The Sun.
London, England, 1837-06-01 00:00:00

NAVAL ARCHITEUTUiit.

THE INCONSTANT AND PIQUE.
(From the Hampshire Telegraph.)
By the return of the ?lilac, we ohtnln tht it:01604
subztnnem of the of report to the Admiral command-
iog in the Tagus-, on the qualities of thaf ship, and of her
comparative calling merits with his Majesty's ship In-
Oottslant

If the Pique was intended-to be built to carry only
36 guns, and the present masts and yards, she is at least
200 tons larger than is requisite for those specific pur-
poses, With the saMe propelling powers, she is.supposcd
•to be oti a sailing par with the Inconstant and Castor, al-
though she is 230 tons greater burden, with four feet more
beam than the former ship, and :3.50 tons, with six feet
more beam than the latter, both ships with a less weight of
bull, byloo tons, and not standing so high nut of the water.
The topmasts supplied to the Pique are too short to hoist
her sails-; ttnd in a ship where the extremes under water
are %cry fine, consequently requiring the weight to be con-
centrated as much as possible ; the magazine eats up the
main-hold, and 10 tons of powder occupy a space capable
of stowing 50 tons of water in the 'centre of the ship, and
the body of the wing tanks bring five feet above the kelson,
leaves a vacuum where their ought to be the heaviest
weight.

In April, 1835, it was officially stated that the Pique
was a failure of the builder's trim ; she plunged heavily,
and strained her rigging, so much so, that the lower shrouds
chafed into the bolsters, and the iron plates to guard the
shrouds against the chain futtocks, were sawed through in
one night during the six weeks' cruise in the Bay of Bis-
cay. These defects were obviated in a great measure, by
clearing out the weights from the fore part of the ship,
sailing her upwards of two feet six inches by the stern,
and raking the masts well aft. The Lords Commissioners
of the Admiralty are aware of repeated and earnest solici-
tions that this point should be conceded.

" The experimental cruise under Sir C. Paget proved
that the Pique could do nothing against a-head sea with
the Inconstant ; and on the two days the Pique had an ad-
vantage, it was owing to fortuitous circumstances. In the
last cruise again, rigorously in the builder's trim, per Ad-
miralty order, the Inconstant beat the Pique in a fine
working breeze, a quarrer of a mile per hour to windward ;
runs in the proportion of seven to six of the wind, and in
only one day's trial, blowing strong, the Pique springs her
foremast. During this cruise there was no opportunity of
trying the ship against a head sea. No excuse can be
offered for this defeat, except that the Inconstant's copper
is the cleanest, she having been lately in dock. If the
Pique is allowed to carry masts in proportion to her hull,
and to make the alterations alluded to, she will, in all
opinions, prove herself a very fast and efficient ship, and
may, with great ease, carry four additional guns.
" As their Lordships did Captain Rous the honour to
intrust a frigate of a new construction to his charge, he
has felt it his duty to speak the whole truth, and not to
deceive the constructor by flattering and specious reports
tending to mislead him ; and the report remarks that a
short broad bow, on fine lines under water, is not adapted
to meet a head sea ; and that a peg-top midship section,
although applicable to smaller vessels, will not pleasantly
carry two tier of guns and a full cargo. A raking stern-
post, and an over-raking stern, with a short gripe, condemn
themselves.

" These defects being stated, Captain Rous adds his tes-
timony of her qualifications as a very superior man-of war,
from her great stability, being able to work off a lee shore
in the heaviest gale, where the old ships could not stand up
under their canvass ; and with the greatest respect for the
talents of Sir W. Symonds, and grateful as every naval
man must feel to him to see a superior class of vessels in
the service, he is anxious to have his attention called to
these points, in the full confidence that no man is better
able to rectify, them."

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
ENTERED INWARDS AT THE CUSTOM-
HOUSE MAY 31.

The Chieftain, Downie, from Eiamburgh ; Union, Better,
Gravelines; Lively, Farner, Dantzic ; Wiesner:, Bies, Wor-
corn ; Sir Edward Banks, Lomax, Ostend ; Hilda, Nichol-
son, Charleston; Ann, Virtue, Launceston; Faerland, Sande-
man, Ghristianstadt,
ENTERED OUTWARDS.

