The Sun.
London, England, 1852-07-27 00:00:00

14: V i‘: L. (35 UL II '27, 52,

TUES.DA

MISEPRESENTATION'S REGARDING TvIES-
- I4ERISNI -CORRECTED.

• TO THE.E.DITOR Of THE SUN.
SIR,—As medical mesmerists are not allowed to be
_heard in, the medical journals, sad are attack on the
mouth with the editorial &oe whnszver they attempt to
vindicate their honour and understandings bY making
known to the 'Medic i-4 profossiouand the public the facts
that have convinced them, and tAeir reasons for tho faith
thatis in them, it is only-th,rOugs the free unprofesaional
press that medical men, who hire practically studied thee subject of meinserism,
can hope to obtain that hearing
which is not refused to the vorst of criminals :before
conviction.

Having obtained for myseri from the daily press ol
India, the " fair field and no favour .
," which
a,shed,.when the attompt, was made to put me down also
by professional journalism, Inannot for a motnetit.sl9
pose that English.layeditors are less _lovers of justice
and fair play than their 'Mira brethren, and Will not
gladly-give
publicity to the following vindication ° a
greatly-traduced and- -deeply-injured gentlemsn,t ' Dr.
,
I beg to bo permitted to ex loin for the infornaation
of general readers, that the Olcys referred to ia the fol-
lowing correspondence were ;wo young, girls, sisters,
formerly mekimeric .patients of Dr. Elliotson, and
who,
fourteen yo Os age,.wereaaid to have been found out and
exposed as impostors by ms.
.Wbklt,y, editor of the
Lancet. It woulcihard.ty he worth any one's while to
disturb Mr. Wakley's -self-complacency, or attempt to
lessen iais• reputation fez, smartness among the doctors,
were it not for the- extraordinary logical edifice they
have reared, upon this 'eery narrow foundation, which
will, in, fact, be shown to be AO foundation at all. _ Tb°
conclusion come to 'by the doctors generally from this
great. cttse," ---tkci-t- the ,{keys having, been proved to
be imppstor§,.and Dr. 41liotsondeluded, if not
"particeps
criminis;" ergo, alt so-called mesmerised persons and
mismeri4erS, for the/assixty years, are in the same pre-
dicament—eifher ropes_ alfl
knaves and fools, u the judgment Patised upon 'nes'
rVties di! or a cross between
rderiim by the medical profession the human understand-
kbg- cgiesrs to have ban actually inverted by
pride,
passion, and prejddice
t• and 'Charity, probability, and
the laws of evidence, have Bien all equally lost sight of.
rsliduld think-that most reasonable men, both in and
out of the profession, would feel disposed to ansPeE'd
their Sudgments • at least, after reading
the following
letter'frona Dr. Ettietson; if
they do not go the length
of preferring the testimony a men of his intellect and
expet/ence to that• of athnety, presumptuous person, dis-
qualified by nature for 'the delicate philosophic investi-
gation
he has recklessly thrust himself into, and which
he affiets decidttlike a dictator.
-Is it too Much-to expect after this, that the racist
voted followers of Mr. wakley, as A niesmerie authority,
will lie content CO' accept a compromise, and permit 'the
great °key case" to be reckoned'a drawn battle, and
-that we may, for the future, •be allowed to prosecute
onr search after truth without being interrupted: Jay'the
everlasting Gheys ? I would • only hint, in. conclusion,
that IP vie Wish to study optics; it is not usual to select a
blind instructor, and that when we desire to becoraei ac-
quainted with foreign countries, their manners, and pro-
ductions, we do not apply • for information to persons
-who-have 'never been out of .the sound of Bow Belts in
their lives.
And yet, in the case of mesmerism,. men %she know
nothing of the suWet either from reading or experi-
ment, and, who refuse to see the thirty even, are consi-
dered mesmeric authorities,jn prderence to those who
have read, thought, observed,. and acted for themselves
with a sincere desire to know the truth, whatever` it may
be.-4 arn,"Sir, your obedient•servant,.
Peyth. • - JAMES ESDAILE,

Mydearnr, Eiliotso,—l.beg to direct your attention
to a circumstance that has lately occurred here, in the
hope that you will enable me to. contradict authorita-
tively what I believe to be. calumnies regarding your
former patients, the Okeys.
Ititonversation the-other day with one of the medical
-officers of .the Perth Infirmary, ho confidently asserted
that• Mr. Wakley had not only detected the imposture of
the Okeye, but that they had confessed it themselves.
I said, in reply,- that I knew many of the stories told
abotit them were lies; such • as, that you even hod con-
fessed having been imposed upon, and that one of the
()keys had made a dying confession of her imposture In
proof of my correctness, I sent the Doctor Lila Z...ist of
a very recent date, in • which you Cited the case of the
Okeys as beautiful and genuine examples of mesmeric
sensibility, and spoke of boar the sisters as being alive
and well. . • •

