The Sun.
London, England, 1849-01-24 00:00:00

BIRTHS IN THE WEEK.

Males ... ... ...
... 0" 783
Females ... ... ... ... ... 745

Total ... ... ... ... ... 1,528
*ln this number are included 62 cases of death by
Cholera, 87 by Scarlatina. and 68 by Typhus Fever.

THE SILL TRADE.—MEETING OF THE SPITAL-
FIELDS 'WEAVERS.—Yesterday evening a meeting of the
operative broad-silk band-loom weavers of Spitalfields,
Bethnal-green, and the vicinity, was held at the School-
house, Hare-street, Bethnal-green, in pursuance of a
printed circular, " for the purpose of taking into con-
sideration the necessary steps to prevent the continual
reductions, persevered in by the manufacturers, by ap-
plying to the Legislature for the establishment of local
boards of trade, feeling confident that should this fearful
state of things continue, not only is the ruin of the opera-
tives certain, but also of all tradesmen in:their immediate
locality." The meeting, which was numerously attended,
was addressed by several of the operatives, and by the
Rev. Mr. Tyler, one of the clergymen of the district, all
of whom concurred in the advantages that would be de-
rived from the establishment of local boards, in main-
taining a proper understanding between masters and
workmen. Resolutions approving of such boards were
unanimously agreed to, atter which themeeting separated.tile
It appears, by a report made by the governor of
Bank of Vienna, that the advances made to the State
since May, 1848, amount to 72,000,000 florins (about
n
ber
7,000,0001. sterling). During- the past yes!. th s capital
ua
j
of bills discounted was 65,000, representing
upon secu-
rity of 429,500,00011. The loans granted
500 owl. and ad-
vances amounted to the sum of ,
bo}o'otohoeoflbank
to 72,000,000 H.
made upon the deposit of bills,
The total amount of business transacted
during the year represented it Cum f 2,3 , or
he
about 230,000,000/. sterling.
Wednesday annual
lha
MAIDSTONE.—Hor
took place
to_.partake of the
la.ce onk
dinner at the Star Hotel..l:ttol
when between forty
good things providesdn.bdyhthyo worthy landlord, Mr. Mu-
The winner of last years sweepstakes was Mr.
ruse.
Hollings.
The lowest set for the present year was
80,000/. and the highest 230,0001. The average betting
was about 145,0001.—Maidstone Journal.
ST. MARYS, SCILLY.—Fears are entertained that
a vessel was lost on the Western Rrteks• on the night of
the 18th inst., and 'hat all hands have_P:rished ; a few
lemons and oranges having bean picked up, and also a
beam and a cabin ladder. Two pilot boats went out
yesterday, but could not discover any of the wreck,
which is supposed to have drifted to the northward.--
Cornwall Gazette.
IMPORTANT QUESTION.--If men can earn 18 dol-
lars per day in California, how will it be possible to
keep Congress together to fatigue themselves with public
business at eight dollars per da), ?—South Carclina
liclEgaby.
GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.—The works are
proceeding vigorously from Doncaster, via Bawtry and
Retford.

NA VAL INTELLIGENCE.
PORTSIVIOTJTII,MONDAY.—TiIe Bite rn, 16, Colo -:
matidet H-pe, arr•ved et Spithead this afternoon: front
othnetwhees2t6clohasot,,ropt Amfericn:be,,r,Svtiveitis,aid
mleaiisr,ornandSieLrite.autLener,
Crowder, of the Rapid ; .Dr. Negev-, surgeon of
Watervvitch ; and Lieur.enaiir Page, of the Sealed..
passengers. Thetis were rerearerug at Sierra Leone,
the Stalark, Ranger, refitting after being ashore ' • the
Snap tender, and the Adelaide, prize tender to the Sea-
lark. The Bittern has taken four prizes and shares
in another. The squadron's officers and men
were healthy, and the slave-trade more thriving
than ever. Several captures were made between
the interval of the Rapid sailing from Aacen-
Aim) and the Bittern from Sierra Leone. The latter is
ordered to Sheerness, to be paid off. The Commodore
had made up his mind to come to England forthwith,
and may be expected at Spithead in a few days. He is
reported ill.
The Malabar coal depot Wes removed this morning
from the basin, and bas since been placed at her moor-
ings on the west side of the harbour, opposite Cold
Harbour, Gosport.
Wind—N.W. by W. Fresh gales, and hazy weather.
Pexstourir, JAN. 20.-11er Mtijest)'s steatresloop
Driver arrived to-day, with supernumeraries from
Portsmouth, and is appointed to return thither this
afternoon.

Her Majesty's tr,:,op-ship Apollo was warped to her
sailing mooring. esteroay, and witl be ready to go out
of harbour on the Ist or February.
The Col.flance seam-tug will to masted on Monday.
Her Majesty's steam guard-A ips Forth and Seahorse,
lying off the Dockyard New Basin in thomotize, are
ordered to be moor, d head and at'rn for the reserve
steam•vessels to lie alongside, without sheering with the
tide, and thereby obstructing the passage of the harbour.
Three lift hammers are to be erected in the south
smithery in the Devonpoi t Dockyard.
Wind southerly, light breez- and foggy.
Admiral Dacres will strike his flag (blue at the fore)
this evening at sunset, and the ship will sail to-morrow
for Chatham, to be put out of commission. The Ad-
miral, family, and suite, landed at Portsmouth yester-
day, end are at present the guests of the Port-Admiral.
PORTSM.,UTH, JAN. 23.—The Dido, 18, Captain J.
B. Maxwell, arrived at `pithead this morning, as noticed
elsewhere, and is ordered to Sheerness to be paid off.
This ship has made an astonishingly quick passage home
—the quickest, we believe, yet known. She has Tun
over 13,438 miles in 77 days, and has averaged 174 miles
per day ever since she left New Zealand, from which
station she ran to Cape Horn (5,017 miles) in 25 days.
The Hannah, 22, Captain Erskine, was at Auckland
when the Lido sailed.

