The Sun.
London, England, 1846-11-06 00:00:00

DAMAGED.

Andromede frigate, 60, Admiral La Place—on shore,
topmasts gone.
Blonde corvette, 24—m as ts gone, ashore on her beam
ends.

Tonnke steamer, 10 guns—masts and funnel gone.

SPANISH.

Brig Habanero, Admiral Ribera's flag on board—
slighly damaged.
Brig Constitution, 12—sunk.
Brig Laborde—wrecked.
Brig Nervion—damaged.
Brig Patriota—damaged.
Polka schooner—sunk.
Criolli schooner—sunk.
Infanta schooner—ashore.
Montezuma steamer—ashore, foremast and bowsprit
gone, bows stove in.
Guadaloupe steamer—ashore.
Bann steamer—ashore.
Satchie steamer—ashore.
Two passage steamers—wrecked.
Brig Trueno (quarantine)—lost.

TOTAL.
63 merchantmen, not including English.
14 Spanish men-of-war.
3 French ditto.
LIST OF BRITISH VESSELS LOST OR DAMAGED.
Edward Hayes, 213 tons, Danton, brig—sunk.
Novel, 189 tons, Laine, brig—sunk.
Susan, 162 tons, Manson—dismasted.
Prompt, 210 tons, Dunlop, brig—damaged.
Wilson, 245 tons, Campbell, brig—damaged.
Magdalene, 132 tons, Jost, schooner—bowsprit gone,
and much damaged.
Agnes Jane, 250 tons, Richardson, barque—ashore,
dismasted, much damaged.
William Murray, 146 tons, brig—dismasted.
Minstrel, 348 tons, Fuller—much damaged.
Nov. 2, nine, A.M., lat. 47 deg. 31 min., long. 15 deg.
37 min., passed the brig Britannia, of Picton, water-
logged and abandoned.

(EXTRACT OF ANOTHER LETTER.)
Havannah, Oct. 12, Eight o'Clock, P.M.
At the commencement of the hurricane there were
about 26 merchant ships in port; also 44 brigs and 13
schooners. Of the ships swe know are lost, 3 safe, 5
much damaged (being dismasted, &c.), and of 13 we
know nothing. Of the brigs 12 are lost, 16 much
damaged, and of 16 we know nothing. Of the schooners
2 are lost, 2 much damaged, and of 9 we know nothing.
I hand with this a list of vessels in port on the night of
the gale, which please compare with your other notes.
With respect to deaths, some persons we know have
been buried beneath the ruins of houses that have fallen.
Up to twelve o'clock to-day 11 had been buried in Ha-
vannah—i. e., in the cemetery. In Regla 11 persons were
buried beneath the ruins of a house, but I do not believe
that more than 100 persons have perished in the city,
perhaps a less number_
Thirteen coasting schooners are sunk, and many much
injured (i. e.) on this side of the bay.
Of the trading steamers, 2 are sunk, and 1 a wreck.
Of 5 Spanish brigs of war, 1 sunk, 1 went ashore, 3
somewhat injured. Schooners, 4-2 sunk, 2 ashore.
Steamers, 4—all on shore.
The state of the French frigate, corvette, and steamer
you know; the first ashore, the second lost, and the
fourth almost a wreck.

The following report has been addressed by the Com-
mander of the Thames to the Directors of the Royal
West India Mail Steam-ship Company :
" Royal Mail Steam-packet Thames, Southampton,
Nov. 4,7 h. 30m. P.m.

