The Sun.
London, England, 1846-12-03 00:00:00

THE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL.

Four excellent wood engravings, and a plentiful sup-
ply of letter-press from the MSS. of many_favourite
writers, compose the eleventh, as they have composed
the ten preceding numbers of this admirable publica-
tion. Mary and William Howitt, Miss Martineau,
Joseph Mazzini, and various others, are the contribu-
tors. Creswick, Rathel, Hunt, and MUcke, are the
artists from whose productions the engravings are
copied. Some of the papers are humourous, others
plaintive, others meditative, but all are animated
with a high and benevolent spirit.

THE MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 2. The
Oriental Company's steam ship Oriental, Captain Soy,
arrived in the docks this day, 10.30, from Alexandria,
with the Indian mails ; she left Alexandria Nov. 15,
Malta 20, Gibraltar 25, and Cowes Ist inst. Her cargo,
not a large one, consists of India packages, silks, gum,
ivory, &c. The Oriental bas brought home 46 passen-
gers, among whom are Colonel Van de Cour, Colonel
Biddulph, C. 8., and Mr. R. Eaton, M.P. Her Majesty's
ship Tyne was to leave Malta for England on the 20th
ult. Vessels seen on the voyage :—Royal Tar, Oct.
27th, and Queen steamer. The weather experienced by
the Oriental was bad throughout. The Thames, Cap-
tain Hast, left the port at three o'clock, P.M., this day
with the West India and Gulf mails, 100 passengers, a
good general cargo, and 700 bottles of quicksilver.
THE RECTOR AND HIS STICK.—The Rev. William
Albemarle Cator, Rector of Carshalton, has been fined
4/. for cruelly beating a boy of fourteen, whose crime
was this—be played at " hockey" before the good man's
door! " The boy's clothes," say the papers, " were
taken off in court, and his back exhibited several large
bruises, evidently caused by violent beating." In the
olden day the wand of the priest burst into sweet
smelling blossoms, but the stick of Parson Cator bears,
as gardeners would say, a very different tort of " blow."
—Punch.

- • L INTELLIGENCE.
MALTA, Nov. 25.—The Peninsular and Oriental
Company's steamer Oriental, with mails and pas.
sengers from India, left the quarantine harbour on
the afternoon of the 20th inst., for Gibraltar and South-
ampton.
Her Majesty's ship Tyne, with invalids and officers -
appointed to other ships, left port for Algiers, Gibraltar,
Tangiers, and England on the 21st inst. On arriving in
England, after being in commission upwards of three
years and a half, she will be paid off.
The Neapolitan steamer the Ercolano, from ports of
Sicily and Italy, arrived on the 22d inst., and left on the
following day on her return voyage.
The Anglo-Maltese steamer Scotia, with a full cargo
of barley, arrived here from Athens on the 22d inst.
The attempts made to sell her have proved a failure.
The Dutch squadron, under the command of his Royal
Highness Prince Henry of the Netherlands, comprising
the Prins von Orange frigate and the Juno anti Sambre
corvettes, left port on the morning of the 22d inst.,
steerirg for the westward. Ott going out salutes were
exchanged between his Royal Highness and the forts.
The French steamer Nil, from Beyrout and Alex-
andria, arrived here this day, and will proceed without
delay to Marseilles direct.
The French steuner T lernaque, from ports of the
Levant. which has born nerforintno quarantine in this
harbour, 'sill proceed to Ilarseillee7 touching at ports of
Italy.

The French steamer Leonidas. with mails from the
Levan}, due in the quaran;ins harlaur, has not, yet
arrived.
The Pm)insu! r and Oriental Company's steamer
Act.illes, from the Black Sea and Constantinople and
Smyrna, is not yet arrived, hut is hourly expected.
After taking on board the mails and passengers from
India brought by the Ariel, she v, ill proceed on her
homeward voyage, vir; Gibraltar.
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Ariel
has just arrived with the India mails on board. They
go on by the Spitfire, via Marseilles, at noon.
PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY.—The melancholy yet
4ruthful detail of the condition in which the widow and
family (seven daughters and three sons) of the late Lieu-
tenant William Pringle Green, who was upwards of 40
years a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy, have been left,
we had hoped would have been productive of some pecu-
niary benefit from those in office, whose predecessors,
and the•country generally, have benefited so largely by
his inventions and services, towards the survivors of that

