The Sun.
London, England, 1850-10-19 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

RETIREMENT OF SIR JAMES M‘GREGOR, BART"—
This distinguished veteran officer has resigned his
appointment as head of the medical staff of the army.
Sir James, who is in the 80th year of his age, en-
tered the medical department of the army as surgeon
of the 88th regiment, and served in Holland and
Flanders in 1793 ; in 1796 was chief of the medical
staff in Grenada; in 1798 proceeded to India; in
1800 was placed at, the head of the medical staff of
the army in Egypt ' - was chief of the medical depart-
ment in the Walchern expedition, having in 1805
been promoted to the rank of deputy inspector-
general, and in 1811 joined the army in the Penin-
sular, and was particularly distinguished by the
Duke of Wellington in his dispatches after the sur-
render of Badajoz and the battle of Vittoria. In 1809
he was made an inspector-general, and in June 13,
1815, was placed at the head of the:medical board of
the army. He has altogether been in active service
about 56 years, and during his long career has been
on halt-pay for only about six months. He is Fellow
of the College of Physicians of London and Edin-
burgh ; he is Fellow of the: Royal Society, and is
Physician Extraordinary to her Majesty. He re-
ceived the honour of knighthood in 1814, and was
created a baronet of the United Kingdom in 1831.

The late Major-General Slessor served in Ireland
during the rebellion of 1798, and was engaged at An-
trim, and subsequently against the French force under
General Humbert, when he was wounded in the head.
He was afterwards employed in Sicily and Egypt,
when he was again wounded. He was also employed
in the campaign of 1815. By the death of Major-
General Slessor a vacancy occurs in the list of gene-
ral officers receiving the unattached pay of 255.
per day.
Lieutenant-General Sir Edward Blakeney, com-
manding the forces, has directed that the differences
between the Lieutenant-Colonel and Senior Major of
the 99th should be amicably arranged, and therefore
all further proceedings have ceased.
The 28th, 50th, and 82d Regiments were brigaded
on Southsea-common on Thursday, under the imme-
diate command of Lord Frederick Fitzclarence. They
went through the practice of pitching tents, encamp-
ment, lighting camp fires, and cooking.
We are sorry to say that on Thursday night another
soldier of the 2tith Regiment, named John Bull, a
man of two good-conduct stripes, and about twelve
years' service, shot himself with his own musket in
Anglesea barracks. He lingered a few hours, but
died at about one o'clock yesterday morning. No
reason is given for these awful suicides.

ROYAL ARTILLERY.-GENERAL ORDER.
Deputy Adjutant-General's-office,
Woolwich, Oct. 17, 1850.
His Lordship the Master-General has been pleased
to sanction an exchange of companies between First-
Lieutenant F. H. Chancellor, of Major Desbrisay's
company, 3d battalion, and H. A. Thrupp, of Cap-
tain Fitzgerald's company, sth battalion.
H. D. Ross, Deputy Adjutant-General.
A garrison order was issued on the above date, an-
nouncing that all parades and drills in the afternoon
are dispensed with during the three days on which
Charlton, or Horn Fair, is held—Friday, the 18th
instant, and Saturday and Monday following, to
allow the men an opportunity to go to Charlton, which
is only one mile west of Woolwich. One lieutenant,
four non-commissioned officers, and twenty-four
gunners will parade as an extra piquet at retreat
beating, during the days of the fair, and patrol the
roads to Charlton, to prevent disturbances. The
roll is to be called in barrack rooms at nine r.M., and
no leave to be granted after that hour.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
APPOINTMENTS-ADMIRALTY, FRIDAY.

Assistant-Surgeon—Dr. William Saunders
(1844), of the Victory, flag-ship, Portsmouth, to the
Birkenhead, steam troop-frigate.
Gunner—John Archibold, boatswain • Thomas
Harris, carpenter , James Roberts, to the Birken-
head.

