The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-15 00:00:00

ARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS

~Fro
DI the emotes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.
FRIDAY, AUG. 14.
SUPPLY.—(IN THE COMMITTEE.)
oti
be
100)k„„,°n Made, and Question put, " That a sum not exceeding
granted to her Majesty on account of the works for en-
cZNC and improving Buckingham Palace, in the year 1846." The
- ittee divided :

MAJORITY—AYES, 55.
4,1180 n, Colonel Fox, C. R. Parker, John
Arundel, Earl of Gibson, T. DI Pechell, Captain
Baines Waiter Gladstone, Captain Plumridge, Captain
_ vutinek, Lord G. Gore, Robert Reid, Colonel
perkeley, Caletain Goulburn Henry Rich, Henry
nergel
11,, eY, IL Grey. Sir G. Russell, Lord J.
a"gernan Hewitt Hamilton, G. A. Seymour, Lord
,4 Otherton Joseph Hawes, B. Shell, R. L.
,TOwne, W. Henley, J. W. Smith, Benjamin
/sillier, Charles Ilobhouse, Sir John Somerville, Sir W.
~1331 X, G. S. Howard, P. IL Spooner, Richard
o'°WPer, w. F. Humpliery, Ald. Stewart, P. I'l.
9,raig, .
W. G. Jones, Captain Troubridge, Sir E.
IPlas W. Labouchre, lienry Wood, Charles
vouglas, Sir H. Lincoln, Larl of W,)od, Colonel T.
QUinlas Admiral Dtsc.i.'dlay, T. ti.
pundits, David Z!.ckinnon, W. TELLERS.
F Xb
erlrrington, V
Riscount :ilaule, Fox Tufhell, H.
.."
uson, Sir . Dlorpeth, Viscount Hill, Lord M.
tleetwood, Sir 1'• O'Cotior Don

MINORITY—NOES, 6.
Itening. *Dr
• Warburton, Hen :y TMLLICES.
wout.,s_s k,eorge Wawn, J. T. Hume, Joseph
P• J. Williams, W. Protheroe, E.

Pt-)II,TINti I Nl' ELLIGENCE.
I)Lyxto,„ (RECEIVED THIS DAY.)
.„, DEVONPORT, AND CORNWALL RACES,
440 C" TIMIZSDAY.
a "xntY Members' Plate of 25/., added to a Handicap of
...(48S°r" each, 2 ft. Heats, once round and a distance.
Lim. \
air. ki '3l
Ziff, li,tig a Flash of Lightning, 3 yrs ...(Mr. Scobell)
21
21
14... :Y aring's Fortuneteller, aged
3 dr
itZ.
_jt.Aubyn's Alexandrina, 4 yrs
'''ri,lioldsworthy's Blackball, 6 yrs 4 dr
Captain'ler Majesty' of 100 guineas. Heats, two miles.
' s Plate - (Stockin) 1 1
to Crofton's Zuleika, 3 yrs
-gr. Fro , ,
2 2
The t, St a CaVendiSb, aged
evonport and Stonehouse Plate of 6CI. (handicap).
kr. 8),. Heats, once round and a distance.
Caw ":IPley's Brunette, aged (Moon) 1 1
IVa,'" Crofton's Ruse, 4 yrs ... ....
lii.' "ilkins' Red Rose, 6 yrs... 3 3
• •
itti kin g's Flash of Lightning, 3 yrs, 4 dr
ehelson Meadow Fiats of 30e., added to a Handicap of
kr. , . 2 sovs. each. Heats, one mile. (5 Subs.)
Atr. goldpivorthy's Woodbury, 3 yrs (Moon) 01 1
tte. flex. 8 Fiirt, 5 yrs
u_. Wilkins' Red Rose 6 yrs ..
irr.ll,arlisle's Blackball', 6 yrs
Thetwg's c, by Glaucus, out of Dick's Dam, 4 yrs 1
.dr
SA
Plate, of 100 toys, added to a Handicap of
SA 3Vs each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared ; the second to
tir-ILe his stake. Two miles and a distance. (12 Subs.)
)4,.. whitworth's Lady Sarah, 5 yrs, 6st I Ilb 1
kr'. yesseltine's Fitzwilliam, 3 yrs•, 4st 10Ib 2
• borne Bedale, 4 vrs, sst 71b
Won easy.
IlitililiblensPlate, of 50 sovs ; for 3 yrs old, 7st 6lb ; 4 yrs old,
yrs old, Bst 101 b; 6 yrs old and aged, 9st.
,kir. r ,iecc., allowed 31b. Heats, one mile and a quarter.
11r If "nes's Rritish Tar, 5 yrs
kr: uopkins's be Laine 4 vrs • -
„,, °rahVa Or cby Brat;, dam by Whisker, 3 yrs 3 3
The Pale. Won by half a length.
... of Lt.ne Free Handicap, of 10 sovs each, h ft, and
tilt j• t 25 added. One mile. (5 Subs.)
' 4.
It. der The Snob, 4 yrs
-'' Osborne's Bedale, 4 yrs 2
ilet. Itfs,• W on easy.
Dst -JestY'a Plate, of 103 guineas ; 3 yrs, 7st 51b ; 4 yrs,
tVr-0414.1 6 Yrs, 9st'lllb ; 6 yrs and aged, lOst 21b. Heats,
lijr, 1141,11e5.
u4r• St iklatn's Inheritress, 6 years ....
r. I,,!nthsh'
es Maid of Disley, 3 yr 5...... .........
mirapson nd Lavender, 4 yrs
13Pr , Won in a canter.
~,,tion iv-TING AT MANCHES FER.—FRIDAY.
4lle Druid to 1 agst tiourton (0-6 to 1 agst
tolt,,iiir jt)---.10 to 1 agst Columbus-12 to 1 agst Laura
ClkaJer"Ari agst The Dart.
R:131% 1,,„„1-04Ksuirit STAKES.-5 to 1 agst lago.
Sir Tattn-nu--- t' 1 agst Pyrihus the First-6 to 1 agst
.15°Y.---10-"to3;k4'-‘")-28 to- lagst Grims.ton-10 to 1 agst Fancy
-ISat 13r ' agst Triver.er-10 to 1 agst Ingo-15 to 1 Erin °"
rd
- '
1.,,, °*---20 to I agst Mount Callan 0)-25 to 1 agst
katanr-agh (t freely)-30 to 1 ag-t PoN nton (t)
---1,000 to 20 vgst Lord Warwick's Jereed colt (t).

