The Sun.
London, England, 1836-03-14 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

Th
Rot.-ioritl.nchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria, and their
terV "'illnesses' Household, attended Divine Service yes-
TaLY. The Dean of Chester officiated.
" Landgravine of Hesse Homburg and the Princess An-
t, attended Divine Service yesterday morning in the eh-
' Oyal, St. James's.
tae Landgravine of Hesse Homberg and the Princess Au-
rPa Plaaidce a visit yesterday to the Duke of Sussex at Kensing.oa
kßaron de Moncorvo, the. Portuguese Minister, left town yes-
i_tdiay for Calais, to attend on his Royal Highness the Prince
nand of Portugal ; and in the course of the afternoon
"'4:ard Elphinstone, one of the Lords of the Bedchamber, also
3 teem for Dover, so receive and attend on his Royal High-
~E,* Who will arrive at Dover this day.
very arrangement has been made at Dover to receive the
i4inee with the greatest respect and attention. Three of the
berearriages have been sent to Dover, to convey his Royal
Illes:, to Kensington Palace, where he will arrive for din-
-1411 Auesday, when the Duchess of Kent will entertain her
Z-cious relatives, their suite, the Portuguese Minister, &c.
visifu Tuesday evening, it is expected, the Royal party will
„flhtie King's Theatre, when they will occupy the Queen's
e Duchess of Kent's boxes.
to " Prince Ferdinand of Portugal is accompanied to this
plrlintrY by his father and brothers, their Serene Highnesses the
'lces Ferdinand and Augustus of Saxe Coburg, and his Se-
an:. Highness the Prince of Leningen, the Duchess of Kent's
* as also by Count Lavradio (on a special mission), Mon-
it!. V...asconcellas, Baron de Dreiskau, &c.
Tooke,• M.P. Mr. Freshfield, M. P., Mr. Freere, M. P.,
Hohne, a deputation from the Incorporated Law So-
on is had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer
turday, in Downing-street.
tur's Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign Office on Sa-
thl afternoon. It_ was attended by Viscount _Melbourne,
ord Chancellor, Viscount Duncannon, Lord John
11 ell, Viscount Palmerston, Lord Glenelg, Mr. Spring
p''°, Earl of Minto, Sir John Hobhouse, Lord Holland, Mr.
%lett Thomson, and Viscount Howick.
The Council sat three hours.
homessieurs Williams, Pim, Perry, Mac Mullen, and Ma-
k neY of Dublin, had an interview with the Chancellor of the
it:obequer on Saturday,' on the subject of a general packet
Pon on the south-west coast of Ireland.
I-hOrd John Russell entertained a party of Members of the
e —se of Commons at dinner, un Saturday evening, in Wilton
reseent, Amongst the company were Lords Ebrington and
Bent.
Sir John Wrottesley and Robert Price, Colonel
D.,"„', Messrs. Loch, Ridley, Colborne, Patrick Stewart,
tt, Pazakerley, T. L. Hodges, Warburton, and Ellice.
i.ll,;;kount Melbourne had a dinner party on Saturday even.
'll South-street.

WINDSOR.—SUNDAY.
Th
e unfavourable state of the weather yesterday prevented
Majesties leaving the Castle.
raoZlie Rev. Isaac Gossett performed Divine Service this
Ay,. I
,Service
in the Castle. In the evening the Queen attended
1.44 tr Service in St. George's Chapel. The anthem was
Nideentee.l-IYran. The Rev. Dr. Goodall was the Canon in

