The Sun.
London, England, 1857-04-29 00:00:00

THE UNFOI? PUNAT .1 SHIP TRANSIT.

:Her Majesty's ship Transit, having the 90th Re-
giment on board for China. has put in at Corunna
in. " deep distress." The Times Portsmouth corre-
spondent had a letter, from which the following is
an oxtract, placed in his hands yesterday for publi-
cation :

" Her Majesty's ship Transit, Corunna, April 19.
" Here we are ! done up ! Two days' Bay' wea-
thers sent us in here to be fresh rigged ; you never
sew a worse sea boat in your life---erank top-heavy,
and everything that's bad ! We have everything
we could wish is the way of provisions—only two
clays' salt since we came on board ;—but such an
old. tub you never saw ; the rigging never set up,
or a nything secured ; we had hard work to keep
the masts from going over the side ; if she had
pitched instead of rolling I am sure the foremast
m'aet have gone over the bows. We had to get
ta elides across the decks from side to side to brace
tb_e rigging in to save the spars, in fact a greater
tab to roll I never knew, She is t-ip-heavy. lam
certain she will never weather the Cape, or she will
d .)o,3i.ve all on board both soldiers and blue-jackets.
Sine: is a disgrace to the British Government, and
meee so to the dockyard authorities. if she is lost
I only hope my diary will be found to condemn
those who sent her to sea. You may think what
she must be when I tell you for a truth that
the re are not one dozen men (troops) on boird with
a d::y hammock, every seam in her deck letting in
water. They had to give, or at least did give, extra
gro g.
if If

r.. Chis letter is from an intelligent and responsible
por son ou board the Transit, and is authenticated
by name, rank, awl every other ess.:mtial establish-
ing the credit of the wri:er.

The Duke of Newcastle and family returned to town
a few days since, from Clumber Park, for the season.
'The Marquis and Marchioness To wnshend are expected
in town in a few days, from Balls Park, Hertford, for
tb.a season. Viscount Raynham comes to town to.mor-
ro.w.

The Earl and Countess of Hardwicke and the Ladies
Y orke have left Wimpole Hall for Newmarket, whence
th ey will come to town to-day for the season.
The Earl and Countess Waldegrave are at present
at: tying at Hastings, and will not return to town until
the 12th of next month. •

The Earl and Countess of Wemyas are staying at their
sea ,t in East Lothian, and will not return to town until
the latter end of next month.

'..C11.3 Earl of Lincoln ;returned to town on Saturday,
from Nottingham.
Viscount Castlerosse has arrived in Belgrave-square,
from Killarney, for the meeting of Parliament.
L )rd and Lady Etcho arrived in town a few days since
froir L Italy, and have taken a house in Upper Beigrave-
stre 3t, for the season.

T he Hon. George Frederick and Mrs. Boyle have ar-
rive d at the Countess Dowager of Glasgow's residence,
Ch eshana-place.
'.tlr. and Mrs. Henry Potre have arrived at Barkeley-
scpiare, for the season.
'Mr. and Miss Longueville Clarke have arrived for the
sea son at their residence in Eaton-square.

Mr. Bollard arrived at the Foreign-office here, yester•
day morning, with extraordinary despatches from Lord
.pier, her Majesty's Minister in America.
A Cabinet Council was held at the official residence of
th,e First Lord of the Treasury, Downing-street, yester•
day. The Ministers present were Viscount Palmerston,
the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Marquis of
Le.nsdowne, the Earl of Harrowby, Sir George Grey,
the Elrl of Clarendon, ,Ir. Secretary Labouchere, Lord
Panmure, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Charles
Wood, the Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith, Lord Stanley
of Alderley, the Duke of Argyll, and the Right Hon.
M. T. Baines.
MEETING OF CONVOCATION.--Tile archbishop, the
deans of cathedra's, the archdeacons, and the proctors
recently elected to represent the clergy of the various
dioceses of the province of Canterbury, will assemble
at St. Paul's Cathedral, at a quarter before 11, on Fri-
day next for the purpose of formally opening the new
egnvootion.