The Sun.
London, England, 1852-06-21 00:00:00

No. 11.

eve., In cloth, price 3s. 6d., by post free, 4s.
THE CURE OF STRICTURE OP THE URETHRA, on Princi •
safe, and Efficient, in even its most Inveterate
Ales at once Simple,
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Oa csta bTI
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se
id
~EIR3 Rirrr' loCi Au
tr.,
HCEA BY CAUTERIZATION; its Inefficiency and Danger.
By F. B. COURTENAY,
Member of the Royal College of Sutgoons of England.
" These who complain most loudly are those only who know not
how to use the common instruments
geons has been mar'i.ed with all kinds of violence, an indifference
about the simple cure of diseases, and a passion for operations and
all the excesses and horrors of surgery."—John Bell's Surgical
Observations.—" In proof of his views he (Mr. Courtenay) has
given the history of a great many cases successfull herteated, as bad
as any which Mr. Sysne adduced, and on which had operated.
Such are cases ix., xi., xii.. and xviii. No. ix. had resisted, for a
period of twelve years, the treatment by dilitation, and was finally
removed in as many weeks. But cases xviii. and 'xix. appear, both
in duration, severity, and complication of symptoms, of a snore
treatment adopted by Mr. Courtenay proved eminently
ag-
gravated character than say detailed by Mr. Syme,
...I)roftiarbiatri 9°Z the ;roatintut of %riot=
IstielQcyoestrui the.„
•

IRELAND.
THE PROCLAMATION.

Dumas., SATURDAY.—Another hurricane of vapour-
ing agitation lours over the Irish political horizon, and
it may be certainly predicted that, aided and stimulated
by the fanatic zeal of a fanatic press, backed and sup-
ported by the voices of the vast majority of the Roman
Catholic clergy, the country will ere long bo replunged
into a sea of " religious" discord for the manifest ad-
vantage Or her professional patriots, but to the ...lona
detriment of all her material tnterests. The royal pro-
clamation against public clerical processions is now the
grand bone of contention, the picking whereof seems to
be relished with great gusto. inasmuch as the "mum-
mery" letter had become so stale that all parties had
been long sinoe surfeited of that memorable document,
the probability being that its memory would not have
'outlived the assembling of the new Parliament. The
fire opened by the morning organ of the priesthood has,
of course, been taken up by the weekly mouthpiece of the
Ultramontanes, the Tablet of this day heralding what it
calla the "new reign of persecution" by an intimation that
"Lord. Derby's Government has come out against the
Church of God with a royal proclamation." After a con-
siderable expenditure ,of abuse of the author of the
offending documents, the writer proceeds to dissect the
Home Secretary's speech in the House of Commons on
Wednesday, when replying to the Member for Athlone's
interpellaticins, and points out for the information of in-
nocent Mr. Walpole no, less than 15 instances between
the years 1843 and 1845 in which the Act of Parliament
was deliberately infringed in England, without any at-
tempt being Uncle to punish the transgressors. The pre-
tence, therefore, of alarm about the peace, the Tablet
argues is " a false pretence of a kind that even a Home
Secretary should be ashamed of." It is almost unneces-
sary to add that the whole Roman Catholic provincial
Press sings to the same tune; and it may bo certainly
relied on that if, as the opponents of Ministers allege,
on
it
d‘t
,hocer
ys pocr ctdla will
'ttiuo
servicernn
at
outs
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the
etbhheneutnstthi due
hustings
rvs
ai snwed tha
geanos n ast
theg;lvd- mai diyi emol efackttrei
STATIONi..I
FsKjEoTurnll
ststates
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tS Scr Njani
ns
shall arrive.
R.N. accompanied by a The FmaTrueeEPAn
R.N., and Captain Smith, Beechy,
gen-
tleman, name unknown, passed through Dublin yester-
day en route to Galway, to prosecute the inquiry ordered
by Government as to the capabilities of that port for a
Transatlantic packet station.— Times.

•
ROBBERY .AT LORD J. MURRAY'S.-00 Saturday
information was received that Walter Moodie, valet to
Lieutenant-Colonel Lord James Murray, 25, Westbourne-
place, Pimlico, had absconded, plundering the place of a
largo quantity of silverVate articles of jewellery, gold epau-
lettes, &c., in value between two and three hundred pounds.
It is believed that he -will try to get out to Australia, and a
full de4riptiou of his person. has been seat to all the out-
L porte., . . •

