The Sun.
London, England, 1869-09-02 00:00:00

THE FLYING SQUADRON.

A. correspondent of the Standard gives an interesting
account of the voyage of the flying squadron, which left
Plymouth on Saturday, the 19th of June, for a journey
round the world. The squadron was to have
left England on the 10th of June, but an accident to
the Cadmus occasioned some delay, the Barrossa being
commissioned in her place. Curiously enough, prepare,-
tions were no sooner made for the start, than an excentric
broke at the first revolution of the Barrossa's engines. This
time her companions lost patience, and decided to proceed
without her, leaving orders for her to join at Madeira.
The fleet consists of four frigates—the Liverpool, 2,656
tons, being the flag ship—and two corvettes. The
Barrosa having been repaired rejoined the rest of the fleet
on July 2nd, in Funchal Bay, and on the 6th the whole
fleet were put through evolutions under sail, there being a
good breeze. The Scylla, a corvette 1,467 tons, 400 horse
power and 17 guns, is much the fastest ship, and is sometimes
compelled to shorten sail to keep her station astern of the
Endymion. The latter is described as a drag on the whole
fleet, and the Admiral at last ordered her to change stations
with the Scylla. The Barrosa, the other corvette,
is also obliged to exercise some caution, lest she should
outstrip the Liffey. One day during the voyage from
Madeira southwards the relative speed of the vessels was
tested. The Barrosa, proved to be thefastest, the Liverpool
and Endymion being miles astern. Each ship carried full
canvas, the force of the wind being registered at 8, and
its direction E.N.E. The run the clay of the race was 229
miles. A splendid meteor was visible on the 28th of July;
it was six inches in diameter, and gave a brilliant light of
a pale blue colour, and took a course from the S.S.E. to
the .N.N.AV., describing an arc of 50 degrees. The narra-
tive breaks off as the vessels drop their anchors off Bahia,
but it is satisfactory to know that up to that date all was
going on well and prosperously.

" H. P. L.'s " (Mr. H. P. Liddon's) memoir of the
Bishop of Salisbury, published in the Guardian, is to be re-
printed, by Messrs. Rivington,

If all the world's a stage, and men and women
merely players, where are the audience and orchestra to
come from?

A new cathedral was opened at Inverness on
Wednesday, the Bishop of Oxford and the Bishop of
Rochester taking part in the ceremony.
A learned lady, the other evening, astonished
the company by asking for the " loan of a diminutive
argentine truncative cone, convex on its summit, and
semiperforated with symmetrical indentations." She
wanted a thimble.

A recent book of historical reminiscences of the

[louse of Commons narrates the laughable failure of one
member who rose fully primed for a first attempt. He
said : "Mr. Speaker, I am astonished -sir, I am asto-
nished—sir, I am astonished ;" and then his astonishment
overcame him, and he sat down, never to rise in Parlia-
ment again.

Some delay has taken place in affixing " the great
seal" to the letters patent of conge d'elire empowering the
Dean and Chapter of Salisbury to elect Dr. Muberley as the
Bishop of that diocese, so that the Chapter cannot proceed to
election until about the 15th inst. The consecration, which
it was hoped would take place on St. Matthew's Day (Tues-
day, the 21st inst.), is therefore likely to be deferred until
Wednesday, the 29th inst., being the festival of St. Michael.

The Guardian of Wednesday says: "In consequence
of the announcement by the Bishop of Winchester that he
proposes to resign his bishopric in October, an opportunity
has been afforded to the manufacturers of ecclesiastical
gossip for disposing promptly of that important see ; of as-
suming, perhaps not unnaturally, that it will be filled by
translation, and of further providing a successor to the
bishop whose translation is anticipated. A very little re-
flection will suffice to satisfy the most cautious that all these
and such like rumours must be untrustworthy"
DEATHS FROM SUNSTROKE. Several cases
of sunstroke have occurred in Essex, principally
in the harvest field. 11 enry Smith, of North
Weald, near Epping, was struck in the field, and died
the same night. Four men at Bobbingworth were
similarly affected, and died the following morn
ing. A boy named Williamson, at Earl's Colne,
was taken ill in the field, and died in a few hours.
Several other cases occurred which did not prove fatal.
At Barnstaple two labourers and n lad working in a
harvest field were attacked with sunstroke. One of them,
named Tossil, died in half an hour. The others are likely
to recover.

SIIoCKING SUICIDE AT ST. PAUL'S.—Mr. W.
J. Payne, the deputy coroner, has held an inquest at St.
Bartholomew's Hospital, touching the death of James
Kemp, aged 52 years. Mrs. Frances Sewell said she was
in St. Paul's Cathedral, near the south door, last Thurs-
day fortnight, when a lady called her attention to the
deceased, who had his hands to his forehead, as
be was leaning against a railing. Blood was flowing
'corn his mouth and throat. She called one of the vergers
to, him.— Thomas Singleton, verger, said that when he
was called to the deceased he found he had
pressed the top of the spikes into his throat. The spikes
were six inches long, and were notmuch stouter thnnkb,ick
rails.—Mr. Lloyd, house-surgeon, said the spikes had
penetrated through the windpipe to the spine. When
luestioned why he did it, the deceased replied, "Excite.
Tient." He died on Monday.—Mrs. Sarah Kemp, of
manning Town, Essex, said the deceased was a plumber
and painter. For some time past he bad been in great
iespondency through losses in business.--Henry Kemp,
;on of the deceased, said his father had been twenty-one
years parish clerk, and was religiously inclined. He had
'ately been in great distress about money matters. hen
je saw his father in St. Bartholomew's Hospital, he said,
`Did you bear of the accident? I met with it in St.
Paul's."—Police-constable 429 said he found a return
ticket from Fenchurch-street to Barking-road in the
pocket of. deceased. After hearing some further evidpoo
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