The Sun.
London, England, 1850-09-11 00:00:00

♦PPOINTMRNTS.

Wootwlcu, Sm. 10.—Gunner Richard Ellis to
the G,!yser steam-sloop, making ready for commission
at Woolwich.

'I he Hon. William Cowper, M.P., one of the Lordr
of the Admiralty, returned to Whitehall yesterday,
and the other Lords at present on an official visit to
the eastern ports are expected to return on Saturday.
DEPTFORD, SEPT. 10.-Sir John Hill, the captain
superintendent of the Dock and Victualling Yards,
has availed himself of leave of absence and has gone
on the continent for a month.

p The Hon. Captain Denham, R.N., and party of
naval officers, visited the Dockyard for the purpose of
inspecting the application of his patent for steering
vessels of war in the event of the rudder head being
deranged or damaged. They were received and at-
tended by the master-shipwright, Charles Wilcox,
Esq., whom they highly eulogized for the very able
manner in which the duties were performed inj his
department.
the Volcano, steam-ship of war, was taken out of
dock with the greatest dispatch and facility.
The Polyphemus was docked in her room to be ex-
amined. She is of the same class as the Volcano.
The Perseus sloop. of-war was removed out of
dock for space, and is to be immediately re-
docked. She is a true specimen of a rotten or decayed
ship-of-war.
The Northumberland, 74 guns, is in an advanced
state of decay, and has been ripped up and broken to
pieces as old and useless.
PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 9.—The Lords of the Admi-
ralty arrived at Devonport this morning from Cher-
bourg, about half-past eight o'clock, and took up their
quarters at Moorshead's Hotel. 'The..party consists
of Sir Francis Baring, M.P., the First Lord ; Ad-
miral Berkeley, C. 8., Captain Milne, Sir Baldwin
Walker, Mr. Parker, M.P., secretary to the Admi-
ralty, and Captain Eden, the First Lord's private
secretary. Their Lordships were engaged through-
out the day in the dockyard, and did not, as was sup-
posed by some would be the case, attend the funeral
of Colonel Holloway, of the Royal Engineers. Their
Lordships will dine at the Royal Hotel this afternoon;
with Sir William Hall Gage, the port-admiral, to-
morrow ; with Lord John Hay, the captain-superin-
tendent of the dockyard, on Wednesday ; and will
give their official dinner, at Moorshead's, on Thurs-
day. The First Lord holds his levee to-morrow
morning, at ten o'clock ; and on Wednesday evening
there will be a grand ball, in behalf of the Female
Orphan Asylum, which will be patronized, by their
Lordships.

The Stromboli, which entered the Sound yesterday
with the Bacchus lazarette, from Liverpool, left same
day for Portsmouth.
The Dutch merchant ship Macassa, Captain Klein,
from Batavia, for Rotterdam, was off Piymouth yes-
terday, left at St. Helena, on the 221 of July, the
Duke of Bronte, from Ceylon, and the Diadem, from
Port Philip ; the Quebec packet arrived from Eng-
land on the 21st.

Francois Guerit, a French sailor, belonging to a
fishing vessel from Cherbourg, was picked up alone
in a small boat at 11 A.M., on the Bth instant, by
Captain Joseph Martin, of the schooner Margaret, of
Fowey, from Hartlepool, with coal for Plymouth,
when seven miles S.W. of Portland. The Frenchman
was safely landed here on Sunday, and is now in
charg:, of Mr. Luscombe the Consul. Guerit states
that he had landed two persons from his vessel, and
that while so doing she was blown off the shore.
Wind, S.S.E.; fresh breeze.

THE CANTERBUR Y COLONY.
PLYMOUTIL—The four first ships taking out colo-
nists for Canterbury—the Randolph, Sir George Sey-
mour, Charlotte Jane, and Crecy—arrived at this
port, nearly together, from London, in the course of
Friday night. Stveral of the emigrants jAned their
>hips hire.