In return, I begged to be favoured with a sight of the
cony?ssion of imposture; which the gentleman said he had
seed; and wonld--show me. ' He has looked over the
Lancet (his only authority) without being able to find it;
and,' in consequence ,1 have offered to obtain the truth
from you direct, for his satisfection. As this story
igi
very current, and popular among the grossly misled doc-
tors, I hope you will condescend to give it its quietus, as
I hate no doubt you can do.—Yours, very truly,
Perth, Ist July, 1852. JAsxEs E3DAILE.

lily dear Dt:' Esdaile,—lt is altogether untrue that
the Okeys confessed to anybody that they had r rao-
tised impesition—it is altogether untrue that I ever
con-
fessed that they had imposed upon me_it is altogether
untrue that any of the phenomena which they presented
were impostures. They did not exhibit a single P heno •
menon that has not occurred again and agai in other
patients without number.
Endless experiments of the most beautiful and satis-
factory kind were shown to Wakley; and at the time I
defied him, and, repeatedly since, I have defied him. to
diiprove their conclusiveness. He pretended to have re-
peated a few—very few
brit he gav© Me no ' of them—without my results;
proof, for they were pretended to
have been done in my absence. I bad made all my ex-
periments repeatedly, end with the greatest care; arid
rt!Or his tales had been published,
riments for many mnriths 'Wide' all poisible care and pro-
f repeated the expe;-
caution,invariablv found an -my obsnrvstioas veri7
fied. The whole aft4l; with him wail one of peeuniarY
calculation. He told rao that he will
inundated nth
letters from dilators who' took in the Lancet; end that
th
nineteen out of twenty were against, mesmerism. ' Nine-
teen purchasers of Lancetslati-v
and nineteen, therefore, this - more money thin ono;
uninpr wan tried to
please. The two Oke3 S. pectably,
and mothers... :are now married ros
The falsehoods told of the sisters are now tó st 2:!,
that
cplewatonindg,
wonder: any
-"hoods are fabricated withoat
.P.nreptlT should make himself ridienlotis
any reserve of mesmerism and mesruorfsts. ManY, have
asserted in public ape,ches
and in writir);;,: that
.-1- „VI:
COMppiied to-resin .ray professorship.
and, disgust IA
lege; 'whereas I vacated it i
the middle of the 'session,
.
council, senate, profes4ors;anand'eduslittiltteirieeP:tstillltivnh
may and confusion. It Was asserted that I "1" csverd
c'l
utter body'
oddi ys:d!
with confusion, and had. ,2,0 ff t the continent; an
this falsehood
.I' traced to M--rb.eLoisto-n. ' il. ;;; -
of
Mesmerism is al/ true, my dear Doctor; "`- one d
the grandest truths i_n nil use ths-
-grand in physiology and.
'psychology, and of the very
highest importance 41, both tha medical and shurgniteoal
.
man hl3 yet observe
treatment of disease. The gross ignorance, of ,ti eeno as
dical profession in regard to it is digracelo t 0;,,:. ,s6z
v-ea 'of science, ns...men of art, and As men P—,cedili•
Christrianity. They all must yield, and that
and the next generatiOn '
will hear wits sorrow Padsp'shame
the unworthiness Of the present. • ce-ely,
I July 3.,r
1852. •.1 emain, my dear Doetoi• ours N sic
y jori ELLIOTSDN.

