The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-26 00:00:00

PROMOTIONS.

Lieutenant—Nicholas Yansittart, Flag Lieutenant to
Sir Thomas Cochrace, to the rank of Commander, and
appoint'd to the command of the Wolf, vacant by the
death of Commander Gordon.
Mates—John F. 0. F. Carmichael (1841), Ramsey H.
llaHowes (1845), Walter Strickland (1845), and Henry
D. Selby (1845), to the rank of Lieutenant.
Assistant-Surgeon—Dr. John Ilacleo.l (1838), to the
rank of surgeon.
Clerks—Thomas S. Heywood (1839), and William L.
Inch (1839), to the rank of paymaster and purser.

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APPOINTNENTS.
Commander—John M. R. Ince, to study at the steam-
factory at Woolwich.
Lieutenants—W. 11. Phipps, to the Collingwood; John
F. C. Mackenzie, additional, to the Vindictive ; William
Wooldridge, to the Poictiers ; Henry F. Mills, to the
Victory ; L. Dennehy, to be Government agent at
Tralee ; John A. L. Wharton, to the Philomel ; J. A.
Hodgskin, to the Vindictive ; George M. Smith, to the
Recruit. W. N. L. Lockyer's appointment to the Excel-
lent is cancelled.
Surgeon—David Geddes to the Victory.
Second Master—John W. H. Harvey, to the Blood-
hound.
Midshipmen—M. G. Porter and Charles Dickson, to
the Philomel ; Charles T. Jago, to the Thetis.
Clerks—Alfred H. Martin, to the Philomel ; J. U.
Wicker, to the Excellent ; Thomas S. Wise, in charge,
to the Bloodhound ; Frederick Ellery, to the Bulldog.
Naval Cadets—J. Lathbury, to the Vindictive ; W.
J. S. Molyneux, to the Philomel.
Masters' Assistants James L. Murray, to the
Growler ; Pendarvess C. Moss, to the Andromeda ; W.
B. Bastrow, to the Bloodhound.
Royal Marines—Brevet Major Frederick Spry, of the
Woolwich Division, has been placed on half-pay. at his
own request; First Lieutenant W. Friend Hopkins, of
the Plymouth Division, to be captain, at Woolwich Divi-
sion, vice Spry; Second Lieutenant Charles Slaughter to
be first lieutenant, at Plymouth Division, vice Hopkins;
Arthur Ellis is appointed second-lieutenant.
Coast Guard—Mr. J. C. Colborne, master, R.N., to
command the Hill (Portland) station, vice Lieutenant G.
F. WestbroAc. Removals—Lieutenant T. Brewer, from
Sennen Cove to Penzance, vice Lieutenant C. W.
Poynter; Lieutenant T. Young, from Hill Head to Tol-
man, vice Lieutenant C. J. Hippesley.
VISIT OF THE LORDS OF THE ADMIRALTY

TO WOOLWICH DOCKYARD.
WOOLWICH, APRIL 24.—Rear-Admiral J. W. Deans
Dundas, C. 8., Captain M. F. Fitzhardinge Berkeley,
C.B.' Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, and Cap-
tain Henry Eden, R.N., private secretary to the First
Lord of the Admiralty, paid an official visit to this do. k-
yard on Saturday, and on arriving, at one o'clock P.M.,
were received by Mr. Elson, master attendant in charge
of the yard during the absence of Commodore Sir J. J.
Gordon Bremer, the superintendent. Mr. Jenkins,
storekeeper, Mr. Mouchet, store receiver, Mr. Chatfield,
assistant to the master shipwright, Mr. Atherton, assis-
tant to the chief engineers, and several of the heads of
the departments, were also present, and Captain Beatson,
Royal Engineers, clerk of the works.
Their Lordships immediately proceeded on board the
Amphion steam-frigate, in the east dock, and were con-
ducted over that fine vessel by Lieutenant Sibbald, and
examined a new description of chain made of copper,
exactly on the same prisiciple as the chains attached to
the mainsprings of pocket watches, and capable by its
great power of raising a weight of 13 tons when workede
by four men. The weight of the screw propeller of the
Amphion is about four tons. On leaving the Arap h.ton
their Lordships proceeded to the basin at the Ne.-slend
of the yard, and were received by Lieutrsivitel,uoto.
who
mender Phillips, of the Bloodhound steam es
mustered his crew to show the number of men on beard,
application having been made by him for an ad-
ditional number of hands, the present number being
considered insufficient. Their Lordship!, after leaving
the Bloodhound, went round the basin and met Halib
Pacha, Osman Bey, and Mahomed Bey, distinguished
foreigners then in the yard, accompanied by Lieut.- Colonel
Colquhoun, of the Royal Artillery. Their Lordships and
the visitors then went on board the Growler steam-
vessel, where they were received by Commander Potbury,
and conducted over that vessel, fitting for Ow convey.
ance of free blacks from the coast of Africa to Grenada
and Trinidad in the West Indies. The foreigners mi-
nutely inspected the fore and after part of the cabins,
and the accommodation and appliances for the comfort
of the blacks during their voyage. The Ble h 72,
was then visited; the screw propeller with which she is
fitted was unshipped by the aid of a powerful
chain of
galvanised iron. Their Lordships,
on
leaving
the Blen-
heim, went on board the Black Eagle steam-vessel,
where they were received by Mr. S. B. Cook, comman-
der of the Admiralty yacht, and partook of a dejeilner
with Halib Pasha, Osman Bey, and Mahomed Bey, and
several of the authorities of the yard. Captain Hall,
when their Lordships were on board the Growler steam:
vessel, pointed out the advantages that would be derived e
by having a platform fitted from the top of the paddle-
boxes boxes across the deck, and joined with marine glue, as
was fitted to the Avon under the direction of Capt ain
in
Denham, the blacks being fond of lying on the boards
the open air when that composition leWed? as it 090 s
110 t adhere to their 114 h• vita.

