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London, England, 1849-01-13 00:00:00

No 17,567.] LONDON, SATURDAY 7 —ll "77\
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ANWEL L COLLEGIATE SCHOOL
Principal—Rev. J. A. EMERTON, D.D.

Twelve Years Curate of Hanwell

" If the Patroness be willing to nominate you I shall be ready to
license you to that Chapel (Southall), being assured that you will
discharge your duty as zealously and faithfully as you have done in
the Assistant Curacy of lianwell."—Bishop of London's Letter, Fe-
bruary 16, 1847.

Vacation closes the 23d instant.
Prospectuses, with full partkulars, on application

CHRISTMAS FESTIVITIES.
The gaiety that reigni supreme at the social re-unions of this
period of the year induces the fair and youthful to be more than usu-
ally desirous of shining in personal attraction, while the rich luxuri-
ant tress, the clear and transparent complexion, and the pearly set
of teeth form admirable trophies of the inestimable virtues of

ROWLANDS' MACASSAR OIL,.
ROWL INDS' KALYDOR,
And ROWLANDS'. ODONTO, or PEARL DENTIFRICE

The patronage of Royalty thioughout Europe, and their general use
by the arisfocra^y and The elite of fashion, together with the confir-
mation by experience of• the infallible efficacy of these creative and
renovating specifics, have characterised them with perfection, and
given them a celebrity unparalleled.
As presents for both sexes none can be more recommendatory, or
more now in general use.
BEWARE OF SPURIOUS IMITATIONS. _

Some are offered under the implied sanction of royalty, and the
Government Departments, and similar attempts at deception. The
only Genuine of each bears the name of " ROWLANDS' " preceding
that of the Articles on the Wrapper or Label, with their Signature
at the Post, in Red Ink, thus
A. ROWLAND AND SONS. _

Sold by them at 20, Hatton-garden, London, and by respectable
Chemists and Perfumers.

Illustrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel.

IN PHYSICAL'DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPA.
CITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE.

ew Edition, enlarged to 196 pages. Just published, price 2s. 6d., or
by nest direct from the Establishment, 3s. 6d. In postage stamps.
THE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on
the infirmities and decay of the generative system, from ex-
:essive indulgence, infection, and the inordinate use of mercury,
with remarks on Marriage, end the means of obviating certain dis-
-4ualiflcations. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. By R. and
L. PERRY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 19, Berners-street, Ox-
ford-street, London. Published by the Authors : seld by Strange,
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hall-street.

PART I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive
organ:, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings.
Parr H. treats of the consequences resulting from excessiveindul-
zence, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental
end bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative incapacity.
Illustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings.
PART 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in
the primary or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for
their treatment. This section is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured
Engravings.
Pear IV. contains a Prescription for the Prevention of Disease
by a simple appLication, by which the danger of infection is ob-
viated. This important part of the Work should not escape the
eader's notice.
Pear T. is devoted to the consideration of marriage, and its
inties. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and
'he whole subject critically and philosophically inquired into.
TrieCoanial. BALK OF STRIACIIM is exclusively employed in treat-
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minute
retail of the case is required : age, habits, and position in society.
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which the fee, 1/., is saved. Messrs. Perry, Surgeons, are in atter -
dance daily at 19, Herders-street, Oxford-street, London, from Ele-
ven till Two, and Five to Eight; on Sandays from Eleven to (lop

L 0 V E is the leading feeling of the human
breast. More exalted than mere passion, it sears high above
every other impulse of nature, and is not only stronger than avarice,
but more engrossing even than ambition. No man is exempt from
its influence, or can avoid its sway; and business, pleasure, philo-
sophy, and divinity itself become neglected under the enthralling
power of LOVE, which, unlike most things, increases in intensity
with time, until it receives the sacred consummation of marriage.
When union does not take place, however, this passion, this
fervour, this gulden tide of the manliest feelings becomes a deadly
poison in the heart, which. now darkens, as it before bright-
ened, all things upon earth. How is it that men, of most un-
changeable habits, will change at the very altar, and after a life-
time spent in the fulfilsneni. of every engagement, snap the very con-
lzactrasunder which should be most binding to au honourable mind?
It is the effect of conscience. The Lover, by enervation of early
habits, or the results of secret disease, knows himself to be
disqualified, and dares not enter a state which has been
iLstituted by Divine Law for the fulfilment of important
ends. The wretched condition of such a being must subsequently he
heyond measure deplorable 1 Loving and beloved, he entails the
most miserable disappointments on the object of his choice, and upon
himself a desolation the most horrible, when the simple possession or
natural attributes would change the scene, and yield to both a life of
unalloyed happiness. The subject is interesting, and deserves the
attention of all. Those desirous of investigating it will find the
fullest and most satisfactory information in the little work entitled

