The Sun.
London, England, 1850-04-22 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PROMOTION FOR SUCCESSFUL CRUIZING AGAINST
SLAvoits.—Lieutenant Stephen Smith Lowther Crof-
ton (1842), in command of the Rifleman, screw-
schooner, ou the coast of Brazil, has been promoted 'to
the rank of commander for his gallant, indefatigable,
and successful services against the slave-trade in the
neighbourhood of Rio, his last capture having been
that of a steamer, the Providen tie, which had previ-
ously escaped all the fast cruisers on the west coast of
Africa, and hack landed many thousands of slaves in a
very short period of time. The Contest, 12, Com-
mander WiNiurdo, all but captured her on one occa-
sion. Commander Crofton entered the navy, Novem-
ber, 1831 ; passed his examination June, 1833 ;
served as mate of the Wellesley, 72, in the attack on
the batteries and defences of Amoy, August, 1841,
and commanded the ship's pinnace at the reduction of
Chinghase Was promoted January, 1842, and as a
lieutenant before his appointment to the Rifleman,
served in the Devastation, steam-sloop, for some time
as additional of the Howe, 120. We are glad to
find that the Admiralty are at length beginning to
turn a deaf ear to the complaints of the Brazilians
against naval officers for their too great activity in
suppressing the slave-trade ; and that, instead of trying
them by court-martial, or placing them on
their black list, for doing their duty ho-
nestly and zealously, they are determined to
give them every encouragement by promoting
them. Let the Government only show the slave-
owners at Brazils, and the slave-dealers on the coast
of Africa, that they are determined to take full ad-
vantage of the powers they possess, by existing
treaties, to put down the slave-traffic—that they will
no longer listen to stories from commanders-in-chief,
derived from slavc-awnera and slaver-captains; that
they will not henceforth allow commanders of any of
her Majesty's cruisers to give up their c thins to, or to
make boon companions of captured captains of
sl:tv,:rs, under any circumstances whatever ; let them
show by the promotion of officers who have rendered
themselves obnoxious to the Brazilians by their gal-
lantry, zeal, and success in ferreting out, harassing,
and capturing the slave-ships, empty or full, that they
are really desirous of putting down the slave-trade,
and we shall soon hear of a very large falling-off in
the inhuman traffic, and of very few eleven} escaping
the vigilance of our cruisers. We trust that the gal-
lant commander of the Rifleman has not been pro-
moted fee the purpose of superseding him, but that
the complaints of the Brazilian slave-dealers will be
considered as additional recommendations to official
favour, and that he will be continued in command of
his vessel, to follow up with greater zeal that success
which every day's experience on the coast of Brazil
must ensure to an officer of his intelligence, spirit, and
determination.—Herald.

