The Sun.
London, England, 1859-12-07 00:00:00

TREDEGAR.

On the 26th of November last a numerous and
influential meeting of the inhabitants of this place
was held to organise a volunteer rifle corps. About
70 of the young men present came forward to have
their names enrolled; and upwards of £lOO has
been already collected towards the cost of equip-
ment.

MARITIME LAW IN TIME OF WAR.—An assem-
bly of merchants and shipowners, convoked to express their
wishes respecting certain modifications to be introduced into
maritime law in time of war was held at Bremen on Dec. 2.
The members, after a brief discussion, unanimously adopted
the following propositions :—lnviolability of person and
property on the seas in time of war, extended to the natives
of the belligerent states, forms, in so far as the necessities of
the war do not inevitaby limit it, one of the requirements of
the juridical sentiment of our age. An opportunity pre-
sents itself for urgently requesting the Senate of the free
Hanseatic city:of Bremen to represent this'principle, and en-
deavour to procure its practical adoption either by the con-
federate governments of Germany or by the powers of the
Congress. It is incumbent as far as possible on all those
who truly desire the realisation of this principle, both for
their own sakes and for that of right and civilisation, to
express their unanimous wish for it, and to act in concert
with this same end in view upon their respective Govern-
ments. A committee will be appointed, and directed to
communicate the present resolutions to the Senate, to the
Chamber of Commerce, to the foreign consuls living at Bre-
men, and to all persons in Germany or abroad who take an
interest in the prosperity of maritime commerce, together
with an invitation to them to contribute as far as they are
able to the object proposed.
LOLA MONTES. This somewhat celebrated
woman is residing in Brooklyn, and not in this city, as the
Herald states. Lola is now living with some intimate
friends, who have stood by her in all her various fortunes.
She is said to have really experienced a change of heart,
and those that know her best assert that recently she has
lived the life of a devoted and sincere Christian. Lola
Mentes, ever since her marriage with Lieutenant Heald,
in England, has claimed his name, and has always used
it in business transactions. Lo'a need neither play nor
preach, for Heald enjoined in his will that his executor
should pay her an annuity of £5OO as long as she lived.—
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Her Majesty's iron steam troopship Vulcan, 6,
Commander Store, from Portsmouth, with troops,
and bound for Kingstown and China, was com-
pelled to bring up in the western bay of Falmouth
on Sunday, owing to a very strong gale at south-
west, and remained on Monday.
The screw line-of-battle ship Algiers, 91, re•
joined the Channel Fleet at Portland on Sunday.
The vessels now at anchor there are the Royal Al-
bert, 131 (flag ship); Hero, 91 ; Aboukir, 91 ;
91 ; Trafalgar, 91 ; Mars, 80 ; Mersey, 40 ;
Diadem, 32 ; Blenheim, 60; Donegal, 101; Part-
ridge, 6; and the Biter, 2.
The Narcissus, 51, was taken out of No. 3 dock
in Keyham steamyard on Monday, and the Revenge,
91, was put in.
The announcement in our yesterday's impres-
sion of H.M.S. Himalaya being under orders to
proceed to Halifax, Nova Scotia, was, by a mis-
take, rendered Halifax, United States.
The Fawn, 17, screw, Commander R. B. Cator, at
Spithead, is expected to proceed to Portland as
soon as the weather moderates.
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Monday night from her Majesty's screw steamship
Princess Royal, paid off at Portsmouth.
No. 1 screw steam transport, Thunder, yesterday
• went down to Greenhithe from Deptford, laden
with war, commissariat, and victualling stores, and,
after shipping 100 tons of powder, she will be swung
for the adjustment of compasses, and sail for her de-
stination. The Patrician was yesterday chartered
by the War Department to embark stores from the
military department of Woolwich Arsenal. The
Ida, lantlio, and the Eclipse have arrived at Wool-
wich Arsenal; and the Trinculo was yesterday
taken up, also the Japan and the Jabez.
The steam transport Dee, Mr. T. Pullen, RN.,
eommanding, will sail from Woolwich this morning,
conveying boilers and other gear for the Narcissus
and Jason, under construction at Devonport.
