The Sun.
London, England, 1858-08-23 00:00:00

THE NAVY.

The screw coastguard training-ship Russell, 60, Captain
Henry A. Story, accompanied by her tender, the gunboat
Hir,d, from Falmouth, arrived at Plymouth on Friday.
The screw despatch-boat Intrepid, 6, belonging to the
steam reserve, male a trial trip from Plymoutk Sound on
Friday.
The paddle-wheel steamsloop Virago, Commander 11. B .
Haggard, was docked at Keyhara en Thursday.
The sailing three-decker Sr. George, 110, was placed
alongside the dockyard, Devonport, on Friday, preparatory
to her being cut down and converted into a 90-gun screw
steamship.
The crew of the Cumberland, 72, were paid wages at Ply-
mouth OR Saturday, and granted leave of absence. Her de-
fects will soon be made good.
The 'steam storeship Rhadamanthus is appointed to sail
this day with men, spars, and stores for launching the
Windsor Castle, 11G, at Pembroke, on the 26th inst.
The convict ship Edwin Fox, Captain Ferguson, from
Portsmouth and Portland, with 260 convicts for Freemantle,
West Australia, arrived at Plymouth ou Friday. She is
appointed to embark 19 convicts to-day, and will probably
sail for her destination to-morrow. _ _ _

The Oberon, 3, iron, paddlewheel steam-vessel, Lieut.-
Commander F. G. C. Paget, sailed from Spithead yesterday
morning for the Brazils:
Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Home Fremantle returned from
leave ou Saturday morning, and rehoisted his flag on board
the Orion at Spithead.
The Terrible, 21, paddlewheel steam-frigate, Captain F.
H. H. Glasse, sailed from Spithead on Saturday evening for
Plymouth.
The Valorous, 16, steamer, Captain W. C. Aldltam, which
arrived in harbour at Chatham on Friday night, has a por-
tion of her crew employed in rigging the Mersey, 40, pre-
viously to that steam-frigate being towed to Portsmouth,
which is expected to take place on Saturday next.
The Russell, 60, steam coastguard ship at Falmouth,
sailed for Plymouth on Friday morning, to replenish provi-
sions and other stores, and was accompanied by the Hind
gunboat.
The sailing ship Medway, 653 tons burden, Capt. James
B. Kennedy, sailed on Saturday morning from Woolwich,
laden with a general cargo, and 138 officers, non-commis-
cloned officers, and gunners, composing No. 1 Company of
the 12th Battalion Royal Artillery, for Colombo, in command
of Brevet-Major Pipon. The Medway is well calculated for
the transport of a small number of'troops. Each officer is pro-
vided with a separate cabin on deck, and the men are berthed
in the centre of the ship, between decks about 7 feet high,
with good scuttles fore and aft, and have the benefit of four
hatchways for ventilation. The troops were escorted to the
Arsenal pier, the place of embarkation, by Col. Blo3mfield,
Acting Commandant, the garrison staff, and the entire regi-
mental band and bugles. The ship left the pier in tow at noon
for Gravesend.
A dockyard order was on Saturday issued at Woolwich,
by direction of the Admiralty, to the effect that on and
after the 28th inst. the privilege recently granted of task
and job work is to cease; and also that the wages of the
dockyard labourers, which a short time ago was increased
from 12s. 6d. to 14s. per week, will be reduced Is.
Her Majesty's gunboat Ripple shipped her 68 and 32
pounder guns and stores on Saturday, in readiness to leave
under convoy of the Dee, for Devonport.

MR. CAIRD IN TLIE PULPIT.—He has no manu-
script before him,inet a shred of what the bumbler Scotch
call paper, and abhor as they abhor a vestige of Rome; but
who could for a moment be misled into imagining those feli-
citous sentences extemporaneous, or that masterly symme-
trical discussion of the subject, so ingenious, so thoughtful,
so rich in fine illustration, rising several times in the course of
the sermon into a fervid rush of eloquence that you hold your
breath to listen to—the ,excogitation of the moment? In
hearing Mr. Caird you have nothing to get over. There is
nothing that detracts from the general effect ; none of those
disagreeable peculiarities and awkwardness in utterance, in
gesture, in appearance,ln mode of thought, which grievously
detract from the pleasure with which we listen to many dis-
tinguished speakers tilt we get accustomed to them, and learn
to forget their defects in their merits and beauties. He begins
quietly, but in a manner which is full of earnestness and feel-
ing; every word is touched with just the right kind and degree
ofempltasis; many single words, and many little sentences
which when you recall them do not seem very remarkable, are
given in tones which make them absolutely thrill through
you: you feel the preacher basin hien the elements of a tragic
actor who would rival Kean. The attention of the congrega-
tion is rivetted; the silence is breathless; and as the speaker
goes on gathering warmth till he becomes impassioned and
impetuous, and the tension of the nerves of the hearer be-
comes almost painfsl. There is abundant ornament in style
—if you were cooler you might probably think some of it
carried to the verge of good taste; there is a great amount
and variety of the most expressive, apt, and seemingly un-
studied gesticulation : it is rather as though you were listen-
ing to the impulsive Italian speaking from head to foot, than
to the cool and unexcitable Scot. After two or three such
climaxes, with pauses between, after Ike manner of Dr. Chal-
mers, the preacher gathers himself up for his peroration, which
with the tact of the orator he has made more striking, more
touching, more impressive than any preceding portion of his
discourse. He is wound up often to an excitement which is
painful to see. The full deep voice, so beautifully expressive,
already taxed to its utmost extent, breaks into something
which is almost a shriek; the gesticulation becomes wild;
the preacher, who has hitherto held himself to some degree
in check, seems to abandon himself to the full tide of his
emotion ; you feel that not even his eloquent lips can do
justice to the rash of thought and feeling within. Two or
three minutes in this impassioned strain, and the sermon is
done. A few moments of startling silence; you look round
the church; every one is bending forward with eyes intent
upon the pulpit; then there is a general breath and stir.
You think the sermon has lasted about ten minutes; vou
consult your watch—it has lasted three-quarters of an hour.
—Fraser's Magazine for August,
SUrrosED Mtritimt.—On Saturday information
was received by Mr. Wm. Carter, the coroner for East
Surrey, of the finding of the body of a girl, not more than
12 years of age, in the Grand Surrey Canal, under such
circumstances as to lead to the inference that the poor
creature, atter being abused, bad been cast Into the
water and drowned. A lad, whilst fishing hooked
up the body, which was removed to the King's Arms
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had been
tied tightly round her neck. Mrs. Sarah Mitchell, of No. 8,
Victoria-street, who was employed to strip and wash the
body, said that she discovered such unmistakeable evi-
dences that the girl bad Met with foal treatment, that a
medical examination was necessary for the ends of justice.,
Mrs. Louisa Buckett, of 45, James-street, who also examined
the body very minutely, was likewise of the same opinion,
and she had no doubt but that the girl bad been abused.
The mother, Mary Ann Read, a -eery industrious nod re-
spectable woman, residing at No. 3, Victoria-place, York-
street, Walworth, came to the King's Arms and identified
the body as being that of her daughter, named Hannah
Read. She was a weekly servant, but she came home at
night to sleep.. Abent a quarter before seven on Paturday
morning she left home for the purpose of going to her situ-
ation, but she never saw her alive afterwards. She was
quite certain that nothing had occurred to induce her to
commit self-destruction. Every inquiry is being made in
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the neighbourhood, but nothing a!ditional has been learned.
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to examine the body, n
day. The many rumours afloat in the district have caused
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