The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-30 00:00:00

EVENING, AUGUST 30, 1844,

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE...._
PORTSMOUTH.--THR EXPERIAIHNTAL BRIGS.—
These vessels remain in statu quo,,,ready! for being
commiisioned,--aad consist of the--.l)Nring,••Osprey,
and Flying Fish, at this port, newly built,. with the
Waterwitch, Pantaloon, and Lily. The general be-
vlief,is that the pendant not be, hcisted., in these
.vetsels...gatn the preser3: Warlike .aspesl 41411 have

Captain-Manley Dixon (son of the late Adtuiral;Sir
Manley Dixon) -is, appointed. to the•ootninand of the'
ships in ordinary. at Plymouth ; and Captain Hen-
derson, at this port, will shortly be superseded from
the like service, his period having expired. .
The cutter Sylvia,. Lieut. Tumour, has arrived
from Jersey, to be stored. and re-fitted, and is in the

harbour for this purpose.
A. letter from the Inconstant, 36, Capt. Fremantle,
of the 23a July, reports her arrival at" Jamaica from
Barbadoes, having recently been employed in convey-
in.. the Governer of the Leeward Islands to and from
the several_ places within his command. The, only
ships_ ht Port Royal were the Spartan, 26 and steamer
Hermes, which vessel had been sickly.
The steam-ship Firebrand will be commissioned
shortly by Captain ?'Court for the broad pendant of
Commodore A: L. Corry, to superintend the evolu-
tions of the experimental brigs.
'The St. Vincent, 120, Captain Rowley, is 'still at
Plymouth, and is not ordered to the coast of Mo-
rocco, as reported. She is kept in readiness, however,
for immediate departure, if necessary. •
The surveying ship Thunder, and brigantine. Spy,
are to be re-commissioned at Chatham as soon as
ready, 'the former to return to the West Indies, and
the latter to the coast of Africa.
The Thalia, 42,' Captain Hope, and- Champion, 18,
may be expected shortly from the' South American
station, with a large 'amount of dollars on account of
merchants. -
The Royal yacht came into the harbour on her' re-
turn from the trial cruise on Sunday, having pre-
viously landed the Hon. H. T. L. Corry, one 'of the
Lords of the Admiralty, at Cowes. Sir William
Symonds, the surveyor of the navy, returned in ber,,
and her speed is reported as considerably increased by
her new machinery and boilers, fifteen knots per hour
having been accomplished. If this be true, the Vic-
toria and Albert: is unquestionably the fastest vessel
in the world.
_Her speed under canvass could not be
properly ascertained, as the winds fell light on her
starting, and continued until her return to port. She
is now moored up the harbour, and will in due course
be inspected" by the Lords Commissioners, now on
their official visit of inspection. - '
The Neptune, 120, and
,several other ships, are
being masted and otherwise brought forward, for ser-
vice, if.required. . • • .
The America, .50, Captain the Hon, -John Gordon,
.had not arrived at Rio de Janeiro from _Rnglan4 on
the 10th July, but was daily looked for.. •
'THE LORDS OF THE ADMIRALTY AT PORTS-
-MOUTH.
The Right Hon. the Earl of Haddington, Admiral
Sir George Cockburn, the Secretary of the Admiralty,
attended by Mr. Woolley, of the private office of the
Admiralty, arrived at the Port Admiral's house in the
dockyard on Tuesday evening. The Right lion. H.
T. L. Corry joined them early on Wednesday morning,
arriving in the Rocket steamer from Cowes. The Board
of Admiralty proceeded on WednesdayMornhig to make
their annual inspection of the do'ckyard, attended by
Captain Brandreth, Director General of -Works, Sir W.
Symonds,Surveyor of the Navy, Captain Beatson, R.E.;
Captain Sir Thomas Hastings, &c. They proceeded to
inspect the Prince Regent, razeeing, the new brigs in
the basin, the Scourge, building ; and they Occupied
considerable time in viewing the Royal Frederic, .110,
and Princess Rc;yal, '9O, building, on which vessels
the shipwri,7,!As are now at work ';• they then pro-
ceeded to view the new ships, anti the excavations
for the steam basin. Aftor inspecting the.other depart-
meats of the yard, the Board, about noon,' repaired to
the ,Adrairal's 'house for refreshment, ' anti at half-
past one embarked in the Admiral's barge with Rear-
. Admiral Superintendent Hyde Parker, C. 8., the Admi-
raltyflag' flying in the boat; and pieceeded up the her--
hour to the Victoria and Albert, the Queen's Royal-
yacht; which 'I vessel was minutely. inspected, Lord
Adolphus Titzelarence receiving .their Lordships, and
hoisting the Admiralty flag. The 'Board then; repaired
-W the Neptune, 120, advanced ship, to inspect her ma•
'-gazine and other fittings. The barge, then returned to
the Admiral's stairs, and landed some of the party, Lord
,Haddington and the Hon. S. Herbert proceeding in
the barge to Spithead, to visit the 'Collingwood, 80, on
board which ship Rear-Admiral -Sir G. Seymour re-
ceivedhis visitors, with manned yards, and a salute of 13
guns ; not visiting her officially as a Board of Admiralty,
no AchriiraltY,flag was hoisted. The party, after remaining
on board a considerable time, returned on shore. Lord
Haddington; We are sorry to say, is slightly indisposed,
which prevented his Lordship dining with the Admiral
Superintendent on Wednesday evening. The other
members of .the --Board, with the heads of the depart-
ment,.,availed themselves of the hospitality of the gal-
lant Admiral.
Yesterday morning the Board 'of Admiralty resumed
their 'work, of inspection, but the Earl of Haddington's
indsiposition prevented his accompanying them in their
tour. - They went over the Royal Clarence Victualling
yard, and the Royal Hospital at Hasler, and in the
afternoon went off for the Excellent.
The firing of the shells fromihis ship at the Swiftsure
to try their effect, will not -take place for a week or ten
days, in consequence of some bulk-heads aid some arti-
cles which are ordered to be cleared out of her.
To-day the Earl of Haddington will hold a levee at
the Royal Naval College, when his Lordship will see
officers who shave not attended any levee since August
last. In the evening it it expected the Board will return
to London by railway.
We are sorry to hear that our galltint and worthy
Commander-in-Chief, Sir Charles Rowley, has been
prevented from attending at his post at the visit of the
Board of Admiralty, by reason of another and very se-
vere attack of his old comiplaint. ' • •

