The Sun.
London, England, 1833-06-19 00:00:00

IMPORTANT JUDGMENT.-THE AUKELIA.

This was a suit commenced by the agents of Mr. Bar-
low, a merchant in the Mauritius, to establish the validity
of a bottomry bond he had obtained from Capt. Huds-n,
the part owner and master of the Aurelia, for advances
made while the vessel was it the Mauritius. The validi'y
of the bond was opposed on the ground that the advanc,B
were not made for such purposes as could warrant the
Captain in granting a bottomry bond,
Dr. DODSON, on behalf of the assignees of the owners,
opposed the bond, and contended tat the advances made
by Mr. Barlow were not for necessaries, the Captain hav-
ing credit in the Mauritius, and having in the hands of
his agents there 1,000/. at the time the bond was signed.
Lord Stowell had decided that necessity, and necessity
alone, could sanction the granting of a bottomry bond for
advances made to the captain of a ship.
The KING'S ADVOCATE, for the bondholder, contended
that the bond was valid.

Sir JOHN NICHOLL said, the only circumstances that
authorize a captain to hypothecate a ship was absolute
necessity. It was a matter of (importance for the Court
to see if this was a vslid bond ; if it was, it would give
the bondholder a priority over other creditors. Under all
the circumstances he should pronounce against the bond,
and direct the assets in the registry to be paid over to the
assignees of the owners.—Costs not allowed.

LAUNCH OF THE WATERLOO, OF ONE
HUNDRED AND TWENTY GUNS, AT CHATHAM.

At a very early hour yesterday there was a great influx
of people at Chatham ; and as the morning advanced ate inn-
packets crowded in every part ; gentlemen's yachts, filled
with elegant parties of both sexes, were seen coming up
the Medway, from London, Southend, and other places.
There were four steam-packets from London—namely, the
Sovereign, the Royal Adelaide, the Hawk, and the
Swiftsure, and the Kent steamer, from Gravesend, with
inhabi ants and visitants of that place. The men-of-war
lying in that part of the Medway, and all the yachts, were
decorated with a profusion of flags; an immense number
of boats had collected; the shore, as well as the dock-yard
itself, was thronged with spectators; and as the hour ap-
pointed for the launch to take place (one o'clock) ap-
proached, the scene was one of an animated and interesting
kind.

The process adopted upon this occasion, and which we
were informed was an improvement upon that heretofore
used, of launching the vessel, was most admirab'e for its
simplicity and its certainty of effectual operation.

The Waterloo was built on Sir Robert Sepping's plan
of the round stern, and many improvements of other kinds
in naval architecture have been adopted in her construc-
tion. She is pierced for 120 guns, the largest number
carried by our first-rate men-of-war, of which class f

ships she is considered the most perfect that has yet been
built. Her dimensions are as follow :

Length on the gun deck
Length of keel for tonnage
Extreme breadth
Depth of hold
Height of figure
Height in midship 4
Height of taffrail
Burden in tons

Feet. Inches.
205 5y4
170 6
54 6
23 2
56 6
50 ti
64 2
2,693 71 94

From the peculiar build of the ship, and the ample room
which she pos,esses fcr stowage, it is said she will be ena-
bled to carry some hundred tons more than she is regis-
tered for. We annex the weight of guns, and the manner
in which they are disposed:--