The Sun.
London, England, 1846-07-06 00:00:00

LONDON, MONDAY EVENING SU Ny

No. 16,784.

THE LAST NIGHT.

WILSON'S SCOTTISH ENTERTAIN-
MENTS. Music Hall, Store-street. •

THIS EVENING, JULY 6, at Eight o'clock.
Mr. Wilson will give a selection of the favourite
SONGS OF SCOTLAND,

Two German Songs and the English Cantata of The Soldier's Dream,
It being his Last Appearance this Season.
Pianoforte—Mr. LAND.

PAST I.—Of a' the airts the wind can blaw—Over the water to
Charlie—Saw ye Johnnie coming ? quo' she—ln yonder happy cot-
tage—She is mine—John Anderson my jo—O whistle and I'll come
to ye, my lad.
Mr. Wilson will recite Burns's humorous Poem of Tam o' Shanter.

Mr. Land will play a Fantasia for the Pianoforte, composed by
himself, in which he will introduce several Scotch airs sung by Mr.
Wilson.

PART IL—The Soldier's Dream—My Boy Tainmie—The Flowers
of the Forest—My tocher's the jewel—Annie Lawrie—Allister
ISPAllister.
Tickets, 2s. Reserved Seats, 2s. 6d. Private Boxes for Six, 15s. ;
for Eight Persons, 11.

CHESTCHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.
ER
FIFTH CALL of Si. PER SHARE, making (with the deposit
of 5/.) 27/. 10s. per Share.
In pursuance of a resolution of the Board of Directors, Share-
holders in this Company are requested to PAY, on or before TUES-
DAY, the 21st of July next, a CALL of Si. PER SHARE, to either
of the undermentioned Bankers :
London—Messrs. Glynn and Co., Lombard-street.
Liverpool— Liverpool Borough Bank.
Bangor—Messrs. Williams and Co.
Interest at the rate of Five per Cent. per annum will be charged
on all calls remaining unpaid on the said 21st of July.
By Order,

' GEORGE KING, Secretary.
61, Moorgate-street, London, June 20, 1846.

BOSTON, STAMFORD, AND BIRMING-
HAM (STAMFORD to WISBECII) RAILWAY.
The Committee of Management of this undertaking have the sa-
tisfaction ofannotmcing to their shareholders that the Act for making
a railway,from Stamford to Wisbech has received the Royal Assent.
All persons having any claims or demands upon the Company are
requested, within fourteen days from thisdate, to forward the amount
and particulars thereof to the Secretary, 18, Abingdon-street, West-
minster, in order that the same may be adjusted and paid.
By on*,
5...4.-13AXTER, Solicitor.
EDWARD DANIEL, Secretary.
18, Abingdon-street, Westminster, July 3, 1846.

LEICESTER and BIRMINGHAM RAIL-
WAY, with a BRANCH.
The Committee of Management regret to inform the Shareholders,
that the Select Committee of the House of Commons have negatived
the preamble of this Bill.
The Committee will lose no time in ascertaining and adjusting the
liabilities of the Company, and communicating the result to the
Shareholders.
It is requested that all persons having any claims or demands, will
within 14 days from this date, forward the amount and particulars
thereof, to the Secretary, 18, Abingdon- street, Westminster.
By order, EDWARD DANIEL, Secretary.
18, Abingdon-street, Westminster, 3d July, 1846.

