The Sun.
London, England, 1852-10-12 00:00:00

OLD METH()

1. Hoisted angular with
yards
2. Weight 10Ibs
3. White plateglass
4. About 19 signs's

5. 103 with guns, &c.
6. None

7. None

8. None
9. None
10. None
11. Not complete
12. Not seen at all points
13. Not easily seen with
other lights
14. Seen 31 miles 14. Seen 3i miles
15. Seen with heavy sea, 211 15. Seen with heavy sea, 3i
miles miles
16. Not confounded by gales 16. Gales of wind affect the
of wind sound of guns
17. Candles made on board, 17. Wax csndles, great ex.
at little expense. pense.

IMPORTANT WILL CAUSE.
The Jury Court at Glasgow has been occupied for
several days up to Friday last in the trial of the im-
portant will cause of Gilmour against Gilmour, before
Lord Robertson and a special jury, in which property
of the value of 300,0001. depended on the result. The
wills in dispute (and which were in the Scotch form
of deeds of disposition) were those of the late Mr.
Adam Gilmour, a merchant, of Glasgow, who was the
architect cf his own fortunes, and by his exertions
and integrity had amassed an enormous fortune in
business there, from which he retired shortly before
his death, taking a very large capital. By a testa-
mentary disposition made in 1833, he bequeathed the
bulk of his fortune to his nephew and heir-at-law,
Mr. Adam Gilmour. jun., merchant, the pursuer (or
plaintiff) in this suit. In the year 1848,
shortly before his death, the testator executed
another deed, making the former deed null, and set-
tling his property on anothew nephew, Mr. Adam
Gilmour, of Portnor, the defendant in this suit. The
validity of that disposition was now questioned, and
the jury were now called upon to decide—first,
whether the testator was in a weak mind and easily
imposed upon when he executed it; second, if that
deed of 1848 was obtained by fraud, &c. Twenty-
two witnesses were examined, and on Friday the pur-
suer declined to proceed further with the contest, de-
claring that he had been actuated by a desire to as-
certain the facts, and his honourable feeling dictated
the course now of consenting to a verdict for the de-
fendant. The counsel for the defendant bore testimony
to the high character and principle which had
tated that step, and Lord Robertson also testified to
the high feelings of justice which had dictated such a
surrender of the contest, remarking that there were
higher considerations in this life than the mere attain-
ment of money, and the jury gave a verdict for the
defendant on this, the fourth day of the trial,

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NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

A Board of Admiralty, including the Duke of
Northumberland and Mr. Secretary Stafford left
the Admiralty yesterday, on an official visit to
Devonport Dockyard and the other Admiralty estab-
lishments at that port. Sir John Heron Maxwell,
Bart., has arrived at Devonport to meet their Lord-
ships.

