The Sun.
London, England, 1849-10-04 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 4, 1849,

tam amount of capital. It was stated that no satis-
factory answer had as yet been obtained on the point,
but that the board would endeavour to bring the
matter to a favourable termination. Resolutions
were passed adopting the report, approving of the
dividend of 7f. 70c. per share, and re-electing the
retiring directors, Messrs. C. Laffitte and Lawrence,
after which the meeting separated.
MADRAS.—The survey of the intended line of rail-
way for Madras has been completed for a distance of
thirteen miles, and the results are favourable so far
as the engineering details are in question. The road
is almost level, presenting a rise only of 4f feet per
mile, somewhat under 56 feet through the whole dis-
tance. For the first two miles out of Madras the
soil is but indifferent, and will require to be
strengthened. The next two miles is composed of
very loose material, consisting of two parts of sand,
and one of clay ; for a mile and half further on the
ground is half sand and half clay, after which the
line runs through a soil well calculated to sustain the
weight of the iron road.
BRITANNIA TUBULAR BRIDGE.—The new cylinder
for raising the tube having been fixed in the hydraulic
press, operations commenced on Monday, raising it
at the rate of six feet per day. Its action and struc-
tural strength are stated to be of the most improved
and perfect character.
RAILWAY RATES.—With reference to the efforts of
the railway directors to obtain powers to increase
their rates, it appears that the subject is now under
the consideration of the Commissioners of Railways,
and that they are desirous to receive any written
statements containing information on the subject.

MR. PIPS HIS DIARY.
MONDAY, OCT. 1, 1849.—Up mighty betimes, and
to Brushwood for a Day's Shooting, by Invitation
from Mr. Tibbitts, whose Father, the rich Furrier,
did die the other Day, and leave him a Fortune, and
now he bath rented Brushwood Manor to shoot over
for the season. But Lack, what a set of young
Rogues I found there of Tibbitts his Acquaintance,
a-smoking of Cigars and short Pipes, and a-
drinking of Ale and bottled Stout at 10 o'clock
of the Morning I Mighty ashamed of, though
diverted with, my Company, to hear their loose and
idle Conversation, and how none of them could pro-
nounce the letter 11, and to think what an unlettered
vulgar Fellow Tibbitts is, and that I should demean
myself to associate with such a Companion only
because of his Riches, and Wine, and Dinners. One
of the Party, Wiggyns, did tell me we should have
a prime Lark, which, this being the first day of
Pheasant Shooting, I did think droll ; but divers
Larks, indeed, were shot before the Day was
over. So we into the Fields, and a Keeper
following us with the Dogs, and: whenever I did
look over my Shoulder, did catch him grinning
and making Faces behind our Backs. But strange
to see how much better the Rogues did shoot than
I expected, though the firing at Tom-Tits, or any-
thing almost, and do understand that they got this
Skill at the Red House, Battersea, through popping
at Pigeons and Sparrows let loose from a Trap ;
which do seem but a cruel and barbarous kind of
Sport. But little Birds were not all they shot, for
one Higgs aiming at a Hare did miss, and in-
stead of the Hare hit one of the Dogges, and sent
him yelping and limping Home. But good Luck.
to see how careless the Fellows with their
Fire-Arms, carrying their Guns, full cocked,
pointing right in one another's Faces, and one, drag-
ging his Piece through a Hedgicafter him, it went
off, but finding it had only carried iR the Skirt of his
Shooting coat, we had a good Laugh of it. Another,
with a double barrelled Gun, having shot off one
barrel at'a Blackbird, I did see, reloading ; the other
Barrel being still loaded and at full Cock. He,
forcing down the Ramrod with all his might, I did
catch him by the Elbow, and point to the Cock
of the Gun, and methinks I did never see a Man
on a Sudden tremble so terribly, or grow so pale.
Getting beyond Brushwood, into a Field hard by,
Mr. Wiggyns did let fly at some Ducks, for one of
those Larks he had been talking of, which did bring
down upon us the Farmer, with his Bull-Dog, and
cause us to make off with all the Speed we could. I
in mighty Dread of being seized as an Accomplice in
shooting the Duck, fearing the Farmer, who is hor-
ribly enraged with the Game-Preserving at Brush.
wood, for that the Game do eat up his Crops; and,
truly, the Game Laws are a great Nuisance. Home
from our Shooting, with our Bag, carried by Tibbitts
his Tiger-Boy, very full, with a brace or two of
Pheasants and Partridges, but many more Brace of
Chaffinches, and Yellow-Hammers, and Robin Red-
breasts, and so to Dinner, where all very merry, and
so to Bed.—Punch.

