The Sun.
London, England, 1846-01-01 00:00:00

SHIPS BROKEN UP IN 1845.

Ville de Paris, 112 ; Donegal, 72 ; Swiftsure, 72 ;
Magicienne, 26 ; Pylades, 16.; Clio, 16 ; Jasseur, 16 ;
Termagant, 10 (sold) ; Skylark, 10 (wrecked) ; Fair
Rosamond, 6 ; Lynx, 6 ; and Basilisk, 6, condemned as
unseaworthy in South America.

SHIPS IN COMMISSION ON THE IST JANUARY, 1846.

Line-of-battle ships at sea, and ready for sea in

every respect
Line-of-battle ships and frigates in commission as
ordinary guard ships and receiving ships, but
unfit tor service at sea
Frigates at sea and fitting out at the several ports,
carrying from 26 to 50 guns
Corvettes, brigs, and cutters (excluding the Fal-
mouth packet brigs) of from 2 to 24 guns each 453
Steam frigates, steam sloops, and ordinary steamers
(excluding the mail packet steamers) of from I to
12 guns each
Armed troop ships of from 10 to 20 guns ......•••••• 5
Discovery ships, viz., Erebus, Terror and Fagosla... 3

Total of all classes in commission
WooLwics, DEc. 31.--The Princess Alice steam-

vessel, Commander Smithett, arrived at Woolwich, y
terday, from Ostend, accompanied by the Monkey steam..
vessel, which had been sent to assist her.
The Myrmidon was commistiuned to-day by Lieu-
tenant-Commander Jenkins, and the following appoint-
ments have been. made.:—Lawrence Casey, assistant-
surgeon William Byfurd, second master ;'William J.
Jenkins,.elerk in charge.
The Manceuverer sailed yesterday, for Portsmouth
and Devonport.

APPOINTMENTS. •
To the Grampus—M. R. C. Wilson, master's assistant.
To Black Eagle—ll. J. Cunningham, master's assistant.
EMBARKATION OF CONVICTS.—The Sylph and Nymph
Woolwich steam• packets brought down the river 199
conviets this morning, from Milbank prison, and put
them on board the China,hired convict ship off the Royal
Arsenal, for conveyance to a penal settlement.

DEATH OF THE EARL OF
PORTARLINGTON.

