The Sun.
London, England, 1845-11-03 00:00:00

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

Arrivals at Calcutta—Orissa, Sept. 9, from Bombay ; Flora,
M•Donald, 10th, from Rangoon; Espiegle, from Moulmein;
Scotland, 11th, from Greenock ; Laidmans and Harvest
Home. from Liverpool ; Anna Watson, from Newport ; Orient,.
from London and Madras ; Isabella, Cooper, from Greenock ;
Lahore and Lismoyne, from Liverpool; Emerald, from Sin-
gapore; Afrique, from Marseilles; Edward, Robinson, from
Madras; Sophia, from Bombay ; Mazagran, 11th, Cinque
Fromm, 12% from Barks; Alufinclibia, from Newmtlo

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Tanjore, 13th, from London ; Bellairs, from Liverpool ; Mary,
Ridley, from London; Providence, from Bordeaux; Aber-
ibyle, 18th, franc Bombay; Brilliant, from the Cape.
Departures tdom Saugor, Bengal—Mischief, Sept. 4, to
China ; Anens, to Mauritius ; John Line. sth, to London ;
Panthea, 6th, to Liverpool ; Exchange, to Boston ; Coquette,
Bth, to China ; Thomas Lee, 9th, to Liverpool ; Mau-
pertius, to Bo urbon ; Eliza, 9th, Sea Queen, 10th, to
London ; Cher hire, 11th, Fatima. 12th, to Liverpool ;
Hector, to Pen ang ; Dido, 15th, to China ; Isabella Harnett,
to Liverpool ; Adele Marquard, to Penang ; John Hepburn,
to Rangoon •; John Calvin, 16th, to London ; Fyzel Cur-
reem, to Ms .uritius ; Orlando, to London ; London, to
Bombay.
Arrivals :at Bombay—Rapid, Sept. 23, from Liverpool ;
Ardaseer, frc,m China ; Auckland, steamer, 26th, from Aden ;
Herculean,. 28th, from Liverpool ; Seaforth, steamer, from
Colombo ; Quentin Leitch, from Greenock ; Eliza, 30th,
from Muse eat.

Dvartt tres from Bombay.—Royal Sovereign, Sept. 19, to
Liverpool ; Berkshire, 20th, to London ; Lanrick, to China ;
Emperor, £2d, to London ; Fenella, 23d, Roseanna, 27th,
to China ; Gilmore, 29th, to Colombo ; Bella Marina, 30th,
to Clyde.
Arrival' lat Madras—Ellenborough, Sept. 18, from London ;
John Lin( 19th, from Calcutta.

Depart ores from Madras—Minerva, Clinch, Sept. 15,
Edmonstone, and Wellesley, 17th, all to Calcutta ; Earl of
Harewood, 18th, to Liverpool.

THE ARMY.

INFANTRY.

6th Regit nent.—The Calcutta Star announces the death of
Lieut.-Colonel Algeo._

16th (Be dfordshire) Regiment, Buttevant.—The service
companies of this corps, under the command of Lieutenant
Colonel ➢l'Manus, are held in readiness to march from But-
tevant for• Cork, on the embarkation of the service compa-
nies of the :34th Regiment for Corfu. Ensign Peacocke, 16th
Regiment, 3 sergeants. and 27 rank and file, are ordered to
embark at .the Cove of Cork for Deptfor 1, for conveyance to
Gibraltar at a guard over 200 convicts in the Asia, 523 tons,
which will .sail from Deptford on the 3d of November.
26th (Cat neronian) Regiment, Belfast.—Privates Stephen
Collins and .Andrew Collins have marched from Belfast, for
Dublin prov ost prison, under escort, pursuant to their sen-
tence by a general court-martial.
30th (Cambridge) Regiment, Castlebar.—Private Edward
Witchell is wider orders to march from head-quarters for the
provost prison, Dublin, to be transported as a felon, pursuant.
to his sentf,nce by a general court-martial. Lieut.-Colonel
Singleton is on leave of absence; Brevet Lieut.-Col. Ormond
has taken the command. _ _

