The Sun.
London, England, 1849-05-02 00:00:00

N°. 17 660,3 LONDON WEDNESDAY „AA
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ALDERMANBURY WINE STORES, No. 18
JOHN MOUNT, AGENT

FOR READY MONEY ONLY.
The value of Wine as the best stimulant to roan is notorious, and
even Scripture recommends its moderate use to all men, but exces-
sive taxation precludes it from all but the wealthy. To mitigate this
evil as much as possible, the Proprietor of this establishment, by con-
tenting himself with s profits for ready cask, can offer the most
genuine Port, Sherry, Lisbon, and Marsala, at 245. per dozen, and
which wines, the public should know, could now be retailed at a
shilling a bottle, but for the enormous duty. The Port and Sherry
are imported by most respectable shippers, and the Lisbon and Mar-
sala, as well as the higher qualities of Wines enumerated below, are
obtained from the very first houses in the trade, and are offered at
the following prices :
Superior l'orts from the wood
Crusted ditto
.• .•

. . 2Ss. 30s. 345.
30s. 365. 425. 445. 488.
28s. 308. 365. 425. 48s.
. 325. 38s. 445.
. . 455. to 60s.

Sherries, including Amontillado
Madeira, direct from the Island

East and West India do. . . .
Superior Clarets and other French Wines, according to
..... • 28s. to 725.
quality . .
Champagne 425. 48s. 545. and 665.
This last is of the very best quality, and if a three dozen case be
taken, 645. only will be charged.
Sparkling St. Feray . . ...... 48s.
Moselle, Hock, and Rhenish . . . . 3Gs. to 725•
Cape (Red and White) ..... . . 18s
Pipes, Butts, Hhds., Quarter-casks, and Octaves, charged in the
same proportion.
I)ozen orders will be executed in all parts of London free of car-
riage. Slagle bottles are sold on the premises after the same rate,
or will be forwarded into the country as samples on receipt of a post-
office order, or stamps, including Bd. for basket, booking, &c. Orders
to be addressed to Jobe Mount, Agent, 18, Alderinanbury. N.B.—
A Petition for lowering the exorbitant duties on wine lies on the
premises for signature, a copy of which is inserted in the body of
our paper.

IV ELL GWYNNE TAVER N and CHOP-
.LI HOUSE, Bull Inn-court, Strand, for Luncheons, Dinners,
and Suppers, Three Doors East of the Adelphi Theatre, and opposite
Adam- street.
Messrs. ARCHER and HOLT most respectfully invite their
friends and the public to patronise the Nell Gwynue Coffee•room,
which has been fitted up in the style of the period in which sho
Visitors to the Theatres, Citizens, and Gentlemen connected with
Somerset House, and the Banking Houses in the vicinity, will find
the Table d'Hote, which takes place at Half-past Five precisely, the
most comfortable and reasonable in the metropolis.—Fish and
Joints, 2s. per head. Hot Joints anti' Eight, and Suppers untl. One
o'clock. Private Dining-reoms. excellent Beds, superior Wines and
Spirits, fine Ales, and Barclay and Perkins's Stent.
N.B. An Entrance also from Maiden lane.

PEGG'S ROYAL YORK HOTEL'
BRIGHTON.
HARRY PEGG respectfully announces (more particularly to those
who have not been in the habit of frequenting Brighton) that his
house is delightfully situated at the bottom of the Old Steyne, in one
of the most pleasant, quiet, and central parts of the town, it com-
mands au extensive view of the ocean, yet not s• near as to be an-
noyad by the winds that so continually blow from the south-west
quarter ; it stands near the Chain Pier, and will be found most con-
venient for travellers to and from the Continent.

The House is large and commodious, and the suites of apartments
are such as to suit every class of society.
To the patrons and friends of this establishment the Proprietor begs
to state, that since the last season he has considerably embellished
and Improved the interior of the house, and it will now be found not
interior t• any similar establishment in the kingdom.
The Cuisine is so well appointed as cannot fail to please the most
fastidious taste.
The Wines are of th• first and finest description, and the greatest
possible moderation is strictly .served on all the charges.
Families boarded on the most ecosomical terms by the week or
month.

ANGEL HOTEL, ABERGAVENNY.
THOMAS VAUGHAN MORGAN, in returning his sincere
thmks to those Comirercial Gentlemen who have so kindly sup-
ported him since the death of his father, begs to inform them and
others that the greater part of the house has been fresh painted,
papered, and re-furnished. As the whole of the Mails and Coaches
stop at his house, it offers a convenience not afforded by any other
inn in the town.
A Show-room for Patterns. horses and Gigs or Phietons let by
the Week or Month.
May 1, 1849.

