The Sun. — London, England, 1816-08-28 00:00:00

5111P-BUILDIN6. 11 , , - TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. 'Stet, perused your Paper of the 12th inst. I observed a letter addressed to yon on the subject of ship-building, signed 3. G. ; as it is evident the writer. is unacquainted , with NAv tl . . Architecture, consider myself being a profes sional man called upon' to make a reply thereto. The observations of that Gentleman as respects Admiral Shank's method of building ships on the Lakes might be perfectly correct ; but it re mains a doubt in many persons minds,. whether the Admiral at 'that time aimed .at improvement or dispatch in nlit building in the then customary way of not working knees, ike.; whatever might have been the object of the Admiral in building small vessels I will not here contend, but simply point out the principle pursued by Mr. Seppings. His ships are built with .a regular frame through- out, ns other ships, with frame bends, and filling 'timbers, the filling..timbers not of old wood as seribetl by J. G.'s letter, but• of the same quality as the fr•attiec, and the openings between the whole (►►veraging about two inches) filled up with old wood or inferior new, as high as the orlop clamps; the whole frame is then consolidated by bolting the frame bends to the filling timber, and the 'filling timber to the next frame ; by this means the frame becomes from stem to stern one compact body ; this certainly to all mechrmical men :must appear•far superior to merely filling the ship in. The Tremendous, a ship of 74 guns, may be considered the first that was ever built on Mr. Seppings's principle; and how far,Sir, does my pen 'fall short of being able to describe the good qua lities sire , possessed, after .she was fitted nut and kept at .sea almost constantly for four or five yeari 1 what was her condition on returning to 'the port sbe was built at ? -allow me to assure you Sir, that went on board and took not a super ... . tidal glance at her, but inspected every part where I expected (or was generally expected even by nautical men) she ivould yeah!, ,and I am bappy to say, she far exceeded my most san guine expectations ; not even the whitewash• cracked between the shelf piece and, &de, not a head of a bolt olf, nilr was there the least appear stince,that any part of her had moved ; her decks )nay be considered a true specimen of her superior qualities, not as is . the ease with almost every , other ship after experiencing such service, full of rises and tails, and each end drooping, but a com plete fair tine from end to end, as near as poasible, as when she went out ofdock. tl►e vessel of (0 tons that .1 . ; G *peaks of lietvr any comparison with a ship of 74 guns ? No viorein my opinion than. a s►ngle boric chaise can, be tipmparea to a sta►ga coach, or waggon ; con sidering also the immense weight of metal hang ing'to the weather side with a strong yak, and the lee goo deck ports under water, 1 think,LO. Intht allow the itl9t;re of my remark. I must also -.quote the . Noble Captain's opinion who .cotumn»d . ed her, that she was every thing be conic! Wish for, and too much be could not say in her be• If J. G. or any other Genlleman conceives that have advanced too far, I will appeal to the 110. pourable Captain that commanded liar, or any 01 Officers. I could enter more largely into other parts of Mr. Seppings's Principle, particularly ihe'Diago. vat Riders, Trusses,. &c. but I fear I have already trespassed too Much on your time ; suffice it to say, I have never yet. met with a . good practica l and theoretical merchant ship.huilder but.would readily adopt that part of his plan, only they fear it would be attended with some little inconvenience in. tfiliing and delivering carr,oes in bulk ; but po doubt this trifling objection will shortly be swinotttifuti, lrui in the tolittie of a tew years Mr. tleptnno`i pr;nciple be universally adoptr t l. do consider, and I speak impartially when I rlt:elare, that I would rather give 25 per CC , It itlor,e tar a ship built on Mr. S. l ti principle, than on any ()their Vet invented. No doubt, Sir, ,Admiral Shank deviated from the then way Of ship-building, from what mo.