The Sun.
London, England, 1863-08-20 00:00:00

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Hoxie, bound from California to Englat td ,!; frcui her
we got about 125,000 dols. worth n f 'silver, and
burnt in her over 50 tons of silver ore. ' Cin the 27th
June, captured schooner V. H. Hill, an ;, bonded her
for 10,000 dole. on condition that she • 4Touid carry
our prisoners, some 50 or more, to Be' muda. Our
next prize was the ship Sunrise, eig' ht days from
New York to Liverpool, having a : neutral. cargo;
bonded her for 60.910 dols. This w as on tho 7th
July. We were now close to New York ; the Bth
July, were not more than 50 or 60 t riles from that
city. At about 12 a.rn. this day (Bth ) we exchanged
signals with an EngliFh brig. Ano Cher sail beieg
reported, started in pursuit, end at the fog cleared
up saw a large steamer lying by ho r, and had seat
her boat alongside. We ran dow a until wo Nave
the Yankee colours flying from / per peak. 'Ail
baenhdinadttbthe
hands' were then called to quart ers. After tea-
rce evring about half an hour, she : belly ran down
to us. As soon s she was ,near en .ough we hauled
eshsia:sebtuilmwear tb:e.oawdesiadthe.er
down English colours (which were flying at the
time), and showed to their view thE 'stars and bars,
Her
men ran from their after pivot and f ought protection.
gave
hßeruta
was
in their favour, for just then the f ,r, came down so
dense that the Ericsson could not be seen,
so all we
could do was to wait till it clears d up. Bat judge
our astonishment, when it did cl ear up, to see t2he
Yankee about five or six mil .s ahead of us, arid
travelling for Sandy Hook. Ncx w it was we felt
the reed of gocd coal. Our be are Captain t
offered 1,500 dollars for fifteen pounds steam- 4but
we could not get but eight and tian pounds, although'
we used pitch and resin. All Lands were anxious
to catch her, for she had been .e n t to catch rebdl
cruisers,' bat she nearly caught a Tartar this time.
However, we had the pleasure of burning two -ves-
sels under her nose—the brig N. B. Nash, from
New York, and the whaling sohooner Rienzi, from
Provincetown ; but the crew had left when they
saw us burn the brig. We sleowed the crew of the
Nash the steamer Ericsson making tracks for Neer
York. With a sad heart we left the E., and steered
for Bermuda, at which place we arrived on the 16th
instant, and as soon as we coal we leave this place
for a cruise, and you and your readers may be
assured that the Florida will sustain her reputa-
tion, and do all eve can to annoy the Yankees."

PRICE.....
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pbn,oilgno night,
books
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boatng a lmi,thr
Wisconsin,ee po,arssets;eenogle rhsi, r captain,t.o ne soldiers el..erk, andef all the
property as could he picked up. The papers and t
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turpiz:azish3se,
one corporal and four privates Were'
lost,lthree killed by a
stage plank falling on them while in the altogether
there are about 30 lives lost. Four hundred
t
were all lost. 'There were about 200 personsP
on
isi
all. The boat valvalued at 100,000 dots., insured for s("e°
board
dols. The fire broke out in the after part of the boat, some
between decks, others say in the nursery, When the
boat struck the shore, the fire having driven the engineers.
from their posts, the engines confined to work, end as soon
as she struck a number jumped ashore, but her stern soon
swung around down stream, and as the engines continued
to work,her bow was soon turned from shore, and she again
started down river. When she left the shore there were
about 30 persons on her bow, nearly all of whom must have
perished. The soldiers are said to have acted heroically,
and to have stood by the boxes containing the money until
it was certain all were consumed. The boxes were iron-
bound, and too heavy to be removed. Besides, the flames
spread all over the boat in less than five minutes. There is
no satisfactory theory as to how the fire originated. It is
believed, however, to have been fired by an incendiary in
the interests of the rebel Government. An effort was made
to fire the naval depot here the night before last."
To© correspondent of the Boston Herald, in a
letter dated off Charleston, August 2, says that the
new battery erected by General Gilmore on Morris
Island, is mounted by the largest guns ever cast at
the North :

" When these batteries are opened against Sumter, there
will be a dreadful scattering of bricks, legs, arms, and
bodies. One hour and a half is allowed for the bombard-
ment of that fort before it will be compelled to surrender."

Naval and Military Intelligence.

THE NAVY.

