The Sun.
London, England, 1841-06-22 00:00:00

LAUNCH OF THE TRAFALGAR

no division, the numbers being equal, and the question for '
retaining the words decided in the negative by the forms
of the House. The Chancellor then explained to him that
his object was not yet attained, a* Manchester was Gnly
named. in the excrescent compensation clauses, and
that it would be necessary, for his object, by express
words to exclude Manchester from the operation of the
general clauses. Meanwhile one of the Tories went
away, and the proviso which Lord Wilton moved upon
the Lord Chancellor's suggestion, was negatived by one,
Lord Normanby then pointed out, amid the general
laughter of the House, that Lord Wilton had thus con-
trived to leave Manchester within the general scope of
the Bill, but had succeeded in depriving the Lancashire
Coroner of the compensation which the Commons had
already agreed should be paid to him from Manchester.
Lord Normanby added, that as this was obviously not
what had been intended by Lord Wilton, and moreover
would inevitably lose the Bill on its return to the Commons,
he would not object to the restoration of the omitted words
on the third reading ; and with this understanding the
House separated on Friday last. Last night, however,
the Tory Lords mustered in sufficient force to work, any
mischief they had a mind to ; and, utterly regartneas of
the agreement entered into the night before; relying on
which the Government were wholly unprepared for op-
position, Lord Wilton, instead of offering to re-insert
Manchester in its former place, moved and carried his
rejected proviso of Monday ; and this, of course, as he
had been distinctly warned by Lord Normanby on
Friday last, necessarily occasioned the l'Jss of the whole
Bill. An examination of the divisiiJn lists, which we
publish elsewhere, will show Lord Wicklow voting on
this occasion with the Government, which, to do that
Noble Lord justice, generally ie_Alicates that his own
party have ventured to a prat which few honourable
minds can bear. That Lore', Warwick's name should be
on the same side means rothing more, we fear, than that
his own job was secured, and that he was utterly careless
of every other consi':Leration.

MONEY WIARKEY and CITY NEWS.

