The Sun.
London, England, 1825-02-07 00:00:00

ROYAL NAVY.

PORTSMOUTH, FEn. s.—Last evening his Majesty's ship
Aurora, 46, Captain Henry Prescott, C. 8., arrived from South
America, having completed her period of service on that sta-
tion. She left San Blas (in Mexico) in June last; Callao (in
Peru). 4th July ; Valparaiso (in Chili)loth October ; and Rio
Janeiro, (Brazils), on the 16th December.
Orders were received-on Thursday to fit his Majesty's ship,
Wellesley, 74, Captain Graham Eden Hamond, C. B. (one of
the guard-ships at this port), for the reception of his Excel-
lency Sir Charles Stuart and suite, and their conveyance to
Lisbon and the Brazils. The most sedulous exertions have
been-since used for her equipment. Her crew is to be com-
pleted to 600 men for this service.
The Bulwark, 76, Captain Thomas Dundas (a guard ship .at
this port), is ordered to be paid off and laid up in ordinary ; her
three years of service being completed. The Ganges, 84, Capt.
P. Campbell, C.B. is ordered to he &eked, and resume her
service.

On Tuesday the Brazen, 28, Captain George Willes, sailed
on a cruise ; and the Martin. 18, Captain Eden, for Plymouth.,
to he paid off. Remain at Spithead—Boadicea, Aurora, Py-
lades, and Pandora.—=The Shipley transport, Lieutenant J. W.
Pritchard, bound to South America, returned to Spithead this
morning with foul winds.
Commodore Sir James Brisbance, Knt. C. 13. arrived on Tues-
day, in the Boadicea, from Plymouth, preparatory to proceed-
ing to assume the command in. the EastAntlies. Sir James will
sail in about ten days.
. The Lords of the Admiralty have again shewn their deter-
mination that the principles of ship-building professed by
Captain Hayes, Professor Inman, and Sir Robert Seppings
(Surveyor of the Navy), shall be put put to the test upon. every
question that arises out of former experiments. Accordingly
the Champion, Orestes,.and Pylades have been ordered to un-
dergo such alterati.ms.as their several projectors shall sug-
gest for the purpose of elucidating their plans and bringing them
to perfect- maturity. We 'understand the Mists and sails of the
Champion arc to be increased considerably in size. That vessel
and the Orestes have come into the harbour. It is expected
that Sir John PhillirpOre will again take them. under his orders.
The Rose and Pandora (the latter has been converted to a ship)
are to sail in company in the next trial, as these vessels are
built on plans peculiar only to their own class.
- Captain D. G. Clavering is appointed to the Redwing, vice
Fitz-Clarence, promoted. Lieutenants. Robert Shebbeare and
E. Belcher are appointed to the Blossom, fitting at Woolwich
for a voyage of discovery.
DEVONFORT, F€u. 3.—Arrived the Bittern, Lieutenant
Dwyer, with seamen, from Liverpool. Sailed the Boadicea for
Spithead; Viper on a cruise. Remain—Britannia, Genoa,
Windsor Castle, Tribune, Bittern.
On Sunday last the Diadem transport, Lieutenant Williams,
arrived here with-the head-quarters of the 99th regiment from
Leith, which landed at Gosport.
On Wednesday the boats of the Boadicea captured at Spit-
head a wherry, with 87 tubs of spirits on ,board : on Wednes.
day the Wolfe cutter, Lieut. Acherley, arrived with 47 tubs of
spirits, which she picked up in the Channel from a vessel she
was chasing; which vessel was subsequently captured by the
Camtlion.

Lieut. Elwin of the East Cowes Guard Station has been
presented with the Medal of the Royal National Institution.,
for the moo. vati on of the Lives of Seamen, and for his meri-
torious conduct on several occasions of wrecks, during his ser-
vice upon the Sussex and Dorset coasts.

On Wednestrav last a Meeting of the Catholic
Association was held in Dublin, which was very numerously
attended, and a petition to Parliament was agreed on. The
Rent far the last week amounted to 9321.

