The Sun.
London, England, 1852-09-11 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER H, 1852,

is an increasing supply, and 12s is the value. The
market has a quiet aspect for Cuba and Porto Rico, and
there are sellers at 13s 6d to 153. Tamarinds—the
rates obtained for East India are is to 12s, West India
24s to 425. Hone; is Innen wanted, Jamaica at 35s to
545, Cuba 32s to 40s, and Narbonne 503 to 6 is per cwt.
Cocoa..—Although there is a plentiful supply of Tri-
nidad, yet previous rates are wetl sustained, there having
been a good home and export demand. At auction 798
bags and 122 barrels wera disposed ot; fine red went at
39s to 41s 6d, mid to good 34s 6d to 38s, ord 33s 6d to
345, and common to good grey 30s to 333 per cwt. Some
parcels of Grenada have been sold privately at 29s to
345, and superior 35s to 36s per cwt. Of Foreign
several parcels have been sold; Bahia and Para at 253 6d
to 26s 6d, and Guayquil 32s 6d to 34s 6d.
SPIRITS.—There are several buyers of Leeward Rum,
and the rates paid are Is Sid to is 6id proof; the supply
is still limited. East India is wanted at is 5d proof, and
superior is 51d. For Demerara there is a firm
market, and a large demand exists at 2s to 2s 2d for
34 to 40 per cent. over proof, and 30 over la 11d, but
mostly at 2s Id to 2s 2d. For Jamaica there is more
firmness in the market. The rates paid for superior
sorts 36 to 39 per cent over proof have been 3a 5d to
3s I Id, fine 2s 9d to 3s 4d, good mid to good 32 to 36,
2s 4d to 2s Bd, and mid 30 to 34 over 2s ld to 2s 3d,
but sorts from 2s 2d to 2s 10d have been most
in request. Havannah wanted at 134 d to is 4id proof.
The excitement in the Brandy market continues. Sales
of Cognac best brands of the vintage of 1851 have been
made At 53 Id to 5a 3d, 1850 ditto at 5a 3d to 5s 53,
1849 ditto 5s 83 to 53 10d, 1848 ditto 5s Ild to 6s ld,
older 6s 3d to 6s 10d, low to mid 33 6,1 to 4s 9d, and
Bordeaux 2s 3d to 23 6d. Geneva Is 10d to 2s, and
fine 25 2d to 2a 6d. For British made Spirit a desire is
evinced to sell at 93 7d to 9s 8d cash; Gin 17 under
proof, 8a 8d to 8d 9d, and 22 ditto at 8s 2d to 8s 3d per
gallon.
SPICES.—Of Pimento supply has decreased this week,
and none has submitted to public sale. Privately a fair
business has been concluded at full rates, mid to fine
selling at 51,1 to. sii, and inferior 5i i to Sid.
per lb. Pepper is in scanty supply, and wanted both
for shipping and home trade purposes. The parcels sold
privately were Malabar at 3id to 41d, Sumatra and Pe-
aang 3 a publi sa e of 100 c
went
tat Today
moderate rates, and at 39s to
pkgs
Jamaica 1
Ginger to aid. w
563 for ord to mid.
ntooof C3b °lsac9cakcilNat change,
at 4s
4Aa nd2—da at
to 4s
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auction-4cis a
4y d pero prices
bl
bac. bags
or silvers, but chiefly at 3s Bd, and a few lots
SALTPETRE T o•day several parcels of Saltpetre
were sold by • private treaty, and in some cases stiffer rates
are obtained. At auction 672 bgs Bengal realised 28a
6d to 29s for 5 per cent refraction.
TAIL° W. Th.
is
afternoon
the public sales of Tallow
went at full rates; 380 pkgs South American sold at
38s to 38s 6d for first sort; 550 casks Australian, fine
matton 38s 6d to 393 6d, beef 36s to 38s 6d for good

to fine.
OlLS.—This afternoon at auction 100 tuns Seal mostly
sold, pale 341, and other sorts 301 103 to 33/; 300 pkgs
Cocoa Nut, Sydney, 271 to 331, Ceylon 321 to 331; 350
casks Palm 253 to 28s. Cocos Oil is 321 10a to 321 153.

