The Sun.
London, England, 1862-10-08 00:00:00

SHIPPING---THIs DAY.

LONDON, Oct. B.—Wind this day at noon—North-
Easterly; It oderate breeze, and fine weather, but rather
cloudy.
QUEENSTOWN, Oet. 7.—Arrived—Dundalk, from Car-
diff, for St. John's; Francisco, from New York. Sailed—
Fritz, for New York.

BRISTOL, Oct. 7.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Enterprise,
from Mexico ; Griefswald, from New York.

NEWPORT, Oct. N.E.—Sailed—Helen, for
St. Thomas.

(BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Arrived, Oct. 7.—Arthur H. Gordon, from Miramichi ;
Twelfth May, from Copenhagen; Janet Duncan, from
Narva ; Amelia, from Stockholm.
Arrived, Oct. 6.—City of Hamburg, from Havre; Daisy
Queen, from Bordeaux; Ajax and Fakilina Amelia, from
rArchangel ; Stranger, from Riga; Sophia, from Hels4lg•
rg ; Helen Richards and Standross, from Cronstadt ; Vic-
toria, from Archangel.
Sailed.—Schwan, steamer, for Hull; Seine, steamer, for
Boulogne.

DEAL, Wednesday Morning.
Passed—Dover Castle, for Fort Phillip ; Joaquille, for
Nantes ; William Cory (screw steamer), for Cardiff ; Der-
went (steamer), for Genoa; Volunteer, for New York;
"Wild helminc Henrich, for Buenos Ayres ; Isabella Hercus,
for San Francisci—all from London; Willie Hadley, of
Plymouth, from "West, for North.
An3hored—Eastern State, from Nova Scotia, for London.

THE ARCHBISHOPRIC OF YORK.—There was a
tolerably well accredited report yesterday that the Arch-
bishopric of York, vacant by the translation of Dr. Longleyr
will be conferred upon the Bishop of Winchester, a brother
of the late Archbishop of Canterbury, and that Lord Auck-
land, Bishop of Bath and Wells, will be the new Bishop
of Winchester.

DEATH OF ALEXANDER HENRY, ESQ.—We
(Aranches!er Examiner) regret to announce the death of
Alexander Henry, Esq., the head of the old-establislmi
business in Portland-street, Manchester, under the firm of
A. and S. Henry and Co., and for several years member oi
Parliament for the southern division of Lancashire.

LANCASHIRE DISTRESS.—DUBLIN, Tuesday oven-
Ing.—A most influential meeting was held in the Mansion-
house to-day, convened by the Lord Mayor (who presided),
to express sympathy with the sufferers in Lancashire. The
meeting was addressed by the Duke of Leinster, Mr. Justice
Fitzgerald, the Archbishop of Dublin, Sir R. Peel, Lord
Meath, Lord Clonbrock, Alderman Atkinson, and Sir S.
Power. The sum subscribed in the room amounted to

£2,000.
THE
of CABS
:te, OF GRAY, THE REP ORTER.—The
Secretary
having consulted the Common Sergetrat
who tried Mr. Gray, has declined to interfere in any way
scats,
with the sentence, and he will now have to remain in
Nergate until the fine of 450 is paid,

In order to test the relative value of certain com-
positions for preserving the bottoms of iron ships,
the Lords of the Admiralty have given directions to
use the bottom of the iron steam tank vessel Minx,
at Plymouth, for that purpose. A portion, 40 feet
broad, extending from the bends to the keel is to be
divided into four sections of 10 feet each, on which
will be applied the compositions of Mr. Hayes, the
Queen's chemist, Portsmouth ; Mr, Finnemore, che-
mist, Plymouth ; Mr. Elsworth ; and Mr. Edwards,
Assistant Master-Builder of Devonport dockyard.
The Minx is employed in supplying water to the
Channel fleet. At the end of three months her
condition is to form the subject of a special report
by some competent Government authority.
An experiment was by order of the Lords of the
Admiralty tried on Monday in Keyham basin, De-
vonport, on board the gunboat Jackdaw. Pipes of
above a foot in diameter have been fitted to the
vessel, one en each side, having communication be-
low the water-line amidships and at the bows. The
ship was lashed about the waist to a buoy, and the
valves connected with the pipes having been opened
the force of the steam of the ship's engines was
brought on each pipe alternately, so as to drive the
water out at the bow and cause the ship's head to
turn in the contrary direction, which is the object
of the invention. The experiment was conducted
under the superintendence of the officers of the
Steam Reserve, and is said to have been successful.
The first step on the part of the anthoritier
towards the extension of the dock and basin ac-
commodation of Portsmouth dockyard has at length
been taken in the setting out of a large space of the
mud adjoining the north end of the yard, and in
the boring now being carried on in several parts
of the ground set out to ascertain the nature of the
soil underneath. The estimates which have been
called for by the Admiralty are for only about one-
fourth of the plans which will be ultimately carried
out. They include two basins, having an area of
upwards of 40 acres, together with several docks of
the largest description, capable, in fact, of taking
in ships of larger tonnage than the Northumberland
and Minotaur now building, which, when launched,
will be the largest ship in the British navy. The