BPo,
w e Duke of Wellington occasionally dines at the
ai°' united Service Club, quite alone, and merely from the
No. His Grace is most abstemious in his habit, so far as it
11 a, -`ll to wine ; and although the hospitality at his own house
aiiCual t, , jar for its magnificence and excellent taste, the Duke
Thif
of LooSdale ; in his diet, is one of the most simple men in England.
li -e Earlwhose eyes were couched
, ador)
%Ite, the direction of Mr. Alexander, with such complete
leatelas that his Lordship's sight is entirely restored, pre-
%jail:l'4%th: eminent oculist with 1,000 guineas as a profes-,
tal
'
41411 11(1Ymanufacturer, ori-
Foot, the celebrated•snuff
ktb Y kept a small tobacconist's shop at Limerick. One
A t his h .
:4s 11. 0 ouse, which was uninsured, was burnt to theground.
tat •ti' u ntemplated the smoking ruins on the followingnmoorrr.n_-
toui a
hi state bordering on despair, some of the poor i,,h
1 en4l groping among the embers for what they could find,lf_
nett' g among several canisters of unconsumed but half-
uses "uses ',nue, which they tried, and found it so grateful to their
Laitti tuat they loaded their waistcoat pockets with the spoil..
ttarat OYIP°OI, roused from his stupor, at length imitated their
`astatrie. and took a pinch of his own property, when he
had
aequi_t 3' struck by the superior pungency and flavour itT
larloied from the heat to which it had been exposed. rea-
,ealiethtlp this valuable hint, he took another house in a place
Ne 'ulack yard, and, preparing a large oven for the pur-
Nab' r'et diligently about the manufacture of that high-dried
iNir--ty which soon became widely known as Black-yard
.4 4 terra subsequently corrupted into the more familiar
qtarttl3lackguard. Lundy Foot, making his customers pay
teals 1 through the nose, raised the price of his production,
katie4flarger house in Dublin,' and ultimately made a hand-
Thhttune by having been ruined.—Tin Trumpet.
Ihe o,e,beggar woman who has for several years walked
L"okhrrd Circuit barefoot, following the rpute of the Judges
's aost,r"ace to place, as their Lordships go to hold the Assizes,
butel that circuit as usual.
liltlntercourse with Greece is every day becom-
,:ser, and Producing additional benefits to the rising Go-
blare flt of that country. Athens was visited last year by
taOr hglishmen than had* been there for years, and, indeed,
11,,a4 ti our countrymen were to be met there than might
I:(B4beriedn found in many towns in France or Germany... Mr....
th ge, en English gentleman of fortune, is cultivatinb
Ntlks • tteat assiduity a farm he has purchased on Mount Hyme-
ia4twi others of our countrymen have been induced, by
ttlikettriltkus of health or economy, to settle in .tEgina and
ilPoiii "hr commercial relations with Greece have also
ttnitiobly improved. The direct imports at Patras, from
ii,eed;,, dinare thisyear nearly treble the amount of the year
ti1i.%.0, iw.. ,11ilst the exports have advanced from 73,000 to
ii. tsh a" 'Ps, the value of the merchandise importedeby
millorts "'Ps, direct from England, amounts to half the en ire
ether iftvaile the exports from all the other States put to-
aisttlimalthl scarcely a ninth part of the value shipped for
„„nr, 4 British vessels. These cargoes, consisting almost
they,, hf currants, have, notwithstanding the. late reduction
lan ,lllty to
-usooo/. . One-half its former amount, paid a duty of above
A , to the English Customs ‘t it "rrible i
p.l2.._etherie , murder was committed a few days since
t 0 i!apeigne, I_ll the department of the Oise, between Senlis and
pOri, and
it body of a young man, who proceedingwasfra
aitlr'cize, ne;:s othnad about him a sum of 1,200 sin
son of a merchant of St. Quentin.. The
coq er, Was effectede, during. his sleep, by the mistress of the
%lb I e!'e he lowed, ;1415t etion
_,. ged, assisted by her servant, who, after the
110 bre, i 1 th.eir crime, cut up the body into small pi.ee• ,
titiirneih,
_tlem into the river ! The anxious father receivi.nng
utit'., and
of his son, set the police of Paris on the i
air: aear ,ttoorn.sequence of the discovery of a bloody napkin,to
44(1
.their h`L,lver, which had served for the murderers . .1`; fell colausssioonn,oltihoeiteedri.minals were eventually detected,
1., 4, i
ee
er,. li earl Y
jtiperp has ow investigation, says the Stockport Ad-
wielent >n urinated. The evidence is decisive, and the
at., :0 t11.,u,,t.be " to Newgate," if the House of Commons
rell;rati'nua.otaln even the appearance of impartiality.—[The
totqe rs thnlL which repeated defeats has driven the Tories,
te4i,Y. li. I now wholly regardless of truth and common de-
tiffetakteelyr be l'alrnn.g., 'were punishable by law, Newgate
_would.
It
liar s.] large enough for the Stockport-school class of Prise for
!IN .to angler considerable period been matter of snr-
be,, '4 the r,F and others thatsalmon were seldom or never
el,' tiotie ,i`.lve u shoals have
h -rd. -c, la the Sg, near Hereford, although
t tli ~.t he i„ ‘ wYe, into which the Lugo. flows at Mor-
tta.ateor.a.e,o.ve -r;t}7..ry,however, has lately been partly solved
N. which •4' numbers of otters (the remarkable pen-
!hll4laloq4,,rters animal for fish is 11 known), had taken up
es tiA ut th ~,,near the mouth ofthleveLu g and intercepted the
hap ia,,lrriaiesitPa3suc'e up the river. gNo' fewer than eight of
"Ncl?; tleref ave !Zen captured by Mr. Shiers, an inhabi-
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ill IZt- 'the.!:rfidaiLl -1.-bre -ingenuity and- perseverance in, appal-lei-
-
gl
hhe a„sa 1 sled creditable to him. ine m
"Mbpl it was by placing traps baited