THE LONDON GAZETTE, Sept. 10

Commission by the Queen.
Royal Denbighshire Rifle Regiment of Militia.—
Daniel McCoy, Esq., to be Adjutant, vice Jones, retired,
July 30.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire.
George Casson, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Lewis
Williams. Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Samuel
Holland, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; John White-
head Greaves, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; David
Williams, Eeq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Aug. 24.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Hertfordshire.
Sir Thomas Gage Saunders Sebright, Bart, to be De-
puty Lieutenant; Christopher William Puller, Esq., to
be Deputy Lieutenant; William John Lysley, Esq., to
be Deputy Lieutenant; William Joseph Myers, Esq.,
to be Deputy Lieutenant, Sept. 3.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire.

Albert Hudson Royds, Esq., to be Deputy Lieute-
nant; J ohn Sawrey, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant,
Sept. 6.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire.
Francis Alexander Sydenham Locke, Esq., to be De-
puty Lieutenant; Jame Crowdy, E!q , to be Deputy
Lieutenant; Simon Watson Taylor, Esq., to be Deputy
Lieutenant; Thomas Everett Fowle, E.q , to be Deputy
Lieutenant, Sept. 4; Ambrose Awdry,Esq., to be Deputy
Lieutenant, Sept. 7; ;Thomas Assheton Smith, Esq., to
be Deputy-Lieutenant, Sept. 8; Sir John Wieners
Awdry, lint., to be Deputy-Lieutenant, Sept. 4.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Monmouthshire.
Royal Monmouth Militia—Edward Baldwin, Esq., to
be Captain; Edward Otto Partridge, Gent., to be Lieu-
tenant; Henry Salusbury Mdman, Gent., to be Lieu-
tenant.

Commission by the Lord:Lientenant of the West Riding

of Yorkshire.

Hussar Regiment of Yorkshire (West Riding) Yeo-
manry Cavalry—Robert Swan, Gent., to be Cornet,
Sept. 6.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire.
The Queen's Owu Royal Staffordshire Regiment of
Yeomanry Cavalry—Captain Frederick Wright 'Tomlin-
son to be Major, vice Talbot, resigned; Lieutenant
Ralph Thomas Adderley to be Captain, vice Tomlin-
son, promoted; Lieutenant the Honourable Arthur
Wrottesley to be Captain, vice Pudsey, resigned; Wil-
liam Henry Phillips, Gent., to be Cornet, vice %V bit-
greave, resigned.
BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
David Lansley, livery stable keeper, Bath.
BANKRUPTS.

