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London, England, 1852-08-23 00:00:00

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engines.
The Prospero steam-verse tax-
t iur-P4P2133(2* 1.•
Rundle (acting), arrived at Woolivich onsday, from
Pembroke.
The Widgeon steam-vessel, recently employed by
Captain Bullock on the surveying service, having been.
fitted at Woolwich for service as a tug at Pembroke, she
will leave this port to-morrow morning, and proceed, in
charge of Ur. Randle, to commence her new duties at,
Pembroke.
The Wasp, Commander Lord Johd Hay, has been
taken into the basin to have a new foremast, the present
one having started, and one of her cylinders, which is
defective, made good.
The Resistance troop-ship, Master-Commander Manser
Bradshaw, was taken down the river from Deptford to
Woolwich on Friday afternoon, and to-day embarked
the baggage of Captain Fitagerald's company, sth. bat-
talion, Royal Artillery, under orders for Gibraltar, and
Captain Goodenough's company, 4th battalion, under
orders for Malta, with largo detachments of artillery to
fill op the two other companies at Malta, and others at
Gibraher. The companies and detachments will em-
bark on Monday morning, August 23, and leave Wool-
wich the same day for their destinations.
The Triton mail steam-packet, Licutenent-Commander
Lloyd, on the Mediterranean station, has made her first
tr'p with the mail, and returned to She 1: it
Aial,a on July 29, and cJied at the Islands ct Agr,stolie,
Ziute. and Palmas, and arrived at Corfu on August 1,
and left on the sth for Malta, where she arrived on the
Bth, and was under orders to leave again on the 12th
with the mail for lessndrial

..
The Modeste, 18, Commander Lord William Compton
were as active as jolly tars
was at Corfu, and on the 4th of August the first lieute-
nant and one of the mates, with nine men belonging to
,o,t the Modetne did /lot
this ves,:el, went on slac.re at Conti, and played a grand
erickL:t match wit7=i eleven officas of the 92d Highland
Rktgiment, stationed there. The officers of the 92d
n,giment, went in first, end obtained 56 runs. The first
lieutenant, the mate, and nine sailors of the Modesto
generally are, and obtained
147 runs at their first innings. The officers of the 92d
made 96 runs at their second innings, and as it was
getting dark when they wt-,..-e oat, the officers and ram
the officers of the
)d having given in, rAii„itte that the match was its
tavour of the navel .. -
p;:r.!es.
go in evil,

lL'Yw:::hseveral circumstances NEW AUSTRALIAN
giioNpaSLEA—Aill--PACKET
On Saturday a fine new irou.sarew-steamer, named
passengers in
o the
ue i East,agn 1
dalnn
,lend
goods,
aoadDas
d: Docks
the
theoAanolal thrownsCleopatra,htre intended
lti
openfiaennrsdcteod l:tnonti ov
ve
voyage.colonies,
theran inspectionbet of a party of the
friends of the owners and others, previous to starting
con-
spired fo render the event an interesting one. Steam
navigation between the mother country and her
rising antipodean offspring is now only in its earliest
infancy; but it bids Lair to undergo a rapid develop-
celerated by the wondrous gold discoveries in that
mbpl nraeesencs.e t.
deßna
permeated tuert de
docks of the port of London,
distant El Dorado. A walk round the capacious
seutxlttiesnwtthich will doubtless be greatly ac-
celerated
is be
ot*ml'
ships are now to be seen, under charter for Australia,
than any other evidence, the prodigious and un-
precedented human freights, will attest more forcibly per-
hapsdheatoily
from our shore almost exclusively g
by means of sailing
vessels, in which a tedious, the best,
of human amelioration, are n
ious, dreary, and, at
very some andb painful voyage, lasting more than
four months, has to
about enterprise,t twin agents
encountered by the emigrant
This evil, however,end
dly to remain long with-
out a remedy. Invention
protracted
pai-hassisce:ahrehge3 and
odadd to their con-
quest by abridging the largour
been
of this
to perform the Australian
at rates which already place the advantagesw of oar: ths,
conveyance within the reach of many classes of eamemi-
grants, and which, by the aid of competition, will goon
render those advantages accessible to the poorest, to
whom it is so desirable to see them extended. Among
the foremost in initiating this excellent movement are
the Messrs. M'Kean, M'Clarty, and Co., of Liver-
pool, the spirited owners of the Cleopatra—a private
firm, and not an incorporated joint-stock company,
with all the appliances and machinery of a board of
directors and a general body of proprietors. Their
noble vessel, the Cleopatra, which was originally de-
signed for the Liverpool and Brazil trade, was built
in the Clyde, by Alexander Denny and Brother, of
Dumbarton. Her engines were manufactured by
Tulloch and Denny, also of Dumbarton. Her bur-
den is 1,500 tons, and her engines are 300-horse
power. Her extreme length on spar-deck from
tafrail to main stem, is 225 ft. 4 in ; breadth of beam,
32 ft. 6 in.; and depth of hold, 27 ft. Her engines
are of a different construction from those of the
Great Britain, having the lever multiplying power,
while the Great Britain's are on the oscillating princi-
ple. She is ship-rigged (full frigate). She contains
accommodation for 130 first, 120 second, and 60
third cabin passengers, and everything is provided in
the vessel for the first two classes, who have only to
step on board with a portmanteau and they are per-
fectly equipped for the passage. The third class of
emigrants are only required to furnish their own
beds and bedding. The rates for each class
are :—First cabin, varying from 801. to 651.; second,
40/. ; and third, 251. The saloon is roomy, light,
and well-ventilated, and fitted up with much
elegance and taste, the panels being ornamented with
pictorial subjects from Sbakspere's dramas, brilliantly
alevthv
,ihen€o,erinfte
hoemmiwstnoiioidsgtumerreaaeotinniscoyonuswntnsaapctirribttryelei
wafted
executed on glass. The vessel is fitted with six
water-tight compartments ; and an artificial refrige-
rator, with the newest improvements, is being pro-
vided, capable of condensing one thousand gallons of
salt water per diem, and rendering it perfectly fresh.
There is also constructed below the water-line in the
fore peak a large safe encircled with ice and salt-
petre, calculated to preserve fresh meats for three
weeks or a month. In fact nothing has been wanting
in the entire arrangements of the ship to secure the
comfort and safety of the passengers. With re-
gard to her speed it is estimated that with any-
thing like a favourable breeze she will make be-
tween 12} and 13 knots an hour. In her run
from the Clyde on trial as far as the Spit Buoy,
a nof
Medi-
terranean screw-steamers,
off Margate Sand, she averaged 10 1.3 d knots
without sails, fair steaming. The total value of the
vessel is upwards of 40,000/. Her cargo of goods
amounts to 600 tons, and she
Livorno, carries 6OO tons
iss commandedofthe by Captain H. R. Cum-
Geneva
be
and carries an experienced
camno Cum-
ming, .
g i i
formerly Sheluo mouth
t ih
ou the 4th, her destination being Port
surgeon. She leaves London on the Ist of September,
Phillip and Sydney ; and is expected
passage in sixty days.
When the company had completed their inspection
of the vessel, which elicited universal admiration, they
sat down to an excellent luncheon in tne saloon, and
to make t
and after drinking a variety of appropriate toasts,
they retired, wishing bon voyage to the Cleopatra and
prosperity to enterprising owners.