APPOINTMENTS.
Caramander Jonas Archer Abbott, appointed a few
days since to the Coast-guard service, is to be in
command of Westport district, vice George Augustus
Henry, to the Southend district, vice Grant, deceased.-
Lieutenant William Frederick Gloucester Feed
has been removed from St. Alban's Head Coast-guard
station to No. 2 Battery (Folkestone), vice Mr. James
Connolly, whose appointment has been cancelled.
Lieutenant E. R. Power (1839) has recently been
appointed agent to the transport about to proceed
with stores for the Arctic ships. We trust that this
officer, who commanded the Locust steamer, in the
Mediterranean, will be lucky encugh to get his pro-
motion on his return. If so, he will be more fortu-
nate than Lieutenant E. Griffiths (1815), now ap-
pointed, at an advanced period of life, superintendent
of liberated Africans at St. Helena, who was the last
naval officer in this country who had communication
with Sir John Franklin, Lieutenant Griffiths having
proceeded in charge of the Beretta Junior transport,
with the Franklin expedition to the Whale Fish
blends, with stores. Lieutenant Griffiths, during
his many years of active service in the war, suffered
shipwreck, and was severely wounded in one of the
sharp actions in which he was engaged.
Second Master—John G. Anderson (1843), of the
Athol, to the Resistance troop-ship.
Midshipmen—Charles Vyvyan, to the Encounter
screw-corvette, squadron of exercise ; A. O. Fulton,
to the Conflict screw-sloop, squadron of exercise.
Naval Cadets—William L. Bridges, to the En-
counter; A. G. R. Bee, to the Conflict; Henry L.
Percival, to the Indefatigable, squadron of exercise.
Masters' Assistant —D. 0. Burdwood, to the
Southampton, 50, flsg.ship, Monte Video.
Gunner, George Corney ; boatswain, John Grigg,
carpenter, John Burton (acting), to the Resistance
troop-ship.
We regret to hear that Vice-Admiral Curry is
dangerously ill at Devonport. The gallant officer,
we believe, is now at a very advanced age ; he com-
manded a bomb-vessel in the expedition to Egypt.
Commander Christopher William Betty (1332), on
the retired list of 1816, died at Cawsand, April 7, at
at advanced age. This gallant officer, who served 16
years afloat during the war, entered the navy, Aug.
1, 1793, as A. B , in the Invincible, 74 ; as midship-
man in the Majestic, 74, was in Lord Howe's action,
June 1, 1794 ; in the Mars, 82 guns, 634 men, was
present, April 21, 1798, at the capture, off Brest,
of the French ship H.,,rcule, of 78 guns and 680 men,
after a deadly yard-arm and yard-arm conflict of
more than an hour's continuance, during which the
British sustained a loss of 30 killed and GO wounded,
and the enemy of nearly 400 killed and wounded,
Was promoted as a reward for his meritorious conduct
on the above occasion to a lieutenancy, September
17th, 1801, in the Atlas, 98; was on board the
Dreadnought, 98, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Coiling.
wood, and was slightly wounded in the ensuing battle
of Trafalgar. Not having been employed since
August 1813, he at length accepted the retired rank,
April 4th, 1832.
Paymaster and Purser Thomas Brett (1809) died
a few days since, at Penzance, Cornwall.
THE BOATS FOR CAPTAIN AUSTIN'S ARCTIC Ex-
PEDITION.—The four boats built.by Mr. White, of
Cowes, for Captain Austin's ship, Were received in
Portsmouth-yard on Thursday last, and probably will
be sent round to Woolwich in the early part of this
week in the Echo steam-tug. They are all beautifully
formed boats (something between a whale and a paddle-
box boat), built as life-boats, with hollow and water-
tight sides, from the gunwale to the upper ends of the
fore timbers. They are carvel built outside, with a
diagonal frame inside. Two of these boats are 30
feet each, fitted to pull ten double-banked oars; the
other two are 27-feet boats, fitted for eight double-
banked oars. They are all sharp at both ends, and have
a spring, like whale-boats, and are fitted like whale-
boats, with a strong upright bit for towing or veering

