The Sun.
London, England, 1850-01-12 00:00:00

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ArPOINTMENTS.
Paymaster and Purser—Frederick I. Fegen (1849),
to the Hermes steam sloop, ut 'Woolwich
Chief Engineer—James Harvey, to the Hermes.
Assistant Engineers Thomas W. Woodcock,
Wm. L. Robinson, and Robert C. Reynolds, to the
Hermes.

PRIZE MONEY.
(From last night's Gazette.)
London, Jan. 11, 1850.
Notice is hereby given to the officers and crew of
her Majesty's ship Devastation, IL T. J. Levinge,
Esq., deceased, commander, that the bounty money on
the tonnage of the Agonogro slave•vessel, captured
24th of December, 1847, and afterwards destroyed,
will be paid to those who were actually on board at
the time, or to their representatives duly authorised
to receive the same, on the 24th inst., at No. 3,
Clifford's Inn, and the shares not then claimed will be
recalled every Wednesday and Thursday for three
months to come, agreeable to Act of Parliament.
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Proportions due to each class.

£ s. d. £ s. d.
Commodore 47 12i Eighth class 4 7 llf
Second class 164 18 5-1- Ninth class ... 3 511
Third class 21 19 9 Tenth class ... 23 11
Fourth crisis 10 19 101 Eh venth class 112 11
Fifth ekes 917 Twelfth class 1 I 111
Sixth
Seventh class 5 9 111-
W. and E. CIIARD, Agent.
London, Jan. 18, 1150.
tice is hereby given to the officers and ship's
company of her Majesty's steam-vessel Razer, G. T.
C. Smith, Eq., Lieutenant and Commander, that the
money received for salvage for services rendered to
the merchat,t-ship Sy Iph, in the Bight of Ltrin, from
the 11th to the 15th of April, 1848, will he pail to
those who were actually on hoard at the time, or to
their rcpresentativas duly authorised to receive the
saute, on the 24th instant, at Nu 3, Clifford's inn, and
the shares not then claiine.l will be recalled every
Wednesday and Tnursday for three months to come
agreeable to Act of Parliament.
Proportions due to tech class.
£ s. d.{ s. d.
Lieutenant and Eighth class ... 1 15 0
Commander l7 10 0, Ninth class 1 6 3
Fourth class ~ 4 7 6' Tenth dtris 017 6
Fifth class
Sixth class
Seventh class 23 9 Thirteenth class 06 61
W. and E. CHARD, Agents.

THE POST-OFFICE NGTICE.--RELIEF FROM SON-
DAY LABOUR.—Ishe P“st office novice, which we pub-
lished yesterday, orde,rieg all the Pust-offices in the
kingdom to be closed on Sundays alter ten o'clock in the
morning, is a most important one., and relie4e more
persens from Sunday labour than at first sight would
appear. There cannot be a doubt but what in future
some thousands of persons will be ettable d to attend
l) vine service on Sunday evenings who have been
hitherto prevented from doing so. For ever since the
recent regulation by which Post-offices have been closed
from ten in the morning until five in the afternoon, the
attendance of one or more persons have been always re-
quired is every one of the thousands of post-offices and
rural receiving houses throughout the kingdom, from
five till nine or ten o'clock iu the evening, to receive
prepaid and registered letters, and to give out letters,
and to answer official inquiries, and which attendance
will in future be unnecessary.
METROPOLITAN COMMISSIONERS OF SEWERS,—
The Commission. rs of the Metropolitan Sewers held a
.pecial meeting yesterday, at the offices, Greek-street,
Soho square, confirming a bye-law with respect to the
appointment of an engineer-in chief ; and also for the
purpose of appointing Mr. Frank Foster to that office,
in pursuance of such bye law. The meeting was ap-
pointed for twelve o'clock, the usual hour ; but it was
twenty-five minutes to one before ten commissioners
arrived, which is the quorum of a special court. They
were Sir John Burgoyne (who presided), Mr. Hawes,
Mr. Stephenson, M.P., Sir H. de la Beche, Mr. Lewes,
Mr. Hardwick, Captain Harness, Captain Dawson, Mr.
Pete, M.P., and Captain Vetch. After the bye-law had
been read and confirmed, the appointment of Mr. Foster
to the office of engineer was formally moved by the
chairman, and seconded by Mr. Stephenson. Mr. Peto
observed that though he had never been associated with
Mr. Foster in the execution of any public work, he had
had frequent opportunities during the last fifteen years
of observing his talents in connexion with some of the
largest works in the kingdom ; and he had no hesitation
in saying it was impossible to have selected a more
efficient person. The motion was then carried unani-
mously ; after which the business of the special court
termiunted. According to the notice an ordinary court
should have been held •• at half-past twelve o'clock pre-
cisely," but the commissioners immediately after the
special court unexpectedly went into committee
i_e
with
closed doors. Considerable time elapsed before t_
business of the ordinary court commenced, and, as usual,
Eas'cia'a merchant, gentleman
it was disposed of with great rapidity.
r THE LIVERPOOL
DEATH OF THE CHAIRMAN
FRIDAY.—R.o S. Hen.
DOCK COMMITTEE.—LIvERpooL,
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terlyigthh::ufsthpe late Mr. Councillor Harboard
11 Walton Bieck.
standing
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place of' business on Saturday, but
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cold.
on Sunday and Monday his indisposition, which resulted
from an aced. n of the bowels, assumed a more serious
Ainnn's-he ,
character, and fears as to the result was apprehended.
The &ceased was Alderman ter Cestle-street ward, lie
ea, elected a m. tuber ot the Dock Committee on the 9th
of November, 1844, and on the retirement of Mr. B.
Moore from the chairmanship in December, 1848, ho
was appointed to that important office. The flags at the
Custom-house and Town-hall are hoisted helf.mast high.
'rue RUMOURED VACANCY FOR SOUTH NOTTlNG-
ereeisnine.—We have authority to state that there is no
truth whatever in the rumour that a vacai cy is likely to
take. el-ce in the representation o`. South Nottingham-
shire. Mr. Bromley, who is at present sojourning at
Ratings, we are happy to add is in quite as good health
ai uqial. Notingham Journal.

