The Sun.
London, England, 1849-11-07 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

Rear-Admiral Sir David Duna, Kt., K.C.H., pro-
moted by the death of Sir J. B. Pechell, has been in
the service forty-nine and a half years, twenty-six of
which he has served afloat. According to O'Byrne's
Naval Biography, he entered the navy 30q.h April,
1800, as first-class volunteer in the Jason, 36, and
was wrecked, as midshipman, off the coast of France,
and taken prisoner, 21st July, 1801. In August of
the same year, having been liberated, he rejoined
Captain Yorke in the Canada, 74, 11th May, 1802,
was appointed to the Donegal, 74, and during the
four following years assisted at the capture, in 1804,
of the Spanish 44 gun frigate Amphitrite, and of a ship
with a cargo on board worth 200,0001. He partici-
pated in the capture of El Rayo, of 100 guns, one of
the ships defeated at Trafalgar, and by Sir John
Duck worth's action off St. Domingo, became acting
lieutenant Ist September, 1807, and was confirmed,
12th July, 1808. Subsequently to the surrender of
the islands of Ischia and Procida, Mr. Dunn
(who, during his attachment to the Warrior,
was also employed in command of a gun-
boat at the defence of Sicily, and the re-
duction of Zante and Cephalonia), removed, as
first lieutenant, in October, 1810, to the Amphion, 32,
Captain William Hoste. While in that frigate he
was severely wounded in the memorable action off
Lissa, 13th March, 1811, when a British squadron,
carrying in the whole 156 guns and 879 men, com-
pletely routed, after a battle of six hours, and a loss
to the Amphion of 15 killed and 47 wounded, a
Franco-Venetian armament, whose force amounted
to 214 guns and 2,655 men. Being rewarded for his
most " zealous, brave, and intelligent" conduct on the
occasion with a commander's commission, dated back
to the day of the action, Captain Dunn, on the 24th
November in the same year assumed the acting-
captaincy of the Bacchante, 38, which he retained
until appointed, 21st March, 1812, to the Mermaid,
32, armee en flute. Continuing in the Mediterranean
and Adriatic, he particularly distinguished himself,
in October and December, 1813, by his assiduity at
the siege of Trieste. As a post captain, to which
rank he was elevated June 7, 1814, Captain Dunn's
appointments appears to have been-6th January
and 28th November, 1824, to the Jupiter, GO, and
Samarang, 28, employed on the Halifax and Cape
of Good Hope stations ; 2d April, 1831, to the
Curacoa, 26, which he paid off, from the East In-
dies in the summer of 1835 ; and, 2d April, 1840,
to the Vanguard, 80, successively stationed in the
Mediterranean and off Lisbon. Sir David Dunn
received the honour of knighthood, 12th August,
1835, and was nominated a K.C.H. Ist Jan., 1837.
THE MEDITERRANEAN FLEET.—The Ganges, 84,
Captain IL Smyth, C. 8., now in Plymouth Sound,
has been ordered to the 'Mediterranean, to join the
fleet under Vice- Admiral-Sir William Parker, G.C.8.,
not, we are sorry to find, to increase the fleet, but to
relieve a ship of larger force, the Prince Regent, 92,
Captain W. F. Martin ; so that in fact the force will
be reduced rather than increased, for an 84-gun ship
of 750 officers and men will take the place of a 92.
gun ship of 820 officers and men—reducing the force
thereby 8 guns and 70 men. We then have in the
Mediterranean just half as many ships of the line as
the French have—less than one-half the number of
line-of-battle ships that were under the command of
Sir R. Stopford in the Mediterranean in 1840.
The Prince Regent, 92, Captain W. F. Martin, it
ordered from the Mediterranean to Lisbon, where
Captain Martin will hoist a commodore's broad
pendant, and take the sailing and screw vessels there
under his command for the purposes of exercise.
The Hogue, 60, screw two-decker, Captain Mac-
dougall, is ordered from Queenstown, on a cruise so
far as Lisbon.