33d (Ist York, West Riding) Regiment, Depot Clonmel.—
A recrni ting party has marched from Cloumel for Mallow,
there to be stationed. _ _

34th ( Cumberland) Regiment.—The Java transport, 1,175
tons, ar rived at Cork harbour from Deptford, on the 24th
of October, and the six service companies embarked on board
that vessel on the 28th instant (the baggage was shipped on
the 270 a) for conveyance to Corfu.
41st v(Welsh) Regiment, Royal Barracks, Dublin.—A com-
pany raoved from Beggars' Bush Barracks to the Pigeon
House Foyt, Oct. 27, there to be stationed to relieve the de-
pot of the Ist Battalion Rifle Brigade. A company of the
41st Regiment move, same day, from Beggars' Bush Barracks
to the Re val Barracks, to join head-quarters.
48th (Sorthampton) Regiment, Depot Kilkenny.-officers
present : Major M'Cleverty, Brevet Major Ward, Captains
Webber, Smith, and Bromley, Lieut. Lys, Depot Paymaster
Green, Depot Adjutant Fetherston Dover, Ensigns West,
Elton, az Id Sykes. Effective strength : 1 acting sergeant,
major, 1 2 sergeants, 6 drummers, and 232 rank and file.
Sick at Chatham : 15 ditto. Brevet Major Coke, Lieutenant
Henry Salleck, Ensign Johnstone, 1 sergeant, 50 rank
and file, and 6 boys (a draft), are at Cork, awaiting embark-
ation, for Jamaica, there to join the service companies.
Major M'Cleverty will also embark for Jamaica, to relieve
Brevet Lieut. Wm. Bruce, K.H., ordered home to take the
comm and of the depot companies. Ensign O'Sullivan is on
leave of absence to the 31st of January, 1846.
54th (West Norfolk) Regiment, Cork.—Lieut. Jackson has
left the depot at Fermoy, for Cork, to embark on board of the
General Palmer, transport, with the 2d division, under the
comm and of Captain Norman, for conveyance to Gibraltar.
94tl i Regiment are about to move from Kussowbe to
Meert tt.
95t1 I (Derbyshire) Regiment, Depot Tralee.—A recruiting
party has marched from head-quarters for Cork, there to
emb ar k per steam-vessel for Liverpool, en route to Derby to
be s•tai ioned ; Capt. Currie is commanding; Major Alcock is
on 1 aa:ve of absence to 31st December.

ORDNANCE CORPS.

