The Sun.
London, England, 1837-06-19 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

(From the Hampshire Telegraph.)
PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 17.—The Hercules, 74, Captain
Berkeley, will proceed to sea in about ten days—destina-
tion uncertain, but presumed to be Lisbon, from whence
she will proceed on a trial cruize with the Pique, Castor,
and Inconstant frigates. The Pique will go out of har-
bour on Monday, and the Castor is daily expected from
the eastward. •

The Sparrowhawk, 18, Commander Shepherd, went out
of harbour on Monday, and will proceed in a day or two to
South America.

The Atholl troop-ship, Mr. Kerley, Master, arrived on
Thursday from the Cape of Good Hope, with the service
companies of the 98th Regiment on board. They were
landed yesterday, and joined the depot companies at Haslar
Hospital.
The Parmelia transport arrived on Sunday last, from
Corfu, sailed the same evening for Dover, and returned
yesterday.
The Messenger steam-vessel arrived to-day with the de-
pot of the 24th Regiment, from Cork.
The Cornwallis, 74, Captain Sir Richard Grant (with
Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir Charles Paget's flag on board),
was spoken with, all well, on the 29th ult., in lat. 42. 40.
N., long. 11. 23. W. She had a fine breeze at N.E.
The Beagle, surveying vessel, Commander Wickham, ar-
rived on Thursday, from the river, and is waiting for orders.
The Columbia steam vessel sailed for Woolwich, with
the Marines of the Revenge, attached to that division.
The Revenge, 78, was paid off to-day. On Thursday,
the Ward-room Officers gave a parting dinner on board,
to their worthy and much respected Captain (Sir W. El-
liott). Lady Elliott, being on the spot, kindly honoured the
officers with her presence.
The Romney, Hazard, and Ariadne, were moved out of
the basin ; the Partridge brig, and Seaflower cutter, were
taken into dock ; and the Edinburgh, 74, was undocked
yesterday.
On Tuesday arrived the Royalist yacht, Jas. Brooke,
Esq., from nearly a twelve months' cruise in the Mediter-
ranean, the principal ports of which she has visited. She
remained under quarantine till Thursday, when she was
released by a special order in Council. She left Malta on
the 9th of May, at which time the following men-of-war
were lying there, under the command of Sir J. Rowley :
Caledonia, Asia, Vanguard, Russell, Rapid, and Medea
and Confiance steamers. The Orestes was the only man-
of-war here.

Yesterday arrived the Torn and Jessie, Fleming, from
Leghorn, with a general cargo, bound to London ; and the
Saladin, M'Kenzie, from Palermo, with a cargo of sulphur,
wine, and fruit, bound to Newcastle—they were released
from quarantine, and proceeded.
At Spithead.—Princess Charlotte, Hercules, Seringapa-
tam, Sparrowhawk, Beagle, Athol!, Sparrow, Indepen-
dence, American frigate.
In Harbour.—Britannia, Victoria, Excellent, Royal
George, Pique, Hazard, Partridge, Romney, Seaflower
cutter, Prince Regent and Perihelia transports, Messenger
steamer, and Cracker tender.
PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS.—Commander John
Meredith is promoted to the rank of Captain ; Mr. R. L.
Atkinson, Mate, to the rank of Lieutenant ; Corn. C. H.
Seale, to the Ordinary at Plymouth ; Lieut. Birch, from the
Scout, to command the Lynx, vice Huntley, invalided ;
Lieut. Lory, to the Delight pocket ; Lieut. R. Phillips, to
the Sparrowhawk ; Mr. E. G. Cree, Assistant-Surgeon, to
the Royal Adelaide ; Lord A. W. Beauclerk, Mate, to the
Excellent ; Mr. John Cashman, to be extra Mate, and the
Hon. Oliver W. Lambert, Volunteer First class, to the
Hazard ; Mr. William Sidney, Master-in-charge, Mr.
Thomas Walsh, Boatswain, and Mr. James Ingles, Car-
penter, to Ariadne coal depot ; Messrs. Rainback, Lane,
and Elwin, are appointed Schoolmasters of the Excellent
(probationary) for the service.
The following Midshipmen passed for Lieutenants at the
Naval College, on the 13th instant :—Mr. Willoughby
Lake, Princess Charlotte ; Lord A. Beauclerk (jun.)
Royal Adelaide ; Messrs. J. A. L. Wharton, H. L. P.
Parson:and C. F. Hillyer, (of the Revenge ; Messrs.
F. J. Millman (Sparrow), W. A. Manton, A. A. Villiers,
F. L. A. Selwyn, and W. Barrie.

GARDENING OPERATIONS FOR

THE WEEK.

( From the Gardeners'Gazette.)

