The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-10 00:00:00

TIE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 10. 1845.

support the cause of Mr. Alia 11; but, unfortunately, this
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LAy,ll .5 ti u, tate thi Lc-
gun to persecute Sir Wiliam .Moleswerth, net exactly on ac-
count of his own religious opinions, but on account of the opi-
nions of another man whose wo:ks he edited. Much to the
credit of Sir William, he has employed his leisure and
his fortune in giving to the world a complete edi-
tion of the works of Thomas Hobbes, known as
" the Philosopher of Malmesbury." Hobbes lived in
troublous times. His youth was cast in the unquiet days
of the Commonwealth, he lived amidst the dreadful fanaticism
and the political disorders of that period, he suffered too from
them, and was for some time an exile from his country. Living
in strange times, and having only a partial experience, he
formtd somewhat strange opinions which are not now and
never were popular. They are however the opinions of a pro-
found and reflecting mind. In truth, Thomas Hobbes had one
of the strongest minds of the day, and he is one of England's
greatest worthies. In mathematics he was second only to Des-
cartes, the greatest mathematician of the age ; in metaphysics
he was superior, all things considered, to Locke ; and in general
literature he was nearly equal to the polished Bolingbroke.
But he was too profound and reflective a philosopher to please
the light-minded-and light-dreading wits and priests of his own
time, and be has come down to us with a fame somewhat
tarnished by a reproach, wholly undeserved, of being an irre-
ligious man. We are believers in many of his opinions. To
his political doctrines, evidently the offspring of the disorders
in the midst of which he lived, and which teach,
like Lord Brougham and the clergy, that society must
be ruled with a rod of iron, we, having seen
and learned something of the natural order of society,
are meat determinedly opposed. But we are still more deter-
minedly opposed to the doctrine which makes man accountable
to man fix his religious opinions, and inflicts on him tests and
civil disabilities because he differs in his uncontrollable belief
from ourselves. If belief be at command, we see no reason why
a sovereign may not prescribe a universal State Church, and
compel conformity. The voluntary system of Church govern-
ment, of which Mr. Miall is the champion and the Dissenters the
aggrieved supporters, is fronded on the uneontrollableness of
man's belief and on the right of every man freely to entertain
and act on his own religious opinions. In direct opposition
therefore to the very principles for which Mr. Miall and the
Dissenters profess to battle, in defiance of charity, in degrada-
tion of our national renown,
.better founded on such worthies
as Hobbes than on Marlboroughs and Wellingtons, the Non-
conforming editor has been assailing Thomas Hobbes as an
infidel, and holding up Sir William Moleswerth to
religious opprobrium because he has edited his works.
Thomas Hobbes an infidell That is, an unfaithful
man—a man in whom no confidence can be placed,
who scorns his God and contemns his fellows ! Why, a
truer man, a man more sincere and honest, never broke
bread in England ; and for a Dissenter to enlist religious
bigotry against Sir William Molesworth on account of
his having edited the works of such a man is the most
scandalous appeal to vile prejudices in opposition to the dis-
senting creeds and dissenting sufferings that we ever heard
of. They who conspire to make it prove that they are
slaves in heart and mind, and that they have learnt nothing
from the persecution they have undergone as Nonconformists
but how to wield the dreadful weapons from which they
have suffered. It makes us almost dread that the spirit of
persecution is natural to them, and almost inclined to say that
they were properly kept in slavery by test acts as the only
means of preventing their being unscrupulous tyrants. In the
name of the good cause of liberty utterly desecrated by such
dissenting appeals, we feel called on to reprobate this
use of religious bigotry and religious persecution as a means of
securing its success in Southwark.

BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Commissioner FONBLANQUK.)

IN RE LEATHWAITE.OPPOSITION BY TRUSTEES AND LOAN

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
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culation. "ii es were very s;:4litily szippotted.--shares
were firm, bat without any marked alteration.
From certain returns made of the-trade of Belgium, it is
shown that the balance is in some respects against it in its
intercourse with the northern ports. There was a consider-
able general diminution in the arrivals of shipping at Antwerp
last month, and it is remarked that the vessels ci northern
countries bad most of their own traffic, whether on the out-
ward or homeward trips. The inference drawn from this is,
that the shipping interest of Belgium cannot well withstand
foreign competition.

