The Sun.
London, England, 1848-01-10 00:00:00

EI N JANUARY 10, 1848.

Masters' Assistants.... Tomes D. Nicholson, to the
TincOnstant ; Samuel Chapman, to the Prince Regent;
J. 13. Paterson, to the 'Hercules ; Goad, to the
Bloodhound.

PATENT LIFE BOAT.

In a recent number we gave a brief notice of a
Patent Life Boat, invented by Mr. Andrew Lamb,
of Southampton, and Mr. John White, of Cowes.
Wp have since had an opportunity of examining one
of these boats, and are so impressE•d with the import-
ance of the invention, that we again call the attention
of our readers to it. _ _

Before entering, however, into a description of this
invention, we shall glance at the qualities which
should be possessed by a life boat, and then see
whether the ordinary life boats fulfil these conditions,
The primary and indispensable characteristics of a
life boat are buoyancy and stability ; with which
should be conjoined strength and tolerable sailing
qualities. In all life boats buoyancy is obtained by
the employment of air-vessels, or substances, such as
cork, which are of less specific gravity than water.
In the best boats hitherto made, however, the buoy-
ancy is subversive of stability, from the injudicious
position of the centre of buoyancy, which being
beneath the centre of gravity of the boat, gives
it a dangerous tendency to tilt over, bottom up-
wards, especially when the boat is filled with men,
whereby the centre of gravity is elevated still
further. Besides, the air-vessels, however strongly
attached to the boat, do not contribute to the strength
of the boat, while they add to its weight and unwiel-
diness. In Messrs. Lamb and White's new life boat,
the arrangements adopted to ensure buoyancy are, at
the same time, conducive to the stability and strength
of the boat ; so that with the same weight of mate-
rials as one of the ordinary life boats, a superior
degree of safety and efficiency, with increased accom-
modation, are at once attained. The air vessels in
the new life boat form a trunk round the inside of the
boat, rising as high as the gunwale, but only extend..
ing down on each side as far as the bilge, whereby,
the eentre of buoyancy is kept so high, that it is im-
possible -to capsize or swamp the boat. The upper
part of the air_trunkits rounded off inside, to permit
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divided by partitions into several water-tight com-
partments, so that no material injury could accrue
from one of them being accidentally stove. At either
end of the boat, which may be used indifferently as
stem or stern, a water-tight compartment is parti-
tioned off, in which provisions, compasses, signal-
lights, and other necessaries may be constantly
kept, to obviate the risk of their omission
or neglect in the confusion arising from any sudden
emergency.

One of these new life boats was recently tested at
Southampton, before several officers of her Majesty's
Navy, and of the East India Company's Service, and
gave most satisfactory results. Its dimensions were
30 feet long, 9 feet broad, and 3 feet deep ; it was
built of mahogany, and weighed between 17 and 18
cwt., which does not exceed the weight of an ordinary
ship's boat of similar dimensions. It was found to
possess good sailing qualities, being remarkably stiff
under canvass, quick in stays, and easily worked.
With 134 men on board, the gunwale was 13 to 14
inches above water; when filled with water, it carried
23 men without any increase of immersion, and was
found to possess greater stiffness than when altogether
empty. To test its stability, 40 men standing on the
gunwale, endeavoured to capsize it, when filled with
water, but only succeeded in immersing the gunwale
six inches under the water; and from the rounded
form of the gunwale inside, the rocking motion com-
municated to the boat cleared it of water at every
roll. From the various trials that have been made, it
has been proved that a life boat of this description,
equipped for any emergency, could yet be used for
the ordinary purposes of a ship's boat without re-
quiring alteration; it could be launched when under
weigh, or in a heavy sea, even with men on board,
without the risk of swamping or capsizing—which in-
deed, under the most adverse circumstances, would be
all but impossible.
In the plate which accompanies the present number
we give drawings of this invention, which are too
explicit to require any lengthened explanation. The
merits of this life boat are meeting with a rapid re-
cognition; the Lords of the Admiralty have already
agreed to its substitution for paddle-box boats in
several steamers now in progress ; and we have no
doubt that it will be extensively adopted in the royal
navy, and in transport and emigrant vessels. In the
mercantile marine it is beginning to be introduced,
and we hare seen advertisements of the sailing of
passenger ships, in which the possession of the new
life boat was urged as a reason for preference. The
validity of this plea, no humane and intelligent per-
son, cognisant of the risks to which sailing vessels are
exposed, will venture to impugn ; and we are con-
vinced that so soon as the public are fully instructed
in the advantages of such a contrivance, they will
render its adoption imperative upon passenger ships,
by withholding their patronage from all recusants ;
unless, indeed, they are anticipated by a Government
edict compelling every vessel to be so provided.—
The Artizan.