The Perseverance, Condere, —dater, Merrells,
Dunkirk ; Branch, Cttrtle, Grand Canary ; Sohp, Whit-
combo, Antwerp ; Leadbitter, Leadbitter, Elsineur; Ellen,
Yeoman, Jamaica ; Batavier, Dunlop, Rotterdam.
CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.

The Brankenmoore, Smith, for Montreal; William Faw-
cett, Macleod, Santander; Columbine, Brown, St. Domingo;
Soho, Whitcombe, Antwerp.
CLEARED OUTWARDS IN BALLAST.

The St. Leonard, Whitnall, Dunkirk ; Luna, Spence,
Archangel ; North Love, Frerlin, Sweden 1 Bachelor, Moss,
New York ; Indian Chief, Hart, Archangel.

ARRIVALS AT LIVERPOOL, MAY 30.
The Ann Mondell, Armstrong, from Barbadoes; Cecilia,
Maap, Dantzic; Free Heton, Hill, Tremtou; Mischief,
Downes, Palermo; Henry, Peirce, New Orleans; William
Russell, Bruce, Palermo; Havre, Carpenter, New Orleans;
Volunteer, Barwise, Singapore; Johanna, Dahan, Iceland;
Lownes, Batten, Lines; Augusta, Boucher, Stralsund;
Jubilee, Anderson, Calcutta; Charlotte, Grieswolde.
CLEARED OUTWARDS.

The Pauline Perrie, for Ostend ; Edward Thorne, Lizzano,
St. John's, New Brunswick ; Bashaw, Tucker, Boston ;
Eliza, Miller, Hamplrgh; Amelia, Lyell, Elsineur ; Racer,
Lavity, Naples; Ann, M'Alpin, Batavia.
TELEGRAPHED.

Off port, inward bound, the Emma, from the Mediterra-
nean ' • the General Wolfe, from Rio Grande; and the Lynx,
from Lisbon.

We are authoriged to state that the Lords of the
Treasury have given directions that in future the hop duty
shall be collected on the 15th of November and the 15th of
May in every year.—Kentish Chronicle. _ .

Yesterday afternoon a party of Scotch sailors, be-
longing to the §macks lying at the Leith and Berwick Wharf,
were in the Marquis of Granby public-house, St. Katharine's,
drinking and smoking together, when a quarrel ensued between
two of them belonging to the Lively schooner, and, after abus-
ing each other a good deal they stood up to fight. They were,
however, parted by their shipmates before a blow was struck,
and one of them, named John Mann, who was in a vi3lept
passion, and struggled bard fo get at his shipmate, was forcibly
held back while the man he had quarrelled with was allowed
to leave the house. Mann was soon afterwards suffered to
depart, but his blood had not cooled, and he vowed that he
would have his revenge of the other sailor if he met with him.
An awful visitation of Providence prevented him carrying his
intentions into effect. He reached the Leith and Berwick
Wharf, when he was observed,to stagger and put his hands to
his head, and, while passing over one of the smacks, on the
way to his own ship, he fell down, apparently in a fit. Medi-
cal assistance was instantly procured. Several gentlemen at-
tended, and a vein was opened, but no blood flowed. His
passion had killed him, and he never spoke or moved after he
fell. Mann was in the enjoyment of good health up to the
period of this painful occurrence.

