The Sun.
London, England, 1841-02-12 00:00:00

FIRST SPRING MEETING, 1841.—MoNDAY.

Sweepstakes of 100 sous. each, h f;, for four yrs old. A, P.
Gibraltar, NI 41h—.Jeff}, 8a 7113—Arnurath, 83t 71b—
Grey Milton, Bst 4 b—Muley 13litnnel, 83t 41b—Assassin,
Bst 41b—Diderot, Bit 41b—Scutari, Bit 21b—Cepote,
Bst 21b—Glencrehy, Bst lib—Perseus. Bst Ilb—C:aution,
Bst—King of the Peak, 7st 131b—Benjamin, 7st 101 b
Jahus, 7st 101b—Currency, 7st 101)—Stamboul, 7st 7113
The Genius, 7st 71b—Odds 13;.bs, 7st s!b—Ramadan,
41b—Gnnby•ses, 7 t 4ib—ConstatAtia c, 7st 21b-- Si
listria, Tat 21b—Mulciber, 7st 21b—Exit, 7st—Tragedy c,
6st I2lb—Billow, 6-;:t 12th.

EDNF SDA V.

Sweepstakes of 50 toys. each h ft. Cessrewitch Course.
Bloomsbury, 5 yrs, f.W 101b—Montreal, 5 yrs, 9.t 41b—
Caravan, aged, 9st 3'h—Flaalbe•su 5 yrs, gat 2'b—Gib•
raltar, 4 yrs, 8,.t 91b—The Corsair, 5 yrs, tlit 71b—Ruby,
raged, B,t lib—Confusionnec, 5 yrs, 7st 131b—Amurath,
4 yra, 7st 131b—Jeffy, 4 yrs, Tat 131b—Assassin, 4 yrs,
7st 131b—Quicksilver, aged, 7st Sib—Humming Bird, 4
yrs 7st 71b—Currier, 5 yrs, 7st 7A3—Bosphorus, 5 yrs, 7:•t
71b—I-am-not-au are, 6 3 rs, 7st Sib—Currency, 4 yrs, 7st
51b—Benjamin, 4 yrs, 7st 31b—Isabella, 6 yrs, 7st 11b—
Whalebone, aged, 7st I'b—Statnboul, 4 yrs, 7st—The
Genius, 4 yrs, 7st—Naworth, 4 yrs, 7st—Stork, 5 yrs,
6st 131b—Revoke, 5 yrs, 6.. t 131b—Janus, 4 yrs, 6st 12th—
Bracelet, 6 yrs, bat 10113—Lambtonian c (h b), 4 yrs, 6st
10:b--Cambyses, 4 yrs, 6,t 71b—Russell Frost, 4 yrs, 6st
711-,—Exit, 4 yrs, Est 41b—Ramadan, 4 yrs, Est 31b—
Pluto, 5 yrs, 6st 31b—Sherbet, 4 yrs, 6st—Half-caste, 4
yrs, Sit 101b—Buck filly, 4 yrs, sst 101b—Billow, 4 yrs,
5t 61b.

Acceptances to be signified en or before the 17th inst.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

(From the Brighton Gazette )

PORTSSIOUTII, FEB 10 —The steamer Lizard, in com-
mand of Lieut. Estcourt, proceeded on Saturday from
this harbour to Plymouth, Falmouth, Gibraltar, and Malta,
taking despatches for Admiral Stopford, and supernume-
raries for the squadron. Commander Cannon, appointed
to the Calcutta, 84, took passage in the Lizard. She is
intended to relieve the Confiance steam-vessel, which is
defective.

Letters from the Sapphire troop-ship, commanded by
Mr. Cole, master, report her arrival at Malta on the 14th
Januhry, from Cork, having on board the 59:h regiment
for conveyance to Corfu. The Admiral-in-Chief was daily
expected there from Marmorice Bay, having given up the
command, pro tempore, to Rear- A,2rniral Sir John Om-
rnanney. The transport Ab.l-rcron-ibie Robinson, was pre-
paring to emb .1k the 47th regiment for conveyance to
Barbedoes. The Wasp, 16, Commander Manse!, was at
Malta, but was to proceed home in about a month, with
the Asia, 84, and the Bellerophon, 78, all to be paid off.
The Endymion frigate, Captain the Hon. F. W. Grey,
has left Plymouth Sound for the East Indies, with de-
spatches for Rear-Admiral Elliot. She is to be attached
to that station.