The Market for the National Securities is pretty firm to-
day, at 981,i, to % for Money, and 9834 % for Ac-
count. There is an improved demand for Exchequer-bills
and for India Bonds, each of which have advanced a shade.
India Stock is at 271.

The prices of the Foreign Funds have not varied much
to-day. The Bonds of Equador have risen to 4% ; Mexi-
cans are rather heavy at 3334 ; Portuguese Converted at
64% for the Account ; Spanish Consols at 27% ; the Three
per Cents. at 3Slh ; and the Dutch Four per Cents. at
99 %.
A considerable amount of business has been done in the
Railway Shares this morning. The principal variations
have been as follows :—Caledonians have touched 7 pre-
mium, the Coventry 2 premium, the Great Southern and
Western, Ireland (Extension), are lower—to 11% pre-
mium. The Great Westerns have dropped to 16S
—gross price. The Leicester and Bedford are also
lower. The Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock are
in request. The Manchester and Birmingham have
receded; the York and North Midland are on the rise, and
in request, the Boulogne and Amiens are lower, the Great
Northern of France (Laffitte's Company) are up to 3% pre-
mium, and hosamel's to 14 1/2 premium. The Tours and
Nantes shares are steady. I.'he 'West Flanders are a shade
lower than yesterday. the next settlement in the market
for Railway Shares here is looked for with considerable
anxiety. The differences are expected to be very large
indeed.

CLOSIN
FRICES
98%

ONE
PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK.
3 per Cent. Consels Annuities 981A%
Long Annuities to exuireJan.lB6o
Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 11 2-16 11 3-16
India Stock
Ditto under 1,0001 62 62
south Sea Stock

'Ditto New Annuities ' 98% 98%
Bank Stock for Account 213 • 213
Consols for Account ... 983/4% 983 A
Exchequer Bills, 1,0001., Phd.... 45 41 pm. 48
Ditto 5001.
Ditto Small