;olore,

with fish near their places of resort. One of them, which was
caught last week, is a reniaatiliJiy fine one, measuring about
five feet in letlgin. The eetintehaiice, ti'the animal is very
"PreS-aiee, poseessing Much et the inieliigence,Of the dog, and
the otter, like the Shah is; peld4pi; or being tamed.
Biting fhb adtriiitia ef a Scarce and valuable fish caused by
thete ereettiPes they are perfectly harmless.
On Saturday the adjourned Licensing Meeting of
Magistrates was held for the parish *Of St. George, Hanover-
square, when all the applications for new public houses were
refused% A *resolution was also passed, upon the proposition
of Charles Graham, Esq., that, hereafter; if any public
houses were converted into " &n
.lAlaces;'' and a transfer ap-
plied for, it should tt6t be granted, unless such houses were
still providocl With the customary accdminodation of a tap-room,
required for the use of the ind4etrions labouring classes.
BIBLIOTHEtA FIEBERIANA.—The eighth por-
tion of this library concluded most brilliantly at Evans's on
Saturday last. Melusine Roman du Chevalrie, 63!. Thorpe.
Holy Bible, by Milee CoVerelale first complete English trans-
lation, 1535, very imperfect, 63!. New Testament, by Miles
Covertlale, 1538, 341. 13s. New Testament, by Miles Cover-
dale, 12mo. 1550, 20/., Thorpe. Mery Gestes of a Shrewde
Wife (the original story of the Taming of a Shrew) 28/. 10s.
This extremely rare tract, of which no other perfect copy is
known) was purchased by Mr. Daniel, the accomplished and
erudite editor of Cumberland's edition of the English Drama,
and the author of the biographical sketches. Skelton's Poeme
against a Comely Coystrowne, and Ballets, printed by Pynson,
304 10s. Sabie's Fisherman's Tale, 1595, 161. How ye Hye
Fader of Heven sendeth Deth to every Creature, a morall
playe, imprynted by Skot, 32/. Shakspeare's King Lear, first
edition, 15/. 10s., Thorpe. Shakspeare's Life of Sir J.
Oldcastle, first edition, 10!. 155., Thorpe. Painter's Palace
of Pleasure, 2 vols., 23/. 12s. 6d. Pacifici Maximi Hecate-
legium, one of the scarcest volumes in existence, Florent,
1489, 20/. Lyson's Collectanea Historica, 8 vols., 55/. 135.,
Rodd. This portion produced within a few pounds of 4,000/. :
there was great competition for many of the articles. Mr.
Miller, M. P. for Newcastle-under-Lyne, who, since Heber's
death, is the prime bibliomanist of the day, has enriched his
library beyond other collectors. Thorpe has purchased largely,
so have Rodd, Lilley, and Bohn.
The rapid decline of the trade in Barilla within the
last few years is very remarkable. In 1831, the shipments of
this article into the port of London from Spain, Sicily, and at
the Canaries amounted to 7,600 tons. In 1835, the shipments
from Spain and Sicily had entirely ceased, and those from the
Canaries had fallen to 900 tons. Such are the results of high
duties. The price of Barilla, per ton, is from 71. to 91. in
bond, and the duty is 21. The trade has now gone into the
hands of the United States, who will soon possess themselves
entirely of all the commerce of the Canaries, as they have
already supplanted us in other branches of trade at several of
the ports of the Mediterranean.
A moth has lately been caught at Arracan, which
measures ten inches from the tip of one wing to the tip of the
other, both being variegated with the brightest colours. It is
supposed to be the largest moth upon record, exceeding in di-
mensions even the largest in the British Museum, which mea-
sures about nine inches between the wing-tips.—_Mirror.
PREMIUM LEECHES.—We perceive that the Mas-
sachussetts Medical Society offers a reward of 500 dollars for
the best 1,000 leeches propagated in this country from a foreign
stock. If the kitchen cabinet has an eye to its own interest it
will obtain this premium ; for the deuce is in it, if out of the
forty or fifty thousand blood-suckers upon the spoils depart.
ment, the best thousand cannot be found for the purpose, and
that too of a most undoubted " foreign stock."—American