STEALING A FLOCK OF SHERD.—A middle-aged
man having the appearance of a small farmer, named
William Lungly, was indicted at the Essex Quarter
Sessions, on the 7th inst , for stealing twenty-eight
sheep, the flock of Mr. Moss, of Writtle. On the 7th of
December the sheep were left in a meadow on the pro-
secutor's farm, and the next morning they were all
missing. The same day the prisoner drove the flock to
Romford market, which is about eighteen miles distant,
and placed them in the hands of Mr. Benson, one of the
public salesmen, to dispose of. The sheep having a
brand upon them which did not correspond with the
name the prisoner gave, the suspicions of the sales-
man were excited, and he questioned the prisoner re-
specting them, when he said he had bought them at
the sheep fair tight months before. Mr. Katen, a
relative of the prosecutor, on his way to the
market, had seen the sheep resting at a public
house, and knowing them to be Mr. Moss's he con-
cluded that gentleman was sending them for sale ; and
going up to the pens in the market in which they were
exposed he got into conversation with Mr. Benson re-
specting them, when he found the prisoner was offering
them as his own. They had a private mark on them by
which Mr. Katen was enabled to identify them as those
of his relative. The prisoner, who was near, was then
further questioned respecting them, when he still per-
sisted that they were his own ; but soon after he walked
away and endeavoured to escape, on which a policeman
was called, and he was captured. A message was then
sent for Mr. Moss, who had been searching for his sheep
in the neighbourhood, thinking they had strayed, and
on his arrival he identified them as his property. The
prisoner now offered nothing in his defence, and he was
found guilty ; on which the chairman said he 'bad sel-
dom heard of such an open and wholesale robbery ; he
could not perceive any mitigating circum,tances in tne
case, and he sentenced him to be transported for fifteen
years.
BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, JAN. 7.—We have ex-
perienced a good demand this week for all descriptions of
raw sugar, and prices are quite equal to those paid prior
to the offices closing fur the Christmas recess. Nothing
doing in rum.—Bristol Mercury. 1
MILITARY AND NAVAL FoRCB or GREAT BRITAIN.
—The following is from the official returns of the War-
office and the Board of Admiralty :—Military Force—
Cavalry-2 regiments of Life Guards, 1 regiment of
Blues, 1 Royal regiment of Horse Artillery, 7 regiments
of Dragoon Guards, 3 regiments of Heavy Dragoons,
5 regiments of Hussars, 4 regiments of Lancers, 4 regi-
ments of Light Dragoons, and 1 regiment of Cape
mounted Cavalry. Infantry —3 regiments of Foot
Guards, 99 regiments of the Line (60th Regiment,
Rifles), 1 Rifle Brigade, 1 Royal Malta Fencible Regi-
ment, 1 Royal Canadian Rifles, 1 St. Helena Regiment,
• 3 West India Regiments, and 1 Royal Foot Artillery,
Engineers, and Sappers and Miners. The effective mili-
tary force is 140,000 men, including the Royal Artillery;
besides which there are 136 regiments of Militia (the
staff of which is only kept up in time of peace) in the
different counties of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ire-
land, the embodied Chelsea Out-Pensioners, and Yeo-
manry Cavalry. The Royal Navy—The naval force of
Great Britain consists of 680 snips of war, carrying
from 10 to 120 guns each of different calibre, either in
commission, in ordinary, or building. Of these 150 are
armed steamers, built on the most approved principles
for active sea service, of from 100 to 850 horse power
each. This immense fleet employs in time of peace
40,000 able-bodied seamen, 2,000 stout lads, and 14,000
Royal Marines, divided as follows in 100 companies:—
Chatham, Ist Division, 23 companies; Portsmouth, 2d
Division, 28 companies; Plymouth, 3d Division, 24 com-
panies; Woolwich, 4th Division, 19 companies—Total,
100; and 10 companies Royal Marine Artillery, head-
quarters Portsmouth. Besides the above are the en-
rolled Dockyard Battalions of Deptford, Woolwich,
Chatham and Sheerness, Portsmouth, Devonport and
Plymouth, and Pembroke, amounting from 25,000 to
30,000 men, all of whom are instructed in gunnery and
coast defence in case of any sudden outbreak with a
foreign'Power.
We hear that Marshal General Soult, Duke de
Dalmatie, has been for some days confined to his room
by the prevailing influenza.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT.—About seven o'clock on the
morning of yesterday week, a painful accidentoccurred
to a young man who was employed at the No. lt
unnel,
called Kitson Wood Tunnel, on the Burnley branch of
the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, near Todmorden.
It appears that the young man was employed as a driver
of a horse which conveyed the stones in waggons from
,
the miners in the tunnel to the tip" (a distance of at
least 400 yards), and on returning at a good speed, he
accidentally tumbled :and fell upon the rails, and the
wheels of one of the waggons ran over both his legs
below the knee. He was conveyed to his lodging and
surgical assistance immediately applied. It is evident
that if the waggon had been loaded, he would have suf-
fered the loss of both his legs, whereas he escaped with
a severe facture of both 10ge..-lialtfaz Guardian.

