The Sun.
London, England, 1847-07-27 00:00:00

Fourth Heat.

J. Curd (Red)
Weldon
Another good heat all the way down, when(Gthrainne 2r
went away.
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Grand Heat.

James Curd (Redd:‘l
G. Weldon (Green) 2
They wheto‘gether for a short distance, and then th(
winner gradually drew away. The pries were a new
boat for the first man, and liberal sun3s of money for tht
others.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
PORTSMOUTH, JULY 26.--Her Majesty's ship Iris, 26.
Captain G. R. Mundy, arrived at Spitbead this morning
from the East Indies, Cape of Good Hope, See. She
was signalled to proceed on to Chatham, to be paid off,
and only remained a short time to land her invalids and
dispatches. She came from the Cape of Good Hope or,
the Ist of June, and the Island of Ascension on the
19th. She left the President, 50, and Rosamond steamer
in Simon's Bay, and the Penelope steamer and Mariner
brig at Ascension. Commander A. Little, promoted ti
that rank out of the Iris, is a passenger in her, and
Lieut. Dunbar, R.N., dismissed by sentence of court
martial. The Iris has been upwards of three years em-
ployed in the East Indies and the Island of Borneo, and
her officers and crew were actively engaged in the de
struction of pirates in the creeks of the latter island.
Captain Mundy has reported that her Majesty's ship
Agincourt, 72, with the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir Thos.
Cochrane, left Penang on the 14th April for England
but had not got to the Cape when the Iris came away.
Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Napier puts to sea to-
morrow morning in the St. Vincent, with the Howe.
Queen, and Vengeance ships of the line, and the Aven
ger, Odin, Vixen, and Stromboli steamers. It is his
intention to call in at Torbay, and also at Plymouth,
before going the exercise cruize. The Caledonia has beer,
got into deck this morning, and, unless detained by the
shipwright department, will be moved out again on
Wednesday, and able to sail to join the Rear-Admiral
either in Torbay or Plymouth by Thursday. The Cere
taur will follow as soon as she is ready. A number of
amateur officers go out in the squadron, among whom
are Captain Charles Hope, Robert Fitzroy, and W. A
Herringham. Any other half-pay officers, who may
wish to avail themselves of this cruize to acquire prac-
tical knowledge, will be ordered a passage.
The Odin, Vixen, and Stromboli, steamers, went out
of harbour this evening. Lieutenant John Suceombe,
from the Queen, is to be first lieutenant of the Trinco-
malee ; and First Lieutenant Spalding, R.M., embarks
in her with the detachment.
The Admiralty, on Saturday, intimated to Captains
Warren and Eden of the Trincomalee and Amphitrite,
that they should expect to see those frigates at Cork on
the Ist of September, the time fixed for the board being
there, and also Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Napier and
the squadron.
The Fury, a new steam-sloop of MS horse power, ha,
been commisioned this morning by Commander James
Willcox.

REPEAL OF THE WINDOW-TAX.—Yesterday after-
noon a meeting of the metropolitan delegates, appointed
by the several parishes to co-operate for the repeal of
the window-tax, was held at the Board-room of the
Marylebone Court House, G. Daniel, Esq., in the chair.
The chairman congratulated the meeting upon the
altered position in which this question stood. Like the
corn-laws it was in a state of transition, and the popu-
lous parishes which they represented were resolvedl.l
to
hurl down the abominable tax. The City candidates
asked what would be substituted fur it, and at the same
time acknowledged that it was an odious and unjust tax.
The country replied that it was injurious to health and
morals, and that therefore it could not stand, especially
at a time when the Government appeared so anxious to
improve the sanatory codition of the people. Dr. Rea-
dere, one of the gentlemen most prominent in advancing
the Health of Towns Bills, declared " the window-light
tax to be a tax upon health paid by death." What
stronger arguments could they desire to bring before the
Minister to induce him to abolish the unwholesome ob-
noxious impost? He hoped that the measures which
they adopted would so influence the members of the
next Parliament, that they would feel it to be their para-
mount duty to exert their best endeavours to have
abolished the unjust, the unequal, and the oppressive tax.
A resolution, denunciatory of the window-tax, wansdpBr
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posed, and supported by. Lord Dudley Stuart a
B. flail. It was then put and carried, as alsowereeotihne,r
resolutions.of a similar tendency, after which the meeting
separated.
The last advices from Ceylon state that the
April
eex-
ex-
ports of produce for the quarter ending the sth of
last, according to the Custom-house returns, ware
valued at 195,985/., against 188,991 . for the correspond-
ing date of the preceding year, showingerio a
f
6,9941. The imports for the sam4e6p d were increase
evearleuaesde ato
357,026/., against. 432,456/. in 18 , showing a decrease
of 75,4301. In reference to late extensive shipments of
rice to the English and other markets, it is mentioned
that about 6,000 bushels had been forwarded ; but it is
added, that it is thought little more would b. e exported,
prices being suddenly advanced as much as 4d. per
bushel, with every prospect of further improvement. The
descriptions selected in these purchases were the
Caloonda and Samba kinds. The coffee sent home had
principally consisted of plantation, the quality of which
fine, while generally the produce of the crops of
wasB4 v6.aeriwas in most cases considered to be above the
average of former years. .Th e planteilis submittedresident
country contiguous to Trincomalee had a plan
to the local government for constituting that place a
shipping port, in preference to dispatching their coffee,
sugar, cinnamon, rice, &c., to Colombo for its sea
passage. The Custom-house Shr,:,l? whose delinquencies
in connexion with the collection of Custotn-house duties
have before been adverted to, had restored 4,000/. of the
misappropriated fund, and on the responsiliilitv of bail
to the extent of 9,000/., would be set free to use his ex-
ertions in recovering the remainder.