Vice-Admiral H. M. Ommanney, and Captain
Forbes, of Windsor Forest, are reported to be seri-
ously ill.
PRIZE MONET FOR THE PHILOMEL.—Messrs.
Stilwell have given notice that accounts of the balance
of proceeds and tonnage bounties for the Brazilian
slave brigantine Igual, seized on the 23d January,
1849, of the balance of proceeds and slave tonnage
bounties for the Brazilian slave brigantine Andorinba,
seized on the 2d February, 1849, and for the slave
schooner Astucio, seized on the 11th March, 1849, by
her Majesty's sloop Philomel, will be deposited in
the registry of the High Court of Admiralty, on the
19th instant.
PRIZE MONEY FOR 'FRE SEALARK.—HaIIett, Ro-
binson, and Co. have given notice to the late officers
and company of her Majesty's sloop Sealark, Com-
mander W. B. Moneypenny, who were actually on
board at the capture of the Louisa, on the 4th Sep-
tember, 1848 (in company with her Majesty's brigan-
tine Bonetta), that they ,will be paid their respective
proportions of the proceeds and bounty received for the
said vessel, on Tuesday, the 29th inst., at No. 14, Great
George-street, Westminster, where the unclaimed
shares will ba re-called for three months.' Com-
mander, 421. 12a. 9J. ; third class, 51. 13s. Bd. ;
fourth, 2/. 16s. 10d.; fifth, 2/. 11s. ld. ; sixth,
1/. 145.; seventh, 1/. Bs. sd. ; eighth, 1/. 2s. Bd. ;
ninth, 17s ; tenth, 1 ls. 4d.; eleventh, Bs. 61 ;
twelfth, 55. Bd.; thirteenth, 4s. 3d.
The Fairy royal yacht tender, Master-Commander

Welsh, conveyed from Osborne house to Portsmouth,
on Thursday, the Hon. Miss Lennox, who landed at
the Victoria Pier, and joined her family at Southsea.
Birkenhead steam- frigate, Master-Commander
Aylen, is being loaded with provisions and stores
with all dispatch at Portsmouth. She has (very
properly) landed her heavy guns.
Sprightly steam-tender,. Master-Commander Allen,
went to Plymouth from Portsmouth on Thursday,
with supernumerary seamen for the Portland. Captain
Chads, of the Excellent, took a passage in her to visit
his son, the captain of that ship,
The Royal Albert, Indiaman,sailed from Spithead

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for CalcuttavASlN OF A GOOD ARRANGEMENT.—A oon Thursday evening.
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corres-
pondent, who states that he is a general practitioner,
informs us that her Majesty's steam-frigate Tiger, is
at this period preparing for active service ; the main-
obpinusrphoasvees, been
and
placed
main-
deck has been cleared of all cabins, excepting that of
the captain, his clerk's office, and his steward's, mak-
ingtor,
this
"including adapted
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every one being provided
ogun-room
steward," excepting the
assistant-surgeon; the cabin allotted for the chaplain
has been ordered, " in the event of her not carrying
one," to be made over to the chief engineer, although
this officer has a proper cabin ,hitherto fitted for him
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deck,
in the fore part of the ship, near the machinery. This
case is very similar to that of the Salamander, where
the assistant-surgeon has been treated in the same
manner, and a spare cabin in the gun-room given to
the engineer. Such is the statement of our corres-
pondent. It is right that the Admiralty board should
be made acquainted with these facts, as we cannot
suppose that the members of that body would de-
sire to act in direct opposition to a deliberately-
adopted resolution of the House of Commons.—Lancet,
Oct. 19.

PORTSMOUTH, FRIDAY.—Mr. Penn, master of the
Blenheim, and sixty riggers of that ship, who navi-
gated the Furious to the Thames, returned to-day by
rail, the Argus steam-frigate, which they were to
have brought back, not being ready.
The convict ,whose escape we reported two days
since has not yet been taken.
PLYMOUTH, OCT. 17.—Her Majesty's packet Petrel
went out of harbour yesterday, and sailed for Fal-
mouth. She takes the November mail to Rio Janeiro,
and on her return will be paid off, as the mails, from
the Ist of January next, will be conveyed by contract
vessels.

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The Tyne, having been fitted as a transport, will
be undocked and masted. . _

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The steam-vessel Wasp is ordered here, to be paid
advance, previous to conveying the November mails
to the coast of Africa.
The frigate Portland will go out of harbour on the
24th inst.
Three divisions of shipwrights and one division of
joiners commenced working on Monday on the
Phoebe, building in No. 2 slip.
The Martyn brig was warped to the sheer hulk and
dismasted on Monday, previous to her being put in
ordinary.
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Oram. Mr. Tuffnell and his colleague, Sir. J.
Romilly, meet their constituents, by invitation, at
dinner, at Moorshead's Royal Hotel, Devonport,' to-
morrow.
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CHATHAM, OCT. 18.—Mr. John Sheffield,foreman
Sheffield.

The Black Eagle, Master S. B. Cook, sailed from
this port on Wednesday, having on board the Sur-
veyor of the Navy, Sir Baldwin Walker, K.C.8., and
proceeded to Woolwich.
The schooner Rostock, T. Large master, has ar-
rived from Riga with a cargo of hemp for the dockyard.
1 The Duck naval lighter, Savage master, has ar-

THE HARBOUR OF REFUGE AT

DOVER.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.

