The Sun.
London, England, 1852-09-10 00:00:00

JOINT-STOCK BANKS.

ITALY.
Letters from Turin of the sth inst. state that
several of the French refugees residing at Nice had
been removed to the interior of Piedmont at the re-
quest of the French Government, their presence so
near the frontier being considered dangerous during
the visit of the President to the department of the
Var.
General Pep 6 and a French General are to assist
at the manoeuvres of the Sardinian army in the plain
at Marengo.
M. His de Buttenval, Minister of France at Turin,
had arrived at Chambery, where he intended to re-
main until the arrival of the President at Lyons.
The Duchess of Orleans and her two sons had left
St. Gervais for Eisenach.

Bank of Westmoreland, Kendal
Barnsley Banking Company, Barnsley
Bradford Banking Company, Bradford 49,095
Bilston District Banking Company, Wolver-

hampton ....................................... , --
Bank of Whitehaven, Whitehaven
Bradford Commercial Banking Company, 8rad-
f0rd..........
Burton, Uttoxeter, and Staffordshire Union
Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trent
Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Banking
Company, Chesterfield
Cumberland Union Banking Company, Work-
ington
Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Banking Com-
pany, Cheltenham
Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company
Coventry . 21,559
Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry.. 12,680
County of Gloucester Banking Company, Chel-
tenham
Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Company
Carlisle
Carlisle City and District Bank, Carlisle 19,746
Dudley and West Bromwich Banking Company,
Dudley
Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company, Derby 18,913
Darlington District Joint-Stock Banking Corn-

pally, Darlington . 17,136
East of England Bank, Norwich
Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester 135,626
Halifax Joint-Stock Bank, Halifax 17,646
Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield 33,321
Hull Banking Company, Hull .
Halifax Commercial Banking Company, Ha-

lifax
12,610
Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Com-
pany, Halifax ................................. 43,588
Helston Banking Company, Helston .............. . 1,563
Herefordshire Banking Company, Hereford...... 15,294
Knaresborough and Clare Banking Company,
Knaresborough .. ..................................... 23,220
Kingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge..... 2,903
Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster ........ . 48,372
Leeds Banking Company, Leeds ... ............... 22,660
Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester ... 58,316
Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company, Lincoln
44,680
Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking
Company, Leamington Priors .................. 10,114
Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Lud10w...... 11,216
Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Bank-
ing Company, Nottingham
Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking
Company, Nottingham
Newcastle, Shields, and Sunderland Union Joint-
Stock Banking Company, Newcastle 1,240
National Provincial Bank of England, Birming-
ham, Head-office, 112, Bishopsgate-street,
London
North Wilts Banking Company, Melksham 42,770
Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton 64,373
Northamptonshire Banking Company, North-
ampton
North and South Wales Bank, Liverpool 22,785
Pares's Leicestershire Banking Company, Lei.

cester ..... ..... .................... . ............... 39,304
Saddleworth Banking Company, Saddlewortb 2,351
Sheffield Banking Company, Sheffield ........... 35,230
Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Com-
pany, Stamford. 44,241
Stuckey's Banking Company, Bristol Somerset-
shire Bank, and Somersetshire Bank, Lang-
Shp
ssthoir:ptbsyhr,ii'drsetoßilarnbkiridn,geCompany, Shiffnall
42,820
p 0.
il ge and Kidderminster Banking Com-
Shceffiornel
Sheffield
etheld and ..... =, - ... 54,876
shemeid nallamshire Banking Company,
Company
sltotherham Joint-Stock Banking 21,244
Swaledale and
Wensleydale Banking Company,.
52,329
Richmond , .Y7en
Storey and Th0m............................... 40,289
Shaftesbury . a" Banking Company..
.
Wolverhampton aolgt:a:fro•;d••• .. .., 9,659
any, Wolverhampton shire Banking Com-
Wakefield and Barnsley Union . Bank .............. 33,196
Whitehaven Joint-Stock Ban, Wakefield 13,118
Whitehaven .. .111 g ri o_
‘-'
mpany•
Banking Company,
giant'. and South ',Wai,;—ii: .... 26,837
'strict
WW:3l;::::;;Vf.kßiCErinStCa . ....... ....................
Wilts and Dorset •
Banking, Company.
a.••,! ... ......
67,710
West Riding Union Banking Company, 70,095
dersfield ..... • ................ '•', : .................. 31
Whitchurch and Ellesmere Banking Company, '064
Whitchurch ...•••• ................................. 2,568
Worcester City and County Banking Company,
Worcester..... ................ , 4,442
York Union Banking Company, York 65,0a0
York City and County Bankin 81,494
Company, York
Yorkshire Banking Company:leeds
P. DEANS, Registrar of Bank Returns.
Inland Revenue, Somerset house, September 4, 1852.

