The Sun.
London, England, 1850-09-27 00:00:00

VORD'S WELLINGTON FAMILY and
COMMERCIAL HOTEL, DALE-STREET, LIVERPOOL.
. _

This Hotel, situated in tho immediate vicinity of the Exchange,
Docks, and other places of public and commercial resort, Is fitted up
in first-rate style, and the accommodations for American, Foreign, as
well as English strangers, will be found evz,rything that is desirable,
while the arrangements of the "Cuisine" are in the hands of a first-rate
Cook. The Proprietor urther wishes to intimate that his Coffee
and Commercial Rooms, as well as Sitting and Bed Rooms, will be
found second to none in the kingdom.
N.B. The charges for servants are included in the Bill (except those
who only stay a few hours), viz., Waiter, Porter, and Chambermaid,
and it is respectfully intimated that all further payment is unne-
cessary.

H E CIDER CELLARS,
MAIDEN-LANE.
The Public is respectfully informed that the above popular Tavern
having been entirely redecorated, is new OPEN for the Winter
season. The vocal portion of the Entertainment is sustained by
the firs: available talent, including 3tr. Ross, the celebrated per-
sonation sinter, and Mr. Moody.
The Refreshments are of the best description, and every attention
Is paid to the comforts and wishes of the visitors.
Gentlemen will find the Cider Cellars the most agreeable and best
conducted resort after the Theatres for Suppers, &c.,in the metro-
polis.

Corporation alone. He approved of the adverse
opinion of the officers of the Corporation.—(Hear,
hear.) There was no difficulty attending the admis-
sion of those who wished to visit the Guildhall library.
Every member of the Court had it in his power to
issue a dozen tickets.—(hear, hear.) He concluded
by advising the Court to negative the proposition, and
moving as an amendment that " It is not desirable
that any of the books should be allowed to be circu-
lated, or to be lent out of the library."
Mr. ANDERTON said the library was one of refer-
ence, and there could be no excuse for lending the
books, which could not, in fact, be useful to any
body not belonging to the Corporation.
Mr. Deputy PEWTRESS said he should like to see
the librarian's return of the members who attended
the library. He was sure that half-a-dozen per week
were not to be found upon the list. What he wished
was to give an opportunity to the members to make
extracts from the works contained in the library. It
was difficult for many to make such use of the books
in the library
as they could make of them at their
own homes, where they would not be subject to in-
terruption or annoyance of any kind.—(Hear, bear.)
He thought the proposal of the committee was very
reasonable.
Mr. Deputy LOTT said there were many valuable
books and manuscripts of reference which he should
be very sorry to see removed for a moment out of the
custody of the librarian.
Mr. BLAKE—There are 800 works and 3,000
volumes, which are books of reference.
Mr. BOWEN thought that if the Court consented to
lend books of reference, they should have to deplore
a loss which it would be difficult to repair.
Mr. ELLIOT thought the recommendation in the
report was a very small affisii, but although small, it
was in the right direction, and therefore be considered
himself bound to support it.
Mr. Low said, he believed there had been but
one book lent from the library, and that was called
" The Minute-book of the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs,"
and had been presented by himself. After the lapse
of a considerable time, and after infinite trouble, he
traced it to the Hall of Commerce.—(Laughter.)
But he had to encounter more trouble before the
book reached its proper destination, and he was sure
that if the Court went upon the lending system
they would have many more serious cases of trans-
' gression.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. BLADES begged to know from the advocates
of the loan system what, if he were to take a book of
reference home for his purposes, were others to do
who might stand as much or more in need of the in-
formation it contained ?—(Hear, hear.)
The amendment was, after a very long discus sion,
carried by a large majority.

The Chair is taken every Evening at Half-past Eight o'clock.

UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY.
Established by Act of Parliament in 1834.
8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London ; 97, George-street, Edinburgh;
12, St. Vincent-place. Glasgow ; 4, colloge• green, Dublin.
LONDON BOARD.
CHARLES GRAHAM, Esq., Ch&rnsan.
CHARLES DOWNES, Esq., Deo ry Chairman.
11. Blair Avanie, Esq. J. G. Henriques, Esq.
E. L. Boyd, Esq., Resident. F. Chas. Maitland, Esq.
Charles B. Curtis, Est. William Rallton, Esq.
William Fairlie, Esq. F. EL Thomson. Esq.
D. Q. Henriques, Esq. Thomas Thorby, Esq.
The bonus added to policies from March, 1834, to the 31st
Decemuer, 1847, is as follows:

FLOOR CL OTHS,
Best Quality Warranted - - 2s. 6d. per square yard.
Persian and Turkey pattern - 2s. 9d. do.
Common Floor Cloth from - Is. 10d. do.
A. quantity of Remnants cheap.—N.B. No higher Prices.
JOWETT, Manufacturer, 532, New Oxford-street.

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lIE QUARTERLY REVIEW,
No. CLXXIV., will be published on Wednesday, October 2.
CONTENTS:
I. Ticknor's History of Spanish Literature.
11. Church and Education in Wales.
111. Forms of Salutation.
IV. Siluria and California.
V. More on the Literature of Greece.
VI. Metropolitan Water Supply.
VII. Anecdotes of the Provisional Government.
VIII. Cochrane's Young Italy.
IX. Last Days of Louis Philippe.
John Murray, Albemarle-street.

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GRAZING, AGRICULTURAL, and COTTON-GROWING
COUNTRY ; comprising descriptions of this well-endowed Colony,
from the year 1575 to the present time, by Government Officials and
Travellers ; Ph a Vocabulary of the Zulu Language, a Map of the
Colony, and Engravings.
By J. S. CHRISTOPHER, of Natal.
London : Published by Effingham Wilson, Royal Exchange ; Hat-
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September 12, 1850.

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Folicles issued in 1850 to 21st August-283, f0r55,500.
Do. for corresponding period of 1849-260, for 51,170.

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Increase in 1850 22, for £4,330
The Benefits of Mutual Life Assurance in all its branches, on a
medium of safe scale of rates. with economical management.
Assurances may be effected on the non-participating scale at re-
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Great facilities allowed for travelling to various parts of the word.
A liberal sum given for the surrender of policies.
The Board of Management meet on Wednesdays, at One; and the
Medical Officers on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at Half-past
Twelve o'clock, but every facility is given for effecting assurances on
other days.
DIVISION OF PROFITS every five years on policies of three
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CLERKS assuring with this -Association, ARE ENTITLED TO
ALL THE ADVANTAGES OF THE BENEVOLENT FUND.
Prospectuses, proposals, and every information may be obtained on
application at the Office, 42, Moorgate-street.
By order of the Board,
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August 21, 1850.

NEWMARK ET FIRST OCTOBER
MEETING.
On TUESDAY, October ;, 1850, a SPECIAL TRAIN (First-class)
_Vi leave Bishops ate Stat at S3O A.M., due at Newmarket about
30, and will return from Newmarket at 5 P.m.
A SPECIAL TRAIN wilt leave Newmarket for London on the
last day of the Meeting one .hour after the last race.
urntg the Meeting Horse will be c onveyed by the I I 30 A.M.
ahl front London, in add it ion to the ether TrAilll3 specified inthe
Time Table.