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--------C—LLISION.
SERIOUS ItAILIVAY —°
• • Yesterday morning the inhabitants
h a report that a
of Liverpool and
the vicinity were .greatly alarmed -7 . eee an excu-
fatal railway collision had occurred bet
luggage train
sion train from Hull to Liverpool, andkahire Company.
belonging to the Lancashire and Y°l ilea with the en-
The arrival of the superintendent
gineer and fireman of the luggage trail,
of PP in custody, for
and the moat
a time served to add to the exciteineuero immediately
exaggerated reports of the disaster
the
following par-
'spread - throughout the town; but tho officials be-
'ticulars, gathered 'by our reporter froma
as authentic:—
longing to the line, may be relied ufnuing
At half-past nine yesterday rrio'-; the passenger
previously, was
train which left Manchester two hou ;
the Lancashire
stopping at the Bootle-lane station
miles from Liverpool,
:and Yorkshire Railway, shoat two i'll;ctd an alarm was
and while the tickets were being u°,,o-aohing, at a rapid
raised that another train was P'
"seized the passengers,
rate, on the same'rails. A P
- stli% were rushing oat of
who jumped from their' scats, top, train, which proved
the carriages, when the apPlrea,e",„l an into the passenger
to be a luggage ttain from Co'n'' out several
train with tremendous lade
nce;ether, and causin in-
persons from the carriages throwing
ult°t'sione among all 'who
numerable bruises and oml"°
remained. . woengines to the luggage-
It appears that there were td
the other behind; the
train--one'at the head, an
"danger signals" the driver of the Front
to stop the train in -time,
engine says that he endeavouredwere ail 11P,a.ud
..
and would have succeeded, had it not been for the cagine
'ht the tail. '
immediately forwarded to the .effiee
Information was .
street, whence every azvail-
oh the company in Tithebsrn
dispatched, and the pas-
able assistance was promptly the severest injuries more
sengers who had sustriir_osp
ta,
and the others taken
i 1 '
convoyed to the Northern il
to their own homes. h and Inspector Penny, ef the
Superintendent Clon the spot to make inquiries,.
to
Liverpool police, repairedthe drivers. of both eue;ines,
and the result was that
john,
Jackson were -taken, into
Reboil Whitehead and-
seasione:heuse, where, they
custody and conveyed taolothoe
before Mr. Mansfiell, the
underwent an ux3min on'' the charge of gross negoirect of
stipendiary magissrate,
B,anding.
tram while the egangef
duty in running into a estigation, Mr. Mans-
signals were up.appeared to have arisen
held decided that
the
'illations of the cempany; and
-from the •-defeotive 1
'After
ai el indnege ti n v
;,,,,Viers, with an underrtanding that
'discharged the-Pr-, ~Jr,„ if rented.
they were to come uP
t ruigously injured were some feraalez
e ' Aniong- the moth Bemanchester in the mornirg
who' bad started- from to Olio
their relatives, who left yesterday
a farewell leave of
nt , ,_.
in an Australian eatigya snip

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L d 1,
TIIE RAILWAY DIVIDE:NW— on . on and , icr :rori--
Western—lt is now said that this company will not pay '
more than 51/2 Per cent. in the place of G, RS ~'up posed, and
0001. out of the reserve. great Northern •
must take then 45,
—The skilful in dividends say that this company will not pay
more than 3s. 9d. per share, which will be at the rate of t I/2
per cent.. per aznatn. Blackw‘a(llE—'
he
diVidend a this
on the ,Sto9•_. 4xchange
company is dealt in
—Two shillings bas be at 23.0. to
e.n: id for the
2s. 9d. Caledonian
forthcoming dividend. Dover-75. 61 to Bs. is about what
this comoMy si ex
- pected to pay. Great Western--Various'
`rumours are current as to the dividend this company will
pay ; 4 toil;, is talked of by some, —2A.,,,,,i):wt.
MADARIg CIIAItTON.—Tnis charming artiste makes
• her null appearance thin evening at her Majesty's Theatre. • ,
i .