Wed
SALE OF TWO COUNTY PRISONS.—°n nesd ay,
at Garraway's Coffee-house, the House of Correction
thel r
Brixton, and that of Guildford, were brought to
hammer by Messrs. Farebrother, Clark, and Lye- The
sale consisted of the freehold sites, and the whole of the
materials forming the building of the gaols. The prison at
Brixton covers an area of five acres, extending from Brixton
hill to Bleak Hall-lane, and was erected about twenty-five
years since at a cost of nearly 40,0001. After some spirited
bidolings it was sold for 8,450/. The Guildford House of Cor-
rection occupies a space of about two acres, and was erected
aabnodut the same period as Brixton at an outlay of 20,000/,
7,100/as sold, after a somewhat tedious competition, for

weeks, "cholera infantum (4 daya), want of breast-
milk."
In St. Giles, at 4, Neale's-yard, on 30th August,
the daughter of a labourer, aged 1 year and 9 months,
died. of di Irrhcea. Mr. Faulkner, the registrar, re-
ports that "this child died in a most unhealthy house,
crowded with people, and dirty; the deceased was
extremely emaciated, which is not to be wondered at,
considering the wretched place where it lived. At
14, South-street, Islington East, on 30th August, the
son of a hatter, aged 7 years, died of " exhaustion
from diarrhcea." Post lnortem. (Inquest.) Mr. But-
terfield mentions that " there are some unfinished
streets in this neighbourhood, the roadways of which
1 are made the receptacles of all kinds of filth; on the
evening of the inquest the smell from them was very
offensive.
At Dawes-lane, Walharn-green, on 31st August,
the son of a bricklayer's labourer, aged 4 years, died
of ":pneumonia, diarrhoea, and low fever (4 weeks)."
The medical attendant states that " that the houses
in this lane are crowded to excess ; each room in
nearly every case is occupied by a family of from 4 to
6or 7 individuals. There is no drainage, and the
smells are most offensive. Diarrhcea is very prevalent
there now." Mr. Knight, the registrar, adds, " The
medical officer of the Walham-green district informs
me that the whole of his district is suffering severely
from diarrhoea and a low sort of fever, which he at-
tributes to preventible causes such as the overcrowd-
ing of cottages, want of ventilation, and deficiency of
sanitary arrangements."
At 9, James-place, Kennington, on the 28th of Au-
gust, the son of a porter, aged 9 years, died of " ty-
phus (2 weeks)." Mr. Boult, the registrar, reports
that " there is at the back of the house a very bad
open ditch, and the medical man believes that to have
been the cause of the fever." At 62, Ely-place,
Haggerstone West, an the 30th of August, the
daughter of a waiter, aged 8 years, died of " low
fever (6 days):, Mr. Bowring, the deputy-
registrar, mentions that " these houses have very
small yards, and for a long period there has
been stagnant water, caused by the drain being
choked."
In the sub-district of Camden-town, at Weller's-
court, Pancras-road, en the 25th of August, the son
of a general dealer, aged one ;year, died of "pneu-
monia convulsions (six days)." dr. 1011, the regis-
trar, remarks that "the houses in this court and the
whole locality are old, much dilapidated, and dirty—
indeed, scarcely habitable. Diarrhcea has been very
rife, and, should the cholera unfortunately visit us,
no doubt it Would mace sad havoc here, as it did in
1849. Sanitary measures which were then adopted
have been neglected, and the inhabitants are in the
same deplorable state as at the time of that out-
, break."
A chain-cable maker, aged 49 years died in the in-
firmary of the worktouse, St. Pancras, of " disease
of the brain (14 days)." The deceased had come
from the country to take leave of a friend who was
about to emigrate ; tie parting had a great effect on
him, and on his reaching the station of the Great
Western Railway to return home a paroxysm seized
him ; the police took him to a place of safety, whence
he was removed to the infirmary.
In Whitechapel North, 7i, Thomas-street, on 2d
September, the son of a servant, aged 2 years, died
from "imperfect oxygenation of the blood from in-
haling impure air." At 8, St. Martin's-place, a gen-
tleman, aged 62 years, died of " low fever, the result
of numerous inflammations ; carbuncle (17 days)."
A woman, aged 22 years, died of St. Vitus's dance.
The widow of a sawyer is stated to have died at 5,
Salmon-street, Limeaouse, at the great age of 106
years.

