The Sun.
London, England, 1848-03-23 00:00:00

LYCEUM THEATRE.

" 29th —The A mphion went to sea under steam ;
she is to make another trial of the screw and return
to Lisbon again. Mr. Dinners, the inspecting engi-
neer, is gone in her to make the trial. She after-
wards put back and anchored down the river.
" March I.—The Amphiea went on her trial
cruise. At nine, A.M. signal was made—' Admiral
will inspect Canopus, and captains of ships to inspect
the ships, next junior at quarters,' annulling Howe.
The whole of the bulkheads were knocked down in
all the ships, when furniture and everything from all
the cabins, &c., were sent below, thereby clearing
all the guns, when the time different ships reported
by signal 'ready' was—Scourge, 33 minutes ;
Queen, 38 ; St. Vincent, 41 ; Dragon, 45 ; Canopus,
56. During this time the Admiral hoisted his flag in
the Canopus. Signal was next made to fire stern
guns, which was accordingly done (knocking all the
windows to pieces) as follows :—Canopus, 8 minutes ;
Scourge, 15 ; St. Vincent, 16; Queen, 17 ; Dragon,
30. The signal was then made to ship spare til-
lers,' which was done in the following order.—
Scourge, 7 minutes; St. Vincent, 8 ; Dragon, 8
minutes, 40 seconds ; Queen, 21 minutes ; Canopus,
25. At noon the Admiral left the Canopus ; the flag
was again shifted to the St. Vincent, when the Ad-
miral paid her a visit to see all char. Hard gales,
which continued all day on the 2d.
"6th.—The Amphion returnedfrom her cruise, the
sores having answered very well since Mr. Dinnen's
alteration. The crew of the Queen landed again, and
were inspected by the Admiral, under arms, who was
highly gratified with their exercise under the orders
of Captain Bruce. The Jupiter packet broke down,
and put into Corunna. The Montrose, which vessel
should have been at Lisbon on the sth, arrived to-day
bringing the mail that was in the Jupiter and other
intelligence, of the French Revolution particularly,
which had been previously communicated by the
Madrid, but only in a casual way. Immediately after
the Admiral read his dispatches the fleet was ordered
to bend sails and prepare for sea—the Queen to go to
the Mediterranean ; the Howe, Scourge, and Comet,
to remain at Lisbon ; the Jackal, to go to Madeira
to take the Queen-Dowager the news, and receive
her Majesty's commands about returning to England.
" 7th.—The Jackal left for Madeira. Commander
Hector Loring, of the Howe, died ; Lieutenant
William Moorsom, of the St. Vincent, is appointed to
the vacancy ; Lieutenant Lloyd of the Dragon, goes
to the St. Vincent, vice Moorsom ; and Mr. Smith,
mate of the Canopus, is promoted to the rank of
lieutenant.
" B.—The St. Vincent, the Canopus, the Amphion,
and the Dragon sailed to-day for Cork. The Howe,
the Scourge, and the Comet remain in the Tagus."
The Hercules, Master-Commander Robert Fulton,
arrived this morning from Sheerness.
The Prince Regent, 92, Captain Martin, and the
Champion, 14, Commander Hayes, were inspected
this morning by the Commander-in-Chief. The
former will be paid in advance to-morrow ; the latter
received advance this afternoon, and sails this evening
for Plymouth.
The Carysfort, 26, Captain G. H. Seymour, is
proceeding with her dismantling, in order to be paid
off. The treasure she brought, amounting to up-
wards of 58 tons of silver specie, was conveyed to
London on Saturday, by the London. Brighton, and
South Coast Railway, in charge of Captain Sayer, the
freight agent, and Mr. Sutton, superintendent of the
Portsmouth department of the railway.
The steam-sloop Devastation, off Great Popo, has
taken four slave vessels within one month—two at
anchor off Cape Lopes, one on the coast, and one at
sea. The squadron generally was healthy. The slave
traffic was as brisk as ever.
Wind W.S.W., fresh breezes and squally weather.
APPOINTMENTS.
ADMIRALTY, MARCH 20.—Edward W. Prit-
chard, assistant-surgeon, to the Calypso; Alex-
ander Scotland, second-class engineer, to ale
Columba ; George Crichton, second-class as-
sistant-engineer, to the Redwing; W. B. Robinson.
inspector of shipwrights, to Chatham ; R. P. Chap-
man, assistant-surgeon, to the Shearwater ; W. R.
Cockburn, assistant-surgeon, to the Torch ; Thomas.
B. Legh and John Sewel, midshipmen, to the Pluto ;
Alfred R. Smith, naval cadet, to the Vernon.
DEATH Or TICE-ADMIRAL WARREN.
PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 22.—This bravo and benevolent
flag officer died this morning at his seat, East Cosham,
Hants, in his 72d year, leaving a widow, one daughter
and two sons (the elder of the latter being Captain
