The Sun.
London, England, 1849-04-14 00:00:00

THE ARMY AND NAVY.

(From the United Service Gazette of this day.)
THE SECRETARY TO THE ADMIRALTY.—No one has
yet been appointtel to succeed Mr. Ward, M.P., as Se-
cretary to the Admiralty. The office seems to be going
a-begging. Mr. Ward will most likely proceed to Corfu
to enter upon the duties of High Commissioner with the
next Overland Mail, via Marseilles.
l Lin %Az A czrd
EnPAv.—Major Generals James Shaw
K e Sandys,
and Sir Thomas H. Browne
have succeeded to the unattached pay of 255. per
diem. They are all three distinguished Peninsular
officers. Major General Kennedy was with the 43d
at Copenhagen and the battle of Keoge ; served is
the Peninsula from 1808 to 12, and was present
at the Coa, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, and Salamanca.
He was afterwards at Quatre Bras and Waterloo. Lord
Sandys accompanied the 10th Hussars to the Peninsula
in 1812, and was at the action of Morales, and the battles
of Vittoria and Pampeluna. As the Aide de-Camp to
the Duke of Wellington, Lord Sandys was present at
Waterloo. Major-General Sir Thomas Browne served
at Martinique in 1809, where he
o Wellington, and subsequently as Aide-
de-Camp to Lord Stewart, at the Head Quarters of the
at
was C owpoeunnhdaegde
;n
afterwardsinlBo7, at
in the Peninsula on the Staff
of the Duke of
Austrian, Russian, and Prussian Armies. Sir Thomas
was present in every action in the Peninsula.
ARMY GREAT COATS.—The subject of an improved
great coat for the use of the troops has beea long under
consideration by the, authorities. The cloth is to be of
a finer texture, and much lighter than the present coat,
but of the same durable quality. Any alteration by
which the soldier may be relieved of weight should re-
ceive every attention in high places, and orders given for
its being carri( d into effect.
THE NEXT VESSEL FOR THE COAST OF AFRICA.—
The Heroine. 8, at Devonport, will carry the next mail,
and relieve one of her Majesty's ships now serving on the
coast of Africa; and it is reported that she will be com-
missioned by Commander John B. Marsh (1844), for-
merly of the Canopus, 84.
NAVIGATING TDE ARCTIC REGI' NS.
-- Commander
Joseph West, and officer of standing, good service,
and known skill and practical science, has proposed a
plan of fitting a steam-vessel with ice hammer and ice
o
saws, to be worked by the shaft of the engine, for the
purpose of navigating the polar regions. The projection
is applicable to either screw or paddle wheel steamers, and
is thus explained:— A semi-circular cogged plate is fixed
on the shaft, which connects itself with an elevating bar
fixed to the end of a sway beam, the fulcrum being in: a
crank on the bow of the vessel at the fore-end of the sway
beam, where the ice hammer is bung, which, by
the con-
nexion of the cogs is raised eight feet at every revolu-
tion. It is thrown out of gear when they disconnect, the
hammer then fulls, and is again raised when the cogs con-
nect. The hammers are from 15 to 20 hundred weight
working alterately on each side before the stem, and are
capable of breaking through ice four or five feet thick,
thus enabling a vessels° fitted to approximate much nearer
to the supposed position of Sir John Franklin's ships
than can be done by the present means, as the above ap-
plication can be fitted to any steam-vessel at a trifling ex-
pense compared with the object to be obtained. The in-
vention is as simple as it appears to us to be practicable,
and we treat that the Admiralty will appreciate the value
of the plan, and the motives which actuated the gallant
projector, by dispatching
perilous track of the almost despaired of northern navi-
gators. a vessel SJ fitted at once on the
Two Salonorneters, invented by a Mr. Howes, are
ordered by the Admiralty to be fitted to the Basilisk
and Niger steain-slooPs, at Woolwich.
HAIG'S SMOKING APPARATUS.—The Admiralty have
granted to Mr. Haig the still further indulgence of con-
tinuing his experiments for consuming the smoke of
marine engines, on board the Ariel, old steam-packet,
at Woolwich, for the space of two months longer.

BANK OF ENGLAND.
(From last night's Gazette.)
An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria. cap. 32,f0r
the Week ending on Saturday, the 7th day of April, 1849'

ISSUE DEPAATMEMT.

