The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-11 00:00:00

COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.

(FRO OUR. WN CORRESPONDENT.)
thDE c• 10. —ArrM ived, t O
he Danish gall of Flora, Captain
ieholson, from Newport (Wales), for Hamburgh; also,
Cm° 1411()vvrian galliot Rena, Captain Holland, from
th—z; both having received considerable damage, and
o,e latter lost one man, from coming in contact, at five
aheil;eti on. the morning' of the 9th inst : and the Dutch
for arta Susanna Hendrika, of and from Amsterdam,
fro Batavia to repair damages, having been foul of a
rotrliot in ;he. North Sea, name unknown, which, it is
hi the North Sea, name unknown, which, it is
dared, foundered with all hands. The ship has a
atholie Bishop and several other gentlemen on board.
late John Moore, Esq., has left his beautiful
'" 'nt, the Reindeer, to Spencer de Horsey, Esq.
Tli-D
LATE RAILWAY ACCIDENT
IIEAR NOTTINGHAM—ANOTHER DEATH.
as erers TUESDAY, DEC. 10.—Another of the
by the recent awful collision an the Midland
C6_,0l railway, expired this morning. His name is Boles-
/17°g% and he was landlord of the Three Horseshoes
rt,:,,on the Derby-road, in this town. The injuries he
v„,e,'red at the moment of the accident were compare-
trivial, and bp to Sunday last every hope was
however,
of his complete restoration. On that day,
atiZever, very unfavourable symptoms became apparent,
.after lingering in great agony about thirty hours,
-e died.
inrha Borough Coroner, M. Browne, Esq., has issued
eTilionses for an inquisition on the body, to sit at six
ick this evening.
he imminent danger of another sufferer by the col-
ton, Roberts of Leicester, a commercial traveller,
41 be judged of by the fact, that a quart of brandy has
to n administered to him every day since the accident,
eoTrevent death from sheer exhaustion. It will be re-
theicted that this sufferer underwent an amputation of
The and other severe operations.
other sufferers are progressing favourably.
peej trial of Mr. Lightfoot, for manslaughter, is ex-
rattitb commence on Saturday next, before Mr. Jus-
so

ERIMENTS IN THE MARSHES
Li °ISL'ivICEI, DEC. 10.—Lieut.-Colonel Dancey, C. 8.,
Chalmer, Assistant Director-General of
and a number of officers, attended at half-past
tituY:ock yesterday in the Marshes, to witness the con-
Poi,-41" of the experiments with extra charges of
tat "el', and at a greater distance than point blank
NZ', Which were interrupted by the number of vessels
pft,lng in the river opposite the practice ground on the
th'i°4s Wednesday. The tide being just on the turn
of -e experiments were about to commence, the number
Ossels passing down the river were so great, and in
close succession to each other, that it was past
Ven o'clock before a single shot could be fired.
toii,t'Y after that hour an opportunity offering, three
t h'lB were fired with shells fitted with Mr. Marsh's
e4—,78 formed of wood, and fitted with four copper
,7, filled with meal powder, and attached with
ars marine glue, over which a small piece of
ttki "ge paper was placed, sized with the same sub-
ee
laoi' as an additional protector, and the result was
Iliet.lCuccessful, the 32-pounder shells and the 68-pounder
kat.:all striking the bulk head or target, and exploding
42:44talleously by the force of the concussion. The first
litittnider shell that was fired, and the 68-pounder.
the when passing through the wooden bulkhead, and
Nether 32 pounder shell, on striking the object against
speolt it Was directed, at 600 yards' distance. The guns
tlieji,again charged and supplied with two 32-pounder
tietth_and one 68-pounder shell, fitted with fuzees, on
tlitlrnaht-Colonel Dansey's plan, and attached to the
4044 immediately before firing. The 68-pounder
toutilkild one of the 32-pounder shell.; burst instantan-
tt 011 striking the bulkhead, with excellent effect,
e first fired, having entered the ground a few yards
t,lori°jt of the target, did not explode until the expire-
4eticti ten seconds, the period required to burn the full
krld L. or the fuzee. The experiments with Mr. Marsh's
leutenant-Colonel Dancey's fuzees have fully an-
itar"e d the expectations and end of the inventors, and
eliard evidence that they can be fired with extra
fro 4eB of powder, and still be perfectly safe and free
the
least apprehension of danger to those using
ttixee Three shells were then fitted with Mr. Tyers's
formed of brass or gun metal, with a groove in
barn t 0 cause them to break by percussion ; but they alld
ivoukt withinis a few yards of the mouth of the guns, an
h„"Pe been most dangerous to troops at fifty or
40r ,Zred yards in advance, and, consequently, unfit
tkerta-Itee- Mr. Ty ers simply tried the experiment to
katetin if it would be possible to render the
an thou-
-1 of these fuzees lying in store in the Ro Ar-
tied available in the new mode of shell practice, dhe
hate the groove with an easily fused metal, but he must
the t,e,akened the fuzees so much that they broke in
Or re"°ll of firing, and burst at the mouth of the gun,
piew yard 3 in advance. The other wooden fuzef a are
the e and safe, and certain of effect, as the result of
experiment has shown ; and by a coating. of marine
4ltirsibtilixed with mineral poison, in the opinion of Mr.
*hit, ' taaY be preserved for a long period from the
or othn.ts of tropical climates, or the damps and frosts
parts of the world.