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
BETTING AT MANCHESTER.-FRIDAY.

CHESTER CIIP.-1,000 to 25 agst Tartar (taken)-
1,000 to 15 agst Chat (0-1,000 to 12i agst Farewell
(taken) —l,OOO to 10 agst The Hero (taken)-1,000 to
10 agst Planet (taken)-1,000 to 10 agst Tiresome
(takenl—offers of 35 to 1 agst Cossack and 40 to 1 agst
Mrs. Taft. The others as before.

DERBY.—OnIy one bet-250 to 10 agst Uriel (taken).
Sou 1 LANCASHIRE (CHATSWORTH)COURS-

ING MEETING-THUIISDAY AND FRIDAY.

The Chatsworth All-aged Cup was won by Mr.
Barnes's Handy Andy, and the Devonshire Puppy Cup
by Mr. Taylor's Spot.

HUNTING APPOINTMENTS.

Brighton harrs., Mon., Fatcham; Wed., Racecourse;
Fri., Dyko-111.
rookside harrs., Mon., Newmarket Hill, Thurs.,
Telscombe Tye-10i.
Crawley and Horsham hds., Mon., Broadbridge Heath;
Wed., It, iwfant House; Fri., Crabtree-11.

Mr: Farquharson's hds,, Mon., Milborne Wood;
Thurs., Knoyle. _

Worcestershire hds., Mon., Hewell; Wed., Shrawley
Wood; Fri., Bredon
Warwickshire hds., Mon., Billesley Hall; Tues., Mit-
ford Bridge, Thurs., Lower Shuckburgh Village; Fri.,
Eatington Park-101.
Mr. Giles's hds., Mon., the Pheasant, Welland Com-
mon; Fri., Wall Hills-10i.
Devon hds., Mon., Canonteign— 11.
Monmouthshire hds., Mon., Coldbrook Park; Thurs.,
Skenfrith Bridge-10i.
Mr. Roe's hds., Mon., Coyton; Thurs., Babland
Gate--11..

Tiverton hds., Mon., Rock Inn, Exton; Thurs., Hux-
ham Wood, near Poltimore-10i.
Cheshire hds.,' Mon., Mere Rail; Wed., Hatherton
Lodge; Thurs., Cholmondeley; Sat., Wrenury-101.
North Staffordshire hds., Mon., Persall ; Wed., Betley ;
Fri., Walgherton Lodge, Doddington--10f.
Mr. Lutnley's hds., Mon., Osberton; Tues., Stainton
Village; Thurs., Wickersiey Bar; Fri., Grove-10i.
Bramham Moor hds., Mon., Bramham Moor, Cross-
roads; Wed., Hook Moor; Fri., Thorp Arch; Sat.,
Scarcroft Bar-10f.
Lord Yarborough's Ms., Mon., Laceby, Cross-roads;
Thurs., Little Limber Lodge; Fri., Willingham Tollbar.