Notes i55ued........ 28,019,480

Government debt 11,015,10 E
Other securities •• •. 2,984,900
Gold coin and bullion 13,695,911
323,569
Silver bullion • • .. •.
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REDUCTION in FIR E ASSURANCE

RATES.
(From the Reporter.)
We have authority to state that the late reduction in
the rates of fire assurance, referred to in the last number
of the .Reporter, and copied into the Morning Chronicle,
and other morning, evening, and weekly newspapers,
was confined to the following risks of special hazard,
which had previously bees► raised, viz.:—
Cotton and woollen mills in England.
Manufacturers' warehouses in Manchester, London,
Glasgow, and Paisley.
The following table will doubtless be acceptable to
many of our readers:—
Rates for the Buildings and Contents of Warehouses in Lon-
don, occupied by wholesale Dealers in Cotton, Linen, Silk,
Woollen, and Worsted Piece Goods, and by wholesale
Glovers, haberdashers, Hosiers, Lacemen, and Thread,
Manufacturers; also, Bonnets, Straw Bats, Stays, Arti-
ficial Flowers, and other Articles forming part of a Haber-
dasher's Stock, when in the premises of a wholesale
Dealer; regulated by the Capacity or Cubical Contents of
the Buildings.

a
ca
Not ex-
ceeding a ;to, Above
A Warehouse, 100,0..0 200,(,00
Brick-built and Tiled or Slated. cubic ;1; cubic
2; a -6 feet.
csi
net les, not less not less
than than than
s. d. s. d. a. d.
Having entire party walls car-1
ried through the roof
Having no pr cesa of manu• I
2 0 2® 3 0
facture carried on therein ;
Having no stove with more I
than three feet of pipe )
If the party walls are not en-
tire, or not carried through 0 6 I 6 1 0
the roof,
If there be any window orl
opening into an area, court,
or passage, be ween and
common to it and any other
06 1 0
warehouse ...
or,
If any wooden lining to any
part of the ceilings or walls.
If any well-hole for hoisting or
lighting; or if any opening 0 6 2 0
in the floors, except for the
staircases and teagle-rope
If in plurality of tenare
If any process of manufacture Special. Special. Spacial.
be carried on
If any stove with more than Special. Special. Is.
three feet of pipe ...... .

TESTIMONIAL TO A VETERAN OF THE
ROYAL SEVENTH DRAGOON GUARDS.
On Friday evening, the 23d instant, the Sergeant-
Majors and Sergeants of the 7th Dragoon Guards, quar-
tered at this place, assembled at the Allen Arms, in the
vicinity of the Cavalry Barracks, for the purpose of pre-
senting a silver snuff-box to their late Paymaster,
Sergi ant J. G. Hamilton' ass token of their esteem and
regard for this individual.
Sergeant Major Smallwood, after a suitable address,
presented the box to Mr. Hamilton. It was of rich and
elaborate workmanship, and reflected much credit on its
makers—Messrs. Lewis and Son, of this place. The
following inscription was beautifully engraved on it
" Quando ullum inveniemus parem.
"Presented by the Non-commissioned Officers of the
7th, or Princess Royal's, regiment of Dragoon Guards,
to Paymaster Sergeant-Major John Gray Hamilton,
whose reputation and long meritorious service in the
above corps (upwards of 32 years), has caused them to
offer, as a memorial of their esteem and respect, this
trifle.

" Brighton, February, 1849."
Mr. Hamilton, in a very touching address, returned his
thanks to his late comrades, alluding to the number of
years he had served as a Non. commissioned Officer also
(upwards of 22 years).
Mr. Hamilton was granted, on his discharge, a pension
of 2s. Id. a day; a gratuity of 15/4 a silver medal for
" long service and goad service," and an annuity of 201.
with silver medal for "meritorious service."—Brighton
Herald.

THE NEW CHURCH AT WEDNESBURY.—SamueI
Addison, Esq., banker, of Wednesbury, has contributed
the sum of 7001. for the completion of the tower anc
spire at St. John's Church, in that place. Mr. Addison
gave 500 L, in addition to the site, towards the erection
of the church.
EXCURSIONS BETWEEN LONDON AND DUBLIN --A
novelty in railway excursions is to come off in May,
namely, a trip. between Dublin, London, and back, for
two guineas, via the Chester and Holyhead and North-
Western.
EXTRAORDINARY FECUNDITY.—MII. Bains, a
farmer at Stickney East Fen, has an ewe which lambed
a pair, one of which died, and the other sucked its dam
for a fortnight, when the ewe lambed another pair, which
are now living and healthy. The first lamb would not
suck after the ewe had yeaned the second pair, and Mrs.
B. sold it for ss.—Lincoln Mercury.
EXPIRING LAWS.—Tbe report of the Select Com-
mittee upon expiring laws, appointed on the 2d of
April, was published yesterday. It shows that there are
now 62 temporary Acta in force,:which will expire in due
course, if not renewed by Paliament. The number of
expired laws in the year 1848 amounted to 3.
THE STANFIELD HALL MURDERS.—We have re-
ceived the following strange letter, which we print just
as we received it. Whether it is a more hoax of some
witless fellow, or is really written by some tool or friend
of the convict, we cannot even guess. The handwriting
is about es bad as the spelling, but it does not appear to
be feigned. It bears the Liverpool post-mark, with the
following superscription, and is as follows:
" headitor