WATERLOO BANQUET IN PRESTON.
(From the Preston Chtnicle.)
- The annual commemoration of thi.,,great and decisive
victory which shed undying lustre u on the British army,
and prostrated_ the gigantic genius glad insatiable ambi-
L tion of Napoleon•le!Grand, has thittrar passed off with
1 more than its wonted Mae coeseq ant
ueror o upf Siede, the
on the visit of
the redoubtable veteran and cono
heroic General Sir Charles Napie. " erhaps, next to the
Duke of Weltingtoo, the [greatest wing military chief*
Ceire The distinguished hero arrive on 'Thursday after-
noon last. at five o'elock, and %%tea'. eived at the station
by Mr. Cooper, of the Oaks, Pe" rt,ham, whose guest
Sir Charles will remain during hi ay, and by leeute-
ment, in garrison at Faiwood '
nant-Colonel Sidley and
.ttie affi ,
racks, with which
corps the gallant general was cot feted for forty-three
years as major and lieutenant ' onel. Be3ides the
officers of the garrison, there %yeti-6 so in waiting at the
station a large and very set
fa----ehub attendance of the
Lidice and gentlemen of the town-, ,d neighbourhood to
of the 50th Regi-
receive the gallant veteran, all ,„ he tiptoe of expec-
tation, and eager to catch a
brightest and most honourable orriments of the British 1
army. .....
Yesterday (Friday) the General, accompanied by a
splendid muster of the elite of this 'strict, proceeded to
the Fulwood Barracks, to inspect : e corps with which
he had seen so much military sere' e. Soon after the
inspection, Sir Charles harangued 0 regiment as fol.
„pee of one of the
lows :—" Soldiers of the 50th—it
Would be useless in
me to address you as a steady and well-drilled regi-
ment, as all regiments under. his Grace the Duke of
Wellington are well drilled. I address
you as a
,hard-
fighting regiment, as a regiment that has ained many a
well earned laurel in the field. It is now forty.tbree
years since I commanded you as lieutenant-colonel and
major in many a hard-fought
battle in.the'reniaria.
you 'limb -r
The other day I met you again at „Lahore, and
was exceedingly glad:to see that ou still maintained
the high renown- and
.genere
cod disciplinary
• - crier whichetie% tortrelivseeted, art-
because you well deserve this tribate
'dia—and I say it
of praise—no regi-
m
the
e Pn
t
einnilnnsduil.
aadiNstiongrueigishmeednt initse Le
itself
more than the 50th ;
'
and I have, on' more than one occasion had
great cause
and admire your bearing A
action in the field,
your patience, and energy, your perseverance and moral
courge. Soldiers, the regiment that a
a man first joins is
his home, and he always afterwards looks upon tics his
home; and when a mae, after being absent from it for a
length of time, comes back to it once more, his feelings
are those of a man who is once more returning to the
friends he loves—to the home which is endeared to his
heart. I look at this visit of mine to this regiment as a
return to my friends—to my old be
-"me; and, as being
•.he greatest honour it is in my power to bbstow upon
this regiment, I now wear the same belt and plate I
wore when major of thia corps. ere
• --e General here ex-
hibited to the soldiers the accoutrements mentioned by
him.) I have again this day admired Your steadiness
Yoh in the state yon
ne quarrelling,
but now—no one sick, no one absent, no o -
Out rough and ready, able and willing to fight at the
first sound of a gun." He then turned to
and drill, and am truly proud to see
Lieutenant.
Colonel Sidlay, and complimented him in warm terms
upon the state of the regiment, speaking
Particularly of
their appearance and discipline, and ordered him to dis-
miss the regiment.
The Lieutenant-Colonel then gave the leord, lc Unfit
bayonets ;" and during the execution of this manoeuvre
the General said he had one word more to say to the
soldiers. Bayonets
,were unfixed and returned to the
scabbards.
Sir CHARLES then resumed—There h . ,
as been a great
teal of talk about the Mini 6 rift,; but I can
assure you,
50th, there is nothing like " Old 3rown Hen,. with a
axed bayonet, a strong arm, a strong heart,' and strong
courage. .I have seen the 50th, with the old ram-down
musket and bayonet, beat all before them, and they
would beat the Devil if they met with him.
If you were
lead
to `go to meet the
Loud cheers French to-morcow, I
Would go ind
you myself.—(.)
At a signal from the Colonel, the men, with caps off,
cheered the old warrior long and luitily, and the General
ordered the Colonel to dismiss them.

At three o'clock the General's carriage
drove up, to
convey him to the town; but the men, who
would hear
no remonstrance,' unharnessed the horses, and when Sir
Charles was seated in ehe vehicia, with Mr. Cooper,
Mrs. Cooper, and Mr. German, they drew
him round
the. barrack-square and into the road, where they again
yoked tothe horses, when the General drove off amid
the loud and enthusiastic huziss of the soldiers.
In Preston, for many years past, the pensioners re-
siding in the town and neigh's°urhood, who have fought
either at Waterloo or in the Peninsular campaigns,
have been annually regaled at a sumptuous repast li-
berally provided by the subscriptions of
the gentlemen
of the district.. It had been known for some time past
chat the gallant Napier had promised to honour this
year's festival with his presence; and this distinction
4ave unusual interest to the feast. Many of the pen-
sioners had fought with " brave old Charlie."
The pensioners mustered in Deepdale-road, near the
aouse of-Recovery, awaiting the arrival of Sir Charles.
from the barracks. On his: approach they formed in'
tine, and greeted the veteran with cheers. On the
carriage stopping, Mrs. Cooper held a new colour,
prepared for the occasion, and presented it to
which the pensioners of Preslon,
we.ce was received
by Mr. Byron, one of the body. Upon this, Mr.
German addressed to the assembled veterans a brief and
appropriate address, expressive of the compliment paid
to them by so handsome a present, remarking that he
knew they would value it e t
sghly, and preserve it un-
sullied. It was then proudly
e unfurled, and the veterans,
headed by the band of the 50th Regiment, which came
op, had it borne before them, and they thus marched
orderly procession • through the town. They closed
their march about five o'clock, at the Corn Exchange,
where, to the number of above four hundred, they sat
down in the large room. They were on this occasion
honoured with the attendance
of a much larger number
of the gentry 'of the district than on soy former
occasion, not less than 240 gentlemen being present.
On the south wall of the room was a flag inscribed,
"Seinde' Meeanee, Hyderabad, 22d Cheshire Regi-
ment." On one side the arras of Prince Albert, and
the other the emblazonment of Prince Albert.
On the opposite end was the. Prince of Wales's crest,
with the other royal euablaeonnaente. In the recess
of • the west side was the new flag presented to the pen-
sioners. It is a large one
made of crimson silk, with a
white fringe. Upon.it is formed a wreath of laurels and
other flowers, around it being outlined at intervals the
names of the" leading Peninsulareagements—Salaa
mance, Vittoria, Moja, Orthes, DOureno, Busaco, Fuentes
d'Onor, Berms, Pyrenees, Toulouse, Viniiora, Talavera,
Albuera. Encircled in the badges of the four orders of
knighthood were the names of -i)
aeadajce, Sebes, Corunns,
and Ciudad Rodrigo. In th©
°entre of the colour was
e Waterloo." The whale was the work of Mr. Carr, 50
whose taste it did infinite credit,
Ile cost (about 20/.)
was defrayed by subscription. In t e recess over which
this flag floated was a gallery, to
which ladies were ad-
inittei during the after-dinner proceedings. In the op-
posite recess was stationed the band of the 50th Regi-
ment, which played a number of airs during
favourite ,
dinner, and at intervals throughout the evetinaa
On the veterans being seated, the Mayer, Si; Charles
`4 Napier, and ether distinguishes
guests entered the
room. The Gallant Genercl's entrance was the signal
for several rounds of hearty oheerin the band playing
" See the Conquering Hero comes Fa
Charles was
evidently gratified
ed with his Sir
Ption. The gallant
f
°-
veteran wore the full dress a
Lieutenant-General,
with the star and ribbon of a
Haight Grand Cross of the
Bath, a peninsular medal, and two Indian medals'
The Mayor took his seat as ehairelan, supported on
his right by the following guests, --Lieutenant-General
Sir Charles J. Napier, G.C.8.,,
Mr. Grade'', M'l''''
Captain Knowles, Mr. Alderman p
German,
the Rev. GilmOur Robinson, &a.:
2'and on his left by the
Rev. J. Owen Parr, M.A., vicar, s..r.
G. v
kl. Strickland, Bart.,
M.P., Mr, Henry Strickland, Lieutenant"elonel Sidley,
Mr. Alderman Paley, jun., All% tm_.,
'du
Miller, &c.
There were also present Mr. To'aeli
Yrma ker, Lieute-
nant-Colonel Martin, K.S.F., Mr,
Alley Par
pedder, Mr.
Alderman Cattereal, most of the officerstof 50th Regi-
ment, and a considerable number of inhabitants. the
After the usual loyal toasts had been
Mr. GRENFELL, M.P., proposed a
,r, ram, _ s the
Duke of Wellington, and the Army:,a
Perhaps, health
the
tTery
hour in which he had then the honour toaret ts
°them,
that great and illustrious chief was 5
urroaund da b the ,
partakersviotory of that greet e .
.9,
Amongst the toasts given upon that de. a
m rt i ail, /afai re.
Duke of Wellington and the hat
~
the next toast was given to the saa a e Dame, ;
heroes who fell in the fight, and
all his
of those
.
solemn silence. He confessed that in all hisyyl!ta given in
was so affected as on going over the field life he never
and when he entered the church by the xvs-. Waterloo,
every part of that church, every wall of
tahyaide, to see
covered with tablets commemorative of the 1: building,
regiment had sustained on that im less that each
e
morta
honestly confessed it as a man, that he t' day. n.
floods of tears; and he would pity the Brush moved to
possessor of which could sec unmoved those heart the
tablets con-
taining the losses of each regimen; and
which
fearful tale of the miseries of men. f
—ellear, hi h told ae
was sorry to say that he was old enough to r ear.)
II
events in which the British army distinguished °collect the
selves, before the occasion to which hehad
dad them-
the Peninsular war. Need he refer to that yertedu
general, who closed a very long menial careerillustrious
presenee of" the great Napaleoe? Driven in the
mune, his victorious ariny, after a severe clown to Co-
enabled to retire, and carry the weight of th action, were
toesome other fields of conflict and glory, a sir influence
which crowned the efforts of that distingiti.the victory
'Sir John Moore.—(Applause.) He was ul. 4 d
bu • e man-
-in a foreign land; but his COUDtry had
ined—he lay
his name in the annals of the most _
.nanaortaliied
generals. •glorious British