FRAMPTON'S PILL of HEALTH.
Price Is. I%d. per box.
This excellent Family 1111 is a medicine of long-tried efficacy for
correcting all disorders of the stomach and bowels, the common
symptoms of which are costiveness, flatulency, spa,ms, loss of appe-
tite, sick headache, giddiness, sense of fulness after meals, dizziness
of the eyes, drowsiness, and pains in the stomach and bowels, : indi-
gestion, producing a torpid state of the liver, and a consequent inac-
tivity of the bowels, causing a disorganisation of every function of
the frame, will, in this mest excellent preparation, by a little perse-
verance, be effectually removed. Two or three doses will convince
the afflicted of its salutary effects. The stomach will speedily regain
its strength ; a In-tinily action of the liver, bowels, and kidneys will
rapidly take place; and instead of listlessness, heat, pain, and jaun-
diced appearance, strength, activity, and renewed health will be the
quick result of taking this medicine, according to the directions ac-
companying each box.
As a pleasant, safe, easy apperient, they unite the recommenda-
tion of a mild operation with the most successful effect, and require
no restraint of diet or confinement during their use ; and for elderly
people they will be found to be the most comfortable medicine hi-
therto prepared.
Sold by T. Profit, 229, Strand, London. Price Is. l%d. and 2s. 9d.
per box; also by the Vendors of Medicines generally throughout the
kingdom.
Ask for FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH, and observe the
name and address of " Thomas Prout, 229 Strand, London," on the
Government Stamp.

JEASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.
EXCURSION TO ,CAMBRIDGE AND BACK.
On SUN
tY, the 29th September, and on each Sunday during
s-
wtse r a SPECIAL TRAIN will leave Bishopsgate Station at 8 15
11"11., and return at 8 p.m.
Fares to Ca mbridge and Back.
First Class 83
Second Class 6s
45
Third Class

PETITION OF WATERMEN PLYING AT THE SURREY

SIDE OF LONDON-BRIDGE. __
Mr. WIRE presented a petition from the licensed
watermen of London-bridge-stairs (Surrey side), for
permission to land steam-boat passengers by a plat-
form and barge on the south-east stairs of the bridge.
After a long discussion, it was resolved that it be
referred to the Thames Navigation Committee to in-
quire into and report whether it will be for the public
convenience to afford accommodation for the embark-
ing and disembarking of passengers by steam-boats
and other vessels and boats at the Surrey end of the
east and west sides of London-bridge; and if the
committee are of opinion that it will be a public con-
venience, that they prepare and lay before the Court
a plan or model showing how the same may be pro-
vided.

By order,
C
Illshopsgate Station, September 14, 185.0. r RONEY, Secretary,
.

LAST TIIIP TIIIS SEASON.
MARCUS' EXCURSION TRAIN to EDIN-
BERGH and GLASGOW and BACK, far 375. 6d., will
leaveEaston Station on Monday, October 7, for 5 or 12 days.
10r „seal) Lxcursion from London to Dublin and Back, via Holyhead,
078., on M nday, October 7, offering a choice of 5 or 12 days.
110,:'eap Excursion to Liverpool or Manchester and Back, for 215., on
cZclay, October 7, °Hering a choice of 5 or 12 days.
o,,..'eaP Excursion to Bangor or Conway and Back, on Monday,
aZber 7, for 265. 6d., offering a choice of 5 or 12 days.
Oc4P Excursion to Chester or Shrewsbury and Back, on Monday,
Loher 7, for 205., offering a choice of 5 or 12 days.
(enn'tea Excursion rom London to Bit mingharn d
an Back, for 12s.
seP d carriages), on Monday, October 7, for 5 or 12 days .
Cheap Pet Excursion from London to Carlisle and Back, for 345. 6d. ;
dal th end Back 3
, 4s. 6d. ; Wlnderm ere and Back, 325. 6d.; Ken-
-233'V Back, 30s. ; Lancaster and Back, 2is.; l'reston and Back,
'" • Huddersfield and Ba,k, 255.; on Monday, October 7, offer-
choice sor 12 days, from Euston St tiaon, Euston-square.
Na'chets, bills, and every information for the above Excursions, may
erosltained of Mr. Henry B. Marcus, Manager and Conductor,
Yhall-chambers, 25, Bishopsgate-street Within.