Lord and Lady Wharncliffo, accompanied by their
son, arrived on Friday, and Mr. Watts Russell also
came to see his son's embarkation.
Lord Courtenay, Sir J. Duckworth, Bart., M.P.,
Mr. J. Simeon, M.P., Mr. Adderley, &Le., and other
members of the Canterbury Association were Mr.
Pole Carew's guests at Antony.
On Saturday morning all went on board, many ac-
companied by their friends.
The bishop designata of Lyttelton, Dr. Jackson,
arrived by an early train. Sir Thomas Tancred had
accompanied the ship on its voyage down the Channel,
taking a berth on board the Sir George Seymour.
Tne whole of Saturday was beautifully fine, and
Mount Eigecumbe gave a pleasing last impression to
many leaving England for ever. The f4ir wind,
which had brought the ships down Channel in less
than three days, still continued in the same quarter.
Mr. Willcox and Mr. Bowler were very busy all
day making the last arrangements, and by seven
o'clock the Charlotte Jane was under way. The Ran-
dolph followed at nine, and the Crecy a little later.
The Sir George Seymour, waiting for the last dis-
patches, which were to be brought by Mr. Britton,
sailed at ten o'clock On Sunday morning.
Lord Wharncliffe and Mr. Stuart 'Wortley, Mr.
Simeon, and Mr. Vaux stayed with their friends in
the Charlotte Jane, among whom were Mr. Fitzge-
rald and his bride, as long as the pilot remained on
board. Hearty cheers were given by their fellow
crews as each ship got under way, as well as from
other emigrant ships lying in the harbour.
The bishop visited every ship, and went round each
deck conversing with the emigrants of every rank and
class. He himself returned on shore, to start by the
next of the two additional ships which' will leave Eng-
land in the course of this month, on board which will
be Lord Mandeville, M.P., and his brother, Lord
Frederick Montagu. A chaplain on board each ship
reads prayers to the crew twice every day; and an
entire school apparatus is provided, to make the best
use of the four months' voyage for the emigrants'
children. The surgeons seemed to be very active, in-
telligent men making themselves useful in many ways,
besides fulfilling their own professional duties.
As the Charlotte Jane got under way a schooner
yacht passed under her stern, which in the dusk was
not at first recognised to be Lord Mount- E Igecumbe's.,
but a hearty hail from the noble owner soon produced
acquaintance. The yacht put about and laid along-
side the Canterbury ship, whose inmates received for
their last farewell the kindest wishes from the owner
of the last and fairest spot they coull see of their na-
tive country.
Cmsidering the careful and elaborate preparation
of this colony, the mixture of all classes of society in
the enterprise, it certainly gives a fairer chance of
resulting in a well-ordered and thriving English
community, and will enlist a larger share of interest
and attachment from all ranks of society at home,
than any colony has enjoyed since the earlier enter-
prises of England's more heroic days, and it even
promises a better phasic of colonization than either
Raleigh or Baltimore could anticipate, having a larger
experience to draw upon, and going out from no mo-
tives of discontent and irritation, nor from any pres-
sure, of necessity, but from the highest principles of
disinterested patriotism and philosophy, and under
the Sanctions of the best moral and religious motives.
Nor do these colonists go out as leaving, btute
amn ot
ex-
tending England's shores. They carry
wishthi them
of many
only the affections and domestic
carefullyfamilies,
represented every feature
and
transmitted o f he irf England will be
ncoPuninnt country h has
ark o
be enf
Eegland's enterprise. ' The sports
partridges and
din following e esc e nda nts of Englishcolo-
nists
have even subscribed
pheasants in New Zealand. Theed to take out cages full of
irdnisn,
even at some expense to farming profits, linnets, robins, thrushes, and allitnhge email
at still
repay their thefts by grateful reminiscencies of the
c
entral country of universal England.
The best feel-
ings
don as this—the best of thepatriotism,andat h
tbeestiaostf
mutual sympathies; and we may add, that
sight we saw on board the Charlotte Jane was the
ewifernowfmn
thea Chaplain, Mr. Kingdon, nursing in
h sickchild
of one of the emigrants on
board.

YA RMOUTII, SEPT. 7.—The brig liippccripp, cf Sun-
derland, and a small Dutch galliot, were in contact 4th
inst. off Cromer, the former lost bowsprit, &c.
An old man of 60 fell into the wheel of the Conis-
ton copper-mills, last week, and was torn to pieces by the
arms dale wheel and some hundreds of screw-bolts.

