The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-01 00:00:00

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.

LOND(N, FEB. 27.—Wind at noon E.N.E., fresh breeze
and cloudy.
DEAL, FEB. 26.—Wind S.S.W. to N.W. from E.S.E.—SId.
John Gray, Calcutta; Canada, Mauritius; Nautilus, ditto;
Chieftain, Cuba ; Carshalton Park, ditto ; Byron, New
Orleans; Henry Skelton, Baltimore; Eliza Franks, Staten
Island. _ _ _

PooTsmourn, Fan. 26.—Wind N.E. to E.S.E.—SId. Pem-
berton, New Orleans.
Cow .s, FEB. 26.—Arrd. Indefatigable, Rickmers, Monte
Video, for Antwerp.
FALMOUTH, FEB. 26.—Wind E.S.E., strong.—Arrd. The-
rese, Meitche, New Orleans, for Hamburgh.
BRisTol, FEB. 26 —Wind E.—Sld. Fanny Allan, Barba-
does; Augusta, Havannah ; Philadelphia, New York.
LIVERPOOL, FEB. 26.—Wind S.S.E., moderate.—Arrd.
Hermes, Donough, Arica; Sarah, Barclay, Savannah ; Ada,
Wilson, Charleston ; Invoice, Rolling., Karamatie. Sid.
Princess. Royal, Calcutta ; Pakenham, Bouillay ; Camilla,
Demerara; Trinidad; Emma, La Guavra ; Helen
Hamilton, ditto ; Ellen Brooks, New Orleans ; St. George,
Baltimore. The Mercurius, Ardrossan to Kilts, struck on
the North Rock 23d inst., and it is feared will become a
wreck.

CLYDI, FEB. 23 —Sid. Maria, Eutolier, Havannah ;
Brenda, Trinidad; Leguan, Greuada • British Princes, New
Orleans • Cronstadt, New ork ; Trident, Boston; Nautilus,
Philadelphia.
PLYMOUTII, FEB. 26.—Wind E.—Acrd. John Cock,
Stetting, Monte Video.
CORK, FEB. 24. —Wind E.S.E.—Arrd. Meteor, Turner,
Maracaibo. Sid. Mechanic, Africa; Malabar, New Orleans;
Village Girl, Philadelphia.
GALWAY, FEB. 24.—S1d. Manchester, Tyler, New Orleans.
HULL, FED 26.—Wind N.E.—Sld. Edina, St. John's, New
Brunswick ; Waterloo, ditto ; Tuscany, New York ; Vener-
able, St. John's.

COMMISSION OF LUNACY.