WHAT MANY. PEOPLE DO, BUT NO-
BODY OWNS TO.
• , .BT ELIZA CQ5‘,lll• '- - -
Solna -one has
written,.."
Ingratitude is a -crime so
shameful, that the man was never yet found who would
coufessiiinaself guilty of it." Very true, doubtless, and
w _
e could cite many instnrces in our own limited expe-
rience, as
whieh the certainly,every
one .else /night, in evidence of the as-
section....
Burthere is another crime of less. moral im-
portancebut equally general commission, of
confess to the sin of snoring? If you have,
same might hays beep, said with equal truth.
Gentle. reader: fess did .you .ever kuow 'the upright being
iviui would
you have encountered such a rare orgeinizatiou of can-
dourlied self-hucoiliation, that we should recommend it
eto6hbeshinGsfethianatzl takenH up by Barnum; the Great Ameri-
fe you.a venerable uncle, who after
his bottle, takes a
andnievt! °r.l4
11°41
Have yeti a dear old
snooze wherein wherein his elysian dreams
eihibiteeoweeful
l
lights,' affording ther evho
h. hestseiceher aten-ehair, " between the
'
gr
outward sign of
,life but in very un-
certain guttural
Have you an eldevrl
gs,
allows. yhisriend who, wearied with bills and
ers•-of the olfactory department?
barterio
chin to repose supinely on his
satin stock, until he is.,
daredmehts toth e insinuatepl h tonv thesea rctlwr Or: t' b i e e
notes of "sleeping. haroused_ by his own esemihreve
in their waking mo-
And have you ever
4'osde:ter:hour, that they
nee;latdif you haves praY have you
have bean Perneottrlanei
resolute and iudignant denial of
tnhoet
time viiehrtieadblgyhtil
t? d. at i
that not ono of us ever willthot3terrgtoe stso3reinhgu.logicsailt efahcatt,
underthe tie ara so acutely aware
Peas-sc'etn-emnit faaschtioanndordeled°?°
We must admit that beautyis,not in the ascendant when
vshichia ever assamed e
open mouth and droppie
they de justice to liDiv
features, frequently disfla.„.
our incisors, 'Whether
chin form cur most ostensible
lancinimicgltifrice, or not. Fasci-
nation is out of the question
of while we are observed un-
der thexidieulous inanity
altli ntreance that attends
poppyejoice inebriation;, and
Adonis axe utterlyt annihilated by
loves and' graces
(tc:iclitlrryeon:csuapnadtionof
Hsppy are those ewhozro
se.."l:ung. pigs to market."
t stititted that they can
sleep with closed •lips and silent
nostrils;t who can pre-
se.rve the curved line of Grecian Ch
Eoman•rioce I under. due.. subjection:e.Villu'hga' tanadnkueenpuitehae-
accs apartments:
eared -number of•enethesmas they escape from .nervous
jests they are spared: what degradiu ewhat impertieent
s, personalities they
free from.
dwellers in contig
Nay, we even doubt, whether ' ..Y
Homer,
who wee givein to!: nod," Over claimed the a
of veneration and. esteem..fretßitleopo who eaußmht e degree
the feet as he gained from those who only srecognisedilinlin
bis ,:sonri," unaccompanied by -the shadow Of hi
iesnote.' run queelioniky therh is -something very un-
dignified in the state o snorisig, and personal conceit
would.ke reduced considerably in many, if we could see
ourselves in it: it Wlte lilt the other day' that we heard
a fast:voting gentleman, of four
.years date, say to his
paternal directoOsho li tid just started into life under
the alarutn of his own strong trutopet-note—" La, Pa!
how cleeadfully ugly prided
look when - you make that
ndise..,,! arid as ..ra" prided himself on his " artistic"
style of face,—and this filial speech was uttered before
.threa ladies—it ienot tet be wondered at that the delin-
ordered. uP6tAirs icaancibtely. We Ourselves
a:pent-was
within the last week made a most well-intentioned re-
'mark.to a respected friend, touching the loudness of his
afteredinner snoring; when, amiable) as he generally is,
he jumped at once into a testy, snappish mood, and not
only flatly denied haviug indulged in a forty-pig-power
.
of snoring just then, but asserted vi ith mendacious per-
' finality that he had "never snored in his life." - Mer-
. .I.a..,evreele—wben wohaveeheerd him spree of times
let re enrich party wall, and wished him in any
through a ton
neigbhourhbod but our. own.. We might have accused
' him of breskieg the whole af. the Ten Commandments,
and he would have stood the arreigunaeut with magna-
nimity, but he could not bear.the imputation of " snor-
ing." • We have a young Lady i-._
acquaintance who actu-
ally quarrelled with u, through our ingenuous veracity
on the same subject. yet
us, however, plead guilty to
having Made the" 50r t,
youth, who tospeachment" in the presence of
her " iutended," —an elegant patronized, no-
thing more nobly than ohicken, .burgundy, and white
-
kid gloves,—but 'then we had. been goaded into it by the
sleepless nights she had F
inflicted Oh US, despite all our
entrusting eeaculations• of "Pray, Emma,
don't snore
so ;"..and sundryibrciblo expostulations in the shape of
Pushing and shaking. We -have heard. Sint® that the
match has‘been•breken:off, and we earnestly trust that
our bbfortunate•exposition had nothing to do with the
rupture. •
Somehow, walleye always entertained .a most unre-
lenting antipathy to the sound of "snoring," .and wage
war with every modulation of it-.from the-full and
brazen trampetetchial .to the incipient asthmatic mar-
marine,. There is something so totally unmusieel, so
essentially unromantic. in the thing, We can
put
up
with "the loud laugh that speaks the lomat mind," and
heroleally.endure a baby labouring under a pin care-
lessly applied, butyins acknowledge that snoring trios us
severely. Wo can tolerate, a squint, and even admire
some people.) one-sided views; we can forgive an un-
symmetrical mouth, and frequently get up a positive 1
allot:don for a snub none; hue the handsomest man of
our acquaintance has ruined himself for ever in our.'
esteem, by permitting us to see him when snoring. . Oh,
thatutteridiotic stupidity! that total extinction of life's
beacon-light which marked his countenance! Never
shall we forget it!--rind with Punch in his hand, too.
Only fancy a man being otherwise than " wide-a-wake".
over Punch 1 Surely we ought to be ashamed of
having such en acquaintance, you will say! Well,
we , perhaps areat least, w© can say this
on- - seeing hies. twenty yards off on Ludgate-hill the
other day, the remembrance of his snoring features
arose before us with spectre-like power; we suddenly
devoted our mind and body to the first
shop wiudow,
alo
end-were absorbed for se minutes
In the interest of
h
we do not recollect what, but we have a faint private
belief
we that ware
engt
..,,staring at "Real Savannahs,"" Genuine
r: eat, • • and • highly-coloured snuff. boxes,
which Mrs. Ellis wouldnot permit the meat venerable
" woman of
,rhere
is England'' to take a pinch out of.
neequeste ' reo that snoring is spiritually tabooed
by all reepectably-minded people; and if you wish par-
Monist*o wound she feelings t '
i e
uditutus' just
is or .pride of any refined
impugn their poetical
physique by the
irrelination
th t
st
should doubt tie t they
iT "snore." If our kind readers
validity or point of these desultory re-
marks, let there Istituto a casual inquiry on- the subject
among their intimate
i friends: and it. they elicit the con-
feildon of Snoring
or 'she rbust be tredorie more .than one in fifty--and ho
teelon----whys we
be,inost. lax mental and moral eonsti-
But a sunib!,3 thonichrldoe for. our flippant injustice,
just struck us—thst by the
itclu'gence of our innocentas
May be tempted to goose-quill, some weary nose
miy be legally indicted betrayu‘`its . own weakeess, land we
this we 3accessory before the fact;"
won.. religiously avoid, for
assure our readers that
confidentially
,we would much rather have
our non'sinso " sive sd
aiiie.—Eliza- C ;z ' at ' than "Snored over" .at any
ooka Journal. •