MULTIPLICITY OF BOOKS.—There arc various
causes which have of late operated against the sale of books,
altogether irrespective of their merits. Their very number is
one of these. It is impossible the demand could ever equal
the supply, unless we were a nation of philosophers, and had
nothing else to do than to read. Horace said, in his day, that
verse was the trade of every living wight. What would he
say were he to re-visit the world in 1837, and see the host of
authors, both in verse and prose, which at present crowd the
temple of Parnassus? You now meet with an author in every,
fifteenth or twentieth person you chance to encounter in the
daily intercourse of life. Cobbett used to say, that if a string
were thrown across the Strand to catch the accidental passers
by, it would be found that, taking one with another, they
were much abler and more intelligent men than the Members
of the House of Commons. Throw a string across any
thoroughfare you choose in the metropolis, excepting of course
such localities as St. Giles's and the Seven Dials, and you
may depend on it that out of every thirty or 'forty persons you
catch, two if not more are authors. The mere circumstance of
having written a book, good, bad, or indifferent, was at oae
time a mark of distinction of itself. Now almost every man+,
who can master the most common rules of Lindley Murray„
has in some shape or other, at one time or other of his lifts,
seen himself in print. I recollect hearing of a well-informeil
young man, much accustomed to literary society, who toots
the singular whim into his head that he would never read a
line of the Waverley Novels. He adhered to his resolution,.
and used to be pointed out in every literary company as the
person who had not read the Scotch novels. The man ac—
customed to mix with society, who haS not in some way or
other been in print, would now be deemed equally singular._
The Great Metropolis—Second Series.
Between six and seven o'clock yesterday evening a
young man, dressed as a bricklayer's labourer, was run down by,
a cab near the bottom of King William-street, in the Strand.
Ile was taken into a shop in the neighbourhood, when it was
found thst lie had escaped without any material injury. After
resting for a short time ho was able to proceed on foot to his
lodgings. which he stated were in the llerseferry-read. H'l
name is Evison.

PRICES OF CANALS, DOCK STOCKS,
ASSURANCE COMPANiES,&d. &c. L'4.
LOiiliON, TUISt";DAY; MA, 311. ....
thtinber DI Vlikilti letfee
of rer CANAI S. lie!
Shares. Annum. Paid. Share,
1.76'3 7 Del cent. Ashton and Gidham....Average 97/. 19s. sh. 125
1,180 4t. Ashi,y_dc-le.Zoncli .. Average 11:72. sh. 70
:?
,0 ....,, rin.lstolte •4•i• - i...,,,,,,,,,,,,,11,30/. sh. 54
;00) . 57: rgi:,t,iiocols• and, Ab,iiikaieriiiy-. 4:15(„1. sh. IcT.
tr,oop izttii. iir. :is. Aitlit.il?,gl4..-iiii i ictli ph,112 ::: ... ';':81,-. 71z. ,d!it
4.Qno 07i14..t 1,1,th 'and Lit eilint a iiiia...l2:.*:. O. 160 Sid Lii
600 . Bridgewater and Taunton ....lOC/. sh. all pd 64
400 4/. Chelincr and Blackwater 1001. sh. 102
500 (131. Coventry lOO/. sh. 700
.1,5,3 . . COs. Croydon , Average 31/. 2s. 10d. sh. 3
2,061 ... 1)t011.y ...,......“..... .... :1...t0...n..10(4 01. 05
(PO 71, hqby
10;099 - .`1,111.11-Ib,allii Miiy.iie;;;,:: 301;136. ;td. 29i.t. v 0 241
ill-~,1 .1,;; .11.:;iiiii Atli( Ciit4- ..,/1460e 14 41. LFril
031 40/. Erewash. '094. kn. an
1,097 251. Forth and Clyde Average 41-161.1,4.. ~.a. 010
11.44) 10/. Grand Juncti,r. Bill!. sh. 204
~ .....
2,7,451 17. GI ainl Unlod - lON. AIL 21
, t.fiilf) 4'..:*., , Wiwi ?4.9.0,1, „i;,....1
_, ,1;,;,,k
.... ~„,icvb tn.
~10;l4/, liAter cent. liitto (4tiontii) Lii,iii • .I" - ",i'. . itnt;t: U
3,090 ' Oraml Western
000 13/. 10. s. 94. (lam .rgatithire, Average cost 1701. 13s. 4tl.
749 10t. Grantham 150/. sh.
6,233 I/. IN Hudderitit Id Average 571, Os. Ott eh.
100 ~,,,... IC.00.1)0141 .'i;•, ,, •:/•••' -109 sh $ll ild.
`24-,343 *fr. )l. kailiA i lid Aat; 41,e.filiiii I',lt: ISA. 10t1: n,
2)9.11:4 'RI. lAetis anti Liverpool lOW, sh.
5151 131. Leicester l4O/. sh.
1,597- 41. 103. Leicester an. 4 Northampton... Aver i,tl/. Ins.
2,400 101. Alonmouthaldre 100/. sh.
150 101. Melton M0wbrny................ lOOl. sh.
50.0 r,.'.V. Mersey an 41;0 d , .,,,,,,,,,ff1ut, ch.
3,0,0 I!. 10s. Macclesfield• 1001.814 all pd.
1 217 IV. Nedth.“....... 100/. sh.
1,780 :301. OxfOrti . ii 4.4,1 ii•ei.4. 1001. sh.
2,100 Lt/. Peak Fore St.........,.. A vtrage about 7111. sh.
01,411. 12s. Regent's (or London) Aver. OM it.i,...Bti. All,
5,11'19 6/. per cent. r.ochdale Average 85/. sh.
5(10 84 Shropshire 1,51. sh.
150 J 91, 10s, Somerset Coal ... • 150/. sh.
3,6001. 1) percent. Mtn Lock Fund t.4tnek .....,,..121 10,. tn.
700 401. Stafford and Worcester 1.101.511.
500 91. Shrewsbury lO5/. sh.
300 91, Stotirbridge
3,647 It. .•.s. St rzbford-on . Avolt ...Average 791, 9s. ltd. sh.
533 121. Swansea 1004 stl,
3,702 I/. Ils. Severn and Wye and ltailway...Av 351. sh.
2,601 sr, 721. los. Trent and Mersey, 1 share 100/. sh.
8,149 Thames .n I Medway...Aver. 19/. ss. skl. sh.
1,0005h.1 1.5/. Warwick aid Birmingham lOO/. sh
1,0004,11.3 .
990 I It. Warwick and Napton lOO/. sh.
6,001) 4/. Os. Worcest-I and Birmingham... Av.76/.Bi. sh.
5,000 225. Wilts an t Berks .. Average 67/. 105. Sd. sh.
500 3/. Wyrley and Essington lO5/. sh
ItNi Wisbeacli .......
905 I/. Wey and Arun llOl. sh.
DOCKS.

