The Sun.
London, England, 1849-03-10 00:00:00

MARCH 10, 1849.

Commander Herrick, we may also express a hope that
the old and gallant First-Lieutenant of the flag-
ship at Devonport will very soon experience the like
favour of the First Lord of the Admiralty. lie is
an officer of 1807, who, before that period, as a
midshipman, was engaged in the action of the 22d
July, 1805 ; and was in the defence in the gallant
attack on some French frigates near Rochefort, and
in some other actions ; and, as a lieutenant, served as
first of the Pilot in her very smart action with the
French frigate Legere, of very superior force, during
the hundred days, in which action he was wounded.
The enemy's loss was about 20 killed and 80 wounded.
THE CAPTAINS' LIST.—We stated last week that
Captain William Bowen Mends (1814), now in com-
mand of the Ordinary at Devonport, has become the
senior on the list. Captain John Leith (1825) suc-
ceeds to the half-pay list of 14s. 6d. per diem., and
Captain Patrick Duff IL Hay (1833) to the 12s. 6d.
list. Five vacancies have occurred on the Captains'
list since the First Lord's last promotion, viz., two by
promotion of Rear-Admirals Carroll and Sir A. P.
Green, two by deaths of Ca pts. J. N. Campbell and Blow,
and one by the removal to Green with Hospital of Capt.
Laugharne. Two promotions will be due on another
removal, for which there are about a dczrn near
claimants. Among them are Commander Hay (of
the Prometheus), who was passed over in Captain
Edmund's case) ; Commander alapson (of the Water-
witch and Daring), passed over in Captain Peel's case;
Commander Birch (late of the Waterwitch), of great
Liverpool interest, backed by Lord Lansdowne ; '
Commander Bingham (formerly of the Acorn) ; Corn-
niander Hope (who has just paid off the Sappho) ;
Commander Chaloner (of the Siren) ; Commander
Dixon (of the Rapid), &c.
Snips PAYING OFe.—We have on many occa-
sions advocated the utility, as well as the economy,
of having a place appropriated at our dockyards for
paying off her Majesty's ships. We are quite sure
that, in the course of five years, a saving would be
effected equal almost to the value of constructing a
paying off dock or basin ; and we are, therefore,
pleased to hear from all quarters of the great success
of the experiment of paying off the Rodney along-
side the dockyard instead of at moorings in the har-
bour. By the mode here adopted, stores to an
immense extent are preserved ; rascally Jews and
Christian landsharks are baulked of their prey; so-
briety is enforced, and the creditor as well as the
sailor is protected. We trust to see an arrangement
by which a permanent berth shall be appropriated
alongside the dockyard or in the basin, at which all
ships shall in future be put out of commission.
STEAM-VESSELS.—AII paddlewheel steam-vessels
are, in future, to be fitted with a screw for raising the
paddle-shaft; but a turning apparatus is not to be
fitted until vessels come under general repair.
H. M. S. " VANGUARD " AND A MERCHANT
SKIPPER.—A report has reached us of an affair be-
tween Captain Rich, of the Vanguard, and a merchant
skipper, which is likely to lead to proceedings at law
against the gallant captain. A merchant barque,
called the Amphitrite, had the audacity to cross the
Vanguard's bows, when, with the gallant captain's
characteristic promptness to correct an error, or to
demand atonement, for a fault, a boat was sent to
the Amphitrite, requesting the presence of the
master, dead or alive, on board of the Vanguard.
There was no help for it, and the, reluctant skipper
was soon under the avenging, as well as the protect-
ing, halo of the Royal pendant, and as we have
heard, contrary to his inclination, and much to the
injury of his feelings, considering himself in no better
light than that of a prisoner, his only scope of liberty
for some hours was the confines of the exalted poop
of the stately two-decker. We have no doubt Captain
Rich gave the skipper an instructive lesson, which
the grateful fellow is most desirous of duly acknow-
ledging according to the spirit of the English con-
stitution.

