The Sun. — London, England, 1816-07-27 00:00:00

TO lIE EDITOR OF 'VIE SUN. SiR ,—Be pleased to insert the following in your . Novspuper, and yon will much oblige, • Sir, your ntost obedient Servant, `July V. ) ttita. A CORRESPONDENT. There is,perhaps no subject which reylires more the otehtion of Parliament than the admeasura tion of the tonnage of ships established by the Act of the 6 Geo. L cap. 1, sec. 33, ,and con- firrned by the Act of the 13 Geo. 111. cap. 73, sect. 1, that is to multiply the length of the keel for tonnage,by the breadth of beam, and the pro- 'doer° by,the lialf-hre;adtli, and this product divide by 91, which gives the tonnage. 'ibis method is the more 'erroneous, because the breath of beam . is 'not the widest ptirt . cif the ship, but below the beam ffitich. The consequence is, a ship of that construction must he eranek, and e,innot carry , sail, Or take advantage Of a fair whit!, if oil the bemn. 'rhe water is )ike so many perpendicular wires supporang :t ship's - body : if the extreme breenlth of a ship lies above the water-line, more of these pOints will bear, and every inch she beds, she will become stiffer ; but if on the contrary, She is narrower above the water-line, fewer of these points will bear, and she becomes more crank as she inclines. , Every ship and vessel as she heels should therefore expose d greater plane 'of flotation to the water, otherwise she will not be Able to bqtr a press of sail, The method of finding , the tonnage is erroneous, because the ilepth of the .hold is not considered, nor the greatest breadth, aud.the net is evaded; for: by the Oct of navigation ships are to carry four men for every 100 tons : now if a ship measures GOO tons, and her freightage k 1200 tons, she saves the %rages and victuals' of 24 men, and also a half e, * Port Dutiei. ,So that the goods proper ties:of a ship as fast sailing, stability, and safety, `are not considered : bot stowage alone is the ?object. The American merchant ships and yeti- Eels are built for their guild properties as ships, bin the .contrary is. the case in Great Britain. It often happens in convoys that some .vessels will note sail above four knots and a half going large or before the wind ; and not more than three knots upon a wind. ...gvery sea Officer knows how extremely the passages are pridonged by this bit(' stpling. There is another cans, for the.bad sail ing, of merchant vessels. The length of a ship be vessel cannot exceed 31 times her extreme breadth by Act of Parliameot. This was enact , prevent 'smuggling ; bitt smuggling vessels are under 150 or 200 tone burden. the length • of A vessel above that tonnage has been or was permitted to be our times the breadth, nil ships and yesSels,bhilt of those proportions would sail faster, as length Contributes to fast sailing: The following was printed in '!'tilt~-Suss news paper, April 29, 1413, dated Liverpool Th e American mode of admeasaring her Shipping '..fOttoage has progressively. eticoaraged the im provemeat 'dr Ship Modelling in the sine lines of the , ntiliag principles below the beachk.: "" e " (Kir plat of adateasarement produces the opposite effect. The Americana guige as it were the con. tents of the capacity of a ship. Oar adineasure ' ;neat depends on length and breadth, : entr'no thing on depth ; therefore the deepest 'or highest abort vessel admeasores the same,. and pays no snore dwy than the sharp, shallow, fast-sailing one, that, only carries hall her cargo, or is half of her ithin capacity ; consequently is a premium against fest-sailing iu favour of capacity; whichacts eqaally against the revenue and the t. improve silent of. the Models of Shipping in the merchant service of this conntry.'