The Sun.
London, England, 1848-10-13 00:00:00

LONDON:, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 13, 1848.

EAST SURREY REGISTRATION.
Mr. Fyshe, the barrister appointed to revise the
list of voters for the eastern division of Surrey, held
his Court yesterday in the workhouse committee-room,
Russell-street, Bermondsey, for the purpose of revising
the list of voters for the parishes of Bermondsey, St.
John, Southwark, St. Saviour, Southwark, St. Olave,
Southwark, St. Thomas, Southwark, St. Mary, Bother-
hithe, and St. George-the-Martyr, Southwark. In these
parishes there are 49 objections, but none of them pos-
sessed any points of the least interest.
THE CASE OF DR. BYBER.—The Learned Revising
Barrister gave judgment this morning in the case
of Dr. Byber, who claimed the right of voting
in respect of the freehold pew rents of Roe-
hampton District Chapel. On the case coming
on before the Learned Gentleman at Wandsworth it
was urged, on behalf of the Liberals, that the pew rents
were not freehold, but voluntary payments. Mr. Fyshe
was clearly of opinion that there was no pretence what-
ever for saying that the pew rents were voluntary pay-
ments, and the claim of Dr. Byber to vote must there-
fore be allowed.

The revision of the lists of the parishes appointed for
to-day concludes the revision for the eastern division of
the county of Surrey.
Mr. Fyshe will sit on Tuesday next at the Town-hall,
Southwark, to revise the list of voters for the borough of
Southwark.

ROYAL MAIL STEAM-PACKET

COMPANY.

A general meeting of the proprietors of the Royal
Mail Steam-packet Company took place yesterday at the
London Tavern, for the purpose of receiving tho report
of the directors, and on the general business of the
company.
Andrew Colvile, Esq., took the chair at one o'clock.
The usual routine business having been disposed of,
The CHAIRMAN congratulated the proprietors on the
flourishing state of their affairs, and called
.upon the
secretary to read the report.
Mr. CHAPPEL, the secretary.,:then read the following
report
" The proprietors have already been furnished with a
statement of the company's working account for the six
months ending 30th June last, to which is appended an
explanation of the mode in which that account is now
made up.
" Although the receipts for the last six months of this
year aro less than for the corresponding period of last
year, yet as the working expenses have been reduced to
a still farther extent, the surplus, as already stated,
shows an excess amounting to 2,3761. 13s. 7d.
" The loss of the schooner Lee, off Honduras, on the
10th of June last, is the only casualty affecting insur-
ance that has occurred to the company's vessels during
the six months in question. The directors hope shortly
to supply her place by the purchase of a suitable vessel,
and the schooner Alalibran has been chartered, upon
reasonable terms, to carry on the contract mail service
in the meanwhile.

" It may be important to state that great efforts have
been used, and heavy expenses incurred, to so repair
and strengthen the company's Transatlantic steamers,
that they are at this moment fully as efficient as when
they first commenced the packet service nearly seven
years ago. Within the last twenty-eight months, three
ships have been thoroughly repaired, six others received
new boilers, and thirteen been newly coppered ; the
directors considering that by thus strongly upholding
the ships, the property afloat is maintained in a condi-
tion to ensure durability, and to enhance the value of
the company's assets.
" It is satisfactory to the directors to be able to re-
port, that, up to this period, the traffic, yid Panama,
has fully equalled the expectations held out when the
company undertook the transit ; and that while the de-
pressed state of the West Indies has been attended with
a corresponding diminution in the company's receipts
as relates to those colonies, compensation has been de-
rived from the connexion with the Pacific, and the in-
tercourse lately established with New Orleans.
" Adequate time has not yet been afforded to prove
what is likely to be the result, in a pecuniary point of
view, of steam communication between the West Indies
and New York, vitt Bermuda; but the receipts have been
sufficient to warrant confidence that this portion of the
service may prove ultimately profitable to the company.
" That the proprietors are not aware how injuriously
the hostilities between the United States and Mexico
have operated upon the company's transactions with the
latter country; but now that peace is again established,
and that measures appear to be in progress for ensuring
internal tranquillity, it can scarcely be deemed unreason-
able to infer that this company may derive a correspond-
ing advantage.
" Looking at all the matters herein set forth, and after
due consideration of the whole affairs of the company,
the directors feel happy in being able to recommend
that a dividend be declared of 21. per share, exclusive of
income-tax, payable on and from the 16th inst."
After a short discussion a resolution was proposed by
the Chairman, seconded by Mr. Baring, and carried
unanimously, adopting the report, and ordering it to be
printed and circulated among the proprietors.
The CHAIRMAN, in answer to some observations from
Mr. Ridgway, stated that in future more time would
be allowed between the arrival of one mail and the de-
parture of another from British Guiana for the purpose
of enabling parties to answer lettters.
The following is a statement of the working account
of the company from the Ist of January to the 30th of
Jane of the present year :

