The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-12 00:00:00

Grappler, 559 tons, 220 hors- po' r. (100),
Colombia, (100), (200). -1 (250), A,' ,3;'3
(260), Acntron (170), and Volcano (140). Two
pounders, 56 cwt., on slides and carriages to pivot; two
32-pounders, 25 cwt., on compressor slides and car-
riages; total, 4. Class 2 (A)—Spitfire, 432 tons, 140
horse-power; Porcupine (132), Lucifer (180), Avon
(170), Gleaner (130), Shearwater (160), Kite (170).
Lightning (100), Meteor (100), and Comet (80). One
18-pounder, of 20 cwt., on slid. s and carriages to pivots;
two 18-pounder carronades, 10 cwt., on Hardy's com-
pressor carriages; total, 3. Class 2 (B)—Torch, 345
tons, 150 horse-power, Locust (100), Harpy (200),
Jackal (150), Lizard (150), Bloodhound (150), and Myr-
midon (150). One 18-pounder, of 22 cwt., on pivot slides
and carriages, and two 18-pounders carronades, 10 cwt"
on Hardy's carriages.
STEAM PACKET& —W ildfl re, 186 tons; Fearless,
Dasher, Monkey, and Dwarf. Two 6 pounder brass
guns, of six cwt.
Tiros.—Echo, 295 tons, 140 horse-power, African
and Confidence. Two 32 pounders, of 56 cwt., on pivoG
slides and carriages.
TROOP SHlPS.—Rhatlamanthus, 813 tons, 220 horse-
power, Dee (220), and Alban (120). Foal- 32 pounders
of 41 or 56 cwt., on common carriages.—United Servers
Gazette.

CULTIVATION OF THE TEA
PLANT IN INDIA.
Are we far wrong in asserting that the experiments
which hare been made, during the last three or foul;
years, in respect to the cultivation of tea in the hills, and
in the Dhoon of Dhera, are the most important of their
kind which the Government of India have ever under-
taken ? The results which have already followed those
experiments, and the eagerness which has already beets
displayed to share in the anticipated profits, are aniPie
proofs of the truth of this assertion. Indeed it is now
shown that there are no limits to the extension of the
cultivation of this great and important staple, A con'
respondent has given, in a late number of the Del;
Gazette, a RIC st encouraging account of the plantatsioun,
in the Dhoon, and we learn from other sources that
is the anxiety manifested by Government to improve °".
the various methods hitherto adopted for rendering, s"na
fro
cess still less doubtful, that have departed
an increas;
their usual niggardly views, and authorised
of cultivation to the extent of one thousand seres'd at
tea manufactory is to be permanently estahli6h-heaorts
Paoree, in Gurhwal, and another at Dliers in t`,,, eefe
ise• ion,
European overseers are to be appointed to ese," ds, in
and or
a proper native establishment is to be ant"
order to carry out the proposed extension.
The bunt,
ing of houses for the tea manufacturers has hc,eheninrnet;
tioned at Dhera and at Paoree, and there the Chinamen
are to be permanently stationed. While these rceasione
are being severally carried out, the different plantat
to
are to be increased as follows:—Dhera in the Pha„°,Eleess
400 acres, Paoree in Eastern Gurhwal 200 "-nee
Bheemtal district 200 acres, and Almorah district
to,
acres, making the above-mentioned total of 10°, tincoint
and this measure will afford all that is requisite, iti,eerie
of extent, for the immediate development of the exile
merits. The next thing will be to carry them VI -hich
ward into the Sirmoor district (about Nation)'
we should think specially adapted to tea enitj—i al
and why not across the Satlej ? for learn
that
friend well qualified to form an accurate opinion, that
has seen land in the Mundee districts perfectlY
:tilled to tea plantation, of which there will ently
be " no end" in the course of the next ten years' I
(1,0 erw
most important point, and the one which the - to
ment ought to keep steadily in view is, that the earloss,
sion of the tea culture, in the airection which it "swat
taken, will render districte, in fact, whole prov.e-
which at present yield a most insigeificant revenaiiia.
valuable, if not more so, than tiny in the plains of
dvise
dostan, and we would therefore most stronglY a given
perseverance in the liberal course of which we have cl.eer
an outline above. Such'• ld the hoped-
results. lf
alone can 3ie , Aero
results. The Court of Directors are evidently " joie
interested in the issue of the experiments, and we that
to their success with the anxiety which longs to Lee
which
fair play given to the resources of this country w
has hitherto been denied them.—Delhi Gazette.