" He lay like a warrior taking his rest,
With his martial cloak around
Hero he could not but refer to the distinguished
gentle-
man who had that day honoured them with his pre-
sence. " Well done, my majors," said Sir Join. Moore,
when there was any difficult work to be accomplished;
and they proceeded to it with that courage
and deter-
mination which distinguished every man of their race.
" Well done, my= majors!" And Sir Charles -Napier
was one of those majors. And well did they du it;
they ooutriboted by their prViYetii to Ow diatipa46llo

result which enabled the army to go to other fields, as
he before said, where they covered themselves with
fresh laurels,,which.would always be the case with 13ri-
t:sh soldiers:
Lieutenant-Colonel DERINZY said that he had been
requested to respond to the, toast by Due whom it had
Ever been his pride and his pleasure to obey—their
illustrious guest and visiter.—(Hear, hear.) Ile was
sure they would agree with him, whenever the banner
of the British army should be unfurled, whether the oc •
ession should be one of invasion on our part, or of de.
fence, the same bulldog tenacity, as hitherto, would dis-
tinp,uish our forces.—(Cheers.)
Sir GEORGE STRICKLAND proposed "TllO Wooden
Walls of Old Englend."—(Cheers.)
A veteran seaman, who tought under Lord Nelson at
Trafalgar, named George Margenson, now residing at
Blackburn, was here introduced to Sir Charles Napier,
who shook him warmly by the hands. The old hero,
who paled not before the French at Trafalgar, was
moved to tears by the interview. This incident was the
most int-resting of the evening, and much affected many
of the company.
Mr. It. T. PARKER said he congratulated the veterans
upon their having,the honour of the attendance at their
board of one of the most distinguished generals in the
service.—(Applause.) They bad been welcomed by
their townsmen.;' and they had especially witnessed
upon that occasion, in a caost tender and affecting cir-
cumstance, the union between the army and navy.—
(Applause.) Who'could for a moment stoically witness
the feelings of that old sailor, and the kindness with
which the Gallant General patted him on the shoulder?
—(Applause.) That was an instance in which they
might be proud of the general whom they bad never
seen there before. And if ho so encouraged the old
sailor, how thought they ho would encourage the soldiers
in his day? Why, by leading them to victory. That
was the mode by which he learnt the way to the soldier's
heart. Mr. Parker then adverted to Sir C. Napier's
services at Corunna, where be was left upon -the field
.ssith..five wounds_izala od and at Vimiera, where lie'
led the 50th Regiment; it . ors
of the most important of our provinces to this empire.
The hero of Sinde was before them.—(Applause.) The
soldier of a thousand battles was among them. He
concluded by proposing " Sir Charles Napier, and the
Waterloo and Peninsular Heroes," invoking them to
drink the Gallant General's health with three times three.
The toast was drunk amid tremendous cheering.
Band—" See the Conquering Hero comes."