LOLA MONTES AGAIN letter from Munich, in
the Pafrie, but which appears to us very exaggerated,
says—" It appears that Lola Montes is increasing in
favour at the Court of Bavaria. The Queen has con-
ferred on her the order of St. Theresa, calls her " My
dear Countess,' and admits her into her intimacy. The
ladies of the Court, of course, feel it their duty to caress
the favourite, and in fact she has all the world at her
feet. The style of luxury in which she lives passes all
bounds, nothing equal to it having ever been seen at
Munich, even at the royal palaces. The whole of her
sleeping-chamber, even the wails and' ceiling, is hung
with guipure lined with rose coloured satin. The man-
telpiece is of Sevres porcelain, painted by the first
artists. The furniture is of the time of Louis XV., en-
riched with gold and silver. A description of her
dining .room would exceed those in the Arabian Nights'
Entertainments,' and we shall content ourselves with
stating that the service is of massive gold, bearing the
arms and coronet of the Countess. To this is joined a
revenue of 150,000 f., which is attached to her title, and
of which nothing can deprive her."
JE lel'x'eprleesasrend
afrdoemsireS
tt
oockh
appearolm,
in
uthaant
NLYindlahillaDvi.n—g
original Swedish piece, and that as there is no such
thing as a Swedish opera in existence, she has accepted a
part in a comedy by M. Blanche, called the Young Lap-
land Girl, in which the author has introduced Swedish
national ballads, a description of music in which the
syren has obtained such triumphs in foreign countries.
The furore continued without abatement ; but precau-
tions were taken to prevent disturbances. On the occa-
sion of her second appearance there was such eager-
ness to obtain tickets that they were sold so high as 45
rix-dollars, or 91. sterling each, and the receipts of the
evening amounted to 11,095 rix-dollars, or 2,2191.
sterling.
LAUNCH OF A STEAM-SHIP AT BIRKENHEAD.—
On Saturday forenoon, a little before high tide time
(half-past eleven o'clock), a splendid new iron steamer,
the Cambria, was launched from the building-yard of
Mr. John Laird, of Birkenhead. The Cambria has
been built for Government, and is intended for the pas-
sage between Dublin and Holyhead. She is a sister
vessel to the St. Columba, launched from the same yard
a few months ago. The Cambria is of 700 tons builders'
measurement, 193 feet in length, 27 feet beam, with a
depth of hold nearly 15 feet. Her engines, which aro to
be 370 horse-power, are to be fitted up Messrs. Forrester
and Co., the same firm who furnished the St. Columba.
She is sharp built both fore and aft, and is altogether a
noble specimen of naval architecture.—LiverpoolAlbioa.
A FEMALE RENEGADE.—A Frenchwoman, named
Juliette, was found, says the Toulonnais, in the deira of
the Emir. She has arrived at Toulon, had become
ofome
so perfectly habituated to the manners and customs
h h
t
the Arabs, that she earnestly entreatedsothfaattos
she mihgad
not be separated from the man :to who
united herself.— Galignani's .11Ieisenger.
ALARMING FIRE AT DEPTFORD.—UII Saturday
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serious
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firethe
having broken out in High-street, Deptford* The Lon-
don brigade and West of England engines were imme-
diately dispatched thither, when it was found that the
outbreak had occurred upon the premises belonging to
Mr. F. Maim, confectioner. It was caused by some de-
fect in the flue, which set the roof in a blaze. Ow.ng to
the exertions of the police, who attended with the Dock-
yard engine, the fire was got cut before the engines
from town reached the scene. The building aas ex-
tensively damaged by fire and water.
MAJORITY OF TUE EARL OF STAMFORD AND
WARRINGTON.—Ye“erdav (Friday) there were great
doings in Ashton, in celebration of the Earl of Stam-
ford and Warrington attaining his majority. An ox
was roasted, and, together with the bread, distributed to
the poor ; the day Has spent by a certain portion of the
people in " merrie English disports and pastimes," and
in the evening dinners were given in the Town Hall
and at the Commercial Hotel.—Metnchestcr Times. _

