The Sun.
London, England, 1852-09-22 00:00:00

NAVAL iN TELLIGENCE.

APPOINTMENTS,
The following officers have been re-appointed to the
screw-sloop Encounter on being re-commissioned:—
Chief Engineer, James B. Clash; assistant enlneers,
Samuel Clements, James Iteffey, and Philip J. Gruchy.
Assistant-Engineers—Robert M'Ewen, to the Blen-
heim, 60, ecrew-steam guard•ship, Portsmouth; and
Frederick J. Devaux, to the Encounter.
PRIZE-MONEY FOR THE GLADIATOR AND JACKAL.—
Messrs. Woodhead and Co. have given notice to Captain
John Adams and the officers and crew late of her Ma-
jesty's ship Gladiator, who are entitled to share in the
proceeds arising from the capture of the slaver, name
unknown, on the 21st of August, 1850, by the Jackal,
tender to her Majesty's ship Gladiator, that the distri-
bution thereof will be made on the 19th day of October
next, at No. 1, James-street, Adelphi, and where the
list will be recalled every Wednesday and Friday for
three months:—Flag, 764 Is. 7d.; captain, 1421. 135.;
second class, 264 Is. 10d.; third, 201. 17s. 5d.; fourth,
121. 10s. 6d.; fifth, 71. 16s. Id.; sixth, 61. 55.33.; seventh,
41. 3s. 61.; eighth, 21. Is. 9d.; ninth, 11. 6s. Id.; tenth,
15s. 7d.
PRIZE-MONEY FOR THE FIREFLY.—Mr. Chippendale
has given notice to the officers and company formerly of
her Majesty's steam-sloop Firefly, John Tudor, Esq.,
commander, that an account of money received for the
Brazilian polecats brigantine Independencia, captured on
the 31st of January, 1850, will be deposited in the re-
gistry of the High Court of Admiralty.
Ajax, 56, screw guard-ship, Captain Quin, discharged
her powder and shells at Spithead yesterday morning,
and in the afternoon got up steam and went into har-
bour to be refitted. She will be taken into dock.
Bull-dog, 6, steam-sloop, will come out of the Ports-
mouth steam-basin dock on the 27th inst., and be fur-
ther fitted as an advance steamer in the basin.
yesterday
Collingwood, 80, will be taken out of dock at Ports-
mouth, about the 16th of October.
Dauntless, 33, screw-frigate, Captain Halsted, sailed
Grovvler, 5
and returning evening from Spithead, for the West Indies.
, steam-sloop, Commander Stoddart, has
been taken alongside Portsmouth Dockyard, and is dis-
mantling2l, ,
anchored in Plymouth Highflyer,J. -Matson,
screw frate, Catain H.
from Portsmouth, on sotuonrdesopnrxtevoionudsatyo. being paid off.
herto the West Indies,
way
thisw
Vesuvius, 6, steam
Angle dock at Portsmouth-B°°P'
rai new coppered. further fitted
in the sea-basin; she has
PORTSMOUTH, Tr/Est,: dilaly,beandtabkeenout of the
Queen, American liner packet EVENING.—The Ocean
this morning, to embark pamme , arrived at St. Helen's
gaff, and the
stock for New York. Wind Al.naerg
DEVONPORT,I MONDAY.----Goodzirorato and cloudy.
and take on board
lighter, having
her favour, sailed this morning for Pembivroink
been supplied with a new
vs s sio nd proving in
WOOLWICH, SEPT. 21.—THE TUNA, one.DANUBE
STEAM-VESSEL.—The preliminary trial of this
Saturday last proving satisfactory, Mr. Edward
hr
consul-general at London for the Ottoman Porte°,ti ieb'
vired a large party to be present at her final trial. Ttle.
Tuna loft Blackwell yesterday at a quarter-past twelve
o'clock, having on board Mr. Zohrab, Ottoman consul-
general, Madame Zohrab, M. Paul Musurus, Esad Bey,
and Dilaver Effendi, secretaries to the Ottoman lega_
tion; his Excellency the Turkish Minister and Madame
Musurus were unavoidably prevented from being pre-
sent; Chevalier, Madame, and Miss de Soveral, of the
Portuguese Legation; Mr. Els, chairman of the Gene-
ral Screw Steam Shipping Company; Captain John
Ford, superintendent, and several directors of the com-
pany; Mr. Geo. Crawsbay, jun.; Mr. Seaward, and Mr.
Brunel. The coals taken on board having been more suit-
able for flue boilers, with which she is fitted, than those
used on Saturday last, she proceeded down the river
with evidently greater speed than she attained during
her preliminary trial, and on her arriving at the mea-
sured mile her speed was tested, and found to be 10.6
knots, equal to 12k miles per hour, and nearly half a
knot greater than on-the previous trial. The result gave
general satisfaction, as it was not expected she would
have realised that speed, as the builders were limited to
a very short length, and to ensure that she would not
draw more than four feet of water. The vessel is, con-
sequently, very fiat-bottomed, with broad bows, and
throws up a large wave upon them, which makes her
speed the more surprising under these drawbacks, which
were unavoidable owing to the difficulty of navigating
the Danube in summer with steam-vessels of any other
dimensions. The Tuna returned to Blackwell at a
quarter before seven P,M , having extended her trip to
beyond Shellhaven, at Sea Reach.

