The Sun.
London, England, 1848-08-19 00:00:00

APPOINTMENTS.

Mate—Charles F. Coventry, to the Spy, 3, at Chatham.
Clerk—Richard 'lore, to the Wellesley, flag-ship, West

Midshipmen—Charles F. Palmer and C. E. Sidebottom, to
the Excellent, gunnery-ship, at Portsmouth.
Naval Cadets—Charles W. Evans, to the Southampton;
W. Wadeson, to the Prince Regent, 90, at Cork.
Engineer—William Gill, third-class assistant, to the Fis-
gard, at Woolwich.
Boatswain—George Webber, acting, to the Illustrious.
THE IRISH SQUADRON.

Rear-Admiral Sir C. Napier ;till remains at Kingstown.
The Amphion, 34, screw, Captain W. J. Williams, left
Kingstown on the 16th, for Cork. The Birkenhead, steam-
frigate, Commander Bayntun, had arrived at Cork, with ma-
rines, on the 15th.

A correspondent at Killibegs writes, under date of August I
15 :—" Her Majesty's steam-frigate Dragon, Captain M. H.
Hall, anchored here on the 11th inst., having sailed from
Dublin Bay the Bth. We understand that she touched at
all the intermediate ports, including Belfast (where she
took on board 170 tons of coal), Londonderry, Lough
Swilly, be. Yesterday, my brother magistrates accom-
panied me on board, with many of the respectable inha-
bitants of the neighbourhood, to witness firing at a mark
placed under a clii; at 1,300 yards distance. The mark
was struck several times, and the shells burst close
to it, to the astonishment. of us on board and those on shore.
It happened to be our cattle fair, and hundreds of people
were in town from distant parts of the country. The ma-
gistrates were all pleased, and declared it would do much
good. They had heard of the. Dragon's 84-pounders from
the north, and the report spread far and near. The Dragon
leaves us this evening to join the squadron collecting in the
river Shannon."
The Fortitude, coal depot, at Chatham, is ordered to be re-
moved to Saltpan Reach, it being a more central position be-
tween Chatham and Sheerness.
The Collingwood, Sift, is to be taken into dock to be re-
paired at Portsmouth which the Phoenix vacates.
The Southampton, 50, Captain Corry, fitting at Chatham,
has now entered 320 out of her complement of 450 men.
The Racehorse, 18, Commander E. Sotheby, arrived in
Plymouth Sound on Wednesday night from New Zealand,
where she has been stationed for nearly three years, having
proceeded thither
G.
fro the East Indies under her former
commander, Captain .141Tay, C. 13 on the commence-
ment of hostilities with the natives. The Racehorse has
been in commission .
since December, 1844. 1416, and
erprds
the
commander was appointed to her June, is
principal officers now in her, according to the " List," are
Lieutenant Leaver, who has been in her all the term of her
commission (but has not been promoted, although msny
juniors have for the services in which the crew of the R -
horse have been engaged); Lieutenant A. R, Allevne Blandae.
(appointed March, 1845) ; Master James Rusden
(acting,
sjiinii)-'Surgeou
' 1847),
January, 1847); Surgeon Dr. Burton (acting,s
i st
Paymaster and Purser ( December, 1844) ; A
S. M. Steele (May, 1845). The commander the Race-
horse has fully availed himself of the very excellento
Admi-
ral:y regulations, with reference to the proinOti of boys to
vacant ratings. She has cons home, hi consequence, above
a score short of first and second class boys. She will doubt-
less be paid off at Devonport.
The Flv, 18, Commander Oliver, arrived at Wellington,
New Zealand, April 30. and has relieved the Racehorse.
The Grecian, 16, Commander Tynelal, left Rio, June 17, for
Monte Video.
The Kingfisher has been taken int
:,
gs
completed: the basin at Ports-
mouth, to have her fittin

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The Recruit, 12, iron, has been taken under the shears
and dismasted at Pot tsmouth. Although she has not been
nr,sted more than eighteen mouths, the heel of her foremast
was rotten.