Ridle Brigade.—s Depot Ist Battalion.—The head-quarters
and 4 companies, under Major Walpole, moved from Beggars'
Bush. Barracks to the Pigeon House Fort on the 27th
Oct. The draft of 1 sergeant and 30 rank and file, and
three boys, embarked at the Cove of Cork on the 28th inst.,
on be ,ard of the Java freight ship, 1,175, for conveyance to
Corn., ,to join their service companies. Captain Murray will
prov ied at his own expense. per mail steamer.
Its IYAL ARTILLERY.—On Tuesday, at two o'clock, a party
of R oyal Artillery attended at the practice-range in the
Plus astead-marshes, to carry on experiments to test
the strength of a new single gun battery, which had
been constructed by a party of the Royal Sappers and
'Miners, under the superintendence of Colonel Barney,
Commanding Royal Engineers, upon a plan invented by
Colonel Abbott. The object of these experiments is to
de term ined the best method of pivoting the traversing plat-
forms of heavy pieces of ordnance, similar to those about
tcr be e rected on the batteries now constructing at the various
seis-poi ts round the coast for the defence of our great naval
estribliiihments. The following distinguished officers of
Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers were present to wit-
ness. the experiments, viz., Lieut. -General the Right Hon.
Lord Bloomfield, G.C.B. and G.C.H., Commandant of the
Garrison ; Colonel Lacy, R.A., Inspector of the Royal
Can inge Department; Lieut.-Colonel Dundas, C. 8., R. A.,
Inspector of Artillery ; Lieut.-Colonel Blachley, R.H.A. ;
Lieut. -Colonel Chalmer, R.A., Assistant Director General
of Art illery ; Lieut.-Colonel Barney, Commanding Royal
Engine •ers ; Lieut.-Colonel Belson, Lieut.-Colonel Hardinge,
K.H., R.A. ; Lieut.-Colonel Colquhoun, R.A., Assistant
Inspects -it of the Royal Carriage Department ; Captain
Palliser, R.A., Assistant Inspector of Artillery ; Cap-
tain Wynne, R.E., and Lieutenant Bainbridge, R.E.,
Instructor of Fortification in the Royal Military Aca-
de my. The battery was erected 250 yards from the target,
which consisted of a small post erected in the mound, and
the goal used upon the occasion, one of Lieut.-Col. Dundas's
56 pounders, was fired with 15 rounds of solid shot, with
charges of 161bs. of powder, at point blank. The battery
is built with strong masonry, the traversing platform being
secured to it by a strong iron pivot. The platform, which
is 16 feet long, is supported by six iron wheels, which re-
volve on se mi-circular iron rails, laid down at the base of
the embrasu re. The gun was pointed by Lieut.-Colonel
Chalmer, wit h such admirable precision that almost every
shot struck the target, which consisted only of a small staff.
The recoil of the gun varied in the 15 trials from 6 feet 2*
inches, the mi nimum recoil, to 7 feet 54 inches, the maxi-
mum recoil. The battery appeared to answer the purpose
for which it is intended admirably; the stone work at the
base of the embrasure being perfectly sound at the con-
clusion of the experiments, no defect being visible, except
that the rails on which the platform traverses had sunk a
little, from the weight of the gun. The back of the plat-
form stands considerably higher than the other end, by
means of which the gun is brought more easily to the mouth
of the embrasure for discharge, by two men, with castor
levers, than by twelve men, under the old system.
The Diadem, 398 tons, is shortly expected to arrive at the
Cove of Cork, from Deptford, to receive on board draughts
of the 72d (Duke of Albany's own Highlanders), consisting
of 1 sergeant and 26 rank and file; 79th (Cameronian High-
landers), Captain Napier, Lieut. Hunt, 50 rank and file, and
6 boys, for conveyance to Gibraltar, to join their service
companies. Captain Gaisford has received leave of absence
till the 31st December, when he will proceed, at his own
expense, by the mail steamer to Gibraltar. The draught of
the 84th (Connaught Rangers), consisting of Capt. Mackie,
Ensign Gore, 1 sergeant, 63 rank and file, and 6 boys, will
embark in the Diadem, for conveyance to Malta, to join their
service companies.
The Woolwich district of the Chelsea pensioners were yes-
terday inspected by Colonel Tulloh upon the barrack-field of
the Royal Artillery, Woolwich Garrison, where they went
through their military manceuvres with the utmost precision
possible, which met with the warmest approbation from the
gallant colonel. Another battalion is to be formed in a short
time from pensioners of the Royal Marines and line regi-
ments, which will be placed under the same command to go
through the r military course of duties. A finer body of men
as pensioners now doing duty could not be found, as they are
all selected as the most active and efficient men, fit for either
foreign or home service.
MILITARt BA:stns.—Whilst the British government have
recently given orders for the reduction of regimental bands
of music, which were the admiration of Europe, the French
government, on the contrary, are doing all it can to en-
courage and improve theirs. The master of a band has
just received an additional grade of promotion in rank, and
the Illoniteur de Armee publishes a decision of the Minister
of War, increasing the number of musicians in the bands of
infantry regiments to 50 instruments, and those of cavalry to
36. In addition to the master, there are to be 27 musicians
and 23 clews (total 50) to the infantry, and a master, with
22 trumpeters, and 14 eleves (total 36) to the cavalry. The
pay is likewise increased to 5,000 francs, or double the for-
mer allowance to each regiment.
It is reported in military circles that Sir James Hope, the
General commanding the Eastern District of Canada, will in
future have the head-quarters of his district in Montreal,
instead of Quebec.—Montreal Courier, Oct. 10.
Major-General Sir Richard Armstrong, commanding in
Canada West, is now staving at the Astor House, New
York.—Montreal Coarier, Oct. 10.
A PRESENT OF GUNS FOR THE IMAUM OF MUSCAT.—
There are now being manufactured twelve splendid guns, of
heavy calibre, at her Majesty's Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, by
order of the Hon. the Board of Ordnance, which are intended
as a present to the Imaum of Muscat, in return for the mag-
nificent presents forwarded by him to this country to her
Majesty the Queen. The guns are being most splendidly
mounted and cast, and will exceed any yet manufactured in
this country.
ROYAL ARSENAL, Woor.wicx, Ocr. 29.—The activity
which prevails in this establishment is greater than has pre-
vailed during many years past. During the past week sixty
additional artizans have been entered in the royal carriage
department, consisting of smiths, wheelwrights, and car-
penters. This activity is consequent upon the operations
which are now in process for putting the seaports and other
maritime fortresses in a state of complete repair, so as to
place . the country in a state of defence in case of any
threatened invasion. Orders have been received to get the
armaments for the fortifications of Portsmouth, Plymouth,
Gibraltar, and Malta, ready with all possible dispatch ; and
.similar orders are expected with regard to the dockyards of
Sheerness and Pembroke. Experiments are being insti-
tuted as to the best mode of " pivoting" the carriages for
the guns of larger calibre,: to determine whether they are
to be secured to the masonry of the embrasures, as at pre-
sent many of the most distinguished officers are at issue on
this point. Orders were also received yesterday to get the
armaments for the Grampus steam-frigate ready as soon as
possible. The Grampus is at present lying in the basin at
the Dockyard, but is not yet commissioned, though fitting with
all possible haste.

