The Sun.
London, England, 1846-06-30 00:00:00

MARINE GLUE.

Copy " of the report from the senior officer in charge
of her Majesty's ship Penelope, to Admiral Sir C. Ogle,
dated the 18th day of May, 1846, relative to the ad-
vantages which have resulted from the application of
the Marine Glue to the deck of that vessel, during her
service on the coast of Africa ;" and " of the reports
of the Committee of Master Shipwrights on the
Marine Glue, dated the 11th day of January and the
4th day of March 1842."
Her Majesty's Ship Penelope, Portsmouth,
18 May, 1846.
Sir,—ln obedience to the directions contained in your
order of this day's date, desiring me to report on
Jeffrey's Patent Marine Glue, I have great pleasure in
acquainting you, for the information of the Lords Com-
missioners of the Admiralty, that after three years' ex-
perience, two of which were passed on the coast of
Africa, I consider it to be admirably adapted for the pur-
pose of a ship's deck.
The deck of this ship has never leaked since it was
payed in February 1843, excepting a few places in the
port gangway, where the glue was put in in a hurry ;
and whereas in other steamers the heat in the vicinity of
the boilers, when the steam was up, caused the pitch to
melt, so as to require their being caulked in that neigh-
bourhood several times during the commission, the
Penelope has never required caulking in any part near
the boilers.
It is, moreover, much cleaner than pitch, and conse-
quently mueh better in hot climates, where during the
heat of the sun the pitch sticks to the soles or tnc
and is carried about the deck in all directions ; but the
marine glue is as hard in hot weather as it is in cold,
and therefore does not stick to the feet when walked
upon.
The only objection seems to be, that the glue does not
adhere to the nail heads ; but I believe that the patentee
has remedied that defect since the Penelope was pued,
by countersinking the nail heads, and rendering them as
perfect as the seams.
In recommending this glue, I am sure I am but speak-
ing the sentiments of Commodore Jones, who, had he
been well enough to write himself, would have bestowed
upon it a higher character than I can do.
I have, &c.
(Signed) JOHN M. D. SMITH,
Senior Lieutenant in charge.
Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, Bart., &c. &c. &c.
Portsmouth.

(Appendix, No, 7.)
Woolwich yard, 11th January, 1842.
Sir,—Agreeably with the directions contained in Sir
J. Barrow's letter of the 7th instant, to take into con-
sideration the subject of Mr. Jeffrey's new composition
for paying the seams of ships, we have tried several ex-
periments, both with it and pitch, by bringing them
under different degrees of temperature, from which we
find that the latter, when heated to 120 deg., was found
to run considerably, while no perceptible difference was
manifested by the caoutchouc ; the same superiority was
maintained by the latter when subjected to a tempera-
ture below the freezing point, and its elasticity increases
very much its value in resisting the admission of water
when a swelling or shrinking of the wood takes place ;
this, we consider, would add materially to its advantages
on the topsides of ships, which are frequently too much
disfigured by the pitch running from the seams in hot
weather. We therefore recommend, as the best means
of fully testing its advantages, that in addition to the
experiments now making at Portsmouth, it be tried on
the Monkey steam-vessel at this port, by applying it to
the seams on the decks, as nearly as possible to the
boilers, using pitch on the opposite side, and that a few
seams may likewise he payed on the quarter-deck and
forecastle, as well as the short stuff between the ports on
some new ship ; and we further recommend that the
oakum prepared by Mr. Jeffrey, with the same substance,
be used in caulking the seams under experiment.
(Signed) 0. LANG.
T. F. HAWKES.
R BLAKE.
J. FINCHAM.
J. ATKINS.
Captain-Superintendent Sir. F. A. Collier, C.B.
(Appendix, No. 8.)
Woolwich-3 ard, March 4, 1842.
Sir,—With reference to the directions contained in.
Sir J. Barrow's letter of the
.7th January last, to take
into consideration the subject of Mr. Jeffery's composi-
tion for paying the seams of shins, and to our former
report of the 11th January, stating that we had tried
several experiments, from which we were induced to
recommend that it be tried on the Monkey steam-vessel,
by applying it to the seams of the deck as near as pos-
sible to the boilers, &c. &c., we no .w beg to report, that
we have since witnessed various other experiments,
from which we have become fully convinced, not only
of its advantages in paying seams, but of its invaluable
properties for other purposes.
As a glue, its tenacity has been proved by the wood
giving way before the joint ; being impervious to wet,
it is well adapted for the purpose of covering the heads
of nails, which pitch never effectually did (and which
has always been a grey t desideratum), and thereby
saving the expense of copper nails ; and from its
strongly adhesive and elastic nature, we have reason to
believe it would prove of great benefit in joints of masts,
timber, and all paying surfaces, in all shakes in timber
and plank, for the joints of bulkheads, and various other
purposes, where, should it meet our expectations, we con-
sider it will prove one of the most important discoveries,
for ship-building purposes, of modern times.
(Signed) 0. LANG.
F. F. HAWLES.
R. BLAKE.
J. FINCHAP.'I-
j, ATKINS-
H. F. AMEDI3.OZ,
Captain Superintendent Sir F. A. Colliechr
leitherk.
Admiralty, 23 June, 1846.