LORD BROUGHAM.-
IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT.
TO THIS EDITOR OF THE MORNING HERALD.

' -Broughatu,'AuguSt 25, 1844.
Sili,--Vana again induced to trouble you, with the
design o giving information to the poor debtors still in
prison, and also to those owing larger sums. The former
(small-debtors) have nothing to do with the Bankruptcy
C'Ourt. They have only to mak-eaffiaavit 'of the debt
with the particulars, and get any person in London to
present it to the Judge at chambers. My Learned'
and expellent Friend Mr. Justice Munk is-most anxious
to give every facility possible to this proceeding, con-
sistently with a correct execution of the Act. If a poor
debtor knows do one in London; which is the case will
many, led him only send his petition and affidavit to me -
-at No. 4-, Grafton-street, so that-I may receive it on or
before. Tuesday next, the 3d of. SeEternber, and I will
undertake to present it. - -
I _have no power of giving the -same facilities to those
whose debts are abDve 201. The Learned Commissioners
have construed the -Act differently from me ; they may
be right, though I am unable to see the grounds of their.
decision ;-I have, therefore, no means of eying those
dehtdrs the benefit of an attorney's assistance, which I
find some at least of the 'Commissioners require. It may-
also, for anything .I know, be quite right for the Com-
missioners to require to• be approached only on parch-
inent, moreover, on parchment of, a certain size ; but I
recommend debtors in the meantime to comply with this
requisition ; to enable them to do so, I shall here men-
tion that there- lies -before -me a notification from the
Chief Registrar's office to a poor debtor, that he may
-obtain the proper form and size by applying at Mr.
Wood's, stationer, Basinghall-street, - or, it is added,
" any other. stationer who may have them " (the forms).
Heuorwerto era,plplryectoo mr
recommend '
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debtors, that theyavtheatoehonour,
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' - ' =. 4- BROUGHAM.

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MOM N— 'llO THE LATE EARL
OF'DtIRHAM: -
IsTuWCASTIX-UPON-TYNE, WEDNESDAY.—The foun-
dation-stone of the monument to be erected on I'ensher.
hill, in the county of Durham, to the memory of the lite
Earl of Durham, was this day laid with masonic honours,
amidst an immense concourse of spectators assembled
from all parts of the adjoining district.
In a field on the south side of the hill a large pavilion
was erected for the accommodation of the masons, and
here a provincial grand lodge was opened by'the Earl of
Zetland, the worshipful Grand Master. After the usual
ceremonies, the masonic brethren formed into procession,
with a band of music in front, and-proceeded by .a wind-
iii to the summit of the hilt.
All having been arranged, the foundation-stone was
elevated a little by means of a winch placed for the pur-
pose, and the lower half (it being divided into two)
having been adjusted, the Grand Secretary
.read aloud
the inscription, engraven on U 'brass plate, intended to
inclose a cavity which had been formed in the stone; its
follows
" This stone was laid by the. Earl of Zetland, Grand
Master of the Free and Accepted Masons of England,
assisted by the brethren of the province of Durham and
-Northumberlandon the 28th-of Au4ust, 1844, being the
foundation-stone of a; monument to be erected .to the
memory or John Gderge Earl of Durham, who, after
rePresenting the county of Durham in Parliament. for
fifteen years, was raised to the Peerage, and subsequently
held the offices of Lord Privy Seal, Ambassador Extrq-
orditiary and Minister at St. Petersburgh, and Governor-
General of Canada. He died on the 28:h of July, 184_,),
in the -49th year of his age. This monument is erfthed
by the private subscriptions of his fellow-countryfr;.en,
admirers of his public principles and, exemplary priyate
virtues.",
The ceremonies usual on such occasions havirAg been
completed, the Rev. Robert Green, of Newc•attle, the
I!ronncial Grand Chaplain, offered up an appropriate
prayer' which closed the interesting proceedings of
the day.

roautEN DEATH crr .CAITAIN"FIBIIEF" StirElLlN-
rgiitEgt or SIIVEIiNTSS DOCR::YARD'.—OnWodnesday,
aboht noon, Captain Fisher, for many. years Captain-
Superintendent of the part dock-yard, Sheerness, and
Fhb had- preitiously bten in his accustomed good state of
health, ,was auddi>alr attacked; by paralysis., Meaicalr
.aid was.promplly in attendance, but uotwithstandiug the
best advice. axid asaistanc2 were given, the unfortunate
g, eutleMan expired a few minutes tefare four o'clock in
the-afternoon. When Captain Fisher was attacked, he
superintending the docking of one of the advanced
slips selected to, be brought forward' for commissipn.
Captain Fishek has left a numerous family to bewail his
premature death, which is generally regretted by a wide
male of "friends and acquaintances.,