line, in the operation of taking whales. Around the
gun whale out,ide battens are fitted for mu' to hold
on to, in case of their being thrown out of the boat;
and also along the bilge of each boat battens are also
fitted for men to hold on in case of the boats being
caps;zed. The air-trunks on each side these boats are
fitted in a similar way to those fitted in life-boats.
The Sharpshooter sere x-shooner, Lieutenant-Com-
mander Bailey, is still at Devonport. The Somerset
House surveyors have returned to London ; but there
is a quarrel between the commander and the master
shipwright, which will most likely have to be settled
by the Admiralty.
The Superb, 60, C.apta'n Purcell, will be paid down
six months to-morrow, in Plymouth Sound, and her
new hands will be paid advance.
The Trincomalee, 25, Captain Warren, is ordered
home from the West Indies to be paid off. She has
been in commission since July, 1847.
The royal yacht Victoria and Albert, Captain
Lord A. Fitzclarence, has now her engino completed,
and steam was got up for a few hours on Saturday.
She has taken on board some coal, is rigged, and will
probably be taken out of the new steam-basin at Ports-
mouth to try her engines at Spithead about Thursday
next. Should her engines and new boilers prove all
right, she will, after her trial, go into the old basin
to be gilded and painted.
THE DOCKYARD?.—The Admiralty have ordered
that officers in the Royal Dockyards who may desire
to have gas lights in their official residences, are not
to claim the right of being supplied at the rate con-
tracted for by the Government for lighting the estab-
lishment, but they are to make their own private ar-
rangements as to price with the gas companies. Inti-
mation has been given to all the dockyards that the
Rev. Mr. Moseley will visit the establishments in
May next, for the purpose cf examining the schools
and selecting the pupils for the Central Mathematical
School at Portsmouth.
The number of men at Portsmouth factory is
ordered to be still further reduced—the strength is
not to exceed 480. Mr. Dotterell's tender for the or-
dinary repairs of the buildings of Portsmouth yard
has been accepted.
Dr. James Clerk, assistant surgeon, died, at his re-
sidence, at the Royal Naval Hospital, Ireland Island,
on the 28th ult.
MALTA, APRIL 12. —A melancholy event occurred
on board the Peninsular and Oriental Company's
steamer Indus on the day of her arrival in port. Dr.
Macdonald, an officer of the Madras service, who,
after thirty-one years' service, was returning home,
was struck by a fit of apoplexy on the morning of the
10th inst., and in two hours expired. His :remains
were interred yesterday morning in the Lazaretto.
The wife and two sons of deceased were on board
when the melancholy event occurred.
The Volage left port yesterday to resume her sur-
veys in the waters of Candia.
The Triton, with mails from the lonian I,lands
and Greece, arrived yesterday.
The French steamer from Beyrout and Alexandria,
by which duplicate papers from India are not unfrc-
quently received, has not yet been telegraphed.
PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY.—The Locust steam-vessel,
which arrived on Friday night from the Mediterra-
nean, has proceeded to Woolwich to be paid off.
wood,l'h
ordered Vengeance,
home
84,
m e fromCaptainte
Mediterranean, Sr -
be
paid off at this port.
The Dragon steam-frigate, Captain W. 11. Hall,
is ordered home from the Mediterranean to be
paid off.
The expedition now fitting out by Mr. Henry
Grinnell, of New York, to go in search of Sir John
Franklin, will be ready to sail by the Ist of May. It
consists f two vessels, called the Advance and Rescue,
which are to be fully equipped, guarded, and
strergthened in the most complete manner against the
ice, and provisioned for a two years' voyage. They
are to search the shores of Wellington's-inlet and
Cape -Walker for copper canisters which Sir John
Franklin was instructed to throw overboard enclosing
notes of his voyages. Mr. Grinnell heads the list of
subscriptions for this object with 30,000 dollars.
There is some expectatirm that Lady Franli 'n
will visit America before the expedition start t
is to be under the command of Lieutenants de aven
and Griffin. _

The Simoon new steam-frigate, of 2,000 tow,
built of iron, and with screw power of 350 horses,
is daily expected at this port from Glasgow, in tow of
the Stromboli steam-sloop, Commander Lord A. W.
Beauclerk, to be placed in the steam-basin. She is
rated only as an 18. gun corvette.
his reported that the crew of the Crocodile troop-
ship, lately bearing the Eta. of Rear-Admiral Dixon,
at Qlpenstown, are ordered to be turned over to the
steam-ship Ajax, 60, at this port, which is destined as
the fl hg-ship on the above station in future.
Letters from the Rattler screw-sloop, Commander
Cumming, of Ambriz, west coast of Africa, dated
February 22, announce her capture of a fine
with 550 slaves on board. _ _

Letters from the Pluto steam-vessel, Lieut. Joliffe,
of Ambriz, dated the 14th of Ft bruary, announce her
capture of a fine slaver lug of 180 tons, fitted for the
traffic, but having no slaves on board.
The schooner yacht Circassian hauled out of Haslar
lake yesterday, in order to prepare for her voyage to
St. Petersburgh, being sold to a Russian nobleman.
The out-pension of Greenwich Hospital,relinquished
by Captain Sparshott, has been bestowed on Captain
Richard Pridham.

