The Sun.
London, England, 1844-07-11 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, JULY 9.—The Camperdown, 104, Captain
Martin, came into harbour this evening at six o'clock. P.M.
Her powder, shot, shells, and a proportion of her stock were
taken out at Spithead to lighten her, as it was supposed she
would draw too much water, if fully equipped, to pass over
the bar at the mouth of the harbour. She was towed in by
the Echo steam-tug, not a breadth of air stirring at the time
to enable her to unfurl her canvass. She would have come
in direct after anchoring off the Nab light, last evening, but
the wind fell, and the tide was unfavourable : she conse-
quently anchored at Spithead, where she made the necessary
preparations for towing in. She is considered a good ship,
but is expected to turn out much better as a two-decker,
aad max do efficient service as an 80-gun ship, as the .Col-
lingwood.
Many of the crew of the St. Vincent having neglected
" Blue Peter " were left behind on that ship sailing, the
Emerald tender has consequently been dispatched with them
to Plymouth, where the St. Vincent will touch at en route to
Gibraltar and Tangier.
The books of the Queen, 110, Captain Sir Charles Sullivan,
are nearly ready, and she will be paid off on Thursday, when
a general transfer of officers and crew will take place from
the Camperdown on her re-commission.

LOSS OF THE MANCHESTER.
TO. THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sit,—l observe in your respectable journal of last evening
a paragraph relating to the unfortunate loss of the Manchester
steamer, which contains an intimation that the awful catas-
trophe was the result of a defect in the mode of her construc-
tion, viz., " she was wall-sided, and in consequence of this
she was difficult to bring round in stormy weather, and that
this defect principally occasioned her speedy wreck." No
statement can be more remote from the truth, nor could any
steamer be better formed to contend with a storm or high
sea Wan she was, and she was at all times under good steer-
ing. As an incontrovertible propf of this she proceeded from
the River Weser to Liverpool, in ballast, to receive her en-
gines, &c., and during that passage contended with stormy
weather, but in no instance did she refuse to answer her
helm, and go quickly about; nor did she lay down on her
side, as wall-sided vessels do, when on a wind to a dangerous
extent. She has plied between Hull and Hamburgh since
1841, in all seasons and in all weathers, and proved herself to
be a most excellent sea-boat and a fast vessel. _ _

It is not forme, as her builder (who possess all the draw-
ings and specifications of her form, with certificates of her
eligible construction), to give an opinion as to the cause of
her foundering, but I may be allowed to surmise what that
Cause was.

Requesting your insertion of these observations, in reply to
the statements referred to,

I am, Sir, your most obedient servant,
SOLOMON COOK, NA,
11, Bermuda-street, Jamaica-street, Commercial-
road East, June 10, 1844.