MAJOR BERESFORD and the MORNING

CHRONICLE.
Major Beresfortliat a dinner given at Braintree yes-
terday to Sir John-Tyrrell and himself, made the follow-
ing assertion:—

The Morning Chronicle is continually attacking me,
though `I have the pleasure occasionally of sitting on the
same sofa in the same club with the editor of that paper.
Stich is the state of society, where we are subjected to
the intrusion of those who make use of all our intimate
associations, who come to the same club as ourselves,
and who write letters and lending articles impugning our
conduct and blackening our characters at the very same
table at which we ourselves are 'engaged in our honest
aTectitions."'" • •
The only' observation which we think it necessary
to make on this statement is, that there is IV ono
word of truth in 'it from beginning to end. Nsither
the editor of this journal, nor any person who
is in any way responsible for what appears in its
columns, is a member of any club whatever; and no one
of the writers of the articles to which we suppose Major
Berosford to allude is a member of any club where any
portion of the secret election business of the Protec-
tionist party can possibly be conducted. We treat with
contempt the base insinuation conveyed by Major Beres-
ford's words, that • any 'gentleman connected with this
journal lis capable .of betraying social confidence; and
such charges are rarely made except by men who are
tco familiar with- the idea of the detestable practices
which, they so lightly impute. Let us add that, if there
is no more truth in his denial of having any connexion
with bribery at Derby than there is in ' the assertions
which he has hazarded respecting ourselves, we will ven-
ture to assure him'that his chances of impunity before
a Committee of the House of Commons are not quite so
clear as he would lead the Essex electors to believe.--
Chronicle.

