The Sun.
London, England, 1844-07-01 00:00:00

UNITED SERVICE, JOURNAL.

Colonel Cameron here resumes his narrative of
" Personal Adventures and Excursions in Georgia,
Circassia, and Russia;" and, after mentioning some
particulars respecting the Russian navy, which, he
tells us, is a very unpopular service in that country,
adds that the present Emperor is the first who has ever
directed his attention seriously to it, with a view of
rendering it as efficient as possible. The gallant au-
thor then proceeds to describe his introduction to
Nicholas and the Imperial Family at the palace of the
Hermitage, and gives a glowing sketch of the splen-
dour of the Court, and the courtly manners of the
Czar, whom he represents as being one of the most
stately and military-looking men in Europe, and ex-
ceedingly popular with all the ladies of the Court.
"Notices from Kafirland" is written by one who is evi-
denly familiar with the wild country and still wilder
tribes of which he speaks. Among other remarks
which will, we suspect, be new-to many of our read-
ers, he states that the Hottentots have a most per-
fect ear for music." The fact may be so, neverthe-
less we could not fancy a party of these melody-loving
savages seated in a box at the opera, listening trans-
ported to the syren strains of one of our Italian prima
donnas. We could have dispensed with " Further
Remarks on the Waterloo Campaign," for the subject
is one thoroughly exhausted, and on which every in-
dividual in the three kingdoms has formed a notion
of his own, which is not likely to be disturbed.
" Military Scraps from the Note-book of an Officer,"
is an interesting article, and gives some curious in-
formation respecting Norman-crossl prison. We
subjoin Colonel Cameron's brief account of his pre-
sentation to the Russian Imperial Family at the palace
of the Hermitage :

" I way still gazing upon a small but exquisitely-fi-
nished Madonna, a master-piece from the hand of Guido,
(and whose Madonnas are like his ?) when a stir with-
out announced the approach of the Imperial party, and
almost the same moment the folding-doors at the extre-
mity of the apartments were thrown open, and preceded
respectively by a perfect squadron of chamberlains and
demoiselles d'honneur, the former blazing with gold and
embroidery, and the latter wearing the rich and singu-
larly-pleasing Russian national costume, the Emperor
and Empress entered. Each passing round the circle
formed to receive them, entered into familiar converse-

tion with every new arrival as he was presented by his
respective ambassador. I was the only military stranger,
and on my name being announced by Lord Clanricarde,
was minutely questioned by his Imperial Majesty on a
variety of points connected with the discipline and inte-
rior economy of the British and Indian Armies, in a
manner which showed him well acquainted with both.
The Empress, mild, benignant, dignified, as the softened
tones of her voice fell upon the stranger's ear, he could
no longer wonder at the veneration her eharadter and
presence everywhere inspired, and which volumes could

not tell so fully as the artless, simple description of a
beautiful English girl, who, consti.ntly in the society of
the Imperial family during their stay at Ems, exclaimed,
She was the most loveable being in the world.' On the
breaking up of the Court I was olerwhelmed with con-
Lrratulations, and the highest df gree of cordiality, by
several persons whom till then I had never previously
beheld, but who now reminded me of my having brought
letters to them from their various relatives in Moscow,
and other parts of the Empire."