[AI vERTisEmENT.]—The following extraordinary
Cure of a Swollen Leg by Holloway's Pills and Ointment is
published in the Adelaide 01.errer, south Australia :
" George 111undon, a settler in the colony, had been suffering
for many months with a swollen leg, and the pain was so intense
as deprive him of sleep. He was recommended to try Hollo-
way's Ointment and Pills, and by using them u directed for
about a fortnight, a cure was so far eflected as to permit him to
walk to Adelaide, a distance of twenty miles, to give this state-
ment to the editor of this journal, for the information and bene.
fit of his fellow- creatures. '—Sold by all Tendon' of Medicine,
and at Professor Holloway's Establiiiment, 244, fitrem
London.

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_v_ot square inch, ' cut through th *O OW7 t4;e:3;
seconds.
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The Lightning steane-vesael, Master-C3.51
Pettey, remained at Greenhithe until to, du *ill ti
purpose of bringing back the pay clerks from the Ad-
mirhlty who went down to-day to pay the two ships
in advance before proceeding on their voyage.
The Hermes, steam-sloop, Commander Fishbourne,
is entering petty officers and able seamen; and 1 ser-
geant, 1 corporal, 1 bugler, and 17 gunners of the
Reyhl Marine Artillery arrived at the dockyard rail-
way station from Portsmouth for service in her.
The Niger, steam-sloop, had her steam up on
Wednesday afternoon to try her engines, and the
average number of revolutions attained was 53 per
minute, a fair number considering that the trial was
made in the basin, and equal to 'l'7o to 75 had the
vessel been making way in the river or at see. Captain
14:11iee, controller 01 steam machinery, accompanied
by Mr. Ilunyhreys, chief engineer, visited the Niger
when the steam Was up yesterday, end she appeared
to be working vi-ry satisfactorily.
c.,pt,i„ Elice, smith Ilutuphreys, subsequently
rent on board th,e,fAelxiii:exrisinteeanmt:vbeasdsebl,eesen hcearreriaedveoryn
rt severali ngr
(-1.%t s
days, and were going on nt the time of the
visit, to test the relative capabilities fur work of small
high-pressure engines wht n zpplied to the purposes
of screw prof ulsion as an euxiliary power--a means
of attaining an end vhich is still receiving great
attention from the members of the engineering
establishment at Woulwich. The trials on this
occasion have been made to ascertain the compara-
tive merits of the disc engine, as improved by
Mr. Bishop, and the engines by Messrs.
Seaward, both nominally of 10-horse power each.
It will be recollected that the results of the trials
down the river gave the speed of the disc engine as
equal to 5.148 knots per hour, whilst that obtained
by the other engines fitted in the same vessel was
4 515 knots per hour, showing an advantage in
favour of the disc engine, as respects capability of
producing speed, equal to more than half-a knot per
hour. The of ject of the comparative trial made this
week, in the Minx, in the basin at Woolwich, was
with the view of determining the relative consump-
tion of fuel and water required by the respective
engines for the performance of the same amount of
work. Messrs. Seaward's engines were first tried,
and they consist of two cylinders of nine inches in
diameter, making a quick stroke, acting directly on
the screw-shaft, and these engines were carefully ex-
amined and modified previous to the commencement
of the trials. The results of the trial with these
engines, extending over a period of seven hours
and thirteen minutes, were—the production of a mean
speed of 112 revolutions of the screw per minute,
with the average consumption of 1,1201 b. of water,
and 1551 b. of fuel per hour. These engines, nomi-
nally of 10-hon=e power, were found, by the indi-
cator, to exhibit a force of 27-horse power, conse-
quently, the consumption of water was 41/113, and
that of fuel 54ib., fur each indicated horse-power.
The results of the trial with the disc engine, driving
the same propeller, and supplied with steam from the
same boiler, extending over a period of seven hours
and forty-one minutes, during which time it required
the same quantity of water as that taken by the other
engine in seven hours and thirteen minutes—were
the production of the same mean speed with the
average consumption of 1,0521 h. of water, and 1311 b.
of fuel per hour, the work performed being the same
as with the other engines; these consumptions are in
the proportion of 391 h. of water and 516. of fuel fur
each indicated horse-power. The officers studying
steam at the factory were present during the trials,
and appeared to take a great interest in their results.