the Liverpool Mercury
Lord Street

to Mr Edter 1849
I wish to make it known to the world that Mr. Rush
is not the murderer of germy, the riter of this is the
man but before they can know eney thing about me i
will bee far on the sea they may hunt me as the plea i
am sorry the innocint should suffer germy done my re-
lation an ingerrey and i made him suffer so i am revenged
that is all i wanted if they hang him, they hang the in-
nocint i left that knight of the murder poor Rush fel in
for it but he knowes nothing about it
i am a paucher
Liverpool Mercury.
amgeoLdißtaepb ror CLAREIcDON—Aaedti Rumous.—A rumour is
so was my relation."
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affairs. We have not been able to trace it to an authen-
tic source; but a less thing than his Excellency's marked
incivility to so many as 25 of his honourable friends at
one fell swoop, is enough to set idle people talking. It
is surmised, accordingly, that he never would have
snubbed them all in that terrific manner bad he not
made previous arrangements to cut their society altoge-
ther without delay. We attach no credit to the report,
and there is no reason to suppose that the. Private Se-
cretary utterly disbelieves it.—Evening Mod.
THE EARL OF CLARENDON.—The Noble Earl has
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cbreeegne
esilliewthlyicihndhiasspoosbeldigeadt
his
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Excellencyresidene
to remain in London during the holidays. or otherwise,
his Lordship would have gone with the Countess to the
rove, his seat, in Herts. We understand
leGncy contemplates returning to Dublin abouthis this day

week.
TEM Nxw PACKET SHIP CONSTELLATION, OF
NEw yoms..—This vessel is 1,600 tons Government,
or 2,000 tons carpenters' measurement, and is said to be
the largest merchant ship in the world. Her length
on deck (Custom-house measurement) is 204 feet,
breadth 31 (extreme 43), and depth 28 feet
e inches. She has three decks, with oak
hanging and lodging knees, and diagonal trussings
between the hanging knees of both decks, which
must add very materially to her strength longitudinally.
The frame of the Constellation is equal in size to that of
a ship of the line, and she is planked and fastened in the
most approved style. Her model for beauty, buoyancy,
and speed is all that the eye could desire. A full figure
of Commodore Truxton ornaments her bow, and her
stern is, in itself, a gem of exquisite workmanship, set off
with quarter-galleries. The pumps of the Constellation
are of the most approved kind, and are designed to force
out the foul air from below, while they are in use pump-
ing ship. Her masts will be fitted with lightning con-
ductors, agreeably to the plans of Sir W. Snow Harris,
except that the fore and main lower masts being made
sticks, the conductors pass through their centres and
through the keelsons and keel. The Constellation will
form one of the Red Star Line of Packets, consigned
here to Messrs. Spooner, Sands, and Co., and was built
by Messrs. Westervelt and Mackay, agreeably to the
designs, and under the immediate superintendence of
Captain William Skiddy, the same gentleman who de-
signed the splendid ship New World, which was built a
few years since by Mr. D. INVKayab, East Boston. She
will be commanded by Captain James C. Luce, late of
the well known packet ship John R. Skiddy. The Con-
stellation will leave this port for New York on the 26th
of May.—Liverpool Mercury.
ELECTRIC TELEGRAPIIINCL—The ship America,
Captain Harrison, which sailed from Boston on the 21st
and Halifax on the 23d ult., reached the.: Mersey early
on the morning of the 3d instant, after a rapid run of
little more than 9i days from the latter port. Messrs.
Willmer and Smith had a summary of the news brought
by the America placed in the hands of a clerk in charge
of the electric telegraph here about,Ethree o'clock; but
from mismanagement and bungling a delay of 6i hours
took place in the transmission of the message, much to
the annoyance of the London press, and the great chsap-
ereclisayl,ctohmemctionmiptya,.n)N.,sotewhiitehistealnedri
here
ipnegi thisn tmr
refused
ueu
snt
ed fwea ttrhor unwarrantable commercial
any abatement in the charge. On
le d
the contrary, by a species of ingenuity anything but
commendable, he endeavours to force Messrs. Willmar
m
and Smith to pay one-half more
.than they have been
hitherto charged for such communications. W e deeplywe
regret to be obliged to stigmatise the manner in,
on i h
the Electric Teleaph Company's officers
_cabrry.. the
..m..
business connected with this wonderful and ighl)
o transmit s message
com-
munication, and yet take 6i hours
E to
ea» Times.
ordn,Tchourrns:
too bad. T—b r
following gentlemen
APOTLIECARIE! HALL._
the escience and practice of
passed their examination pootr6tsonwt
orirdrse:istiroenaily To advertise "instantaneous coul-
d Goldsmith, Boston; James Cum-
wall- Francis Edward
h ch South Shields ; Edward Batt, Witney,
Cum-
min Tas a
Ox ,n; Griffith Hooper Griffiths, Cheltenham; Henry
William Borlase; Hels.ton, Cornwall; Arthur Budge,
dmaeyd medicine, e:,_a and
arios received
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st
tio per aacrat iesief,o
Fakeehan3; John Robulson, Midhurst; John Davis,
virtockington, Durham; Herbert Drown, Tonbridgo.

