The Sun.
London, England, 1850-09-02 00:00:00

(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)

We consider it but justice to lend our aid in advo-
cating the cause of a deserving and meritorious body
of officers of the army—the captains—the only rank
in her lIIAJESTY'S service at present debarred the
hope of reasonable promotion. Ensigns become
lieutenants, lieutenants are made captains, and majors
become, in due course, lieutenant-colonels ; but it is
almost impossible for a captain to obtain a majority
unless he should be possessed of thousands of pounds
to induce a major to sell to bim, or the more unlikely
occurrence of a death vacancy should give it to him,
an event which now very seldom takes place, as field-
officers of the line naturally retire from the service
before they are old men, or when their health begins
to fail ; and, in nine cases out of ten, by the sale of
their commissions instead of the full-pay retirement,
which so few in the line are now inclined to
accept, the purchasing system holding out much
greater inducement to men advanced in life, and
which system has been ruinous to the promotion of
officers without money. It certainly places them
sooner at the head of their respective grades, but
with equal certainty it keeps them there. In-
stances are numerous. But we must allude to one
corps, where the senior captain, a very deserving
officer, has actually been twenty-five years in the
same regimental rank, and fourteen years at the head
of the list.
We could mention numbers who have served as
captains on full pay in all parts of the world for
twelve and thirteen years, and who are still without
any likelihood of regimental promotion.
For their present advancement but one hope re-
mains—that hope is a brevet. The expense to the
country for each old officer thus promoted would be
but two shillings per day. Is there any economist
in England who would object to such an act of justice
towards men who have served their country so long
.and so faithfully ?

FUNERAL OF LOUIS PHILIPPE.
(THIS DAY.)

This morning Claremont was at an early hour be-
seiged by a large number of persons anxious to pay the
last tribute of respect to the remains of a royal exile.
Amongst the persons present not the least conspicuous
were a large number of the visitors from Paris, attracted
to our shores by the cheapness of the excursion trains,
and who bare for the last few days been residing in
the immediate vicinity of Claremont. The adjournment
of the funeral from Saturday to this day also tended in
a great degree to an increase of spectators, a large
number having arrived from town yesterday.
At nine o'clock a solemn funeral service commenced
in the private chapel at Claremont, after which a pro-
cession on foot was formed, which accompanied the
body as far as the gate of the park, when it proceeded
in mourning coaches to Weybridge, in Surrey, about
four miles from the palace at Claremont. A gr( at
number of persons had here assembled to witness the
removal of the body from the hearse into the Roman
Catholic chapel of St. Charles Barromes, where the
body will for the present be interred, and will ultimately
be removed to its final resting place in Paris. The
body having been placed in the chapel, the service was
commenced and conducted by Dr. Whitty, assisted by
the Abl 6 Guille, the chaplain to the household of the
deceased, and others of the Roman Catholic clergy. After
the conclusion of the services, which were of the most
impressive character, the numerous persona assembled
separated, and the mournful cortege wended its way
back to Claremont.

VACANCIES IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.—There
are now three seats in the House of Commons vacant by
deaths, since the close of the Parliamentary session. They
are.—the University of Cambridge, the borough of Poole, and
the county of Hereford.

The Lords of the Treasury have accepted the offer
of Mr. Laming to convey the mails to the Cap of Good
Hope fur bO,OOO/. per annum in screw-propelled vessels.
Lord Stanley has consented to lay the corner-
stone of a literary institution in the manufacturing town of
Bury, where the Derby family have large landed pos,essions.
The fcundation-stone of a new infirmary has been
laid at Torquay, by the Prince of Oldenburg.
It is Kith extreme regret that we announce the fact
of Viscount Fielding having seceded from the Church of Eng-
land and joined the Romish Communion. Whether the
formal act .of reception into the Papal church has actually
taken place we are not enabled to state, but of the secession
of the Noble Lord and of his destination there can be no
doubt—John Bull. .

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THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris journals of Saturday
and yesterday.

The Consiitutionnel gives the following as the iti-
nerary of the PRESIDENT of the Republic for his visit
to Cherbourg, and return to Paris:—He is to leave
Paris on the 3d, and arrive at Evreux ; on the 4th he
is to proceed from Evreux to Caen, by Lisieux ; on
the sth from Caen to Cherbourg, by Carentan ; on
the 6th and 7th he is to stay at Cherbourg ; on the Bth
he is to proceed to St. Lo; on the 9th from St. Lo to
Avranche, by Coutances and Granville ; on the 10th
Avranches to Argentan, by Vire ; 11th, Argentan to
Evreux ; 12th, Evreux to Paris.

