The Sun.
London, England, 1822-08-08 00:00:00

ROYAL. NAVY:

‘Adrnirolly ()Six' 1822.
His Majesty having been graciously pleased by-his Order in
Council of the 28th February, 1822, to direct that the exami-
nation for Schoolmasters in die Royal Navy, hitherto held at
the Trinity House, shall in fLtare take place sathe Royal Naval
College at Portsmouth, the Lorcl.-Commissicecis of the Admi-
ralty hereby give notice, that t'uth examination will take place
at the Royal Naval College, on:the last MbAday in each month.
The subjects, on .which candidates for warrants as School-
masters will be examined, are as follows : and no person can
be examined without producing a.letter from some Flag officer,
or some Captain commanding a ship in comthission, to which A
Schoolmaster is allowed, requesting that. the -Candidate may be
examined, on an order from the Secretaiy.of the Admiralty.
Schoolmasters, qualified under this examination, will receive
the pay established by Order in Council of 25th Nov. 1816,
and no more. •

SUBJECTS FOR THE EXAMINATION OF CANDIDATES FOIL
THE SITUATION OF SCHOOLMASTER IN HIS DIAJESTY'S
NAVY.

1. Arithmetic, and vulgar and decimal fractions.

2. The principles of geOMetry, as far as is •
necessary for the
understanding of the principles, &c. of plait and spherical tri-
gonometry.
3. Algebra, as far as the solutions of • simple and quadratic
equations.
4. The principles of plane and spherical trigonometry, and
their application in the solution of the different cases of rect-
angular and oblique triangles.
5. Navigation, comprising the common :problems in Mer-
cator sailing, middle latitude sailing, parallel sailing, and cur-
rent sailing; the method of using the log, and working a day's
work.

6._ Nautical astronomy,_ comprising the use of the quadrant,
sextant, and azimuth compass, at sea and on shore. The
different methods of finding the latitude by_the meridian alti-
tude of the sun, moon, or a fixed star; by the altitude of the
Pole star ; by two altitudes of the sun or a star, and the elapsed
time ; or by two altitudes of different bodies, and the elapsed
time. The methods of finding the longitude by timekeepers,
a'td by lunar observation. The methods of finding the varia-
tion of the compass.
7. The method of constructing a Mercator% chart, and using
it at sea.

8. The method of conducting a marine survey, under diffe.
rent circumstances.

By Command of their Lordships,
J. W. CROKER,
To all persons whom it doth and may concern.

MERCANTILE SIIIPPING.

DEAL, Air°. 7.—Wind S.Vir:--Catne down from the River
last night and sailed the Nimble, Wrightson, for Seville.—
Sailed this morning the Regalia, Collins; for Van Dieman's
Land.
PORT atotrrii, AUG. 7.—Wind 5.W..--Arrived his Ma-
jesty's ship Beaver from Rio Janeiro:
PLYMOUTH, AUG. 6.—Wind S.—Arrived the Venerable,
Scorching, from Memel. Off the port the Sachen,
from Philadelphia.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
OXFORD RACES, Au°. 5.
Gold Cup.—The following horses started :
Lord Jersey's Sporus •-•- 1
Sir A. Coke named bl. c. Gleaner . 2
Mr. Pryse's Dr. Eady 3
Duke of Marlborough named ch. C. Careless 0
Earl of Macclesfield named b. g. Philip = - - 0
Mr. Annesley named gr. f. by Young Grimaldi .
Mr. Peers named b. f. Souvenir - _ 0
Mr. Davison's ch. g. Liberty - - - - 0
Careless, Philip, gr. f. by Young . Grimaldi, and Souvenir,
were beat the first mile ; Liberty about the third. The four
miles were run in seven minutes 15 seconds, the fastest race ever
known for this Cup.
A Match for 50,gs each, play or p, rode by the owners, Lord
Muneaster and Mr. Molony.—Two miles.—Mr. M. to carry
121 h. less than' Lord M.'s lhehtest weight.
Lord Moncaster's ch. h. Tandem by Reubens - - 1
Mr. Molon'ys b. g. Hersham, by %N alton - - - 2
Any odds might be had against his Lordship, who, contrary
to general opinion, won it in grad style by half a neck ' • and
the manner in which both totle'would.not have disgraced New-
market jockeys.
Fifty Pouni:3, the gift •of the Members for the City, for any
horse, &c. not thorough-bred, and that never won 501. at any
one time, the bona fide property of Freeholders of the County
of Oxford or Freemen of the City; and which have been their
property one month before.runtung..
Mr. T. Barnet's b. in. Curragh- .1. -
Mr. Faulkner's b. in. Slouch .- 4 -
Mr. Merry's gr. m. Maid of the Mill