OCIETY of PAINTERS in WATER
COLOURS,
The Forty-fifth Annual Exhibition is NOW OPEN, at their Gal-
lery, 5, Pall-mall East, each day, from Nine till Dusk.
Admittance, Is.—Catalogue, Gd.
GEORGE FRIPP, Secretary.

H E ROYAL POLYTECHNIC
INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET.
The Collection of Models of Agricultural Implements has been
greatly increased by additions deposited by the Royal Agricultural
Society and other scientific parties. The use of these M•dels, as well
as all others in the Institution, is explained from day to day.—Lec-
tures by Dr. Bachhoffncr on the Ventilation of Mines, &c., by
means of a Jet of Steam, daily at fw• o'clock, and on alternate
Evenings.—Lecture on Chemistry, daily at half-past Three, and on
alternate Evenings.—The Micr•scope.—The New Dissolving Views
include Scenes in Van Diemen's Land, from Original Drawings taken
on the spot by J. Skinner I'r•ut, Esq.—New Chromatrope.—Diver
and Diving-bell.—The Music is under the direction of Dr. Wallis.
Open daily trona Eleven to Five ; and in the Evenings (including
-aturday) from Seven till Half-past Ten.
Admission, la.—Schools, half-price.—Th• New Catalogue, Is.

LILIZA COOK'S JOURNAL.
4 On SATURDAY, MAY the sth, 1849, will be Published the
First Number of ELIZA COOK'S JOURNAL, a:Weekly Periodical,
Price Three llalfpence, containing Literary Matter of Information
and Amusement.
The aim of this Journal will be to instruct and to please—its Prin-
ciples the advancement of Social Happiness and Mental Intelligence.
Essays and Arguments adapted to general interests and improve-
ments—Reviews of New Works—BlograPhical Notes—Occasional
Articles of Practical Import—the Fireside Story—The Voice of Song
breathing lu homely Love and Sympathy, and a frequent page for
our young friends, will torus the various features of the projected
serial, which will be dedicated to all who possess the spirit of pro-
gression and love of their kind.
Published by J. 0. Clarke, No. 3, Raquet-court, Fleet-street,
where all communications for the Proprietor, and Advertisements
icr the Monthly Parts may be forwarded.

THE EMIGRATION NOVEL.
Just published, and may be had at all the Libraries, In 3 vols.
pest Bvo.,
THE EMIGRANT FAMILY;
Or the
STORY OF AN AUSTRALIAN SETTLER.
By the Author of "Settlers and Convicts."
" This is what Milton called a real book—a book calculated to afford
solid information as well as lively entertainment. The author's know-
ledge of Australian life is extensive and exact, and he has turned it
to profitable account. The whole scene and business of the colony
is placed before you, breathing with life."—Daily News.
" The characters are drawn with great distinctness, the incidents
are natural and striking ; there are many passages of great power
and pathos, and the truth of local colouring imparts a charm to the
fiction."—Atlas.
" Intermixed with the story are many sketches of a settler's life,
and the almost romantic incidents that frequently occur on the out-
skirts of the colony."—Spectator.
" The story reads like truth—the chief merit of fiction."—Globe.
London: Smith, Elder, an Co., G 5, Cornhill.

HISWICK MEETING.
1.....) A Full Report, with List of the Prizes, will appear in The
GARDENERS' CHRONICLE and AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE.
The Gardeners' Chronicle is edited by Professor Lindley, and may
be ordered of any News Agent, price Gd., free by pest.

/SHE REGISTERED SYRIAN PALETOT.
IL By Messrs. SWAIN and CO., Coart Tailors, 379, Oxford-

street.
This celebrated OVER-COAT for the Spring has been introduced
in the lightest textures of material from the costly wools of Syria ;
the exclusive use of which has been secured by Messrs. Swain and
Co., and manufactured into the Paletot universally known as the
choicest article of the kind extant.
The Local Agents ter its sale in the British Empire are—
Mr. M. lietstein, Bristol.
Messrs. Si. and S. Smith, Manchester.
Messrs. G. and W. Clarke, Bury St. Edmund's.
Mr. J. Hollingsworth, Birmingham.
Mr. W. White, Edinburgh,
Mr. John Whitty, College-green, Dublin.
Mr. Charles Saxelby, Shrewsbury.
Mr. Hubback, Berwick-on-Tweed.
Mr. R. Tinhorn, Newport, Isle of Wigl t.
Mr. J. Johnson, Ashton-under-Lyme.
Mr. Davison, Sheffield.
Mr. R. Wilson, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
Mr. John Crisp, Norwich.
Mr. F. Bare, Ipswich.
Mr. W. S. Bevin, Chester.
Mr. Whitmore, Stockport.
Mr. T. S. Wright, Northampton.

