The Sun.
London, England, 1844-07-17 00:00:00

WOOLWICH.

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juLy 16.—The Right Hon. the Earl of Haddington, First
Lord of the Admiralty ; Admiral the Right Hon. Sir George
Cockburn, G.C.B. ; Rear-Admiral W. Bowles, C. 8.; and the
Right Hon. H.T. L. Corry, Lords Commissioners of the Ad-
miralty' ; with Captain Sir William Symonds, Surveyor of
the Navy, arrived at Woolwich Dockyard at twelve o'clock
to-day, and were received by Commodore Sir F. A. Collier,
K.C.B. and K C.H., Captain Superintendent; Capt. Bullock,
of the Porcupine steam-vessel; Commander Smith, of the
William and Mary yacht ; Mr. Tinmouth, master-at-
tendant; Mr. Oliver Lang, :master shipwright;. Mr. Jen-
kins, storekeeper; Mr. Lloyd, chief engineer; Mr. Reid, as-
sistant to the master shipwright ; and Mr. Murray, assistant
.to the- chiefengineer, who accompanied, their Lordships over
the various departments of this extensive naval depot. The
first place visited* by their LordshiPS was the slip on which
the Royal-Albert; 120 gani; is building, and Mr Lang ex-
plained the, progress made in the construction_ of this magni-
ficent vessel, and th e means adopted for strengthening her
timbers, so as to render her when finished the strongest
in the. British navy. It is worthy of remark, that
the Emperor of Russia was so satisfied of the immense
strength of vessels built on the same principle As Mr. Lang
has adopted in constructing the Royal Albert, that his Im-
perial Highness expressed his intention on his return to St,
Petersburgh to give orders that every vessel built for the
Russian navy in future should be put together in the same
form. On leaving the Royal Albert, the Lords Commis-
sioners-proceeded on board the Black Eagle steam-vessel, at
present undergoing a thorough renovation. Their Lord-
ships then inspected the Dxdalus frigate, the foundery, and
the extensive range of new buildings. On leaving the
foundery, their Lordships proceeded to the eastern part of
the dockyard, and visited the • excavations carried on
for the purpose of forming a new dock, and the founda-
tions immediately adjoining, 'on which will be erected
extensive steam. saw-mills for the use of the doCkyard.
The Gladiator steam-vessel, now nearly ready for launch
ing, was next visited, and the Amphion, of 36 guns.
The latter has been some time on the stocks, and from the
observations made by their Lordships it is probable she will
be proceeded with and launched, as the slip can then be made
available for building other vessels in contemplation, when
room can be obtained for their construction': The whole of
the fire-engines were in order under the police, with their
Inspectors- Robinson and Havard, and everything, which
came under their Lordship3' observation appeared to give en-
tire satisfaction.. Their Lordships, previous to leaving the
dockyard, entered the residence of Sir Francis Collier for
short time, and returned to London at half-past-three o'clocß-
p.m. The Admiralty flag was hoisted on the arrival of their
Lordships, and taken down at their departure.
ROYAL ARTILLERY.—WOOLWICH' JULY * 16.—Major
Wright's company, 7th battalion, and Captain Dacres's com-
pany, sth' battalion, marched from the ganison at half-past
nine o'clock this morning to the Lightning steam-vessel, for
conveyance to Chatham, where they will embark in the Apollo
troop-ship, for a passage—the former to Newfoundland, and
the latter to Quebec. Major Wright proceeded with his com-
pany, with Lieutenants Crawford and Brettingham. Second
Captain Warburton has the charge of Captain I)aere's com-
pany, with Lieutenants Elgee and .Newton, and Second Lies-
tenant Gilbert. Lieutenant Hamley 'embarked- at the same
time to join Major Eians's company at Montreal, and Lieu-
tenant Ripon to join Captain Symon's company at Kingston,
Canada. ' Dr. MacintOsh, of. the Royal Artillery, proceeded
as. -medical officer with the companies. The women and
children embarked in the Monkey steam-vessel to Chatham.
Several women were left behind in consequence of there
being a greater number of •married men in the companies
than. the regulation allows to take their wives with them,
but they will -follow in a freight ship in the course of next
week, Lady Bloomfield and many of the wives of the officers
of the garrison having _ formed a fund to assist those
left behind, and a fancy fair will take place in the.course of
the present month in aid of this excellent object, The annual
inspection of the Royal Artillery •commeneed at ten o'clock,
by the Royal Horse Artillery, -the field batteries and riding -
troop assembling on the common, in heavy-marching order,
where they were minutely examined by Colonel Paterson,
with Brigade-Major Cuppage. At one o'clock, the whole of
the nine battalions of Foot Artillery assembled under the
command of Colonel Turner, C. 13., and the men underwent
an inspection, which lasted until half-past three o'clock, p .

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PEERAGE STATISTICS.--Since the accession of Si!
Robert Peel's Ministry, a considerable decrease has occurrw
among the hereditary bonotirs of "the country. Tito (take-
doms of Sussex' and Dorset; the 4ish marquise* of welles.,
Icy; the earldeuns of Plymouth, Ludlow, athl.cYNeill;. the
English baronieS" Of Rolle, .Wellesley', Lynedoeh, Wallace,
Ludlow, Fitigerald, and Syd*i-thiun ; the baronetcies of
Bruce, Cowan, tioinip,• Hannay, Johnstone, Mackenzie
Macnaghten, Rho,-and Rowley, have become_ex.tina. The
earldom of Manstleld'of 1793 has merged intA.ttiat of 1776.
The viscounty 'of Ferrand has united With that of Massa..
reene ; the English barony of Argen with Liovell and Hollatta.;
the Irish barony of Arden frith the earldom of Egmont;
the barony of, Duncailthm. with the earldom of Besborough.
During the ;;tue period the earldom of Abergavemly,, the
vis...cmiuty of Hereford, the baronies of • Rodney,
,Be,wkk,
Fitzgerald, and Congleton, have descended tc,‘ oieTiew ws_
sessors. .The viscounty of Wit the auk. eleyation
..the
barony of Lowther 'merged ill the earldom of Lons'dale,
causing a to43'of one MeMIM' tO the'..Ministerial party in the
T.ipker House:
• vauAbryi. AtCIDENT.—ThIS:MOrrIitIF; al,f2;d:Cßllle
o'clock- an unfortunate man, named Pete:: a brick-
`ll.7tYer'slabourer, was in the act of a§cet-,Thig a ladder raised
against one of the large holg,•vs Bow about being erected in
William-street, one or the batS of the ladder broke, and
having 'a heavy-load upon his shoulder he was unable to
retain his grasp, which he first made at the side of the scaf-
folding. After clinging for same time to a cross pole he was,
obliged to relintimsh his hold, when he 411 with fearful
violence to the ground. ' lie was immediately removed to
the Loudon flospital, where it was ascertained ttat his skull
had been fraetured,
slight hopes were and other geY3.O-1" ;dries sustained. But
entert...`'?"‘""
of his
roc, er:‘
• 111 Y. .E.L1)1.. of Lincoln .I)es given that
the wall of t.llO. Duke of lork=s &loot be taken down,
onfer..th aualse the King's7Toed-'nl‘ve coinincidiOus. His
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•ItaFt akso given instructions for a more commodiousentrance, to lie constructed from the King4.B7road, apposite
floor-cloth (*my, to the Ito'rel llosvit4l.