FROM 'SHE DAILY PAPERS 0.2 THIS DAY.
CHRONI`e3LE.— Ships, colonies, and commerce must
all -be gainers—all prosperous under the free-trade
flag. rine monopolists have the hardihood to deny this,
and to assert, on the contrary, that the reduction of the
duties on foreign timber weitild be destructive and cala-
mit,Jus to the shipping it;
'terests. They know this to be
a =misrepresentation ed fact, or, in less polite language,
.we must repeat, it.
a falsehood, " and they know it."
The fallacy 4.1-2, indeed, known to all who have read the
valuable
',:vidence given before the Committee on Import
Dutiea. The monopolists know this also ; and while
ley shrink from attempting to combat the truths which
that volume contains, they endeavour to get rid of them
by a mere averment that they are partial, and full of
errors. Were this allegation true, were that volume open
to such attack, it is a natural consequence that those
whose views and whose interests are so much at variance
with its conclusions would expose its partiality, and
show up its faults. But they have done neither,
and for the best of all reasons—that the evi-
dence adduced by the Committee is founded on the
imperishable rock of truth, and the more it is
sifted the more immovable it has become, and been more
deeply rooted in the public mind. The results are plain
and conclusive—that by reducing the duties on foreign
timber, and withdrawing the restrictions affecting the
trade of our colonial possessions, the change would be
beneficial both to the colonies and the mother-country,
while the revenue would be very greatly increased, and
the interests of the British shipowners would also be
essentially ameliorated. The public should keep these
facts in view, and remember that when they see a certain
class of shipowners opposing the change in the timber
duties, that these men do so on false pretences. They
profess to say that the change would injure the shipping
interests, but the fact is that they do so because it would
interfere with their own profits of monopoly. This
noisy clique to whom we allude are chiefly engaged in
the Canada timber trade, that is, they enjoy the benefit
of supplying the people of this country with an inferior
article at an exorbitant price, and they oppose an altera-
tion by which the public would be able to purchase
superior:timber at a reasonable price.
The opinion of Mr. Hume, of the Board of Trade, is,
that the country would be gainers by buying up the
vessels employed in this monopoly at a valuation, be-
cause the increase to the revenue by the proposed alter-
ation would make up the amount in the first twelve
months. Let this fact also be kept in view, that the in-
terests of the British shipowners generally are quite
separate. and distinct ; that they would be materially
improved by the proposed alterations, the tonnage of the
country doubled, and the cost of provisioning and mate-
rials of ships very essentially diminished. Let it also be
borne in mind that the present differential duties compel
ship builders and all others to pay a very high price for
an inferior timber.
Whether the precise changes in the last Budget in
respect of the timber duties are the very best that
could be proposed, we speak not decidedly. Mr.
IM4Gregor proposed 7s. 6d. per load on colonial tim-
ber, and 225. 6d. on foreign timber ; and certainly
we are by no means convinced of the expediency of
adding to the duty on Canada timber ; it is much used in
cottages and by poor people, and, therefore, instead of
increasing the import ditties on that article, it seems to
us, and to many intelligent mercantile men, that it
would be sounder policy to take an additionul 10s. per
load off the duty on Baltic timber. This basis of settling
the differential duty would give greater relief, and bring
the superior article down to a more reasonable price.
But these are all matters of detail, open, we conceive, fur
fair discussion to all friends of free trade. It is the prin-
ciple propounded in the Ministerial Budget that we are
at present called upon to support, which every friend of
his country ought to do with the utmost of his power
and abilities. The duties at present charged on foreign
oak are about 150 per cent., and 200 per cent. on Nor-
wegian pine. These are almost prohibitive rates, and
afford ample scope for the, pruning knife, the precise
extent of which we are willing to leave to the decision
of a free-trade Parliament. By reducing them to a rea-
sonable rate, it is not the British shipowner only, strictly
so to speak, that will be benefited, but the people gene-
rally will be enabled to use better and more durable tim-
ber. Then the hardy fisherman, by the reduction of the
price on Norway fir, will be able to build their boats at a
much cheaper rate, and the condition of our mercantile
navy will be greatly improved, by an increase of shipping
and demand for hands, and better provisions at lower
prices. The cost of ship building will be manifestly re-
duced most essentially. Even the supposed saving of the
difference of 51. a ton in the hull, without calculating the
advantage the shipowners will receive from a reduction
in the cost of the outfits and provisioning, is a most im-
portant saving ; but when, "II addition to these advan-
tages, we contemplate the im nense stimulus that the
adoption- of a liberal commercial policy will give to our
export trade, and the employment it will confer on British
bottoms, we conceive it to be as clear as sunlight that no
class of men have a deeper stake in the success of the
Ministerial policy than the general body of British ship-
owners.
POST.—The English funds have advanced * per cent.
further, though the transactions in them continue li-
mited. We heard of a sale of Consols for time to the
extent of 20,0001. to-day, but nothing beyond worthy of
notice. ' There are no more quotations of money sales of
stocks, of which the books have closed for the dividends.
It may be presumed, therefore, that the " fiddling" sys-
tem has received a check for the moment that will be
highly beneficial to unreflecting persons having to do
business in the funds, and to the public at large.
SUN.—Although the Stock Market was rather thinned
to-day by the attractions at Woolwich, those parties
who remained to do business seemed to entertain a better
opinion of the Market, and the consequence was an im-
provement in Consols from 89* to 4,t0 894 to I. Ex-
chequer Bills of 1,0001., were firm at 6 to 8 premium,
while the Small Bills touched 10 to 12 premium. Bank
Stock was worth 168 to 169, being a rally of per
Cent. India Bonds brought 1 discount to 1 premium.
South Sea Old Annuities were at 87*, the Long An-
nuities at 12 13-16, the Reduced Three and a Half
per Cents at 98* to t, and the Three per Cent Annuities
at 894 to 1.
The same inanition was perceptible again to-day in the
Foreign Market, and the quotations evinced no symptoms
of a rally. The settlement to take place on the 30th inst.,
promises to be as unimportant as that last effected. The
New Portuguese Five per Cents. were heavy at 33 to f,
and the Three per Cents. at 19k. Spanish Active Bones
were dull at 22 for Money, and 22* for Account ; Mexi-
can Bonds were at 27 to 268, a slight decline ; Colom-
bian_ at 204 to 21 ; Chilian at 60i to 60* ; and Brazilian
at ; Dutch Two-and-a-Halfp
totandhadthe a
Fiveper
moderatea
s Cents.eat rather to r
99brought 521
realeor fO. Cents
Shares
ay.ourable rates,
viz. Gr , cat Western Railway, t 26 The N
the Fifths, 61 ; the South We ;
to 158 ; New, 114 ;
Western, 14ithe
North Midland I uul Thirds 2 ; and the Eastern Counties
Debentures cel
- premium , Birmi • • •
ngham and Gloucester
were 36 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow
2 ; Brighton 6 ;
and Manchester and Leeds New,
North American Bank SharesVi discount ; British
were 31 discount,
and
London and Westminster, 2 premium.

