The Sun.
London, England, 1847-07-28 00:00:00

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NAVAL INTELLIGENCE

N27A.__PlsEirß'cShtiarQielis
asTA la)pßie.o;Ns PoSalsilstoCullasA,RLELSir
;qua-
dron, consisting of the St. Vincent, 120
flag-ship ; the Howe, 120, Captain Sir a Captain Milne,
the Queen, 110, Captain Sir H. Leeke • the Vengeance,
eStirling ;
54, Captain Lushington ; the Avenger steam-frigate,
e'ance'
Captain S. C. Dacres ; the Vixen steam-sloop,r ijoanit e ,
Com-
mander Ryder ; and the Stromboli steam-sloo, Com--
inander Fisher, having received sailing orders, all
unmoored last evening and hove short, and their' re-
spective trims having been reported to the Admiral
commanding, they were directed to prepare for sailing
in the morning, signals being made that the Caledonia,
120, and the Odin steam-frigate would follow the squad-
ron with letters, a communication which was most
gratifying to both officers and men. At eight o'clock
this morning the squadron crossed topgallant and royal
yards. At ten signal was made for the steamers to get
up steam. At 10 55 A.M., her Majesty, whese presence
was not previously securely calculated on, was perceived
embarking on board the royal yacht from the pier at
Osborne. As soon as the royal standard was :hoisted,
signal was made to shorten in cable, and as the yacht
approached Stokes Bay, the signal to " weigh " was dis-
played. The squadron immediately loosed sails, and set
topsails, topgallantsails, and royals. At 11 30 A.M.,
precisely, the whole were under weigh. At 11 35 her
Majesty entered Spithead, and the four ships of the line,
together with the Iris, Captain Mundy, fired a royal
salute, the whole squadron manning their rigging, and
the crews cheering as her Majesty passed near. At five
minutes before 12, the wind having fallen almost to a
calm, the Queen and Prince Albert left the Victoria
and Albert xachto.andmost uuexpectedly went on board
the St. Vincent, at the main of Which -ship the-royal
standard was immediately hoisted. A visit from
her Majesty naturally 'created no small amount of
bustle in a ship with nearly 1,000 hands on board ; but
the officers of the St. Vincent had their arrangements
complete in a moment for the Royal reception. The
gallant Admiral Sir Charles Napier received her Ma-
jesty, and conducted her over the ship, ascending to the
quarter-deck and poop to view the movements of the
fleet, and the gallant flotilla which accompanied it. A
more inspiriting sight could not be witnessed ; the splen-
dour of the weather, the booming of the guns, the loyal
music, and respectful shouts of the multitude, all com-
bining to render a scene—at all times cheerful and en
gaging—on this occasion doubly interesting and en-
livening.
Signal had been made previous to getting under weigh
to keep in the same order as they lay in at anchor. As
this placed the Howe in the van, she set studdingsails,
and dropped her foresail to keep a-head. A breeze
springing up from the south-west, which she was the
first to catch, carried her well out towards the Knab-
light vessel before the rest caught it. 'When they did
the St. Vincent appeared to make way very slowly, so
that the Vengeance and Queen were obliged to shorten
sail to their topsails, and at last to lower them on the
cap, to keep astern. The Howe had in the meantime
run out to the Knab, shortened sail, and hove to. When
the St. Vincent got within a mile of the light, and all the
squadron except the Howe had closed, the whole hove
to, and at 1 46 P.M., having been on board nearly two
hours, her Majesty and the Prince Consort returned on
board the royal yacht, immediately after which the
squadron again saluted and manned their rigging. The
royal yacht, accompanied by the Fairy, then parted
company, steering a course to go round the Isle of
%Ariht, and were lost sight of at ten minutes past two.
The squadron when last seen was standing to the south-
ward with a fine breeze at W.S.W. under topsails, t•ip-
gallalitsails, and courses, in two columns, St. Vincent
and Vengeance forming the weather column, Howe and
Queen the lee one ; the steamers to leeward under canvas
and steam. This was at half-past three.
An accident, which might have resulted very seriously,
eccurred to the Avenger steam-frigate when ordered to
take the St. Vincent, with her Majesty on board, in tow.
The steamer was getting near the flag-ship, the wind
being so light it was feared the sailing craft would not
save their tide out—when suddenly a breeze sprang up
and the St. Vincent worked up to the steamer so quickly
as to preclude the possibility of the latter getting out of
the way, when the steamer's yards got foul of the three-
decker's main studdingaail boom, which had to be cut
down to extricate them ; this was done by a seaman, and
the boom fell to the deck in three pieces in her Majesty's
presence.

