The Sun.
London, England, 1846-01-12 00:00:00

night the great Conservative party in Liverpool will be scat-
tered to the winds.—(Cheers.) Next Friday week, when
you meet your fellows-townsmen in the Exchange, you will
not know what to call them.—(Laughter.) You have in
Liverpool two sections of Conservatives, the moderate Con-
servatives or Peelites, and the Ultras, or what may be called
the Buckingham or Richmondites--(Laughter)—but three-
fourths, or I should perhaps say four-fifths of the Conserva-
tives in Liverpool are Peelites.—(Hear, hear.) When Sir R.
Peel introduces his measure, that party will find themselves
in a different position. The moderate Conservatives may
not, perhaps, come round and join us at once. but this is
quite clear, that when Sirßobert Peel introduces his measure
they will be absolved from all party ties, and they can bring.
their minds to the discussion of this question on it own merits.
This day fortnight, the merchants of Liverpool will see that
free trade means more trade, and with all the countries of -
the globe. Your brokers, too, who have been sometimes ac-
cused of being a little venal, and of following the merchants
rather slavishl, will be released front their party ties.
Brokers must see that more imports must produce more sales
upon change, and that more sales will produce more busi-.
ness to the brokers. Shipowners and builders, also, must see
that the adoption of free trade, requiting the adoption of
more vessels, must bring more vessels to the port ;
that more ♦essels will, in consequence, be re-
paired
there, and that more vessels, too, will be
built there. On these principles the interests of sl.ipowners
and builders must be as completely identified with the cause
of free trade as are the interests of the met chant and the
broker. Again, with regard to labour; does it not appear to
those who have been accus•omed to vote only with their
party, that more ships coming into the port will bring more
work to the shipwrights, the ship carpenter, the caulkers,
and the smiths ?—( Hear, hear.) And not merely those, but
every porter, every man engaged in manual labour, must see
that his interests are as completely identified as those of
the others with this change. Therefore, every man
capable of reason, having an honest desire to arrive
at the truth when released from these bonds of party,
will become as s,enul a free trader as any one in the room—
(Cheers)—but let us have no impediment in the way of these
conversions. Let us do as they did in the West 'Riding of
Yorkshire the other day—throw away the old colours and
adopt the pure white as the emblem of our peaceful a.•d just
cause.—(Cheers.) Ido not know whit your eolours are. I
think I have heard that one party adopts scarlet. Well, that
is a bloody colour; away with it. Some they say adopt the
blue. We will have nothing to do with that, for it is the
colour of the cholera in the potatoes. Let us adopt white as
the colour of the banner of peace, the flag of truce at the
next election. And if, as I venture to prophecy there will,
a dissolution should take place on this bread question, it will
be again as it was in the Reform crisis, when General Gas-
coigne could not get through his canvass, that a protec-
tionist, a pro-corn-law-man, a _curry-powdec candidate wilt-
Enthusiastic
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NAVAL 1.&;1^ ELLIGENCE.
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The Daring brig sailed for Bermuda on Wednesday
afternoon, and is to be attached to the squadron in the
West Indies, under command of Vice-Admiral Sir F.
Austen.

The Scourge steamer was moved out of dock yester-
day, and the Rattler put in her place; she will continue
until the tides will admit of the Rodney being taken in,
which will probably be to•morrow or Monday.
The Alban steamer is to go to Plymouth and Cork on
Monday, taking marines for Ireland.
Mr. Barley, Master Attendant of Chatham Dock-
yard, and the people who assisted him in navigating
the Janus steamer to this harbour, returned to the
River Medway yesterday in the Emerald and Mercury
tenders. The Janus is of course now in ordinary, acid,
until the committee appointed by the Admiralty have
examined her engines, and reported on them, no further
work will be executed in her. The hull of the Janus is
new, and, should it be considered advisable, other en-
gines could be substituted, or she could be fitted with ft
screw. In her present state, there is great prejudice
against the Janus.

—The officers selected to revise the rigging-warrants
of her Majesty's ships consist of Captain Sir Richard
Grant, and Mr. Elson, the master of her Majesty's ship
St. Vincent, William Purdo. Esq., first master atten-
dant of this dock-yard, and Mr. Flinn, the master of the
Victory. They commenced the duty y( sterday on
board the Rodney, when she crossed royal yards, and
had all her running and other rigging in their placer, A
vessel of every class will be brought forward, and have
the rigging warrant revised.

