The Sun.
London, England, 1848-06-01 00:00:00

APPOINTMENTS.

Lieutenant—Charles Brombey (1845), to the Belle.
rophon, 80 guns, fitting at Portsmouth.
Master—James T. Russell, of the President, flag-
ship, on the Cape of Good Hope station, is confirmed in
the Admiral's appointment to command the store-ship
Seringapataw, on that station, vice n•Creigh, invalided
home.
Clerks—Thomas Reeves, to the Howe, 120 guns,
fitting at Portsmouth; Robert Bone, to the Power..
lul, 84 guns, at Spithead; H. J. Russell, to the Excel-
lent, gunnery establishment, at Portsmouth.
Boatswain—Richard West, confirmed to the Wel-
lesley, 72 guns, bearing the flag of the Vice-Admiral
the Earl of Dundonald, commanding on the West India
station.
Acting Boatswains—Richard Cooley, to the Ceylon
receiving ship, at Malta; Henry Paul to the Illustrious,
ordinary ship, at Portsmouth.
Midshipmen—W. 13. Grant to the Victory, flag ship,
at Portsmouth; W. Davidson to the Howe, 120 guns, at
Portsmouth; H. B. Woolcombo and A. Wing to the
Powerful, 84 guns, at Portsmouth.
Master's Assistant—B.D. Connor to the San Joset
flag ship, at Plymouth.
Navel
flag-ship, at the Nore Caeet—Frederick H. Lillicrap to the Ocean,
Inspectors of Dockyards—George Allen and Henry
Tremain to Pembroke-yard; Charles Vine, Joseph
Hudson, and James Sclater, to the Portsmouth-yard ;
Messrs. Bond, Way, and Kemp, to Devonport-yard;
and Messrs. Sole and Betts to Sheerness-yard.
Captain Charles Conrad Grey (1847), died on the
29th ult., after a few days' illness.
WooLwrerr, NAT 31.—The Styx steam-sloop, Com-
mander Henry Chads, arrived at Woolwich yesterday
afternoon from the coast of Africa, and will be paid off
here. At half-past ten o'clock to-day Commodore Sir
Gordon Bremer, K.C.B. and K.C.H., went on board to
inspect the crew and state of the vessel, and was re.
ceived with the usual honours. Commander Chade,
after introducing the officers of the vessel to the Gallant
Commodore, gave the command to work the guns, con-
sisting of two 42-pounders, ten feet long, on traversing
platforms, and four 42-pounder carronades. The men
worl'ed these heavy guns with great celerity,
and showed that they were most efficient if
called upon to engage in active warfare. They
were then assembled under small arms, and went
through their exercises in a way that proved
they could accomplish any duty undertaken by them
under the command of their officers. On the order being
given the fire-engines were brought up and exercised,
and parties employed in hauling water on deck in case
of fire. .The small-arm exercises with muskets were
admirably executed, and would have done credit to any
corps of the line. , The sword exercises were gone
through with a precision and animation in each indivi-
dual, which could only be credited by4hose who wit-
nessed the spirit displayed by this gallant crew. The
Commodore having ordered a boat patty to land, Com-
mander Chads gave the word of command, and one of
Ceptain Smith's paddle-box boats was instantly lowered
into the river and filled with Royal Marines and an
armed crew, and; accompanied by four other boats be-
longing to the vessel filled with armed men, under the
command of Lieutenant Rainier, rowed to the landing
place of the dockyard, where, on arriving, they showed
how a battery ,could he taken and the guns spiked
Or turned against the enemy. The exercises occupied
about two hours, and presented during the whole time a
most animated and pleasing scene. Thenrew and the
vessel were scrupulously clean, and every one on board
exerted himself as if the whole credit of the vessel de-
pended on his abilities. At the conclusion of the exer-
cises the men were assembled and addressed in the most
tits Complimentarymanner by the Commodore, who expressed
high approbation of the reports of their general
good conduct and their efficiency in the performance of
their duties. The Styx is in the most complete order.
She has been most successful in capturing slavers,having
taken thirty prizes—twen t seven of them while under
the command of CommandeYr-Chads, and her prise-money
for these will be a considerable amount to each of the
officers and crew. The vessel is of 280-horse power,
with a crew of 160 men, who all appear to enjoy
share of health, and to be in the best snirits. a fair