Richard L. Warren, in command of the corvette Trin-
comalee, of 26 guns, on the West India station; and
the younger being Lieutenant Warren, now on his pas-
sage home in her Majesty's frigate Fox, from the East
Indies), to moura his invaluable loss. The deceased
officer entered the naval service of his country in the
year 1789; subsequently served in the Argo, 44-gun
frigate, in the West Indies and Mediterranean; he com-
manded the :Melpomene, 38 gun frigate, in 1809; on
the 233 of May, in which year, when lying at anchor
in the Great Belt, off Owee Island, and nearly be-
calmed, he discovered several large boats standing
towards him. The frigate was cleared for action, and
at eleven o'clock P.M. commented firing upon the enemy,
consisting of twenty Danish gun-boats. A light breeze
springing up, the Melpomene cut and made sail to close
with her opponents, and the gun-boats retreat-
ing, a running action continued until lb. 15m. a.m.,
when the enemy succeeded in getting out of gun-shot.
In this action the frigate suffered severely in her rig-
ging and sails, and had fire men killed and twenty-nine
wounded. Ho commanded the Spartiate, 74 gun-ship,
in the Tagus, in the squadron of Admiral Sir Pulteney
Malcolm, during the eventful period of Don John's es-
cape from Portugal to the Brazils; subsequently he was
Commander-in-Chief on the Cape of Good Hope and
Western African station in the Isis, 50-gun frigate, from
1831 to 1833. His last appointment was Rear• Admiral
Superintendent of I)evonport Dockyard. Admiral
Warren was the son of Dr. Warren, one of the physi-
cians of his late Majesty, George 111., and brother of the
late celebrated Dr. Warren. As a man of profound
judgment and sound opinion upon naval affairs he had
no superior, as was evidenced to a certain extent in the
anxiety of the Minto and the present Bcard of Ad-
miralty to have him as a member of their body;
but he declined prudentially the distinguished post,
owing to a paramount inclination to preside effi-
ciently over his domestic circle, and from bodily
infirmity. lie was recently offered the com-
mand-in-chief of the Devonport or Plymouth
stations, but declined from the above reasons. The good
old Admiral was in tolerably sound health up to the
hour of retiring to bed, on Tuesday night, at half-past
eleven, when he complained of pains in the back and
loins ; ho gradually got worse, when Dr. Stewart, the
eminent practical physician of Portsmouth (tke Admi-
ral's medical attendant), was sent for, and promptly
arrived and ministered to the temporal wants of his
gallant patient, but without success ; nature was tired
of her burden, and gave way under the pressure. The
beloved old sailor died at half-past six this morning. By
the demise of Vice-Admiral Warren, Rear-Admiral
John Surman Carden becomes Vice-Admiral of the
Blue ; and Captain Sir Augustus William James Clif-
ford,Bart. (1812), Usher of the Black Rod to the House
of Lords, becomes Rear-Admiral of the Blue.
Her Majesty's ship Prince Regent, 92 guns, Captain
W. F. Martin, will sail from Portsmouth for the Cove of
Cork, and place herself under the orders of Rear-Ad-
miral Mackay at daylight this morning.
The Wellesley, 72, bearing Vice-Admiral the Earl
D'undonald, Commander-in-Chief on the West Indian
station, will leave Plymouth this morning. in pursuance
of Post-office notice, for Bermuda.
PROMOTlONS.—Lieutenant J. A. Macdonald ( t 827),
in command of the Spitfire steam sloop in the Mediter-
ranean, to the rank of Commander; Lieutenant William
King Hall (1841), first Lieutenant of the Vindictive
flag-ship in the West Indies, who brought home the
Growler steam &oop, recently from that station, to the
rank of Commander ; Lieut. George Henry Gardner
(1840), first Lieutenant of the Sidon steam frigate, to the
rank of Commander.
APPOINTMENTS.—Lieut. Commander C. J. P. Glynn
(184 a) to the Triton steam sloop at Woolwich; Lieute
nant Commander James Smart (1826) to the Seagull
packet at Falmouth; Lieutenant C. S. Forbes to the
Asia, 84, flag ship in the Pacific; Acting Assistant-
Surgeon G. J. Bunks to the Royal Hospital, Stone-
house ; 'Midshipman C. J. Bullock to the Enterprise
discovery ship at Blackwell.
Masters Assistants—ll. G. Swainson to the Ha-
'wallah corvette at Portsmouth ; S. J. 11. Searle to the
San Josel flag ship at Plymouth.
Naval Cadets—W. Samwell, to the Amphion, screw
frigate, at Cork ; C. P. Alingham to the Ganges, at
Sheerness ;A. Smith, to the St. Vincent, flag-ship of
Rear-Admired Napier, at Cork ; C. D. Davis, to the
Canopus, 84, at Cork.

