The Sun.
London, England, 1849-05-02 00:00:00

N°.17,660.3 LONDON, WEDNESDAY NING

A LDERMANBLTRY WINE STORES, No. 18.
JOHN MOUNT, AGENT.

FOR READY MONEY ONLY,

The value of Wine as the best stimulant to man is notorious, and
even Scripture recommends its moderate use to all men, but exces-
sive taxation precludes it from all but the wealthy. To mitigate this
evil as much as possible, the Proprietor of this establishment, by con-
tenting himself with s nail profits for ready cask, can offer• the most
genuine Port, Sherry, Lisbon, and Marsala, at 245. per dozen, and
which wines, the public should know, could now be retailed at a
shilling a bottle, but for the enormous duty. The Port and Sherry
are imported by most respectable shippers, and the Lisbon and Mar-
sala, as well as the higher qualities of Wines enumerated below, are
obtained from the very first houses in the trade, and aro offered at
the following prices :
Superior Ports from the wood
Crusted ditto

. . 283. 30s. 343.
30s. 365. 425. 445. 435.
28s. 303. 365. 425. 48s.
. . 323. 38s. 443.
. 455. to 60s.

Sherries, including Amontillado
Madeira, direct from the Island

East and West India do. . .
Superior Clarets and other French Wines, according to
quality . ...... 28s. to 725.
Champagne 425. 48s. 545. and 665.
This last is of the very best quality, and if a three dozen case be
taken, 645. only will he charged.
Sparkling St. Peray . ...... 48s.
Moselle, Hock, and Rhenish . . . . . 365. to 725•
Cape (Red and White) ..... . is,
Pipes, Butts, Mids., Quarter-casks, and Octaves, charged in the
same proportion.
Dozen orders will be executed in all parts of London free of car-
riage. Single bottles are sold on the premises after the same rate,
or will be forwarded into the country as samples on receipt of a post-
office order, or stamps, including Bd. for basket, booking, &C. Orders
to be addressed to John Mount, Agent, IS, Aidermanbury. N.B.—
A Petition for lowering the exorbitant duties on wine lies on the
premises for signature, a copy of which. is inserted in the body of
our paper.

NELL GWYNNE TAVEttN and CHOP-
HOUSE, Bull Inn-court, Strand, for Luncheons, Dinners,
and Suppers, Three Doors East of the Adelphi Theatre, and opposite
Adam- street.
Messrs. ARCHES and HOLT most respectfully invite their
friends and the public to patronise the Nell Gwynne Coffee• room,
which has been fitted up in the style of the period in which she lived.
Visitors to the Theatres, Citizens, and Gentlemen connected with
Somerset House, and the Banking Houses in the vicinity, will find
the Table d'llote, which takes place at Half-past Five precisely, the
most comfortable and reasonable in the metropolis.—Fish and
Joints, 2s. per head. Hot Joints until Eight, and Suppers untt. Ono
o'clock. Private Dining-rooms. excellent Beds, superior Wines and
Spirits, fine Ales, and Barclay and Perkins's Stout.
N.B. An Entrance also from Maide■ lane.

PEGG'S ROYAL YORK HOTEL'
BRIGHTON.
HARRY PEGG respectfully announces (more particularly to those
who have not been in the habit of frequenting Brighton) that his
house is delightfully situated at the bottom of the Oid Steyne, in one
of the most pleasant, quiet, and central parts of the town, it com-
mands an extensive view of the ocean, 3et not so near as to be an-
noyad by the winds that so continually blow from the south-west
quarter ; it stands near the Chain I'ier, and will be found most con-
venient for travellers to and from the Continent.
The House is large and commodious, and the suites of apartments
are such as to suit every class of society. . . . .

To the patrons and friends of this establishment the Proprietor begs
to state, that since the last season he has considerably embellished
and improved the interior of the house, and it will now be found not
inferior t• any similar establishment in the kingdom.
The Cuisine is so well appointed as cannot fail to please the most
fastidious taste.

