The Sun.
London, England, 1854-11-03 00:00:00

London : H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street.

iILUNDERS : —WATKINS'S DIRECTORY
vo FOR 1855 In fight pages Imp' rial Octavo, a Review of
tha Starch edition of Watkins's London Directory for 1854, expo.ing
a large numi,er of blunders, by far the greater part of which ap-
pear, cl in the first edition f Watkins's Directory published in De-
cember, 1851, and which have since been reprinted with every sub-
sequent edition o the book. Watkins's Directory for 1855 has been
already publi hed, and all the identical blunders exposed in the Re-
view have been again reprinted int it.
Persons who have purchased the work should without delay obtain
the Review, which may be had here gratis, or will be forwarded on
receipt of ooe postage stamp.
~€* Since the fist publication of this announcement, an adver-
tisement, dated from Watkins's Directory Office, has been put forth,
in which " The public is respectfully CAUTIONED against FALSE
STATEMENTS circulated by KELLY & CO.;" but as must have been
observed, no attempt is made to disprove in any one case the
instances quoted in the above-mentioned Review of Blunders, by
far the greater part of which appeared in the first edition of
Watkins's Directory,' publishral in December, 1851, aed which
have been reprinted with every subsequent ed tion of the book.
The third paragraph f the advertsement is as follo,vs:—" The
extravagance of the charge made for the Post Office Dir story is
proved by the recent extension of that work without any addition to
the price at which it was sold before the present competition, and
when, as may be fairly supposd, the sale must have been consider-
ably larger than it is at ore ent."
Without having recourse to the term " FALSE," we may reply that
it may "fairly he suppo,ed" that the proprietor of " Watkins's
Directory," has read the Preface to the "Post Office Directory for
1853," in which it is mentioned that "several hundred more orders
have been received for copies of this edition than were ever received
for any former one," i.nd in the Preface to the work for the present
year it is stated that the Orders had again increased at the great
proportion of thirteen per Cent. We may add that taking the sale
of the " Post ffice Directory" for the three years immediately
anterior to the publication of Watkins's Directory, I e. the years
1819, 1850, and 1851, the average numbers were 8,000, while the
average of the years 18.53 and 1854 is 10,400, every copy having
been sold.
After raising the question as to amount of sale, it is incumbent on
the projector of watkies's Dire tory to settle it. lie can now do
this te% furnah nir an aceount of-
1. The number of copies of Watkins's Directory for 18 .2 printed,
and the number sold.
2. The came tor 1853.
3. The same foe 1854
4. The same 'or the Starch Edition, 1851.
5. The number of compete copies of the edition for 1855 Tinted:
and at what number it has already been oeemed prudent to Stop the
binding f the book.
But it will be found that this information will not be given.

To the charge 01 RECENT EXTENSION WITHOUT ADDITION TO THE
PRICE OF TIIE POST OFFICE DIRECTORY we Idea t guilty, and admit
that the " Street" divi-ion in the edition for 1855 e aitaing n, arly
THIRTY EIGHT THOUSAND names which are entirely omitted from
the .'orresponding division of Watkins's ; as well as from all its
classifications—, Al diabetical,' "Trades,' Legal,' and ' court
as we have showy the recent extension of the Post Office Direc-
tory is only proportioned to its greatly extended sale.
As to " monopoly," the correct statement of the case Is, that the
Pest Office Directory enjoys the monopoly of the good opinion of the
mercantile community, earn .d by very many years of unremitted
exertion ; it is, of course, preposterous to allege that it enjoys any
other kind of "monopoly."
We are willing to let this be tested in the fairest possible manner ;
the agents for Watkins's Directory have induced many persons
to " Subscribe" for their book tor 1855 ; let these persons be released
from pr. mises obtained from them in ignorance that the new
book would contain very many of the identical blunders f former
editions, and let them be supplied with copies of the " Post- dice
Directory for 1855," and copies of Watkins's, and ALLOWED A MONTH
TO DECIDE WHICH THEY WILL RETAIN If the prc prietor of " atkins's
Directory" is sincere in his expressed wish as to the public " fsirly
comparing the books and their respective prices," t'e cannot object
to such a comparison. The public would then find that Kell 's Post-
Office Directory, 305.," contains, in ALL the proper classifications, the
names of all persons resident in the Suburbs, all of which we OMITTED
front Watkins's at 16s. 6d. There is, of course, no more difficult. in
publishing a cheap (I e., low riced) Directory omitting thousands of
names, than there could be in publishitig a cheap Diet onary, omit-
ting thousands of words.
Ke'ly and Co., 19,20, and 21, Old Boswell-court, Temple-bar, London.