Paper.
EDINBURGH CORPORATION.--We regret to
learn, from the proceedings of the Council, and from other
quarters, that there is no hope of any amicable arrangement
between the Corporation and its creditors. Mr. Labouchere's
propositions contained, it appears, the ultimatum of Govern-
ment ; it was the verdict which he, the Government Commis-
sioner, pronounced, on a laborious examination of the city af-
fairs, from which there is not the least hope of his receding ;
and accordingly it has been intimated to the trustees for the
creditors of the city, that in future they must correspond di-
rectly with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the subject of
its affairs. The creditors appear to be equally determined
with the Government in rejecting Mr. Labouchere's proposi-
tions, so that the respective claims of each party must come
to be litigated before a Court of Justice. This is a discou-
raging prospect; and in the meantime no farther opposition
can be offered on the part of Leith to rival harbours,
wherever they may be planned. Thus the interest of the
port will be seriously compromised • everything will be com-
mitted to the uncertain chances of litigation ; and no one can
foretel the issue, or when affairs may come to any definite ter-
mination.—Edinburgh Courant.
A very fine specimen of the Crested Grebe, was
shot on the Dcrwent Lake (March 1), by Mr. Atkinson, of
Keswick, after a most arduous chase for nearly four hours (du-
ring which time it never attempted to fly), and affording a so-
litary instance of the crested grebe ever having been known to
visit this neighbourhood. Specimens of this bird are not
easily procured, as the rapidity with which they dive renders
the shooting of them extremely difficult.
MODE OF POURING OUT TEA 50 YEARS SINCE.
—" At seven o'clock this evening, being the 7th of Decem-
ber, I imagine I see you in your box at the coffee-house. No
doubt the waiter, as ingenious and adroit as his predecessors
were before him, raises the tea-pot to the ceiling with his
right hand, while in his left the tea-cup, descending almost to
the floor, receives a limpid stream,—limpid in its descent, but
no sooner has it reached its destination, than frothing and
foaming to the view, it becomes a roaring syllabub. This is
the nineteenth winter since I saw you in this situation ; and
if nineteen more pass over me before I die, I shall still remem-
ber a circumstance we have often laughed at."—Southey's
Cowper, Vol. 11., just published.
THE IPSWICH BRIBERS.--It was anticipated that
some further disclosures relating to the nefarious transactions
at the late Ipswich election would be made during the trials
of the parties accused of Bribery, at the approaching Assizes ;
but it seems to be the better policy of the Conservatives to
prevent, as far as lies in their power, all possibility of such an
event. The consequence has been that Dasent, Finch, and
Cook, have withdrawn their plea of " not Guilty" to the
charges for which they were indicted and have pleaded GUILTY,
thus rendering their appearance before a jury of their country-
men unnecessary. This proceeding, however, will in no way
modify the punishment for the crime laid to their charge, and
they will be called up to the bar of the Court of King's Bench,
next term, to receive judgment. It is yet uncertain what
course Pilgrim means to pursue. Over and over again, has
Mr. Kelly declared that until he has been found guilty by a
British Jury, he is entitled to be considered innocent of the
crimes and misdemeanours laid to his charge by the petitioners.
The Committee of the House of Commons declared that
" R. A. Dundas and Fitz Roy Kelly, Esqrs., were by their
friends and agents, guilty of bribery and corruption." These
friends and agents have pleaded guilty, yet Mr. Kelly is inno-
cent. Inoculated as the Ipswich Conservatives have been by
such an extraordinary kind of innocence, as Mr. Kelly has
shown himself to be possessed of, we cannot wonder that the
electors of the borough have since preferred Morrison and Wa-