Making an annual saving of
But from this gross amount of saving, will be to be
deducted the retiring allowance of five masters at 1,5001.
a-year each. I make no allowance for the twelve ad-
Copal clerks, as their salines can be provided for out of
the fees now received for copy-money.
The grand stumbling-block to such a scheme of re-
trenchment will be putronage. Is her Majesty's Go-
vernment prepared to act really a great part, and show
by their acts the disdain of patronage, which in their
speeches they profess ? Nous verrons.
I am, &c.
AN UNSUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE FOR THE
OFFICE OF A CLERK IN CHANCERY.
Furnival's Inn, April 19, 1847.

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlR,—What with Free Church riots, and meal riots—
tie one, in the opinion of many, the offspring of the
other, though the latter most ungratefully and spitefully
visited some of those who were the grand leaders in the
agitation which produced the former—Ross-shire has
obtained for itself an unenviable notoriety.
Whatever may have been the cause of such disorderly
proceedings on the part of people who, till lately, knew
not how to set about a riot, or what a riot meant, they
should not suffer from abuses that may easily be cor-
rected. There is one which cannot bear the light of the
sun, and that needs only to be known to be reprobated.
by all men who have a sense of justice, and hate what
leads to imposition.
The Act of the Legislature, enjoining uniformity of
weights and measures, is a dead letter in Ross-shire.
Some importers of meal from Banff and Aberdeen use
the imperial, some of our meal dealers use the Dutch,
and some no standard whatever; but instead, a round
block of stone, which may have been sufficient weight,
but the weight of which must be changing by every
knock and fall it gets. This irregularity may cause
some injustice, and, certainly, occasions much discontent
and complaining. A man buys a boll of meal at 325.
(Ross-shire boll), and hears that meal has just been
sold at Invergordorn or Fortrose for 28s. (imperial
boll), and fiercely denounces the unfeeling farmer, or
greedy miller ; and the man who bought his meal
at the latter price finds that it does not feed his bairns
so long as he expected, that there was no blessing in it,
and speaks in no gentle terms of the meal dealer. Land-
owners and land occupants assure the population around
them, that they shall be supplied with meal at the
lowest market price. They make good their promise—
they get neither credit nor thanks, but abuse for it—
they give only the imperial weight, the little boll. Jobbers
buy by one weight or measure and sell by another, and
thus perpetrate some injustice in order to have some
profit.
All who must go the market for supplies necessary to
feed their families, and all who desire that peace and
contentment should, in as far as ossible, prevail around
them, must desire that such abuse would speedily come
to an end.
As I know none who eon more effectively rebuke
whatever is disorderly, than yourself, I would feel much
obliged. did you advert to this. It deserves reprobation.
I am, Sir, your most obedient servant,
A ROSS-SHIRE MAN.
April 20, 1847.

NARROW ESCAPE Or VAN AMBURGH.—BALTIMORE,
UNITED STATES, Arum I.—Quite an exciting incident oc-
curred yesterday afternoon at Van Arnburgh's menagerie, in
the presence of a crowded auditory, principally ladies. He
had jut left one of the cages, and had entered another, in
which were a lion, a tiger, and two leopards. After playing
with the lion a few motnents he turned to caress one of the
leopards, Ivtien the lion seized him by the right breast, his
capacious jaws taking in a large moiety of his body. The
animal exhibited no ferocity or anger, but immediately let go
his hold, and seated himself quietly in his cage. So quietly
was it dune on the part of the lion, that the audience would
have thought nothing of it had it not caused a shriek of pain
from Van Amhurgh, when be fell against the side of the
cage. He was immediately taken out, and Dr. Gibson being
present, was called to his relief. On his back and breast the
trace of the teeth of the animal was fully indented, but the
flesh was not broken. The lion tamer has just recovered
from a dangerous illness of several months' duration, and
having during that time been separated from the animals, he
had probably lest some of his former power over them. Ho
was also in a very weakly condition, or the lion would, in
all probability, have come off second best in the encounter.