The Noble Lord just deceased was in the 65th year
of his age, having been born on the 261 h (A bruary,
1781. He had the misfortune to lose his father when
only 17 years of age ; shortly before which event he
centered the army, and served with his regiment clurina;
the disastrous campaign in Holland, when the late Duke
of York had the command of the forces there employed
against the soldiers of the young republic of France.
Lord Portarlington also joined the expedition which w( nt
to Hanover in 1805, and served throughout the Penin-
sula campaign of 1809, including the battle of Talavera.
Ilis military ca. eer was further extended to the campaign
of 1815. during which the actions of Quatre- Bras and Wa-
terloo were fought. In 1814, he was included in the pro-
motion which took place on the King's birthday in that
}ear (June 4), when he was raised to the rank of colonel
in the army. It does not appear that he reached Iny
higher dignity in his profession; and this will appea" the
more remarkable, when it is recollected that the length
of his war services extended over seventeen years of the
greatest struggle in which this country was ever en-
gaged. Besides, it rarely happens that a man possessing
the rank of an Earl goes through so much service for so
moderate a reward. It will, probably, be inferred that
he was singularly • destitute of influence at the Horse
Gnards, or remarkably unfortunate, or that he be-
trayed some special inaptitude for the duties of a mili-
tary officer. Ills Lordship's father was the first Earl,
and his mother was . the fifth daughter of the third
Earl of Bute. The Noble Lord just deceased, how-
ever, does not leave any issue, having died unmarried ;
but there is no present danger of the Portarlington
family becoming extinct, for his Lordship's relatives
form rather a numerous race. The title devolves upon
Henry John Reuben Dawson Darner, son of the late
Hon. Captain Henry
Dawson, RN., who assumed the
names of Darner for himielf and issue ; this gentleman
was second son to the first _Earl. The family of the
deceased peer had for its founder Marmaduke D'Ossone,
who came to this country with William the Conqueror.
The ancestor of the Irish branch of the Dawsons was
William, who held the office of Collector of the Revenues
of Down and Antrim in the reign of Charles 11., and
whose son purchased estates in the Queen's county,
where eventually he settled. It appears, however, that
these estates proved of very little advantage to the
Noble Earl, whose death took place on Sunday last, for
it is understood that his pecuniary difficulties occasioned
him so much anxiety as to have been the proximate
cause of his sudden removal from this world.
INQUEST ON THE BODY.
Yesterday an inquiry took place before William
Carter, Esq., coroner for East Surrey, in the drawing-
room f the residence of the deceased, in the Kenning-
ton-road. The jury having viewed the body, Miss S.
Barr was examined, and stated that the deceased Earl
had resided with her and her father for the last
two years ' • his age was about sixty-three. On Sunday
last he had been writing in the drawing-room, and ob-
serving a boy selling oranges in the street, had made a
a remark that he thought it ought not to be permitted.
He appeared then to be in excellent health, and after-
wards went to his bedroom to wash his hands.
While he was there she thought she heard a gurg-
ling noise, which induced her to go to the door, and
he appeared to have fallen down, as if in a fit. Mr.
Nairne, surgeon, was sent for and came immediately,
but he said he was quite dead. The Coroner—Did you
observe anything fall from his hand at the time? The
witness replied that she did not. The Coroner—Have
you reason to think that he took prussic acid or any
other poison? Miss Barr said she was satisfied he had
not, for he clung too fondly to life; and his death was
most unexpected, for he always boasted of the excellent
health he enjoyed. He had been much distressed in his
mind of late, arising, as she believed, from pecuniary
difficulties. In her opinion he died from natural causes.
Mr. C. Nairne, of 8, China-terrace, Kennington, surgeon,
deposed that about 2 o'clock on Sunday a very urgent
message was sent to him to go to the deceased's residence,
as he was in a fit. He did so immediately, but on
his arrival found him dead. There was no external
mark of violence, and nothing to indicate the cause of
death. The Coroner said, that on the previous day, when
the inquest was to have been held, he had been informed
that such was the fact, and he had in consequence ad-
journed the inquiry for the purpose of making a post-
mortem examination of the body. Mr. Nairne continued,
and said he had made the examination in the presence of
Mr. Wildbore and Mr. Parrett. On opening the chest,
he found the large vessels of the heart greatly ossified ;
the substance of the heart was quite healthy. There was
congestion of the vsssels of the brain, and considerable
effusion of serum in the ventricles. The state of the
heart and brain was quite sufficient to cause very sudden
death. There were no signs of his Lordship having
taken anything. The Coroner having shortly adverted
to the evidence, the jury returned immediately a verdist
of "Died from natural causes."

FRENCH PLAYS.—That charming actre , Madame
Albert, will make her first appearance this season at the St.
James's Theatre to-morrow evening, in the celebrated comedy
of Desforges' La Femme Jalouse, and also in the favourite
vaudeville of La Illeuniere de Illarly.
Colonel Reid, the recently-elected M.P. for Wind-
sor, took leave of his regiment, stationed in that town, on
Tuesday afternoon; his retirement from the 2d Life Guards,
upon half-pay, having been notified in the London Gazette on
Tuesday evening. The Gallant Colonel intends to reside at
Windsor, having engaged a house in the cloisters of St.
George's Chapel, within the Castle precincts.
NEW POTATOES.—Mr. Murchy, the gardener of
W. P. Ruxton, Esq., of Red House, furnished that gentle-
man's table with a dish of new potatoes for Christmas-day.
At a time when serious apprehensions are entertained for the
success of the seed of the present season, it must be most
gratifying to find that an experiment made with them at 80
early a season has proved so very successful, as we are as-
sured that these potatoes were of excellent quality, consider •
ing the early season in which they have been produced.—
Newry Examiner.
FREE-TRADE, BIRMINGHAM.—The Committee of
the Anti-Corn-law Association have had a meeting on the
subject of the-proposed League Fund of a quarter of a million,
and arrangements are in progress for aiding the League in
this great effort.
ANOTHER EXTRAORDINARY HIGH TlDE.—Yes-
terday morning the banks of the Thames were overflowed by
another tide, which rose several inches higher than the mark
by which high-water is measured. The overflow in the
neighbourhood of Deptford and Greenwich was seriously ob-
structive to business in the vicinity of the Creek, and several
of the nursery-grounds aed cottages, as far from the banks as
the terminus of the railway at Greenwich, lay for many
hours under water, The general damage, however, is not so
great as that which followed the late high tide.
ARRIVAL OF THE MASSACHUSETTS, LIVERPOOL,
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.—The auxiliary steam packet-ship
Massachusetts reached this to• day, after perthrming the
voyage from New York in twenty days. great
itss
ast greatrdy
many passengers, but the news contained iSnhethberinpgaPears
by her have been anticipated by the arrival of the Cambria.
sent.
THE LEAGUE QUARTER OF A MILLION yhUiND.—•
in cradle,
strangling a few of the
Itsu subscription,
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great
thine aidtsvveretrriiys_ebeniirfeotnhrt,6ea publicationl4lo
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Hercules
heaagrows apace, and is already P
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arintugrdangrilaindaa?(;,taalndor yesterday,
amount hydras .of monopoly. Up to oarsr
last, the amount subscribed
_a
_on ; and t
tions is one of 1,000/. from Messrs.
and Alfred Pennington, of
Conservative e
ragniflcantly
addi-
tional subscri6spltbisp
llindley, politicalgentle-
men opinions, but, as their liberal
sitAamibnoho
drtpctstiojnttnools
intimates, thorough free traders.
Mr. William Brown, of Liverpool, " one of the future repre-
sEntatives of South Lancashire," as he has been called by
Mr. Cobden, has also given 1,0001. Messrs. G. Andrew and
Son, of Compstall-bridge ; Mr. John Leech, of Staleybridge
and Mr. Alfred Orrell, of Stockport, have given 5001. each.
Besides these large amounts, there have been in three days
two subscriptions of 2501. ; three of 2001. ; two of 1501. ;
eight of 100/. ; and seven of 501. In one week, then, from

