The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-03 00:00:00

atissafewmas
It is said by thwe who know his affairs well, that the
(1-4 Property of the late Baboo is next in extent to the
joainions 01 the Rajah of Burdwar, and pay nearly ten lace
`;',ventie to the East India Company yearly.
t e understand that the mortal remains of the departed
f 4.00 will not be embalmed preparatory to being conveyed
.r interment to India, but that a vault will be purchased in
Pe cemetery Kensall green,- where his remains are to
ut deposited.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
OR
Tsmotrrit, Jima, 31.—The Monarch, 1,400 tons, Cap-
leaZ Walker one of the splendid fleet of Mr. Ciseen, of Black-
lighi rill sail this evenin or to-morrow morning at day-
or' Calcutta direct. This beautiful frigate (pierced for
tar Tia; which we have no doubt she could carry and fight
at c, etter than many 50-gun frigates on the navy list) was
ther cad when the Experimental Squadron was assembled
boareccast year, and the royal yacht, with her Majesty on
lion ;reamed round her. She looks an admirable compa-
s_ 'or the Constance, 50, Captain Sir B. Walker, although
Ilatter is 726 tons longer in build
Dr.: Mistake appears to have bees made with regard to the
rsirdsed immersion of her Majesty's brig Contest, 12, Com-
Ver Ikl'Murdo This vessel was built at Cowes by Mr.
Stiele, and was understood to be a sister vessel to the Daring.
!bly;e3 remarkably handsome vessel, and will unquestion-
esltVL Well, but she does not resemble the Dating. Her
in g ;,,Intich more like that of the Waterwitch, but the stand-
-I'4',?', rake of her masts arc very different from either.
more is rake very little, and the foremast stands much
appe.,..'nrWard than the Daring's, which had an unsightly
lath-4"e, and caused the necessity of putting goring cloths
the before course, to enable the fore tack to be hauled out to
SiineutraPkin. However, all this has nothing to do with the
tiiscjin After being commissioned six weeks it has been
aith.,eried that she has immersed nearly all her copper,
,nlidj;;_gn she is not complete in her stores and provisions,
been not yet taken her crew aboard. It has consequently
kit 'Qund requisite to haul her away from her bulk, and
ee,,T,VssoetCher streak of copper all round her, and this has been
ed to- day•
II ,71%Taiad, an old 42, was docked last evening, to be fitted
4,3 L'ePOt for coals for steam-vessels, to lie at Callao. This
%e'en for a long time a desideratum, and will cause a
Nest able saving both of time and expense. The
noeljallits, 120, was undocked to make room for her, but
lidet;:tlet be got out of the basin owing to the neaping of the
, p, The
Emerald tender sailed last night with supernumeraries
the e Netley tender arrived with men from Plymouth for
IF'sastance and Eurydice this morning.
Paid et crew of the Eurydice, 26, Captain George Elliot, wet e
Thnwr,° months' wages in advance yesterday.
eBpe,",`-onstance, 50, is still short of a few hands, but it is
toile(' will be completed to-day by a draught from
In °T.Tn.
shoat -.arbollr—EXCelletit, Victory, Contest; Comet, and
, samers ; Seaflower and Netley cutters.
isd•a 'Pithead—Constance and Eurydice; Monarch East
Aialle,"-sele---Prince Regent, Naiad, Cambrian, Leander,
Li-thn, and Rattlesnake.
ka Basin—Ne tune, Edinburgh, Trincomalee, and
,oPhitrite. P
)40411 Quail lighter from Pembroke-yard arrived this
ramp.
1)0,,
tok.frB24OUTH, SUNDAY.—The Athol troop-ship, Master
the Vander Yearn, arrived this morning at Spithead, from
ntry"rent Indies, With military invalids from the regiments
andllg on that station. She left Halifax on the 23d of June,
EThe erinuda on the 11th ult.
Constance, 50, Captain Sir Baldwin Walker, and the
rYdice, 26, Captain George Elliot, sailed this morning for
143'1114 outh. They weighed about eleven o'clock, the Con-
w„ee first, and stood out under royals and flying jib. There
0, a steady working breeze from S.S. W. The Eurydice soon
riL,"O her stern to her larger competitor, and maintained the
io`la in the race (which had evidently been agreed upon) so
tag as we could follow them from the shore. They join the
Ilannel fleet under Sir William Parker.
, The Contest, 12, Commander 11PAIurdo, bent sails, and
(nok on board her officers and crew from the hulk on Friday
tvening.
rThe Goodwill, navy lighter, sailed on Friday evening, with
LOTes for Devonport Dockyard. •
t.°til:hese Netleriy, tender, sailed for Devonport with supernume-
, on Fday, evening.
APPN73IENTS.