Sir CHARLES NAPIER, on presenting himself to re-
spond, was enthusiastically applauded. He said—Mr.
Mayor, ladies, and gentlemen, ,I rise to thank you for
the kind way in which you have received my health,
and for the honour you have done me in asking me to
this dinner, and for that greater honour which I feel in
sitting down to dinner with the gentlemen of Preston and
my old comrades in areas.—(Cheers.) It is most gratifying
to an old soldier to see so many of his brethren in arms
assembled together by the generous sympathy of our
countrymen at Preston—l confine it to Preston, for it is
nowhere else seen,—(Applause.) And it is on this glo-
rious anniversary when our immortal Duke—(Hear,
hear)—sits down annually to commemorate it by his
great banquet. He it was that forced froth the stand-
ards of Napoleon that fame and that fortune which had
ever attended that great man; and in an instant, in that
battle, his great empire disappeared like a meteor amid
the brilliance of its own glory.—(Applause.) Gentle-
men, with your leave I will now read to you the pre-
face to a work published by the author of the "-Penin-
sular War"—(Applause)—a man lying on the bed of
pain and sickness, and who feels no comfort equal to
that of recording the brilliant deeds of the British
soldier.—(Cheers.) He says—
"ln this publication the combats of Roleis, Vimiera,
and Corunna, and the character of Sir John Moore,
have been entirely recomposed;" [that Sir John Moore
of whom this gentleman (Mr. Grenfell) spoke so justly;
and of whom no man can speak too much in his praise—
Cheers]. " The other battles and sieges are, with more
or less compression of details, transcripts from the
His-
tory of the Peninsular War.' Thus arranged they will
pethaps most effectually exhibit the constant energy of
the British soldier, and draw attention in their neigh-
bourhood to, the veterans who still survive.—(' They
have done so at Preston.'—(Cheers.) Few of these brave
men have more than a scanty provision; many have none,
and nearly all, oppressed with wounds, disease, and
poyerty--sare attendants on an old soldier's services—
feel life a burden so heavy as to make them envy the lot
of comrades who threw it off early on the field of battle.
" For the authenticity of the events, the reader has
this guarantee. The author was either an eye-witness
of what he relates, or acquired his knowledge from
others who were—persons of no mean authority. Cora-
manders-in-chief, generals, and other officers on both
sides; private official correspondence of the English en-
voys; military journals and reports of the French
leaders ; the correspondence of the, intrusive Ring
Joseph and his Ministers; and the private military notes
and instructions of the Emperor Napoleon, have all
contributed to establish the truth of facts and the motives
of action.

" For the general who led the British troops so tri!:
umphantly, this record gircer no m.fivgares of ohitity. To
win victories was the least of his labours. Those who
desire to know what a❑ enormous political, financial, and
military pressuro he sustained, what wiles he circum-
vented, what opposing skill be baffled, what a powerful
enemy he dealt with and overcame, must seek in the
original history from which this work has been ex-
tracted.

"For the soldiers it is no measure of their fortitude
and endurance, it records only their active courage! But
what they were their successors now are—witness the
wreck of the Birkenhead, whore four hundred men, at
tbe call of their heroic officers, Captains Wright and
Girardot, calmly, and without a murmur, accepted death
in a horrible form, rather than endanger the women and
children in the boats.—(Load plaudits.) The records
of the world furnish no parallel to this self-devotion!"
Such, gentlemen, are the warriors of England.—(Hear.)
And ho to whom is owing the splendour of the British
army is still our leader. But, gentlemen, lam sorry to
say there aro men in this country who seem to talk of
war with terror; men who whisper the word lest sur-
rounding nations should take umbrage; men there are
who dread the glorious sound of preparation for de-
fence.—(Applause.) These men, gentlemen, forget that
every Englishman's house is his castle—(Bear, hoar)....
they forget that England is the nations' castle—(Hear,
hear)—and that, with God's blessing, we will defend it
with arms in our hands.—(Applause.) That castle con-
tains the Lancashire witches.—(Applause.) And it

contains our free constitution—free Idris, free trade, free

press, and, with, God's blessing, if attacked, tho free use
of our bayonets.—(Lond cheers.) Our men, oar young
men, burn to be in arms; our old soldiers have lost
their strength, I am sorry to say, but we retain our ex-

perience and our courage.--r(Applause.) lam happy to
say that our militia are at last called out; I rejoice at
it; and I hope that era long they will be seen to rival
the troops of the line,--(Cheers.) It is to me painful
to see in the public papers that Members of Par-
liament have got np in their seats and said that
we have 100,000 regular troops to defend England. Tho
Secretary at War very properly at once put down this
electioneering nonsense.—(Laughter and loud applause.)
We_have no army in England to defend it. We have
our sons, and they are brave, but they are not discip-
lined; and if the Duke of Wellington had to put himself
at the head of the army to-morrow he could not muster
10,000 men in the country to defend it.—(Hear, hear.)
But some of these geetlemen will say,." Oh, there will

be no invasion." 'Very possibly; I dare say any man
on the Continent will think twice before he invades En
wpoilslsibbel
Tinhveaspiornes;enbturtutlhereroefmvaraynbcee,awnhinovma,sioln
Eng-
land. I perfectly agree that it is probable that thegre-
e.
-think, t is
prejudice must allow to be daring, bold, secret, and clever,
is at the head of four hundred thousand of the finest
troops in the world. Now, gentlemen, if I may be allowed
to say so, we ought to keep a vigilant eye upon power-
ful France. Louis Napoleon is at this moment making
railways, and, strange to say, a deal of English money is
employed in making them.—(Hear, and cheers.) One of
these lines leads to Toulon, another to Lyons, another to
Belgium, and another to Boulogne, so that from the
before England could be aware of
of this 400,000 men could come
attack us. He is quite right. I
patriotism; but it is right that
2i500,000 men may be marched to
vhfawreidoesr
mmy
iphrheueoevruaheplrri
dostys
purpose,
ofee
point
sih2ra'neort
0a
at,ntoonhcodaeo,t h
Boulogne, and the straits of Calais immediately oovered
with steamers and men of war.—(Hear, hear.) Now,
is for this reason I rejoice in the militia
gbeein.ntgleiscaellse'd“out. The militia have at all times evinced
amartial spirit, and I am sure that we shall soon see
Government fashioning them for war. Gentlemeo, I
say that personally I regret that the volunteer
emourpsts were not called out.—(Hear, hear.) If they had
been, we should have seen our Queen, beloved for her
private virtues and beloved for her wise government of
these realms, sitting upon the strong battlements of her
ocean castle, defying invasion and protecting peace.--
(The Gallant General sat down amid cheering several
times renewed.)
Several other toasts were then given, including " The
mayor," proposed by Sir Charles Napier; "Sir William
Now," by Mr. Cooper; " The Borough Members,"
y Mr. Paley; " The Magistrates," by Sir C. Napier;
bThe Ladies," by the Rev. J. Owen Parr; " Lieut.-
Colonel Sidley, and the 50th Regiment," by Mr. Alder.
wan German; and " The Town and Trade of Preston,"
Mr. Gre
by ntell
The meeting broke up about nino o'clock.