The Iris, 26, Captain G. R. Mundy, was mustered and
inspected to-day by the Commander-in-Chief, Admiral
Sir C. Ogle, Bart., who afterwards attended upon her
Majesty in her cruise in the St. Vincent.

Itear-Admiral Sir George Seymour, Commander-in.
Chief in the Pacific, has written home for his relief to be
sent outas soon as possible.
The Caledonia, 120, Captain M. H. Dixon, was un-
docked last night about nine o'clock, and removed from•
the basin at ten this morning. She was then hauled
alongside the jetty, and commenced rapidly re-embarking
the guns and stores which had been landed at that spot.
She will go out of harbour to-morrow.
The Stromboli steam-sloop, Commander T. Fisher,
and the Vixen, steam-sloop, Commander A. P. Ryder,
went out of harbour last evening, and joined the squad-
ron of Sir Charles Napier at Spithead.
Major-General Lord Frederick Fitzclarence made his
first official inspection of the Royal Clarence-yard Bat-
talion last night, and highly complimented its gallant
and distinguished Colonel (Captain Superintendent Sir
W. E. Parry, R.N.), and Majors Davies and Grant, upon
its efficiency and soldierly order.
WOOLWICH, JULY 27. The Spiteful steam. loop,
Commander Sir William Hoste, Bart., arrived at Wool-
wich on Sunday evening fro'u the East India and China
station, and will be paid off here on Friday next. Com-
modore Sir Gordon Bremer, K.C.B. and K.C.H., went
o❑ board on Monday forenoon to inspect the vessel and
her crew, and expressed himself highly pleased with the
excellent condition and the efficiency of her crew on
their return from a foreign station. The cleanliness
and excellent order in which the Spiteful was kept and
appeared on her return to England were particularly
noticed by Lord Auckland, First Lord of the Admiralty,
on his recent visi' to Portsmouth, and to mark his Lord-
ship's apprubaion he intimated when on board that her
first lieutenant would be immediately promoted to the
rank of commander.

The Dragon steam-frigate remains at Woolwich in the
hands of the engineers.
The Gorgon steam-vessel was taken out of the basin
yesterday, and is to be taken to Sheerness to be fitted
for sea.

Captain Sir William Symonds, Surveyor of the Navy,
has given notice of his intention to retire from the
duties of the surveyorship, and will reside at Yar-
modal, in the Isle of Wight. His resignation has been
accepted, but it is not yet k • own whether the surveyor-
ship of the Royal Navy will in future be confided
to three persons as formerly, with an assistant, or
whether a surveyor will be appointed to each dockyard
These establishments having now acquired an import.
ante to require at least an assistant-surveyor to each,
to examine the state of ships and war-steamers in pro-
gress of being built, and ships in o: dinary, and report t
an t. ificient board of talented or thoroughly practical men
matters which have lately been neglected or overlooked,
owing to the great increase and improvements in the Royal
Navy.

STEAM-BOAT COLLISION ON THE RlVER.—Yester-
day another collision, attended with the loss of a leg to
one of the passengers, took place near the Rosherville
Pier, between the Sapphire, Diamond Company's packet
and the Sons of the Thames steam-packet, plying be-
tween London and Sheerness, and touching at that pier.
It appears that the two boats on their way down, on
approaching the pier about 12 o'clock, were competing
each to reach it first. The Sapphire was the outer boat,
and she endeavoured to get ahead and to cross the
other's bow so as to anticipate her reaching the pier.
The paidle-bdxes of both came first in contact, buthsth _
Sapphire being the most powerful of the two, th!zseSo
The
the rnames was compelled to give way a illiet
a.
pifinre
trial of strength and celerity continued, a
made an attempt . h
of her competitor, and then
barge, wine
as they closed the pier, gained about halfnadlengtthtopahtuerand
her bow and cut her off from thee
pierbold attempt the
both were fast approaching. In
this
came in collision
of the Thames
pwaidthdleibboex
hoowf tohfe
with a terrible shock, a
aThe damage done to either was,
tangled with each other.
but unfortunately not so
vessels became
however, of of trifling import,an
the Sons
of Catlin,
London, who happened
the injury
Bedford-street,
beetfh
the
name
of Chandos-street,
f the Sons of the Thames at the
When the first contact of
d collision.
• • done to a gentleman
time of the second
Mr. Catlin advised his wife and
took place,
the vessels with
who were him, to move aft, as he
to be on the fore deck o .
a friend of his,
feared some bad work woulde each other in reaching the be the result of the struggle
of the vessels to anticipate
They did as he advised, and he was preparing to
l
them when the second collision took place, and he
wasrlielw
r°.
thrown prostrate, something at the same moment
coming in contact with and breaking his leg below the
knee, and, as subsequently appeared, crushing the foot
and ankle bones to splinters. The sufferer was landed
on the Terrace pier, and removed to Mr. Woodga! e's
hotel, Windmill-street, where Mr. Gramshaw, the sur-
geon who amputated the leg of the young man (Moore),
who suffered in the late collision between the Satellite
and the Eclipse, attended and performed the same neces-
sary but melancholy duty for Mr. Catlin, by removing
the leg from a little below the knee. The reporter, on
inquiring into his condition this afternoon, learnt that
he was " going on well," and was confirmed in the
above particulars by a gentleman who was on board the
Sons of the Thames with Mr. Catlin at the time of the
collision.

