The Sun.
London, England, 1849-01-09 00:00:00

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The ,Duke of BEAuroRT--Then I do not consider
/hit the asylum can be under efficient management.
.My decision with regard to 'this question would
depend on the asylum being under the constant and
immediate superintendence of Mr. Smith. I shall
net feel satisfied with any other arrangement.
Mr. SMITH said, he could not attend daily,. though
he might be in attendance two or three days together;
but he would always be within reach of the asylum,
and could be in attendance any time in an hour.
:The Duke of BEAUFORT said, he should certainly
prefer that Mr. imith resided continually on the
premises, but did not offer any opposition to the
granting of the license, which was granted accordingly.
The CHAIRMAN then addressed the meeting at some
length on the facts disclosed in the recent inquiry,
and related some circumstances which had transpired
in other asylums in the county, which showed an
extraordinary state of negligence in their management.
These circumstances are to be brought before the
Court at the next Quarter Sessions.
Mr. GYDE and Captain SINCLAIR offered some re-
marks upon these circumstances, and inquired whether
the Court had not the power to correct this state of
things ? •
The CHAIRMAN replied that they had power to re-
fuse the, license on an application for renewal, or they
could impose certain conditions upon the renewal.
The conversation was prolonged to a late hour, but
nothing was done with respect to the new abuses al-
leged to have been discovered in the other county
lunatic :asylums, which remain over to the next ses-
sion.
At the Close of this discussion the Court proceeded
with other routine business, but the majority of the
magistrates retired on the decision of the case above
reported.
The attendance of magistrates at these sessions (in
consequence of this discussion) was one of the largest
ever known.

supposed w6ulettikepla in the' Court of Col:ninon
Council upon the subject. • . • •
After some observations from other gentlemen the
question was put, and decided in favour of the reso-
lution by a majority, of 2,,there•being 4 hands held up
for and 2 against the resolution.

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possible. A detachment of 11,yal Marine Arillery,
consisting ef 1 subaltern, 1 sergeant, 1 corporal, 1
bugler, and S 5 gunners, have been drafted for her.
Much surprise is expressed that the packet brings no
nevi's of Sir Charles Napier's squadron, A rumour has
been some days current both in and outside the dock-
yard that the Plumper screw-schooner is lost. We re-
commend all whom it may concern to place no reliance
whatever on such a painful supposition. As no news
has as yet been received from Sir Charles Napier's
squadron, nu any of the shipS spoken with or sighted,
so no intelligence could possibly have been received of
such a catastrophe as that.reported.`
Extract of a letter describing the late awful gale at
Malta, Dec. 1 :--

" On the 27th it blew a terrific gale from the N.E.,
which continued until the evening of the 28th. Such a
gale has not been experienced at Malta for many years.
I have not heard the exact amount of damage, but two or
three vessels lying in Bighi-bay -foundered at their
anchors, and several more went on shore. The only
lives I believe lost were by the upsetting of a boat be-
longing to an English brig, out of which three men were
drowned. Those wbo know Malta will be able to judge
of the violence of the gale from the fact that almosVhalf
of the lower battery of Fort St. Angelo has been washed
away. The harbour was filled with pieces of wreck, and
also with sponges, rammers, beds, and quoins, from the
batteries, 4c. Large seas broke completely over Fort
Ricasali. It was really a magnificent sight to those not
in danger."
Wind N.W., light winds and hazy weather.
MONDAY.—There are no naval movements here to-
day. The wind changed from E. and N.E. to S.E., and
ultimately to S. half W. Several ships are daily ex-
pected, the President, NothuMbeiland, Espiegle, and
Rapid amongst others. . •
By the Brazil mail we are informed of the arrival at
Rio, on the 16th of November, of the Tweed, 14, Com-
mander Lord F. Russell; and of the Inconstant, 36, Cap-
tain.Shephard, not having sailed thence for Valparaiso.
The Arrogant,. 46, new screw-frigate, is expected
round from - Woolwich daily, to be commissioned 'by
Captain R. Fitzroy, the late Governor of New Zealand.
It has been asserted that this frigate must not hoist the
pendant until the President, 50 (daily expected), hauls
down hers, as the Admiralty stands in awe of the Cob-
den financiers.

PLYMOUTH, JAN. 6.—Her Majesty's steam-vessel
Teazer, Lieutenant Selwyn, sailed on the 3d with mails,
for Madeira and the coast of Africa.

The Express packet having
,beext refitted, leaves to-
day for Falmouth.
Her Majesty's frigate Calliope, 26, Captain Stanley,
was paid off to-day.
Her Majesty's frigate Indefatigable, 50, is to be com-
missioned forthwith.

Seventy-two lads, candidates
,for apprenticeship in the
dockyard, were examined today by the schoolmaster.
Only 21 (the usual number) ate to be admitted.
Captain Gross and the crew of the fishing-schooner
Cygnet, picked up at sea by the Belgian ship Quentin
Matsys, were yesterday embarked-on board -the brigan-
tine Panda, 76 tons, Captain Hodeon, a vessel which
happened at this season to be fOrtunittely in the harbour,
belonging to and bound for Newfoundland. The cost of
clothing and passage has been defrayed by the sum of
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stances might happen to land.
The Netley has been put out of commission and her
crew ordered to the flag. ship.
The Adventurer, store-ship, was yesterday commis-
sioned at this port.
with 175 statute adults,
sails to-day for Sydney. The ship David Malcolm, 560
tons, Captain J„ Smith, with 194 statute adults, sailed
Ishi)iphil Lady Amherst, 446 tons, of
London, Captain J. 11. i,
yesterday for Adelaide.
Wind, S.E., light breeze, with rain.
PEMBROKE DOCKYARD.—The Lords of the Admit% lty
have of late turned their atteation to the uprotected
state of this important arsenal. The martello towers,
lately contracted for, are progressing; a number of
workmen are busily employed in excavating the foun-
dations for one, and the preparations for the second are
likewise in a forward state. These buildings are well
situated for the defence of the dockyard. A lieutenant
of the Royal Engineers has been placed here, to assist
in the superintendence of the contemplated fortifications.
A recruiting virty of the Engineers has been establ:dll d
under Captain Nelson, at Pembroke.

