The Sun.
London, England, 1850-10-22 00:00:00

APPOINTMENTS IN THE COAST GUARD.

WOOLWICIT, OCT. 21.—Commander John Elliot
B 4.t.:llm (1840), from the CI \--!e, to the Hastings
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complet(ql ;1 1 enry S:. .I‘,i t le6rges (1845),
to the Hens ich district, vice Alfeed N. Fairm"u
(1846) to the Clyde district ; Alexander Little (1846),
to be an inspecting commander of the Lyrne dis-
trict, vice Thomas Carpenter (1841), resigned, owing
to ill health.
Lieutenant George Bourchier Dewes (1841), to
the command of the station at St. Lawrence, vice
John H. Crane (1840), appointed to the Geyser
steam-sloop at Woolwich.
Second .Master John Hales (b) (1829), to com-
mend at the station at Prussia Cove, vice Lieutenant
Norton S. Sulivan.
The Leopold, 12, steam-frigate, building at Dept-
ford, and to be fitted with engines of 500. horse
Power, is ordered to be launched on the sth of No-
vember next.
The Furious steam-sloop, having had her mainmast
taken out and the 500 tons of ballast she had on board
.when brought round to *Woolwich, is to be taken up
to-morrow to the East India Docks at Blackwell to
have her engines put in. The Monkey steams-vessel,
after towing her up the river, will proceed to Dept-
ford to tow the Iphigenia to Woolwich to be dis-
mantled, previous to her being broken up at Deptford.
The Resistance, Master-Commander Bradshaw,
has taken the baggage:of the three companies of Royal
Artillery under orders for Gibraltar, Malta, and.
Corfu on board to-day, and the companies embark at
1 r.m. to-morrow. The Resistance will leave Wool-
wich on ThurEdly for her destination.

Silence is sometimes more significant and sublime
than the most noble midmost expressive el:quence.—Eliza
Cook's Journal.
ZOOLOGICAL Galignani s Paris Mes-
senger says—The Jardin des Plantes at present possesses two
animals which are altogether out of the common pale of
zoological classification. One- is an hermaphrodite ass, and
the other a-calf with two heads. The former is a native of
Africa, of small stature, grey in colour, and timid of character
the latter is a stout heal,hy animal of a black colour, having
affixed to its regular neck a long, thin, cord-like appendage,
in wh ch an artery is felt to beat, and which terminates in a
sort of fleshy ball, divided at the end, and having two jaws
and a sort of tongue, the latter always in motion. Both of
these animals may be seen in the large rotunda in which the
zebras are placed.
OAKHAI4.—A man named Jacob Cliff, of Morcott,
was yesterday morning apprehended I, t this place, by Mr.
Garton, superintendent of police, having in his possession
the hair of more than 40 tails of horses, supposed to have
been cut from animals in the neighbourhood. A large quan-
tity of hair from the manes of horses and from the tail of a
cow was also found upon . him, and a fowl, partly plucked.
He is remanded until inquiries are instituted in order to find
owners for the property.— Stamford Mercury.
The Lord Bishop of Exeter held a confirmation at
Dawlish on Friday last, when about 1,500 received the bless.:
in. The display of head gear made one of the most ex-
traordinary spectacles ever witnessed in a Protestant church,
and one could scarcely bring himself to believe that a sister-
hood of nuns were not taking part in the ceremony from the
white veils thrown over the face, which was, we understand,
the order of the vicar of. West Teignmouth. Exeter Flying
Lost.