The dividend declared yesterday at the meeting of
Cameron's Steam Coal and Swansea and Loughor
Rail-
way Company, was at the rate of 123- per cent. per annum,
the mineral property at present being the great source ot
revenue. The railway now in course of construction will,
it is stated, be completed at the end of the year.
SOUTH AMERICAN PnoDucE.—A vessel arrived
from Savanilla has brought, in addition to :3,210 bags
of Indian corn, 555 bags of millat seed, 7 bags of beans,
12.1 boxes of starch (a remarkable article of importa-
tion), 879 bags of corn, and a variety of other produo.
Lions ; 7,123 yams, the produce ot the place. These
yams are of a nutritious efaracter when used as an es.
enfant, and tr-e' in consequence of their increased
itzt-
pi,rtation, of moderate cost.

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1 IRELAND.
I DUBLIN, JULY 26.
CITY ELECTION.--All speculation as to Mr. Roe
standing for Dublin is at an end. The proclamation for
holding the election will appear to-morrow, signed by
Ir. Roe as returning officer. Had he intern's-A to offer
mself es a candidate, he should, as a matter or course,
esign the office of heriff. Of Mr. Pagan's intention
nothing positive is known; but it is pretty well under-
stood that he will not come forward.
LONGFORD.—Mr. Lefroy has addressed the electors of
ILongford. It is said, however, that he is too much of a
Tory for the Longford C,lizervatives, who intend setting
up a member of " the Irish Council."
NEWRY.—Mr. Ross, el Bladensburgb, is spoken of
as likely to come forward in Newry as a Protestant
Repealer.
DROGHEDA.—It is said that Mr. John Reynolds is to
oppose Sir William Somerville at Drogheda.
COUNTY ANTRIM.—In our advertising columns will
be found the address of Sir Horace Seymour, on retiring
from the representation of this county, and that of Sir
Edmund W. Macnaghton, tendering his services to the
electors in his stead. We have pleasure in expressing
our cordial appreciation of Sir Edmund's fitness for the
office, and our confident anticipation that he will fulfil
its duties with satisfaction to his constituency and with
eminent credit to himself.—Belfast Chronicle.
Li-nut:N.—Captain Meynell retires from the repre-
sentation of- this borough, and Sir Horace B. Seymour
offers himself to the electors in his stead.—lbid.
REPEAL ASSOCIATION.
The usual weekly meeting of the Repeal Association
was held this day at Conciliation Hall; Captain Bro-
derick in the chair. Among the spectators and speakers
weMrre. J. CMoriletkit,auMrirc.eJ.°A.'C"One'NlieilMl, r.anJdohsnevOer'aiConontheellr,
candidates for Parliamentary fame. All the gentlemen
named made election speeches, in the courseof which
they abused the Whigs in good set terms, •
The rent for the week was announced to be 65/.
TIPPERARY ASSIZES.
Michael and John Ryan, convicted of the murder of
sub-constable Crolly, have been sentenced to be banged
at Clonmel on the 24th of September next. Constable
Crolly was engaged at the time of his murder in pro-
tecting Mr. Wayland, a pay-clerk under the Board of
Works.

