The Sun.
London, England, 1860-12-10 00:00:00

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sailed from Trincomalee on Sept. 15th, arrived at
the Cape of Good Hope on October 23d, took in a
few military and naval invalids, and sailed again
on the 27th ; put into Teneritle, burning the
last of her coals, on the 23th of November; and,
after taking in coals, water, and provisions, sailed
thence for England on the 30th Nov. In crossing
the Bay of Biscay she encountered a heavy gale of
wind from W.N.W. The ship and her machinery
are in a very disabled state, and at one part of her
voyage it was doubtful whether she would ever
reach
England. She awaits orders at Spithead.
The 'Firebrand, 6, paddle, Commander J. M:
Bruce, sailed—from Spithead on Saturday morning
by the Needles passage, for the West Indies.
The Geyser, 0, paddle, Commander G. M. Jackson,
sailed from Spithead on Saturday for the westward.
The Himalaya screw troopship, Capt. J. Sec-
combe, is ordered to be fitted with new cylin tiers
at Keyham-yard. The cylinders now on board have
been in a very defective state the whole period of
the ship's commission, but, nevertheless, the ship
has gone over upwards of 80,000 miles with them
since Capt. Seccombe has commanded her.

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room to each, occupied by large families, require the atten-
tion of the sanitary officers. A man, as lodger, with a family
of six persons, all sleep in one room, and that a wretched
place. Of another it is said, "a regular stye not fit for
human beings to live in," yet seven persons live and sleep
in the same room; man and wife with five children and a
lodger all sleep in one room. Four cottages, drainage and
ventilation bad, and quite destitute of water.
" Charney.—Father with two daughters and a son all
grown up, sleep in one room. A widow with five children
and her father, all sleep in one room. Drainage bad and
cottages generally in a most dilapidated state.
"Bullocks' Pits.—Fifteen cottages in a most dilapidated
state, many of the occupiers having large families of sons
and daughters sleeping'in one small room.

" Buscot.—Twenty-nine cottages, with only one bedroom
to each, and most of them occupied by large families ; a man
and wife with two daughters (one grown up) sleep in one
room ; a man and wife, with three children, live and sleep
in one very small room ; a man with three children, and
two men and one woman lodger, sleep in one small room ; a
man and wifa with a son 15 years old and grown-up daughter
sleep in one room.

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HENRY TUCKER,
Magistrate for the county of Berks.

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experiments
two
new sounding instruments from her Majesty's ship
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Traveller
gunboat,
Bulldog. The first instrument is the one invented
by Mr. Steil, assist.-engineer of the Bulldog, and%
used repeatedly on board that vessel daring her
recent expedition to the coast of Labrador. A de-
scription of this instrument appeared in the The
Sun of Thursday last. Its weight is 241 b., and it
has always answered admirably in both deep and
'shallow water. In deep water sling shot can be
attached to it, which detach themselves on reaching
the bottom. The other instrument is only for deep
water, for which it is specially intended. It is
named by Sir L. McClintock "the Bulldog ma-
chine," as it owes its existence to the experience
obtained in that ship. It consists of two parts—
a detaching cylindrical weight, and a pair of
hemispherical scoops, of the same nature as Mr.
,Steil's, but larger, which, until the instru-
ment has reached the bottom, are kept open by
the detaching cylindrical weight above them.
On reaching the bottom the
weight is de-
detached and the scoops closed by a stout india-
rubber band. The application of this indiarubber
band is due to Dr. Wallich, the naturalist of the
late expedition, and experience has proved that it
retains its retractile force undiminished as far down
as 2,000 fathoms. It is expected that a new instru-
ment now making in the dockyard on this plan will
only weigh 101 b empty, notreckoning the detaching
weight, and 141 b when filled with sand or mud.
The experiments with both were highly successful.
The Amethyst, 26, Captain S. Grenfell, from the
Pacific station, will, on being paid off at Chatham,
be placed in the reserve ordinary at that port.
The Myrmidon, 4, one of the new class of screw
despatch gunvessels now building at Chatham, seve-
ral of which are in progress at the other yards, was
commenced being planked on Saturday, the utmost
despatch being used in completing her.
Vice-Admiral Sir W. H. Stewart, K.C.8., struck
his flag as Port Admiral on board the Impregnable,
104, Captain Lord F. H. Kerr, at Plymouth on
Friday evening. His duty during his absence
devolves on Rear-Admiral Sir T. S. Pasley,
Admi-
ral-Superintendent of the Devonport dockyard.
The screw gun vessel Nimble, 5, was taken out-
side Plymouth Breakwater under steam on Satur-
a

DUELLING IN RUSSIA.