SWEARING IN OF QUEEN'S COUNSEL AND SER-
GEANTS-AT-LAW.—At a quarter before ten o'clock yesterday
morning the following members of the bar were sworn in as
Queen's Counsel before the Lord Chancellor, in his Lordship's
private room in the House of Lords, namely :—Mr. John
Henry Hodson, of the Oxford Circuit ; Mr. Charles Howard
Whitehurst, of the Midland Circuit ; Mr. John William
Alexander, bf the Oxford Circuit; Mr. Robert Charles Hild-
yard, Northern Circuit, and who is also Queen's Counsel for
the Duchy of Lancaster; and Mr. J. Parker. The following
gentlemen were also sworn in before the Lord Chancellor and
the Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, as Sergeants-
at-Law :—Mr. Edward Beilasis ; Mr. John Alexander King-
lake, of the Western Circuit ; and Mr. Charles Chadwick
Jones, of the Home Circuit. In consequence of the swearing
in taking place out of term, the newly-made sergeants were
not invested with the coif, as is the case when the promotion
takes place in term. After the usual introductions of the
learned sergeants by the Lord Chancellor to their learned
brothers, the Judges of the Common Pleas, the rings were
presented by the newly-made sergeants to the Judges of the
Common Pleas, also to the Lord Chancellor, and through the
Noble and Learned Lord to her Majesty. The latter were
of a very massive description, made of pure gold, with a blue
enamelled ground, on which, according to ancient custom,
are inscribed the motto, " Paribus legibus." The rings to
the sergeants and the counsel with whom the newly-made
members of the coif used to be engaged are plain gold rings,
bearing, however, the same motto. As the law Lords in
town were engaged in the House of Lords, a number of the
members of the legal profession were present on the occasion.
FIELD-DAY IN HYDE-I'AllK.—Yesterday the Royal
Regiment of Grenadier Guards, Colonel his Grace the Duke
of Wellington, had a grand field-day in the Review-ground,
Hyde-park. The morning being remarkably fine, the an-
nouncement had the effect of drawing together a very nu-
merous assemblage of persons.
BARISERISING PAUPERS. —We often said— God
help the poor; And who is there that will not respond
Amen, when we tell him of the prison discipline of the Dun-
manway guardians of the poor? It was resolved last Satur-
day by those humane, Christian gentlemen, that all the
women were to be "cropped," their hair cut close—thus
uniting degradation and po'rerty, shaved poles and porridge I
It was further resolved, that, if the master's wife had not
cropped every female head in the house by the Bth (this
day), she was to forfeit 1/.—Cork Examiner.
The Duke of Rutland is at present enjoying a
yachting excursion. His Grace is accompanied by several
members of his family, and is not expected to return to town,
until the end of the present month.
THE 1.,4TE ATTEMPT TO MURDER IN HOLBORN.
—Mr. Smith, the proprietor of the shooting- gallery, 288,
High Holborn, who was shot by Mr. Touchet, the brother of
Lord Audley, last Friday, is still in the hospital, and in a very
precarious state. The ball entered close to the spine, and
about the centre of the back, without touching a vital part.
As yet the surgeons cannot trace the ball, although they
have made every effort to do so, in order to extract it. Mr.
Smith's declaration respecting the affair has been taken, as he
will be unable to attend at Bow-street to-morrow (Friday),
when the accused will be again brought up. Notwithstand-
ing the shock Mr. Smith sustained by the wound, lie was
enabled, after receiving it, to walk, with the assistance of his
son, to the cab that conveyed him to the hospital. He is in
his fiftieth year, and has a wife and two sons. Lord Audley
is incessant in his attentions to Mr. Smith. Besides the
hospital surgeons, his Lordship's own medical men daily
attend him, As regards Mr. Touchet, no reason can be as-
signed for the tanrderous attempt; nor as yet can any evi-
dence be adduced of his insanity beyond the act itself.
THE MODEL 01' VENlCE.—Tosterday afternoon the
highly-interesting model of the city of Venice, recently ex-
hibited in Pall-mall, was brought to the hammer at Messrs.
Rushworth arid Jarvis's Auction-gallery, Saville-row,
Regent-street. The time announced for the model to be
sold was 3 o'clock, but lops before that hour the gallery was
crowded by a very respect4ble company. Four talented
architects, assisted by several eminent artists, are said to
have been occupied 14 years, and been at an expense of
pearly 2,0001., in producing this beautiful model, which was
on the scale of 1-540th part of the real dimensions. It con-
tains 4bopt 102 churches, 122 towers, 340 bridges, 135 large
and 297 smellerpalaces, 471 canals, and 18,479 houses. After
some remarks fro m the auctioneer, 20 guineas were offered for
the model. He said that anin would barely compensate him
for the loss he had sustained in having the model open to the
public view for nearly a week. An advance of only 5 guineas
was, however, made, and after four other biddings of one
guinea each, the model was knocked down to Mr. William
Tyler, the proprietor of the Itoyal Surrey Zoological Gardens,
for 31 guineas.
BRIGHTON, JULY 10.—The latest arrivals at this
fashionable watering-place comprise the Duke and Duchess
of Argyll, the Marquis of Lorn, Lady E. Campbell, Lady
Charlotte Penryn, Lady Nurse, Sir John and Lady Champ-
neys, Sir George and Lady Sitwell, the Countess of Love-
lace, Lord William Thyone, Gen.eral and Lady Susan Reeves
and family, Sir John Eustace, Prince ap4 Princess Polignac
(since left/or the Continent), Sir Thomas /41Y4er, Major-
General Battine, &c.
ANGLING E*TjtAORDINARY.-011 Thursday last,
Ur, Padwick, son of Henry Padwick, Esq., solicitor, was
angling in a pond near this Own klprsharn) ; he hooked a
small roach, which was instantly seized by a perch and the
two were as quickly swallowed by a jack. After some consi-
derable trouble the three were safely brought *fa 'land, `and
cchinited as a great curiosity to many persons.—Brighten
Guarciicm." _ _ _

POST-OFFICE PIE.--The Stamford Mercury
hates, that a day or two 'Slice' d' gooseberry pie was sent
Wiwi* the Post-office. For the Bake of those s►lio -ate
James had no finger in it, the Home &ere-
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