TRIP to CHERBOURG from WEYMOUTH.
The recent trip in the Wave Queen steamer, arranged
by Captain Cosens, of the Princess, who accompanied
the party, consisting of about 150 passengers, admits of
more local description in reference to the natural beauty
and scenery of the neighbourhood. The voyage may be
said to require seven and a half hours; and, with a good
band of music, and the great novelty of passing from
Weymouth to Cherbourg, can only be appreciated by
those who have taken a two days' trip. Alderney is
viewed on the right about twenty miles distant, then
a delightful view of the country around Cherbourg, ex-
tending from Barfleur to Cape La Hogue. The view of
the breakwater, three miles in length, is magnificent, the
wonder of the world, and the greatest of Napoleon's
works. The guard-ship passed, you anchor inside the
breakwater till the tide serves to proceed into the har-
bour, with music playing and decked with colours.
Having passed the ordeal of the Customs' department,
and obtained accommodation at the hotels, a ramble to
the cal 6;, the cathedral, built in William the Conqueror's
time, &c. The next morning at seven visit the Roman
Catholic cathedral again during the time of service, after
breakfast a view of the arsenal, docks, &c., planned by
Bonaparte; the whole are extensive, and progressing to
completion." The fortifications are most formidable. On
arriving at the surface of the mountain at the interior of
Cherbourg, a panoramic view of fifty miles in extent
presents itself, and is a rich treat. The armoury, har-
bour, gardens, &c., are most interesting. This is no
flattering description, and a trip is strongly recom-
mended both with regard to health as well as r, creation

A FEW FAIR and UNFAIR THINGS AGAINST

THE FAIR SEX.
BY AN OLD BACHELOR.
The men who flatter women do not know them suffi-
ciently, and the men who only abuse them do not know
them at all.
Romances generally end with a marriage. And
many young girls, when they leave school, would wish
to go through the romance of life—as they do most
romances—by beginning at the end.
Women should rule but not govern. Scandal, with
many women, is an occupation. They pick characters
to pieces in the same way that they pick their nosegays
to pieces—because they have got nothing else to do. If
you wish to learn the worst fault of a woman, praise
her highly to her friends.
Woman is a most beautiful book, that too frequently
is condemned for its errata.
You can generally tell how popular you are with a
lady by the length of time she keeps you waiting whilst
dressing to receive you.
A feu is a most handy little instrument for those
who have lost the art of blushing.
Vows are the bad money—the I 0 U's and post obits
with which the man pays a woman the debts of his
heart.
If a young lady has a purse with two ends-r-silver in
oue end, and gold in the other—she is sure to open the
gold end first.
The only time when women talk much amongst one
another, is when they are waiting for the gentlemen
after dinner.

The eyes of a pretty woman we the interpreters of
the language of her heart. They translate what her
tongue has a difficulty in expressing.
If you wish to close a lady's lips, ask her age.
Few women keep a diary after their first love.
Tell me how many ladies maids a lady has had, and I
will tell you her temper.
A man who has loved madly will laugh at his mad-
ness as soon as he has got cured of it; but a woman
never laughs upon such a subj.ct. With her, love Is a
madness, of which she never sees the folly.
I don't know which is worst—a man who marries for
money, or a woman who plays at cards.

The-signal fur conversation amongst women is when a
pretty girt begins to sing.
Women will forgive everything in a man except hie
being a bore—everything in a woman except her being
pretty.
Female forgiveness, illimitable as it appears to be, has,
however, its limits. A woman will forgive an angrY
word, or a sneer, or a shrug of the shoulders or a alight
elevation of the nose, or a pinch, or a scrawl, or a cup
of hot tea which she may have received from hands
of another woman; she may even be brought tc)-V—ill her being prettier Wes but to her dying w
none
never forgive her ring diamonds when bile
her,elf!
Women are like oranges—the
finest looking
the best.
To paint angels painters have borrowed
an.
of woman; to paint devils, the likeness wed the likeness
I" of are rarely

LIE LATE Jo
ha baker
Camden, a r
man was the grandson a ar. hildren, one son and two
of W apping, who had three ...NTEi7t.; ..;Th hsiusgagr.en fle-
es-street, and Mr. John Mangles.
daughters. The daughters marcried, respectively, Mr. James
Neild, jeweller, of St. Ca MD ..;-;
jamoef Mr. Neild are six first cousins,
The only living relatio!lsian John Mangles, ship-chandler,
five of them children °L
who esided some time at Huxley, Berks, and
daughter, of the late John 1 amden, of
rßath the sixth and remaining cousin is
aon, latterly an amateur painter and a friend
Teignmouth, D.
otdhfi o:doinnalp;phicenhg/iidrc:us,
AL.! ntestate, and his property, amounting to
.stuae.evnt of Glover. James Neild, father of the
daencdeafseelirr-e.v.---ertled wholly to this his only child , he was god.
250,00 C "..- Mangles, commander R.N., whose name is
father to dames
familiar Laud the Holy s as that of one of our earliest modern explorers
W q
ELSH k. . LkTE TrtArnc.—The development of the
in Egypd.
elate traffic on the Chester and Holyhead line is gradually
proceeding, and in a short time there is no doubt that it will
form a most important item of revenue. The branch lines
of rail from the great slate wharfs at Port Penrhyn and Pon
Dinorwic have been connected with the tramways at the
quarries, and in a short time, it is hoped, there will be a
communication at Carnarvon between the line and the tram-
ways leading to the great slate basin. Ia order fully to in-
sure an adequate supply of slates, the company have pur-
chased a large piece of ground at Sahney, near Chester,
whereon they can range and stack the slates carried along
the line. This piece of land is eight acres in extent, and on
it no fewer than 80,000 tons-of slate can be securely stowed.
This will prove an immense depot, from which the wants of
the surrounding districts can be fully supplied. The great
quarries of Penrhyn and Llanberis are now connected with
ttie main line, and the consequence will be a vastly increas-
ing amount of slate traffic by railway.

BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY,--It is
provided
by the 142 d section of the Common Law Procedure Act
that in future the bankruptcy or insolvency of either the
plaintiff or defendant shall not abate an action in the 'com-
mon law courts.