The Happy Family, which was produced at this theatre
last evening, alt:eit it is supported by the whole strength
of the company, did not progress very happily, nor does
it hold out any great promise of a lengthened existence.
The idea of the piece (for plot there is none) may be told
in a few words. A retired auctioneer and amateur
sportsman, hight Christopher Catlin (Mr. Charles Ma-
thews), a retired hosier and amateur fisherman,
answerirg to the name of Lionel Linnet, and
acted by Mr. Buckstone, and a gormandizing
old fellow, one Daniel Doggins, acted by Mr.
Granby, all married men, agree that themselves
and their wives shall have a common establishment at

Harmony Hall, and a bachelor gentleman ard amateur
huntsman, one Benjamin Buzzard, acted by Harley, is
admitted as a member of the society. The ladies quarrel
from the very first. and their example is soon followed by
the gentlemen and these'quarrellings, which might have
furnished fad for laughter for one short act, are
continued through two long acts, which play for two
mortal hours. At the conclusion, although the applause
predominated, there was some hissing distinctly audible,
and the success of the piece may be con•
sidered as anything but c stain. For this un-
toward result the author has only himself
to blame. The piece was cast with the whole strength
of the company. Madame Vestris, Mrs. Stirling, Mrs.
Fitzwilliam, Mrs. C. Jones, Charli s Mathews, Harley,
Buckstone, and Frank Matthews, were all in it, and ali
exerted themselves to the utmost. The scenery, too,
by Beverly, was superb. Nothing could exceed the
beauty of the exterior of Harmony Hall; it was a gem
of art. The very fact that the success of a piece so
supported, and so put upon the stage, could have been
for a moment doubtful, speaks volumes. ,The house was
exceedingly well attended.

EAST INDIA HOUSE.

;Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.:

PRINCE METTERNICH.
The last beam of the old system has given way or
to speak more respectfully of so experienced a states-
man, Prince Metternich has been compelled to retire
from a contest which he can no longer wage with the
world, or even with the public opinion of the pacific in-
habitants of Lower Austria.

Of the illustrious Ministers, who have lived in the
long and secure administration of one of the greatest
empires of the earth, none ever retained that high and
responsible position amidst events of such infinite mag-
nitude and variety, or with so unlimited a control, as
Clement, Prince of Metternich. Indeed, whilst the

changes and perils of the most extraordinary half
century i❑ the history of mankind have rolled to and
fro upon the tides of time, the spectacle of that old
:nail, whose reign commenced when our fathers were

oung men, seated in immutable decrepitude at his
wonted seat, seemed the sole remaining thing of an age
that is past, and was itself the empire in the eyes of a
younger race. That, too, is gone—the oldest Minister of
the oldest Court has b.-en driven from office—even the

Cabinet of Austria must be renewed.
Prince Metternich was born at Coblentz on the 15th