ADMIRALTY PATRONAGE.—Of the nineteen Senior
Captains on the list of 1814 twelve officers resign
either good service pensions, offices, Naval Aides-de-
Camp, command of ships, or other appointments on
promotion. The Senior Captain, Mends, relinquishes
a good service pension, and the command of Devon-
port Ordinary; the third on the list, Sir George R.
Sartorious, Knt., the office of A.D.C. ; sth, Sir J.
Gordon Sinclair, Bart., the office of superintendent of
the packets at Southampton ; 6th and 7th, G. E.
Watts and Sir J. J. G. Bremer, K.C.8., good
service pensions ; 9th Sir F. F. Berkeley, C. 8.,
office of A.D.C.; 10th, 11th, and 15th, Sir
David Dunn, K.C.H., Fairfax Moresby, C. 8.,
Sir J. Marshall, K.C.H., good service pensions; 16th,
F. E. Loch, office of A.D.C., and Superintendent of
the Quarantine Service; 17th, Edward Collier, C. 8.,
good service pension. Of the next four officers (1815)
the 18th on the list, Captain David Price relinquishes
the office of Superintendent of SheernessmDockyard ;
20th, J. Toup Nicholas, C. 8., good service pension,
and Superintendent of Plymouth Hospital, Ste. ; 21st,
W. W. Henderson, C. 8., good service pension; and
22d, Sir John Hill, Superintendent of Deptford
Dockyard. Of the twenty officers next in seniority,
thirteen hold good service pensions, A.D.C's, Super-
intendentships, and commands, which they vacate on
promotion.

- MAGAZINES OF Sntrs.—Admiralty orders have
been received at the dockyards to the effect that
copper lining to magazines of ships fitted to receive
Dell's patent powder cases is to be discontinued.

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Several non-commissioned officers and men of the
Guards have been allowed to purchase their dis•
charge lately, but no reduction of the battalions is to
take place.

THE NAVIGATION LAWS.
DEPUTATION TO LORD JOHN RUSSELL.
Yesterday afternoon a deputation of shipowners, con•
sisting of upwards or fifty gentlemen from Liverpool,
Glasgow, Greenock, Newcastle, Sunderland, and other
principal seaport towns in the kingdom, had an audience
with Lord John Russell, at three o'clock, by appoint-
ment, at his official residence in Downing-street, for the
purpose of urging upon his Lordship the necessity of re-
considering the Bill now under the consideration of the
House of Commons for the repeal of the navigation-laws.
Amongst the members of the deputation were noticed—.
Mr. Masterman, M.P., Mr. Cardwell, M.P., Mr. G. F.
Young, Mr. Dunbar, chairman of the Shipowners' As-
sociation, and Mr. 11. Chapman.
The deputation were introduced to his Lordship by
Mr. Masterman, M.P., and Mr. Cardwell, M.P.
Mr. Dunbar, Mr. H. C. Chapman, Mr. G. F. Young,
Mr. Brown, and Mr. Whitwell in turn addressed his
Lordship, and earnestly urged him to reconsider the
avowed resolution of his Government to repeal or ma-
terially modify those laws. Mr. Chapman also stated
that a meeting, very numerously attended, had been held
at Liverpool, at which only twenty hands had been held
up in favour of the repeal.
Lord J. RUSSELL, addressing the deputation, said—
This is not a new question at all. I am very happy to
hear all the representations that you can mike ; but I
cannot consider it as a new question, held out for the
first time, on which opinions are to be taken—a measure
having been introduced last year on the subject, when a
great deal of discussion took place. I feel that Mr.
Young, and the other members of the deputation, have
put forth objections to the proposed measure with great
ability and information; but I cannot regard this as a
new question, which I should take into consideration,
or one on which my mind is not made up. Therefore,
receiving your representations, and very much lament-
ing. that I don't take the same view as yourselves, I can
only say we must proceed with the Bill which is to be
brought forward to-night.
The deputation then withdrew.