2'B" 3 e Commercial 100 L sh.
1,06.5i5h. p • •
tO3, 711. 6 per ct. East India .l ' Stock
3,23%310-2/. 50s. p. ct. London
Ditto Bonds
1,340,000/. M. per ct. West India
2.`21.13 V. 19s. Brlstol
01,324/. 51. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts ....
1.352,75-2 4 per cent. St. Katharine Stock
500,000 44 per ocnt. Ditto Bonds
200,000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds tor 10 years
Shoreham Fla i hour
2.500 ........ Deptford Pict 00/. sh. N.
BRUMES.
l''s. II am m ersm tt 1,600 5Ol. sh.
7,231 Southwark, Old Av. 631. 2s. Bd. sh.
1,100 I/. 15s. Ditto, New, of 71 per cent. 5Ol. eh.
5,000
5,000 18s. Bd. Ditto, Old Annuities of 81.... . 6O/. pd
5,000 16s. 4d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71 40/. pd
50,000/. 51. per cent. PiVo Bonds
5,945 14s Vauxhall Average 701. 10s. 3d. sh.
AS ,LItANCF COMPANIES.
2,000 31 tOs Albion 500/. sh, 50/ pd
50,000 tsar, r 51.1 Alliance, British & Foreign 100/. sh. 101/. pd
50,000 0 per cent. Ditto, Marine 100/. sh. 51. pd
24,000 11 perch. Atlas 501. sh. Si. pd
1,200 }sh. 5/. Birmingham I ire 2.501. sh, 5.51. pd
20,000 41 per cent. British Fire 250/. eh. 50/. pd
12,000 81. percent. British Commercial 501. sh. Si. pd
5,000 51. per cent. Clerical, Medi al,&c. Life, Kash. 12/10s pd
4,000 21 les County 1001. sh. 10/. pd
20,000 Sc. Eagle
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‘,„ €a nd 30/ Us.l per ecnt. Economic Lite lOOO/. sh. 250/. pd
i
2,271 225. per cent. European Li • 2O/. sh. all pd
50,0010 2s. Ditto, New ... 2Ol. sh. 21. pd
1,000,000/. 71. per Ct. Globe
20,000 5/. Guardian lOO/, sh. 2711 pd
-40,000 Os. Od. Hope 501.5 h. 51. pd
2,400 5/. 7s, fid. Imperial Dire 5001 sh. 501. pet
7,500 Os. Imperial Lite 100/. sh. 10/. pd
13,458 128. per sh. Indemnity Marine 100/. sh. 81. pd
2,020 3/ lOs Kent Fire... 50/. eh, all pd
3/. Ditto Life