ill-used man. We have waited in anxious expectancy
some benevolent offering from the Lords of the Admi-
ralty towards the relief of that distress under which the
family are now suffering, and which becomes more
poignant as the inclemency of the weather increases.
Immediately after our announcement of the death of the
veteran, his fourth daughter, Harriet, addressed the First
Lord of the Admiralty, asking assistance. The follow-
ing was the reply:—

" Admiralty, Nov. 2.
" Madam,—l am desired by Lord Auckland to ac-
knowledge the receipt of your memorial, and to say,
that iu consequence of the numerous pressing claims
upon his Lordship he much regrets that it is not in his
power to afford you any relief.—l have the honour to
be, Madam, your obedient servant.
" Miss H. C. Green. " HENRY EDEN."
Will it be believed that Lord Auckland has such
" numerous" claims upon his purse, as First Lord of
the Admiralty, as to be compelled to refuse considera-
tion to the appeal of one whose claim was infinitely
more " pressing" than any his Lordship can possibly
have upon his list?

This application having failed in its effect upon the
benevolence of the head of the Admiralty personally,
Miss Green next addressed a petition to the Beard in an
appeal to the Compassionate Fund. The following was
the result:—

" Admiralty, Nov. 4.
" Madam,—Having laid before my Lords Commis-
sioners of the Admiralty your letter of the 27th instant,
I am commanded by their Lordships to acquaint you
that your claim to an allowance from the Compassionate
Fund will be taken into consideration at the usual pe-
riod next March.—l am, Madam, your very humble
servant,

" H. G. WARD.
Miss H. C. Green, 4, Mile-end-terrace, Landport,
Hants."

This cold reply is scarcely an improvement on the
First Lord's, as it appears the family must starve until
" March next," before any sustenance can be awarded
them from this "compassionate" fund.
Miss Green next addressed the Royal Naval Bene-
volent Society, but this body, with far more humanity
than is exhibited by its " compassionate" contemporary,
or the First Lord, has not deigned any reply whatever
to her appeal. _ .

Captain Pasco, of the Victory, who is well acquainted
with all, and much more than we have stated, of this
distressing case, will be but too happy to receive any
subscriptions in behalf of the family, an object which
our correspondent at Portsmouth will also be happy to
further. Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, with a truv spirit
of benevolence, which reflects increased lustre upon
his character, has himself set on foot a subscription
among his private friends for the benefit of the widow
and fatherless.

The Myrtle steam tender, Second Master Ballistun,
commanding, sailed in Monday evening, to bring back
Lieutenant Moorson end the men belonging to the St.
Vincent, employed in taking the Avenger steam frigate
to Plymouth.

The Mercury tender, which returned from her trip
to the coasts of Sussex and Kent, to obtain men, yes-
terday, sailed this afternoon for Plymouth to assist the
Myrtle in bringing back the St. Vincent's crew. The
Mercury did not bring more than eight men and boys.
The Echo steam-tug has been employed to-day in
embarking a detachment of the 97th Foot, from Cowes,
on board the Florentia freight ship, for passage to
Malta.

The Rattlesnake surveying ship, Captain Owen Stan-
ley, was towed out of harbour yesterday morning, and
anchored at Spithead.

The Grappler steam-vessel, Lieutenant commanding
T. 11. Lysaght, came into the harbour last evening.
The Wanderer, 16, Commander Somerville, was off
the Pongas, on the 12th of October, expecting to be at
Sierra Leone in a month or thereabouts.

The Frolic, 16, Commander Hamilton, is expected to
arrive in England, from the Pacific, about the end of
May next.

