The Sun.
London, England, 1842-06-30 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

Major-General Sir Octavius Carey has returned to Cork
and resumed the command of the troops serving in the southern
district.
The Master-General of the Ordnance has nominated Lieute-
nant-Colonel Cater, of the Royal Horse Artillery, to relieve
Colonel Michell, in command of the Artillery in the south-
western district of Ireland, and the Lieutenant-Colonel is ex-
pected to arrive at Limerick shortly, to take his new command.
The service companies of the 67th Regiment are under or-
ders to return home from Canada. Lieutenant H.. 1. V. Kern-
ble (son of Mr. Charles Kemble), has been appointed Acting
Paymaster to the depot companies of the 67th, in succession
to Ensign Westropp, recently promoted to aLieutenancy in the
20th Regiment.
Major Harrold, of the 74th has joined and assumed the com-
mand of the depot companies of his regiment now at Cashel,
and Major Crawley has left the depot preparatory to embark-
ing to join the service companies in Canada. The Lieute-
nant-General commanding in Ireland has directed that the
whole of the county of Clare shall be annexed to the south-
western district, and that the town of Drogheda shall be added
to the northern district. Captain Gough, Ensign Fitzgerald,
and 40 rank and file of the 33d depot, have arrived at Fethard
from Buttevant.

The, head-quarters of the 33d depot, under the command of
Major Galloway, marched from Buttevant for Waterford on
Monday.
The 56th Regiment from Canada, and the 69th and 76th
Regiments from Nova Scotia, will be home in a few weeks ;
the former, the 56th, from Quebec, may be expected to arrive
at Cove in the Resistance troop-ship, in the course of a few
days.
'f he Albion troop-ship, which sailed from Cove on the 9th
inst., having on board drafts for the 14th and 43d Regiments,
&c., for Canada, was spoken on the 9th inst., lat 48, long. 21,
by the Kilblain, arrived at Liverpool.
The reserve companies of the 20th Regiment, under the com-
mand of Major Smith, embarked at Cove on Monday, per
William IV. steamer, for the Isle of Wight.

THE NAVY OF THE UNITED
STATES.

The injunction of secrecy having been removed from the
proceedings of the United States Senate in regard to the in-
crease of the navy and naval promotions, the reports of the
majority and minority of the Committee to whom these sub-
jects were referred have been given to the public. The ma-
jority of the Committee concur in the views of the President
on both points. The minority consists of Messrs. Mangum,
of North Carolina, and Williams, of Maine. These gentle-
men profess to be warm friends of the navy, but think that
the increase of the naval force recommended by the Presi-
dent is too large, and the promotions too numerous. The
force in commission, should the President's suggestions be
carried out, would comprise 7 ships of the line, 16 frigates,
23 sloops and brigs, and 8 steamers. Even this forte is
small compared to that of England, which has in commis-
sion 259 vessels of war, although her mercantile tonnage
is not much greater than ours. The tonnage of the United
Kingdom on the Ist of January last, counting all merchant
vessels above 50 tons, was 2,668,732 tons. The American
tonnage on the 30th September last, counting all above 20 tons
but den, was 2,180,764. Excess of British tonnage over Ame-
rican only 487,968. The British tonnage is 115,029 tons less
than it was in 1835! The American tonnage, on the other
hand, has increased about 400,000 tons.

'1 he President's recommendation in regard to promotions is
that hereafter there shall be 104 captains, now 67 ; commanders
96, as at present ; 323 lieutenants, now 320; 63 passed miship-
men, now 103 ; midshipmen 450, as at present. The majority
of the Committee calculate that these various promotions
would not increase the expenses of the navy more than 72,000
dollars—a sum which they deem of little importance, compared
with the advantages which would result from it.