channel which unites the harbours of Langston and

Portsmouth to Chichester—is to be widened to 500
feet, which will give admission from Langston to
Portsmouth harbour of an immense additional
volume of water, and add to the scour of its ebb
tide. The channel that has heretofore existed
between the two harbours was only about 120 feet,
but through this the tide flowed into Portsmouth
harbour from Langston two hours after ,the ebb
tide had run from the former's entrance between
the Blockhouse and Point spits. This is one of the
most important measures ever taken in connection
with Portsmouth harbour, and, perhaps, if some such
means were adopted as were recommended by Sir
John Rennie many years ago, the erection of lock-
gates at Langston harbour entrance, to close at
the end of the flood, the whole of the ebb of
both harbours might be made available for Ports-
mouth alone when required, and dredging the bed
of the harbour or its entrance-channel might be en-
tirely put aside from all future consideration. This
increase of width in front of the Hilsea lines will
also considerably modify the original plans for the
outworks in advance of the main line, the huge horn-
works with which it was intended to cover the
turnpike and railway roads through these works
will now be dispensed with, and each road covered
by a tete-de Pont, greatly lessening the cost. An
inner moat of good width and depth, with appliances
for retaining the water at all times of tide, will run
between the wide channel way and the line of works.
In The Sun of Monday, the 29th ult., it was re-
ported that but for the instantaneous removal of a
quantity of coal from the North Smithery store, in
the Devonport dockyard, a conflagration might have
accurred. Originally,the two compartments con-
tained 600 tons, Of which about 60 tons were then
removed. Since that time a constant watch has
been kept, and a daily record kept of the condition
of the fuel. In the northern compartment the ther-
mometer has ranged froral24tolso; in the southern
from 120 up to 215. On Thursday, the 2d, when
the thermometer was placed in teeiron testing-
14e, which is embedded horizontally in the coal, the
glass bulb and the solder of its tin case were melted,
and the operator's hands were scalded. On another
occasion when the iron pipe was removed, charred
coal was found adhering to it outside. The contents
of both compartments were under removal last
week, but on Sunday the indications of combustion
were so unmistakable that a gang of men was put
to work, and on Monday 40 labourers were appointed
to keep carts running until the store is cleared. The
atmosphere at Plymouth during the past week has
been very heavy, and the sun has occasionally been
very powerful. The thermometer on Monday at 5
p.m. stood at 64 deg. The Devonport coal store is
in its present condition very ill suited for its duty.
The rear is against the face of the natural rock,
which is always damp; the upper part is used as a
carpenter's shop ; it covers the entire area, and thus
prevents ventilation, and there is but one entrance,
so that, unless emptied occasionally, some of the coal
may remain for a very long time in the rear. When
the store is remodelled, the coal will probably be
stored above the level of that part of the yard, so as
to fall down iron chutes into the smithery carts.
Ventilators with cowl heads will also be supplied.
The following appointments have been made at
the Admiralty :—Lieut. Albert L. Nugent, to
the -Virago ; John R. Ryan, master, to the
Leopard; the Rev. R. Measham, chaplain, to the