SANITARY ARRANGEMENTS IN BILLINGSGATE-MARKET.
The Court agreed unanimously to the report
brought up on the 29th of July by Mr. Rowley, the
chairman of the Markets Committee, recommending
the adoption of a plan of sanitary arrangements for
draining, ventilating, and supplying water for the
uses of Billingsgate-market and for flushing the
drains, at an expense not exceeding-1,8401.
Adjourned.
REP

To PLUMBER S.—DIRECTIONS for
MAKING JOINTS in GUTTA PERCH A., attaching to Me-
Gltli„. With Lists of Prices, may be had on application to the
PERCIIA COMPANY, Patentees„._lB, Wharf-road, City-

ORT ON THE RAMSGATE
AND MARGATE HARBOURS.
The Select Committee appointed to investigate the
revenue, condition, and expenditure of Ramsgate and
Margate Harbours, who were empowered to report
their observations, together with the minutes of evi-
deuce taken before them to the House, have examined
witnesses on the matters to them referred, and have
agreed to the following report :
Previously to giving their report on the evidence,
and on the information laid before them, your Com-
mittee deem it desirable, for a clear perception of the
case, to state some particulars in reference to the har-
bour of Ramsgate. It appears this harbour was com-
menced about a century ago, and for maintaining and
improving it a power was given to certain trustees by
the 321 and 55th George 111., to levy dues on all
vessels, British and foreign, passing up or down
channel, whether east or west of the Goodwin Sands.
These dues are u,ually paid by British vessels on
being cleared from their respective portg, and on
foreign vessels when they anchor in the D iwns, or
enter the precincts of any British port. Under the
fore-mentioned Acts the trustees have the right of
levying these dues on all vessels passing up or down
channel.

EPRIE'S PATENT GAS BATH.
taint, BY the use of the above, a hot bath can be obtained in six
tes for less than twopence . Every family should provide
14... Z this invaluable requisite, its limited cost placing it withinitself the
bta! of
ipall
Eand its simplicity viithin the management of a child.
..Kz. 9,
• S CONOMIC GAS COOKING .TOVES are adapted for
eb,_.ablishmenta, large or small, and need only be seen to be appre-
-77 for their cleanliness and economy, entirely dispensing with all
• Seen daily in operation (Saturday excepted) at 221, lie-
40,„2treet ; and, also in acetion, DEFRIE'S DRY GAS METER :
.` in use.—N.B. The apparatus can be applied for all heating

APPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED.
it,
'A and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE
*ad SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops,
B,bi :11
React Meat Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup, Curries, and Salad,
lie,‘„_ YIY Its tonic and invigorating properties enables the stomach to
iielcet digest the food.
iftlitr. dallY use of this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safe-
-84 to health.
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Xs.,..j_ London, and 68, Broad-street, Worcester; also by Messrs.
kad ny and Sons Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and other Oilmen
aikeZerehant3,
It
I:ondon ; and generally by the principal dealers In
pr,o guar imitations, see that the names of " LEA
`......._ 'IIINS "are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle.

LASTIOY
‘--4 POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
WEEK in London of the ALPINE SINGERS from
"`Q vo will perform several oF,their National Melodies, at Four,
ub the
,e Evenings (except Saturday) at Half-past Eight.—Lecture
the V dro- Electric Machine, by Dr. Bachhoffner,daily at Two, and
17,:r,,:nings at a Quarter-plist Nine.—Lecture on Chemistry
iT Of R r. Esq., illustrating the Ancient Firey Ordeal and the Ilan 1-
2ehr_,ed lint Metals, daily at a Quarter-post Three, and in the
►if—iigt at Eight. —Model of Weston's Patent Nova-Motive Rail-
the of work daily.—New Series of Dis Solving Views illustrating
e tee Wonders of Nature, daily at Half-past Four, and in
Dl
14iTg's at a Quarter to Ten ; also a Series, exhibiting Scenes in
11g-be‘c, 11,,_egions and Ceylon, daily at One e'elock.—Diver and
, me., Eke.