MANCHESTER, THURSDAY EVENING.—We have
not had so much doing in either cloth of yarns as we
had the last week, buyers holding off expecting a
further reaction in the staple, and no doubt making
most of the unfavourable news from India; indeed
some of the Indian markets are not very encouraging,
judging by the accounts per last mail. In prices,
however, there is no change, and manufacturers are
very firm in their demands. It is probable that in a
few days the momentary indisposition to operate on a
larger scale will vanish. Yarns are firm, and any
concession, however small, would lead to an immense
business.

LEICESTER.—Both the London and country buyers
having supplied their wants, and also laid in heavy
stocks, either at old prices or a partial advance, there
has not been so much doing in the warehouses this
week. The yarn market continues very firm, and
worsted spinners are confident that present prices must
be fully realised ; they are also indifferent about taking
orders. One house advanced brown cotton yarn is.
per bundle of 101bs. The straight-down hands have
struck for an advance of wages, both on cotton and
worsted hose, and it is expected the wrought hose
hands will do the like next week. The whole of the
hosiers have not yet consented to give the prices re-
quired, and the differences in the stock branch are
not yet adjusted.
NOTTINGIIAIII.—The ebullition arising from the
five turn-outs which have taken place in the
different hosiery branches within these few months,
has in a great measure subsided, the last—
the silk knotted turn out, having terminated, like
the rest, by the hosiers consenting to advance
the wages ; and they have also established a matter
of greater importance, by agreeing to a " regula-
tion," by which they all pay nearly alike. With a
few exceptions as to fancy fine and costly goods, the
hosiery trade is in a prosperous state. It is painful,
however, to state that the lace trade branch strongly
contrasts with the hosiery manufacture, it being ge-
nerally admitted that the demand is less than it was
at Christmas.

BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, MARCH 9.—The offices
have been cleared this week, and prices have advanced
Gd. to ls. per cwt. The sales since our last rather
exceed 1,000 casks of West India, and about 500
mats of Mauritius. Refined goods have met an im-
proved sale, at an advance of Is. to 2s. per cwt. In
ruin there is nothing doing.
SOUTHAMPTON CORN MARKET, FRIDAY.—There
was a steady demand for the best description of wheat
at to-day's market at late quotations ; inferior sorts
met a dull sale. Barley in limited demand, at former
rates. Not much doing in oats, beans, or peas—
prices unaltered. Flour trade steady.
BOLTON, MARCH 9.—The corn trade throughout
the week has been almost lifeless, with little disposi-
tion to purchase any article, although offered at a
trifling reduction under last week's rates.

THE WEATHEH—The weather since our last has
been unusually cold for the time of year, and indeed
during the nights of Wednesday and Thursday there
was a severe trost. There was a little rain early on
Wednesday morning, and some snow and sleet on
Thursday morning; but with this exception the weather
has been fine and clear. The minimum temperature
was on Wednesday as low as 34 degrees, and on Thurs-
day as low as 29 degrees; and it was yesterday morning
down even as low as 27 degrees. The following returns,
posted in the electric telegraph rooms yesterday morn-
ing, show that the weather was generally fine at the places
named:—Yarmouth, N.W. line; Norwich, N.W. fine;
Brandon, N.W. fine; Chelmsford, N.W. fine; Lowestoft,
N.N.W. cloudy; Dereham, S.W. fine; Colchester, N.E.
fine; Ipswich, N.E. fine; Southampton, N.N.W. fine;
Portsmouth, S.E. fine; Gosport, S.E. fine; Hertford, S.
fine. Manchester Guardian.

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE
OF FRIDAY.
DIVIDENDS.
At the Court, Basiughall-street.