Samuel Luke Pratt, upholsterer, New Bond-street, to
surrender, Sept. 23, at twelve, and Nov. 13, at eleven,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee,
Guildhall chambers, Basinghal I-street ; Carlon and
Haynes, Palace-chambers, Saint James-street.
Anthony Meyer, merchant. Thrognaor on-street, City,
Sept. 21, at twelve, and Oct 22, at one, at Ihe Court of
Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Aldermanbury ;
Reed, L Ingford, and Marsdeu, Friday-street, Cheapside.
Charles Davey, linen draper, Brixton, Surrey, Sept. 24,
at one, and Oct. 19, at eleven,at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Edwards, official assignee, Sambrook•court, Basinghall-
street; Dickson and Overbury, Frederick's-place, Old
Jewry.
James Harper, hotel keeper, Gloucester, Sept. 24 and
Oct. 13, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acra-
man, official assignee, Bristol; Bevan, Bristol.
Joseph Lee, grocer, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, Sept. 21,
and Oct. 18, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court.
Hope, official assignee, Leeds; Evans and Son, Liver-
pool; Atkinson, Dtbb, and Atkinson, Leeds.
DIVIDENDS.
In the Country.
innkeeper, Oct. 1, at
eleven,.f. R oabtertthse, Rchoyul,rtF, liLnit:ehrirpeo,ot_T.
Pearse and W.
Thackray, Sunderland, timber merchant, Oct. 14, at
twelve, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—W. 'Mack-
ray, Sunderland, timber merchant, Oct. 14, at half-past
twelve, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—R. Haler°,
Sunderland, provision merchant, Oat. 28, at eleven, at
the Court, Ne wcastle-upa-Tyne—J. Rymer, Gates-
head, Durham, paper manufacturer, Oct. 15, at one, at
the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—S. Langdale, jun.,
Stockton-upon-Tees, Durham, and yam, Yorkshire,
corn dealers and flour merchants, Oct. 19, at eleven, at
the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—R. Seymour, Sunth•r-
land, linen and woollen drapers, Oct. 14, at eleven, at the
Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—E. M. Hadaway, New-
castle-upon-Tyne, grocer and tea dealer, Oct. 15, at
the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—W. Burnett, R. M.
Watson, L. Wanless, T. Harrison, and D. Stokoe,
Etishopwearmouth, Durham, ship owners, Oct. 19, at
half-past twelve, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
J. W. Cowles, brewer, Gloucester, licensed victualler
and auctioneer, Oct. 7, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol.
NOTICE OF CERTIFICATES.

In the Country.
oat,.. 28; Marshall, Roker, Durha , timber merchant,
son, Hartlecnunderland, timber erchant, Oct. 28, at
co, goirnaets,oe, at the Court, New astle-upon-Tyne—J.
at the Cour
one, at, th,
anui.rti:iNeweastle-t4m-Tyne—T. Matthe w-
Court,
Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—E.
merchant, Oct. 19, at twe3 ye,
upoa.Tycnastle-upon-Tyne—E. M. Hadaw ay,
Newcastl©-
at etii grocer and tea dealer, Oct. 15,, at
W. Wheeler, oleobure
half-past twelve
Newcastle-upon-Tyn .e—
-and maltiter, Oct. 5, qtYh Mortimer Shropshire, ler
Birmingham—T, DootL-east eleven, at the Co-urt,
wheelwright, Oct. 7, at half- past Staffordsb ire,
Birmingham. past eleven, at the Cot irt,
CERTIFICATES GR ANTI,
E. Mountcastle, King William --
• street Citand
hatter, certificate of the first' class_ Y, Gre en-
wich,Macben, Monmouthshire, coal owner, t. - Jo•nes,
first class—T. Cowdrey, Brighton, wine
and or the
chant and tobacconist, certificate of the second
iner-
W. Parsons, Merton, Surrey, retailer of beer, certificate
the second class—S. Knight, Fore-street --,ate
f the second ei , (.lity
cheesemonger, certificate o , ass_G. w,
Walter and W. H. Walker, heele, Staffordshire, ceetifi:
eate of the second class—J. Dellow, Wolverhampton,
Staffordshire, cooper, certificate of the second class.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
S. Pemberton and T. E. Coslett, Sedgley, Stafford-
shire, coal masters—T. E. Coslett and T. L. Pemberton,
Sedgley, Staffordshire, coal masters—J. M. Wa'son. and
S. Major, Liverpool, porter dealers—T. Andrews and A.
B. Andrews, Canterbury, surgeons and apol,hecaries—
W. Haigh and M. Platts, Yeighley, Yorkshir", linen and
woollen drapers—T. Mathews, sen., and V. Mathews,
jun., Castle Carey and Crewkerne, Somersets hire, manu-
facturers—E. Johnston and C. C. Ironsidt , Liverpool,
merchants—C. W. Hooper and B. Hosper, Se ething-lane,
Tower-street, City, leather, hide, and I factors
—J. Gray and R. J. Keene, Liverpot d, opticians
—J. Holt and W. Holt, Leeds and Horton . Yorkshire,
organ builders—L. Barnes and J. H. Gray, Kingsland-
Damn, Kingsland-road, Middlesex, flak manufacturers.