STATE OF THE WEATHER DURING THE PAST WEEK.
SUNDAY.—One-fourth part of the sky was covered gene-
rally during the morniv, and the greater part was clear at
other times; cumuli anc cirrostrati.
MONDAT.—Three-fourths of the sky were covered with
cloud till after noon, aid the whole was generally clear
afterwards;
cumuli, cumulostrati, and haze.
TUESDAY.---At noon :he sky was almost covered with
cloud, and shortly befell this time a slight shower of rain
fell. At other times the sky was clear.
WEDNESDAY.—The sly was for the most part covered
with cloud till noon; tiree-fourths were covered until 3h.
P.M., and clear during tie remainder of the day.
A.Y.—one.thi:d portion of the sky was frequently
THURSDAY.—The sky was cloudless; haze was prevalent.
FRIDAY.—The sky, with slight exceptions, was clear.
SATURD
covered with cloud during the afternoon, at other times of
the day it was generally clear ; cumuli, cumulostrati, and
haze.

during thar ;L.
r n—oSo enp. t .
Sept. 2 d , positive,3d, h. A
9 and.
m. _...T
tensionhe
apparatus was under repair from this time until the end of
the week. electricalmoderate

The mean reading of a thermometer placed on the main-
mast of the Dreadnought Hospital Ship, and read each day at
9h. A.M. was 63.7 e ;
and the mean reading at 9h. P.M. was
59.2° ; the mean readings at the Royal Observatory for the
same times were 62.9 Q and 57.7 Q respectively.
The reading of the barometer increased from 29.88 in.
at the beginning of the week to 30•02 in. by 9h. P.M. on the
29th ; decreased to 29.83 in. by 9h. A.M. on the 31st ; in-
creased to 301.2 in. by 9h. A.M. on the 2d of September;
and decreased to 29.95 in. by the end of the week.

ALLEGED OUTRAGE near ROCHESTER.
ROCHESTER, Sarr. B.—Cornelius Hennesy, an
Irishman, 21 years of age, remanded from a previous
sitting, charged with criminally assaulting and ill-
treatingmagistrates for final examination yester-
dayni
gh t oelllvl
ea rdyn eCs
do
as
yti,ut aged 13, at Hailing, on the
he Ist inst., was brought before
case excited much interest, and lasted
the
several
Thye
hours.
On
pro-
secutrix, after being cautioned as to the sanctity of
anoath, ag
ain moatpositively
swore that the es prisoner
placed in the dock, the
pri-
soner was the man who had criminally assaulted her.
She then narrated the circumstances of the case,
which have already
t
appeared. She added that she
did not discover any blood on her clothes until the
next day, and that was on the back part of her linen.
She did not recollect meeting any one after it had
happened until she got home. The next morning she
called her mother upstairs, and then for the first time
told what had happened.
By the Court—l knew the prisoner by sight, having
seen him reaping in de barley field a few days before,
when he asked me what o'clock it was.
Elizabeth Spriggs, mother of the prosecutrix, was
next sworn. She sail that on the night in question
she was sitting by the fireplace in her own house,
when prosecutrix came home. She said to her, " Mary,
where have you been so long?" to which she replied,
" I don't know ; a man has frightened me so," and fell
on the stairs and began to cry. Witness asked her
twice what was the matter, and could get no answer.
Prosecutrix was in a fainting state, and remained
so until seven o'clock the next morning, during
which time she was noisy, and it was as much as two
men could do to hold her. As soon as she revived
witness asked what hal happened to her. Prosecutrix
at first said she could not tell her, and continued
crying, but at length did tell her. Witness did not
examine the linen she was wearing at that time. It
was given to her On the previous Sunday, and she
had never worn it before.
Captain Baker (one of the magistrates) said it
seemed most extraordinary that, seeing the state the
was in, her mother did not make any examina-
tion, as she
girl
might even have been stabbed and have
death.
been bleeding to
The Rev. J. Formby, another magistrate—Yes ;
and when I went there and directed her to examine
the child, she said her linen had only two or three
spots of blood about it; and she now produces linen,
saturated from end to end, as if it had come from a
slaughter•honse• Witness—lt came off from her.
Mr. Form by—B ut when I was at your house I
saw a sheep's bead, and the Lord knows what on the
table, and it does give me the idea that you must
have wiped the table with that linen, as you told me
previously that it had only two or three spots upon it.
Captain Baker suggested that the surgeon should
now be examined, before further evidence was gone