The Alert, 6, Commander Dunlop, arrived at Sierra Leone,
January 24, and left on the 26th for the coast. -
The Spy, brigantine, Lieutenant Commander Western ie
being fitted with Brown and Barnett's cempressors, at Chat-
ham. She is fay manned.
The Ajax, 3G-, screw guard-ship, was taken under the
shears at Portsmouth on Friday morning, and her screw,
fixed in the metal frame, was got on board and partly
lowered into the well built to receive it; it was, however,
:ound that the well was rather too small for the spread of the
tans, and it would not go down in its place. It was conse-
quently hoisted on deck again. and a small part of the ex-
treme argle of the:fans, about an inch and a half, will have'to
be cat otr. It will be shipped on Monday. The screw, with
the metal frame for hoisting it on deck, weighs about 11 tons.
Rear-Admiral Superintendent Prescott, Captain Ellice, comp-
troller of steam machinery, Captain Austin, C. 8., and Captain
Halstead, were on board the Ajax to see the screw shippet
The Virago, 6, steam-slo Commander Hank left Spit-
head on Thursday o.vening for Sheerness, where the
.gallant
commander will rejoin the Gauges, 84, and the Virago will
be put out of commission.
The Gorgon, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Paynter, arrived
at Rio, on her way to the Pacific, June 27.
The Sharpshooter, 4, screw schooner, Lieutenant Com-
mander Bailey. left . Portsmouth yesterday afternoon on a
short cruise in the Channel, to try whether her steering has
been improved by the recent alterations made in her. _
Colonel Sir W. Colebrooke, K.C.8., who was g. zetted last
week as Governor and Commander in-Chief of Barbadoes,
St. Vincent, Grenada, Tobago, and St. Lucia, has also been
appointed Vico-Admiral of :hose islands, vice Lieutenant-
Colonel Reid, R.E.—United Service Gazette.
Commander J. B. Brown, late of the Snake, 16, wrecked in
the Mozambique Channel, has appliep to the Adiniralv for a
pension for the loss of the use of his legs, brought on by
ex-
posure on service. The Admiralty have refused the applica-
tion.—lbid.

CONTEMPLATED RESCUE OF THE CONVICT MITCHEL.—
The Earl of Dundonald, G.C,8., the Noble and Gallant
Vice-Admiral, Commandar-in-Chief in the West Indies,
has kept himself au courant with the designs of the Irish
Yankees in Bermuda, with the view to release the con-
vict Mitchel, and has not been slow to take the utmost
precautions which the small force at his disposal will
permit him
,to take against surprise. He has despatched
the Scourge, steam-sloop, Commander Wingrove, from Hali-
fax to Bermuda, with detailed instructions to the authori-
ties there how to act in the event of the contemplated
rescue being attempted. His Lordship has sent home a
comprehensive report on the general defences of the island,
and the channels through which approaches must be made,
and has offered some valuable suggestions to the Board of
Ordnance for a general plan of naval and military defences
for Bermuda.—lbid.

COMMITTAL OF CHARTISTS AND

CONFE DEBATES.
BIRMINGHAM, FRIDAY.—This morning, in the private
room of the public office, before Charles Geach, Esq., mayor;
P. James, Samuel Beale, and Thos. Bolton, Esqrs., borough
magistrates, George J6seph Mantle, one of the principal
Chartist leaders of this town was charged with having as.
saulted one of the police in the execution of his duty.
The magistrates ordered the prisoner to be remanded.
George White, a Chartist leader, was charged with sedition.
Mr. Harry Griffiths, solicitor, said be was instructed, on
the part of the Crown, to support an information against
the prisoner, for having attended an unlawful meeting in
that town, on the 6th inst., and used seditious language.
Mr. Griffiths then adverted to the recent events which have
taken place in France and Ireland, and said, in consequence
of these events, particularly in Ireland, a number
of persons in this country considered they had a right to join
the insurrectionists in the sister country, and aid essist them
in carrying on war against the Queen. They had confede-
rated together for that purpose, and in many cases used im-
proper and seditious language. He should not detal the
language used by the prisoner, but call witnesses, who would
do so.

William Donnery, a police-officer, proved that he was at a
meeting at the People's Hall on Sunday, the Gth instant, and
there eaw the prisoner. He believed that there was a man
there of the name of Jenny.
Mr. Major Brindley examined—l am a reporter in Bir-
mingham. I attended the meeting at the People's Hall, on
the 6th August. There were, I should suppose, about 500/
or 600 persons present. The witness gave evidence as to the
violent language used by the chairman and by the prisoner.
The Prisoner then proceeded to cross-examine the wit-
ness, who said he would not swear that his note-book con-
tained a full report of all the prisoner's speech, but be
would swear that it contained a fair note of so much of his
speech as he took down. He attended the meeting to send a
report of it to The Sun newspaper; but Mr. Stephens, the
superintendent of police, told him he should require the
notes transcribed, and he prepared them for him.
The Magistrates retired for a few minutes, and on their
return said they had decided upon committing the prisoner,
but they would admit him to bail—himself in 100/., and two
sureties in 501. each, and twenty-four hours' notice to be
given of the bail.
Jenny and Ring, who were remanded yesterday, were to-
day placed at the dock, charged with sedition. when
The MAGISTRATES ordered Jenny to be discharged, and
Ring to be committed, subject to bail, the same as in the
case of White.

