The Sun.
London, England, 1841-12-17 00:00:00

APPOINT3IENTS.

Dec. 9th.—Lieutenants—John Elliott, to the North
Star ; S W. Dorville, to the Minden.
Assistant-Surgeon—W. Rogers (b), to the Feria.

Mate—Thomas- J. Smyth, to thedaledonia.
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Dec. 10th.—Lieutenants—George Edwin Patey to the
Caledonia ; R. K. Jenkins, to the. Ferret ; Robert Phil-
lips, to the North Star.
Dec. 11th.—Lieutenants—G.. L. Norenek, to the
North Star.

Surgeon—Alfred G. C. Tucker, to the Minden.

Assistant-Surgeons—Dr. David Thompson (c.) (act-
ing), Dr. W. Whipple (acting), to the Minden ; Dr. John
Henderson (additional acting), to the Caledonia ; Dr.
Archibald Sibbald, to the Fly.
Mate—Edward J. Voules, to the Caledonia.
Dec.l2.—Lieut. Thomas Crofton, to the Minden.
(From the Brighton Gazette.)

PortTsmourm—Vice-Adiniral Sir Edward Bruce,
K.C.8., one of the heroes of Algiers, is appointed to the
command at the Nore, vacant by the promotion of Sir
Henry Digby to the rank of Admiral of the Blue Squa-
dron. Captain Francis Brace to be Flag Captain, and
Mr. Thomas) Woodman, Purser, R.N., to be Secretary.
The Gallant Officer has hoisted his flag (white at the
fore) on board the Camperdown, 104.
The Volcano steam vessel, at Plymouth, is to be com-
manded by Lieut. C. Featherstone.; it is reported for the
Mediterranean. The steam war-ship Growler, is com-
missioned at Sheerness by Commander C. Buckle ; it is
believed for the West Indies.

The Volage, 26, Captain Sir Wm. Dickson, Bart., and
Dido corvette, Captain the Hon. Henry Keppel, are ex-
pected at Spithead from Chatham. Destination unknown.
The Snake, 18, Commander the Hon. W. Devereux, is
to proceed to the Mediterranean, calling at this port and
Plymouth, and is daily expected from Chatham. She is
to relieve the Wasp, 16, ordered home.
The Thalia, 46, Captain Charles Hope, has been very
successful in entering men at Leith, the gallant Captain
being popular in that locality.
The Fly, 18, and schooner Bramble, will be ready at
Plyir outh to proceed to Torres Straits, under Captain
Blackwood, in the early part of March. Volunteers for
the expedition, however, enter very slowly.
The Malabar, 72, Captain Sir G. Sartorius, and Aigle,
24, Captain Lord C. Paget, both bound to the Mediter-
ranean, are still detained in Plymouth Sound.
The troop-ships Apollo, Commander Frederick, and
Sapphire, 28, Mr. Cole, have put into Torbay, on their
way to Plymouth and China.
Commander W. Nevill, of rVinchester, has taken the
command of the Serpent, 16, now at Spithead, said to be
destined for the Brazils.

The brig Pantaloon, 10, Lieut. Lapidge, will proceed
to the coast of Africa in about a fortnight, and the Athol,
28, Mr. Bellamy, master, to Jamaica, with troops.
At Spithead.:—Belvidera, 38, and Serpent, 16.
In Harbour.—St. Vincent, Queen, Victory, Excellent,
Royal George yacht, Warspite, Vindictive, Hazard, Pan-
taloon, Athol!, Echo, and Rapid.

TROUSSEAU OF THE LADY
SARAH VILLIERS.

Amongst ladies of fashion curiosity has naturally been
on tip-toe to behold the trousseau of the future lovely
bride of his Serene Highness Prince Nicholas Ester-
! hazy. The young and noble betrothed has kindly
•granted the desired treat at the earnest request of her
many distinguished friends. Yesterday and the day
before, Berkeley-square was thronged with the car-
riages of visitors in quest of a. gratification ladies alone
comprehend, and a feminine pen alone can describe.
None of the fair visitors could leave, we should think,
without their previous imaginings being fully realised.
Far, as the beautiful panoply of the bride lay strewed
before the many gazers, it was at the first glance
seen by a lady's eye that the savoir faire of the
Brussels' brodvuses had been employed in the de-
signing of ciphers on the almost gossamer baptiste ;
that Belgium had contributed its exquisite lace ; Paris
its flowers, so true to nature; Lyons its silk and velvets
of the rarest textures and most fascinating hues ; whilst
the hands of many a modiste had been employed to
fashion the tissues to the fairy form of the bride under
the inspiration of Laure and Vouillon. Neither was
there wanting jewellery of the most light imaginative
form, testifying that the goldsmith's art has not lost its
creative power, although it can no longer boast a Bene-
yenta° Cellini ; jewels of the mildest rays alone, suited
to that beauty and that youthful age in which eyes out-
shine diamonds, and teeth pearls, were not wanting. Not
the least interesting part of the coup d'cril were the many
presents destined to remind the young and noble lady of
her many absent and devoted friends, when her Lady-
ship resides in the splendid palaces of the Esterhazys
at Vienna and a Eisenstadt, &c.

The articles which principally attracted notice were
the following :
A wedding dress of splendid Brussels lace over white
satin, likewise richly trimmed with lace and with bou-
quets composed of orange blossom and lilies of the val-
ley. For a head-dress, superb Brussels veil, orange and
lily wreath, &c.