The brig Peliezir, IS, Commander Charles Nip7er, is
still detained at Spithead, awaiting orders. There is a
rumour afloat that Commodore Napier is to have the Lis-
bon station; but it does not gain credence. Commodore
Lord John Hay, C. 8., is also named for this command.
It is decided that in future a Commodore of the Ist class
shall be stationed in the Tagus.
The ships in Plymouth Sound on Saturday were the
Impregnable, 104, Captain Forrest, and Belleisle, 78, Cap-
tain Nicholas. Both are in want of men to complete, and
awaiting orders. The Bombay, 84, and America, 50, are
shortly to be commissioned at Plymouth.
The Tweed corvette, Commander Douglas, will go out
of harbour to Spit sad during the week, where she will be
paid advance of wages, and await orders as to destination.
A letter from Malta reports that the Royal Marines are
suffering much from sickness at Beyrout, and that upwards
of 80, out of the detachment of 300, were in the Hospital.
The Snake, 16, at Chatham, and Bittern, 16, at this
port, will be commissioned shortly.
The brig Ririd, 10, Lieutenant Tryon, is nearly ready
for sea.

Owing to tho continued sererity cf the weather, the
equipment of the ships at the several ports has been rnl-
terially retarded, and generally there is now a dearth of
naval news.

At Spithead—Pelican, 16.
In Harbour—Queen, Victory, Indus, Excellent, Tweed,
Royal George yacht, Rapid, Echo, Alban, and tenders.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
(LLOYD'S.)

LONDON, FEB. 11.—Wind this day at noon, light brecza
at South, with hazy weather, and thawing fast. There
were occasional light falls of rain during the night.
DEAL, FEB. 10.—Wind S.S.W.—Sailed the Katha-
rine Stewart Forbes, Hobbs, to New Zealand; EuNine,
Bombay ; Jane Lockhart, Thorpe, Dominica;
Enchantress, Bissett, St. Kitts ; Jamaica, Johnson, Anti-
gua; Mincz, Flight, River Cambia; Catherine Boland,
Wylie, Magadore.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.

HARWICH, FEB. 10, —The Gunfleet Sand Beacon has
been driven on shore at Wilton.

Loss OF LIFE IN NAVAL ACTIONS.—The
naval actions of the English have been always remarkable
for the comparative small loss of life with which they
have been gained; and in the estimation of the country
this has always formed a principal feature of the public
triumph. The loss at Acre was the smallest ever known
in an affair of such magnitude ; and, decisive as the vic-
tory was, we should regard it with increased congratula-
tion, from its offering a hope that war (if such must come)
may yet be carried on with diminished sacrifices to huma-
nity. On this important subject we shall give a glance
at the losses in the great principal actions since the
beginning of the great war of the French Re-
volution. In Lord Howe's action of the Ist of June,
179 A, there wer? twenty-six sail of the line engaged,
with 17,000 men; the total of the kited and
wounded amounted to 1,078. In Lord Bridport's action
of the 231 of June, 1795, there were 14 sail of the line.
with 10,000 men ; the killed and wounded were 144. In
Lord St. Vincent's action there were 15 suit of the ILe,
with 10,000 men ; the killed and wounded were 300. In
Lord Duncan's action, October, 1797, there were 16 sail (in-
cluding two 50's), with 8,000 men; the killed and wounded
were 751. In Lord Nelson's battle of the Nile, August Ist,
1798, there were 14 sail, and 8 000 men; the killed and
wounded were 895. In Lord Nelson's attack on Copen-
hagen, 2d of April, 1801, there were 11 sail of the line
an,i 5 frigates' with 17,000 men; the killed and wounded
were 1,524. In Lord Nelson's battle of Trafalgar, 21st.
of October, 1805, there were 27 sail, with 17,000 men ;
the killed and wounded were 1,524. In Lor,'. Exmouth's
attack on Algiers there were five sail of the line and five
frigates, with 5,000 men ; the kiled were 818.' The dif-
ferences of loss.zs in those engagements is to be accounted
for in general by the circumstances of the conflicts. But
the attack on the Algerine batteries inflicted the severest
loss of the whole, in proportion to the number of turn
engaged : it was little less than a filth —l3lachwood's
Magazine.

On Tuesday afternoon banking-house of
Metssrs. Weston and Youn,2-., Wellington-street, in the
Borough, was thrown into a state of great consternation by
an alarm of fire, but it was soon exting,uiAcd by the exer-
tions of the inmates. It originated irl the chimney of the
counting. house.
The two brothers, Michael and Patrick Wallace,
who Lave been committed to Islewgate, charged with Me-
niously losing the ship Dryad, arc the sons d Au he.,.
Wallace, long known as a respectable storekeeper in
Leith. He was, for many years, the faithful servant of
Sir Michael Shaw Stewart, father of the late baronet ;
and, from gratitude to his respected master, named his
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nal proceedings against the Wallace& —Grcenock Ad-
vertiser.