The Sun.
London, England, 1838-07-30 00:00:00

NAVAL FORCE OF FRANCE.

France has 11 ships if the line, first class, 126 guns each; 23 cf
sccond clas.„ 86 guns e;:ch; 23 of third class, 62 guns each. This forms
a Iola: of 57 ships, nearly every one of them built since 1818. Besides
this, France has 40 frigates, first class, each ol'6o thirty.six pounders ;
10 frigates, second class, each of 46 'thirty-six pounders; 15 frigates,
third c ass, each of 32 guns; 10 frigates, fourth class, of 26 gulfs;
24 corvettes, each from 20 to 32 gulls; 16 gun brigs; 27 steamers, the
majority of 160-horse power, and each of them well armed. In her
arsenals there are nearly 3,000 guns and carrunedes for tl:e naval ser-
vice, enough to fit out 51 ships of the line, 20 frigates, and 20 corvettes.
The 57 ships of war (of the three classes), which France has Low in
commission, or ready for it, are the following :
Ships of the Line, First Class, 126 Guns.—L'Oce..n, L'Austerlitz,
Le Majestueux, Le Wagram, Le Montebello, Le Soverain, Le Troca-
d:ro, La Commerce, Le Friedland, Le Lcuis XIV., Le Ville de Paris.
Ships of the Line, Second Class, rated at 86 guns, but mounting 100.
Jefaa, Le Foudroyant, Le Diadem, Le Duquesne, Le Magnifique,
Le Santi Petri, Le Neptune, L'Algesiras, Le Suffrein, La Jupiter, Le
Tage, L'llereule, Le Jemappe, Le Fleurus, L'Ulm, Le Dugnay-Trouin,
L'Hannibal, i.e Turenne, Le Henri IV., Le Nayarit), L'Ajax, Le
13ticentaure, L'Eolc.

Ships of the Line, Thitd Class, 82 guns.—Le Tourville, Le Veteran,
Le Triton, Le Couronne, Le Breslau, Le Netor, Le Marerg), Le
Tr;dent, Le Sc ip:on, La Ville de Marseilles, L'Orion, Le Superbe,
L'Algar, Genereux, Le Dugueselin, Le Bayard, L'Alexandre,
L'Achille, Le Fontenoi, L'lntlexible, Le Diomede, Le Hector, Le
Jean Bart.

Every ship of the line is provided with four howitzer cannon, EO-
- called ala pairhans. Every frigate of the tirst class is to
have two cf 80 : steam-boats of 160-horse power, three of 80 ; frigates
of the second and third classes, sloops and brigs, four of 30.

