The Sun.
London, England, 1852-08-11 00:00:00

COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
COWES, AUG. 9..
DEPARTURE OF HER MAJESTY FOR TIII
CONTINENT.

Her Majesty's lieges had a grand treat hero last even, -
ing in cne of the most beautiful sights many ever haC
witnessed. The Queen having signified her intention o f
embarking on board the Victoria and Albert this aftor
noon, the royal yachts and the whole of her Majest,
steam fleet proceeded into the bay in front of Osborne
House, taking up positions in a line to the eastward, a rid
:All the yachts that could be mustered (a goodly number),
Ipd by the Commodore of the Royal Yacht Squadron in
the Xarifa, formed a line to the westward, and a prettier
sight has seldom been seen than these beautiful vessels
sailing in lino into the bay. Her Majesty and the royal
family embarked at halt-past six o'clock under a royal
salute from the steara•trigates and yachts, all dressed
out in their varied flags, with yards manned. The feet
remained for the night 111 the bay, and at six
o'clock
this morning steamed away with their royal charge for
Antwerp.

DEPARTURE of the ROYAL SQUADRON.
PORTsMoUTIr, TUEsDAT.—Her Majesty the Queen,
his Roy
al Highness Prince Albert, four of the eldest
of the royal children, and the ladies and gentlemen
of the Court, left Osborne Palace at half-past
six
o'clock, and embarked on the Victoria
his morning. and Albert,
with the intentiou of starting early t
The men-of-war steamers at anchor off Osborne
manned yards, dressed ships, and fired royal salutes.
This morning the weather was very fine and pro-
pitious, a fine suramer breeze blowing from the west.
The royal squadron go,, up steam early, but it was not
till 45 minutes past six that the vessels began to move,
when under both steam and canvas. The squadron
came up the Solent and through the anchorage in the
following order:
The Vivid steam-packet, Master-Commander
Smitbett (in advance abo quarter of a mile).
Bad Alberta. Captain Lord Adolphus
The Victoria
G.C11., with the royal standard at the
Fit clarence,

main. acht screw. tender Master-Com-
The Fairy royal y ,
m ander Welch.
The Black Eagle.steam-yacht, Master-Commander
Petley, with the First Lord of the Admiralty, the
Duke of Northumberland, on board ; Admiralty flag
at the main.
frig The Odin steam-gate, Captain Henderson, C.B.
The Magicienne steam-frigate, Captain Ramsay.
The Sampson steam-frigate, Captain L. T. Jones.
The Baracouta steam-frigate, Captain Hon. S. T.
Carnegie.
The Retribution steam•frigate, Captain Hon. R. S.
Drummond.
The royal squadron passed through Spithead about
7.30 A.M., with the wind a little to the northward of
west, and on the starboard quarter, presenting a mag..
nificent sight to early risers.
The royal yacht had a foretopsail set, and passed
through at the rate of 12 knots, followed by the man-
of-war escort, under steam and a crowd of canvas—
courses, topsails, topgallantsails, royals, studdingsails.
When off Brading Harbour (which is the east end
of the Isle of Wight) a signal was thrown
out from the royal yacht, " Catch me who
can ;" for there was an immediate struggle for posi-
tion, and a regular race ensued. The Magicienne was
soon alongside the Odin, and these steam-frigates
were neck-and-neck for upwards of two miles, when
the Odin shook her off, and again stood number one.
Baracouta now thought it quite time to shake off her
lethargy, for (like magic) sha passed the Magicienne
and Odin in succession, and at 8.30 was nearly hull
down, about a mile astern of the royal yacht.
We saw the last of the squadron at 9.30, thirteen
miles to the eastward of the Nab light-vessel, and
their position was as follows Victoria and
Albert, Black Eagle, Fairy, Barracouta, Odin, Magi-
cienne, Sampson, and Retribution.
As the royal yacht passed Spithead the Blenheim,
GO, Captain Gardner, and the Tiger, 20, Captain Gif-
fard, dressed in colours, manned yards and cheered.
The Niger screw-sloop, Commander Heath, also got
under weigh, and thenr
rounding the Spit buoy, coming
into harbour fired a royal salute, and manned her
rigging and cheered.
The Victory and Neptune, flag-ships, in Ports-
mouth Harbour, with the Excellent, were also dressed
in colours early, and as the royal yacht passed they
all saluted.