From the evidence given before the Foreign Trade
Committee in 1822, it appears that the sums ex-
pended on Ramsgate Harbour up to that period
amounted to 1,500,0004 ; and it also appears in evi-
dence taken before your Committee that since that
periol a further sum of 457,9661. has been expended;
making in the whole nearly two millions. The pre-
sent engineer states in his evidence that such a har-
bour might now be made on the same site for 700,0001.
The following extracts are taken from the report of
the Foreign Trade Committee in 1822:
" Your Committee next directed their inquiry to
Ramsgate Harbour, and the dues collected for support
of it, which are of an amount sufficient to press
heavily upon the shipping and commerce of the coun-
try, and which have been a cause of serious complaint
on the part of British and foreign shipowners; nor, in
the opinion of your Committee, without justice. The
charge is made on all ships above a certain tonnage
that may piss, whether to the east or west side of
Goodwin Sand, although many by their size and
draught of water are precluded from entering the
harbour; and a practice has prevailed in regard to
foreign ships, of exacting a payment upon ships ca-
pable of entering, at a rate amounting to double that
on British ships of the same description, and upon
those which are unable to enter, about 400 per cent.
more, both prospectively and retrospectively. The
management of Ramsgate Harbour has by several
Acts of Parliament (continued and enlarged by the
55th Geo. 111., c. 74) been placed under trustees,
from whom a committee of direction is chosen, con-
sisting of the chairman and deputy-chairman fur the
time being, with the addition of the deputy-master of
the Trinity House ; these are elected by ballot. At
a general meeting of the trustees, annually held, 3001.
are taken annually from the funds and divided
amongst the members of the committee, by whom the
business is done. The trustees hold an annual.meet-
ing at Ramsgate, where a building for that purpose
has been erected.
" Your Committee are of opinion that such of the
repairs as are considered to be absolutely necessary,
ought for the accommodation of the public, to be com-
pleted with every possible dispatch, and that persons
should immediately be contracted with by public
tender to execute the works, to be performed within a
given time, to be done under the general superin-
tendence of the engineer. That the trustees should
raise, in the manner authorised by the Act, the neces-
sary sums for that purpose, by which they would be
enabled at once to discontinue the rates on ships
above 300 tons, and to equal'se the duties on foreign
ships with those on British ships, and reduce the rates
tnhat ports."
the causes
upon as the
llvesospeinilsboonuonf yourdtoorcfroomminfi7teeieg
of complaint enumerated in the above extracts, al-
though somewhat diminished in their extent, continue
to exist at the present day.
It is not reasonable to suppose that the Legislature
intended, when the Act of 55th Geo. 111. was passed,
to give to the trustees the power of levying for ever
the rates already mentioned; nor do the words of the
Act appear to bear this construction. It ought also to
be noticed that since that period steam navigation
has become general, the coasting trade as well as the
general trade of the country has increased consider-
ably, the exportation of coals to foreign countries has
likewise been augmented, and a greater amount of
toll, therefore, is consequently collected than for-
merly, and its further increase may naturally be ex-
pected.

Taking these circurwtances into account, and hav-
ing examined many respectable and competent wit-
nesses, in accordance with the directions of the
House; considering also that sinee 1822 the sum of
457:9661. has been expended in maintaining and im-
proving Ramsgate Harbour (an outlay impossible to
have been anticipated from the evidence given in that
year by Mr. (now Sir J.) Rennie, and by Sir W.
Curtis—the former the engineer, the latter the chair-
man of the trustees), your Committee on Ramsgate
and Margate Harbours, taking the whole evidence
in consideration, have agreed to the following re •
port:—
" The harbours of Ramsgate and Margate being
wholly distinct as to their respective objects and con-
of defraying
structions, as also in the means adapted for the purpose
thetkid constructions
the expenses of B