TEURIFIC ACCIDENT IN A RAILWAY TUNNEL.-00
Wednesday evening, about five o'clock, an. accident, at-
tended with loss of life to one person and serious injury to
another, occurred in the tunnel connected with Spital
Tongues Colliery, near Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Certain re-
pairs were going on in the tunnel, and no waggon was to be
'ient down after ten o'clock on Wednesday. About five
o'clock Messrs. Arkless, colliery viewers, and a alaithsman
named Coulson, proceeded up the tunnel to look after the
repairs. To their surprise and horror, the tunnel only being
broad enough to admit a waggon to pass, they heard the
noise of a loaded waggon rapidly approaching. Their only
possible means of escape was to lie flat on the ground between
the rails, and allow the waggon to pass over them. They
did so, when Coulson, being a stout man, was caught by the
lower part of the waggon, and Was so dreadfully mangled
that h
ke
e died almost immediately. One of the Messrs. Arkless
bad his arm n, and Was otherwise injured, but his
bother e*caped

APPOINTMENTS.
Captain—Wallace Honstown, to the Trincomalee.
Li-utenant—j. B. Field, to the Trincomalee.
Midshipman—Mr. H. Berkeley, to the Victory.
Naval Cadet—A;r. F. S. D. Broughton, to the Snrs-
pareil.
13°Itliwain—'-‘lr. Nicholas Brad, confirmed in tEe
Mon arch.
cerieTtl.ner—Mr. Charles Oliva, confirmed in the Ez-
PoaTsstotarn, SpiNDAY.—This being the fifteenth an-
niversary of her jacki,s,),„ accession to the throne, the
day was commemorated in the fleet by all the ships in
commission ..dreasing;" the royal statidard Rae hoisted
at the Dockyard, rg-s
ard, the Victualli king's bastion,
the King's room.; Gun-wharf; and other Government
eBtablisfaments, and a general royal salute was fired by
the fit-lips at one o'clock, and also
En
rby the •
platform bat-
tery, at half-past twelve; the for -E
until ge-
neral Church service was over, but
the' waiting
i4ttet
firing
when
the garrison chapel service terminated. The
Dido, 18, Captain Mortillead, which grounded at
l
Callao prior to the departure of the A r 1 mails from
that port, off we hear without damage,: and bad lett
for Guayaquil on the 9th of April.
The Thetis, 36, Captain Kuper, C. 8., has la
or-
dered up to Vancouver's Island for the Protection
oit
British interests in reference to gold discoveries in tha-t:
quarter. --
The Baracouta new steam-sloop, after a trial under
the command of Captain the Hon. S. T. Carnegie, emu,
into this harbour yesterday to replenish coal.
The Cyclops, 6, advanced steam-frigate, arrived at
Spithead this afternoon from Sheerness.
When launched, the Windsor Castle, 140, now nearly
completed at Pembroke, will, when ready, be brought
round to Portsmouth; juryspars, rigging, &c., are now
being selected at Portsmouth, to be sent to Pembroke
for the use of that ship.,_
The Dragon, steam-frigate, was dismasted on Friday,
and her officers and crew were turned over to the Tiger,
and thelreridttnr" oitited-orr-S.afttrchan
be immediately fitted for service.
The old convict-ship, Windsor Castle, has been
brought into the basin, at Portsmouth, for the purpose
of alteration. Her decks will be lowered to give her
greater accommodation, and adapt her for a hospital
ship.
The Sampson, steam-frigate, Captain Jones, has come
into harbour, and her crew have been hulked. The
vessel requires docking, to get at some of the steam dis-
charge pipes.
The Grampus, 50, has been brought into the north
dock. She requires now copper.
Her Majesty's steam-sloop Geyser sailed this forenoon
for the coast of Ireland.

PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 19.—OFFICIAL SURVEY OF THE
STEAM FLEET AT SPITHEAD.—This morning Captain
Sir B. W. Walker, R.N., K.C.8., Surveyor-General of
the Navy, accompanied by the Surveyor-General of the
Steam Fleet, Captain Warden, R.N.; Mr. Isaac Watts,
A ssistant-Surveyor of the Navy; Mr. T. Lloyd, Chief
Engineer and Inspector of Machinery to the Admiralty ;
and Mr. John Dinnen, Inspector of Machinery, of her
Majesty's ship Fisgard, arrived at this port, to make an
inspection of her Majesty's screw steam-frigates Arro-
gant, 46, Captain Robinson; Dauntless, 24. Captain
Halsted; Highflyer, 21, Captain Matson; Encounter,
14, Captain Gordon; and the paddle-frigates Retribu-
tion, 28, Captain the Hon. J. Drummond; and Barra-
couta, 6, Captain (pro tem.) the Hon. S. Carnegie,
which latter arrived at this station to-day, after a cruise
in the Channel under her gallant and experienced tem-
porary captain, whose own ship, the Horatio, 24,
screw-frigate, is at Sheerness. The inspecting board
embarked in her Majesty's steam-tender Sprightly, with
Port-Admiral Sir Thomas Briggs, whose flag she car-
ried. Mr. Andrew Murray, Chief Engineer of Ports-
mouth Dockyard, accompanied the board to Spithead,
and attended them during the inspection of the respec-
tive vessels, which now being reported ready fur sea,
will sail in the early part of next week (probably on
Monday), on an elaborate trial of their several
merits and capabilities, under the orders of the senior
officer of the squadron, Captain Robinson, After
cruizing in the Channel to the extent of their store of
coals, the squadron will make for Lisbon, where they
will replenish. They will then have another cruize of
three weeks, and communicate with Rear-Admiral
Dundas in the Mediterranean, rendezvousing at Gib-
raltar or Minorca (as the Arrogant has some supernu-
merary seamen and Marines for the Mediterranean
squadron), and then return to this anchorage.
Her Majesty's troop-ship Resistance, Manscr Brad-
shaw, EL q , master, R.N., commanding, arrived at
Greenock on Thursday, from Halifax, Nova Scotia, with
the 42d Highlaaders (18 officers and upwards of 600
men), who landed yesterday, and proceeded by railway
to Stirling, Perth, Dundee, &c.
The Southern Cross, from Hobart Town, passed this
port to-day, and sent in mails and Government dis-
patches.
The Encounter, 14, Captain Gordon, went out of
Portsmouth Harbour to Spithead this afternoon.