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL ADVICE.
S-cret Diseases removed before charge be made ,or medicine
by a practical and experienced Surgeon. Ner ous I)eh lay, whether
arising front Excesses, Aecident, or premature ag‘-', are also treat(
to a successful issue, either sex consulting by letter. The fee is a
Half-guinea, in cash or stamps. laours of attendance. 10 till 1, and
from 5 till 10 daily; Sundays, In till 2. Addr ss, Dr. SCOT!', 3,
King William-street, Strand, London.

DR. CULVERWELL ON NERVOrtSNESS, DEBILITY, AND
INDIGESTION.
Also, on Urinary Derangements, Constipation, and llmmorrhoids, Is.
each. by post Is 6d.
WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID.
Abstent la multi curantur morbi "
A popular exposition of the principal causes (over and careless
feeding, &c.) of the above harassing and distressing complaints,
with an equally intelligible and popular e position of how we should
live to get rid of pietn ; to which is added, diet tables for every meal
in the day. and full instructions for the redmen and observance of
every hour out of the twenty four. Illustrated by nunaerous
cases, &e. 2
LIGHTS AND SHADES' OF MARRIED LIFE.
" He which that bath no wif, I hold him lost,
Helpless, and all desolat. He that bath no child,
Like sun and winde."—Chaucer.
Subject : Marriage, its expectations and Necessities—Development
of the Affections—Love Matches—Precipitate. impelled, and retarded
Unions—Marital Incongruities—Mutual Unsuitableness—Mental
Incompatibility and Physical Defectiveness—Advantages of Inter-
marrage— I heory of Gestation—Hereitary Reseblance—Mode o
determining Legitimacy. On Infelicitdous, Infertilme, and all Unas-
f
similable Alliances—Law of Div orce, &c., &c.
3.
CHASTITY AND ITS INFRINGEMENTS.
A Lecture to Young Men.
" What passions hurt the body—what improve,
Truths as refined as Athens ever heard."
Subject : Life's pilgrimage, trom infancy to old age. The advent
of the passions. Chastity and its infringement. The casoal.les of
licentiousness and dissipation, wit]; illustrations, graphic, narrative,
and remediative. Advocacy of early marriages, &c.
4.
On Secret Diseases, their Sell-management and Cure.
The GREEN BOOK.—A comprehensive and popular exposition
of Benito and urinary diseases—their nature and treatment, com-
prising especially primary and secondary simptoms, all forms of
urinary derangements, stricture and spermatorrhcea ; with 250 en-
gravinis and prescriptions.
5.
Tke BLADDER, URETHRA, and RECTUN.—Comprising
Urinary Derangements. Constipation, and Hxmorrhoids.
Vols 6 a d 7, companions to the preceding.
THE ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. POW TO BE HAPPY.
" Jucnnde Vivere."
"Few words to fair faith "—Shaltespere.
Sherwood,
Patent, ster-row ; Mann. 39, Cornhill ; or of
CULVERWELL,
23,1, it.
Brother, Successor, and Twenty Years Cknsulting Colleague of the
tate author of the above 10, Argyll-niece, Regent-street, London,
who may be advised with on the above matters daily, ;rum Ten till
Five, and in the evenings, from Seven t.ll sine.

