The Sun.
London, England, 1851-10-31 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

Commander William Morris (1846), who lately
commanded the Arab, 12, at China, has been appointed
to study at the Woolwich factory.
to the Victory
Mate—Richard Roche (
flag. ship, at Portsmouth.
Chief Engineer—F. W. Stow, to the Rosamond
steam-sloop, Devonport.
Second Master—R. P. Simpson (1847), to the
London, 92, flag-ship, at Sheerness.
Assistant Engineers—John G. Brodie, Owen
Jones, Daniel Clarke, to the Rosamond.
Midshipman—G. J. Dall, to the Victory.
Naval Cadet—John E. Stokes, to the Rosamond.
Fairy, royal yacht tender, Master Commander
Welch, was docked at Portsmouth on Tuesday last,
to make good defects, and to be refitted for the re-
ception of her Msjesty and the Court next month.
On examination it was found that her iron bottom
was particukarly clean and sound on one side, and
on the other the composition appeared very much
rubbed and worn ; but considering the service the
Fairy has performed, and that she has not had any
new coat of composition for six months, we
cannot find fault with her condition. Mr. Hay will
merely patch up the old six months' coat on one
c thatTart:La
side, and Mr. Peacock having obtained permis-
sion to apply his composition to the yacht, will pay
over the other side in order to test their respective ad-
vantages. It is due, however, to Mr. Hay to state
the Channel,
nearly five years, and during that time she has not
compositionDbrjigii on the Fairy has been applied for
required a single rivet to be removed.
Lieutcnant-
for a
cruise ini)sfraoeirnl ettdhi 'le sf'romten Devonportexercisede
this morning.
ro her naval ap-
prentices Desperate screw steam sloop
from
r returned to Devon-
port on Tuesday evening a trial of her machi-
nery in the Channel. Report speaks favourably of
the result of the ex '
tested. periments so far as they have been

PORTSMOUTH, THURSDAY ,—Last .
the Hon. A. Dalzel and theO
st —fficerasofevthenl
the
Regi-
ment, entertained the captains and officers of the
4nBgth
Colonel
Swedish frigate and corvette, ac
accompanied by M.
Vandenbergh, the Swedish Consul at this port. This
afternoon, at one o'clock, M.
Vandenbergh embarked
a select party of the officers of the 48th on board his
yacht, and conveyed them out to Sh
Virgin, of the Eugenie, having inviteSitthead, Captain
them on board
to return their hospitality. The gallant party were
received at the gangway on going on board by Captain
Virgin and her officers, and a guard honour of
of
Marines. After inspecting the ship, which
appears, a
very fine model, about 1,400 tons, CaptainVir
dejeuner in his state cabin, and drank the toaftlou fgiat the
a
British Army," in proposing which he very warmly
eulogized that arm of the service. Captain Lys a
the 48th, acknowledged the compliment. On leaving
the frigate M. Vandenbergh was saluted with four
guns in honour of his office. From the Eugenic the
visitors were conveyed in the frigate's barge on board
the corvette Lagerbejelke, where Captain Englebart
exercised similar courtesies and hospitality as bad
been shown on board the frigate, and also saluted the
Consul on leaving. This evening Madame Vanden-
bergh gave a ball to the young officers of the Swedish
frigate and corvette at the Consular-house, on the
Grand Parade. The expedition will sail on Sunday.
The Simoom iron steam-frigate will shortly be out
of the hands of the dockyard artificers. She is to be
masted on the Bth proximo, and be ready for sea by
the 24th.

The 85th Light Infantry will be embarked at this
port, in the steam-frigate Birkenhead, Master-Com-
mander R. Salmond—for the Cape, it is reported.
The ith Royal Fusiliers will shortly move from this
garrison to South Wales; the 33th from Winchester

to this garrison ; the 82d from South Wales to Ply-
mouth ; and the 77th from Plymouth to Cork.

i;:ttriAri 92bitton
NEWMARKET RACES.

(THIS DAY.)

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.
Match—Hungerford beat Plumstead.
Handicap. T.Y.C.

Truth ... ...
Young Altisidora
Prime Minister...

Swoopstakes. First half of Ab. M.

... 1

... 2

... 3

Louis Napoleon... ... 1
. 2
Sweepstakes. First half of Ab.M. The winner to be
sold for 501., &c.

Brawn ...
Chaffinch
Grand Duchess

A dead heat with the three.
Handicap. D.M.

/Eolus
Humphrey
Bordeaux

... o

... o

... ..• •••
The Nursery Stakes.

... 0

Lady Agnes ...
Merry Bird ...
My Dear colt ...

... 1

Twenty ran. Won by a length.

THE DUCHY OF LANCASTER.

