The Sun.
London, England, 1849-09-19 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 17.—Her Majesty's brig Philo-
mel, from the coast of Africa, last from Portsmouth,
entered the Sound this morning.
The Scoat brig, which came in on Saturday morn-
ing, was the same day taken up Hamoaze and stripped
of her rigging.
The Right Hon. the Countess of Mount-Edge-
cumbe, escorted by Commander M'Donald and the
lion. George Edgecumbe, honoured Captain Mac-
dougal by visiting the blockship La Hogue yesterday.
The Countess attended church on board, and after-
wards took luncheon with Captain Macdougal. La
Hogue in course of a day or two leaves this port for
Cork, where she will bear the flag.
Wind—Easterly, smart breeze.
CHATHAM, SEPT. 18.—The Calypso, 20 guns,
Captain Henry J. Worth,' sailed from the Nora up
the river Medway on Monday morning, the 17th,
and arrived opposite the dockyard at twelve A.M. She
took her moorings alongside the Hussar hulk. Her
general appearance is such that she looks more like a
ship just fitted out than one that has completed a
service of nearly four years. She commences the
discharge of her stores this day, and the dismant-
ling of her rigging, preparatory to being paid off.
It is stated that much sickness prevailed on board
when off Mexico, and that the fever was fatal to about
one in three.

The Wolverine, 16-gun sloop, was taken on
Saturday last under the spurs, when she was masted,
and the riggers have commenced setting up her rig-
ging. She is expected shortly to be put into com-
mission. _

The Duck naval lighter, J. Savage master, arrived
here on the 17th, from Portsmouth, with stores for
this yard; and the Goodwill, Pledge master, arrived
on the 16th with stores from Woolwich. Both these
vessels are alongside the dockyard, discharging their
car.g?e3. _ . _

WOOLWICUi SEPT. 18.—The Archer, steam-vessel,
went down the river on an experimental trial on
Saturday, having on board a number of naval officers
studying at the factory, and several other gentlemen
connecta with the stea:n department. The vessel is
of 973 tons burden, and fitted with engines of 200
horse-power taken cut of the Rifleman, a vessel of
only 484 horse-power. The diameter of the screw
used in the Rifleman was 8 feet, with a pitch of 8
feet, and in that vessel the engines made 46 to 48
revolutions per minute, but the greatest number they
made in the Archer, with a screw of 12 feet 6 inches,
was 23.3 per minute on Saturday, and when the vessel
was tried again, after having 12 inches taken off the
diameter of the screw, it was 23.95 revolutions per
minute. The average speed attained by the Archer
in three runs, twice down and once up the measured
mile in Long Reach, was 6 391 knots per hour, and
the average of six runs yesterday was 6.151 knots per
hour, the vessel drawing 13 feet 3 inches forward, and
14 feet 10 inches aft.