THE CONGREGATIONAL MAGAZINE.
This periodical, always well conducted, is gra-
dually assuming a higher tone, and is now evidently
under the influence of the more educated and liberal
minds of the dissenting community. The present
number is enriched by a very valuable review of
several works on " the Oxford Controversy," in
which the whole bearing of the subject upon the
status of the Church itself, is discussed in a calm and
temperate manner, but with a clearness of statement
and a force of reasoning that must command atten-
tion. The writer proceeds to the business of his arti-
cle in his first sentence, by asking the plain question,
"Is the Church Protestant, or not ?" He then points
out the anti-Protestant character of the Oxford move-
ment ; and inquiries what has been done in the Church
to repelfthat movement, and to vindicate the Establish-
ment from the charge of sanctioning it. On this
head, he shows clearly that the opposition offered in
the Church has been of a very light kind ; that such
Ai it is, it consists of the opinions of individuals
merely, by which the Church is not bound; and that
the Tract people can gain strong support from citing
the opinions of many of the (so called) standard
divines of the Church. The contradictory articles of
the Quarterly Review, and the clever rejoinder of the
British Critic, upon this part of the argument, are
ably analysed, showing, as they do, the schisms that
prevail in the Church on great and vital questions,
and the vacillating policy pursued in high questions.
The writer thus warns the Church, that she puts her
own existence in jeopardy by indecision on such im-
portant subjects, and exhorts the body to which he
belongs to adhere stedfastly to the great principles of
the Protestant reformation. The impression left on
our minds from the perusal of this article is that the
Church as a body has not met, and dares not meet,
the Oxford controversy, in an open straight forward
manner. Yet it rxust be so met, or the Church
will lose ground daily, not merely with the mob, but
with the reflecting and intelligent portion of the
community. The public mind is divided on those
questions all over Europe; and there is no middle
course between them. The Romanists take one side
fearlessly, claiming supremacy for the clergy, and
assigning the people to hopeless mental degradation.
Consistent Protestants as fearlessly take the other
side, claiming supremacy for the Bible alone, insist-
ing on the right of private judgment, and maintain-
ing the freedom and the consequent responsibility of
man. There is no medium between the two, and the
Church must take one side or the other. In darker times
she might manage to mince, and palter, and hesitate,
but education is now rapidly advancing, and thousands
of active inquisitive minds are on the watch. Equi-
vocation will not long be found possible, and the
question must be answered, " Is the Church Pro-
testant or not ?" If the Bishops are not competent to
answer, then, we Say, let us try the Convocation ! If
this cannot, for State reasons, be allowed to meet,
then we say that, sooner or later, and however un-
suitable or inconvenient the tribunal may be, the
question will have to be settled by the House of
Commons, and determined by that very practical,
but very unspiritual thing, an Act of Parliament !
We commend the above article to the special atten-
tion of the moderate men of all parties, particularly
clergymen, and hope to see more such in the same
publication. The question involved, as has been well
said, is " more than a question of Church and Dis-
sent ;" serious practical attention to it ought to be a
part of the business of every man in England, and
we are glad to see it discussed upon great and com-
prehensive principles.

BROADSTAIRS, JUNE 29.—This fashionable water-
ing-place is filling fast with genteel company, and we are
happy to hear that the commissioners of this old rattle-trap
pier have made up their minds to add to the pier, in the
shape of a jetty, a beautiful promenade to the extent of 800
feet into the ocean, which will be most desirable, as the
steam-boats can thus land the visitors without the use of
boats, which is a very great annoyance to females and young
children, as well as danger. This work is to be begun in the
course of a few weeks.—From a Correspondent.
A HAPPY RETORT.—Dr. Lathorp was a man of
generous piety, but much opposed to the noisy zeal that
seeketh the praise of men. A young divine, who was much
given to enthusiastic cant, one day said to him—" Do you
suppose you have any real religion ?" "None to speak of,"
was the excellent reply.

SUICIDE BY POISON.—On Saturday afternoon a
most singular case of death, from wilfully taking poison, was
discovered at the White Hart public-house, White-Hart-
street, Drury-lane. On Monday last a young man, dressed
in a dark blouse or upper coat, and black trousers, applied to
Mr. 'Vaughan, the landlord, for a chamber to be let to him,
in which he might stay during part of the day, and sleep in
at night. His desire was complied with, and for four nights
he slept there, taking his meals with the family, going out
very little during the day, but sitting in his room and re-
tiring to rest early, where he laid till eleven or twelve
o'clock each day. On Friday he ate a hearty dinner and
tea, and seemed quite cheerful when he retired to his room
at night. No suspicions were excited the next day at his
not coming down before twelve o'clock, but after that hour
the landlord began to be fearful that something had hap-
pened to prevent him rising. He went up stairs, and on
trying the door, found it locked inside, when, determined not
to enter without some responsible authority, he proceeded to
the station-house in Bow-street, it being then about three
o'clock. Sergeant Montgomery, F 4, was dispatched to the
spot, and on placing his nose to the key-hole, immediately
became aware of the existence of a dead body, which was
clearly proved on the door being burst in. The unfortunate
man was lying quite naked on the bed, with his clothes on
the floor, and his boots placed carefully underneath the bed-
stead, having evidently been dead many hours. Mr. Walker,
surgeon, of Drury-lane, was fetched, but could render no as-
sistance, nor could he give any opinion as to the cause of
death, without a post mortem examination. A bottle was,
however, found near him, with a label on it, which denoted
opium, and being empty with the cork out 4 there is
no doubt he took the draught. The most singular part of the
story is, that he is totally unknown to Mr. Vaughan or his
family, nor is there any clue by which he can be discovered.
He had 15s. 6d. in his pockets, and three address cards, with
" Mr. Fea, 25, Wardour-street, Soho," on them, but they
were evidently not his own. Ile had also on his person part
of a proof of a newspaper, with corrections for the printer
in the margin, the purport of it being the rejoicings at Court
on the Queen's birthday. Further nothing is known. Infor-
mation has been forwarded to the Coroner, who holds an in-
quest this day.
A FEMALE DUEL.—A rich and novel scene came
off in the neighbourhood of Bayo Bridge, at New Orleans,
30th ult., between Catherine Rouch and Eliza Anni ,s who
met for mortal combat. As in the recent duels at Vicks-
burg, where thousands gathered to see fair play and bet on
the result, so at Bayo Bridge, a large crowd met to see which
of the frail fair ones would first bite the dust. But the