THE CERTAINTY OF VICTORY.--
Sebastopol must tali before the vast engines of war brought
to bear on Its walls and fortifications. Victory will soon have en -
thusiastic expression from every patriotic heart ; the very word will
have a charm for every individual in the land Victors, with B
MosEs and oN is cnisiireled with commercial honours which have
not been awarded to any other house ; and their splendid prepare
tions in artit le, of dress for winter are vie- oil .us tor superior qu A-
firSt,ate fitsbion, and unparalleled heap Hu ss.
E. MOSES and SON are the sole inventors of the Twenty-five
Shilling Paletot ; it is the mast comfort title and fashionable ai tide
at dress at this season. The Overcoats and Winter Clothing, in their
g Cantle ready made department, are so novel, artistic, well made,
elegantly finis:led, fit so correctly, and charged so economicaly,
that they are victorious over all previous introductions.
In selecting Winter Hosiery Goods on the most gigantic scale - in
the manufacture of the most magnificent stock of Shirts embroidered
and plain—in the pr. paration of a vast variety of superior Clothing
and Underclothing for ladies and children - in procuring the best
steles of Hats and raps which the most distinguish: d French and
English artists have produced -in mak ng and exhibit ng the most
stylish, most season ble, and most comfortable Clon Boots ant
Sh es. &c.—E. MosES and .10r,1 have the atisolute thing.nty of being
acknowl dged the victorious champions of trade ; and charging every
nriicle at the lowest possible price has secured victories celebrated by
every tongue, and beneficial to every individual and family in the
vs,irld.
E. MosES and SON'S unequalled Wholesale Clothing, Shirt, and Boot
and Shoe Department is furnished with an entirely new andvantag l seas-
able stuck, which Islay be selected from with the greatest ai
to retail-dealers, merchants, captains, emigrants, and others.
he
CAItTiON.—E. MOSES and SON regret [laving to guard tlike
public against imposition, he:yin° learned that the untradesman-
fal-ehood of " Being connected with their Establishment," or " it's
the same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, and for
obvious reasons, they beg to state that they have
No en
N seExKci except theirvriTg ownkT Establishments,oTnEl' uusE
tnagosfoolluoTwos ONDON,
:
London City Establishment, 154, 185. 156, and 157,
,45, arid 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating.•'
London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1,2,
and 3, Hart-street, all commuicating.
Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street,
aheffield Branch, 36. Fargate.
Colonial Wholesale Branch, Melbourne, Australia.
Merchant Taft. , Clothiers, Batters, Ilowiers, Furriers
gtine Makers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. Boot and
I MPORTANT.—ShouId any article not give satisfaction, it
will be
exchanged if desired,. or, if preferred, the money will b returned
without hesitation. All goods
ent can be made.
are marked in plain figures, the lowest
price, tram which no abalow
The Establishments are closed from sunset on Fridays to sunset
on Saturdays, when business is resumed till 12 o'clock.
A new Book for Autum and Winter.
" The Commercial Cornu-
copia," containing full lists Of priCes, our system et self-measure-
'went, go., Ike., may be had on application, or post-free. I
Ici l'on Paris Francois. as
A pab I i Evan°.
at Si parla Italiano.
liter sprlcht man Deutsch A

OFFICE STORES,
con,isting of Brushes, rtrooms, Baskets, Crockery, Glass, Mats, Pails,
Tin Ware, &c., &c., &c., as shallfr qat time to t'me be demanded under
a Contract, for 12 months certain, and afterwards until the expira-
tion of 3 mouths' warning.
Patterns of the Articles may be seen, and the Conditions of t',e
Contract and a term of the tender may be ooawned at the said office.
No tender will be received after one o'clock on the day of treaty, nor
will any he noticed, unless the party atiends, or an agent for him duly
authorised in writing.
Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty,
and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Tender for 0 ' ce Stores,"
end must aso be delivered at Somerset-place, accompanied by a
lot ter signed by a responsible person. en 'aging to become bound
with the person tendering, in the sum of 1001. for the due performance
of the contract.

CON rit ACT FOE MUSTARD SEED.
Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and
Transport Servic s, Somerset Hou e, 30th October, 1854.
THE Commissioners for Executing the Office of
Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, do Hereby Give Notice, that on MONDAY, the 6th
November i stant. at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with
such persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying and deli-
vering into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at DEPTFOiID
When to be delivered.
Quarters. Half of each in 3 weeks,
MUF,TARD SEED (White).. 1,0 and Vie remainder in 3
Ditto (Brown)., 1.50 weeks afterwards; or
earlier If pre'erred by the
party tendering.
Their Lordships reserve to themselves the power, when the ten-
ders are opened, of 'contracting either for the whole, 6r for such
part thereof only as they may deem fit, or for a greater quar.tity, or
of not contracting for any ; and also an unlimited power of selection.
Tenders will be received ter the whole, or any portion of each
description of Seed.
Samples (not less than 2 quarts of each) must be produced by the
parties tendering.
The sample. produced by persons whose tenders are not accepted
are requested to be taken away by them immediately after the con-
tract h is been decided.
No tender will be received unless mode on the printed form pro-
vided for the purpose, and which may be obtained on application iv
the said Office, or to Commander Bevis, conducting the Packet Service
at Liverpool.
The conditions of the revised contracts. to which particular atten-
tion is coned, may he seen at the said Office, and at Liverpool. No
tender will be received atter One o'clock on the day of treaty, and it
will not be required that the party tendering or an agent on his behalf,.
s' ould attend at the ernes on the day of contract, a the result of
the offer received from each person will be commun cated to him in
writing.
Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty,
and hear din the left-hand corner the words " Tender for Mastard
Seed," no must also be delivered at S..merset House.