At PortsmOuth it was supposed that the royal
squadron would sail at daylight, and in consequence
the Royal Artillery were on the qui vice at that
time and at their guns, but it was not till about
seven that the salute was fired from the Garrison
B a ttery:

The interesting spectacle of the royal yacht pass.
ing to the eastward was a most pleasing and beautifu
sight, and a number of the inhabitants and visitors
to Portsmouth were up and on the seward lines of
the town, and enjoyed it.
Around the coast a sharp look-out was kept for
the royal squadron from Saturday morning.
The Duke of Wellington arrived at Dover on Sa-
turday, and proceeded to Walmer, leaving instruc-
tions that a messenger ahould be dispatched to Wal-
mer Castle as soon as the royal ships hove in sight.
DOVER, AUG. 10.—This afternoon, at half-past
four o'clock, the royal squadron hove in sight to the
westward of Dover, and their approach was imme-
diately announced by royal salutes fired in succession
from the Drop Redoubt, at the Heights, and the gun
battery below the Castle keep. Her Majesty's mail
packet Vivid, of the Dover station, took the lead, the
royal Victoria and Albert yacht being second, fol-
lowed by her tender, the Fairy ; and another of the
squadron, the Black Eagle steamer, bringing up the
rear. The weather was delightfully fine (although
much rain had fallen during the day), with compara-
tively calm sea and favourable wind. The royal fleet
steamed past at a rapid rate, and after clearing this
port about two miles, hauled in for the Downs. A
number of ladies were observed from the shore on the
deck of the royal yacht, which probably included her
Majesty the Queen; but this, in consequence of the
distance, we could not say positively. Great demonstra-
tions of colours were made by the naval and military
authorities, the royal standards being hoisted, and
numerous elevated points of the town decorated with
flags, during the passing of the squadron; meanwhile
dense crowds thronged the heights, parade, &c., to
obtain a view of the royal squadron, which remained
in sight of our town for nearly half an hour.
The Royal squadron left the Downs at 4 o'clock
this morning, on its course to Antwerp.
Weather fine.
ANTWERP, MONDAY.—Her Majesty Queen Vic-
toria will arrive here to-morrow, but it is impossible
to say whether the royal squadron may be expected
in the morning or in the evening, as we are ignorant
both of the time when her progress will commence,
and of the point of departure.
The Queen will most probably remain until Thurs-
day or Friday, and will be entertained at the palace
of Lacken. His Majesty King Leopold will receive
his illustrious relative to-morrow, if she arrives in the
afternoon ; and on Wednesday, should she not come
until the evening. In the latter case the Queen will
not land, but remain on board the Victoria and Al-
bert for the night. The royal yacht is escorted by
six frigates and several steamers. The presence ofso
many vessels of war will give extraordinary anima-
tion to the port, and will mightily delight our jolly
old burghers.

COURT CIRCULAR.
OSBORNE, TUESDAY.
Her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert,
the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess
Royal, and Princess Alice, embarked at half-past six
o'clock last night on board the Royal yacht Victoria
and Albert.
The Duke of Northumberland, First Lord of the
Admiralty, embarked also in attendance on her
Majesty. Cootos of
Her Majesty was attended by the
Gainsborough, the Hon. Beatrice Byng,tuhe
Alr. Gibbs is
Colonel Phipps, and Sir James Clark.
the prince
in attendance on their Royal Highnesses lion.
of Wales and Prince Alfred. ~ Equerries in
Lord Colville and Colonel 13011,(arcik' eagle.
anchor
about
Waiting, embarked en board the Is
Tho Royal yacht and squadro
during the night off Osborne, and
rernpraoinceededaetd
seven o'clock this morning
to the eastward.
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Derby yesterday at nro,pke, tßr •••k William
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EXPERIMENTAL TRIP TO PARIS,
TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.

Sir,—As the paragraph in your paper of to-day with
the above heading, contains some information which is
likely to mie,ead the public, and injure the Newhaven
and Dieppe route, I trust you will do me the justice to
insert the following:--" The new steamer Paris, built
this year ( xpressly for the above line, crossed from
Newhavcri to Dieppe, on Saturday last, with 100 pas-
sengers., a large quantity of luggage, and three horses,
in ten 7 ninutes less time than the steam-yacht Wave Queen,
with wily about a dozen ladies and gentlemen, both ves-
sels strating nearly together; the result proving that the
Paris IVrts the better boat for the trade,
and having re-
peatedly made the passage in five hours." You will
perceive that the present arrangements, on this route,
are far l:rorn being " defective."—l am, Sir, your obedient
servant,,
HENRY P. MAPLES.
5, A xthur-street East, Aug. 9, 1852.