its commencement, the subscription has reached the amount
of 71,7731., averaging more than 10,0001. daily.—Manchester
Guardian.

THE FOREIGN MAILS.—The following notice was
issued on Wednesday at the General Post-office :—The
next mails for Gibraltar, Malta, Greece, the lonian Islands,
Egypt, India, Ceylon, and China, will be made up on the
morning of Saturday, the 3d of January, to be forwarded
by the Achilles steamer via Southampton. By the over-
land mail to the Mediterranean, India, &c., via Marseilles,
on the evening of the 7th. The mails for Vigo, Corinna,
Oporto, Lisbon, Madeira, Cadiz, and Gibraltar, are made
up on the mornings of the 7th, 17th, and 27th of each month,
and forwarded via Southampton. The next mail will be
made up on the morning of the 7th of January. The Pacha
due on the sth of January. British Colonies in the West
Indies (except Honduras and Bermuda), Foreign Colonies
in the West Indies (except Havannah). New Granada,
Venezuela, and Madeira, are made up on the mornings of the
2d and 17th of each month. Mexico, Honduras, and.Ha-
vannah, on the morning of the 2d of the month. Ber-
muda and San Juan de Nicaragua on the morning of the
17th only. . The next mail will be made up on the morning
of Friday, the 2d of January (to-morrow), to be forwarded
by the Thames steamer viii Southampton. Next mails due
from the West Indies, Mexico, &c., Jan. 7th. British North
America, Bermuda, and the United States. The
mails are made up on the evenings of the 3d and 18th of
each month, except in December, January, February, and
_
March, and .then only on the 3d, and forwarded eta Liver-
pool,
aninHadiel-rjanha.nuar ' inclusive
pool, Halifax, and Boston. The next mail
on the evening of Saturdai, January 3, to
• Brazils, and Buenos
Acadia steamer, on the.lsth. Madeira, . ,
the evening of the first
the Hibernia steamer. Is. ext mail due at
.Liverpool, the
Ayres. The mails are made up
Majesty's brig Crane due on
forwarded by sailing packets
uptwn the packet
Tuesday of each month, be will f
forwarded made ub py
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ing
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ofTjhaenunaryext.
outward passage
to
months on her homeward.
',Jai
,boen3mhaedre
On
Januaryloc.ußc
'South Wales, Port Phillip, and New Zealand
Sydney, New
the last day
on the evening of of the month, by sailing
hioesjaa2nt3ePireorFiuunraonmdbuAt
packet from Gravesend.
. We understand, on good authority, that- her Ma-
jesty's steamer Resistance is to return to Alonte Video as soon
as she is refitted, and is to carry the 45th Regiment to the
cape of Good Hope, its original destination before it was
diverted to another purpose by Mr. Hamilton. We are in-
formed, also, that Mr. Hamilton is recalled.--Chronicle.
The British Museum closed yesterday until Thurs.
day, the Bth inst.
SOMETHING IN A NAME.—The second title of the
Not folk family is that of Earl of Surrey. We understand the
Present head of the illustrious race intends to change Surrey
iiito Curry'; for he insists that the latter wite the original
title, ofwhich the former is merely a owsuptim—Punch.
• .