COlO
Th.
4,, Pr
\el CO U CI Kt I) L.AR.
Wylde arrived at Osborne house on Th
ureaar;orchartiv
bag
ueen and Prince Albert left Osborne.nHouse
t ore three o'clock on Thursday afternoon,
Viscountess
Jocelyn
(1,4", e/ for Osborne Pier, attended by the
,1 ,
.i—Leoel 130%-les, Colonel Wyloe, and the Hon. Captain Lior-
rn, folios big in a second char-a-bane. The royal party em.
Parked in the Fairy for Gosport, and returned soon atter six
O'clock.
Their Royal llighnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred,
the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, went out on
Highness
in the rides on Thursday afternoon, and her Royal
Highness the Princess Helena was taken an airing in the
Pleasure grounds.
Colonel \Vyide hail the honour of joining the royal circle
oVinner in the evening.
‘e
ooYk their accustomed inornin, her Majety and her Royal Consort
early walk.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince
usual fred) the:'Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, took their
ezcercise yesterday morning, on the sea beach. Her
tito torenoon Righttess the Princess Helena was taken an airing in
1t...1;1er Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent was expected to
b'ertZ i!t. Osborne House yesterday afternoon, on a visit to
to theasty, travelling from her residence, Frogmore House,
the } arnborough Station, and proceeding from thence on
Iv'4ht , South-Western Railway, and crossing to the Isle of
kr in the Fairy.
• ` M. Stewart, M.P., accompanied by Mr. Cunard,t
11:yletn, Captain Nairn, Mr. Aderson,
and the Right
Mr. Alor-
on. ~ ano interview with Lord John nßussell i
Aavtamit!lorer Gibson yesterday, on the subject of the Steam
The er.lllll.
Earl of dit."lon of the Customs had an interview with the
Trakde. -are4don yesterday at the office of the Board of
Wtth Jo
ti `lh Wood, Chairman of the Excise, had an interview
"41qe,official
;-:hancellor of teeh Exchequer yesterday at his
-e 44 Downing-tr..

IVERSITY OF LONDON.

A_MERIC A.PPAIRS.
Ksv "R JU' 61.—Everythhig in relation to the
Th'x'em w""' -remai,:; it the same state that it was when I
Las;
ote. if any confidence is to be placed in the fun-ours
the city ot t extco, Pistsident Paredes is making pre-
paration to jein the army as its Csmmander•in-Chief. It is
also said that he is reinforcing it, with a determination to
give General Taylor battle. Ido not believe that Paredes,
or any other Mexican officer, will, if it can be avoided, meet
General Taylor in an open field fight. It would be the ex-
treme of rashness. The season anti the weather have pre-
vented, and will continue to prevent, until some time in
September, the American troops from making any important
advances into the country.
By the latest accounts from the army, General Taylor
must now have about 15,000 men under his command, and
there are in addition thereto between 5,000 and 10,000 more
on their route to join him. He is, as I believe, in much
greater danger from starvation and disease than from the
enemy.
So far as it is possible to form an opinion of the views and
determination of the President and his Cabinet, they are re-
solved to chastise the Mexicans in the severest manner.
Unless General Taylor should meet with some extraordinary,
and as improbable as extraordinary, disaster, nothing short
of the most abject and unconditional submission of the
Mexicans will satisfy this Government. California must be
given up. The United States, in fixing the boundary which
is to separate them from Mexico, will hold no argument, nor
will they suffer any interference. They will promptly settle
all difficulties that have or may arise—" peaceably if they
can; forcibly if they must."
The regiment destined for California is under the command
of Colonel Stevenson. It has been recruited with great care,
and is composed of men rather above the class of men
who ordinarily enlist as soldiers. They are gene-
rally farmers or mechanics, and they have en-
listed not only as soldiers, but as settlers also. They are to
receive at the close of the war about 350 acres of land for
each man, and as settlers they agree to remain in the coun-
try. In short, the sole object the-Government have in view
in sending out Colon, l Stevenson's Regiment is to take and
hold possession of California. This regiment sails on the 15th
of August, transport by sea having been provided.
This war is very unpopular, because, in the opinion of the
great majority, if not unjust, it was unnecessary ; but the
country being at war, its whole physical force and influence
will rally to its support. The sentiment so often quoted—
" Our country, right or wrong"— is practically sustained by
every American, even by those who freely condemn the war.
During the last, fortnight, but more especially during the
last week, great excitement has prevailed throughout the
United States on the subject of the new tariff, and certain
other measures connected therewith, such as the Sub Trea-
sury Bill, the Warehouse Bill, &c. It might be amusing,
but could nut be very interesting, to your readers to enter
into all the details which attended the passage of the Tariff
Bill through the Senate. Hope and fear alternately, for
several days, pervaded the ranks of the conflicting parties.
At length, however, on the 28th the Bill passed the Senate
by the casting vote of the Vice-President, Mr. Dallas. The
Senate stood—Ayes 27, Noes 27. One absentee, Mr. Jarna-
gin, and one vacancy, Mr. Heywood.
Either the friends of this Bill or the Whig party are most
egregiously mistaken as to the amount of revenue it will
produce. If the Administration should be in error, they
will feel the blow, because, according to their own estimates,
they will want all the money they have calculated to receive
from various quarters.
Briefly, in the opinion of some intelligent Whigs, the Ad-
ministration have under- estimated their expenditure during
the first year of the war at least ... 16,000,000
They have over-rated the amount to be realised
from the new twill' not less than 2,500,000
They have not taken into their estimate the
amount of the debentures to be issued for goods
be exported having paid the high duty, and
mmediately re-imported ...

BACHELOR OF MEDICINE.
Thin First First Examination.-1846.
tir)h. ri candidates presented themselves at this examine-
tork.l ' whom three withdrew before the examination was
tided, and the following passed :
FIRST DIVISION.
,1111°14nOt 1 Medical College of Calcutta,
h Bose ••• "• ...
atir and University College.
Citut, Joseph ... ... ... University College.
took—,,,,ek, hos. Armstrong University College.
EadeViobert Thomas ... King's College.
Fin. ' "ter
.. King's College.
G° 'William ::: . University College.
••• •••
Pal
_, Chunder Seal ... 1 Medical College of Calcutta,
'" and University College.
Osborne Guy's Hospital.
1 1,...fi1:tt tZt leo,r, BChnh 119; 1 eSsa nSayerltlel ... ... University College.
eton, Thomas- ... ... University College.
Isiti ,tiew, Joseph Farmer ... University College.
King's College.
tln'T"
was
William
..
University College.
pi Palmer, Edward .. •••
ic4Vorv, William Scoveli .. St. Bar- holomew's Hospital.
`Wilke, Samuel ... ... ... Guy's Hospital.

... 1,500,000

IRELAND.
DESTRUCTION OF THE POTATO CROP.

to pay the low duty. Total amount, say .. $10,000,000
No provision has been or can be made to meet this defi-
ciency of $ 10,000,000 until Congress again convenes. Mr.
Polk and his Cabinet deny that there is any probability of a
deficiency, assertir g that ample provision is made to meet all
contingencies.
In the new, and to some unexpected position in which the
public affairs of the United States are now placed, it is ♦ery
difficult to form any opinion as to what will be the effect of
this free-trade movement. If we are to judge of the future
by the past, we should not hesitate to say that the Ameri-
cans are a peculiar people, and that they have a happy faci-
lity in conforming their business and their habits to sur-
rounding and controlling circumstances. But to effect this
they require something like permanency. In the present
instance there is no prospect of that. The war against
the new tariff has already commenced, and will be continued
with great bitterness and violence.