DISBURSEMENT&
Coals: Freight and all charges ... ... 536,777 0 6
Wages ... ... ... ... ... 20,490 8 8
Provisions „. ... ... ... 33,610 17 11
Stores ... ... ... ... ... 8,151 5 8

Port charges and pilotage ... ... 2,652 2 2
General service and stations ... ... 7,220 9 0
Coal sacks, Bcc. ... ... ... ... 348 15 4
Office and law expenses . . ... ••• SO5 1 4
Salaries ... ... ... •• • ••• 5,513 12 4
Insurance ... •-• ... ... ... 12,500 0 0

Repairs of ships and machinery... ... 20,588 10 9

148,758 3 8
Surplus ... ... 67,452 17 2

£216,211 0 10

ADVERTISING FOR A WIFE.

An advertisement having appeared in one of the
London journals, a week or two ago, for a wife pos-
sessed of 5001., it was answered by a wag, stating
he had three daughters, fine girls, from twenty to
twenty-six years of age ; that the advertiser might
have an interview for the purpose of selection ; and
that if his appearance and character were found to
be satisfactory, 1,0001. would be of no consequence.
An appointment was made for him to inquire at the
bar of a tavern in the City, at eight o'clock on Fri-
day evening last, for "Beta." The evening came—
and, true as " Salisbury clock," so came our man of
mettle, dressed a neat as neat could be, and
" As fresh as a bridegroom,
His chin new reap'd, showed like stubble land,
at harvest home ;"
his curly locks redolent of our friend Rowland's
Macassar, his whiskers delicately curled, his shirt
front studded with some bright sparkling substance,
while itself, in point of virgin whiteness, would
shame a " hound's tooth ;" his coat was of the very
newest cut of fashion, his hat was a perfect gem,
when he entered the house (we cannot say so much
for it when he left)—and his general appear-
ance was that of a young man of twenty-five,
rather inclined to be " swellish"—he was met by
a witty friend, who opened the proceedings
by a private interview in the bar parlour ; while
another went in search of a " fair frail one " to per.
sonate the bride in perspective, and who was to
assume the name of Jane Brown—her papa being
obliged to leave town that morning; and certainly a
better actress could not be found, witliher "
quick" bonnet and white veil. Jane was introdueS
to our money-hunting advertiser; his eye quickly
surveyed her as she sat in a retired part of the
room, purposely darkened to aid the bashful
modesty of Jane; he fairly chuckled with
delight as he gallantly handed her papa's letter
for recognition. To the question, "Is that your
papa's writing ?" Jane gave a bashful nod
of consent. The young man who played the
part of Jane's cousin, and he who was the friend
of the family, with genuine Irish wit described his
respect for his old friend Brown, and the handful
Jane's mother had with her in the measles, poor
dear woman f Our hero now drew forth a large
bundle of letters, and said he had been all
day going from place to place to answer them.
Ile gave the address of his uncle, J
Esq., Bedfordshire. It was at length settled that
the next meeting (with Mr. Brown, the father, pre-
sent) should take place yesterday (Monday), at one
precisely. Things seemed going on capitally till
the waiter hinted the reckoning was 9s. 6d for
sundry glasses of "cold without," port negus,
and cigars. The cousin and friends of the family of
course could not be expected to " tip," and our
" yokel" was minus tin. The gas being about to be
snuffed out, he came to the bar, where as jolly a
lot had assembled as " ever set the table in a
roar." One offered his sister, another actually
wished his mother so good-looking a husband, while
Jane was escorted to the corner of the next street,
having first been amply repaid for her part in the
laughable plot. Our hero now began to "smell a rat,"
but he was so hemmed in he could not escape.
While the waiter was requesting of him the score
another was charring a couple of corks, and
in less than no time a change came o'er the spirit of
his dream ; he came a perfect Adonis, and left a per-
fect Juba; and no doubt, when his head is done
aching, he will repent of his ridiculous folly, and en-
deavour to realize a fortune by some other means than
advertising for a wife.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.