The Encampment at the Phcenix Park, Dublin
has been broken up, and the 9th Regiment has gone into
barracks.—United Service Gazette.
ISLAND Or ASCENSION.—It is proposed to retain a
better supply of water at the island of Ascension by plaster-
ing some of the high barren land.—Did.
THE MARINE ENCAMPMENT AT WATEIITORD.—.
The Camp at Waterford, lately occupied by the Royal Ma-
rines, under Lieutenant Colonel Willes, has been broken up.
and that Force re-embarked in steamers, still taking the
duties of the city daily.--I bid.
CORK DlSTRlCT.—Lieutenant Turner, of the
Royal Artillery, has been appointed Aide-(1e-Camp to his fa-
ther, Major General Turner, commanding this district.—l bid.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
PLYMOUTH RACES.—TntrzDAr.
The Saltram Stakes of 25 sovs. each, 10 it, and 5 only if de-
clared, with 40 added. Once round and a distance. (20
Subs.. 15 of whom paid 5 soya. each.)
Mr. J. Kingsland's My Mary, 6 yrs, 7st 11Ib (Donaldson) 1
Air. E. Scobell's Tint Whiffler, 4 yrs, Bst 71b %I
Mr. Scobell's Baronet, 5
y♦rs, bat Ilb •.. ... 3
The Plymouth Plate of 604 added to a Sweepstakes of
sovs. each, 2 ft. Heats, two miles.
Mr. Waring's Givendale, 3 yrs, 7st 41b 0 1 1
Captain Crofton's Florine, 3 yrs, Bst 21b 1 2 2
Mr. Kingsland's My Mary, 6 yrs, 9st 111 b... .. 2dr
Mr. Wreford's bf by 'touchstone, 3 yrs, ist slb ... U dr
Mr. Willesford's No Wonder, 5 yrs, ist 51b ... 0 dr
Mr. Knott's Homeopathy, aged, 9st 51b dr
Lieutenant Maycock's Eveline, 5 yrs, 7st slb
... 0 dr
The United Service Plate of 40 sovs. Ijeats, half a mile.
Captain Crofton's Hasteaway, 3 yrs, 7st 91b 2 1 1
Mr. J. Hex's Etona, 6 yrs, ist 31b 1 0 0 2
Mr. Brooking's Ceres, 3 yrs, Cat 71b .• ... 0 1 2 3
Mr. Knott's Homeopathy-, aged, 9st 51b ... 0 0 0 dr
Mr. Graham's Antler, 6 yrs, 7st 91b 0 0 0 dr
Mr. Wreford's bf by Touchstone, 3 yrs, 7st ... 2 Idr
Lieutenant Maycock's Eveline, 5 yrs, ist 31b... 0 odr

WEDNESDAY.
The County Members' Plate of 251., added to a Sweepstakes
of 3 soya, each, 2 ft. Heats, once round and a dis.
Mr. Kingsland's My Mary, 6 yrs, 12st 216 (Scobell) 1 1
Mr. Willeford's No Wonder, 5 yrs, 111 b '2 2
Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas. Heats, two miles.
Mr. E. Scobell's Tim Whiffler, 4 yrs, 9st 31b ... 2 3 1 1
Mr. King's Self-defence, 3 yrs, Bst ... 3 1 2 2
Mr. W. Waring's Givendale, 3 yrs, Bst 1 2 3 S
The Devonport and Stonehouse Plate of 501. Once round

and a die.
Mr. Knott's The Baronet, 5 yrs, 9st 21b 1 1
Captain Crofton's Bravo, aged, Bst 71b
••• ••• 2 2
Lieutenant Maycock's veline, 5 yrs, 7st 61b... ... 3 3
Handicap of 20 soya. Heats, three quarters of a mile.
Captain Crofton's The Bravo, aged, 9st 71b CI 1 1
Mr. J. Ilex's Etona, 6 yrs, Bst 61b 1 2
Mr. Graham's Antler, 6 yrs, Bst 31b . 2 2 dr
Mr. Brooking's Ceres, 3 yrs, 7st 61b ••• ••• • odr

El3Oll, lIANDICAP.
In the report of the betting on this race, in our paper of
'esterday, Dough was by mistake returned in the name of
its late owner, Lord Niltown, instead of Mr. J. Murphy.