" fancy" in such matters :were doomed
after a few passes, when the " sport" was about to begin in
earnest, the police interfered, and carried off the combatants.
We have reason to believe that this act of the police officers
-was denounced by the by-standers as " a cowardly outrage,"
which they would not dare to perpetrate upon two of their
wn sex similarly engaged.—New York Sun, June 15.
THE O'CONNELL WRIT OF ERROR IN THE LORDS.

—The printed case and reasons in this writ of error were
settled in consultation, at Sir T. Wilde's chambers, on Friday
night. The following gentlemen are retained for the traver-
sers :—Sir T. Wilde, Mr. D. Hill, Fitzroy Kelly, T. S.
Murphy, Charles Crompton, David Leahy, John William
Smith, J. S. Close (Irish bar), B. Peacock, Esqrs.' and Sir
Colman M. O'Loghlen, Bart., of the Irish bar. Sir T. Wilde
leads for Mr. O'Connell ; Mr. Fitzroy Kelly for Mr. John
O'Connell , and Mr. Hill for Thomas Steele.

NEWLY-INVENTED SPECTACLES, TELESCOPES,
OPERA GLASSES, MICROSCOPES, &C.—Messrs. S. and
B. Solomons, Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Picca-
dilly, have succeeded in effecting a most scientific im-
provement in Spectacle and Telescope Lenses, &c., of
the greatest transparent power. The extraordinary
advantage derived from this invention is that vision
becomes preserved and strengthened and very aged per:
sons are enabled to employ their sight either by day or
candle light at the most minute occupation, and can see
with those Lenses of a much less magnifying power, nor
will they require the frequent changes to further helps
as the Spectacles now in common use. , Also newly-in-
vented Achromatic Waiscoat-pocket Telescopes and
Opera Glasses which are invaluable at the sea-side and
on the race-course, as well as at the theatre, &c.—Every
kind of Telescope for Shooting, Sea purposes, and upon
stand for astronomical observations with the celebrated
Lenses of the most clear transparent brilliancy ; the
powers are so great and the Lenses so bright and bril-
liant that minute objects at an extraordinary distance
are brought completely under the eyes.—Sportsmen,
Tourists, and sea-side visitors will indeed here have a
great treat. Their invisible Voice Conductor gives im-
mediate relief to old standing extreme cases of deafness.
Caution.—Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, Opticians and
Aurists, are not in any way connected with a person
of the same name in their immediate neighbourhood,
nor in any part of the country. To prevent mistakes, be
cautious, and observe.—Only to be had at 39, Albe-
marle-street, Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel.
DEPARTURE OF THE STEAM-SHIP MERMAID FOR
Sr. PETERSBURGH.—On Saturday morning the steam-ship
Mermaid, Captain Hearn, sailed from her moorings off the
Alderman's stairs, Lower East Smithfield, for Copenhagen
and St. Petersburgh, with a large number of passengers and
a full miscellaneous cargo. She carries out a ship letter-bag
from the General Post-office.
TIIE LILLIPUTIAN WEST INDI AM AN .--- Si Hee the
arrival of the adventurous Lilliputian sloop Hellespont, Capt. I
Doe, only 43 tons register, from Bermuda, with a cargo of ,
arrow-root, she has been for private sale, but as the amounts '
offered for her were considerably less than the sum demanded
by the owners, she is to sail in a few days from the St. Ka-
tharine's Dock, on her return to Bermuda, thus again daring
the Atlantic.
BANKRUPTCY or WHITMORE AND IV ELLS, LATE
BANKERS OF LOMBARD-STREET.—The bankrupts failed in
1841, and the fiat was issued on the Ist of July of that year.
On the filth of November a dividend of 4s. in the pound was
paid upon the joint estate, and on the 24th of March, 1842, a
further dividend of 2s. in the pound. The separate estate of
Mr. Wells, sen., has already paid 20s. in the pound, and the
difficulties which prevented the completion of the sale of his
estate at Bromley have at length been overcome, and the
purchase money (it is said 60,00014 paid in in the early part
of this week, so that a further dividend may speedily be ex-
pected by the bankrupts' suffering creditors.
The nuptials of Lord Charles Wellesley, son of the
Duke of Wellington, and Miss Pierrepoint, only daughter of
the Right Hon. Henry Pierrepoint, are to be solemnised on
Saturday next. It has been erroneously stated in a morn--
ing paper, that the ceremdtry was atipointed to takrptace on
Thursday.