BURNING OF THE EXPERIM--1
nS.
STEAMER—SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTr-Ist.
The subjoined are some additional particulars re
ing to the destruction of the Experiment : utter'
This steamer left Sunderland on Wednesday d
noon, the 28th ult., with seventy passengers nos
cargo of general merchandise, amongst whie
ef her
about 200 tons of coals which lay at the bottom room.
hold, extending tore and aft her enginweed over
The other portion of the cargo was sta-rod very
them. For the first sixteen hours she encounte
samer
trying weather. It then moderated, and the
aLf.east
proceeded on her ordinary easy way till about n liwren
eight o'clock on the following (Thursday) eveniage' the
an alarm was raised that smoke was issuing Iron fire
hatchways aft, and it was feared that she was to be
below. An examination being made, such roved
uld not
the case, but the precise part where it existed co.N.vir.,
be ascertained. She was then off Orfordness,
ke for the
distant three miles. The captain resolved to ma
ith the
first port, but something giving way connected w
d the wind
shafting, the engines were rendered useless, an
n -
d
b:ing exceedingly light. the vessel came almost to a
stajolly-boat!
still. The anchor was dropped and the
lowered, when three men werpepesent off in her to sPea.s'
to some vessel and obtain some assistance. BY thethis
period the smoke had considerably increased, and
affrighted passengers, most of whom were females, Wejk
compelled to seek refuge from suffocation on deck.
vigorous effort was made to get at the fire, and the
hatchways were removed, and the crew commence
loading her, many of the passengers assisting. Thin
occupied until near 12 o'clock, when ea*-
they got to thee
Here it was impossible to proceed further, for although
the fume pumps were in active operation, and water Ws'
being bailed into the held from all quarters, the snieek„a
and heat increased to such an extent as to prevent the
men continuing below.
Shertly after one o'clock a steamer was observed beat.
ing down to their assistance, which proved to be the
Clarence, from Leith, which had been spoken with 12.1
the men in the jollyboat. The passengers having hgei;
taken on board stood on the poop, and so dense was t
smoke about them that at times they could not diseera
the stern.
The Clarence took the burning vessel in tow, Air. Rostos•
the captain, and his crew, endeavouriug if possible,
subdue the fire; but on arriving off Bolton on the Nal!:
they were compelled to leave her. She burnt for hour. Set
and when seen by a Marwick revet.ue cutter, later
the day, was riding at anchor between the Gunflee:
sauds and the Heaps, where she sank in eleven fathoms
water.
a great
water. Unfortunately for the passengers,
4- clothes.
lost their luggage, and the crew most o: their
from sP°ll"
It is almost certain that the fire resulted
n
taneous ignition of a quantity of coals stowed 0 her
hold. It appears that they were of a superior descrip-
lion to those in ordinary use, and were shipped with in-
ferior coals under and above them in the hold, an
which it is considered led to their combus:ioe. Thel
were highly charged with gas, and on Mr. Ross opening
a hatch after the alarm, which looked into the hold of
the after cabin, it exploded with much force, Her 1069
it is stated will exceed 20,000/.

LARGE MERCANTILE AILURE IIiA.,LuANCIIESTESI
yby announcement fa failure of
verycon
et
tloi.A.dsacilEsTtEhne, Trinaspnr.—l;)lie town has been electrified
magnitude. The house is atirlAemerican one, of the firth
f
Roberts, Freeman, and Co.
saidat
erf
each
or five
who have claims for 4,0001. ore
50,000/. or 60,0001. There ar
The house had risen to credit, from thfe(
owing by the concern in
for some time previously to
Yorkshire is to be very ing
57a0tanle:unt current
the stoppage employed a .81,e
respectable firm to purchase •
on their account, but who la'.
