The Sun.
London, England, 1847-11-06 00:00:00

ROYAL THAMES YACHT CLUB.

The monthly meeting of this club on Thursday, at
the Piazza Hotel, Covent-garden, was most nume-
rously attended by members, it having been very
generally understood that some discussion would
take place with respect to the charge of smuggling
against le Due de Stackpoole, a member of the club,
whose yacht, the Gipsy Queen, had been seized by
the officers of Customs.

After the disposal of some routine business,
Lord ALFRED PAGET (the Commodore) expressed
his desire to hear the opinions of any gentleman upon
the matter. He understood a lumber of the club
had been charged with some violation of the law,
and wished to hear the views that the members pre-
sent took.

Several gentlemen said a few words. They, one
and all, agreed that, pending an inquiry by the pro-
per authorities into the matter, any proceeding on
their part would be premature, but that, 11 the
accused party were found guilty, they would express
the indignation which gentlemer of a club of the
character of the Royal Thames Tacht Club, whose
dignity had been ccenpromised should evince.
,
Lord ALFRED PAGET then proposed the following
motion :—" That the club deeply ragret that, through
the medium of the press, they lave heard that a
member has been accused of breaking the laws of his
country. They sincerely hope such may not the
case, nor will they pass any
have found him guilty. Should such unfortunately
be the case, they will not lose the first opportunity of
expressing their indignation that Any member should
have so acted." censare until the laws
It was carried unanimously.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AIIIPUITHEA7RE.—A new grand
military spectacle, lm entitled The Ca of Silesia, founded
on the libretto of Meyerbeer's celebrated opera, is to be
produced here on Monday evening. The play is written
by Mr. J. H. Stocqueler, and the s?octacle is produced
under the superintendence of Mr, W. West. Report
speaks highly of the gorgeousness and magnificence with
which this drama has been placed upon the stage, and
great success may be confidently articipated.
HIS EXCELLENCY MR. JAMES BROOXE.—In addi-
tion to other marks of appreciation which will be con-
ferred by her Majesty upon the enterprising Englishman
who has done so much tor the interests of his country
during his residence in Borneo, the Meander, of 44 guns,
commissioned at Chatham on Monday last by Lieutenant
Reed, late of the Asia, and to be commanded by the
Hon. Henry Keppel, late of the Dido, 18 guns, recently
returned from service in the Chinese seas, will convey
his Excellency, Governor James Brooke, to Borneo, the
scene of his former labours, in the early part of next
year, and remain at that station, to assist him in pro-
tecting the interests of Great Britain in that quarter of
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the world. Several of the parties who served in the
Dido have applied to the Admiralty for permission to
serve in the Meander, under their former gallant com-
mander; and it is expected that she will be ready for sea
and leave this country for Borneo early in Februar next.
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down
the 56-pounder gun-carriages and platforms have
the bottom of the wheels supporting the platform, will
wharf-wall, and the point-blank, or the level of the guns
will be at an elevation of ten feet from the ground, te
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pounders can only be fired across the river, or near the
front of the battery, the position they will occupy being
on the ground of the wharf-wall, and they will be fired
through embrasoures constructed for that purpose. The
battery is built of bricks, and strongly coped with
granite.
DISASTROUS FlRE.—About five o'clock yesterday
morning a fire was discovered in the tan-yard premises
of Mr. Joseph Watson, anner, of Kirkstall, near Leeds.
not only to the buildings,
The fire engines kept 'by the mill-owners in the neigh-
bourhood, and also those from Leeds. were promptly on
the spot, but the flames were not subdued till consider-
ablek
of leather and bark. The damage
is estimated at near 10,0001, by far the larger portion
butidoatmheaglaergheadstboceen done
being in the stock, which was not insured; but the pre-
miseshad its origin in the
loss. The fire is supposed to have
engine-house, but that has not been satisfactorily ascer-
were protected by insurance to the amount of the
ascer-
tained. r LONDON.—The ordinary
BOTANICAL SOCIETY O
meeting was held last eventri.g at the society's rooms, 20,
Gray, Esq., F.R.S., presi-
dent,Bedford-street, Strand, J.
valuable specimens of British
last meeting some very
and that they would be dis-
tributedplants have been received,
the next distribution of the
to the members at.
ens of a new British plant
in the chair. The secretary stated that since the
society's duplicates. Specimens
draa or anacharis, was and supposed to be an bi
pre-
sented by the Rev. A. Bloxstri.
(exhibited at the Linnean Society, on Tuesday last),
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completed, landing-
place