The Sun.
London, England, 1859-05-09 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 9, 1859.

THE LONDON.—The attention of Gentlemen
11 is especially drawn to the advantages offered in these
elegant and spacious Saloons, which fulfil all the require-
ments of a West-end club of the most aristocratic and exclu-
sive character.
Won trouve dans la Salle de Lecture non seulement les
meilleurs journeaux Anglais, macs aussi Allemand, Francais,
et Beige.
F. SAWYER, Prbprietor,l9l, Fleet-street.

THE LONDON,—S AW Y E R'S famous
LONDON DINNER, consisting of two soups, two
ash, two entrees, joints, two sweets, cheese, and salad, at a
fixed charge of 2s. 6d. (attendance, 3d.), is served from Two
till Eight in the spacious Saloon.
In the Coffee-room, Dinners from the joint, with vegetables,
cheese, and Salad, ls. 6d. (attendance 3d.), and soup, fish, en-
trées, &c., a la Carte, are served from One till Nine o'clock.
Ladies' Private Rooms and. Dining Saloons. Spacious and
well-ventilated Wine, Coffee, and Smoking Saloon.
An extensive and carefully selected stock of Rhenish, ido--
selle, and other Wines, imported expressly for the London
Dinner. Open on Sundays from Four•till Nine.
F. SAWYER, Proprietor, 191, Fleet-street.

THE PATRICIAN. This Establishment is
now Open for first-class DINNERS, LUNCHEONS,
&C. The PATRICIAN DINNER, in the large Dining-room,
at 2s. Gd., comprising Soup, Fish, Entrees, Joints, Pastry,
Cheese, &c. The Wines with corresponding economy. In
the Coffee-room, Dinners and Refreshments ala carte. Spe-
cial attention is invited to the numerous Private Apartments
for the Patrician Dinner, at ss. The Smoking and Chess-
room combines comfort and elegance. The lavatories, vesti-
bules, and spacious entrance, with the general unique arrange.
ments, ensure an acknowledgment that this noble Mansion is
worthy of its title—THE PATRICIAN. Open at Five on
Sundays. Wedding Breakfasts and Ball Suppers, with first-
class attendance.

Orders, addressed to J. HOLMES and CO., The Patrician,
New Coventry-street, will have the best attention.
N.8.-IVhitebait, in perfection, served daily. Hampers
packed for the Derby.

T HORLE Y's MUG.

dale, of the firm - of Symes,- Teesdale, and Sandi-
lands, is retained to watch the proceedings on behalf
of the friends of the deceased.
The circumstances in connection with this case
have so seized upon the inhabitants of the.locality
that applications have been made for tickets of
admission to prevent disappointment in the hearing
of the proceedings.

THE NAVY.

The Osborne paddlewheel steam-yacht, Master.
Commander George H. K. Bower, sailed from
Portsmouth yesterday morning (reported for
Gibraltar). .

The Doris, 32, screw steam-frigate, Captain E.
Heathcote, having shipped her altered screw at the
sheer jetty, Portsmouth dockyard, steamed out to
Spithead at high water on Saturday. She will make
her fourth screw trial at the measurer mile this
morning, should the weather be favourable.
The Mersey, 40, screw steam-frigate, Capt. H.
Caldwell. C. 8., at Spithead, is under orders for.
Portland, but had not left Spithead at six p.m.
yesterday.
The Cunard screw steamship Etna, having on
board 3 officers and 21 men of the 2d battalion of
the 22d Foot, and 5 officers, 32 men, and 4 women
of the Ist battalion of the 21st Foot, sailed from
Liverpool on Saturday for Portsmouth, where she
will embark additional troops for Malta.
The troopship La Hogue, Commander Williams,
107 days out from Sydney, arrived at Gravesend on
Saturday afternoon, with a party of invalid troops
on board, from Australia, consisting of 24 men of
the 77th Regiment, 12 men of the 12th Regment,
and 5 men of the 11th Regiment, with 5 women
and 9 children, the whole in charge of Capt. T. G.
Versker, 12th Regiment.
Orders have been received at Chatham dockyard
for a 91 gun line-of-battle screw steamer, to be called
the Bulwark, to be immediately laid down on No.
6 slip, from which the Hood, 91, was recently
launched.
The screw steam frigate Curacoa, 31, Capt. T. H.
Mason, from the United States, arrived at Plymouth
on Saturday with Lord Napier, late Minister at
Washington. His lordship and family were con-
veyed from the Sound by the steamer Vivid to
Mount Wise, whera.they were 'received on landing
by Port-Admiral Sir Barrington Reynolds, K.C.B.
Lord Napier left Plymouth in the afternoon by the
South Devon Railway for Torquay.
His Netherlands Majesty's corvette Nyord sailed
from Plymouth on Thursday for Gothenburg.
The paddlewheel steam vessel Avon, 3 (tender to
the Impregnable), Second Master J. H. Lawrence,
commanding, from Ireland, with Mr. Paul, assist.-
master attendant, Devonport Dockyard, and 180
supernumeraries, arrived at Plymouth on Friday
morning, and left again in the afternoon for Sheer.
ness, with 80 men for the screw steam guardship of
ordinary Cressy, 80, Capt. Edward P. Halstead.