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I respectively, the first being formed by means of a
public tax on all shipping passing the said harbour,
the latter by means of money borrowed and secured
on the tolls to be taken on landing passengers and
goods, it will be necessary to consider and to report
upon each separately.
" That with reference to Margate Harbour, it
appears to this Committee that since 1833 the ma-
nagement of this concern has been, on the whole,
creditable to those who have undertaken it. That
although various irregularities are alleged to have
been practised under former management, none are at
present imputed to those who now conduct that con-
cern. And that as the treasurer of the pier company
is bound to make an annual return to Parliament of
their receipts and expenditure, the public at large and
the shareholders have the customary check on the
proceedings of the directors of this company.
" With reference to Ramsgate Harbour, your Com-
mittee are of opinion that it can be well maintained
without any longer requiring dues or tolls to be
exacted from vessels not actually entering the said
harbour; and that all dues and tolls now taken from
all vessels, British and foreign, passing up or down
Channel, ought wholly to cease and determine. In
coming to this opinion they have considered that the
present trustees and their predecessors have had a
large income annually derived from the public, placed
at their entire disposal, and that they have to the
best of their judgment, from time to time, laid out the
same in constructing the present harbour, and in
rendering it as commodious as possible to make it
under the disadvantages of its locality with reference
to the want of a natural backwater, and to its inac-
cessibility at certain periods of the tide, and during
the prespilence of particular winds. That for many
years past the trustees have been principally engaged
in adding to the strength and embellishments of the
works and appearance of the harbour, while its
actual condition as a harbour of refuge has continued
in very much the same state, being in fact susceptible
of no material improvement. That the large revenue
annually arising from the tolls exacted from the
passing shipping appears now to be no longer appli-
cable to any legitimate object; while the original
purpose for which they were ordered to be levied
being fully attained, and no real improvement being
either in contemplation or practicable, there cannot
be a doubt as to the justice and propriety of relieving
all vessels whatever from the payment of these passing
dues or toils.
"It further appears to your Committee that the
annual interest of a large accumulated fund of above
62,0001., together with the rents and profits of land
and premises yielding upwards of 1,6601. per annum,
and other valuable property belonging to the trust,
with a toll of 6d. per too, which your Committee re-
commend to be imposed upon all vessels, without
exception, entering the iharbour for the first time in
any year, and Id. per ton for each time afterwards
in the same year, will form a fund which, in the
opinion of your Committee, will be amply sufficient,
under proper management, for the maintenance and
future repairs of the harbour.
With respect to the present management of the
harbour, while your Committee recognises the indi-
vidual respectability and integrity of the trustees,
none of whom, however, are resident in Ramsgate,
yet looking to the evidence, it feels called upon to
express an opinion that the trust has failed, as from
the nature of its original constitution was almost ine-
vitable, to ensure that vigilance of management and
strict economy necessary in a work of this descrip-
tion, supported exclusively by a tax on ships, not one
in a hundred of which ever entered the harbour.
Your Committee would, therefore, recommend that
the harbour be placed, as soon as possible, under a
more responsible and economical management.
"In conclusion, your Committee submit to your
Honourable House that the pressure on the shipping
and commercial interest of the country is such, that
the subject ought to be brought under consideration
at the earliest convenient opportunity. In dealing
with a question like the present, of great public in-
terest and importance, your Committee respectfully
submit that the interposition of her Majesty's Go-
vernment would be calculated to ensure a more
speedy and satisfactory conclusion than might other-
wise be attained, but if from stress of business, or
any other cause, the state and future management of
Ramsgate Harbour, and the present exaction of the
passing dues should fail to attract the attention of the
Government, your Committee strongly recommend
that their report should be brought under the notice
of the House, either by the Chairman or some other
Member, as early as may be in the ensuing session of
Parliament.
"August 1, 1850."
a See Report of Committee on Foreign Trade and
Navigation, dated July 23, 1822.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PLYMOUTH, THTIRSDAY.—Her Majesty's frigate
Thetis, 40, Commander Kuper, which touched on
Redding-point on Tuesday, was yesterday towed up
Hatuoaze by the Confiance steam-vessel. Seamen
and marines from the Albion and Impregnable, and
from the other ships in port in commission, were im-
mediately ordered on duty in endeavouring to get her
ready for docking to-day. The tides are, however,
falling back, and it is not likely she can be docked
until the next springs. It is suggested that by having
taken her at once to the sheer•hulk much time could
have been saved in taking out her guns. The ground-
ing of the Thetis will probably lead to an Admiralty
inquiry.