VARICOSE VEINS, WEAKNESS, &c.
HUXLEY'S SURGICAL CAOUTCHOUC ELASTIC STOCK-
INGS, KNEE-CAPS, ANKLETS, &c., stand unrivalled for their
efficacy in all cases of varicose veins, weakness, sprains, &c. They
are drawn on with the facility of an ordinary stocking, affording
equal and permanent pressure in every part. They are less expan-
sive and more durable than any stocking yet produced. HUXLEY
and Co., particularly solicit the inspection of the profession.
Directions for self-measurement forwarded, and the article sent by
post. HUXLEY and CO., 5, Were-street, Cavendish-square.
" A Country Practitioner.—Huxley's Surgical Stockings : We
constantly use them, and find them thoroughly efficacious."—Vide
Lancet, Notice to Correspondents.

LEA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE
SAUCE is universally allowed to be the most Piquant and
the Richest in Flavour of any Sauce in use, and for Fish, Gravies
for Roast Meat, Steaks, Game, &c., or a zest for Curries, Soup, Cold
Meat, it is entirely unrivalled.
The unparelleled success of this Sauce having induced imitations,
purchasers are particularly requested to see that the name of LEA
and PERRINS are upon the Label and the Metallic Capsules, as also
to read the Testimonials (which are enclosed with every bottle)
from the residence of Royalty, the principal Club Houses and Ho-
tels in London, Edinburgh, &c. &c., and from private Families in
the country.
Sold by the proprietors, Lea an/ Perrins, 6, ♦ere-street, Oxford-
street, London, an/ 6i, Broad-street, Worcester ; Messrs. Barclay
and Sons, Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and other Oilmen, London,
and generally by all dealers in sauces.

BEAUTIFUL TEETH.
ROWLANDS' ODONTO, or PEARL
DENTIFRICE.

A WHITE POWDER compounded of the choicest and most re-
cherche ingredients of the Oriental herbal. It extirpates all tartar-
*us adhesions to the teeth, and ensures a pearl-like whiteness to
the enamelled surface. Its anti-septic and anti-scorbutic properties
exercise a highly beneficial and salutary influence: they arrest the
further progress of decay of the Teeth, induce a healthy action of
the Gums, and cause them to assume the brightness and colour indi-
cative of perfect soundness ; while, by confirming their adhesion to
the Teeth, they give unlimited enjoyment and fresh zest to appetite,
by perpetuating effective and complete mastication.
The Proprietors of this Dentifrice pledge themselves that its effi-
cacy is presen ing and embellishing the TEETH, far surpasses any-
thing of the kind ever yet offered to the public, and has, in conse-
quence, obtained its selection by her Majesty the Queen, the Court,
and Royal Family of Great Britaio,*and the Sovereigns and Nobility
throughout Europe.—Price 2s. 9cl. per box.
CAUTION.—To protect the public from fraud, the Hon. Commis-
sioners have directed the Proprietors' name and address thus,
•• A. ROWLAND and SON, 20, Ilatton-garden," to bo engraved on
the Government stamp, which is affixed on each box.
hold by the Proprietors, and by Chemists and Perfumers.

Just published, price 55., 8y.., in cloth,

ruHE RATIONAL -TREATMENT of STRIC-
1_ TURES of the URETHRA, in all their varieties and compli-
cations. With practical observations on the use and abuse of instru-
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cessary employment of instruments is a frequent exciting cause of
stricture, and that a want of practical knowledge and manual dex-
terity in their use, when necessary, is the source of most of the se-
vere, long-protracted, and complicated cases of that disorder so fa-
tally prevalent!
By F. B. COURTENAY,
" The operation of introducing a catheter through an impermeable
stricture is, without doubt, the most difficult in the whole range of
surgical operations, and demands all the prudence, science, and skill
of a master. The art can only be acquired, and that gradually, by
frequent practice."—Liston's Operative Surgery.
Published by 11. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street ; and may be had of
all booksellers in town or country.