son to Broke and Holmes as their representatives in Parlia-
ment, and the Municipal constituency, a Reforming Town.-
Council to,the worn-out and despised faction, who for so long
a period had squandered away the public funds, mortgaged the
Charity estates, and made the seat of Justice the reward of
those only who plunged into the thickest szenes of political
delinqUency.—Suffout Chronicle.
Lord Denman walked down to the Castle of York,
in plain clothes, on Thursday morning, before eight o'clock,
at which time the Courts were locked up. The ancient hal-
berdiers, probably disliking the early hours of business intro.
ducvl by his Lordship, had not arrived. The Lord Chief
Justice was knocking at the doors for admission, when up came
a man, and not recognizing who was before him, or deeming,
perhaps, that as " the wisdom's in the wig," so respect was.
only due to the functionaries of the law when attired in all
their official paraphernalia, refused to unlock the door for Lord
Denman, until a more seasonable hour, saying, " Nay, thou
can't get in yet—come again when 't Court's open." With
this answer his Lordship was obliged to be satisfied, and re-
tired to the Governor's house, where his person being better
known, he was accompanied back to the Court, and the doors
opened. He shortly after took his seat on the bench, and pro-
ceeded with the business of the day.—Hull Advertiser.
Mr. GALLY KNIGHT.—AIas ! that the northern
division of this county should be represented by such a drivel-
ler of the Stanley tail, while we have many gentlemen of the
most liberal principles resident within it, and there is one no-
bleman, who formerly did represent the county, who is all but
radical, the defender of Sicilian independence, the enlightened
Governor of India, on his return to his native country, who
owes his scat in Parliament to the city of Glasgow. Such a
blot in the escutcheon of North Nottinghamshire must not be
permitted to continue, and if the passenger in the Derby dilly
will not give up his seat, be must be told distinctly that he
does not possess the confidence of the electors, that they dis
trust him, and the hollow pretensions of reform which permit-
ted his election.—Nottingham Review.
PUGILISM.—GLASGOW, MARCH 1.--A prize
fight for 40 sovereigns, betwixt a Scotsman of the name of
Montgomery, and an Irishman named M‘Ginty, was fought on
Mearns Moor. They fought an hour an a half, during which
time there were 45 knock downs, of which Montgomery had
not above 12. Montgomery, after being severely beaten,
yielded the victory.
Dr. Johns, an eminent Physician of Manchester,
has been addressing a succession of letters to the Dissenters of
that great and important town, in regard to the aspect of the
Dissenters' claims in the present Session of Parliament. Ac-
cording to his letter, it appears that a diversity of opinion
exists, in regard to the clause in the intended Marriage Bill,
which appoints the Registrar to be present at the celebration,
if in a Dissenting Chapel, but makes the Minister of the Church
the Registrar himself.—Nottingham Review.
WAR UPON LOLLYPOPS.—On Sunday last, the
authorities of this city issued their mandates against the ven-
ders of apples, halfpenny cakes, and lollypops, and ordered se-
veral of these gross offenders (mostly old women and widows)
to appear before their saintships on Thursday_ next, for ex-
posing their sweets to public view. The Sunday-school
T
children and others, who get an extra halfpenny to spend, for
their attention to their lessons, are in a state of insubordination
emmeomriaolrirailtierse
atnh
de authoritiesratobe
aingacionnsstetreenvicoel,atainodn aorfetahbeoseutimtmo p y
allowed to suck a lollypop after their Sunday's dinner as here-
If We are allowed to be present when the memo-
acCisgivtse a faithful
reception.
ountpof r stehnet egdr,a
elvoeu s promise r
aocui ro
urse amdaenr sn
etre
of its
Some people
Compound for sins they have a
By damning thos.: they're not inclined
—Lincoln Gazette.
mind
to,
to.