SHADE MELON FRAMES in the hottest time of the day
for two or three hours. Plants under hand glasses should
be carefully trained out ; prop up the glasses with four
small pots or bricks, and let the plants ramble out, merely
laying them equally over the space.
CUCUMBERS in frames must be freely watered, and have
plenty of air—shade them while the heat of the sun is vio-
lent. Plants may be put out for pickling. Seeds for this
purpose may be still sown. _

(.ELERY may be transplanted for main crop in trenches
three feet apart, a spade deep, and a foot wide ; let the
bottom be forked loose, and well dunged, one row four or
six inches apart in the middle of the trench, freely water.
ENDlVE.—Transplant a foot apart every way for early
use. Sow seed for main crop, all the sorts will do well,
but the green curled and the Batavian arc the best.
LETTUCE.—Transplant the first opportunity after rain,
for the convenience of watering draw drills a foot apart, and
plant a single row in each.
RADISHES AND SALADS.—SOW for successive crops.

CAULIFLOWERS.—As they advance, and the flowers
open, break down the leaves to cover them from the sun.
Prick out those sown in May. To save seed sacrifice two
or three of the earliest and best.

BEET AND MANGLE WLTRZEL—Get in for general crops.
KIDNEY BEANS—Continue to plant.
PEAS AND BEANS—Continue to sow and plant.
CABBAGE—Savoy, &c., plant out, and still sow.
STRAWBERRIES, if the weather prove dry and hot, should
be watered freely.
Net Wall-fruit Trees, to preserve them from birds.

TULIPS—As the bloom declines, give them all the
weather ; take off all cloths, or other protections, watering
them with lime-water will destroy any larva of insects that
would otherwise attack the bulbs.

Autumnal flowering bulbs should now be removed, if
desired.

RANUNCULUSES—Shade and water daily. Keep every
thing clear from weeds.
CARNATIONS, PICOTEES, or PINKS, as they rise, should
be carefully tied to proper sticks—plant out seedlings of
all the dianthus tribe.—Clip and dress box edgings.
RosEs—.-Bud and lay to propagate. Shade the bursting
blooms intended for exhibition.

GERANIUMS—PIant cuttings under a hand-glass.

On Saturday morning, at eight o'clock, three bat-
talions of the Household Infantry, consisting of the Coldstream
Guards, Fusileer Guards, and second battalion of the Grena-
dier Guards, marched into Hyde Park, and were brigaded.
The brigade went through numerous evolutions, marching and
counter-marching, charging, at the point of the bayonet, the
supposed enemy to a considerable distance. Afterwards they
commenced firing by companies, then by divisions, and finally in
extended line, which was performed with astonishing precision.

The Duke of Nassau has adopted a new method
of ingratiating himself with the people of Berlin. He is dis-
tributing here gratis thousands and thousands of bottles of
Seltzer or soda-water to the poor.

" Give me Venice Preserved," said a gentleman,
last week, on going into a celebrated bookseller's at the west.
end. " We don't sell preserves," said an apprentice newly im-
ported from the country, " but you will get them next door,
at Mr. Brown's, the chemist."

The late genial rains have been a blessing to the
country, and every description of vegetation grows luxuriantly,
and the grass lands are particularly benefitted, but the hay
harvest will be unusually late. At present the hop-yards ge-
nerally look well. The orchards will produce most abundant
crops in most situations.—Hereford Journal.

MONOMANIA.-The subject affected with the mo-
nomania is a fine youth of a sanguine temperament, robust and
elegantly formed, about twelve years of age, the son of a re-
spectable Italian broker, residing at present at one of his rela-
tion's country seats, in the neighbourhood of Campo Grande.
This beautiful boy, perfectly tractable, and sound in all his
mental faculties, will not allow any one to touch him, or even
to touch the bed where he lies, or the chair upon which he
sits. If by chance (and no demonstration of mania is other-
wise evinced) any one should put his finger upon him, he im-
mediately shrieks aloud, strips off all his clothes, washes him-
self all over, and will not use the same again, except they are
previously, like himself, submitted to a libation. This ex-
traordinary mania secludes himself from the approach of every
person, except a woman, I believe a relation, who can do
everything she pleases with him, and, as she herself expressed,
even make his bed. On being desirous to see this tortured
youth, we applied to this woman, who very kindly introduced
us to him, and we were admitted without any difficulty, and
conversed with the boy, on our pledging our word to him that
we would not touch bins. We found him exceedingly interest-
ing, and, in spite of his appearing still mistrustful to us as
strangers, nevertheless he conversed very freely with us, and
perfectly coherent in all his replies, evincing the most polite
manners and perfect good breeding. We endeavoured to
obtain from this woman, whom we may justly call his bosom
friend, the history of this extraordinary aberration, and the
information we could collect was, that about four years ago a
gentleman, who seems to have been the boy's godfather, re-
turned from Pernambuco,_ after a long residence in that place,
but unfortunately affected with a polypus in his nose in a state
of ulceration. This youth, who was then eight years of age,
being often caressed by his godfather, conceived at the time a
natural disgust for that horrible malady, and, as we suppose he
had been urged to express his: gratitude for the attention thus
showed to him, lie smothered his disgust, and had frequently
recourse to washing after the dreaded pollution imparted by
his unwelcome sponsor. The gentleman died shortly after,
and from that time this monomania commenced, which afflicts
both the youth and his friends whenever any meeting takes
place.—Lisbon Mail.