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have yet to settle their account), the opponents of the rate
never calculated on ,the triumph which they have achieved.
And it is a fact which deserves to be proclaimed from ore end of
the country to the other, that the tate has been carried, not by
the exertions and liberality of Churchmen, but by th vote of
a Dissenter (a Methodist), who, after a promise to the other
party that he would be neutrdl, towards the close of t\te pro-
ceedings registerei his six votes in favour of the rate 4 His
DAT'S work will stick by him as long as he lives in Hackney.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
(From the Hampshire Telegraph.)
PORTSMOUTH, JULY 17.—Late this evening we under-
stand the Princess Charlotte, of 104 guns, with Admiral
Sir Robert Stopford's flag on board, has anchored at St.
Helens.
The Castor, 36, Captain Edward Collier, C. 8., arrived
on Thursday, from Malta, having been in commission
upwards of four years. She left Malta on the 19th of
June, and Gibraltar, the Ist instant, when the Princess
Charlotte was in sight, and on her way to England ;
baffling winds and calms have no doubt prevented her
arrival. It is supposed she will call at Plymouth, on her
way to Spithead. On her arrival, the Princess Char-
lotte will come into this harbour and be paid off into
ordinary. The Castor was placed under quarantine, but
was admitted to pratique to-day, and is to proceed to
Sheerness to be paid off.
The Saracen, 10, Commander Hill, arrived at Ply-
mouth on Saturday, from the coast of Africa.
The Edinburgh, 72, Captain W. Wilmot Henderson,
C. 8., was paid off into ordinary on Wednesday last,
after having been nearly four years in commission ;
during the greater portion of which time she was actively
and usefully employed in the West Indies, North Ame-
rican, and Mediterranean stations. We feel pleasure in
noticing the creditable and orderly manner in which her
crew conducted themselves whilst in port—conduct which
we cannot but attribute to the efficient state of discipline
attained on board that ship. On her being inspected at
Spithead by the Commander-in-Chief, the very first shot
from the main deck sunk the target, and subsequently
two other targets were as quickly destroyed ; the pre-
cision of their fire, and the celerity with which the ship's
company performed the various duties, were such as to
induce Sir E. Codrington to make a very favourable report
to the Admiralty ; and it became a pleasing part of Capt.
Henderson's duty, before parting with so fine a set of men,
to read to them the expression of the approbation of
the Board at the efficiency in every respect of the Edin-
burgh. Whilst at Spithead liberal leave was allowed.
When she came into harbour to be stripped, all further
leave was stopped until she was cleared :—the conse-
quence of these judicious measures was, that the same
order and regularity was observed up to the moment the
men were paid off and went over the ship's side, as if
she had only come in to refit. The Commander-in-
Chief, in a public letter, expressed his high approbation
of the excellent arrangements adopted for paying off the
ship. The following medals, pensions, and gratuities were
awarded :—A. Thompson, Quarter-Master, a medal,
gratuity of 15/., and pension of 27/. 16s. ; Thomas
Fleetwood, Ship's Corporal, a medal, gratuity of 71., and
pension of 22/. ; William Tye, Gunner's Mate, a medal,
gratuity of 71., and pension of 251. 16s. ; Serjeant Tres-
cott, a medal, and a gratuity of 71. ; James Drudge,
Ship's Cook, is not entitled to the medal and gratuity,
having only served 20 years. The Humane Society
have awarded a medal to Benjamin Young, Second
Captain of mizen-mast, for saving the life of a woman
who fell overboard. On Monday, the Officers of the
Ward-room gave a parting dinner on board to Captain
Henderson, and the Gun-room and Warrant-officers; 30
sat down ; they also presented a silver snuff-box to Cap-
tain Jolliffe, Royal Marines, in testimony of their esteem
and regard for him as an officer and a gentleman, but
more particularly for the agreeable, urbane, and satisfac-
tory manner in which he had conducted the mess affairs.
On paying off, the ship's company disposed of, in charit-
able purposes, the proceeds of the savings generally of
liberty liquor, during the commission, in the following
manner :—To the widows of two petty officers who had
lost their lives in the ship, 51. each. (We are desired
by the widows ar d e Thans in this case to express their
grateful thanks for this generous bounty.) To the Sea-
men's Hospital, 5/. ; to the Seamen and Marines' School,
Bath-square, 51. ; to the Orphan Seamen and Marines'
School, 51. ; to dfray the funeral expenses of J. Callard,
a shipmate, who died the day the Edinburgh arrived at
Spithead, and was buried by desire of the crew at Kings-
ton, underneath the tablet they had erected to the me-
mory of those who fell at Acre, 71.—Total, 321.
The Hazard, 16, arrived at Leghorn, on the Ist of July,
from Genoa.
The Forester, arrived at British Accra from Whidah,
on the 28th April, and sailed on the 29th on a cruize.
The Southampton arrived at St. Helena on 16th May,
from the Cape of Good Hope, and sailed on the 19th for
Rio de Janeiro ; the Wizard arrived at St. Helena on the
27th of May.
The Partridge sailed from Buenos Ayres for Monte
Video, on the 23d April.
The Favourite sailed from Hobart. Town, for New
Zealand, on the 21st February.
The Illustrions, 72, ordered to be fitted for the flag of
Sir Charles Adam, was taken into the basin on Monday,
and docked on Wednesday last.
The seamen of the Electra, on paying off, subscribed the
sum of Si. Bs. to thelDreadnought, Seamen's Hospital.
The Netley and Raven cutters sailed on Wednesday to
Plymouth, and the Lord Goderich on the same day for
Hobart Town.