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, MARCH 141 1836

dnd sell chairs and tables to=day; will delte and sell the beds
to-morrow„ andfollow, that out with the bioOdzithinding
echo of " VirinqVG" VirAgi Vdti
.N 04."
lam further confirmed in ind ctlitHetidri kdti urge
concession upon your flock, because it is your own senti-
ment ; for in urging Dean Pellew to concur in instructing
the Catholics—this is your language—l adopt it as mine,
and I apply it to Church-rates, against the use of jails for
enforcing Church rates, as matter of earnest recommenda-
tion. Nay, if you hesitate about it, Venerable Sir, I use it
as matter of admonition to you who are its author, and
have deemed it right to tifgo it to Dean Pellew,
Writing of educating the Catholic childrcn—.and I, you
know, am speaking of instructing men in the principles of
justice—writing to Dean Pellew, you say

" But, Sir, let me further ask, is this boon, harmless as
to evil, and probably subservient to good, more than we
ought, as Protestants, to extend to the posterity of those
from whose ancestors these very revenues in question were
wrested, and to whom they had for so many centuries pre-
viously belonged? Is it not enough for us to enjoy that great
mass of temporalities which will yet remain, and all that
can be usefully employed without grudging that little and
scanty dole which is here proposed to be dealt out to them ?
Shall we 'eat the fat and drink the sweet,' but forget the
other part of the prophet's counsel, to send our portion to
them for whom nothing is prepared?' Shall we proudly
and contentedly sit down beneath our own vine and
our own fig-tree, and revel in the luxuries of pros-
perity, and forbid these Papal dogs even to taste the
crumbs that fall from their master's table ?' No, my dear
Sir : whatever may become of the principle you oppose,
the principle you set up against it, if carried out to its
full length, would be both monstrous and impracticable.
It would reduce society to a chaos, and make every man
his neighbour's enemy. The bulwarks of our Sion cannot
be defended thus—the faith of our primitive founders was
not moulded in such a cast. If our Church do fall, it
will fall, not from a spirit of kindly concession in things
just and reasonable towards them that are without,' but
from that spirit which will listen to no suggestions of cha-
rity, and admit no reparations to be needful for their edifice
till they find it tumbling about their ears."
It is not, I trust, too much to expect from the vene-
rable Archdeacon that he will be prompt' to illustrate by
his practice the theories he has taught.

ZENAS.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

(From the Hampshire Telegraph.)

PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 12.—FRE/ICH SQUADRON IN
THE WEST INDIES.—Capt. Stowe, of the brig Bunker-
hill, at this port, from Antigua, St. Kitt's and St. Bartho-
lomew's, informs us that a fleet of five sail of the line and
six frigates had recently arrived at Fort Royal (Martinique)
from France, and that he left at St. Bartholomew's the
French man-of-war schooner Mutine, stationed at that
place.—Norfolk Beacon.
The Harrier, 18, Commander Carew, arrived out at Rio
de Janeiro, on the 31st of December, having touched at the
Cape Verd Islands ; she sailed again from Rio, for the Ba-
hia and Pernambuco station, on the 17th of January. The
whole coast of Brazil is swarming with slave-vessels, and
the trade in no period of remembrance was ever so brisk as
it was at the date of the present accounts. The Harrier
captured one of these vessels, and carried her in on the 18th
of January for condemnation. The Talbot, 28, was hourly
expected from Rio Plata, whither the Cockatrice brig was
about to proceed. The ships at Rio de Janeiro were the
Dublin, Actaeon, Wanderer, (since arrived at the West
Indies) and Hornet. It was the intention of Admiral Sir
G. E. Hamond to visit St. Catherine's. Capt. G. Willes
has taken the command of the Dublin (flag ship.)
The Melville, 74, with the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir P.
Halkett, went out of harbour on. Tuesday. She was paid
wages on Thursday, and will proceed to-morrow to Bermuda
where Sir Peter -will assume the command of the Halifax
and West India station, vice Sir G. Cockburn. She takes
out 20 second-class boys, from the ordinary here, to fill va-
cancies on the station.