WATER FOR LONDON.

ous effect, as the dealers act th en with great caution,
from the fear that the market may be inundated
with scrip, and a rapid decline the consequence; and
in a rising market, so soon as a , large maker is known
as a seller, the dealers immed:iately become timid, as
they know he could at once depress the market by
continuing a seller to an al: most unlimited extent.
Second, to the dealers, altb ough the stock of pig-
iron were not 50,000 tons, and they think the whole
is purchased from the makers the maker can at any
time defeat the most just calculation of supply and
demand by placing 100,000 tons or more of scrip on
the market, for which there nmy not be one ton of
iron in existence.

Now, I would suggest that an understanding
should be come to, that no iron should be sold till it
is made, or could be handed over to the dealers when
paid for as his property legatly • and were this the
case, I am confident in a ver y short time the trade
would be better for all concerned ; and, in
order to accomplish this obj,?.ct, I think the makers
should come to an understimding amongst them-
selves, to establish public &Tots at the Broomie-
law and Port•Dundas, where they could send
in their iron, as made, and in selling the iron,
grant an order on the store keeper for the iron,
ho could grant a warrant for it, and relieve
the masters from all further trouble at delivery ; the
dealers and storekeepers could arrange the charges as
to store rent and shipping the iron, which I think
would not on an average a xceed ls. to is. 3d. per
ton. This would give dealers and inverters more
confidence, as they would then know what extent of
iron was in the market, and they would be removed
from the fear of a large additional quantity being
thrown on it, and it would also prevent forced sales
by needy makers, and give the dealers also the
security that it was iron they were buying, and not
paper, representing minerals -yet in the bowels of the
earth. AN IRON MERCHANT.

TATTERSALL'S—THIS EVENING
Six o'CLocx.

CESAREWITCH.
4 to 1 agst Vatican
7 to 1 agst Raby
• 9to 1 agst Glenalvon
15 to 1 agst Glen S. tddel
20 to 1 agst Mahon
25 to 1 agst Amazement
25 to 1 agst Kissaway
25 to 1 agst Fire-eater
25 to 1 agst Lady Evelyn
25 to 1 agst Esse& tius
30 to 1 agst Carthttgerian
No change in the C•ambridg;eshire or Derby.