BETTING AT MANCHESTER—FRIDAY.
THE Euoß HaxotcAr.-4 to 1 agst Dough (t), 6 to 1
agst Ellerdale, 6 to 1 agst Meaux, 8 to 1 agst Remembrance
(t), 13 to 1 agst Sir Martin, 14 to 1 agst Lucaria, 16 to 1
uget Little Casino, 20 to 1 agst Prince Charlie. Dough was
backed for 1501. at 5 and 4 to 1,, and 330 to 200 laid on him
agst Remembrance.
THE GREAT YOAKSIRE STAKES.--5 to 4 offered on Springy
Jack.

ST. Lsczu..-5 to 2 agst Springy Jack, 7 to 2 agat Flat-
catcher, 4 to 1 agst Justice to Ireland (offers to take), 6 to 1
agst Surplice, 25 to 1 apt Canezou (taken to a small amount.)
THE GREAT YORKSHIRE HANDICAP (DONCASTER) —8 to
agst Cawrouch (t), 10 to 1 agst Reminiscence, 111 to 1 agst
Executor (t), 14 to 1 agst Yardley (t), 14 to 1 agst Lady
Wildair (oilers to take), 15 to 1 agst Alliance (offers to take).
Nothing done on the Derby, but a fair amount of buainsi
done on the Handicaps and Stakes.

WooLwica, Aug. 18.—An order has been issued
strictly prohibiting the gentlemen cadets from bathing in
the canal in future, it having been remarked that the per-
sons who have lost their lives by drowning in it never roes
to the surface a second time, as is often the case, and this
circumstance has given rise to an impression that there ie
something noxious in the water of the canal.
ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON AND NORTLI•WEBT•
mIN Raieway.—Another accident cccurred on this line of
railway yesterday morning, by which the life of one of the
engine-drivers has t seri placed in imminent peril. The fol-
lowing are the circumstances, so far as we have been able to
ascertain them ;—Thomas Sands left Birmingham at a quar-
ter to nine o'clock on Thursday evening, in charge of a lug-
gage train, which he brought safely ea far as the Tring cut-
ting. While passing through this cutting his tingles
became out of order, and the unfortunate man having E
the beeome
alarmed, threw himself off the engine-plate into the emlink-
b}e'eßnl D
verya.
gent, and sustained a severe fracture of the thigh.
FlELDpaCstowßeNekA
has notfavourable Thewefao;
thelrVAlt during-
harvest operations; to-day is fine. The arrivals are good of
all articles. Wheat is held at an ads•
ance of is. to 2s. per
quarter, which in some measure checks the sale, but a mo-
derate business is done at this
.improvement. Oats and Shel-
ling are unaltered in value, and in fair request. Beans rather
dearer.
LONDON AND NORTII.\VESTERN RAILWAY.—TIIII
DIbPUTE WITH THE ENGINE-DRIVERS —lt is with great
to state pleasure that we are enabled•communica-
tions have taken place
%%ail
iir.stilte.) thntat the
esoechairman
of this
company, which are likely to lead to an amicable settlement
of the unfortunate differences which have existed between
the directors and the engine-drivers.
EDINDURGH.—Tgi, (;Hors.—Since the setting in
01 the uncommonly tine weather the crops have pre -
greased in a remarkable manner. Barley harvest is it i
full operation; SUMO of these crops are excellent, thougl
perhaps short in straw; but the wheat crops are above
all well filled and set, and it is remarkable that, notwith—
standing former adverse appearances, these crops in thise
locality will be generally, especially the spring-sown.
an average. The potatoes are, to the best of our know-
ledge, healthy in this part; we have neither heard of me
' seen any appearance of disease; but it will be well tr.
watch them closely. Last night was bright, clear, and
moon-light—no fog; but it is a fact that there eras
ice formed last night, and seen, and broken, this rot tru-
ing (August 14), between six and seven, round the t .dgs
of Duddingstone Loch, opposite and near the ma Use.
A pamphlet on the potatoe disease, published by Bell , and
Bradfute, is apposite—at all events it is worth rea, .fling,
• if its suggestions are not attended to.—Edinburgh paper