The Sun.
London, England, 1838-08-30 00:00:00

AT SEA.

Pique.
Castor .
Inconstant
Long 32-pounders, and mo
The following vessels arc al
various parts, some in England
Gum Guns
•
tAAAnleltdgr Andromache ar ch c ... **
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68688 TRsNimaaoirbtigtio,ll:erts;nSeiegtkaer 29
Cary Calliopes fo r t ...... • .. 9B
29
28
t Cleopatra 26 Sapphire 2B
t Vestal .... ... . 26 Volage ... 28
Crocodile..,,,, 2B Rainbow
Herald 2B I (This ship is undergoing
Tyne
All these (though by the Admiralty styled p"
frigates") arc
neither fit to chase, fight, nor run away from an enemy, being
badly constructed and badly armed, &c., in every iespect,‘Nith
the exception of those marked I-, built by Sir W. Symonds,
carrying long 32-pounders; far superior to our " nominal
powerful" frigates the 46's.

36
36

36
,re than a match for the 46's.
11 in commission, and at sea in

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CORVETTES AND LARGE BR,g ....ill*'',4 '''Wl/441V.14,
7he following vessels are also employed - at, litv,,-stiorttizi „---:,-,
Fore, no more, in case of war, before t 7ebiiilsrs' '`.rs'irc;
,t..,,,, --•— • -
finished :--
~:i , • __::.- -N.
Guns.( s.
L'A'gle . 24 Pelorus V 3.f Vc SICZ V
Champion
Comus IF', Cluiders l6
CColumr
1 bine
ruise
Clio
gh
Cur/19°a ..................... 26 Ringdose
Dido
................ 18 Rose
Electra ...................... 18 Rover lB
Scout ...................
... 1,5 Satellite lB
Favourite . .................. 18 Snake • 16
Fly ........................... i 6 Sparrow hawk l6
Jaseur ........................ 16 Tribune 24
Harlequin .................. 16 Frinculo l6
Harier ....................... 16 Tweed
Hazard 2O .. 18 Victor lB Lily l6 Wanderer
Modesto lB Wolf
Magicienne 24 Wolvirene l6
Nimrod
Orestes
18 Sappho.
Pelrl
Pelican
The whole of which, as in proportion to all other classes of
the :er,ice, are not equal either in weight or metal, number of
guns, or crew, to our neighbours, always excepting the ves-
sels constructed by the present surveyor, which even are per-
haps inferior.

SMALL BRIGS, SCHOO:
The following vessels are all
Guns.'

16

NERS. AND CUTTERS.
employed :

Guns.

Hornet
Leveret
Lynx
Nautilus ~,,
Partridge
Pantaloon
Rolla
Royalist
Saracen

Algerine .
Arrow „..
Basilisk ...
f BonEtta
f Brisk
f Buzzard
Chamelion......
f Charybdis 5
Cockatrice 6
Curlew lO
f Dolphin 3
Fair Rosamond 2'
f Forester 3
f Griffin 3
Harpy lO
All small craft, not worth mentioning as part of the navy,
being almost only useful on the coast of Africa to suppress
slave trade.
Those marked f are razeed brigs, only fit for coast of
Africa and West Indies.

;Savage
Scorpion
t Termagant
Waterwitch
Wizard

10
10

... 10

I 0
10

STEAMERS OF WAR.—(EmpLoYED.)
Gorgon (very powerful )
Medea
Phoenix
Heavy guns.
Rhadamanthus
Salamander 4
Doe 4
Colombia
Comet
Small steamers.
Confiance
Echo
Several others of this class are used as packets.
Packets, either sailing or steam, are not included. Sur-
veying vessel, or vessels in ordinary, carrying pendants, in
command of vessels in ordinary, as those are not seaworthy.

DEMONSTRATION IN FAVOUR OF
MR. OASTLER.

On Saturday last Mr. Oastler took his departure from
Fixby Hall, where he resided during the time he was Mr.
Thornhill's steward, and his friends determined to take ad-
vantage of the occasion to make a public demonstration in his
favour.

