The Sun.
London, England, 1844-11-14 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIG.,
PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 11.—Ttn; Ro
Victoria and Albert, Captain Lord A,
been taken into duck for further alte)
magnificent furniture has been landed,
Lieutenant, Tringham, is promoted ti
and succeeded by Lieut. Robson, who
of the brig Nautilus, 10, fitting for Ch.
The Eagle, 50, at Chatham, is commL
G. B. Martin ; and the Vindictive, 50, at
been masted, &c., preparatory to hoisting the penis.._
The Endymion, 44, at Plymouth, is also getting ready
for active service.
The steamer Volcano has been paid off here and re-
commissioned by her former Commander, Lieut. Miller.
She is entering men very fast, and as soon as ready is to
proceed to the Mediterranean station, to join Sir Edward
Owen's squadron.
The ravie frigate Amazon, 26, at Sheerness, with the
first-class steamer Vulture, is expected to be commis-
sioned in it few days, and both will carry heavy metal.
The transport Princess Royal, Lieut. Harris, agent,
recently returned from Rio Janeiro and Coast of Africa,
is again ordered for service, to convey to Jamaica de-
tachments of the 23d anti 71st Regiments, from the Isle
of Wight.
The troop frigate Apollo,. 42, commander Maclean,
sailed from Cork on the 3d instatZ., with the Royal
Artillery, for service at Gibraltar, and the lonian
Islands.
The schooner Fair Rosamond, Lieut. Bulman, recently
arrived from Halifax, is paid off in this harbour, and is
to be forthwith surveyed, it is reported to proceed to the
Coast of Africa.
The Cornwallis, 72, Captain Richards, having struck
the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir William Parker, G.C.8., is
gone to Plymouth, there to be dismantled and paid off.
The Fox, 42, Captain Sir Henry Blackwood, Bart., had
not arrived at the Cape of Good Hope at the departure
of the Cornwallis, 31st August, though she was daily
looked for, on her way to the East Indies, to relieve the
Cambrian, 36.
The Resistance, 42, troop-ship, Commander Patey, still
remains in Plymouth Sound, awaiting orders.
The Eurydice, 26, Captain Elliot (projected by Rear-
Admiral Elliot), was, according to a letter of the 26th
Vetoher, at Halifax, crew all well, and under refit to pro-
ceed Barbadoes. The sailing and other qualities of
the ship I,:e spoken of very highly, as also her efficient
condition.
Hornet 11., :igantine, Lieut. Seaver, may be ex-
ThetheWest Indies about the 20th
petted to arrive from
instant, and will go to iZatham to be paid off.
Brisbane, and Hyacinth,
The Larne, 20, Commandu:
18, Commander Scott, are ordex"ed to be detached from
.
the African squadron, and to join in the West Indies.
The Iris, 26, Captain Mundy, arrivt:d at Hong-Kong
from England, via Brazil and Cape 01 good Hope, on
the 26th of July last, from Singapore.
At Spithead—No vessel of war.
In Harbour—Excellent flag-ship, Victory, Nautilus,
Echo, Comet, Dwarf, Volcano, Fearless, and YiCt9ria
and Albert steamers.—Brighton Gazette.

STEAM BOILER EXPLOSIONS.
p is highly creditable to our London engineers that
few Th.:.+erial accidents have happened to the steam
boilers and
machinery on the Thames, since the intro-
duction of steam
navigation ; and with the exception of
the loss of life on ii,;_wd.the Hull steam-ship Victoria,
about five years ago, tbe n:rsting of a defective boiler on
board the Archimedes, fitted tic with Smith's screw pro-
peller, but which had no relation t.e that admirable in-
vention, and the recent deplorable calatn.
ity on board the
Gypsy Queen, at Blackwall, there have been no other
occurrences on board steamers calling for particular re-
mark. Indeed, the safety of marine engine boilers manu-
factured iu London is proverbial, which is to be attributed
to the great care taken in their construction, and the low
pressure at which they are worked, combined with the
greatest strength. In the case of the Victoria there
were two explosions. The first occurred at Erith, while
the vessel was making a pleasure excursion down the
river with the shareholders and their friends on board,
and five men were killed in the engine-room. The acci-
dent was attributable to the neglect of the engineers
in not keeping a proper supply of water in
the boiler ; but Mr. John Penn, the eminent
engineer, of Greenwich, who was examined on the
inquest, gave his opinion that the water spaces were too
small, and that a similar accident must inevitably occur
if the same boilers were again used. Well would it have
been if Mr. Penn's warning had been regarded, but 1112 4
fortunately it was not heeded, and on the very next
voyage from Hull, on the arrival of the vessel off Shad-
well, another of her boilers collapsed, and nine men were
scalded to death. The second jury returned a verdict of
accidental death, with a deodand of 1,500 L on the boilers
and machinery. The ill-fated ship was taken off the
station, and the boilers were not useJ again. They
were made at Hull, from designs by Mr. Na}Zier, a Scotch
engineer (not of Glasgow). The,boiler which exploded
on board the Archimedes was a very defective one, made
by a person in Blackfriars, who had never manufactaigd
a marine boiler before. Mr. Baker, the coroner whet
presided at the inquest held in Shadwell on the bodies of
the nine men killed by the second accident on board the
Victoria, summoned before the jury Mr. Penn, Mr. Sea-
ward, Mr. Maudslay, Mr.! Field, his partner, and other
eminent engineers, besides various scientific men, and it
is to be hoped the same course will be adopted on the in-
quest to be holden on the body of the men who perished
by the explosion in the engine-room of the Gypsy Queen;
for the public and the relatives of the deceased parties
will not be satisfied without a full investigation, and a
careful and scientific examination of the boilers and
machinery, and the amount of pressure the former were
able to sustain with safety.