of May, 1773, of an ancient house, which had in former
ages given more than one Elector to the Archbishoprics
of Mayence and of Treves, and of a father who served
with some distinction in the diplomacy of Austria. He
entered early into the service of the empire, and filled
some office of ceremony at the coronation of Leopold 11.
Ills diplomatic career commenced at the Congrets of
ltastadt, and he rose in it with such rapidity, that in
1806, after the conclusion of the peace of Presburg,
lie was selected for the important post of MP..
triaq Ambassador in Paris. Upon the declaiV
lion of war in 1809 his departure was impeded until
a short time before the battle of Wagrana, but he
hastened to join the Imperial Court, which had
taken refuge at the fortress of Comoru in Hungary.
Three days after that memorable defeat Count Stadler
retired from the office of Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Metternich was selected to succeed him in that high
office, and he conducted the negotiation with Chain-
pagny which purchased a respite for the empire at the
price of an Archduchess. Metternich completed the
work he had begun, and conducted the second Em-
press of the French to Paris. If anything can aggra-
vate the humiliation of that transaction, it is the con-
viction which the Court of Austria must even then have
had, that this sacrifice was made in vain. The young
Minister seems indeed to have had no sympathy with
those wiser and :more patriotic statesmen of Northern
Germany, who were at that time preparing the
regeneration of their country by a thorough
reform of its social condition. The task of
Stein and llardenberg was one not to be attempted by a
Metternich. But he knew Napoleon ; he hated the
representative of the French revolution ; he distrusted
his insatiable ambition ; he alternately endeavoured to
check and to resist it ; his most cherished friend and
adviser was Gents, the mortal enemy of France ; and
the decisive impulse given by Metternich to the policy of
Austria in the parley of Dresden and the conferences of
Prague, was the inevitable signal of the Emperor
Napoleon's downfal. The 10th of August, 1813, had
been assigned as the period within which France might
accede to the liberal offers of the Three Powers. That
fatal ,hour passed by, and Count Metternich spent the
selfsame night in framing the Austrian declaration of
war. A month later the grand alliance was signed at
Toplitz, and before October had closed the Emperor
Francis raised him to the dignity of a Prince of the
Empire upon the field of Leipzic.
Toe great and rapid. events of the last few months
have completed the dissolution of that system in which
and for which Prince Metternich lived. The accession
of Pius IX. to the Papal throne shook to its centre the
ascendancy of Austria in Italy, and the feeble attempt
at an act of vigour in Ferrara roused the indignation,
not only of Italy, but of Europe. The cause of Italian
reform prospered. One by one the Courts which had
existed for twenty-fire years upon Prince Metternich'.
favour, and those most nearly connected with the Impe-
rial family, crept into the sunshine of popularity, and
at length Naples itself sealed by a bloodless revolution
the principle of constitutional Government. From that
moment the whole Italian policy of the Austrian Cabinet
was confined to the defence of Lombardy. Meanwhile
in its own provinces formidable traces occurred of that
spirit which the atrocious massacres of Galicia had not
quelled; and the empire seemed drifting before the
storm. At that moment—it was but yesterday—the
earth opened and engulphed the monarchy of
.France.
The whole of Europe was rent by the convulsion. A
life of new perils begins, and Prince Metternich is
warned by an unwonted disturbance in the very streets
and suburbs of Vienna to relinquish a power which
neither his age nor his principles enable him to sustain.
In the course of his long life, of all stetesmen who
occupy a prominent rank in political history none has
ever enjoyed a power more undisturbed by outward
perils.
Prince Metternich has had to fear neither the
caprices of a master, nor the intrigues of rivals, nor, till
now, the reaction of popular discontent ; and the
proverbial instability of Ministerial office was converted
for him hit° a seat hardly less secure than
the throne of the Curs. After forty years
of this unlimited sway he leaves an empire by so much
in arresr of the rest of Europe—impoverished
in its finances—divided in its provinces—and not
obscurely threatened in its most important possessions ;
for whilst he has been opposing an incessant and im-
moderate resistance to those influences which he regarded
As present evils, he has allowed all the future calamities
which can threaten a state to accumulate in the horizon.
Posterity, more enlightened hereafter by the ultimate
consequences of his policy, will judge him with greater
.evcrity than his contemporaries; for there was about his
person, whilst he lived, a singular dignity of manner
e-hich might be mistal:( n for greatness. The servile defer-
ence which had so long been paid him in the society of
Vienna, and his conventional position amongst the Cabi-
nets of Europe, had inflated his personal pretensions far
oeyoed his actual rank or his real eminence, and men
at last paid to his age the respect they would willingly
have refused to his character. Yet it would be unjust
to deny to Prince Metternich the distinction of a high-
bred statesman—he is the last of his class or order,
sprung from a family which preserved at the time of his
birth the strict traditions of the German aristocracy,
trained in the ideas most hostile to those of the age in
which lie was destined to act, and exercised by forty
years of absolate power. That is a combination of cir-
aemstances which the world will not probably behold
again.—Times.