The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-19 00:00:00

LAUNCHES AT BLACKWALL.

The vicinity of Blackwell yesterday afternoon, presented a
lively appearance by the floating or launching of two of her
Majesty's ships, the Blenheim and Terpsichore, from the
yard of the Messrs. Wigram, and a steamboat for the Star
Gravesend Steam Company, from that of Miller and Raven-
hills. The Blenheim was one of the old seventy-six line-of-
battle ships, and was last engaged in the China war. She
has undergone considerable alteration, and is intended to be
one of the block-guard-ships in the Channel. In some por-
tions she has been reduced, but her length has been extended
eight feet abaft. She will carry fifty guns of large calibre.
She will be worked by a screw propeller, her engines, by Sea-
' ward, being nearly fitted. On being floated out of the dry-
dock into the river, her appearance created considerable at-
tention. The Terpsichore, launched from the same yard, is
a corvette, and is pierced for eighteen guns. Her length
between perpendiculars is 115 feet, and her style of build is
said to possess all the important improvements in marine
architecture. No particular ceremony was observed on her
being liberated from the slip on which she was formed, be-
yond the cheering of the workpeople, and the waving of
the nationalliags. She was taken in tow by a steam-tug,
proceeded on to Chatham, where she will be masted and got
ready fir commission with all dispatch. •
The third vessel, an iron steamer, we had an oppor-
tunity of inspecting, and full particulars of her were
obligingly furnished. She was launched from the building
yard of Messrs. Miller, Ravenhill, and Co., at Black-
wall, yesterday afternoon, in the presence of a large
number of persons interested in the vessel and others,
who were attracted by her hand ;ome appearance.
Miss Sophia Cruden, the daughter of the chairman
of the Star Packet Company, named her "The New Star"
as she went off the stocks. She was designed by Mr.
Pasco, of the above-mentioned firm, and is to have oscil-
lating engines of 68-horse power, constructed by them.
She is of extraordinary length over all-190 feet; between
the perpendiculars 175 feet, breadth between the paddle-
boxes 17 feet 6 inches, depth of hold 9 feet 6 inches, bur-
den in tons 268 old measurement. As she was taken
into the East India Docks to be fitted for service by the
month of May, she was very generally and justly admired.
With the clean smooth appearance which the iron always
presents, her beautiful form was shown off most advan-
tageously, and every one who saw her at once attributed
great praise to her skilful architect, and predicted for her a
successful and splendid career. The Star Company may,
with much gratification and pride, congratulate themselves
en raysessiii3 the finest, handsomest, and swiftest boat on the
Thames.

1.11 R -MURDER IN SIM/IF:DITCH-S.ll AAI Erur. Ex-

nimro»: or THE BODY.--Up to a late hour and early this
morning crowds of persons were assembled round the en-
trance to Hare-court, Shoreditch, in which the tragic scene
of Wednesday night took place, and, what can scarcely be
credited, the people of the house in which the body lay were
actually engaged in exhibiting the corpse x.f the murdered
man at a penny a head, for the purpose, as it was alleged, of
defraying the expenses of th.e funeral and interment of the
body; and it would seem that a somewhat plentiful harvest
was reaped, as numbers whose curiosity had led them to the
locality for the purpose of viewing the corpse, were obliged,
last evening, to depart without having their desires gratified.
A Vienna letter of the 10th, in the cologne Ga-
zette, says—" The news we have received of disturbances in
Gallicia, show that they have arisen from a collision between
the peasantry and the Jews. A great many of the latter have
been killed, and without the immediate intervention of the
armed force, much more blood would have been spilt. There
is, however, reason to apprehend that these sanguinary
scenes will be renewed."

Sir Robert and Lady Peel entertained the Earl of
Aberdeen, Sir James Graham, the Right Hon. H. Goulburn,
the Right lion. Sidney and Mrs. Herbert, Sir George Clerk,
Sir Thomas Fremantle, Sir Frederick Thesiger, Mr. Card-
well, Mr. Young, Colonel anal Lady Alice Peel, Mr. F. Peel,
and a select party, at dinner, on Wednesday, at their resi-
dence in Whitehall-gardens.
'The late Samuel Mills, Esq., of Russell square,
and of Radwell, Newnham, Norton Northaw, and Hatfield,
Hertford, has left 500,000/. in personalty alone, which is
quite independent of his extensive freeholds. His real and
copyhold estates, manors, advowsons, lands, and tenements,
in'the counties of Bedford, Cambridge, Norfolk, llertford, and
Middlesex, he leaves to his eldest son Thomas and his issue;
and to his younger son, John Remington Mills, he leaves all
his estates In Loudon and Kent, and also his leaseholds in
London and Middlesex, except his house, with the furniture,
in Russell -square, which he leaves to his daughter, together
with a legacy of 30,0001. The plate and books to his two
sons, who are his residuary legatees and executors. He has
left legacies to each of his bailiffs.
.