The General Palmer transport, Lieut. Saunders, R.N.,
Agent, arrived on Tuesday from Jamaica, conveying in-
valids from the 82d Regiment and Royal Artillery,
This vessel sailed from Cork on the 20th of December
last, with drafts of the 52d and 81st Regiments, for Bar-
badocs, where she arrived on the 26th January, and
afterwards proceeded to Sierra Leone, with a draft of the
33 West India Regiment, and returned to Jamaica, with
another detachment of the same corps. She sailed from
the latter place for England on the 30th May, Assistant
Staff-Surgeon 1)r. Lucas in medical charge.
The Numa, transport, sailed on Monday, for Bermuda.
Lieutenant-Colonel Arabin took passage in her to com-
mand the Artillery on that station. Miss Reid, the
daughter of the Governor of Bermuda, also took pas-
sage in her. The Numa subsequently returned, but got
away again this morning.
The Quebec, Captain Hebard, arrived on Monday from
New York, and proceeded on to London ; she left on
22d June. The Gladiator, Captain Britton, arrived on
Wednesday from London, and proceeded immediately to
New York.
At Spithead—Monarch, Indus, Castor.
In Harbour—Queen, Victory, Excellent, Dublin,
Royal George, Electra, Bittern, Sapphire and Athol
troop-ships, Echo steam-tug, Cracker cutter.
APPOINTMENTS.—Lieutenants Henry Crocker, to
command the Ranger packet ; John Douglas, to com-
mand the Swift ; Thomas Creser, to command the Star
packet ; T. Chaloner, to the Bittern.
Lieutenants—N. Proctor, to the Niagara ;W. B.
Wilson, to the Monarch.
Mates—M. B. Nunn, to the Excellent ; E. A. T.
Lloyd, from the Rodney, to the Electra.
Midshipman—Henry Boys, to Monarch.
Second Master and Pilot—W. J. Luke, to the Athol.
Vol. Ist Class—J. W. Henderson, to the Queen.
Gunners—J. Napleton, to Champion ; and John Rat-
tray, to Scout.

OPERATIONS AGAINST TIIE WRECK OF THE ROYAL
GEORGE.—Agreeably to the notice in our last Number,
the red flags were hoisted at Spithead, on Monday last,
and all preparations being made, and the charge of 6501 b.
of powder placed by Corporal Harris, at four o'clock,
p.m., the time appointed, Colonel Pasley ordered the
bugle to sound, and the voltaic circuit was immediately
completed by Lieutenant Hutchinson ; but no explosion
took place. As the cask containing the powder had been
proved by sending it down empty some days beforehand,
and had come up again perfectly watertight, after re-
maining an hour at the bottom, the cause of the failure
was known to be some defect in the priming appa-
ratus, consisting of a few ounces of fine powder, into
which the water had penetrated. It being too late to
remedy this defect on the same day, Colonel Pasley
directed that the explosion should take place next day
at the same time, which was done accordingly, a new
priming apparatus prepared with great care, having
been substituted. To render this small charge water-
tight was no easy task, as the two voltaic wires had to
be led into the centre of it, after passing through 300 or
400 feet of water. Some of the men on board the
lumps declared that they saw flame rise above the sur-
face at the moment of the explosion. The commotion
was considerable, and a circle, black with mud, gra-
dually increasing, extended to about 100 yards in
diameter, before it disappeared. On Thursday Private
James Anderson, a military diver, who only commenced
that day, in anxiety to sling a piece of timber, remained
at the bottom after the tide had began to run strong, and
having, through inexperience, let go his ladder-line, he
was swept off his legs by the tide, and floated up to-
wards the surface; but on attempting to pull him up by
his breast-line, or life-line, it was found to be entangled,
which caused some anxiety for his safety ; but after a
short period of suspense, Mr. Clewitt, the leaing-rigger.
observed him at the surface, on the contrary side of the
lump to that from which he had descended—so that his
line had passed under its heel whilst hi was drifted in
that direction. Clewitt immediately got into a boat and
towed him round to the proper side, where he was got up
unhurt. A great quantity of timber has been brought
up during the week, amongst which are several frag-
ments of floor timbers.
OPERATIONS AGAINST THE BOYNE.— Mr. Abbinet
has been for some time past successfully engaged in re-
moving the wreck of this ship. On the Bth instant, two
charges of 1001bs. and 601bs. of powder were lowered
into the after-part of the ship, and fired with consider-
able effect by Daniell's battery. The diver visited the.
spot on the following day, and the workmen were then
engaged in removing what they could by
.means of a
machine constructed for the purpose. It is a powerful
and well-constructed scoop ; by means of this instrument
a great deal of mud was removed, and considerable
quantities of timber and iron-work were brought up.
But the most curious thing recovered on this occasion,
and brought up in the scoop, was a beautifully-ornamented
brass field-piece, of 31 inches calibre, and 4 ft. in ex-
treme length. It has the following inscription in Swed-
ish, translated by Mr. Vanderburgh, of this town :--
" With God's help, by King Charles XII., taken at the
battle of Clitzow, 9th July, 1702." This battle was
f. u ;lit between Augustus King of Poland and Charles
on the plains between Cracow and Warsaw, the former
having about 24,000 men, and the latter little more than
half that number, yet Charles gained a complete victory,
and took possession of the enemy's camp, baggage, can-
non, &c., of which the one now recovered was one. It
seems somewhat curious that this gun was raised from
the deep on the anniversary of the day Charles took it
from the Poles. In addition to the above inscription, this
gun has also the following :—F.A.H.Z.5.1.C.8., and
under this E.U.W.C.H.U.R.F. ; under this again there
is a shield, having on it two swords crossed. The ope-
rations are still proceeding. [The gun here mentioned
was doubtless brought from Guadaloupe, as the Boyne
had in her many trophies from that island when she was
btlriltr-ED.]