F. Sl',ght, Esq., Secretary of the London, Brighton, and
South Coast Railway Company.
Filr,—The paragraph which appeared in the Times of
_sterdny is evukutly written under a misapprehension
of the fecs, and is e:ilculwed to do some injury both to
myself and to your company, as it will leave an impres-
sion that your directors are disatified wish the manner
in which the steam service between Newhaven and
Dieppe is at present performed, and that consequently
your chairman was present at the trial of the Wave
Queen, with a view to substituting better boats.
As it is stated that the speed and general results of the
trial of the Wave Queen were satisfactory to your com-
pany, and as my vessel, the Paris, which left Newhaven
on Saturday twenty-five minutes after the Wave Queen,
and was the first to land her passengers, having made
the passage in ten minutes less time, I am justified in
supposing that the service, as at present performed, has
been far from unsatisfactory to your directors.—Yours
obediently, HENRY P. MAPLES,
5, Arthur-street East, Aug. 10, 1852.

London, BeiFht3n, and South Coast Railway.
London Terminus, Aug. 10, 1852.
Sir,--In reply to you: letter of this date with refer-
ence to the experimental trip with the Wave Queen, I am
desired to say that the service between Newhaven and
Dieppe has been performed by your steamer, the Paris,
satisfactorily to the directors of this company, the pas-
sage having been made on the average in less than five
hours and a-half. I am to add that the chairman of this
Q
ompany was present at the trial of the Wave Queen, in
order to witness an experiment with a vessel of a novel
construction, and not because this company is dissatisfied
with the manner in which the present service is per-
formed.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant,
H. P. Maples, Esq. FRED. SLIGHT.

[ADVERTISEMENT.]
Messrs. Allsopp and Sons are informed that some of
their respected competitors conceive that they have made
too exclusive use of Baron Liebig's „letter to Mr. All-
sopp; and they, therefore, feel themselves called upon to
republish the letter, in order that the public may form a
correct judgment of the intention of that eminent autho-
rity, which was, unquestionably, to induce general con-
fidence in the genuine nature of the productions of all the
leading Brewing Establidiments of this country, as well
as to convey a personally-favourable opinion of the ale
brewed by Messrs. Allsopp and Sons:—
BARON LIEBIG TO HENRY ALLsOrp, Es(.l., DITRTON-ON- 1
TRENT.

The unguarded remark of a French chemist, that the
strychnine imported in England is employed in part as a
substitute for hops in the manufacture of beer, has lately
spread alarm among the lovers of pale ale. Having been
appealed to by you to express my opinion on this sub-
ject, which appears to me to be,in a dietetic point of view,
one of considerable public interest, I now offer the fol-
lowing brief statement:—
About a quarter of a century ago a brewer in West-
phalia fell into the practice of adulterating his beer with
mix vomica, from which it is well known that strychnine
is obtained. The peculiar morbid symptoms, however,
which resulted from the consumption of this adulte-
rated beer, speedily led to the detection of the fraud.
The effects produced by nux vomica and strychnine are
so characteristic, that every medical man will readily
detect their origin. The French novelist, Alexander
Dumas, has described them, though with more imagi-
nation than truth, in his romance of " Monte Christo."
It is possible that the Westphalian case, which, from
being made the subject of a criminal trial, obtained
great notoriety, has given rise to the assumption that in
England the strychnine imported is used for the purpose
of mixing with beer. But nobody at all acquainted
with the great breweries of that country could seriously
entertain the suspicion of an adulteration of beer with
strychnine or any other deleterious substance. It is
practically impossible that any operation of a doubtful
character could be carried out in these extensive esta-
blishments, on account of the large number of workmen
employed in them. Any attempt on the part of the
brewer to impart qualities to his beer in an illicit man-
ner, which are not to be obtained from malt or hope,
would necessarily lead to his ruin, as he would be obliged
to communicate his secret to too many persons, and to
employ too many accomplices. The draymen them-
selves, as good connoisseurs in beer, would protest
against any manipulation of a suspicious character. The
case has oven occurred of an eminent brewer not ven-
turing to make use of a method suggested to him for the
purpose of clearing his beer more effectually, because
the addition of a new material to the wort might have
induced a suspicion in the minds of his workmen that it
was an illicit proceeding, and this would have endan-
gered the good reputation which his beer enjoyed. lle
stated to me at the same time that no improvement could
be introduced into a brewery, the object of which was
not perfectly evident to everybody.
During a sojourn of several days at Burton-on-Trent,
I had an opportunity of becoming intimately acquainted
with the method pursued in the manufacture of pale ale.
I convinced myself that the qualities of this excellent
beverage depended mainly upon the care used in the se-
lection of the best kinds of malt and hops, and upon the
ingenuity exhibited in conducting the processes of
mashing and fermenting. Our continental brewers have
much to learn in these points to come up to the English
brewers. I have no hesitation in saying that England
possesses the greatest adepts is malting. I know posi-
tively that the chief brewers of Munich, who undoubtedly
produce the best beer in Germany, have gone through
au apprenticeship in Burton. This may account for the
predilection entertained by the general public, as well as
a r etr; fo teh e
ond
i-
by medical men, for these vaietisapop g
fe be
o bares
stinct of humanity and experience to health
guides in the choice of things contributethat
and enjoyment as the profoundest philosophy.
excellent
Professor Graham and Hofmann,
the alleged , inthe
re-
port already addressed to you upon
adultera-
tion of the pale ale by strychnine, have indicated a very
simple process for detecting the
quantity
oof
f
urinate
d myself
strychnine contained in beer.
Imba osvtemsaintfus
the great convenience and accuracy
of their method,
and have farther assured mysel f.ed byfrom an analysis of seve-
ral specimens of pale ale obtain,
_London houses,
supplied by your establishment,.s ()f the utter groundless-
ness of the imputation that this beer
was poisoned with
strychnine. I am positive, and am supported in my
views by the concordant analyses of all chemists who
have occupied themselves with the examination of beer,
that the poisoning of pale ale with strychnine has never
occurred. I believe I may safely add that it never will
take place; for although an ignorant brewer might be
induced, from interested motives, to add nux vomica to
his beer, the word strychnine so forcibly suggests one of
the most virulent poisons, that whoever has heard any-
thing about strychnine at all is sure to be aware of this.
By aulterating his beer with strychnine, the brewer
would be knowingly committing a crime which, in the
present state of science, must be followed by immediate
detection and punishment.
Mr. E. Merck, of Darmstadt, one of the most exten-
sive strychnine manufacturers in Europe, informs me
that this substance is peculiarly adapted to destroy ver-
min of all kinds. In many parts of Germany it is the
popular poison for rats and mice. This fact fully ac.
counts for the large amount of the drug that has lately
been introduced into commerce.
pale ale sent to h
oofppyoeruturnity of confirminginites vaalvueabalfe-
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Giessen, hiey 6, 1852. JUSTUS LIEBIG.