reantetei.n taa_i_o 0 IRELAND.
Crawford is
Whig of this morning that
MI:a• no fewer than five-
about to be made the defendanttz
the
suit of as many
and-twenty actions for libel,
„Da whom the late long-
landed proprietors in Dcli'dale assailed in a recent
winded Member for
ellotlon in that county. For the
letter respecting the eliike details we give the whole
who .
benefit of those
DUBLIN, SATUEDAY.—It appears
Sy
the Belfast
, " ME- S'Arat AN -understand that proceedings have
LANDLORD&
--Webo landlords of the county Down to
FORD AND THE COUNTY DOWN
, „b f LANDLORDS.--Wean
libel against Mr. Crawford for oer-
bring an tie"°`. :their conduct, which appeared in his
ebxeetrnacttafkreonm the
y Wnhig,,'
manta °- • the Down election. In saying
tain corn respeotw;
letter
libel,' we make a mistake—we should
for
' rather
dished
host for one unaided man to meet. But the
dieivg t
steps s a ilida y 25e
beenseparate t
oank ehni
satnobdehs
behalf;
lei
fst;linae enttdheacstei.ornvsic,:i
' pretty defendant is by no means alarmed. It is
. trial ever come off) as will astonish
Pr
sta
ablest Irish counsel it is COD,
grjfetabetly believed. that such an exposé will be made on
majesty a liege subjects. It occurs to us that
her
the alleged complainants have made a mistake in
this matter, and did we possess the privilege of pouring
friendly counsel into their ears, we should certainly ad-
vise them not to pursue the course which they have
adopted. However, if the case should come into a
court of justice, it will interest the public very much,
and will develop an amount of evidence that will be of
vast importance to our legislators when they come to
the ballot."
FIRE IN BELFAST.—This morning the starch ma-
nufactory of Mr. J. Gardner, in Belfast, was
DEATH or THOMAS KAVANAGH,
com-
pletely destroyed by an accidental fire.
considergtriEd the question of
FIRE IN DUBLIN.--The house of a merchant-
tailor, opposite the Mansion-house, in Dawson-street,
was burned to the ground this evening.
Esq.—By com-
munications received at Borris House, in the County
Carlow, on Tuesday, we learn the demise of Thoomasr
Kavanagh, Esq., at the early age of twenty-f u. ,
while on his passage from the Island of SumatraLimoo
Australia, where be intended to remain for some
for the benefit of his health.

Thursday
lightning
TERRIFIC
afternoon
one
storms which the inhabitants of Exeter have seen forage.
neration visited the city. The earlier part of the day was
fine ; but about half-past four o'clock the storm commenced
with great violence. Torrents of rain, accompanied by hail,
THUNDER
tShTeOßmMost A EXETER.-On
tremendous E T
E R .-
thunder °n
were exceedingly vivid, and the peals of thunder most ter
rifle. During :the storm, a house, called Double Lock, ,on
the banks of the Exeter Canal,
. was struck by the lightning.
Some persons who were standing in the passage, at the back
of the house were struck by the electric fluid, and one of
fell, and soon deluged the streets. The flashes of
named Burnham
them, a gentleman , , was killed on the spot.
head d •
He was struck on the d an uied instantly. Two young
men standing near the eeeased were struck down, and their
limbs, especially the! lower extremities, are paralyzed. Two
were standing at the door f h h th
persons o t e passage w ere e
cata9tropbe occurred, and it is a singular fact that the light-
fling passed over them,
. leaving them perfectly unhurt, and
struck the group within the passsge. The storm lasted three
1 hour* And has been succeeded by fine Weather