Mr. Fulton, Master-Commander of the Hercules
store-ship, it is understood, will succeed to the Master
Attendant ship of Malta dockyard shortly.
Mr. John Baker, inspector of caulkers in this dock-
yard, to be foreman ; Mr. W. Ray, leading man, to
be inspector.
PLYMOUTII, APRIL 19.—The sails of her Majesty's
ship Superb, 80, were bent yesterday, preparatory to
going into the Sound.
The packet-brig Petrel, having been repaired and
coppered, was taken out of dock on Wednesday, and
the packet Seagull was placed in dock for examination
and repair.
The merchant-barque Rawlings, Captain Daid, of
and from London for Quebec, came in this afternoon,
having received considerable damage when off the
Dodman in thick weather, at one o'clock this morn-
ing. She was in stays, when a large full-rigged ship
reaching in, with her port tacks aboard, attempted to
pass under the barque's stern, but her jib-boom caught
the lee-leach of the barque's mainsail, and carried
away the miz?n topmast and rigging, and mainbooni,
tore her main and mizen sails, and fetching a sliding
blow on the barque's port-quarter, broke down her
bulwarks, and stanchions quarter-badge, steering-
wheel, binnacle, &c., and did other serious damage to
her stern. The ship is supposed to be the Emigrant,
which left this port yesterday fore Moreton-bay.
Wind S.W. ; thick.

WOOLWICH, APRIL 20.—The Stromboli steam-
sloop, Commander Lord Amelius Beauclerk, is or-
dered to come round to Woolwich, and is expected to
accompany the vessels of Captain Austin's Arctic
expedition to the edge of the ice. The Stromboli was
employed on similar service when Captain Sir James
Clarke Ross's expedition left fur the Arctic regions
in May, 1848.

SAILING OF THE FIRS7' STEAIII-SHIP BE-
TWEEN GLASGOW AND NEW YORK.
The following is a fuller report of the sailing of
this vessel than appeared in The Sun of Thursday :
GREENOCK, TUESDAY.—At 20 minutes past two
o'clock the first steamer, the City of Glasgow, in-
tended to connect the Clyde with New York, started
on her first trip from the Broomielaw. The event
gave occasion to something like a holiday in the city,
and it is computed that fully 100,000 people lined the
banks, and the good ship got under weigh amidst the
booming of guns, the strains of music, and the most
enthusiastic cheering from the shore. After getting
clear of the narrow part of the river, the steamer
proceeded down the Clyde at the rate of 10f knots
an hour, although the pressure was only at the rate
of ,71b. upon the square inch. On reaching the
" Tail of the Bank," below Greenock, a select party
of ladies and gentlemen, who had accompanied their
friends down the river, left the ship by the pilot boat,
and the City got up full steam, and went right out
to sea, after a round of parting cheers. A painful
instance occurred just as the ship was leaving the
Broomielaw. A sheriff's officer appeared with a
judge's warrant, and took a young lady into custody,
at the instance of her brother, for debt. The lady
protested that it was an infamous case of oppression,
but as there was no opportunity of taking
the case before a magistrate, she was com-
pelled to accompany the officer amidst the
sympathy of all who witnessed the scene.
The City carries 110 passengers, amongst whom are
the Hon. Adam Ferrie, one of the members of the
C median Legislative Council, and his lady. There
are 52 first cabin passengers, at 20 guineas each, and
58 at 12 guineas each. Amongst them are upwards of
30 ladies. She is expected to make the passage in
fifteen or sixteen days. This ship was commenced to
be built only in August last, and she is already off to
sea; while the Simoon frigate, the building of which
commenced four years ago, has not left the Clyde.
Such is the difference between public and private
enterprise.
The ship is as strong as iron plates, bars, straps,
and rivets can make her, and she is divided into five
water-tight compartments, which would secure her
against Almost every contingency 9f occident, except-