STATE OF TRADE.
(From the Manehelter Guardian.)
MANCHESTER, TUESDAY.--In the nominal prices
of yarns, there has been but little change. to -day as
compared with this day week. The continued stag-
nation they have experienced has certainly, however,
rendered spinners increasingly desirous of selling,
and has thus given an actual advantage to buyers
in the transactions that have taken place. Both
home consumers and exporters still manifest
a great want of confide-ace : a very limited
bin•iness has been done, and the day has closed un-
satisfactorily in all respects. Almost the only excep-
tion to this statement is to he found in the finer counts
of India qualities, for which there has been more in-
quiry since the arrival of the overland mail. The
difficulty of selling goods is sensibly increasing. The
day's operations have been insignificant; and prices
in general must be quoted rather lower. The east-
ern advices have produced no favourable effect on
fabrics suitable for that quarter ; nor, indeed, were
they calculated to do so. The 'same may be
said as to the intelligence from other markets,
Our immense exports of the lighter cloths, since the
commencement of the present year, have deranged
the relation betwixt prices here and in distant markets.
and the giving way we are now experiencing is, in
fact, a corrective process, quite indispensable to the
resumption of regular business. As regards the home
demand, much disappointment is felt. A good harvest
has not yet been followed by the effects that were
looked for, and heavy goods can not be said to be firm
in price. The makers of stout cloths and the spinners
of export yarns, disheartened by the Ain deteriorating
condition of their long unfavourable trade, are more
than ever disposed to reduce their production, a
measure never adopted except when things become
hopelessly bad. In addition to the millowners who
have lately resorted to short time in this town
and neighbourhood, we hear of several others
who are doing so, particularly at Rochdale.
From Constantinople commercial letters to the 15th
ult. have been received to-day. As they make no
mention of the hitch betwixt the Turkish and Ms,
sin Goveramente, it may be presumed that. tha _far
bad not then transpired beyond the political circles.
It has been feared that this rupture would con-
siderably injure the trade of Manchester with
Constantinople : it can, however, have little effect
in this respect, as the demand can hardly be less
than it has been for some time back, and the
Greeks regard the affair without alarm, as one which
can lead to no serious consequences. Independently
of this matter, however, the advices are calculated
to confirm merchants in their recent course of
abstinence from purchases; for, instead of there being
at Constantinople a fair autumn demand, as had been
expected, there continued to prevail a general and
extreme dulness end depression. At the same time
advices of the 25th August, from Tabriz, continue to
give the most discouraging accounts of trade in
Persia. In these mr:kets there is an overstock of
British manufactures.

presumed, that dm. _faca.
nd the political circle-

ROCHDALE, MONDAY.—We have had to-day a very
thin attendance of buyers in the market, and the
business transacted has been more limited, with little
or no change in prices. Heavy goods are yet difficult
of sale, and but little inquired after. The wool market
has been quiet, and prices much the same as they were
the previous Monday.
MACCLESFIELD, TUESDAY.—We have little to add
to our last report, further than that the manufac-
turers have been making more progress in the sale
of their goods the last few days and, as the cholera
decreases, we may expect a continuance of demand,
especially as there is an upward tendency in the price
of raw silks. There is an increased inquiry for
thrown silks for export, which keeps the throwsters
fairly employed for the present.

HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY.—The market is very
quiet. Among the fancy manufacturers there is
much complaining. A steady business continues in
the warehouses. Not much done in wool, but prices
are firm.

HALIFAX, SATURDAY.-Our Piece Hall has not
presented a very animated appearance to-day,
but the trade is steady, though not brisk. The
manufacturers complain that they rye not able to
obtain an increase of price equal to the advanced cost
of the raw material. There is no variation in the de-
mand for yarns which go off well, and-the quotations
are very firm. A moderate quantity of wool is
changing hands at slightly improved prices.
LEEDS, TUESDAY. There has been but little
business done at the Cloth Halls either to-day or on
Saturday last, and there is less doing in the ware-
houses than for many weeks.. Prices steady, and
stocks light.

RETURN OF EIGHT JEWISH MEMBERS TO THE
HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY, JAMAICA.—We perceive, by the
letters and papers received from Jamaica of the 17th
inst., that eight Jews were elected representatives in the
House of Assembly, which contains altogether but forty-
seven Members. The gentlemen thus honoured are—
Mr. Magnus for the parish of Trelawny (which ranks
second in the island); Mr. Georgo Phillips for St.
James; Messrs. Lindo and Hart: for St. Mary Mr.
Edward Lucas for Port Royal; Mr. Lyon for St. Do-
rothy; Mr. Salons for St. Thomas-in-the-Vale; and Mr.
Philip Laurence was again returned for Kingston.
Whilst at home the Lords dread the unchristianising of
a Parliament having 650 odd Members by one Jew, a
Parliament in the English colonies admits eight Jewish
Members in a house of forty-seven Members, and does
not fear being Judaisad by them. What an suomaly!—
Jewish Chronicle.