PRICE OF SIJGA.R.
The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com-
puted from returns made in the week ending September 7,
1852, exclusive of Customs Duties paid or payable thereon
on the importation thereof into Great Britain :
From the British possessions in America 21s. 110. per cwt
From the Mauritius •.. No return.
From the East Indies
By N
amo return.
authority of Parliament
gsvxT BICIIN ELL, Clerk of the Grocers' Company
Grocers'-hall, September 10.

of that day, and was subsequently missed
One of the nurses was so shocked at the dis-
covery that she fell into hysterics which delayed
further examination for nearly an hour. The search
was renewed in the presence of Mr. C. B. Francis,
senior surgeon, Bangal establishment, who was on a
visit to his brother, the rector of the parish, when,
upon the removal of a small box from the bed, which
the girl stoutly resisted, a folded sheet was found
containing the napkins and handkerchiefs which had
been used for both the natural excretions.
" It is believed that the girl can see and hear; and
in proof of the former it is stated that every move-
ment of those on watch appeared to be anxiously re-
garded by her. Struck with the frequent occurrence
of this circumstance, some of the gentlemen often
looked intently at her, and occasionally the eye not
affected by cataract was observed to quiver beneath
their gaze. Oa several occasions when a book was pre-
sented to her, she opened it, held it exactly in the
position, and eyed it just as a person would who was
reading it. She has been accustomed to guess the
ages of strangers from feeling their hands, which she
will do with a precision to which it is doubted whe-
ther the lengthened experience of a person really
blind could ever have attained. Soon after it was
stated that she had become totally blind a letter was
pennedwhich has been shown to some of
h
t was well written, the lines were paral-
lel, the
and in one girl,nstance a word was inserted exactly in
the right place, and also the caret which marked its
insertion. That she is possessed of the sense of
b y the
committee.
bearing appears very probable, from the circumstance
of her having been known to sing through a hymn,
note by note and syllable by syllable, with another
person ; but all doubts on this head are completly
set at rest by the colloquy she held with the nurses
at the close of the investigation."
The committee conclude their report with the fol-
lowing declaration
" In laying the above facts fairly and fully before
the public, we have no hesitation in avowing our
unanimous conviction that fraud has been practised.
“(Signed) W. s_s 13 uir
EttsTER, GEORGE ToVELL,
DAVID PITCAIRN, JOHN WHITBY, JAMES WEBB,
FREDERICK ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LONDON."
In connexion with her alleged abstinence from food,
it appears that while an inmate of the East Suffolk
Hospital, in June, 1850, the nurses repeatedly drew
the attention of the physician to the exteremely small
quantity of food she took. At this time she was
suffering from a violent affection of the head, the re •
suit of intermittent fever, impairing the intellect, and
producing delirium and fits.
Many persons still believe that no imposition has
been practised, and the girl receives as many visitors
as before. Her parents also persist in denying that
their daughter has taken any food or drink during
I*,he period stated.