..ARMFUL _ ?TERMINATION ,OF A
PUBLIC MEETING.
ILuar.ax, JULY 27.—1 t is our painful duty to record
one of the most melancholy and distressing occurrences
that has for a long period fallen under our notice. The
event to which we allude is no less than the almost in-
stantenous death of Jonathan Ackroyd, Esq., of Halifax,
one of the most extensive and wealthy merchants and
manufacturers, as well as one of the most estimable and
honourable men of this district, which occurred under
the following circumstances:—
On Monday placards were issued, announcing that
Sir Charles Wood, the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
would address the electors and inhabitants of Halifax in
the large room of the Royal Hotel in that town. Ac-
cordingly, at the time appointed, half-past seven o'clock
in the evening, the large room was completely filled, the
company consisting principally of operatives. Sir
Charles Wood did lio`, arrive until near eight o'clock,
and upon presenting himself be was received with loud
cheers by his friends and supporters, and with groans
and hisses by the great majority of those assembled in
the body of the room. He was accompanied by Jona-
than Ackroyd, Esq. (at whose house he had been stay-
ing since Saturday), Wm. Morris, Esq., W. R. Lumb,
Esq., Geo. Beaumont, Esq., Edward Ackroyd, Esq.,
Geo. Dyson, Esq., Dr. Alexander, Dr. Inglis, Jas.
Stanfield, Esq., Christopher Dawson, Esq., &c.
It was moved by Mr. DYSON, and seconded by Mr.
Hoa.Tsoie, that Jonathan Ackroyd, Esq., take the chair.
The motion was not put, but
Mr. ACHROYD proceeded to address the meeting. He
was received with groans and disapprobation by a large
portion of the meeting, and with cheers by those on the
platform. He spoke at considerable length, and with
great earnestness, dwelling principally on the subject of
the Government education measures, which he defended
amidst repeated interruptions and great disapprobation.
I have, said Mr. Ackroyd, been identified with the
voluntary system more than half a century, and I trust
I have not been an idle spectator of it ; and I see the
importance of enlightening the minds of the rising gene-
ration ; and how those that are to be most benefitted by
this measure can rise up in opposition to its supporters
is one of the greatest anomalies that I ever knew.—
(Great confusion.) Mr. Ackroyd here became greatly
excited, and exclaimed, " Is it not to enlighten your
childrec's minds, and if so, why do you object to it."
He then sank with his face upon the table, and in an in-
stant after fell into the arms of the gentlemen imme-
diately behind him. It was found that he had been at-
tacked with a fit, and he was at once conveyed into the
open air by order of the medical gectleinen present.
Here he was attended by Drs. Alexander and Inglis,
and Mr. Hodgson, Mr. Smith, and Mr. Liston, sur-
geons, who bled him, and adopted the usual remedies,
but we regret to add without success, as life aeon became
extinct. Sir Charles Wood and other friends were pre-
sent, and the sudden loss of one wh ,na they so deeply
respected, seemed to afflict them with a feeling of inex-
pressible agony. At first the sad announcement of Mr.
Ackroyd's death could scarcely be credited in the room,
but at length
M. STOCKS, Esq., rose, and after calling order, said—
My friends and fellow-townsmen, I am sorry to commu-
nicate to you shut the Honourable Gentleaiau who not
many minutes ago occupied the position of Chairman
of this meeting is scarcely alive, and there is
not, I regret to add, the slighest hopes of his recovery.
Gentlemen, deeply must we all deplore the sudden change
that has come over our prospects this evening; for, how-
ever, we may differ in political opinion, none of us
differ when the hand of affliction visits any one whom
we know, in our feelings of sympathy for his suffering,
and of regret for his loss.—(Cries of " None, acne,"
and applause.) I feel, therefore, whatever may be our
political sentiments, however much we may differ from
the good man who has just been removed from amongst
us—we must all acknowledge that he pre-eminently
deserved the thanks and gratitude of his fellow-towns-
men for his kind and ,honourable conduce—(Cheers.)
Owing to this sad event I need scarcely tell you that
Sir Charles Wood cannot address you this evening.
Mr. Stocks, during the delivery of these few remarks,
was greatly excited, and several gentlemen shed tears.
The meeting then separated.
The distressing event has cast a gloom over the town
of Halifax, and sorrow is depicted almost in every
countenance. Mr. Ackroyd was upwards of sixty years
of age, and by his moral worth, strict integrity, and
honuurable and gentlemanly bearing, he had endeared
himself not only to the inhabitants of Halifax, but to all
who had the pleasure of knowing him; and his sudden
removal, under the circumstances above described, will
long be deeply deplored.