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ATTEMPT TO BREAK INTO A POWDER
MAGAZINE.—An attempt was made on Wednesday, the
26th ult., to enter forcibly the powder magazine, situate
at Tars Well. Both the padlocks had been most inge-
niously forced open, and apparently a crow-bar, or other
strong iron instrument, applied to the lock which retains
the bar in its proper position, and though great violence
appears to have been used, it resisted all efforts to force
it open. A reward of la has been offered for the con-
viction of the offenders.—Cambrian.
BREAD AND BACON.—One of our trades-
men, Mr. Young, bacon-factor, of Mary-port-street, has
adopted a novel plan of testifying his disa.pprobation of
the Corn-laws. From one of his door-posts he has
appended an immense flitch of bacon weighing, we un-
derstand, between 200 and 300 lbs., which he has deco-
rated with pink and orange ribbons, and a label in-
scribed in red letters " Real Berkeley bLesn, which every
man plight keep in his house if the bread tnx we7v-
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ti,
decorated with blue ,favours, and inscribed " Miles and
Fripp bacon, which a man finds it dit-WCult to buy after
paying the monopolists and the baker."—Bristol Mercury.

Notwithstanding the threaionitig appearance of yester-
day morning, the river; from an early hour, presented a
scene of unusual animation and gaiety. bteam--beett Of every
size and description,from the tug to the gaily' 'decorated
" excursion boat," were in moll& from ten o'clock in the
morning, • coni;eying the vast multittides who thronged
the veious wharfs and piers on the line route; td the
great centre of attraction at Wdolwieh. The Greenwich
and Blackwell RailiVeya Also poured in their countless
thousands-, avho availed themselves of every possible
mode of conveyance to their ultimate destination on the
Kent or Essex shore.
The vessels in the River were also, with very few ex-
ceptions, gaily decorated, and the flags of almost every
nation in the globe floated on the breeze to hail the arri-
val of the Trafalgar in the element which is destined
henceforth to be her home. Many of the buildings, yards,
and wharfs along the River also displayed flags and ban-
tiers, and not a few were bristling with cannon to greet
her Majesty with a Royal salute in the event
of her proceeding to Woolwich by water, but
the uncertain'y which prevailed upon this point pre-
vented any arrangements upon an extensive scale. The
Royal standard floated from the top of Greenwieh Hos-
pital, and here many thousands had stationed themselves
from an early hour, in expectation that the embarcation
of the Royal party would take place at this point.
On our arrival at Woolwich we found the streets
crowded with visitors, all hurrying to those stations
from whence the best view of the interesting proceedings
could be obtained. There were abundance of shows and
exhibitions in the streets for the amusement of those who
could not penetrate the barrier of police constables at the
Dock-yard gates, and the tavern and inn-keepers must
have reaped a rich harvest.
It was rumoured in the metropolis, and also at Wool-
wich, in the morning that her Majesty would not be pre-
sent, and although the report did not gain credence, it
threw something of a damp upon the general hilarity,
but, as the day advanced, the arrangements observable in
the Royal booth or gallery at the extreme west of the
dock, gave satisfactory assurance to her loyal subjects
that her Majesty was about to honour the august and
imposing ceremony with her presence.
ilThe main entrance to the Dock-yard was kept by a
party of the Horse Artillery, supported by a strong
body of the R division of the Metropolitan Police. The
Carriages of the nobility and gentry began to arrive
about twelve, and continued in quick succession up to
two o'clock ; but the admirable arrangements of Captain
Phipps Horuby, C. 8., Superintendent of the Dock-yard,
enabled all parties to obtain access without the slightest
confusion or inconvenience.
Within the Dock-yard all was high holiday—business
of every sort was suspended, and all the officers and
workmen were this afforded an opportunity of witness-
ing the interesting proceeding. On duty, in the yard,
were the Royal Foot Artillery, the Royal Marines, the
Royal Sappers and Miners, and the 15th Foot, with
their splendid bands, which, during the day, were
stationed in various parts of the yard, and played a
variety of favourite airs.
The appearance and dimensions of the Trafalgar have
been so often stated that it is almost unnecessary to
repeat them. We may briefly state that she is a 120