MELANCHOLY DEATH.-0a Saturday .Mr. G. S.
•
Brent empanelled, at the Sussex Arms, Sussex-place, Cam-
den-town, a highly respectable jury, to inquire into ' the
death of Mr. Henry Locke, aged 48, late proprietor of that
-establishment. Margaret Lyons, the cook, stated that on
Thursday morning, perceiving her master look rather unwell
as he was going to the cellar, she asked permission to accorn-
Pany him, when he replied there wee no necessity, as he
would not be long there. 'About ten minutes afteiwards de-
ceased's daughter went to the cellar to bring her father to
breakfast. Witness directly afterwards heard Miss Locke
'scream, and exclaim, "'My father is down !" whereupon
witness hurried to the cellar, and found her master lying on
his side near ono .of the. puncheons. Mr. James Woolley,
- surgeon, was called. in to attend deceased, whom he attempted
to bleed, but the vital spark had fled before his (Mr. Wool- .
ley's) arrival, so that all efforis to restore animation Avers,
unavailing. In his opinion the carbonic acid gas generated
in the cellar, acting upon deceased's naturally delicate state,.
caused death. Verdict--" Natural death."
M.ltO§§UTH IN ENGLAND,— Among the passengers
by the British and North American mail steam-ship Africa', :
arrived at Liverpool yesterday morning, were the ex-Govbeoranror.
of Hungary and his lady. Before taking a pasS2ge on • -/!!
the Africa, M. Kossuth bad signified his intention of sa_eliior
-). ke •
in the Washington, which was advertised to leave
however,! e
Nw
three days after the steamer.: Instead of doing sde,
he secured berths in the Africa for hitnself:an Madame
Kessuth, under the name of A. Smith and lady-
oil' his incognito before the occurred during -
1 thing of interest connected with Liao Meal!
siderrably careworn.
the voyage. Oh landihg he looked 12,_
rl Blethen and Colonel t
He tvai accompanied-by Count Coloinn
assumed names, a etep
passage had, beenleee rapltted. No-
lhaz, who also secured passages rder that they might have a
takm, in all probability, in. Yr leic Liverpool by the nine
quiet embarkation. ' The 'parry
io. I. verpool Albion.
o'clock train the•seme Dior",
T. usciztEBYEß•—Sorne idea
VALUE or • 11,AND :Tp-,4ress and prosperity of Wine
may be formed of the rapu
the
enfranchisement price of a ;
1 chester from the fact• that
be suburbs of the city, adapted for building '
1 picab of laud in t
has
just beEp taxed- by the owners of the'
property foe twenty-one
private houses on,,
etc( hundrod pounds per acre ; thelenant
holding, too, an.fealich term i 3 unexpired• L • and for agri".;*
large portion - W to the tit '
1 fee simple salsa% -ofllkii
contiguous e
years, 4'
y is equally high, as
'
1 cultural purposes
le fabre for meadow and 41 f -
m arable land being
. much as . Paid:
L -- jii-apshire Adveiliser.
this tiele Pi
'fat
• '

NAVAL IN TELLIGEN C

PORTSMOUTH, MONDAY.—The Ad miral Superintendent
H. Prescott, C.i3., with Mr. Rice, Mr. Crodoch, Ceea.
mender Warsefeld, and the 'foremen afloat, commenced
their annual survey' Of the •thips••in ordinary on Satur-
day,. The Admiral mustered the officers of the ordi-
nary thii7(Mondsy) ttiornieg, and will conolude the enr-
vey of the ships this evening. .
The Sioloom iron troop steam-ship, Captain King-
eonee, was docked cii'Satuaday, and although it is now
eight months since 'She whi payed over with Mr. Hay's
composition, she was perfeetty free from weeds -and
grass, htiTing neereVa lurid green slime, which washed
off with a scoop as till; water leffher, shearipg the com-
peditionfirm and hard, and perfectly free from rnsteex-
opt were the chain 'cable' bad robbed eff the compel-
, tiou about the ,bows, and where the stages had ;rubbed
along the light wadi...line...a Meny naval officers, went
under her bottom, and were astonished at the good state
it was ilk ‘•
The Sprightly stiamea; Master-Commander. Alien,
went down to Hurst Castle this morning' with several
engincer,effieere. • •• •
The 'Retribution steam-fligatea-having coaled, went to
Spithead this morning. • erhe greatest
--expedition has
been used in C.Onlivg, Fairy all the royal squadron. The Vie-
toria and Albert, wad
will g;, to Osborne to-paur-
_row motating; and it, is repealed _that the Court will
probablyproceed oa a water exitarsion on Wednesday
next, aisitiag Saeornesr, tlina Channel' Islands, and Os-
tend. mae Fire, Queen atsatuer ,wele, tried on Saturday
and made a speed of 13 knOts 5 fna. elongahe measured
mile in Stokes-bay.
DEvoNPORT, JULY 25.eeSpartan, 26, Ceptain Sir W.
Haste, was mustered, inspeteed, nue exercised by Sir J.
A. Ommanney, the commander•ia-chief; yesterday, when
the gallant Admiral paid some eery high compliments-
to:the officers., thet only a month bus passed
since the ship was commissioned, it is ustoniehing to
what order and efficiency she-has attained. She will be
paid aeleence ;o-mOrtow by CoMMOdere Saythour, and
it is reported that Wfie will sail on Tuesday or Wednes-
HNgsS, Alov DAY.4-rier
daY
next.
'ISEmi • Majesty's steam-tug
vessel African, Second-Master Cill,•left port Yesterday,
at, 2 P.M.
•Majesty's dap keandii, toniziOdere Talbot,
fitting at Chatham for service at the Cape of Good Hope,
is- PrngressiLg rapidly in her equipment. A party of
riggere,from the dockyard amemaloyed on her. She
does no* get able soaamen..as quickly.. as was expected.
Several of the young shipwrights of the yard have en-
tered on board as part of-the ceepenter's crew.
-ller 'Majesty's ea.ip Welleeley, .72, is undergoing a
thorough repair, and will be ;lacier the hands of the ar-
tifi cerseat Cl:Lashs/a-for several months. ••
-
'An agenteit airemigwent hda been inspecting
filer Majesty's ship illlartmouQtcitetY
frigatesst Chatham, with. the vieWaonfpsuae.mohaastrthottmld
for the purposes of emigration, if found suitable tor each
service:. The African Screw-packet Company have also
sent a competent person to ex •
their aptitude for tieing.. .fitted examine
thesevesselsscrew-propeller.' as to
Captain Warden, legN , * with a
otpted to the Fisgarcl,- is
ordered• to be placed uosidoefta•Pelleammediate direction of
Sir B. Walker, Survey the Navy, and is to inspect
the stowage 'armament,aand
getting ready for ate. Captairg:i rdfietlitinigssaalsfoatlei ahhaivP:
the supervision of the vessels, contracting for the con-
veyance of mails.—
-- The-Second seetee of experiments on ancd hours, which
w commenced
.ou Friday,esad
.were centinuedsreing Sa-
turday, are Suspended far a few days, in con
of the-presence of those gentlemen representinqrnthcee
shipowners of Great Britain being required in Landon
during•the early•tart of.the present week. The trials
Will be resumed on Friday,next, at nine A M., and pro-
bably not be'conoladed until the Monday following.
Her Majesty's steatn•aloop Barracouts, daring her
cruise-in the Channel. with. the royal sqgairon, has
proved herself to possess greater speed than the Samp-
son, Odin, Magicienae, and Retribution. The following
are the particulars of the trip from Cowes to Dart-
mouth; an&from.Plymouth to the Needles, which will
be read with interest by our nautical friends:—
Shortly after Ale embarkation of her Majesty, off
Osborne, at 9 30 A.M. of the 19th inst., the steamers in
attendance an the royal yachts were ordered by signal
to rendezvous at Dartmouth, and to make the best of
their way to that .pors. They forthwith proceeded at
full speed in the following orcler:--

