The Sun.
London, England, 1846-01-01 00:00:00

SHIPS BROKEN UP IN 1845.

Ville de Paris, 112 ; Donegal, 72 ; Swiftsure, 72 ;
Magicionne, 26 ; Pylades, 16 ; Clio, 16 ; Jasseur, 16 ;
Termagant, 10 (sold) ; Skylark, 10 (wrecked) ; Fair
Rosamond, 6 ; Lynx, 6 ; and Basilisk, 6, condemned as
unseaworthy in South America.
SHIPS IN COMMISSION ON THE IST JANUARY, 1846.

Line-of-battle ships at sea, and ready for sea in

every resin ct
Line-of-battle ships and frigates in commission as
ordinary guard ships and receiving ships, but
unfit tor service at sea
Frigates at sea and fitting out at the several ports,
carrying from 26 to 50 guns
Corvettes, brigs, and cutters (excluding the Fal-
mouth packet brigs) of from 2to 24 guns each B3
Steam frigates, steam sloops, and ordinary steamers
(excluding the mail packet steamers) of from 1 to
12 guns each
Armed troop ships of from 10 to 20 guns
Discovery ships, viz., Erebus, Terror and Pagoda 3

Total of all classes in commission ...... . ..... 245
Wcolanca, DEc. 31.—The. Princess Alice "um"
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veßset, Commander Smithett, arrived at Woolwich, yes,
terday, froth' Ostend, accompanied by the Monkey steam_
vessel, which had been. sent to assist Av.
The Myrmidon was commissioned to-day by Lieu-
tenant-Commander Jenkins, and the following appoint-
ments have been made :—Lawrence Casey, assistant-
surgeon ; William Byford, second master ; William J.
Jenkins, clerk in charge.
The ManecuVerer sailed yesterday, for Portsmouth
and Devonport.

A PPOIN TMENTS.
To the Grampus—M. R. C. Wilson, master's assistant.
To Black Eagle—H. J. Cunningham, master's assistant.
EMBARKATION OF CON VICTS.—The Sylph and Nymph
Woolwich steam• packets brought down the river 199
conviets this morning, from Milbank prison, and put
them on board the China hired convict ship off the Royal
Arsenal, for conveyance to a penal settlement.