ing that of being'' thrown bodily upon the rocks. But,
to avert any rida of this kind, a gentleman has been
ergaged as commander who should know the course
between Great Britain and America almost as well as
if milestones had been placed along the road, viz., Capt.
Mathewa, who has crossed the Atlantic 90 times as an
officer, and 26 of these as commander of the favourite
Great Western—a gentleman who, by the testimony of
all who sailed with him. is entitled to the character of
" every inch a seaman." The hands to be directed
by this able head appear to make up a very adequate
complement—these being in all devoted exclusively to
the business of the ship, first, second, and third officers,
twenty seamen, four engineers, nine firemen, and five
apprentices ; while to minister to the wants of the
passengers there are twelve stewards, two steward-
esses, one baker, one cook, four assistants, a band of
musicians, with brass and stringed instruments, and
lastly a doctor, with an ample medicine chest—a
functionary, however, who is in the meantime kept
in the background, fo it is not conceived that any
one can be or should be ill when so many appliances
are at hand to keep him well. It is worth while to
mention, to the credit of Messrs. Tod and 11Legregor
and the captain, that the crew is truly a picked one,
consisting of able and experienced, and mostly mar-
ried men, belonging to the port of Glasgow, who
have bean made well aware that steady conduct will
ensure encouragement and permanence of situation,
but that negligence or a single case of drunkenness
on duty will cause the forfeit of everything.
After accommodating the passengers the ship has
room for 1,000 tons of cargo, which is already occu-
pied by manufactured goods, the product of Glasgow.
Wrought iron, we observe, formed no small portion
ef it. She also carries 400 tons of coal, but has the
advantage of being bark-rigged, with which she
shows she can bear heavy canvass and sail fast. As
we have formerly stated, the ship has beam engines
of 350-horse power, a screw of 13 feet diameter,
with a pitch of no less than 18 feet. To make all
safe as precaution can make it, we may mention that
the City carries six boats, viz., two life-boats, two
cutters, and two gigs, which in all are commodious
enough to carry 200 persons.
The state rooms are entered from the saloon by
lobbies, which are fitted up with patent lamps, enclosed
in glass cases. Each lamp lights a lobby and two state
rooms, and is placed under lock and key. The berths
in the first class are fitted up with beautiful Tournay
curtains, with fringe and silk hangings. Each state
room contains two berths, with sofa, marble basin
stand, gilt mirror, and every convenient requisite for
comfort and cleanliness. There are also two large
state rooms, containing four berths each, which
can be let as family rooms. They are di-
vided with damask curtains. The ladies' cabin
communicates with the saloon, and has also
a separate entrance to the main deck : it is fitted up
with rosewood sofas, covered with crimson Utrecht
velvet, and contains eight berths, adorned with silk
curtains, gilt mirrors, &c. The bulkheads and ceil-
ing are painted white and gold, with ornamented
panels of fruit and flawers. Each passenger has
drawers for clothes and other necessaries, furnished
with separate keys. Ia the entrance lobby to the
saloon is situated the captain's cabin ; and on the
other side is the steward's bar, fitted up with racks
for crystal, china, stone ware, &c., and glass cases for
containing silver plate, of which there is a large
supply.
The main deck forms an unbroken promenade, se-
cure from all weather, of upwards of 130 feet, along
which are placed ranges of state rooms. Abaft the
funnel are placed first-class rooms, fitted up in every
respect similar to the saloon berths. Before the fun-
nel are situate the second-class state rooms, done up
with mahogany stfas, covered witdahair cloth, which
turn up to form beds, each room acapivmodating four
passengers. There is here also a ladies'.cabin, with
,a,te4i,
separate entrance, and also some fatnil:arooms, con-
taining eight berths. In the centie, tween the
funnel and the fore hatch, and enclosed by damask
curtains, is a clear space of 46 by 16f feet, Vahich is
fitted up as a dining saloon for second•class pas-
sengers, and is capable of accommodating between 60
and 70 persons. The requisities of hQ, cold, and-,
shower bath are of course amply supplied:,
We lock upon this enterprise wah corisidefable in-
terest. It is an effort to combine a reasonabe degree
of speed with certainty and cheapness, and it is in-
tended to link the west of Scotland with the principal
seaport of the New World. We may expect in due
course to see tourists taking advantage of the City
of Glasgow for a pleasure trp to the United States,
in the same way as they have hitherto made a voyage
along the Rhine or a run to the Highlands of Scot-
land ; and there is little doubt that the same facilities
and moderate scale of charge will induce our Yankee
friends to extend their personal acquaintance with
the land of their fathers.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS

FROM TIIE MORNING PAPERS OP THIS DAY.

