The Sun.
London, England, 1859-01-01 00:00:00

THE NAVE

Her Majesty'as crew-frigate Shannon, of 50 guns,
Capt. F. Marten ,(acting), was taken into Ports-
mouth Harbour ye sterday morning, under the direc-
tion of Mr. Jones k(s. Queen's pilot), and moored to
the Camperdown receiving hulk. In the afternoon
the Commander-im-Chief, Admiral Sir G. Seymour,
K.C.8., G.C.H., r nustered and inspected the Shan-
non's crew, who manned yards on the occasion of
the Admiral visil Ang and retiring from the ship.
Her Majesty's training-ship Illustrious, Capt. R.
Harris, was paid .off yesterday at Portsmouth, and
the officers and crew will be turned over to the
Britannia, 120, w hich has been fitted as the future
training-ship for naval cadets.
The freight .ship Bloomer, from the port of Lon-
don, has met with an accident coming down Channel,
by getting into collision with another vessel. The
Bloomer has, upwards of 400 troops on board.
Lltiyd's age nts, Messrs. Garrett and Gibbon, of
Portsmouth„ have requested assistance, which has
been obtained from the Port Admiral, Sir G. Sey-
mour, who has kindly issued the necessary instruc-
tions for taking the vessel into Portsmouth Harbour.
Captain Kennedy, Woolwich division Royal Ma-
rine Light Infantry, yesterday left Woolwich for
Portsmouth, under orders to proceed to the Medi-
terranean to take the command of the detachment
of Royal Marines appointed to her Majesty's screw
_steamship Princess Royal, 91.
Her Majesty's iron steam store vessel Supply,
:Master Commander Baßiston, having discharged
h er cargo of antiquities for the British Museum,
w as yesterday hauled into dock at Woolwich for
ext :initiation and repairs, preparatory to her com-
plex' e refitment for her second voyage to Boudroun
Bay.
Thy paddlewheel store transport steamship
Rhadl tmanthus, Master Commander Sturdee, in
dock at Woolwich, has been considerably damaged
from tht' effects of her having been grounded by the
company, 9 packet Princess Royal, in coming down
the Clyde heavily laden with steam gear, when
two lengths of her keel were knocked off, and she
suffered various other injuries. Her timbers are
somewhat decayed, and her treenails completely
rotten through.
The young widow of Abraham Alibone, third
engineer of tla e Admiralty yacht. Black Eagle, and
who was killed on board that vessel during the late
voyage of the: Prince of Wales from Dover to Os-
tend, has been, granted a pension of ls. per day
from his Roy it Highness's privy purse, in addition
to her widow's pension of £27 per annum, the ordi-
nary grant of Government.
The following named vessels are under orders to
ship war stores from the military store department
of Woolwich Arsenal :—The Czar, for Malta ; the
St. Clair, for Algoa Bay ; the obert Morrison,
for Freemantlo; the John Pearce,-for St. Helena;
the Enthusiast, for Antigua; the Storm Nymph,
for Dominica • the James, for Bermuda ; the Kat-
lamby, for iort Natal ; the Watchful, for St.
Kitt's ; the Traveller, for Auckland; the John
Bunyan, for Malta ; the steamer Brendon, for Con-
stantinople; the Hawk, for Gibraltar; and the
Lilia, for the Bahamas.

The following appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty :
Captain—George Wodehouse to the Russell, recom-
missioned.

Lieutenants—A. C. !May and A. H. Fitzroy, to the Cal-
cutta ; A. G. Sutton, to the St. Vincent; J. B. Mitchell,
to the Argus.

Second Master.--E. L. B. Williams, to the Rhoda.
manthus.

THE ARMY.

In order to afford intellectual amusement and
recreation for the troops belonging to the various
branches of the service, quartered at Chatham, a
number of the officers belonging to that garrison
are interesting themselves in establishing a large
reading-room and lecture-hall, fot the exclusive use
of the young soldiers. The project has received
the approval of the authorities at the Horse
Guards, and there is little doubt that in a short
time a commodious building will be erected at
Chatham, under the auspices of the War Depart-
ment, for the purposes contemplated.
A subscription has been set on foot among the
officers belonging to Chatham Garrison, for the
homeless poor in the metropolis.
The third (Major Sedley's) company of Royal
Engineers have been inspected at Chatham, and on
Monday morning will leave Brompton Barracks
for Portsmouth, where they will embark on board
the Himalaya for Gibraltar.

DISMISSAL OF THE CHAPLAIN OF ST.

PANCRAS WORKHOUSE.