On 'Friday, in pursuance of a:commission de lunatiro in
quirendo from tile Lord Chancellor, Mr. Winslow, a Master
in Lunacy, and a jury, assembled at The Jack Straw's Castle
Tavern, Hampstead-heath, to inquite into the state of mind
of Major Richard Toulmin North. a gentleman residing with
Mr. J. M. Crooke, a surgeon at Hendon.
Mr Cockburn and Mr. Tennant were counsel for the peti-
tioner, and Mr. C. Roupell for Major North.
It was given in evidence that Major North was fonne-ly
an officer in the 'Coldstream Guards, and more recently in
the Lancashire Alilitii. He is 64 years of age, and was
never marrie.. Ile I.osaesses large estates in Yorkshire,
Lancashire, and Ireland, which, though encumbered to a
large extent by mortgages, yield him an income of nearly
3,0001. His family residence is at Thurland Castle, near
Kirby Lonsd,le ; though of late years he has only resided
occasionally there, having travelled much on the Continent.
The petitioner is Mr. .tonn Burton, of Andover lodge, Chel-
tenham, formerly of the medical stair of the Madras army,
who married a niece of Major North's, and whose children
are the next of kin of the latter. The characteristics of the
unfortunate gentleman's insanity were of the most extra-
ordinary kind. It appeared from the evidence given on
the inquisition that from the early part of January,
1827, down to the present time, he has not been in a
sane state of mind. Certain charges of a painful kind
having been circulated respt sting him in 1826, the officers
of his regiment refused to associate with him, and that cir-
cumstance is supposed to have led to his insanity, he having
been previously a very clever man. In the spring of 18..!7
his insanity became so marked and notorious, that his tenants
refused to pay their rents to him until they obtained a bond
of indemnity from a Mr. Noel, a friend of his. On one
occasion, when Mr. Francis Pearson, his solicitor, was sitting
in his company, he suddenly started up and dashed through the
window of the apartment. Though his mother was alive then,
he told Mr. Pearson she was dead, and that she frequently
revisited Thurland Castle, coming through the key-hole.
On another occasion he deliberately set fire to the curtains
of his bed with a candle, and he said that he did that to
make his escape from the castle. He used to assert that Jane
Ward, his housekeeper, was a witch, and once asked her to
take the broom and convey him from Underley Park to
Thurland Castle, stating his object to be to make a funeral
pile of it. In 1829 he went abroad, and for a long
time his friends heard nothing of him. Whilst at Lou-
vain he made a will, by which he bequeathed 10,000/.
to a clerk in a diligence-office, a mere casual ac-
quaintance which he made. At Brunswick, where he
was known by the name of " the mad Englishman," be was
found living with a stable-boy, a discharged servant of the
Duke of Brunswick, in unseemly familiarity, whom he calved
his brother. He bad given his watches to some common
soldiers, had parted with his clothes, and was found at Bn,ns-
wick possessed only of the clothes which he wore. The
authorities in that place had excluded him front that town
for having demoralised the soldiery. He told one of the wit-
nesses, who met him there, that he had an idea of buying an
old castle between Wolfenbuttel and Brunswick, which was
situated on the edge of a forest and in ruins, for the purpose
of giving grand parties in it ; and he said that he inherited it
from Queen Caroline, also was a relation of his. He desired
the witness to invite the Duke of Brunswick and his suite to
dine with him there. He talked also of being about to purchase
the whole dukedom of Brunswick. While at this place he in-
vited five or six soldiers to dine with him, whom he made
drunk, and afterwards threw bottles of champagne over thaw.
At Wolfenbuttel, lie gave a ball at the hotel where he was
staying, and stationed several men with paper lanterns at the
door, to invite every one that passed to join in the dance. A
witne-s saw him dancing on that occasion with prostitutes,
end peophi of the lowest order of the population, and on re-
monstrating with him, he said he meant shortly to hsve a
grand illumination in honour of his coming into possession of
his dukedom. At a public saloon in Hamburgh, the same
witness saw him dancing with prostitutes, and after leaving
the saloon take out handfuls of sovereigns from his pocket
and throw them right and left among the crowd in the
garden of the saloon. At Stockholm he was found fishing in
a small muddy stream, and told the witness who saw him
thst he had caught five large salmon, which he had just
given away. Other witnesses spoke to a great number of
extravagant acts committed by the unfortunate gentleman.
Mr R,,upell having briefly addressed the Court on behalf of
his client, and the Learned Commissioner having shortly
summed up the case, the jury, without consultation, unani-
mously returned a verdict that Major North had been insane
from the 31st of December, 1627, and from that period down
to the pn sent he had been incapable, and still is incapable
of managing himself and his property.

We hear that there is a very good attendance of
Nimrods at Melton Mowbray this year, and since the openir g
of the railroad the journey from London can be performed in
a very short time ; and Mr. Hudson has made an arrange-
ment which enables Noble Lords and M.P.'s to hunt all the
morning in Leicestershire, and to be in their places iu Parlia-
ment the same evening.
ROYAL VISIT TO TIIE TELE OF WIGHT. Great
exertions are making to forward the work at Osborne. Some
of the finest shrubs have been sent there from the different
gentlemen's grounds in the neighbourhood, several waggon-
loads from Northwood Park alone. The Royal family are
expected to arrive on Wednesday next.
TILE CONDE MONTEMOLL.N.— The Conde Monte •
molin visited on Thusday the department of. Somerset House
containing the ship models, and minutely !nspected its cu-
rious and interesting contents. In the evening the
illustrious
Prince honoured with his presence the performances at her
Majesty's Theatre for the benefit of the suflerin* Irish and
Scotch: The Prince was attended by the Marquis of illa-
franca, General Montenegro, Colonel Merry, and Coblt)
Gariemsrtin. On Fr &lay the Conde, attended by the Ma. quit
of Villafranca, accompanied the Earl of Lonsdale to Trui,,,
where they enjoyed the sport of hunting with his Lordship's
harriers.
The Conde de Montemolin has signified his inten-
tention of visiting the Lyceum Theatre to-night.
ROBBERY Os' 801. BY A PAUPER.—Thursday the
police received information that a pauper, named George, an
inmate of Clerkenwell workhouse, had committed a rob-
bery of 801. It appears that George had often been entrusted
with small sums to pay tradesmen, and on Viedne,cbt
was sent with a cheque of the above sum to settle 3he souse
i,
accounts, none of which have been liquidated, Nothing had
been heard of him up to last night. George was formerly a
tradesman in the parish, and hence the confidence placed in
him on various occasions.