GLOUCESTER MUSICAL FRSTIVAL.
GLOUCESTER, TUESDAT.—The influx of visitors
into the old city this morning has been ttrueually
great. The settled state of the weather has n o doubt
contributed greatly to this result, and the consequence
is that tickets are actually becoming scarce. 1
Yesterday evening the rehearsal of the concert
music took pace, and concluded about ten o'clock
P.M. Madame Sontag on making her appearance in
the orchestra was warmly received. She rehearsed •
considerable portion of her songs, and was in brilliant
voice. Tbe rehearsal was conducted partly by Mr.
Arnott, of G!oucester Cathedral, and partly by Mr.
Dove, of Worcester Cathedral. Phillips sang Dr.
Wesles's new sacred song both at the morning and
evening rehearsal, and was conducted on each occa-
sion by the composer.
Toe cathedral was the great source of attraction
this morning. It is a noble building. The great
beauty of the exterior consists in its lightness and
the fl 'rid ch.zacter of its ornamental carvings. The
west front presents a beautiful and imposing appear-
ance, and the tower has been pronounced one of the
most complete specimens of Gothic architecture in
the world. Tbe cathedral is 421 fret long by 144
broad ; the nave, 171 feet by 84 feet ; the choir, 140
fret by 34 feet ; the transepts, each 66 fret by 43
feet; tower, 225 fret high; Lilly Chapel, 90 feet by
25 feet, and 47 feet high.
To-day's performance of sacred music opened with
the old familiar overture Esther. At eleven o'clock,
when the cathedral was already just conveniently
filled, a continuous stream of arrivals poured in for
nearly half an hour longer, and thus made up a con-
gregation quite unprecedented for a first morning at
Gloucester festival, and affording, it is hoped, a faith-
ful augury of the success which is to follow. Stalls
for the bishop and clergy had been conveniently
placed in the nave, and the clergy occupied their
customary relative positions. The bishop's throne
was placed in the centre of the nave against one of
the pillars dividing it from the south aisle ; and the
reading-desk was nearer the orchestra, the pulpit
being opposite to it. The canons occupied temporary
stalls near the foot of the western gallery. Prayers
were chanted by the Rev. S. Kent, canon of the
cathedral, and the lessons were read by the Rev.
Canon Luscombe, precentor of the cathedral. The
pieces and responses followed the Lord's Prayer after
the absolution, were completely marred in their
effect by the use of the organ as an accompaniment.
This was a bad beginning, but in the subsequent
portions of the service the instrument in question was
discontinued, and then Tallies splendid vocal harmo-
nies were wonderfully brought out. The " grand "
chant was used for the psalms; the second, being II
penitential psalm, the minor key was used. The " Det-
tingen " Te Deum was an average performance.
The solo parts were taken by Miss Williams, Miss
Lucombe, and Messrs. Luckey, Phillips, Lawler, and
Barnby. Mr. Lawler, we believe, is from Exeter
Hall; he has a good even bass voice, flexible in qua.
lity and respectably managed. Bath he and Mr.
Barnby made their " first appearance " at these fes-
tivals to-day. Mr. Barnby is a counter-tenor front
Westminster Abbey. His voice is of smooth and
even quality, but by no means strong. He took the
music allotted in the books to Miss Dolby, who was
said to be unwell. Mr. Phillips executed his share of
the Te Deum with excellent taste and deep feeling.
His solo, " Thou art the King of Glory," was beau-
tifully given, and Mr. Harper's trumpet obligato was
deliciously silvery and true.
The Jubilate was Handel's—that composed for the
peace of Utrecht—and was well rendered on the
whole. Mr. Barnby had the opening solo, and got
through it very creditably. He evidently had 'to feel
his war. The chorus, "0 go your way," was badly
led off by the counter-tenors. Dr. Boyce's " Blessed
is he " was the anthem before the sermon, and the
morning performance concluded at three o'clock
with Handel's coronation anthem, " The King shall
rejoice.

The sermon was preached by the Rev. Canon Sel-
wyn, who eloquently advocated the cause of the
charity in aid of which these festivals were founde
This evening's concert, it is expected, will be
bumper.

IIEALTH of LONDON DURING the WEEK
(From the li.gistrar-General's Return.)
Eight hundred and ninety-nine deaths and 1,474
births were registered in the week ending September
7. The mortality is, therefore, near the average ;
and the births registered exceed the deaths by 575.
In the first week of September lest year, 3,183
persons died in London ; 272 by diarrhea, and 2,026
by cholera. It was the week in which the mortality
was highest. In the corresponding week of the pre-
sent year the deaths by diarrhcei have been 75, by
cholera 8. The deaths from diarrhcea are now ra-
pidly declining ; cholera was fatal in 8 instead of 4
cases, the number registered in the previous week.
Two of the deaths from cholera were in the parish of
ary lebone.
The following are the particulars of the eight
deaths by cholera :
Oa the 31 of S.setemher, at the workhouse, Mary-
lebone, from 63, Great Cirlisl.,-street, a shoemalear
aged 35 years, " English cholera."
01 the 31 of September, at 87, St. John's Wood-
terrace, Marylz bone, the dsughter of an artist, aged
1 year, " Eeglish cholera (3 days)."
On the 31st of Augu,t, at 6, Madras-place, A-
loway, the wife of a la..ker, aged .58 years, "English
cholera (3 days)." Mr. Watts states that " deceased
was slightly affected about this time last year."
On the 31 of September, at 11, Prospect-row,
Bah 's-pond, Islington, the daughter of a carpenter,
aged 5 weeks, "cholera infantum (14 days)."
On the 3 i of September, at 6, Silver street, St.
Giles, the wife of a porter, aged 2.5. "low fever (7
days), cholera biliosa (16 hours)." Mr. Yardley
states that " this woman had been delivered of a still-
born child about ten days before her death," and in-
formant states thr " she vomited continually, but
suffered no pain. The situation is airy, and not badly
drained."
On the 21 September, at 403, Oxford-street, the
son of an optician, aged 3 years, " malignant
cholera morbus." The father of the child sates that
" the house is ill ventilated. There is a constant
smell arising from a privy under the kitchen stairs,
and his family have all been ill from this cause."
Oa the 31 of September, at 13, Bacon-street,
Bethnal-green, the son of a hacker, aged 3 months
"cholera infantum (2 days)." ,
On the 31st of August, at 1, Claremont-place,
Greenwich West, the son of a hair dresser, aged 5
months, " cholera infantum (10 days)."
35 persons (chiefly children) died of scarlatina or
putrid sore throat, 48 of typhus. The deaths from the
latter disease have been 35, 27, 33, 40, 4S, in the five
last weeks.
66 males and 49 females died in public institutions,
which is less than the usual propertion.
By the Greenwich observations, the mean reading
of the barometer was 30 196 inches ; the mean tem-
perature of the air in the shade was 56.5 deg. through
the week, or 2.4 deg. less than the average of the last
seven years ; the mean temperature of the Thames was
59 deg. Nearly an inch of rain fell on Sunday and
Tuesday. 'The wind blew chiefly. from the west and
north, and passed over Greenwich at an average rate of
59 miles a day.