- ti ve l gill not day, and may be entitled to great ; hut how much ninre is the country in nchted to Mr, Seppings for the perfection he has 'brought ship-building to,. and the prejudice and difficulties he has hail to surmount, all of which be has overcome ; and the present enlightened Admiralty Board are entitled to the thanks of their country; in allowing him to pursue and put in force the dictates of his superior abilities, and the improventents t,f Admiral' Shank, Mr. ,Blackmore, and others. I titian conclude these few remarka' with humbly requesting you will 'be pleased, to insert the above in , your .valuable Paper, well- . kno . tring it Will be highly satisfactory to many of out worthy Naval Officers; as well'as Naval Ar chitects, assuring you, Sir, and your readers, that the foregoing proceeds trout the impulse of an un prdudiced and impartial mind. . I have the Ilonour to remain, Sir, your very hutnble Servant, D. August 9.4, 1816. MELAIs:CHOLY C NTASTRO VII E. conosEl:s. Yesterday an inquest was held at the pliant Chariot public-house, Milken-street, tiros venor-place, before IL GALL, Esq. upon the by (hes of Mrs. Mary Eitby, agetl 34, and George Kirby, her infant, 'only 15 months old, who died in consequence or beAns upset by a cptiChtliart, on Sunday night, near., Hyde Park-corner. 'rite .Miry, being inipaneJled" J ot: swor.i, proceeded to St George's Hospital', and took a vi e w o f th e bodies, Ater sieht.-li they . returned •to . the Triunf pliant Chariot, where-the following evidence Was adduced -INlr. Wm. Pittman, bouse-surzeon at the hos pital, deposed, that — George .K;rhy and Mary Kirby, his moth(T, wire .brought to the hospital on Sunday last about 9 otelork. Deponent cx-. amine(' Mary Kirby , and found several fractures of the ribs on each side, also N fracture of the left thigh, Lie perceived sonnltHng wrong about the chest of the infant, which he could not at that time specifically determindon. Witness attended them both till they died. The child died on Mon day morning at live o'clock, and the mother a little after eight o'clock on Monday evening. lie had since opened their bodies, and discovered in that of the child two of the hones of the back sepa rated, and a rupture in the liver, which Produced profuse bleeding, and which 4 in his opinion, was the cause of his death. Deponent (spelled the body of Mts. Kirby, and found five ribs fractured on the .right side, and four on the left ; the broken pot t of sonic of the ribs on the left side. had lacerat d the lungs ; the womided lobe bled eery much, so lintel: 'Weed as td fill np the cavity of the left ,side of the,ehest, preventing respiration. These Tsjuries s ,in deponent's opinion, were the cause of Mary Kirby's death. Thomas Henry, belonging to Mr. lliown's patei,t-eask manufactory, King's-road, deposed, that, on Sunday evening last, about ten minutes past nine o'clock, he %VT: ern the,top of Me; 3 0 1 1 4 Smith's . Chelsea coach, which was drawn by, two horses, going-from town. The evening will yery Murk : the coach passed through Hyde-park-corner toropike at a good trotting rate, 'and, perhaps IA little taster than usual : it continued !it that pace : •t here was another coach a-head of them with lights, which to first.was near theM, but at last ten or twelve yards front them : Witness supposed: that at that time they were an hundred yards : from the turunike-gate ; the coach with the lights kept on the lsft side' of the road : hut Smith's Coach man, onpassing throng): the gate (arid here the av tness beggetl to observe, that both cnaches passed through no the left side of the . gate), pro ceeded rather to the right, but he certainly did not go so tar to the right as he might hake done, till he ran against something ;. but it was so dark that witness could not see what ii wad: Deponent was certain that no person spoke to