The Sun.
London, England, 1844-07-16 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

DEVONPORT, JULY 13.—THE ST. VINCENT, 120.—Sir David
Milne, the Port Admiral at Devonport, has struck his flag
on board the Sylph tender, and has hoisted it on board the
St. Vincent, 120, Captain Rowley, in Plymouth Sound. Or-
ders were issued on Saturday morning that the morning and
evening gun is to be fired from this ship. Thus our uniform
statement respecting the St. Vincent is verified, and those of
our contemporaries proved to be unfounded. The St. Vin-
cent was never ordered on foreign service, nor was such an
order ever contemplated.
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The Indus, 78, lately paid off at Devonport, will come out He next asked him whether lie did it He re-
of dock to-day. We mentioned a fortnight since that she plied, " I don't know that I did it." After a fur-
was to be fitted as an advanced ship. She is preferred to the
ther conversation, in the course of which Rust ad-
Malabar. She is a very fine ship, and her late officers and
mitted that he had been transported once already', but
crew give her an excellent character. It is said she stows
70 tuns of water more than the Albion, 90.
had got off after a short imprisonment, and said he sup-
The Emerald tender, which arrived from Portsmouth on
posed he should be transported now, and sent to Wool-
the 11th, with the men belonging to the St. Vincent, who wich or Chatham, Estall again asked him whether he
were left behind when that ship sailed, returned to Ports- had done it or not, to which his answer was, "That he
mouth on the 12th, with supernumeraries for the Coiling- did not rightly know whether he had or not." At the
wood. close of the examination the prisoner, in answer to the
A survey of seamen and marines takes place at the Royal j charges, said that ho was guilty, and he was f 11• cola-
Naval Hospital, Stonehouse, this day. mitted for trial at the ensuing assizes on both cases of
DOCKYARD.—The following have been superannuated ,
ar on as well as on three charges of larceny.
during the past week :—Richard Hunt and Francis Cann, - '
rIANovEtt-scatanE Rooms —A concert was given
shipwrights, on 241. each ; George Frood, Stonehouse,
here, last. night, by Messrs. Sivori, Sainton,. Hill, and nous-
bourer, on 17/. ; and George Harrison, of a mooring lighter,
selot, with a view to perform a series of chamber instru-
mental pieces—two of the posthumous quartets of Beethoven
loving the special features of the undertaking. The quartets
alluded to were faithfully played by the four artists, and the
scherzo in the one numbered .‘ 13"—a movement full of
quaint goblin vagaries—was enthusiastically encored. These
posthumous compositions are altogether most singular in
character; they are essentially Beethovenish—wild, freakish,
wailing, grand—scraps of delicious melody ever and anon
appearing amid the mysterious and grotesque elements
around. They are, from first to last, extremely difficult ;
requiring the greatest precision ou the part of the performers,.
united with a perfect comprehension of the fantastical spirit
which prevails, as well as intense executive feeling. Messrs.
Sivori and Sainton assumed the office of first violin in turns.
Sivori was brilliant and resolute--Sainton quiet and unobtru-
sive. Besides the two posthumous quartets, a quartet of
Haydn, and a trio by Osborne (au English composer, long
resident in France), were given.
LAMENTABLE ' OCCURRENCE.—Mr. WM. E. Ryan,.
brother of. Alderman E. E Ryan, of this city, fell over the
taffrail of the steamer at Lough Dergh, near Killaloe on
Wednesday evening, and was drowned. The deceased, when
a mere lad, was blown up in his bed, at the awful gunpowder
explosion at George's-street, in this city, on the night of the
3d of January, 1837, and most providentially escaped, though.
in the very focus of death and desolation. He was second,
son of the late Michael Ryan, Esq., of the old and respectable
Arm of Edmund Ryan and Sons, provision merchants,—
Limerick Chronicle.
GALE OF WIND, THUNDER-STORM,

ROYAL MARINES.

The following promotions and appointments have taken
place in the Royal Marine corps, dated the 12th inst.:—
To be Captain-Ist Lieutenant Peter Trant Murray Payne,
of the Chatham division, and appointed to Plymouth division,
vice Brevet-Major Mends, deceased.

To be First 12ieutenant-2d Lieutenant George Drury, of
the Portsmouth division, and appointed to the Chatham
division, vice Payne.

Second Lieutenant John William Collum to the artillery
companies of the corps.