The late John English Tabor, Esq., of Fenns,
Rocking. Essex, who died on the 13th of January, at the age
of 76, was possessed of considerable freehold, leasehold, and
landed estates in Finchingfield, Gosfield, Sible-Iledingham,
Stansfield, and Poslingford, and other parts of the counties
of Essex and Suffolk, and has left personal property estimated
at 90,0001. A large portion of the freeholds he has entailed
upon the issue of his son Samuel, and has left portions of
his estates and liberal pecuniary bequests to the rest of his
numerous family. The residue, real and personal, to his son
Samuel, who is an executor, with Charles Tabor, another son
of the deceased.

GRAS3 PARKs.---At the let on Tuesday of the
grass parks, the property of the Earl of Lauderdale, in the
immediate vicinity of Dunbar, a strong competition took
place, and the result has been a rise of fully 33/. per cent.
from the prices of last year. They averaged Si. 13s. the im-
perial acre. All the farms recently let in that neighbour-
hood have been taken at a considerable rise in rent.—Edzn-
burgh Witness.
His Excellency Baron Titoff, Russian Ambassador
to the Porte, arrived here yesterday from Antwerp, by the
steamer Princess Victoria, Captain Jackson, and landed at
the St. Katharine's-wharf, Tower. The passage occupied 19
hours only.
THE GREAT DRAUGHT MATCIL—This interesting
trial of skill between Messrs. Anderson and Wyllie, the
" Herd Laddie," was brought to a close on Friday, in Edin-
burgh, by the winning of the ninth game by Mr. Anderson.
The match has lasted 17 days, during which time 47 games
have been played, the final score standing thus :—Anderson,
9; Wyllie, 6; drawn, 32. Mr. Anderson has been the fa-
vourite throughout, having gained two games ahead of his
opponent during the first two days' encounter, his play being
also more characteri,ed by the readiness and dexterity of a
master of the game.
PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE.—On Monday last, during.
a run with Mr. R. Cockburn's hounds near Winchester,
Wallop leaped over a high and steep fence, on the opposite
side of which was a deep chalk pit. Fortunately the horse
cleared the fence, and Mr. Wallop having sufficient nerve to
retain a firm seat and keep his horse's head well up, the horse
landed safe on his legs, merely falling over stunned by the
concussion, but was in a few minutes recovered, and neither
rider nor horse sustained the least injury. The drop was
about 21 feet. Captain Loyd, of the Guards, had anirroaws
escape, as he was about to follow Mr. Wallop,_ but had just
time to pull up. Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, and many
—ll,4De
oiefd9son the
2d of March,
others, were also following.
AtTo:no, FatAti\ierEaTthEaßnAcNed.
Chelsea,
ch:rears, 44 of which he
litteElcroomy
i n thispE
was present at the battle of Bunker's-hill,esat
was an out-pensioner of
.menlciee-
ment of the American revol •
engaged in the English utionary war, was afterwards
in 1.92, in which 1 expedition in aid of the French Roy-
alistshisescapeinto
Italy.
Afteri was made prisoner, but effected
was forwarded to En rlana
undergoing great privations, he
by the Neapolitan Government.
The last scenes of his military • litary career were laid in Ireland,
during the troublesome times of 1798. He possessed great
intellectual as well as physical vigour almost to the closing
scene. Deceased was a native of the county of Fermanagh.
—Carlow' Sentihel.
A ROUGH METHOD OF VENTILATION.—" Dr.
Gregory, of Edinburgh, in visiting the poor, used often to
begin his prescription by breaking a pane or two of the
window with his walking-stick, which he made good again
at the end of the illness.' —Evidence of Dr. R. Willis before
the Health of Towns' Commission.
MORTALITY OF TOWN AND COUNTRY CONTRASTEY/.
Country Districts. Town Districts.
Population to a square mile 199 5,108
Annual deaths in 1,000,000 living 19,300 27,073
Rate of Mortality
Manual exceka of deaths 41 town districts 7;773