The Wines are of the first and finest description, and the greatest
possible moderation is strictly observed on all the charges.
Families boarded on the most economical terms by the week or
month.

AN GE L HOTEL, ABERGAVENNY.
THOMAS VAUGHAN MORGAN, in returning his sincere
thinks to those Commercial Gentlemen who have so kindly sup-
ported him since the death of his father, begs to inform them and
others that the greater part of the house has been fresh painted,
papered, and re-furnished. As the whole of the Mails and Coaches
stop at his house, it offers a convenience not afforded by any other
inn in the town.
A Show-room for Patterns. Horses and Gigs or Phxtons let by
the Week or Month.
May 1, 1849.

SOCIETY of PAINTERS in WATER
COLOURS,
The Forty-fifth Annual Exhibition is NOW OPEN, at their Gal-
lery, 5, Pall-nsall East, each day, from Nine till Dusk.
Admittance, ls.—Catalogue, 6d.
GEORGE FRIPP, Secretary.

THE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC
INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET.
The Collection of Models of Agricultural Implements has been
greatly increased by additions deposited by the Royal Agricultural
Society and other scientific parties. The use of these Models, as well
as all others in the Institution, is explained from day to day.—Lec-
tures by Dr. Bachhoffner on the Ventilation of Mines, &c., by
means of a Jet of Steam, daily at fwo o'clock, and on alternate
Evenings.—Lecture on Chemistry, daily at Half-past Three, and on
alternate Evenings.—The Microscope.—The New Dissolving Views
include Scenes in Van Diemen's Land, from Original Drawings taken
on the spot by J. Skinner Trout, Esq.—New Chromatrope.—Diver
and Diving-bell.—The Music is under the direction of Dr. Wallis.
Open daily from Eleven to Five ; and in the Evenings (including
4aturday) from Seven till Half-past Ten.
Admission, la.—Schools, Half-price,—The New Catalogue, le.

T O the MON T II of M A
Shining, smiling, flowery May,
Listen to my humble lay,
Fondly cloth my eye discern
Tokens of thy glad return ;
Now are nature's prospects seen,
Decked with newly spreading green :
All is charming, all Is gay,
Shining, smiling, flowery May.
happy month ! thy welcome reign,
With its ever pleasing train,
Scatters pleasures here and there,
Pleasures which the many share ;
Even in the crowded town,
Thousands hail thy blooming crown,
And to thee their honours pay,
Shining, Smiling, flowery ➢fay.