DRINKING.—The Springfield (Illinois) Register re-
lates the following:—" In March last three men in this city
agreed to drink themselves to death. The first died in
he kept sob
April, the second in May. The survivor on the happening
of the last event showed signs of breaking the compact, and
or two or three days afterwards, but honour re-
vived, and he died in June. This is literally true."
ARRIVAL OF Mae. CHISHOLM IN CORIC—This dis-
ontinguished Philanthropist arrived at half-past four o'clock,
Monday evening, at the railway
Hackett, the ma g,
had his carriage in waiting, in which
station, where Sir Wm.
she proceeded to the residence of John Besnard , Esq.
At eleven O'clock to-day she visited our baitExhon, with
which she was much pleased, and at two o'clock she left by
intends remaining until after the sailing
rail for Passage, on her way to
Queenstown,
of the Peru.— Cork
&porter, where she

surgeon, of Strood, was accordingly
_that. on
into.
swAoirnr.,Friday evening prose-
cutris was brought to hishouse by her parents, and
at their request be
laVhidblidne,
posed
proceededt to make an examination.
She was very reluctan, and screamed, and kicked
about so, that he was obliged to call in the assistance
of a third person. There were no marks of violence
of any kind, neither bruise nor scratch, nor any ap-
pearance whatever of recent Injury.
Captain Baker__From the examination you made
of the child, you are of opinion that the marks on the
the linen could not have been caused at the time al-
leged ? Mr. Wiblin—lt is morally impossible. I
am of opinion that there must have been some appear.
ance of bruises had such been the case. I asked the
mother at the time whether there were any bruises
about the child, and she said none whatever.
John Merchant, of flailing, a boy 14 years of age,
who could neither read nor write, said he passed the
prosecutrix on her way home on Wednesday night.
She said, 44 Don't you know me ? ' and bade him ood
night. She was walking fast, but did not
appear
flurried.
prosecutrix still persisted in stating that she had
no recollection of meeting any one, except the man
and woman and Francis.
orn deposed
George Francis, being SW I t-o meeting
home on Wednesda
the prosecutrix on her way y
night, and said be bade her good night in passing.
His evidence, however, was very contradictory ; for,
at first, he said he heard of it on Tuesday night, al-
though it did not occur until the subsequent evening ;
then again he said he was not acquainted with it until
Friday, when he heard of it through Rosebridge, the
constable ; and at length he admitted that his wife
had told him of it on Thursday.
Sarah Spriggs, an old widow, was the last witness
examined, whose evidence was a flat contradiction of
that given by the prosecutrix. She stated that the
prosecutrix left her house about seven o'clock in the
evening, and denied that she had any refreshment
there, as prosecutrix had alleged.
The court was then cleared, and on re-admission
of the public, the Rev. Chairman, addressing the
prisoner, said, " You are discharged i it i 5 the uwini,

LONDON, FRIDkY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 10, 18b

mous opinion of this Bench that you are not guilty of
the charge that has been brought against you, and we
do not believe one word this girl has said."
The prisoner, who throughout' had protested his
innocence, thanked the magistrates, and left the court
amidst the hearty congratulations of a large body of his
associates.