The Oomman.ier-in.C:hi.,f -Sir_Tholuus Briggs. aft:
cialty inspected her Mnjcsty's t hip Ltighflyer, Captain
Matson, ut Spithead, this morning.
DEVONPORT, SUNDAY.—Leander, 50, Captain G. H.
V. King, bailed yesterday afternoon to join the squadron
at Cork.

„---.
Buzzird steam•sloop, Commander Dobbie, went into
the Sound yesterday, and will sail in a few days for the
West Indies.
SHEERNESS, ►SUNDAY._HQr Majesty's iron screw
steam troop•ahip Megtera, 6, Mr. J. C. Barlow, Master
Commanding, made her number yesterday morning, and
Proceeded on her voyage to Woolwich.
Her Majesty's paddle-wheel steam-frigate Cyclops, 6,
was ordered on the 17th instant, to get ready for sea,
and forthwith bent, sails, coaled, &c. She left port yes-
terday afternoon for Spitbead and Plymouth, with the
officers and privates of the Plymouth division of Royal
Marines, and some seamen belonging to the Superb, 80.
A portion of the Horatio's crew and some officers from
the ships in port have been placed on board the Cyclops
pro tem. On arriving at Plymouth and disembarking
the Marines, 840., the Cyclops, we are informed, will
probably proceed to the river Clyde, and convey the
Miranda, 14, new screw steam-sloop of 250-horse power,
to this port, as an addition to the advanced steam squad-
ron of reserve.
Her Majesty's ship Vestal, 26, Captain Cospatrick
Baillie Hamilton, has been taken into the north dock of
the fitting basin to have her defects made good. She is
destined, we bear, for service on the North American
and West India station.
Her Majesty's paddle-wheel steam-vessel Cuckoo ar-
rived from Chatham yesterday at 2 P DI., with seamen
and Marines from the Superb, for conveyance to Ply-
mouth in the Cyclops.

—tier Mojesty's Paddle-wheel steam-vessel Cuckoo,
tender to the Waterloo, left port on Friday afternoon for
Chatham.

Her Majesty's ship Superb, 80, Captain E. Purcell,
was paid off at Chatham yesterday, the 19th inst.
The Goodwill lighter, Patrick master, arrived here on
Friday from Portsmouth with stores for the dockyard
and a supernumerary naval cadet of the Victory for her
Majesty's ship London, 90.
In consequence of the unfavourable state of the
weather during the past week the usual drills of the
Royal Dockyard Battalion, commanded by Col. Reed,
have not taken place.
The Chatham division of the Royal Marines was in-
spected on the 15th inst. by his Royal Highness the
Duke of Cambridge. The efficiency evinced by the first
division drew forth from the Duke expressions of great
satisfaction. Brigadier Major-General Collin, and
Major Wesley, Assistant-Adjutant-General, were pre-
sent with his Royal Highness during the inspection.
Second-Lieutenant S. G. Walsh, of the Chatham
division of Royal Marines, has embarked for service in
the Waterloo, 120, Port-Admiral's Ilag-ship, in lieu of
Second-Lieutenant William H. H. West, sent to Mel-
ville Hospital for medical treatment.
Captain William Gordon, of the Chatham division of
Royal Marines, has had his leave of absence extended
for a month from the 15th inst.

The fortifications of the Channel Islands will shortly
be visited by Lord Hardinge, Master-General of the
Ordnance Department, and Colonel Sir F. Smith, of
the Royal Engineers, with a view of placing them, if ne-
cessary, in a state of greater efficiency.
To-day being the anniversary of her Majesty's acces-
sion, at 8 A.m. the ships in port were decorated with
flags in the usual manner, the Royal standard flying at
the main of the Waterloo and at the dockyard. At 1.30
P.M. the Waterloo, flag-ship, Captain the Hon. Montagu
Stopford; Monarch, 84, Captain C. Hope; and London
90, Captain G. R. Mundy, fired Royal salutes (the first
in ' gun being fired from the Waterloo) honour of the
occasion,

SHIPS IN POET AND PITTING.
In Harbour—Waterloo, 120 (flag), Captain the Ron.
Montagu Stopford ; Monarch, 84 (guard-ship of ordinary),
Captain C. Hope; London, 90 (advanced ship), Captain
G. R. Mundy; Horatio, 22 (screw-steam frigate), Captain
the Hon. S. T. Carnegie; Amphion, 34 (screw_steam
frigate); Cuckoo, Lizsrd, and Myrtle steamers; Thames
and Hart tenders to the dockyard.
Its the fitting basin—Achille, 76; Russell, 72.
In the discharging basin—Wildfire steamer, uncle"
going repairs.
In dock—Howe, 120; Ganges, 84; "Vestal 26, Captainß. Hamilton, fitting for foreign tervic-; and Tribune'
30, screw steam frigate, building On the -north slip.
WOOLWICH, JUNE 19.-Two sergeants, two corporals,,ii tea"
66 privates of the WoOlvvich division of
ibit7arrived
dues, under the command of Lieutenant Day.;fivray, at
at the Dockyard station of the North Neeth;:ng paid off
twelve o'clock to•day, on the Superb, being
station.
at Chatham on her return from the Mediteri'; up to
them
Toe divisional bend was in waiting to Pt lay them
the barracks, stud, on their join'pgj
here, they were inspected by colonel 'l'eroer,
Comman-
dant of the Division. a
it privates arrived,
Two corporals, one drummer, 0'40,0 day, from the
and joined head-quarters on the
Island of Ascension.
The Megmta iron screw.steamsteamtro-ship,
l this afternoonf
Master-
Commander Barlow, arrived a
ftdood Hope, consisting o
op
with invalids from the Cape ° pot al Artillery, and a.
Royal Sappers and AliceNi; 'non commissioned o.ffi .
number of line regillientts; were transferred to the Liet
cera and men of the latter c iwjAncler 4 W Mot I"
tango OWOI.IOOOII 14014- 9