TO THE SHAREHOLDERS OF THE
LYONS AND AVIGNON RAILWAY (SEBASTIANI'S)
COMPANY.'
62, King William-street, London, June 24, 1846.
Gentlemen—The lease of this line having been at length conceded
by the French Government, your directors lose no time in reporting
to you the result of their proceedings.
They need scarcely remind you that, at the time of your original
association, you were without competitors, and a reasonable expec-
tation was entertained of obtaining the lease for this company on
favourable terms. More recently, however, it became apparent
that, by reason of the delay which had intervened, and during
which great changes had occurred, we had no chance of obtaining
the undivided possession of the lease, without submitting to terms
which would have rendered the possession of the whole far less-be-
neficial, than the occupation of a part of a concession made on more
advantageous terms. Our attention has, therefore, been for some
time past directed to affect an amalgamation of interests between
our own Company and the strongest of oar competitors ; and find-
ing that the Company represented by Mr. Talabot was supported by
the greatest amount of local interest and wealth, we placed our-
selves in eommunication, and ultimately in alliance with them. A
deputation of our body proceeded to Paris to carry this object into
effect, and the result of the negotiation was an agreement that, in
case that Company should obtain the lease, 23,320 shares of 500
francs (20/.) each, should be handed over to your directors for ac-
count of the shareholders, and for rateable distribution among them.
We have now the satisfaction to state that the lease has been ob-
tained by Mr. Talabot's Company, on terms quite satisfactory. The
duration of the lease is 44 years, 298 days.
It remains for us only at the present ntoment to point out that the
above number of shares divided rateably amongst your body will
give to each shareholder in this (Sebastiani's) Company one con-
stituted share in respect of every seven held by him in this Company.
When the number of shares is not exactly divisible by 7, we r ropose
to issue temporary memoranda, or scrips representing fractions of
shares, to be afterwards called in and exchanged for integral
shares, upon terms which will be fully explained on the face of the
document.

The deposit on the constituted shares is fixed at 125 francs (51.)
a share ' • and there will, therefore, be returnable to the share-
heders the sum of 91., together with one share in the constituted
Company, in exchange for every seven shares in this Company.
You are requested to transmit, at your earliest convenience, to
this office, 62,- King William-street, City, from 11 till 3 your present
letters of allotment and bankers' receipts, and you will then be flit -
fished with proper forms upon your signature, of which your con-
stituted shares will be duly registered in your respective names, and
the balance of your deposits will be returned to you.
We are, Gentlemen, your obedient servants,
WILLIAM JAMES CHAPLIN,
CHARLES DEVAUX,
JOHN MASTERMAN, JUN.,
JOHN MOSS,
MATTHEW UZIELLI.

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR-
ANCE SOCIETY,
26, CORNHILL LONDON.
Capital £500,000.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages
with respect to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. 'rue assured
has, on all occasions, tne_power w morrow, without expense or for-
feiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premiums paid (see Table) ;
also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in-
terests to meet other conveniences or necessity.
Assurances for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible
rates.

DIVISION OF PROFITS.
The remarkable success and increasing prosperity of the Society
has enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare
a fourth bonus, 'varying from 35 to 85 per cent. on the premiums paid
on each Policy effected on the Profit scale.

The division of profits is annual, and the next will be made in
December of the present year.
F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary.

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION,
A New and Interesting LECTURE, by Dr. Ryan, on the
PHENOMENA and EEFECTS of HEAT and COLD, at Half-past
Three daily, and on the Evenings of Mondays, Wednesdays, and
Fridays, aeNine o'c'ock. Professor Bachhoffner's LECTURES on
NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, with brilliant experiments, daily.
MACINTOSH'S REVOLVING ENGINE, COLEMAN'S PATENT
LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE for ascending and descending Inclined
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magnified by the OPAQUE MICROSCOPE. The OXY-HYDROGEN
MICROSCOPE, exhibiting a fine Collection of Living Objects. A
beautiful. Picture of the CHAPEL in the CONVENT of St. CA-
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of DISSOLVING VIEWS yust introduced.

On Mondays and Fridays, at Four o'clock, a Solo on the Violin,
with Brooks's Patent Clavic Attachment.