street,

While thy trees asd flowers assume
New attire on leaf and bloom,
We prepare a change of dress,
Suited to thy loveliness.
Daily now is MOSES' Mart
Filled with things in every part,
Win by MOSES' choice display,
Shirri.g, smiling, flowery May.
I myself have lately been
To this busy trading scene ;
And with pleasure did I scan
Dress designed on such a plan.
Trowsers, Coats, and Waistcoats, too,
Really beautiful to view,
Here were bought for little pay,
Shining, smiling, flowery May.
Hats and Caps and Boots and Shoes,
Such as none could well refuse,
Showed what MOSES' Mart can do,
When thy month appears in view.
May the preparations made,
Add to Messrs. MOSES' trade,
And with this I close my lay,
Shining, smiling, flowery May.
LIST OF PRICES.
ZZADY MADE.
Men's Spring, and Summer Wrappers from £0 8 6
The Bulwer, Pacha, Paletot, and every descrip-
tion of light Over-coats ...... • • ••• • • .... 1 2 6
Cloth Over Coats, of a light texture, and hand-
somely trimmed .. •
Do. do. lined with silk.. • •
Do. do. superior quality .... •••• • • • • 1 1S 0
Jean and Holland Blouses • • • • • • • 0 2 9
Fancy Victoria do. .. •
0 4 6
Dress Coat 0 17 0
Frock C0at..... . 1 0 0
Spring and Summer Trousers •
•
Doeskin and Buckskin do— .: ••••• • • • • • 04 0
Spring and Summer Vests in e•s:rY
..... •.. 0 4 6
e • • ............. 0 0 7 6
6
Black and Figured Satin Vests• • 1
Black de., superior quality
..... •0 4 6
White Marcella Vests ....•.:. •• ••
•• • • 0 9 6
Men's Black Cloth Vests .. •• ..
Boy's Spring and Summer Tests. .:.••••• •• •• •• •• 0 3 6
Boys' liossar and Tunic 5uit5.............. ••10
Men's Fishing Coats in great variety• 00
154
o
MAIM TO MIMMEZ.
raletots made from a variety of material, fitted
for Summer wear • • • • • • •• • •
•• •
••• 1 1 0
Do• very elegantly trimmed ••• • •• 1 a
Superior Cloth of a light texture..., ••• • • • 115 0
Ditto ditto lined with silk.... ••• • • •
••
•• 2 2 0
Ditto Dress Coat.. • • •• ••••• • • • • •
.• • • 1 12 0
2
15
0
Superfine Frock do. • • ••••• • • • .•
•• • • • • • • 1
15 0
3 3 0
Fancy Doeskin Trousers. .. •••••••• • • • • • • • 016 6
•••••• • • • • .• ...... .......... 0 16 0
Black do.
Black CBc
loth Vests .• .. ••• • • • •• •• • . OB 6
0 13 6
.. •• • • 014 6
Splenlid atin Vest ........ ......... .
Best do.• • • • • •
Hussar and Tunis suits • • • • • • .• • • • • •
.11 1..755 00
Superfine do. .. • • •• • • •
Men's White Marcella Vests . • • • • • • • • • •• • • • • •
Fishing Coats in endless variety from 0 10 6to 1 16 0
Elegant Dressing Robes in great
from 0 16 oto 5 0 0
Mourning to any extent at Five Minutes notice.
A Suit of Clothes complete for '
•11. 10s.
The new book, entitled the " Great act, with fall directions
F
for Self-measnrement, can be had on application, or forwarded, post
free, to any part of the kingdom.
Notice— I he Shawl and Parasol Department are now replete with
every novelty of the season.
Observe—Any article purchased, either ready made, or made to
measure, if not approved of will be exchanged, or the money returned.
E. MO,zES and SON, Tallow, Woollendrapers, Clothier., ratters,
Rosters, Furriers, Boot and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters, 154,
155, 156, and 157 Minories, and 83, 44, 85, and 86 Alegate, City,
London ; all communicating with each other, and forming one vast
Establishment.
Caution.—E. Moses and Son regret having to guard the public
against imposition; but having heard that the untradesman-like
falsehood of being connected with them, or " It is the same concern,"
has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons,
they beg to state that they have no connexion with any other house
in or out of London, except their Branch Establishments, 36, Far-
gate, Sheffield; and 19, Thornton's-buildings, Bradford, Yorkshire;
and those who require cheap and genuine clothing. &c.• should call
&t, or send to the Minories and Aldgate, City, London ; or either of
the Branch Establishments, as above.
Take N otice.—This Establianmeht is closed from sunset Friday,
till Sunset Saturday, when business is resumed till twelve o'clock.

FLIZA COOK'S JOURNAL.
On SATURDAY, MAY the sth, 1849, will be Published the
First Number of ELIZA. COOK'S JOURNAL, a:Weekly Periodical,
Price Three Halfpence, containing Literary Matter of Information
and Amusement.
The aim of this Journal will be to instruct and to please—its Prin-
ciples the advancement of Social Happiness and Mental Intelligence.
Essays and Arguments adapted to general interests and improve-
ments—Reviews of New Works—ltiographical Notes—Occasioual
Articles of Practical Import—The Fireside Story—The Voice of Song
breathing in homely Love and Sympathy, and a frequent page for
our young friends, will form the various features of the projected
serial, which will be dedicated to all who possess the spirit of pro-
gression and love of their kind.
Published by J. 0. Clarke, No. 3, Emmet-court, Fleet-street,
where all communications for the Proprietor, and Advertisements
for the Monthly Parts may be forwarded.