Frederic Strums- e, alias Captain Coarn,l a tall
thin German, was brought before the Lord Mayor,
charged with having solicited alms.
The defendant was seen going into several count-
ing-houses for the purposes of soliciting alms. At
last he was followed into the office of Mr. Samuel
Gurney, who, upon being applied to, gave him a
shil ling.
Horsford, one of the officers of the Mendicity So-
ciety, stated that he knew the defendant to be a pro-
fessional beggar for the last twelve years, and to be
most indefatigable in .the pursuit. The face of the
accused was so exactly adapted to the performance
of the character that some tender-hearted persons
opened their pockets to him without hearing his voice
or requiring any other evidence of his necessity than
his ghastly features presented. He had been taken
up in the City in the year 1543, in company with a
begging-letter impostor, whose name of Captain
Coarn he occasionally assumed, and who was upon
that occasion committed as an impostor. Since that
period he had visited the houses of great numbers of
the gentry at the west end of the town, and contrived
to make his appeals so ingeniously as in many cases
to escape prosecution, while his companion, who was
not so clever a workman, frequently got nothing but
punishment.
The defendant said the gentleman who accused him
of being an impostor was mistaken in saying that he
personated Captain Coarn, as he knew nothing of that
person, and he was himself a man of similar rank, and
probably of as strong claims upon the gentry of this
metropolis, many of them he had met in different
parts of the continent, when he had it in his power to
render them similar service.—(A laugh.);
The LORD MAYOR asked whether any one was in
attendance to substantiate any charge of imposition ?
—The defendant cast such a dismal look around the
justice-room that nobody had the heart to answer in
the affirmative ; but it was stated that although Mr.
Gurney was not present, no doubt if a messenger
were sent to that gentleman, he would appear to state
what had taken place on the occasion of the prisoner's
application,
The LOUD MAYOR said he happened to be well
acquainted with the defendant's character and power
of exercising his skill in mendicancy. The Captain,
therefore, must, under all the circumstances, find
bail for his good behaviour for three months before
he could be liberated. .

The defendant, in his most persuasive manner,
besought the Lord Mayor to discharge him forthwith
from custody, but even the tempting promise to leave
the country at once and for ever had no effect upon
his Lordship, and the Captain was committed.

MARYLEBONE.

Elizabeth Rogers and John Jennings were placed
at the bar, before Mr. Long, for further examination,
on the charge of having been concerned in plundering
the house of Mr. C. G. Ridout, 11, Wimpole-street,
Cavendish-square, of property to the amount of be-
tween 1501. and 2001.

The man Jennings was discharged, and Rogers
stands remanded till Thursday next.

A FEMALE BURGLAR.