Sir,—The disaster which is reported to have be-
fallen the walls of the harbour of refuge at Dover is
one to which all similar works are liable while they
are in progress.
The stability of those at Dover, if finished, was un-
doubted ; the protection of such expensive under-
takings while incomplete is, therefore, of great im-
portance.
In volume 8 of the Professional Papers of the
Corps of Royal Engineers I suggested a mode of
effecting this, and I afterwards made experiments, of
which an account is given in number 1,299 of the
Mechanics' Magazine, July Ist, 1848.
The theory is, that if one spar can be so anchored,
in imitation of reeds, as to resist the force of waves,
so can hundreds, or any number; by means of num-
bers, as yet indefinite, still water will certainly be
obtained.

The late Admiral Sir Edward Owen informed me
',hat during a storm on one of the lakes in Canada he
Found shelter to leeward of reeds.

I first tried a single spar. I then incurred the ex-
pense of anchoring 600 short spars, forming a group
of 20 by 20. It would require a Government purse
to adopt the scale of thousands, so as to have a group
of at least 100 spars in breadth.

Supposing that the necessary number of spars were
ascertained, they might be placed round a portion of
the wall to be raised, and when that is completed they
can be taken up and anchored again at very little ex-
pense around the site of another portion of wall.
I am your obedient servant,
P. YULE, Lieutenant-Colonel,
Royal Engineers.
Edinburgh, Oct. 17.

rived from Dover; and the Goodwill lighter, Pledg a Lord Waterford's oh h Lord George, 5 yrs, lost I2lb 1
master, with stores from Sheerness. Colonel Shirley's b g Fogleman, aged, list 3lb 2
Captain the Hon. M. Stopford, and the officers o Mr. J. King's ch h Shinrone, aged, f list 51b
the Trafalgar, 120 guns, now fitting at Sheerness, Mr. G. Barry's br g Carrig, 6 yrs, 10st slb o
intend giving a ball and entertainment on board, on Mr. F. Martin's ch m Lady Sale, 6 yrs, 9st 91b
the 21st inst., in celebration of the battle of Trafalgar. Eight paid 2 sous. ft.
Invitations have been issued to the officers of both Bitting—Even on Lord George, who made all his Own
running, and won in a canter.
services and the gentry of the neighbourhood.

COURT CIRCULAR.
OSBORNE, OCT. 18.
The Queen and Prince walked this morning in
Osborne Park.

The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and
younger members of the Royal Family, walked and
rode as usual.

Her Majesty and his Royal Highness remain at
Osborne in strict seclusion.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent left Cla-
rence House, St. James's, at two o'clock yesterday
afternoon, for her residence, Frogmore, near Windsor.
Her Royal Highness, on her way to Frogmore, paid a
visit to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cam-
bridge, at Kew.

Tile. Duchess of Kent was attended by Lady Au-
gusta Bruce, Baroness de Speth, and Sir George
Couper.

Dispatches were sent off last evening, from the Co-
lonial•office, for the Governors of the North American
colonies.

At Kesteven ,sessions held at Bourn on Monday
last, Mr. Thomas Chesterfield, farmer, was summoned to
serve on the petit jury, but on its coming to hia turn to be
sworn he refused, saying, " I can't take an oath : it is incon-
sistent with the precepts of the gospel." In answer to the
Clerk, he said he was neither a Quaker nor a Moravian, and
that when he was summoned on a previous occasion he took
the required oath, but he now thought it wrong to do so.
The Chairman (General Johnson) read to Mr. Chesterfield
the 13th verse of the 6th chapter of Deuteronomy —" Thou
shalt fear the Lord thy God and serve him, and shalt swear
by his name," adding, " Get over that, if you can : if you still
refuse to be sworn, the Court will fine you." Mr. 01 then
quoted a part of the 34th verse of the sth chapter of St.
Matthew—" But I say unto you, swear not at all ;" and still
holding out, he was desired to leave the box, and to remain
in court until the Bench had considered the matter. Just
before the rising of the court, Mr. Chesterfield was desired
to stand up, when the Chairman inflicted a fine of 51., tell-
ing Mr. C. that if he refused to be sworn on any future occa-
sion, the fine in all probability would be doubled. Mr.
Chesterfield is a member of the Rev. Fred. Tryon's congre-
gation of Calvinistic Baptists at Deeping St. James.— Stam-
ford Mercury.