DEATH OF THE EARL OF
I~9RTARLINGTON.
The Noble Lord just deceased was in the 65th year
of his ag, , having been born on the 26th ot February,
1781. He had the misfortune to lose his father sale n
only 17 years of age ; shortly before which event he
entered the army, tied served with his regiment curing
the disastrous campaign in Holhnd. when the late Duke
of York had the command of the forces there mph)) ed
against the soldiers of the young republic of France.
Lord Pertarling ton also joined the expedition which we nt
to Hanover in 1505, and served throughout the Penin-
sula campaign of 1809, including the battle of Talavera.
11 is military ca. eer was further extended to the catnpaign
of 1815, during which the actions of Quatre• Bras and Wa-
ter:oo wers fought. In 1814, he was included in the pro-
motion which took place ou the King's birthday in that
3 ear (June 4), whorl he was raised to the tank of colonel
in the army. It does not appear that he reached say
higher dignity in his profession; and this will appea- the
more remarkable, when it is recollected that the length
of his war services extended over seventeen year; of the
greatest struggle in which this country was ever en-
gaged. Besides, it rarely happens that a man possessing
the rank of an Earl goes through so much service for so
moderate a reward. It will, probably, be inferred that
he was singularly destitute of influence at • the Horse
Guards, or remarkably unfortunate, or that he be-
trayed some special inaptitude for the duties of a mili-
tary officer. His Lordship's father was the first Earl,
and his mother was the fifth daughter of the third
Earl of Bute. The Noble Lord just deceased, how-
ever, does not leave any issue, having died unmarried ;
but there is no present danger of the Portarlingten
family becoming extinct, for his Lordship's relatives
form rather a numerous race. The title devolves upon
Henry John Reuben Dawson Darner, son of the late
Hon. Captain Henry Dawson, R.N., who assumed the
names of Darner for himself and issue ; this gentleman
Was second son to the first Earl. The family of the
deceased peer had fur its founder Marmaduke D'Ossone,
who came to this country with William the Conqueror.
The ancestor of the Irish branch of the Dawsons was
William, who held the office of Collector of the Revenues
of Down and Antrim in the reign of Charles 11., and
whose son purchased estates in the Queen's county,
where eventually ha settled. It appears, however, that
these estates proved of very little advantage to the
Noble Earl, whose death to, k pace on Sunday last, for
it is understood that his pecuniary difficulties occasioned
him so much anxiety as to have been the proximate
cause of his sudden removal from this world.
INQUEST ON THE BODY.
Yesterday an inquiry took place before William
Carter, Esq., coroner for East Surrey, in the drawing-
room f the residence of the deceased, in the Kenning-
ton-road. The jury having viewed the body, Miss S.
Barr was examined, and stated that the deceased Earl
had resided with her and her father for the last
two years ; his age was about sixty-three. On Sunday
last he had been writing in the drawing-room, and ob-
serving a boy selling oranges in the street, had made a
a remark that he thought it ought not to be permitted.
He appeared then to be in excellent health, and after-
wards went to his bedroom to wash his hands.
While he was there she thought she heard a gurg-
ling noise, which induced her to go to the door, and
he appeared to have fallen down, as if in a fit. Mr.
Nairne, surgeon, was sent for and came immediately,
but he said he was quite dead. The Coroner—Did you
observe anything fall from his hand at the time? The
witness replied that she did not. The Coroner—Have
you reason to think that be took prussic acid or any
other poison? Miss Barr said she was satisfied he had
not, for he clung too fondly to life; and his death was
most unexpected, for he always boasted of the excellent
health he enjoyed. He had been much distressed in his
mind of late, arising, as she believed, from pecuniary
difficulties. In her opinion he died from natural causes.
Mr. C. Nairne, of 8, China-terrace, Kennington, surgeon,
deposed that about 2 o'clock on Sunday a very urgent
message was sent to him to go to the deceased's residence,
as he was in a fit. He 'did so immediately, but on
his arrival found him dead. There was no external
mark of violence, and nothing 'to indicate the cause of
death. The Coroner said, that on the previous day, when
the inquest was to have been held, he had been informed
that such was the fact, and he had in consequence ad-
journed the inquiry for the purpose of making a post-
mortem examination of the body. Mr. Nairne continued,
and said he had made the examination in the presence of
Mr. Wildbore and Mr. Parrett. On opening the chest,
he found the large vessels of the heart greatly ossified ;
the substance of the heart was quite healthy. There was
congestion of the vsssels of the brain, and considerable
effusion of serum in the ventricles. The state of the
heart and brain a as quite sufficient to cause very sudden
death. There were no signs of his Lordship having
taken anything. The Coroner having shortly adverted
to the evidence, the jury returned immediately a veirdi.:t
of "Died from natural causes."

FRENCH PLAYS.—That charming actre , Madame
Albert, will make her first appearance this season at the St.
James's Theatre to-morrow evening, in the celebrated comely
of Desforges' La Femme Jalouse, and also in the favourite
vaudeville of La 21Ieuniere de Manly.
Colonel Reid, the recently-elected M.P. for Wind-
sor, took leave of his regiment, stationed in that town, on
Tuesday afternoon; his retirement from the 2d Life Guards,
upon half-pay, having been notified in the London Gazette on
Tuesday evening. The Gallant Colonel intends to reside at
Windsor, having engaged a house in the cloisters of St.
George's Chapel, within the Castle precincts.
NEW POTATOES.—Mr. Murchy, the gardener of
W. P. Ruxton, Esq., of Red House, furnished that gentle-
man's table with a dish of new potatoes for Christmas-day.
At a time when serious apprehensions are entertained for the
success of the seed of the present season, it must be most
gratifying to find that an experiment made with them at so
early a season has proved so very successful, as we are as-
sured that these potatoes were of excellent quality, consider
ing the early season in which they have been produced.—
.Newry Examiner.

FREE-TRADE, BIRMINGHAM.—The Committee of
the Anti-Corn-law Association have had a meeting on the
subject of the proposed League Fund of a quarter of a million,
and arrangements are in progress for aiding the League in
this great effort.
ANOTHER EXTRAORDINARY HIGH TIDE.--.Yes.
terday morning the banks of the Thames were overflowed by
another tide, which rose several inches higher than the mark
by which high-water is measured. The overflow in" the
neighbourhood of Deptford and Greenwich was seriously ob-
structive to business in the vicinity of the Creek, and several
of the nursery-grounds asd cottages, as far from the banks as
the terminus of the railway at Greenwich, lay for many
hours under water, The general damage, however, is not so
great as that which followed the late high tide.