illustrated by 26 Anatomical Colostred Engravings on ti teed.
ON PHYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPA-
CITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE.
how Edition, enlarged to 196 pages. Just published, price 2s. 6d., or
I,v post, direct from the Establishment, 3s. 6d. in postage stamp.,
THE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on
the infirmities and decay of the generative system, from ex-
...essive indulgence, infection, and the inordinate use of mercury,
whh remarks on Marriage, and the means of obviating certain dis-
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Pa' 1. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive
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PART 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive indul-
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and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative ncapacity.
Illustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings.
PAST 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in
the primary or secondary form, and centaisus explicit directions fc,r
their troatmeet. This section is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured
PART IV. contains a Prescription for the Prevention of Disease
by a simple applicatien, by which the danger of infection is ob-
viated. This important part of the `York should not escape the
eader's notice.
PART Y. is devoted to the consideration of marriage, and its
duties. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and
the whole subject critically and philosophically inquired into.
THR CORDIAL BALM OF SYRIACUM is exclusively employed in treat-
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Perry's Purifying Specific Pills, Is. 9d., 4s. 6d., and 1 is. per box, a
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ven till Two. and Ylve to Eight nu Sundays from Eleven to Ono.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.

BRISTOL, MAT 1.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market was Arm to-day.
sales are—Great Western, 171. Shares, 3 clls.—Taff Tale, 131.
LIVERPOOL, MAT 1. _

STOCK EXCHANCM—The transactions to-day were as follows :
Caledonian, Preference, lie. 3d. Eastern Countios, K c.
Lancashire and Yorkshire (31. mild L.), Fifths, 41. Is. 3d.—Ditto,
Halves (L. and B.), 131,4 dis.—London and North-Western, 131
Ditto, New Quarters, 3/. 163. 3d. p.—Ditto, Quarters (C.), 3 p.—
Manchester, Sheffield, sad Lincolnshire, Preference, 10X—Ditto,
(Sheffield and Lincoln), 14% dls.—Midland, 67k—Ditto, Halves,
II 4 dis.--York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase), 6
per cent. till 1850, 3 dis.7York. and North Midland, %35.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
MALTA, APRIL 16.—The departure of the Locust
steamer for Genoa this morning enables me to an -
nounce the arrival of her Majesty's ship Hibernia, with
Sir William Parker's flag flying, of the Caledonia
yesterday, which vessel is to receive the Vice-Admi-
ral's flag, on the departure of the Hibernia, expected
to leave in about ten days, and of the brig Frolic,
from Beyrout, on Saturday last.
The Spartan is also expected from Venice in a few
days.
There is a report here of a serious quarrel at
Genoa between the English and French captains of
men -of. war.
The Locust has dispatches for the English Captain,
the Right Hon. the Earl of Hard wicke.
PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 29.—The following are the
promotions and appointments during the past week
(from the Hampshire Telegraph) :

PROMOTIONS.
Clerks—Edwin C. Davison, and William Hickman,
to the rank of Paymaster and Purser.

APPOINTMENTS.
Captain—Thomas L. Massie, to the Cleopatra.
Lieutenants—E. A. Porcher, and W. B. Elphin-
stone, to the Cleopatra.
Master—J. T. Davis, to the Cleopatra.
Second Masters— Samuel Braddon, to the Myrtle ;
and Robert Smith, to the Cleopatra.
Paymaster and Purser—Robert Loney, to the
Cleopatra.
Mates—John Leach to the North Star ; R. H.
Burton, to the Excellent; and H. M. Bingham, to
the Cleopatra.
Clerks—A. W. Chimmo, and Frederick Leina, to
the Cleopatra.
Midshipman—R7t. Gresham, to the Excellent.
Naval Cadets—The Hon. R. Moreton, to the
Cleopatra.
Master's Assistant—WT. Paynton, to the Cleopatra.
Coast Guard—Commander John Henry Norcock,
to be Inspecting Commander of the Skibbereen dis-
trict; and Mr. Peter Chown, Master, R.N., to com-
mand the Scattery station.
Lieutenant George Williamson (1807) has received
the out-pension of Greenwich, in lieu of Commander
Farrant. We have before noticed the claims of the
Semaphore veteran, and are glad that the First Lord
has admitted them by his benevolent act.
The Arrogant, 46, auxiliary screw steam-frigate,
Captain R. Fitzroy, was paid wages in advance yes-
terday, and took on board her powder and shells. This
morning, at half-past ten o'clock, she got under weigh,
under canvass alone ; but, the wind being very light
and variable, sufficient way could not be obtained on
her to give her steerage. She was consequently
obliged to be anchored, about a quarter past eleven
o'clock, close to the Horse-shoal, while the steam was
got up, the funnel hove up, and the screw shipped,
when she was again got under weigh, under steam
only, but with her topsails loose and sheeted home.
This was about one o'clock, P.M. After steaming outside
the Knab-light, a breeze having sprung up, she made
sail and damped up steam. She was lost sight of
soon after five o'clock, standing to the southward,
with a fine breeze, close hauled on the starboard tack,