WESTON-SUPER-MARE, OCT. 6;--Ann Cunniford
was charged at the Town-hall before F. Hutchinson
Synge, Esq., on suspicion of having committed a bur-
glary on the night of the Ist instant, at No. 2, Albert-
buildings, in this town.
The following evidence was taken :
Mrs. Mary Coles sworn—On Sunday night, the
Ist instant, went to bed about eleven o'clock, having
first locked up the house. A back window was left
partly open to prevent smoke. It opened from the
top. My servant, Elizabeth Stone, was the first down
next morning. She came and asked me if I had
heard anything in the night, as there was a great
mess in the kitchen. The fire had been lighted, and
the back door was open. My husband said he had
heard a noise, but thought it was a lodger about.
When I came down and searched the different rooms,
I found that from the china pantry some plate had
been taken away; it consisted of six small spoons, two
tablespoons, and six silver forks, which I had seen
there the evening before. The property described
belonged to my husband. I immediately gave notice
of the robbery to Mr. Hill, police officer, and heard
nothing more of them until this morning. The ar-
ticles now produced, found on the prisoner, I swear to
as being the afore-named property.
George Hobbs, of Bridgewater, policeman, sworn.
—On Monday evening, the 2d instant, from inforw-
tion I received, I went to a beer-shop at Pig-cras,
Bridgewater, where I saw the prisoner. Immediately
on seeing me she said, " Oh, here is a policeman
comae, I will let him see what I have got." She then
took from her bosom a cloth or apron, in which I
found the articles produced—viz., two tablespoons,
two dessert-spoons, and two teaspoons, marked M.C.,
with the exception of one 'narked J. W. ; two placed
table forks, and two silver dessert-forks not marked.
Prisoner said they were her own property ; they had
been given her by her mother. She refused to tell
me her name. I then charged her with having stolen
the articles and took her into custody.
Elizabeth Stone, sworn—Monday morning last, on
coming down stairs,l found thekitchen in a very different
state to what I had left it on Sunday evening at ten
o'clock. Some kettles had been taken off the grate
and the fire re-lighted, and other things displaced.
I then found that the back door had been opened from
the inside. I went into the yard and found a bucket
turned upside down, under the kitchen window,
which bad been left partly open, but was now shut
close. I then went and called my mistress. I told
her some one had been in the house and had lit the
fire and made tea. Half a bottle full of tea had been
taken that belonged to myself. I then found the
plate bad been taken, and also two shawls and a
bonnet belonging to Fanny Thomas, an inmate of
the house, an umbrella, basket, and a pair of boots
belonging to myself, and a table-cloth the property
of my mistress. The articles of plate now produced
I believe to be the same that were stolen.
Fanny Thomas, sworn—On coming down stairs
on Monday morning I was told by Elizabeth Stone
that some one had been in the house. I immediately
found some articles belonging to me were missing.
I have not seen them since. The articles now pro-
duced I swear to as being those that I missed.
Robert Hill, police-officer, sworn—Yesterday, I
received information from my brother, an inspector of
police at Bridgewater, that he had a woman in cus-
tody on suspicion of having stolen plate, &c., at
Weston. I went down and saw the prisoner at the
gad. She had on the bonnet and shawl now produced.
I said, "Are these yours ?" She replied, " I dare
say you know whose they are." I then took them
from her, believing them to be the things described
to me by F. Thomas.
Jeremiah Coles deposed to the plate being his own
property, and to having heard a noise in his house
during the night of Sunday the Ist, but supposed it
to be made by a lodger.
The prisoner declined to ask either of the witnesses
any questions. On being asked if she had anything
to say why she should not be committed, she replied
in the negative, but added she would now have a
home, which she had not at present.
She was then fully committed for trial at the next
March assizes.— Weston-super-Mare Gazette.

J UVENILE OFFENDERS IN
MIDDLESEX.