QUOTED PRICES OF ENGLISR WOOL.—It not 1111-
frequently happens that the quoted prices of English
woul at Leeds and Bradford are actually lower than the
prices quoted for the same wool when sold at the Lei-
cester wool fairs. The cause of this is, that a usage
exists at Leicester, which has grown into a rule of the
fair, of making a return or drawback on the part of
the seller ; so that the price actually paid is less than
the nominal and published price. It seems that at
the last fair, on the 26th ult., an increased draw-
back was asked for by some of the buyers ; whilst the
Hon. Mr. Wilson and Mr. Chapman stoutly protested
against any drawback at all, saying that it was a childish
practice, and advocating its abolition. In consequence
of their refusal to make the drawback, they did not sell
their wool. It is evident that the practice which these

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gentlemen opposed cannot have the slightest effect on STOII.3I.—LIVERPOOL, MONDAY MORNING.ZDUTing nearly
the price actually paid for the wool; if the seller knows the whole of Saturday last the rain fell in torrents, flooding
he has to make a drawback, he will, of course, ask just the lower part of the town. In the evening it became fair,
so much the more in the first instance for his wool, and, but the barometer fell to nearly 29, and at eleven the wind
therefore, the drawback might be abolished without began to blow, furiously increasing in intensity till between
makinthe difference of one farthing either to buyer orfor
two and three o'clock, when it blew, as sailors say, "great
seller, ver‘eas ee rtertained
to whilstsaf it had the advantage of making the pub- (futni several s
s ela hay ggon
t.e shipping, e seathe the dayy
lished quotations of prices correct and consistent, instead before. A. fine large packet. ship, -
the Russell, Glover, laden
of being incorrect and puzzling.—Leeds Mercury. with a costly cargo, was driven back into Bootle-bay, where
NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.--WOOLWICH, JULY 15. it was expected she would have gone on shore, but tsvo steam
The Black Nagle steam-vessel, Commander S. B. Cook, tug-boats having been sent to her assistance, she was brought
has been placed under orders to proceed to Antwerp, to into the river on Sunday, at noon, without having received
embark her Majesty the Queen Dowager, and her Ma- any damage. The tide in the river rose several feet higher
jesty's suite, on the 23d inst., on the return of the Royal than it otherwise would have done, and the dead body of a
Tan was washed ashore by the violence of the waves. On
party from the Continent. It is expected the Queen
Dowager will land at Woolwich. The members of the
mevoeraminag,
and es
the barometer gradually rose, and the gale
Board of Admiralty contemplate visiting Woolwich and sunshine. wThiss whitntleitabframe stol it-e calm
there was a thunder-storm, pregcedaed and follorwe,st o'clock,
dockyard to-morrow. The Comet steam-vessel was
commissioned to-day at 'Woolwich, by Lieute- downfalls of rain, and in some districts hailsiond bt3'rertlliiincf
nant William Prettyman (1823). The Light- and large. The storm lasted only about half aneshour, and
ning steam-vessel, Master W. Roberts, and the now the atmosphere is bright anti clear, although the wea-
Monkey steam-vessel, Master W. Bryant, received on ther does not appear at all settled.
board this morning the baggage of two companies of the FOREIGN POTATOES.—There has been a very large
Royal Artillery, and to-morrow morning Major Wright's importation of new potatoes this season from Holland, one
salesman alone in 'potatoes
Market having received as
company, 7th battalion, under orders for Newfoundland,
and Captain Deere's company, sth battalion, under many as 2,103 baskets during the present month. Yesterday
threei boxes of sweet
.potatoes from the Bahamas were sort, orders for Quebec, will embark in these vessels for a
ratew. th a
.collectioin of pines in the City, and realised mode-
passage to Chatham, where they will embark in the
Apollo troop-ship for a passage to their respective desti- abeet-root,
jstr.ircooest,ofialdig• Leroubsoxto.
t'l'oliseey
iaarle the shids, dtpe and size of
nations. Captain Dacres is at present at Newfoundland, tive, and should the edible qualities bean approyed'oerfyhePrr:da-
and will proceed with his company to Quebec, having in all probability, form a new item of West Indian produce
been recently promoted from Captain Flude's company, for exportation,
under orders to return home, after nine years' service at DESPERATE ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE.—Yre t d
s er ay
Newfoundland. morning, about three o'clock, the attention of the police
constable on duty near Short's-gardens, Drury-lane, was
FATAL ACClDENT.—Yesterday Mr. Baker held
an inquest at the Spotted Dog, High street, Poplar, on m
attracted by aloud shriek, which was imediately followed
by the fall of something weighty ups,-a the ground, where
the body of Joseph Good, aged twenty-eight, a foreman
on board the Royal mail steam packet the Thames, re-
he perceived a female lying upon che pavement bleeding
cently arrived from the West Indies. Joseph P -
rofusely from the head, and apparently dying. No time
Ferrer; another foreman,
was lost in conveying her to Zlharing-cross' where