WHIG CORRUPTION.—It is openly stated in certain
political circles in the metropolis that there are gong suspi-
cions, from materials found in some of the public departments,
tLat with the view of corrupting the constituencies, and in the
hope of being enabled to prolong their tenure of office, the late
Whig Government applied no less than a hundred thousand
pounds from the secret service money and civil contingencies
in aid of their partisans at the elections last summer.—Brigh-
ton Gazatte (Tory paper. )
A few days ago, while two gentlemen were fishing
on Lochlomond, they observed an animal of a pecular aspect
swimming beautifully in the water. On a clo.er inspection it
turned out to be an adder, which appeared to be on a migra-
tory excursion from Inchroiu, one of the numerous islands
which dot the bosom of the Loch, to Buckinch, another about a
quarter of a mile distant. The little animal swam very grace-
fully, keeping its head three or four inches out of the water,
' and propelled itself by the action of its tail. After sufficiently
observing its movements, they destroyed it with an oar, and
had it taken on shore. —Roes Advertiser.

The Vigie du .21forbihan states that the Judge de
Paix of Elven and his clerk were fireil at a few days ago on the
bridge of Bilio as they were returning at half-past 11 at night
from Tredon. The perpetrators of this outrage have not I)een
discovered, nor is the motive of the act known.

SOUTH AMERICA.
IMPORTANT FROM BUENOS AYRES.
HORRIBLE ASSASSINATIONS.
By the barque Mason Barney,
Captain Scott. we have
Buenos Ayres papers to April 16, and letters to the 20th.
They bring accounts of the success of the Buenos
Ayrean forces in the North, in consequence of which a
great number of assassinations, estimated at 200 or 300,
had taken place in the city of Buenos Ayres. These as-
sassinations are scarcely alluded to in the Buenos Ayres
papers, for reasons which must be obvious to persons ac-
t quainted with the condition of the Press there, and the
circumspection necessary to be exercised.
"ome of our readers may need to be informed that the
"Unitarians" are a political party, and might with equal
propriety be called Centralists—being in favour of a cell,
tral, instead of a federal government.
(Correspondence of the Journal of Commerce.)
BUENOS AIRES. APRIL 20.—The federal forces having
completely mastered and put down their opponents, the
Unitarians, in the provinces of Santa Fe and Entre
Rios, those of their party designated by the others
" asorcas," or, as they call themselves, " Popular
SociAy," procoeded to commit the most outrageous and
barbarous atrocities upon the Unitarians, or those whom
they chose to designate as such, that were living in the
city, many of whom were unoffending citizens, and had
never taken any part in politics on either side. The
Masorcas themselves, together with some assassins,
being of the lowest class of the Gauchos, and others em-
ployed by them, began the work of butchery on the
night of the 11th April (being the anniversary of Gen.
Rosas' installation). They were at first prowling
about the streets during the night in parties of from
three to ten, sometimes attended by a police cart,
and sometimes on horseback. If they met any of those
they were looking for in the streets, they put an end to
them at once, by cutting their throats and throwing
their bodies into the cart, which took them out of the
city. If they did not meet them in the streets, they
would take them out of their houses. In two instances
respectable persons were killed in the presence of their
families, while sitting in their entries. In other cases,
when they had no cart, they trailed the bodies on the
ground with the Lasso, after their horses. In other
eases they placed their victims on their horses alive,
and took them a mile out of the city, aid there dis-
patched them, and threw their bodies into ditches or
pits, sometimes leaving them in the open fields. Some
were taken alive to the barracks and there dispatched ;
but none, that I heard of, were taken to the police.
Oa the morning of the 13th, the heads of two persons
were found hanging in the principal public beef-market,
having had blue ribbons drawn through the nostrils,
and they were continued there until nine o'clock. These
were seen by hundreds of people, and by masters of
foreign vessels especially, who go there fur marketing.
Neither the police nor any of the government autho-
rities took the least notice of these acts, which were
afterwards committed in open day, and on all classes of
citizens, from some of the wealthiest merchants down to
the poorest mechanics.
On the 18th a respectable lawyer was killed by them
in his own office, situated in the public square, in front
of the Police-office, while writing at his desk, about two
o'clock in the afternoon.

