The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-16 00:00:00

WOOLWICH, FRIDAY.

RETURN OF THE BLACK EAGLE STEAM•VESSEL.•—•
It will be recollected that, in the description of the
royal progress, the Black Eagle steam-vessel, under
the command of Captain the Earl of Ilardwicke, was
stated to be several miles astern of the royal yacht
on reaching the Nore. On proceeding to sea, Cap-
tain Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence made signals for the
Black Eagle to advance, and delayed the progress of
the royal steam yacht until both were opposite each
other. His Lordship then made signals to start both
at the same time, to ascertain which of the vessels
would first reach Dundee. The Black Eagle goon
showed her superiority over the royal yacht as si
sea-going steamer, having gained three miles in six
hours against her fast opponent. The Black Eagle
continued a-head at the same rate throughout the
voyage, and consequently was the first to reach the-
Frith of Tay and Dundee. The Black Eagle "re-
turned to Woolwich shortly before ten o'clock this
forenoon, under the command of Captain the Earl of
Hardwicke.
MILITARY FLOGGlNG.—Yesterday morning, at a
quarter to seven o'clock, the troops were mustered on
the garrison parade to hear the proceedings of a
general court-martial read against two gunners of
the Roval"Regiment of Artillery, named Smith and
, the crimes alleged against them being, that
of striking a non-commissioned officer of the same
regiment whilst in the execution of his duty ; also,
desertion, selling their regimental necessaries, and
robbing a comrade. The prisoners were found guilty
of the charges preferred against them, and were sen-
tenced to receive one hundred and fifty lashes each,
the finding of which sentence her Majesty finally ap-
proved of. The troops were then marched off to the
rear of the Royal Artillery barracks, where the un-
fortunate men were ordered to strip, and were then
tied up to the triangles, and the horrors of the scene
commenced. The unfortunate culprits received the
number awarded them without imploring mercy,
though their sufferings were truly awful to behold.
The men were then conveyed to the Ordnance Medi-
cal Hospital to be cured. A number of other gun-
ners of the Royal Artillery, who had been tried by
court-martial for offences, were sentenced to various
terms of imprisonment in the Penitentiary, and were
marched off under escort for that destination.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN RAILWAYS.—In the evi-
dence before the Select Committee of last session, Mr.
Laing, of the Board of Trade, stated that the average
railway charges in Belgium, for 100 miles, are for the
first, second, and third-classes respectively, 10s., 7s. 6d.,
and 4s. Bd. ; in Germany, 125., Bs. 6d., and ss. 6d. ; in
France, 155., 10s., and Bs. 6cl. ; and in England, 255.,
175., and 10s. As one cause of the comparatively high
rate in Englund, he states that the average cost of rail-
ways in this country is three or four times that of the
German lines ; double that of the Belgian, and greater
by one-half than the cost of the French. Mr. Laing is
of opinion that the advantage is in favour of the Eng-
lish in regard to speed ; but that in point of accommo-
dation the second and third-class passengers in Belgium,
and on the Continent generally, have the decided advan-
Lige over those of the same classes in England.—Railway
Record.
PREVENTION OF INFECTION FROM TYPHUS ESVER.
—Dr. J. C. Smith obtained 5,0001. from Parliament for
the following receipt :—Take six drachms of powdered
nitre (saltpetre) and six drachms of sulphuric acid (oil of
vitriol), mix them in a teacup. By adding one drachm
of the oil at a time, a copious discharge of nitrous acid
gas will take place. The cup to be plseed, during the
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AWFUL lIIUNDER-ST RM —On Thursday, the sth
instant, St. Austell and )its
surrounding neighbourhood
were visited by a severe thunder-storm' which came on
about noon ; but there was an appearanceof thunder at
a distance for some hours before. The thunder was
loud, the lightning vivid, and the storm, which appeared
to come from the south-east, continued until about
four o'clock, when it passed away in the opposite
direction. The electric fluid struck a dwelling-house
at Tregonissey, about a mile distant from St. Austell,
occupied by a man named Elam! Howett, and in its
course went through the roof, destroyed the wood
work of a bed, and then passed to the ground floor,
where it destroyed the clock, set fire to a rush mat
at the bottom of the stairs, and so severe was
the shock, that it threw down and smashed all the
earthenware that stood on the dressers. It then made
1 its way through the window, destroying all the glass,
except two squares, which remained unhurt, struck the
pig-sty, and killed the pig, which was worth about forty
shillings. nowett, who has a wife and two children,
was at his work, his wife and the oldest child were in
the garden, a little distance from the house, and the
youngest child was in a cradle in the kitchen. They all
escaped unhurt ; but a man who was looking out of the
doorway of an adjoining barn was thrown to the ground
on his face, and stunned, but received no further in.
jury. Some kind friend has drawn up• a brief for the
poor man, which he is now taking round among a few
persons, to help hint to restore his loss, which is esti.
mated to be about 121. West Thiton.