The Rattlesnake surveying-ship, Captain Owen Stan-
ley, and her tender the Bramble, were surreyingin Torre.
Straits.

The Fly, 18, Captain Oliver, was at Wellington.
The Acheron surveying tea In- slo op , Captain Stokes,
Was at Newcastle, a small place near Sydney, coaling on
her way to New Zealand.

All who went out in the Dido have come home in her
—a rare occurrence.

The President, 50, Captain Stanley, flag of Vico-
Admiral Dacres, also arrived this morning from the
Cape of Good Hope station. Rear• Admiral Reynolds,
C. 8., arrived at the Cape to relieve Admiral Dacres on
the 16th of November (as we stated on the arri►al of the
Indiaman Madagascar on Friday last). The President
left at anchor in Simon's Bay, the Southampton, 50,
Captain Cory, flag of Rear-Admiral Reynolds ; the
Espiegle, 12, Commander Campbell, refitting a new
foremast; the Geyser steam-sloop, Commander Brown;
the Dee troop-steamer, Master- Commander Filmer; the
Seringapatam store-ship, Master-Commander Russell.
The Nimrod, 20, Commander Belgrave, sailed on the
same day as the President for the Mauritius, at which
place was the Brilliant, 26, senior t.fficer.
The Eur) dice, 26, Captain Anson, arrived at Joannah,
on her way to Zanzibar, on the 24th of October.
The President arrived at St. Helena on the 17th of
December, and sailed on the 21st; Ascension on the
26th, and sailed on the 28th ; islands both healthy;
called off St. Michael's on the 18th inst., blowing very
hard, when all the vessels there (about 43 sail) were
gt Lung under way. She is ordered to Chatham, to be
paid off.
The Cygnet was all well on the coast of Africa on the
26th of December.

The Bittern, 16, Commander T. Hope, sailed to-day
for Sheerness to be paid off, taking supernumeraries for
that port.
The Sharpshooter steam-schooner, Lieutenant Com-
mander J. C. Bailey, sailed this afternoon tor the Medi-
terranean.

The Salamander steam sloop, and Jackall, small
steam( r, were removed from the steam-basin to-day,
preparatory to their sailing,in company with the Rat-
tler and Growler steam. sloops, for Plymouth, where they
are to torm part of an advanced squadron of steamers at
that port. 1 hey are to be manned, pro tem ,by seamen,
riggers, and men from the Ordinary, and commanded by
Messrs. Read, of the Superintendt.nt's yacht; Welch, of
the Fairy; Allen, of the Fire Queen; and Bulliston, of
the Mjrtie; and, if the weather will permit, will sail to-
morrow.

Wind, W N.W.; fresh gales and cloudy weather.
WooLwicn, JAN. 23.—Lieutenant On:low, one cor-
poral, and twenty-one privates of the Woolwich divi-
sion of Ituyal Marines, relieved Lieutenant Grey, and
a similar number of men, yesterday, who were serving
on bozrd the Fisgard flag-ship of Commodore Eden, at
this poi t.

1 lie Janus steam vessel went down the river on trial
to-duy, scoomptinh-d by the Monkey steam-vraiel, and
appeared to make good speed on starting.
I. he Niger steatn-ve.sei is having a quantity of coals
put on board this afternoon, prt paratory to being again
tried_ to-morrow or the following day. The Basilisk
steam-vessel is under the shears, in the inner basin, and
it will be Lorne time before she is ready for trial.
MALTA. JAN. 12.—MOVEMENTS, &0., SINCE JAN. 5.
The Terrible, which urrivt d iroin Naples on the sth,
lett, on her return to the Admiral thereat, on the 9th,
e ith stores and provisions. which would seem to indi-
cate that his Excellency does not contempla-e making
Malta this year his winter quarters. The Vanguard
arrived from Palermo on the 7th, and the Rodney from
Naples on the Bth; the former had a narrow escape from
getting on shore as she was leaving Palermo, and but
for the opportune aid of the Terrible, the consequences
might have been very serious. Both the Vanguard
and Rodney leave next week to join Sir Charles Napier's
squadron at Lisbon, for which same destination, calling
at Gibraltar, the Sidon took her departure on the lth.
The Sultan, Peninsular and Oriental Company's
steamer, arrived from Southampton and Gibraltar
on the afternoon of the Bth in some hours short
of ten days, including stoppages at the last-
mentioned port to coal, under quarantine, and notwith-
standing the prevalence of strong contrary gales of wind
for no less than 350 miles of the voyage, which all cir-
cumstances considered, is the quickest passage on record,
this vessel is, however, noted for her astonishing speed,
and for the superior seamanships of her Commander
(Captain Brooks), who, as the senior of the company's
officers, carries a commodore's broad pendant. She left
again for Constantinople on the morning of the 9th, and
may be looked for back to carry on the Indian mails and
passengers to Southampton about the 24th. The Seid
(Tunisian brig of war), sailed for Tunis on the sth; and
the Russian cutter of war, Orianda, for the Pirrone, of
Athens, on the 11th.

A serious disturbance took place on board the Rod•
ney, at Naples, on Christmas Eve, a very large portion
of the crew having expressed an unwillingness on such
an occasion to obey the order for extinguishing lights at
eight P.M. Many of the mess traps were cast overboard
and also shot, and order was not restored before the
officers inter►ered with drawn swords, and nine of the
ringleaders were placed in irons.