"CAN YOIJ TELL DIE WHERE I LITE ? "-At the
last meeting of the Ipswich Paving, Lighting, and
Cleansing Reform Asscciation, as the Chairman was
dwelling upon the inconvenience sustained by the inha-
bitants and visitors to the town, in consequence of the
want of names to the streets, and numbers to the houses
therein, a voice exclaimed, " Can you tell me where I
live? for I don't know myself; it's somewhere in a street
without a name, or numbers to the houses." Such is the
state of the town of Ipswich in the middle of the 19th
century, and in the 12th year after the passing of the
local Act of Victoria, for lighting, paving, cleansing,
and otherwise improving the town, that a rate-payer is
induced to ask aloud, " Can you tell me where I live?'
—Correspondent of the Ipswich Express.
REPRESENTATION OF CORN.—A vacancy has oc-
curred in the representation of the city of Cork by the
death of Mr. Daniel Callaghan.

THE BOILER EXPLOSION AT BURNLEY.--We gave
in our last a brief account of the frightful casualty
which occurred on Tuesday week, by the bursting of a
boiler at Mr. Slater's mill, Sandy Gate, near Burnley,
end stated that two persons had been killed, and two
others so severely injured that they were not expected
to recover. We regret to add that the loss of life was
greater than we mentioned, three persons having died on
the day of the explosion from the injuries received. In-
quests were held on the bodies on Friday morning, be-
fore Mr. John Hargreaves, the coroner. After a
lengthened inquiry, the jury returned a verdict of acci-
dental death in each case. They added, that they ex-
onerated the boiler-maker from all blame, but recom-
trcee inm separate
recom-
mended a stronger construction of boilers in future; they
recommended the engineer to take care that in future the
recommended t o
pegh indicating the pressure should be of proper length ; and
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should have to work.--r es erGuardian.
OFF FALMOUTH, OCT. 2.--Johan Julius, Harsen,
Batavia, and sailed for Hambur gh.
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Mogadore,

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Oct. 3.
(Before Mr. Commissioner PmLurs.)
IN RE CHARLES GILL.

This insolvent had been a grocer in Devereux•
court, Strand, and had also held a situation in the
Temple. Ile bad offered to pay his creditors 6s. in
the pound out of a sum of 1101., realised by the sale
of a policy of insurance effected on his own life, but
the offer was refused ; and it was suggested that a
fiat in bankruptcy should be taken
,out. The insol-
vent's solicitors, Messrs. Lewis, however, considering
that the expenses of a fiat would consume the whole
assets, advised the insolvent to go to prison by means
of a friendly arrest, and let the money be distributed
by this Court Upon this advice he acted, and there
was now 1301. paid into the Court, with a prospect of
about 401. more.

Mr. NicnoLs, who opposed, objected that an insol-
vent was not entitled to choose his own time to take
the benefit of the act.

Mr. COOKE having been heard in support,
Mr. Commissioner PHILLIPS said, he thought the
insolvent had acted very honestly, and on very good
advice, the result of which would be that the credi-
tors would receive nearly 105. in the pound. Ile
thought the insolvent was entitled to the benefit of
the act, and ordered him to be discharged forthwith.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
GUILDHALL.

William Charles Hitehins, of Tavistock-row,
Covent-garden, and Benjamin Henry :illayers, of 23,
King-street, Covent-garden, were brought up for final
examination, charged with obtaining a quantity of
papier mach6 trays, value 261. 165., under false pre-
tences.

Both prisoners were fully committed for trial on the
charge of feloniously stealing the trays.
There was a second case then entered into.
Alderman Gums committed them on this charge,
also, for stealing, and also for unlawfully obtaining
the goods in question.
The depositions being made out and read, the pri-
soners declined saying anything, and were conveyed
to Newgate.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