The money market is quite easy. Few new engagements
are making, and consequently but little money is wanting.
The new tariff does not come into operation until December.
The probability is, therefore, that not many entries will be
made of goods paying the high duties, when the new tariff
is so soon to take effect. It is not improbable that arrange-
ments will be made in Engligid, France, and Germany, to
have cargoes of goods in our market to meet the new tariff;
and it is probable that these shipments, in many instances,
will prove most disastrous. Brother Jonathan, be assured,
has " cut his eye teeth."
If the Sub-Treasury Bill should be made to go into imme-
.•

diate operation, it may, and probably will, change the face of
the money-market it is, in effect, a declaration of war upon
the banks, and if struck they will probably return the blow.
When war was declared against Mexico, the Government
had in New-York batiks something more than 6,000,00 dolls. ;
they have now about 2,50(1,000 dolls; consequently they have
withdrawn more than half their deposit, and all the revenue
accruing and collected since the commencement of the war.
General Kearney is moving forward to the conquest of
New Mexico. Ha will halt at Bent's fort to recruit his men,
and will wait' there to be joined by Colonel Price's regiment.
His whole force will be about 3,200 strong, deemed amply
sufficient for the object. The last advices from him were of
the 10th inst.
The Sub Treasury Bill was taken up in the Senate yes-
terday.
Mr. Walker, Secretary of the Treasury, through Mr.
Lewis, the Chairman of the Finance Committee, proposed
.o to amend the Bill as to permit him, without restriction or
limitation, to draw upon the Sub-Treasury, which amend-
imat was rejected by the Senate—Yeas, 12; Nays. 30.
—Times. A GENEVESE TRAVELLER.

EXPERIMENTAL TRIP WITH

THE ANIPHION STEAM-FRIGATE.

DUBLIN, AUGUST 12.—The calamity is univeral. A vast
amount of the p.:tato crop has already been destroyed in
every county, and the remnant is rapidly decaying.
It is stated by the Limerick Reporter that Professor John-
ston, who is arrived in that city to lecture at the cattle show,
"counted upwards of 140 fields between Limerick and Dnb-
lin in which not a single stalk escaped; and the same de-
struction has been observed between Belfast and Dublin by
Dr. Rogers, and other gentlemen coming to the cattle show."
In the county of Mayo the crop has suffered terribly, and
the people are in a state of consternation. The fit:rowing
letter is from an intelligent and experienced agriculturist:—
' WESTPORT, AUGUST 10 —There is an end of the potato
for this season. From the Killory to this town-18 miles
both by sea-board and by mountain, between this and
Newport—in fact, on every side, this country presents
a most awful appearance. Judging by their looks,
the fields, one would think, had suffered from a severe
frost; and, worse than that, all vegetation is at an end. To
add to the misery of the poor, we were visited on last Friday
night by a most dreadful fall of rain, and many houses in
town had their cellars filed with water. In the country the
effects have been most serious, roads cut up, and crops along
the river sides covered by the mountain floods with stones
and gravel. Nothing can equal the dismay amongst all
classes; such a visitation as this no person living recollects,
and how the famine is to be averted God only knows. Our
fair was held on Thursday last, and cattle could not be sold
except at a ruinous sacrifice. Even milch cows fell 30s. a
head, chiefly owing to the attempt to force sales at any
price, to raise funds to meet the coming evil. Oatmeal ad-
vanced at Castlebar, I understand, to 18s. per cwt. from 145.,
and potatoes to 6d. per stone. There is a dreadful calm—a
feeling of despair—mind and energy are prostrated; and I
have no doubt, if means be not adopted by Government to
meet the evil in time, a loss of life by starvation will ensue
which it is fearful even to contemplate. A whole country
starving cannot be relieved by individuals."

At an extraordinary sessions, held in Castlebar on Friday,
the following resolution was adopted:—
" That we, the magistrates and cess-payers assembled at
special sessions for the barony of Carra and county of Mayo,
cannot separate without expressing our unanimous opinion
that the almost total failure of the potato crop of the present
season, and the destitution which must consequently ensue
amongst the labouring population, renders it absolutely
necessary that timer• precaution should be taken by the
Government to prevent the awful sacrifice of life and property
which must result therefrom.

" JOHN C. GARVEY, Chairman."
The Rev. Robert Potter, a clergyman of the E4ablished
Church, in a letter dated "The Glebe, Louisburgh (Mayo),
August 6," makes the following remarkable statement:—
"The potato crop in this place has become so much worse
since my last communication, that I now feel bound to assert
in this public manner, and without the least hesitation or
doubt, that nothing but speedy and well-sustained exertion
can save the people from all the horrors of famine. It will
require forty thousand pounds sterling to avert this
calamity, with all its attendant evils, in the parish
of Louisburgh alone. The early crop is such, that
in some cases you will rind one stone of potatoes out of
three (the remainder rotten); in others not one out of
six ; and every day growing worse. In some fields
the proportion is nct yet quite so bad; but they are
very few. Some people, hitherto very comfortable, de-
scribe themselves as quite wearied in digging potatoes so
as to get so much as will be sufficient for one meal for the
family, and that all rise from breakfast and dinner almost
as hungry as when they sat down. This is the condition
of the people as to the early potatoes, but as for the large or
late crop, there will not be any potatoes whatever to be
found. I assure you most positively that already many are
suffering hunger. In another week the number will be
greatly increased, and in the course of one month or
two there will be absolutely no potatoes at all,
unless, perhaps, with two or three families out of
one hundred. It is the more necessary that all prepara-
tion should be made without delay, because, if not, this
whole district will be a scene of the most horrid confusion,
every kind of fraud will be carried on in the management
of the public works, a system of injustice and favouritism
will prevail, and the most feeble and destitute will be
trampled down, and left to perish. I can say for the people
of this parish, with whom I have lived on the most kind
and friendly terms for twenty years, that it would be no
easy matter to exasperate their minds against their natural
protectors, but I very much fear that means may be taken
to kindle up unkind and bitter feelings. Let the people,
therefore, see that the Government and such of the nobility
and gentry as are placed over them will not be slow to
attend to their calamity at this awful crisis. The first thing
to be done is to make a searching inquiry into the real state
of these people. This cannot be by circular letters to a few
clergymen and others; that is all nonsense. Other steps
should be taken."

The Tipperary Vindicator, in describing the rapid progress
of the disease in that county, says :—" The leaves and stalks
appear tainted as if with a corroding mildew, or as if vitriol or
some caustic material was thrown upon them. We learn
that linen left out to bleach near Puckawn, last week, was
found much injured, in almost a similar manner, next
morning."
From numerous other districts the same gloomy reports
are made. Meantime great progress has been made with the
corn harvest. Wheat is described as a very good crop gene-
rally; but in various places oats has turned out a short crop.
DISTRESS IN CORK.-OPEN-AIR MEETINGS.
Referring to the projected open-air meetings in the county
of Cork, the Cork Reporter of yesterday deprecates such
assemblages, and warns the peasantry to consult their clergy
before attending them. But still that journal considers those
contemplated meetings of the labouring classes as the effect
of "the utter annihilation of the whole potato crop of the
district." That failure, with the stoppage of supplies from
the depots, has driven the people to the unwise courses upon
which they seem bent. The farmers' and the labourers'
wives wait by the ditch sides in despair, looking on while
their husbands break up the ground, in the vain labour of
seeking for the day's sustenance.
IRISH MUNICIPAL REFORM.