At the last meeting of magistrates for the transac-
tion of county business, a motion relative to the pro-
vision of houses of industry for the reformation of
juvenile offenders, was brought forward by Mr. Arm-
strong. In the course of the honourable magistrate's
observations on that occasion, he referred to a return
which had been furnished to him by Lieutenant Hill,
the governor of the House of Detention, by which
the history of twelve depraved boys, the number of
times they had been convicted, and the cost the
county had been put to in the various prosecutions,
were fully described. The following is an abstract of
the document furnished by Lieutenant Hill :
‘, John Williams, alias Mallow, alias Berry,7a/ias
Dexter, aged 10, was examined, committed, or con-
victed on nine separate charges of felony, in addition
to which he had been repeatedly summarily convicted.
He had the appearance of being a very hardened boy,
and was connected with the very worst thieves about
Shoreditch. He had a father and mother living;
could read imperfectly. The cost to the county
by the prosecution of this boy was 331. 6s. l Id.
Thomas Donovan, alias Richard Hill, aged ten ;
six times committed, and sentenced to transportation
for seven years • this sentence was commuted to im-
prisonment. Hef could not read ; he lived entirely on
the streets. His father deserted him, and he never
knew his mother. Cost to the county, ill. 4s.
" John Cousens—This boy had parents, and was
well educated, he was initiated by the low boys in
Spitalfields. Six times committed to prison for
felony, and cost the county 261. 2s. 6d.
" Edmond Lee, aged fourteen—Five committals in
addition to summary convictions. This boy was de-
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" Thomas Miller, alias Eldridge, aged eight years
—Was tried with another boy (Rowley), and each
was sentenced to be transported for seven years, in
order that he might be sent to Parkhurst. The sen-
tence in each case was subsequently commuted, and
Miller suffered three months' hard labour; and two
days after his discharge from prison he broke into a
silversmith's shop, and stole a silver cast of a bear, for
which he was again transported. Convicted
_four
times, and cost the county 231. ss.
" William Williams, alias Poole, 14 years of age—
Six times committed, twice for robbing his father.
Cost of prosecutions 14/.
" William Boston, 13 years of age.—Four convic-
tions cost the county 101. 12s. 6d.

" Henry Rowley. This boy was committed§four
times. Had a brother transported—parents treated
him kindly. Cost 191. 15s.
" Denis Burnes, alias Stevens, alias Gough, was
repeatedly committed for felonies ; acquitted on a
charge of stealing 71. 14s. from the person—sentenced
to six months' hard labour for stealing several pairs
of trousers ; 14 days for stealing a coral necklace
from a child ; and, after other convictions, trans
ported for stealing 21 yards of printed cotton. Was
a bold and hardened boy, and frequently ,broke the
prison rules. Cost 121. ls.

" gohn Bryant, alias Harrison, four times com-
mitted, at a cost of 19/. 15s. George Thorne, alias
Shippy, was five times committed, at a cost of 181. Gs.
James Sedden, alias Roberts, nine committals, cost
the county 291. 2s. I ld.—Total cost 2321. 13s. 10d.,
or 191. Bs. 0/d. for each boy.
" The following is a return of boys committed in
one year, from September, 1846, to September, 1847,
to Westminster Prison :—Under 10 years of age, 32 ;
10 and under 12, 106 ; 12 and under 14, 271 ; 14
and under 16, 452 ; 16 and 17, 400.—Total, 1,267.
Of these 430 could read and write imperfectly ; read
only, 154; read imperfectly, 206 ; neither, 477.
Transported, 38 ; imprisoned with hard labour, 413 ;
acquitted at the bar and bills ignored, 72 ; committed
to Newgate, 107 ; committed to hard labour by ma-
gistrates, 637.
" The following is the classification of the offences :-
11 for house-breaking, 14 entering dwelling-houses
to steal, 825 stealing in dwelling-houses, 158 stealing
from the person, 139 for attempting ditto, robbing
employers and parents, 12 uttering base coin, 13 for
fraud, 2 for stealing cattle, 2 wilful damage, 16 dis-
orderly and idle, 13 riots and assaults, 1 administer-
ing poison, 5 acts of indecency.—Total, 1,267 ; being
an increase of 195 over the last year, and 494 over
the year previous."

SUDDEN DEATH.—Monday morning, as the boat
was leaving Exmouth, for the purpose of conveying pas-
sengers to Starcross, to meet the train for Exeter, which
passes through the latter place about seven o'clock, a
gentleman was seen hastily approaching the beach ; the
boatman stopped and took him in, but he was scarcely
seated when he fell backwards as was supposed in a fit.
Ho was instantly carried back to the Railway Inn, but
before medical aid could be procured life was extinct.
The gentleman's name has not transpired, but he is
stated to be a merchant from Liverpool, and had a large
amount of money in his pockets. He appeared to be
about 65 years of age, and his death is supposed to have
been caused by the exertion used in reaching the boat,
whereby some internal rupture took place.—ExeterFlyiny
Post.

