The Sun.
London, England, 1842-04-02 00:00:00

ARMY.

Ships ordered for survey by the East India Company,
to convey troops to either Calcutta, Madras, or Bombay,
as the Company may direct, they giving the owners no-
tice of the fillips' destination three days previous to the
embarkation of the troops :
Glenswelty 632 tons.
Royal Cossort 529

- .
Tnoznas Lowry 409
Triton 492
Brooke 677
Went,lg
Helen Thompson '544
York 1,015
Nith —
Lady Fevershnin 430
Ida 459
Elizabeth
Charles Kerr 463
Orbit
Bet•lah
'They are to sail.by the 12th or 15th instant. The Com-
pany may detain the ships at the usual rate of demur-
rage, while the owners are this thee liable to double the
usual penalty for delay on their part. The vessels are
also to proceed direct to the port of destination, and are
not to call anywhere on their passage out (accident of
course excepted)._ . _

The ships Albion, Captain Smith, and the Lord
Brotii;liam, have been accepted by the Admiralty to
convey about 350 troops from Cork to Quebec. The
former ship was employed on this service in 1840 and
last year.

The Louisa, Captain Jackson, and the Dumfries,
Captain Thompson, have alto Wen accepted by the Ad-
miralty for the conveyance of stores to Hong Kong for
the use of the troop, in China. - •
About 70 ships were oflcred to the India Company ;
it is expected they will speedily require as large a num-
ber as have now been accepted. The troops to embark in
the middle of this month are 3,030 in number, and
3,000 more will soon follow.

CHURCH-RATES—ST. LUKE'S,
MI D 1; LESEX.
TO THE _EDITOR OF THE SUN
Szn,—St. Barnabas, King-square, was formerly a
chapel of ease, and while so, was allowed a sum of
about 141/.155. Gd. per annum (for wine, 121. Bs. Gd.
bread, 11 s. 3d. ; gas, 12/. 12s. ; candles, 2/. 2s. ; up-
holstery, 3/. 19s. 3d. ; glazier's work, Cl. 9s. 1,1.;
smith's work, Si. 155.; plumber's work, 2/. 3s. 5d.;
carpenter's work, ss. Gd; turnery articles, 19s. 6d. ;
bookbinding, 345. td.; officer to maintain order,
51.; water-rates, 305.; organ-blower, 50s. ; in-
cidents per chapel-keeper, 71. lls. ; sexton,
32/. ; organist, 30/. ; pew-opener, 10/. ; clock
winder and cleaner, 4/. 4s). But this chapel
has had within the last four months a district assigned
to it, and in the same Gazette St. Paul, Bunhill-row,
is also announced as a district church. To the credit
of St. Paul, they have never applied for assistance ;
but St. Barnabas, having previously had those several
items paid by the parish, again applied to have the
same allowance continued, notwithstanding the St.
Barnabas' gentlemen had claimed the dues arising
from a funeral in the vault, and when the church-
ardens demanded them on tho part of the parish, it
was refused.
Therefore, it is thought that as St. Barnabas claimed
all they had a right to do by law, that the parish
ought not to pay more than the law will compel
them. The parishioners who entertained this opinion
got up the following requisition
"To take into consideration the propriety.of dis-
countenancing the allowances to St. Barnabas, in con-
sequence of its having been recently made a district
church."
This requisition was placed on the notice of the
day, and discussed, and the result was that those al-
lowances should be continued, upon which a ballot
was demanded, and the Vestry determined the demand
for the ballot should be printed, accompanied by a
letter from the Rev. Gentleman of St. Barnabas, and
circulated through the whole parish.
I cannot close this without saying the opposition
is only against the rate, and not against the Rev.
Gentleman, whom I sincerely believe lives in the es-
teem of every parishioner.
My object in sending you these particulars, is in
the hope you will use your influence in calling upon
the parishioners to resist this demand, assert their
right, or they must submit to such degradation as
they will not be likely ever to shake off.
The poll by ballot commenced this day, and con-
tinues on Thursday from ten to four, and Friday at
ten and closes at five.—Yours, &c.,
March 30, 1842.

