The Sun.
London, England, 1846-07-20 00:00:00

"WOOL WIC4.-SATURDAY.

Captain Houston Stewart, C. 8., R.N., visited Wool tvich
yesterday, and was introduced to the authorities of her ilia..
jesty's Dockyard on his appointment to be Captain Super in-
tendent, in the room of Captain Lord John Hay, C. 8.,
pointed one of the Lords of the Admiralty. Captain Sup er-
intendent Houston Stewart visited Woolwich Dockyard &pain
to-day, and transacted business for several hours.
Experiments were carried on on Saturday on board. the
Ariel steam-vessel, in the basin at Woolwich, to test the
efficiency of Ilaig's smoke-consuming apparatus..
The Amphion, 36-gun frigate, with screw propeller, bad
her steam up to-day in the basin, but it will be some time
before she will be ready to proceed on an experintental
as she will have to take on board about 800 tons of ballast to
bring her to a proper depth in the water.
CARRIAGE FOR CONVEYING THE WELLINGTON STATUE.
—The powerful carriage constructed at the Woolwicai Dock--
yard, and supported on wheels, furnished by the directors
the Great Western Railway, is now completed, and the pairs
of shafts of sufficient length to hold two horses between etich
pair have been fixed to it, with strong iron rings and bolts.
for the purpose of attaching the traces of any number c t
horses that may be required. The carriage and wheels weigh
between sixteen and seventeen tons, and is about; twenty-
four feet long by thirteen feet broad. These dimensions will
prevent its being taken to the metropolis by land, except it
be decided upon to remove the sides of several toll bare.
Its extreme length, and the number of horses required to
draw it, will render it difficult to turn, except at a very great
angle, and its weight might even be dangerous to tho bridge
over which it would have to be taken before it could reach
the place where the statue has been cast. A propositit 'n has
been made to take it to pieces and convey them by water
to some eligible landing place in the metropolis, but tlae ulti-
mate plan to be adopted is not yet decided upon. Et will,
however, be moved from Woolwich Dockyard in the- course
of the week.

THE SWINDLER, J. 11. WYNDUA3I.—The fifty pounds
cheque which " J. 11. Wyndham," alias " James B. Welles-
ley,' attempted to pass - away upon the proprietor of the
lioyal Sussex Hotel, Tonbridgo Wells, was purported to be
drawn by "Thomas Turner, for Gurney and Co., of Yar-
mouth," upon their London bankers, Messrs. Barclay, Bevan,
and Co., of Lombard-street. As this document, upon being
compared with other cheques negotiated by the siwindlier at
Windsor, Eton, and Inverness, is clearly in his own hand-
writing, the crime of forgery will, without the least diffi-
culty, be brought home to him. The cheque which he at-
tempted to negotiate at Tonbridge Wells is still in the hands
of the landlord of the hotel.
PARISH OF ST. PANcRAS.—It is in contemplation to
divide this large parish into ecclesiastical districts, so that
the present Chapels of Ease at Camden-town, Somers-town,
Old St. Pancras-road, Woburn-place, Regent-square, &c..
may be district churches, to the incumbents of which a por-
tion of the parish will be assigned. The Rev. Thomas Dale,
M.A., the new vicar, has expressed his entire concurrence
with this arrangement.
Sir William Parker has declined tho offer of apset at
the Admiralty Board, and Sir Charles Adaih bag IT"
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1 pciated la law place.