Lieutenants-4. MamsonOl, to the Caledonia ;T. H. Moly-
It'lx
„,? to the Spartan ; E. W. Vansittart, to the Contest ; R.
e. Jane, to the Columbine ; W. Horton, to the Queen; J.
ktighes (1846), to the Inflexible.
..aster—T. Hart, to the Inflexible.
sate—C. Kent, to the Dido.
'l,a'val Instructors—W. E. Shaw, to the Calypso ; Rev. N.
paylee, B.A. (acting), to the Raleigh.
Zissistant Surgenn—G. E. Freeman, to the Caledonia.
bownerekss,!la Charge_J. B. Burlace to the Nautilus, vice
kid t! run.
to th s'Prnen—G. Rennie, to the Spartan; W. Sainsbury,
e Victory.vEtst
••icto„,e'rs Assistants—R. Todd and IL Goldsmith, to the
ele4.
""*u• D. Bowden, to the Action.
Ap • COAST MIARD.
tuatments--C. J. Pe us, R.N., to Winchester Station,
Stittionleatenant Southey, instead of to the 4rand Redoubt
Itere' %lee Newman.
Elsa,fiZE93—Lieutenan G. A. Hine, from Newtown,
to
fatteiorn,iee Barnard,lnnisprewvilaoutsolyifleamook ve
ni
eadJWillia ms,
h vice Camp-
ItskitZeved 3l
; rieute nant o
Sto'kes, from Manesbay, to
ett4,2ltation, vice Millet.
"Jasd,,°,4s,t, JULY 31.—The Columbine, 16 guns, Com-
,,ceptio„- month, is completeel by the dockyard, with the ex-
c't Painting her weather-work, which is now in hand.
Yesterrns are on board, and she received her sea stores
IleXtp.,43'. She is expected to sail in the beginning of
L. The telt-
,4
.44,- Trident steam-packet, Lieutenant Rigge, commander,
'ell:1,, 3: ready ; her rigging is complete, and she is now
ite,2 Painted. She is provided on board with provisions and
seat for
„-tt , t, two months, and goes out of dock on Wednesday
the
she will take in her coals, and will sail for Trieste
&sle nt
pt ""e 18th of next month, to be there on the Ist of
el3l,,_ber, ready for the mail. She calls in at Gibraltar
Malta. Mr. G. A. Stabb, second master; Mr. D. P.
eliirtaraara, clerk in charge; and Mr. T. Tait, assistant-
geon
have joined her. The purser will join her at Malta,
master.
grt,°? Bulldog steam-sloop, Commander Davis, is. fast pro-
ate,ing in her fittings and rigging, and is getting her sea
14.'4 on board.
-me Aid, Smallman, master, :sailed this day for Ports-
-4191,141.
k,'„ll,e Rochester, Sedgwick, master, arrived from Ports-
nth on the 25th instant and she is refitting.
`1.1" Mutine, 12-gun brig, is ordered to this port to be
°,l'ked and to have her defects made good.
bet 1e ship Faithful arrived on the 29th with a cargo of tim-
Iliga for the dockyard. The Alexander Cochrane,
port, arrived on the 29th with a cargo of hemp from
frigpr! f Lidor the dockyard. The Recovery arrived on the 30th
Petersburgh with a cargo of he mp for the dockyard.
tlr PROMOTIONS.
,i
' -owl Hogg, inspector, is appointed acting foreman of
pc; Yard, vice Blesley ;
qohn Dulvey, leading man, ap-
ted acting inspector, vice Hogg; and Henry Cardwell,
ee -elms shipwright, is promoted to acting leading man
bulvey.

1E SQUADRON OF EVOLUTION.
tuiLy MARINE SENTENCED TO BE HANGED.—On Wednes-
'o4°Ming the ships of the fleet sailed out of Cove 11. ar-
t() 91. a two-months' cruise, as stated in our last. Previous
veir departure, a court-martial was held on board the
kt,!4 for the trial of a private of Marines, named James
V:, on three charges, viz. :—For assaulting Sergeant
Slitc;r, his superior officer; for assaulting Sergeant
Wow his superior officer ; and for assaulting Corporal
to bb The Court consisted of Admiral Pigott, president ;
the elodores Collier and Bremmer, and the captains of
the _several ships of war and steamers constituting
holie:Padron. It appeared in evidence that the pn-
eool:' a fine looking man twenty-six years of age, had
tome °TI board in a disorderly manner, after parting with
of his necessaries on shore, and was ordered to be put
ttlaie .vtillys: 0,.. Sergeant_ Connor then requested him to go down
which he turned round and struck him ; Ser-
doTh`dennor then sent for a guard, and he was forced
Ile; into the fore cockpit, when he struck Sergeant Smith.