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TilE PLEASURES OF HOME,
7'O THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
San,—l trust you will permit me to trespass on your
attention for a very brief space, respecting the following
paragraph in your review of my poem in your paper of
Monday last :—" But while thus according high but de-
served praise to the poetry of Dr. Farquharson, we
must protest against his criticism. In a preface, which
extends over sixty-six pages, he has thought proper to
revive and elaborate the malicious libels of a rancorous
renegade' and to drivel oceans of nonsense in vitupera-
tion of the Satanic school of poetry.' "
The wide circulation, and the value which is set upon the
critical remarks which are ear in The Sun, and the truth
by which they are invariably characterised, renders me
anxious to make a few observations on the above pas-
sage. The libels of the late laureat were certainly de-
serving of censure, and were given with a gusto and an
ill-natured severity which betrayed anything rather than
good sense ; such is not the style of observations I have
indulged in in any one line of my preface ; and the obser-
vations, such as they are, respecting the " Satanic
school," occupy but a small portion of the sixty-six pages,
the end and aim of the preface being remarks on the art
of poetry generally, and not merely " to drivel oceans of
nonsense in vituperation of," &c. Far be it from me, or
any genuine lover of all that is beautiful in poetry, to in-
dulge in sarcastic and libellous detraction of any of the
bright and glorious names of that galaxy of choice beings
who burst on the world in the early part of this century.
It is the imitation of the style of certain poets, without
their excellence, that prompted the observations
I have indulged in, and amounted to nothing more
than this—that a poem might be just as diver-
sified and redolent of wit, pathos, and imagery
as " Don Juan," without its licentiousness.
The name of Byron is one of which England may well be
proud, whatever the Chapter of St. Peter's, Westminster,
may think to the contrary. With respect to the critical
notices of the poem itself, they are in such a generous
tone of good-natured encouragement and zeal, as to ap-
pear more like the eulogy of one " that has passed that
bourne from which no traveller returns," than one in the
land of the living, and which affords me the hope you
will permit me to counteract the effect your review may
have, in circulating the impression that I have revived
and elaborated the libels of the past. "De mortuts nihil
nisi bonum," for modest merit is like fruit hid amidst
autumnal leaves, remaining untested, unperceived, until
it falls, and thus by its very death appearing and burst-
ing into life ; so I would aim no shaft at those who, un-
happiest among the unhappy, became the laureates of
despair, nor s slanders.-I am, &c.,
STUART FARQUHARSON, .D.U.L.

June 25.
[We willingly give insertion to the above, and are re-
joiced to find that Dr. Farquharson did not intend the
language he uses in his preface to bear the interpretation
which we have put upon it. The term " Satanic
school," however, is one we should wish to see expunged
from his second edition. As to the tribe of imitators, we
give them up to the wrath of any one who may think it
worth while to expend wrath upon them. In poetry,
imitation "is most tolerable and not to be endured.
En. Sun.]