FATAL STEAM-BOAT ACCIDENT.-012 Thursday
morning, shortly after nine o'clock, a melancholy and fatal
accident took place on the river, in Limehouse Reach,
whereby the lives of four men were sacrificed. It appears
that the Duke of Cambridge, Irish steamer, left Alderman's
Wharf, for the purpose of proceeding down the river on its
passage outwards. The vessel went in safety until it reached
Limehouse, where several steamers passing caused a heavy
surf ; at the same moment a skiff, in which were four men
and a boy (belonging to the Patent Fuel Works, Deptford),
was coming up, immediately in the direction of the Duke of
Cambridge. The captain and others on the look-out used
every possible exertion to warn the parties of the danger,
but before the mem in the skiff could get out of the way, the
steamer came right upon it, immediately immersing the four
men and the boy. The men never rose, but the boy clung
to the fender near the paddle-wheel, from which perilous
position he was released and taken on board the steam-boat,
where he received every attention. The watermen on either
side of the river were promptly on the spot, and were inde-
fatigable in their exertions to save life, but the violence of
the collision was such that' it is fully believed that the men
were very seriously injured. The drags were brought to the
scene of the sad disaster, but nothing could be discovered
until yesterday morning at ten o'clock, when a dredgerman,
name(' Tomlinson, brought the body of one of the unfortu-
nate men ashore at Rotherhithe, having found the same off
Cuckold's Point. The body awaits an inquest.

THE DODDINGHOEST •MURDER.—The prisoner
Drory, who stands committed on the coroner's warrant for
this horrid murder, cannot be tried upon the charge for a
period of nearly six months—viz., at the Spring Assizes, in
March of next year.

MARRIAGE EXTRAORDINARY.—In a village not
one hundred miles from Laxton lived a tailor and publican,
known by the name of " Billy Button." This knight of the
shears and goose, on the 2d instant, went to Retford fair,
and there met a buxom young widow, on whose heart he
made such an impression, that in a day or two after his ar-
rival at home the damsel made her appearance, termined
to become the wife of poor Billy; and he, beinghalf-seas
over, readily consented to have the ceremony performed by
a larkish gamekeeper who happened to be present. In the
presence of the assembled company the ceremony was per-
formed by the parties jumping over a broomstick. They
were declared man and wife, and this foolish ceremony was
considered by them to be sufficiently binding.—Notts
Guardian.

Mr. Sugden, the almanack maker, of Howden,
claims credit for predicting the 'occurrence of the late
storm, and states his foreknowledge of what occurred;
that " several planets were in powerful aspect during this
period, which augment atmospheric commotion, and the
more planets are in aspect at the same time the greater the
commotion."

A MORNING MAIL TO LONDON.—The directors of
the Hull Chamber of Commerce, at their meeting yesterday,
resolved to apply to the Postmaster-General for a morn.
ing mail from Hull to London. The want of such commu-
nication has long been felt. and we hope that, as the result
of this application, it will forthwith be supplied.-1/xll
Advertiser.

RETIREMENT.—A man who can retire from the
world to seek entertainment in his closet has a thousand ad-
vantages which other people have no idea of. lie is master
of his own company, and his own pleasure, and can com-
mand either the one or the other, according to his present
circumstances or temper. All nature is ready for his view,
and all ages of mankind appear at his call. He can trans-
port himself to the most distant regions, and enjoy the best
and politest company that ever the world affolded.—.Eliza
Cook's Journal.

PRESENTATION OF THE FREEDOM OF THE BOROUGH
OF INVERNESS TO LORD GOLTGM—The Inverness Courier,
in a second edition, gives a long report of the proceedings in
the town on Thursday, when the freedom of the borough
was presented to Lord Viscount Gough.* The presentation
took place in the Town-hall, shortly before three o'clock, in
the presence of a large assemblage of the burgesses and
neighbouring proprietors. The name of Lord Gough succeeds
that of his Royal Highness Prince Albert in the roll of hono-
rary burgesses.

HEREFORD ELECTION.—The election for the
county of Hereford took place yesterday, and Mr. Booker
was elected without opposition.

APOTHECARIES' HALL.—The following gentlemen
passed their examination in the science and practice of me-
dicine, and received certificates to practise on Thursday :
George Peal Dunn, Ledbury, Herefordshire; William
Hewitt, Reading, Berkshire ; Joshua Hartley, Malton,
Yorkshire; Charles Caulfield Moore, Brimpefield, Glouces-
tershire.