Most magnificent presents of bijouterie—amongst
which we were much struck with a small looking-glass,

in a frame inlaid with rubies, emeralds, and pearls ; a
gold inkstand, presented by Lord Willoughby D'Eresby;
and a green velvet watch-box, inlaid with precious stones,
each corner ornamented with rare cameos. In a word.
the whole trousseau, consisting of an endless variety of
splendid dresses of the richest materials of mantles of
every costly material, of handkerchiefs embroidered with
the princely ciphers embowered in wreaths and ara-
besques, &c., is in perfect taste and refined splendour.

FOUR VESSELS RUN DOWN AT SEA.—
Within the last two or three dayS the underwriters at
Lloyd's have received intelligence of four vessels having
been run down during the late dreadful gales from the
north-west, unhappily attended with loss of life. The
vessels in question are the schooner Eliza, belonging to
Ipswich, the Defiance, of Greenwich, the schooner
Nancy, belonging to Yarmouth, and the brig Queen,
of Newcastle. It appears that the Eliza, which
wls a fast-sailing vessel, was run down on the night of
the sth inst., between 10 and 11, near llarwich, by a
brig called the Conudon, of Stockton, and it was a
miracle that the crew, many of whom were asleep in
their berths, were not carried down with the vessel, for
shesank in a few minutes after the collision. Fortu-
nately they got on board of the brig, but were not
able to save any property. The vessel is supposed to
roads off theneedastTrryt
be in • sured. The Nancy was lost 'on the same night,
and the account ' en of her loss is, that she was in the
bows with
the Jean coast, making-for Yarmouth, when
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picked up about four hours after by a fishing smack, and
landed at Flamborough. The vessel was valued at 2,000/.
RATHER ODD I—There is a circumstance
stated in Mr. Penny's enumeration of the census of
Perth, ,which, from the " singular oddity of the thing,"
we beg to present to the notice of our readers, viz. :._.
that there are
Single men occupying their owa houses 541
Single women occupying their own houses 541
As— " So sure a class were never seen
So justly formed to meet by nature,' pair
"
we would Certainly advise these solitaires to " pair oft
with all convenient speed !—Scottish Paper.
Btidgewater has been greatly benefited since the
opening of the railway. Last year, only eight coaches
passed through the town, but there are now forty-seven
visiting it every day. Not only are the innkeepers
materially benefited, but the other tradesmen in the
town partake of the prosperity. What the effect will
be when ' the line is opened lower down, remains to be semi'.
Bath Chronicle.

A letter from Brussels of the 10th inst., in the
Echo du Nord, says—" General Lecharlier, who has just
been set at liberty, demands the restoration of a sum of
17,000 E, which, he says, was taken from his trunk,
when his place of residence was searched by the police."

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
ROLLS COURT, Dee. 16.

CALVERT U. WATSON.

This was a motion for an order fur the payment into
Court of the purchase money of an estate sold under a
decree of the Court, and for the purchaser to complete-
the purchase. Miss Watson, the defendant, was reported
the purchaser of the property in question, and shortly
afterwards was furnished with an abstract of the title.
The abstract so delivered was laid before Counsel, and.
after ample opportunity for examination had been allowed.
it was assumed between the parties that there was a good
title, and an arrangement was proposed for the purchaser
to take possession, but which arrangement, in conse-
quence of the illness of Miss Watson, (lid not immediately
take effect. However possession was taken on the 10th
of November last, and on the next day Mr. Nisbett, the
purchaser's solicitor, was alleged to have stated to the
agent of the vendor, that the possession so taken was
without prejudice to the right of the purchaser to dispute
the title, and to refuse on that ground to complete the
purchase. The vendor's solicitor absolutely refused to
accede to this proposition, and the defendant not being
satisfied with the title, refused to complete the purchase,
and met the motion of the other party by a motion to be
discharged therefrom for want of title.
Mr. Pemberton and Mr. Parkersappeared for the plain-
tiff, and Mr. Kindersley, Mr. Walker, and Mr. C. J.
Selwyn for the defendant.
The MASTER of the ROLLS said that upon the evidence
he was of opinion that the possession taken by the pm.;
chaser was an acceptance of the title, and that what had
taken place afterwards did not operate as a waiver ; but
it did not follow if the title was bad that therefore the
Court would order a conveyance to be made of what it
knew to be a bad title. There was a mode in which re-
lief might be obtained in circumstances such as this, not
by such a motion as that on the part of the defendant,
but by a petition stating the circumstances under which
it had been found that the title was bad, and praying for
an inquiry with regard to these circumstances. What
seemed to him as right to be done on this occasion was
to order the purchase money to be paid into Court to be
carried to the account of Miss Watson's purchase, leaving
her at liberty to present a petition in the manner he had
mentioned, if she should be so advised. The other part
of her motion, relating to her discharge from the pur-
chase, must be dismissed with costs,

VICE CHANCELLORS' COURT, Dec. 16.
(Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.)
MUUTZ V. TIVIAN.

(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)
Mr. RICHARD/ urged for the defence that the heating
of the metals was an essential part of the process for
which the patent had been granted ; and that his client
did not, consequently, interfere with it. Besides, the
principle of manufacturing an alloy from copper and zinc
had been long known, and could not therefore become the
subject of a patent.
His HONOUR, in delivering his judgment, said that
he did not think there could be any doubt as to
the validity of the patent, because there had been
such a possession as conferred a right to it.
But it did appear to him, that from the terms of the
specification, the plaintiff himself considered the heat-
ing of the metal an essential part of the process. Under
all the circumstances of the case he should make no
order, but he would leave it to the plaintiff to bring an
action at law for the infringement of the patent, and,
until that action was tried he would pronounce no defi-
nitive judgment in the matter. He should, in the mean-
time, give both parties liberty to apply.
(Before Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE.)