'ILL OF THE DEAN OF LINCOLN:—The will and
two codicils of the late Very Rev. George Gordon, Dean of Lin-
coln, have just been prove:! in Doctors'-commons, by J. Fardell,
Esq. one of the executors, who has sworn the personal property
under 140,0001. The testator ratifies a settlement made on his
marriage, devising certain estates at Lincoln to sons and daughter.
He bequeaths to his wife, Sarah Gordon, his house in the close of
Lincoln, choice of furniture, plate, linen, china, fifty dozen of
wine, and what she may wish to retain of his paintings, prints,
books, and manuscripts, and the sum of 10,4001., 1001. of which
she is to distribute to servants ; to his son John Gordon, 4,0001. ;
to each of his curates at Horbling and Sedgebrook, 50 guineas and
a mourning ring ; to each of his executors, 100 guineas and a
mourning ring; to Lincoln County Hospital. 100/. ; to Lincoln
Lunatic Asylum, 100/. ; to Society for Relief of Distressed Clergy-
men at Lincoln, their Orphans and Widows, 1001. ; to Lincoln
National Schoo's, 1001. After a few other legacies, the residue is
bequeathed to his wife and children. The executors appointed in
the will are Sarah Gordon, John Gordon, and John Fardell. It is
dated 21st February, 1838. The probate bears a starry of the
value, of 1,8004”-Lincolnahire Chronicle.

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THE IRON TRADE OF FRANCE
(From the Birmingham Journal.)
The foundries in which both mineral and vegetable matters
are used for combustion have rapidly increased within the
last few years; out of 263,000 tons of iron produced in
France during the year 1841, 127,000 tons were produced by
this mixed process. The ironmasters with whom we con-
versed were of opinion that the proportion now exceeds one-
half, and that the general rule in France is to use charcoal in
melting the ore (or what they deem preferable, a mixture of
coke and charcoal), and to use mineral coal in forging and
laminating the iron. The principal metallurgic groups in
which this economy of fuel is adopted are the north-eastern,
comprehending the Moselle, the Lower Rhine, and the Meuse ;
the Burgundian group, comprehending the Upper Maine,
the Cote d'Or, the Yonne, and the Aube ; the central group
containing the Nievre, the Laone and Loire, the Cher and
the Allier. The establishment of Fourchambaut (Nievre)
is, we believe, the most important in France; it has twelve
large furnaces, and its annual production is estimated at six-
teen million kilogrames of wrought iron (35,000,0001bs.), and
of cast iron ten millions (22,000,0001bs.)
The furnaces where charcoal alone is used are not of suf-
ficient importance to be enumerated, but we may mention
that the iron which they produce is said to be the best in
France. The rails of the Alsatian Railroad, supplied from
Tremont (Vosges), belong to this class, and we have been
assured by competent judges that they are the best that have
been laid down in Europe.
In England it is said that rather more than one-half of the
iron we produce is used in casting. In France, during the
year 1841, for which the statistical returns have been pre-
pared with most accuracy and enter into most minute de-
tails, out of 3,771,000 metric quintals of pig. iron, 959,000 were
employed in castings (foutes de moulage). We had some
difficulty in distributing the proportions of this production
to the combustible material employed; but by the aid of the
administration we obtained the following results:--
Worked by charcoal
Worked by wood, or wood and charcoal mixed 104,000
Worked by charcoal and coke mixed 74,000
orked by coke alone