THE QUEEN'S HOSPITAL.—BIRMINGHAM, FRIDAY.
—Last evening the annual ball for the benefit of the
above valuable institution took place at the Town Hall,
and was most respectably attended. The company began
to assemble at nine o'clock, and in half an hour after the
dancing commenced, and was kept up with the utmost
spirit until half-past five this morning, under the direc-
tion of Messrs. Creshull and Parker, masters of the
ceremonies. Adams's celebrated quadrille band was in
attendance, and by the kind permission of Lieut.-Colonel
Scarlett, of the sth Dragoon Guards, stationed here, the
excellent band of that distinguished regiment contri-
buted much to the evening's entertainment by perform-
ing during the intervals of dancing selections from vari-
ous operas, &c. The whole proceedings were admirably
conducted by the committee of management, and afforded
the greatest possible satisfaction to the numerous com-
pany assembled.
LYCEUM THEATRB.—The following distinguished
fashionables honoured this favourite establishment with
their presence last week:—H.R.H. Prince George of
Cambridge, Marquis and Marchioness of Douglas, Duke
of St. Albans, Marquis of Donegal, Dowager Mar-
chioness of Downshire, Lady Fitzroy Somerset, Lady
C. Barrington, Sir George Wombwell, Earl of Munster,
Lord Graham, Lord Thomas Clinton, Lady Tyrwhitt,
Lany Lister Kaye, Earl of Belfast, Lord Ward, Lord
Clifton, Lord A. :Lennox, Lord William Lennox,
Viscount Canterbury, Viscount Cantilupe, Lord Dil-
lon, Lord Sondes, Lady Glentwortb, Lady Mac-
donald, Lady Guildford. Lord William Paulett, Sir J.
and Lady Rivers, Lady Gardner, Baron Nicolai, Count
Koudriaffski, Lady Maxey, Sir Bellingham and Lady
Graham, Count Bathyany, Earl Cardigan, Sir E. An-
trobus, Hon. Mrs. Vaughan, Lady H. Furber, General
Glenlyon, Sir G. Armitage, Hon. F. Byng, Sir Henry
Meux, Sir Henry Webb, Lord Strathmore, Baron Koller,
Baron Paravicini, Lord Suffield, Hon. Mr. Pepys, Mrs.
Milner Gibson, Colonel Johnstone, Lord Gardner, Lord
A. Fitzclarence, &c., &c.
Tits BANK ROBBERY AT ROTHERHAM.—We have
made inquiries at the bank in Rotherham, up to Wed-
nesday evening, and not the least tidings have been
heard of either thief or bills. Strong suspicion is at-
tubed to a certain party, but the matter remains at
present in state quo.—Doncaster Gazette.

THE TOOTING CHOLERA CASES.

Yesterday an inquest was held at the Free Hospital,
Gray's Inn-road, on the bodies of Janet Johnston,
Michael Harpur, Bridget Quin, and James Andrews,
pauper children, belonging to the Holborn Union, who
had died in the Holborn Union immediately after their
return fr..m the Tooting Pauper Asylum, under circum-
stances with which the public are already familiar.
Mr. WAKLEY, in opening the proceedings. inquired if
Mr. Druuet, the manager of the asylum, attended, and
on being answered in the negative, continued—lt was
desirable the jury and the public should know the course
he intended to take in carrying on this inquiry. If Mr.
Drouet had been present, he should have asked him to
put in a list of the persons he wished to be examinee', as
he did not by any means wish the investigation to be re-
garded in the light of a prosecution. It was generally
the testimony of the public press, that on the whole,
the children at the Tooting establishment had been
kindly treated, and the guardians of the unions
to which they belonged were generally satisfied. At
the same time, the calamity which had occurred was
one of the most deplorable description—one calculated
to strike terror in the public mind, as indeed he knew it
had done from the numberless communications he had
received. There was no more depressing agent than
terror, and therefore it was most desirable that the
exact truth should be known, and it should not be his
fault if anything remained unexplained. He was quite
sure that the gentlemen of the jury would not object to
bestow upon the case the time and attention which its
extraordinary circumstances demanded, of which not
the least extraordinary was their holding an inquest in
Middlesex on deaths which had taken place at Tooting,
is Surrey. One hundred deaths had taken place within
a few days, and no inquest had been held. In the
course of the present inquiry the surgeon of the
asylum should be asked how that had occurred, whe-
ther the Coroner had received official notice of the
deaths, and whether any public board or authority
had interfered to prevent inquiry before a jury. He
pre,umed that the Coroner had received due notice, yet
if he (Mr. Wakley) had declined after such notice, he
would never attempt to hold another inquest. If ever
there was an inquiry into appalling circumstances, the
present was one; and how any coroner could ever hold
an inquest after declining in such a case was what he
could not understand. The Coroner for Surrey could
not be unacquainted with the principle upon which his
office was founded. Every one knew that such in-
quiries as the present could do no good to the dead, bu t
yet might be of infinite service to the living. It was
therefore to protect the living, and not in any hope of
serving the unfortunate dead, that coroners' inquests
were held. It was well known that so anxious were our
forefathers for the preservation of human life, that a
felon was nut allowed to die in a gaol without an inquest
being held as to the cause and mariner of death, and for
the purpose of ascertaining that the law had been pro•
perly administered. If these inquiries were held in the
case of criminals, how much more necessary were they
in the case of poor helpless children, who were not free
agents, when confined in these pauper establishments.
Having applied his mind most seriously to the matter,
he could not understand why no verdict had yet been re-
turned in the Tooting cases. Why, he had been informed
that upwards of eighty deaths had taken place in one
establishment there.—(Sensation.)
Mr. Grainger said that eighty had been buried in
Tooting churchyard, when the authorities interfered to
prevent any more interments.