The barque Cabana, 492 tons register, sailed from
Caldera, May 27, 1862, with a cargo of copper
ore bound to Swansea, crew 17 in all, and one pas-
senger. Passed Cape Horn on the night of June
18, after experiencing very bad weather and heavy
southerly gales for six days previous. On the night
of the 20th June, 10.30 p.m., lat. 54 40 S., long.
59 25 W., wind N.W., strong, with snow squalls,
very dark, and high sea; whilst shortening sail the
chief mate, Mr. Hopkins, whose watch was below
at the time, ran up on deck nearly suffocated, and
reported to me the cabin was full of smoke, and the
ship on fire in some part ; at the same time the car-
penter, cook, and boys came oat of the half-deck in
their shirts, and said the half-deck was on fire. Im-
mediately called all the hands aft to draw water,
and ordered the man at the wheel to keep the ship
before the wind. Finding it impossible to get down
the after hatch, I went down into the cabin,"when I
saw the flames rushing into the cabin through the
cracks in the bulkhead in the Ballroom. I immedi-
ately broke down the bulkhead, when the flames
' rushed into the cabin. I poured water on as fast
as possible, but to no purpose, and I was forced to
go on deck nearly exhausted ; and, thinking to
smother the fire, closed the companion, skylights,
hatches, &c. Ordered the second mate and his men
to clew the sails up, the chief mate and others to
get the boats cleared. Put the helm down and
brought the ship to the wind. Put the pinnace out,
and had just succeeded in :getting the long-boat
over the side, when the flames broke through the
after-part about 11 p.m. After seeing all hands
safe into the boat, shoved off from the ship, all
the after-part in flames at the time. Put two
studding sails and one boom into the boat. The
men forward were able to save a few clothes, but
the mate, and others from aft, had only their shirts
and drawers. We had in the boats with us about
five pounds of bread, four gallons of water, a little
fresh pork, and two small pigs, one compass, spy-
glass, and binnacle-lamp, being everything saved
from the vessel. After leaving the vessel, finding
the sea too high for the boats, we secured the top-
studdingsail to the boom, and veered it away ahead
of the boats, to keep their head to sea. About 5
an, lost sight of the vessel, which must have gone
down towards daylight, wind N.W., smart gale, sea
boat drifting about one knot per hour
very high,
to south, shipping large quantity of water occa-
sionally. All Saturday, and up to Sunday at noon,
the wind kept in the N.W., when it hauled to the
northward. Knowing the only chance of saving
our lives was in trying to make the Falkland
Islands, I was determined to try and get to the
first
tsfae stas possible. Served out to all
for one ounce of bread, one wine glass
northwardthe
of water, and a little raw pork. Made what sail we
had on the boat, and proceeded to the westward.
Latter part of Monday the wind came on heavy from
the southward, and sea rising very fast, the pinnace
filled with water. We succeeded in saving the
men out of her, and let her adrift. Finding the
longboat in danger of filling, put the boom and sail
over, and rode by it all night,
but never expecting
to see daylight, our boat shipping so much water,
and we broke our two best oars steering the boat.
Our sufferings, at this time very great, with wet
and frost, and our feet swelling up very much,
forced to cut our boots off oar feet. Tuesday more
moderate; proceeded northward ; difficult to get the
boat steered, the night being so long and dark, and
no means of getting a light up to Friday morning
',27th), the weather variable and cold, all of us suf-
fering very much from swelled feet, but mostly
from the want of water, and not able to keep the
men from drinking salt water. At 8 a.m. sighted a
small rocky island, and about noon landed in a
small cove on the rock on the S.W., and found
plenty of water and saw
dark we managed to dragpour
n plenty
aotf
apheonor
3gui
on
feet
t By
yp
the rocks, and covered our boat with the sail, and
laid down, hoping to get a little sleep, but it is im-
possible to describe the horrors of that night. As
soon as our bodies began to get warm, the pains in
our feet were dreadful, and it was a
night of groan-
ing and praying for daylight. Saturday, June 28,
at daylight, 16 of us were unable to move. The
mate and carpenter went in search of something to
rimy:e
arnetaurini
el
iattti e
wAifltde reealet
penguins, a
Diedpewtsi,th some pengu•
which they served
out amongst: us. This night passed as last night.
Sunday, a very hard gale from southward, with
much snow, the water soaking our sail, and adding
to our misery; the breakers came very close to our
boat. Several of the men's feet completely burst in
different parts. Up to Thursday, July 3, the weather

STANLEY, FALKLAND ISLANDS.

