The Sun.
London, England, 1847-10-01 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, THURSDAY.—The Prince Regent, 92,
reduced from 120, was undocked to-day, after being
there, we believe, four years.
The Ajax, steam-guardship, was docked in lieu of
the Prince Regent.
The Kite steam-vessel, Commander Henry Dama-
resq, was removed from the basin to-day to her hulk,
to complete fitting, for the Jersey station.
Wind, E. by N., moderate breezes, and fine weather.
The Aolus, provision depot, Master Commanding
J. Thomas, is to come into the harbour to-morrow, to
be paid off.
The Nautilus, 8, Lieutenant Commanding W. T.
Rivers, sailed this evening, to cruise off Brighton for
the protection of the fishery.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, accompanied by
the Duke of Saxe Meiningen, the Duke of Saxe
Weimar, and the Princes Edward and Gustavus of
Saxe Weimar, arrived in Clarence-yard by the
ordinary train at 427 p.m. They were received by
Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, Captains Pasco and Sir E.
W. Parry, the officers of the Lieutenant-Governor's
staff, Flag►-Lieutenant Cochran, and the principal
officers of Clarence-yard. They embarked immedi-
ately in the Fairy steam-tender, which had been
hauled into the Creek for the purpose, where they
were received by Captain Lord A. Fitzclarence. The
Victory and Excellent saluted and manned yards on
the royal standard being hoisted in Clarence-yard. A
guard of honour of the 60th Rifles attended the arrival
of the illustrious visitors. They proceeded for
Osborne House, on a visit to her Majesty, landing at
Osborne Pier at 5 25 p.m.

BEAUMONT INSTITUTION, MILE.

END.

The elegant rooms of this-establishment were opened
for the season on Thursday, evening, with an enter-
tainment by Mr. Henry 'Phillips, entitled " An
Evening with the Poets." The authors selected were
Shakspere, Moore, and Dibdin. The lecturer, as he
introduced his various subjects, prefaced them with
many notices, anecdotes, &c., of a pleasing and in-
structive nature, well calculated to awaken the atten-
tion, and interest the audience in the poet, the poetry,
and the music. Mr. Phillips is peculiarly fitted for
this species of entertainment; his fine commanding
voice and his natural emphatic style cannot but render
his efforts exceedingly effective. The lecturer was in
excellent song and spirits, and did full justice to the
poet and the musician, and whether his topic was the
loves of Moore, the grandeur of Shakspere, the grace-
fulness of Rogers, the manliness of Dibdin, equally
appropriate was his treatment; while in the illustra-
tions which he submitted to his auditory the distinct
spirit of each was strikingly. displayed. 'With one
piece we were particularly pleased, namely, that fine
song of Dibdin s, " 'Twas post meridian, this the
vocalist gave very beautifully ; and one spontaneous
burst of applause evinced its effect on the audience.
The attendance of subscribers and the public was
numerous, and at the conclusion of the entertainment
the most unequivocal tokens of approval and delight
were freely given.

FIRE IN A MAIL-DAG.—Yesterdfly morning a sin-
gular circumstance occurred at the General Post-office,
by which one packet with its contents were nearly
destroyed, and several other letters, packets, and news-
papers, narrowly escaped destruction. It appears that
the clerks and messengers at the Warwick branch of the
North-Western Railway, having " made up" the Banbury
mail-bag, were in the act of tying up the contents, when
a slight explosion took place inside the bag. Fearing
that something had happened by which the whole of the
Correspondence might be injured, the clerk at the division
immediately ordered the string to be cut, when a dense
body of smoke issued from the mouth of the bag. Upon
turning out the contents, it was discovered that a box of
fusees of the common kind had been placed inside an
envelope in a thin wooden box, and that by friction,
caused by the act of stamping or by forcing the lett, rs,
&c. into the bag, the fusees had ionted, and had set fire
to the thin covering in which they were enclosed. It
was de !idedly fortunate that the discovery was made at
this moment, for had the bag been sealed and put into
the omnibus fur conveyance to the station, or had the
ignition taken place id-the railway train, some difficulty
might have been experienced in extinguishing it, while
it is certain that many valuable, and probably most
important documents would have been destroyed. The
mutilated packet was directed to llanhitry• it was taken
possession of by the superintending president, and the
occurrence reported to the Postmaster-General.
PROPOSED METROPOLITAN AQUEDUCT COMPANY.—
The " admitisd existence of a strong necessity for im-
proving
announcement of a project so
comprehensive—we had almost said so vast—as actually
t the
has led to the present defective supply of water to the
metropolis"
of water to be ultimately
from the Thames at withdrawn for the purpose
Bray,
to call forth an engineer's assurance, that the quantity
would not affect the naviga-
tion of the river—and certainly such an assurance was
least, no since it is proposed to abstract,
no less than 50,000,000 gallons
000,000 at Bray—a fourth part in
necessary
to filter and conduct threugh
imo nuotfrueotfut hrteah ne);
short—whichehw aahrl
whole
,tlneaiest2c
a tunnel aqueduct of brickwork to Hampstead-hill.
where it will bo perpendicularly raised to an elevation
of 250 feet above high-water mark, into reservoirs,
whence 'it will bo supplied under a high pressure,
through the present or other pipes, to the whole metro-
polis, not only for domestic and other ordinary purposes,
but also for the extinction of fire [and might it not have
been added, for the occasional scouring of an extended
system of small-bored sewers, even rapidly and with
unfiltered water, "let on" below the filtering reservoirs,
and raised into tanks for the purpose?]—The Builder.
THE NEW ARRANGEMENTS FOR FOREIGN MAIL
PACYETS.—The Royal Mail Steam-packet Company
have received orders from the Lords Commissioners of
the'Adm:iralty to make the following alteration in the
route of the West India mail packets, which leave South-
ampton on the 2(1 of every month ; the arrangements to
commence with the packet of the 2d November, which
will proceed by way of Bermuda, Nassau, Ship Island,
New Orleans, Vera Cruz, and Tampico, instead of the
route observed heretofore. The packet of the 17th will
proceed direct to the West Indies, via Madeira and Bar-
badoes, as usual. On the return voyage, the packet will
call at the same posts for the mails, and steam-boats, in
connexion
for the conveyance of passengers betweenconnexion with the Royal Mail Packet Company, wil
Cat
l be
or Ship Nand and New Orleans, on the arrival and de-
parture of the packet.
SPANISH EGGS.—Yesterday ninety cases of
Spanish eggs were, landed by a vessel. from Bilboa, and
nine cases, brougbt by the Falicio, ex Oporto, were. sold
by by Keeling and Hunt, Monument-yard. This arrival of
eggs from. Spain tin article of commerce is the n
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that has come under our notice, and iS worthy of remarh,
.r.st
"the importations of, eggs having hitherto beat exclu-
sively from France and Holland.