THE GENERAL SCREW COMPANY'S
NEW FLEET—THE LADY JOCELYIV.
We have much pleasure in publishing the following
testimonial to the character and performances of the
second of the General Screw Company's new fleet of
magnificent steamers, built by Mire, for the conveyance
of the mails to the Cape of Good Hope, Mauritius, and
Calcutta; and we trust shortly to add Australia:—
(Copy-)
" Island of SL Vincent's, Cape do Verde,
August, 1852.
" Dear Sir,—lt must, we think, be gratifying to the
directors of the General Screw-steam Navigation Com-
pany, and also to yourself, to know the opinion the
party on board the Lady Jocelyn have formed of her
qualities, and of the opportunity afforded by ships of her
class for rapid and commodious transit from England
to India, or the intermediate mail stations.
" There are some amongst us who have had ion
experience at sea, and particularly of India voyages,
both vis the Cape, and Overland, as it is termed—but
we have none of us known anything at all to approach
the advantages we enjoy on board this splendid ship.
" The ample accommodation and comfort of the well-
ventilated cabins and saloon, are, we believe, unequalled,
whilst the cleanliness and quiet which prevail through-
out the ship have hitherto afforded the most agreeable
opportunity for repose to all on board. We are unable
to establish any comparison with other steam ships,
propelled either by screws or paddle-wheels; but when
we see a full-masted ship, with lower and topsail-yards
across, making 200 miles in the 24 hours against a
strong wind and headsea, we think it has scarcely been
surpa,sed,:and the manner in which she starts off at 11
and 12 knots an hour, as soon as her sails will draw at
all, has been the admiration of all on board.
" We consider it a happy thing for,those whose positions
lead them and their families to India, Mauritius, or the
Cape, that such a very perfect means of communication
has been established; and with every hope fur the suc-
cess of the company,
" We remain, dear Sir, yours very faithfully,
(Signed) "J. T. Egan, 45th Regiment; Wm. John-
stone, Lieut. Yorke Trescott, Lieut.-Col.
Mac Duff, J. H. Allinson, H. Wynch, James
Scott, Ralph Ardene, Charles Murray, J.
Lambert, E. Chapman, J. Battley, M.C.S.;
Captain J. Coode, 35th Regiment; Robert
Baker, comm. staff; A. Ogilvie, H. M.
Arderne, Captain T. May.
"To Captain Stewart, steam-ship Lady Jocelyn."

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.
Joseph Seaman was charged with • having forged a
certificate of character, for the purpose of obtaining
an engagement on hoard a vessel.
Mr. J. Brown, shipping master, proved that
the signa•ure to the character, which described the
prisoner as an eligible person, was a forgery.
The prisoner said the fact was he had got tired of
tossing about in a small vessel, and he wished to go
to one in which there was more room, on which ac-
count he bad got a friend to give just the description
of him which be deserved.
The Loan MAYOR fined the prisoner 101., and the
penalty not being paid sentenced him to imprison-
ment wi.h bard labour for six weeks.
BETTING {ousel.--Sir P. Laurie, in discharging
asraumaster
youngsptoe
sr
suppose,
m
,
orfa the means of paying off the debts
of honour contracted in betting houses and the atten-
dan t expenses, took occasion to say," Nearly at the close
of the last session of Parliament, I waited, together with
several of the inhabitants of Aldersgate- ward upon
the Right Ilon• Mr. Walpole for the purpose of re-
presenting tb for
necessity who had been accused of robbing his
thepurpose, as there was good reason to
obtaining
which existed for putting
down the ruinous dens called betting houses with
which the metropolis is contaminated. I rejoice to
say that the Right Hon.
Gentlemen gave us good
reason to expect that attention will be paid to the
e
public complaint of so serious an evil. I suggested
the propriety of
descri introducing into every license granted
t
for the sale of beer and tobacco the condition that
betting
shops in which betting among
shopmen and apprentices has been so extensively car-
ried on, would,
said, thus come under the supervi-
sion of the
magistracy,ou os
ef s aagistracY, and the evil would, through
andny cigar and
would not be allowed. The
be erh
their interference, receive a fatal check. Mr. Walpole
seemed to think that the proposition was likely to be
mltucanreincu9on and he assured us that it should have his
consideration in the early part of the ensuing
session, when he would bring the subject before the
House of CO

