The Sun.
London, England, 1848-10-27 00:00:00

VVENTNG,

FRIDAY'

SCOTTISH CENTRAL RAILWAY.
(From the Caledonian Mercury.)
As some doubt seems to'-'exist in regard to the lease
of this line, we have made special inquiry on the sub-
ject, and are authorised to state, that the original agree-
ment for leasing the undertaking at 7 per cent. and half
surplus profits to the London and North-Western, Lan-
caster and Carlisle, and Caledonian, as approved by the
shareholders of all the four at their respective meetings
—is still in force, and cannot be resiled from. The only
difference now is, that the three companies have offered,
with consent of the Scottish Central, to give the Edin-
burgh and Glasgow an interest in this lease to the extent
of one fourth. It is, therefore, the shareholders of the
latter who alone have the right to repudiate what their
directors have done, and if they do so, they cannot object
to the lease, as it now stands, being carried out by the
other companies on a working agreement. Under the
terms of the arrangement, the dividend of 7 per cent.
commenced running from the 22d May, the date of
opening the whole line, and will become payable in
February next.
SABBATH TRAVELLING.
The following letter has been addressed by Mr. Camp-
bell, of Morzie, to Lord Duncan, the chairman of the
directors of the Scottish Central Railway:—
" Callart, Fort William, Oct. 21, 1848.
"Dear Lord Duncan,—As I had the honour to pro.
pose the r. solution adopted by the shareholders of the
Scottish Central Railway in reference to Sabbath tra-
velling, I feel called upon to address you as chairman of
the directors of that company, in consequence of a para-
graph, which I assume to be correct, and in which
it is stated by the Scottish Reformer's Gazette, that
the Duchess of Sutherland, hastening to attend the
deathbed of her father, reached Perth on Sabbath morn-
ing, just as the mail train for the south was about to
leave that city; that her Grace stated her object in
desiring to proceed by that train, but that, neverthe-
less, she was not allowed to do so. I attach no im•
portance whatever to the circumstance of its being the
Duchess of Sutherland who was so treated, or to the
fact that even had she been carried forward it would
still have been altogether unavailing, seeing that the
Earl of Carlisle expired on the previous day—but I do
wish in a few words to say—and I ,believe I speak the
sentiments of those with whom I have the honour to
act in these matters—that it is all provision for unne-
cessary travelling on the Sabbath, or anticipated cases
of mercy which may never occur, that I am opposed to,
and that I do trust that in future, and so long as you are
compelled by Government to carry. the mails on the
Sabbath Day, you will leave a discretionary power with
your secretary, and others in whom you can place con-
fidence, to forward by the mail trains, any one, whether
peasant or peer,twho can satisfy them, that his is, indeed,
a case of necessity and mercy, as the one in question
most certainly was.
"I beg to remain, yours faithfully and respectfully,
" ALEX. CAMPBELL, Monafe.
"The Viscount Duncan."

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
ADMIRALTY APPOINTMENTS, OCT. 26.

