The Sun.
London, England, 1834-09-19 00:00:00

PORTLAND BREAKWATER.

With the means on the spot, most assuredly this pro-
ject lays claim to the deliberate consideration and relative
support of every Englishman, connected as it is with the
great' cause of lumanity, and the naval and mercantile
interests of this country : which arises from its peculiar
and protecting situation between Portsmouth and Fly'
mouth, in all cases of extreme risk and danger at a time
when no other haven affords a chance of refuge,----thi'
incontrovertible fact, in reference to the last winter's ex:
perience in Portland Roadstead, is generally known and
duly appreciated by the maritime interest. Another strik-
ing proof of the necessity for the Portland Breakwater an
that vessels during easterly gales avail themselves of an
anchorage in Chisel Cove, Portland, situated in the
on'est,_
bay, where they need, indeed, keep a sharp look
in the event of a shift of wind, for if it should Budd
veer round to the southward and westward, f aat
ships and vessels are there, the consequences are ,
and almost inevitable. Again,—vessels homeward bowl:
, o?
are frequently ten or eleven days beating about t.
channel in easterly winds, whose commanders would glad,lY,
make for the Portland Breakwater, were it erected, t
tain supplies, and on a change of wind proceed immediateye
to their destined port. From the following account of
bears a
Island of Portland, it might be observed, that it be
great resemblance to that important fortress Gihraltac!
And no doubt it may be rendered equally formidalb.
This feature adds to the importance of our subject. d
raltar is three miles in length from north to south, and
from half to three-fourths of a mile in width ; its Istb
.n the north side is about a mile and a half in length,
an
half a mile in breadth, which connects it with the coo
nent. Portland,—
" Behold, where southward, towering Portland braves,
The endless dash of ocean's thundering waves I chisel
Portland, is also connected with the man land by
Beach, which extends seventeen miles westward frcr,
the Island, along the coast. At Abbotsbury, a
tance of nine miles, it adjoins the continent. Chisel ne-%
that extraordinary production of nature is unrivalled..
boasting is
Rnrn e IRomanParisian once
declares,exclaimed,
There Where i
is Paris, am, there
re
the Palais Royal stands ;" and the Portlander may
maintain, that " there is Portland, where you see chisel
Beach." Portland is two miles in breadth, four and 8 -8.
in length, and seven in circumference; but, if the e• It
mities of the shore be included, it is near ten miles. L.
is surrounded on every side by a ridge of lofty and inaCir
cessible rocks ;. except on the south, where it slopes awaii,
by the Bill from the Light-houses ; and on the steep
where it is very.low and flat. From the top of that steopi
acclivity which rises beyond Chisel, is a very grand
clear
extensive sea-view, and from which, in fine an''„,
Paris, isi,"el'ierie,i
weather, the middle of the British channel may be di•c"dif: or
seen with the naked eye, The entrance to the islan
et, by
smore properly Peninsula, is on the north, over the Fle, t.
mallmouth passage, or Ferry boats, about a mile cllje?
If Gibraltar, therefore, is a decidedly favourite 1305d500
sion of the British Government, how much more ,aS
,Portland
that Island
iints
tahtete teinornt annfd
tadvancement
i sehc shiatunanteel.„
Guernsey Star.