G. Wagner, Bloomsbury-squalv, draper, March 30, a
twelve—T. Megarey, Love-lane, Billingsgate, coal mer-
chant, March 30, at eleven—Ann Abigail Innell and A.
Cookes, Little Queen-street, Holborn, varnish manufac-
turers, March 30, at twelve—J. Cox and F. Heisch, New-
court, Crutched-friars, merchants, under a commission of
bankruptcy which issued in 1799, March 30, at two—R,
Russell, Kingston-upon-Thames, upholsterer, March 30,
at eleven—J. Burgess, Herleyford-place, Kennington,
tailor, March 30, at one—V. S. Godfrey, Duddington,
Northamptonshire, miller, March 30, at one.
In the Country.
_ _ _

J. Morgan sen., and J. Morgan, jun., Hereford and
Glasbury, Radnorshire, woolstsp!ers, March 27, at ten,
at the Court, Birmingham—T. Willmot, Moreton-in-
Marsh, Gloucestershire, chemist, April 3, at eleven' at
the Court, Bristol—J. Senior, Salford, Lancashire,
brewer, March 30, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester
—S. L. Gaskell, Congleton, Cheshire, clock maker and
pawnbroker, April 2, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool
—R. Dale, Hip Conside, Durham, draper, April 3, at
half-past one, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—R.
Jones, Tottington, Higher-end, Lancashire, cotton spin-
ner, March 30, at eleven, at the Court, Manchester—J.
' Hunt, Manchester, merchant and commission agent,
March 30, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—E.
Briggs, Castleton Mills, near Rochdale, hatter and silk
spinner, March 30, at one, at the Court, Manchester—
J. Woodhead and J. Woodhead, Bradford, Yorkshire,
worsted stuff manufacturers, March 30, at eleven, at the
Court, Leeds—J. Gurney, Sheffield, ivory scale cutter,
March 31, at ten, at the Council -hall, Sheffield—M. Wil-
son, Leeds, grocer and tea-dealer, April 3, at twelve, at
the Court, Leeds.
PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS.

W. Wylam, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, merchant, 205., on
Saturday 10th inst., or any subsequent Saturday, between
ten and three, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle•
upon-Tyne.
J. S. Rablah, Barnard Castle, Durham, tanner and
currier, 4c., on new proof, on Saturday, 10th inst., or
any subsequent Saturday, between ten and three, at the
t,ffice of Mr. Baker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
F. Davis, Luton, merchant, 10., on Saturday, 10th
inst., and three subsequent Saturdays, between eleven
and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurcb-lane.
11. Holdaway, Petersfield, Hampshire, brewer, ls., on
Saturday, next, and three subsequent Saturdays, be-
tween eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Ab-
church-lane.

J. Walton, Great Bridge, Staffordshire, iron-founder,
114 d., on any Friday, between eleven and three, at the
office of Mr. Whitmore, Birmingham.
J. Pulleine, jun., Selby, brewer, Is. 6d., on any day on
or after the 14th March, between eleven and two, at the
office of Mr. Young, Leeds.
W. Glover, Leeds, woollen cloth manufacturer, a
second dividend of 7-16 d., on any day on or after the
14th March, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr.
Young, Leeds.

NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES.
At the Court, 13asinghall-street.
W. P. Clarke, Dorking, Surrey, printer, March 31, at
two—T. Roberts, Minories, grocer, March 30 at eleven
—J. Morrison, Beiuliew-hill, Norwood, coal merchant,
April 2, at half-past twelve.
In the Country. .

R. Dale, High Conside, Durhain, draper, April 3, at
two, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—A. Gardiner,
jun., Chepstow, Monmouthshire, timber merchant, April
3, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—J. F. Taplor, Bake-
well, Derbyshire, grocer, April 3, at twelve, at the Court,
Manchester—T. F. Clark, Liverpool, milliner, April 2,
at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—J. L. Butler, Liver.
pool, coal merchant, April 3, at eleven, at the Court, Li-
verpool—E. Perks, Redditch and Stoke-mills, Worces-
tershire, needle manufacturer, April 10, at ten, at the
Court, Birmingham—T. Stanley, Dudley, Worcester-
shire, and Tipton, Staffordshire, printer, April 4, at
twelve, at the Court, Birmingham—T. Bourne, Birming-
ham, coal dealer, April 4, at twelve, at the Court, Bir-
mingham—W. Foster, Nottingham, hat manufacturer,
March 30, at eleven, at the Court, Nottingham—S.
Brownent, Liverpool, fruit merchant, April 2, at eleven,
at the Court, Liverpool.
At the Court of Review, March 30.