Edward N. Troubridge, captain, Amazon ; Charles
Bromley, lieutenant, ditto; Robert Craigie, ditto, ditto;
F. H. Nublett, master, ditto ; James Kiddie, second
master, ditto ; A. J. Dewar, master's assistant, ditto ;
T. S. Gilpin, ditto, ditto; G. P. Rickord, purser, ditto;
E. M. W. Milman, clerk, ditto; Frank Ramsden, ditto,
ditto; Frank Jenkins, clerk's assistant, ditto ; William
Davis, gunner, ditto; Hugh, Dick, boatswain, ditto ;
Abraham Kingston, carpenter, ditto. E. G. Fanahawe,
captain, Daphne; Edward Lacy, lieutenant, ditto; John
Murray, ditto, ditto; Francis Hall, master, ditto; F. B.
Henwood, second master, ditto; C. G. Grady, master's
assistant, ditto; Thomas Ogler, ditto, ditto; J. R. Bluets,
purser, ditto ; John Seldore clerk, ditto ; J. B. Water-
field, ditto, ditto ; William Plummer, clerk's assistant,
ditto ; Richard Wall, gunner, ditto ; Thomas Smith,
boatswain, ditto ; William Tucker, carpenter, ditto.
Henry S. Hawker, commander, Orestes; John P. Luce,
lieutenant, ditto ; F. J. Whinier, master, ditto ; John
Molloy, master's assistant, ditto ; C. W. Eales, purser,
ditto; G. A. Welch, clerk, ditto; A. G. Hillyer, clerk's
assistant, ditto ; William G. Seeger, acting gunner,
ditto; Thomas Turner, boatswain, ditto; Peter Famish,
carpenter, ditto. William Charles, gunner, Medina.)
Lieutenants—G. H. Clarke (1843), to the Sidon steam-
frigate, in the Mediterranean ; J. J. Kennedy (1841),
from the Excellent to the Powerful, 84, at Portsmouth,
as gunnery lieutenant.
Assistaut-Surgeons--J. Fisher, M.D., and W. B.
Christie, to the Powerful, •
The Ajax screw-propelled line-of-battle ship, 55 guns,
has had her defects repaired at Portsmouth, and will be
tried again in a day or two.
MALTA, OCT. 19.—DISTRIBUTION OF THE MEDITER-
RANEAN SQUADRON.—At - Malta—The Ceylon, 12, re-
ceiving ship, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Harvey,
second in command, and Superintendent of Malta Dock-
yard; Harlequin, 16, and Wee Pet steam-tug. At
Naples—The Hibernia, 104, bearing the flag of Vice-
Admiral Sir William Parker, Bart.; Howe, 120, Queen,
110; Rodney, 92; Frolic, 12; Terrible and Sidon steam-
frigates. At Castellamare—The Vengeance, 84, and
Bull Dog war steamer. At Palermo—The Vanguard,
80, and Odin steam-frigate. At Messina—The Gladia-
tor war-steamer. At Leghorn—The Thetis, 36, and
Porcupine steam-sloop. At Trieste—The Spartan, 26,
and Mutine, 12. At Venice—The Locust steam-sloop.
At Cephalonia—The Spitfire steam sloop. At the
Pirseus of Athens—The Volage and Research surveying
vessels, and Volcano steam-sloop. At Constantinople—
The Tartarus steam-sloop. At Gibraltar—The Poly-
phemus steam-sloop; and on her way to Gibraltar and
England, from Malta, the Superb, 80.
The Superb, which arrived from Naples and Palermo
on the 3d, sailed on the 7th for Gibraltar and England
with military and naval invalids from the garrison and
fleet. On passing the forts she received the usual cheers
from the meii-rof the sister service, who had ranged
themselves on the batterilis; and which we believe were
joyously returned.
It affords us no little gratification, on taking a final
leave of this vessel, to declare, that it will be a matter
of difficulty to find any ship leaving the station enjoy -
ing the best feelings of our public to a greater extent
than do the officers and men of the one of which we are
now speaking.
The public of Malta, it is well known, depend much,
if not entirely (at least as
.far as many classes are con-
cerned), on the arrival of strangers, ships of war, and
regiments, for their means of support—and when offi-
cers go away in debt they inflict as much injury almost
as does the squadron sailing a day or two before the
blue printed papers, yclept quarterly bills, become due.
Yet we are glad to say, that with a trifling exception or
two (and for these the creditors are alone to blame for
trusting), every debt due by the officers and men of the
Superb has been religiously paid off.
Perhaps, as regards her internal
a morernalord united
she ranks se-
cond to none on the will-
ingstation—
crew could not be met together—norncould or
a more
tf
efficient set of officers be found to direct them