gun-ship ; her length from figure-head to stern, 246 feet
2 inches ; her extreme breadth, 55 feet 7 inches ; depth
in hold, 32 feet 2 inches ; burden, a fraction over 2,721
tons, old measurement ; height, 64 feet 11 inches.
Her figure-head displays a bust of Nelson, the gallant
hero of Trafalgar, touching the very extremity of the
shed in which she has been built. She is painted in al-
ternate strips of drab and white, square stern finished in
the plainest and chastest style, with, no other ornament
than a row of. fluted pillars between the cabin windows,
surmounted by a neat moulding.
Not the least interesting portion of the spectacle was
a large party of Greenwich pensioners, who were pre-
sent at the battle of Trafalgar, and who were stationed in
the vessel when she was launched. They were all drawn
up on the upper-deck "in full fig," their cocked hats
profusely decorated with laurel; and the hearty cheers
with which they greeted her Majesty
.showed that some
of the old blood still warmed their veins.
The arrangements for the accommodation of the public
were as extensive as circumstances would admit. On
either side of the ship, seats, ascending tier behind tier,
to the extent of twelve or fifteen benches, were erected,
and it was calculated that in this way five or six thousand
persons were accommodated. The number of applica-
tions, however, were more than double that amount;
and we understand that, in the course of Friday and
Saturday, the authorities at the Admiralty were compelled
to refuse the applications ofmanv of the mcistdiStinguished
families among the Nobility. On Saturday an additional
stage, capable of affording sitting room fdr more than a
thousand persons, was erected in front of the bows of the
Trafalgar, and this also was crowded in every part. The
several booths, as they were termed, were distinguished
by different letters, the ticket bearing a corresponding
one,
and a party of the A division of police, stationed
et the entrance of the various enclosures, enabled
the visitors to find their places without any difficulty.
The benches were covered _with bunting, and the union-
jack and a variety of flags were displayed in every part
of the vast amphitheatre, which, when filled with the dis-
tinguished visitors, three fourths of whom at least were
ladies, presented one of the most brilliant and interesting
scenes we ever witnessed.
At one o'clock the Dock-yard gates were thrown open
to the public, and it is needless to say that the rush was
terrific—the human stream continuing to pour in almost
without. intermission for half. an huur, and by that time
every spot from which a glimpse of the vessel, or the
gay scene by which she was surrounded, could be ob-
tained, was occupied.
The workmen now began to knock away the shores,
and their cheers and cries occasioned no little excite-
ment in the dense multitude, many supposing that her
Majesty had arrived. At length, shortly after two
o'clock, when expectation was on tiptoe, the booming of
cannon from the heights; and the bands striking up
" God save the Queen," gave certain indication
of her Majesty's approach. The Royal cortege
was preceded by the officers of the various regiments
on duty, and proceeded at a slow pace from the dock-
yard gate to the water's edge, the troops forming a
double line along the entire distance, and presenting
arms as her Majesty's carriage came in view. Nothing
could exceed the enthusiasm with which the Queen and
Prince Albert were received on entering the Royal
booth, the cheering and waving of handkerchiefs
continued for several minutes, and the Royal Pair ap-
peared highly delighted with the scene, bowing and
smiling on all sides. Shortly after, her Majesty presented
herself in front of the platform, she pointed to the vessel
and appeared, by her gestures, to indicate a wish to
examine her more minutely, she then proceeded
leaning on his Royal Highness, and attended by
the officers of the Dock-yard, close uuder the stern of
the Trafalgar, and thence along the western edge of the
dock under her bows, conversing familiarly with the
officers by whom she was attended. Her Majesty then
returned to the Royal booth, and orders to that effect
having been issued, at twenty minutes before three
o'clock the last shores were knocked away—the bands
struck the spirit-stirring strain of " Rule Britannia,"
and many a heart beat high with pride and ex-
ultation as amidst the thunder of artillery, and
the loud and enthusiastic cheers of the vast multi-
tude, the majestic vessel, destined to be one of the
noblest of Old England's wooden walls, glided gracefully
into the water.

