The Sun.
London, England, 1845-06-12 00:00:00

THE SrANISH NAVY.

At the breaking out of the war with France, in 1793. the
navy of Spain consisted of 204 vessels of all classes, including
76 line-ot-battle ships, 56 being in commission. At the pre-
sent moment this power possesses only three line-of-battle
ships—the Soberane, 74 grins, which has undergone
a thorough repair, is now at Cadiz ; she will be sta-
tioned at Barcelona during the Queen's stay there. The other
two, the Heroe, tit) guns, and the Guerrero, 74, are at
Ferrol, in a very dilapidated statt, and would cost up-
wards of 100,000/. to be put into a serviceable condition.
Of the six frigates in the Spanish navy, there are in com-
mission, the Isabel Segunda, and Cones, 44's, stationed at
Havannah, and the Esperanza, of the same force, on her
passage home from Manilla. Another frigate, the Pella,
his undergone a complete overhaul at Ferrol, and is about
to s.il for Monte Video. The Villa de Bilbao and Maria
Christina, 50 guns each, are lying at Ferrol, and will
almost require to be rebuilt before they can go to sea. Besides
these vessels, there are 30-gun small frigates, or corvettes—
the Venus, the Liberal, and Luisa r ernanda. The first-
named is shortly to proceed to Fernando Po and Sierra
Leone, the second is at Cuba, and the Luisa Fenian& is ex-
pected to be launched next month. There arc likewise
=even 20-gun brigs in the Spanish navy. The Jason.
the Patriota, the Habn• ro, and the Marte, at Ha-
vannah ; the Manzanares. at Ferrol ; the N(mviuli, on the
soull coast of Spain ; and the Herne, at Ferrol. This ves-
s•l is to accompany the Perla to Monte:Video. Six smaHer
brig=, carrying from six to ten guns each, are stationed
in the Havannah ; the Phillippine at home. The Alvaro
de Bastan and the Congreso, 169 horse-power each, the Isa-
bel Segunda, of 190 horse-power, and the Peninsula and the
Andaluz, are the only steamers possessed bOthe Spanish Go-
vernment. The Alvaro de Bastan, the L Segunda, anti
the Congreso, are stationed at Cuba. T. eninsula and the
Andaluz, originally passage-bogs, wer • ur ••• .in-
mercial company, and very bad bar - proved.
The engineers of the three firs - • eis are Png-
ltshmen. It is the intention* rich Government
to augment this very in'u' •rce, by building several
frigates and steamers abroad cat home. A 36-gun frigate
and two steamers of 450 and 220-horse power, the last of iron,
are now upon the stocks in England. The two steamers will
eost 120,000/., and will be completed towards the end of June.
Another steamer of 220-horse power is in the course of con-
struction at Passages; and it is contemplated building a
frigate, some brigs, and a small steamer at Ferrol, Carthagt-na,
and Carraca. Malta Herald, May 26.

MR. DISRAELI S SYBIL; OR, TllE 'VIVO NATIONS."
—The '• Two Nations" are the rich and the poor—a charm-
ivgly told love-tale connects them together. " Sybil,"
the daughter of the lowly, yet proud of her birth, know-
irg nothing of the world except its sufferings—replete
with fascinating simplicity and unbounded sympathy—
profoundly imbued with a pure and solemn piety, and
bi)wailing in mournful majesty the degradation of her
race—is a creation of the highest order ; whether drawn
from any resemblance in real life, or purely from a
series of brilliant images suggested by a luxurious ima-
gination, it stands apart not the less as a superb sketch,
fall of fi►rce and discrimination. " Sybil" forms a figure,
around which the author is enabled to gather his elta-
racters, and frame his subject, and to scatter with pro-
fusion the riches of his fancy, and the maxims of his
sagacity; and as the impersonation of sympathy for the
poor and degraded, "Sybil" stands out in bold relief as a
lovely yet passionate Egeria, from which the Lords and
Commons may hear, not unmoved, whispers of sorrow
and sufferings, uttered with the fervid eloquence of truth ,
and yet adorned with all the graces of a poet's fancy.—
Ainswo. els Magazine.
Colonel Gore Langton was prevented by indispo-
sition from voting for 31r. Villiers s proposition on Tuesday night.
COURT OF ALDERMEN. O❑ Tuesday Alderman
Wood brought up a report from the Gaol Committee, which re.
commended that a third Court should be provided at the Centro
Criminal Court, and that ground should he forthwith purchased
for that purpose. The Court agreed to the report, and proceeded
immediately afterwards to the consideration of a report recont.
mending that measures should be taken to purchase ground
adjoining Newgate, for the erection of a new Compter.
This report, which detailed all the proceedings adopted
since the year 1837, for the purpose of effecting a sepa.
ration of the prisoners and a classification of them in the prison,
has the following 'paragraph at the conclusion :—" We find that
there is a space between Newgate and Warwick-lane and the Ses.
sions-house, consisting of 54,200 square superficial feet, which
can be obtained. We therefore recommend that, without delay,
steps be taken to obtain this site, under power and provisions of the
Act 4th Geo. IV., before alluded to." On the motion of Alderman
Wood, this report was also agreed to, and sent back to be carried
into execution,