ORIENTAL VISITORS.—His Excellency the General
Eathem Bey and son, and Colonel Lambert Bey, with
suite, from Egypt, are now staying at the Queen's Hotel,
where, we are told, they intend to remain for a short
time, for the purpose of visiting some of the principal
manufactories and works of this city,—Manchester
Guardian.

endow on the pro- gratitude, and I hope it will bring you good fortune.'
ng they were all The Prince replied, ' I accept it as a homage rendered
drove the flock to to France, whose protection will henceforward be
1
teen miles distant, your shield, and as a sign of oblivion of the past.'
3enson, one of the The Emir then saluted the Prince with great dignity,
e sheep having a and returned on foot to his tent."
rrespond with the _
_ .
ions of the sales-
d the prisoner re- LOLA MONTES AGAIN L-A letter from Munich, in
id bought them at the Patric, but which appears to us very Exaggerated,
Mr. listen, a says—" It appears that Lola Montes is increasing in
is way to the favour at the Court of Bavaria. The Queen has con-
sting
at a public ferred on her the order of St. Theresa, calls her "My
Er. Moss's he con- dear Countess,' and admits her into her intimacy. The
,hem for sale ; and ladies of the Court, of course, feel it their duty to caress
which they were the favourite, and in fact she has all the world at her ,
h Mr. Benson re- feet. The style of luxury in which she lives passes all
isoner was offering bounds, nothing equal to it having ever been seen at
t mark on them by Munich, even at the royal palaces. The whole of her
iffy them as those sleeping-chamber, even the wails and' ceiling, is hung
was near, was then with guipure lined with rose coloured satin. The man-
when he still per- telpiece is of Sevres porcelain, painted by the first
ion after he walked artists. The furniture is of the time of Louis XV., en-
which a policeman riched with gold and silver. A description of her
message was then dining room would exceed those in the ' Arabian Nights'
31nm; for his sheep Entertainments,' and we shall content ourselves with
had strayed, and stating that the service is of massive gold, bearing the
his property. The arms and coronet of the Countess. To this is joined a_ i
lefence, and he was revenue of 150,000 f., which is attached to her title, and
a said he 'had sel- of which nothing can deprive her."
IND.-
114 learn from Stockholm, that'
esale robbery ; he JENNY I a
rcum,tances in tne Mdlle. Lind having expressed a desire to appear in an
nsported for fifteen original Swedish piece, 'ad that as there is no such
thing as a Swedish opera in existence, she has accepted a
7.—We have ex- part in a comedy by M. Blanche, called the Young Lap-
r all descriptions of land Girl,which the author has introduced Swedish
to those paid prior national ballads,m
a description of music in which the
,s recess. Nothing syren has obtained such triumphs in foreign countries.
The furore continued without abatement ; but precau-
" GREAT BRITAIN. 60115 were taken to prevent disturbances. On the occa- i
!turns of the War- sion of her second appearance there was such eager- I
-Military Force— ness to obtain tickets that they were sold so high as 45
Is, 1 regiment of rix-dollars, or 9/. sterling each, and the receipts of the
Tillery, 7 regiments evening amounted to 11,095 rix-dollars, or 2,219/.
Heavy Dragoons, sterling.
of Lancers, 4 regi- LAUNCH OF A STEAM-SHIP AT BIRKENHEAD.—
regiment of Cape On Saturday forenoon, a little before high tide time I