CON'TR XCTS FOR SUGAR, TEA, PEPPER, AND TOBACCO.
Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport
Services, Somerset House, 2d November, 1854.
THE Commissioners for executing the Office of
Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Rrit*in
and Ireland, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that on W ► DNESD AT,
th. 15th instant, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with
such persons as may be contract for supplying and delivering
into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford the undermentioned
Articles, via.:
Tens.
100 o
When to be delivered.
lbs. I Half of each in three weeks, and
TEA (Congou) •• .. 50,000 1 the remainder in three weeks
It afterwards, or earlier if pre-
ferred by the party tendering.

5UGAR..........

PEPPER (Whole Tons.
Black). • ..•• •• •• 5
TOBACCO... ••.. 10

Tenders may he made for the whole or any portion of the articles.
Their Lords .ips reserve to themselves the power, when the Ten-
ders are opened, of contracting eitner for the whole, or fir such part
thereof only as they may deem fit, or for a greater quantity, or of
not contracting for any; and also an unllmitel power of selection.
The articles to be exempted from the Customs Duties, and parties
tendering are to sate where they are respectively lying.
Samples of the Sugar (not less than 2lbs.), of the Tea (not less
than lb ), from the bonded warehouse of the Pepper (nut less than
2105.1, ant of the Tobacco (not less than 1 lb ), must be produced by
th party tendering,
The Samples produced by persons whose Tenders are not accepted
are requested to be taken away by them immediately after the Con-
tracts have been decided.
No Tender will be received unless made on the Printed Form pro-
vided for the purpose, and which may be obtained on application to
the said Office or to Commander Bevis, conducting the Packet Ser-
vice at Liv,rpool, or to the Collector of Customs at Bristol.
rhv conditions of the It vied Contracts, which particular at-
tention is called, may be seen at the said office, and at Liverp of
and Bristol.
No I ender will he received after One o'clock, on the day of treaty,
and it will not he required that the party tendering, or an agent on
his behalf should attend at the office on the day of contract, as the
result of the offer received from each person will be commAncated
to him in writing.
Even, tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty,
and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Tender for
and muet also be delivered at Somerset House.

NOTICE.-DIVISION OF PROFITS.-A.ll
Petsons Assuring their Lives (on the Particip tting kale)
in the PROVIDES I LIFE ASq.JRANCE OFFICE, be-
fore the er.d of the present year, will he ENTITLED to SHA ,E in
the Next Quinnuennial Division of Profits to Dee. 31,1857.
Bonuses paid in Cash, or Added to the Policy, r applied to Re-
duce the Annual Premium, at the option of the assurer. The great
and continuous increase of busine,s, and the extremely favourable
rate of mortality among their assurers, ful yjustify the Bo trd In con-
fidently anticipatinz a still further improvement upon the liberal
amounts formerly decl fired by way of bonus.
For prospectuses showing the peculiar advantages of the Associa-
tion, and for all further information, app'y to the local agents, or at
the Chief Office, 15, Moorgate-street, London.
Nov. 3, 1954. WM. TIIOS. LINFORD, Secretary.

TO LOVERS OF ,FISH.-
100 real YARNIOUT II BLOATERS for 65., package included.
The above forwarded to all parts on receipt of penny postage stamps,
or P. 0. 0. (orererre I) for the amount send plain address, c ,tuity,
9nd nearest station.—Address, Thomas Lettis, jun., Fish-curer, Great
Yarmouth.