_ -
THE ARREST OF RICIIARD CROSS.
Yesterday Richard Cross, ono of the passengers by the
Queen of the South, was brought betore the Judge of
Police by one of the London detective police, under a
warrant from the Commissioners of Bankruptcy in Eng-
land. It appears that Cross had carried on business as
a watchmaker and jeweller at Southampton, and had
absconded from his place of business on the 12th of June
last, taking with him his stock-in-trade, tools, and ef-
fects, consisting of a large quantity of gold watches, jew-
ellery, chains, rings, seals, and other valuables, to the
amount of several thousand pounds. A notice was imme-
diately inserted in the police Hue and Cry, describing the
fugitive and the missing property, offering a reward of
501. and 5 per cent. of the recovered articles for his ap-
prehension, and stating that he had since been declared
a bankrupt. Some information it appears was received
that a person answering to his description had sailed
in the Queen of the South. Mr. John Sedger, an
officer of the detective' force, A division, was accord-
ingly dispatched to the Cape in the Hellespont, which,
althoue she sailed seven days later, entered Table
Bay a few hours after the Queen of the South.
On arriving on Thursday afternoon, Sedger sent infor-
mation ashore to the authorities, and proceeded at once
on board the Qaeen of the South, where ho found that a
passenger named " Talbot," exactly corresponding in
appearance to the description of the flue and Cry, had
just landed, and coming ashore he found the delin-
quent already in custody. He had landed, it seems,
with a small dressing case, at the Central Causeway,
where he was met by Mr. Rowan, the active surveyor
of customs, who had already been apprised of the affsir.
Mr. Rowan requested a sight of the contents of the
box, on the ground of its possibly containing smuggled
goods, and after a glance at its contents (consisting of
seven gold watches and a quantity of massive gold chains,
rings, &e.), he further requested that, as the Custom-house
was then closed, he would accompany him to another
place that would do as well, and entering a cab they drove
off to the station- house, where Cross was apprehended.
On being brought up for examination, the prisoner
requested to see the advertisement in the flue and Cry,
where he perused, to his no little astonishment, an exact
description of himself, and a minute inventory of the
property in his possession. He then admitted that
he was the party, and observed that he had been
informed by the officer that he would be committed for
felony ; but ho presumed the charge would not be so
strong as that. Mr. Lynar said the charge would be
for his safe custody to London, where it would be deter-
mined what he was guilty of. The prisoner said he
had some linen and other articles in his boxes on board,
which he thought should be given up to him. Ho be-
lieved it was usual in cases of bankruptcy for a person
to keep possession of any little cash he might have. Mr.
Rowan said he would have what was necessary for com-
mon cleanliness, but all the property in his possession
had been already sealed up, and be would return with it,
in charge of the officer, to England in the Hellespont.—
Cape Town Mail.