The Portland, 50, Beacon surveying ship, are hourly
expected at Spithead, from the Mediterranean.
No intimation has this week been received relative to the
ships to be commissioned. The Madagascar, however,
will be fitted out forthwith, to relieve the Castor, on the
coast of Spain ; which ship will be re-fitted and re-commis-
sioned in June with the Pique, and Captain Hayes's new
frigate the Inconstant. These three ships, of similar force
and number of men, will afford a fair opportunity of ascer-
taining which system of ship-building is the best. Orders
have been received here to enter seamen for general service.
At Spithead—Melville.
In Harbour--Britannia, Excellent, Royal George, Pan-
taloon, and Sovereign transport.
PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS.—Lieutenant James
Shambler to the William and Mary yacht, but to command
the Lightniner Admiralty steam yacht ; Lieut. Peter Inskip
to the Coast Blockade at Eastbourne ; Lieut. E. de Mont-
morency (1801) to Greenwich Hospital, vice Meree, dec. ;
Mr. M. de Courcey, Mate, to Melville ; Mr. James Ran-
dall, Acting Master, and Mr. Woodrich, Assistant Sur-
geon, to the Swift packet ; Mr. Howell, of the Pylades, to
be Second Master of the Curlew, vice Saunders, invalided ;
Mr. Thompson, from the Actaeon, to be Master of the
Dublin, vice Taylor, invalided ; Mr. Biddlecombe to be
Master of the Actmon ; Mr. Robert Hayward (of Land-
port, Portsea), Assistant Surgeon, to the Pandora.
(From the DevonportTelegraph, March 12.)
The Pluto steam-vessel, which sailed from Hamoaze on
Monday, Feb. 29, for Falmouth, to take out the Mediter-
ranean mail,'returned to Falmouth on Sunday evening last,
and arrived here on Tuesday morning, having experienced
hard and contrary gales, with a heavy sea, during 50 hours,
having left Falmouth on Friday morning ; she shipped a
heavy sea, which washed off the crank hatches, and neces-
sarily a great quantity of water went below to the engine-
room. She laboured so much that it. became necessary to
heave the coals, which were on deck, overboard. On
examination the stern-post was found much damacrbedand the rudder-head sprung, causing a leak which de-
stroyed a great portion of the bread. The midship part of
deck is sunk about four inches, which shows that the vessel
must have been much strained, and in fact that a constitu-

tional defect has taken place. The length of the Pluto, in
comparison with her beam, is incompatible with strength,
and her draught, which is not more than seven feet, must
altoptlier render her unfit for service, especially in the
winter season, and when 200 or 300 bags of coals are piled
upon the decks, in that part of the vessel—midships,
which is, undoubtedly, the weakest. The Phoenix steam-
frigate met with a similar accident, and it is generally con-
sidered that these vessels have nct a bow sufficiently bluff
to contend with a heavy head sea. The Irish and Scotch
boats, and also the Rhadamanthus, present fair specimens
of steam-vessels, which would prove good and safe boats in
a sea-way.

His Majesty's ship Minden, 74, was undocked on Sa-
turday last, having had her copper cleaned ; and on Tues-
day the Talavera, 74, was taken into dock for the like pur-
pose, and undocked again the next day.
The Star packet is daily expected here from the West
Indies, and is ordered to be repaired at this port.
Admiral Sir Thomas Williams, Port Admiral at Ports-
mouth, will strike his flag on the 4th of April.
Remaining in Hamoaze.—Royal Adelaide, Pluto steam-
vessel, and Drake lighter.
In Barnpool.—Phoenix steam-vessel.
His Majesty's ship Endymion, 50, Captain Sir Samuel
Roberts, was at Corunna on the 12th ult , all well, having
just returned from Santander, to which place she had taken
12,000 stand of arms from Vigo. The Russell, 74, Capt.
Sir William H. Dillon, was at Ferrol.

His Majesty's brig Harpy, l 0, Lieut.-Com. Hon. G. R. A.
Clements, was paid wages in advance on Tuesday, and pro-
ceeded on Thursday for the West Indies ; but a heavy gale
of wind having sprung up from the westward, it is supposed
she will be driven up Channel.
Orders have been received to enter men on board the
Royal Adelaide, 120, flag-ship at this port, for general
service.