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the hours of
A SERVANT ACCIDENTALLY SHOT ET HER, MAS-
TER's SON
—Yesterday
eleven and twelve, the inhabitants of the immediate neigh-
bourhood of NOrthavapton-place, Hackney-road, were
thrown into acme alarm by the report of a pistol and the
shrieks of a female voice.. It appears, that the eldest son of
Mr. Forsey, who resides at No. 6, Southampton Cottages
morning, between.
Northampton-place, Hackney-road, has been in the hibit,
for some time of keeping a large horse-pistol loaded in his
bed-room, contrary to the wishes of his parents, who have
frequently desired him to dispose of the same for fear of an
accident, and who had not the remotest idea of the same
being loaded, 1 when their youngest son, a boy nine
years of age, entered his brother's bed-room, while the ser-
vant was making the bed, took up the pistol, and, in a jok-
ing manner said, " Now, I will shoot you, ' when the girl,
turning round to see what he was about, the little urchin
fired the pistol, and lodged the contents of the same in the
right side of the poor girl's face. Medical aid was immedi-
ately called in, and some days will elapse before the girl can
be pronounced out of danger.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
Another Committee has been nominated by the
Admiralty, for the purpose of inquiry into, and re-
j on, the merits of all vessels propelled by
screw machinery. Mr. Bedford, of the Afitniralty
establishment, Whitehall, has been appointed to act

as secretary to this Committee.
Captain Washi❑gton, late of the tidal harbour de-
partment, has been ordered to proceed in the Light-
ning steam-tender, Master-Commander Allen, to
survey a reported shoal on the Doggerbank.
Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence and Captain Sparshott
paid Deptford Dockyard a visit on Thursday, and,
accompanied by Mr. Wilcox, master-shipwright of
that establishment, inspected the Imperieuse, 50-gun
screw frigate, which ship is to be launched between
two and three o'clock on the afternoon of the 15th
instant. It is expected his Lordship will be present

on the occasion.
Captai❑ Crispin, of the Victoria and Albert, has
proceeded on a fortnight's leave of absence.
The Admiralty have ordered the sum of 101. to be
paid to the master and crew of the Eliza and Ann,
at Portsmouth, for the good services they rendered
to the pinnace of the ordinary flag-ship Neptune,
when recently in danger.

APPOINTMENTS.
Lieut. Patrick Inglis (1827), has been appointed
Admiralty agent for mails in a contract steam-vessel.
Lieutenants—Alfred Neal (1850), to Dauntless, 33,
screw-frigate, Portsmouth; E. H. L. Ray (1849), to

