The Sun.
London, England, 1845-07-28 00:00:00

COAST GUARD.

Appointment—Commander W. B. Oliver, to be Inspecting
Commander, vice Dyer (whose appointment to this service has been
cancelled), to Newcastle; Carthwellan, vice De Courcy, removed ;
Lieutenant J. J. C. H. Tracy, to command a station.
Removals—Lieutenant J. S. M. Watson, from Harwich to Cro-
mer station, vice Cooper, removed; Lieutenant Matthew Liddon,
from Cockbush to Harwich, vice Watson.

ANOTHER CAMBRIDGE
ELECTION.

CAMBRIDGE, Jvcy 26.--Whether the Tory party here have sent
forth the report for their own special purpose, that Sir John Mort,
lock is about to retire from the Board of Excise, and that the Hon
Henry Manners Sutton is to succeed him, I know not, but this
can assure you, that the Whigs here are on the look out for a
vacancy in the rei resentation of the borough. There are those
amongst the constituency, connected with the Liberal interest, who
tancy that this rumour has been sent afloat to throw them off their
guard; and indeed it has been softly insinuated by certain Con.
servatives, celebrated for their electioneering tactics, that if the
Solicitor. General be net disturbed, it will turn out all the better
for the Whigs at the next election for Cambridge. "No petition
now," they say, "no opposition next time." And of course it is
to be inferred that Mr. Adair would have a walk over. This is
anything but certain, as the slippery character of the Conserva-
tives of the town of Cambridge is proverbial. Should the vacancy
occur, the election, whether a contest or a walk over, would not
take place till next year. The session is now drawing to a
close. Sir Robert Peel knows better than to risk another trial
of strength at this moment at Cambridge, with Adair in front
of the Liberal array. Mr Sutton's appointment would, there-
fore, take place during the recess, and the writ would not
be moved for until after the opening of the next session. The
Cambridge Conservatives would its the meantime look to the
registration isretty sharply, although with very little chance of
increasing their number of votes beyond what they muster at pre-
sent, their strength being two or three dozen below the Whigs.
" The Board of Works," as the Cambridge Independent Press
called the choice band of Thebans who " worked" the battle for
the Solicitor-General during the last half hour, and achie►ed the
victory, are terribly afraid of a petition. There is plenty of ground
to go on ; for the " business" that was going on was notorious.
A Barnwell man, a celebrated dog fancier and dog seller, and
who keeps a fast nag or two for the purposes of other fancy business
(g rudet equis canibusque), came up to a most respectable man on
the Whig side on Parker's Piece, at halt-past three on the day of
polling, and offered thirty votes of his gang for 51. a-piece. " The
Conservatives," said he, " are giving ten, we will sacrifice five to
our principles, we will sacrifice no more; for, when our neighbours
are getting paid before our eyes for their votes, we cannot afford to
give ours for nothing." This disinterested patriot's offer was re-
fused. Mr. Fitzroy Kelly knew nothing about the work which his
kind friends were engaged in during the last moments of the con.
test. Of course not I You have heard the story of his carriage
having been ordered at half-past three, so sure was the poor sitnple
man of being defeated. It is no joke. The order was given by
the great man himself, in a tone of forensic solemnity, and with
an air of seemingly sincere distress, quite Kelly-ish.

SUNDERLAND ELECTION.—Mr. Hudson has announced Lis
resolution to contest this borough, and has published an ad-
dress, in which he gives the following as his political pro-
fession of faith :—" My political opinions are chiefly in ac-
cordance with those of her Mbjesty's present advisers, but
whilst I shall endeavour to support and maintain unimpaired
our glorious Constitution, 1 shall be ever ready to assist in
reforming abuses, and in effecting all practical reductions in
public expenditure."; He will be in Sunderland to-day.
Colonel Thompson is assiduously engaged in canvassing, and
his friends speak most confidently of his success.
TIIE MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON, JULY 27.—The
Oriental Company's steam-ship Queen, Captain Russell, arrived in
the docks at one o'clock A at. this day from Gibraltar, and landed
the Peninsular and Mediterranean mails in time to be forwarded to
London by the two o'clock ♦.M. mail train. The dates are Gib.
raltar July 18, Cadiz 19, Lisbon 21, Oporto and Vigo 22, and
Corunna 23. The Queen brings a lull cargo of fruit and some
specie, and 28 passengers. The same Company's steam-ship
Orb ntal, Captain Soy, c‘ime into the docks this morning from the
Motherbank, where she arrived from Alexandria on Friday even-
ing, and the East India and China mails were dispatched to London
the same night. The Oriental left Alexandria July 10, Malta 15,
and Gibraltar 20. She had 48 passengers and a very full cargo.
The following ships were at Malta :—Her Majesty's ships Formid-
able, Polyphemus, Virago, and Volcano. At Gibraltar, her Ma.
jesty's brig Fantome, and Flamer steamer. At Alexandria, the
French steamer Gomer.

BOCKET PRACTICE IN WOOLWICH MARSHES.-A
large detachment of Crptain Turner's company of the Royal Artil-
lery, urn,er orders for New Zealand, have been employed in going
through a course of laboratory instructions previous to their tm-
i arkation, and on Saturday morning attended in the marshes
under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Hardinge, K.H., with
Captain Henderson and Lieutenant the Hon. W. Yelverton, to
practise with rockets. Major Strangways, commanding the rocket
troop, with Lieutenant Willan and a portion of the rocket troop,
were present to give instruction in that eranch of the service, and
the whole of the practice, which was carried on by the noncom-
missioned officers and men of Ceptarn Turner's company, was ex-
cellent. The rockets were six pounders from Boxer's tubes, at
600 yards, and a salvo of tour rockets at the same distance. A
number of six.pounder rockets were also fired from the tubes at
700 yards range, and a number of 12-pounder rockets at 1,000
yards range. The officers in command expressed themselves
highly placed with the practice.