THE FEAST' OF THE FETISH.
[Travellers in Africa, speaking of the custom of
human sacrifices in the Fellatah country, allude to the
Feast of the Fetish. It is held at night time, under a
large tree, upon the branches of which are suspended, as
food for the vultures, the carcasses of the victims
slaughtered to propitiate the Fetish Deity. The most
horrible excesses are committed on these occasions; and
though the rite itself' is considered a religious observ-
ance, lust, drunkenness, and every conceivable species of
debauchery prevail through its continuance.)
"Away, away, to the Fetish tree,
He lives for me! he lives for me!"
Cries the dark brown maid with frantic glee,
'While trooping they bear her on.
To the Fetish tree they lead her, before the Fetish
throne,
A grassy mound with blood well fed, another fated one,
Her jetty tresses waving, no tear stands in her eye,
Her step is firm—unbrok'n—what is't to her to die?
The trumpets loud resounding, the deep ton'd nsuffi'd
drum
Give token to the infuriate host the hour at last has
come
That Adai eve has broken—that the sacrificial thing
Is waiting to appease by death her tributary king.
A heroine, she, no vaunting, she bravely goes to death,
The :Moloch of the conq'ring tribe has issued forth the
breath,
Which once again re-echoed by his priests and serving
train,
A feast for vultures shall prepare upon that barren
plain.
Now brightly blaze the torches as in the slow parade
Of niumery solemn of the day they bring the haughty
maid.
Whose obon glance of vengeance is hurl'd in proud
disdain,
Of pomp, and pow'r, and fearful might attendant on the
truth.

She stands and boldly fronts him, they rend her person,
free,
The king he is there seated, he points up to the tree,
Where round the ♦ultures hover, and suddenly descend
And revel in the carnai.;e that low the branches bend.
Undaunted there she tells him, as plain as words can
speak,
Allegiance to her country, her race, she'll never break ;
Her heart it is untainted, she knows no regal fear,
Her life is with her kindred, 'tis vengeance is most
dear.

With wine the king is drunken, he wildly jeers
around,
lie calls his priests to hear him, and rises from the
ground
To give to them a votive draught, a blessing to essay,
I❑ favour of their meeting, and the blood-feast of
the day.
Full high he holds the golden cup, he drinks the Fetish
tree,
ll© drinks its spreading branches, his wish is long to
see

The vulture's darksome pinion slow sailing o'er their
home,
The type of vict'ry ever fresh, of others yet to come.
And now the awful moment, the clash of steel is heard
The breast of the dark maiden has swallow'd up the
sword,
And life's fast gushing fountain the sacred ground o'er.
flows,
Where kneel the Fetish men devout loud off'ring up their
vows.

But yet the maid's undaunted, she with a gesture bold
Draws forth the long secreted creese, and in her tiger
fold
Secures the tyrant monarch, and with her wild war cry,
Strikes deep the neTcr-failing blade—what joy lights up
her eye!

Then mighty cries come sweeping along the sultry air,
The wailings of a nation plung'd darkly in despair,
The maiden sinks exhausted, and in departing strains
Sings of the fieldg, the hills and trees, that deck her
native plains.

D. ISIORIER EVANS.

ACCIDENT TO EDWARD LOYD, ESQ.—On Satur-
day afternoon last, a little after four o'clock, an accident
which might have been attended by the most serious
consequences befel Mr. Loyd, the head of the banking
firm of Messrs. Jones Loyd and Co., of this city. Mr.
Loyd was riding towards home on horseback, and when
nearly opposite the Palatine Hotel, Hunt's Bank, owing
to the slippery state of the paremeniat,o)a.rdi,ssinleggstthough
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excessive dry weather, his horse slipped, and being un.
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CHARGE or MtIRDRE.--The respectable villag. of
East Coker was thrown into great consternation on
Wednesday
.night, by a report that a woman named Mary
Hain, the wife of a weaver, had died through the ill-
treatment of her husband, who is described as a man of
violent temper. Inquiries were made, and it was found
that the woman was quite dead, and that her neck was
in a bruised and very discoloured state. Various reports
were spread abroad, and the next day George Hain, the
husband, was taken into custody. Dr. Nesbitt, of Yeovil,
was sent for, and made a post mortar' examination of the
body, which was also viewed by those of the parishioners
who were summoned as jurors. The excitement in the
parish continued, and on Sunday evening, under the
certificate of the coroner, the body was buried in the
churchyard, many of the inhabitants attending the
mourntul ceremony. At a coroner's inquest the verdict
of " Wilful Murder" was duly entered.—Yeovil Times.
RETIEW OF THE ENROLLED PENSlONERlll.—Yester-
day the whole of the metropolitan divisions of the en-
rolled out-pensioners of Chelsea Hospital, as also those
from Woolwivh and Greenwich, altogether numbering
1,500 men, were mustered in Hyde-park, where they
were put through a variety of evolutions by their colon!l
commandant, previous to their review this day
.by his
Royal Highness Prince Albert) the Duke of Welluiton, .
:sand Viscount EardiDge.