Many of these assassinations were acts of private ven-
geance ; and there is no knowing to what lengths they
might have gone even among themselves, if it had not
been known that some had been killed b. sides Federal-
ists. One, a barber, was killed by a rival of his, and
also a cartman, who had been employed, in the work
himself. Then, and not till then, did the police make
any effort to stay the hand of violence. Last night dif-
ferent parties from the police were patrolling the city,
and to-day but two murders are spoken of as having
been committed during the whole night. Furthermore,
it is reported that a decree from the Governor himself
is to be soon published, in which he is said to express
his astonishment at such proceedings ; that they were
entirely unauthorised by him ; censuring the chief of
the police for not having reported them before, and cr-
dering him, without delay to take such measures as shall
put an entire stop to these murders, and arrest all such
as were suspected of being the assassins.
These proceedings, so far, have been entirely amongst
the natives themselves. The rights and property of
foreigners have been respected, so far as I have heard,
except in one or two instances, when they have either
secreted natives in their houses, or assisted them in es-
caping from the shore on board of vessels in the har-
bour. This had become very difficult, as there were so
many of the Masorcas looking out for them about the
Mole, and who took two.out of the boats last evening.
A decree was published about a fortnight ago, opening
the trade and communication with the interior provinces,
but denying passports to all the "savage Unitarians," and
forbidding them to leave the country. Some time since, by
a public decree, the whole of the property of all the Uni-
tarians (this being at least one-half the real estate and
cattle in the province) was declared to be confiscated for
the use of the Government ; and several houses in the city
had been sold at public auction by order of the Govern-
ment, it being announced at the same time that they be-
longed to the savage Unitarians. A great proportion of
the estaneias (cattle farms) in the provinces are already
in charge of persons appointed by the Government, which
was then using the cattle for the maintenance of the
troop, and also as many of the houses of the Unitarians
in the city for barracks as they required.
The Unitarians were escaping to Monte Video and else-
where, as many of them as could This week over eighty
got off in one foreign merchant-vessel. Others were seek-
ing such protection as they could get, from foreigners in
the city, by secreting themselves in their houses. Their
courage and spirit seem to be entirely broken down, and
although many of them were well supplied with arms, we
have not heard of a single instance of any one of them
having made the least resistance. They have suffered
themselves to be dragged out of their own houses, led off
and butchered like so many sheep; and although proba-
bly from 200 to 300 of them have been dispatched within
the last ten days, not over 100 Masorcas, it is supposed,
have been employed in the work.
Our correspondent in the above letter alludes to a de-
cree of Governor Roses, which was expected soon to ap-
pear, in regard to the horrid butcher}, that was going on.
That decree, through the kindness of a friend, we are
enabled to lay before our readers, although it had not
yet been published at Baenos Ayres when the Mason
Barney left. The introductory statement exhibits the
Government view of the case.