AFFAIR. OF HONOUR.--Oil Tuesday last the
Grand Jury of the County of Sligo dined together. During the course t
the evening some " hot words" passed between Sir Jas. Crofton, Bart.,
and Thos. Charles M`Dermot, Esq., in consequence of which the latter,
with his friend, Col, I logg, left the room. Next morning an explanation
was demanded. Sir James Crofton referred Col. Hogg to his friend J.
Myles M`Doline,l, Esq. 'Thos.; two gentlemen, who, amongst others,
dined with the Grand Jury, and were prevent at the time the observa-
tions were us hap' ily brought the atPair to au amicab!e conclusion,
equally honou ble and satisfactory to both parties.—Dublin Paper.
The Clown Prince of Hanover is fast improving in
composition. A most delightful song has just emanated from his pen.
'The Prince de Moskawa, a son of Marshal Ney, has lately composed on
opera, which will be immediately brought forward at the Opera Comique,
at Paris. Duke Eugene von Wirtemberg has just finished a grand opera,
intitled, " Die Geisterbraut," of which report speaks very highly.—
Musical World.
A merchant in Fontainebleau, M. D------, who for
some time back had lived on very bad terms with his wife, has bet n
arrested on a ciiarge of having caused her death by poison. In the
month of May last his wife was forced to quit him in consequence of
his violent conduct, but at the persuasion of their friends she consented
a short time since to return to her home. But a few days had elapsed
when the reithhours of M. D—, attracted by the cries of distress.
proceeding from his house, approached, and saw the husband pursuing
the wife through the courtyard, and heard him threatening to kill het
if she did not drink the contents of a cup which he held in his hand.
At three o'clock the next morning the unfortunate woman was seen
upon the balcony of the house writhing in horrible convulsions, and a,
short time after she expired. On a post morton examination trac.oi of
a deadly poison were found in the stomach.—Galignani's Messenger.
MURDER WILL OUT !---A discovery, which has
excited the attention of the curious, was lately made on the estate of
Ch Wes Chaplin, Esq., at Blankney, by workmen employed to bui oil
a :veral labourers' cottages. In clearing away the earth to lay the
foundations, a number of human skeletons were found, deposited about
three feet below the surface. One, which was entire, measured six
feet in length. A very short and broad stone coffin was bared and
opened ; from the curious position of the remains it contained, it would
appear that previous to interment, the body had been severed in twain
about themiddle of fhe abdomen, and the two portions placed side by
side. Many skeletons of children were also dug up. 'The site of the
discovery is about a quarter of a mile from the existing church-yard. It
is surmised that this also has been a burial-place, but whether it belonged
to the present or any other church a unknown. Gre..t regularity hadl
been observed in disposing the bodies, and this is testimony of the spot
having been consecrated to Christian interment —Lincoln Mercury.--
[This paragraph is evidently penned with a view to screen from public
indignation the authors of the un.Engiish, un.Scotch, un-Irish, anti-
Christian, atr tcious. diabolical, man.murdering, woman.slaying, baV-
killing, New Poor Law. Does any one doubt, that these human skeletons
are those of a few of the miserable beings who have been sacrificed (in
parliament) by the Boards of Guardians, to glut the avarice of the tate-
payers. See with what attention to a wretched economy, these poor
bodies hare been huddled into the earth ; buried but " three feet be-
low the surface!" Call you that Christian burial, Mr. Liddell ? The
very short and broad stone coffin" proves, beyond question, the melt,'
of the Poor Law. The position of the remains it contained, showed
" that previously to interment, the body had been severed in twain
about the middle of the abdomen." And why thus severed ? Clearly
to ascertain it' a wretched workhouse, inmate had eaten oftener titan
once a week ! But what an extraordinary corroboration of Mr. Lid-
dell's veracity is found in the " many ske!etons of children" that were
dug up. " Dark rumours were abroad" that the bodies of the Sunder-
land innocents were carried for interment to a distance, their remain•
having been nowhere discovered in this neighbourhood; and it is now
plain, they were buried at B ankn2y. While Soult is fetching the heal
of Napoleon from St. Helena, it is to be hoped that Mr. Liddell will um.
dei-lake a pilgrimage to Blankn2y for a like pious purpose. He will then
have something to talk about when Parliament re.opens.)
On Friday a distressing and truly melancholy acci-
d:nt happened at Port Glasgow, whereby the lives of two fine children
were lost. It appears that a little boy named Millar, about ten years of
age, te!ong flg to Glasgow, who was on a visit to some friends in the
Port, wan in the sea bathing, off the old castle, at the time when one of
the st .amers was passing . The surge from the paddles of the stearaer
carried tun beyond soundings, when a girl named M'Kellar, fifteen yeat sof age, seeing the danger of the boy, dashed into the sea to hi'
rescue, but we are sorry,to add that another surge carried her 014 055-
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the two children were seen sinking, locked in each others' arms. The
bodies have not yet been discovered,—Glasgow Courant.
A few days since the sou of a man named DonellY,
a Roman Catholic, in the employment of Mr. Archibald Sly, died, Ond
was interred at Clonegal, in this county. No sooner had the interment
taken place, than a priest of a neighbouring parish proceeded to the
spot, accompaniid by a body of fanatics, and ordered them to disinter •
the body and throw it on the road, that it should not be laid in con's'
crated ground for two reasouslst, that the father of the deceased WO in Mr. sly's employment; and,-2d, because Mr. Sly had attended tn.
funeral—Carlow Sentinel.
At Moscow no natives act in the capacity of ape'
thecaries, this being a profession entirely confined to Germans. I.°.
prevent medicines being improperly made, and mistakes on the part 0'
the ignorant aid careless, of which many fatal instances occur in Eng-
land, particularly in giving oxalic acid for Epsom salts, so soon as it " known that any medicine has been 'made up wrong, the shup where it
was prepared is shut up by the police. Every prescription Tee/Wei by
an apothecary is retained by him, entered in a book, and for greater se'
curity a ticket is also given with the medicine, addressed to the person
for whom it is intended, explaining its nature, and the name of the OP
sician, and the exact time when it was sent to 'the hraiid. This is
prudent regulation.

