The Sun.
London, England, 1848-04-20 00:00:00

KEEPERS ASSOCIATION.

On Tuesday the anniversary dinner or.,this association
was held at the Freemason's Tavern, Great Queen-street,
Lincoln's Inn-fields, David W. Wire, , in the chair.
Upwards of a hundred members of the society sat down
to dinner. Mr. Harker acted as toastmaster, and Messrs.
Sporle, Turner, and other vocalists assisted in the musical
entertainments.

The usual loyal toasts having been drunk with great
enthusiasm,
The CHAIRMAN said the next toast was one which re-
lated to the immediate object of their festive meeting
that evening, and would he received, he was sure, with
the cordial►ty w hich it deserved ; it was " Prosperity to
the Coffee and Eating house Keepers' Assoc►ation."—
(Cheers.) Ile learned from their secretary that this
institutio❑ had been established in 1837, that at its be-

ginning its means were very small, but that fromhyear to
year these means had gone on increasing until t
mo-
ment, when the Soeiety had established a fund
of at
2,000/.
—(Hear, hear.) He also learned that the society had
begun to distribute its funds amongst the most necessi-
tous of its members, and the great anxiety of the o ffic
of the institution was to increase its means, in order
that they might be enabled to afford assistance
to a larger number of deserving claimants than were
now recipients of its bounty.—(Hear and cheers.)
And when they looked at the trade with which this as-
sociation was identified, they must naturally desire that
it should flourish. It was a trade which afforded to the
poor man that relaxation which was not to be met with
in similar establishments on the Continent, for when a
person went into a London coffee or eating-house he
obtained not only sustenance for his body but the best
of food for his mind, in the various valuable publica-
tions which were to be met with there, and the perusal
of which refined the ideas, elevated the mind, and raised
the whole man in the scale of society, making him a
better father and better husband than in all probability
he would have been, if we had not had recourse to such
publications.—(Hear, hear.) lie therefore felt that they
could not but desire with him, that such places of en-
tertainment should be greatly multiplied.—(Hear, hear.)
He learned from the secretary that there were in Lola
don not less than 2,000 of those places, which afforded
to the public the mental and physical advantages to
which he had referred; and yet he regretted to be
obliged to observe that not more than one-third of this
number were members of this Society.—(bear, hear.)
He could only attribute the circumstance to the fact,
that the great body of the trade were ignorant of the
existence of so valuable an institution ; and he was
quite assured if the subject was fairly laid before the
trade generally, they would eagerly come forward, and
give it their best support.—(Bear.) He trusted that
every gentleman whom he now addressed would go to
his neighbour and explain to him the nature and object
of the society, and never leave him until he was enrolled a
member.—(Hear, hear.) If this were done he could not
persuade himself but that every person connected with
the trade would at once give in his adhesion to the so-
ciety. If it was true that princely fortunes faded away
almost in a moment, was it not of the greatest possible
consequence, that persons identified with a trade, such as
that under consideration, which was so uncertain and
fluctuating in its nature, should take effective means to
prevent those of their body who might fall into distress,
from being left to the cold and heartless charity of the
world, or from being obliged to have recourse to tho
chilly attributes of a union workhouse.—(Hear, hear.)
It was to prevent such results as these that this insti-
tution had been established, and sure he was, that it
only required to be known to be appreciated and sup-
ported by the whole body of the coffee and eatinghouse-
keepers of the metropolis.—(Hear, hear.) He was told
that some of the first supporters of the Association,
who never contemplated being obliged to have recourse
to its funds for support, had, from the sad reverse of
fortune been necessitated to do so ; thus exhibiting, in
the most forcible manner possible, the importance and
usefulness of the institution.—(Hear, hear.) After some
further equally appropriate observations, the Chairman
concluded with giving the toast which he had already
announced, and which was drunk with enthusiasm.
The TREASURER then read a list of donations and
subscriptions, which amounted to upwards of 1001.
Mr. HerstisnaiEs (the treasurer), then proposed the
health of the Chairman, who returned thanks, and pro-
posed " The liberty of the press."—(Cheers.)
The health of the President, Mr. Chisley, and the
Vice-President, Mr. Elliott, was next given, and drunk
with applause.
These gentlemen severally returned thanks.
The health of the Treasurer, of Mr. Deacon, one of
the trustees, and several other toasts were given and
responded to during the evening, which was spent most
agreeably by all present.