S. Bretton, Charlotte street, Fitzroy-square, uphol-
sterer—E. Mill ward, Peterborough, Northamptonshire,
coach builder—W. Sharpe, Luton, Bedfordshire, plum-
bt•r—C. Sampson, Chorlton-upon-Medloek, Lancashire,
brewer—J. H. Llewelyn, Strand, surgeon—H. Lloyd,
Havcnsbourne, Lime-kilns, Kent, carpenter—R. Ferens,
Durham, draper—C. Bertram, No wcastle• upon- Tyne,
merchant.

PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
A. Smith, jun. and J. Smith, Liverpool, merchants-
-1). Oldham and W.Oldham, Sheffield, saw-manutacturers
—J. Tuhey and D. Simpson, Loughborough-place,
North Brixton, builders—J. Daily and E. Cornwall,
Warwick, soda-water and lemonade manufacturers—J.
Franklin and J. B. Franklin, Rye-lane, Peckham,
butchers—E. Swaine, W. Isaac, and J. Adeney, Picca-
dilly, whip-manufacturers (so far as regi:3.saclrmd,vs.pilstilvVonn'e.,,lpcsahyucescono):::
T. Robinson and E. 0. Ayre, Kingston-upon-Hull,and L.
mission•merchants—L. Sampson, S.
Sampson, Manchester, and New-court,
Cheap-
side, Manchester warehousemen—
_Hick,.
o.•°Prelihole, Lancashire,
aonpdensllh.aw..t,k
jtk.ionspoenn,shHawu,dlersfield, jiashllaowicia(lnt ros;Tn:
shavv, and J. Opensbaw, jull•
regards J. Openshaw
woollen-manufacturers (so f
as:.rant and C. Rogers, Liver-
and J. Openshaw, jun.)—A• and B. A. Morton,
road, medical fixture-
dealers—R.aseldine, Dover, linen-
draperspool, cabinetmakers—J.
Ann Palmer and J. Everett,
Francis-street, Tottenham-court TBoenttne—enthstjla.amnAl-dcoojur.triotin-
and silkmercer
IP,eeatlera,ndCGam.
slihriadwg,eisihnirded,ermsfiileliindejosinaenrds
and T. Worthington, Manchester,
dWrGi:BbmeManc"l:l:erlrsV±:lrWilj:.. Cowmeadow and J. Cowmeadow, East
Df—cenjatii.d, e—Galoucestershire, blacksmiths and boiler manufac-
turers—E. Lian and V. Salmon, Fashion-street, Spital-
fields, ladies boot and shoe warehousemen—J. Mason, J.
Allen, and J. Puwnall, Salford, Lancashire, joiners and
builders (so far as regards J. Allen)—W. Butterworth
and J. Rhodes, Stalybridge, Lancashire, coal merchants
—C. Hooptr and J. G. Stowe, Hereford, grocers and
cheesemongers—W. L. T. Robins, W. Aspdin, and G.
H. Goodwin, Northfleet, Kent, and Great Scotland-yard,
cement manufacturers (so far as regards G. 11. Goodwin)
—G. Thatcher and T. Pyle, College-street, Chelsea, me-
chanical engineers and smiths—J. Jackson and 11. Jack-
son, Broad-street, Golden-square, plumbers, &c.—W.
Thorowgood and R. Besley, Fann-street, Aldersgate-
street, letter founders.

INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.
Janes Bai bk2r, Purtsea, Hampshire, labourer.
George Strickland, Bridport, Dorsetshire, baker.
Maria Spencer, Brighton, embroideress.
Ann Richards, Portsmouth, tobacconist.
John Armes, East Dereham, Norfolk, miller.