At the meeting of the Corporation of Dublin yesterday,
Mr. O'Connell said—" He thought himself safe in announcing
that a very considerable change in the constitution of the
Corporation would take place at probably an early period
of the next. session. As matters stood at present it was ex-
ceedingly likely. This was not a thing that would pro-
bably operate in a party way; on the contrary, he trusted
hereafter to see more of the gentlemen who differed with
him in polities in that assembly. It was most material to
the working out of the new system that all the citizens of
Dublin should have confidence in the Corporation—that
there should be a body established for the supervision of
taxation which would give satisfaction to every class. It
was time that there should be an end of party distinctions.
lie thought that they were in better temper towards each
other now than they were at the beginning of that Corpo-
ration. That was a spirit which he was sure the gentlemen
on the other side would be ready to cultivate—for his part
he would be ready to do so. The powers of the Corpo-
ration would be increased, and it would be then for them
to show that they were really a reformed Corporation, and
that the citizens of Dublin were to be benefited by their
exertions."

WOOLWICH, TH U HSHAY.—T he . Amphion steam- frigate,
built at Woolwich Dockyard, and fitted with Mr. Smith's
,crew-propeller, and engines designed by Count Rosen, and
constructed and fisted by Miller and Ravenhill, engineers,
Blackwell, proceeaed down the river at ten minutes before
six o'clock A.M., to try her engines and speed. Some time
previous to that early hour Captain Supe, intendent Houston
Stewart, C. 8., of her Majesty's Dockyard, Woolwich; Cap-
' ain Price. Captain Halstead, R N. ; Captain Thornton, R.N.,
and of the Oriental Company; Captain Schwabe, of the Rus-
sian navy; Commander Smith, R.N.; Mr. Lloyd, Chief En-
,4ineer of her Majesty': Dockyard, Woolwich; Count Rosen,
be inventor; and Messrs. Miller and Ravenhill, manufac
turers of the engines, embarked in this fine vessel to witness
her capabilities. On leaving her moorings it was considered
advisable to proceed at a moderate rate, and she performed
the first four miles in thirty-five minutes. the engines making
forty-six revolutions per minute. The Lightning steam-
vessel, Master-Commander Petley, left Woolwich at the same
time for the purpose of showing the respective speed of both
v.fssels. When opposite Purfieet, Massey's log was thrown
overboard, one on the starboard and one on the larboard side of
the Amphion, and after remaining an hour in the water, gave a
'peed of 6.2 knots per hour. The Lightning steam-vessel was
then signalled to come up and proceed at full speed, which she
did, and a greater quantity of steam being obtained in the
Amphion, she accomplished 6.7 knots during the next hour,
making 2,652 revolutions in that period, or nearly forty-eight
revolutions per minute, working remarkably smoothly and
easily, although the engines were, in a manner, tried for the
first time, the trial in the basin at Woolwich having merely
been made to ascertain if they fitted correctly.
At seven minutes past nine o'clock the Lightning hoisted
her signals, to denote her number when opposite Sheerness,
and at that time the Amphion was about the eighth of a
mile astern, making excellent progress, and exceeding the
most sanguine expectations of the designer of her engines
and the constructors, who would not guarantee a greater
speed than five knots per hour, owing to the small compara-
tive power of the engines, 300-horse power to a frigate of
36 guns, built for a sailing vessel, although subsequently
adapted for a screw- propeller. This speed was maintained
nearly throughout the entire distance of her outward trip to
the south. west reach, beyond the lighthouse on the Maplin
Sands. At 35 minutes past twelve • o'clock the Amphion
turned round in the short space of five. minutes on her pro-
gress back to Woolwich, answering her helm with the
greatest nicety, and in the face of a very strong breeze
which had set in, made admirable progress. The engines
having become smoother, the number of revolutions reached
49, and, in some instances, 50 per minute, without heating
in the least degree, and in scarcely any instance have we
witnessed more perfectly adjusted or better working engines.
The great advantage of Count Rosen's engines are, that
they will be upwards of two feet under water, calculating the
upper part of the boilers as the highest elevation. The
engines are apparently on the locomotive principle, and the
action of the pistons horizontal instead of perpendicular, as
is almost invariably the case in steam-vessels with paddle-
wheels. The diameter of the screw-propeller of the Amphion
is fourteen feet. She is the largest vessel yet tried on this
principle, and the result has been so satisfactory as to place
it beyond doubt that the screw-propeller_ will ultimately be-
come universal for war-steamers. The speed to-day cannot
he considered a fair criterion of the velocity that may be ob-
tained, as the Amphion was only immersed about sixteen
feet ten inches, but will, when ready for sea, be nearer twenty-
one feet, and, consequently, give the screw-propeller a far
better purchase and greater velocity. The engines are more
compact, and occupy much less room than the engines where
paddle-boxes are u•ed ; and the wetgihetsotfhathiei screw-propeller
ponderousw-propller
being only about three tons, is far Thwheels requisite fur vessels of great magnitude. eAm-
phionsixo'clock,pas and shortly after passed Gravesend, on herterin
return,havged n
atminuteslootesennoeof the
befi)rlee
joints of her feed pipe, the steam was allowed to escape, as it
would have taken about an hour to mend it, and she was
towed by the Lightning to Greenhithe, where she anchored
for the night, her depth of draught of water preventing her
further progress up the river during the ebb tide. This simple
occurrence does not in any way detract from the principle of
the machinery and general performance during the day,
which gave entire satisfaction. Captain-Superintendent
Houston Stewart, and the party who went down the river
.n the Amphion, returned at twenty minutes past six o'clock
rem Greenhithe to Woolwich.

