The Sun.
London, England, 1847-12-10 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, THURSDAY.—The Prince Regent, 92,
was commissioned this afternoon by Captain W. F.
Martin, late of the Queen. She is to have a service
complement of 820, men and officers.
The Firefly steam-sloop, Lieutenant-Commander
Ponsonby, will have a complement of 60 men. It is in
contemplation to have her rigged as a barque.
The Kite steam-vessel was unlocked to-day to make
room for the Swallow, an old Dover wreck, which is to
be patched up at an expense of her original worth, to
serve as a harbour boat for this station, in lieu of the
Myrtle, ordered to be paid off, whose second ms lister
commanding (Mr. Balliston) is, we are informed', to
command the Swallow. The Kite goes to Bermuda. as
a tug, and her officers and crew are turned over to ,the
Cuckoo steam-vessel, of 100-horse fpower, for se mice
among the Channel Islands fisheries. She arrived' tO-
day from the eastward.

The Arab,: 12, Commander W. Morris (b), was at
Madeira from England, en route to the Cape of Good
Hope on the 13th ult. The Arab had shown herself a
very admirable vessel—dry, weatherly, and fast. Her
Majesty the Queen Dowager (whose standard the Arab
saluted on arrival at Madeira) invited Commander
Morris to dine—the only stranger invited to the royal
table on the occasion. The Arab would be at the Cape
in about six weeks from the above date.

Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Briggs, G.C.M.G., is the
" popular candidate" for filling the command-in-chief
on the West India and North American station, vice Sir
Francis Austen, K.C.8., whose term of service will ex-
pire on the 27th inst. This command was offered to
Vice-Admiral the Hon. 0. P. Bouverie, who declined it
on account, we believe, of domestic affliction.

The Terrible steam-frigate, Captain Ramsay, will be
the next vessel dispatched from this port for Lisbon. We
throw out this hint for the benefit of all who may wish
to communicate Christmas tidings to their relatives or
friends in Sir Charles Napier's squadron.
The Hon. East India Company have established in
their navy the use of the patent wooden block, that im-
portant article in the rigging of ships having been
proved safer and more economical than any other here-
tofore tried in the service. This is the same block that
Lord Ellenborough's naval administration purchased the
right of making for the British navy, upon which prin-
ciple all the blocks now made at this yard are con-
structed—Brewer's patent.
Captain Chads, C.B. (1825), of the Excellent gunnery
ship and Royal Naval College, at this port, received
official notification this morning from the First Lord of
the Admiralty of his Lordship's having conferred upon
him the good service pension of 1501. per annum, vacant
by the promotion of Captain William Fisher to the
rank of Rear-Admiral. Captain Chad's services
are thus given briefly in Allen's New Navy List—
" Captain H. D. Chads was midshipman of the Excel-
lent at the defence of Gaieta and the capture of Capri,
lieutenant of the Iphigenia, and assisted at the reduction
of the Isle de Bourbon, and succeeded to the command
of the stormingfparty at the Isle de Passe after the death
of Lieutenant Norman ; and captured in the attack on
the French frigates at Port Sud Est ; was senior-lieute-
nant of the Java, and was captured, after a highly
honourable defence, by the United States frigate Con-
stitution, of superior force, in which Captain Lambert
wasikilled; commanded the Columbia at the reduction of
Guadaloupe in 1815 ; and the Arachne, in the Burmese
war.—Gazetted in 1810-12."

Wind W.S.W., strong breezes; weather, dark, cloudy,
and hazy ; threatening for rain, and a dirty night—five
o'clock r.M., Thursday.
PLYMOUTH, DEC. B.—Her Majesty's ship Asia, 84,
Captain Robert F. Stopford, with the flag of Admiral
Phipps Hornby, having left this port on the Ist instant,
bound to Madeira, Rio, and the Pacific, hove in sight
from the south•east at one o'clock, exhibiting at her
main-royal masthead the union-jack, a quarantine flag
and a whiff, with the Admiral's flag (blue) at the mizen.
At half-past one, when five miles south-east of the
breakwater, sho reefed her topsails, and kept her reach
down Channel for an hour, when, the wind heading her
strongly from the westward, she bore up for the Sound.
At three o'clock she was off ranlee, and Mr Walker, the
Queen's harbour-master, has just (three P.N.) left
Bovisand in his cutter to pilot the Asia inside the
breakwater.