?giments of Foot (half-past eleven o'clock), a splendid new iron steamer,
1 (60th Regiment, the Cambria, was launched from the building-yard of
ita Fencible Regi- Mr. John Laird, of Birkenhead. The Cambria has
Helena Regiment, been built for Government, and is intended for the pas-
yal Foot Artillery, sage between Dublin and Holyhead. She is a sister
The effective mili- vessel to the St. Columba, launched from the same yard
he Royal Artillery; a few months ago. The Cambria is of 700 tons builders'
ats of Militia (the measurement, 193 feet in length, 27 feet beam, with a
Le of peace) in the depth of hold nearly 15 feet. Her engines, which are to
Scotland, and Ire- be 370 horse-power, are to be fitted up Messrs. Forrester
,nsioners, and Yeo- and Co., the same firm who furnished the St. Columba.
-The naval force of She is sharp built both fore and aft, and is altogether a
s of war, carrying noble specimen of naval architecture.—Liverpool Albion.
at calibre, either in A FEMALE RENEGADE.—A Frenchwoman, named
. Of these 150 are Juliette, was found, says the Toulonnais, in the deira of
approved principles the Emir. She has arrived at Toulon, had become .
to 850 horse power so perfectly habituated to the manners and customs
fate of
i in time of peace the Arabs, that she earnestly entreated that mighthe
out lads, and 14,000 not be separated from the man :to whose s
she had
vanrrivbeadtuatrdtahye
n 100 companies:— united herself.— Galignani's .111siscnger. _
Saturday
es; Portsmouth, 2d
Id )ivision, 24 corn- meArpLiangs,marhNeGetFfteneur
o'clock,arD EarnTreoxttpnr.eTs
I companies—Total, London fire stations, with intelligence of a serious fire
Lne Artillery, head- having broken out in High-street, Deptford, The Lon-
above are the en- don brigade and West of England engines were imme-
eptford, Woolwich, diately dispatched thither, when it was found that the
th, Devonport and outbreak had occurred upon the premises belonging to
ing from 25,000 to late. F. Maim, confectioner. It, was caused by some de-
:ted in gunnery and fect in the flue, which set the roof in a blaze. Ow.ng to
n outbreak with a the exertions of the police, who attended with the Dock-
yard engine, the fire was got cut before the engines
1 Soult, Duke de from town reached the scene. The building lilts ex-
;confined to his room tensisaly damaged by fire and water.
MAJORITY OF THE EARL OF STAMFORD AND
van o'clock on the lA,ARRINGTON.—Ye“erdav (Friday) there were great
il accident occurred doings in Ashton, in celebration of the Earl of Stern-
a the No. 1 tunnel, ford and Warrington attaining his majority. An ox
Burnley branch of was roasted, and, together with the bread, distributed to
Ly, near Todmorden. the poor ; the day was spent by a certain portion of the
mployed as a driver people in " merrie English disports and pastimes," and
es in waggons from in the evening dinners were given in the Town Hall
p" (a distance of at
t a good speed, he and at the Commercial Hotel.-111Knchestcr Times.
eral
the rails, and the
ORIENTAL VISITORS.—His Excellency the Gen
over both his legs Eathem Bey and son, and Colonel Lambert Bey, with
to his lodging and suite, from Egypt, are now staying at the Queen's Hotel,
where, we are told, they intend to remain for a short
lied.. It is evident
he would have suf- time, for the purpose of visiting some of the principal
manufactories and works of this city.—Manchester
'as he escaped with Guardian.
fez Guardian.
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