VISIT OF A RUSSIAN WAR-STEAMER TO SOUTH-,
AMPTON.—The Russian war-steamer, Kamschatka, left
Southampton on Sunday. She called at that port both
on her voyage to and from Madeira, to which place she
conveyed the Duke of Reichstadt. Russian money of
the value of 10,0001. sterling was spent in Southampton
during the two visits of the Kamschatka. A large quan-
tity of ship's stores was taken in there, and some portion-
of the crew were traversing the town from morning
until night, purchasing wearing apparel, domestic
utensils, cutlery, and other things. It is very evident
that Dutch manufactures of all kinds are highly esteemed
by the Russians from the eagerness with which the
Kamschatha sailors took advantage of their visit to
Southampton to spend their money on them. It was
curiaua to see parties of these sailors, most of them pos-
sessing the Tartar head and features, visiting almost
evebr'shop of the town. Their appearance and manners
were the opposite of the reckless and jovial jack-tars of
thia-country.- The Russian officers politely allowed the
inhabitants of Southampton to visit and inspect their
ship. It certainly is a very fine one, but cleanliness is
rot considered on board one of the cardinal virtues,
as it is en board an English man of-war. What
astonished a visitor most was the mode of feeding the
common sailors. A large wooden trough was filled with
a sort of porridge made of ground beans and some fatty
matter. Two men stirred it with rakes so as to make
the admixture perfect. This was served out to the sea-
men in basins, and the men, squatting on their haunches,
ate it by means of wooden spoons with evident gusto.
The commander of the Kamschatka spoke English
fluently, and one evening during his stay in Southamp-
ton he went into the Sun tavern, where the merchants
and tradesmen assemble, and pretending to be an
American, he introduced the subject of Russia, and heard
some curious and unflattering opinions respacting the.
Emperor of all the Russias, and his conduct towards
Hungary. The Russian money which the crew of the
Kamschatka spent consisted of the ducat, worth 95., and
the rouble, worth 16s. Tiae former was a very beauti-
ful coin. The money changers stated that both coins
were of a very pure quality.
Prince Canino (Lucien Bonaparte), the late Presi-
dent of the Roman Republic, is to be entertained at a
soiree at the Town.hall, at Birmingham, on Monday
evening next.
The advices from Vienna of the 12th state that the
order prohibiting the export of specie had been annulled,
and from and after the 18th instant the shipments would
be free. The premium upon gold and silver had declined
to nearly par.
THE Punnic HEArrn.—Last night's Gazette con-
tains several orders in council extending the provisions
of the Public Health Act to the following places:—
Stratford-on-Avon, Norwich, Fareham, Aylesbury, and
Rugby. The same Gazette contains orders from the
Board of Health directing the authorities of the follow-
ing parishes to take certain steps for promoting sanitary
reform—viz., Hull, Holborn, St. James's (Westminster)
St. Pancras, St. Matthew, Bethnal-green, Sculcoate's
Union, Rotherhithe, and St. Mary, Newington. An
order directed to the manager of the New Bunhill Fields
Burial-nreund, directs that interments are to be discon-
tinued for the present in that over crowded graveyard.
MR. WHISTON AND THE ROCHESTER CHAPTER.--
Yesterday the Dean and Chapter of Rochester met, pur-
&neat to adjournment, to decide on Mr. Whiston's case.
They assembled at twelve o'clock with clo3ed doors. At
half-past four they had not summoned Mr. Whiston to
their presence, nor apparently decided in any way upon
their course of proceeding.
DR. THOMAS PRICE AND THE ECLECTIC REVIEW.
—The Dissenting public will learn with great regret
that Dr. Thomas Price has been pronounced, by medical
authority, in such a state of health as forbids any further
active participation in public engagements. It has been
discovered that he labours under such a diseased affec-
tion of the heart as requires perfect tranquillity of mind
and body. One consequence of this melancholy dis-
covery is, that tie Doctor will be unable to prosecute his
literary labours in connexion with the Eclectic Review,
which, for l'2 years, he has edited with so much effi-
ciency. His retirement from that post of usefulness will
in itself be a great loss to the cause of civil and reli-
gious liberty, which has never had a more zealous, and
but seldom so able an advocate.—Patriot.

FATAL ACClDENT.—Yesterday an inquest was
held at the Caledonian Arms, Caledonian-road, Islington,
before Mr. Wakley, on the body of Thomas Perkin:,
aged 32, a miner, employed in the Copenhagen Tunnel,
of the Great Northern Railway, Islington. It appeared
that at five o'clock on Monday evening the deceased wag
engaged with other miners formine, part of the Tunnel.
Shaft, No. 2, and when at a depth of teu feet, about five
tons weight of clay gave way, and fell upon the unfor-
tunate man, who was completely buried. Nine other
men had been at work on the spot with the deceased
just before the accident happened, and they narrowly
escaped the same fate. Numerous labourers commenced
digging after the deceased,. and in about half an hour
they got him out.
purpose, as life was lgrueditiecaelxatiidnc7asTchlielresi
wians, bnuot
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attrbutable to any pal ty, and the jury returned a verdict
of " Accidental Death." 'The deceased. was a single man.
MIDDLESEX liesPITAL.
place in
the weekly meeting of governors tootsqp, the Board-room to,
Th, wise and
this hospital, E. Burke,
benevolent resolutions of the. goverrnmoartia.t dispense with
letters of admission during the epidemi°c
public importance. Many bad cases of clsaoloefr muds
diarrhoea have appeared for treatment during thae last
week, but such are lessening in number daily, a remark'
which it is believed will be found to apply to the metro-
politan hospitals generdly.
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agricultural labourer residing on a farm near Newtown, sur_
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broke out in blotches in various parts of his body; the com-
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medicines from two or three medical men, but their remedies
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and rubbing the Ointment well into the affected parts, and by
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