James Moore, the proprietor of a Hampton-court
omnibus, was summoned before Mr. Bingham for
cruelty to two horses, his property.
George Sutton, the, defendant's driver, was sum-
moned before the Magistrate in the first instance,
when the following evidence was produced :
Frederick Stewart, the waterman at the Knights-
bridge stand, said, on Friday week his attention was
attracted to a crowd near Hyde Park, and on going
up he found that one of the horses in an omnibus,
which the defendant Sutton was driving, had dropped
down dead. He ekimined the animal, and found it
in a pitiable condition. It was a small puny horse,
utterly unfit for such labour as omnibus work. It
was in a wretched condition, seemingly from starva-
tion and overwork. It had wounds on its shoulders,
produced by the collar, which had been painted over
with flour of brimstone, and the holes in the raw flesh
plugged up with fuller's earth. One of its legs also
had a wound on it. Witness inspected the other
horse, which the driver was vainly attempting to
make draw the omnibus ; but the animal, which was
hardly a shade better in condition than its wretched
companion, was quite unable to perform the task from
weakness. This horse also had large wounds on the
shoulders daubed with flour of brimstone and fuller's
earth.

The driver said the animals had been inspected by
the horsekeeper of his master before they were put to
the omnibus on the morning in question.
Other witnesses having deposed to the shocking
condition of the live and dead animal, and to their
complete unfitness for the work which they were re-
quired to perform,
Mr. BINGHAM said, it would be quite inconsistent
to punish the driver in such case—it was clearly the
master who ought to be made amenable to the law.
As the new Act gave a power tojnagistrates to reach
the owners of horses where cruelty was proved, he
should di/charge the summons against the defendant,
and make the owner the principal.
Yesterday the owner, James Moore, appeared to
the summons.

The evidence of the'cruelty, in substance the same
as had been given on a previous day against the
driver, was then gone into.
The defendant said, he had not been able to attend
to his stable for several days previous to the occur-
rence, owing to a severe attack of cholera. He was
not aware' of the bad condition of the horses, other-
wise he should not have sent them out, and he hoped
for a lenient penalty as he was in very poor circurn-
stances.

Mr. BINGHAM said his first intention was to have
inflicted the full penalty of 51., but taking into con-
sideration that the defendant had lost one horse by '
- u.ttscsla.ed.
d mitigate the amount to 40s. in-

choleia, lie wOu'
eluding costs.

August, the prisoner Smith sent the waiter at the
Clarence-hotel to his house, who informed him that
Captain Smith wanted to speak with him. Witness
proceeded to the hotel, where he saw Smith and Mr.
Collins in the coffee-room. Captain Smith produced
the cheque for 71. 10s. on the Commercial Bank,
Lothbury, and signed " Charles Frazer." Smith
asked if witness would cash the cheque ? saying it
was crossed, and the proprietor of the hotel bad left
town. Witness looked at the cheque and found it
was made payable to Mr. Collins, who came forward
and spoke of his family, whom he (witness) was ac-
quainted with ; and from the knowledge he had of
them he cashed the cheque and paid down 71. 104. on
the table.

Mr. Mullins—Whom did you give the money to ? j
Witness—l suppose to both. I noticed Smith take
up what I supposed to have been half the money, when
he said to Collins, " Here, we'll halve it, as usual,"
and he took the other half from the table, when witness
thought he was " done." When he gave the money
he had not noticed that the cheque was postdated.
Witness paid the cheque away to his brother,
who paid it in to his banker's. It was returned
to witness. On the 3d of September witness re-
ceived a message from the Clarence hotel that
Smith wished to see him; he proceeded thither,
when he was informed by Smith that Frazer had
been seized with cholera, and could not go to Gravesend
that day to send the money up in time. He after-
wards saw Smith and Collins, who told him that
Frazer had died of cholera, and they referred him to
their solicitor, Mr Lawes, at Mr. Hall's, 49, Moor-
gate-street. He saw Mr. Lawes, who assured him
that the cheque was a good one, that Mr. Frazer's
brother was a wealthy man residing at Gravesend,
and that the drawer of the cheque had not sent to
his brother, and by some means had not got the
money. Lawes introduced witness to Mr. Hall, of
49, Moorgate-street, as his friend, when he (Mr.
Hall) said the cheque was a good one, and the trans-
action was honourable, and that the money would be
paid on the Saturday following. The prisoner Lawes
acquiesced in all he said.
Mr. Williams object-id to this sort of evidence as
to what Hall said.