IL HO wiTT,
202, Whitecross-street

LORD ROLLE.—Letters, received this morning at
Lord Rolle's, in Upper Grosvenor-street, from Bicton
Park, state dint his Lordship has passed very restless
nights, and continues in the same feeble state. Lady
Rolle remains indisposed.
HECTOR O'IIALLORAN. BY W. H. MAXWELL,
ESQ., AUTHOR OF " STORIES OF WATERLOO," &C.—
Mutato nomine de to fibula narrator, may we well say
to " Hector O'Halloran," whom we announced to make
his appearance, together with his man, Marc Antony
O'Toole, unler another name, several weeks ago. Here
he is, no matter with what title, in propria persona, and
Ad' of Maxweliian spunk and military fire. The open-
ing scene is laid in an old mansion in a wild part of
Ireland, and the characters introduced are its own—a
retired colonel, with one arm less than he began the
world with—an agreeable wife—and the hero an infant.
There are also a liomish and a Protestant priest, the
baby O'Toole an orphan, and sundry minor per-
sonages. We mean by "minor" characters, not so
prominent, and not less in point of size. A trea-
cherous night attack by Whiteboys on the residence
cf the O'Halloran family, and its fearful repulse,
are vividly described ; and then a change conies
over the fortunes of the inmates. The hero and
his ,foster-brother Marc arrive at manhood and
begin life. The narrative goes rapidly on—so rapidly
that we will only recommend it to all those who can run
to read. They will be gratified with the tale. Faugh-a-
ballagh, the Irish fer "clear the way," is its motto, and
the first fasciculus does so in capital style.—Literary
Gazette.

BODY OF A FEMALE FOUND IN TIIE SERPENTINE.
—Yesterday morning the body of a middle-aged female
was taken out of the Serpentine by one of the loyal
Society's men, and conveyed to the bone-house at Ken-
sington, to await the Coroner'S inquest. It is in a very
decomposed state, and appears to have been in the water
at least three weeks or a month. Nothing was found on
her person likely to lead to her identity, and from there
being no marks of violence on the person, there is little
doubt she had committed suicide. _ _

The Gazette du ltilidi states that the courier who
carries the dispatches from Villefort to Mende was
found murdered a few days back. His body was dread-
fully mutilated, the arms and head being separated ap-
parently by an axe. As neither the Toney nor watch
of the unhappy man were taken away, it is supposed that
vengeance prompted the deed.

MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBI-
TION.
Among the various pleasant lounges of the metropolis,
there are few of greater interest than Madame Tussaud's
exhibition of wax figures, in Baker-street, Portman-
square. This collection is, in fact, a gallery of histori-
. cal ports :its, and will in aftertimes become invaluable
from the extreme fidelity of the likenesses. What, for
instance, can be more faithful and more life-like'than the
tip;ure of that impersonation of strong common sense,
the late William Cobbett. who sits, with snuff-box in
hand and spectacles on nese, regarding the gorgeous
group of Allied Sovereigns before him with the same smile
of quiet sarcasm which we may imagine played .upon his
features, while writing his celebrated gridiron prophecy,
or while christening the Westminster renegade " Sir
Glory." Among the more recent additions to the cc:l-
ice:ion we particularly noticed the portrait of Commts-
sioner Lin, the originator of the war between. the Chi-
nese and " the red-haired barbarians"—the roan who
insulted the British flag and persecuted the British mer-
chants, " not because he loved epiutn less, but because
he loved Svrce silver more." By his tide, balanced upon
oertain little knobs, which in China do duty. for feet,
stands his wife ; the nails ef "the charming couple"
are most remarkable, extending for several inched
beyond the tips of the fingers. The length the
nail is, it seems, the distinguishing characteristic
of aristocracy in China. But is not alone as a historical
portrait gallery that this collection •IS so interesting ;
there are many most extraordinary articles of curiosity
exhibited in this elegantly fitted up saloon, for instance
hero are the gorgeous robes worn by George the
Fourth on the occasion of his coronation, and the iden
ti ml throne under which he received the Allied 'Sovereigns.
These magnificent and costly articles are most tastefully
displayed in a recess fitted up as a facsimile •of one of
G torge IV.'s own superbly-furnished
rp'.irrpttarioarnittniionlefnct,thssq.eueePxsietri.
il)tiatpiosn,
,hoiswetileer,ltillitieqmueosetolilneteetrioenst interesting
the heroes of the first French Revolution. The eloquent,
strong-willed Mirabeau, the wily, cat-like, perfidious
Robespierre, the wholesale murder-monger, Alma, the
creel Carrier, the cold-blooded Fouquier-Tinville,
the sarcastic Hebert, are all here—a study for the his-
toram, the physiognomist, and the moral philo-
sopher. 'Madame Tussaud has
also'ulgilamr il;locrdrorast ;
at-
traction for those who delight in N
and in this room 'are accurate portraits of Gould
,anl
Courvoisier, of Burke and flare, and of Blakeslee- and
Ward. The exhibition has been thronged both morning
and. evening during the holidays, and we are not at all
surprised that such should be the case; - It is one of
great reel varied interest, and trill amply repay tho
troupe of a visit.