About four o'clock the friends of Mr. Oastler began to
assemble in the park in front of Fixby Hall. Deputation
arrived from London, Manchester, Bury, Bolton, Rochdale,
Oldham, Ashton, Staley-bridge, Halifax, Bradford, Dews-
bury, and other places. The different parties from different
towns arrived with banners and music. At five o'clock, the
hour of departure, the concourse of people in the park could
not have been less than 15,000 persons. There were seven
bands of music, and flags with appropriate inscriptive devices.
A carriage with four grey horses was provided for Mr. and
Mrs. Oastler and his adopted daughter. Mr. Oastler imme-
diately ordered two of the horses to be taken out, declaring
that his late master drove four greys—so he would onlyb
have two. When Mr. Oastler (accompanied by his wife
and daughter), entered the carriage, the shouts of the
assembled multitude were indeed most enthusias tic
and overwhelming. As soon as they were seated, and
the cheers had subsided, the cannon was fired, the music
struck up, and the procession proceeded to Hudders-
field. The procession proceeded by Netheroyd-hill, Cow-
ill; and Hill-house; and along the whole line of road
the greatest enthusiasm towards Mr. Oastler was displayed.
The number of the people was computed at 100,000 ; by none
less than 50,000. The procession, having reached Hudders-
field, proceeded through all the principal streets until it ar-
rived at Mr. Latham's (Mr. Oastler's brother-in-law), in
Queen-street, where Mr. Oastler's carriage stopped, and be
handed Mrs. Oastler and his daughter into their new and tem-
porary home. When he stepped into the carriage, after per-
forming that office, he said to the people—" There, friends,
that is now my home." Many voices immediately exclaimed
--" We will soon find you a better." The procession then
moved on to a vacant piece of ground in Rarasden-street, near
St. Paul's Church-yard, where a temporary hustings had been
erected. The hustings were filled by the persons comosing
the different deputations, who presented .he addresses' from
their respective towns.
Mr. OASTLIIR then addressed the assemblage in a long
speech, wherein he attacked the Poor-law Commissioners,
and repeated his assertion that Mr. Thornhill had discharged
him in consequence of the advice of the Commissioners. Mr.
Oastler, in conclusion, read the following letter which he bad
transmitted to Mr. Thornhill, in reply to the one addressed
by that gentleman to the Editors of the Leeds papers
Thomas Thornhill, 49, Berkeley-square, London.
" Sir,—l have this morning seen your letter addressed to
the Editor of the Leeds Intelligencer, in which you charge me
with having converted your money to my own uses—with
having neglected your interest and my duty—and stating that
persons under me have cheated you. In the most positive
terms which the English language can supply, I assert, that,
so far as lam concerned, the charges are untrue. I demand
of you a plain straightforward answer to the following ques-
tions :

" 1. When did I appropriate any of your money to my uses ?
" 2. Where did I appropriate any of your money to my own
uses ?

"3. How much of your money have I appropriated to my
own use ?

" 4. What parts of your business hare I neglected to at-
end to ?

" 5. What part of my duty towards you has been neglected ?
" 6. Who employed under me has cheated you ?
" 7. When have they cheated you ?
" 8. Where have they cheated you?
" 9. What is the amount of money of which they have
cheated you?

" I might ask you why you thought proper to discharge me,
without giving me either reason or notice. I might ask you
why you resolved to have your letter of the 17th of August
inserted in all the local papers of the 25th of August, without
my knowledge ? But I will not ask you that question ; every
honest man can answer it without your aid.
" You say that you have not discharged me on account of
the new Poor-law. I am prepared to prove that you have.
I require you now to publish the correspondence between
yourself and Mr. Frankland Lewis, the Poor-law Commis-
sioner, and particularly that letter where he tells you that the
Commissioners are very much annoyed with your steward in
Yorkshire, and requesting you to pnt a stop to him, or words
to that effect. It is of no use to say you have no such letter:
I know that you have.

" I am, your discarded Servant,
" RICHARD OASTLER.
" Not from your house, Fixby-liall, but from the peaple's
hustings, Huddersfield.
" August 25, 1838."
Sir. Oastler then left the hustings, after which declaratory
resolutions were passed complimentary to Mr. Oastler, and
expressive of the sense entertained of his services, concluding
wi.ll the following:—
" That a general subscription be immediately opened
,throughout Great Britain, for the purpose of purchasing a
freehold estats or such other investment as a general Com-
mittee appointed by and from the subscribers shall deem most
advisable, to be presented to Mr. Oastler, to enable that gen-
tleman to devote himself entirely to public life, as the equal
friend of the rich and poor, on the principles of equal justice
and humanity."

On the same day that Mr. Thornhill addressed the letter
to the Leeds papers, charging Mr. Oastler with cheating
him and with neglecting his business, he sent the following
letter to the editor of the Ha!flux Guardian, in which the
charge of neglect alone is alleged against his late steward :
" e,:tit,—Having just received a printed paper, which I con-
sider tends to lower me in the estimation of my tenantry, I
think it is proper to say that my reason fur discharginzT, Mr.
R. *antler, my late steward, was, that I feared, from hts en-
tering so deeply into the politics of the day, that he would not
have it in his power to settle certain sums of money that he is
in my debt, and I did not think he paid sufficient attention to
my business. I shall feel much obliged by your publishing
this, as I must consider I have been insulted by the Hudders-
Lld placard now beferein
eti ~r.Yr obedient servant,
111031 AS THORNHILL.
" Cowes, Aug. 17, 1838."

FIRE AT MANCIIESTER,—The funeral of James
:hesf:r;e.rntehnos°3for the
W ' the fireman, took place last Tuesday afternoon, atthe
Rua-nlnMe Road Cemvtery. The funeral procession included
the Manchester police fire-engine department,
Salford police department (the former
a over the brass badges on their arms); and the
and so
establishment, was borne to
the place of interment on the Water Witch fire engine, covered
bwoedayr.inags crape
sarhe custom with this
with a pail, on which were the helmet, axe, and other accou-
trements of the deceased : it was followed by a large con-
course of people.—Manchester Guardian.
A strawberry picked from the garden of Mr. Pers-
ton, at Cro,:s-park, near Glasgow, a few weeks ago, was of
the extraordinary dimensions of 5i inches by 41.