The Indefatigable, 50, at Devonport, it is under-
stood will hoist the pendant in a day or two, and
be fitted out with a complement of 500 officers and
men. Several officers have been named from time
to time as likely to command this huge frigate—
Captains Rowley, Lord G. Paulet, Kingcome, Elliot,
Loch, and Smart, and indeed it has been stated that
one or two of the above officers have already chosen
their first lieutenants, &c.; but we are inclined to
believe that the last named—the one least expected
to obtain the command, but not the less smart as
on officer and a sailor, will be the fortunate captain
of the Indefatigable.

Commander Frederick Patten (1837) is again to
be employed afloat, and is to command the Hound,
8, at Devonport, for service on the coast of Africa.
Surgeons—Dr. James Allan (1842) has been ap-
pointed superintendent of the Bangalore, convict-
ship ; Samuel Donelly (1842), from the flag-ship at
Woolwich, to the St. Vincent, convict-ship.
The Leander, .50, Captain Dacres, has hauled into
the stream at Portsmouth, and her compasses were
to be swung yesterday, by Mr. Thompson, the master
of the Victory. She is a noble-looking frigate, and
carries heavy armament well. We hear she is to be
fitted with a long pivot gun aft. She is ordered to
be paid advance, and to be ready to sail for dispatches
to Lisbon.

The Serpent, 12, sloop, Commander Barker, that
sailed on Sunday from Portsmouth, for Singapore, put
back to St. Helen's roads on Monday night, in con-
sequence of the strong westerly winds. The Myrtle,
steamer, was sent down to her yesterday morning,

with dispatches and specie for Hong-Kong, and she
proceeded last night, calling at Devonport for super-
numeraries.
The Fairy, royal yacht screw-tender, Master Com-
mander Welch, and the Elfin, steam-tender, Master
Commander Balliston, are ordered to Portsmouth,
from 'Woolwich, to have their defects made good at
the former port.
Two parties of seamen riggers are ordered to
navigate the Vulture steam-frigate, at Sheerness, and
the Styx steam-sloop, at Woolwich. to Devonport,
there to remain as advanced steam-vessels of the
first division. The Confiance steam-tender, Master-
Commander Martin, is ordered to convey the parties
back again to Sheerness and Woolwich. The Vul-
ture is ordered to call at Portsmouth. The Styx
will be ready to leave Portsmouth on the Bth inst.
The Terrible steam-frigate is complete in her ma-
chinery, and will be out of the hands of the dockyard
by Monday next. Her spars are to be altered as pro-
posed by Captain Ramsay.
The Retribution steam-frigate will be out of the
hands of the engineers to morrow. Three of her old
boilers are to be broken up, the serviceable plates
being preserved.
The rigging and stores for the Dauntless, screw
steam-frigate, are being prepared at Portsmouth.
Captain Halsted is occasionally superintending the
works.
The Encounter, screw-steam-corvette, Capt. Gordon,
is expected home from Lisbon on account of the acci-
dent to her screw shaft. It is said on her arrival that
Captain Gordon and the officers and crew will be
transferred to the Termagant, now in the old basin,
nearly rigged.
The Stromboli, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Lord
A. Beauclerk, was ordered from Devonport to the
Chops of the Channel, to relieve the wind-bound, but
the wind has since shifted.
The Cuckoo, steam-vessel, Commander Dumaresq,
will be completed at Portsmouth by to-morrow, and
will proceed to her station at the Channel Islands.
The Heels, 6, steam-sloop,Commander Beauchamp,
arrived at Madeira 11th October, and proceeded on
the 13th for the coast of Africa.