THE CHRISTENING

was performed. The officiating priestess was, we be-
lieve, the lady of Captain Hornby, assisted by some
younger members of his family. An incident worth
mentioning gave to the ceremony an interest as peculiar
as it was appropriate. In the morning the authorities
of the dockyard received from the Countess of Nelson
the present of a bottle of wine—a relic of the stock
which Lord Nelson had on board " The Victory " at
the battle of Trafalgar. This was the bottle of wine
which, according to the rites, was broken on the bows
of the magnificent ship when she received her name.
The day continued fine, with even occasional glimpses
of sunshine, for some time after the launch had taken
place, but a heavy shower then came on, which pro-
duced an electrical effect in clearing the yard and its
vicinity.
Not the least graceful or interesting of the proceed-
ings of the day, was the circumstance of her Majesty's
visit having occasioned the release of a number of the
most deserving of the convicts, and while contributing
to the enjoyment and gratifications of thousands, her
Majesty forgot not to exercise the brightest and most
beneficent attribute of Royalty, by giving liberty to the
toil-worn, captive, and letting the oppressed go free.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.

The appearance of the river was superb. The Essex
shore as far as the eye could reach, was thronged by per-
sons anxiously directing their gaze towards the Dock-
yard. Steamers, decked out with flags, and crammed with
passengers, continued to arrive, and were arranged in such
amanner as to be out of danger, and yet to secure a sight
of the launch for all. The form adopted for arranging the
ships and steamers, so as not to interfere with the launch,
was that of a double crescent, extending_ east and west
of the Trafalgar from the Kent to the Essex shore, thus
leaving an amply sufficient space between the two tiers
for the launch. Immediately to the east of the Tra-
falgar were her Majesty's yacht, William and Mary, two
of her Majesty's cutters, and her Majesty's steava frigate
Salamander ; the decks of all these vessels were fitted up
with seats rising one above another for the accommodation
of visitors, with whom they were crowded ; by far the greater
number consistin; ofladies. Outside the Salamander was the
Royal Yacht Club yacht Reindeer, and several other
yachts and merchant vessels. Shortly before two o'clock
the Commercial Steam Packet Company's large first-
class steamer Princess Victoria came down the river,
her decks crowded with passengers, and took up her
station to the north of the eastern cres-
cent. Immediately to the west of the Trafalgar,
and consequently the southernmost vessel of the
Western crescent, was her Majesty's steam-packet Fire-
brand, under a complete arch of flags ; considerable at-
tention was attracted to the Firebrand, during the early
part of the morning, in consequence of a rumour which
had obtained extensive circulation, that it was her Ma-
jesty's intention to return from Woolwich in the Fire-
brand, and land at Deptford. _ This rumour, how-
ever, turned out to be unfounded. The re-
mainder of the western crescent was Principally composed
of river steamers and small craft. The boats of the
Thames Police and of the Harbour Master were con-
stantly rowing about the lines for the purpose of pre-
serving order and preventing accidents. Precisely at
two o'clock a Royal salute, tired: by .the Cadets of the
Royal Military Academy, announced the approach of
the Royal party, anc. the bands in the dock-
yard and. these on board the different vessels,
struck up the national anthem. In a few minues after-
wf,rds, 11,2 r
1,.,en the arm 4,f Prince
a::(ll4i,;it,Elb 4 ;r:1 of the rk(l-• _..
?Iln,tr7; .1,7,. t.r, ; ttar;;; made her
i appearance in the Royal booth, situated at the extreme
west of the Trafalgar. The Royal booth waltasteful
y
fitted up with the flags of various nations, theßo al stag-