ILLNESS OF THE MARQUIS OF WATERFORD —The Marquis
of Waterford is dangerously ill. The Surgeon-General left
yesterday by express for Curraghmore, county of Waterford,
:he seat of the Noble Marylis._

SECOND DIVISION.
kttnrN itage Thomas Rhodes ... King's College.
University College.
t',4P, Henry King College.
ena, Edward William ... St. George's Hospital.
etans, .lohn Owen ... ... University College.
William Thomas ... University College.
Li 1, W4lter Battershell ... King's College.
it'lsdd, Frederick Foreman ... University College.
SlZertson, James ... .. St. Thomas's Hospital.
Ztat.374l) Humphrey ... University College.
—`4lll,'Sherard Freeman... University College.
Lad

day his Brougham arrived at Brougham-hall on Tues-
Yeera.st• Her Ladyship bad not been in the north for some
„
~"lat, a `'ilani.Es ETHERELL.—We are happy to state
kton• eeording to the accounts received yesterday, the Right
clag: Ltd Learned Baronet continues to improve, but the
'I not yet past.
at lt,,e celebrated Danish painter. Holm, died suddenly
dile at the commencement of the month. He resided in
I.)_°'Y City during the last two years.
Ittto,„4„111, OP MR WARD.—lntelligence was received
is
et h this morning of the death of G. H. Ward, Esq.,
teas residence in Hertford, at an advanced ag,e. The de-
etg_entlelman was the father of the Hon. Secretary to
rural. 'ultra ty. He was the author of " Tremaine," and
°f4kattirlYirh,ebt the office of one of the Lay Lords of the Board
rib Tr
'or th • b YACHT CLUB, LONDON.—T be eligible
tlid,„-.4 club, whieh is situate at 87, St. James's-street, a can-
lietiilaillu:t be either a naval officer of or above the rank ~f
Years "", or Dave been a member of a yacht club for three
viz.,' °r be now a member of one of the following clubs,
2. The \
The :".Yal Yacht Squadron Cowes, Isle of Wight.
Tie-" Royal Western Yacht Club of Plymouth.
4, Royal Victoria Yacht Club of Ryde.
5, ie
r,, Royal Southern Yacht Club of Southampton.
6. the Royal Eastern Yacht Club of Leith.
7, T" Royal Northern Yacht Club of Glasgow.
8, The Royal Harwich Yacht Club.
9. Royal Cork Yacht Club.
10, I,e Royal King-town Yacht Club (Ireland).
,"e Royal Mersey Yacht Club, Liverpool.
• beri,he ReyalThames Yacht Club.
(Pha-,,b, the Present week tha Hon. G. A Byron, R. Y. S.
Y--"M Yacht), Sir J. R. Carnac, Bart. Qieroine yacht),
14eiZv9, rat other leading yachtsmen, have joined the United
The annual subscription is eight guineas.
/314.--SEItIOUS INDISPOSITION OF Ma. KEELEY.
11,2terday evening a notice was posted at the Lyceum
thitritre which caused disappointment and regret; it stated
OtUtiv.e°ll6equenee of the suthien and serious indisposition
$t l3'+ the thew. would nit be pad.

Articles.

T. Coffee, per 100 lb. gross.

stiiß SU.* LONDON, SAIIUR,DAY EVENING, AUG CST 15, 1846.

TARIFF OF AHE PAPAL STATES.
It would seem that his Holiness the new Pope, in addition
to the many other claims his clemency and liberality have
given him upon the affections of his subjects, is about also to
appear in the character of a commercial reformer. The
following translation of an official notice, published on the
2d ult., will be found to announce some important reductions :

" OFFICIAL DOCUMENT.
" His Holiness our Lord, with the view of applying use-
ful reforms to sundry articles of the existing Customs' tariff,
whilst he has ordered us to confirm the generous premiums
established in favour of the manufacturers of woollen cloths
by the notifications of the 21st of August, 1835, and the 11th
of April, 1842, has authorised us, viva voce, to publish the
following resolutions:—

" The import and export duties on the articles enumerated
in the following prospectus are reduced to the rate therein
indicated.

" This modification will take effect in the declarations for
duty which shall be presented at the Custom-houses dating
from the ith of the current month. From the said day
thenceforward the introduction and deposit of any finished
article of clothing whatsoever will no longer be allowed in
the ports and the free cities of Ancona and Civita Vecchia,
under pain of immediate confiscation.
" The same arrangement will take effec
Sinigaglia in future years during the fair.
PROSPECTUS.—IMPORT DI

Duties.

Woollen cloths of every descrlp-,
tion, per 100 Roman lb. net

Scud'. BA)

25 0

2. Con m )11 woollen manufactures
3. pure s lk manufactures, per 1001
It, in lb. net ......•

4. Manufactures of mixed mate..
rials, silk, &c., per 100 Roman'

5. Cotton manufactures, per 100
Roman lb.

6. Sugar, raw and refired, per 100
Roman lb. gross

I No alteration.

EXPORT
White or coloured cocoon silk,'
per 1001 b. gross .. . ... „
Ra tartar, per 1001 b. gross

100 0

50 0

for the city of

Remarks.

Formerly 60 sc., re-
reduced-38 1-3 p.c.

No alteratiou.

Formerly 100 sc.,
reduced 50 per ct.

8 0

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTEL-

Formerly 12sc., re-
duced 231-3 pr ct.

I 80

Formerly 3sc., re-
duced 40 per cent.
Formerly 25c.751b.,
reduced 13 per ct.

2 40

DUTIES.
I 060 1
0 50

Formerly half, now
doubled.

" Given from our residence of Monte Citorio, the 2d of
July, 1846. " GIACOMO ANTONELLI.

" Treasurer-General.
" ANGELO M. VANNINI,
" Commissary-General of the R.C.A.
" FILIPPO APPOLINI,
" Secretary and Chancellor of the R.C.A."

AFFAIRS AT OTAHEITE.

We have been favoured with another letter (dated
April 15th) from Otaheite, written by the intelligent
young officer on board one of her Majesty's ships at
Papiete, whose former interesting communication re-
specting Otaheitean affairs was given in our columns on
the 7th inst. That letter (which had been received only
the preceding day) was dated January 22, whereas the
present (written nearly three months afterwards)
reached England only a week later—a curious proof of
the irregularity of the arrivals from that portion of the
globe. The following are interesting extracts from the
said letter (for which we have to thank Mr. Brindal, of
the Haymarket Theatre) :
" I have just received a whole " batty" of letters and
papers by a French man-of-war brig, this day, from the
Marquesas, where they had been brought from Valpa
raiso, by the Mearth. They are dated respectively
March 30, May 16, June 16, and July 13 (latest date).
It is now nearly 14 months since we received any letters
before this; I shall, therefore, leave you to imagine
what our feelings were upon the receipt of these to-
day. I have such a deal of news to tell you, that I
scarce know where to begin. I am sorry you express
3 our intention of sending me no more letters or papers,
on account of the letter you saw (relating to her Ma-
jesty's ship Talbot) in the Times of July 6, 1845. I
saw the same letter myself, and I am surprised at your
believing all you see in the newspapers; for I can assure
yon there is not at present the slightest probability of
our even leaving Otaheite, much more coming home;
every ship on the station irdistributed, and we cannot
leave here without being relieved. I am afraid it will be
a very very long time before I shall have the pleasure
of seeing you ; and now for the news..
" About five o'clock on the evening of the 20th March,
the natives, who have been (and are still) encamped
without the town of Papiete, suddenly made an attack on
the town; we instantly called away every boat to fetch
off the British residents, missionaries, &c., and the fir-
ing was kept up with great spirit and resolution by the
natives ; they set fire to several of the houses of the
French, and those natives _ who had shown themselves