The Sphynx, 6, steam-sloop, ready for service if
required, was towed up to her moorings at Ports-
mouth by the Echo tug.
The Grappler, iron steam-vessel, at Woolwich, is
to be broken up. Estimates have been called for.
The Dwarf, screw-tender, Lieutenant-Commander
Osborne, has returned to Queenstown from Kinsale,
and remains waiting orders.
Portpatrick, as a packet station, having been
abolished, the Asp steam-vessel, Lieut.-Commander
W. W. Oke, and the Pike, steam-vessel, Lieut.-
Commander A. Boyton, have arrived at Portsmouth
to be paid off, and are both in the steam-basin, return-
ing stores. They are sister vessels, and were among
the first packet steamers that were built some 26 years
ago. They have both done much work, and with
their 50 horse power each averaged about eight or
eight and a half knots per hour. They will be either
broken up or sold.
TIIE SIDON DOCK AT PORTSMOUTH.—When the
water was let into the dock it reduced the height of
the water of the steam-basin no less than eight inches.
The water was pumped out of the dock on Monday,
when it was found that the Sidon, when settled down
on her blocks, the lower parts of the outer rim of her
paddle wheels had but scant room, just clearing the
stone work on each side about two inches. The dock
would have been better had it had more breadth in
this part; however, this difficulty can be obviated by
the blocks being made higher when the next large
steamer comes into it.

PORTSMOUTH, TUESDAY.—Wind, N. W.; fresh
breezes, and fine clear weather.
PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 6.—The Hecate steam sloop,
Commander Shadwell, hauled off into the stream this
afternoon, ready for the reception of Sir H. Lytton
Bulwer and suite, whom she is destined to convey to
America in a few days. Captain Shad well has made
the most of the room afforded by the vessel, and will
provide comfortably, if not adequately, for the ac-
commodation of the diplomatic party, amounting to
eleven persons. The cabins of Sir H. Lytton and
Lady Bulwer are made out of the commander's and
are lined with chintz, which prevents the rough fit-
tings of the ship being seen, and obviates the neces-
sity for paint being used in decoration. The vessel
has been made to carry coals for 12 days' full steam-
ing, which will take her well on towards Bermuda,
whe e she is to mg in to replenish. As she expects
to encounter roue!' weather, she has changed her old
for newer and stouter canvas this afternoon. The
officers of the Excellent (who are draughted for the
Hecate), having been bandied about so much in this
kind of short notice temporary service, deserve pro-
motion.

The Scourge steam-sloop, Commander Lord P. IL
Kerr, took the place of the Hecate alongside the jetty
this day, to proceed with her fitting, about which she
seems very tardy.
The Contest, 12, is ordered to be rigged. It is
expected a commander will he appointed to her in a
day or two.

The Pollock Indiaman at Spithead, for China,
embarked the Bishop of Hong-Kong and suite this
afternoon, and will sail with them to-morrow.
Wind W. by S., fresh breezes and cloudy weather.
WooLwicu, Nov. 6.—The Enterprise, Captain Sir
James Clarke Itos,, and the Investigator, Captain E.
J. Bird, having arrived in the river from the North
Pole, the Monkey and Adder steam vessels went
dow❑ the river to-day to tow them up to Woolwich,
and they are expected to arrive at this port to-
morrow. The expedition, which went in search of
Sir John Franklin and the officers and crews of the
Erebus and Terror, has brought no accounts of these
enterprising navigators; but all hope of their ulti-
mate return should not be given up, as several of the
whalers were near the latitude and longitude of the
spot where Sir James Clarke Ross wintered, without
being able to find the exact place where the vessels
were located. It is possible that, as the Esquitnaux
were correct in stating that two vessels were seen on
one side of Prince Regent's inlet, that there might
be two on the other side, as it appears the Enterprise
and Investigator wintered at Port Leopold, at the
entrance of Prince Regent's Inlet. Captain Sir
James Ross will, however, be better able to judge as
to the statements of the natives, when he learns the
particulars communicated to the captains of the
whalers.

The Fairy, Commander Crhpin, and the Elfin,
Master-Commander Balliston, left Woolwich at 9 30
A.M. to-day for Portsmouth.

COURTS-MARTIAL AT NOTTINGHAM.