,
A juryman remarked that one order had been sent to
Chelsea for 67 coffins.

Mr. WAKLEY said that the absence of inquiry was
most extraordinary. It was not his duty to look out
for cases of inquiry, but to hold them when he re-
ceived proper notice. Having been out of town, in
consequence of indisposition, all his knowledge of the
'rooting cases was derived from the public journals. He
had seen that a number of children had been removed,
that the Board of Health had called in the aid of Mr.
Grainger, and that in consequence of his recommenda-
tion, the children of the Holborn Union had been re•
moved. When he had soon this, lie came to the conclu-
sion that numbers of children would die after re-
tnoval, but that did not take place from the humanity
of Mr. Grainger's interference. That gentleman well
anew that in India it was the regular course for
the people to take their departure from a place
visited by the cholera, sometimes to go and live in the
jungles, and it was well known that many escaped
there provided they were not attacked within three or
tour days of their departure. It was, therefore, the best
recommendation that Mr. Grainger could have given, as
it would have been consigning tho children to destruc-
tion to have left them in a place where a most malignant
epidemic had broken out. Besides, what must have been
the feelings of poor children who were left behind on
seeing van loads of their companions going away every
day! He regretted the absence of Mr. Drouet, but he
was determined upon having the most searching inquiry
into every circumstance connected with this most awful
calamity. As it could not be finished in one day,
perhaps the jury would fix upon au early, day for the ad-
journment.

Several of the jury mentioned Tuesday, which was
accordingly fixed upon.

Mr. WALLET tlien said that it should be intimated
to Mr. Druuet that his presence would be neces
sary, when, if he did not attend, a summons should
be issued.

Dr. Garrod said that his chemical analysis would be
completed by that time.
Mr. WALLEY thought he was bound, at this stage of
the proceedings, to observe that it was Mr. Winch, one
of the guardians of the Holborn union, who had written
to him requesting the present inquiry.
The first witness examined was Caroline Filby, as
nurse in the llolborn Union, who deposed to the death
of Janet Johnston and Bridget Quin, aged respectively
eleven and five years. The first died on the 6th January
and the second on the following day. The number of
Holborn Union children taken back was 154. They
looked pretty well when they first came up. None of
them complained. Janet Johnston was taken ill on
Saturday evening; complained of sickness and thirst, and
cried out with pain. Mr. Wingfield, the surgeon of the
union, saw her about half-past seven. Did not complain
of cramp. Witness gave her first toast and water, and
then cold water. She died about a quarter past two,
and was sensible to the last. Asked that her sister
might be sent for about ten minutes before she died. Did
not appear to have much difficulty of breathing. Com-
plained of pain in the lower part of of her bowels. (It
was here stated that the body of this patient had been
opened by Dr. Peacock.) Quin took ill on Saturday
night been eleven and twelve o'clock. Symptoms same
as in the other case, only patient not purged. Died be-
tweenseven and eight o'clock on Sunday morning.
. .

Keziah Diamond, deputy matron Of the Holborn
Union—Was present when James Andrews died, in the
boys' ward. He was six years old. Died at half-past
eleven on Saturday morning, having been taken ill at
halt-past six with purging and vomiting. Was put in
hot blankets, and turpentine and medicine was adminis-
tered. His skin was very cold. Had no cramps. Was
pureed five or six times.
Mary Harris—ls a nurse in the union. Attended
Michael Harpur. Died on the Bth of January. Died at
a quarter to one in the morning. He was taken ill on
Sunday afternoon. He was not purged; was sick, vo-
mited about four times. Cannot say how many times the
doctor saw him. Never rallied a moment.