Admission, Is. Schools, Half-price,

NOTICE TO EQUITABLE POLICY I Gip EIS.
UNITED KINGDOM LIFE A 33 iRANCE
COMPANY,
8, WATERLOO-PLACE, PALL-MALL, LONDON.
The -attention of the Equitable Policy Holders 16 particularly
called to the Half Credit Scales of Premium of this C mpany, by
which Table the Bonus to be declared at the next investigation, in
January, 1850, may be secured at a present Annual Payment of one-
half the rates charged by other Companies. In the event of death,
the sum insured will be paid, less the amount of Premiums on Credit.
Should the life insured survive the declaration of the Bonus, the
Policy may be allowed to lapse, and the Company will renounceal I
claim for the Half Premiums which may be due thereon ; or, in the
event of the party being at that time in bad health, the Policy can be
kept up by commencing to pay the full Premium of the age as when
first accepted. The above plan, originating with this Company, was
found peculiarly advantageous at the last Equitable Division in 1840,
when it was largely adopted, and many of the Policies then effected
are still in force, and large Bonuses have been added to them on the
scale of the following Table:—
Sum Assured. Time Assured Sum added to Policy.
1,5000 ••••• • • • 6 years 10 months •••• • • • • £683 6s. 6d.
5000.. .6 years •••• • • • • 600 Os. Od.
5000..... •..• • 4 years • •••• . • • 400 Os. Od.
5000.... •••• • • 2 years •••• • • • • 200 Os. Od.
Prospectuses and every information maybe obtained on application
to the Resident Directors, Edward Boyd, Esq. and E. Lennox Boyd,
Esq., at the Offices, 8, Waterloo-place, London.

TO ADVERTISERS.-DOUGLAS
JERROLD'S WEEKLY NEWSPAPER, circulating amongst
thousands of all classes, will afford an excel:ent opportunity to Ad-
vertisers.

Advertisements, as far as possible, classified and inserted in lead-
ing places, according to priority of reception at the Office, 169,
Strand, where Prospectuses can be had, gratis, or of any Town or
Country Newsvender.

TO ADVERTISERS AND PARTIES REQUIRING AGENTS FOR

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contains the latest English and Local News. TErms—Single
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The large circulation of this journal in England, in addition
to the local sale, and advertisements being free from duty, renders it
a very adantageous and cheap medium for advertising. Agencies of
all kinds for the Channel Islands undertaken. Post-office orders
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Kingdom free of charge.

WORKS by ROBERT J. CULVERWELL, M.D. M.R.C.S. &c.
One Shilling each, by post One and Sixpence.

_
ON SINGLE and MARRIED LIFE:
(An Original Medical History.)

CONTENTS

Analysis of the Affections—Early Conventional Restraint—Mis-
direction—Marital Anticipations and Realities—Laws of Paternity—
Maternal Influence—Phenomena of Gestation—On Infelicitous and
Infertile Unions—lncongruous Alliances —Late Marriages—Love
Matches—Curiosities of Twenty-three Years' Medical Experience
&c. &c. 2.

On CHASTITY and its INFRINGEMENTS,
Of human
lAlsnanEdssfaryailfuoresllB4d6is.)course,
• "Those taught by nature, and by'art acquir'd.
Of gr!efs conceal'd, and disappointments keen,
Which young and gentle, the matured and sage,
The lonely and the mated—all sustain.
In kindly spirit, herein counsel's giv'n,
How health, how hope, how happiness to gain."
3.
WHAT to EAT, DRINK, and AVOID;
With Diet Tables for all Complaints.
Contents :—How to ensure perfect digestion, tranquil feeling, a
good night's rest, a clear head, and a contented mind. By an ob-
servance of the instructions kerein contained, the feeble, the ner-
vously delicate, even to the most shattered constitution, may acquire
the greatest amount of physical happiness, and reach in health the
full period of life allotted to man.
" How we should live—what eat, what drink, what shun,
To reach in health ftill threescore years and ten."
These interesting little volumes, although bearing upon subjects of
very delicate import, as their titles imply, will be found of immea-
surable and general utility, for they tell of matters every living crea-
ture able to understand ought to know, but which information in
these enlightened times, except that quality promulgated through
questionable channels, is at a very terrible discount.
In the exposition hereby offered of the till now hidden truths of
nature, of human disappointments and their ways of relief, it is not
contended that every reader shall become his or her own physician
any more than their own lawyer, but it is insisted upon that we
should know the simple principles of our owu organization, the laws
whereby our existence and tho issue tucreor in th.friac veroJ iivaituy
states depend, the duties that are expected of us in our individual
capacities In the family circle, and the terms on which the health and
happiness of the present and future race of mankind have to rely.
By such knowledge, and which is herein faithfully imparted,
health will be found to be in our own keeping, and happiness
within the attainment of all ; by the availment hereof in fulfilling
our duty to ourselves, we secure the like advantages on our offspring
to follow, and finally by the cultivation of our faculties, which is in-
consistent with degenerate health, the mind as well as the body may
beeeltederetaettiobnese.ummit of perfection, as best becomes the, highest
of God's