NOTTINGHAM, TUESDAY EVENING.—This morning,
between eleven and twelve o'clock, the first of three
general courts-martial upon privates of the 3d Dra-
goon Guards, for the purpose of trying Knox, But•
terworth, and Ball, the major offenders during the
recent insubordination, commenced sitting in the
messroom at the barracks. The interest excited by
the proceedings was very great, and the room was
crowded. Amongst those present were Lieutenant -
Colonel Arthur, Mr. Thomas Carver, mayor, and
several of the principal inhabitants of the town. The
court itself presented a very imposing appearance,
and was thus constituted :—President—Colonel C. G.
J. Arbuthnot, Commander of the Midland districts;
members—Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. J. Yorke
Scarlett, sth Dragoon Guards • Major Henry Denny,
81st Foot ; Captain George Lloyd Robson, sth Dra-
goon Guards ; Captain James Cunningham, 4th
Dragoon Guards ; . Captain Sir George Curzon
Bisshop, 12th Foot; Captain P. L. Dashwood, 16th
Lancers; Captain William de Cardonnel Elmsall, Ist
Royal Dragoons; Lieutenant George Campbell, Ist
Royal Dragoons; Lieutenant-Colonel John Patton,
12th Foot ; Captain Francis R. Forster, 4th Dragoon
Guards; Captain Thomas Pattie, 16th Lancers ;
Captain J. Arthur Gildea, 81st Foot; Captain
Thomas D. Perry, 81st ,Foot; Captain Herbert
Morgan, Ist Royal Dragoon Guards; Lieutenant
Michael M'Creagh, 4th Dragoon Guards ; Acting
Deputy Judge-Advocate, Captain J. Francis Kempt,
12th Foot.

The Court having been sworn previous to hearing
evidence,
The PRESIDENT rose and said--"rerceiving that
several reporters are here present, I particularly re-
quest that none of the evidence about to be produced
may be published until such evidence has been offi
cially approved."
Private Robert Knox was the only prisoner tried
to-day. lie was charged with absenting himself
from barracks without leave on the 14th of October,
and not returning until the lith ; and, further, with
raising his hand, in which was a large stone, against
Sergeant-Mmjor Davis, a,n, d uttering in a menacing
manner, "Do, you -, or words to that effect.
Mr. Rowley appeared for the prisoner, but was
prevented both from examining the witnesses and
addressing the Court. The President and the Acting
Deputy Judge-Advocate informed him that the only
assistance he would be allowed to render would be to
suggest questions to be put by the prisoner himself,
or write them on paper, and hand them to the Presi-
dent of the court. The latter expedient was adopted,
and about five written questions were handed for
ward, but three of which were allowed to be put ;
and then Mr. Bowley, in evident disgust, exclaimed
that it appeared he could be of no service to the ac-
cused, and therefore he should not attempt to put
another question.
It would be impossible, without dilireguding the

, The vestry of the parish of Kensington held a
meeting to consider this subject on the 24th of August
last. A committee was appointed to make further
inquiry, and report the result to a subsequent meet-
ing, which accordingly took place on the 23d of
September, when the following petition to the Com-
mons House of Parliament, stating the dissatisfaction
of the parishioners with the present supply of water,
as regards its quantity, its quality, and its price, was
unanimously agreed to :
" To the Honourable the Commons of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in Par-
liament assembled.
" The humble petition of the ratepayers of the
parish of St. Mary Abbotts, Kensington, in
the county of Middlesex, in vestry assembled;
" Sheweth,
" That the river Thames is the recipient of the vast
sewerage of London, of other districts, and of an enor-
mous quantity of other putrid and noxious matter there-
from, detrimental to animal life.
" That domestic contrivances of modern invention
have, during late years, become generally used; and their
use has very recently, as far as practicable, been, and
is being, enforced by the Metropolitan Commissioners of
Sewers, by which domestic instruments, and a largely
increased number of conduits, the river Thames is more
generally polluted than in previous times.
" That although the effects of such diffused pollution,
by a population exceeding two millions in number, can-
not, or may not, be specifically demonstrated, it requires
no great effort of the imagination to conceive, from ana-
logous cases upon a smaller scale, that the exhalations
from such a polluted stream, as well as the fluid itself in
its state of condensation, must be extensively pernicious.
That the water supplied by the metropolitan water
companies from that river is from those parts of it which
are subject to the above contaminating influences—that
the ceaseless movement of steam-boats on the river,
during the day time, keeps the polluting matter in a state
of continual diffusion and dispersion to the extent of the
tidal course, which appears, from evidence received by
the Commissioners hereinafter mentioned, to extend
westerly beyond Kew; and that the water is moreover
afterwards subjected in domestic cisterns to comparative
stagnation before it can be used for domestic purposes,
and that such comparatively stagnant condition is fur-
ther prejudicial, and increases its injurious properties.
" That evidence was given to a Comicittee of your
Honourable House in the year 1528, that the then supply
of water was from a part of the River Thames which
was so contaminated, and that such water was injurious
to public health.