for Cork.
The Confiance steam-tug vessel arrived to-day from
Plymouth, with supernumeraries.
Wind, W. by S. Moderate breezes and fine

weather.
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came in this
Bombay, December 21, 1848 ;
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50, Captain N. Cor •
the flag-ship Southampton,
Commander F. T. Browny
Cape of Good Hope, FeAbrpurairl)l,2l.l, lABt49o3;eSct.apHeeN,le.enrae,
March 6 ; and Fay ai
steam-sloop Geyser, 6, m c
Filmer. The Ringdove brought up inSound,
After Sir
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she wll go up Hamoitze
After unshipping her powderdo
and
stahletsetdeatmhe-vfleagsselofDreoe, 4, aster-
to be paid off.
Her
Dockyard—Thel artizans of the yard are breaking
the graving slip onTuesday, to
examined.
Tr A packet-brig Seagulhlawyeas her taken
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Majestyajest yiss
yesterday.sloo
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Heroine took her ordnance
stores onboard
up her Majesty's ship San Josef, at a contract price of
Her
7s. 9d. per ton. Her admeasurement is about 2,500
tons.
The merchant-brig Rhodes, of Newcastle, 245
tons register, Captain Mullen, which put into Ply-
mouth on the 24th, with loss of foremast, carried
away in severe weather experienced in the Atlantic
on Good Friday, has a jurymast which was rigged
in the following manner :---The original mast broke
about seven feet from the deck, and in the after part
of the stump a deep groove was cut to receive the
temporary spar, a spare topsail yard, 36 feet long.
The heel being first placed in its socket, the head of
the spar was lifted from the deck by a tackle fixed to
the main stay. When, by this moans, it was raised
a certain height from the deck, the force of the cap-
stan was exercised upon a rope which ran forward to a
top-block on the larboard cathead, and thence through
another block at the head of the spar to the starboard
cathead, where it was fastened. This readily brought
the spar upright, in which position its bead was fixed
to the dead-eyes on either side by runners, thus con-
verted into shrouds, and its foot by three bands of
five-eighth chain firmly wedged to the stump of the
foremast. The canvass hoisted on the jurymast was
a lower studdingsail rigged on a yard made of a top-
gallant studdingsail boom, worked with tacks and
sheets in the usual way. On the mainmast they
carried a square mainsail and a trysail, taking a
double reef in the latter, and easing it up when the
wind blew fresh. The Rhodes was laden with nine
keels (about 200 tons) of coal, and 30 tons of rail-
way tram iron, for St. John's, New Brunswick.
During the first gale she lost her bowsprit, foremast,
and mainmast ; had her decks stove, knightheads
started, and became leaky. In this shattered condi-
tion, with her temporary mast and insufficient canvass,
she sailed through a heavy sea an indirect course,
from 50.33 north and 23.25 west, on the 6th instant,
to the port of Plymouth, on the 24th, of more than a
thousand miles.
Wind, S.S.W., strong breeze.
PORTSMOUTH, MONDAY.—The Myrtle steam-tender,
under the command of Acting-Master Samuel Braddon,
formerly of the Comet, sailed this morning with about
thirty eupernumaries to join the Cleopatra at Sheerness.
Mr. Braddon has been just appointed to the Myrtle, vice
Balliston, appointed to the Elfin.
The Confiance, Plymouth steam-tug, Mr. Martin
master, sailed with upwards of sixty newly-entered men
to join the Cleopatra, 26, at Sheerness this morning.
The Plumper screw-schooner, Commander Nol
is ordered to have her armament reduced to the same
character as the Reynard's.
Another frightful accident occurred at this port to-
day. As a ,party of men in he employ of Mr.
ot ,
Bushby, the contractor for the n or the joint
terminus of the London and Brighton and London
and South-Western Railways at Landport, were en-
t
en-
gaged in pulling down a house standing ou the site
of the intended structure, they excavated too much of
the foundation of a wall of the tenement before they
tried to take it down; consequently, although warned
of the impropriety of their proceedings by their fellow-
workmen, one of whom told them not to peck any more
as he went down the ladder, they went on with the work,
when on touching the wall to throw it outwards it took
an opposite impetus, and fell inwards, burying four men
in the ruins of the lower part of the house. Their names
aro Connor, a labourer; Simms, a bricklayer; White, a
stonemason; and Harwood, a labourer. The accident
took place at about a quarter to seven o'clock this morn-
ing. The poor creatures were dug out of the ruins in
about a quarter of an hour, and speedily conveyed to
the Portsmouth, Portsea, and Gosport Hospital, where
their respective cases met with tbo promptest attention;
the two first named, however, sustained such frighful
injuries in such a multiplicity of ways, that life was
despaired of from the first. The wall was on the second
floor of the building. Harwood's hip was dislocated.
Wind S.S.E., light breezes and fine weather.
PLYMOUTH, APRIL 28.—Her Majesty's sloop Ring-
dove; 12, Captain Robert B. Miller, was inspected yes-
terday in the Sound by Captain Sir Thomas Maitland,
of the flag-ship Impregnable, 104, and her crew went
through the great gun exercise. She came into har-
bour to-day and unbent sails; her crew will be paid off
on Friday.
About Her Majesty's steam-tug Confiance, Mr. Wm. Martin,
master, sailed this afternoon for Portsmouth.
Her Majesty's Ship San Josef.—The last of this ship,
her keel, will be taken out of dock on Monday next.
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Wind—N.V., light breeze.
PORTSMOUTH, TUESDAY. The Plumper steam-
schooner, Commander Nolloth, landed her 25 cwt. guns
yesterday afternoon, and is to receive carronades of the
same calibre in their stead. The Reynard, Commander
Crr croft, is also to have carronades instead of her pre-
sent 25 cwt. guns, and also to land her after-pivot gun,
which was, in the late gale, found to be too much for
her. The Plumper has retained both pivot guns, so
that her weight of metal will not be at all reduced by
the exchange.
The Elfin dispatch-boat for the Queen, Acting Master
Balliston commanding, is expected here from Woolwich
this evening.
The ship Constantine will leave Deptford to-morrow
for this port, to embark draughts of the sth and the 15th
Foot for the Mauritius and Ceylon. The latter detekh-
ment, from the 15th depot at Brecon, will arrive at Gos-
fort on the 4th, via Reading and Basingstoke.
The freight-ship Apollino leaves Deptford for the Isle

