The Sun.
London, England, 1852-10-08 00:00:00

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%...;; to tne common
Orie screw peciptller is placed a litale
in advance of the other, so as to allow both
room to work, and yet so near the, when
both are in action, they coreeieute in fat::: one pro-
peller with double power. The two rudders are so
connected together, that they can be steered by one
person as easily as the single rudder on the old. prin.
eipl, while by a :slight alteration in the machinery,
One of the screws or one of the rudders can be tie-
shippit at pleasure, and the vessel worked with one
only. By this new principle the inventor calculates
on obtaining not only an increase of speed which may
obviously be expected frorn the double action of the
screws, but also on having a greater control over
the way of the vessel by the action of the &tibia rud-
der; and from experiments obtained from a working
model, it appeared that a vessel constructed on this
principle would tuen completely round in the space
of her own length and a halt; while the Thames
steam-boats usually require a circle the diameter of
which is between five and six times the vessel's
length, in which to turn completely round under si-
milar circumstances. The form of the vessel's stern
also gets rid of all dead water, which has usually
been a great impediment to the action of the screw;
and the breadth of the vessel and stern, which is ren-
dered necessary by the double keel, gives an oppor-
tunity for imparting increased strength to that part
of the ship where it is much wanted in a screw
steam-vessel, at the same time that being propped up,
as it were, on the two crutches of her double keel,
she will be less likely to roll in the water.
It should be stated that up to this time Captain
Carpenter has had no opportunity of testing the prin-
ciple of his invention except by the action of a work-
ing model. But an opportunity has now occurred
which will give him the means of showing the advan-
tages of his invention on a scale which will probably
be admitted as decisive. Captain Leyland has com-
missioned a tender for his yacht to be built and fitted
up on Captain Carpenter's principle, and the little
vessel is now in course of construction at Mr. Green's
building yard, at Orchard-house, Blackwall. At pre-
sent only the framework is laid dowr, so that all who are
curious in these matters have an admirable opportu-
nity of seeing the skeleton, as it were, of the vessel,
and of ascertaining for themselves not only the pecu-
liar shape of the vessel, but of the extraordinary
strength which is capable of being imparted to ships
built upon this principle, as well as the greater
amount of stowage that is obtained compared with
ships built on the ordinary principle. The vessel
in question is 45 feet long between the perpen-
dicular, with a counter of eight feet six inches.
The two keels are about 18 inches apart, and as
the timbers on each side are brought down to
these heels instead of meeting iu a point on the
middle keel, they are tied together by transverse pieces
of wood, which appear to give them a strength nearly
double of what is obtained in the ordinary way. The
screws are each 26 inches in diameter, and are to be
worked by two engines of six.horse power each. The
vessel is to be rigged as a schooner, for the screws
can be removed at pleasure, and the tender used en-
tirely as a sailing vessel. She is expected to be ready
for sea in about a fortnight, and when ready for sea
will doubtless excite much attention among gentlemen
interested in the principles of ship building and steam
navigation.— Chronicle.