" Sir,—l have the happiness of reporting to you, for
the information of the Court of Directors, the safe arrival
of this ship, after experiencing, on the 11th ult., in the
harbour of Havannah, the most tremendous hurricane
ever known there, attended with a loss of shipping
almost incredible in that beautifully land-locked basin.
It had blown fresh all the previous day, and, at sunset,
. not the appearance of the weather, I had struck
the main and mizen topmasts, and foreyard. At mid-
night the second anchor was let go, and otherwise all
was ready to proceed to sea at daylight, it being ar-
ranged that the mail-boat was to leave the ship at four
o'clock for the mails ; but at that time the storm came
on from N.E., and continued with a force beyond con-
ception until 10h. 30m, A.M. It then lulled, veered
round to N., then W. and W.S.W., and blew most vio-
lently until four o'clock, P.m., afterwards gradually mo-
derating, leaving such a scene of devastation as, thank
God ! seldom falls to the lot of, any one to behold :
the French Frigate Andromede, of 60 guns, near-Ad-
miral La Place, ashore, and topmasts gone by the cap ;
the corvette Blonde on shore on her beam-ends, totally
dismasted ; the steamer Tonreire at her anchors, but
dismasted and funnel gone ; several of the Spanish men-
of-war not to be seen, the harbour covered with all sorts
of merchandise and upset vessels ; and along the wharfs,
instead of ships' hulls, not more than their lower masts
to be seen above water.
" At 7 A.m. the Thames drifted about half a cable's
length, when her Majesty's late ship Romney, in sheer-
ing to a tremendous squall, stove our pinnace, but
shortly afterwards, fortunately for us, that ship drove a
good cable's length, leaving us the weathermost ship in
the harbour, and to this may be attributed our safety,
for we were then enabled to veer, and by keeping an
equal strain on both cables held our own. The baro-
meter at the height of the gale went down to 27.70, it
was then absolutely impossible to stand upon the deck.
With the exception of the pinnace, the only loss sus-
tained is that of the mail boat, which, although moored
close under the stern with a stout hawser, in addition to
her painter, broke adrift; had she been at the quarter,
the Romney would have smashed her.
" The Tay left for Vera Cruz at 4 o'clock P.M. the
previous day, and must have been at least 120 miles to
the westward before the heaviest strength of the gale;
and from the circumstance of a Bremen brig having ar-
rived on the 12th from the westward without experienc-
ing the gale so violently, I do not think the slighest fear
may be entertained fur her safety. The Lee sailed for
Honduras gn the Bth.
" I delayed sailing from Havannah until the morning
of the 13th, at the urgent request of her Majesty's Con-
sul-General, and with the perfect concurrence (in writing)
of the Admiralty agent, to enable the merchants to add
to their European correspondence. In this I feel satis-
fied that the Court of Directors will bear me out, the
more so as we left Bermuda at the proper time.
" I herewith enclose a list of casualties to the shipping,
and also the Havannah newspaper of the 12th.
" I trust I shall be excused in stating how much I had
reason to be pleased with the exertions of every officer
and man on board during the most anxious day of my
life ; there was much heavy and wet work in ranging
every fathom of cable, and getting the third anchor
ready for letting go ; in all this every one most cheer-
fully lent a willing hand.—l am, Sir, your obedient ser-
vant, " PHIL. HAST, Captain.
" Captain Chappell, R.N."