JACKSON'S PATENT PREPARATION for
C the PRESERVATION of POTATOES, SEEDS, &c.—This
valuable discovery, for which Letters Patent have been obtained, is
the result of fourteen ye rs' study and experiments in the preserva-
tion of vegetable matters. It imparts health and vigour to 'he Plants
and seeds subjected to its ai Lion, and effectually prevents the
POT iTO DISEASE, the SMUT in WHEAT, MILDEW and ROT,
all FUN'IAL DisE USES, arid !he attacks of INSECTS and VER-
m IN, and further r, commends itself to the farmer, th s planter, and
the public generally, by the extreme simplicity of the mode of its
application.
It is sold by all seedsmen and Chemists, in packets of one, two,
hree, and four p,tunds each, with instructions for its use, and parties
requiring larger quantities. for their own use or for exportation, can
be supplied on advantageous terms, by addressing to Mr. Jackson. the
Patentee, la, Cannon-street, London-bridge, where the article is
always on sale, and the fullest particulars and directions for its use
can be obtained.

riIRIESEMAR, protected by Royal Letters
I Patent of England, and secured by the Seals of the Ecole dv
Pharmacie de Paris, and the Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna.

TREESEUAR, No. 1,
I+ a remedy for Relaxation, Spermatorrhcea, and Exhaustion of th'
S. tern.

TRIESEMAR, No. 2,
effectually, in the short space of three days, completely and entirely
e-adicates all traces of those Disorders which Capivi and Cubebs
hive so long been thought an antidote for, to the ruin of the health
if a vast portion of the population.
TRI ESE AR, No. 3, _ _

Is the great Continental Remedy for that class of Disorders, which
unfortunately the English physician treats with Mercury, to the in-
evitable destruction of the patient's constitution. and which all the
•srsaparilla in the world cannot remove.
TRIE4EM Alt, No. 1,2, and 3, are alike devoid of taste or smell,
ted of all nauseating qualities. They may lie on the toilet table
without their use beine suspected.
Sold in tin cases at I Is. each, free by post, 2s. extra, divided into
,parate doses. as administered by Valpeau, Lallemand, Roux,
tc., &c.—To be had Vholesale and Retail in London of Robert John-
Cornhill; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street; and Sanger,
15(1, Oxford-street.
•

Mr. Bokenham is now the chief of the Inland-office of
the General Post-office, and is named Comptroller of the
Circulation Department. Mr. Jackson is chief of the
Money Order-office, and is called Comptroller of the
Money prder-office.
The Belfast Mercantile Journal says that there ap-
pears to be a deficient stock of foreign wheat all over
Ireland, and the stocks of Indian corn, which were
tolerably heavy a few months since, have since been
materially reduced.
The Lord Maycr of London was present, on Tuesday
evening last, at a complimentary bancoet given to the
Mayor of Bradford (Yorkshire) by the members of the
corporation of that town. The company also included
the Lord Mayor of York and the chief magistrates of
the neighbouring towns.
FEARED SHIPWRECK.--LIVERPOOL, Thursday.—A
letter was received this morning from Milford, dated
t. 31, from which it is inferred that the blrque
Holmes, Captain Robert Cummins, from Alexandria to
Liverpool, has been lost, with all on board, during the
late gales. Some planks `hound with yellow metal,
some wheat, and small portions of cotton, were washed
ashore about the cliffs west of St. Goven's Head ; and
the stern of a boat, with " Robert Cummins," picked up
near the Fame place. Portions of wreck have also been
seen floating about in the neighbourhood.
[ADVERTISEMENT.]—Medicine always aggravates chronic
diseases, such as dyspepsia (indigestion), habitual constipa-
tion, nervous, bilious, and liver complaints, consumption,
&c., but Du Barry's Delicious Revalenta Arabica Food
invariably cures them in a very short time. We extract
a few out of 50,000 testimonials of cures, which had
resisted all medicines. Cure No. 180. —"Twenty-five
years' nervousness, constipation, indigestion, and debility
from which I had suffered great misery, and which
no medicine could remove or relieve, have been effec-
tually cured by Du Barry's food in a very, short time
—W. B. Reeve, Pool Anthony, Tiverton.' Cure No.
4,208.—" Eight years' dyspepsia, nervousness, debility,
with cramps, spasms and nausea, have been effect
tually removed by Du Barry's delicious food in a very
short time.—Rev. John W. Flavell, Ridlington Rectory,
Norfolk." Cure No. 51,416.—" Fifty years' indescribable
agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, consti-
pation, flatulency, spasms, sickness at the stomach and vo-
mitings, have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Food.
—Maria Jolly, Wortham, Ling, near Dias, Norfolk." Cure
No. 3,900.—Thirteen years' cough, indigestion, and gene-
ral debility have been removed by Du Barry's excellent
Food.—James Potter, Athol-street, Perth." Cure
No. Si.—" Twenty years' liver complaint, with
disorders of the stomach and nerves, have been
perfectly cured by Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica,.—
Andrew Frazer, Haddington, East Lothian." " Trevagler,
Gulval, near Penzance. Feb. 20th, 1851.—Eighteen •-oars'
nervous debility, violent palpitation of the heart, throb-
bing of the temples, violent pains in the left side am, b ,ek,
shortness of breath, coughs, numbness of the extremities,
such general
weakness, that I was constantly fearful of falling when on
my legs ; all these symptoms have been removed by Du
cramps, spasms, flatulency, retchinwsglib,t.ha,
Barry's excellent Food. Mary Gilbert, In canisters,
101 b., 335.
' n2f:l2lsl' instructions
—1113., 2s. 9d. ;4s. 6 I 51b
21b., (• ; lls. ; 121 b., 225. ;
The 101 b. and 121 b., carriage free, on post office order.
Barry du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, London ;
Fortnum, Mason, and Co., purveyors to her Majesty, Pic-
cadilly ; also at 68, Coruhill; 60, Gracechurch-street ;
330 and 451, Strand ; 63 and 150, Oxford-street ; 55,
Charing-cress ;4, Cheapside ; 49, Dishopsgate-Street,