the coachman. to make way, at least he heard nothing p.f the kind said. He eltdd not say whether the thing which was ran against was upset or not, the cir ennistan,ce was so momentary. The coach conti : .. to,ied its . pace ; the coachman did not stop ; he appearett: Merry till the accident happened ; hilt scarcely spoke a :wcted, udt.sr it , h4poOett; so Out the witness thought he was tearful that sonic nits- chief had been done. The emit:km:in was not de sired to stop,. • lie (the coachman). was about 19 years of age ; he MS more to the right t han ,to.the middle of the :oath, and the witness itanotcd no fault, to him, except his, not beiug on the proper aide of the„ road.. The .cortehman was certainly *atm-r u eful the coach he drove hail leo lights. Wit- , tics was perfectly sober himself. A Cientleman who vesicles in Charles-street, St. James's-square, stated; that on Sunday last, about a quarter of 10 o'clock,. he was walking on the Hospital side of the way, about an hundred yards' trent the turnpike ; it was not .so dark but he could see carriages on the other side of the way.• Vitness heard a loud cry, which attracted'his at : it cause from the opposite side of the. way, in ationt two or three seconds be heard crash and , sereaming; on hearing which he ran inatantly across the way, - and there lie saw a horse in the shafts of a gig, and the gig on one side. Witness saw „something white banging down from it. This was all he saw, , except, that he observed the coach just before he heard the voice. ' lie saw both the coach and gig 'before. tbe accident occurred ; the coach was on . the wrong side of the road'; it. was going at a good trot,. faster than be thought a coach ought to go at that timeof night. This Avas t alt the evidence adduced ; and the Coroner asked Mr. Kirby, elio was in tears at the loss . he had sostained, if he would Wish to say any thing to the Jury upon the melancholy tran saction.. • Kil by observed, he had nothing to 'siy itpon the evidence that iFtd !wen givrn ► ; it wag Aterefure unneee , ,saryfor hiin to trouble the Jury. Inc fact, howeVer, 'was. that he did call out to he coetchnoto ; . .;t rod had We stopped at that time, • he was sensible that nothing fatal ,would have oc curred.: notwithstanding this, however, nitwit danger etas to have been apprehended from the concussion between the Nelticles, they being ut that time so neat ,t o eac h ot h er .' , The CottoNertthen briefly recapitulated the evi dence, and the Jury brought icy is verdict of Man slaughter 'Adam Wright., the coachman ; and a warmt 'wa'3 issued for his detention, he having been: committed by the Magistrates of Marlborough -street Office. The cOttONg,tt then ()Nerved to the Jury, that, by thefr 'Vertlict, the coach a nd h orsei , as t h e cause of'the deaths, were torleited4o the King; It would be for them to say, whether, in lieu thereat, they would its t certain fine •us deo (land. Six of the jurymen were of Opinion, tbai a hue of 501. ought to be liar upon: Smith, the , owner of the crutch .; the other six were of opinion that 10/. woald be a Itufficient tine. Mr.'Citt..l„ one of the Jurors who round for the 501, titre, satitl thxie be mini(' gi ve it his opi. Ilion Ind. s> some reason better titan he had heard were ttiltiweed. Ile felt it it duty he tiwed to the public; hit' tig t . eetitly hi:aid ill notify iii.)lurtsble instatiCet tart siiliihn . ninittire occurring'. No eeeision was iihrly to take place, they aft appeal it.g. mid the Comber suggested en adjila..Knel.t, which NaB atiinplied with ; and at four they met ptimant to the adjourn qnent, 'tyke!), after sonic consideration, they came to a determination that a fine as a deodand of 30/.. w a s sufficient, which fine was recorded, and the inquest adjourned. Monday evening an Inquest was held at the Board Room, at the London Hospital, before J. thowyN, Esq. Coroner for Middlesex, on the body of Deborah Collett, a child only seven years o' age, who met her death in consequence of her clothes having caught fire. It