MISS BURDETT COUTTS' . NEW CHURCII.—Some
months since it was announced in the public journals
that Miss A. Burdett Coutts had handed to the Lord
Bishop of London a blank cheque upon the firm of
Coutts and Co., at the same time authorising the Right
Rev. Prelate to fill it up with sad) amount as he might
consider necessary for the erection and endowment of a
church, the purchase of a site, the building of schools,
and parsonage house, in a densely populated portion of
Westminster, which city her father, Sir Francis Burdett,
represented so many years in Parliament. Estimates for
the building were made, and calculations entered into for
the necessary endowment, when it was found that a sum
little less than 30,0001. would be required, respect being
had to the most ample gratuitous accommodation for the
poor. The announcement of this sum drew down upon
the Bishop severe animadversions from those who were
ignorant of the basis on which the estimates had been
made, the consequence of which was, that the Bishop
felt some delicacy in proceeding with the matter, and
until a few days since, the subject remained in abeyance.
The munificent donor, however, determined not to be
thwarted in her pious purposes, has been in personal
communication with a celebrated architect, and, with the
Bishop's consent, the new church, &c„ will be forthwith
commenced, the designs having been approved of, and an
eligible site obtained. The church will be erected in
Rochester-row, and arrangements will be made, in virtue
of which Miss Burdett Coutts will have the first nomi-
nation to the ineumbeicy, the patronage ever afterwards
being vested in the Lord Bishop of the diocese.
NEW SCALE OF SALARY TO THE GENERAL POST-
MEN.—The Lords of her Majesty's Treasury having
forwarded to the Postmaster-General their approval of
the proposed scale of salary for the general. thethe
following extract is from a notice posted yesterday
letter carriers' office of the department:— The Lords.of
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wages for
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following
Post letter carriers:—Sixty men (seniors), at 30s. per.
week; one hundred and teu, at 255. ditto; one hundred
and thirty, at 23w. ditto For all losses of emoluments
arising from the adoption of the several recent alterations
in the duty, compensation is to be given to the men; also
for losses arising from the gratuities arising from the
abolition of bells, &c., but such compensation is to be
reduced as the parties now claiming it rise to the higher
amount of salaries now provided for in the scale. As it
regards the gratuities at Christmas, the authorities will
make arrangements for their being placed upon a proper
and definite footing, but it is ordered that for the present
they are to remain as they are." According to the new
scale, the cost of the general delivery force will amount
to of.
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officer entered the service in the yeAut49l ftS shi -
man, on board the Cleopatra, Captain Penrose, one of
the western squadron (the only ship at Portsmouth that
put to sea and did not mutiny) ; and, after a service of
ten months, joined La Topaze, and served on board her
three years and a half. In the year 1800, when on tie
West India station in the latter ship, disease carried off
his patron, Captain Church, 13 other officers, and more
than 100 seamen and marines. La Topaze, during the
above time, was warmly engaged with a Spanish ship.
of-the-line off the Havannah, and also with the batteries
in Gibraltar-bay ; and Mr. Green was in boats which
performed some active service in cutting-out vessels.
When his late Royal Highness the Duke of Kent took
his passage to England from Halifax, Nova Scotia, in
La Topaze, Mr. Green was in attendance upon him
naval aide de-camp, having been appointed to that duty
at the express solicitation of his Royal Highness, to
whom 11r. Green and his family were intimately known.
After the death of Captain Church, Mr. Green joined
the Circe, at Jamaica, and from that ship was trans-
ferred, on promotion, to the Sanspareil, bearing the
flag of Admiral Montagu. Peace now taking place,
a regulation was made precluding midshipmen from
passing their examination for the rank of lieutenant
on foreign stations, whereby Mr. Green, as he could
not obtain leave to repair to England for that pur-
pose, owing to the deficiency of officers of his
class, from the unusual mortality which had prevailed
in the fleet, lost his promotion. In 1803 Mr. Green fol-
lowed his Captain (Caton) into the Trent, and after
three years' service in the West Indies came home in
her. War having been declared some weeks before his
arrival, he was draughted, with part of the crew, into the
Conqueror, 74, when the urgency of the service again
prevented his obtaining leave to pass his examination,
whereby he lost more than three years' rank, besides all
the chances which the possession of that rank would
have afforded him in war. The Conqueror was one of
the fleet which, under Nelson, pursued the enemy in the
four quarters of the globe, and ultimately fought the
combined fleets off Trafalgar, in which action the Con-
queror captured the Bucentaure, on board of which was
the French Commander-in-Chief, and Mr. Green was in
the command of boats which were twice sunk in the at-
tempt to take that precious prize in tow. For his ser-
vices on that day Mr. Green was selected by his Captain
(Israel Yellow) as having merited the rank of Lieute-
nant, which he received, and was appointed to the For-
midable, one of the Channel fleet, and for some time