That it appears from the report of the same Honour.
able Committee, dabll 19th of July, 1828, that the
Committee were unanimously of opinion that the supply
of water should be from purer sources than from those
parts of the Thames from which the metropolitan water
companies than supplied the public with water.
" That your petitioners believe the present sources of
supply of water from the Thames are contaminated by
the causes aforesaid.

" That in verification of the foregoing allegations,
your petitioners crave leave to refer your Honourable
House to the report dated the 21st day of April, 1828,
of Peter M. Roget, Doctor of Medicine, and William
Thomas Brande and Thomas Telford, Esqs., the Com-
missioners appointed by his late Majesty King George
the Fourth, to inquire into the state of the supply of the
water to the metropolis, and the evidence therein referred
to; and also to the medical certificates of the then per-
nicions nature of the water, contained in the memoir of
Mr. J. Wright, set forth in the appendix to that report,
and to the said report dated the 19th of July, 1828.
" That as the insalubrity and impurity of the water
derived from the London district of the Thanes results,
according to medical evidence, in part from corrupting
matter in solution—that such a pernicious condition has
not been, nor can it be removed, by the process of filtra-
tion referred to in the evidence annexed to the report of
the Committee of the Right Honourable the House of
Lords in the year 1840, or by any filtration or other
merely clarifying operation. Your petitioners submit
that the medical evidence set forth in the appendix to
such last-mentioned report, is confirmatory of the pre-
vious medical evidence of the injurious tendency of the
water from the London district of the Thames.
" That the Thames water from the present sources of
supply has, since the year 1840, become and still is more
extensively corrupted, and is increasing in corruption,
partly from the increased population of the metropolis
—partly from the large increase in the number of steam-
boats trafficing upon it by machinery, so peculiarly
calculated to keep noxious matter in diffusion, and from
other causes.

" That the supply even of such water to the poor of
this parish, is insufficient for the purposes of suitable
cleanliness; and as to such of the poor as cannot afford
to pay to the txtent demandtd, it is not supplied at all.
" fbat the charges made by the metropolitan aver
companies against consumers for their scanty and inter-
mittent supply, very much exceeds the sum which your
petitioners conceive need be Expended for a continuous
and abundant supply to all classes of purer water.
" That it appears from the Parliamentary report,
dated the 19th of July, 1828, and as the fact still is,
that the present metropolitan Water Companies are
under no sufficient restraint or control in respect of the
rates charged by them against consumers.
" That the monopoly which the said companies (draw-
ing supply from the Thames) have acquired, is so sus-
tained as to forbid the hope of obtaining, by private
exertion, a supply of water from them tr(m a purer or
sufficiently distant source, and in a sufficiently increased
quantity, or other desired arrangements.
" That your petitioners louk only with hopeful•
ness to Parliament for relief' from these great public
grievances, and that such relief has been frequently
prayed for from and including the year 1821.
" That your petitioners beg leave to refer your
Honourable House to the report of a Committee of your
honourable house, dated the 29th day of June, 1821,
and to the second report of the Commissioners for
inquiring into the state of large towns and populous
districts, dated the 3d day of February, 1845, as evi-
dence of the just and conclusive grounds of much of the
above complaint.
" That two schemes have been lately proposed for a
continuous supply of purer water to the parish of Ken-
sington and other districts—the one of furnishing water
from the Henley Reach of the Thames—the other
suggests a supply by Artesian operations in and near
London.