GENERAL LITTLER AND THE
62d REGIMENT.
In consequence of the remonstrance of General Lit-
tler against the censure passed on him in the letter
addressed by the Military Secretary of Sir Hugh Gough,
to Major Shortt, the following letter has been addressed
to General Littler by Major Grant, Adjutant-General of
the Bengal army

" Adjutant-General's Office,
" Head-quarters, Lahore, 7th March, 1846.
" have had the honour to submit to the Com-
mander-in-Chief your letter of the 6th instant, bring-
ing to notice the publication in the Friend of India
newsoaper, of a letter addressed by his Excellency s
military secretary, under date the 27th January last, to
Major Shortt, commanding her Majesty's 62d Regiment,
w hich letter you conceive reflects injuriously on your
character.'
" In reply, I am instructed to state that no one can
more strongly than the Commander-in-Chief, reprobate
the publication of any official document in the columns
of a newspaper, and his Excellency's strongest re ll pre-
hension of the publicity to the letter in question, wi be
communicated to Major Shortt and the Officers of the
62d Regiment.
" I am directed to state that the Commander-in-Chief
is net surprised that you should, in ignorance of the.
Reid order
to retire, so culpably given to the 62d by Brigadierewithout reference to you, have imagined that in falling
back the corps had misconducted itself, and your dispatch,
written under this impression, must be viewed as a e u
and correct statement of facts as they appeared toy
at the time to exist. When the letter of the 27th
January was written, the Commander-in-Chief .did not
know that you were unaware of the order givea by
Brigadier Reid, and it was under this impression that
his Excellency considered that the character of the 62d
Regiment had been aspersed.
" The letter was prepared on instructions verbally
given to the officiating military secretary, and be inad-
vertently dispatched it without laying it before the
Commander-in-Chief for his Excellency's approval.
Had the Commander-in-Chief seen the letter ho would
have expunged the sentence, which describes that ' the,
battery had been gallantly charged by the 62d regiment,'
for his Excellency is satisfied that no such charge was
madQ,b tand that no soldier of the corps ever advanced to
the batterYjwmander-in-Chief knows that you, of all men,
are utterly incapable of suppressing information which
you ought to have furnished, or of making a prejudiced
report
on any subject, and he trusts that the explanation
contained in this letter will satisfy you that no such im-
pression could for a moment have found place in the
mind of any one acquainted with the circumstances of the
case, and the high and honourable reputation you have
established and ever maintained.
"While the Commander-in-Chief will not altogether
debar you from making the contents of this letter known
to your friends, he strongly deprecates any further pub'
lie agitation of this unpleasant discussion, and he trusts
that you will yourself see the propriety of abstaining
from having recourse to a procedure so injurious to the
discipline and character of the army—as an appeal to the
public press.

" I have the honour to be, &c."

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
PORTSMOUTH, SIINDAY.—The Albatross, 16, Com-
mander Reginald Yorke, arrived at Spithead this morn-
ing, between seven and eight o'clock, from the west
coast of Africa station, on which, during the last four
years, she has been engaged in the suppression of the
slave trade. She came up with the yellow flag at lief,
masthead, but having no contagion on board, obtained
pratique soon after bringing up and saluting.
The Heroine, 6, Commander Edmunds, arrived at
Ascension in 13 days from the Bight of Betfint with
tidings of the Flying Fish, 12, Commander Harris,
having, after a long chase, run a Spanish skive felucca
ashore ; and that on Lieutenant Robins (wlne was in
command of her) proceeding to board her, for the pur-
pose of taking her tonnage, the boat in which be Was
capsized, and, unhappily, he and four of the crew Were
drowned in the surf. Mr. Simpson,
midshipman, to-
gether with one man, succeeded in reaching the shh°sore,
but were knocked down by some of the slaves evB
release from bondage they were endeavouring to offect,
and Mr. Simpson had one of his fingers cut off by them
for the purpose of obtaining a ring which he wore.
The Wasp, 16, Commander S. H. Usher, had taken
three slavers, one a schooner, after a hard fight, in vihicii
13 men of the schooner were kill( d. The prizes were
taken to St. Helena by Lieutenant Elliot, of the We sl:'•
The Prometheus steam-sloop, Commander Hay, hfi t
also very recently captured a slaver, which she had selll3
to St. Helena, hi charge of Dr. Tacedale, the surge°,'
all the other executive officers of the Prometheus 136143
away in other prizes.
Mr. Rundle ter), and Dr. Yeoman (surgeon/ of