NAVAL IN TELLIGENCE.
THE LIEUTENANT'S OUT PENSION OF
GREENWICH.
We stated yesterday that the Admiralty had
bestowed the vacant lieutenants' out-pension of
Greenwich on Lieut. John Pollard (1806). The
eligibility of this much-neglected old war officer for
the pension will be seen by the following sketch of his
career, from O'Byrne's Biography :"-
" Jam Pollard, born July, 27, 1787, entered the navy,
Nov. 1, 1797, as first-class volunteer on board the
Flavick, 16, Captain Philip Bartholomew; in which sloop,
after having chased a large convoy and three armed ves-
sels under the batteries of St. Malo's, and been there for
some time warmly engaged with the enemy, he 'was
wrecked, Nov. 9, 1800, in St. Aubin's Bay, Jersey. He
was then received as a supernumerary on board the
Cambridge, 74, Captain Thomas Wolley; and next, in
September, 1801, on board the Hercule, 74, Captain
William Luke, with whom he cruised in the Channel
until paid off in April, 1802. Joining in succession, in
April, 1803, the Culloden, 74, and Canopus, 80, both
commanded by Captain John Conn, he sailed in the lat-
ter ship with the flag of Rear-Admiral George Campbell
for the Mediterranean, where in March, 1805, he re-
moved on promotion to the Victory, 100, bearing the
flag of Lord Nelson. On the return of the fleet from
its pursuit of the combined squadrons to the West
Indies, Mr. Pollard was afforded an opportunity of parti-
cipating as signal midshipman, in the action off Cape
Trafalgar. On that occasion, while standing on the poop,
be was struck by a splinter on the rigt arm, and
chanced to be the first officer who was there touched.
A musket-ball next passed through the shell of his
spy-glass, about a foot above the hand that held it;
and a second one shattered the watch in his pocket.
Some time after the Victory had been in action with
the French 74-gun ship Redoubtable, the officers and
men around him beginning to fall fast, the attention
of Mr. Pollard was arrested by a number of soldiers
whom he perceived crouching in the tops of the Re-
doubtable, and directing a destructive fire on the poop
and quarterdeck of the Victory. He immediately soiled
a musket, and, being supplied by the signal quarter-
master King, with load-cartridges from two barrels kept
on the after-part of the poop for the use of the marines
(who at the time were elsewhere engaged), continued
firing at the soldiers every time they rose breast-high
in the tops, until not one was to be seen. In the act of
handing the last parcel of ball-cartridges, the quarter-
master was shot through the forehead, and fell lifeless
on the spot. When the action terminated, Mr. Pol-
lard was the only officer left alive of those who bad
been originally stationed on the poop; and thus, in
the manner we have described, originated the
belief that it was he who had shot the man
who killed Lord Nelson. On leaving the Victory in
November, 1805, he joined first the (peen, 98, and then
the Dreadnought of similar force, and Hibernia, 110,
battling the respective flags of Lords Collingwood,
Northesk, and St. Vincent. He was made lieutenant,
Nov. 14, 1806, into the Decade, 36, Captain John Stuart,
in the Channel; and was subsequently appointed-Dec.
25, 1807, to the Brunswick, 74, Captain Thos. Graves,
stationed in the Baltic, where, prior to the embarkation
from Nyeborg of the Spanish troops under the Marquis
de la Romans, he served in the boats at the attack and
capture of the Danish brig Fama, of 18, and her consort
the Salorman cutter (which he was among the first to
board), of 12 guns; June 14, 1810, after 16 months of
half-pay, to the North Star, 20, Captain Thomas Coe,
with whom he cruised in the Channel until May, 1811;
Jan. 4, 1812, the Mercurius sloop, Captain Thomas Ren-
wick, employed in the North Sea and Baltic; May 9,
1814 (having left the Mercurius in the preceding No-
vember), to the Woodlark, 10, Captain William Cut-
field, on the north coast of Spain, whence he returned
sick in the following September; and April 19, 1828,
for three years to the Ordinary, at Chatham. He has
been in charge since August 2, 1836, of a station in the
coast Guard. Lieut. Pollard married, in August, 1822,
Miss Matilda Trevethan, a lady by whom he has issue
six children."
COURT-MARTIAL-SENTENCE OF DEATH!
A court-martial was held yesterday morning, at
Portsmouth, on board the Victory, flag-ship, ltear-
Admiral Superintendent Prescott president, and Mr.
Greetham deputy judge advocate, to try 'William
Alexander 'Williams, private Royal Marine Artillery-
man, of the Dauntless, 33, screw-frigate, Captain
Halsted, for having struck the gunner of that ship.
to
The prisoner was found gy, and sentenced
suffer death, without any recemmendation. Trans-
portation for life will very: probably be the com-
muted punishment.
APPOINTMENTS.
Mates-W. W. S. Bridges, to the Basilisk, steam-
ship, Newfoundland ; A. D. Norte, to the Excellent,
gunnery-ship, Portsmouth.
Clerk-John Thurston, to the Victory, flag-ship,
Portsmouth; R. H. Lowray, to the Electra, 12,
Portsmouth.
Midshipmen-Hon. W. V. L. H. Anson and W.
F. Lee, to the Excellent; E. R. S. Eade, to the
Daring, 12, Chatham ; W. H. Eaton, to the Electra ;
J. T. F. Grant, to the Highflyer, 21, screw-frigate,
Portsmouth.
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Naval Cadets—A. Jacob, to the Termagant, 24,
screw-frigate, Portsmouth ; A. 11. Tyacke, to the
Hogue, 60, screw-ship, Channel squadron.
Gunner—James Murray, to the Hercules, emigrant
ship, Chatham.
By our latest letter from Bombay we find that they
are now building in the dockyard there two fine
steamers like the Terrible, of 1,800 tons, a corvette of
16 guns like the Daring, two schooners of 120 tons
each, and a cutter.
Calcutta, 84, advance-ship, lately out of dock at
Devonport, has had her lower masts and bowsprit
put in.
Fanny tender arrived at Devonport on Wednesday
morning from Portsmouth, and sailed again in _ the
afternoon.
Rolla, 6, Lieutenant Fenwick, apprentices' tender,
returned to the Brighton roadstead on Saturday last,
and anchored off the pier. This vessel has 75 boys on
board, most of whom, we understand, are sons of the
coast guard. The whole of the boys, some of the
ship's crew, and the officers, came on shore on Sun-
day morning, and attended Divine service at St.
Peter's Church. Their sailor-like appearance, as
they proceeded from the chain pier to the church,
three by three, was a novelty here, and created much
interest. Some of them came ashore on Tuesday,
and we regret to add that one boy, of saving habits,
had the misfortune to drop about 21. into the sea, the
money running through a hole in his pocket.
Brighton Gazette.
Meander, Commodore Talbot, will be paid advance
at Spithead, this day, and will sail about Saturday,
Wyvill,
to relieye the Castor, 36, Commodore in the
command at the Cape.
Simoom, iron screw troop-ship, Captain King.
combe, sailed from Portsmouth at four o'clock, for
Pembroke. She was very deep, and had the Lively
in tow also, loaded with stores.
MALTA, SEPT. 2.—Official
.information having
reached the island of
.the promotion of Rear-Admiral
Harvey to the Red, his white flag was hauled down
on Tuesday last, and the red hoisted in the Ceylon,
under the customary salute.
Since my. last the steam fleet has been strengthened
by the arrival of the Fgry and Firebrand steamers.