A Roman Catholic priest, writing to the Limerick
Examiner concerning the exertions of some Protestant pro-
pagandists, employs the folluwing elegant language : No
sooner had Rudwell's pedagogue commenced his mewing
here, than the spawn of our few beggared, shabby shoneens,
sharmed by his caterwauling, ran to his den, to glean his
feline rhapsody. Thus have the ashenfaced exclusionists evi-
denced the malice of their blue gizzards." The italics are the
Rev. Gentleman's own!

FIRING PARKHURST PRISON AGAIN !—An attempt
was made on Wednesday evening by the convicts confined at
Parkhurst to burn down that beautiful portion of the estab-
lishment recently erected on the northern side of the bridge,
upon Horsebridge-hill, which is known as the Juvenile Pri-
son, and is generally occupied by the younger scions of the
pilfering community, The endeavour was first discovered,
and their intention luckily frustrated, by one of the warders
named Wilson, whose attention was drawn to something ex-
traordinary occurring by a strong smell of burning line*.
On entering one of the wards, the sleeping berths, which are
constructed of thin and light wood, similar in shape and ap-
apue
ianrean ce to those‘t,eek
sin,iatchse,
missof
ward dormitory,firewas discovered
w i
a one
of was conne-
d a few
whichowererescorching with beat,
then reaching the
coefiltinhge
surrounding;:cetlhlse,theflames troth
t i tn we
partitions
the whole would have been in a blaze in another five
minutes. Assistance being procured, the fire was prevented
from spreading, and ultimately quenched before it occasioned
further injury. A strict examination was then instituted,
and it was found that about a shovelful of live ciud‘ra had
been obtained from one of the stoves used for heating irons
in the tailors' shop contiguous, and placed on the flooring of
the ward. Over this the prisoners had placed their sheets,
clothing, and bedding.—Hampshire Independent.
A TICKLISH QOESTION.--A friend of ours, on
visiting a stone-cutter's premises and seeing a tablet to the
memory of an official of the Church of Rome, with a request
in the inscription to the faithful to pray for the deliverance
of the soul from purgatory, suggested the addition of the
following couplet :--

- -
But how shall we know
When he gets from below ? The Witness.
STRIAE OF TOBACCO-PIPE MAIIEI7B.-011 Mon-
day last, the tobacco-pipe makers of Leeds, and a great part
of the %Vest Biding, struck for an advance of wages. the
masters complain of th,t low price their goods are selling at,
and corsequently sta•e that they are not able to givd any
advance in wages until an alteration takes place. A cor-
respondent says the wages of tobacco-pipe makers are some.
thing more than 55. per week less than they were in 1814,--
Leeds Mercury.

PRAISEWORTHY LIBBRALITT.—Owing to the exer-
tions of several individuals, consisting chiefly of members of
mercantile firms of the parish of Redc;iffe, Bristol, it has been
determined to enlarge the building and increase the efficiency
of Guinea-street Hospital, in that, city. One gentleman
alone, Mr. Eaton, has contributei towards it the munificent
sum of 5,0004, and Mr. George Thomas no less than than
1,0,b01. Such liberality would do, credit to the most munifi-
cent period of the local history of even Bristol's merchant
princes, renowned as she deservedly is for the extent of her
public charities. It is proposed that the future structure
shall be erected in a less backward situation than Guinea-
street, so that it should be as one of the great public build..
ings, an ornameut to the city.