A general meeting of the clergy of the Rural
Deanery of St. Pancras, convened by the Rev.
Thomas Dale, M.A., vicar, was held on Thursday
afternoon, in the Registration-room of St. Pancras
Church, New-road, for the purpose of considering
the recent proceedings which have taken place in
reference to the dismissal of the Rev. Thomas Pugh
from the chaplaincy of St. Pancras Workhouse.
The Rev. Thomas Dale, M.A., Rural Dean, occu-
pied the chair, and there were present—the Rev. T.
F. Stooks, secretary to the chapter, and 23 others of
the parochial clergy, to whom the meeting was
confined, it being contrary to practice to permit any
other persons to be present.
The Rev. CHAIRMAN having explained the objects
of the meeting, and the subject of the dismissal of
the Rev. Thomas Pugh from his office having been
discussed, the following resolutions were adopted :
" 1. That, in visiting a member of his congre-
gation who had in writing fully acknowledged his
sin and professed his repentance, at the earnest
entreaty of such penitent, and for the sole purpose
of affording him spiritual consolation, the chaplain
of the workhouse (having at the time no knowledge
of the offence committed, except from the confes-
sion of the delinquent himself,) only discharged a
duty incumbent on every faithful minister of the
Church of England."
" 2. That in refusing to give up the address of
the delinquent to any person or persons not legally
empowered to demand it ; the knowlege of such
address having been obtained from a third party
under the promise of the strictest secrecy, and when
so obtained having been used exclusively for spiri-
tual purposes, the chaplain appears to this meeting
to have acted in accordance with the character of
a clergyman and a gentleman.
" 3. That without questioning the right of the
vestry of St. Pancras to dismiss their own offi-
cer, according to the terms of an existing agree-
ment, on any grounds which may to such vestry
appear sufficient, and without expressing any
opinion as to the proceedings subsequently taken,
this chapter, considering that the refusal to give up
the delinquent's address is specified on the minutes
of the vestry of December 8, 1858 (on which day
Mr. Pugh was dismissed), as the cause of his sum-
mary ejection from the chaplaincy, and consequent
deprivation of his means of livelihood, regard him
as entitled to the sympathy and support of all true
nd earnest members of the Church of England,
and recommends that a subscription be forthwith
commenced as a compensation for the loss he has
sustained."

Several subscriptions were announced, and the
proceedings terminated.

THE OLD YEAR AND THE NEW:

Several clergymen of the Church of England,
being incumbents of churches in the metropolis,
held midnight services last night, for the purpose
of enabling their congregations to observe with
solemnity the departure of the old and the coming
in of the new year. At St. Michael's Church, Bur-
leigh-street, Strand, the incumbent of which is the
Rev. A. G. Edouart, whose name is well known in
connection with the Exeter-hall services, there was
a service commencing at half-past 10 o'clock, and
the Holy Communion was administered . towards
the approach of midnight. At St. Mary's, Soho,
and West-street Chapel, St. Giles's, there were ser-
vices at 11 o'clock. At St. Mark's Church, Mary-
lebone, there was a midnight service, and a sermon
by the Rev. J. M. Bellew, the minister. A similar
service was held at St. Paul's, Bermondsey, by the
ltev. W. Duncan Long, the minister, and in many
other churches in connection with the establish-
ment. The night was observed with great solem-
• pity in all the Wesleyan chapels of the metropolis
without exception. It is entitled " watch-night,"
from the circumstance that ever since the founda-
tion of the society by John Wesley, the ministers
have assembled in their chapels and have watched
in the midst of their devotions the departure of the
old year. Amongst the other religious denomina-
tions no recognised system of " watching" prevails,
but in many of the Congregational or Independent
chapels special services were held. The Bishop of
London has set on foot special services for the new
year, which will commence at St. Dunstan's, Step-
ney, St. Giles's-in-the.Fields, and other churchev on
Monday evening next. Some of the most eminent
of the metropolitan clergy have accepted his lord-
ship's invitation to preach, and the Bishop himself
will preach at St. Giles's on Friday. To-morrow
the Westminster Abbey and the Exeter-hall ser.
vices are to be revived, and a new series, by Dis-
senting Ministers, will be commenced at St. James's
hall, and will be continued until the 20th of March.
The Dean of Westminster (Dr. French) will preach
the opening sermon at Westminster Abbey to-
morrow evening, and that at St. Paul's will be
preached by the Rev. J. Hampden Gurney, M.A.,
one of the prebendaries of the Cathedral, and rector
of St. Mary's, Bryanstone-square.