_
Mr. Samuel Lover, the distinguished Irish poet,
musician, and painter, arrived in London on Monday,
in the Europa, which made the passe from New York
to Liverpool in twelve days, after a most successful tour
throughout the =than and southern states of America.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY.—The Ajax, 56, screw
guard-ship, went out of harbour this morning at half-
past nine o'clock to try her engine and speed. Rear-
Admiral Prescott, C. 8., Captain Austen, C. 8., with a
number of other fficers, Mr. Smith, Mr. Brown, and
many other scientific gentlemen, were also on board her.
The day was remarkably fine, a light wind blew from
the N.W., with the water as smooth as at a millpond,
On her proceeding out of harbour round the Spit Buoy
the screw appeared to be working most admirable, the
large hulk gliding through the water without the least
noise, her screw occasioning but the least possible ebul-
lition of the water under her stern, and the ship the least
possible undulation. We should say that in passing
along Southsea beach she was going ahead at least four
knots, with a flood tide of one knot against her. This
would give her five knots speed. The Ajax proceeded
through Spithead to Stokes Bay, where she unfortu-
nately broke down by breaking one of her pistons before
any account was taken of her speed. Should she, how-
ever, be found to have a speed of five or six knots, it
would decide the authorities on not going to the very
costly expenses now effecting in altering the Blenheim.
Of course the admiral and officers returned to Ports-
mouth, and the Echo tug was dispatched to tow her up,
but she will not come into harbour before six or seven
o'clock. On her trial to-day the Ajax had only her bare
lower masts and bowsprit in.
The Grampus, 50, Captain H. Martin, was towed into
harbour, and brought alongside the dockyard jetty. She
looked well, her rigging and ropes were as taut as bars,
and her tops and mast heads remarkably clear of all top,
hamper. She was down very much by the stern, occa-
sioned by her enormous freight, about 80 tons. Iler lower
mast did not seem to stand well, her foremast standing
too far forward. They were painted black, with white
mast heads. This evening her people commenced de-
livering her freight, but it will not be all got out to-
tiight. Messrs. Casher have charge of it, and will convey
it to-morrow, by the South-Western Railway, from
Portsmouth to London. We cannot exactly tell the
value of it, as there is a box of diamonds and some gold;
but the greatest proportion is in silver bars and dollars ;
it is said to be worth 3,700,000 dollars. The money is
on merchants' account, and by the present most unjust
and iniquitous mode of appropriating the per tentage for
the payment of the freight, Captain Martin will pocket
6,0001. or 7,0001., while the officers and crew of the ship,
who have all the trouble, get nil. The Grampus is dry-
ing sails, and will immediately prepare for paying off.
The Comet (steam-vessel), Lieutenant -Command( r
Rigge, arrived to-day from Oporto, to pay off.
Wind northerly, light breeze, with fine weather.
APPOINTMENTS.

Commander Henry Harvey, to the Kingfisher; Lieu-
tenant J. W. Pike, to the Kingfisher; Master Henry T.
Ellis, to the Kingfisher; Midshipman George B. Cooper,
Henry J. Urquhart, S. Babington, and Henry Capron
Bridger, to the Kingfisher; Acting Gunner Henry Bluff,
to the Excellent; Boatswain George Faulkner, to the
Illustrious; Master's Assistant Thomas A. Bower, to
the Penelope; Master's Assistant James Boulton, to
the Stromboli; Master's Assistant Frederick Howard,
to the Driver; Clerk's Assistant F. F. Miller, to the
Kingfisher.