THE SMITHFIELD CLUB
CATTLE-SHOW.
Yesterday the show of the Smithfield Club was ho-
noured by a visit from his Royal Highness the Duke of
Cambridge. His Royal Highness, who was accompa-
nied by the Hon. Captain Mildmay, arrived at the bazaar
shortly before one o'clock, and was received and con-
ducted through the yard by Mr. B. T. Brandreth Gibbs,
the hon. secretary of the club; Mr. Boulnois, the pro-
prietor of the bazaar; Mr. Kendall, and other stewards.
His Royal Highness repeatedly made remarks on the
general improvement exhibited in the breed of the
cattle, and expressed his conviction that the show of
the present year excelled any previous one in that
respect.
Amongst the other noblemen and gentlemen who vi-
sited the show during the day, were the Earl of War-
wick, the Earl of Yarborough, the Duke of Richmond,
Lord Portman, Sir R. Joddrell, &c.,
An adjourned meeting of the club took place, under
the presidency of the Duke of Richmond, at which, after
the re-election of his Grace as president, and the other
officers, it was resolved for the future to do away with
all restrictions with respect to feeding the cattle. A
committee was also appointed to alter the mode of dis-
tributing the prizes.
The sales of stock effected throughout the day, were
more numerous than on the previous one, and it is
stated some of the cattle fetched exceedingly high
prices. The animal which obtained the highest prize,
viz., No. 29 in class 2, the 4 years and 4 months old
short-horned ox, fed and bred by Mr. W. D. Manning,
et' Rothersthorpe, near Northampton, which obtained
the first prize of 301. silver medal to breeder, and gold
medal as best ox or steer, was sold during the day, it is
stated, for the high price of SO guineas, to Messrs.
Frampton and Donincr', of Blandford, Dorsetshire. In
Class I, No. 3, Mr. Joseph Stratton's 3 years and 8
months short horned steer, which obtained the second
prize of
bury. No. 6, in the same class, Lord Portman's 4 years
and 10 months old pure North Devon steer, which ob-
tained the third prize of IN., was sold to Mr. John
Mason, of Queen-street, Chelsea. In class 4, No. 49,
Mr. John Wippell's 4 years and 1 week pure North
Devon steer, which obtained the first prize of 101, and
silver medal, sold to' Mr. John White, of Shadwell. In
class 5, No. 54, the Earl of Leicester's 3 years and 11
months North Devon ox, which obtained the prize of 10/.
and silver medal, was purchased by Mr. Richard Bur-
gess, of Deering, Norfolk.
In the sheep classes, No. 146, his Grace the Duke of
Richmond's beautiful pen of three twenty months old
South Devon wethers, which obtained the prize of 20/.,
silver medal to breeder, and gold medal, as best pen of
short-woolled sheep, were purchased by Messrs. Kirkly
and Hancock, of Park-street, purveyors to the Queen.
The other sales in the sheep and pig classes were equally
brisk.
The Bazaar was much more fully attended than on the
previous day, scarcely less than 15,000 persons having
passed through it.

HEALTH OF THE PREMIER.—We are happy to
state, that in answer to inquiries made last evening in
Chesham-place, we were assured Lord John Russell was
going on very favourably. His Lordship transacts busi-
ness daily with his private secretaries.
A legacy of 25,0001. has been left to the Medical
sgo f
the
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Department of University College, London, by the
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Dr.
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p„akin
phy-
sician, says:—The personalty
y is stated
to be under
35,0002 If to this amount we add the value of the
reality,—viz.,
the property in King-street, Manchester,
whick is probably worth 12,0001.; that at and near
Kendal, 2501. a year, at twenty
5,0001.; his library will be years' purchase, gives
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t worth little
short of 6,0001.;
and an examination amongst his papers shows that he.
S. too, like the late Rev. Smith, was a holder of Pensyl-
vanian bonds, to the extent, probably, of 1,0001.; also
eColumbianf
bonds,to the
amount of 25,000 dolls.
and (nearly 5,000/.)
taking of other American bonds; but
the whole of these bonds to be worth only 2,0001.,
that would give an aggregate amount of property, real
and personal, at the time of his decease, of about, in
round numbers, 60,000/. The aggregate amount of the
legacies and bequests in money, is 15,8001.; and deduct-
ing this from 35,000/., and adding 6,0001. for the library,
it would appear to leave a residue of about 25,000/. for
the Medical Department of the University College.
NORTHUMBERLAND AND DURHAM BANY.—At a
second special general meeting of the proprietors of the
Northumberland and Durham District Bank, held at the
bank in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, on the 6th inst. Mr.
W. B. Ogden in the chair, the resolutions passed at a
previous general meeting, to double the capital of the
bank, by the issue of new share, where confirmed, an in-
stalment of 21. 10s. per share to be paid when the shares
shall be taken, and the further sum of 21. 10s. per share
on the 15th of May next, forming together one half of
the amount of capital so created, and thus placing the
new shares on the same footing as the old ones, the
holders of the now shares to be entitled to dividends
from the date of the respective payments. It was stated
by the chairman that the directors did not intend to
make any further call upon the old shareholders, whether
the new ones were taken up or not.