A letter of Nov. 20, dated from Stavropol (in
the province of Cis-Caucasus), addressed to the
Gazette des Tribunaux, says
" A duel has just been fought between two
young lieutenants of the Russian army of the Cau-
casus, Prince de Gortschakoff and Baron de Fit-
tinghof. The weapons chosen were pistols, and it
was agreed that the combatants, after being placed
in position, should be blindfolded, and that then
the word " fire" should be given by one of the three
witnesses, to be chosen by lot. The parties fired
simultaneously. Prince de Gortschakoff was not
touched, but the Baron de Fittinghof fell dead,
with a ball through his heart. The prince and
the three witnesses, M. de Schack, lieutenant;
de Nippa, sub-lieutenant; and Chomontow, a
major on the staff, were arrested and brought to
a court-martial at Stavropol. The public pro-
secutor called for a rigorous application of the
new law, which has had a most wholesome effect
in checking the practice of duelling, till lately so
frightfully prevalent in the Russian army. Ac-
cording to this law officers who fight duels are,
liable to be deprived of their commissions, their
decorations, and all rights and privileges of nobility,
and moreover to eight years' imprisonment in a
fortress ; non-commissioned officers and soldiers
are subjected to very severe corporal punishments.
In this case the court-martial, taking into consi-
deration that Prince de Gortschakoff had distin-
guished himself by his courage in several battles,
as was proved by his many scars, that MM. de
Schack and de Nippa were very young (under 19),
and that the former, having been born and brought
up in Germany, might possibly not have been
entirely aware of the extreme severity of the Rus-
sian law with regard to duels, and that M. Cho-
montow had before the combat made the most
praiseworthy efforts to prevent it from taking
place, and had only consented to be a witness in
the hope of effecting a reconciliation—was of
opinion that the extreme rigour of the law should
be modified by the exercise of their discretionary
power. Accordingly they only sentenced Prince
de Gortschakoff and Lieutenants de "Schack and de
Nippa to be deprived of their military rank and
decorations, and to serve in the army as private
soldiers, until by some brilliant service they should
deserve to have the attention of the Emperor called
to their case. As to M. Chomontow, he was only
sentenced to six months' imprisonment in the case-
mates of a fortress."

ay, to prove her machinery, the previous trial not
having given entire satisfaction. The screw gun-
boat speedy was taken from Hamoaze into the
Sound on Saturday to try her engines. Both re-
turned to Hamoaze.

The shipwrights in Devonport dockyard are pre-
paring the frame of the African, which will be laid
down in No. 2 slip, where the Petrel, 11,.was re-
cently launched.
The paybooks of the screw line-of-battle ship
Hero, 91, Commodore G. H. Seymour, at Plymouth
have been returned from the Admiralty, and the
erew will probably receive their wages early in the
week.

Commander X. Brown, Master-Attendant of
Devonport Dockyard, returned to his duty there
from Portsmouth on Saturday.
Steam was got up on Saturday on board the gun-
boat Porpoise, tender to the Royal Albert, 121, and
she went from Hamoaze into Barn Pool, Plymouth,
where she took on board her powder. She is now
ready to attend the Royal Albert on her arrival
with the fleet, which is shortly expected.
The screw steamship Howe, 121, was hauled on
Saturday under the sheers in Keyham-basin to
have her propelling apparatus lifted.
The coppering of the new screw steam frigate
Liverpool, 51, at Devonport, was completed on
Saturday ; she will probably vacate dock No. 3
early this week, when the Flying Fish will go on.
Mr. Robert B. Nicholson aid Mr. Wm. Hawks-
ley were on Saturday appointed as acting third-
class assistant engineers to the Asia as snpernu-
, meraries.