AYLESBURY, APRIL 20.—Mr. Whitworth Russell,
the Inspector of Prisons, has lately been down to Aylesbury
for the purpose of ascertaining when the new gaol will be
ready for the reception of prisoners, and he has certified that
evert thing is now completed, and the Court, at the last
quarter sessions, made an order that all the prisoners should
be removed from the old prison on the 3d of May. It is cal-
culated that the expense of the new prison will amount to
50,000/. It is built after the manner of Pentonville,and will
hold 300 prisoners. Dr. Lie has given notice of a motion for
the Midsummer quarter sessions—" That a petition be pre-
sented to Farlian.ent to abolish the game-laws."

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BA.LFE'S BONDMAN.—On Friday, the purchase
money for this opera, for performance exclusively in the
Austrian dominions 40001., and 801. besides for the right for
the An der Wien Theatre in Vienna, was paid over to Mr.
Balfe, being the first instance on record of an English com-
poser having secured a musical copyright on the continent.
The house of Mechetti, in Vienna, is the possessor of the
opera, as well as of Balfe's Bohemian Girl.
IiENVIO NANO.—The disposition of th;s person's
remains has been publicly stated, and a friend enables us to
give an anatomical account of his last (dis) appearancr.7-
"This extraordinary cripple (sax s our informant) exhibits
the very rrre combinations of perfect symmetry, strength and
beauty, with a great amount of deformity. The head is
remarkably}
ably fine in form, and the expression intelligent and
benign ; the chest, shoulders, and arms, form a perfect
model of strength and beauty; the arms are ex-
ceedingly muscular, and the hands very well and strongly
formed ; when standing, the arms could reach the ground
easily, so as to be employed in progression or leaping ; is
the place of legs there are two limbs, the left about
eighteen inches from the hip to the point of the toes, the
right about twenty-four from the same points. The feet are
natural. The easiest mode of explaining the nature of these

limbs is to say, that it seems as though the thigh bones
and muscles had disappeared, and the knee joints been
raised up to the hips; the bone on the one side is
tolerably liko a leg-bone, on the other it is com-
pressed into an immensely strong bone of triangular form,
with the base upwards, and knit to the hip with very strong
ligaments ; these limbs are furnished with the muscles which
should have belonged to the thigh, and those of the leg
are much increased in size; the muscles of the calf being
comparatively small, on account probably of. modet of walk-
ing,contributingNeilrifore-
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his mode of fighting too was
feet in the air; . . ing on its back
. like a mon e 3, Ju Ping ten
most original ; he used to spring in the air, and at the same
instant deal the most terrific blow upon his antagonist's
head, so that he was a very formidable combatant. It is
I said that in his palmy days, while driving his cab, a clumsy
carter drove against him, end as usual accused llervio of
being in the fault, at which our hero sprung from his seat on
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to the back of the man, and gave him a most terrible thrash-
ing: his feats of strength in his monkey charactersh
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TIIE SPIRIT TRADE.—On Friday a deputation of
wholesale and retail spirit-dealers f
had anthde purpose intervsev of
interview with
the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
pre-
senting amemorial, very numerously signed, praying for an
assimilation of the bonded system applicable to spirits dis-
tilled in England, Scotland, and Ireland, to that of colonial
an foreign spirits. Mr. Ireland (Governor of the Incorpo-
rated Society of Licensed Victuallers), Mr. liasley, a past
Governor, and Messrs. Homer, Biugley, Gurney. and Ste-
vens, who attended, represented to the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, that concurrence with the prayer of the me_
morialists would produce a competitive market for British
spirits, a great desideratum both for the trade and the pub-
lic; th.t l3ritish spirits, like foreign, wou!d improve in
bond ; that the monopoly of a iew distillers, having a limited
class interested, would be destroyed, and prices be thereby
cheapened, to the benefit of the consumer and the advan-
tage of the revenue, and that there would also be produced a
greater uniformity of rates, by the natural inducement to
distil when corn and sugar were cheap, and a consequent re-
duction of demand for those articles when scarce and dear.
Without denying the preceding deductions, Sir Charles
Wood at once admitted the cogency of the last, and, after
asking several questions arising out of the subject, and
having received the information sought, assured the deputa-
tion that he would take into his serious consideration their
request. It was also named to him, that whilst the deputa-
tion felt highly gratified at finding that Mr. bloffatt bad a
Bill before the House for the object they had in view, the
memorial of the trade had been determined on without con•
faring with that gentleman,