The author's justification for this seeming eulogy of his own writ-
ings, and the avowal of their integrity of purpose, must be measured
by their perusal—his accredited qualifications guarantee that the
topics broached involve his legitimate study and pursuit.
To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row; Carvalho, 147,
Fleet-street; Hannay, 63, Oxford• street ; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; or
direct from the Author, 21, Arundel-street, Strand, who may be ad-
vised personally on these matters daily till Three, and in the Ever-
ng's from Seven till Nine.

SALES BY AUCTION.

The SEDGEHILL ESTATE and FARM, in WILTS, on the BOR-
DERS of DORSETSHIRE, altogether about 310 Acres, in the rich
Vale between Shaftesbury and Foothill, in a famous sporting
country.
1%/.[ESSR S. DANIEL SMITH and -SON are
directed to offer for PUBLIC SALE at the en 4 of JUNE
next, (unless an acceptable offer shall be previously made.by private
contract), in Two lots,

A very desirable FREEHOLD GENTLEMAN'S RESIDENCE,
ON A MODERATE SCALE, fuough capable of accommodating a
good establishment. It is a. modern house of a handsome uniform
elevation, with all suitable offices, stabling, walled garden, farm
buildings, lodge, &c., surrounded by a very rich little park, studded
with fine oak and other timber, commanding some highly picturesve
scenery, embracing the finely varied range of hills and domain of
Pitt House, the seat of John Benett, Esq., and portions of the Font-
hill together with a valuable farm adjoining, with all requi-
site buildings, labourers' cottages, &c.
Also (in a separate lot) a highly-conditioned and compact farm of
,
about 170 acres, a great part pasture, in the parish of Sedgehill,
with a neat farm-house and homestead
all recently put into sub-
stantial repair, and let to a highly respectable tenant.
The estates may be viewed by application on. the premises, and
descriptive particulars with plans may be had, when the day of sale
is fixed, at the inns at Shaftesbury, Salisbury, &c., of J. Batten,
Esq., solicitor, Yeo'vil, and of Daniel Smith and Son, land agents, in
Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London.

BARNET, HERTS.
The REMAINING ESTATES of the late Right Hon. Sir WILLIAM

GARROW.
MESSRS. DANIEL SMITH and SON re-
spectfully announce that they are directed by the trustees,
under the will of the late Right Hon. Sir William Garrow, to offer for
SALE by AUCTION, at the Mart, near the Bank of England, in
JULY next, in lots,
Several very eligible FREEHOLD and COPYHOLD ESTATES,
in and near the town of BARNET, comprising a Freehold Residence,
with gardens and paddocks, &c., in the best part of the Town ; some
very valuable Meadows, close to the town, and a small farm, about
a mile distant, in the parish of Shenley ; part...ion lease at very mode-
rate rents, rendering them safe and desirable objects for investment.

Further particulars will be published, with the day of sale, and in
the interim every information may be obtained at their offices in
Waterloo-place, Pall-mall ; or of Mr. IL Lewin, solicitor, 8, St.
Martin's-place, Charing-cross.