3 4

There were four heats.—Currag,h the favourite at starting-
-2 to 1 on her after the first heat—after the second heat 3 to 2 on
Slouch—after the third-heat 2 to 1 on the Maid of the 141i11.—A
good betting race. ‘•

, ••• -r, , ,
DESPERATE GANG OF HORSE-sTEALE_T.3.—'sunnownignt,
about 11 o'clock, 3 horses belonging.to a Mr. Leach, a baker,
of Streatham, Surrey, were stolen out of a field, and the thieves
passed thro' the toll-gate, at Real% with them at ten minutes
before 12, a distance of 1G mites; which-. they did in ten minutes
within the hour." The Animals on Arriving it the gate were ready
to drop from fatigue, and ivere "shoeltiogly jaded. The r ',ober-,
five in number; proceeded in their sivieretreer to Earl wood
Common, from whence they . drove -ty; . 5,.. more horses into
the farm-yard belonging to Illr Hardin .. At this time, two
labouring men, named Wilftnin'Woocl.. CP,John Gaston, were
returning home on the high:.road, an Bearing a noise in
Harding,"a yard, which they. considered AroSe from the carter
tqing.to catch his borses,,an4 ethinklng .they would be some
assistance 'to him, they went,td the gate of `;tic farm-yard, and
called mit, " John Rue/dant; is that. your,, ,They received the
answer from two of the xeil?bets., of " D.-.nn your eyes, what do
you want ?'! .and at the same ni9inent: they were pounced unon
by two fellows, who felled
.thdrn. to the ground with short
bludgeons with which they were awned;., and commenced beat-
ing them till they were nearly. .lifeleiss and bleeding profuse-
ly from their, wounds ; one of the ',lidSians bit Mt' the end of-
oae of Wood's fingeri. TheY were row reinforeed by the other
three rOtbe:s who rode the stolen horses; and endeavoured to
cause the animals to trample ors them,.but finding they did not
succeed, they dismounted, and All five codwienced beating the
poor fellows till they were nearly dead. ' On of the villains ex-
claimed, " let us kill the b----s: ' After they had so disabled
the men, they unsaddled the three Wks' they stole from
Streatham, and placed thetas on three ,of the others, and the
robbers having mounted 'a horse each; rode off towards Salfo:d
Gate, about a mile further. Weioel andipuston were so dread-
fully injured they could not give the least alarm. On the road to
Salford the robbers were met by •a farmer named Thompson.
of Reigate, three of whom, on seeing:Him, turned their horse;
heads and galloped back towards' Veteell:in ; the other two pro-
ceeded as fares the Chequers, then:her 4(1,1pf Salford Gate, wher.,
they halted a short time, and thengAlloppeNoward s I Kind on again
after tl. eir associates. The robbers were tra'ced to Merstharn,whc e
all clue was lost. The villains are suprified to be part of I t not, d
horse-stealers, wlo were only clischargd from Brixton Haus ,
of Correction on Saturday last, after two ears confinement, ara
if so their per-sons are well known to th6lfolice. The poor men,
Wood and. (iaston, who- were so inhumanly treated, are now
lying dangerously ill at Pateridgc Wood, 'and are attend.d by
Mr. -Steel, the surgeon, at Reigate. Yesterday Mr. R. Roily,
The High Constable of the Hundred ofl3rixton, to whom two
of the stolen homes belong, gave informa.tionat the Police-office,
Union Hall, and the whole of the officers were instructed by
the Magistrate to be on the alert for the robbers. Mr. Leach's
horses were left behind by the thieves, ' - .