"EAT RE ROYAL, DUBLIN.
O n (Abridged from the Dublin Evening Packet.)
At rThurBclsY evening last the tragedy of the Gamester
sketiePresented, Mr. and Mrs. Kean supporting the re-
lily," Characters of Beverley and Mrs. Beverley, and
No‘-alcaft that of Stukely. Mr. C. Kean's personal
tafer,ments are above those of his father, but strikingly
Lehi
to those of J. Kemble. Slight, neat, and scarcely
Neutrag the middle height, his direction is plainly to the
Stiltllll and the polished. His features declare at the
edit glance his intellectual vigour and nervous irrita-
ntoe,', Itis eye discourses. He is great in those cha-
Ilic -8 of Shakspeare in which his father excell?d—in
hard
•-•, and Hamlet especially—in Massinger s Sir
ewer' which he exhibits the same fearful
11 -1,4. he vanquishes the obstacles nature has
e,11`.1 to him in Macbeth by the force of mind.
vtliallst hasten at once to that display of his ability
tepee' as we esteem it, constitutes the supreme excel-
% am
acting—the part of Beverley. Here we have
ritthel arnPle of a talent which neither Kemble nor his
softri)ossessed—the portraiture of domestic life—of a
stele noble nature betrayed, deformed, and brought to
tinie.l4,6B ruin, and the last and most awful catastrophe—
Ilighly as we have praised the performance of
41$114Dfaares tragedy,- we are not afraid to award still
kemler are to that of Moore's. The attributes of Mr.
titb:;ahaeting in both were the same. The same absorp-
titCe same identity. But this grand distinction may-
No 'cr. In Beverley one and the same fatal passion.
,t`l°Us of v.ariug its shades only according to the grads-
tinsery by which its indulgence overwhelmns its.
'apse Paroxysm follows paroxysm—remorse and re-
-4011.' Pathos and passion, alternate in fearful succes-
Nine put in the conduct of these gradations the
tetit4rt'Y art of the actor is displayed. Never, we will
eiv,zt° affirm, has there been so powerful, so terrific
-"thition of ruin and desperation as in the
lice)Uf the third act, where, after the total destruc-
-1°11„ Beverley's last hope, he rushes from the,
eh it-Curil of the gaming-house. We never witnessed.
~-I)4o°lonment of all personal regards, such bursts.
ii-N,,l)nate invective, such a blending of distortion and
,ZBso ;:°° in the features, such hoarse and horrifying:
-4°,1 atrit,":"" of tone and inflexion, such a conflict of the
;1.4 a4rible emotions. The test was the sympathy of
z,emi,,,,'"ee, which not even this stormy vehemence in
-41141,"test degree interrupted. The last effects were
l'alete touching. The scene, a prison—the persons,
IPro',4, sister, and a friend—the incidents, a hope and
geti -"`Se of happiness restored—the author and the
r4t,d„°°lned by adespair so dread as even to. forbid the,
fitt ;-o"uree of the wretche 1, appeal to Divine mercy,
nTting the commission of suicide and closing in
g..."!/ LI these in rapid evolution presented a comb.ina-
% °lstntelerably harassing yet of an interest so rivet-
-I,l4ttlient,,`tt We have never, to our recollection, seen—
tlfr' or personally experienced an effect so awful..
ft,"" iftIVB may add one peculiar trait. A medical man,
*-riessed the performance, said to the writer of
death title Kean must have watched the progress of
tlou 80Y Poison. It is utterly incredible that an imita-
tivej minutely, so terribly accurate, could have been.
I;,elkierunt from actual observation.' But enough— the
not need any recital of the other varieties.h
lutturttsf Dean we have no more to say, than that her
touch; and delicate delineations of the tender an
uttill4Draet;:l)li:e:iments of female character have stood and.
-1114 as far above all challenge as they do above all