The Antelope left on the 3d for the lonian Islands and
Patras, and returned on the 13th, bringing intelligence
of an insurrection at Cephalonia, which had called for a
reinforcement of the garrison from' Corfu, and the pre-
sence of the Lord High Commissioner in person. The
United States screw
steamfrigate Princeton arrived
from Trieste on the 7th, and left for Messina on the 9th.
The Secret screw-steamer' which came in from Liver-
pool and Gibraltar on theBthla,ek proceeded on her voyage
the 13
to Constantinople and Sea on the same after-
noon. The Euxine, Peninsularand Oriontel Company's
steamer, which arrived from Southampton and Gibraltar
on the 10th, left for Constantinople on the same evening.
We regret to announce the decease, from congestion of
the brain, of her commander, Captain Wilson, four days
after leaving Southampton.
Captain Wilson was an officer of considerable merit,
and acquired a reputation for gallant bearing and decided
courage whilst serving under Admiral Sartoriu'.
Taken prisoner with many others during the Miguelite
war, he had the pain of seeing several of his companions
led from the chapel in which they were confined at
Lisbon to execution, and was in hourly dread that such
a fate would also be his. He however was spared, and
after reviling England, entered into the service in
which, with so much credit to himself, ho continued
till he died.
His remains were consigned to the deep on the 3d
instant, the whole of the crew and almost all the pas-
sengers on board the Euxine having assembled on the
solemn occasion.
Captain Gardner,. of her Majesty's steamer Oberon,
during his late visit to the fleet, was severely
to be severely repri-
manded, and has, it is said, since applied
super-
seded. The reason is that he had sent one of his engi-
neers on shore on duty under the care of a marine; the
engineer not 'satisfied f that he merited such a degredation
applied for a court o incplira u
y;tianito,ehehaiscrogendeuvveet,reafoodu,eidt
having been granted,
.the.
e
to be untenable and frivolous.
A singular occurrence took place on Saturday night.
n, John Richards, of the brig Eliza-
beth
A merchant captain,
into which
were Hughes, who had got himself • difficulties, e;es h
were under examination by one ofaovuiurgcobuerhtsm,
dgohtimnndseer.
way without
or,by as
52 00
ourt
legalTh
The
his regular papers, le
veral debts, which will not be covered
vessel was at the time under arrest,
phrase terms it, an impediment°partenza had issued
against her. How the marine• police omitted to take the
remains
yet Rear-Admiral 1
Harvey
necessary measures to prevent
yet to be seen. Certain it is, that
had he had
steamer at his disposal, would have dis-
patched her in search of the runaway.-
Trieste, Her Majesty's sloop Harlequin, . arrived
last night, and saluted the Rear- Admiral s flag. She is
not ordered home yet, as was reported.„.
PORTSMOUTH, THURSDAY.-- or 1 VrlVe
r. steam- sloop,
Commander C. R. Johnson, was paid two months' ad-
vance remains at Spithead under orders
for to-day. She .
4,
for immediate departure, with the Ohio peter" flying
at the fore,
The Rosamond steam-sloop; Commander Foote, left
last evening for Chatham, where she is ordered to he
paid off.
The Fairy royal yacht was docked to-day for some
necessary purpose.
The Reynard screw-schooner, Commander Cracroft,
is stripping in the basin, to be properly refitted for sea.
The Rifleman eereve-schooner, LieutenanteCommander
Crofton, was unmasted to-day, also for a refit.
The investigation of the Committee of Revision is
beginning to excite some alarm among the adherents to
obsolete usages and abuses. They are much annoyed
by the (searching nature of the inquiries- The commit-
tee appear to he of opinion that there are too many
officers, It is said, also, they coutemplute introducing
Mr. Murray's system of paying wages, by which both
time and money will be saved.
The Encounter steam screw-sloop was tried again to-
day by Captain Austen, C.Ba the
superintendent of the
steam squadron-before reporting her reedy for come
mission, it is supposed, Captain Austen, Commanders
Stevens and Cracroft, Mr. Hurray, Sic., were on board.

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