The Petrel packet arrived yesterday from Ireland,
where she was driven by stress of weather. She will
go up harbour to-day to refit.
Mr. John Eddy, pilot, who this morning brought
in the merchant brig Alexander Steward, Captain D.
Williams, from Civita Vecchia, with cement, for or•
ders, reports that at 7 r.ze., Wednesday, saw a large
two-decked man-of-war, looking like a 74, six leagues
S.S.W. of the Lizard, steering up channel, say east
by south, under jib, three top-gallant sails, three top-
saile, fore and main course and spanker; her topsails
were reefed and studding sails taken in just before
sun down, she had an ensign at the peak, hoisted ap-
parently to the Fox, 42, Commander Lambert,
which was at 6 P.M. three ur four miles to the wind-
ward of the Lizard. The stranger had a poop and
forecastle, and seemed to have checkered sides. The
wind was free from south-west, and if it continued
she would probably be off Portland at 10 this morn-
ing, and arrive at Portsmouth, say, at 7 this evening.
PEMBROKE DOCKYARD.—The Marten, 12-gun
brig, launched on Thursday, will when rigged be
navigated round to Devonport, and immediately be
put into commission. The following is a list of her
principal dimensions :

Feet. In6ches.
Length over all
Ditto between the perpendiculars ... 105 0
Ditto of keel for tonnage
... 82 2f
Breadth, extreme
.. • ... 33 6f
Ditto, for tonnage ... ..• 33 2f
Ditto, moulded
••• 32 8k
D.-pth
•of hold •••
•••
15 0
Burden
... 481 29-94 tons.
The Lords of the Admiralty, at their late visit,
minutely inspected the ships in progress, the stores,
and the state of every article used in the building,
the official documents of the establishment, and the
condition of the various buildings and erections. The
workmen were duly mustered and passed in review,
after which they received the customary half-holiday.
The detachment of Marines in the fortified barracks,
under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Mitchell,
Commandant of the Garrison, were likewise inspected.
Sir F. Baring expressed himself to Sir Thomas
Pasley, Superintendent of the establishment, in terms
of the warmest approbation respecting the efficiency
of the various departments. The Board were saluted
on arrival and departure with the usual salute of 19
guns.

Lieutenant E. N. Heygate, of the Royal En-
gineers, will leave for Nova Scotia, and will be suc-
ceeded by Lieutenant W. Stace, lately from Gibraltar.
WooLwldu, SEPT. 26.--The Firefly steam-sloop,
Commander George A. Seymour, left Woolwich
yesterday for Greenhithe, to hare her compasses ad-
justed by Captain Johnson. Previous to her taking
up her station at the moorings there she made
six runs up and down the measured, mile, to test
her engines and ascertain her speed, which was
found to be on the average 7 knots per
hour. She is a paddle-wheel steam-vessel of 550
tons, with engines of 220-horse power by Maudslay,
Sons, and Field. Shortly after she left Woolwich a
telegraphic communication was received by Commo-
dore henry Eden to obtain the assistance of Com-
mander Seymour in a court of inquiry ordered to be
held at Woolwich Dockyard to-day, on Mr. Button,
chief-engineer of the Teazer, recently returned from
the coast of Africa, on a charge of disobedience of
orders on the passage of the vessel from Ascension to
England. An express messenger was consequently
sent to communicate the order of the Admiralty to
Commander Seymour, and he left the Firefly in
charge of Lieutenant Trevenen, and assisted Com-
modore Henry Eden in the court of inquiry which
was held here to-day, and left at half-past three P.M.
by the North Kent Railway for Greenhithe, to re-
sume the command of the Firefly after her further
trial to day.
The- Wasp steam-sloop left Woolwich at half-past
one o'clock r.m. to-day, on a short experimental trial
of her eogines:and screw-propeller, and Although her

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