..... - - -
ROME.—Mr. Freeborn gave a dinner on the 341 to
Mr. Ci,bden, and in the evening a Conversazione, attended by
his Excellency the Governor of Rome, the Governor of the
Bank, many of the Roman authorities, several English artiets
and ocher gentlemen, invited to meet the above-named
tinguished person.—Roman Advertiser.

PonrsNtou'rn, FRIDAY.—A large amount of money has
been collected from the officers and crew of the St. Vincent,
Victory, and Excellent ti,wardq the relief of the distressed
Irish and Scotch, the officers subscribing handsomely, each
according to his means, and the men giving a day's pay each,
setting a noble example to the rest of the fleet.
Mr. George Allen, of the Admiral-in -Chief's tender Fanny,
is appointed to command the Undine, steam-tender pro. tent.
to the royal yacht, which is to be manned by a crew of men
picked from the Victory. Mr. James Scarlett, second-
master, commanding the Mercury tender, is nominated to
succeed Mr. Alien in the command of the Fanny. Mr.
Scarlett has been employed for many years afloat, and has
earned the reputation of being one of the best cutter sailors

in the fleet.
The Vengeance, 84, Captain Lushington, was at Malta on
the 17th instant, and was to sail on the 21st for Bermuda.
Extract of a letter from the Herald, 26, Captain Kellett,
'erwaged in surveying in the Pacific, dated St. Blas, Mexico,
Noven.,er 26 :—As soon as we have completed water, which
we are hard at, we shall start for Panama. On the 26th of
April we left Panama for the straits of San Juan de Fuca,
and at rived there, at Port Victoria on the 26th of June, after
a passage of seventy-three days, without once seeing land.
ti e remained surveying the straits until the 9th of Septem-
ber, and as far as the clima.e and living go it is a second
England in the summon Salmon cheaper than ma.ckarel
at home ; for a unit. rm button I have bought one
weighing 351 b., plenty of good potatoes and venison, be-
sides wild fowl and partridges; but the natives are perfect
savages, s ) much so, that our boats are always armed ; and
very necessary we have found it in many instances I assure
you, being 100 miles away from the ship for a fortnight at a
time. The men are perfectly naked, and the women but
very slightly covered, having a piece of cloth or other mate-
rial, about as large as a handkerchief, tied round their hips;
they are governed by no laws, subject to no control, reckless
and passionate—a word and a blow, and frequently the latter
(with a knife) comes first, upon the slightest provocation.
• . . Our survey being finished, we made the straits, and
autumn getting late, we left for the south again; and arrived
at San Francisco on the 21st of September, where, finding
the Americans at war with the Mexicans, and in possession
of the place, we thought it as well to start again post haste;
accordingly we left on the following day, and surveyed the
whole c ast down as far as Mazatlan, 100 miles to the north-
ward of this. We remained there three or four days with
the Fisgard, 42, Captain Duntze, and came on for our lettere
and to water before our departure to Panama, where we shall
be about the end of next month (December)."
The Hydra steam sloop, Commander Morrell, the Tortoise
store and guard ship, and the Grappler iron steam-vessel,
Lieutenant. Commander Lysaught, were at Ascension on the
23d of January.,
The Dauntless, having nearly completed her lading of
meal, was warped from the jetty this mornirg to a buoy off
the King's Stairs,where alto bent sails. Mr.-J.- Macdonald.
Master of the Victoria and Albert ro al yacht, will navigate
her to Glasgow, with a crew composed of about 30 riggers,
and 60 or 70 hands from the Victory.
The Drake lighter came in from Freshwater this morning,
bringing in fr• m 12 to 15 tons of the Sphynx's machinery. The
three steam tugs are to take down to morrow two mooring
lumps, the two repaired camels, some paddle box boats, and
the same artisans and seamen that were sent the last time.
In Harbour—The St. Vincent, Victory, Excellent, Dragon,
Rattler, Myrtle, Echo, and Undine steamers.
In Dock—The Victoria and Albert, Prince Regent, Leander,
Ajax, Champion, Kestrel, and Serpent.
In the Basin—The Sidon and Edinburgh.

At Spithead—None.
CHATHAM, FES. 26.—The Semarang, 26 guns, in dock,
repairing and fitting for a guard ship at Gibraltar, has got
her foremast rigged; her main and miters masts are found
to be defective, ',he will, therefore, require new ones; she is
to have wood sheathing, and felt over it, and the bottom
new coppered, and she will go out of dock the middle of next
m ,nth.
The Arab, 16 guns, building and fitting for sea, is to be
launched at the end of March next.