A PENNY STAMP FOR RECEIPTS TINDER 501.
At a meeting of the Hull Guardian Society, held last night,
at the Syke's Head, Wellington-street, John Fower, Esq.,
in the chair, it was resolved :—" That it is the opinion of
this meeting that the interests of the commercial and trading
communities require that a reduction in the amount of re-
ceipt stamps for sums above 54 and under 501., should be
made, and that an uniform stamp of id. for every such re-
ceipt should be fixed instead of the present duties, and that
this would, in the opinion of this meeting, produce a much
larger revenue to the Government, and remove every fair
pretext for the evasion of the duty; and that a memorial to
this effect be presented from this society, and signed by the
pres•dent, to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and minest-
ing him to procure an alteration in the law to this effect."—
Hull Advertiser.

MARRIAGE WITII A DECEASED WIFE'S SISTER.—
We understand that a strenuous effort will be made in the
next session of Parliament, to carry through both Houses a
measure for legalizing marriages with a deceased wife's sis-
ter. A Bill has already twice passed the House of Commons,
and we trust that it will next session become the law of the
land. In the meantime, marriages with a deceased wife's
sister continue-to be solemnized, utterly regardless of the
fact that in law they are absolutely null and void, and the
issue are branded with the stigma of illegitimacy.
Several persons, occupying respectable positions in society,
have married their deceased wives sisters in this
neighbourhood, since Mr. Stuart Wortley's Bill was
withdrawn This fact shows how utterly inefficient mere
law is, when not based on moral precepts, or the Divine com-
mands. That marriages of this description are not forbidden
in Scripture, has been proved over and over again—that they
are not inconsistent with the purest moral feeling, is vouched
for by hundreds of clergymen, both Churchmen and Dissen-
ters. The opposition to Mr. Stuart Wortley's Bill proceeded
mainly from the very high Church party—the Tractarians,
and other semi-Romanists. The great body of the Evan-
gelical clergy is in its favour; and if the friends of ;the
measure are backed up out of doors, their efforts in Parlia-
ment will, we have no doubt, be crowned with success.—.
Western Times.

NOTTINGHAM TRADE.—Lace—We have bad but
a very limited number of buyers or orders lately, notwith-
standing the great variety of articles produced under this
head. The home trade seems unexpectedly to have fallen
cff earlier than usual, and the Germans and Americans are
but tardy buyers. There is nevertheless yet plenty of time
for them to effect large purchases before the close of the
season. Hosiery—Our trade continues good in the hose de-
partment, whether made of cotton or merino, both for the
home and export trades. Silk goods are not in much re-
quest. Cotton remains unchanged in price.—. Nottingham
Journal.

LEICESTER TRADE.—Trade continues in a good
state, excepting for middle and fine-gauged fashioned hose,
which are not in demand equal to the supply. The fancy
branch is brisk, and there is every prospect of its continuing
so for some weeks to come.—Nottingham Journal.
ROYAL WESTERN YACHT CLUB INTELLIGENCE.--
The Sapphire schooner, the property of the Right Hon.
Milner Gibson, M.P. tor Manchester, arrived on Monday.
She has been to Norway, and also circumferencised, as
Brother Jonathan says, the snug little island; she also
visited Dublin, Waterford, &c. Yachts about the port:—
The Violet, the Right lion. the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe;
Sapphire, the Right Hon. Milner Gibson ; Halcyon, Sir Wm.
Snow Harris, lint. ; Flora, R. Shurlock, Esq.; Pixie, W.
Moore, Esq. Fawn, H. Fillis, Esq. ; Gipsey, J. S. Trelawny,
Esq., BI.P. ; Fawn, the Hon. Captain Hare; Grand Turk, T.
W. Fox, Esq., arrived from the Channel Islands after a very
quick passage.— Plymouth Journal.
A fox was crossing the Bristol and Exeter Railway
on Sunday, when the three o'clock train was passing : the
wheel of the locomotive caught reynard and cut off his head.
AN EMIGRANT'S HOME WANTED.—In the dread-
ful gale of Monday week the emigrant ship Rio Grande, with
two hundred emigrants on hoard, was driven
The decks had been swept by the waves, and .beddingto port.
eu
the d
clothing of the poor creatures were b back into
absolutely necessary that they should le
irenecheetd w' h
to rights. the
vessel for a day
th wet. It waS
or two until the ship could be set ghts. As no other
plce could be found, they had to be sheltered in em
and
houses,a cellars, ether similar places, totally unfit pfor
r
women and children, and scarcely fit for men. Fortunately,
the ship was got ready for sea on Wednesday, by great ex-
ertions, when the emigrants were able to leave their un-
comtortale places of refuge to proceed on their voyage.—.
Liverpool Times.
On Sunday evening, as W. H. Kenny, j.p., of
Ro
drawingcksavag . m into e,rioon the county
theount) of Monagan, was passing from
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ether ;bete were found ii the hall.