THE DELL.—One of the most admired BIJOUX of WINDSOR
PARK, and long distinguished for its unrivalled and surprisingly
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magnificent view of the Castle.
MESSRS. DANIEL SMITH and SON
respectfully announce that the late sale of this estate having
been abandoned, they are commissioned by the noble proprietor to
SUBMIT to PUBLIC SALE, at the Auction Mart, in July (unless an
acceptable offer shall be previously made by Private Contract), the
above delightful and highly distinguished FREEHOLD VILLA, at
Bishopsgate, a remarkably dry and healthy spot, overlooking one of
the most romantic portions of the park, through which is its beautiful
drive of only three miles to Windsor. It contains an elegant and
spacious suite of reception roams and carved oak library, and alto-
gether accommodation for a large family, with handsome conserva-
tories, partly surrounding the house, capital stabling and coach-
houses, &c., walled garden, complete farm-yard and cottage, entrance
lodge, beautiful pleasure grounds, lawn, and paddocks, in all seventeen
acres, abundantly supplied with spring and soft water. A cottage and
about seven acres, alittle detached, might be a separate lot. The whole
is in the most perfect order, and the purchaser may treat for the
elegant and useful fittings and furniture with the estate, so as to have
immediate possession.
This enviable retreat can only be viewed with cards, which Islay
lee had at their offices in Waterloo-place, Pall•mall or will be for-
warded to applicants giving their own address.

Very IMPORTANT and VALUABLE FREEHOLD ESTATE,
embracing the entire PARISH of ADDINGTON, free of Tithes
and Land-tax, and almost of Poor-rates, with its spacious Mansion,
excellent Manor for game, the Advowson, and several first-rate
Grazing and Dairy Farms (let at about 2,5001.), extending nearly
to the town of Winslow, and only five miles from the county and
borough town of Buckingham, distinguished as the family seat
and domain of the late Hon. General Vere POulett, forming a singu-
larly eligible and solid investment for capital, in a proverbially
rich and fine sporting county.
MESSRS. DANIEL SMITH and SON are
commissioned to announce that the above remarkably
valuable and truly important FREEHOLD ESTATE will be SOLD
by AUCTION in SEPTEMBER next, unless an acceptable offer shall
be previously made by Private Treaty.
It comprises the spacious and substantial Mansion of Addington,
with walled garden, capital stabling, &c., placed on a gentle eleva-
tion nearly in the centre of one of the most fertile domains in the
county, embracing the entire parish, nearly encircled by a fine brook,
and chiefly rich grazing and dairy land, the whole tithe free, and let
to old respectable tenants at rents amounting to about 2,5001. pe:
annum. The perpetual Advowson, with its parsonage and glebe, and
the Manor, which is well stocked with game, appertain to the es-
tate. The timber is nearly all elm, a certain proof of the fertility of
the soil. The high turnpike road from Aylesbury to Buckingham
passes through the property, close to the town of Winslow, and it is
within a very easy distance of the several markets of Buckingham,
Bicester, Stony Stratford, &c. This description of grass land is
unlikely to be affected by any change as to Corn-laws or Tariffs, and
the property therefore presents, with its peculiar and great local ad-
vantages, an indisputably fine and choice property for the invest-
ment of money, with a most enjoyable domain for residence, being
in a perfectly rural district, and in the centre of several packs of
hounds. A station on the Buckinghamshire Railway will be very
near.
Descriptive particulars, with plans, will be published when the
day of sale is fixed, and in the interim the property may be viewed
by application to Mr. King, surveyor, Winslow, and every informa-
tion obtained of Messrs. Daniel Smith and Son, land agents and sur-
veyors, in Waterloo-place, Pall-mall.

DOVER and DEAL RAILWAY COMPANY.
At a meeting of the Committee of Management, held the 2d
day of July instant, the following resolution was made :
" That as some time must necessarily elapse before the funds of
the Company can be fully realised, it is resolved that a first dividend
of 11. per share should be immediately declared."
In pursuance of the above resolution the Directors are proceeding
with all possible dispatch to obtain the deposit money out of Court,
after which an early day will be fixed for the scripholders to receive
the dividend. By order of the Board,
7, Coleman-street, July 2, 1846. J. M. HOOK, Secretary.