" That a committee appointed by a vestry of the
parish for that purpose, took the two schemes into con-
sideration, and they resolved that Government, only,
could effectually prosecute the requisite inquiries into
their comparative merits, and whether a better scheme
might not be adopted ; but the said committee were
unanimously of opinion that no scheme should be sanc-
tioned which will rivet the parish to a now company, or
to the operations of any private association whatever,
unaffected by Government or popular control.
" That the vestry to whom a report to the above effect
was made, approved of such resolution, and a vestry sub-
sequently assembled, duly convened by notice in the
usual manner, have unanimously agreed to this petition,
in testimony whereof the chairman has, at the request
of such vestry, affixed his signature hereto.
" Your petitioners therefore humbly pray that your
Honourable House will take into consideration the
grievances above set forth, and devise such ample and
equitable measures for your petitioners' relief, as shall
lead to a sufficient supply of good water, at a moderate
charge, to the parish of St. Mary Abbotts, Kensington,
for domestic use, subjected to such control and manage-
ment as the wisdom of Parliament may determine.
' And your petitioners will ever pray."

The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Victoria, with
Mrs. Smith and his chaplain, and a suits of six clerical
gentlemen for the new see of Victoria, embarked on
board the Sir George Pollock, Indiaman, Captain T. H.
Withers, yesterday morning, and sailed direct for Hong-
kong in the afternoon.
ARRIVAL OF THE BISHOP OF RUPERT'S LAND AT
lIUDSoN'S BAY.—By the arrival of the ship Prince Ru-
pert, Captain D. J. Herd, in the London Docks, we are
informed that Dr. Anderson, Bishop of Rupert's Land,
arrived out safe at York Factory, Hudson's Bay, on the
4th of August last, when the worthy prelate, together
with his chaplain, the Rev. Robert Hunt, and Mrs.
Hunt, Dr. W. Cowan, Mr. and Mrs. Chapman, Mrs. J.
Anderson, Mrs. Chraston, and other passengers, before
separating, presented a testimonial to the captain of
their
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the Prince Rupert, expressing
to him and to the officers
aotftetnhtn to
the ship,
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the uniform
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happinessfor
during a voyage of much pleasure and enjoyment.
PEDESTRIAN MATCM—A walking-match of 2
miles, tor 501. a side, came off yesterday, at Hatfield
Peverel, between Smith of Ipswich, and Westall of
L-radon, two own of note in the annals' of pedestrianism.
As
s it was expected to prove one of the fastest events on
record it excited considerable interest both in " town
and country." It was stated in the articles that the
parties were to start at twelve o'clock, but owing to a
delay in the choice of umpires, the match did not core-
tneTWC till half-rast one. Smith, who is a native of
Ipswich, appeared 35 years of age, standing five feet
seven, and light built; his walking was much admired.
Westall, whose age is 26, is rather taller than his com-
petitor, shows more muscle, is altogether a finer man, his
and is about five feet eleven. At starting Smith took a
slight lead, aria with little variation kept in advance
until the eleventh mile. The first seven miles were per-
formed in three minutes under the hour. At the twelfth
mile Smith showed evident symptoms of distress, but in
some measure recovered; in turning from the thirteenth
he was from 30 to 40 yards behind; about the fifteenth
mile he complained of a pain in his side, and gave up the
mates. His opponent, quietly putting on his coat ai.d
lighting a cigar, finished the distance at his leisure. It
is calculated there were abcut 2,000 persons present,
amongst whom were a great number from London and
Ipswich, including several par'des wall known is the
sporting world,—Essex Herdtd.