The Sun.
London, England, 1854-12-15 00:00:00

DEATH OF LORD .RUTIIERFU.RD.

We regret to announce the death of this eminent
Judge and highly accomplished man, which occurred at
his lordship's residence, St. Colme-street, at an early
hour on Wednesday morning. For the last three months
Lord Rutherford had been suffering from bilious fever,
which gradually reduced him to a state of the most ex-
treme debility, so that latterly his friends could only
augur the worst. Lord Rutherford was called to the
bar in 1812. He, therefore, did not figure on the politi-
cal arena in the days of the Fox dinners and the Pan-
theon meetings, nor, indeed, at the earlier stages of the
Reform agitation. Lord Rutherford was about 65 years
of age.—Caledonian Mercury.

THE MEN-OF-WAR AND THE STORM.

The late accounts that we have received from the
Black Sea do not confirm the telegraphic report thgt the
screw ships Agamemnon and Sanspareil had been driven
ashore in the gale of the 14th. Consequently we pre-
sume there was no truth in the statement. _

It is very gratifying indeeTtO—find,that though they
ran some risks, and got a little knocked about from the
transports falling foul of them, &c., the men-of-war suf-
fered no loss •f ships, save and except the little tug, the
Danube, and even her machinery has been saved.

RECOVERY OF THE STORES OF TIM
WYNNSTAY, TRANSPORT.

Yesterday advices were received, under date Constan-
tinople, Nov. 30, from which it appears that the greater
part of the stores for the army in the Crimea on board
the Wynnstay, wrecked at St. Stefano Point, in the Sea
of Marmara, had been recovered is a serviceable state
and forwarded to head-quarters at Balaklava.

SIR C. NAPIER AND THE MINIE RIFLE.

The following letter has been addressed to the editor
of the Times :

Sir,--In your report of the debate on the address, Mr.
Sidney Herbert is reported to have said. when praising the
Minie rifle, that ' Even such men as Sir Charles Napier
had said. "There is nothing like Brown Bess—for God's
sake don't take away Brown Begs."
"The marks of quotation are in your report, and I hope
aro an error of 'your reporter, and not inserted to mark
that Mr. Herbert emphasised the quotation as being Sir
C. Napier's words. I say I hope so, for I must give the
most unqualified contradiction to Mr. Herbert on that
point. Sir Charles Napier never said anything of the
kind, in words or spirit. He ar,tr d against accepting the
Minie rifle for general purposes of' war until its superiority
was proved, not by Woolwich trials, but by regiments in
the field. And, sir, not withstanding Mr. Sidney Herbert's
by-talk, many officers who have seen it tried in the late
battles still doubt its value, or rather condemn it as a
weapon for general warfare, though good for particular
purposes.—l am, sir, your ohedt. servant,
" Dec. 14." " W. NAPIER, Lieut.-General.

THE DISPOSITION OF THE FLEET IN
THE BLACK SRA.

The Commander-in-Chief, Vice-Admiral Deans Dun-
das, C. 8., has been suffering from diarrhoea, but by last
accounts (Nov. 27), was better, on the following day he
was to shift his flag to the 16-gun paddle-frigato Furious,
Captain Loring, sending the Britaniia, 120, to the
Bosphorus, to refit.
The Queen, 116, Capt. Michell ; Trafalgar, 120, Capt.
Greville ; and London, 90, Capt. Jones, had sailed to
the Bosphorus. . Their rudder-heads had been wrung,
and must be landed to be repaired.
The Agamemnon, 91, screw, Capt. Mends, flag of
Rear-Admiral Sir E. Lyons, C.B. ; Rodney, 90, Capt.
King ; Vengeance, 84, Capt. Lord E. Russell ; and
Algiers, 91, screw, Capt. Talbot, were off Sebastopol.
The Bellerophon, 78, Capt. Lord George Paulet, was
at Eupatoria.
The Sanspareil, 71, screw, Captain Heath, was at
Balaklava.
The Hannibal, 91, screw, Commodore Hon. F. W.
Grey, daily expected, would be welcome ; as also the
Royal Albert, 121, screw, Capt. Sir Thomas Pasley,
Bart.

PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS IN THE

BLACK SEA FLEET.