THE LONDON. JOURNALS..

2XTRAtITS FROM THE DAILY 'MORNING PATERS,

Aogust 8, • 182. ...

. .
[MORNING. CHRONI CLE.I
Letters were, yesterday received from Barce-
lona, dated 25th ult. -They mention that the
city of Vich (35 miles N. of Barcelona) had been
for several days -closely besieged., and the inha-
bitants were in a state of general alarm, owing. to
their apprehensions of being compelled to sur-
render, the more so, as they were aware that the
Chiefs of the insurgent troops had promised their
men the right of pillage in case they entered the
town. In this emergencY they were relieved by
General Milans, who, advancing from the .side
of Islanreza, vigorously attacked and defeated
the insurgents,.taking a considerable number of
prisoners. After the action 500 of the insurgents
passed over, to him, soliciting pardon, and as-
suring him that, they ,had been deceived, and
brought from their homes under a promiseof
being glowed. the privilege of pillaging the town.
Among-1116m, were many women, .who had also
come Wider the expectation of pillage. General
Milans had several hung on the spot, without any
other formality than, the short .process of a
Court-martial, among whom were 23 friars and
priests, and eight- Insurgent chiefs'. Urgel was
still the head-quarters of the'army of the Faith,
and General Milans was prOdring to besiege it.
The Insurgents are stated to have upWards of
6000 men shut up is this toivii, and it was a sub-
ject of exultation to the tOnstitutionalists that
they were assembled hi this.manner, as the diffi-
culty of reducing them ivaik.diminished. From
all the examinations and inquiries that had taken
place-up to the date of the letters alluded to, it
was evident that the people had been instigated
by designing- men, and brought into open rebel-
lion by promises of pillage,- of which they were
the more induced to avail themselves in conse-
quence of the great misery- and distress that pre-
vailed in the country.. Such are
.the parties col-
lected together, and composing the Army of the
Faith, and such the feats their countrymen may
expect from these deluded wretches.

[THE TIMES.]
We 'received last night, by express, the Paris
papers of -Monday. They all contain extracts
from the Madrid journals to the 26th, which had
arrived by the ordinary conveyance ; and one of
them, eager to add something to the accounts of
others, - without having any thing to say of its
own, states that 411 extraordinary courier had
brought intelligence, from Madrid. to the 28th ult.
We subjoin the paragraph as a tine imitation of
the pregnant shape of Lord Burleigh's head.
" An.extraordinary courier, who left Madrid on
the 28th of July, arrived the day before. yester-
day. Although nothing, positive has transpired
with respect to the intelligence which he has
brought, persons wbOpretend to be well-informed
assure us that Madrid enjoyed then a perfect
tranquillity, and that no change had taken place
in the Ministry. As to the first fact, we give an
assurance that it is correct ; but as to the second,
we_ have strong reasons to believe, that at the de-
parture of the courier changes of very high im-
portance in, the Ministry and the superior admi-
nistration of the province 3 had taken place, or
at least had been agreed -upon." " The best
guesser," says Cieero, is" the best prophet ;" and
if so, the:sagacious Journalist who drew- up this
statement, with the account 'of the 25th before
him, and gate merit ofit. to-an. extraordinary
courier, may set 'up for a conjuror .when he
pleases. We need only. refer to the extracts
from the Spanish Papers undei the proper head,
for all the authentic news -which the Paris Jour-
nals cont!in on the state of the Peninsula.