After some discussion on the point between the
professional gentlemen and the Bench,
Mr. COMBE said, it was admissible for the consi•
deration of the judge at the trial ; it might include
Hall in a charge, but it would not exonerate Lawes.
By Mr. Hobler (to Mr. Cutbbertson)—lt was on
the faith of knowing Mr. Collins' family and seeing
Collins present with Captain Smith, that he cashed
the cheque. He would not have done so for Captain
Smith himself, as he was sorry to say there were
other transactions before the present in which be had
been involved with him.

Mr. Mullins said that this was the whole of the
evidence he had to offer that day, but he would ask
for a remand in order to produce other evidence
against the prisoners. The case of Mr. George Mills,
coachmaker of Goswell-street, had been completed,
and he suggested that the whole of the witnesses
already examined should he bound over to prosecute
at the Central Criminal Court.

Mr. COMBE ordered the witnesses to be bound over,
and he remanded the prisoners for the production of
further and necessary evidence.
'.Ehey were then conveyed to prison.

bound to consider all the plans which had been sent
in, as far as they were capable of doing so, and then
take the opinion of competent persons as to their
merits.

Sir JOHN BURGOYNE said the subject was one of
great difficulty, and he thought it reasonable that
time should be given to consider the whole of the
plans. He thought there could be no doubt as to
the propriety of consulting persons of competent
knowledge a 3 to the merits of the various plans, and
that he was sure would be done.

The motion of Mr. Chadwick was then put and
carried.

Mr. CHADWICK then moved that each statement of
;he details and principles of the plans should be circu-
[ated to the author of each plan.

Mr. Alderman LAwnENJE objected, on the ground
that by adopting such a course they would furnish to
the author of each plan the merits of all, which he
considered a most objectionable course.
Mr. CHADWICK said he believed the competitors
themselves were desirous that the course proposed
should be pursued.
The Rev. Mr. CowIE also objected to the motion.
Mr. CHADWICK said he would not press the motion
if there was a general feeling against it.
Several members requested Mr. Chadwick to with-
draw the motion.

After a short discussion, the motion was withdrawn.
Mr. CHADWICK also moved that the statements be
ordered to be sent in as early as practicable.
After a short discussion the motion was agreed to.
Mr. CHADWICK then moved, that whin such state-
ments were sent in, a special court be summoned
wi'hin fourteen days after they were so sent, in
order to consider them.

Mr. CHADWICK said that en imputation had been
cast upon him, that he had already come to a fore-
gone conclusion. Now all the opinions he had formed
on the subject had appeared in the blue books and
official documents which had already been published,
and beyond that he was perfectly open to consider
the merits of every plan in an impartial spirit. There
was, therefore, no ground for the allegation. It was
his opinion that their efforts should first be directed
to house drainage, next to street drainage, and lastly
to the purification of the river. The propositions he
had made on the subject of house drainage had
already been unanimously approved of by the courti
Mr. LAMBERT JONES was of a very different
opinion. _ _

The resolution was then put and carried, and the
court adjourned.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

MALTA, SEPT. 26.—The Merlin, on arrival here of
the news of the Sultan's refusal to give up the refugees,
was immediately dispatched to the Admiral with letters,
received frcm the Ambassador at Constantinople.
The arrival of a French steamer from Marseilles and
Italy, in quarantine, a case of cholera having occurred
on board, has set the town in commotion.

Her Majesty's steamer Locust, relieved by the Oberon,
has arrived from Naples. She brought no news of any
importance.

her Majesty's steamer Antelope, from the lonian
Islands, arrived 3 esterday, reports that the two revolu-
tionists, for whom, dead or alive, the Lord High Com
wissioner bad offered 1,000 dollars, had not been taken,
and the island of Cephalonia was still disturbed. The
Sharpshooter (steamer) and the Racer (briv) were there,
and the fleet cruizing in the vicinity. The Queen was
in sight off Corfu on the 21st, and the lonia steamer
was sent out to tow her in. She did her best for six
hours, then cast her off, and Mrs. Ward and family
quitted her, proceeding to Corfu in the steamer. On
the :ollowing morning, distant eight miles from the an-
chorage, the Antelope, bound to Malta with the mails,
took her in tow. The Thetis was in sight on the 22d.
The Prince Regent, from Naples, bad joined the
Admiral. She was at Argostoli on the 17th of Sept.
The flag, ship (Caledonia) had a great deal of sickness
on board, and was cruising for the health of her crew.
The Tartarus steamer has been again employed in
seeking for pirates. She has not, however, met with
any success, and having remained a day at Smyrna to
coal, she has prcceeded on her mission one more.