The Neptune, 120, Captain T. Hutton, bearing the
flag of Rear-Admiral Piumridge, and the St. George,
120, Captain H. Eyres, arrived at Spithead yester-
day afternoon from the 13altic. The other sailing ships,
including the Prince Regent, 90, and Monarch, 84, are
reported as not far frorn Spithead. As the Neptune
came to an anchorage at Spithead she saluted the flag of
the Cominander.in-Chief, Vice-Admiral Sir T. J. Coch-
rane, which the Victory, flag ship, returned. Sir Thomas
Cochrane was out on the water in the cutter Fanny, and
signalled from her to the Neptune, inviting Admiral
Plumridge to dinner to-night. The Neptune and St.
George came up to Spithead with almost all sail set, and
the spectacle presented by these magnificent three-
deckers was truly grand and imposing.
The Hannibal, 91, screw, Captain the Hon. W. F.
Grey, C. 8., took in her full supply of coals yesterday at
Spithead, and now only awaits sailing orders.
The Powerful, 84, Captain Massie, attended by the
Salamander, 6, steam sloop, Commander Priest, left
Spithead yesterday morning for Greenock, the former to
complete her complement. On the return of the latter
she will be paid off, and her commander, who has only
had her a few weeks, appointed to apether vessel.
The Curacoa, 31, screw frigate, Ciptain the Hon. G.
F. Hastings, steamed mit of Portsmouth harbour yester-
day morning, and, running the mea.sPred mile at Stoke's
Bay, anchored off Spithead.
The Hecla, 6, paddle sloop, C4tAin W, H. Fall,
hauled alongside the Dryad Deceiving-hulk At Ports-
mouth yesterday to hulk her crew while she is docked to
refit. Captain Hall will be apfklinted to the Blenheim,
60, on the return of that ship from the Baltic.
The Harrier, 14, Commander Story, was paid wages
at Spithead yesterday, and will leave to-day for the West
India station.
The Austerlitz yesterday commenced coaling to enable
her to proceed to Cherbourg for permanent repairs to her
machinery. It is expected that the necessary repairs
will take four or five days. The captain who commands
her last visited Sheerness in command of the Gomer
steam-ship of war in 1844.
Orders have arrived at Sheerness from the Curlew to
proceed to Portsmouth, where she is to receive her final
orders. She left yesterday.

The crew of the Cuckoe were paid down yesterday,
and were granted 14 days' leave of absence.
The Horatio, Commander Jencer, is now all atannt
in Sheerness basin ; internal fitments are being pro-
gressed with all possible despatch. .