have nut been known as
the agents of the defaulting P
e;hie• n of
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY —The first exu,---I°_uns
andfio
e theirthes housesa_t nie; : 'lgo I here
at Chiswick. this Society took place on Saturdae, afternoon, at the g3l"--r
The weather, for the season,
able, that tie exhibition had not any of the characteristicso
a fete—all was wet, cold, and comfortless. le of
was so 111161"11-i
THE GAME NUlSANCE.—Legalising the f r
game, in 1831., was, every person is now well convinced' the
the purpose of serving the pockets of the preservers at
er's
rust of others. They keep game principally at the farrier to
expense, use it at their houses, sell it to dealers. PULA3aut
payers at large to enormous costs (in various ways)atten`'en,,
upon game prosecutions, plunder the farmer of his c.i.urof
deprive the community at large of an immense quantity
food, cause transportation and murders, and squabbles a.n,°:e
themselves about their right to game. When they
their law, in 1828, making night poaching transportation'
there was a rejoicing among them. Again, when game.
keepers get hold of a game case (or manufacture one, as
some of them are in the habit of doing), they make as much
to do about it as if they had discovered the perpetrator of
some great crime. The ignorance and the impudence of
most gamekeepers is as intolerable as the game-preeervi4
and lord-and-'squire poultry system. Our "great " folks will
find out their great mistakes in awhile!
WEST WHEAL JEWEL MINING COMPANY.-08
annual meeting of this company was held on Monday at the
office, 57, Old Broad-street. Mr. Heron took the chair. Tirt
Secretary, Mr. Nicholson, read the report, from which
appeared that at the last meeting a resolution was passed (Or
restricting the operations to the Wheal Jewel and Talarne
lodes, which had been carried into effect. Although the
result of the copper mining had not been so advantageous
as was expected, the workings of the tin lode had realised
more than was anticipated. Should the same success con-
tinue the next report could not fail to be more favourable'
The total receipts of the company were 10,998/. 3s. Bcle and
the cash balance was 225/. 16s. 9d. The principal items,
the receipts were—coer ore sold for 4,462/. 16s. 10d., an
pp
tin ore sold for 4,0261. 4s. 7d. The chairman observed that se
discovery had been made of tin ore at the mine estimated Ail'
11,000/. After d• • d
some discussion the report was adopted,
„t
a vote of thanks was passed to the committee of management
in Cornwall. Mr. Heron was re-elected a director, and the
meeting adjourned.
FUNERAL OF LORD COWLEY.—The mortal re'
mains of this lamented nobleman reached the Custom-houee;
stairs on Sunday night, having beta maveyed from Boul°gn
by steamer. Lord Charles Welleeley and Mr. U. Culliang
Smith were oa board as early as eight o'clock Yesterdie
morning, to receive the body of the deceased, which w,„
forthwith removed to the Marquis of Salisbury's residence is
Arlington-street. The Marquis of Salisbury, accompanied I?)
the Marchioness, came to town from Weimer Castle sshortly
betbre eleven o'clock; and immediately after his Lordrs " eti:
had arrived, the Duke of Wellington, the Marquis of 5
meath, the Earl of Mornington, Lord Fitzroy Somerset, the
Hon. and Rev. G. Wellesley-, and other members of the 211:0
ceased Lord's family, assembled to attend his remains 9
ti
cor
tomb. Precisely at half-past eleven o'clock the funeral
,he
ter left Arlington-street for South Audley Chapel. 0 20
arrival of the funeral at the chapel, the officiating clergii'-`
evera
received hotly, as customary, at the entrance, the s
mourners f wing- in succession, when the Rev. Mr. NePth
commenced the solemn and deeply impressive service fore
r.
:
burial of the dead. At the conclusion of the religiousar
mony the body was deposited in a new catacomb in thee 7f
of the chapel, where are the remains of Anne Coun!as.7es
Mornington, the late Earl of Mornington. and other rei
the DI "'
of the Wellesley family. The Duke of Wellington, ,
quis of Douro, and Lord Charles Wellesley departed
Apsley-house itntre,liately after the funeral; and the .31tve
:.
guts of Salisbury departed in the course of the afternool2
cir
Wapner Castle, Kent. Lady Cowley continues in
.a very
at Pr
licate state of health, at Paris, and has no intention
sent Of returning to this country.