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on anatomy and physiology at St. Thomas's Hospital,
and author of a work on Anatomy. Had been re-
quested to visit Tooting for the purpose of inquiring
into the mortality which had taken place in the
pauper establishment there, and also of ascertaining
the real nature of the epidemic. Visited it on Friday, sth
Saturday, 6th of January, and Wednesday following.
Had prepared a report for the Board of Health, which
he would read for the jury. The board were most
anxious that every document connected with the trans-
action should be made public. Had suggested the ne-
cessity of an immediate inquest at Tooting. Had no
means of knowing why that inquest was not held.
Had no doubt but that an inquiry would take place in
Surrey, at least, if the board could procure it, but their
powers were limited. Did not know whether the Se-
cretary of State had been applied to, but believed that
some communication had taken place between the Se-
cretary and the board. Had not had any communication
with Mr. Drouet on the subject. From the result of
his inquiries had avoided asking him any questions.
Had taken no evidence from him. 'To a juror.—
The board could not compel a coroner to hold an inquest.
Their power was derived from two Acts, one a general
sanitary measure, from which London and the district
twelve miles round was excepted (Drouet's establishment
not being, therefore, within the operations of the Act);
the other the Prevention of Nuisances Act, which gave
very limited powers.

The CORONER here observed that the Poor-law Com-
missioners assertoed that they had nothing to do with
Drouet's establishment; but he contended they were re-
sponsible under the 15th section of the Poor-law.
The Clerk of the Holborn Union said that he held in
his hand a letter, of 1847, from the Pooraaw Commis-
sioners, approving of the removal of the children, and re-
quiring from time to time a report of their condition.
There were mouthy visits of the guardians to Tooting.
Mr. Grainger then proceeded to read the report, from
which it appeared that he was ordered on the sth inst.
to visit Mr. Drouet's establishment ; that on entering
the wards on the female side he was struck by a sense
of " extreme closeness, oppression, and foulness familiar
to all who are acquainted with close, unventilated, and
heated rooms overcrowded with children." The rooms
were crowded with beds utterly dispreportioned to the
space allotted to them, and the lighting and ventilation
of the wards was wholly insufficient. On the boys' side
there was a room with eighteen beds nearly touching
each other, The boys ill with cholera were two in a
bed. This ward bad windows only on one side, a con-
air. There was only one nurse to the girls'
struction incompatible with a due supply of light and
ward, and
ono nurse to the boys' ward. No efficient aid was af-
forded to the suffering children, and the various appliances
for administering relief to patients suffering from cholera
were either totally wanting or quite inadequate. He
recommended an addition to the medical staff, and to the
number of nurses, but on a subsequent visit discovered
that his recommendations had been either totally neglected
or only partially carried out. Instead of regular nurses

some of the pauper children were employed to attend on
those suffering from cholera; there was one medical
attendant only, who took charge of 1,370 children for a
salary of 501. a year. There had been premonitory
symptoms fourteen days before the outbreak of cholera,
but no preventive measure had' been adopted. The
rooms were overcrowded, and the ventilation defective
and entirely incompatible with the maintenance of
health, even in the case of a much smaller number than
were in this establishments. The yard was damp and
wet, and there were no day-rooms for the children ex-
cept the school-room, which was overcrowded and ill-
ventilated. One long room has been recently erected
near two foul open drains, and close to some pigsties,
and 150 children were placed i❑ this room. In the im-
mediate neighbourhood there are open ditches, canals,
and pieces of water of the most offensive character, and
no locality more unfit for the lodgement ola large Dum-
ber of children could possibly have been selected. These
causes induct d in the patients a high susceptibility to
the disease, but the disease itself is attributed by Mr.
Grainger to improper and insufficient diet, and insufficient
clothing, but above all to overcrowding, and on its out-
break Mr. Grainger is of opinion that there was repre-
hensible neglect. It is the concurrent testimony of all
the medical men who have seen the children that the
disease is Asiatic cholera.