THE EMIGRATION NOVEL.
Just published, and may be had at all the Libraries, in 3 vols.
post Bvo.,
THE EMIGRANT FAMILY;
Or the
STORY OF AN AUSTRALIAN SETTLER.
By the Author of "Settlers and Convicts."
" This Is what Milton called a real book—a book calculated to afford
solid information as well as lively entertainment. The author's know-
ledge of Australian life is extensive and exact, and he has turned it
to profitable account. The whole scene and business of the colony
is placed before you, breathing with life."—Daily News.
"The characters are drawn with great distinctness, the incidents
are natural and striking ; there are many passages of great power
and pathos, and the truth of local colouring imparts a charm to the
fiction."—Atlas.
" Intermixed with the story are many sketches of a settler's life,
and the almost romantic incidents that frequently occur on the out-
skirts of the colony."—Spectator.
" The story reads like truth—the chief merit of fiction."—Globe.
London : Smith, Elder, and, Co., U 5, Cornhill.

CIIIS WICK MEETING.
A Full Report, with List of the Prizes, will appear in The
GARDENZRS' CHRONICLE and AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE.
The Gardeners' Chronicle is edited by Professor Lindley, aad may
be ordered of any News Agent, price 6d., free by post.

THE REGISTERED SYRIAN PALETOT.
By Messrs. SWAIN and CO., Court Tailors, 379, Oxford-

-
This celebrated OVER-COAT for the Spring has been introduced
in the lightest textures of material from the costly wools of Syria
the exclusive use of which has been secured by Messrs. Swain and
Co., and manufactured into the Paletot universally known as the
choicest article of the Yield extant.
The Local Agents for its sale in the British Empire are—
Mr. M. llatstein, Bristol.
Messrs. S. and S. Smith, Manchester.
Messrs. G. and W. Clarke, Bury St. Edmund's.
Mr. J. Hollingsworth, Ilinninghani.
Mr. W. White, Edinburgh,
Mr. John Whitty, College-green, Dublin.
Mr. Charles Saxelby, Shrewsbury.
Mr. Hubback, Berwick-on-Tweed.
Mr. It. Pinhorn, Newport, Isle of Wight.
Mr. J. Johnson, Ashton-under-Lyne.
Mr. Davison, Sheffield.
Al r. It, Wilson, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
Mr. John Crisp, Norwich.
Mr. F. Bare, Ipswich.
Mr. W. S. Bevin, Chester.
Mr. Whitmore, Stockport.
Mr. T. S. Wright, Northampton.

VA RICOSE VEINS, WEAKNESS, &c.
HUXLEY'S SURGICAL CAOUTCHOUC ELASTIC STOCK-
INGS, KNEE-CAPS, ANKLETS, &c., stand unrivalled for their
efficacy in all cases of varicose veins, weakness, sprains, &c. They
are drawn on with the facility of an ordinary stocking, affording
equal and permanent pressure in every part. They are less expan-
sive and more durable than any stocking yet produced. HUXLEY
and Co., particularly solicit the inspection of the profession.
Directions for self-measurement forwarded, and the article sent by
post. HUXLEY and CO., 5, Were-street, Cavendish-square.
" A Country Practitioner.—lluxley's Surgical Stockings : We
constantly use them, and find them thoroughly efficacious."—Fide
Lancet, Notice to Correspondents.

LEA. and PERRIN S' WORCESTERSHIRE
SAUCE is universally allowed to be the most Piquant and
the Richest in Flavour of any Sauce in use, and for Fish, Gravies
for Roast Meat, Steaks, Game, &c., or a zest for Curries, Soup, Cold
Meat, it is entirely unrivalled.

