Mr. Frewin, M.P., and other gt nt'e-
men. A number cf resolutions in fa,v,-lur of prat-etion
to agriculture were adopted; also a petition to the Qucen
to dissolve the present Psr:ilment, and to call to her
councils men who possessed the confidence of tt e nation.
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GAMEKEEPER SHOT.—III the case of the game-
keeper Thorpe, whowas
adjourneds htnearby shire, last week, the
Tuesday, when the jury returned a verdict—That the
deceased was shot by some person., but whether wilfUlly
or by accident they could not ascot-tin. The case is
still in the hands of the ruagibtmtes at Mansfield, for
further inyettigation.