PLYMOUTH,
of
Africa,
e3d 0.
he er y
of Wight on the 4th, to embark a draught of the 97th
re
I Regiment for Halifax.
Fa-
vourite, 14, Commander Alexander Murray, from the
Coast
e sAlt earjdeas: morning
from Portsmouth. She scaled guns to-day in the Sound,
and is ordered up Hamoaze preparatory to being paid off.
Among other vessels which took shelter here last week
in consequence of the northern hostilities was the Hol-
stein brig Zampa, Captain Groot, which brought passen-
ger from Laguna Captain Wortermann, late of the brig
Fortuna. The circumstances connected with the loss of
this vessel must prove interesting to masters of ships
bound to Mexico and California, for which coasts so
many charters are now taking up. The following is
translated from an authentic account published in A I
Monitor, at Mexico, Feb. 3:—
" On the 20th of October last the German brigantine
Fortuna was wrecked on the coast of the island of Santa
Maria, between the rivers of El Fuerte and Sinaloa.
Through the efforts of the supercargo, captain, and crew
a great partof the cargo was saved; but the vessel was en-
tirely lost. The cargo was bound to Guyamas, the nearest
port whence assistance could be obtained; and at the
instance of the supercargo the Government of Guyamas
immediately sent away the captain of the brigatine
Hawavan Carlota with his vessel and a few large boats,
which returned with a portion of the cargo on the 28th
of November. They started again on the 2d of Decem-
ber, and collected the greater part of the remainder. On
the 31st of December, at eight in the evening, the mate
received a communication ashore from the Administrator
of Revenues of El Puerto, Don Francisco Chavez; and
at half-past eight, before the mate could deliver the
message on board to the captain, or that they could con-
sult together on the subject, a party of cavalry and in-
tautry, consisting of forty men, armed with carbines
and lances, fell upon the people ashore when quietly
takiug their supper, fired at and pursued them into the
sea, which offered the only refuge from this murderous
attack. Three men were killed, viz., the principal
stevador of the port, Thomaso Deano; the carpenter
of the Fortuna, Frederica Trimpf ; and one of her
crew, Juan Carteus; and two wounded—an Indian named
Capeto and Manuel Jellerias. The assassins then
took possession of the few things that remained ashore,
and the vessel set sail the next day, the 14th of Decem-
ber, for Guyamas, where a protest was drawn up at the
request of Senor Don Juan A. Robinson, United States'
Consul, and certified copies thereof delivered to the Go-
vernment of Sinaloa and to the General of Division, Don
Juan Pablo Anoya, who, it is hoped, for the honour of
the Mexican nation, will speedily discover and bring to
justice the perpetrators of these atrocious acts."
The Fortuna's cargo, with which she left Valparaiso
on the 26th August, consisted of wine, brandy, cocoa,
and dry goods. The wind was S.S.W. when she went
ashore, and Captain Wortermann attributes her loss to
the incorrectness of his chart, an English publication.
After the protest was noticed the Captain went to Ma-
saltan, thence to San Bias, where he crossed the couti-
tinent to Vera Cruz, and then took passage in a ship to
Laguna.
The Nautilus three-masted iron steamer, Captain Par-
son, came in here this morning for water. She has been
hired by the German Government, through the Prus-
sian Consul-General in London, to lie off this port and
give warning to all Germau merchants vessels entering
the Channel of the renewal of hostilities by the Danish
Government.
Wind southerly, light breeze, and fine weather.
WooLwicu, MAY I.—The Elfin steam-vessel came
round to Woolwich from Chatham on Saturday, and
was tried up and down the river several times. She
left Woolwich again this morning for Portsmouth, to be
employed as a dispatch boat betwixt that port and
the Isle of White, under the charge of Mr. Balliaston,
who is to command her.
The Buzzard steam-yacht, built at Pembroke, arrived
at Woolwich yesterday, having been brought round to
the river to be fitted with her engines.
The Magicienno steam-vessel was taken under the
shears to-day to have her jury masts taken out, pre-
paratory to her being taken to Deptford to be fitted with
ner engines by Messrs. Penn.
The Gladiator steam-frigate is under the shears in the
basin, to have her guns and gun carriages put on board,
and will soon be ready for sea.

PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS.

From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons. j

MONDAY, APRIL 30.

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POOR-LAWS (IRELAND—RATE IN AID) BILL.
Order for Third Reading; read ; Motion made, and Ques-
tion proposed, "That the Bill be now read the third time."
Amendment proposed, to leave out the word " now," and at
the end of the Question to add the words "upon this day
six months :"—Question put, " That the word ' now' stand
part of the Question." The louse divided:—
MAJORITY—AYES, 129.
Abdy, T. N. Gibson, T. M. Palmerston, Via.
Acland, Sir T. Granger, T. C. Parker, John
Adair, It. Shafto Greenall, Gilbert Pilkington, James
Aglionby, H. A. Grey, Sir G. Pinney, W.
Anderson, Arthur Harris, Richard Plowden, W. H.
Armstrong, Sir A. llastie, Alexander Power, Nicholas
Armstrong, R. B. nestle, Archibald Price, Sir:R.
Ashley, Lord Hay, Lord J. Pryse, Pryso
Bagshaw, John Hayter, W. G. Held. Colonel
Baines, M. T. Henry, Alexander Reynolds, John
Baring. Sir F. Heyworth, Lawrence Rice, E. It.
Barnard, E. G. Hindley, Charles Rich, Henry
Beckett, W. Hobhouse, Sir J. Robartes, T. J. A.
Berkeley, Captain Howard, Lord E. Romilly, Sir John
Bernal, Ralph Jervis, Sir John Russell, Lord J.
Birch, Sir T. Keppel, George T. Rutherford, A.
Boyle, Colonel Kershaw, James Salwey, Colonel
Bright, John Kildare, Marquis of Slaney, Robert A.
Brotherton, J. Labouchere, Henry Smith, J. B.
Brown, Humphrey Lacy, Henry C. Somers, J. F.
Brown, W. Lascelles, W. S. Somerville, Sir W.
Busfeild,Williana Lewis, Georger, Stanton, W. H.
Bunbury, Edward Lushington, C. Strickland, Sir G.
Butler, F. S. iii‘Gregor, John Talfourd, Sergeant
Carter, John B. Maitland, Thomas Tancred,;ll. W.
Clay, Sir W. Mangles, R. D. Tlaicknesse, R. A.
Clay, James Masterman, J. Thompson, Colonel
Cobden, It. Matheson, Colonel Thornely, T.
Craig, W. G. Maule, Fox Trani, George
Denison, W. J. Melguud, Viscount Trelawny, J. S.
D'Eyncourt, T. Milner, W. M. Villiers, Charles
Divett, E. Mimes, It. M. Vivian, J. H.
Drummond, Henry Mitchell, A. T.' Watkins, Colonel
Duncan, George Molesworth, Sir W. Wawn, J. T.
Inincuft, John Morison, Sir W. Wellesley, Lord C.
Dundas, Admiral Morris, David Williams, John
Dundas, Sir David Mostyn, E. M. Willyams, 11.
Ellie, John Mulgrave, Earl Wilson, James
Evans, John Norreys, Sir 1). Wilson, 3latthew
Evans, William O'Brien, Joha Wood, Sir Charles
Fagan, William
Forster, M.
Fox, W. J. Oog'Cieo,unsore,
.Feargus Wyld,
TJ,;ailime.ss.
Paget, Lord A. Tufhell, 11.
Freestun,:Colonel Pakington, Sir J. S. Bellew, It. M.