Or CI then thrown down to be ironed, and was laid hold
hot j; Corporal Webby, when he said that he would
e transported for nothing, and turning round, struck
d„„irtPoral. They all swore that the prisoner was not
ttati et the time, and that all the blows he gave were in-
T0341'
to 8 e wretched man had nothing to offerin his defence, but
throaY that he was sorry for what had happened, and to
e, Ir bitoself on the mercy of the Court. The Court having
402ar cleared, the members remained in deliberation for an
4,ewhen on its being again opened,
810 Judge-Advocate rase amids the most death-like
though the Court-room was filled with officers, sea-
and marines, and said, Does it please the Court I
'.?ll.lci read the sentence upon the prisoner?"
resident (much affected)—lt does.
,r •
tet he Judge-Advocate then read the document, which con.
ed the charges, the names of the officers comprising the
dart,
and of the several witnesses, and which wont on to
4to that the Court, having well and maturely considered the
Zidence declared the first and second charges proved, and
Pubt the third was not proved, and adjudged that Private
%tees Sayer be hanged from the neck from one of her Ma-
tstY's vessels, at such time, and on board such vessel, as the
rils of the Admiralty should direct.
ettl'resident—James Sayer, I am sorry, indeed, that I cannot
co.er You hope that the sentence of this Court will not be
ole-,ed out, and I recommend you to prepare yourself to
Your doom. The court is dissolved.
ttelle Prisoner was then removed in custody of the Provost
10051141. It is said that within a very short time the unfor-
all Prisoner has been twice whipped, and has undergone
cork her
pmorotedr.es of punishment known in the royal navy.—

,_'N,„ ~
,iiht - LASH.—EXPOSURE OF THE PERSON AND TOR
the Government do
Itet t4t-4 Two AGONIES IN ONE."—
~...N. ec) ,2speedy warning the spreadlf of reading and intern-
zith o.7llreach the soldiery to such an extent as (coupled
"'th their knowledge of the sympathies of public being
I:l4sibilo against this beastly punishment of torture, and
4ect,t ' manslaughter or homicide), wilrgoad them to. a
wiiich, watching its
tlPportllnlerstanding placeho
14 I.2°ltY, will some day usfarfsPa sudden, and when
it, in the midst of a
socialt expect it, or are prepared a
martinet man-flayer to
Proour!evolution ! It only nee ,
4enterle° for a soldier, who is a favourite with his comrades? a
ienjivithe °f exposure and flagellation—his comrades resent its
to p.er...e,3....denitir-rnurrnur-refuse to
„carry it out, or
are mutineers!
.."`Ao-ni,tt it to be carried out :—the)
tt
then?tile regiment is called in to butcher—to fire upon,
ure them—this other regiment refuses to do so—and
Goa ' not only military flogging is abolishedl.tf.or ever, but,
on military
lioengtent that, with such a mode
Nee.: d° not spring up too, and the social
tiless4i4itt)°,,nee and, perhaps, for ever! ablo Qicritbe'r fabric
fall
lhtios
~ probability will be the littelVenatme-e,agtimt_e goes
1i3.,111', intelligence spreads a thousandfold with.
clio,veure to produce it, but with the oppcsite i from
desire of era-
tl,,od.g. and abolishing for ever an irritant, an exas erant of
Infalpia,°4 ignomin which otherwise, sooner or lPate.r, will
the L''Y produce a'eatastr'ophe, The torture of
.the laSh 1
a 4°l:llbustible matter, now in an exposed situation,
whichd
Bslt itoe sPark will some day ignite and explode ! W e would
they 4.! the new Government a fair trial ; but if, at starting,
14:14 ,-°llllTlit a capital crime ao-ainst all notions of humanity
huh c'entl improvement, by defending the use of the ac.cursed
to b'eN4 shall pray for their doom to be sealed, and their days
rr,..ntinabered.—llood's Magazine for August.
""Z Co
,on u ount of
IaDEI4 NATIONAL FUND.—The am w
,kur °rig to this fund sent to the secretary in Manchester no
As t, , ably exceeds 40,0001. Amongst the sums received during the
for 204:1711 Tre observe the firm of Walker, Smith, and Hacking, Bury,
,I(1 14.. band the names of R. Ashton, Esq., Limefield ; R. Walker,
`4elle'' •....11OY • W. Richardson and Sons Manchester ; John
ehester-.1.e, ..se, Iklanchester ; ftostron, Dutton, and Co., Man-
'.&ietch for 100!.--_Manchester Guardian.
A''anuone ICin was gathered a few days ago in a garden at
14 &Artii' woos), whichett2e 34 measurcd 17 ipelies in di titer and 4 feet
4%;lwolat lbli