The Aid, Smallman, master, remains loading with stores
for Ply m oui h- yard.
The Goodwill, Pledge, master, arrived with stores from
Portsmouth ; and the Rochester, Sedgewick, master, arrived
yesterd3y from Sheerness, and is waiting for orders to load.
On Tuesday the 23d inst., Captain Sir W. Symonds, Sur-
veyor of the. Navy, arrived at this yard, and after inspecting
the several ships building proceeded,
to Sheerness, whence he
returned the following day, and again inspecting the works
proceeded to London the same afternoon.

THE RIVER PLATE.
The following important intelligence from Monte Video has
been received:—
MONTE VIDEO, DEC. 17, 1846, 8 o'CLocK
IN THE _ _

Since closing my letter of ibis morning intelligence of this
most important character has reached me from a perfectly
auttie. tie a ,urce.
A Commissioner has this day arrived from Entre Rios,
bearing dispatches from General Urquiza to this Govern-
ment iu which he undertakes the office of mediator be-
tween the Banda Oriental and Roses, on the peremptory
ground of the war being put an end to. He admits the
propositions of the Monte Vide:in Government, and will
use all his influence to gain their admission by Governor
Rosa', wi,leh is tantamount to a determination to take
part in the war should Rosas and Oribe resist his views.
Urquiza's letter is full of the most just and noble sentiments
regarding the welfare of the State, and that of all the sur-
rounding republics; and there can be no question that this
pronunciemUnto, so long desired, will restore peace on a solid
fuundat

POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
There has lately been deposited in the museum of this
establishment by the patentee, Mr. Allen, a very ingenious
apparatus, called the Archimedean Store : it is called the
Archimedean, or Screw Stove, from the flame or heat from the
furnace or place containing the fire, being made to revolve in its
ascent through a spiral funnel, so that it passes through a
considerable length of space, and in so doing conveys and
emits a vast decree of caloric influence to the surrounding
atmosphere. There is no varour, dust, or disagreeable
smell—no generation of unpleasant gases, and no danger in-
curred. The mode of feeding the furnace or fire-place is by a
tube round which the screw or worm revolves, the coke or
coal being put in at the top and falling into the fire-place as
the fuel is burnt out or consumed. There is also appur-
tenances for receiving the deb/ is of the fire, conveying away
the smoke, &c., which are simple yet complete. The cost of
the apparatus is very trifling, the expense of the fuel scarcely
a fourth part of what a common chamber requires. The in-
vention is that of a practical working mechanician, and is
the more valuable on that account, as it is the result of ex-
perience, and not the plaything of a mere theorist.

SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETT.-1 ne performance
of anthems and cathedral music customarily given by the
Society at this period of the year, is fixed for Thursday next.
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nhr yr° Purcell, Gibbons,
be°o unit,
tTahinesl6!aroiecgrtaiomnms eiromarratnhgeedwoasrksuosufaHl,
Boyce, Croft, Blow, Greene, Weldon, Wise, Creyghton, Bat-
tishill, Kent. and Mendelssohn.
On Wednesday the Duke de Nemours gave his
annual party to the literary and artistical world of Paris. All
the eminent litterateurs, painters, and musicians of the capital
were present, be sides a great number of the members of both
Chambers. The on:v Minister present was M. dtehSealFyraenncicZ
the Minister of Public Instruction.giaNnso,naenodf
tthheemc.ohriopsledoifptlho:
matique were invited. The Kgßuineegistas.ndTQhueeett
onlyof eminent troh3e.aNfignial3ndwQerueeaemn
oonfg the Belgians,
was N. Alexandre
lite-
rary loan whose absence was remarked,
Dumas, who, it appears, has fallen into disgrace since his re-
cent7,us entrepreneurexliib himselfitionas ari advocate in his own case. The illus-
trious gives out that he has been obliged
to cut his royal frkud.

FEB.BERLIN, B.—Though, according to asser-
tions that may be depended upon, the finances of the Prus-
sian states are in such a satisfactory state that no special
resources are required to meet the regular expenditure, yet
sevenl public works are contemplated to be executed at the
public expense; for instance, some important iron railways,
and likewiso, the construction of fortifications in the province
of Prussit,, for which it is necessary to open an extraordi-
nary credit, which is to be procured with the co-operation
wai guarantee. 3t the United Diet. The Ministers of St.ste,
Von Ruhon and Von Arnieu are appointed marshals of the
l)iet for the assembly of the nobles and that of the deputies,
~f the knights, the cities, sod the communes.
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