Woonwreu, JAN. B.—The Arrogant steam-frigate,
designed by Mr. Fincham, Master Shipwright at Ports-
mouth Dockyard as a 46 gun frigate, and fitted with
auxiliary engines of 360 horse-power, by Messrs. Penn,
on their direct-action trunk principle, went down to the
river to day, on trial, with the intention of proceeding
direct to Portsmouth if found in good working order.
This fine vessel, having on board Captain Fitzroy, the
gallant officer who is to commission her on her arrival at
Portsmouth; Lieutenant Priest, who is to be the First
Lieutenant; and Mr. Tucker, Master, who has been ap-
pointed and had charge of the vessel; with Lieutenant
Robinson, assistant to Captain Austin, C. 8., to report on
her performances during the voyage round to Ports•
mouth; Mr. Trieket, assistant to the chief engineer at
Woolwich Dockyard; Mr. Casey; Mr. Allen, second
master of the Black Eagle, with two of the warrant offi-
cers of that vessel; Captain Halsted, R.N., secretary to
Lloyd's ; Mr. James Laming, proprietor of the Sir
Robert Peel, Lord John Russell, and other steam
screw-propelled vessels trading with the continent,
and the Reverend Mr. Lang, who is to bo chaplain
of tho Arrogant, left -far moorings at half-past
ten o'clock, and on the engines being set in
motion proceeded on starting at a rate of about seven
knots per hour, continuing at an uniform but ra'her
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, or, making allowance for
the tide, an average speed of 74- knots per hour, with au
average number of 62 to 63 revolutions of the screw per
minute. The result of the trial to-day is the most satis-
factory on record, the power of the engines being only
360 horse, and intended simply as auxiliary, and yet they
gave a momentum to this splendid steam-frigate, of 46
guns of large calibre and weight, equal to 74 knots per
hour, when she bad on bead 246 tons of coals, 187 tuns
of water in tanks, and 13 tuns in casks, drawing 18 feet
9 inches aft, and 16 feet 10 inches forward, with all her
guns on board; the armament being heavier than was
originally intended, consisting of two 68-pounder guns of
95 cwt; each fur firing 68-pound solid shot, mounted on
traversing platforms with pivots, and sixteen 32-pounder
guns of 32 cwt. each on the upper deck ; twelve 8-inch
guns for 56 pounder hollow shot, or 68-pounder solid
shot, and sixteen 32 .pounder guns of 56 cwt. each, for
the main dock. During the trial between Woolwich and
Gravesend there was not a stoppage of any kind, the
engines being in 'the best working order, without a
single hot bearing, or the least degree of heating
in any part, the whole being so admirably adjusted as
not to require rectifying when in operation. The whole
of the machinery is upwards of six feet below the water
line, and the steam-chest more than three feet, rendering
the engines free from danger during warfare; while the
ventilation of the engine-room has been rendered perfect
by an adaptation of a fanner, set in motion by a small
engine of about six-horse power, which also by one
pump supplies the boilers, and by another discharges the
bilge water. This engine was not required to-day, the
weather being cool, and the engine-room at a very
moderate temperature, owing to the excellent system of
ventilation adopted, the small engine being only intended
as an auxiliary for giving a free circulation of air in
warm climates. The Arrogant is to have a crew of 460
men, and the accommodation for both officers and men is
of the best description, and sufficiently ample for every
purpose required, with room to stow provisions for
four months for all on board. The access to all parts
of the vessel is also easy, and the engines are so placed
as not to present any difficulty in working her ,to the
best advantage under any circumstance in which she
may have to be placed. The vessel proceeded round on
her way to Portsmouth in as satisfactory a manner s ate
could have been wished, the engines working withstseh
greatest ease, and the motion of the vessel as she r,
tine
onwards exceeding in every respect the mostsna_n
fhol
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expectations of her future commanding officer a
'who fitted her.

ALPAAAISO, OCT. 29.—Her. MajestP '''"''P
THE PACIFIC SQUADRON. is:
Asia, 84,
V
Captain Stopford, bearing the 11,1 g of Near-Admiral P.
Hamby, C. 8., Commander-in-Chief of this station, to.
gether with the Calypso, 20, Captain Worth, and the
Juno, 26, Captain r. Blake, are all at anchor in this bay.
The Fren
sailed c
Her Majesty's ship Champion, 14, Commander Hayes
brig-of-
war, sailed on the 4th inst. for Callao and the north-ward. On'
the Bth, the United States frigate Congress, 54 e
Captain lAralette, . arrived from Mexico hhomelitirsci
bound. She is to Mil to-morrow.
war, Genie • Captain Count Guidon,
for Coquimbo, and to exercise. on the 1 lth
Her Nl:kjesty's ship Juno, 26, Was - •
months, and was to have sailed for provisioned for eight
other freight after the arrival of an Bias to ship an-
hOwever, has brought out the last packet,
homewards. orders for her
which,
proceeding

The Calypso is .now to go the Juno's round, and sails
this thy: She will be the next ship for England. She
will return here in about seven months, and will be in
England in about ten months from this date. Her Ma-
jestys ship 'Asia sails in a day or two for the islands of
;St. J11:111 de Fernandez, and Conception, with Admiral
Hornby and a part of his family, to be back again here
the neat mail; it 4020 cortsizt whether the Gin=