The Sun.
London, England, 1846-12-03 00:00:00

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" Admiralty, Nov. 2.
" Madam,—l am desired by Lord Auckland to ac-
knowledge the receipt of your memorial, and to say,
that in consequence of the numerous pressing claims
upon his Lordship he much regrets that it is not in his
power to afford you any relief.—l have the honour to
be, Madam, your obedient servant.
" Miss H. C. Green. " HENRY EDEN."
Will it be believed that Lord Auckland has such
" numerous" claims upon his purse, as First Lord of
the Admiralty, as to be compelled to refuse considera-
tion to the appeal of one whose claim was infinitely
more " pressing" than any his Lordship can possibly
have upon his list?
This application having failed in its effect upon the
benevolence of the head of the Admiralty personally,
Miss Green next addressed a petition to the Beard in an
appeal to the Compassionate Fund. The following was
the result:—

" Admiralty, Nov. 4.
" Madam,—Having laid before my Lords Commis-
sioners of the Admiralty your letter of the 27th instant,
I am commanded by their Lordships to acquaint you
that your claim to an allowance from the Compassionate
Fund will be taken into consideration at the usual pe-
riod next March.—l am, Madam, your very humble
servant,

" H. G. WARD.
" Miss H. C. Green, 4, Mile-end-terrace, Landport,
Hants."

This cold reply is scarcely an improvement on the
First Lord's, as it appears the family must starve until
March next," before any sustenance can be awarded
them from this " compassionate" fund.
Miss Green next addressed the Royal Naval Bene-
volent Society, but this body, with far more humanity
than is exhibited by its " compassionate" contemporary,
or the First Lord, has not deigned any reply whatever
to her appeal.
Captain Pasco, of the Victory, who is well acquainted
with all, and much more than we have stated, of this
distressing case, will be but too happy to receive any
subscriptions in behalf of the family, an object which
our correspondent at Portsmouth will also be happy to
further. Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, with a true spirit
of benevolence, which reflects increased lustre upon
his character, has himself set on foot a subscription
among his private friends for the benefit of the widow
and fatherless.

The Myrtle steam tender, Second Master Balliston,
commanding, sailed on Monday evening, to bring back
Lieutenant Moorson and the men belonging to the St.
Vincent, employed in taking the Avenger steam frigate
to Ply mouth.

The Mercury tender, which returned from her trip
to the coasts of Sussex and Kent, to obtain men, yes-
terday, sailed this afternoon for Plymouth to assist the
Myrtle in bringing back the St. Vincent's crew. The
Mercury did not bring more than eight men and boys.
'The Echo steam-tug has been employed to-day in
embarking a detachment of the 97th Foot, from Cowes,
on board the Florea tia freight ship, for passage to
Malta.

The Rattlesnake surveying ship, Captain Owen Stan-
ley, was towed out of harbour yesterday morning, and
anchored at Spithead.

The Grappler steam-vessel, Lieutenant commanding
T. IL Lysught, came into the harbour last evening.
The Wanderer, 16, Commander Somerville, was off
the Pongas, on the 12th of October, expecting to be at
Sierra Leone in a month or thereabouts.
The Frolic, 16, Commander Hamilton, is expected to
arrive in England, from the Pacific, about the end of
slay next.

WOOLWICH, DEC. 1. —Commodore Sir J. J. Gordon
Bremer, K.C.B. and assumed the superinten •
dence of this dockyard to-day, and hoisted his broad
pendant (blue) on board her Majesty's vessel the William
and Mary yacht.
The Rhadamanthus steam-vessel, Mr. Aylen Master
Commanding, arrived on Saturday from Portsmouth and
Ireland, to have her defects made good, which will
cccupy the remainder of the present week.
The Avon steam-vessel, Captain Denham, F.R.S., was
paid off to-day.

The Amphion steam-frigate, of 36 guns, with screw
propeller, Captain Williams, is having her masts and
rigging put up in the East-dock, and will be made ready
for sea as early as possible.
The Sidon steam-frigate, Captain Uenderson, C. 8., is
reported to be still at Greenhithe.

Mr. Keyse, the inventor of a royal life preserving and
swimming apparatus, attended at Woolwich dockyard
to-day, by order of the Lords of the Admiralty, to make
experiments with his invention, but in consequence of
the coldness of the weather, the experiments were post-
poned until a more favourable opportunity of testing
them occurred. Mr. Keyse exhibited his apparatus to
Rear-Admiral Sir Francis A. Collier, Knight, C.B. and
K.C.11.