conveyance to Chaehair. The Crliegmra is expected to
unload at this port the stores she has brought home, and I then proceed to Sheerness, to wait further orders.
LAUFCH OF TILE CRITIZER WAR STEAMER DEPT-
FOBD, JUNE 19.---The latauch of this vessel
took' plane
at three o'clock, in th 9 presence of Captain R. S. Dir-
das, C. 8., superintendent of the dockyard, Color;1
Dundas, C. 8., Captain Cracroft, and a number of ladies
and gentlemen connected with the naval departinents
Mr. Wilcox, master-shipwright, directed the launch.
and on the vessel being christened by Miss Portell,
in
the usual manner, by breaking a bottle of wine on her
bows, silt, went off the new iron slip into the basin, and
was brought -- Mr. Pearn, master. attendant of the
dock an victualing yards, who was on board, with
Mr. M'Donald, master-attendant of Woolwich Dock-
yard, who was present as a visitor, three hearty cheers
being given on her leaving the slip. The weather was
remarkably favourably for the launch, and the visitors
had just time to get to their respective places of abodsv
when a thunder-storm, with vivid flasnes of li2htnii g,
occurred, and the rain Rill in torrents; and she bad -not
been long in the water before she was well saturated in
every part.. The following are the deraens.iona of the
Cruivm screw steam-sloov, to be fitted with engines
of 6d-horse porer by Illest:rs. George and Sir John
Rennie:—

Feet. In.
length between perprndieulars ICO ... 0
Do. keel for tonnage
Breadth extreme
Do. fur tonnage 3l ... 8i
Do. moulded
Burthen tons old measurement 751 87-91
Draught of water 10 feet 101 inches aft, and 6 feet 5
inches is the forepart of the vessel. Sl:e Aas commenced
building on the 28th of April, 1851. Tim Hornet,
screw steam.slov, a !!!ter-v ..el in every respect, and
building in the adjoining slip, for engines of GO-horse
power with screw•propeller, will now be brought forward
for launching.

QUEEN OF
THE SCREW
TSB!
E.EASOU-Ny.

PLymotaTH, SUNDAY MORNING.—The return of this
splendid vessel to port, as already announced, has af-
forded the shipwright officers
.and
.men of the Royal
dockyard an opportunity of witnessing a class of ship-
of their craft
-"H`dirie to which they are practically strangers, and all
classes,
mendation of the Queen of the South as a complete gem
from the chief downwards, are loud in their com-
and the tact thestet
the workmanship hemost masterly kind.
The circumstanilP-th roughed c.4f.t
H ermodel is admitted to be perfect, and
d to put back,
she had withstood She had experienced most severe
weather, made al
of her being oblige
hands curious
• to witness how
prised- to- fieei 80 t 4
°4"4 she laboured that
thel trial, and they were sur-
of the usual marks of none
,
even in the most delicateiu-ering could be discovered
;-
be perfectly tight, and noptap Hers, hull was found to
be found of the ship havir°;
par; and, though in accordt?nsttal-ed
builder, she was taken into eed
or worked in any
smallest indication could
with the wishes of her
mendable on the part of Mr.Mareowckh, this, though cm-
no
der anchorage in
have her thoroughly examined and -.° Was determined to
sin
tofects
.to make
have been quite unnecessary, es telsl
the ship had
might as easily have been completedaatted
herh
aver nom-
, was found to
requirements
the Sound. In fact,
good—the whole cause of the water
fro
mposrtion
partment, for to this it was confined until theengt
opened to equalise the depth (which was foundyrves were
2 feet 6 in.)—arose from the fact of the ehokion be only
bilge pumps by the coal dust, in consequence of ag of
the
of the protecting, grating of the pumps having
cause peen displaued. To the non-practical readerozneee
through
may explain that acme thousands of gallons of water
are hourly admitted into all large steam-ships,pipes supplied for the purpose, to keep the bearings of
the machinery cool ; and this water has no mode of
egress but through the pumps. Though the quantity
of water named may appear large, its accumulation in
large vessels is not such as to aequire more than
occasional clearance ; and it was not until the ship
began to experience bad weather, that the fact of
the quantity in the machinery compartment was
discovered ; as it was to the wash the extinguishing
the fires was to be attributed, rather than to the ab-
solute increase of water. But from the fact that when
recourse was had to the pumps they were found defec-
tive, Captain Hyde, who is acknowledged to be one of
the most efficient and experienced officers abet, would
i
not have thought t. at all necessary to return to port, as
he had already
.sufficiently tested the noble ship to prove
her complete mistress of the task for which she was de-
signed. Her conduct in the gale inspired general confi-
dence in her as a sea-boat, and when placed under canvas
her execution (running, as she frequently did, 11 knots)
was a theme of admiration.