It has hitherto been deemed impossible to execute
the Click! of Achilles as deseribed by Horner in the Iliad. The exrcr
riment is now about to be tried in Germany, where a literary and set'
entitle society has opened a subscription to obtain the necessary fund'
for the purchase of the materials, and the remuneration of the artist'
to be employed in giving birth to the work of the bard's imagination-
--Paris Paper.
Among the rooms shown in the old palace at Will'
nich is & state bedchamber which was embroidered for the El:cOr
Charles VII. It is stated to have employed forty persons for seven
years, and to have token 2,4001b5. weight of gold in the embroider,' ;
nor does its appearance throw arty doubt upon the statement. " I s‘4'
amused (says Mrs. Traope) by heating that when Napoleon was
con-
ducted
to this splendid bedchamber, he insisted upon having u sal°
camp bed prepared for him on one side of this stupendous cane,
leaving the sole occupation oC its magnificence to his empress."
The weather, in this neighbourhood, during the
greater part of the past week, has been rainy and unfavourable fir ti."
hay harvest. Fortunately, however, no great breadth of grass was Cut:
and we have this day (Friday) had a fine sun and a drying breeze, with
every prospeci of a continuance. The corn crops look healthy,
anil
though rather scanty in sorae localities, we hope for at least an aversv
crop,—Preston Observer.

0
THE ONE-SHELL PATTERN SILVER SpooN
AND FORKS,
The neatness and elegance of which have now a very genefal prefer' -
(ice; are charged 7s. 3d. per oz.--; at
T. COX SAVORY'S, CORNIIILL, LONDON.
(Seven Doors from Gr chnrch-street.)
The following are e usual Weights:—
oz. s. (I. X ~ tl•ti
12 Shell Pattern Table oons . 3O at 7 3 10 17 0
12 Ditto De crt ditto 2O at 7 3 7 li, ti
12 Ditto able Forks 2O at 7 3 11) 17 (
r. 1
12 Ditto. ''7 Dnsert ditto 2O at 7 3 7' 2 Ditto • Gravy Spoons
112 (1
4 ,
1 Ditto' Soul) Ladle ... ...... .10at73 - 3 1. 0
, 6
' 4 Ditto Sauce
4 Ditto Salt (gilt and strong) I 1
1 Fish Knife 2 9 0.
12 Tea Spoons
1 Pair Sugar Tongs 0 16
The Plain Fiddle Pattern, of the same weights as tltit above, ar°
offered one penny per oz. cheaper.
A Pamphlet may be had Gratis, containing a detailed List aOS
• ,
Drawings of the various Patterns of Silver Spoons and Forks, Su,
ver Tea and Coffee Services, Plated Ware, Watches, Clocks, l'e•
The Show Rooms contain a large variety of Patterns of 11°4 •
Plated Goods, and every article requisite to complete a Seevie 1.. e,
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8 1 RTS
• On the 25th inst., at Maidstone, the. the. lady Katherine Balder* °I
a son and heir.
On the 26th inst., at Money-hill, Rickmansworth, Mrs. J. Winstanley, of Chester. terrace, Regent's park, of a daug ,hter.
On the 24th inst., at Welcombe House, Warwickshire, the '
of C. T. Warde, Esq., of a (laughter.
On the 24th inst., at Spoudon, Derbyshire, the lady of
R. Cox, Esq., of a son.
On the 18th inst., at Versailles, Madame Ernest Daniel, d
daughter.

MARRIED, ~,----
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On Saturday, the f Bth inst., at the Rectory Church, IV„Aa—rig.
bone,
pedie
r,byof tLheo:)l3.gfleevet,lDlTsnett,Btourgke'rsastic,:s, eldest daughter of ''
Lieutenant-Colonel r' ott
Durant, Esq.
On Wednesday, the 25th inst., at the Independent chapel'
00
Southampton, by the Rev. James Hill, of Oxford, the Rev,' of
Lumb, Missionary to the East Indies, to Mary, second daughter
Mr. Isaac Fletcher, Southampton.
'
On the 24th inst., at Wyverstone, Suffolk, Lewis IleneleY, -rigr
of Great James-street, 13ed:or&row, to Martha, second 413'14
of the late Henry Illitton, Esq., of Enfield, Middlesex.

D lED.
Esq 4
On the 221 inst., at Caddington Hill, Hertz, jobn Pedley, -
aged 76.
• A EA,
On the 23d inst., in Great Prescott-street, Joseph Cohe-,
,
aged 64.
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On the 25th inst., Elizabeth, the wife of Joseph Grout, r-$44
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Stamford-hill.
On the 26th inst., Elizabeth, wife of Francis Stedman, ..„
r'''''' of
Baron-street. Pentonville.
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On the 22d inst., aged 34, Elizabeth Ann, wife of J. --Le hate
Esq., of Llwynduris, Cardiganshire, and eldest daughter of t"
J. Brown Esq
On the ~ of Purbrook, near Portsmoath. f Ge°'
3d '2. inst., at Bath. Julia Maria, eldest daughter 0 „oil
Batchelor, Esq., of Abbeville, county of Dublin, akd four j
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and seven months.

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