OBSERVATIONS

ON THE
PROPO::.ED TERRACE ON THE THAMES.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Mg. EDITOR—As a friend to truth I trust you
will insert the following Remarks upon certain passages
in an article which has appeared in the Times Newspaper,
headed as above, and which I have by accident discovered to
be the production of a certain Peptic Doctor, an amiable,
learned, and accoltplished person but in this instance misled
probably by misinformatioa, and by a mistaken idea of his own
interest.

It is badly fair to criticise before the Prospectus is given to
the Public, or even completed • anti it has been delayed merely
to give time for objections to.be made, and with the hope of
conciliating the interests and wishes of the various parties con-
cerned.—The Dock will contain/more Barges than now lie along
the Banks.—lt never has been proposed to compel Barges to
unload as soon as they arrive.—Warehousing coals in sacks was
never thought of by any body but the Doctor..—Men, women,
and children, who are proverbially not as strong as horses,might, and do actually, live and thrive miraculously in arches
under the terrace of Somerset House. The Medical Gentleman
may not be professionally aware of the existence of such persons,
but this very ignorance on his part seems to prove the salubrity
of the place, though it may account for his reprobation of such
habitations. I fear every improvement must interfere with some
property ; does not the Doctor know the Burlington Arcade or
Regent-street, and how far does he mean to push this principle
of compensating all who may not without reason complain..
recollect the innkeepers on the Dover. Road petitioned for com-
pensation, when steam boats from London to Calais robbed
them of customers, and the proprietors of Canals may upon
the same principle-require compensation from. the projectors of
Rail Rlads.

The Doctor charges Co]. TRENCH with something very like
falsehood. Now the persons on either extremity of the Quay
of the first division, alluded to by Col. TRENCH, were Mr.
DALGLEISH and Mesara. FINDLATER and PUGH, and the
...Doctor had better ASK those two Gentlemen; whether it was too
Much to state " their tastes and wishes to have been consulted,
" and that their objections and difficultieS appeared to be ob-
" viated." The Quay was driven from Vilinehall because that
neighbourhood afforded no prospect of any traffic sufficient to
justify the expence of construction. lamat a loss .to guess how
the Doctor obtained possession of minutes marked confidential,
and printed solely for the purpose of giving-to the Members of
the General C,orinittee intimaation of ar.L.the changes and.
FLUCTUATIONS in PLANS and opinions of those to whom
they had delegated their authority, to inquire and consider, and
I am equally at a loss to know why having possession of
such papers, he should choose to quote them to the Pub-
lic. Neither the Prospectus, nor the Plan, nor the Litho-
graphic. Sketch are yet published, though they will appear
m a very few days. Houses of great architectural mag-
nificence were at first contemplated, and abandoned from
s fear of injuring the property and residences of the persons
abutting on that part of the liver—though the Company well
knew the persons so injured would have no legal claim for corn-
pensation.—Shops of thirty feet high with a covered walk along
the whole length. supported on columns were given up also,
from a reluctance to injure property in the Strand, these sacri-
fices will cost the company 30001. per annum of anticipated
Hround rent, yet this is made a subject of accusation. The
onourable persons of rank and character whom the Doctor
imagines to-be blindly led by taking SUGGESTIONS of the pro-
jector for FACTS, are tolerably competent to judge for them-
selves, and some of them were like the Doctor enemies -to the
measure, and have upon examination of facts and conviction
of their accuracy become converts. The Doctor should know
that as the line of the Bank is made more favourable to the
current of the River, the depth of the channel will be encreased
and PRESERVED, and more water can flow over the deepened
bed, so that the navigation will be improved while the danger
from inundation will be diminished. As to the Quay not being
used either in summer or in winter, it will be used by those to
whom it will be a convenience, and people of good taste .(atitt
for the sake of the Doctor's health I hope he will be among the
number) will often ride or drive, or walk; to enjoy the beauty
of this promenade, which will present a fine reach of the River
bounded on three of its sides by Waterloo Bridge, Westmin-
ster Bridge, and the Quay itself, anti it is hoped that at no re-
mote period that its fourth side may be adorned by a Quay on
the southern bank.