It is due to Captain Hyde, and the officers generally,
to state that, to the respect and esteem which their gen-
tlemanly conduct had before won from all the passengers,
must be added an increased confidence from their cool
and sailor-like conduct, under the circumstances which
induced Captain Hyde to bear up for Plymouth Sound.
Of the vessel herself little can be added to what has
before been said in her praise. She was taken into dock
on Thursday evening, and on the following morning
underwent a thorough overhaul, the result of which has
been to increase the confidence of all concerned in her
welfare, and sbe will leave the port with the highest pos-
sible professional testimony to the talents of her projec-
tors and the skill of her constructors. As we have be-
fore stated, detects she had none, and the sole cause of
her return, after having commenced her sea voyage, was
the result of a casualty precisely similar to that which,
it will be recollected, detained her Llsjesty's steam-ship
Mcgmra at this port on her outward voyage to the Capo
with the Rifles. A simple mode of preventing the oc-
currence of such a casualty wakehen• :euggested to the
eseimiesetty.d.partsuent at Somerset House, by Mr. Gor-
mully, the shipwright officer an whose charge and
direction the Megtera was made ready to renew her
voyage, but nothing we believe has since been heard of
the suggestion. There is no fear, however, now that the
etaject has been brought practically under the notice of
the enterprising gentleman from wnose yard the Queen
of the South wes launched, that steps will bo speedily
and effectivelyyes a taken to prevent the recurrence of similar
u
precautionary measure the Queen of
casualties,
the South hag now been supplied from the store at this
yard with four of Gossego's portable engirier, similar to
those supplied to the ships of war for use in the event
of themain pumps from any circumstances getting choked
or otherwise unfit for use.

.... _ _
On Friday Captain Lowe, R.N., inspector of mail
packets at this port, mustered the crew a second time,
when, in reply to a question from this officer, the men,
oue and all, expressed their confidence in their captain
and officers, and satisfaction with their treatment and
rations in every respect. Captain Lowe also assured
those on board the snip that she should not put to sea
again until he was perfectly satisfied, by the testimony
of qualified persons, that she was perfect in every
respect.
In consequence of the desire to substitute some more
tide of
simple cooking apparatus than the one withwhihtihhee
ship was before supplied (Grant's), and which did not
appear to be understood by the cooks on hoard. and also
to avail themselves of the opportunity afforded by the
fact that the Post-office authorities here had named this
e principal
day (Sunday) for her final departure, to make
vesseltimprovementsriflingwasoot t
akeo o
out
tn 0
it hdeooikn teurontaill arrangements,the
evening
yesterday.
During the time the Queen of the South has b
dock she has bean again visited by
and other officers of the dockyard
all th been ill
together with an immense number
persons attracted by the
by
ymwe
htohme vessel hadand port,
of other
at her anchorage in the Sound.
by the reports of those
north, or largest dock in the yard, there All in the
room to close the gates, the vessel Was but barely
South exceeds the Calecionl
length between her perpendiculars being 240 feet in
(reeding this by four feet onl ' she
TWhaosu_seeahttawinheilde
v; if, the dock ex-
twenty feet, a fact that will r2l first-rate, in length by
fessional reader the great eadily convey to the unpro-
Ibis morning the ship to -"lets the Queen of the
capacity of this noble ship.
cordance with the intentionsput
and the wishes of the expressed by Captain Lowe,
tO sea on a trial cruise, in ac-
-3' awaits her return,
~, gentlemen connected with the
Steam Scrow• ship mail'colPany now in Plymouth. A
heavy auxiliary
pouted she will this is
proceed on her voyage se soon as
embarked.
PLYMOUTH, Sint and it is ex-
South i Captain
IlYde has just ,turned from a satisfac-
tory Queen of the
trip round the and will 35i1 at four P.M.
with the ' •. Eddystone,
~ , 131:YTjwo returned
malts for the Cape and Calcutta.

T 41,PAnLIAMEIVTARY ing, Lord John
In ',Lie House of Commune this evea
Fund
Russell will, oconsideration of the Consolidated.
11
amended, call the attention of
BUSINESS.
(Appropriation) Bill, as ete of the Council of Edo-
the House to the recent
two other matters on the notice.
Edu-
cation, This and one or t
paper are likely to occupy the House during the who'.
of the sitting.
of I, di Lord Beaumont will draw tie
oer to. the correspondence respecting
noose
on Mr. Erskine Mather at Flo-
In the House
attention of the
the assault come'
and Lord somerhill will ask whether her Ala-
rence;
nment intend to communicate to Parliament
jesty'yi Government with her Majes's Ambassador at
any corresP n__.
-:icrench Ambassador in Loudon, concerning
Paris, or th_
well enacted in France which occasioned the
the law lately a the Surrender of Criminals (Convention
withdrawal
With) gill, presented to this House.

SM3 or THE METROPOLIS ROADS.—On Friday the
commissioners of the metropolis roads north of the Thames
met .or the purpose of letting by auction, for the term of
tonne yi ekaer ,r the
ads
withint o ls p a
tyhaebi
rl ed
iaott r
ohte. gates ot
of ho
oe r
orespective
ihern-pKensington, Brentford, and Isleworth roads w( re
,sold for 16,630/. ; they produced last year 15,890/. The
tolls from the Uxbridge and Tyburn roads went for 9,5C01.,
the sum last year being 9,110/. The Harrow road tolls
realised 1,1601., the price of them the previous year being
1,200/. The Kilburn and Edgware roads were offered for
3,7101., being the return last year, and were knocked down
for 3,9901. Those from the Highgate and Hampstead roads
realised 18,230/., and they were sold last year for 18,130/.
The City road tolls were put up at 3,000/. and were knocked
down at 3,2401; the previous year they produced 3,200/.
The tolls arising from the Stamford-hill and Green-lane
roads were disposed of for 8,1971, the sum
ethhAnieeyydfteottlhclhseewNd,reniwart
the former year being 8,1871. The Hackney and
Lea-
bridge roads were knocked down at 5,3101., they last 3 r
pforrodzeodols.:26loOtt,
yearT h e
they Ala
ry
fetchedle bone and
2,1
001. North roan tolls, which last year went for 780/ were said
for 830/. Last year the tolls fetched 67,27 a: while this
year they realised 69,167/., being an excess of 1,890/. over
the return of the previous year.

Soar.—Some returns relating to soap were printed
on Saturday in a Parliamentary paper. In England and
Scotland, in the year ended the sth of January last, there
were 1,327,1831 b. of silicated soap made, 184,725,2601 b. of
other hard soap, and 19,025,0511 b. of soft soap. There were
317 licensed soapmakers-152 in England, 24 in Scotland,
and 141 is