The unparelleled success of this Sauce having induced imitations,
purchasers are particularly requested to see that the name of LEA
and PERRINS are upon the Label and the Metallic Capsules, as also
to read the Testimonials (which are enclosed with every bottle)
from the residence of Royalty, the principal Club Houses and Ho-
tels in London, Edinburgh, &c. &c., and from private Families in
the country.
Sold by the proprietors, Lea and Perrins, 6, Tere-street, Oxford-
street, London, and. 68, Broad-street, Worcester; Messrs. llarelay
and Sons, Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and other Oilmen, London,
and generally by all dealers in sauces.

BEAUTIFUL TEETH.

It°WLANDS' ODONTO, or PEARL
DENTIFRICE.

A WHITE POWDER compounded of the choicest and most re-
cherche ingredients of the Oriental herbal. It extirpates all tartar-
sus adhesions to the teeth, and ensures a pearl-like whiteness to
the enamelled surface. Its anti-septic and anti-scorbutic properties
exercise a highly beneficial and salutary influence : they arrest the
further progress of decay of the Teeth, induce a healthy action of
the Gums, and cause them to assume the brightness and colour indi-
cative of perfect soundness ; while, by confirming their adhesion to
the Teeth, they give unlimited enjoyment aad fresh zest to appetite,
by perpetuating effective and complete mastication.
The Proprietors of this Dentifrice pledge themselves that its effi-
cacy is preserving and embellishing the TEETH, far surpasses any-
thing of the kind ever yet offered to the public, and has, is conse-
quence, obtained its selection by her Majesty the Queen, the Court,
and Royal Family of. Great Britain,:and the Sovereigns and Nobility
throughout Europe.—Price 2s. ,cl. per box.

CAUTION.—To protect the public from fraud, the Hon. Commis-
sioners have directed the Proprietors' name and address thus,
•• A. ROWLAND and SON, 20, Hatton-garden," to be engraved ox
the Government stamp, which is affixed on each box.
sold by the Proprietors, cad by Chemists and Perfumers.

Just published, price is., Svc in cloth,
rrHE RATIONAL TREATMENT of STRIC-
TURES of the URETHRA, in all their varieties and compli-
cations. With practical observations on the use and abuse of instru-
ments in the treatment of urethral diseases, showing that the unne-
cessary employment of instruments is a frequent exciting cause of
stricture, and that a want of practical knowledge and manual dex-
terity in their use, when necessary, is the source of most of the se-
vere, long-protracted, and complicated cases of that disorder so fa-
tally prevalent,
By F. B. COURTENAY, M.R.C.S.E.,
" The operation of introducing a catheter through an impermeable
stricture is, without doubt, the most difficult in the whole range of
surgical operations, and demands all the prudence, science, and skill
of a master. The art can only be acquired, and that gradually, by
frequent practice."—Liston's Operative Surgery.
Published by 11. Ballliere, 219, Regent-street ; aid may be had of
all booksellers in town or country.

Illustrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel.
ON PHYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPA-
CITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE.
ew Edition, enlarged to 196 pages. Just published, price 2s. 6d., or
by nost, 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-
cessive indulgence, infection, and the inordinate use of mercury,
with remarks on Marriage, and the means of obviating certain dis-
malincations. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. By It. and
L. PERRY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 19, Berners-street, Ox-
ford-street, London. Published by the Authors : sold by Strange,
21, Paternoster-row ; Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street;
Steno, 23, Titchborne-street, Haymarket; and Gordon, 146, Leaden-
hall-street.