ARRIVAL OF THE MASSACHUSETTS, LIVERPOO/.4
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.—The auxiliary steam packet-ship
Massachusetts reached this to• day, after performing the
voyage from New York in twenty days. She brings a great
many passengers, but the news contained in the papers sent
by her have been anticipated by the arrival of the Cambria,
THE LEAGUE QUARTER OF A MILLION FUND.—
It will be seen by the advertisement elsewhere, that this great
subscription, great in its very birth, a Hercules in Its cradle,
grows apace, and is already ripe for strangling a few of the
hydras of monopoly. Up to our publication of Saturday
last, the amount subscribed was 65,403/. ; and the addi-
tiompainteizst,hobruotu,gahs
free
eir liberal
addi-
tional subscriptions of Saturday, Monday, and yesterday,
amount to 6,3701. ; making a grand total of 71,7734
Amongst the subscriptions is one of 1,000/ from Messrs.
Richard, John, and Alfred Pennington, of Hindley, gentle-
given 1,0001. Messrs. G. Andrew an 4
traders.
Mr. William Brown, of Liverpool, " one of the future repre-
pCtoionnsesrsign-atiifivcane potlynicainl
repre-
sentatives of South Lancashire," as he has been called by
msuebnscorfi
Son, of Compstall-bridge ; Mr. John Leech, of St 1 ,b 'd •
ae3 n ge .
and Mr. Alfred Orrell, of Stockport, have •
given 500/. each.
Besides these large amounts, there have been in three days
two
_
two subscriptions of 2501.
Mr. Cobden, has also
; three of 2001. ; two of 100/
eight of 100'. ; and seven • I
of SOL In one week, then, front
its commencement, thesubscription
of 71,773/• has reached the amount
~ averaging more than 10,0001. daily.—Manchester
Guardian.

THE FOREIGN MAILS.—The following notice was
issued on Wednesday at the General Post-office :—The
next mails for Gibraltar, Malta, Greece, the lonian Islands,
Egypt, India, Ceylon, and China, will be made up on the
morning of Saturday, the 3d of January, to be forwarded
by the Achilles steamer via Southampton. By the over-
land mail to the Mediterranean, India, &c., Marseilles.
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on the evening of the 7th. The mails for Vigo, Corunna,
Oporto, Lisbon, Madeira, Cadiz, and Gibraltar, are made
up on the mornings of the 7th, 17th, and 27th of each month,
and forwarded via Southampton. The next mail will be
made up on the morning of the 7th of January. The Pacha
due on the sth of January. British Colonies in the West
Indies (except Honduras and Bermuda), Foreign Colonies
in the West Indies (except llavannah). New Granada,
Venezuela, and Madeira, are made up on the mornings of the
2d and 17th of each month. Mexico, Honduras, and Ha-
vannah, on the morning of the 2d of the month. Ber-
muda and San Juan de Nicaragua on the morning of the
17th only. The next mail will be made up on the morning
of Friday, the 2d of January (to-morrow), to be forwarded
by the Thames steamer rid Southampton. Next mails due
from the West Indies, Mexico, &c., Jan. 7th. British North
America, Bermuda, and the United States. The
mails are made up on the evenings of the 3d and 18th of
each month, except in December, January, February, and
March, and then only on the 3d, and forwarded via Liver-
pool, Halifax, and Boston. The next mail will be made up
on the evening of Saturday, January 3, to be forwarded by
the Hibernia steamer. Sext mail due at Liverpool, the
Acadia steamer, on the 15th. Madeira, Brazils, and Bathos
.passage
i..
Sydney, New South Wales, Port
i
Ayres. The mails are made up on the evening of the first
and the otheraudßahia,aai
authority,
tm
Tuesday of each month, and forwarded by sailing packets
rid Falmouth. The next mail will be made up on the even-
ing of the 6th of January. Her Majesty:s brig Crane due on
January 23. Fiom August to January inclusive the packet
tt touches uRe hi
oe s at Pernambuco
Janeiro,
oPfhtilhliep,manondtNh el; Zealand -
on the evening of the last day , y sailing
outwardher homeward.
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packet from Gravesend.
We understand, on good x
hooonrntiht her
ys, on
that
jesty's steamer Resistance is to return to Monte Video as soon
as she is refitted, and is to carry the 45th Regiment to the
Cape of Good Hope, its original destination before it was
diverted to another purpose by Mr, Hamilton. We are in-
formed, also, that Mr. Hamilton is recalled.—Chronicle.
The British Museum closed yesterday until Thurso
day, the Bth inst.
SOMETHING IN A NAME. The
second P titl
of
the
No: folk family is that of Earl of
Surrey. We ""nderstand the
present head of the illustrious
e race ip+-nds to change Surrey
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into Curry ; for he • • + hsts t a
mu
title of —l.:
I it 444th 6. e... _ Lee latter was the original
Lurmer is merely a oorruptiou.—Punch.

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