Capt. King, of the Leander, 50, to be captain of the
Rodney, 90, vice Charles Graham, C. 8., invalided. -
Captain Lewis T. Jones, of the Sampson, 6, paddle,
to be captain of the London, 90, vice Charles Eden, in.
valided.
Captain S. T. Brock, additional captain of the Bri-
tannia, 120, flagship, to command the Sampson, 6, vice
Jones, to the London.
Captain the Hon. S. T. Carnegie, of the Tribune, 31,
screw, to be captain to the Leander, 50, vice King.
Commander Leopold George Heath, of the Niger, 12,
sc, r eow.,Dtoacbreega,citainvgancdapedta.in
TothSisanosispacle•eri,lB promotion we, 71, screw, vice
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believe has been anticipated.
Commander Lord John Hay, of the Wasp, 12, screw,
to be acting captain of the Tribune, vice Carnegie.
Lieutenant Henry Lloyd, commander of the iron pad-
dle steamer Triton (badly and seriously wounded in the
attack on Sebastopol), to be acting commander of the
Wasp, vice Lord Jokn Hay. The Gazette intelligence
of the promotion of Commander Lloyd has reached him
by this time.
Lieut. Hors, of the Beagle, to be acting commander
of the Niger, vies Heath, to the Sanspareil.
Mate Mr. Hewett, of the Beagle (who distinguished
himself so gallantly in command of a naval battery at
Sebastopol), to be acting lieutenant and commander of
the Beagle.
The promotions of these two officers also are on their
way out to thern.
Singularly enou,, $
o the above b in selectingfor
officers
acting command, the commander-in-chief has anticipated
the promotion they. have received by this time direct
from the Admiralty.
Commander Lord John Hay, removed from the Wasp
to the command of the Tribune, though young, is said
to be a good and steady officer. He heti been for a long
time employed in conducting the operations on the coast
of Circassis, and rejoined the fleet off Sebastopol at a
time when more seamen were wanted for the trenches.
He was at once despatched with his ship's company to
strengthen the naval brigade, which be now quits to
command the Tribune.

The Prussian Coreependenee of Berlin of the 9th rays
The number of Prussian manufacturers who have
inscribed their names to take part in the Universal Ex-
hibition of Paris in 1855 amounts to 1,100, and will, no
'
doubt, become still greater. The persons intending to
send works of art are 70 in number.
Mr. John Watson, woollen draper, Edinburgh, has
received an order for 100 woollen Jerseys, And the like
number of pairs of flannel drawers and knitted stockings,
woollen nightcaps, and comforters. They are for the
use of the soldiers of Captain Maitland's company of the
79th or Cameron Highlanders.--,--Masgote Constitutional.
YARN FROM TILE COMMON NETTLE.—The Dundee
Advertiser of Tuesday says An esteemed corre-
spondent in Ireland has sent us a small sample of yarn
made from the common nettle. It is very strong, and
appears of good spinning quality, and the sender states
that he has seen beautiful work made with it in that
country. When even the common nettle can thus be
turned to account, we need not despair of finding
abundant material for manufacture."
A lecture of a novel and entertaining character was
delivered by Mr. Chads Leighton and Mr. C. G. Crook,
at the Lecture Hall, Newington, on Wednesday even-
ing. It consisted of recitations and sketches of charac-
ter of a very clever and original kind ; among the latter
the most successful performances of the evening were
" The Monthly Nurse," " The Voice from the Stable,"
and "The Fidgetty Man." Some of the more serious pieces
were received equally well. "The Dream of Eagene
Aram," and "The Chimes of Memory," were delivered
with great taste, The entertainment was very fully
attended, and reflects ereat credit on the gentlemen who
had written and arranged it.
' TRADE OF NOTTINGHAM.—Our lace trade continues
in the most laileid
condition ; anything that ja doing
being of so trifling an atnenet re to be unworthy of
notice) aid American buyers freely e feting that they
have, many it *jitter, Made in Nattingheat as much as
they have this winter spent in it---4eellich of course does
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should be ; but the process of stock-taking now in pro-
gress shows stocks to be low, and for the most part any
demand that does arise has an immediate influence on
productioa.—Nottinghamshire Guardian.
IMI'ATIENCE OF THE FRENCH FOR ACTION IN THE
enalgA.—A. correspondent of a morning contemporary
says, from information derived from a high source, there
is the probability of the Allied commanders making a
decisiie movement either in the course of the present or
the ensuing month. It is stated that the French army
have become seriously impatient under their present
circumstances, and call upon their officers to lead them
to the assault or against the Russians in the geld.
General Canrobert has,.from time to time, represented
this state of feeling to Lorl Raglan, recommending that
they should fight a pitched battle and then storm the
garrison. Lor 1 Raglan hesitates until the arrival
of farther reinforcements, not wishing to impeill
the operations of the siege ; but, notwithstanding, an
impression is prevalent among the officers of the French
army that a combined effort v; ill be made to destroy the
hosts of Russia in the Crimea before many weeks are