appeared from the evidence adduced, that the child's parents resided in Kist Smithfield ; ins the 2'2d instant her mo ther %rent out on business, leaving her alone in the• room ; in a few , Minutes afterwards the ,rest of the inmates of the house were alarmed by the child's screams. Several persons hastened to the spot, and found her io the middle of the room, with her dress all in names. .The fire was in stantly exthignislied, and the child inmteuti►ttely taken to the Hospital, where she lingered in the greatest ugony limit Friday, when. she expired. Verdict-4kciciental Death. , i‘ionday eveniug an Inquest \vas held in the Vestry Room of St. Michael's Church, Wood street, Cheapside, before TnostAs SHELTON; Esq. Coroner for. London, on the body of Thomas Breham, whose death was occasioned by his own act in cutting his throat. It appeared on exami nation, that the deceased was About 65 years of age, be bad been a respectable master tailor, iu good business, but being married to a prrofligute woman, by whom he bad thirteen children, who after robbing a. ins, eloped from him with another than,' he was , reducgd, and was' necessitated in his old age to torn to journey work, And lodged at the 'those of Mr. John Giles, the sign of the rewte . r, Platter, in Wood -street, Cheapside.— Hester Hill, servant to Nr, Giles, deposed that she. got up about seven o'clock on Saturday morning, and on goiag into 'the back_ place, she' found all the 'knives thrown about the floor, - that tine deceased came in with the neck 'of his shirt Open,. anti stropplaig if razor on the palm of his 1 1 ,,0‘1,, that lie had a very' appearance„ and walked past her into the tap-roots, which" ve46 then dark, the windo,ss. ilot being open„ wltre ;)c .at dowo aud emit ttis throat ; he died its 4buut , a (outer of air, hour, Verdict---Lunacy, POOR ES. PLVMOUTU, Aco. plsn has lately been .Carried into execution in Exeter, which .has re duced the poor-rates of that city to 'a great de gree, estimated at not less thana thousand pounds per year, and is worthy the consideration of ether places in the kingdom; this scheme has beentlAP- CessfuilV effected under the judicious management of Mr. Joseph Ulieks;:whose unremitttul persever ance, ll'as caused' it to attain .its present state of rrti licy. At the dose of the late war, such multitudes from the army anti navy, out of employ, applying. to,the Corporation of the Poor for relief, Mr. klicke.suggested to that body a system of labour, to obviate in a Aptasure the difficulty of assisting an many, by estabLishing a pottery,,RnA the ma nitfacture of bricks, tiles, &c. in a ~elk t.'jjicent to the workhouse, which was intruedhuely acceded' .40, and he voluntarily undartook to superintend it, and still continues to do so. - Arty person or persons destitute of employ, applying for relief, are instantly sent to the pottery, where they May continue to: work at 6s. per week till they can procure:a situation in their own tradeor profession, and are permitted, to return whenever they are out of employ. The adoptioa, of this plan has. not only had the happy . effect of reducing th e. poor rbies, but is a very ,usef u l means of providing labourers upon ejery occasion or' emergency, for various trades and manufactures. RifithIEKABLE INSTANCE. OP Pa esititviatote,— SundavafternOon, about five o'clock, as .. 'lone bo4o, residing:about Westminster, were amusing themselves in one of the watermen's'bcats, uear fy.opposite the Ship public-house at MlAbank,„ not being skilled iti the management of the boat, thev at first kept. near. tbe , shore, but at length by de: gyres venturing further they got into the mittdie, where the water being rough and a ga/e of Wind springing up, morkedtheir ntthost efforts to mare, A barge which,cante against 'then) overturned the boat, and the boys were precipitated into rtae water: The Marra was immediately given by sow persons on shore who viewed the, transaction, which arrested the attention of the bargeman, who had been all the time standing at the