TIMES.—Some little time back the controversy
with regard to Sir James Brooke's operations in
B ernes appeared to have been set at rest for ever. The
disgraceful outcry raised against him here in London
had so evidently told against its originators that we
had hoped henceforward to have passed over in silence
any repetition of such attacks. We are compelled,
however, by the debate that took place on Friday
night in the house of Lords, once again to return to
a controversy which ought to have been long since
concluded in the mind of every reasonable man. In
the course of a discussion that took place upon the
repeal of the " Pirates' Head-Money " Bill. Lord
Eilentorough took advantage of the occasion to re-
commence the attack upon Sir James Brooke in just
such a manner as might have been expected from the
character and past history of the man. The Samson
of Somnauth is, it appears, incredulous as
to the policy of any future warlike operations in
the East, even although these operations should be
confined to the putting down a gang of pirates and
establishing an insular post for our commerce off
the island of Borneo. With a singular inconsis-
tency he attacks Sir James Brooke on two grounds.
In the first place, we are told by Lord Ellenborough,
—" it was said a company was formed to work
the mines of coal Labuan contained. Whether such
a company had ever been formed he could
,not say,
but this he knew, that no company had yet worked
any mines there. It was utterly useless to England,
but it was not useless to those who, like Sir James
Brooke, were spcuiating in Borneo.' " This accu-
sation, however congenial it might have been to the
atmosphere of other centres of attack against
Sir James Brooke, was little fitted to find
favour with an assembly of English gen-
tlemen. In reply, Earl Grey showed the House
that the object of Lord Ellenborough's attack
"had sacrificed much of his fortune in the great enter-
prises which he had undertaken for suffering humanity.
lie likewise greatly feared that Sir James Brooke
had endangered not only his property but his most
valuable life." The feeling of the House, and the
force of conviction, were too strong for Lord Ellen-
borough, and he was compelled to retract his first
accusation ; but, in the true PArthian spirit, even in
his flight, he endeavoured to let fly a shaft at the man
of whose Eastern reputation he probably entertains a
jealousy—for, certainly, no two men ever produced
two such different results in those distant regions as
Lord Ellenborough and Sir James Brooke ; the one
with all the resources of the British empire at his dis-
posal, the other subjected to the hard conditions
of a single-handed fight. Forced to retract his
unwarranted charge by the indignant clamour
of the assembly before which it was uttered,
see the terms in which the recantation was made
" He had not intended on this occasion to enter into
any discussion on the conduct and character of Sir
J. Brooke. He would say candidly of him that he
(Lord Ellenborough) thought him (Sir J. Brooke) a
great, generous, and romantic English gentleman.
Why, then, accuse him almost in the same breath of
being actuated by the most sordid and contemptible
motives ? Why charge this " great, generous, and
romantic English gentleman" with the desire of in-
creasing the balance at hie banker's by pushing the
Horne Government on to a scheme of colonization
hurtful to the public interests—of benefit to no one but
himself ? Why leave it to be inferred from the whole
tenour of his speech that the recent warlike operations
on the Bornean coast were planned by this senti-
mental Quixote for the ultimate benefit of his own inter-
ests? We are prepared for contradictions in the
character of the most remarkable men, but never yet
did such an anomaly exist as a union in the salts e
person of the qualities ascribed by Lord Ellenborough
to Sir James Brooke. Let the accused be judged by
results, and we are sure it will be found that Lord
Ellenborough is as utterly mistaken in haulsge r a as s
in
his accusation ; in the manner of hip
the unjustifiable expression which rendered somelv
kind of apology an absolute, e
have now before us a file of th Singapore _Free
Press, which seems to have l furnished Earl Grey
with the leading facts of his speech Friday night.
From this, as well a 3 fruits otheron sources, we learn
that the signal chastisement inflicted upon the
piratical hordes beenhas attended with complete
u oss. The pirates of Sarehas and Sakarran have
s,encte'in a deputation praying for mercy, and engaging
themselves to abandon their evil ways. From Tanjong
Daku to Malladu Bay—a distance of five hundred
miles—unarmed merchant vessels and native prahus
for the first time pass safely to And fro. A few years