On board the former was Mr. Stafford,.
arrival, has been most Assiduous in his duties, and
.Gt,
who,. sinced has
the various departments. He will,
expressed much satisfaction at the
itoirsdsearidefstomigoeind
is he of the " new lite"—accompany
,
the Admiral
Smyrna, only shifting his quarters, from.
viar to
a sailing-vessel, and, as it is thouga,,
ng
the, pre-
to
ference to the Phaeton.
The Terrible steam- frigate, has received, very un-
expectedly, her orders to proceed to England, and is
quite ready, waiting only the arrival of the fleet. Si
e
will be relieved here by the Sampson, a frigate not
much more than half her power.
The Admiral has been expected here daily for the
last week, but has not yet been telegraphed. He is
known to have had easterly winds, and when last
heard of, was to the west of Cape de Gatt. The In-
defatigable frigate, having run by the fleet without
seeing anything of them, hove to off the island on
Saturday last, and, without coming in, went about in
search.
The Growler has been dispatched to Tripoli, with
instructions to Colonel Herman, the British Consul
there, and has returned.
The various packets due have all arrived, and con-
tinued their route to their destined ports.
.Captain Bridge (Buffs), and Lieutenant Ambrose
(Buffs), have returned from leave of absence, and
Major Paterson, who exchanged with Major Cameron,
has joined.
Several officers of the garrison leave to-day for
Messina, whence they will proceed to Catania, in the
hope of being in time to witness the magnificent
spectacle of the continued eruption of Mount Etna.
PORTSMOUTH., TIIURSDAY. Tyne, store-ship,
Master-Commander P. Wellington, arrived at Spit-
head from Deptford on Tuesday, with stores on board
for Ascension, St. Helena, and Rio. She proceeds in
a few days.
DEYONPORT, SEPT. B.—Valorous, reserve steam-
sloop, was taken out round the Eddystone on Wed-
nesday to exercise her engines.
The Inflexible, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Wal-
ridge, left Spithead this afternoon for Pembroke, to
assist in convoying the -Windsor Castle, 140, to this
port after launching.
The Avon steam-tender, Master-Commander
Veitcb, arrived to-day from Plymouth with seamen,
&c., paid off from the Hound ; she left on her return
in;the evening.
The Fire Queen steam-yacht, Mr. Paul master in
charge, went to Spithead this afternoon with super-
numeraries to put on board the Meander for passage
to the Cape of Good Hope.
The Devonshirelndiaman sailed to-day for Madras.
SHEERNESS, THURSDAY.—Her Majesty's brig Bit-
tern, 12, Commander Vansittart, is setting up her
topmast rigging, is reported to be completed by the
dockyard artificers on the 26th inst., and to be ready
for sea the first week in October.
Her Majesty's paddle-wheel steam-vessel Wildfire,
tender to Waterloo, Mr. Brockman second-master
commanding, has been dispatched to Heligoland, and
on arriving there is to be placed at the disposal of the
Governor.
Her Majesty's cutter Hart, tender to Monarch, has
proceeded to Lowestoft for the purpose of procuring
boys for the Royal Navy.
Her Majesty's screw steam-troop-ship Megrera, 6,
Commander John Johnson, will be ready to embark
troops for the West Indies by the 20th. Her officers
and crew have shifted over from the Minotaur hulk.
Some officers from the Horse Guards are expected
here to-day for the purpose of surveying her accom-
modation for the conveyance of troops, with the view
of ascertaining how many she can conveniently em-
bark with a due regard to their personal comfort, ex-
clusive of her crew and stores. Orders have arrived
here for the dockyard officials to be in readiness to
receive those from the Horse Guards. It is satisfac-
tory to observed that the present Board of Admiralty
have thus determined that the vessel shall only em-
bark that number of troops for which she has ample
accommodation, and we therefore anticipate her
voyage to the West Indies will be unattended with
thoseinconveniences so severely felt by all on board
during her recent trip to the Cape of Good Hope.
Her Majesty's ship Hercules, 10, Commander
Benjamin Bayton (1841), fitting at Chatham for the
conveyance of emigrants to the colonies, will be ready
to come out of dock on the 30th inst.
The Isle of Sheppy has been the scene of the most
violent thunder storms that has occurred in that loca-
lity for the last 20 years. For several days prior to
Tuesday the air had been extremely sultry, the clouds
having every appearance of containing an unusual
quantity of electricity. At ten P.M. of that day the
storm commenced, becoming more intense throughout
the night, during which period the rain occasionally
poured down in torrents, accompanied by flashes of
lightning of the most vivid description and loud peals
of thunder. Shortly before seven o'clock of the fol-
lowing morning a tremendous peal of thunder burst
over Sheerness, shaking the houses to their very foun-
dation, to the great alarm and consternation of their
inhabitants. The electric fluid struck the vane on the
turret of the dockyard chapel, shivering to atoms the
ball on the spindle, descending into the grounds by
means of the conductor, without doing injury to the
sacred edifice. Fortunately the storm, although most
violent, has not, as we hear of, committed any serious
damage. The only casualty at present reported is the
sinking of a fishing-smack at the Nore, the crew of
which was saved.
.WooLwicu, SEPT. 9.--The Trident steam-vessel,
Lieutenant-Commander R. B. llarvey, left Wool-
wich on Tuesday afternoon for Greenhithe, and after
having taken her powder on board from Purfleet,
she had her compasses swung to-day by Captain
Johnson, and will leave Greenhithe to-morrow for
Portsmouth, where she is to paid in advance, and then
proceed to the Brazil station.
The Wasp steam-sloop, Commander Lord John
Hay, was taken into dock on the Trident being taken
out, and will be paid down to-morrow, and be ready
for sea in about a fortnight from this time.