TIE NEW RIGGING WARRANT.—The Lords of the
Admiralty have appointed Captain Horatio, C. 8., of the
Blenheim steam guard-ship; Charles Brown, Esq.,
master-attendant of Portsmouth Dockyard; W. H.
Thompson, Esq., master of the flag-ship Victory; and
R. C. Allen, Esq., master of the Blenheim, to be the com-
mittee for revising the rigging warrants of the steam
squadron at Portsmouth.
The Kingfisher, 12 gun sloop, was hauled from her
moorings in ordinary at Portsmouth, down to the mast-
ing jetty, on Tuesday night, and yesterday her masts
were put in, and a number of men put upon her, to
rig her. She will be commissioned in a day or two to
carry the November mail to the western coast of Africa.
The Stromboli steam-sloop, 6 guns, in Portsmouth
harbour, will return to the Tagus shortly.
The Driver steam-sloop, 6 guns, sailed from Ports-
mouth on Tuesday night for Jersey, to land a company
of Royal Artillery, and relieve the company serving
there.

THE AVENGER SUISCRIPTION.—The committee for
the distribution of this bounty to the relatives and
nearest of kin of those drowned in the Avenger steam-
frigate have announced the distribution of further re-
lief to the recognised recipients of the monies of the
fund at the Royal Naval College, on Saturday next, the
14th inst.

The Earl of Auckland has left the Admiralty on a
visit of inspection to the Admiralty works at Holyhead.
Thence his Lordship proceeds on a short visit to his
brother, at the Isle of Man.

Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, Bart., late Commander-in-
Chief at Portsmouth, has arrived in town. His Ports•
mouth friends will be glad to hear that this gallant and
much respected flag-officer has improved much both in
health and appearance since he left the harassing duties
of port admirals
Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Napier, K.C.8., Com-
mander-in Chief of the Channel squadron, is in town on
leave of absence. The ships under his command:—St.
Vincent, 120, flagship, Captain Dacres; Prince Regent,
90, Captain W. F. Martin; Bellerophon, 78, Captain
Baynes, C. 8., and Reynard, 8, screw-schooner, Com-
mander Cracroft, are ordered to have their defects made
good at Portsmouth, and to be kept ready for sea.
The Bellerophon, it is understood, will be the first
ship dispatched to the Mediterranean to relieve one of
the line-of-battle ships there. The Stromboli, steam-
sloop, Commander Lord A. Beauclerk, is to be ready at
Spithead.
MANNING TUE NAVY.—HaIf a dozen sail-of-tho-lino
could be well manned in a very short time, with no diffi•
ealty, were the Admiralty to give the word. The King-
fisher, 12, Commander Harvey, was manned at Ports-
mouth in a few hours after orders for her commmis-
sioning.

Captain Chads, C. 8., and his officers and men,
returned to his own ship, the Excellent, at Portsmouth,
on Wednesday, and Captain Austin, C. 8., and his
officers and crew, returned to the Blenheim, from the
Blake, the former resuming her position as the advanced
screw guard-ship of the steam reserve at Portsmouth.
The Gossamer tender, at Cork, has been appropriated
as an exercising vessel for the naval apprentices there.
The Comus, 18, Commander D'Eyncourt, arrived at
Sheerness on Wednesday, to be paid off.
The Jumna, 2, Lieut.-Commander Rodney (acting),
will be paid off at Chatham on the 14th.
The Seagull packet-brig, Lieut.-Commander Dicken,
has arrived at Devonport to be refitted.

The Amphion steam screw-frigate, Captain W. J.
Williams, is ordered to be paid off at Sheerness on the
16th. _ . _

The Cyclops, 6, steam-frigate, Captain the Hon. G.
F. Hastings, left Plymouth Sound on Tuesday for the
coast of Africa.

The Cuckoo steam-vessel, Commander Dumaresq, has
had her completion deferred by the engineers at Ports-
mouth until the 17th, when she will proceed to the
Channel Islands to resume her duties.

The Urgent steam-packet, Lieut.-Commander Mann,
is ordered to be paid off at Portsmouth after her crew
has had the usual notice. Her defects are then to be
made good.

The Lucifer, 2, steam-vessel, Lieut.-Commander Lloyd,
is ready for sea at Devonport, and is to be paid advance,
preparatory to proceeding to Scotland to protect the
coast fisheries.