DEC. 2.—The Sidon steam-frigate, Captain Hender-
son, C. 8., left her anchorage ground at Greenhithe, on
Sunday, with the intention of proceeding some distance,
but in consequence of the great number of vessels in
the river was obliged to anchor off Gravesend. A
strong ebb-tide was running at the time, which acted so
strongly on the great length of the frigate, and the en-
gines not being under command as she swung, the cable
parted at the hawse, and rendered it necessary to let go
another anchor, one of Porter's, of 40 cwt., having been
supplied to the Sidon previous to leaving her moorings
at Woolwich, and the vessel was brought up safely with
the second anchor. The Sidon returned to Greenhithe
in the afternoon. On Monday she made an experi-
mental trip to the Nore, and returned to Greenhithe,
where she is expected to remain about ten days, in
order to have some alteration made in the starting gear
of the engines, and to shift a defective crank on the
paddle •shaf t.

PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS.
Nov. 30.—Lieutenant and Commander—Wm. Swain-
son, to the Penguin.
Captain Superintendent of the Royal Clarence Victual-
ling-yard and Haslar Hospital—Sir W. E. Parry.
Clerks' Assistants—Edward Marcom, to the Caledonia
William 0. Naylor, to the Lightning.
SuNeon—James Wilson (B), to the Caledonia.
DEC. l.—Lieutenants—Walter W. Morris, to the
Penelope; Hi race Bullock, to study at the Steam-fae-
tcry, Woolwich; Shirley Apthorp, to the Recruit.
Naval Cadets—James J. Barlow, to the Endymion ,
F. M. Kelsall, to the President.
chiyTCaptain—.Alexanderner.—ins.
ie Ellice, to be Comptroller of Stearn
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THE GREAT, BRITAIN.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN

Sta,—The Great Britain weighs 1,600 tons. 400 tons
of cork, firmly attached to her by timber, &c., inside,
outside, or a part to either side, as low down as possible,
will float her in deep water with any part of her upwards,
either as a leaky vessel or as a wreck, without damaging
the cork, which will require 60,000 cubic feet of space
for stowage-room and displace above 1,600 tons of water,
rendering the result ccrtair. A room or rooms 200 feet
long, 50 feet wide, and 6 feet high, gives the space
required.
Experiment.—One ounce of cork has for a week
floated four ounces of iron, without perceptibly lower-
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Bk-place, Norwich, Dec. 2, 18416\.T. SIIALDERS.
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REFOIIMS IN THE PAPAL STATEs.—The Post-Ampt
Gazette of Frankfort, of the 98th ult., states from Rome
that the Pope intends to abolish the salt•tax, and some
other taxes that press particularly on the industrious
classes, and to supply the deficit, which this abolition
will cause, by a tax upon real property.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE...
MALTA, Nov. 25.—The Peninsular• and Oriental
Company's steamer Oriental, with mails and pas-
sengers from India, left the quarantine harbour on
the afternoon of the 20th inst., for Gibraltar and South-
ampton.
Her Majesty's ship Tyne, with invalids and officers
appointed to other ships, left port for Algiers, Gibraltar,
Tangiers, and England on the 21st inst. On arriving in
England, after being in commission upwards of three
years and a half, she will be paid off.
The Neapolitan steamer the Ercolano, from ports of
Sicily and Italy, arrived on the 22d inst., and left on the
following day on her return voyage.
The Anglo-Maltese steamer Scotia, with a full cargo
of barley, arrived here from Athens on the 22d inst.
The attempts made to sell her have proved a failure.
The Dutch squadron, under the command of his Royal
Highness Prince Henry of the Netherlands, comprising
the Prins von Orange frigate and the Juno and Sambre
corvettes, left port on the morning of the 22d inst.,
steering for the westward. On going out salutes were
exchanged between his Royal Highness and the forts.
The French steamer Nil, from Beyrout and Alex-
andria, arrived here this day, and will proceed without
delay to Marseilles direct.
The French steamer Telemaque, from ports of the
Levant, which has been performing quarantine in this
harbour, will proceed to Marseilles, touching at ports of
Italy.
The French steamer Leonidas, with mails from the
Levant, due in the quarantine harbour, has not yet
arrived.
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
Achilles, from the Black Sea and Constantinople and
Smyrna, is not yet arrived, but is hourly expected.
After taking oa board the mails and passengers from
India brought by the Ariel, she will proceed on her
homeward voyage, vile Gibraltar.
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Ariel
has just arrived with the India mails on board. They
go on by the Spitfire, via Marseilles, at noon.
PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY.—The melancholy yet
truthful detail of the condition in which the widow and
family (seven daughters and three sons) of the late Lieu-
tenant William Pringle Green, who was upwards of 40
years a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy, have been left,
we had hoped would have been productive of some pecu-
niary benefit from those in office, whose predecessors,
and the country generally, have benefited so largely by
his inventions and services, towards the survivors of that
ill-used man. We have waited in anxious expectancy
some benevolent offering from the Lords of the Admi •
ralty towards the relief of that distress under which the
family are now suffering, and which becomes more
poignant as the inclemency of the weather increases. • .
Immediately after our announcement of the death of the
veteran, his fourth daughter, Harriet, addressed the First
Lord of the Admiralty, asking assistance. The follow-
ing was the reply:—

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