The Iffuniteur has the following:—" Some journals
recently announced that the cholera had appeared at
Marseilles, and have stated that 11 cases of that malady
had occurred. Contrary to their intention, no doubt,
it has been believed abroad that there have been 11
cases a-day, and in consequence quarantines have been
imposed on arrivals from Marseilles Now, at the pe-
riod at which those articles were published, the Ministry
received the list of 11 declared cases—but there
were only 11 casts in all. It immediately caused an
investigation to be commenced, and it has continued
to this day. The first death ascribed to cholera took
place on the 29th of July. From that day up to the
27th of August 24 other deaths have been declared,
but in the number there are several of which the
cholearic character is assuredly very doubtful. All
the cases observed up to the 15th of August occurred
in persons who could not have had any suspected
communication. The cases took place isolatedly, in
different parts of the town, and succeeded each other
at intervals, varying from one to three days. That is
not, then, an epidemy. Nevertheless, the articles of
our journals have not the less excited the fears of
foreign Governments. Quarantines have not the less
been imposed, on the strength of these exaggerated
rumours on arrivals from Marseilles. The press
cannot display too much reserve in giving news rela-
tive to the sanitary condition of our ports, which may
have such ruinous consequences."
The PRESIDENT of the Republic, on hearing of the
death of Louis PHILIPPE, expressed his intention of
proposing to the Orleans family to bring the remains
of the ex-Ring to France to be laid in the family vault
at Dreux, by the side of those of the Duke of OR-
LEANS and Madame ADELAIDE.

The Bonapartist journals allude with some bitter-
ness to the studied absence of " the Burgraves" from
the fetes given to Louis NAPOLEON during the ccurse
of his recent tour. M. THIERS was invited to Stras-
burg, but did not come, although he was at Baden
Baden, within an hour's ride of the city. M. DE
MONTALEMBERT, who, it was said was to have joined
the PRESIDENT at Besaugzon, never made his appear-
ance ; and M LEON FAUCHER and M DE MONTO-
BELLO were the only representatives of the depart-
ment of the Marne who were absent from the fete at
Rheims.

Several of the Councils-General of thejDepartments
have expressed a wish for the revision of the Consti-
tution.

The Archbishop of PARIS has published a pastoral
letter disavowing the Univers as the organ of the
Church, and declaring that its publication does harm
to religion. The Archbishop is too enlightened a man
to pander to M. MONTALEMBERT'S ridiculous and
mischievous follies, and estimates the miraculous
winking virgins of the would-be restorer of the In-
quisition at their true value.
The Nepaulese Ambassador and his suite were in-
troduced to the PRESIDENT on Friday.
On Saturday a mass for the repose of the soul of
the ex-King, Lotis PniurrE, was celebrated in the
chapel in the Rue de la Revolte, at Neuilly, erected
on the spot on which the Duke of ORLEANS was
killed. A number of the KING'S servants and some
functionaries of the late monarchy were present at it.
M. BEREYER, after leaving the Congress at Wies-
baden, proceeded to Brussels, where he had an inter-
view with Prince METTERNICH.

Accounts have been received from Algiers to the
25th. The whole country was tranquil.
The British steam-frigate Growler arrived at Mar-
seilles on the 28th to await the arrival of the Nepau-
lese Ambassador from England. The Prince and
Princess of CAruA. and family were on board.
The French steam-frigate Vauban left Toulon on
the 27th for Civita Vecchia, with 930 soldiers des-
tined for the regiments forming the army of occupa-
tion in the Roman states. After landing the troops
the Vauban proceeds to the naval station at Naples.
The Dibats says :—" The arrival at Brest of the
corvette, the Triomphante, sent from Monte Video by
Admiral LEPREDOUR, is announced. It is believed
that this vessel brings the treaty concluded by the
Admiral with the Government of General ROSAS,
subject to the ratification of the French Government."
The Bourse has gone down on account of the liqui-
dation of the end of the month.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT TIIE

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SPAIN.

Madrid journal:, of the 27th ult. have arrived ;
their contents are without intemt.
MADRID BOLSA, AUG. 27.—Three per Cents. 331;
Five per Cents. 14g. Exchange on London, 50 40.