Port-Admiral Sir Barrington Reynolds, K.C.8.,
went out in his barge on Friday morning, and
mustered the crew of the steamship James Watt,
Capt. E. Codd, in Plymouth Sound.
Pendants were hoisted on board the Intrepid, 6,
and the Brisk, 16, at Devo.iport on Friday morning.
The gunboat Goldfinch was undocked at Devon-
port on Friday.
Mr. J. Bradbury, gunner, of the screw steamship
Exmouth, 90, at Devonport, who unfortunately fell
down the hatchway a few days ago, died on Thurs-
day night.
The screw steamship St. George. 91, was removed
from Keyham Basin on Friday to the dockyard
jetty at Devonport.
The screw steamship Revenge, 91, was appointed
to leave Pembroke for Plymouth on Saturday.
The crew of the screw steamship James Watt,
91, Capt. E. Codd, were paid advance of wages on
Friday afternoon at Plymouth. She is ordered to
proceed to Portland, and left under canvas yester-
day (Sunday) morning.
The crew of the gunnery ship Cambridge, Capt.
Jerningham, at Plymouth, were paid wages on
Thursday.
The brig Nautilus, 6, Lieut. W. B. Grant, tender
to the Impregnable, from Falmouth, arrived at
Ply-mouth on Friday.
The screw steam storeship Industry, 2, Master-
Commander Hodges, from the Cape of Good Hope,
arrived in Plymouth on Saturday.
'f he gunboat Bitter, tender to the Blenheim, 60,
at Portland, arrived at Plymouth on Saturday for
stores.

The Aboukir, 90, was towed down on Saturday
from Hamoaze to Devonport to get her yards and
other spars on board, for the purpose of being fur-
ther advanced.

Two new vessels—the Repulse, 91, and the Wol-
verine, 21, screw corvette—were commenced dur-
ing the past week on No. 1 and No. 6 slips at
Woolwich Dockyard.
A number of engineers have volunteered from
Woolwich dockyard factory for service in the
Royal navy, and have passed a successful examina-
tion for service as third-class assistants.

In connection with the eccentric hook-block so
favourably reported on by the official authorities at
Portsmouth Dockyard, their use will be applied to
her Majesty's yacht, and also to, the Gorgon, 6,
paddle. The block is available for many useful
purposes besides boats, and has been patented by
Lieutenant Wm. Clark, R.N. _

Detachments of Royal Marines were on Satur-
day embarked from Woolwich for her Majesty's
paddlewheel steam sloop Gorgon, despatch vessel
Banshee, steam frigate Firebrand, and the 84-gun
ship Asia, recently commissioned. Her Majesty's
steam sloop Driver, at Sheerness, is ordered
up to Woolwich to be pushed forward for being
docked ; and the iron paddlewheel steam-vessel
Bloodhound and the steam-sloop Prometheus, at
Woolwich, are ordered to be got ready for the
pennant.

The transport schooners Anne. and Charlotte,
Arthur Wyatt, and Henry have shipped 117 heavy
siege guns and full cargoes of war stores at Wool-
wich, under orders for Portsmouth. Twenty heavy
loads of 8-inch shell and 32-pounder case and grape
shot were on Saturday despatched to the various
stations on the coast of Sussex, and the other coast
stations have been similarly supplied from the
Royal Arsenal. The Mediterranean dependencies
have received respectively a large amount of every
conceivable kind of war material, which it is in-
tended still to increase. Notwithstanding that the
establishment of Woolwich is at the present mo-
ment over the scale employed at any other period,
the urgency of the present demands has necessitated
a considerable increase, which is ordered to be
made this morning (Monday.) The Royal Carriage,
the Laboratories, and the Military Store Depart-
ments have issued announcements for additional
hands to be taken on this (Monday) morning. The
Laboratory Department has undertaken to turn
out the enormous amount of 20,000 68-pounder
shot daily, exclusive of the manifold offices of ordi-
nary occurrence, which will likewise be aug-
mented.
The following appointments were made on Sa-
turda at the Admiralty :—Captain H. S. Hillyar,
C.B. 1854), to the Cadmus ; Commander Colin A.
Camp ell, to the Banshee ; W. E. Fisher, to the
Ferret ; and Edmund Wilson, to the Atholl ; Lieu-
tenants J. R. Barnett, to the Firebrand; H. N.
Knox, to the Royal Adelaide; and Neale D. F.
Lillingstone, to the Cadmus ; and Edwin Wise,
master, to the Cadmus.
A FIFTY-GUN FRIGATE CUT ASUNDER.—The
operation of launching the after part of the Severn,
50, sailing vessel, took place on Saturday at Chat-
ham, in the presence of the Captain Superintendent
Goldsmith, 0. W: Lang, Esq., master shipwright,
and the other officers of the yard. There were also
present a considerable number of spectators, drawn
together to witness so novel and interesting a sight
—the ship having been cut through in midships.
By the operation an additional length will be given
in midships of 51 feet. She is also to be lengthened
both fore and aft to 91 feet ; consequently, when
completed, the extreme length will be 326 feet.