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148
I i
780
243
250

4
118

10,000 169, Law Life lOOl. sh. 10/. pd 20
5 000 10s. London, Fir. 25/. sh. 12/. 10s, pd 154
3,000 10s. London, Ship 251. eh. 12/, 10s. pd 154
30,0)0 :./. per cent. Palladium Lit: 50/. sh. 21. pi 2l Ss osl
10,000 Protector Fire `lO/. sh. 21. pd 18s 6d
2,500 11. Provident Lie
100,000 51. percent. Rock Life 20/. sh. 2/, pd 61
489,220/ 5/. percent. Royal ExcimigeMock... 225
6,000 5 per cent. University Life lOOl. sir. 5/. pd 54
50,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 2/. pd
JOINT STOCK BANKS
25,000 Agric and Comm. of Ireland 251. eh, 10/, pd
5,000 Australasia 4Ol. sh. 401. pd
ii yell, 10 per cent. Bank of Birmingham SCI. sh. 10/. pd
1(1,1100 19 per cent, ilittningham Bank . . 5Ol. sh. 5/. pd
30,000 5 per cent. I ,onjon anti Westminster...loo/ eh. 20/. pd
3,000 4 per cent. Lancaster 100/. sh. 201. pd
25,000 Liverpool 1001 sh. 10/. pd
50,000 74 per sent. Manchester and Liverpool/ 100/ h 151 pd
..s .
Discount
20,000 7 per cent. Manchester 100/. sh. 25/ pd
20,000 Provincial Bank of Ireland 100/. eh. 251. pd
20, 00 National Bank of Ireland 5,1. sh 1741. pd
10,000 1 per cent. National Provincial Eng. „JON. sh. 33/. pd
19,001) .
6,000 10 per cent. Hampshire 50/. eh. 51. pd
GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES.
2,500 115 s 6cl Bath 2Ol. sh. 16/. pri
5,000 British 4O/. sit. 161. pd
nn r5/.Percent.l
s,A''''' Land BA. ss. j Ditto Provincial 20/. sh. 19 pd
928 5/ 10s Birmingham
1,250 2/ Os Bristol 2O . eh.
1,500 3/ Ms Brighton 2Ol. sh.
750 3/ los Ditto, New
2,471 5 per cent. Brighton General 20!. eh. all pd
4,000 41. Continental Caneolidated lOOl. 0211, pd
1,000 101. City of London lOO/. sh. all pd
1,000 6/. Ditto, New
4,000 41.1P5. Equitable ...
.0,100 21 per cent. Imperial WI. eh.
800 5/. per cent. Isle of Thaiiet 25/. sh. 201. pd
2,350 6/. per Cont. I ndependent . . 301. sh. all pd
9,000 9/. per Cent, Phenix iII • • 4,,,...50/, sh. 391. pd
1,000 4/, pet edit. tt:iteilfr • 100/: sti: 804 pd
40'0 South Metropolitan 1).1, ell, 151, pti
2,200 51. per cent. United General 504 sh. 461. pd
210 5/. per cent. Warwick 501. sh.
400 Al. per cent Wakefield 25/. sh.
11,000 31. Westminster Chartered
6,001 Its. Ditto New 5ll. in. 10/, pd
rte . Yarmouth. 40/. sh. 181. pd
WATER WORKS.
1,800 9s. Birmingham 25/. sh. 25/ pd
1,434 61. East London lOOl. sh.
5,500 2110 s (trend Junction ....Average 411 133. 4d. sh.
2,000 2/. Kent 100!. sh.
372 10/. Liverpool Bootle 2201. sh.
1,500 2/ 10s Now River London Bridge Water Annuities
6,186 1/ 15s Manchester and Salford
1,000 4 per cent. South Lou.lot, 100!. sh.
6,294 311. West Middleseit ...,Average El/. 12e. 9d. sh.
1,300 1/ 14e York Building Co. Lessee Prop 100/. sh.
IRON RAILWAYS.
6,000 ... ... Birmingham and Derby
9,50,1 Birmingham and Gloucester lel pd
7,500 Birmingham, Bristol, and Thames Junction
15,i 114 Bristol and Exeter 100/. sh. 10 pd
660 Calcutta and Sailor ~..... ..... 50/. sh. 2/. pd
7,500 ......... Cheltenham and G. Western...loo/. eh. W.
3,009 Clarence lOOl. sh. 1001. pd
12,000
8,000 Dublin and Kilkenny 1001. sh. 24 IA
60,1)00 Eastern Counties 25/ sh. 2/. pd
Grand Junction 1001. eh. 501. p 1
Great North of England 7l. pi
25.r,,11 Great Western lOO/. sh. 40/. pd
2,00
8,000 Hull and ,elby .50/. sh. 5/. pd
10,00-4 ..... .... Leeds and Manchester 1004 sh. 5/. pd
7,100 Leeds and Selby 100 sh.
1,500 Leicester and Swannington ....501. sh. all pd
5,100. 10 per cent. Liverpool and Manchester...lo( /.sh. 1004 pd
Ditto Quarter Shares 'W. pd
10,000 London and Brighton lOO/. sh. 5/ pd
45,e00 Ditto ditto (Gilebs'l...2ol sh. H. pd
16,000 Ditto ditto (Rennie)...sol. sh. 3/. pd
11,0 9 Ditto ditto (Cunety)...loo/. sh. 31. ixl
12,1)00 London and Blackwell 501 sh 3/ pd
20,000 3 per cent. London and Greenwich :201. sh. '2Ol. pd
25,000 London and Birmingham ...100/. sh. 851. pd
20,, 00 London and Southampton 5O/. sh. 401. pd
7,000 ... ..... . London and Croydon 20!. sh. 15!. pd
12,000 London Grand Junction 5 1. sh. 3/. pd
10,0 q ... ...... 1%.4 nchester and Birmingham 50/.sh. 5/. pd
North Midland 101)1. sh. 15/.0
Northern anti Eastern lO9l. sh. 3!. pd
2,600 Preston and Wyre 50/. sh. 9/. pd
28,000 South Eastern and Dover 7l. Ixl
1,000 6!. per cent. Stockton and Darlington lOO/. sh.
9.000 .- ...... Thames Haven .50!. sh. 2/. 10s. pd
1,411) Westminster and Greenwich 50/. sh. 2/. pd
6,004 ~ - York and North Midland 5O . sh. 3/. pd
MINES.