LIGE NCE.
WOOLWICH, Ace. 14.—Commander Smith, R.N., with
the crew and Royal Marines of the William and Mary yacht,
and Mr. Stuart, the pilot who navigated the Amphion steam-
frigate down the river on her experimental trip on Thursday,
remained-on board all night at her moorings at Greenhithe,
and the Lightning steam-vessel, Master-Commander Petley,
proceeded to Greenhithe, this morning, returning with the
Amphion in tow at a quarter past eight o'clock. A singular
and fatal ftceident occurred at nine o'clock on Thursdayeven-
ing to one of the crew of the Lightning, named George Ro-
binson. On the arrival df that vessel opposite Woolwich
Dockyard on her return with the party `rho went down the
river in the Amphion, the late George Robinson was desired
to go down from the Lightning into the boat, and make the
vessel fast to the mooring buoy in the river, and he stepped
upon the buoy for that purpose, and placed the rope through
the iron ring attached to it, but some delay having taken
place in his returning the end of the rope to those on board,
he was repeatedly calledupon, without returning any answer.
Another of the crew was sent to the buoy to ascertain the
cause, when he was horror struck to observe that his com-
rade was dead, and lying on the buoy. The body was im-
mediately taken on shore, and Mr. Stuart, surgeon, was
promptly in attendance, but life was extinct, and all attempts
to restore him unavailable.
The Janus, steam-vessel, formerly experimented upon
with rotary engines by the Earl of Dundonald, has returned
to Deptford to be. fitted with machinery, to render her ser-
viceable.
The Odin steam vessel, recently launched at Deptford, has
been removed to the East India Docks, to be fitted with her
machinery.
The Trident steam vessel, Lieutenant Commander Rigge,
left Woolwich on Wednesday afternoon, for Devonport and
Malta. The Trident is externally a very smart looking
vessel, and is to be placed at the disposal of Lieutenant Wag-
horn, of overland journey celebrity, to aid him in testing the
merits of the Trieste route.

The Sidon is ordered to be commissioned immediately at
Woolwich, by Captain W. 11. Henderson, C. 8., and the
following ~fficers have been appointed to her :—Lieutenant,
G. H. Gardner; Paymaster and purser, R. M. Jeffery; Gun-
ner, John foss; Boatswain, William Tilbury; and Carpenter,
Thomas Witey.
APPOINTMENTS TO WOOLWICII DOCKYARD.—MT. Wil-
liam Chambers acting inspector, confirmed, vice Stuart, pro-
moted ; Mr. Chamber;,
Ridgway, to be acting inspector, vice
Chambers.
The following circulars have just been issued :
"Admiralty, July 3, 1846.
"MEMORANDUM.—Whereas in article 5, sec. 1, chap. 2,
page 6, of the Queen's regulations, it is ordered that—' In
the event of an officer being in command of one of her
Majesty's ships abroad, as Commodore of second class, or
as Captain receiving official notification from the Admiralty,
or the Commander-in-Chief of the station on which he is
serving, of his having been promoted to the rank of Flag
Officer, he is forthwith discharged to the supernumerary
list for a passage to England, and another officer is to be
appointed to the temporary command of the ship, unless the
senior officer on the spot, or himself, if the senior officer
present, shall from peculiar circumstances consider it essen-
tially necessary for the benefit of the Queen's service,
that such promoted officer should continue for a time
to retain his command of the ship as Commodore
or Captain as the case may be ; in which case it shall
be permitted for him to retain the command as long as so
requisite, and no longer; but he is not to hoist his flag nor
assume any rank or command beyond what he previously
held in the said ship, unless, while so employed, he should '
meet with a flag officer, junior to himself, having a flag
flying, or shall be called to attend as member of a court-
martial ; under either of which occurrences ho is to hoist
his proper flag without any special order to that effect, and
to take rank and command accordingly. Every flag, how-
ever, so hoisted, without a special order from the Admi-
ralty, in consequence of so meeting a junior flag officer
with his flag flying, or being so called to attend as a member
of a court-martial, shall always be immediately struck, on
parting company from such junior flag officer, or on the
closing of any such court-martial, and no increase or alte-
ration of any kind, either of pay or of officers or retinue,
or claim of prize or freight money, or other advantage,
shall be allowed because a flag be so casually hoisted, un-
less the Admiralty, in consideration of any peculiar cir-
cumstances attending such occurrence see reason to order
otherwise.

" And whereas no provision has been made expressly to
govern the cases of other officers similarly circumstanced,
such as a commander, whilst commanding a sloop of war, re-
ceiving official information of his having been promoted to
the rank of captain, but not appointed to any rated ship on
the spot ; or a lieutenant receiving official information of his
having been promoted to the rank of commander. My
Lords are therefore pleased to direct that the principles
established in the article before quoted is so far to govern in
the latter cases that such officers, notwithstanding their
having received intimation of their advancement, are not,
whilst they continue to perform the duties of :the inferior
stations they held previously to hearing of their promotion,
to be entitled to assume any superior command, or to receive
any higher full pay than previously possessed, except in the
event of a commander so circumstanced being required to
attend a court martial, in which case he is to take his
seat thereat according to his rank as captain. But officers
under the circumstances before mentioned are to be su-
perseded from the ships in which they have been serving
with inferior rank, so soon as the public service will admit
of it, either by a senior officer placing an officer present to
act in the lieu of such officer promoted, or if the officer pro-
moted should be himself the senior present, then he is to
discharge himself from such inferior station, directing the
officer next in command to him to fill such vacancy, until
the pleasure of the Commander-in-Chief or c. f the Admiralty
be made known thereof, unless circumstances should induce
such senior officer so promoted to consider his thus acting
may prove injurious to the public service at the moment, and
in such case he is to act as before directed, immediately the
service will admit of his so doing.
" By command of their Lordships,
" 1.1. CORRY.
" To all Flag Officers, Commanders-in-Chief,
Captains, and Commanding Officers, of
her Majesty's ships and vessels."
" Admiralty, July 20, 1846.
" MEMORANDIIM.—The Lords Commissioners of the Ad-
miralty are pleased to direct, that no clerks assistant shall in
future be rated or entered on board any of her Majesty's
ships at home or abroad without their permia3zon.
By command of their Lordships,
" H. G. WARD.
" To all Commanders in-Chief, Captains,
and Commanding Officers of her Ma-

traitors to Pomare. One old chief was actually riddled
through and through with bullets. Of course the
ship was crowded with people from the shore. The
French had several killed and wounded, the exact
number not known ; however, the natives have con-
tinued annoying them from every hill, every day regu-
larly (except Sundays.) We have seen several killed, and
they persist in saying that they had had no one hurt.
Their spleen is directed particularly to us (who they
imagine excite the natives, and supply them with arms
and ammunition). You recollect my speaking of Mr.
Havery, surgeon ; a ruffianly French native shot him in
the head the other day, on shore, must deliberately ; he
escaped by a miracle, the ball passing through his cap
and scraping the skull clean, taking with it the hair and
scalp. lam glad to say he is now quite well ; the man
was tried by the French, and acquitted, of course, al-
though it was clearly proved on the trial that he took
deliberate aim. In consequence of this row, the officers
are compelled to be off to the ship every night at sun-
set. Some amusement was required, so we started a
small branch of the drama in this desert, which has
thrived wonderfully. There are some ladies here