!7-If pu Act of Parliament is evaded it is the same as if annulled by the Le gislature. The Act of Navigation requires a ship to navigate with folly men for every, 100,, tons. — Let this part of the Act be auttalled„ a r i d leave the ramher or men to the discretion of the Merchant. The Underwriters will take care he has a sufficient umber of men to navigate his shiprr-its ,Port Duties are now avoided by the evasion of thelon nage. Let every decked-vessel (pilot-boats ex cqpted) pay a certain sum, according. to their greateat length and breadth within board, whe lifer that length, and breadth is on the upper deck if flash, lower tleck, or helots it. The sum lurid to be progreasively greater aceOttling to the length' - and breath. The, I tonnage may be.. found by l oa ,fi na a . a:tip with a quantity of ballast, +v hose `weight is kiIOWLI„Or by cubing her, internal cap:Y., ci; y. The several.. water-lines, ..heights, Ina.3l , lts to the plea of the ship afford So t» wy 14 , 1S"; , L!!OldPedOnSt multiply together the rates aud co-ortlinntea and the prtitlact to bights or distance, of the water-lines, and trackH.; ea allowance for the Curves, will cube the internal capacity ; aud 'as a cubic foot of fresh water wears 1000 ounces, or 0;, ) ,1h5. Boz. add 21b. 804, for the - salt, Which. is not too much, as there is 'one part salt in 22 or 23 parts water, according to the climate, therefore a Cubic foot of .salt water weighs nearly Gslbs fso every cabie foot of the inteinal capacity of a ship is equal to 6511f5. and tht• aggregate bey tonnage._ It t.ie anove is Considered• as worthy of .notice, the ora of thealifferent Newspapers, it is hoped, will give this a place in their rilpefs, that it may be as diliased as possible. If a smuggler or. any man► ilrfraittli the Revenue, he 16 liable to he iropriioned, hanged, or transported. • A Ship-buckler, like an /louse-architect; obeys the or- dors he reeeices. As a new mode of finding the tonnage will nearly dolible the won the Port Duties if oppressive may, he decrease►d itt-athii lar ratio, if the act of Navigation is 'or is not in a part altered as to the number of soitmeg a . ship is iv Carr}. illE CONSPIRACY. APPREHENSION OF 'VAUGHAN. VUBLIC OFFICE, liow-STaegr.----Titurstlay man came to the Office anti inquired for Ilihop the officer, professing that he did pot know hint personally. The .officer being out upon buiipesa, be asked to speak to Mr. NNar;s, which being granted, be told the Ma:!;istrate he.. knew where Vaughan, the late patrole, was concealed. The Magistrate sent the informer: on to Litubrick and Head, the officers belonging to. Hatton -garden Office, ,who were originally the cause of discover ink this man to have been guilty of tnal-pnOlices, and u Hell has led to ,the discovery of others, that they might have 4te,crediz of apprehending ~ittt again. Limhrick and Read went yesterday morn! and having procured the.assistance of Free man the officer, belonging to Whitechapelrroad, understanding that Vaughan was - armed, they proceeded to Whitechapel.road, and entered a house kept by Vaughan's uncle, where they found hin't in a pat-lope and two loathed pistols upon him ; having secured him, they brought him to • the Office, where they arrived about three o'clock when he Underwent au examination heave-Mi . . ,• • Limbrick and Read produced the pistols. , and poaket-bgok which they found upon him. There Wert* rapers and memorandtons in the. book kvsich, tbrow considcrabke ,light, - and tend to conhtm u great deal respecting him ; so that he %rho bins been exercising a considerable poi tion of cunning 'to entrap others, had not cunning enough to pnt out of the way. those documents which will tend to convict himself. Fie denied having run away from his regular re cidence, .or that he was living iu coneealtnent at his uncle's house ; but stated; that the: reason of his going to_ live there was,, it was not convenient for him to sleep at home, cht account of his wife Having Ia ely been brought to bed. • He con sidered himself not bound to appear till next Sessions, at which time he had g:ven bail to answer charges that might be brought against him ; and.,, in consequence of what had been said iii public and private respecting his conduct, he 'did not consider himself safe in walking the streets. .lie denied what bad been said against him to be true; but asserted that there was a conspiracy against him. Die uts, • . , one of the,patrole, who used to act with "lila in the employ of.the Bank of. England in detecting: the 'titterers of counterfeit 'tokens, was present, and much abuse passed between them. On Thursday it was ascertained that DickimS complained of having been classed with Vaughan ; and it having been insinuated Olat he was concerned with Mai in, his makpractices, he .w.:at told he ought to' find Vaughan to clear him ielf, and Adkins the officer offered to give him a • guinea if he wituld apprehend him ; he set ofc,' taking another patrolc with him, but saying he did not like to go to take bhn without a tvarrunt, ab he knew he was aimed; although he Confessed he Was not'afraid of him, In 'the course of the investigation it was ascertained that Dickons bud wet Vaughan since be had been Wanted, and had advised bin, to, tun away to FCance. The Magistrate held this to be a sufficient of fence, by a man employed as a ['Amite, to'firtil bail for his future good behaviour, and he was or dered into custody till he produced the necessary bail. , Vaughan was committed as an necessary before the fact in breaking - open the house of Mrs. M‘Donald in lioxton,Which was the circumstance that led to the discovery of these nefariotm v4ns ,action3. A Araihald Riahven, late a parole belonging to the Office, underwent another examination, bin nothing new respecting his case appeared. lit was remanded,. " On Sunday last, as Mr. Annamtia, a -butcher, irr Whitecbapel, was driving along the Commer cial-road in his chaise, he Met his daughter, whom he invited to take a ride with him. She had - 'scarce got seated in the vehicle, when a mis chievous • little dog- ran before` the horse and endeavoured to bife him ; the animal being alarmed Set off fall speed, and Mr. ARDltAtin thrown out, and received' such a violent conttision in the fall . u! , to occasion his death in a day or two afterwards.. Ilis datigbte;WllB more fortnnate; site had resolution and strength to keep her seat till the ii'llilll3l, was exhausted by his exertions, and stopped of his- own ac- Lord. The young %roman had' been led to this determination in. consequence of having repeatedly heartl- her friends say, that to remain in a chstiFoe when a horse was running away was the most probahle'way of avoiding an injury. • Sunday, as the hand of the 89th regiment was l , , abont , to play at their heat! -quarters in Maid stone, one of f r he musicians left his. bassoon on the gateway at the Star inn, while be went home for some written tritri,;. - buring his absence, the 1-lytbe and London coach changed horses at_ the Star ; shortly afturwards the :bassoon %VHS missed, It being susOcted that sonic passenger of the coach had taken the instrument, the .landlord followed . on horseback, and overtook the coach atWrot ham gatk„ and found the lost property in the p o s s essi o n of an outside parisenger, tvho gave as a reason for his having taken it, that he expected one front London, aud seeing that one standing in the pas-' sage, he concluded it tyloi bis. A person•in. the coach knew the , party who had.made so ging4ar a:mistake, and gave his. Address to the landlord, .who brought time bassoon back ter the orner, Tilt SPOTS IN SUN. [l 7 ron a Frutich l'aptr.] The Spots of the Sun ore at present viewed with astronomical telescopes, in which the great brilliancy of t ha: star is mitigated, and hot effaced, by the'colohred glass placed between the telescope anal the eye. There are in the interior of the telescope, at 'ate focus of bite object s some Very fine threads stretched cross-wise, and moyeable parallely to each other, by weabs of tthich the distance of the spot front the nearest horaler of the Soil's disk may be ascerrained, .whica,determiots its position on the disk at the moment of observo tint,. By following in this manner the saint spot fair several days, it is perceived tO changeAts'pla.-e. Its size also varies totteh. The •spbutsonieti'wes grow tbilwer, and disperse frotb,phe day, to ano ther anciliencc it, is that, thougli last month ra ther at large ittith teas aS visible:Ovit bin these few days 'only two are to be geen.,-; fiat during the whole time of their pi esencc they pursue 1t...