THE ANTI-POPERY CRY.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SlR,—What folly there is in all this clamour about
Popery. Are the citizens of London anxious to keep
up the fanatic ravings of Exeter-hall? Do they want
to enact the tragedy of 1780—to have thirty-six fires
blazing at one time—to have the whole State shaken by
pandering to a depraved and bigc•ted taste?
I hope the citizens of London will show at this elec-
tion that they are not behind the Government in their
wish for improvement and necessary reforms. Nothing
can be more silly than thisenti-Popery cry, without they
wish to thaw a comparison between the Catholic priest
and the State parson, which must evidently be to the
prejudice of the latter: scarcely a provincial town
throughout the kingdom in whichi there has not been an
account in the public prints of the Catholic clergy dying
from fever, &c., caught in the discharge of their duties.
literally giving their lives to save the sheep entrusted to
their care. And is it against these that this boasted
and enlightened country is to wage incessant war
Is it still to be penal to teach the little ones at home or
abroad? Are we asked to rebuild those magnificent
edifices, desecrated by the folly of the dark ages of the
last three centuries ? Are we asked to restore the
abbey lands, reinstate the plundered convents, to give
You
uenul-aurdst hbeerleiakfeteurs.':
back the gems stolen from the altars . before which
_ our
overnment
taught their
forefathers for thirteen centuries
"Let wuosr.shhatp4e:lfth No; we
forwe
ourare ndoest.atuTtehecyhi
Are we to say No, eternal reward
justandr,igthhety
change your relisgldiiivronepn,l):bauastshtwkat'neotcthihieja;melait;b:
Government—
everything by turns, :, g. But if they
duties here, in hopyesouofshaanil
exempt from everygtilntign
ter that without change or shadow a turning
ncourt, and all with-
pre
gOtuhratcohuntry into debt.
I trust that spirit that gained Magna Charts, was
victorious at Cressy, Poietie.rs, Agi•
out foreign aid and plun
are to be
still animates some portion of our f I
unto others as they wish to be donee low-citizens to do
by.—l am, Sir. &c.,
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,

LATE LORD HoEERY.—The will of the late Baron
Rokuby, who died at Naples on the 7th of April last,
was made by his Lordship in 1840, by which he has
bequeathed to his brother, tho lion. Spencer Dudley
Montagu, 4,0001. in addition to all other provisions
under the settlement and will of his father, and has
devised to his brother, the Right Hon. Henry Baron
Rokeby, all his real estates in the counties of Durham,
York, Northumberland, and Cambridge, and in the city
of London or elsewhere ; and has also left to him the
residue of his personal property. The personalty in
England and within the province of Canterbury, was
valued for probate duty at 14,000/..
e the Glou-
minster House, Gloucester, has bequeathed of Whit-
t Lunatic Asp.
The late Charles OwenthCeamablroludegeeErsci
cester Infirmary, loot ;
applied towards the salary
alent t no:
the education of poor children
.Aesylum at. Gloucester, 1001.;
launmd,ll,oooooll.,
of a master or mistress and
d the direction of the officiating
at Wheatenhurst, under
and four other
parties, It is his
minister of the place
that the school-room at the lodge on his estate at
wish theth e interestl‘iagd b
Whitminster be continued for five years, or until a
suitable place is erected. He has bequeathed certain
portions of his estate to his tenants and others long in
his service, and legacies to all his servants and to several
other persons. His mansion of \V hitminster House and
land thereto, the manor of Saul and of Wheatennurst.
and certain other estates, with the rent-charge of 300/.
a year from tolls on the Gloucester and Berkeley Canal,
he has devised to the Rev. George Pickard and his issue,
who are to use the name of Cambridge and bear his arms,
having obtained the royal license. The residue of his
personal property he has left to his two younger cousins,
John 'l'. Trenchard and Henry Pickard.
SURREY ZOOLOGICAL-GARDENS.-.—The poor boys
and girls in the Bermondsey workhouse were, with great
cowideration, i)ermitt, d by the proprietor of these
gardens to visit them yesterday ; and we are informed a
system has been introduced which, if, more generally
adopted, is calculated to do great good—viz.,taking the
museums, cathedrals, and picture galleries of the metro-
pe
pi,or children from workhouses- in small numbers to th
rolls,

WESTMINSTER ELECTION.—The COM-
3fITTEE for conducting the Election of Lord MANDE-
-VW-PI SITS DAILY at No. 13, Cockspnr street, opposite the
Haymarket.
July 26, 1847.

THOMAS ARBER, Hon. Secretary.

W•
EST KENT ELECTION.
The LONDON DISTRICT COMMITTEE for SECURING
the RETURN a THOMAS LAW HODGES, Esq., SITS DAILY
at the COUNTY REGISTRATION OFFICES, No. 15, NEW
BRIDGE-STREET, BLACKFRIARS.
W. H. JAMES, Secretary.