A trial has been made this week by Captain Chads,
of the Excellent, of a method to break, or displace,
boom plact.d across a creek or harbour. Instead of the
tedious and hazardous plan now generally adopted, of
sending boats under cover of a heavy fire from the ship
(and in some instances not even with that), to cut it
away with axes, &c., as was the case recently at Borneo.,
it is proposed to fix a breaker, or iron cask, to the boom,
with a charge of about 25 or 301bs. of powder, having
a proper fuze attached, and endeavour to blow it free of
the passage. Yesterday a spare mast being obtained,
and chained to a floating buoy in the Channel, near the
Excellent, a breaker, filled with powder, was made fast
on it, a fuze lighted ; in about eight or ten minutes,
allowing sufficient time for the boats to get clear, the
explosion to.,k place, and large masses of the piece
of timber, of from six to ten feet in length, were
torn off. Of course the parties,. not being under
fire of an enemy, had no risk to encounter. The
time occupi, d in fixing the charge was only a
minute or two ; and, from this trial, it is evident the
plan is a good one, and may, if adopted, be the means of
saving many lives in future operations where a boom, or
obstruction to the passage of armed boats up a river, is
to be removed in face of an enemy. At Borneo, the
other day, some hours elapsed before the boom a hich
the pirates had placed across the river could be dis-
placed, and Mr. Gibbard, mate, and some seamen, were
killed while doing it. Next week there will he some
more experimental firing from the Excellent. The fun-
nel of a steam-vessel is ordered to be fitted on a floating
stage, secured by iron chains in the usual way, for the
purpose of ascertaining what t ffect, and how soon, the
firing of shot or shells may have on it; the stage will
be anchored at a regular distance from the Excellent,
and then practised at. As this has never yet been tried,
it has, on the suggestion of Captain Chads, been or-
dered, and the Admiralty have caused an old steamer's
funnel to be sent from Woolwich for that purpose.
Commander R. S. Hewlett, late gunnery lieutenant of
the Illussrious is appointed commander of the Excellent,
in place of Captain Bagot, promoted.
Letters have been received from her Majesty's brig
Kingfisher, from Teneriffe, dated the Bth of December.
She had a very wet and bad passage out. It was in-
tended to call at Madeira, but the tempestuous state of
the weather would not admit of Commander Brown
going in. The Kingfisher was to sail on the 9th of De-
cember, and the officers hoped to get to the Island of
Ascension by Christmas-day.
The enlargement of the new steam basin at the-north
part of the dockyard having been approved, the neces-
sary orders from the Admiralty have this week been is-
sued, and the work wilt be carried into operation with-
out loss of time. The place called the Buildings has
been cleared of all the erections, and now belongs to the
Crown. The basin and east sea wall are to be extended
300 feet. Two additional docks are to be made on the
east side of the basin, capable of hiding the largest sized.
steamers; on the west side there is a double dock in, a
forward state, one entrance being from the harbour,
and the other from the steam basin. At the
north angle of the dockyard a fifth new dock is
to be made, instead of a building slip, and
this will open direct from the harbour. The contractor
Mr. Peter Nolte, has now about 500 mechanics and la-
bourers at work on this great undertaking, and as the
ndtsocko3f thearrl,
season advances will take on about 200 more. A hard,
toor%l landing dwi
ill hpel afcoer,mfeodr theto
the use
or the
eastwardinohfa inhabitants
and as Frederick's Battery and Magazine are to be in-
eluded in the dockyard, another battery will be made, to
command the approaches on either side, and in front.
The west and south walls of the basin are already built
height, and about 150 masons are oc-
'ed on them.
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WOOLWICH, JAN. 9.—The Grampus, 50 guns., Capt.
H. B. Martin, having grounded every low water., at her
di sa3..t,ohyh have
pxoasmitieneldheatlNGT';:el"aliieihthei,)°ocnk3S'aa rind;
hmte'oproabr considerablentgt bottom mOp
divers from the flag-ship at Sheerness,
The Polyphemus stt am-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander
Spark, was paid off on Tuesday ; and the Black Eagle
steam-vessel, Master-Commander S. B. Cook, and the
Lightning, Master-Commander Brockman, were paid
wages on the same day, to the 30th of June last.