SCENE IN THE ADELPIII THEATRE, LIVERPOOL.
—Last night an extraordinary scene took place in the
Adelphi Theatre, in Christian-street. The performances
were for the benefit of Mr. Cooke, the lessee, and for
some reason, after the first piece was finished, the lights
in the house were all extinguished, and the house was
left i❑ 'total darkness. In this state the audience re-
mained for about half an hour, during :which they were
addressed by a gentleman in the pit, who asked them to
remain quiet for a short time, and probably the manage-
ment would give some explanation of the extraordinary
conduct. This appeased the spectators for sores time,
but at last: their patience was exhausted, and the parties
who were in the gallery commencedtearing up the benches,
and all they could wrench off, which they continued for
some time to throw on the stage and into the pit. At
last they tired, and as the audience was leaving the
house they were met by the police, who then came to
see " what was the matter."—Liverpool Standard.
Swam.ows.—A couple of swallows were observed
in this neighbourhood on Tuesday, which is considered
very early.—Lancaster Guardian.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
PORTSMOUTH.—The Bellerophon, 78 guns, Captain
Richard L. Baynes, C. 8., is on her way from the Medi-
terranean to Portsmouth, where she is ordered to com•
plete her crew, take on board her full number of guns,
and otherwise equip as a sea-service line-of-battle ship..
THE EAST INDIA COMMAND. Rear-Admiral Sir
Francis A. Collier, C. 8., K.C.H., will proceed to India
on the 20th proximo, in the packet from Southampton,
and by that route overland to the seat of his command.
THE WESTERN COMMAND.—Admiral Sir William H.
Gage, 1i.C.8., was officially appointed to the command
in chief of the Plymouth station on Monday night ; he
will hoist his blue flag at the main on board the San
Josef, in Devonport harbour, in a few days.
The steam troop-ship Dee, Mr. Filmer, master, R.N.,
commanding, has not sailed from Portsmouth yet, as
mis-stated last week; she was officially inspected by
Flag-Captain Charles Eden, fur the Purt Admiral yes-
terday at Spithead, and is expected to sail this day for
the Cape of Good Hope, with mails, on which station it
is intended she shall be employed in the transport of
troops from port to port.
THE COAST OF AFRICA.—Her Majesty's ship Ran-
ger, 10 guns, Commander Anderson, arrived at the
Alothe rbank from Sierra Leone on Monday evening.
She was examined by the quarantine officer, and then
she made Spitbead. She left Sierra Leone on the 20th
of February last, and reports the slave trade as very
thriving, and herself not lucky enough to make one
prize. She left male of her Majesty's ships at Sierra
Leone. The Commodore was among the Bights of
Benin, in his steam-ship the Penelope, accompanied by
the Blazer steamer, dispensing the mails she took out
from England, and provisions. The Ranger put in at
Teneriffe on March 23, and sailed again on the 25th.
She spoke her Majesty's steamer Firefly on the 2d of
March, in lat. 10 56 N., long. 17 25, and on the 28th of
January she communicated with the emigrant ship
Scotia, all well, from Plymouth, bound to the Cape of
Good Hope. The Ranger sailed from Plymouth in
February, 1845; she is now ordered to Chatham to be
paid off.
We regret to state that while a boat was coming from
the Ranger, yesterday afternoon, she upset in the mouth
of the harbour and one man was drowned, The officers
very narrowly escaped. It was blowing ♦ery fresh at
the time.
The Triton steam-packet, Lieutenant Glinn, R.N.,
commanding, embarked the Lisbon and Gibraltar mails
at Southampton yesterday, and sailed to Plymouth to
receive advance wages for her crew and further mails.

PROMOTION.
Lieutenant Valentine 0. Inglefield, late Flag Lieu-
tenant to the late Rear-Admiral Inglefield (his father),
to the rank of Commander.