The Sharpshooter, screw-schooner, Lieut.-Commander
Barley, has been ordered to have new trusses provided
for her and cleared of her present armament. She is to
have two 32-pounders, 56 cwt., and four 32-pounders,
95 cwt., on Hardy's carriages, and she is to proceed
from Woolwich to Portsmouth to be tried against the
Rifleman screw-schooner, sister vessel, built of wood in:
stead of iron, and with half the horse power.
ROYAL DOCKYARD BRIGADES.—The Admiralty have
issued directions to all the hrigades that the field pieces
attached to the corps shall be kept in the respective
dockyards, under shelter when it can be done, during
winter, and to be in charge of the drill serjeants.
PLYMOUTH, OcT: 11.—Her Majesty's steamer Comet,
Lieutenant-Commander Rigge, came in yesterday from
Ireland.

THE GERMAN ROCK AGAIN.—Her Majesty's packet
brig Seagull, ;Lieutenant-Commander James Small in
entering Hamoaz,. from the Sound yesterday afternoon
at half-past one o'clock, with a stiff breeze from north.
west, grounded on the outer German Rock. Signal was
immediately made :for assistance from the ships in the
harbour, and help was speedily sent from the dockyard.
At high water, two o'clock, she fortunately floated off
without much injury. This is the second Gove. nment
vessel which has been ashore this month on the German
Rock. The first was the Peterel brig, mentioned on the
4th instant. She was going out at ebb tide with a fresh,
breeze from the south.

Captain M'Quhae, of the frigate Dm3alus, has
brought from China a variety of works of art the
produce of that interesting country. We have had
an opportunity of inspecting -some of these speci-
mens at the Royal William Victualling Yard. Be-
sides several elegant China vases and tea sets, &c., there
was a josshouse table and a sacrificial pan. The
table was formerly used in a josshouse at Chingkiang
Foo, and was presented to Captain M'Quhae by a native
merchant. It is about five feet long by two feet wide,
and massively made from a dark heavy wood. It stands
high on four dragons' sealed legs, the clawed feet clasp-
ing four balls; the framework of the table is full of alle-
gorical figures curiously carved and gilt. This specimen
wo believe, to be presented to some public institution.
The sacrificial pan is stated to be 2,000 years old. It is
roughly made of brass, of a circular shallow form, and
capable of holding seven or eight quarts, supported on
three short legs, which spring from rams' heads of a
more finished character than the other parts of the ves.
eel. By these heads the date of manufacture is calcu-
lated. The pan rests on an elegant hollow-work stand,
carved from the hard root of a dark-coloured tree, and
has a cover of the same material. The stand and cover
are of modern construction, and are replete with well-
executed representations of leaves, flowers, and reptiles.
The pan was obtained from a josshouse at Foo-choo-feo,
where it had been used to receive the blood of animals
sacrificed in the performance of certain religious cere-
monies. _ _

WOOLWICH, OCT. 12.—The Athol troop-ship, Master
Commander Pearn, embarked Captain the Honourable
R. Handcock's company, Ist battalion of the Royal
Artillery, for Birbadoes, and Major Barnaby's company,
6th battalion, for Jamaica, and was towed down the
river yesterday at twelve o'clock by the Monkey steam-
vessel. Strong detachments of the 2d, 4th, 6th, and 9th
battalions embarked at the same time to fill up the
companies at those stations whose turn of relief has not
yet arrived.
The Teazer steam-vessel is ordered to be made ready
for the sea by the 15th inst., and the men are employed
from the earliest hour of daylight until dark in the even-
ing to forward the works required upon her. She has
been supplied with a 32-pounder gun of 56 cwt., instead
of the 8. inch gun originally int^nded for her. nnd will
be commissioned to take out the next mail for the coast
of Africa, where she will be stationed for some time in
pursuit et players.

Major James's company, 9th battalioir :Royal Artillery,
left the garrison here on Tuesday te, . relieve Captain
Hennis's company, 2d battalion, at J ers ey, the latter
being under orders to return to head-qt tamers.