"A few, -a very few years ago, no European merchant
vessels ventured on the N.W. coast of Borneo; now they
are numerous and sef.?; formerly shipwrecked crews
were a'tscked, robbed, and enslaved, now they are pro•
tected, fed, and forwarded to a place of security. Five
years ago there was no safety for the white man, and no
white man visited the towns on the coast; now, from
the Sultan of 13runi; to his meanest subjk ct, from
the Lanun Sultan Ss Tabolc to the least amongst
his pirate f..dlowerF, not a finger is dared to be
raised against the life or property of an English-
man; the flag of England commands the respect which
is its due, and her subject ; receive the protection to which
they are fully entitled, and may trade or re.ide amongst
the natives without fear or without danger. The
native trade now passes with careless confidence over
the sery same track between Mallulu and Singapore,
%here, but a little while ago it was liable to the peril of
capture ; the crews of hundreds of prahus are no longer
exposed to the loss of life or the loss of liberty., and a
degree of security now reigns so remarkably, so
strikingly contrasted with the insecurity of past times,
that we may well be tempted onward in a career recom-
mended by policy and tested by experience."
The writer in the Singapore Free Press contrasts
the past with the present condition of affairs. He
mentions the detention of the English men and
women, the enslavement of the I'idian Lascars of
the ship Sultana by the Sultan of Brut 6, and by
Sheriff Oiinan of Mall.idu Bay, the plunder of a
stranded vessel by the latter, the attack on the boats
of the ship Melbourne off Barram, and the attempts
to capture the boats of her Majesty's ship Dido off
the island of Sirhassan. We mention these particu-
lar facts, as they may serve to quiet the scruples of
the captious gentlemen who ask tor specific instances
of the attacks of these piratical hordes upon British
subjects. It is satisfactory to find that the colony c f
Labuan is now progressing, and that the apprehen-
sions which had at first been entertained of the un-
healthiness of the station have been completely set
at rest. The climate for six months of the year
is described as delightful, and for the other six
months much the same as Singapore. The fever
has been throughout limited to the plain which
bounds the harbour, and is disappearing before
drainage. The stationary population of the settle-
ment now consists of about 700 or 800 souls ; tie
shifting population varies from 300 to 1,000. The
hospitals are empty, and the returns show that
the average number of deaths is about the same as in
London. The revenue of the island, direct and indi-
rect, is estimated already at one-third of its expenses ;
and, as the first sale of land has gone off with success,
and the erection of the new town is rapidly proceed-
ing, there is good hope that within a reasonable
time this important settlement will pay its own
way. The Chinese merchants are moving in a
body from Brune to Labuan, so that all circum-
stances unite to inspire us with cheerful expec-
tations of the result of this great experiment in
the Eastern seas. Let us add, in conclusion, upon
the same authority—and we observe the state-
ment was adopted by Earl Grey—that whereas
the price of coal in Singapore, as ascertained at
Somerset-house, was 335. per ton, at Labuan it can
be laid down on the beach for ss. per ton. It is
asserted, moreover, that there are at least 100,000
tons of coal within 500 yards of the seashore, and a
sufficient supply for years can be obtained within a
circumference of half a mile. Such, then, are some
of the first fruits of the Quixotism of " the romantic
Englishman"— the freedom of the Esstern seas from
piracy, and the establishment of a flourishing settle-
ment, which will, in all probability, be the means of
giving a strong impetus to British commerce. There
is but one drawback to this intelligence, which is,
that Sir James Brooke, the main author of so much
good, the guardian and protector of the peaceful
natives against the attacks of the piratical hordes, is
represented to be himself suffering in health. That so
valuable a life may long be spared, and that he may
in due time return amongst us to receive the rewards
of his gallantry and humanity, must be, tie prayer of
every true-hearted Englishman. S,,;;:sisstoerr as Sir
James Brooke are an honour to their country and
their age—unhappily they are too few in number.

THE EXHIBITION OF 1851.