APPOINTMENTS.
Admiral—Sir W. H. Gage, to be Commander-in-Chief
of Plymouth station, vice Sir John West, term of office
expired.
the
Lieutenants—Mr. F. Brownrigg (1822), to be Flag-
Lieutenant to Sir William Gage; M. Lowther, late of
Champion, to the Gorgon team-sloop, at Ports-
mouth; H. B. Euri t •the
John Irving Thomas s Hastings, flag-ship of Sir
Collier, at Portsmouth.
etary
(1815).to Sir W. Gage—Paymaster and Purser
Sec
Surgeon—J. T. Jenkins,
Mate—G. Serocold, to the
at Chatham.etoHthaestiWngast.erwitch, 8, fitting
flag-ship, at Portsmouth; H. Assistant-Surgeons—J,
White, Cronin, to the Victory
Prcesliedrekt flßa. g
W.•
eto the Hastings,
ship,
at
the, 11. French, confirmed to the
(2d class),
Cape of Good Hope.
Chief Engineer--A.
at PolirtYsnas
steam guard-ship, to the Blenheim
Masters' Assistants—A. Rowe,
H. Groussell, to the Enterprisewdisto the Hastings; R.
Woolwich; R. L. Tracy, to the IncreY-ship, fitting at
ship, fitting at Woolwich; P.
P.
paersittigator discovery-
steam-sloop, at Portsmouth; T. E. Milne,
tot the Gorgon
shooter iron screw sloop, at Portsmouth., the Sharp-
Midshipmen—T. Parley, to the Hastings ; u
Beamish, to the Ringdove brig, in the East Inies.
Clerks' Assistants—A. Gordon, to the Waterwitch •
P. E. P. Thompson, to the Asia flag-ship, in the Pacific.
PLYMOUTH, APRIL 17. The Apollo troop-ship'
Commander Radcliffe, came in here this morning from
Jersey, having on board the depot of the 35th Royal
Sussex Regiment, to join their comrades, who have just
returned from the Mauritius. They will be landed to-
day and march into the garrison. Some of the men
who have returned from the Mauritius are now in the
hospital, suffering from " the shakes," the result of a
change of climate.
SIR CHARLES NAPIER'S SQUADRON.
The following letter, touching the Cobden attack
upon the above squadron, is from a friend on board one
of the ships, and will be read with interest by all lovers
of matter of fact controversy:—
" Thinking it but fair that the public should not be
entirely guided by Mr. Cobdeu's report of the dolce far
niente manner in which the Squadron of Evolution spent
their time—' loitering under the orange groves of Lis-
bon,' I beg leave to send you an account of the proceed.
ings of that part of the squadron now lying at Cork, as
I think it will tend to show that the exercises which
h ive been so much ridiculed by some portions of the
press have been the means of enabling men to be ready
when actual service was required, as they were list
night, or rather this morning. At one o'clock A.M.
the Dragon, Captain Hall, arrived at Cove, with
dispatches for Captain Moresby, the senior officer, in
Sir Charles Napier's absence at Dublin, which place
the steamer had left twenty-four hours before. These
dispatcher proved to be an order from the Admiral to
embark a watch of marines from each ship of the squa-
dron on board the Dragon immediately, as she has to
return with them without &lay. The other watch and
supertanncrary Marines (tile latter of whom were already
on board the Medusa) were to proceed in that vessel to
Waterford. In one hour and a half every man was on
board the Dragon, and in two hours the whole were
embarked, and the vessels steaming out of the harbour,
with 120 rounds of ammunition, heavy marching order,
and their hammocks, out of which they had turned so
short a time before. Now, what can have a more bane
ticial effect than this plan of Sir Charles Napier's? It
was only the day before that this fine body of men
(close upon seven hundred) were exercising upon Spike
Island, and the Dragon lying quietly in Kingstown
Harbour; in forty hours from her departure she will
have returned with this pooverful reinforcement, and
men neither have suffered the slightest exposure to
weather or discomfort of any kind. Thus the whole coast,
or any part of it, may be strengthened with equal ease
and rapidity whenever it may be required. It is not a
fortnight ego that every man and first-class boy was
landed from the St. Vincent and Canopus, two of this
enervated squadron, in one hour and forty minutes,
though the launches and boom boats were hoisted out in
the time; and if playing soldiers is not very congenial to
our taste as sailors, still every man should be able to use
a musket, and to act a little in concert for mutual de-
fence. Now from no one being in the least aware at
what time or what sort of exercise Sir Charles Napier
may order, the ships prepare for everything, and there
are few things that would take by surprise these ' idle '
people from the Tagus. The Amphion gave a fair proof
of this, in stripping her mainmast of a set of chain rig-
ging, unarming the masthead, beginning at daylight,
getting a new set of rope rigging, which they bad