THUNDER-STORM.
TO THE EDITOR OF TEE TIMES.
Sir,-I enclose an extract from the observations made
at Ilighfield-house on tho remarkable thunderstorm of
yesterday; there had been much lightning on the even-
!mg of the 4th, and a brief but heavy storm on the
afternoon of the sth. The morning of the 6th had
been dull, barometer descending gently, wind N.E. At
2h. 30m. roc thunder in N.N.W.; 3h. 16m. flashes of
lightning in W., followed by thunder in 45.; other
flashes followed, but most of them more distant. Calm
wind N.W. 3h. 30m. rain began, became heavy at 3h.
38w.; 4h. 25m. rain ceased, but the atmosphere growing
darker and darker; sh. 15m. gentle rain, no thunder; 6h.
15m. loud thunder, too dark to read newspaper type; 6h.
40w. rough breeze sprung up from N.W. (the storm mov-
ing in N. current), and very heavy rain commenced; 6h.
50m. flash, thunder in 25.; at 6b. 55m. 30s. and 6h. 56m.
30s. flashes, followed almost instantaneously by thunder
(the lightning was straw-coloured); no other flashes,
but the rain continued to fall in torrents; at ten o'clock
2,040 inches were taken from the pluviometer-a larger
quantity than had ever been taken in the same space of
time. The rain continued during the night. At nine
o'clock this morning 0.361 inches had fallen, making
2.401 inches in less than a day.
The storm moved very slowly in a northern current,
the heaviest portion being slightly west of us. Probably
but few accidents have occurred, as the lightning was
mostly from cloud to cloud. The darkness continued all
the evening. Maximum temperature bad been 72.2 deg.,
and minimum temperature 57.2 deg. Barometer nearly
stationary between 29.97 and 29.94 inches.-I am, Sir,
your obedient servant, E. J. LowE.
Observatory, Highfield-house, Sept. 7.