the flag-ship of Lord St. Vincent, the Commander-
in-Chief. In 1807 Lieutenant Green was appointed,
at the intercession of the Duke of Kent, to the Decade
frigate, a Second Lieutenant, and soon after to the
Eurydice frigate, as First Lieutenant, having then
been eleven years afloat in active service. The Eury-
dice was employed, during the American embargo, in
the year 1808, as a ship of observation on the Ameri-
can lines adjoining Nova Scotia ; and Lieutenant
Green having, whilst on this service, and previously,
when in the Conqueror, in the Mediterranean,
attentively observed the construction and equipment
of the American navy, made notes of them, and sub-
mitted them to Admiral Sir John Borlase Warren, the
Commander-in-Chief at Halifax, suggesting the expe-
diency of some change in the mode of construction and
armament, and in the discipline of the crews of the Bri-
tish ships, in order that they might cope with the
enemy on equal terms. In 1811 Lieutenant Green,
again through the kindness of the Duke of Kent, was
appointed to the command of the brig Resolute, 14,
when he put in practice his mode of training the crew,
to the entire satisfaction of the Admiralty, who ordered
the experiment, and devoted the Resolute for the pur-
poses of the trial, whereby her commander lost the
chance of distinguishing himself and of prize-money, in
consideration of which the Admiral held out to him the
most favourable prospects of the favour of the Board of
Admiralty. While in the Resolute, he trained all the
men under his command to the sword and gun exercise,
rendering them efficient for war service, and suggested
to the Admiralty the advantage to the service of training
men to arms on board guard and receiving ships after the
plan he had adopted, which was universally adopted in
the service. Lieut. Green afterwards made several very
valuable suggestions, for which he repeatedly re-
ceived the thanks of the Admiralty, and invented
several improved kinds of fitting, &c., which are still
in use in the navy. On paying off the Re .
solute, in 1815, the Duke of Kent applied
for Lieutenant Green's promotion, when Lord Melville,
then First Lord of the Admiralty, replied, " Owing to
the navy. being reduced to a peace establishment, pro-
motion is for the present at an end." The public im-
portance attached to Lieutenant Green's plan for lower-
ing and fidding topmasts is shown in the endeavours
which were made by Sir Robert Seppings, then Surveyor
of the Navy, to improve on it, and in the award of the
Navy Board of 5,0001. to Mr. Kotch ?or an imitation
submitted long after Lieutenant Green's model had been
before that Board, and which, had this prior claim re-
ceived attention, would in justice have obtained such
reward for him; his prior right was distinctly acknow-
ledged by the Solicitor to the Admiralty, Lieutenant
Green having regularly entered his caveat at the office
of patents. He also invented a tiller for a disabled
1 rudder, which was tried and adopted in the navy. In
1829 (having in the interval entirely employed his
time to improvements connected with the navy) the
deceased was appointed to a Falmouth packet as a re-
ward for his services, with an assurance from the Ad-
miralty that it was a life appointment, in consideration
of which he resigned his claims to promotion and a
lucrative situation in a mercantile firm. At the end
of two years and ten months, however, his vessel
requiring repair, she was paid off, and although others
in a similar situation were re-appointed, the deceased
was neglected, and no further notice taken of him, not-
withstanding the assurance of the Admiralty that his ap-
pointment was for life. From this time until 1842 Lieu-
tenant Green remained unnoticed; at that date an ap-
pointment as Lieutenant of the Victory was given him,
and he was quartered in the Blanche frigate, in this
harbour. At the expiration of twelve months, however,
from some cause unexplained, the gallant deceased was
deprived of his appointment, and from that time until
his death he remained unrewarded and neglected, but
still devoting his time to the maturing of inventions for
the improvement of that service in which he had been
so ill-treated. He died at the age of 61, more from fhe
want of the common necessaries of: life than from decay
of nature, and has left a widow and seven daughters, to
exist (if they can) upon the pitiful pension of a lieute-
nant (50/. per annum)—a lieutenant 41 years. The
eldest son of the gallant deceased is a medical student,
not passed the hospitals, his late father's means not
having permitted him to devote the money necessary for
that purpose; the second son is Mr. John Green, of the
Victory, clerk, not passed for the rank of paymaster and
purser; and the youngest son, Mr. Gilbert Elliot Green,
is a master's assistant of the Hibernia, 100, flag-ship of
Vice-Admiral Sir W. Parker in the Mediterranean. We
hope the publication of these facts will be the means of
obtaining from the Government some remuneration to
the widow and family adequate to services rendered to
his country by the gallant deceased.— Times.
The Sphynx steam•sloop, Commander Cragg, arrived
this morning from Woolwich to receive advance wages
and wait further orders. She came into harbour.

The Nautilus, 10, Lieutenant-Commander M'Donnell,
sailed this morning for Lisbon with dispatches.
The Resistance troop-ship, Captain Patey, came into
harbour this morning to be paid off, all standing, and
recommissioned. She was inspected by the Commander-
in-Chief this morning.
The Mariner transport, Lieutenant Still, agent, sailed
last night for Bermuda, with convicts.
The Sappho, 16, was dismasted yesterday, prepara-
tory to being docked for repair.
The Aid navy lighter arrived this morning with stores
for Plymouth.
WooLwicu, Nov. s.—The Geyser steam-vessel, Com-
mander Brown, went down the river to-day to try her
engines, after being refitted for service.
The Grappler steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander
Hawker, is expected to leave Woolwich on Tuesday
next, her services being required immediately. A num-
ber of men are employed upon her to get her ready, and
so many others have been required to finish the vessels
already in an advanced state, that the launch of tho
Niger steam-vessel has been postponed until. workmen
can be spared to make her ready for launchimg.
The Belvidere was towed to Deptford yesterday.
The lEolus, 42-gun frigate, was towed up the river
to-day from Sheerness to Deptford, to receive stores on
board.

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