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CHRISTIANITY.—At Portsmouth 110 11,0 bri,bton
35,000 persons partake of the Lord's Supper ; at „cf
coa-
-11,000 individuals are members of various churches ail dews
pels ; and in Chichester no more than 1,500 persons 5i.10..
to commemorate the Lord's Supper._suasex Advert rietly
An Irishman. speaking of the strictness of the Ceir be
in exacting their tithes, said—" By Jabus, let a faro tbs,
ever so poor, they won't fail to make him pay his fl ;„ tberf
whether he can do it or not ; aye, they would fin"
tenth,
hearts to take the one-twentieth, instead of the One"
the law would permit them." '
Accordin to further advices received from IsidaPiseoo
the projected marriage between the Princess Royal alitostrias
of Louis Philippe ha, by the representations of the `risti at
Government, been given up. Baron Billing rell'Affairec'
Naples when the accounts left as French Charge a''„nt icas
It is stated in these accounts that the English Governms;ure•
seeking some additional advantages of a commercial na'll
During the last illness of Dr. Chirac, the nelertC;*
French physician, he was attacked with delirium; 19,_1;1re °lf fer
"
ing from which, he felt his own pulse, mistaking '''„,, :crie"A
one of his patients. " Why was I not called in before • 'is s'•
he, "It is too late-I—Has the gentleman been bled? dead
tendants answered in the negative. Then be„ is
Andthe
man ;" cried Chirac • "he will not live six hours.
prediction was verified. for
THE YEAR 1769.—This year is remarkable ea
having ushered into the world many of those celebratli.rrtithe
who have occupied so much of the world's attention
last twenty years. Among the names destined to live Traild
terity may be mentioned those of Napoleon BuonaPari.iaeteale
the Duke of Wellington, Mr. Canning and M. de CiPiproa
briand, Sir Walter Scott, Sir James Mackintosh, and ut de
Cuvier. Of these the Duke of Wellington and Vise,'
Chateaubriand are the only survivors.
Fontenelle had a brother, a priest, who was ia es;ertio
sense of the word a boon companion. It was a Pleas"
hear him discourse ; delightful to see him eat ; but to See ay,
drink would do a man's heart good. A German sotsosl,Ppre-
ing a visit for the first time to Fontenelle, and harntether
viously heard that he had a brother, but not knowing w,,`"otie,e„
he had any precise calling or profession, chanced in the "„sit,
of conversation to ask Fontenelle what his brother did. is the
replied Fontenelle, "in the morning he says mass, all'
evening he don't know what he says." Pst
Mr. Bulwer's new romance, entitled " Thsestiiial
Days of Pompeii," will be published in a few daYs.„,
can be grander or more striking than the subject. lifi"' ed aP
contrast between the bustle and the revelry of the re eendoos
luxurious inhabitants of that ancient city and the treiniesabli
catastrophe which overwhelmed it in desolate and irre_hliter
of
ruin, present the finest points for the genius of the 'J4.O. to'
romance. The -scriptural phrase, " Eat and drink, 'in the
morrow you die," was never so signally illustrated as
destruction of this chosen retreat of the Romans.
, Yeti/
THE NEW BEER BILL.—On Wednesday
Session was holden at the Court-house, Osborn-street, . b the
ohie
cliapA, for the purpose of regulating the hours at to
beer-houses in the district of the Tower Hamlets /liena,ssed
kept open and close, as required by the Beer fil,trbeae„
during the last Session of Parliament. -After a deN,. be "„
discussion, it was determined that the hours for operlpt °'"g
o'clock in the morning, and close at 11 at night, e" -cc ‘13.1
Sundays, Christmas-day, and Good Friday, arid on those
at 3,
they are not to be opened until 1 o'clock, and to el°
open again at 5, and finally close at 8 in the evening' ~.10;
IMPROVEMENTS OF THE RIVER. CI been
though the dredging machine and diving bells haveo4 °bwork all summer, deepening the Clyde, and N 110,10390
structions to the navigation, still, we are sorry to say, done e,
are forming in various parts of the river, even as 'o,,e e
Greenock, which, if not speedily checked, will coeci
rious bar to the improvement of the navigation., lose seii
stant dredging sets in motion a great quantity ; and !is
and mud, which again settles down, and forms hal-reetra,,
number of the steamers throw out their ashes in di" s
J 5 tO of
of the river, contrary to the regulations, which COt ecc°
crease the number of barriers in the way of vesseitiotincills
small tonnage, navigating the Clyde. Surely our tbe to
will bestir themselves in looking after the river ere
late.— Glasgow Chronicle. stet'?
T ADO 04
MECHANICAL CURIOSITY.—Mr. a cl°
carpenter, of Spalding, completed the construction olis „bore
before his death, which is a mechanical curiosity. heard anda.t. 5
made of wood, with the exception of the swine' wo cof
hands or pointers. It shews the time of the day' of s':nt-
the hours. It also shews the periodical revolini°,e,;es. Pel, -
the primary planets of the solar system, by six inu;o,. the Ps- „r y
ing to six rows of figures, marked on a dial platie' pithoutheir
pose. This article the ingenious mechanic inau?„ters 8"; the
other tools than those used by carpenters and JcPa has
usual business, eith the exception of a file, an clee'sclio
assistance or advice of any w
person whatever. maker' icu-
been examined by a professed watch and clock it is ca
says, " that according to the best of his judgineiit' f thee'
lated to retain a regular motion for any length
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Boston Herald.
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HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY THE t the
Napoleon, during the height of his animosity ag"'esoit him, -30
peror of Austria, was one day so irritated as ,ic,;lo-word svist
the presence of Maria Louisa, nu panache. . but Ir,
prayrnadyi
explain
palnayi n bliss in
einthheer
new to the polite ears of the yinin Empres red s he
self to her lady in waitingr " chord Pluacheis
mieanoin
r'e'"at eenlbat
Napoleon declares that my fgaantebeoefr g.stlitheleie
a panache!' The Duchesse de Montebello, in gr..n„iietl "
nation, but with the goodwill of a peace-maker,
panache implied "a man of distinguished honour 0100
er
The lesson was not lost upon Maria Louisa. °1 and aiod,,
wards, when presiding as regent at the council,he observe ror
s the t)llPine
to address a little compliment to Cambaceres,
" I am aware, Monsieur l'Archicamelin, that
.„ It ~t
possesses in you a panache devoted to his servicae.
majeteeeoPst
readily be conceived the privy councillors were a
their nun
to
nrc'
in cl-1" bY
Humour was not one of Burke's mea
weir
410
teristics. This session however he signalized woo
a piece of wit worth relating. Mr. David 1-I
war, 13113c'
was as strenuously opposed to the American n 0.580 ;
himself, proposed a measure of conciliation. He adlAabrjaacnkteass .s by
co
at least, as /tea
but the defects of his eloquence were,
men are :son,
spicuous as any of his other qualities. asßuttmre
least re: es•
knowledged to be an estimable and enlightened
apt to pride themselves most wherebtilnibey
they are leas-gr,
and to affect just that character. n
Hartley should have sometimes
of his oratory. rger
some very lengthened specimens
pable of sustaining, it can excafeav
from the house the le Act
present occasion, having driven
asked that the Riot hit
part of his audience, he suddenly
cting in agonY the o
argument. Burke had been long ebxpe
tal Toepaticn4c.
otiTredsurihP•rieqehotubsanet:vtibfbe
elusion of his harangue. It lie exclaimed,
up, eAc osc
endure it longer. Suddenl starting.e,
might be read, for the purpose of leluysotaradtimngorsoine part °oil'
worth's Edition o Burke's Works.
friend, i the
nlll
dßoino,tt Ayocut!
semeythdaetarth ploettelAycdtilspteorswehda?"--•PulrlPeids-