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POST-OFFICE
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The following rather sarcastic letter was \addresit‘.l"---
J. J. Jackson, of this town, to Sir James Grit-4114,T Inn • t.t
day last. . Jct. a
" Liverpool, 93, Church-street, June 27, 1844.
" Sir,—On or about the 15th inst. a letter was posted at
Ipswich to my address, containing money—namely, half-a-
sovereign, which has notyet come to hand.
" I am induced to address you upon the subject through
having seen in the Times newspaper an account of the deten-
tion of several parties' letters by authority of the Govern-
ment. If mine should have fallen into the same hands, the
letter is heartily at your service, but I will thank you to re-
turn the money, as, although a trifle to parties in your posi-
tion, it is an object to the writer.
" I am your obedient servant,
" To Sir James Graham, &c. " J. J. JACKSON."
To the above the Home Secretary promptly directed the
following to be forwarded :
" Whitehall, June 28, 1844.
" Sir,—l am directed by Secretary Sir James Graham to
acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 27th inst., and
to acquaint you that Sir James Graham has no information
to give upon the subject to which it relates, but must refer
you to the Postmaster-General.
"I am, Sir, your obedient servant.
" G. M. PHILLIPPS.
" Mr. J. J. Jackson, 93, Church-street, Liverpool."

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

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PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 30.—The Queen, 110, Captain Sir
Charles Sullivan, came into harbour on Friday, and took up
the moorings lately occupied by the St. Vincent. She will be
paid off, it is supposed, all standing, in a day or two. Re-
port says that the Camperdown's crew, after the trial of
sailing between the ships forming the squadron of exercise,
will be turned over to the Queen, that the Camperdown will
be cut down to a 90-gun ship, and the Queen fill her place
as flag-ship at Sheerness ; but we have good reason for be-
lieving the statement we made on Friday to bp the correct
one—viz., that, after the trial, the Queen will supersede the
St. Vincent as flag-ship at this port, and the latter proceed
to the Mediterranean as flag-ship. The Camperdown is ex-
pected round from the Nore this week.
Six new brigs, of 10 guns each, are ordered to be built at
this port, Pembroke, and Chatham; these will be of about
380 tons burden, and have commanders, and a complement
of 80 men only. These will be commenced after the trial of
the experimental brig squadron.
The Fox, 44, Captain Sir Henry Blackwood, at Plymouth,
will be ready to sail for the East Indies and China, in a few
days, via Madeira, Rio, and the Cape. Sir Henry has been
ordered to hoist a blue pendant as commodore of the second
class, and to proceed to the relief of Commodore Chads, in
the Cambrian, 36, in the East Indies.

The Childers, 16, Commander Wellesley, is hourly expected
at •Spithead, with another million of the Chinese ransom
meney on board. She left St. Helena for England on the
Bth ult.
The Virago steam sloop, Commander Otway, met with an
accident to her machinery whilst on her return from Chalcis
to Athens, when off Cape Colonna, and was obliged to pro-
ceed on her voyage under canvass. She has since undergone
repair, and on the 9th instant took dispatches from Athens to
Constantinople, where for the present she will remain.
The Warspite, 50, Capt. Wallis; the Locust steam-vessel,
Commander Lunn ; and a French brig and steam sloop were
at Gibraltar on the 15th inst. The French brig from L'Eclaire,
G. Davenet master, arrived at Gibraltar on the 14th, Marti-
nique,having on board the master and crew of the British
brig Neptune, from Dominica, bound to London, foundered
on the 13th May, in.lon. 59 W , lat. 32i N.
The Inconstant, 36, Capt. C. IL Fremantle, and the Elec-
tra, 18, Commander Darley, were at Bermuda on the 23d ult.,
whence the Electra was expected to sail in a day or two for
Cayenne.
The Spartan, 36, Capt. the Hon. C. G. J. B. =of, was at
Port-au-Prince on the 9th ult. _ _

The Commander-in• Chief on the Irish station, Rear-Ad-
miral Sir H. Pigot, is ordered to place at the disposal of the
Earl of Devon and the Landlord and Tenant Commission for
Ireland one of the steam-sloops forming his squadron.
The Resistance troop-ship was docked yesterday for over•
haul and repairs.
The Sydenham steam- sloop, Lieutenant-Commander U.
Mapleton, was undocked on Tuesday, having undergone ex-
tensive alterations.