NARROW ESCAPE.--yesterdayafternoon three en-
gineers attached to the factory at Woolwich Dockyard
went on board the Widgeon steam-vessel, lying alongside the
wharf-wall adjourning the storehouse, to do some work
thatpurpose abou,t,
the boilers, and for opened the manhole,
three descended into the interior without having
ntael'l_,l Was
precaution of ascert^inin t at the one th e t e
free of foul air. It was soon evident that one a eyf ter the other
of the three engineers had been overpowered by the, I,°iiga^t,
and fallen helplessly to the bottom of the boiler, ar to save
not immediately taken out, it would be imPottbine Thomp-
their lives. Highly to the credit of 1300J3 the time on
son, one of the gang of convicts at work a
the boiler and
board the vessel, he offered to go down stied by his brother
take up the engineers, which he did, ?ssand, After repeated •
coffno\r,tisct, sh,
having
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come
t; ni
a ifillhini ti'gslarr us 7 herfaie h
times toget
efTbrts, bodies
fresh air, he succeeded in bring g
hetanhole, a most difficult
through the narrow openings f the case, one of the engi-
of an
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of the boiler. ortunately, all
The heroic conduct of Thomp-
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the engineers haveree.. lives
of the three engineers, at the
a fro pardon, especially as he has
son, who saved the
risk of his wn;wdot;eerarvess and four months of the period of
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esslertri7t:Enit CHAMPION SCULLS.—The contest
fAorrtTitibilleerSlateur champion sculls, presented to the river by
Ding P?
about twenty years since, was appointed to
take place yesterday at nine o'clock, the distance being from
putneyto Kew-bridge. The last contest for this honorary
distinction was in August, 1849 ; as for 1850 and 1851, Sir.
Bone was unchallenged. This year, Mr. Peacock, being the
only challenger, became entitled to row the holder (Sir.
Bone) the final heat yesterday ; the usual trial heat, upon
the 31 of August, being in this case unnecessary. A few
minutes before nine o'clock yesterday morning Mr. Peacock
appeared at the starting post, and was quicokfllovhsiinfmoglloot:hyeefdtidb;
the umpire in the eight oared cutter of the Thames Club.
After waiting twenty minutes, at the risk of
and Mr. Bone not appearing, and no signs
preparations on his part being visible, Mr. Peacock sotaratn3ed.
alone, and rowed quietly over the course, arriving at Kew-
bridge at ten o'clock, forty minutes having been occupied in
rowing the distance-53:i
THE RUMOURED DEATH OF THE EARL OF TAN.
I:E Ld
m of
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thiscorrespondent v
enerable says---" An announcement
of
Peer having appeared in the
Gateshead Observer of Saturday last, inquiries were made
at his Lordship's residence, in llertford-street, et May-fair,
it was ascertained that the statement was premature,
his Lordship
u bore in rt. 6 the enjoyment
of
perfect health. The
owrdshhipbeingi7
) gald CMASequeutlY is his 76th Year'
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