Admiralty instructions were yesterday received
at Woolwich, directing Commodore the Hon. Sir
James Drummond, superintendent of the dock-
yard, to countermand the sailing orders of
the iron steanivessel Weser, Commander Raby,
(V.C.), destined to leave Greenhithe yesterday for
the River Plate, under convoy of the screw steam-
sloop Mutine, Commander Graham, to Portsmouth.
The Weser is pronounced on all hands to be ill-
adapted, if not absolutely unsafe, for a long sea voy-
age at this season of the year, and from her extreme
depth under water, and, as reported, the probability
of danger, a number of the crew have already de-
serted. It is consequently considered highly pro-
bable, as already stated in The Sun, that she will
be replaced for the voyage by the Hecate.
The result of experiments on board her Majesty's
iron paddlewheel steam vessel Bloodhound, the
Parramatta, Tyne, and other ships, witk Messrs.
Day and Company's patent marine cement, for
coating the interior of iron vessels, having proved
satisfactory, the Lords of the Admiralty have di-
rected the application of the cement over the bilge
bottom plates and rivet heads on the inside of the
iron paddle steamer Harpy, lately from the Medi-
terranean. The process was commenced yesterday
at Woolwich, and will be carried out on board
other ships in the Royal Navy. The cement con-
sists of an enamel, which resists the influence of
moisture and the destructive effect of the
chymical action of acids in bilge water, and is
produced from salt, sugar, coal-dust, guano, and
other materials. It requires about five hours to
melt into a hot lava state, is applied after a
preparatory coating of patent composition over a
clean and dry surface, and is pronounced cheaper
and better than paint.
Last week Col. Greene and Mr. Wilberforce sur-
veyed the land to the north of the steam yard at
Keyham, with a view to the extension of that esta-
blishment. The land in question belongs to the St.
Aubyn estates, and the foreshore to the Duchy of
Cornwall, It includes Weston Mill Creek, which
is close to the powder works at Bull point. Should
the Government succeed in making the purchase, it
will then possess nearly all the eastern coast of
Hamoaze, from Plymouth Sound to the Albert-
bridge at Saltash.
The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty :—Capt. F. Campbell, to the
Neptune, vice Capt. Sir Wm. Hoste; Capt. George
Parker, to the Vulture, vice Capt. Campbell ; Coln.
Wm. Thorp, to the Asia ; Lieut. H. H. Boys, to the
Chesapeake, on the China station; W. H. Faweker,
master additional, to the Cumberland ; C. Bawden,
master, to the Asia, for service in the Bacchante;
E. J. H. Tucker, master, to be agent of transports
on board the Thunderer ; E. Youel, master, to the
Centurion ; J. G. H. Thain, master, to the Con-
queror ; J. G. Risk, surgeon, to the Conqueror ; W.
Smith, surgeon, to the Centurion ; the Rev. H. A.
Middleton, chaplain, to the Centurion ; the Rev. T.
Davies, chaplain, to the Conqueror ; G. F. Parker,
naval instructor, to the Conqueror ; A. Tarmine,
naval instructor, to the Centurion ; J. Fisher and J.
Bishop, assistant surgeons, to the Centurion ; T.
Al‘Galian and IV. J. Eames, assistant surgeons, to
the Conqueror ; W. A. Dinnen, chief engineer, to
the Conqueror ; E. Crump, chief engineer, to the
Centurion ; E. T. B. Bird, Ist class assistant engi-
neer, to the Conqueror ; J. Moir, acting 2d class
assistant engineer, to the Conqueror ; J. Lanksbury,
acting 2d class assistant engineer, to the Centurion ;
G. F. Williams and W. Fenton, 13d class assistant
engineers, to the Centurion ; J. G. Taylor, 3d class
assistant engineer, to the Conqueror ; John Gordon,
Kenneth M'Caskill, and Andrew Kennedy,
acting 3d class assistant engineers, to the Con-
queror; D. Wilson, actin.. 3d class assistant engi-
neer, to the Centurion ; 13. C. Hitchcock, master's
assistant, to the Urgent; C. R. Alarcon, master's
assistant, to the Centurion; G. W. Burnett, master's
assistant, to the Conqueror ; IV. B. V. Farron, pay-
master, to the Centurion ; F. Mundy, pay Master, to
the Conqueror; E. J, Giles, paymaster additional,
to the Impregnable ; T. N. Stote, paymaster, to the
Triton, promoted ; C. G. Smith, paymaster, to the
Greyhound ; A. Whiffin and H. S. B. Giles, assis-
tant paymasters, to the Centurion ; H. Millett and
the Con-
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W. Cole, assistant clerk, to the Conqueror.