8,000
4,000
I 0,000

Ibion Copper 5l. eh. 31. pd
IL se. Alten • 151. eh. 191. 10e pd
..... Anglo Mexican. iss. 5/. pm 1001. sh. all pd

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240
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Ditto Subscription ,35/. Po 4
2,000
10,000 11. lOs Brazilian Imp. iss. 51. pm. '351. sh. 20/ pd 26/
6,9.0 Macaubas 444 Cocaes United 9.5/. sh. 2311. pd 7
11,000 Ditto St. John Del Rey 201. sh. 91. pd 21
10,000 Bolivar Copper Company 20/. sh. 204 pd S
10,000 ......... Ditto Scrip ' lnl. sh. 81. pd 6
20,004 }trills"' Iron 5Ol. sh. 5"l pd 41
6,000 ,
Cata Branca.... 6//. pd 6
Candonga , 7#l.lxl 61
10,000 it. Copiapo 2O/. sh 1211 pd 14
5,500 Columbian, iss. 5/. pm.
2,,A50 3/. English
20,000 General Mining Association...2o/. sh. 15/. pd 9
6,155 Mexican Company 100/. sh 511/. pd 01
3,000 ........ Polberou Consols 10/. sh 8/. pd 7
11,500 Real del Monte, Unregistered I t
Ditto Loan Notes l5Ol. pd 112/
United Mexican, iss. 2 pm ....401. sh. all pd II
DWI.. Scrip % 2i
Ditto New Scrip 5/ pd 21
West Cork 50/. oh. 501, pd 38
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