PAST I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive
organs, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings.
PART 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessiveindul-
gence, and their lamentable effects OS the system, producing mental
and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative ncapacity.
❑lustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings.
Pella 111. treats 01 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.
PAST 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.
l'AaT V. is devoted to the consideration of marriage, and its
lutes. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and
the whole subject critically and philosophically inquired int*.
TLIECONDIAL BALM OF SYRIACUM is exclusively employed ix treat-
' mg nervous and sexual debility, impotence, kc., 11 s. and 335. per
bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, as anti-syphilitic
remedy, for purifying the blood in cases of infection, secondary symp-
toms, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, 1 Is. and 335. per bottle.
Perry's Purifying Specific Pills, Is. 9d., 45. 6d., and Ils. per box, a
certain remedy for gonorrhea:l, gleet, stricture, and chronic inflamma-
tion of the bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter, 11. A minute
retail of the case is required : age, habits, and position in society.
51. Packets, with advice, to be had at the Establishment only, by
Which the fee, lr.; is saved. Messrs. Perry, Surgeons, are in atten-
anee daily at 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, London, trorn Ele-
♦en till Two. and Five to Eight : on Sundays from Eleven to One.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.

BRISTOL, MAT 1.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—Tho share market was firm today.
sales are—Great Western, 171. Shares, 3 dls.—Taff Tale, 13$.

LIVERPOOL, MAT 1.
STOCK EXCIUNGE.—The transactions to-day were as follows :
Caledonian, Preference, 1 Is. 3d. Eastern Counties, 8 c.
Lancashire and Yorkshire (M. aad L.), Fifths, 41. Is. 3d.—Ditto,
Halves (L. and B.), 131,E dis.—London and North-Western, 131—
Ditto, New Quarters, 31. 16s. 3d. p.—Ditto, Quarters (C.), 3 p.—
Manchester, Sheffield, aad Lincolnshire, Preference, 1051—Ditto,
(Sheffield and Lincoln), 14% ffis.—Midland, 67 t;i—Ditto, Halves,
1114 dis.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase), 6
per cent. till 1850, 3 dis.—York and North Midland, .35.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
MALTA, APRIL IG.—The departure of the Locust
steamer for Genoa this morning enables the to an-
nounce the arrival of her Majesty's ship Hibernia, with
Sir William Parker's flag flying, of the Caledonia
yesterday, which vessel is to receive the Vice-Admi-
ral's flag, on the departure of the Hibernia, expected
to leave in about ten days, and of the brig Frolic,
from Beyrout, on Saturday last.
The Spartan is also expected from Venice in a few
days.
There is a report here of a serious quarrel at
Genoa between the English and French captains of
men- of- war.
The Locust has dispatches for the English Captain,
the Right Hon. the Earl of Hardwicke.
PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 29.—The following are the
promotions and appointments during the past week
(from the Hampshire Telegraph) :

PROMOTIONS.
Clerks—Edwin C. Davison, and William Hickman,
to the rank of Paymaster and Purser.

APPOINTMENTS.

Captain—Thomas L. Massie, to the Cleopatra.
Lieutenants—E. A. Bomber, and W. B. Elphin-
stone, to the Cleopatra.
Master—J. T. Davis, to the Cleopatra.
Second Masters—Samuel Braddon, to the Myrtle ;
and Robert Smith, to the Cleopatra.
Paymaster and Purser—Robert Loney, to the
Cleopatra.
Mates—John Leach to the North Star ; R. H.
Burton, to the Excellent ; and H. M. Bingham, to
the Cleopatra.
Clerks—A. W. Chimmo, :and Frederick Leine, to
the Cleopatra.
Midshipman—R. P. Gresham, to the Excellent.
Naval Cadets—The Hon. R. Moreton, to the
Cleopatra.
Master's Assistant—W. Paynton, to the Cleopatra.
Coast Guard—Commander John Henry Norcock,
to be Inspecting Commander of the Skibbereen dis-
trict; and Mr. Peter Chown, Master, R.N., to com-
mand the Scattery station.
Lieutenant George Williamson (1807) has received
the out-pension of fireenwich, in lieu of Commander
Farrant. We hare before noticed the claims of the,
Semaphore veteran, and are glad that the First Lord
has admitted them by his benevolent act.
The Arrogant, 46, auxiliary screw steam-frigate,
Captain R. Fitzroy, was paid wages in advance yes-
terday, and took on board her powder and shells. This
morning, at half-past ten o'clock, she got under weigh,
under canvass alone ; but, the wind being very light
and variable, sufficient way could not be obtained on
her to give her steerage. She was consequently
eei, underst
obliged to be anchored, about a quarter past eleven
o'clock, close to the Horse-shoal, while the steam was
shipped,tlm
got up, the funnel hove up,ndr w
and the
weigh, screw
when she was again got under
only, but with her topsails loose and sheeted home.
This was about one o'clock, r.m. After steaming outside
the Knab-light, a breeze having sprung up, she made
sail and damped up steam. She was lost sight of
soon after five o'clock, standing to the southward,
with a fine breeze, close hauled on the starboard tack,