Vivid.
Elfin. • Victoria and Albert. Fairy.
ilkek Eagle. Odin.
Magicienne. Sampson:
Barracouta. • Retribution.

The Bariaceuta very soon passed the Retribution. In
about 20 minutes afterwards she was ahead of, the Odin,
in another 20 minutes bho was in advance of theSarepson,
and iii half an hour more she passed the Magicienne.
The Sampson was now evidently regaining her lost
ground, and in 10 minutes wee abreast of the Be.rraeoute,
retaining her position for about 20 minutes, when she
gradually dropped astern. .0e the Barraceutes arrival
at Dartmouth the Sampson was 14 miles astern, Magi-
(denim 4 miles,. Odin about 6 miles, and Retribution
nearly 7 miles. On the arrival of the Royal yacht, &e.,
they..proceedecktp Torbay, where they remained for the
night, and left the falowieig morning for Plymouth
Send. With the exception of the Retribution, the
Barracouta has less liorso-power in proportion to her
tonnage than any of the other steamers alluded to, viz.,
the.Magicienee, Sampson, and Odin, as the following
statement will show :
Magicieene, 1,255 tone, 400 horse-power; proportion of
tons to one-horse ppwer, 3.14.
Sampson, 1,297 tons, 467 horse-power; proportion of
tons to one• horse power, 2,80.
Barracouta, 1,048 torte, 300 horse-power; proportion of
tons to one-horse power, 3.49.
Retribution, 1,641 tour, 400 horse-power; proportion of
tons to one-horse paver, 4.10.
Odin, 1,310 tons, 560 horse-power; proportion of tons
to one-horse.powert.2.34.
Early on the morning of the 22d inst. the squadron.
assembled outside the.Souq, about a cable's length from
each other, elagicienne being ahead, Barracouta and
Sampson'close together, Witt one ship's length, and
Retribution two ships' lengths astern from this position.,
At 6.20 A ae, the signal being made to proceed for the
Isle. of Wight with all ciisl24,cb, they started' at fall.
seed with a light breeze on the quarter, and under all
ain sail. The speed of the Berraeouta was now 111-
knots, sad at.. 6.40 passed the Magicienne. The
Sampson, while the breeze lasteJ, was gradually coating
up..with •
the Aurracquta, b4t,as it failed she dropped
esteem. At noon it fell calm, and escaars furled
all.sail. Theßarraceeta'sapsed was now under eleven
knots, and she was in advanuo of the Ssulp 05..,r1a three and
a half miles, of lelagicienae,lo° miles, o: n six
half wile,'" and of RAttbaion half miles.
later ship. was so far
Shortly after one o.'eloek.the
astern of the Barracouta as to be t
out,of .sight, and at
tare® req. the saiolo ot the..odia was barely distirf-
guishaek. ',The aiitanea from the. point of start'.
ing outside PlTraenth Sound to the Needles is 108 miles;
to Yarmouth, Isle of Wittltl,ll2 miles. The Barracouta
arrived offYarmoutil
55. mieutes before the Sampson,
'
3
1 hour and 10 minutes bolore the Odin, 1 hour and IS
minutes before the BiseidOnine, and 2 hours and 5
nutes before- the Retribution. Here the Barracouta
stopped to allow the ether steamers to take up position
yachts to pass through; the
in two lines, for the Royal
ltetribution, however, V 725 too far astern to join them.
-The time occupied by the Barracouta in making the
passage to the Needles was 9 hours, showing an average
ofl2 miles an hour. - She had a tide running 2k knots 111
her favour for 7 hours,, and against her for 2 hours.
Making allowances for this, her actual speed through
thO waver was at the-rat 6 of I 1 miles an hour, the en-
gines working wall the whole time. The Sampson WI-
-r
questionably sails better than the Barracouta, and, had
tlse:wind not fallen.lighte would have been ahead of he.
APPOINTMENTS.