The Wanderer, 16, recently from China, wits paid off on
Thursday. The petty officers and ship's company presented
their first lieutenant, J. G. Tracy, with a handsome full dreaa
sword, knot, and cocked hat, as a token of respect for the
universal kindness exhibited by him towards them during
the whole time the Wanderer was out.

The Collingwood, 80, Captain Eden, will be ready to leave
the harbour for Spithead about the 21st July, and sail for
the sphere of her command in a few days afterwards. She
took her lower deck guns on board in the early part of the
week, 'but as they were thought to bring her too low down
in the water for safe sailing out of the harbour they were
taken out again.
The anniversary of her Majesty's coronation was most
loyally observed here. The Mayor ordered a general holi-
day, consequently all business ceased, and gave place to
various amusements; at 12 o'clock a royal salute was fired
from the St. Vincent, and other ships, and also the Platform
Battery ; the Government offices hoisted the royal standard,
and the ships in harbour displayed colours from every por-
tion of their rigging.
In Harbour—Victory, Excellent, Prometheus, Queen,
Rattlesnake, Collingwood, Sydenham, Seaflower, Fearless, and
Echo steam-vessels.

In Dock—Resistance, Rodney, Prince Regent, Scourge,
Victoria and. Albert, Lily, Athol, Pantaloon, Waterwitch.
At Spithead—St. Vincent.
SHEERNESS, JUNE 28.—A Court-martial will be held here
on Monday, on board the Ocean, Captain Fisher, to try Lieu-
tenant B. A. Wake, late First of the Pearl, just paid off,
upon charges preferred by his superior officer, Capt. Stopford.
The Camperdown, 104, Captain Martin, will leave the Nore
for Spithead on Sunday.
The Boscawen, 72, was taken from the Basin to moorings
in ordinary on Wednesday.
The Apollo troop-ship, Commander Maclean, will refit at
this port.
At the Nore—Camperdown.
In Harbour—Ocean, African, and Raven.
In Dock—Chamelion and jEolus.
In the Basin—Monarch, Vernon, Amazon, Vulture, and
Crocodile.

(From the Deronport Independent.)
PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS.

Puomonoxs.—Commander George H. Seymotor (of the
Wanderer) to the rank of Captain.
Deputy Medical Inspector of Hospitals—Jo lip. Liddell, to
be Medical Inspector of Hospitals, at Greenwich, vi ce Dob-
son, resigned.
Lieutenants—Malachi Donellan (late of the Crescent re-
ceiving-ship at Rio Janeiro) and Edward Hill (from the
Coast-Guard) to the rank of Commander. George Deccenr-
doux, to be retired Commander, vide Order in Council of 1830.
ArrommENTs.—Captain Lewis T. Jones, to study 'at the
Royal Naval College.
Deputy Medical Inspector of Hospitals—Gilbert King (of
Bermuda) to Haslar, vice Liddell.
Masters—C. Pullen, to the Flying Fish ; F. R. Sturdee, to
the Daring; J. S. Hill (acting) to the Osprey—(to be borne
on the books of the Victory, until their respective brigs are
commissioned ; Benjamin Renard (acting), James Brodie
(acting), and George Andrews (acting), additional to the
Poictiers, for the Mutine, Espiegle, and Cruiser.
Paymasters and Pursers—G. Mowbray, to the Daring;
Francis Cole (acting) to the Osprey; Charles Feelon (acting)
to the Flying Fish—(to be borne on the books of the Victory);
G. A. Lance (acting), J. E. Brooman (acting), and Joseph
Lewis (acting), additional to the Poictiers, for the Cruizer,
Mutine, and Espiegle.
Mates—George M. Jackson (from the St. Vincent), and
Edgar H. 131alie' to the Camperdown ; J. E. Parish, to the
Excellent ; M. F. O'Reilly (from the Excellent) to the
Albion.

Second Masters—W. B. Edwards, to the Caledonia; T.
Pitt (of the Comet) to the Redwing, packet ; R. T. Saun-
ders (of the Blazer, steam-vessel) to the Royal Sovereign,
yacht ; Samuel Braddon, to the Hornet, vice Pitt. •
Naval Instructor—W. F. Smyth, to the Iris.
Midshipman—C. Ross (from the Resistance, troop-ship) to
the Albion.
Naval Cadets—S. P. Townsend, to the Cornwallis; H. An-
nesley, and E. A. Tweedale, to the Alfred.