By the Antelope arrived the veteran General Pepe,
Colonel Marchese, the celebrated Manini and family, and
several others whose late career has rendered them con-
spicuous. Our acting Governor, Colonel Jones, allowed
them to land, and they are in town. lie properly took
a guarantee for their good conduct, and their promise to
leave the island soon.

DISTRIBUTION OF THE MEDITERRANEAN SQUADRON.

In Malta Harbour—The Ceylon receiving-ship, bearing
the flag of Rear-Admiral Edward Harvey; Spitfire
steamer, and Locust (tender to Triton), Lieutenant
C. J. P. Glinn, in ordinary.
On a Cruise—The Caledonia, 120, Captain T. W.
Carter, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir W. Parker,
G.C.8., the Cummander-in-Ciiief; Howe, 120, Captain
Sir J. Stirling; Queen, 110, Captain C. %Vise; Power-
ful, 84, Captain Hon. R. S. Dundas; Vengeance, 84,
Captain the Right Lion. the Earl of Hardwicke; Prince
Regent, 92, Captain Martin; Thetis, 36, Captain H.
Codrington; Racer, Captain C. W. Beddoes; Frolic,
Captain N. Vansittart; Odin, Captain the Hon. F. T.
Pelham; Porcupine., Lieutenant E. F. Roberts; Bulldog,
Commander Ivey; Rosamond, Commander Foote; Obe-
ron, Lieutenant Gardiner; and Sharpshooter steamer,
Lieutenant Commander BlAley.

On Surveying Duty—The Volage, 6, surveying ship,
Captain Thomas Graves; Auxiliary cutter, Lieutenant
G. W. Geary; and Research cutter, Lieutenant Lord
John Browne, both tenders to the Volage.
At Gibraltar—The Janus steamer, Lieutenant Powell.
At Constantinople—The Tartarus, Commander Sir
G. Webster.
At Venice—'l.'he Ardent, Lieutenant Nowell.
En route from Malta to Alexandria, thence to cruise
—The Growler, Commander Stoddart.

En route to England, from Malta—The Terrible,
Captain W. _Ramsay.
En route from Malta to Tunis, Algiers, Tangier,
and Gibraltar—The Volcano, Lieutenant Commander
Wiles.