therenli. Perceiving on e at 'them in the water, be initr i edi, ifely plunged in, and, , succeedett io bringing five of them site on board the barge ; another stilt , re mained, and, the man, though much exhausted, again plunged and seized the boy, whom he found it more difficult to swim with as ire .was far gone, he however kept above water. At this mn- Metal beautiful Newfoundland dog, the property of a Gentleman on the shore, came, and seizing, hold of the : luau's collar, dragged them both on, some timber in the river; where some persons Waited to receive them.. Tile boy was in a state of insensibility',.and the . man was also very weak, but we Are happy to state no lives We_ . rfi lost.— The man,received a handsome gratuity from seve ral respectable persons who witnessed the trans action,. and - who highly applauded his - intrepid condnet. We are informed by Drs. Cool4lt, MUNIIOE, .and Duswast, Physicians to the Medical Board at . Charlotte-house, lilaclifriars-ruad, that up wards of 4000 patients are cured annually of pre viling disorders, that hundreds were in a most distressing state, owing .to, quacking themselves and by consulting men ignorant of an important branch of the profession, Eruptions on the head, Ince, and body, ulcerated throat, swelling in the neck, nodes .on the shin bonei, pains in the head mid limbs, frequently taken for rheumatism, Swelled uncles and nervous debility are the con consequences of i mproper treatment.—Messrs . Cocteau, MUNROE ) and Co. are consulted from. eight in the mOrtiing until nine at night, or by letter, containing a ire, and the poor have advice on Tuesdays,'Thtirsdays, and Sundays, fill twelve sidk door awl' private rooms for fewales. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. E 0 W-STR E ET. SMUGGLIN6.--Yesterday Pearkes and Vickery arrived at the Office, with a pan of the name of Hord in their custody, from Deal, on a charge on 'suspicion of being a smuggler, and shooting It marine- about a month since, on the beach at heal, when attacked by the marines belonging to the frigate, stationed there by the Commissioners of the' Customs, to prevent smuggling. The .marine, we are. happy to say, did not die of big wound, but is still confined in the Hospital. Tha prisoner is the brother' of the man who was ad=• mitted an evidence against Frost and other smug' glers, convicted at the Spring Assizes in dent, for the molder of several Revenne Officers. The prisoner will be examined on a future (I%y. STEAM-BOATS.—Yeste . rday the question as to the legality of Boats worked by Steam, ‘vhich has. bees some time in agitation, cante-on to be beard before Mr. I3tIINIP. and Sir . WILLIAM PAKSOXS• It excited considerable interest, particularly among . the watermen, numbers of whom attended. The question came before the Magistrates in the shape of an information laid against Mr. John Dickies, a coal-merchant in Surrey, charging hint'tdtk being a proprietor of a certain boat or vessel" known by the name of " the Richmond Steal* Yacht," which was let out for hire betweett Gravesend and Windsor, on the River Thamefr - he 110 being a free waterman, contrary to the Act of Parliament alike 2d Geo. 11. cap. 26, Oasse 4 for the protection of.watermeu on the Itisfer Thames. After a variety of evidence baviaig . beetz gone. into, the complaint was dismissed. UNION-HALL ' A &int, IbOHWAYbiAN.--401.72 Dalton was Yes.° terday brought up, charged by Mr. John ;ling' with stopping him on the liighway and robbing him of his watch. Mr. Bunn stated, (hat Ile been spending the evening on Friday lasi witl ) snore friends, and 'was on his way home btweem one and two o'clock on Saturday nitwit*, wh, e , ll he was stopped by t h e prisoner in Little ford-street, who seized de prosentur by ! 