Commander William Wynne Eyton, who has been
promoted to the reserved half-pay list, entered the
navy on July 10, 1805. as first-class volunteer, on
board the Neptune, 98, Captain Thomas Francis
Fremantle, and on Oct. 21 following participated in
the battle of Trafalgar. Removing next to the Sea-
horse, of 42 guns and 251 men, Captain John Stewart,
he assisted, on the night of July 5, 1803, in putting
to flight the Turkish frigate Alis Fez in, of 26 guns
and :230 men, and in capturing, after a memorably
furious engagement, and a loss to the British of 5
killed and 10 wounded, her consort the Bedere Zuffer,
mounting 52 guns, with a complement of 543
men of whom 170 were slain and 200 wounded.
While in the Seaborse, Mr. Eyton also contributed,
as midshipman, to the reduction of the islands of
Gianute and Pianos% In the course of 1811 he
joined in succession the Ville de Paris, 110, and
Rodney and Milford, 74's, bearing each the flag of
Rear-Admiral T. F. Fremantle, under whom, in the
Milford, we find him co-operating in the capture of
Fiume and Trieste, in July and October, 1813.
Being confirmed in the rank of lieutenant on July
29, 1814, he was appointed ultimately, on Jan. 7 and
Oct. 5, 1819, to the Rosario and Redpole, sloops,
commanded in the Channel by Captains William
Hendry and William Devereux Evance ; on Sept.
15, 1927, as first lieutenant, to the Wolf, 18, Captain
Geo. Hayes, in the Mediterranean; and on Feb. 17,
1829, May 1, 1830, and Feb. 18, 1831, in a similar
capacity, to the Victory, 104, St. Vincent, 120, and
Asia, 84, flagships at ortsmouth and off Lisbon, of
Admirals Sir Robert Stopford, Sir Thomas Foley,
and Wiliam Parker. During his attachment to the
St. Vincent, Mr. Eyton appears, in November, 1830,
to have been appointed to the Lightning, steamer, for
the purpose of conveying Charles X. from Lulworth
to Leitb. He invalided from the Asia on June 16,
1832, and has not since been employed afloat.
Commander Lamont, who has been removed to the
list of 1816, is as officer of au ancient Highland fa-
mily, of great respectability. He entered the navy
on Dec. 28, 1798, as first-class volunteer on boar 4 the
Repulse, 64, Captain James Alms, lying at Ports-
mouth ; and in tte course of 1799 joined the Queen
Charlotte, 109, bearing the flag of Sir Guides
Thompson, and Charon, 44, Captain John Mackellar,
in which latter ship, on his return from a visit to the
Mediterranean, he assisted at the evacuation of the
Helder. Becoming midshipman in January, 1800,
of the Hebe, Captains William Birchall and George
Reynolds,
he accompanied the expedition in 1901 to
Egypt; after which he was for more than two years
employed in the North Sea in the Clyde, 38, flag-ship
of Sir John Borlasse Warren, and for nearly one, as
master's mate in the Mediator and Renommie, both
commanded by Sir Thomas Livingstone, on the
Channel station. He was then, in August, 1805, ap-
pointed sub-lieutenant of the Staunch, gun-brig,
Lieut.-Commander Benjamin Street; and on the
16th of the following October he was confirmed a
full lieutenant of the Moselle, 18, Captains John
2urman Carden and Alexander Gordon, employed at
first in the Mediterranean and next in the West In-
dies. In 1808 it was Mr. Lamont's lot to be severely
wounded white boarding
an enemy's vessel in the Gulf
of Mexico, for which he received a gratuity of
801 11.. 6i. He was obliged in consequence to in-
valid in June of that year. Unable to procure fur-
tber employment, he accepted his retired rank, April
18, 1838.
CCURT • MARTIAL AT PORTSMOTJTII.-A court-
martial took place yesterday morning on board the
Victory flag-ship, in Portsmouth Harbour, to try Mr.
Roger; gunner of the Ajax, on charges of drunken-
ness, brought against him by Captain
Quin. In the
absence of Rear-Admiral Superintendent A. Fan-
shawe, C. 8., Captain Cbads, C. 8., presided, and, with
Captains Martin, C.B , Scott, Henderson, C. 8,, King-
come, King, Freemantle, Giffard, and O'Cillaghan,
with Deputy-Judge Advoce.te W. Greatham, Esq.,
formed the court. The business was over before 12
lo'clock, aid the prisoner was found Guilty, and sen-
tenced to be dismissed her Majesty's service. He
was, howeler, strongly recommended by Capt. Quin,
in consideration of his long services as a seaman and
petty offices, to be allowed a pension, which, no doubt,
will be awarded to him by the Admiralty.
Echo steam-tug proceeded to Spithead yesterday
morning, wih 72 convicts from the new prison, and
put them on board the Ocean Queen, for Australia.
Rolla apprentice tender, Lieut.-Commander Fen-
wick, went cut of Portsmouth Harbour yesterday
morning, for exercise.
Vesuvius, C, steam-sloop, has gone up to Ports"
mouth Harbour to join the steam reserve vessels.
Linnet, 6, was commissioned on Saturday by Com-
mander Need; her complement is to be 80 officers
and men.