the Excellent.
Surgeons—David Thomas, to be Superintendent in
charge of the Midlothian convict ship; Lawrence
Carey (1852), to the Hercules.
Assistant-Surgeon—John E. Hamilton (1845), to
the Electra, 14, Portsmouth.
Naval Cadet—Arthur Brooke, to the Dauntless.
THE DOVER PACKETS.--.The Vivid steam-packet,
Master Commander Smithett, is still at Woolwich,
under the hands of the engineers; and the Admiralty
have ordered the Garland steam-packet, also from
Dover, to Woolwich, to have her defects of hull and
machinery made good.
The screw three-decker Windsor Castle, on being
launched at Pembroke on the 14th inst., will be taken
charge of by Mr. Davy, Assistant Master Attendant
of Portsmouth Dockyard, and navigated to the latter
port. In addition to the Sirnoom and Dispatch, the
Inflexible, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Woolridge, has
been sent from Portsmouth to assist her.
The screw line-of-battle ship Sanepareil, 81, Cap-
tain Dacres, will not be ready for sea service, at
Devonport, for at least a couple of months; so that
she will have been in commission about six months
before she is ready for any service. This delay is
attributed to the contractor for the engines.
The screw guard-ship Blenheim, 60, Captain W.
H. Henderson, left Qaeenatown on Tuesday, on her
month's cruise at sea. She will probably pick up
Rear-Admiral Curry's squadron before she returns to
Spithead.
The screw frigate Arrogant, 46, Captain R. S.
Robinson, and the screw corvette Encounter, Captain
Gordon, are to be paid off at Portsmouth, all standing
for re-commissioning when their pay-books are ready.
Their defects are to be made good immediately, but
nothing is to be done by any department beyond that
at present estimated for.
The screw frigates Dauntless, Xi, Captain Halsted,
and Highflyer, 21, Captain H. J. Matson, are ordered
to be ready for sea at Portsmouth by Wednesday
next, the 15th instant. The former will be taken out
of dock on the 13th.
Diligence store-ship, Master-Commander Mitchell,
left Deptford on Thursday morning with stores for
Gibraltar.
Daring, 12, Commander Napier, is progressing
with her rigging at Chatham, but enters men very
slowly.
Electra, 14, Commander Morris, will be ready to
go to Spithead about the second week in October.
Fairy, Royal yacht tender, Master Commander
Welsh, came up to Portsmouth from Cowes yesterday
morning, with the Hon. Mrs. Phipps and family, who
after landing, proceeded by railway for town.
Hercules, Commander Baynton, has hosted the
pendant at Chatham. She is in dock, progressing in
making good defects and being rigged. She is to
have a compliment of 125 men, and is to be supplied
with one of Grant's galleys to cook for 1,000 men.
When the ship is undocked and completed in the
dockyard department, she is to be navigated to the
East India Docks to have her internal fittings com-
pleted under the direction of the Colonial Emigration
Commissioners.
Meander, 44, Spithead, Commodore Talbot, hoisted
a blue commodore' pendant yesterday morning. Some
alteration being required in the arrangement of her
shell-room, she discharged her powder yesterday
evening, and the joiners commenced the work. She
will not sail, in consequence before the 20th inst. for
the Cape. She has taken on board a number of su-
pernumeraries for the ships on that station.
Wasp, 14, screw-sloop, Commander Lord John
Hay, will be " paid down" at Woolwich this day,
when her crew will be granted a fortnight's leave,
PORTSMOUTH, FRIDAY.—The Devonshire, East
Indiamen, sailed yesterday for Calcutta; and the
Queen sailed this afternoon for the same destination.
The Tyne store-ship, Mr. Peter Wellington,
Master, R.N., commanding, sails at day- light to-
morrow morning, taking 11 officers and a quantity of
stores for the West African squadron, under Rear-
Admiral Bruce, to be landed at Ascension, whence
she proceed* to the south east coast of America, to
land stores (at Rio), for the squadron on that station
under Rear-Admiral Henderson, C.B.
The First Lord of the Admiralty has ordered a
committee, formed of Captain Warden, R.N. (pre-
sident), Captain G. T. Gordon, R.N., Mr. Watts,
Assistant-Surveyor of the Navy; Mr. Hughes, C.E.,
Assistant to the Chief Engineer at Somerset-house;
Mr. Baker, the Inspector of Machinery in her Ma •
jesty's yachts; and Mr. Lang, Assistant-Master
Shipwright, to visit all the principal shipbuilding
and engineering establishments in the United King-
dom, to collect such facts as they may deem useful
for the conducting of the national establishment!, and
also for the advantage of the mercantile marine of
the country.
The following officers passed examinations on