MAIL STEAM•PACKETS.
At Malta—The Triton, Lieutenant C. J. P. Glinn ;
Antelope, Lieutenant F. Smith.
En route to Marseilles, from Malta—The Medusa,
Lieutenant Bathurst; Medina, Lieutenant A. Darby.
En route from Rialta to the lonian Islands and Greece
—The Merlin, Licatenant J. H. Turner.
PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COM-
PANY'S FLOTILLA.
At Southampton—The Pacha, Erin, Indus, Sultan,
Ripon, and Queen.
En route to Gibraltar and Southampton, from Malta
—The Euxine.
En route from Southampton to Malta--The Hindostan.
At Constantinople—The Tagus.
UNITED STATES' SQUADRON.
On a Cruise—United States' steam-frigate Mississippi,
bearing the flag of Commodore Charles W. Morgan ;
Constitution frigate, Lieutenant J. S. Rowan (Acting);
Jamestown corvette, Commander Mercer.
FOREIGN SHIPS OF WAR AND PACKETS IN P iRT.
The French steamer Leonidas. Yachts—Petrel,
Firefly, and Sapphire ; Russian Government corvette
Calypso ; Tunis brig Nassir; Ottoman schooner Sajah
Catera.
PLYMOUTH, OCT. 2.—Her Majesty's ship Ganges, 84,
Captain Henry Smith, is ordered up harbour to refit,
previous to sailing for the Mediterranean.
Her Majesty's iron steam-vessel, Trident, went up
harbour to-day.
The Hecla steam-vessel was paid wages yesterday,
and sailed today for the coase.
Her Majesty's frigate Alarm sailed yesterday for the
West Indies.
Her Majesty's steam-vessel Confiance is ordered to
take in stores for the eastern ports.
Captain Creyke, R.N., di^d this morning (not of
cholera), at his residence, Albemarle-villas, Stoke.
PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY.—It is stated that the
Court will remove from Osborne to London on the 9th
instant.
The royal yacht Victoria and Albert will be again
dismantled, and will go up to her winter moorings
shortly.
The Leander, 50, is alongside the yard jetty, under
the sheers. Captain Dacres joined en Monday. A party
of riggers commenced rigging her yesterday. Her masts
have been wedged. The foremast appears to be placed
very far forward. She is a remarkably handsome ship; but
on account of the peculiar formation of her bottom, and
great height between her decks, her hold is shallow, and
her room for the stowage of provisions and water rather
confined. Her gun-carriages are on board, and she will
receive her guns immediately. She can fire four guns
ahead in a line with the keel, and the same number aft.
As yet we believe we have no sailing frigate fitted with
pivot guns, but we can see no reason why they should
not be so fitted; a heavy long pivot gun forward and
another aft on the spar or weather deck of the ship
would be of great advantage to her. She would still
have her two forward and two after guns on her main
deck to fire in a line with the keel when required.
The Serpent, 12, was commissioned by the master on
Tuesday last. The brig has been brought into the basin
and masted. A party of riggers are employed on her.
The Scourge, steam-sloop, has been ordered to be
prepared for immediate commission.
The Fire Queen, recently paid off, is to be brought
forward again immediately, probably to replace the
Dwarf in Irelard.
The Encounter will not go to Spithead till to-morrow
(Thursday), where she will await orders.
The Confiance, steam-tug, Martin master, sailed in the
afternoon of Tuesday from Devonport for Portsmouth
and Deptford, with stores, conveying Mrs. Stigant and
family, widow of the late storekeeper of this yard, to
Portsmouth.
The Heels, steam easel, embarked her mails at Devon-
port on Tuesday r ning, and sailed in the afternoon for
the coast of Africa.
The Wolverine, 12, Commander M. Falcon, has been
taken into dock at Chatham to have her bottom cleaned,
which was very foul, end was to be put out of dock yes-
terday, when the Wanderer, 12, was to have been taken
into dock to be opened for survey, &c. The Wolverine
has completed her complement of men.
The Horatio, steam screw guard-ship, is ordered to be
fitted with a steering apparatus, proposed by Mr. J. J.
Fincham, assistant master shipwright at Chatham.
Mr. Turner, late superintendent of shipbuilding at
Bombay, and who has been Chatham Dockyard since the
arrival of the Meanee, superintending the return of stores
brought home by that ship, has been ordered to proceed
to Liverpool and the Frith of Forth to report on quaran-
tine ships at those places.

APPOINTMENTS.
Lieutenants—ll. W. Wright, 'and H. V. Haggard, to
;he scourge.
blaster—J. W. WI. Mill, to the scourge.

Masters' Assistants—J. A. R. Petch, to the Scot ur---1.- ;
Thomas Turpin, to the Ganges.
_Midshipmen—Horace Johnson, to the Leander; Chat v.
E. Stevens, to the Serpent ; Francis Stanley, to ti
Encounter.
Chaplain—Charles Thlgrave, to the Leander.
Navel Instructor—M. P. Sambell, to the Leander.
Naval Cadet—John D. Hopkins, to the Leander.
Clerks-0. D. Sibbald, to the Leander ;G. Buie* 1,
to the Ganges; Richard Allen, to the Scourge.
Clerk's Assistant—T. W. Harriott, to the Scouriv •
Purser—Frederick Gilbert, to the Scourge.