employed in taking off the floats from one of the stated that whilst he was
she was attended by etr. Charles Golding, one of the
paddle-wheels, he saw the deceased, who was in a house surgeons, who discovered that his patient was
state of intoxication, come across the deck of the labouring under the fracture of both legs, an injury of
vessel and stand upon the sponson of the paddle-
the spine and head, as also the fracture of several ribs,
box, where witness was at work. lb had not been The unhappy woman, who is a widow, named Mary
there above a minute, when by some means
Ryan, forty years of age, has, it appears, been an itins
his foot slipped and he fell from a height of eight feet rant
,yendor of fruit, and it is stated that distress bud
into the water and immediately sank. The drags were
. herself from s
-gardens, Drury-lane, where she residPresided. the attic window of the house, No. 10,
causede her to attempt self-destruction by precipitating
instantly procured, but the tide running up at the time,
h
upwards of half an hour elapsed before the body could be Short
recovered. Mr. Bains, a surgeon, of Poplar, was promptly THE EXHIBITION or FRESCOS, &c.,
r's WESTMIN-
in attendance, and for Us o hours and :a half used every STER HALL—Yesterday, this exhibition was opened
means to restore animation without effect. The man had gratuitously to the public, and will continue open to
but a few minutes previously to the occurrence sent a them,with
the exception of Saturday, when one shilling
message on shore for his wife to come on board to him, will be charged fe,s- admission, for six weeks. The num-
and she was on the point of embarking in the boat when her of perscoss who visited it was not very great during
the accident took place. The jury returned a verdict of the dad and between twelve and one o'clock there were,
" Accidental death." not More than from 100 to 200 persons present. Be-
DEATH Or THE EARL OF KINTORE.—We regret tween 3,000 and 4,000 persons visited the exhibition.
during the day.
to say that this nobleman died on Thursday evening, at his
residence at Keith-hall. His Lordship has, since the melan- :WEST INDIA PlNES.—Yesterday a novel sale of
choly events that have lately taken place in his family, been nearly 3,000 of this fruit took place at the sale-ia)oms of
in a depressed state of mind. This affected his health, and Messrs. Keeling and Hunt, 2, Monument-yard. They
last season he relinquished his darling amusement—foxall
- were in excellent condition, and landed arid arrived
hunting, for which he was celebrated in this and the neigh- in. London within a month of their shipment from
bouring counties for many years, and sought to recruit his Eleuthera and Nassau, in the Bahama Islands.
constitution in the milder air of the Continent. He re- They were of those esteemed varieties, the Bird's
turned some time ago, and for a short time had been tryin '
the benefit of the spas of Strathpeffer, but without any ad I Eye and Providence, and were but little inferior
vantage. The immediate cause of his Lordship's death, we in taste to the best quality of English produc-
understand, to have been an injury that he had, received in Lion. In these islands they form a very large staple
the chase, many years ago, and which, although partially culture ; and judging from the results of the sale .yes-
cured, bad left effects from which his, Lordship never alto- terday, their importation is likely to be of some benefit
gether recovered. His Lordship was accounted the boldest to the islands, and supply our tables at a reasonable
huntsman of the 44. Y, and a letter which, some months ago, I rate with this esteemed fruit. The price at which they
appeared in our columns, evinces the ardour for the field that sold were from 2s. to ss. each ; and there was a brisk
animated him, even after he was unequal to the boisterous competition from fruit salesmen from all parts of the
task. This devotion to the chase formed his Lordship's ex- metropolis. Arrangements have been made for a peri-
ternal character, and by that, many were apt to judge him.
But few knew the i‘ Pearl of price" that was contained odical annual supply from these islands, and three or
within. Few noblemen can boast of equal kind-heartedness four shipments are expected during the present season:.
dad generosity. His tenants idolized him and, to our They are carefully preserved by the leaves ; and, by the
,
linowledge, many 4 ono will flow miss the kind hand that, i new tariff, there is but an import duty of five per ceet.
unknown to them, supplied their wants and distributed un- FIVE GENERATIONS.—On Sunday last there were
apar'ingly the gifts which Providence had assigned to him, present at the baptism of an infant child, at 'Woodchester
w4hcait'permitting it ever to ozone to light by whom the Church, his mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and
means were supplied, His Lordship has left two sons by his great-great-grandmother, that is, his grandmother's grand
Second marriage, one of whom, a minor, succeeds him in the mother, which last had walked no small distance twice to•
title and family possessions. His Lordship was in his 50th i church on that day, hale and strong, and had. attended the.
year.—Aberdeen Herald. Lord's table.—Gloucester Chronicle.