Wednesday at the Royal Naval College, qualifying
for the rank of Lieutenant :—Messrs. W. H. Douglas,
A. J. Day, M. G. Jackson, and C. R. Tuckey. For
Masters :—Messrs. W. H. Sharp (who obtained full
numbers), and H. S. H. Hall. For entry into the
navy as Cadets :—Messrs. C. A. W.lftycroft, J. M. D.
Elphinstone, and G. Henley.
ROYAL MARINES.--A court-martial has been
sitting this week at Forton Barracks, Gosport. com-
posed of Colonel Second-Commandant Wearing, pre-
sident ; Lieutenant-Colonels Willes and Phillips ;
Captains Nollotb, Ayles, H. Parke, Wearing, and
Alexander, and First-Lieutenants Jones, Barnard,
Buck, Morrison, and Ward; with Lieutenant and
Adjutant Cooke as afliciating Judge-Advocate, to try
Lieutenant Charles Ducane Williams, for locking up
an officer in the double gate guard-house, on the
Gosport lines, and other grave breaches of discipline.
The Court sat two days ; the sentence is not yet
known.
A distressing event has just occurred at Portsmouth,
which has resulted in the death of a promising young
officer. Lieutenant Reeves, of the artillery com-
panies, was going on leave of absence on Thursday,
and was crossing from Portsmouth to Hyde in a small
passage-boat, which is supposed to have capsized in a
squall, and to have drowned the waterman and his
passenger, as Major Mountjoy Martyn, of the 2d Life
Guards, who was cruising in his yacht, the Fernando,
in the Solent, on Thursday, has reported to head-
quarters picking up a small sailing-boat tenantless,
and a hatbox containing several small articles, and
bearing the address " Lieutenant Reeves, R.M.A. ;"
which, together with the boat, Major Martyn deli-
vered into the custody of the Commander of her Ma-
jesty's revenue cutter Mermaid.
WooLveica, SEPT. 10.--The powerful screw-pro-
peller, about eighteen feet in diameter, cast for the
Agamemnon, 90, was lowered into the stern of that
fine vessel yesterday, and she will be ready to have
her steam up next week. Mr. Dinnen, of the steam
department at Somerset-house ; Mr. Chalfied, assist-
ant to the master shipwright at Woolwich Dock-
yard, and other members of the various departments,
made an inspection of the vessel to-day, connected
with the most approved plan for ventilating her, both
in the engineers' and shipwrights' departments.
The Mageara steam-frigate, being now ready for
sea at Sheerness, Colonel Airey, first assistant Quar-
termaster-General, left London yesterday afternoon,
and was joined at Chatham by Brigade-Major
Wood, of that garrison, and both these officers pro-
ceeded to Sheerness for the purpose, in conjunction
with naval officers appointed for the purpose, of in-
specting the Meesera as to the number of troops she
can conveniently accommodate in the voyage she is
about to make to the West Indies.
NARROW ESCAPE.—CHATHAM, SEPT. 9.--Yester-
day Mr. Burton, master ropeTalT. of this yard, had
a very narrow escape for his life. The workmen
were hoisting hemp into the hemp-house, when a rope
broke and injured him on the thigh and side, and also
struck him on the head, wounding the ear very se-
verely. Had the rope not struck a stancheon before
reaching him, in all probability
he would have been
killed on the spot. As it is, he is so much injured as
to confine him to his bed.
DEATH OF THE LAST SURVIVOR OF KEPPEL'S
ACTION,—Mr. D. F. Hainsselin, father of Mr. D. H.
Hainseelin, auctioneer, of Devonport, died on the 3d
instant, aged 92
years. Mr. Hainsselin was supposed
to be the last survivor of: Keppel's action. He was
also at the celebrated relief of Gibraltar, at the taking
of St. Eustatia and other West India Islands, in the
Monarch which led the van in Rodney's action; in
the skirmish with the French fleet off Plymouth, and
in the Royal George, on the 29th May end Ist of
i June, for the two latter of which he had the medal
! with two harsh—Plymouth Journal.

DBITONPORT DOCKYARD.—We have heard several
complaints from visitors to the neighbourhood of the
hurried manner in which they are taken over the
dockyard, when desirous to observe the many ob-
jects of interest with which that extensive establish-
ment abounds. We know not whether this is in con-
sequence of orders from the authorities for the pur-
pose of economising the time of the police. Speaking
of the police—it would appear that very strict disci-
pline is maintained in this branch of the establish-
ment. About a week since, we hear, one of the force
was sentenced by the director to confinement to the
yard for a week for speaking to a workman ; and,
since that, another has been ordered a similar pu-
nishment for taking a pinch of snuff offered him by
one of the artisans.— West of England Conservative.