LIST OF THE CREW OF THE BARQUE CUBANA,
492 ToNs.—Andrew Peare, aged 34, master, and
David Hopkins, 36, chief mate, forwarded to
England via Monte Video, 12th of August, 1862.
George Elliot, 37, second mate, died 13th of
July, 1862, Sunday, 7.45 a.m. William Pitcairn,
29, carpenter, very bad feet; beginning to walk.
William Clark, 25, steward, very bad; not yet
able to walk. James Rees, 29, cook, and
Thomas Thomas, 25, A. 8., bad feet; beginning to
walk. John Ace, 23, A. 8., fastly recovering; able
to walk. Andrew Johnson, 33, A. 8., fastly re-
covering ; can walk a little. Isaac Isaacson, 24,
A. 8., shipped on board the Tynemouth July 30,
1862. John Stevens, 31, A. 8., four toes gone, bad
feet. David Evans, 27, A. 8., both legs amputated,
recovering. Thomas Delany, 22, A. 8.,• one leg
amputated, °other foot very bad. Wm. Edward,
26, A. 8., died July 15, 1862. James Brown, 0.5.,
bad feet ; can walk a little. Warren Trestrail, 17,
boy, both legs amputated; recovering. Frederick
Squires, 16, boy, both legs amputated, hands very
bad ; recovering slowly. Thomas Hooper, 28, pas-
senger, gone to Valparaiso in H.M.S. Tribune.
I certify the above account to be correct from the
captain's statement.

WINI. R,. PYNE,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's-office, Aug. 13, 1862.

711 E INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION.

The early part of yesterday at the Exhibition
gave promise of unusually good results as regards
numbers. The admissions up to 1 o'clock were
nearly 40,000, and promised to be 60,000 before the
close ; but as the rain fell so the admissions fell
equally fast, and scarcely more than 3,000 were
added to the numbers after the bad weather had
fairly set in. The total admissions were only
42,453, of which 3,475 were season-tickets and
38,978 by shilling payments. Soon after 4 o'clock
it was almost dark in the building, so that even be-
fore the visitors had left the little gas jets, few and
far between, which just serve to guide the police
about the building during the night, were lighted
for the first time during the hours of the building,
remaining open to the public. If we are not much
mistaken, the public will soon get accustomed to
this unwonted aspect of the interior, unless the
hours of closing are made a little earlier before the
end of this month. How the nave, &c., is to be
lighted, if the fortnight during which it is to re-
main open in November for the sale of goods
should prove a foggy one, is a puzzle to the execu-
tive. In fact, on foggy days during that season of
the year it will be scarcely possible to open it to the
public at all. Some uncertainty appears to exist as
to the intention of the Commissioners with regard
to season ticketholders during this November fort-
night. It is some time since it was decided that all
holders of these tickets were entitled to admission
ttwooethsmoemadbes in our
the ing, but not to Horticultural Gardens,
after the 18th inst. In reference to a remark which
pictures
n o ice of h
t she photographicown
by m r.H
classerb ear as
Watkins having
t
unfit nature of tahpep ar e
placeli t l yi
ns uwffheirce f
hd
alrlo from
hteh the mo s
photo-
graphs are hung, we have received an explanation
from that gentleman,
of the portraits was ensttiartei
nygd tuhe a
tot t ht
he
edeterioration
dampness
of
the walls on which they were hung. We can hardly
call Mr. Watkins fortunate in not being the only
series
h raevd e
been far
sufferer from this cause, though he certainly is to
than
entirely
be
rlessspoilt
congratulated
(many
i nhaving suff
many others. The whole collection, in fact, is now
moreo
destroyed) by alternate days of great heat and great
moisture.

According to advices from the River Plate, an
important item of commerce is about to be added to the
resources of Montevideo. Eighty specimens of a hardy de-
scription of silkworm, Gusano .Recino, were introduced into
that country about eight months ago, and it is affirmed that
at the present time they aro counted in millions, being the
produce of five generations in this short period. The
plant recino upon which the worms feed grows spontane-
ously in the Republic, and is said to be of such fine quality
and so appropriate for their food that the cocoons present a
consistency and weight superior to those produced in Europe,
or even in China. Specimens are expected in England by
ILnext mail. The silkworms, it is added, have passed
will'? an unusually severe winter, which they resisted
"10 t suffering the losses that occur with the China
worm.