[We shall publish this valuable report in extenso on
Monday.]
A Second Report was read from Mr. Lovick on the
state of the ditches iu Lower Tooting, and stated that
the whole of the sewerage of Lower Tooting was sub-
served from an open ditch, which descended to Mr.
Drouet's establishment, constantly filling it with malaria.
The centre of the principal dormitory was only 350
feet distant. The report contained many of the parti•
culars which have already been published in' various
stages of the investigation, and concluded by recom-
mending a thorough cleansing and flushing of the
ditches.

A Third Report was read. kilns a supplemental one
by Mr. Graicger, stating the steps of investigation by
which he had ascertained the disease at Tooting to be
true Asiatic cholera, and the names of the medical gen-
tlemen who concurred with him in opinion. All the
medical gentlemen who had visited Tooting were unani-
mous as to the nature of the disease.

The CORONER said that the jury and the public were
much indebted to Mr. Grainger for the extremely valu-
able reports he had read, but it would be necessary that
he should ask him a few further questions. In answer
to questions—Witness had no doubt that the epidemic
which had broken out at Tooting was true Asiatic cho-
lera. Mr. Grainger here gave a lengthened explana-
tion of the different symptoms of Asiatic cholera, as de-
scribed by German, Indian, Russian, and English phy-
sicians, but the statement was of too strictly a medical
character to be of interest to the general reader. All
the symptoms described by those authorities, or those
which his own experience supplied, he had found in the
Touting cases, and he had not the slightest doubt on his
mind but that they were true Asiatic cholera. He was also
convinced the cholera was present in London, and
was picking out the places predisposed to its
reception. In answer to the Coroner, Mr. Grain-
ger declared that laudanum combined with a
stimulant was the best remedy in the pre-
monitory stage, but declined to mention the exact dose,
as it might tempt people to attempt its treatment them-
selves without applying to a physician, which was a
point of the first necessity. No. 1 Circular of the Board
of Health contained the best instructions on the subject.
All the medical gentlemen who had visited Tooting
coincided in his opinion as to the nature of the disease.
He was decidedly of opinion that the disease was not
contagious. In Tooting it was restricted to the asylum
as much as if the building had been surrounded with a
wall of iron, although people from the town went in and
out of the place every day. The special causes to which
he attributed the outbreak at Tooting were the diet and
regimen, and, above all, the overcrowded state of the
dormitories. It was the system to which the calamity
must ultimately be attributed.
The CORONER made an observation strongly condem-
natory of the conduct of the medical officer of the
Wandsworth Union, in ordering the removal of bodies
from Tooting within twelve hours. He had known
cases where persons supposed to be dead in cholera
had revived.

Mr. Grainger read a minute of the Board of Health
declaring that the farming system offered no security
for the health of the children, and recommending that
it should be put an end to.
In answer to the Coroner the witness stated that ho
had examined a considerable number of the children at
Tooting, and had found that generally they were not in
a good state of health. There was a great pallor, sore-
ness of the eyes, while a great many seemed to have
the itch. Still some were in perfect health, but in his
opinion it would be utterly impossible to crowd 1,400
children together in any building without producing
disease ; 70 children could never sleep safely in one
chamber. In hospitals they were abolishing the large
wards.

The proceedings were *ben .ctiOUrnea t. ten o'clock
nu Tuesday next.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

THE FIRST LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY.—We think
we may now with some degree of confidence announce
that the Earl of Clarendon, at present the Lord Lieu-
tenant of Ireland, will succeed to the vacant post of First
Lord of the Admiralty. Our readers may probably re-
member that on the accession of the present Ministry to
power Lord Clarendon was named for the Admiralty,
and had Lord Auckland declined the office, the Earl of
Clarendon would then have been First Lord.
Captain A. Milne has returned to the Admiralty from
Inveresk, Musselburgh.

APPOINTMENTS.
Lieut. Willoughby J. Lake (1840), from the coast-
guard service, has been appointed as Flag Lieutenant to
Commodore Fanshawe, C. 8., the newly-appointed com-
mander-in-Chief on the coast of Africa, to the Centaur,
steam-frigate, fitting at Portsmouth. Lieut. W . W.
Eyton has been appointed to North Yarmouth coast-
guard station, vice Roberts, promoted.
Paymaster and Purser—W. L. Inch (1847), to the
Centaur.

