The Sun.
London, England, 1825-06-21 00:00:00

WEYMOUTH, JUNE I'B.

The Lords Coinriiissioners of the Adm—irttity,
iwnetounedireeresttatnhed,
long
ge determined, inweidsh,
cad.s soonfor iiaarse possible,icw Breakwater
rfrom;the
Island tocri rry
bland of Portland, in consequence of the increaser} in re-
newed progress of the works now going on at Cherbourg; part
of which was commenced by Louis the Sixteenth, but the greater
proportion of them was executed, and nearly perfected,, in .the
reign of Buonaparte. The advantages of the situation' rif• this
Naval Port to the French nation are very considerablei• xs
affording adequate protection to their own shipping,. :and
the means of greatly annoying the English commerce m dime
of war. To'counteract this, Government have acted with their
usual w ulnor.;wl►eixam~•~eu,~
square miles, 21 leagues north of Cherbourg. . . •
Although the Breakwater and new works there hive :beers
upwards of 30 years in the execution, a work of similar Orig_
nitude may be finished at Portland within the spaCe of six or
seven years, that bland affording many million tons of stones,
' already quarried, necessary to complete this useful design,.
without any expence but that of its removal by the ear% and
expeditious means of a rail-road. The completion of this mUt-k
will afford more extended general advantages to the country ht
large than any similar undertaking, from its situation between
Portsmouth and Plymouth, in the event of stress of weathiT,
there being no other port in which ships can ride in safety, and
affording withal a secure asylum to our Merchant Vessels, in
time of war, as a naval station, to watch the operations of .the
enemy on 'the opposite coast, and to be enabled to put to, lieu,
when they could not from Spithead. Sacraria many have hfsa
the disasters that have occurred, from the want of such 'a sate
retreat to our shipping ; painful would it be to renew gni m'elas-
eholy a Subject, therefore we will avoid its repetition, snit ,
our brief remarks in the pleasing reflectrou'and chtering pap-
spect of this great National Work. • • • - 7

;•-•1
. Extract of a letter posted at Lloyd's: Aiterit
Gibraltar, May 30 :—" Absolam, the master of the Ne:ptuT.F.,,,
from Zante, states, that he saw an Alorine squadion,
,vott&
troops, on the 3d instant, off Alicata, consisting of 3 frigates,
2 brigs, and two schooners, bound to the Archipelago, which,
demanded the Mediterranean pass. A Colombian schooner Was
cruising off Cape de Galt three days since; and a brig,
Vincidor (Colombian brig of war), the General Snr,ana, asel
Aquileba, privateers, sailed from here the 25th inst."
On the Bth host. the foundation-stone of 'a new -
Light-house, which the Trinity Board is erecting on the tita-•
ples, iraa laid by Mr. Nelson, the engineer, on the Longstose
Isle. , The work is rapidly advancing ; and as it is somewhat
more than a mile nearer than the present Light-house to the
dangerous Naive stone, which it is meant to point out„ its im-
portance to the shipping and commerce of this coast cannot.he
too highly estimated. It affords a hope that we shall In futoye '
be spared the afflicting task of recording the loss of lives and •
property on the Staples, which have hitherto annually been-vo
great. This improvement is another instance O' the...advantar.:
derived to this country froM the enlightene patriotism .834
beneficent influence of his Grace the Duke of Northumbedanu.
—( Berwick Advertiser, June 13.)
We. extract the following from the Brussels
Oracle of the 15th instant :—" On the 6th instant, rather lap
in the evening, about 20 young persons, chiefly artificer', anti
farmers' servants, embarked in a tishing-boatat Kainper, with
a view to cross over to the Isle of Hamper. Most unfortunately.
just as they had reached the middle of the stream, the boat
sunk, and only three persons saved their lives! This sad acci-
dent was the result of impatience, as the boat which sunk was
not the regular ferry-boat, but one which was taken in a hem,
because the ferry-boat was on the other side. In the boat that
sunk there was a reservoir at the bottom for Rah. The great
weight of so many persons on board occasioned the springs to
yield, and the water to rush in so impetuously, as to prod-ace
the melancholy catastrophe we have mentioned. The whole of
the young men being of excellent charades, and very induct..
trious in their callings, has occasioned a very deep sensation is
the public mind."

The plan for the proposed new street free
Charing-cross to the British Museum, has been
sent to the Vestries of the different Parishes
through which it is to pass; and it is supposed
will be proceeded with immediately.
The purchase of the Adelphi Theatre,'l4,
Messrs. TERRY and YATES, was completed yes,. ..
terday, when these Gentlemen paid' down a-de_-.
posit of four thousand pound• to the representi-;
fives of the late Mr. RODWELL.

As a young lady was eating mussels the other
day,- her teeth struck upon some hard substance,'
and upon examining what it Wal!, she was sur-
prised to find a pretty large and beautiful pearl.
—(Stirling Journal.)
A lady approaching the vale of years, but still
retaining personal attractions, while admiring
herself in her glass at the completion of he^r
toilet, exclaimed in triumph to her maid,--:-
" What would you give, child, to have my beau-
ty ?" " Almost as much as you would, Madam,"
replied the piqued Abigail, "to possess my
youth."