- 4,zolar course, of Which the aspects are common to t a ll. When they first come in sight, Alter appearon the Snit's border like a slenderthrttad In pro- portion as' they advance towards the middle (tithe disk, they appear, front .day to day, to euhirge in the direction Of their movement. They then de- ' crease periodically ; and it they last long enough to traverse the ‘vho!e disk, they go off by the op posite &At, inn rowing to a single thread. These anpearallee •are eVi;leoily such as a small body, adhering to a s d herie:ll sto face:and revolving with or upon that surftee, must. prcsent. The diminu lion of the spots, iopi•opor.ion .as they - al)ptoxi m a te the boedur s of ihe results from this 4— they then ptoject more obliquely, awl are only seen sidewise ; but when in the: middle of the disk they are' seen in their-fu ill extent. In fine, ttpott com Paring the dirtection 'until rapidity ,of their emit se, it ,60011 beCOllll'S evident, that the supposition of : their' 'adhering to the hotly of the Sun is the only admisSible one : that course is _so steady, • that: when the same spot •has been watchen for, several. days•, all ,he other posi tions which it may take may be predicted a:ith e &teirtty. On thus tracing the route of all those. which. appear, it is ascertained that they moved • in critirses exactly. parallel, describing circles . which all have their centre On a e t mongn ax is, passing through the tentre of the Sun.' The s•ze of these circles varies Ott different'. points•of tlse - disk, according to the sante iaws, as on a : ,spitetel and the rate of movement is mod fled in such way, that all the circles are run through in equal tittles.' This perfect. concordance of tevoltition in spots • sO changeable in other respects, so So independent on each other, evidently shows that they must besittached to une and the sante round body which makes them revolve altogether with a common motion. Ilefice it'hass been cimeladed ;bat the Stun mewolvea npon,itself with the general motion of these•spots, that is,• itt 25,dttys and a half, in - like manner as our earth revolves' in 24 , hoom The sametalculation, applied to the spots which have been disinvered on the•other plane's, has in like Manner made Us acquainted with their • rotation. As to the nature of these solar spots, it is abso ,littely unknown. —Hersehell is of opinion, that luminous cloutt4 float in the tuft oned atm.lsphere , bf this star, us clouds of vapour fl oat He ittppUsei that the hotly of the• Son ins opaque and dark ; and that the black spots observed th e re at intervals are merely the -summits of vyry•ele vated mountains, which the solar clouds permit us to see between their openings.. Other...;astro owners think that the globe of the Sun is on fire, and that the spots are merely' immense scoria launched on the surface of that mass. by.the ter rible explosions of which our ll t l e a rr ‘ e v s h t a r t i e al ve v i ol i cz y to b e e s e t . ures, it scents sufficient• affordtltuughhtu o r fa these ble .. c p , i n e i t i t t ; et for 'us to know, that the solar spots are titling compared with the immense mass Of that star ; and that the eruptions of which they are perhaps the effect take place at too. great is distance from our earth to .produce the least effect upon it.— Generally speaking, the physical state of our little world is incomparably more stable and steady titan its moral state. ANCIENT 'ITOMB,. The altar totnb, in : the Chapel of St. Mary's 1 Church, Shrewsbury, on which is a recumbent figure of a K night in boked armour, cross-legged with a lion couchant at his feet, ii , as removed from thence into the, Chancel, on Friday last. On. opening the ,grave, .filled with rubbish, anti. not, far below the siirface some leg and thigh bones and a skull were foundtogether, evidently belong ing to' two grown up persons and a child ; the length of one pair of the thigh bones was 19 inchei, and of the kg bones 15 ; of . another, the thigh hones were - 18 inches, and, the leg bones 14. On digging to the bottom, which, as well as