for Cork.
vessel arrived to-day from
merariate.
Wind, W. by S.
M er breezes and fine
Plymouth, with fiwsinthce
weather.
97 —Her Majesty's sloop Ring-
PI:MOUTH, APRIL ......
dove, 16, Captain R. B. Miller, from the East Indies,
asatepeamrn-atug
December 21, 1848;
Cape of Good Hope, February Bombay,
21, 1849 ; St. Helena,
March 6 ; and Faye', April 11.
At the Cape were
came in this morning, last from
from Portsmouth, on the
24th. Her dates are
Commander F. T. Brown ;
, 50, Captain N. Cory;
steam-sloop Geyser,
and the steam vessel De
Kilmer. The Ringdove brought up in the Sound,
r
the flag-ship Southampton, 4
Master-Commander G.
After unshipping her powder she will go up Hamoaze
h
to be paid off.
ket-brig Seagull was taken into
Her Majesty's pac
h her copper
are
and saluted the flag of Port- Admiral Sir W. H. Gage.er s
the graving slip on Tuesday, to
examined.
Her Majesty's sloop Heroine took her ordnance
stores on board yesterday.
Dockyard—The artizans of the yard are breaking
up her Majesty's ship San Josef, at a contract price of
7a. 9d. per ton. Her admeasurement is about 2,500
tons.
The merchant-brig Rhodes, of Newcastle, 245
tons register, Captain Mullen, which put into Ply-
mouth on the 24th, with loss of foremast, carried
away in severe weather experienced in the Atlantic
on Good Friday, has a jurymast which was rigged
in the following manner :—The original mast broke
about seven feet from the deck, and in the after part
of the stump a deep groove was cut to receive the
temporary spar, a spare topsail yard, 36 feet long.
The heel being first placed in its socket, the head of
the spar was lifted from the deck by
a tackle fixed to
the main stay. When, by this means, it was raised
a certain height from the deck, the force of the cap-
stan was exercised upon a rope which ran forward to a
top-block on the larboard cathead, and thence through
another block at the bead of the spar to the starboard
cathead, where it was fastened. This readily brought
the spar upright, in which position its head was fixed
to the dead-eyes on either side by runners, thus con-
verted into shrouds, and its foot by three bands of
five-eighth chain firmly wedged to the stump of the
foremast. The canvass hoisted on the jurymast was
a lower studdingsail rigged on a
yard made of a top-
gallant studdingsail boom, worked with tacks and
sheets in the usual way. On the mainmast they
carried a square mainsail and a trysail, taking a
double reef in the latter, and easing it up when the
wind blew fresh. The Rhodes was laden with nine
keels (about 200 tons) of coal, and 30 tons of rail-
way tram iron, for St. John's, New Brunswick.
During the first gale she lost her bowsprit, foremast,
and mainmast ; had her decks stove, knightheads
started, and became leaky. In this shattered condi-
tion, with her temporary mast and insufficient canvass,
she sailed through a heavy sea an indirect course,
from 50.83 north and 23.25 west, on the 6th instant,
to the port of Plymouth, on the 24th, of more than a
thousand miles.
Wind, S.S.W., strong breeze.
PORTSMOUTH, MONDAY.—The Myrtle steam-tender,
under the command of Acting-Master Samuel Braddon,
formerly of the Comet, sailed this morning with about
thirty supernumaries to join the Cleopatra at Sheerness.
Mr. Braddon has been just appointed to the Myrtle, vice
Balliston, appointed to the Elfin.
Mr, Martin
The Confiance, Plymouth steam-tug,