Total 959,000

It is admitted on all hands that the English iron is superior
to that of France for the purposes of casting, on account of
its greater continuity of character and texture. In 1842 the
quantity imported was about 180,000 metric quintals, nearly
all of which were worked into cast iron. The best foundries
for the manufacture of articles of cast-iron are in Paris and
the department of the Seine.
The late exposition of arts and manufactures at Paris
offered the best opportunity for comparing the French and
English products in iron, and we only repeat the confession
made by the French themselves, that. in heavy machinery
they are still behind the British. Some, however, of the
French lomotives recently brought out on the Rouen and
Versailles Railway are equal to any that we have seen, but
we could not obtain any information as to their relative cost,
for the jealousy of foreigners is most intense at this moment
in Paris. _ .

It is a favourite notion with many of the leading men in
France, that the perfection of their iron machines will be
greatly improved by the employment of cast-iron in works
of art. lience, ornamental castings are rapidly rising in
public favour, and the patronage of them is regarded as an
act of patriotism. M. Ducel is the most celebrated of the
artistic manufacturers of iron, and we felt much interested in
comparing his productions with those which the Messrs.
Darby, of Coalbrook Dale, recently exhibited in Covent-
garden Theatre. On the whole we are inclined to give the
preference to our countrymen, for the French had nothing
that could compete with Mr. Darby's tables, chairs, and
stands ; but, on the other hand, Ducel's ornaments for cathe-
drals and screens for altars exhibit a lightness and grace
which could scarcely be exceeded in the most plastic mate-
rial. From the establishment of M. Andre, of the Upper
Maine, we saw a statue of the Medicean Venus, and another
of the Piping Fawn, which few would have believed to be
iron until they took them in their hands. M. Andre, whose
name meets us everywhere on the iron employed in the
public works of Paris, is a firm believer in the utility of
tasteful productions, as a training of the workmen to accu-
racy and neatness in works of utility; and though we have
reason to believe that his ornamental works bring but little
profit, he continues them in the belief that they increase the
skill of his workmen.
The fabrication of rails is at this moment the great object
of emulation among the French manufacturers, and, as is
usual when anything assumes the form of a passion, it is all
but impossible to obtain anything like accuracy of state-
ment; we can, however, say generally that the manufac-
turers declare themselves able to produce 100,000 tons of
rails annually, or a sufficient supply for more than 500 miles
of railroad. It is not easy to reconcile this assertion with
the slow progress which the French railroads are making.
There is not a line of one hundred continuous miles in
length open in France ; and from what we saw of the opera-
tions on their great Belgian line, we should very much
question the power of supply boasted by the manufacturers
of rails.
Au ordinary subject of boast in France is the production
of sheet iron, none of which is now imported, though more
than two-thirds of the supply used to be derived from
abroad. Our efforts to obtain accurate statistics on this head
were unavailing. Here we must for the present pause ; but
we beg our readers to remember that we only profess to give
such random notes as a traveller can make in a hasty tour,
and that it would be impossible to give a perfect view of the
state of the iron manufacture in France without a long resi-
dence in the country, efficient aid from the Government, and
a great readiness to afford information on the part of the
manufacturers themselves—advantages which we did not
attain, and which we doubt of being attainable.