tailed themselves, over the mast-beads, being all a-taunto,
and sending down topgallant and royal yards with the I
rest of the squadron at sunset."—Times.
PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY.—Iier Majesty's steam-
yacht Victoria and Albert, Captain the Right Honourable
Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, G.C.11., &c., was taken
out of duck at Portsmouth yard yesterday, after being
thoroughly refitted in the master shipwright's depart-
ment. She will now be re-embellished by the painters
and gilders, and brought forward for the service of her
Majesty.
The Cormorant steam-sloop was taken into dock yes-
terday at Portsmouth, in the room of the royal yacht,
to be advanced for commission.
The Ranger brig, 10 guns, Commander Anderson,
sailed yesterday morning from Portsmouth for Chatham,
where she will be put out of commission. The purser
and the boat's crew who were rescued from drowning on
Tuesday were sufficiently restored to health to leave in
the brig. The body of the unfortunate seaman, Smith,
had not been found up to last night. The tide was ebbing
fast at the time of the upsetting of the boat, and has, it
is supposed, carried the body out to sea.
A fine schooner of 106 tons, called the Sybil, was
launched from the celebrated yacht building establish-
ment of Messrs. White, East Cowes, on Monday. She
has been built for the Royal Yacht Squadron, and is the
property of Sir William Oglander, Bart.
PLYMOUTH, APRIL 18.—Her Majesty's troop-ship
Apollo, Commander William Radcliffe, came in yester-
day from Jersey with the depot of the 38th Regiment,
which has joined the head-quarters in Plymouth citadel.
A court-martial is appointed to be held to-morrow
morning on board her Majesty's ship San Josef, 110,
Commander Charles Hall, for the purpose of trying
Lieutenant John James Winne, Royal Marines, for re-
peated drunkenness, between the 25th of January and
the 4th of March, 1848; Mr. James Gordon, Assistant-
Surgeon, for repeated drunkenness between the same
periods; and Mr. George Dowell, Paymaster and Purser,
fur disobedience of orders, false reports of amount of
sugar and biscuits, and contempt to Commander Rad-
cliffe, of the Apollo.
Half-past 3 P.M.—Wind, southerly, blowing half a
gale, with occasional showers.
WOOLWICH, APRIL 19.—The Dwarf steam-vessel
keying been refitted and made ready for sea, left Wool-
wich to-day for Portsmouth, to be employed as a tender
at the latter port.
The Falmouth, under the charge of Mr. Baker, left
yesterday for Portsmouth.
The Enterprise, Captain Sir James Clarke Ross, bas
had her masts put in, and a number of workmen are
employed upon her, to have her ready at the
•earliestseh
possible period to proceed to the Arctic regions in search
of Captain Sir John Franklin, and the officers and crew
of the Erebus and Terror.
The Investigator, Captain Bird, is to be taken down
the river to Woolwich to morrow, to have her stores put
on board, and be made ready to proceed with the Enter-
prise on the same expedition.
acket is now ready for
The Onyx Dover mail steam p
pply of coals, will leave
sea, and after taking in a
Woolwich for Dover, to resume her duties at that station.
The masts of the Niger steam-vessel have been pre-
pared, and that vessel is now under the shears at the
basin to have them to be put in, to be made ready for
service.
CHATHAM, APRIL 19.----The Waterwitch, 10 guns,
Commander Richard R. Quin, was put out of dock
yesterday afternoon, and immediately taken alongside
the shears, when her masts were put in their place.
This vessel is to be thoroughly,completed for proceeding
to sea by the 27th of this month, as she is to take the
mail out on the Ist of the month. She is for service on
the Coast of Africa. One sergeant, one corporal, and
ten privates of the Royal Marines have embarked on
board her.
Yesterday afternoon thirty pitmen riggers from this

yard proceeded to Sheerness, and embarkee on board
the Sphynx steam-sloop to navigate her to Posrtsmouth,
there to join the steam squadron there forming..
A detachment of Royal Marines, consisting of 71
men, left this division this morning for Woolwich.
ADMIRALTY, APRIL 19.
Samuel Cornish, Carpenter of the Illustrious, ad-
vanced to 2d class.
Edward Cooper, Clerk's-Assistant, to the Hastings.
James W. Husband, 2d class Assistant Engineer, to
the Fisgard.
John L. Pritchard, Master, to the Chief Officer of
the Cost Guard.
George Nixon, Master's-Assistant, to the Hastings.
Gilbert Elliot, Mate, to the Prince Regent.
Walter Spark, Mipshipman, to the Waterwitch.
Edward T. Nott, Midshipman, to the Hastings.
Edward H. Wilkinson, Naval Cadet, to the Hastings.
Rev. W. L. Onslow, Chaplain, to the Hastings.