master, sailed with upwards of sixty newly-entered cored men
to join the Cleopatra, 26, at Sheerness this
Nolloth,
The Plumper screw-schooner, Commander
is ordered to have her armament reduced to the same
character as the Reynard's.
Another frightful accident occurred at thin port to-
day. As a ;party of men in
the employ of Der.
Busbby, the contractor for the erection of the joint
terminus of the London and Brighton and London
and South-Western Railways at Landport, were en-
gaged in pulling down a house standing on the site
of the intended structure, they excavated too much of
the foundation of a wall of the tenement before they
tried to take it down; consequently, although warned
of the impropriety of their proceedings by their fellow-
workmen, one of whom told them not to peck any more
as he went down the ladder, they went on with, the work,
when on touching the wall to throw it outwards it took
an opposite impetus, and fell inwards, burying four men
in the ruins of the lower part of the house. Their names
are Connor, a labourer; Simms, a bricklayer; White, a
stonemason; and Harwood, a labourer. The accident
took place at about a quarter to seven o'clock this morn-
iug. The poor creatures were dug out of the ruins in
about a quarter of an hour, and speedily conveyed to
and Gosport Hospital, where
tsmeae't with the promptest attention;
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the two first named, however, sustained such frighful
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injuries in such a multiplicity of ways, that life was
despaired of from the first. The wall was on the second
floor of the building. Harwood's hip was dislocated.
Wind S.S.E., light breezes and fine weather.
PLYMOUTH; APRIL 28.—Her Majesty's sloop Ring-
dove, 12, Captain Robert B. Miller, was inspected yes-
terday in the Sound by Captain Sir Thomas Maitland,
of the flag-ship Impregnable, 104, and her crew went
through the great gun exercise. She came into har-
bour to-day and unbent sails; her crew will be paid off
on Friday.
Her Majesty's steam-tug Confiance, Mr. Wm. Martin,
master, sailed this afternoon for Portsmouth.
Her Majesty's Ship San Josef.—The last of this ship,
her keel, will be taken out of dock on Monday next.
About 150 in all, men and boys, have been engaged in
breaking her up; they commenced operations on the
9th inst., and will thus finish her on the 30th inst.
W ind—N.W., light breeze.
PORTSMOUTH, TUESDAY. - The Plumper steam-
schooner, Commander Nolloth, landed her 25 cwt. guns
yesterday afternoon, and is to receive carronades of the
same calibre in their stead. The Reynard, Cornmar•!er
Cracroft, is also to have carronades instead of her pre-
sent 25 cwt. guns, and also to land her after-pivot gun,
which was, in the late gale, found to be too much tor
her. The Plumper has retained both pivot guns, so
that her weight of metal will not be at all reduced by
the exchange.
The Elfin dispatch-boat for the Queen, Acting Master
Balliston commanding, is expected here from Woolwich
this evening.
The ship Constantine will leave Deptford to-morrow
for this port, to embark draughts of the sth and the 15th
Foot for the Mauritius and Ceylon. The latter detach-
ment, from the 15th depot at Brecon, will arrive at Gos-
port on the 4th, via Reading and Basingstoke.
The fright-ship Apolline leaves Deptford for the Isle