Her Majesty's Commissioners for promoting the
exhibition of 1851 haying had several questions put to
them as to the mode in which articles of different
kinds, the produce of the same manufacturer, will be
and as to the possibility of keeping to-
gether the productions of particular towns and dis-
tribtsr.and on other points closely connected with the
foregoing, have resolved upon publishing the following
statement, explanatory of the principles by which they
will be guided in such matters.
They have already stated, in the paper published
for the guidance of foreign exhibitors, that it will be
necessary that the productions of all nations should be
exhibited together, according to the nature of the
article exhibited, and not according to the na'ure of
its origin ; but that, wherever it can be done without
disturbing the harmony of the whole, the scvtral
articles falling within any particular section shall be,
as far as possible, arranged according to the nation of
which they are the produce. They propose to apply
precisely the same principle to the articles exhibited
by British manufacturers. The harmony of the whole
exhibition will be the leading consideration, and it
will be impossibe to admit of any local or individual
arrangements which would materially disturb it ; but
the Commissioners are sensible of the great advan-
tages to be derived from arrangements made under
the inspection of the party exhibiting, and will give
every facility for their adoption within such limits as
will prevent confusion in the general classification.
Any manufacturer exhibiting articles which can pro-
perly be placed together according to the classification
already announced will be at liberty to arrange such
articles in his own way ; and his arrangements, if
compatible with the convenience of other exhibitors
and of the public, will not be disturbed. In like
manner, if it be wished to exhibit together the pro-
ductions of a particular town or district, all such
productions, if they can fairly be said to be of the
same sort, will be admitted together. The decision
whether they are so admissible or not must of course
rest in each case with the discretion of the Commis-
sioners. Having stated the principles on which they
will proceed in arriving at it, they need not go into
more detail at the present time. They may add,
however, that where it is desired to exhibit processes
of manufacture, a sufficient number of articles, how-
ever dissimilar, will be admitted for the purpose of
illustrating the process; but they must not exceed
what may be actually required with that object.
In all cases where the productions of an indi-
vidual are exhibited together, his wishes with regard
to the treatment them will be complied with as
far as poss ofible ; but should they be of a nature to
involve additional expense, the Commissioners cannot
undertake to meet that expense out of their funds,
but must call upon the exhibitor to defray it himself.
Glass cases, frames and stands of peculiar construc-
tion, and similar contrivances for the display or pro-
tection of the goods exhibited, must in like manner
be provided by the person requiring them at his own
cost. lie will also be at the charge of insuring his
own goods, should he desire this security. The Com-
missioners take this opportunity of stating that, how-
ever careful they may be in the construction of the
building, it will be quite impossible to erect one of
the required dimensions which shall be absolutely
fire-proof; and although every precaution will be
taken to prevent fire, and to extinguish it should it
unfortunately occur, the Commissioners cannot be
responsible for losses which may be occasioned by
this or any other accident over which they have no
control.
The Commissioners will provide for the general
security and police of the exhibition ; but should
own to
exhibitor desire to employ a servant ofhis
do so after obtaining
preserve or keep in order the article he exhibits,ow.or. too
explain them to visitors, he may
to invite
Such persona,
permission from the Commissiobnierdse.n
however, will in all cases be for
visi-
tors to purchase the goods otfemployers ; and
lead to their exclusion
any violation of this rule must
being intended for
from the building, the exhibitioniand not for those of sale.
the purpose of display, only, theird
Commissioners have decided
For the same reason the
that prices are not to be affixed to the articles ex-
hibited. As the cost at which articles
can be produced
enter into the question of the dis-
will in some cases
a the Commissioners, or the per-
sonstribution of rewards,
• trusted with
the adjudication of the rewards,
in
make inquiies, and to take
may have to .
r
on the suoject ; but they dopossib not consider
evidence up
it expedient to affix a note of the price to the articles
displaYe •
d•When the exhibitor considers the merit
or ma article to consist in its cheapness, be should
Ago the price in the invoice sent to the Commis-
sioners. (Signed)
J. SCOTT RUSSELL.
STAFFORD H. NORTRCOTE.

PEMBROKE DOCKYARD, APRIL 19.—1 t appears
irom the official list which has been issued by the Lords of
the Admiralty, that only two launches will take place in
this yard durirg the year 1850-1 ; and both these are of
minor importance. However, it is intended that every build-
ing slip shall be occupied by men-of-war in various stages
of I rogress, the wok on which will be duly and regularly
advanced, so that en uninterrupted supply of vessels will
be sent forth from the various dockyards- in order ade-
quately to meet the wants of our marine. The troops in
garrison at this dockyard have commenced their custo-
mary drill preparatory to the usual half-yearly inspection
by (Ailonel Love, the officer commanding the South Wales
district. Ball-cartridge firing has been practised by the
troops with great success; the inspection will take place in
week or two. The Gallant Colonel has, in conjunction with
the civil power, been enged in restoring good feeling and
harmony between the troops and the inhabitants of the town
I and the judicious measures adopted have been completely
I §Uccessful,

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