ORNAMENTAL CLOCKS.—Recently received
from Paris a carefully selected variety of Fourteen-day
CLOCKS, to strike the hours and half-hours, in ormolu, china, and
marble cases, in the style of Louis XIV., with various figure groups,
as Rebecca at the Well, Rollin, Time and History, &c. The price is
four, five, and seven guineas each, and upwards. A. B. SAVORY
and SONS, 9, Cornhill, London, opposite the statue of the Duke of
Wellington.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
THE CHANNEL SQUADRON.
PonTsmourn, SllNDAY.—Extract of a private letter from
one of the ships of the squadron, dated the 27th of June, in
lat. 48 deg. 27 min. N., lon. 10 deg. 32 min W.
" From the time of leaving Cork to the 19th of June the
squadron have been exercising newly-raised men in reefing,
furling, making and shortening sail, general quarters, firing
at a target, &c. On the 20th a trial took place on a wind
between Superb, Vanguard, and Raleigh, wind light, from
two and a half to three knots, time six and a half hours. At
the conclusion Raleigh beat Vanguard 4,200; Vanguard beat
Superb 1,150 yards.
" 22d.—Another trial between Canopus and Superb on a
wind. The latter weathered her oponent 300 yards.
" 23d.—Light airs, with a heavy swell. Trial between
Canopus and Vanguard. During the trial the wind shifted
six points, consequently it was declared no trial.'
" 24th.—Fresh breeze ; single reefs and topgallant sails.
Trial between Raleigh, Canopus, and Vanguard, three hours
and a half; rate from seven to nine knots on a wind. Ra-
leigh carried away foretopsail-yard in stays, beat Vanguard
300 yards, and then gave up. Vanguard weathered Canopus
500 yards.
" Since leaving Cork the crew's have turned out once for
general quarters at 11 P.m., and fired three rounds of blank
cartridge. The cruise, as yet, has been very quiet. We are
expecting Sir William Parker daily, Trafalgar and Cyclops
hourly, with letters and officers' hoped-for commissions. The
Queen and Rodney do not do so well as in the last year's
trials—they have wonderfully fallen off. Vanguard will beat
all the liners on every point of sailing, although some of the
newspapers have given Superb ' No. 1;' it is considered
Superb and Vanguard's superiority is owing to the improve-
ment caused by additional ballast."
The Scourge, steam bomb-vessel, Commander Caffin, and
the Albion, steam transport, Master Commander J. Aylen,
arrived at Cork on the Ist inst., the former from the Channel
squadron, with letters and dispatches.
The Admiralty has issued instructions under an order in
Council for the revival of the School of Naval Architecture
in this dockyard, in the following manner :—A selection is to
initrelioni the apprentices in the dockyard school of two
of the most advanced pupils in mathematics, classics, and
general good conduct from this yard, who have served four
years of their apprenticeship, two from Devonport school,
and one from each of the schools in Chatham, Sheerness,
Woolwich, and Pembroke yards. The same number are
to be admitted annually, and not to exceed twenty-four;
they are to be instructed in the higher branches of
mathematics and practical shipbuilding, drawing, &c., by
masters to be selected by the Admiralty; and the place of
study to be appropriated for the purpose is the residence
of Captain Denison, ft.E., who will vacate it in September
next, when he will go out as Governor of Van Diemen's
Land. This is the south wing of the present apprentices'
school in this dockyard. On the apprentices completing
their seven years' study with credit and professional ability,
they are to be eligible to the offices of foremen, assistant-
master shipwrights, and master shipwrights, or the other
appointments of the various trades in her Majesty's dock-
yards for which the examining officers may consider them
qualified. This institution, if properly followed up, will
insure a supply of scientific officers for all the royal dock-
yards, particularly in the shipbuilding department.
The Seamen and Marines Orphan Schools, Portsea, which
have for their sole objects the education, maintenance, and
ultimate comfortable provision of the orphans of seamen
and marines of the Royal Navy and the Hon. East India
Company, are, we are happy to say, receiving that share
of benevolent patronage and attention from the affluent
and charitably-disposed which such an institution richly
deserves. Under the distinguished presidency of Admiral
Sir Charles Ogle, the Commander-in-Chief at this port,
whose warm support the institution eminently enjoys,
the funds of the charity are daily increasing. His Imperial
Highness the Grand Duke Constantine of Russia transmitted
yesterday, through 'Baron Brunnow, to Sir Charles Ogle,
the handsome donation of 201. in aid of its funds, accom-
panied by his Highness's best wishes for the prosperity and
extended usefulness of the charity. Six boys have been en-
tirely fitted out and sent to sea since March, and three girls
have been placed in comfortable and suitable situations.
The Pique, 36, Captain the Hon. Montagu Stopford, was
paid off yesterday into ordinary. A rumour prevails that
she is to be altered by having her bow lengthened, according
to the plan of Mr. White, of Cowes. If so, some considerable
time must elapse before she can be re-commissioned. As th•
ship is apparently very sound, her spars only being defective,
we doubt the truth of these reports.
The Vixen steam-sloop, 6, Commander George Giffard,
had her freight cleared out very expeditiously on Friday
afternoon, and landed in lighters at Clarence-yard. She
sailed the same evening for Woolwich, to be paid off