WOOLWICH, DEC. 1. —Commodore Sir J. J. Gordon.
Bremer, K.C.B. and K.C.H., assumed the superinten-
dence of this dockyard to-day, and hoisted Ms broad
pendant (blue) on board her Majesty's vessel the William
nd Mary yacht.
The lihadamanthus Et2am-vessel, Mr. Aylen Master
Commanding, arrived on Saturday from Portsmouth and
Ireland, to have her defects made good, which will
cccupy the remainder of the present week.
The Avon steam-vessel, Captain Denham, F.R.S., was
paid off to-day.

The Amphion steam-frigate, of 36 guns, with screw
propeller, Captain Williams, is having her masts and
rigging put up in the East-dock, and will be made ready
for sea as early as possible.
The Sidon steam•frigate, Captain Henderson, C. 8., is
reported to be still at Greenhithe. _

Mr. Keyse, the inventor of a royal life preserving and
swimming apparatus, attended at Woolwich dockyard
to-day, by order of the Lords of the Admiralty, to maks,
experiments with his invention, but in consequence of
the coldness of the weather, the experiments were post-
poned until a more favourable opportunity of testing
them occurred. Mr. Keyse exhibited his apparatus to
Rear-Admiral Sir Francis A. Collier, Knight, C.B. and
K.C.H.

DEC. 2.—The Sidon steam-frigate, Captain Header-
son, C. 8., left her anchorage-ground at Greenhithe, on
Sunday, with the intention of proceeding some distance,
but in consequence of the great number of vessels in
the river was obliged to anchor off Gravesend. A
strong ebb-tide was running at the time, which acted so
strongly on the great length of the frigate, and the en-
gines not being under command as she swung, the cable
parted at the hawse, and rendered it necessary to let go
another anchor, one of Porter's, of 40 cwt., having been
supplied to the Sidon previous to leaving her moorings
at Woolwich, and the vessel was brought up safely with
the second anchor. The Sidon returned to Greenhithe
in the afternoon. On Monday she made an experi-
mental trip to the Nore, and returned to Greenhithe,
where she is expected to remain about ten days, in
order to have some alteration made in the starting gear
of the engines, and to shift a defective crank on the
paddle ,shaft.

PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS.
Nov. 30.—Lieutenant and Commander—Wm. Swain-
son, to the Penguin.
Captain Superintendent of the Royal Clarence Victual-
ling-yard and Haslar Hospital—Sir W. E. Parry.
lerks' Assistants—Edward Marcom, to the Caledonia
William 0. Naylor, to the Lightning.
Surgeon—James Wilson (B), to the Caledonia.
DEC. I.—Lieutenants—Walter W. Morris, to the
Penelope; Horace Bullock, to study at the Steam-fac-
tory, Woolwich; Shirley Apthorp, to the Recruit.
Naval Cadets—James J. Barlow, to the Endymion;
F. M. Kelsall, to the President.
Machinery.—Times.Captain—Alexander Ellice, to be Comptroller of Steam

THE GREAT, BRITAIN.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN

- - -
Sza,—The Great Britain weighs 1,600 tons. 400 tons
of cork, firmly attached to her by timber, &c., inside,
outside, or a part to either side, as low down as possible,
will float her in deep water with any part of her upwards,
either as a leaky vessel or as a wreck, without damaging
the cork, which will require 60,000 cubic feet of space
for stowage-room and displace above 1,600 tons of water,
rendering the result certain. A room or rooms 200 feet
long, 50 feet wide, and 6 feet high, gives the space
required.
Experiment.—One ounce of cork has for a week
floated four ounces of iron, without perceptibly lower-
ing, in fresh water. Salt water, being heavier, buoys up
three per cent. more. If five per cent. more cork be
used, the materials will then be jointly about the gravity
of ice, and the water cannot cover the whole. 500 tons
of cork should float the. Great Britain with half her
weight of iron above water. A cubic
mustfoo
foot of
eirtoa kn weighsewnitthha
t a
7,645 (avoirdupois) ounces; salt water, 1,030; fir tim-
ber 550, and cork 240 ounces per cubic foot. As the
ironforce wofilll,d4roaow
tons,
tnhse,
theli lighter ht e r
greatestm ate r ial
cares downwards
it does not separate from the cork and the timber whilst
towing the Great Britain to her destined dock.—Yours,
truly, W.ISHALDERS.
Bank-place, Norwich, Dec. 2,1846.