MINORITY-NOES, 55.
Alexander, N. Dunne, F. P. Maxwell, J. P.
Arehdall, Captain Fagan, James Monsell, IVilliam
lialdock, E. 11. Ferguson, Sir R. Muflings, J. R.
Bankes, George FfoMott, J. Newport,tViscount
Bateson, Thomas Fitzpatrick, J. W. Nugent, Sir l'erey
Bentinck, Lord H. Fox, R. M. O'Brien, Sir Lucius
Beresford, William Gladstone, W.E. O'Connell, J.
Bernard, Viscount Gore, W. R. 0. Paeke, C. W.
Blake, Martin J. Granby, Marquis of Flumptre, J. P.
Bourke, Richard S. Grattan, Henry Rawdon, Colonel
Bromley, Robert Greene, John ..: &rope, G. P.
Brooke, Sir Arthur Grogan, Edward Spooner, R.
Buller, Sir J. Y. Hamilton, G. A. Sullivan, Michael
Chichester, Lord J. Herbert, 11. A. Taylor, T. E.
Cochrane, A. Hill, Lord E. Young, Sir John
Conolly, Thomas Borman, Edward
Corry, 11. Keogh, William MUMS.
Crawford, W. S. 31'Naghten, Sir E. Jones, Captain
Dawson( T. V. Meagher, Thomas Castlereagh,_Vis.
Disraeli,ill, Manners, Lord C.

TUESDAY, MAY 1.
PUNISHMENT OF DEATH.
Motion made, and Question put, " That leave be given to
bring in a Bill to repeal the Panishment of Death." The
House divided:—

MINORITY-AYES, 51.
Adair, Hugh E. Fox, W. J. . O'Connell, John
Adair, it. Shaft° Gibson, Thomas M. Pilkington, James
Aglionby, 11. Greene, John Pryse, Pryse
Anderson, Arthur Hemer, Sir J. Robartes, T. J.
Barnard, E. G. Ilardeastle, J. A. Salwey, Colonel
Blake, M. J. Harris, Richard Scholefleld, William
Bright, John Ileadiam, Thomas Slaney, It. .1.
Brothertou, J. Henry, Alexander Smith, John B.
Clay, James Heywood, James Strickland, Sir G.
Cobb°ld, J. C. Heyworth, L. Thompson, Colonel
Cobden, Richard Ilobhouse, T. B. Thompson, George
owan, Charles Horsman, E. Thornely, Thomas
Crawford, W. S. Lennard, T. B. Trelawny, J. S.
Devereux, J. T. Lushington, Charles Willcox, Brodie
l)'Eyncourt, C. T. Meagher, Thomas Williams, John
Divett, Edward „ Masterman, John TELLERS.
Ellis, John Mowatt, Francis Ewart, William
Fagan, William O'Brien, J. Nugent, Lord.