the sides of the grave, was a complete piece of masonry, rather more thatilltree feet deep, a tolerably perfect skeleton was discovered, wrap ped up in - leather, and, singukr to relate, with out a head, no appearance of which could be ; found ; the hands were crossed upon the breast; ,and the leather, considering the tiine it mot have lain there, was very perfect. The coffin, with the exception of some very small fragments adhering' .to several Itfrge nails nearly 'consumed by rust, had entirely mouldered away. • Thi s h ea dl ess ske leton was five feet three inches long; the thigh bp i nes 19i inches, and the leg got us 16 inches. It Was not disturbed, and the other banes, which bad been taken out for the 'gratification of the curious, several ,of whom were soon assetnhled, were : afterwards put in 'again, and the grave closed ttp. Vat ions conjectures are hazarded respecting this skeleton, some holding that it was •designed for Hotspur, who was slain it the battle of Bat tlefield, and others that it'belOngs to Roger Ley lwrne, who, among the' Knights of/Shropshire, in 1263, took up arms for Henry 111. against tit). faction of the 1430 off Leicester. on Tuesday forenoon, the body a a woman named An Bucknel was found drowned in Bur gate at BOUM], under circumstances witich oicite tt 9uspiciun of her having becemordeied, INTELLIGENCE. , QUEEN-SQUARE. LADY C. PAGET'S WATCII.---AhMit three weeks a go, Lady Caroline Paget, the daughter of tha MarquieofAugleseit, had her watc:b and its art pettetirges, stolen from her side, while she was in ou'e id . the ,boxes at the _Opera. It was a most ytaltiable enamelled t(•atch, set in pearls, w ith a gold 'Venetian chain and torquise clasp, •Vvith amellmyst seals, key, etc. When her Ladyship. miss,ed hey, watch, she suspected a female ‘v lo had been intothe box which she and the pa rt y frith ber'ivere fir, and Lavender was given a ',de' seription of her person ; hut she could no whettl , be , rumen. The next 'day bills were printed, de A scri hi ;:g . the watch mut one of them was left at the shop; of Mr. -Robinson, pawnbroktr, in. Old 4tit a trtr hoots atter it had been pletlAcd. itobitts'on gave inforittatibn to •Ltvetider , :trial yesterday the 'persons who pawned it wad brought up in Isis custody ami d exa oned. Shill, a W , lS:ting amt . ehariiig woman, who lives in the Burotigh iNas the person who pawned the asked her to account to VIII : 3:, c ut it. She sail, shls halt heed iii (IC ilahrt ut lady fora constoetanle tittle; about three al,;o she cithie to her hot he, anti 5 , 11 , 1 Seth her ,ante work, dote a-Lett her it s!,e would tike a w‘cch to a ‘v,itch-otaker's, what lie w,mitt eh trge Itlr iepiaing it ; she would, ant{ 11l tithe -.II,: C (11(14 liistemt of having pawn it, and she Shinini upon it, although it I.val uut ;77, her to take it to a pa wobroker':: Atpiin it, which she did, it Al t‘, 't; ain 1; ", .Sarah Grimes, with.lierto i 1 1. tiooni , ou'-, ti it 'tcce:ved pOuods upau it: When they le, g; is her is shilling' for gOili. li,e ‘" ti 'not' Knox the name of the fitly, or whet , ' lived.; that stie had taken a 'guar deal of trotd , c to flint ,ber out, but had be..ti unsttece,Sful ; Slit had been about the Iletteli PiisOn, and tlAt: as she telieved she lived there. Mr. Fieltli,ig „ Alit 'it was somewhat singular, that'she shotird : , acc :done washing, and other Work' tor,a considerable time, for a pet son, whose name or residencg did not know. She still peksisted, that she . Pl' not know either her name oreresidence. . - Mary (.haloes swan—She sail that she Aren t : • about three - weeks ago to 'Air,' Robitisolt,' in Coal pang of Mary Still, to pawn a watch ; she lizol -knowledge of the person w ,() gave it to AL'S. Sli; to pledge., Mr. rFLEI.Ditia asked how she Came to go 'tti her to pawn tho watch ;• she said that Mrs. titll L asked her to go- with T het C.ntl}shil he be glad the watch was ; and he hope( r.l.ll3eie-Aldia is' i wo s u S i dtetlsi.suiriodsseaoid; thattltep l'iec'ltt'l iii ‘t.t-tAcypletersCohttinlvigiltlot b st e o s l t el t h o e l ‘ e v ad watch. the Mr. dis"velY " Mr. FIELDING said, he would .do • all in hi!. power ; but it could not be suppoied that the pri • soner could have taken it ; they had not the aPP" i ; abet cif persons frequenting the Opera; was inclined to, believe the story of Mary Sit ir nowever, he should discharge them, 'upon the heing,fortheouring at the next examination. od'''; till then, every exertion to discover the alie n c shOtittl be made. HATTON-GARDEN. George Vaughan, the Bow=street patrole , w h ! ativontlea from his bail: on the horrible cri " ro laid ro his eharKe, was brought in, in the ettstotii of William Read, itin. and John Limbrick, 114 officers, who have been indefatigable it) the Os" covery of this infernal plot. The Sitting Magistrates immediately sent hi° to Bow-street for examination. nOw-smEET. w ere George Thorpe and Amelia Harrington brought to - the Office by James Sunlit anti ~r4' whoiipprehended them in St. John-street, eit"ri; ed on suspicion, of being concerned viit u otbc" I breaking open the house of Mr. Franklin, at • ihfr , whet e, there were, tour in the gang in di.sguiPs e , 4 ' One of them was' either a woman, or a mail guised as such; inid when • Mr. Franklin resist,d, one of the rohbegs discharged a p i s til kit 1 0 1 ' but instead of shooting hint, shot one of Pont.ifex, of Shoe-lane, ‘wl'" at Mr. Ftanklitt's at the time on visit, and wi t • also attached by the gang in `his bed, stlid . he ve i .rily believed the prisoner ' Thorpe to be (m e 'them. lie wa,s consequence committed' rra farther examination, Harrington' wog In „I ' ) - seen on a stage' coach about the time of th e 1. 1 ,, r bery ; Rod the other' circumstances agaiot being slight, . sbe'was not detained in custody, a person being answerable for her appeatance Isis rw; future day. • • . BIRTHS. , ,„ u aret On the tsth, itt Sidn au th-streetf, Mecklenbut:o -1 ' the I. `"Y °flie . fter.. l . W. Vit, of a daughter.. ;feet Yesterday, in. Burlington-street, Bath, fylrs.'Ashe, 911104, Mr. Ache, Conductor of the Bath Concerts, of a .a 3" being her lgth child. _.----''. . _ MAltlilt.O. , l os , On Thursday, at St. Mary's, Islington, ;slr. C. IL 11 "''' ug of Wine-tniicc-court, Solicitor, to Miss Harriet Pul''' Islington. . ' 1 flew The same day, at Dallington, Northampton4iire. t ' e :Or i . and Ito. Tlunstat L. Dundat, to Mary Jatte, eldest datig" . of the Bev. Jainesßousquet, of liardingstone. ' t iki lii plicroacy, on the 18th, tho Rev. Peter rlaingY' t i,l ‘l ''' Bampton, Oxfordshire, to Maria, second -daughter of Tupper, Esq. , a al At Beligekrt., William, eldest , :on of John Jones, .'' s "' Llys. to Miss Ellen Williams; of Ilarodrufyild. Cloti .6 " Marriage in HIGH .1.,(e--011 Friday last, :4 tit. hlil I Shrewsbury, .Mr..l,)iin Brown, of Crispin Ilan , I 'l anA "aria " ill, of Cl , l .Hall. The height of the I/riu e ,f if' Bridegroom it about four feet seven. inches ; the ;Ike ho ot former 1'7. - -of Ow latter 37, - They were conducted LO C i 7 r iar nmby a umerous copany ; and on the retur n of the ,:i'' %y id groom (thrtiegit tie Chare4 Irtarlaw) be was gr , e o "„l,,thi aeciamatlons, teas placed in a chair, and carried thr LI , iv principaUstegot of the town, attended by tuoliet ll t; ssi , and escorted to his residence, where a sumptuous t cots ditiity, prarided, and the day spent with the utn__'.lt_------- ------- oi. ; A A tit cr lt o g l : c t r .w o jo e ur z itoitil n e,s e o a nn r u S t tui l ie riit u,2po, o tE w l : i s i l ig o i El :a st Sundayin the B lams oo in : I. l ' : 7t, Stirl 4 :,,,::, ,i Sarnoel Cooper, gig. formarly of Southampton -but ' Chauceiy-lane, London. Sit la The Tier , . T. Price, Master of the F ree Grammar ' , c, joi , Carmarthen, Vicar of Liangurmor CarimArtheoshire of. 1 %0 'IC WY :14 I: r 4lr tb , and Ituctoi of Liaol air Orlksy.l), ID sOire. , - 7 - .......,............0..m.v.......i........... , rave l LONDON: Printed I,F J. B. cmtsT.lnts, No. 7, ( ,: ..; ,,f buildings: and published by W. A. SCItI2VS. - of I,"el7tist m.O at the Str Pitt. No. ti 2, , t, ~, ; -,,, to 1i ,, , 1 e d 'lid°ss,d, illents,OrdtrbLettcrs ( re st-paid),a ,l c. A • •