_....... minclle (mas, ~ . ~.
the Styx), had died. the
The Pantaloon, 10, Commander Alston Cactirig);
Heroine, 6, Commander Edmunds; the Hecate stewla;
sloop, Commander West; and the Tortoise store an
guard ship, were at Ascension on the 13th ult.
The following officers invalided, and came home it
Forfarshire Indiaman, which passed this port Yes-
terday for London :—Commander Wilson, of the Paet9':
loon; Mr. Forster, Master of the Actaeon; Lieutenet.'"
G. F. Day, of the Bittern; and Dr. Brimmer, assistant"
surgeon of the Flying Fish.
This being the anniversary of her Majesty's corone"
tion, at eight o'clock the ships in harbour, and then lbai
tross at Spithead, dre- sed in colours, and the 1t031..
standard was hoisted on all the Government establish
ments, and at one o'clock royal salutes were fired. _
hoofuwathes mseidtostivin::
The dockyard artizans, we believe, will have their
holiday to-morrow, and the tradesmenw
suspend business as usual upon this day.
PRoMOTIoNS.
Lieutenants—W. Morris (b), I"lienr
man of the Genoa, at NEMO'
ind°M.i ra 1 SirY Charles age Morrr_
(1837), Flag-Lieutenant to
J. Cockburn Ogl:
Bart., at Portsmouth ; and • .
1p (1840), 15t
r-Admira
erey) in the 'Arii:r.
Flag-Lieutenant to
itreaank of Cum
chester frigate, to the
ENTslhander.
prOINTM
Lieutenants—T. C. 0. D. „ Whipple, to the Dida ;C.
Wake (late mate of the heroine), to the Styx ; .-g• --.
Alston, of the Ranger, and W. J. R. Card, of the. ling‘
fisher, to the Pantaloon, the former as acting . Collt.
mander.
Master—l, T. Crout, to thel nflexiblth
sa,geon-11. T. Osman fl I--
, tothe I n extA.
Assistant-Surgeons—S..A,
Lillie, Sterret, to the Inflexible ; f
e, M.D., to the Pantaloon E. f • Irving,r) °
; ..x. M. ~ ~,,
the Tortoise, to the Styx ; M. B;tuton M.D , fray a tP
Crocodile, to the Dido. ' .
Chaplain—Rev. C. Bell, to tile Avenger.
Second Master—George Marsh, to the Constane 8,
Naval Instructor,—W. Kerr, to the Spartan.
Midshipman.—R. Craig, to the Dido. (Of
Coast Guard.—Removals.—Lieutenant W, RORY siQs
from Mothercombe, to Rickman station, vice V ecti.„-ri;
previously removed ; Lieutenant J. Walker (b),,,i/:,-,is,
No. 2 battery, Deal, to Bovisand station, vice Os'
previously removed, s'
PLYMOUTH, JUNE 26.—Yesterday morning b eras
jesty's frigate Constance, 50, Sir Baldwin Walk el, fed
towed from Hamoaze into the Sound, where she is Pr I°.
inside the eastern arm of the Breakwater. F.
.„,
Last evening her Majesty's sloop Fly, 18, Cal ?t 9'l.-
P. Blackwood, arrived here from Portsmouth.

V't
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ill for a long time with a distressing cough, accemmmied best':
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s„etil
aches, besides this, her digestion was greatly impaired, -ft.,: pas,
completely gone, and always drowsy. She cr,nsidered he fs.3 to tli•
cure. Yet notwithstanding her advanced age: she is restoi , EA
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lIOUSE OP LORDS.

Room B.

RAILWAY COMMITTEES.

STIRLING AND DUN.VERIVILINE.
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)
It was also proved by these witnesses that the railway did
not go within a mile of the house of Mr. Clark.
On the conclusion of this evidence, the Committee
ordered the room to be cleared, in order that they might
consult as to the locus standi of Mr. Clark.
On our re-admission it was decided that Mr. Clark had
no locus standi.
The case for the prosecution was then opened, and some
evidence called pro forma, and the Committee declared the
preamble proved.
After adjusting the clauses of the Bill, the Committee
rose at about three o'clock.