The Sun.
London, England, 1852-08-13 00:00:00

TAP, SUN, LONi)ON,

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, THURSDAY.—Yesterd,y, during the
whole night, and th.s day, the port has beet. Vial. ed by
a truly awful gale, in toe night amounung to a hum.,
cane, which litersiiy shook tne houses in the town. Ihe
sea da-h•d over the radiparts, and fl anIA the beach,
where no wall checked its advlnce, inandathig the
cellars of the houses and damaging merchandise stored
in such places. The shipping s,eins to have suffi red
materially in the rigging, though we have heard of no
fatal casualties. several small craft were eap,ized iu
the harbour, but, happily, no lives were lost. One crew
were saved by the prompt assistenco rendered by the
crew of the yacht Dalphitie, the property of Mr. W.
Smith. of Lyndon. The ships at Spitnead sent down
their lower yards and topmasts. The "danger" signal
was hoisted at Gosport yesterday, so that all communi-
cation wish that port and this, by the usual means, was
stopped, and persons whose pursuits led them to the for-
mer place had to make the tour of Portsea Island round
Fareham, a distance of about 14 miles, instead of
crossing the harbour in the fl ;ating bridge or boat, and
going out to Spiihead was considered almost certain mi-
mic:. The sea seemed literally bolng, and heavy
showers of rain fell at intervals, accompanied by flashes
of lightning and loud peals of toundsr. We expect to
have to rerirt a long list of casualties when tidings
from other p,ris come in.
The Vestal, 26, Captain C. B. Hamilton, arrived at
Spubead from Sheerness yesterday to be paid
advance. She will then tail tor the North American
station.

The Foyle steam-packet returned from Plymouth to•
day, and etobarht,d the remainder of the 7th Royal
Fusilier:, for that citadel.

The Nwer screw-sloop, 14, Commander Heath, un-
bent sadi today, and goes into dock to to examined.
Thw Tiger, 16, Captain Giffitrd, tst Spitntad, is under
ord.Hrs for toreiga service. She will make up her prescnt
stock of provisions cud stores to six months' eupply.
Her destination is not at present known.

APPANTMENTS.

WO Lwitcx, Au°. 12.—elates—W. A. B. F. Paterson
(1850), from the Penelope steam•frtgate, on • the West
Coast of Attica station, to the Itifl -xiele so am-:.loop, at
Portsmouth; Charles B. C. Dent (1851), from the Quien,
116, at Devot;port, to the Spiteful ate..m-door, on the
Mediteranettin station; C. T. Williamson (1852), to the
J. steamtf.rigate, bt Portsmouth.

Assistant.Surgeons—William ILlnphill (1852), Leo-
nard U. J. Bayne (1852), and Cunuirighame Atchison
(1852), to the Perteloi e.
Gunner E. J. I.leinobrey, Boat9w&n James Brown-
ing, and Carpi•nter John Lee, are appointed warrant,
ealters in charge of the stores of the Termagant, 26,
screw steam frigate of 620-horse p.,wer, at Portsmouth.
The Wasp screw steam-sloop, Lieutenant-Commander
Denham, arrived paternity at rurflt•er, on her return
from the West Coast of Africa station, and was taken up
to Woolwich to-day, where she arrived at ten o'clock
Am. The Wasp was built at Deptford in 1849,
an,' is 970 tons., with engines of 100-horse power.
DEVUNPORT, W EDNESDAY. - Argus, Vulture, and
Desperate, of the steam reserve, were tulien out of har-
bour on a triAl cruise on Monday.
Lady Montague, convict ship, sailed on Monday. The
convict ship Equestrian has sailed from Woolwich, and
will call at Portsmouth, Cowes, Portland, and finally at
Plymouth to complete her complement, and then sail for
Van Diemen's Land.

Trincomalee, 26, Captain Wallace Houston, will be
taken out of harbour to-morrow (weather permitting),
and her compasses will be adjusted on Friday.
Sprightly tender arrived on Tuesday with supernu-
meraries trent Portsmouth.

Too Foyle steamer arrived this mornirg with a de-
tachment of the ith Fusileers for this gr.r:istm ; they
have been lancltd at the Royal William Victualling
Yard.

The bazaar at Mount Egecumbo has commenced this
day in behalf of the Orphan Asylum, but under very
uufavourable circualstances, tes it blew half a gale of
wind, with some heavy showers of rain. There are
many strangers in the neighbourhood, and it is hoped
the weather may prove more favourable to-morrow.
At a time when the aspect of affairs between the
United Slates and Great Britain are so threatening,
the fisheries quarrel, a recapitulation or the
disposable force at the command of touchingßritish
Sir G. Seymour may not be out of piece. fle bas his
flegship the Cumberland, 70 guns, and 600 men; Alarm.
26, with 230 men; C,lypso, 20, 195 mem; Sappho, 12
125 men; Persian, 12, 125 men; Bermuda, 3, 44 men;
Netley tender, 2, 25 men; and the steam-sloops and ten-
ders—Buzzard. 8, 160 m.'n, 400-horse power; Basilisk,
8, 160 men, 400-horse power; Devastation, 6, 160 men,
400-horse power; Rosamund, 6, 160 men, 375 horse
power; Alban, 2, 32 wen, 200- holae power; and Kite,
tender, 2, 23 Mtn, 170-horse power. The Ve staff, 26 gun
frigate, is awaiting flue weather to proceed to the same
station to reinforce the Admiral further; and it is con-
jectured that the screw squadron now on its way to Spit-
head—the Arrogant, 46; Daunt!, ss, 33; klighfber, 21;
and Er courter, 14, all .ally manned and heavily armed
—will be dispatched to
.Sir Gorge Seymour's assistance.
War. Admiral Curry's Chantiei squadron of two deckers
40(1 frigates is also at sea, and ready for any emergency.
t'his latter is a powerful force, though small in numerical
awoun,, being two ships or 92 guns each, and two first-
class 50-gun frigates. This day her Majesty's new
paddle-trgate Tiger, 16 guns, has received sailing or.
ders at Spi.head, andto complete with pruvisiomi and
sea storea for six months' service; from w-sich it is an
gured she too has the route for Halifax, and will bear
disotobea to Sir George Se) moor,