helohß PANDORA.—The race of Brownies does not
tlaert l exclusively to Scotland. In Normandy, this
ho w little community is or was (for utilitarianism has
fareleetl, cut the fairy folk from all their strongholds, and
kite r 3 lads and lasses read penny magazines, and ndeeviuer-
sioilY\ their labours lightened by any such sweet
Iver:', known by the name of esprits servans. They
than - ",warfs, but they worked far more unremittingly
rat.;ithe stalwart children of earth. They delighted in
reite-„°eenpations. They would share the labours of the
spblrB at harvest time, help the maidens to gather
Lai ,?8, and the lads to garden—of course always remain-
th"lvisible to mortal eyes. They would bring back
.4 .tp„.,
cattle to the fold, and during the long winterd
lh 4-14 they would come and sit amidst fishermen an
spk,erds, and close the useful labours of the day by
!tit —ll,„g!lax- When they depart, they fling a ball of flax
"ireoetf; and the thread unrolls itself in an upward
to tC°n, and serves as a railway to conduct them back
the reftinns of the air.
Vitt "ODS IN THE RIVER NESS.—At this time,
the
• " rages of our southern Contemporaries teem
walks, --he°llints of public meetings on the subjects of
atten,;"lttna, and other improvements, we would direct
to the neglccted state of the Islands in the
ver-s. Where walks
of unrivalled beauty lie almost at our
(4'Yd°°rs, but which, from the dilapidated condition
these connecting bridges, are as unapproachable as if
of 3t;_were situated in the wilds of Siberia, or in the midst
11,310 Great Desert of Africa. It is next to a miracle
Idea cur spirited townsmen could so long tolerate the
atio 13f. debarring themselves from the pleasure of luxuri-
the "log the thickets spread over the islands, when
lito,stncunt of time required to transport them from the
ekee ,ItIA streets to these umbrageous shades, would not
the re." ten minutes. The bridge on the Bu ht side of
Wh.l.ver la broken down and half covered with water.
eye's" will strangers think of us when they cast their
diffier7l nor beautifully-wooded islands and find them es
hide't of access as if the trees were covered with for..
who fruit ? What will the multitudinous Sassenaich,
e7r:rverrtoiineg our streets and climb our rugged mountains
the Y_eautumn, have to report of us when they repair to
plains of England, bearing in their mind's
t ~hat the sweetest scene around the very capital of
the tiighlands is allowed to lie waste and desert, from
lituseli,ll:l(zacr.oraunrei::. end intetivity of our inhabitants ?
Peel k Robert Peel's fourth son, Mr. John Floyd
lil dust entered the Scots Fusilier Guards as En-
eutenant.

FUNERAL of the LATE PRINCESS

SOPHIA MATILDA.

The funeral procession of her late Royal Highness
tha? Princess Sophia Matilda arrived at St. George's
Ch. yel at twenty minutes past eight o'clock yester-
day evening, its approach being announced by the mi-
y band playing the Dead March in " Saul."
T lie Earl Delawarr, Lord Chamberlain of her Ma-
jesty's Household, and Sir Charles Young, Garter
Ki).3g of Arms, received the royal corpse at the en-
tra nexe of the Chapel, where also'a number of the ladies
and: gentlemen who formed part of the procession, and
the Dean and Canons of Windsor, were assembled.

Tkie procession moved down the south aisle, the
choir singing, " I am the resurrection and the life."
(Craft.)
After the Pages of her late Royal Highness came
the medical attendant of the Princess, Mr. W. F.
Wa:ttsford ; Colonel Berkeley Drummond, Groom in
Waiting to the Queen ; Captain Francis Seymour,
Gi!oorn in Waiting to Prince Albert; the Earl of
lla-rdwicke, Lord in Waiting to the Queen ; and
14,4:rd George Lennox, Lord in Waiting to Prince
All pert.
`The Choir of Windsor.
The Canons of 'Windsor.
The Dean of Windsor.

