The Sun.
London, England, 1859-03-04 00:00:00

NORTH-EASTERN.

Yesterday the Jarrow Docks on the Tyne, be-
longing to this company, were opened for traffic by
the directors. The event was celebrated with con-
siderable rejoicings in the harbour and town of
Shields, and the day was observed as a general
holiday. The Jarrow Docks are the largest coal
docks in the North of England, and can give
accommodation to 500 sail of ships.at one time.

STOCKPORT, DISLEY, AND WHALEY
BRIDGE.

At the half-yearlymeeting of this company, held
at the office, Leadenhall-street, on Saturday, Mr.
Notman in the chair, the Chairman, in moving the
adoption of the report, said that the accounts for
the half-year ending 31st December last showed a
dividend at the rate of 2 per cent. per annum, and
an increase in the receipts of £1,347, as compared
with the corresponding half of 1857. Resolutions
were passed adopting the report and re-electing
the retiring directors and auditor.

A young lady writes : " May I ask Mr. Punch
who is one of his wittiest writers ?" Mr. Punch replies :
May you I To be sure, my dear."—Kelly's Railway
aukk.

The Royal Sovereign, 131, in the steam basin at
Portsmouth, is ordered to be fitted with wire-rope
bobstays on a new principle, the end of the bobstay
fitting with an eye to a hook on the head knee.
Every exertion is being used to get the Mersey,
40, screw steam frigate, in the steam basin at
Portsmouth, ready for her trial trip as quickly as
possible. She is taking in the hollow shot for her
10-inch main deck guns, spare spars, &c., and
coaling. Her guns and their carriages have yet to
be put on board.
Her Majesty's screw steamships now at anchor
in Portland harbour are the Blenheim, 61 ; the
Liffey, 51, and the Termagant, 31, the latter hav-
ing arrived early on Wednesday afternoon from
Spithead.
The screw steamship St. Jean d'Acre, 101, Cap-
tain Thompson, took on board heepowder in Ply-
mouth Sound on Monday, and on Wednesday was
inspected by the Commander-in• Chief, Vice-Admi-
ral Sir Barrington Reynolds, K.C.8., accompanied.
by Captain Jerningham, of the gunnery ship Cam-
bridge, who subsequently mustered and exercised
the crew of the screw steam sloop Gannet, 11, also
in the Sound..

The paddlewheel steam frigate Leopard, 18,
Captain Wainwright, steamed from Hamoaze into
Plymouth Sound on Tuesday, and received her
powder on Wednesday.
The paddlewheel steam sloop Virago, 6, Com-
mander Dunn, was taken out of Keyham basin on
Wednesday.
The naval transport Diligence sailed from Ply-
mouth on Wednesday with stores for the Eastern
ports.
The gunboat Grappler was docked at Devonport
on Monday.
On Wednesday afternoon a telegraphic despatch
arrived at Chatham dockyard, from the Admiralty,
directing 250 additional shipwrights and thirty-
six other artisans to be immediately entered at this
establishment in order for all the available force to
be employed in hastening forward the completion
of those line-of-battle ships now on the stocks,
several other additional vessels being ordered to be
immediately laid down. The whole of the work-
men employed in this dockyard are also to be em-
ployed on task work overtime, the same as during
the Russian war.
The following appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty :—Lieut. G. J. Malcolm, late flag
lieutenant to Admiral Sir G. F. Seymour, promoted
to commander; Lieut. C. H. Murphy, to the Excel.
lent ; Lieut. A. R. Wright, to the dinburgh •, H.
Campbell, paymaster, to the Vesuvius ; and E. S.
Peach, assistant-clerk, to the Tortoise.

LADY HAVELOCK AND THE VETERANS OF THE
13TH.—A pleasing instance of the courtesy and
kindness of Lady Havelock, and, at the same time,
showing the interest she feels in those who have
been associated with her late lamented husband,
occurred in Bath. Her ladyship was staying
a few days ago, at Westfield Cottage, Wells-
road, and hearing that a few non-commissioned
officers and privates were located here belong-
ing to the 13th Regiment, in which Sir H.
Havelock held the rank of captain in the early
part of his military career, she kindly in'ited
them to visit her at her temporary residence.
The names of those who waited on her lady-
ship in obedience to this request were Sergeant-
Major Brown, Quartermaster-Sergeant Hughes,
Colour-Sergeant Duffy, Staff-Sergeant Greabach,
Sergeant Thomas Greabach, and Privates Samuel
Bicky and Henry Hall, all of whom served under
Havelock during the Affghanistan campaign, and
were present with him at the siege of Jellalabad,
where he commanded the right wing. In reply to
her inquiries, Lady Havelock was pleased to hear
that these veterans recollected her, when, 21 years
ago, she was left at Kurnawan (a frontier station
for European troops), while Captain Havelock, who
had just obtained the command of the 4th company,
proceeded on the active service of the campaign,
and listened with deep interest to the details which
they gave of the stirring engagements which took
place amongst the mountain passes of Affghanistan.
At the close of the interview, which lasted about
an hour, her ladyship expressed the gratification
she felt at meeting with the old comrades of her
husband, and, having given them her address in
London, stated that she should be happy to see any
of them there should they come to the metropolis.
The little band of veterans, each of whom was de-
corated with three, four, or five medals, were very
hospitably entertained, and took their leave de-
lighted with the reception they had received.—
Bath Chronicle.