WOOLWICH, JULY 26.—Commander Henry E.
Win-
gr'ove (1846), to study steam at the factory at, Woolwich
dockyard.
Master George J. Gibbons (1846), at pre.ient serving
in the Coast Guard, to the imam, receiving ship at
Jamaica. •
Assistant-Surgeons—Joseph 4. Radcliffe Harvey,
M.D. (1845); at present • serving in the Terrible stesm-
frigate, on the alediterraneaa station, to Malts Hos-
pital; Samuel Denny, M.D. (1850), from the Queen,
116, at Devonport, to the Terrible, vice Harvey.
The Lightening steam-vessel, Master-Cammander
Allen, returned to Woolwich on Friday afternoon, after
attending on•the Lords of the Admiralty during their-
official visit last reek to Sheerness and Chatham.

COURT CIRCULAR.
Alt.
OSBORNE, SAT:Blihert,
Her Majesty, his Royal Highness Wales,cf and the
their Royal• Highnesses • the Prince of.
Princess Royal, attended by the the Hon. Colonel
borough, the Hon. Eleanor Stanley,
e__ to the parish
Countess of Gaius-
Grey, and -Col. -F. H. Sernourzawarolvg.
-Church at Whipplughamlet'tertile Rev. Mn Shedden.
d the communion
atomic
The prayers were read by t
The Rev. Mr. Protheroe performed
ierviOe and . verb
left St. Lsonard's
preached the sir
The 'Earl and Counters Goodwood, on a visit to the
; Yesterday bloraxg , Richmond.
Duke andPechesg 9', . lb Mr. aired, of Jamaica, and
Mr. Edward Thehrell:d ant interview with Sir John
'Mr. Willidm Smidta;,. et the Colonial-office.
Pakington yester
u n spencer Walpo'e, Secretary of fltate
The Rig ijeisttment, accompanied by Col. Jebb
for tie icuLm',.„l„o Percival, kft town last evenirg for
-and Mr' 'i,,,pect the Convict E't br h ' a
.it 15 ment and
Portland, to
Breakwater.
•
Mr. Wilson and Archdeacon W. Williams had an ia-
lerview
with Sir .John Pakington yesterday at the Co-
icnimpoffiee. Mr. Banister bad also an interview With
.the Bight-Hon. Baronet.
• Dispatches were sent off to the Governor of the Cape
of Good Hope yesterday from the Coknial-office.
. Dispatchts wore received yesterday from the G;;v:,r-
nor-Goneral of 'Canada, and also from the Lord High
Commissioner ot 'the lonian Islands.

• EOUTII-EASTERN RAILWAY.
Gross traffic receipts for passengers
and goods,. week ending July 24,
1852 ... ... £17,569 11 3
Ditto, July 26, 1851 ... ... 20,014 6 6

Decrease in 1852 x 2,444 15 a
London Terminus, July 26, 1852.

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THE FRENca letter from Toulon, Of.
the 20th, 'sdri Thu experimental squadron, ,compo,ed,
the shipeof the' line--;the Ville de Paris, Vainly, ..1-Pi,Leai
jams, Bayard, and llenri IV., 'and commanded by Anmd-0
La Susse, put eut to sea Ida evening. vY
warm thatit was. necessary to tow the vessels outrotio,
The weather
Gould. About eight o'clock the Mogador steamer is said
out the last yesiuls, the Ville de Paris awl Jupiter.
Witt the squadron, hi bound for Cerzica."

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