THE GOLDSMITHS' COMPANY.
Yesterday the Goldsmiths' Company gave a grand banquet
to the Ministry. To those who have experienced the hospita-
lity of this princely Company it were needless—to those who
have not it were impossible—to picture the regal magnificence
of the hall—the golden glories of the massive plate, the spark-
ling splendours of the brilliant illuminations, or the tasteful
elegancies of the entertainment. The company comprised the
follow ing distinguished personages :
Mr. Prime Warden Buttemer, Mr. Warden Hayne, Mr.
Warden Hallifax, and Mr. Warden Ashlin, Sir R. Peel, Sir
J. Graham, the Duke of Buccleuch, the Earl of Mountcashel,
the Earl of Haddington, the Earl of Lincoln, the Earl of
Shaftesbury, the Earl of Ripon, Earl Jermyn, the Marquis of
Abercorn, the Marquis of Downshire, Lord Wharncliffe, Lord
Ernest Bruce, the Bishop of Llandaff, the Vice-Chancellor,
Lord Abinger, Lord Colville, Lord Bexley, Lord Prudhoe,
Lord Fitzgerald, Lord Villiers, Lord Sandon, Sir R. Stop-
ford, Sir R. Inglis, Sir G. Seymour, Sir E. Knatchbull, Sir
H. Hardinge, Sir B. Were, Sir H. Raiford, Sir T. Fre-
mantle, Sir G. Murray, Sir G. Cockburn, Sir G. Clerk, Sir
J. R. Reid, Sir F. Pollock, Sir H. Wheatley, Sir W. Follett,
Sir M. A . Shee, Sir P. Laurie ; the Governor and Deputy-
Governor of the Bank, the Chairman of the East India COW.
pany, the Governor of the Russia Company ; Mr. G. Palmer,
Al. ; Mr. Westerman, M.P. ; Mr. Lyall, M.P. ; Mr. Est-
court, M.P. ; and Mr. Baring.
The usual loyal toasts (it is hardly necessary to say) were
proposed and responded to with great enthusiasm.
The PRIME WARDEN then proposed the toast, " Sir Robert
Peel and her Majesty's Ministers.'
Sir R. PEEL, in returning his acknowledgments, said, he
had to express his regret that he should have been prevented
from manifesting the punctuality which he desired to display
respecting the invitations of the Goldsmiths' Company ; but he
knew the excuse which he had to urge would be readily re-
ceived by an assembly like the present, viz., the performance
of public duty—(Cheers)—duty, the performance of which
rather indisposed him to " much speaking."—( Hear, hear, and
a laugh.) He could not, however, avoid declaring that he
knew of no Company entitled to more of public respect than
that of which he had the honour now to be the guest. When
he considered the antiquity of their institution, the noble use
they made of their wealth, their generous exertions in the cause
of education, above all, of religious education, and their princely
endow ments—(Cheers)—he telt the highest regard and esteem
for this association, the favour of whose constant support he
cordially appreciated—(Cheers)—and in carrying those mea- '
sures which the Government believed were required for the
national welfare, the greatest support they could receive was
the confidence of those respectable and enlightened classes of
whom this Company might be considered the most appropriate
representatives. —( Cheers. 1
The Bishop of LLA Nioa YE returned thanks on behalf of the
Church, which (his Lordship said) strongly felt the public ad-
vantage derived from the munificent support religious education
received from this Company.
The Earl of HADDINGTON returned thanks for the Navy,
and Sir H. HARDINGE for the Army; the Duke of Buc-
cLEUCli for the House of Peers; and Mr. Recorder LAW (the
Attorney and Solicitor-General having previously left) for the
Judges and the Bar.

Tfie PRIME WARDEN then gave "Sir James Graham and
the House of Commons."

Sir J. GRAHAM (who was very indistinctly heard) was un-
derstood to say, that in the presence of so many distinguished
Members of the House of Commons, he felt no smallhesita-
tion in returning thanks on behalf of that body. The hesita-
tion was, however, to some extent diminished by his strong
belief that the present House of Commons possessed the full
confidence of the people. It would not become him to con-
trast the present with preceding Parliaments, but perhaps he
might be allowed to say, that the existing House of Commons,
as compared with former Houses, had quite as competently dis-
charged its functions, and had as fully entitled themselves to •
the support and gratitude of the country.--( Loud cheers.)
Many most important changes had been introduced with the
prospect of relieving the distress which unhappily affected the
trade and commerce of England, and the Company would share
with him ail earnest hope, if not a confident expectation, that
those changes would produce the results which had been anti-
cipated of them. If, however, they were disappointed in these
anticipations, and the sequel turned out not so prosperous as
now they had reason to believe, that assembly he vvas sure, and
the whole country, he trusted, would stilt do justice to the motives
by which her Majesty's Ministers had been actuated in the
measures they had proposed, and to the persevering industry
and unremitting exertions of the House of Commons in fully
considering and in cautiously adopting those measures."
Sir It. PEEL gave, " The Prime Warden and the Company,"
whi..h was received with great warmth.
The company (who, in consequence of Sir R. Peel's late
arrival, did not sit down till near half-past 8 o'clock) separated
shortly before midnight, the general feeling being that a more
splendid entertainment could not possibly be given.

We understand that Parliament is expected to rise
about the 20th of July.—Brighton Gazette.
The Nantes journals give an account of the launch
on the 23d inst., of the new Royal steam yacht the Comte
d'Eu, of 60-horse power, from the yards of Indret, in the pre-
sence of an immense assemblage of spectators. They add, that
g
one of the three steamers of 210-horse power, intended for tra-
versin the Atlantic, which are being built in the same yards,
is expected to be launched on July 22d. A fourt6 but-of
smalles size, is on the r4ocks'