11 1 colhir with, one band,. an d w i t h t h e O t h e r Inil“: 7 Lis watch out of his frin. The pose(it.Or been (44W:1g freely; but .pereeiviue, - to/ prisoner wa • hbollt. he seized bi ln h turn, 3 "'" calla-loudly far the watch, when Wriliatus, 1 .watchman, l!wr"" ts the prisoner • threw the wa•tch a wav stated, that - be found the prosecatnr st v igs""b" • with the prisoner. On hearing Mr. ni:i.t's- s “ )r3 ' i : he took the prisoner.i9to custody. The 0.5 e time watch he found within a teiV yards. Pl I ! /e . place, and tbewatch itself Was picited•up 114A' spot by a Ho man came up ' at th e one. now appeared, on fitither investigation ; that 0113. prisoner was a,blind mendicant, well l i no4o l the °facers. Oa being questioned by t he Nit l g, ils. trate, bc de;rie.ti. the charge ,altogether; but being~ able to account satisfctorily Of being at that late hoiti, he was committed for re.c l i F9.7 minutia*. Yesterday morning, about ex o'cloci., a d ecent. dressed' man, apparently 60 years of lige , " 9. ou brght into the watch-house at Loudon-igiage.' when! he complained of seve'e itinese. ' l 'ol 9 l cian was intmestisttely sent fro, b,,t er e I)ll,teriva the. inti expired. Previous - to; his dissolution ir • was understood from hi m t h a t teas fr ° lll t r . neighbourhood of, Ipsw ; 4l;. Th e iithrers of ti‘ Bridge Warr} are - ,endeemauring to trace ovi)" was,. lust Ms body remains for view at the svatt;i4.• house. - • ------ On Wednesday evening last, as Mr - , J"s e •P is. Leach, of Mtirr, near Casticcacrock„ was r, • Ou tt3 ,: kg from. Dranipton riarket,. he nnint,terat'z missed• hip .rotui, it being quite disrk, and, fell 1 " « to the river Cielt, at a place called where the banks arc very steep. and. I`OCky l • was killed on the spot: 'On Sunday sennight the inhabitant*, 0 1 perro, in Cornwall, were greatly abrined by On fr of his Majesty's cutters firing au. 18lb. 4it't ' t brig undtr sail off .that place,. in order to b/ireg her to, which fen and buried itself tmo.feet ; 011 1 4 grottnd ilk the centrei of the SevereilPe a r: had just, before quitted th e spot struck by the ha ir ` Fortunately no iujury was sustained. BISTHS. .At Dalwich Common, the Litcly of Henry Budd', P 4 ' of dattghtilr. of On the 7th, at Norwood, Surrey, Mrs. James DO I ' da On uhter.. g Thursday, at Launceston, the Lady ottl. 13. liiein cilt Esq, of a daughter. MARRIED. On Monday, at `Woolwich, Lieutenant Richard tVi10.3.. Cliarleison; HON Navy, of Peckham, to Miss Jelritto ham, daughter of Adam Graham, Esq. of W'otth‘''' — f ilia at the same time a n d pl ace , Alf re d G ra h am' , Esq. II". ugh hhare Adam Graham, Esti.io Miss Margaret St ttrtney, 4 00 ,.. ter of John Stusaley, ESq. Wqmouth.. 'Ps" """ married couples immediately le tt Weylo where they intend passing the honey-moots. On the itith, at St. Alphage Church, Mr. Tmas ho o !, of Wood-street, to M a ry, eldest daughter of the lateMr4v pi H ttsOn T arrison, of Brnard-castle. heady senni a ght, at Canterbury, Mr.Thoiuns Cbtort:;, son of John Cooper, Esq. Mayor of that City, to Mi" u daughter of Mr. Ald erman S an k ey . • • doOwno f Saturday, thelittt.G t e h n e er l u 7 i th w in h s p y t t . e lF :ag p e . rl 36 vear r s. W b y te '..:;: i : d da at u ig t" l h a t t e . r r o o f f ol t d :' S 'b i ) r ti C el e n ci l l " B b ili P slToplf, 1::11" same County. At Kensington-Houte, Auguq )9, Mr. NiCllol3i Sa)ttir late of Portntan-street. aged 62. • I co On Monday last, suddenly, John Squire, of EIYI 3 In his 84th year. Up S h a o ti l t s e tet Y t; ' o lg ;C d a 4 t l l:e r l i l u rs e atr Morgan, ut ‘):11111:1- . On the inst. at Palmer's ' Green, in his I.iGih years° nms Dyne, Esq. On the Pit h inst. at 'Ttitibridge Wells, Mrs. Elizabe th °W. ' sal, relict of the late Walter Itagenal, Esq. M. P. .1 St. The Rev. Gilbert Jackson, R e ctor of Moll° Mary, Wilts, and formerly of Nlagilalcil College; Oxf"; :a • Ott Thursday last, at Dawlish, Ms!). E at teacuc, rc" Richard Inglett Fortescue. Esq. „d On the 11th inst. at ‘Vitt e rsham, Bodin Bridge; •ls-g' years about au hour alter, Saran Bridge, ugctl le" 15th, Ilarriet Bridgeolged three ; oo the i 't l ' , „ l e Bridge, aged all twelve. The above di e d, of "illo.as throats, and children of Mr. S. 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