REFORMS IN THE PAPAL STATES.—The Post-Ampt
Gazette of Frankfort, of the 28th ult., states from Rome
that the Pope intends to abolish the salt-tax, and some
other taxes that press particularly on the industrious
classes, and to supply the deficit, which this abolition
will cause, by a tax upon real property.

THE ROYAL VISIT TO ARUNDEL,
ARUNDEL, DEC. 9.—The weather here still continues
fine, though not quite so promising as it was yesterday.
Her Majesty and the Prince were able to take their
usual early walk. They were accompanied about the
grounds of the Castle by the Duke of Norfolk. After
breakfast the Prince went out shooting, accompanied
by the Earl of Arundel, Lord John Russell, Lord
Brooke, an 4 Colonel Bouverie. The party proceeded
as far as Burycombe, a preserve near one of the par
gates, and about four miles from Arundel. The Prince
shot about 73 head of game, 68 of which were phea-
sants.
Her Majesty, accompanied by the Duke of Norfolk,
the Duke of Wellington, and some of the chiefguests,
went out into the neighbourhood9
of the Castle after
luncheon, They visited the keep, where they remained
a considerable time, and they afterwards proceeded to
the dairy, an elegant picturesque building close to the
Castle.
On the arrival of her Majesty and the Prinele yester-
day afternoon at the grand entrance-hall of the Castle,
they were received by the Duke and Duchess of Nor-
folk, Lord and Lady Arundel, the Duchess of Suther-
land, and the Ladies Mary and Adeliza Fitzalan
Howard. Lord John Russell wss also present. The
Earl of Ellesmere and Lord Edward Fitzalan Howard
had previously Lone out with the Duke of Wellington
towards Balls' Hut to meet the royal party.
Her Majesty was then conducted by the Duke of
Norfolk, the Prince offe,ring his arm to the Duchess, to
the library, where the rest of the guests were assem-
bled. There were the Duchess of Bedford, the Countess
of Ellesmere, Lady John Russell, Viscount Morpeth,
Lord Brooke, Lady Caroline Leveson Gower, and Mr.
•B. Lyons. lier Majesty, after addressing a few words
to the company present, retired to her apartments with
the Prince. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston were
not present in the library, but they arrived shortly after,
and were present at the dinner, as was also the Marquis
of Granby.
Before dinner her Majesty and the Prince were con-
ducted by the Duke of Norfolk to the state drawing-
room. They were attended by the Duchess of Norfolk,
the Duchess of Sutherland ( listress of the Robes), Lord
Edward F. Howard (Vice- Cham berlain),!the Marchioness
of Douro (Lady in Waiting), and the Hoe. Miss Napier
(Maid of Honour).
Here the Mayor of Arundel, Mr. Edward Howard
Gibbon, had the honour of presenting the addresses of
the corporation to her Majesty and the Prince.
The address to the Queen was as follows:
" To THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.
"THE LOYAY, AND DUTIFUL ADDRESS OF THE MAYOR,
ALDERMEN, AND BURGESSES OF THE BOROUGH OF
ARUNDEL, IN THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX.
" Most Gracious Sovereign,—We, your Majesty's
loyal and dutiltil subjects, the Mayor, Aldermen, Bur
gesses, and inhabitants of the ancient boreugh Arun,
del, endowed by your Majesty's royal predecessor Q'n en
Adelizi, and confirmed and chartered by Queen Eliz ;-
bed), most gratefully avail ourselves of your Majesty's
auspicious presence amongst us to offer the expression of
devoted loyalty which we at all times feel towards your
Majesty's person and throne.
"We OTT up our fervent aspirations that every
blessing which life affords may conduce to the happiness
of your Majesty and your bet wed Consort, that your
-Majesty's reign may be long, prosperous, and peaceful ;
filled, as we are, in common with all your Majesty's
subjects, with a deep and gratzitul sense of the benefits,
and blessings enjoyed under the influence of those bene-,
lident virtues which Adorn your Majesty and your Royal
Consort, and endear your Majesty to the hearts of yotsr
Majesty's faithful people."
The following is the address to Prince Albert :
" To HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ALBERT.
" THE LOYAL ADDRESS OF THE MAYOR, ALDEnmEr, BUR-