(and pretty ones), daughters of an old captain who
settled here some years ago, who, of course, have
never seen any thirg like a play ; they were, there-
fore, delighted, amused, and wonder-stricken, to be
introduced to the features of Mr. Grimaldi ; and I'm
sure its the first time the forests of Tahiti have been
awakened by the echoes of Hot codlins,' &c. On Mon-
day next we have Bornbastes, under the immediate pa-
tronage of captain and officers, not forgetting Mrs. H.,
who has made Distaffina a dress.
" P. S. I had almost forgotten to mention that the
French marched out to attack the natives on Sunday
last ; they landed at Taponaa, and lost about eighteen
hands ; the natives having defeated them, taken their
boats, and three prisoners—a most disgraceful affair.
If Punch could have seen them march in again, it would
have afforded him a fine sketch. We sing Rule Bri-
tannia' every night, enough to crack our throats, which
annoys the French considerably. They don't allow any
ships to sing after sunset, but can't stop us, for Bri-
tons never, never, never,' &e. You know the rest."—
Advertiser.

jesty's ships and vessels."
SHEERNESS, TIIURSDAY.—The Garland steam packet,
Master Commander Smithet, with their Majesties the King
and Queen of the Belgians on board, passed the Nore about
six P.M. yesterday, en route to Ostend. They were saluted
with twenty-one guns from the Ocean, the flag-ship of the
Comm ander- in-C hief.

The Trident, new iron steam sloop, Lieutenant Commander
Charles G. Rigge, destined for a packet in the Mediterranean,
passed down in about an hour after for Portsmouth and
Southampton. On her voyage hence to Greenhithe on Sun-
day last, she broke down, and it was feared she would have
to proceed to Woolwich to have her engines put to rights,
but fortunately the damage was not much, and after a suc-
cessful trial in Long Reach yesterday she proceeded on to
Portsmouth. Lieutenant Wagborn having selected her for
his experiment in the Mediterranean, great dispatch has
been made in getting her ready for sea, scarcely a month
having been occupied in her equipment.
The North Star, 26, Captain Sir J. E. Home, Bart., daily
expected home from the West India station, is orderd to be
received and paid off at Chatham.
The Birkenhead, iron steam-frigate, also fitting for the
pendant here, will not be ready before the end of September.
The Recruit, iron 12-gun brig, Commander Slade, has
bent sails, and will leave the fitting basin to-morrow. She
has five months' provisions on board, and the following
armament, viz., ten 32-pounders, 25 cwt. each, 6 feet long,
and two 18-pounders, 20 cwt. each, 6 feet long, with two
12-pounder carronades for boats. Draught of water forward,
13 feet 1 inch ; aft, 14 feet 5 inches. Height of midship port,
about 5 feet from the water's edge. Mr. Ditchburn, her
constructor, inspected her on Tuesday.
The Hound, 10, Commander Wood, is all ataunt, and is
now being painted. Her armament consists of the following
guns, viz., two 32-pounders. 32 cwt. each, 6 feet 6 inches
' long; and six 32-pounders, 25 cwt. each, 6 feet long; with
two 12-pounder carronades for boats. She will go into har-
bour next week. She is nearly fully manned. The Recruit
is not yet half-manned, from which it would appear that
Jack prefers the " wooden walls " to iron ones.
The Raven cutter, Lieutenant Stephens, has been to Yar-
mouth for volunteers, from whence a goodly number of
seamen are constantly procured for general service.
Ships in Dock—The Horatio, 44, fitting as a block ship ;
the Euryalus, 44, as a convict ship; and the Birkenhead,
steam frigate, for commission; also the Dart, 3, brigantine,
building.
In Harbour—The Ocean, 80, flag ship, pro tem.; the Raven,
3, and the African and Wildfire, steamers.
CmyrnAm, AuG. 14.—The Mutine, 12 guns, Commander
Robert B. Crawford, in dock, was paid off on the 11th inst. ;
a collection on the day of paying her off, was made on board
by the gallant officer in command, when his officers and crew
subscribed upwards of 11/., which the worthy officer placed
into the hands of the widow of the late John Hammond, who
unfortunately lost his life while in the execution of his duty
off the Cape of Good Hope. This ship has the whole of her
copper stripped off her bottom, and the workmen are engaged
making good the damage she sustained by getting on shore
in the straits of Madagascar, while chasing • slaver. She
will then be fresh coppered, and placed again in commission.
In Harbour, the Bull-dog steam sloop, fitting for sea.
TRoOrh FROM HALIFAX AND IlEnmuDA.—The following
detachments of regiments arrived at the Invalid Depot, St.
Mary's Barracks, Brompton, consisting of twenty-two men'
attached to the 2d Battalion, Rifle Brigade, fourteen men of
the Reserved Battalion. eighteen men of the 77th Regiment,
and six women and eighteen children, ten of them being or-
phans. These troops aie from Halifax; they embarked on
board the troop-ship Athol on the 20th June last, and at
Bermuda took on board detachments of the Ist Royals, 7th
Royal Fusiliers, 19th Foot, 23d Welch Fusiliers, and 71st
Highland Light Infantry, to the number of 57 men, with se-
veral women, and a company of Royal Sappers and Miners.
On their arrival at Spithead the troops, with the exception
of the Sappers, were placed on board the ship Princess Royal.
The whole of the soldiers will be discharged on pensions.
PORTSMOUTH, FRIDAY.—The Contest, 12-gun brig, Com-
mander M'Murdo, sailed from Spithead this morning, for the
coast of Africa. Commander Douglas, lately appointed to
the Pantaloon, goes out in her.
The Columbine, 16, arrived from Chatham yesterday morn-
ing. She came into harbour this forenoon, in consequence of
a leak having been discovered in her bow. It is as yet un-
certain whether it will be necessary to dock.
The Comet, Lieutenant Johnson, sailed last night with
dispatches for the Channel Fleet, under Sir W. Parker,
G.C.B.
The Rifleman steam-gun vessel is to go to Woolwich a few
days, to receive her engines. She is being rigged for that
purpose.
The Gladiator steam frigate, Captain Robb, and the Athol
troop-ship, are refitting. The latter is to be reported ready
for sea on Tuesday next.
The Mercury cutter sailed last night for Yarmoush, to fetch
Lieutenant Woolridge and a party of divers, belonging to the
Excellent, who have been employed in blowing up a wreck.
The Penelope steam frigate is refitting with the utmost
celerity. She will be ready for the pendant about the end of
the month.
ROYAL MARINES.—The following gentlemen having passed
the requisite examination at the Royal Naval College, will
receive commissions next week :—Messrs. Harris, Wilson,
Dunn, Parry, Cox, and Taylor.
sHEEKNEss, Auo. 13.—The Columbine, 16, Commander
Booth, having had her compasses adjusted and undergone
the usual inspection by the Commander-in-Chief, sailed on
Friday for Spithead, where she is to be paid advance wages,
and afterwards proceed to the East India station.
The Goodwill lighter arrived on Monday from Portsmouth,
and the Duck on Tutiaday from Plymouth, with stores for
the dockyard. The Goodwill has gone to Chatham, the Dilck
and Rochester remain unloading.
The Dragon steam-frigate is very nearly ready for the
pendant. The rimers have gammoned the bowsprit, and it
is expected she will be very shortly commissioned. Since
the .itirtunate diScOVeri of WS on board this vessel, and the

MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.—CHATHAM. AUG. 12.
Colonel Sir Thomas Willshire, K.C.8., Commandant of
this garrison, has issued garrison orders to Colonel Thomas
Weare, K.H., the officer in command of the provisional
battalion, to hold the undermentioned detachments in readi-
ness to embark at Gravesend en the 15th inst., on board the
ship Alfred, for Bengal, viz., 6 men of the 24th Regiment, 5
men of the 29th Foot, 66 men of the 51st King's Own Light
Infantry, 10 men of the 61st, 38 men of the 80th, and 47 men
and 1 boy of the 94th Regiment, making a total of 173 per-
sons. The following officers are under orders to embark
with the troops Ensign H. E. Fardell, and Ensign H. R.
Browne, of the 9th Foot; Assistant-Surgeon Alexander
Mackey Macbeth, of the 29th ; Lieutenant Reed, of the 32d ;
Major F. Mainwarren, Captain R. D. Baker, Captain E.
Isham, Lieutenant David Stephenson, Ensign S. G. Carter,
Ensign R. G. S. Mason, Ensign Arch. Robertson, Ensign
Mame, Ensign Conge and Ensign Edward O'Callaghan, of
the 51st Light Infantry; Ensign R. J. E. Reed, of the
62d ; Ensign the Hon. J. H. Montague Browne, of the
80th ; and Ensign G. Colclough Pemberton, of the 94th
regiment. On Monday, the 10th inst., a board of field
officers assembled in the officers' main guard-room, at
Chatham Barracks, for the purpose of inquiring into
several complaints made against the canteen-keeper, for
overcharging in the price of different articles of provisions
for the use of the soldiers; Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas E.
Kelly was president. Evidence was given by Major T.
Smith, the barrack-master, and Lieutenant Bond, acting-
quartermaster of the Provisional Battalion. A district
court-martial assembled on the 10th inst., in the general
court-martial room, Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Stevens,
R.M., president, for the trial of private Gideon Euspin, of
the 3rd Light Dragoons, charged with desertion from the
cavalry depot at Maidstone, and making away with his regi -
mental necessaries. The prisoner was dressed as a sailor, and
deserted at the time he was under orders for embarkation.
The case against the prisoner being closed, Thomas Strutton,
a private of the Bth koot, was then tried for desertion. The
Court then adjourned, and again assembled on the following
morning, when John O'Many, a prisoner belonging to the
18th Foot, Royal Irish, was tried for being found asleep on
his post, whilst on duty in her Majesty's dockyard at Chat.
ham ; after which, Sergeant Thomas Bentley, of the Wool-
wich Division of the Royal Marines, was tried for being
drunk, he being in charge of an escort with two prisoners,
for the military prison at Fort Clarence. Evidence was given
that the prisoner was intoxicated on his arrival at the prison.
The sentences against the prisoners are not known.
EXCISE RESTRICTIONS ON CHEMISTS AND DRUGGISTS.
Bill
VitNtt‘hhh,eaeeons
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—A meeting of chemists and druggists was held on Wednesday,
at the Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, for the purpose
of receiving a report from the deputation appointed to wait
on the Chancellor of the Exchequer, to obtain the amend-
mentand stated the proceedings and result of the
The Chancellor of the Exchequer had received
or withdrawal of the Spirit Licenses and Duties Bill
recently brought into the House of Commons. Mr. Drew
and upon the representations made to
took
deputation.th chair,T
ey;al of the most objectionable clauses in
them with great courtesy, and, after receiving their sugges-
tions, referred them to the Board of Excise. The deputation
either expuyged. or amended. The Bill
striking feature
till,
prliea had been in it being that above sixty articles used in the
business would be under tho supervision of the Excise,
ing
it were carried unanimously.
ex-
cluded from its operation. Mr. Baron Mr. Mecers.sDitayvyfo,
rMor.pßpoospinerg,
Mr White, Mr. Mowbray, Mr. Dlorson, and Mr. Hudson
againsturg
One of the resolutions was to the effect that the frauds upon
the Excise, which it was the object of the Bill to suppress,
would be best prevented by the registration of all buildings
tandedrßesilsie,da
ntdh the e
stno
leuettiionngs,
in which stills were used. At the close of the proceedings a
petition against the Bill was numerously signed.
CURE FOR THE CATERYILLA.II.—A gentleman at
Galashiels has discovered that exhausted bark spread °lithe
surface round the roots of gooseberry bushes is an effectual
remedy for caterpillar. His garden used to be much in-
fested by these destructive insects, which he had tried various
modes of rooting out without success, until a lucky chance
led him to try the, effect of refuse bark from the tan-yard.
Two years ago he spread a considerable quantity of it round
the roots of all the bushes in his garden, .excePt one or two.
Those missed were seriously injured by the caterpillar; all
the others .were perfectly saved. The next year he neglected
to renew the bark, and every bush in the garden was affected
with the disease. This year he again resorted to it, and
not a single caterpillar is to bee seen. A more simple and
cheap remedy could scarcely be wished for. A cart load of
the bark, which coats about sixpence, is amply sufficient for
the largess garden.

cause of its origin, the bull's :yes of all the vessels izz the
exposed to the sun Irave assn temporarily cottiwi:
with small sheets of tin; and the workil?en are ordered ou
no account to leave their working clothes oil board the ves-
sels, but to hang them up in a place now appr,;2riated for
the purpose.
The Secretary of the Admiralty (Mr. Ward) is repono
to have said, that in addition to the sixteen iron steamers
already in commission, and four built which aro not yet
in commission, " there were seven more now building
by contract, including the Sidon, the largest of the whole,
which was of 3,P54 tons, and 7so horse-power.
The Sidon is a wmxlen vessel, built and fitted with engines
under the direction of Corrtntokri., Sir Charles Napier.
The Simoom is an iron vessel, bailding and being fitted
with engines, &c., by Mr, Robert Napier,. tf Glasge-F.
The following are some particulars of this Inrmen?e,skip
Fees fume,

Length, extreme
... . ... .. ... 250 0

Ditto, between perpendiculars

, . .
Ditto, on the keel for tonnage
Beam, extreme
Depth from below the upper or sheer deck 80 0
Draught of water
Power of engines
...
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Diameter of propelling screw
Distance of every part of the engines, boilers. and
steam-chest, below the water line, six feet. To stow 800
tons of coal,

She has 32 gun ports on main deck.
Armament preparing for her—
Upper or sheer deck : Cwt.
2 8-inch guns, weighing
4 8-inch guns, weighing

2 32-pounders, weighing 7-5
Main deck :-
12 32 pounders, weighing
There is one chimney, which is the only part of the appa-
ratus connected with the engines or boilers which is to be
seen on the upper deck—the main deck—or the orlop deck.