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

NAVAL 1N TELLIGENCI.

APPOINTMENTS.

The following officers have been re-appointed to the
F screw-sloop Encounter on being re•commissioned :
Chief Engineer, James B. Clash; assistant engineers,
Samuel Clements, James Roffey, and Philip J. Gruchy.
Assistant-Engineers—Robert M'Ewen, to the Blen-
heim, 60, screw-steam guard-ship, Portsmouth; and
Frederick J. Dever's, to the Encounter.
PRIZE-MONEY FOR THE GLADIATOR AND JACKAL.—
Messrs. Woodhead and Co. have given notice to Captain
John Adams and the officers and crew late of her Ma-
jesty's ship Gladiator, who are entitled to share in the
proceeds arising from the capture of the slaver, name
unknown, on the 21st of August, 1850, by the Jackal,
tender to her Majesty's ship Gladiator, that the distri-
bution thereof will be made on the 19th day of October
next, at No. 1, James-street, Adelphi, and where the
list will be recalled every Wednesday and Friday for
three months:—Flag, 761. Is. 7d.; captain, 1421. 133.;
second class, 261. is. 10d.; third, 201. 17s. 5d.; fourth,
121. 10s. 6d.; fifth, 71. 16s. Id.; sixth, 61. ss. 3d.; sevtr.th,
41.35. 6d.; eighth, 21. Is. 9d.; ninth, 1/. 6s. ld.; tenth,
153. 7d.

PRIZE-MONEY FOR THE FIREFLY.—Mr. Chippendale
has given notice to the officers and company formerly of
her Majesty's steam-sloop Firefly, John Tudor, Esq.,
commander, that an account of money received for the
Brazilian polacca brigantine Independencia, captured on
the 31st of January, 1850, will be deposited in the re-
gistry of the High Court of Admiralry.
Ajax, 56, screw guard-ship, Captain Quin, discharged
her powder and shells at Spithead yesterday morning,
and in the afternoon got up steam and went into har-
bour to be refitted. She will be taken into dock.

Bull-dog, 6, steam-sloop, will come out of the Ports-
mouth steam-basin dock on the 27th inst., and be fur-
ther fitted as an advance steamyr in the basin.
yesterday-Collingwood, 80, will be taken out of dock at Ports-
mouth, about the 16th of October.
Dauntless, 33, screw-frigate, Captain Halsted, sailed
y and
Gr
mscrewuth - s
evening from Spithead, for the West Indies.
aken
alongside Portsmouth Dockyard, and is dis-
mantling,raetteuarmn -sloop Stoddart, has
been towler, 5
previous to being paid off.
Highilyer, 21,
o
from Portsmouth,Ply on her way to the West Indies,
anchored in
J. Matson,
Vesuvius,
.6, steam-sloop, will be taken out of the
Angle dock at Portsmouth this day, and be further fitted
in the sea-basin; she has been
PORTSMOUTH, TUESDAYnew coppered.
EVENING.—The Ocean
Queen, American liner packet
, arrived at St. Helen's
this morning, to embark pasaen
stock for New York. Wind N. ers and take on board
DEVONPORT,I MONDAY.--GOO'CIZderate and cloudy.
been supplied with a new gaff, and the lighter, having
wind
her favour, sailed this morning for Petubrio proving in
ke.
WOOLWICH, SEPT. 21.—THE TUNA,
OR STEAM-VESSEL.—The preliminary trial of this vessel
vSaturday last proving satisfactory, Mr. Edward
zseln o
consul-general at London for the Ottoman Porte°llrab'
in-
vited a large party to be present at her final trial. '
Tll
Tuna left Blackwell yesterday at a quarter-past twelve
o'clock, having on board Mr. Zohrab, Ottoman consul-
general, Madame Zohrab, M. Paul Musurus, Esad Bey,
and Dilaver Effendi, secretaries to the Ottoman lega-
tion; his Excellency the Turkish Minister and Madame
Musurus were unavoidably prevented from being pre-
sent; Chevalier, Madame, and Miss de Soveral, of the
Portuguese Legation; Mr. Ellis, chairman of the Gene-
ral Screw Steam Shipping Company; Captain John
Ford, superintendent, and several directors of the com-
pany; Mr. Geo. Crawahay, jun.; Mr. Seaward, and Mr.
Brunel. The coals taken on board having been more suit-
able for fine boilers, with which she is fitted, than those
used on Saturday last, she proceeded down the river
with evidently greater speed than she attained during
her preliminary trial, and on her arriving at the mea-
sured mile her speed was tested, and found to be 10.6
knots, equal to 12i miles per hour, and nearly half a
knot greater than on-the previous trial. The result gave
general satisfaction, as it was not expected she would
have realised that speed, as the builders were limited to
a very short length, and to ensure that she would not
draw more than four feet of water. The vessel is, con-
sequently, very flat-bottomed, with broad bows, and
throws up a large wave upon them, which makes her
speed the more surprising under these drawbacks, which
were unavoidable owing to the difficulty of navigating
the Danube in summer with steam-vessels of any other
dimensions. The Tuna returned to Blackwell at a
quarter before seven P.M , having extended her trip to
beyond Shellhaven, at Sea Reach. 1