... 2

... 3

... 2
... 3

Not the least important Act of the late session, and
one which has hitherto escaped notice, was the Act " to
define and amend the mineral customs of certain parts of
the hundred of High Peak, in the county of Derby, part
of the possessions cf her Majesty's Ducby of Lancaster,
to make provision for the better administration of
justice in the Barmoto Courts therein, and to im-
prove the practice and proceedings of the said courta."
There are fifty-seven sections in the Act, and several
schedules. The Great Barmoto and the Small Barmote
Courts have existed for centuries, and it was deemed
advisable that the mineral laws and customs should be
revised, altered, and amended. The present Act was
passed for that purpose, and the jurisdiction of the Bar-
mote Courts defined. The Act is called " The High
Peak Mining Customs and Mineral Courts Act." Her
Majesty may appoint a steward of the Barmote Courts,
who may appoint a deputy. Courts are to be held,
and a grand jury is to be sworn. Officers called
" barmasters" are to be appointed. In the Great Bar-
mote Court the mining customs are to be decided, and in
the small Barmote Courts actions of debt, title, or tres-
pass may be tried. The parties and their wives may be
examined in the courts under this Act. Henceforth a
grand jury is only to consist of twelve persons. Persons
are not precluded from proceeding in any other court
havieg jurisdiction therein in respect of any matter made
by this Act triable in the Small Barmote Court. &ilea
and regulations may be made by the steward and grand
jury for carrying out the provisions of the Act. The
of feesschedulest o
dbeefin pea
itdh
be
y mineral
par ti
e scustoms,containaunadrm otec
o urtatbsts
tribunals of very ancient date.

PUBLIC STATUES.
(From the Morning 'Advertiser.)
A spirited, life-like equestrian statue of William the
Conqueror was erected, some ten days past, in the
Champs ElysiTs, from which it was removed last
week to its final destination at Falaise, the birthplace
of the Norman bastard, who worsted our good old
Saxon King Harold. This statue was a noble,
vigorous composition, bursting with life and anima-
tion, and caused us sore reflections on the miserable
bronze caricature of an iron Duke, which excited so
wahfiiethtin g
squirtpen d
their
e to:r
of
much amusement to the foreigners on their way to
the Exhibition, and the wretched bewigged statu
George
wretched
m
the
dFourth,u b.
dumb-waiters, it e whichrs ,
is
the
meagre waters about Trafalgar-square. Wh we not have statues such as those of Williamy can
Conqueror, which is going to adorn an abet the
pe town
in Normandy ; or such an Amazon as K.iss has
planted at Berlin ;or ,the Godefr 'oi e. Bouillon at
Brussels ; or such a monument as the triumphal arch
at the Barriere de l'Etoile •or such foundations
inas
excited the admiration and
the Place Louis Quinze
allow foreigners to forestal .
Drake w
deserving was surely lvh wonder of the world
Why should we tacitly
us in these matters ? Our
as great a man as Napoleon, and is
ng of a statue and triumphal arch of
2Estrip/ex—for, as the peace of the world was pro-
duced by his mighty genius, he might have looked
around him at the varied produce in the Great Ex•
hibition, and have said with Sir Christofher Wren,
"Si monumentum requiris, circumspice. But the
British people should not be content with such pre-
posterous absurdities as those which now desecrate
their public places ; and even if hero-worship shall
have ceased, good taste must yet survive.

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lea::: :i. I' T
Kidneys at Sydney, e
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—Affections
of
act .—E
To Professor Holloway. ir,---1 have the pleasure to inform
from Sir. J. K. Heyden, of
sSydney, dated Sept. 30, 1847 t—.you that Stuart A. Donaldson, Esq., an eminent merchant and
agriculturist, also a merchant of this town, purchased of me
141. worth of your medicines to forward to his sheep stations in
New England, in consequence of the extraordinary cure per-
formed in ten days on one of his overseers of an affection of
the liver and kidneys, after the best medical advice, tried for
months, had failed. (Signed. ) J. K. Heyden."—Sold by
all Druggists, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244,
Strand, London.
EXTRAORDINARY SPORT --The Earl of Stamford
and Warrington and friends killed the undermentioned
game on his Lordship's estate at Enville, Staffordshire, this
season :—Sept. 11. Lord Stamford 110 partridges, 3 hares.
and 6 rabbits. Sept. 19. Lord Stamford 115 partridges,
5 hares, 2 rabbits, and 2 land rails; W. Gruzebrook, 59.:.!
51 partridges, and 4 hares. Sept. 23. Lord Stamford
, 1g
partridges, 3 hareQ, and 8 rabbits ; H. NV. Foley, Esq •, 1 hare, and 9 rabbits. Oct. 27. Lord
105 partridges, 3 rabbits, and 1 pheasant.
THE YELLOW FEVER AT
issued yesterday at the General Povsetr-
quence of the prevalence of yellow OroliTc)ce.—
tract packets would for the presentafore,
port, and that the Oporto mails/ tile
WA plabarkeil at 14417914 Notice Was
ffi that, in conse.
oat Oporto, the con.
Stamfordsi
fe
cease to touch at that
would be la _tied
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