The Fairy, steam-tender to the royal yacht, was un -
masted on Friday evening, in obedience to some whim of the
commander of the Victoria and Albert, who has, it appears,
taken a fancy to try the Fairy under canvass, and imagines
additional brass hoops are necessary to strengthen the masts,
lest they should split when the sails are set. It is obvious to
every sailor that this vessel can never de anything under
sail, being so exceedingly narrow.
One of the dockyard lumps, with the Drake sailing lighter
and the buoy-boat, has been employed for some dap past in
sweeping the middle part of the anchorage at Spithead for
the purpose of discovering and removing some impediment
which is stated to have entangled one of the anchors of the
Scourge steam bomb-vessel when lying there. The search
has hitherto been unsuccessful, although they have had, in
addition to the sweeps, the assistance of a diver from the
Excellent.
Adllt ui loutaka lam Cues-
stance, 50, Captain Sir C. B. Walker, K.C.8., yesterday after-
noon to inspect her and muster her crew. The yards were
manned on his arrival and departure, and a salute fired when
he left. We understand he expressed his unqualified admira-
tion at all the arrangements of the frigate and the proficiency
of her crow—a just tribute to the indefatigable exertions of
her captain, Sir Baldwin Walker, and the first lieutenant,
Mr. W. H. Kennedy.
The North Star, 26, Captain Sir J. E. Home, Bart., sailed
from Sydney, New South Wales, for the Cape f Good Hope
and England, on the 24th of February.
A contract was taken on the 25th ult. at the Royal Cla-
rence victualling establishment, Gosport, for 1,000 quarters
of wheat, principally at 565. 6d. per quarter; a small quan-
tity realised 575., and some 575. 6d. The average was a
shade higher than the previous contract.
The Griffon, 3, brigantine, Lieutenant-Commander Wil-
mot, on her passage from Devonport to Rio, was spoken in
June, in lat. 38 deg. 50 min. N., long. 14 deg. W., by the
Ro"alist, arrived at Cork.
the Cyclops steam frigate, Capt. Lapidge, is to relieve the
Rattler screw sloop, Commander Smith, at Oporto, the Ratt-
ler to rejoin the Channel squadron, and the Cyclops to follow,
when her services can be dispensed with.

The Retribution steam frigate, Capt. Lushington, has re-
loined the Channel squadron.
The Crocodile troop ship, Commander Lowe, and the
Blenheim transport, have left Cork for Hudson's Bay, with
Royal Artillery and a detachment of the Gth Regiment.
The Admiralty have ordered that in future galvanised iron
is to be used instead of copper, as heretofore, in the construc-
tion of coal bunkers for her Majesty's steam-ve.,..sels.