THE FIRE oz thARD THE CAMEL, LIGHTER.—
The sbipkeeper who absconded (Anderson) was tried
on Saturnay, at Saltash, before the mayor, charged
with wilfully setting„ fire to the vessel but the evi-
dence not being sufficient to convict him, he was
acquitted.
PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 11.—The leviathan screw line-
of-battle ship Duke of Wellington, three decker, 140,
arrived at Spithead this morning from Pembroke, in
tow of the Inflexib'e and Desperate steam sloops. Her
portappearance and town,
and the walls of Portsmouth were
speedily very thickly tenanted by anxious gazers.
in sight was quickly reported through the
The vast numbers congregated on the shore to witness
the grand match between the yachts Sverige and Ame-
rica also swelled the number to a considerable extent.
The Duke of Wellington is truly a stately ship; she
sits upon the water most majestically, and, notwith-
standing her enormous body, seems a very graceful
model of a first elassman of war. Sbe is a fine illustra-
tion of the tales of
the new master shipwright of
altered at Pembroke, while he was master
(Mrnt. .4,bethel) under whose eye she was
of that establishment. Numbers of persons
shipwrightb thisul
td oa cn kd a rd
went out to Spat:lead in boats to make a closer in-
spection of the noble fabric than they could make
from the shore three or four miles off. Admiral Sir
Thoma
Thomas Briggs,
G.C.M G., the Commander-in-Chief,
accompanied 9'
Captain G. B. Martin, C.B. with his
14g flying on board the Fire Queen, port tender, M.
Paul, master, commanding, steamed out and made an
external inspection of the Duke of Wellington this
afternoon. She is anchored et Spithead for the night,
and will be towed into harbour to-morrow to be
match between the Swede and the
forthwith equipped for service.
not come off to-day, the seven-knot
bArmeTeehzreeicsaytiaphcuhalstated for not blowing at the hour ap-
pointed for starting-11 AM.
PLYMOUTH, OCT. 11.—The following members of
the Board of Admiralty are expected at Moorshead's
Royal Hotel, Devonport, this afternoon, viz. :—Rear-
Admiral his Grace the Duke of Northumberland,
Captain Sir Thomas Herbert, K.O 13., Captain the
Hon. Arthur Duncombe, M.P., First Secretary
Augustus Stafford, Esq., M P., Captain the Hon. F.
Surveyor of
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Yesterday (Sunday) afternoon, between four and
five o'clock, three men-of-war, apparently British,
were observed about three leagues south of the
Breakwater, going up channel ; wind north-west,
light breeze; the headmost, a barque, supposed to be
a small frigate, under canvas and steam, but whether
screw or paddle could not be distinguished. She was
closely followed by the second, a vessel similar to
herself. The third was a large ship, looking like a
line-of-battle ship, less than a mile astern, under
canvas only, with an ensign half- way up the peak.
Wooawien, OCT. 11.—The St. Jean D'Acre,
building at Devonport to carry 90 guns of large ca-
libre, is now in an advanced state, and will soon be
ready for launching, and when launched she is to
be immediately fitted with engines of 600 horse
power, of Messrs. Penn and Sons' construction,
on their patent trunk plan, which gave such sa-
tisfaction when tried in the Agamemnon, 90, now
at Sheerness. The engines of the Sr. Jean
D'Acre are already in progress, and all the castings
and works are to be made and finished from the models
used for casting and making the engines of the Aga-
memnon, these models having been used for the first
tt3
hh2
engine
equalng h too
shaft
7 tiOt
time for the engines of that vessel. The diameter of
the 'cylinders of the engines is 78 inches, the trunk
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olikn3ecih3 feet
inches,ewth 6 inches,e natnhdhe ttrhuetnhskce
screw
eds deducted;ams shaft
at fe tr lo
2f
inches. The diameter of the air-pump is 23} inches,
the diameter of the screw 18 feet, with a pitch of 20
feet G inches, the length being 3 feet 4 inches. The
boilers are in 4 pieces, and the tubes 1,904 in number,
each 2} inches diameter outside, and 6 feet 6 inches
long. The fire-grates are 20 in number, and so ar-
ranged that the position for the stokers is well venti-
lated. There is also ample space for getting to every
part of the engines, and the whole of the boilers and
engines being considerably under the water line, they
are well protected from injury in the event of the
vessels in which they are fitted being engaged in
actual warfare.
His Grace the Duke of Northumberland, Commo-
dore Sir Thomas Herbert, K.C.8., Captain the Hon.
Pelham (Private Secretary
Mr. Stafford, M.P. (First
Secretary), and Captain Pelha
Arthur Duncombe, M.P.,
to the Du ke of Northumberland), left the Admiralty
this morn ing on their annual official inspection of the
dockyard . establishments.
_The return i of the
Prince Albert to Aberdeen, bringing intelligence
THE .AECTIC EXPEDITIONS.
-
from Ca ptain Sir Edward Belcher's expeditiohannel,
n that
he had :nem able to proceed up wellington Channel,
it b eing quits clear of ice, has given fresh hope to
warty of the I.elations and friends of the missing na-
vig atom, as 0% 3y naturally infer that if fix Edward

Belcher could proceed up the Wellington Channel this
year, Captain Sir John Franklin and his companions
could have passed up with similar ease in 1846 Sir
Edward Belcher's opinion that Sir John Franklin did
not leave his winter quarters at Beechy Island in a
hurry has given additional hope that traces of the
further progress of the missing expedition will be
found, and the great suspense which has hitherto
prevailed relative to their fate will shortly be
removed.