TEE GALE.
Yesterday most disastrous accounts were received
from the several coast-guard stations on the south
and west coasts. The gale is described es fearful,
and such as has not been experienced in the chan-
nel for many years, with a most tremendous sea.
The storm was so violent from south to west-south.
west that the tide does not ebb further from
the shore than the shingle extends. At Wey-
mouth the sea was so heavy in the bay on Wed-
nesday that it swept clean over the esplanade,
which at low water presented the appearance of a
rough beach, and a large quantity of the piles
at the Break water has been washed away. A coast
guard b tatman, named Hansford, is missing,
and it is
feared that the poor fellow was drowned. It appears
that be crossed a large bay that lies between the
Wyke station (to which he belonged) and the beach,
in a small boat on the previous night, and on Wed-
nesday
morning the boat was found to have drifted
on shore ; a most active search was made for the
missing man, but it was unavailing, and it is sup-
posed that the boat had capsized in the gale, and thus
he was drowned. He has left a wife and six
children. The Rev. Mr. Templer's yacht parted her
cable, and drove on shore near the Royal Hotel,
where she lies exposed to the fury of the gale and
sea, the latter beating with great violence over her.
On the same day the Caroline, of Ipswich, from
Plymouth for Southampton, went on shore under
olount Edgecombe, and in a short time became a
total wreck; the crew were fortunately saved.
Yesterday the Earl Balcarras, Morris, from London
for Bombay, lost two anchors and chains off the North
Foreland, having run up for shelter after slipping
an anchor and chain in the Downs. At Lymington
the destruction of property has bean serious; several
elm trees have been torn up by the roots, and many
botviNs have been nearly stripped of the tiles and a
number of chitnneypots blown down. A yacht and
two merchant vessels (emacke) have driven on shore
off the "Jack," and the sea breaks heavily over them
(names unknown). A brig was onserved in the
offing, from Shoreham, it blowing heavily from the southward and westward thY time; but me!. having subsequently
ma at
de her
p pea rau ce atter wards, groat anxiety pre•
veils as to her fate. In the Downs most of the
vessels were riding with two an.cb:ors down, and yet
considerablyitersomto g
e hiciairll go a third, and a
e Roads. Three
dferwov
be
oreu
pforalee
schooners were ob.erved endeavouring to turn down
Channel on the ebb from Bonchurch station, Lie of
Wight ; two split their, headsails, and the other had
them blown out of the boltrope, and were obliged to
bear up. The 'accounts from other places on the coast
are equally disastrous, and the sae continues.

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=PREE-1144.90NS of the MIDDLE AGES.
R' hen study ing
hive& each Particular the ar Int t
ages, two carte '
parts of Eurepe
at t. fc unit WOI kei of the middle
on:s cireumstances force themselves on the
the similarity apparent in the build-
in
period, although erected in various
that many of
in style was made rapidity with which every alteration
thesee widely known); the other, the fact
ce:traordinary buildings, which dis-
gPthriee-Yagtrtetnhesatetlxisht:rnaiglanitoiirevaaelnlYZialgination, sound judgment, and
found unable to reed, and men , were erected at a time when
when kings were to be
truths were regarded n knew
oan few
inquiry,physical
it
certain laws in an association
of a religious charactee
os seems en
imesn
b otolerablyund
togetherckur that h
baa ayt ultet:i.
yw magicians.wh oe
e ax
x .
cued by bands
parent protec,:ed b-
y the churchly" were, to a certain
Masons." The early history of church, and known as " Free
terntty is obscured by table. At theis extraordinary fra-
know them simply as a body of h: present time we
for social purposes, who meet at the Fr:iduals associated
and elsr,where, to discuss a dinner and ditns 480Ps' Tavern
Originally, h.wever, their proceedings were Pens° charity.
ent. Some Masonic writers seek to trace theirvery diff,r-
from a remote tims, and endeavour to show existence
with the Deusinian mysteries and the Diaonconnexion
tificers, who possessed the privilege of en ctinr ar-
structures iu Asia Minor. Without entering. h,Prilanlic
this questione.ble ground, or even stopping to :ascertain.
the earliest date ancreat their presence in England
c-,li
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be proved, suffice it to say they were the builders
,f
many of our cathedrals and churches, and preserved
within their lodges a large amount of scientific skill
greatly diqrl)nortioned to the general attainments of the
tim e.— Biz, Wei-.

STATUE TO THE LATE SIR. ROBERT PEEL AT LEEDS.
—The magnificent statue of this distinguished statesman, by
igßnuerbante,pB(
at,
loi
rt,l has:
ti2h}(oe):l,:hi
ib.ieliet,ii
tint.Cet er 1,11-thi nee
site
cent to the C,urt "louse, the Commercial Buildings, and the
i'telitolthbee Pstuablittiecis landaltal:
Tue statue is a splendid work of art
Its cost is 1.500 guineas.
Com, PIT ACCIDENT.—An accident occurred on
b(explosionnon,e owin
Wed
an ne
bottomurna ie d glialago Vale coal works, near Bristol, by
to the men having kindled a fire at the
aof the drifts. Four men were so seriously
• 1,,M,1,vA-str,ne7,elTku,4lii?dt.hat, they bad to be removed to
seaSt,icVje:t6w"oold:pkairlie4 lett. t°vva Yest""h iur
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