FERMOY, Su SDAY.---MR. O'CONNELL'g jouRNEY
TO Cott[.—Mr, O'Connell, accompanied by his eldest son, Mr.
Maurice O'Connell, his kinsman, Captain Primrose, Mr. Steele,
and Captain Broderick, arrived here yesterday evening from Kil-
kenny, where he breakfasted. The Mayor and some members of
the corporation of that city paid their respects to Mr. O'Connell
before his departure. All through his route, and the towns along
the line, Mr. O'Connell was hailed as he passed with manifests_
lions of popular attachment, especially at Clonmel and Kilrusb.
From Clogheen to this town was one scene of popular rejoieing.
Last night this place was all festivity, but perfectly tranquil at the
same time. An enormous bonfire was lighted opposite the hotel
where Mr. O'Connell and his friends passed the night. Triumphal
arches were placed at the extremities of the great bridge over the
Blackwater, and In various parts of the town. Bands of music
played during the evening, and multitudes paraded the streets.
This morning, after attending mass in the chapel here, Mr. O'Con-
nell proceeded to Glanmire, to meet the procession which is to
accompany him into Cork.
EXTRAORDINARY ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE.—Mon-
day afternoon, about two or three, some children, whilst at play in
a retired place, called Willow-walk, Bermondsey, were astonished
to find something floating about in the mud of a ditch, which was
by the side of it. They gave an alarm, and it was then discovered
to he a woman who bad been attempting to make away with herself.
The police were called, and she was convo)ed on a stretcher in a
very had state to the Bermondsey workhouse. She refuses to say
why she made the attempt on her life. It is unaccountable why
she should have chosen such a place, at so short a distarce from the
canal and river.
PLOUGHING THE STREETS.—Strange as the cir-
cumstances may appear, the streets of a royal burgh in Scotland
have during the past week been submitted to the action of the
plugh. The burgh is Peebles, which is in course of receiving im.
provements. The streets having required to he lowered and re•
paved, a strong plough has been employed to tear up the old cause.
way and subsoil ; and so effectually has this been performed, that
by one or two days' operations of a man and a pair of horses, the
labour of many men for a week or more has been spared. The
hint is worthy of the notice of railway e.xesivators.—Cakdeniass
Meirtry.

'I'111; GRANT TO I.AI AYNOOTH• —On Frilly the visi4
tattoo of the Venerable the Archdeacon of Nottingliate was held at
New:l7l,, when Dr. Wilkin. delivered his annual charge. A incetiut
1 the ,•lergy subsequently took place to petition the Queen and the
Douse of Lords against the intended grant to 3licynooth. The
Venerable the Archdeacon took the chair, but resigned it sooner than
petition the Queen to do what he considered " an improper act in itt-
tertering with her Parliament." Reporters were excluded from the
meeting.

1im,17,4.1. SOCIETY.—On Sunday the Bishop
of WoreQ,ler 'Tv:wiled at Trinity Chapel a very excellent sermon.
from the text of the 14th Matthew, verse 30—" Lord save me, or 1
tlivour of the objects of the Royal Humane Society, and
seemed to gratify exceedingly the very select congregation assembled
there. His Lordship appears to have been himself, in one ease, the
happy instrument qf preserving life, by being enabled timely to re-
commend the Society's means of reeuscitatien where a Child With•
drawn from a public well was COusidere4 iv >» dead.