The Lord Chamberlain of her Majesty's Household,
aving on his right Sir William Martins, Gentleman
I Isher, and on his left Sir Noel Harris, Gentleman
Usher.

The Coronet of her Royal Highness, on a black
velvet cushion, borne by Sir Archibald Murray, Bart.
The Body, covered with a black velvet pall, and
adorned with eight escutcheons- of her late Royal
Highness's arms.
The Pall, supported at the feet by Mrs. George
:Banks and Mrs. Morier, and at the head by the Hon.
:Mrs. Henry Legge and the Hon. Mrs. William Cust;
Sir Charles Young, Garter Principal King of Arms,
.carrying his sceptre and wearing his badge of office,
supported on each side by a Gentleman Usher.
The Chief Mourner, the Countess of Gainsborough,
veiled, her train borne by Miss Waldegrave, veiled.
I 'he Countess was supported on the right by Lady
C 'ardiner, veiled, and on the left by the Hon. Mrs.
B 'rand, veiled.
The Executors and Executrixes named in the will
,of her late Royal Highness :—The Hon. H. Legge,
:Mr. George Bankes, Cursitor Baron, the Lady Alicia
Gordon, and Miss Cotes.
The Ladies invited :—Lady Georgiana Bathurst,
Lady in Waiting on the Duchess of Gloucester;
Lady Fanny Howard, Lady in Waiting on the
„Duchess of Kent; Lady Caroline Murray, and Miss
"V yse.
The Gentlemen invited :—Sir John Morillyon
V "ilson, of the Queen Dowager's Household ; Baron
Knesebeek, Equerry to the Duke of Cambridge ;
tOolonel Sir George Couper, Bart., first Equerry to
tile Duchess of Kent ; the Hon. Captain Liddell,
first Equerry to the Duchess of Gloucester;
L ord Wrottesley, Captain Fead, R.N., the Hon.
M ajor Legge, the Hon. Captain Waldegrave, the
Ilion. and Rev. Charles Leslie Courtcnay, and the
Rss v. Mr. Cotes.
'The procession passed up the nave into the choir,
, where the coffin was placed upon the tressles, the
fe et- towards the altar, and the coronet and cushion
la id upon the coffin. The Chief Mourner and sup-
p orters, the Lord Chamberlain, Garter King of Arms,
and the Executors, taking their respective places ; the
;Ladies seating themselves on the south side, and the
Gentlemen opposite, with the exception of the Lord
;and Groom in Waiting, who took their stations be-
:hind the Ladies.
1 The Burial Service commenced ' • the Psalms
,chanted were Purcell's single chant in G minor.
The Dean of Windsor read the lesson, after which
the choir sang the anthem, " When the ear heard
! her, then it blessed her; she delivered the poor that
• eried."—(Handel.)
After which the procession moved to the grave,
;when the choir sang " Man that is born of a woman,"
the verse by Purcell, " Thou knowest, Lord, the
secrets of our hearts." The Dean of 'Windsor read
file prayer, " Forasmuch as it bath pleased Almighty
C lod.' The choir then sang " I heard a voice from
.4rieaven" (Croft). The Dean of Windsor read the
Lord's Prayer, and afterwards the prayer, " Al-
mighty God, with whom do live the spirits." The
'choir sang the second anthem, " Her body is buried
-in peace, but her name liveth evermore" (Handel).
The Dean of Windsor then concluded the service by
-the two final prayers.—Garter then proclaimed her
;late Royal Highness's style. At the conclusion of the
service Dr. Elvey, who presided at the organ, played
the Dead March in " Saul."
The body was deposited in the vault near the
Sovereign's stall.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert attended the
mournful ceremony, and sat in his stall. The
Prince wore the uniform of a Field-marshal, with the
ensigns of the Most Noble Order of the Garter and
• the Golden Fleece, and a mourning scarf.
The Marquis of Exeter, Groom of the Stole, and
'Major-General Sir Edward Bowater, Equerry, were
in waiting on his Royal Highness.
The ceremony was concluded at half-past nine.