In anticipation of a portion of the hands now
employed on the iron frigate Achilles, 6,000 tons,
which is rapidly approaching completion at Chatham
dockyard, being shortly released from that vessel,
the massive oak framing for the new iron-cased
frigate Lord Warden has been deposited alongside
No. 7 slip, on which the new frigate is to be built.
The construction of this vessel will be commenced
as soon as the dockyard resources will anew of the
mechanics being employed on her. Like the Royal
0 ik, the last vessel built on the same slip, the Lord
Waroen will be constructed almost entirely of fo-
reign oak. In the construction of the Lard Warden
several important improvements will be effected by
Mr. Reed, from whose designs she is to be built.
The plan of lessening the thickness of the armour-
plating on the bow and the stern, hitherto adopted
in this class of vessel, is to be discarded in the ease
of the Lord Warden, and the Admiralty have de-
cided on encasing her in one uniform thickness of
armour-plates; so that she will have the same de-
scription of plates on her stem as on her broa.cisides,
the use to which it is intended to apply her ren-
dering it most important that her bow should be
carefully protected and of enormous strength. An-
other important feature in the Lord Warden will be
the placing of a powerful battery of guns at her
bow, in which she', will differ from all other vessels
of war now efloat.\ The battery will be so placed
as to enable the bens to be fired straight ahead;
while the solid, iron-plated bow will be carried up
sufficiently high as to form a sort of tower, in which
the guns will be placed. As the Lord Warden is
designed to steam at least 13 knots an hour, this
powerful bow battery will prove of the utmost value
when chasing a hostile veesel. In order to support
this additional weight thrown on the bow, the body
of the frigate will be built out into a long projecting
prow several feet below water, and this will serve a
twofold advantage,that ofgiving increased buoyancy
to the frigate, and at the same time furnishing her
with a most powerful means of destruction, theLerd
Warden being in this respect different to every other
vessel afloat. The extremity of the prow will be
furnished with a huge steel stem, shaped somewhat
like a cleaver, and this formidable weapon will, it is
confidently anticipated, cut completely through a
hostile ship when used as a ram, as, from the enor-
mous size and momentum of the vessel of the Lord
Warden's dimensions, one, or at most two blows
would be sufficient to sink the largest vessel afloat.
The ports in the new frigate will be more elevated
above the water-line, and the armour-plating carried
lower down than in any other vessel of the class,
notwithstanding which provision is made for a high
rate of speed.

The Lords of the Admiralty hare issued instruc-
tions for a second vessel, in all respects similar to
the Lord Warden, to be immediately commenced,
and have decided on naming her the Lord Clyde.
She will be built at Pembroke, at which establish-
ment there is no similar vessel now in hand.
The Lords of the Admiralty have directed the
survey
and report upon the pre-
sent
of the Cyclips, 6, 1,195
5 6, 859 tons, 350-horse power, screw gun-
-60-horse
tdo ieek3a2r
od c
horseconditionffi c i a 1
powandervalue; the Phoenix, 6, 809 tons,
220-horse power; the Hermes, 6, 830 tons,
220-horse power; and the Dragon, 6, 1,270 tons,
power, paddlewheel steamers ; and the
Victor,
vessel, all attached to the Chatham steam reserve
squadron in the Medway, preparatory to the whole
of the vessels named being sold. In making the
survey of the above ships the dockyard officials are
to make separate reports to the Admiralty of the
condition of the hull and machinery of the several
steamers, and are to forward a confidential report of
the value of each for the guidance of their Lordships.
Yestesday a detachment of the Ist battalion of the
4th King's Own Regiment, numbering 35 men of
all ranks, left Chatham garrison, and embarked at
1 Gravesend, for Bombay.

FATAL ACCIDENT TO COLONEL M'GREGOR.—We
regret to hear of the death of Lieut.-Col. James
Itl`Gregor, who was in command of the 15:h Regiment
Bombay NJ. at Aden. It appears that when bathing on
the 2Sth June, in the sea at Aden, he was carried out by
the strong under-current and drowned ; his body was re-
covered shortly afterwards, and was buried the same even-
ing. Colonel I‘l‘Ciregor entered the Bombay army in
1835, and belonged to the 21st N. 1., which, after the rartial
mutiny at liurrachoe, in Sept., 1857, was changed to the
30th N.I. He saw service under Sir Charles Napier in the
campaigns that ended in the conquest of Scinde, and after-
wards in the campaign of 1811-5 to suppress the rebellion
which broke out in the Southein Mahratta country.—
Bombay Gazette.

COLONIAL ARISTOCRACY.—There are of course
many persons in Melbourne who occupy their na-
tural positions, such as they would occupy in any part of
the world—the members of the professions, for instance,
and others, who have the voice which they have a right to
exercise in the administration of public affairs. But, on
the other hand, there are crowds of diggers and succeastul
adventurers of all kinds, who form a little aristocracy of their
own, axe who have bullied or bought their way into pro-
minent positions. Until a few months ago, every man had
a vote, and any man who could get votes enough might
enter Parliament. The consequence was, the legislature
became swamped with ruffianism, and Government was
rendered imposAble. In order to put a check upon the
pnular exuberance, the present Parliament has just passed
a law, compelling nothing less than a property qualification
on the part of the candidate, and an education test on the
part of the voter. The property qualification merely means
the deposit of a small sum of money, sufficient to act as a
check on the imagination of the casual costermonger, or the
praruiscuous loafer ; the educational test simply provides
that the voter shall be able to write his name. There are
some other provisions, such as the sn!'orsement of certain
residence in a place before voting; and the change alto-
gether is expected to be of a very salutary character. The
"educational test" alone, it is said, 4.vi1l disfranchisa thou-
sands of persons who will not take the trouble to quality
for the register. At present many of the conditions of
society are sufficiently startling to a stranger. Tha OWLICTS
of many of the handsomest houses and equipages in Mel-
bourne are men belonging to the lowest class, who have
made their foritines at the diggings; while scions of great
fatnilies in England, and men who have taker honours :,s
universities, are found driving cabs, serving in the pehas,
or f.)l4..wbes the prafession of tavern
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