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OUTRAGE ON MR. PAGET IN SA SONY
The seizure of Mr. John Paget's papers and books
by the police authorities of Dresden has been already
noticed by several of our contemporarit a; We believe
the following to be the correct version of the affair :
" On the 2d of September Mr. Peget's house was
entered by five policemen, who demanded the keys of
his writing table, &c., threatening to force them open
if refused. They proceeded to examine the house,
the late (u!ritneu,:.eloislnuogtfi
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and carried off every particle of writing they could
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four
1849, and a variety of oler papers, as well as 27
printed books.
" Mr. Paget immediately communicated the affair
to the Hon. Mr. Forbes, the British Minister to the
Court of Saxony, who took the matter up very
warmly, and at once banded in an official note to M.
de Beust, Minister for Foreign Affairs, demanding an
explanation of these arbitrary proceedings. M. de
Beust declared that he knew nothing of the business,
but would immediately inquire into it ; and the same
answer was returned by the Minister for the Home
Department. Mr. Forbes did not Fallow the matter to
rest ; but it was not till the 9th of `September that M.
de Beast informed him, unofficially, that Mr. Paget
was asserted to have had at least one interview
with M. Kossuth ; that he was suspected of having
been a channel of communication between him
and the malcontents in Hungary ; and that his
papers had been seized in consequence. As Mr. Paget
arrived in Dresden about the middle of August, 1851,
and M. Kossuth did not reach London till three
months later, and as the proof of this fact was in the
hands of the Dresden police itself, with whom Mr.
Paget's passport had been deposited, it was no difficult
matter to set aside this allegation.
" O wing to the continued absence of M. de Beust,
it was not till the 19th that Mr. Forbes received an
official answer to his note of the 2d, although he had
repeatedly demanded it. This answer contained the
avowal that the seizure of Mr. Paget's papers had
been made in consequence of a communication from a
foreign Government—of course the Austrian—in
which the following statements are made
Mr. Paget is described as having been an active
agent of M. Kossuth during the revolution in Hun-
gary, and as having been intrusted with the most im-
portant missions. It is stated that after the revolu-
tion Mr. Paget escaped into Turkey with General
Bem, and thence he repaired to London, where be
resided till the arrival of Kossuth, at which epoch he
established himself at Dresden. Further, that in his
correspondence with the emigration he signed toimselr
by a false name—John Paff, &c.
" In consequence of this information Mr- Paget
(continues the official note of M. de Beust) was sus-
pected of being, if not a member, at least an agent, of
the revolutionary committee; and the search was un-
dertaken in the hope of making discoveries; but that
nothing having been found, the pe-pers bad been re.
turned immediately. In spite of this assurance, the
papers were not returned on the 233, when, after a
conversation with Mr. Paget, Mr. Forbes officially
denied, and characterised all these statements as
fausses et controuvees ; and insisted on the immediate
restoration of Mr. Paget's property.
"On the 25th Mr. Paget was summoned to the
police, and the whole of his papers and books restored.
Fortunately, from among his pap,,:rs, Mr. Paget was
able to adduce proofs of the falsehood of every state-
ment on which the Saxon authorities bad founded
the justification of their seizure. His diary con-
tained evidence, in every page, how far he
was from admiring the policy or character of Ili.
Kossuth. His passport, and his permit to use arms,
proved that he had not escaped into Turkey with Dem
in August, but had remained in Transylvania till
November, when he travelled through Vienna to
England, with the full knowledge of the Austrian
authorities, while his passport from London to
Dresden was contradiction enough to the latter part
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that
correspondencel
Hun-
garian emigrants he had used no other name than his
own, as their letters in answer were preserved, and
were always addressed in that mono. With these
proofs in his bands, Mr. Paget felt himself entitled
to demand an acknowledgment on the part of the
Saxon Government of the injustice of the treatment
to which he had been subjected, cad un apology for
the error which had been committed.
" In the meantime, and before this demand had
been transmitted to Mr. Forbes, Mr- Paget received
a letter on the 270, in which Mr. Forbes informed
hint that he had seen M. de Beast, who requested him
to eenvey the expression of his regret at the delav
which had occurred in returning the papers, and also
at the inconvenience to which Mr. Paget had been
put, at the same time assuring Mr. Forbes that the
police had undertaken the search on their sole re-
sponsibility, and held been in consequence strongly
reprimanded by the Minister of the Horne Depart-
ment."
Such has been the termination of this affair, and we
understand that Mr. Paget expresses himself not only
obliged to Mr. Forbes for the prompt and energetic
manner in which he took up the matter, but is quite
convinced that it is to his active intervention he is in-
debted for tile restoration of his property.

Lord John Manners is staying at Cadlands, near
the New Forest, the seat of A. E. Drummond, Esq.
THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS.—On Sunday afternoon
the people of Egremont were a little surprised by the arrival
of a body of about two hundred of the Latter-day Saints,
chiefly women, many of whom were young, with a few of the
elders or prophets. Coming up to the vans belonging to Mr.
Chadderton, they took possession, as if for the ordinary pur-
pose of bathing. Whilst a portion of the females entered
the vans, and whilst they were undressing,' those left on the
shore commenced singing a hymn, and a considerable con-
course soon collected to witness their proceedings. lt was
shortly discovered that their object was baptism by immer •
sion, which was performed by the chief elder, attired in
trousers reaching up to his middle, dipping the fair enthu-
siasts, one atter the other in the tide, as they presented
otifi themselves, ctl es,
vans. in
Tittheecoorudgirneagraytibelnneoufltsaindneeslargjgo wdnu,riantg Thee doors
mony.—Live7pool Times.
QUAKERS AND TEE MILITIA.—By the 33d section
of the New Militia Act so much of the former Militia Act
as empowers the Deputy-Lieutenants to commit a Quaker to
the common gaol, if no goods or chattels belonging to such
Quaker could be found sufficient to levy a distress to defray
the expense of providingand hiring a substitute, is repealed.
ADVICE GRATIS.—Be content as long as your
mouth is lull and body covered— remember the poor— kiss
the pretty girls—don't rob your neighbour's hen-roost—
never pick an editor's pocket, nor entertain the idea that he
is going to stand treat—black ye ur own boots—sew on your
own buttons, and be sure to take a paper and " pay" for it.
American Paper.