I can't understand why the beauty of a fine quay should be
confined to small towns. Das the, Doctor been at Naples,
Messina, Petersburgh, Stockholm, or even Dublin? The
Doctor might as well contend that turnpike-roads are not fit for
populous districts, but Should be banished to the solitude of
the Highlands.
I think it a disgrace to Great Britain that the majestic river
which flows through her Metropolis should be used only to carry
" merchandize, coal, and canal trade," or, as the sympathetic
Civis (of whom the gentlemen in the city would be ashamed),
says, to " take off the streams ,of the great sewers." But if it
must be our scavenger and beast of bnrthen, let us not degrade
it by the panniers of the donkey—let us at least adorn it with the
trappings that belong to the nobler animal : I would not render
it one-jot less useful to the commercial intercourse of the Me-
tropolis, but I would make it a feature of beauty as well as a
source of wealth, and the neglected Thames should become the
pride of England and the admiration of the world.
And now;that I take my leave of the Doctor, expressing my
sincere hope that he will soon find that the Savoy will be not
less valuable and infinitely more cleanly and healthful—l hope
he will professionally forgive me this latter wish.
Icannot conclude without expressing-my surprise at seeing
certain names, familiar to me, `affixed to the Memorial in
question. I have reason to believe that the individuals to whom
I allude were consulted, and did appear to approve of the plan,
—and that much pains were taken by the architects to mould
the design in the way most convenient to them.

OpinfOns are liable to change, and I impute improper motives
to no man.

I have the honour to be, Sir,
A FRIEND TO IMPROVEMENT AND TRUTH

BUO.NAPARTE'S WILL.

SHERIFFS' COURT, Fr. n.. 5.

CHARLES TRISTAN COUNT. DE BIONTHOLON, EXECUTOR
or THE:LAST WILL OF NAPOLEON BtIONAPARTE,Pkintiff,

JACQUES LAFITTE, De/6lant.
Mr. F. POLLOCK, Counsel for the plaintiff, stated that the
plaintiff was the executor of the last will of Napoleon Buo-
naparte, and the defendant had been BunnaParte's banker in
Paris, with whom he was in the habit of lodging considerable
sums of money, previous to his quitting France in the year
1815. When Buonaparte left France, in that year, he took
with him documents from the defendant, which chewed the
amount of the money then in defendant's hands belonging to
-Buonaparte. These docurnentl it would not be necessary now
to produce; but an account, the result of them, and a declara-
tion of the defendant's admitting its correctness, and that the
balance, equal to 129,422/. 6s. 2d. remained in his hands,
would be proved, which would entitle the plaintiff to a verdict
for that sum. It would be unnecessary to prove the will of
Buonaparte, as the defendant, by allowing judgment to go by
default, admitted that the plaintiff was the executor. • •
The Hon. Douglas Kinnaird stated, that he was acquainted
with the defendant's hand-writing ; he had seen him write, and
was in the habit of seeing his writing every week ; the signa-
ture to the account and declaration produced' Were in the de.
fendant's hand-writing.
Mr. John Allan Powell produced translated copies of the
account and declaration proved by AIN Kinnaird. The ba-
lance due to Buonaparte on the account was' 3,243,500 francs.
The, declaration stated, that the Defendant geld 'that sum on
account of Napoleon Buonaparte, and was dated the 15th of
January, 1825.
Major Miller stated, that lie knew the defehdant, and had
lately seen him in Paris, at which time he (the Defendant)
read the declaration now produced, and said the contents
were true. •
Mr. William Criquier stated, that he was clerk to a French
merchant in London, and was acquainted with the rate of ex-
change with France. At the rate of exchange, yesterday,
3,248,509 francs was equal to 129,4221;65. 2d. This was the
case for the plaintiff, to which there was no defence.
The SECONDARY charged the Jury that the evidence was
complete.
The Jury immediately assessed the damages at 129,422/.65. 2d.