" I told thee, neighbour, thou west as bonrst man,
Yce.l z god m tu—yut thou lackest firmness."

Edward the First founded this borough, and
granted it great freedom, privileges, and immunities,
honoured it with the royal appellation of Kingston,
and caused a manor-hall to be erected for himself. In
the month of September, 1448, his Majesty Henry
VI. visited Hull, and was received with the loudest
acclamations. In 1541 Henry the Eighth and his
Queen passing through Lincolnshire, within a few
miles of Kingston-upon-Hull, with which circumstance
the then mayor becuming acquainted, he deputed the
sheriff, with a numerous train of gentlemen, to meet
his Majesty near Newland. The sheriff, after paying
a very polite and sensible compliment of welcome,
kissed the white rod he carried in his hands and de-
livered it to his Majesty, who returned it again to the
sheriff. A little out of Beverley Gate the mayor and
aldermen stood in their formalities to receive their
Majesties, at the sight of whom neither words nor
demonstrations were wanting to testify the most
hearty welcome and to show the loyally and fidelity of
the town. Dui ing the space of three days, the King,
the Queen, and their numerous retinue were sizvnifi-
cozily and splendidly entertained. His Majesty then
left tor Yolk, and on his return again visited Hull,
where he continued five days.
In 1639, King Charles being at York was induced
to take a view of hull ; the Mayor called a bench,
and it was unanimously ordered, that the Mayor,
Aldermen, and Recorder, in their scarlet gowns, ac-
companied by the principal inhabitants, should attend
at the gates to receive his Majesty ; that rails should
be made for forty people to stand in ; that the place
for the Mayor and Aldermen should be elevated
higher than the rest, and the rails covered with rich
carpeting; that after saluting the King, the Mayor
should, on his knees, deliver to his Majesty the keys
of the town together with a purse containing one
hundred pieces of gold. The. Recorder was to pre-
pare a speech, and several other directions were given
to show the utmost zeal and fidelity to his
Majesty, and full assurance of most sincere loyalty.
His Majesty remained in Hull one night.
Such are the abstracts we have made from the his-
tory of Hull as regards the visits of royalty ; we now,
in confirmation of the remarks published in our im-
pression of the 10th instant, from a correspondent,
give the following paragraphs from the Hull press,
merely directing attention that on the occasions
referred to the then mayors took the initiative ; in
Henry VIII.'s time it was the mayor that deputed
the sheriff; it was he that called the bench to arrange
for the reception of Charles; but it is the present
Mayor of Hull who has not deputed the sheriff; as far
as is publicly known, to meet his Royal Highness
Prince Albert, although his Royal Highness is on
the ere of visiting Lincolnshire. It is the present
Mayor who has not attempted to induce the Prince to
take a view of Hull. The inhabitants, however, are
not to blame, they would have felt much pleasure in
showing their loyalty and fidelity to her Majesty
Queen Victoria through the medium of her Royal
Consort.
(From the Hull Eastern Counties Htrald.)
We have given in other columns an outline of the ar-
rangements which are to be observed next week, on the
occasion of the visit of Prince Albert to this neighbour
hood. The visit is to Lincolnshire. and so far all the
plans aro confined to that county. It is known, how-
ever, that his Royal Highness will touch at New Holland
on his route from Brocklesby to Grimsby, which is to
be the great focus of the day; and there is a strong feel-
ing in Hull that our municipal body should avail them-
selves of the Prince's presence on the opposite shore of
the Humber to express the loyalty of their constituents
through the medium of an address, or in any other way
which may be more agreeable or convenient to the royal
stranger. Mere formality or—what is still worse—for-
mality shrouded in red garments and typified by brass
rods or gilded sticks, is not necessary, and in these days
is really ridiculous; but a distinction may be drawn be-
tween this and the quiet expression of respect which is
suggested as desirable. True loyalty comports best
with manly self-respect; pith fulsome flattery and
fawning sycophancy it has no legitimate alliance. The
corporation of the Trinity-House of this town will pro-
ceed to Grimsby in their yacht; and it is hoped that the
Mayor and his fellow members of the municipal body
will follow the example, and thus be enabled to convey
the gratulatioas of their townsmen to the Consort of her
Majesty.