Naval Cadets—Gordon C. Sinclair, and Henry C. Gil.
bert, to the Centaur.

DOCKYARD.---Mr. Jorey, temporary clerk at Devon-
port, has been established as a third-class clerk. The
temporary vacancy has not been filled up.
Commodore Sir Charles Hotham, K.C.8., and the Pe-
nelope steam-frigate, Captain L. T. Jones, will not leave
the Coast of Africa station before he is relieved by Com-
modore Fanshawe, C. 8., in the Centaur steam-frigate,
Captain Buckle, in about March next.
The Rear- Admiral Superintendent Prescott, C. 8., of
Portsmouth Dockyard, proceeded on board the Excellent
yesterday morning, and paid that ship the six months'
wages due to the crew.

The Apollo, 8, troop-ship, Commander Rawstorne,
will be ready for sea service, at Devonport, by the Ist
of next month. She wants a few officers; but with the
exception of a few ratings purposely kept open, she is
fully manned.
The Pembroke, 72, was taken out of the basin at
Portsmouth, on Tuesday.
The Curacoa, old frigate, broke adrift from her lash-
ings in Sheerness harbour, alongside the Minotaur, on
Thursday, and being driven alongside the town pier, did
some considerable damage to it.
The Adventure store-ship, Master-Commander Wil-
lington, will be ready for sea, at Devonport, by the 20th
instant. She is fully manned.
THE ARROGANT, AUXILIARY SCREW STEAM-
, FRIGATE.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
This splendid frigate, in charge of Mr. Tucker, the
master, with Captain Fitzroy, Lieut. Priest, and Lieut.
Robertson on board, arrived in Portsmouth Harbour at
one o'clock on Thursday afternoon, having in her pas-
sage round from the River realised all the anticipations
that were formed of her capabilities (constructed as her
stern is) as a sea-boat, and having come well up to ex-
pectation in point of speed. Without further reference
to the nonsense about her having started from Woolwich
" at a speed of about seven knots per hour, continuing
at a uniform but rather increased speed until opposite
the measured mile, in Long Reach, when the time was
taken, and the speed found to be against tide 5.886,"—
be it remarked, increasing, according to this very lucid
statement, until the measured mile brought her speed
down to " 5.886" knot; and without stopping to ques-
tion whether " this result was the most satisfactory on
record," well aware that nearly all the trials of steamers
have been thus reported, we may relate that, from the
best sources, we have ascertained the following gratify-
ing facts with respect to the Arrogant and her steam
performances:—
Tuesday was passed between the Nora and the Downs;
when in smooth water and with but little wind either
way, her speed was rated at eight knots. The wind
freshened as she proceeded on to Portsmouth, and when
she arrived off Beachy Head at midnight Tuesday, she
had to encounter the very strong westerly wind and
some sea, against which she steamed up to eight o'clock
on Wednesday night, by which time she reached St.
Helen's. During this passage it was ascertained that
her speed against a close-reefed topsail gale, with
smooth water, was between four and five knots, and
against a treble-reefed topsail breeze with a head sea,
three knots.

During the heavy north-westerly gale that blew on
Wednesday night, the Arrogant was anchored in St.
Helen's roads. At about 9.30 A.M., on Thursday morn-
ing, the wind blowing nearly a hurricane at north, she
weighed and steamed into harbour (coming in with the
heavy gale directly in her teeth) in capital style, thereby
fully and completely testing the capabilities and power
of the screw to propel against a dead head wind. So
hard did it blow, that the dockyard boats that were
sent to assist her to take in her moorings, were en-
tirely useless, and could only look to their own
safety. The Arrogant consequently was obliged to
let go her anchors, which unfortunately fouled the
harbour moorings; but she held on, and no damage re-
sulted other than fouling the moorings. The authori-
ties had no idea she would have attempted to go into
harbour during the gale that blew ; but the ship did not
seem to feel it, and went in with her topgallantmasts
struck, and her yards pointed to the wind. It may
readily he conceded that she had ample opportunity for
testing her capabilities in going round ; and they are
said to be everything that can be desired. She is re-