The Sun.
London, England, 1842-04-26 00:00:00

NAVAL AND /VqX.ITAFLY.

Lieutenant-Colonel Thomson, viliONviirisesucceeded as
Commanding Royal Engineer of the Dover district, by Lieut.-
Colonel Wells, is about to proceed to Coati, and assume the
Command of the Engineer department in the lonian Isles.
PINE ARTS.
The Standish Museum has been placed by order of the K;ng
of the French in the highest story of the Louvre; it fills up
five large rooms ; the first contains the paintings of the first
masters; the second, the library : the third, modern pictures
belonging to various schools ; the fourth, the chef-d(Enrre of
the collection ; and the fifth, paintings The King has
ordered " Mime Standish" to be placed on the pediment of
the gallery.
LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC.
The first day's sale of the Strawberry-hill effects commenced
Zfsterday, consisting entirely of books. Messrs. Bohn and
lhorpe were the principal buyers, and though the attendance
of purchasers was small, the day's sale realized about 4001.

TRMATRICAL.
A new burletta, entitled Jack in the Water, c* the Ladder
of Life, from the pen of Mr. Leman Rede, was produced last
ni!..Tht at the Olympic.
Moliere's fine comedy, the Misanthrope, will be produced
at the St. James's Theatre to-morrow evening, for the benefit

of Mademoiselle Plessy, who will afterwards perform the cha••
ratter of Elizabeth, in our English farce, A Day after the
Wedding.
Weber's grand opera of Der Frieschutz will be the first per-
formlnce by the German company, on Monday next, at Covent
Garden Theatre.

COTTIZT-FASHIONII2I2I,E.
It is expected that the Queen Dowager, by the advice of her
physicians, will shortly proceed to the coast of Devon, if a
marine villa should be found sufficiently capacious to receive
the Royal establishment.
The Marchioness of Normanby has left the Clarendon Hotel
for Mulzrave Castle. The Mal quis remains in town.
The Marchiot ess of Londonderry will give a fete of unusual
splendour this evening at Holdernesse House, to celebrate the
coming of age of her Ladyship's eldest son, Viscount Seaham.
A rehearsal of the fourth Ancient Concert took place yes-
terday morning, under the direction of the ,Earl of Westmore-
land.

The Duchess of Bedford bad postponed her assemblies until
after the Queen's bit thday.
The Earl and Countess of Wilton had a select dinner party
on Sunday last.
Err! Grosvenor arrived last week from Motcombe Park,
Shaftesbury.
Miss Burdett Ceutts commences her parties about the 20th
of May.
Viscount and V iscountess Beresford's parties will he resumed
about the middle of next month.

LAW INTELLIGENCE

HOUSE OF LORDS—(THIS DAY )
lhe House sat to-day to hear appeals. The Peers preset',
were the Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham, Lord Cottenham
Lord Campbell, and Lord Lyttelton.

CHARTER V. SIR J. TREVELYAN.

The SOLICITOR- GEN 1: ILA resumed his arguments to-day,
in this part-heard appeal, on behalf of the respondent. The
arguments have already taken up three or foar days, and
appear likely to occupy the House several days more.

ROLLS' COURT.-(TIIIS DAY.)

WILLIAMS V. DOUGLAS,

Lord LANGD ALE gave judgment this morning in this cause.
One of the parties had taken exceptions on the ground that the
hill, and also the affidavits, contained scandalous matter. The
question involved was one merely of practice, and his Lordship
dismissed the motion with costs, on the ground that proper
notice had not been givers to the other side.

His LORDSHIP then proceeded to hear consent petitions,
which engaged the Court throughout the rest of the morning.
When the list was disposed of,
Lord LANGDALE proceeded to hear the cause of Strickland
v. Strickland, the arguments in %%hick', have occupied the
Court for the last three days. They were not brought to a
conelusicn when his Lordship rose. .