CIVIL and RELIGIOUS LIBERTY.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sin,—On reading the proceedings lately relative to
Mr. Salmons, I could not but observe how much less
the English people understand religious liberty than
those of other countries ; as a proof of it, I will give you
an extract from a work by the late Charles Butler, Esq.,
in a conversation which the Emperor held at Elba with
a friend of his. Your insertion of it in your valuable
paper will greatly oblige,
A CONSTANT READER.

Poole, Nov, 13, 1844.
" He (Napoleon) became very animated, and, with
evident pride to himself, contrasted his mode of govern-
ing to that pursued in Great Britain ; laughed at men
being frightened in this enlightened age at popes or
priests ; and observed with great emphasis, that his rule
of conduct bad been to extinguish all religious animosi-
ties, by giving to all an identity of interests, and thus
consolidate public opinion to his government. He added,
I gave to the Protestants and to the Catholics pecuniary
establishments, and equal civil rights ; and I found to the
last hour of my reign, the Protestants warmly attached
to me. The Jews also participated in all civil rights,
and I found them, not only in France, but in the many
difficulties in which I was engaged in my campaigns in
I Poland, warmly attached to me."

TAIN, Nov. 4.—A case which excited some interest
was decided in the Small Debt Couet here last week.
The pursuers, Mr. Henry, farmer, Piteaii2ie, Nigg, had a
bull which some time ago killed his herd-iiey, and the
action was raised against eleven young men, farm-
servants at Arabella, who had gone, shortly after the
accident, and shot the furious animal. It was urged on
the part of the pursuer, that he intended to kill the bull,
and had agreed with the agent for the freight of it by
steam to Edinburgh, for which he is now liable, and the
defenders having killed it without his permission, he was
entitled to the full value. Many able arguments were
adduced by Mr. Grigor in favour of the defender. The
hull was valued at 9L when alive, and 71. 16s. when left
dead ; and the sheriff decided that the defenders were
liable in the difference, together with the charge of
freight. —Ross-shire Advertiser.
THE QUEEN'S-ROAD, BA.YSIYKTEIL—The new road
through Lensing-gardens from Bayswater to Kensington,
is now completed. Two handsome gates have been
erected at Bayswater, bearing the royal ains, and the
road is to be called the "Queen's.road.' There aril Several
magnificent mansions erected on the line, which are
ready for habitation.
A CORONER'S. JURY FINING ITSELF.—At an inquest
held not long ago, at Letty Green, near Hertford, on tho
body of a woman who had accidentally shot herself with
a gun, carelessly left on the table loaded by her husband,
a poacher, the jury, to mark their displeasure of
10g.. th
man's neglect, levied upon the gun a deodand of e
The husband was in a state of great poverty, and utterly
unable to raise half that sum, and the Coroner, in default
of payment or obtaining the gun, was about to comuiit
him to gaol, when the jury, pitying his distress, raised
the sum from their own pockets, and thus paid a fine,
they themselves had inflicted.
EXTENSIVE EMBEZZLEMENT BY A SERVANT:'
Yesterday information was received at Bow-street, as
the chief office, and forwarded to the different metropo-,
litan Police-offices, that on the 10th instant a young man
named John James Snaffle, assistant to Mr. Cotterell,
pawnbroker, Shoe-lane, Fleet-areet, absconded from his
master's employ, taking with him 2001. in money—
namely, 1001. in gold, 801. in Bank of England notes, and
201. in silver. It is supposed he has gone to France by
Boulogne or Calais ; but all pursuit in that direction had,
up to last night, been ineffectual.
THE LATE FORGERY OF BANK OF ENGLAND,
‘NOTES.—We understand that several more of these have
made their appearance since we last alluded to the suber b-
ject and been paid by the Bank. Although a num
of Bow-street officers have been on the alert, no clue
seems yet to have been obtained with regard to the cul-
prits. It is probable that the forgers themselves may
have taken their departure for America or some other
protecting country, ere the issue of the notes occurred
and the negotiators were mere tools in their °hands;
whom it may be almost an impossibility to trace.---,
Brussels British Gazette.
Sir William Follett and family left Milan on the
29th ult., for Leghorn, on his way to Genoa. The learned
Attorney-General continued to improve in health. We
learn by the same source that Prince Michael Obreno.
witch had left Milan also for Leghorn and Genoa.
INVENTION OF STEAM NAVIGATION.—It appearg;
from a printed circular which has just been published,
that the merit of this discovery is due to a man named
Taylor, a native of Curoa,nipocnelncth,siewonhyoeoafirirsslto7lBuBcp.ceeded in ro.
erdln annumaacknow-
ledgment redlgliningenat boofathibsyclsateimam,
settled upon his widow, by Government, and donation
of 50/. was subsequently made to each. of his four sur-
viving sisters; but, as this is justly deemed a poor re-
muneration for such important services, it is suggested
that a national testimonial should he made to the family
of Mr. Taylor.—/Vorthern Whig.
`WORCESTERSHIRE HUNT.— WO are informed that
her
Majesty Queen Adelaide has been pleased to sub-
scribe the very liberal sum of 501. per annum towards
the Worcestershire hounds during her Majesty's resi-
dence in this county.— Worcester Journal

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