(From the Bull Packet.)
We have been more than once asked, what steps the
Mayor and Corporation of this town intend taking on
the occasion of the visit of his Royal Ilighnesi Prince
Albert to the neighbouring port of Grimsby ? We fear
we must say—none whatever. The Mayor, we have
been given to understand, has felt strongly disposed not
to allow the opportunity which will occur next week of
manifesting loyalty and attachment to the family upon
the throne to pass over unimproved; and we know nu-
merous gentlemen in the town are of a like opinion. Un-
fortunately, however, (as we cannot but think,) his
Worship is supposed to have deferred to the judgment of
some of his Radical brother councillors, who—either
not cherishing very warmly any sentiments of loyalty,
or (wisely, perhaps) distrusting their own capacity to
play ever so humble a part in the courtly festivities at
13rocklesby, have taken upon themselves to advise a con-
trary course. They advise his Worship and the Corpo-
ration to stay at home ; to ignore altogether the visit of
his Royal Highness in the vicinity of our port ; and
thus by their silence leave it to be inferred that the
presence of Royalty gives them no pleasure, and
that the husband of the best Sovereign who
ever sat on Britain's throne had neither lot nor part
in the sympathies, esteem, or admiration cf the iehabi•
tante of the fourth part of the realm. We sincerely re-
gret that the Mayor should have followed this advice—
or at all events that he should have neglected to convene
a meeting of the corporation to consider the matter. It
may be that a majority of the members of oar Town
Council have such a true self-estimate as to feel them-
selves altogether unfit to address or even stand in the
presence of Royalty; or it may be that a majority care
neither for Queen, Consort, nor Throne. Well, be it
so. But by all means let the Corporation have an oppor-
tunity of openly declaring either its own unworthiness or
disloyalty. The inhabitants of Hull, generally, we re-
peat, are not only loyal, but anxious to manifest their
loyalty; and unless the Mayor convenes a special meet-
ing of the Corporation to consider upon the matter, on
him will rest the onus of having allowed the estimable
Consort of our gracious Sovereign to stay two days in the
immediate neighbourhood of the fourth port in England,
without receiving one single assurance that the Royal
Family which he represents possesses the affection and
devoted esteem of any one of its 80,000 residents.
(From the Hull Adserther.)
Of course, the engrossing topic of conversation at Hull,
at present, is the visit of his Royal Highness Prince Al-
bert to Lincolnshire, on Tuesday and Wednesday next,
and yet, as far as the authorities of the town are con-
cerned, no arrangements have been
its loyalty to her Ma-
jesty's Royal Consort. In another page will he found
our Lincoln correspondent's statement of the ridiculous
trepidation into which the functionaries of that city have
fallen, from a dread lest they should not sufficiently and
appropriately attest their respect for his Highness. Now,
we do not wish the Corporation of Hull to imitate the
Corporation of Lincoln, in sending our respected Town-
Clerk as far as London, to certify the mayor, aldermen,
and councillors of the colour, cut, and quality of the
robes which should be worn on their pre.enting them-
selves before the representative of our most gracious
Sovereign, but it does betray some lack of public spirit
in the town that, notwithstanding there is a probability
of Prince Albert landing at Hull, the Corporation has
not been assembled to deliberate on the best means of
giving his Highness a suitable reception. We understand
his Worship the Mayor will be present at Grimsby, but
not in his capacity as the head of the Corporation of this
town or chief magistrate, but as the Admiral of the Hum-
ber. If, however, the public bodies in that town are le-
thargic in the matter, we believe the inhabitants generally
will not be. We know that there is in many quarters a
wish that Wednesday should be kept as a general holiday,
and a combination amongst the principal shopkeepers to
keep it as such may easily be made.
PRINCE ALBERT IN Llum..—lt is strange that the only
intimation of his Royal Highness Prince Albert's cross-
ing the Humber to Hull should have been received not
by any of the dignitaries of the town, but by the enter-
prising lessee of the Queen's Theatre.