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

_
A FEW FAIR and UNFAIR THINGS AGAINST
THE FAIR SEX.
Br AN OLD BACHELOR.
The men who flatter women do not know them suffi-
ciently, and the men who only abuse them do not know
them at all.
Romances generally end with a marriage. And
many young girls, when they leave school, would wish
to go through the romance of life—as they do most
romances—by beginning at the end.
Women should rule but not govern. Scandal, with
many women, is an occupation. They pick characters
to pieces in the same way that they pick their nosegays
to pieces—because they have got nothing else to do. If
you wish to learn the worst fault of a woman, praise
her highly to her friends.
Woman is a most beautiful book, that too frequently
is condemned for its errata.
Yon can generally tell how popular you are with a
lady by the length of time she keeps you waiting whilst
dressing to receive you.
A fan is a most handy little instrument for those
who have lost the art of blushing.
Vows are the bad money—the I 0 O's and post obits
with which the man pays a woman the debts of his
heart.
If a young lady has a purse with two ends—silver in
one end, and gold in the other—she is sure to open the
gold end first.
The only time when women talk much amongst one
another, is when they are waiting for the gentlemen
after dinner.
The eyes of a pretty woman are the interpreters of
the language of her heart. They translate what her
tongue has a difficulty in expressing.
If you wish to close a lady's lips, ask her age,
Few women keep a diary after their first love.
Tell me how many ladies maids a lady has had, and I
will tell
manw
youhher h taes d mlpoevre madly will laugh at his mad-
ness.
A
as soon as he has got cured of it; but a woman
never laughs upon such a subject. With
her, love is a
madness, of which she never sees the folly
I don't know which is worst—a man wyh,
money, or a woman who plays at cards.
The signal for conversation amongst .
women..
is marrieswhen
f for
s
pretty girl begins to sing.
Women will forgive everything
Female forgiveness, illimitable being a bore—everythin in in a man except his
as it appears angry
pretty. a woman except her being
I word, or a sneer, or a woman will forgi Ed, be, has,
however, its limits.
of hot tea which reorina sliglic
of another woman; sheshrug
may
even
dying day she will
never forgive her , but t?
ds when she has none
wearing diamonds
herself
Women are like oranges—the brought to forgive
the best.
e_ borrowed the likeness
finest looking are rarely
To paint angels p
of woman; to paint ciaievnilsters the likeness of man.

----------:-=:---.,. NEILD.—This gentle-
manCebiDEN
LATEMr. Camden, a rich sugar-baker
was the granTand
of Wapping, whO
daughter married, respectively, Mr. James
three children, one son and two
Neild:ithewerillrien:
daughters. cisat,James's-street, and Mr. John Mangles.
The only A
Thefelations of Mr. Neild are six first cousins,
fivet,„°'„--„innag, c ho reside some time at Huxley, Berks, and
children of Mr. John Mangles, ship-chandler,
of "arr—rns, Bath: the sixth and remaining cousin is
died in the . r
a daughter, of the late John Camden, of
Ttheeignooly child,
• mouth, Devon, latterly an amateur painter and a friend
and fellow-student of Glover. James Neild, father of the
deceased, died intestate, and his property, amounting to
2,50,.1 , reverted wholly to this his only child, he was god•
father to James Mangles, commander R.N., whose name is
familiar to us as that of one of our earliest modern explorers
in Egypt and the Holy Land.
WELSH SLATE TnArric.—The development of the
slate traffic on the Chester and Holyhead line is gradually
proceeding, and in a short time there is no doubt that it will
form a most important item of revenue. The branch lines
of rail from the great slate wharfs at Port Penrhyn and Port,
Dinorwic have been connected with the tramways at the
quarries, and in a short time, it is hoped, therevi'ill
pur-
chased communication at Carnarvon between the line and the tram-
ways leading to the great slate basin. Ia order fully to in-
sure an adequate supply of slates, the company have
chased a large piece of ground at Saltney, near Chester,
whereon they can range and stack the slates carried along
the line. 'Das piece of land is eight acres in extent, and on
it no fewer than 80,000 tons of slate can be securely stowed-
This will prove an immense depot, from which the wants of
the surrounding districts can be fully
supplied. The great
quarries of Penrhyn and Llanberis are now connected with
cwealyv.ill be a vastly increas-
tinhge minama
n u
nl itn e
of, salnadt
et
thren
fficonn consequence
ae ni l
BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY.—It is provided
by the 142 d section of the Common Law Procedure Act
that in future the bankruptcy or insolvency of either the
plaintiff or defendant shall not abate an action in the cora-
-1 mon law courts.