GESSES, AND INHABITANT; OF THE BOROUGH OF.
ARUNDEL, IN THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX.
" May it please your Ilnyal Higliness,—We, the
Mayor, Aldermen, Burgesses, and inhabitants of Arun-
del, joy fully submit to your Royal Highness our profound
respect and devotion, and hail with the most heartfelt
pleasure your Royal Hiehness's appearance in our loyal
and ancient borough. United by the most sacred ties to
our beloved Queen, and intimately interwoven with the
future prosperity and happiness of the nation, we cannot
but earnestly pray for your Royal Highness's life and
welfare, and we trust that your Royal Highness may
continue to receive every blessing which Heaven can
bestow."
The dinner party consisted of her Majesty and Prince
Albert, the Duke and Dachess of Norf 'lk, the Duke and
Duchess of Bedford, the Duke of Wellington, the
Duchess of Sutherland, the Esrl and Countess of Arundel,
the Marquis of Granby, the Marchioness of Douro, Lady
Mary F. Howard, the Earl and Countess of Ellesmere,
Lord Edward F. Howard, Lord and Lady J. Russell,
Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, Viscount Mor-
peth, Lord Brooke, the Hon. Miss Napier, Colonel
Bouverie, Colonel Phipps, Sir Harry Goring, the Mayor
of Arundel, Mr. J. A. Smith, M P., and Mr. M. T. Smith.'
After dinner the Duke of Norfolk gave the " Health of
the Queen," and afterwards that of " His Royal High-
ness Prince Albert," in the usual form, and the guests
soon after retired to the drawing-room. Her Majesty
and the Prince withdrew early to rest, and, shortly after,
the company retired.
The proceedings
.out of doors were of a much more
gay and lively order. A very brilliant effect was pro-
duced by the illumination of the keep, from the summit
of which the royal standard of England floated in the
bright clear atmosphere of a fine moonlit night. The
triumphal arch at the great entrance to the castle was
also illuminated. It bore two inscriptions—" Victoria :
Albert : 1846." " Adeliza : Matilda : 1139." In the
meadows close under the castle there was a display of
fireworks; but, brilliant as they were, the moonlight
was so strong as almost to eclipse their effect, aided as
it was by the reflection cast by three monster beacons
of fire erected on diffeeent eminences around ; one at
Burpham-hill, another at Calceto (a farm of Lord Arun-
del's, and the site of an ancient religious foundation), and
a third at Brookfield, the residence of Mr. Holmes.
The town of Arundel itself was one blaze of light
from beginning to end—not a very long distance.
Every house, even in the by-streets, had some sort
of illumination ; the poor people placed candles in
their windows ; ' those better off put splendid gas or
oil devices, transparencies, &e., in the fronts of their
houses. There were also innumerable flags, some
of enormous size, and many of them very splendid.
The streets were crowded with a gay and well-behaved
population, whose orderly motion was, however, per-
petually disturbed by the quantities of squibs and
crackets, of rockets, and other fireworks, that were
let off is the public thoroughfares with indiscriminate
liberality and mischievous fun. These amusements,
varied by the occasional ascent of a fire belloon, con-
tinued till a very late hour, but no disturbance or acci-
dent occurred.
The dinner party this evening will comprise those
who have been Already named as being the guests in
the house during her Majesty's stay, with the addition
of the Bishop of Chichester and Mrs. Wyndham, of
Petworth. In the evening the Ethiopian Serenaders
are to perform, and there will be a reception by her
Majesty of a very large number of the neighbouring
gentry.
By a misprint in the account of the interior Of Arun-
del Castle, sent from here yesterday, it is stated, in
reference to Mr. Fowler's portrait of her Majesty, that
"'numberless counterparts have been executed for' the
artist, which hang in the mansions of many of the no.
bility." It' should have been " by" the artist. This
correction is only an act of justice to Mr. Fowler; and
it is not customary with the owners of such pictures to
allow copies to be made, except by the original artist, if
he is alive.