ONE CLOSING
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK PRICES.
Columbian Bonds, ex Venezuelan 18% % 181/%
Granada Bonds, 1 per Cent. ..... . 22% 22%
Ditto Deferred ..... ..•• - 514
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 ...... ... 33% 33%
Ditto, Account - 331/s
Ditto, Deferred - 1714
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents - -
Ditto Account - 3914
Portuguese 5 per Cents. - -
Ditto. Account ..... ... ..... ...- 641/2
Ditto, 4 per Cent 63
Ditto, Account -
Russian Bonds .....• 115
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. - -
Ditto, Account 271/2 27142
Ditto 3 per Cent.
Venezuela Bonds 2 per Cent - 45%
Ditto. Deferred' ... . 13% 133/
Belgian 41/2 per Cent. ..... 100% 10014
Dutch, 2% per Cent . - 62
Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certific 99434 99A
Ditto, Account 99,4
Equador .,.. 434 4%
PRICES OF BUSINESS DONE CLOSING
BIILIVAY SH PAID.
ARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Aberdeen
Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction
1,
Boston, Stamfd, & Birm. - ....- 1 1% p
Caledonian
Ditto Extension
Cambridge and Lincoln 1%...... 4,6 ye 4%
Ditto, New - 35/8 - 3%
Canterbury and Dover.. 1%........ 2%
Chester and Holyhead... 15 ...... 20%
Coventry, Nuneaton, Bir.
and Leicester 1
Cornwall -
Direct Manchester
(Remington's)
Direct Northern - 314 X 3%
Dublin and Armagh ...... 31/03s ,
Dublin andGalway... .. 21/.. 571
stern
E Counties 141. 169....... 204 20
Ditto Perpetual, 5 per
Cent, No. 1....51. 13s. 4d....... - ...
Ditto ditto, No. 2. 132.4d... % 13 -
Eastern Union 2O . ..
Ditto Extension ..
East Lincolnshire
Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorset VA..— -
Gloue., Aberystw ith, and
Central of Wales
Grand Union 1%....... 3%%
Great Eastern &Western 21/2 ...... 3% 3
Great South. and West.
(Ireland) -
Ditto Extension
Great Western SO ... .. 170 168
Ditto % Shares
Guildford, Fare'm, Ports. 21,4..... 4 3fi 33/4
Hull and Selby 5O -
-
Do. Half Shares 2 ....... 22%
Leicester & Birmingham 225... l% ..•..•.•••• l% P
Leicester and Bedford... 225. :. 3% .2,i
London and Birmingtam (St•sek)
-
Do. 4 Shares
London and Blackwall. 16/.135. 4d lO ............... 10%
London and Brighton... 50
Ditto, Sixths
Landon and Croydon, 13/. 15s. 9d. 261% •. • •••• 253(4
Lend. & S.Western 41/ 6s 10d....... 771/2 ......... 77 A
Do. New
London and York 2%. ..... 7% 6% 6%
Londonderry &Coleraine 21A....... 5% ...... 6
Londonderry and Ennis-
I akiiilLondon,len Warwick, and
KidderminsterhaensdteEr layn 2%....... 31/2
and Leeds 76221k 2-% .................... : ......... -475/8/
Lynne
Do. 1/2 Shares - lOl
Do. Quarters
Manche:ter and Birmin. 40
Do. Quarters
Do. New Quarters ... 2 - ....... 10;4
Manchester, Buxton, and
Matlock 22e.
Midland 100, 172 173 171%..• 171
Do. New
...... 254% 24% ... 25%
Midland,Binn., Derby 100
Newcastle and Darling-
ton Junction '" 25' ...... 53%. ........... ..
Do. New Brandling... 15r
Newcastle and Berwick 1./ l7l/2 17 ••• •• ••
North British - - ........ . ......
Do. New
North Staffordshire 2.,.5.
N. Kent & Direct Dover 24i., .. ...." - ..............
North Wales
Northampton, Banbury,
and Cheltenham
Nottingham and Boston --
Oxford and Worcester... :214 IOIA3/4 ... - .....
Perth and Inverness ... :l%
Portsmouth Direct ...... 1!1/2 6- 6.- •• ......
Preston and Wyre
Richmond ... 5
Rugby and Huntingdon --
Rugby-, Worstr, & Tring I - .. ... •
Scottish Midland ll4 . ... - ........••• ••
Shrews., Wolverhamp ,
Dudley, and Birm 2% ..... 71/2% ............
Shrewsbury and Trent
Valley Union
South Devon... -
South Midland 2its.
South Eastern & Dover 33/ 2s 4d 4Bl/2 .............
Do., No. 1
Do., No. 2.
Do., No. 3
South Wales
Trent Valley 2 - ............ ..
Trent Valley and Holy-
head Junction
Warwick & Cheltenham 1114 ...... 21.
Waterford and Kilkenny Ii ...... 3%
Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw,
and Dublin
Welch Midland
Wilts, Somerset, & Wey-
mouth
...... 41/1.4
York and North Midland 59 ......115 ... .........
Ditto % Shares .. 26 •.... 571/2 .. ..
Ditto Scarboro' Branch. 25 ...... 55 54% ..,
Do Selby
Do. Extension LI4 2914 283/4 2934

64 I, t 2
63
63 1/2
115

53/4
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- ............ 91/9
41/2%% p......
414

FOREIGN. RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens... 6
Bordeaux,Toulouse, and
Cette (Espelete's) ..... 2 ..
Do. (Mackenzie's) ... Z
Dendre Valley
Dutch Rhenish
..
..........
East Indian ... ..... .... 55..
Great North. of France
(Laffitte's)
Do. do. (Rosamel's) 2
Do. Peppin le Halleur 4 .. •••
Great Paris and Lyons 2 ...... WI %.... .....
Jersey
Lyons and Avignon .....• 2
Namur and Liege . '..... 4-
..............
Orleans and Bordeaux... 4
Over Yssel 413 s 4d
Paris & Lyons, Laffitte's :2
Paris and Lyons, Gan-
neron's, ...
.........
Paris & Lyons, (Calon's) g •••••• 21i
Paris and Rouen .. ....... 20
Paris and Strasbourg
(Ganneron's) 2 ...... 23A .3i ...........
Royal North of Spain
Sambre and Meuse -... 6
Tournay, Jurbise, Lan-
dent, and Hasselt. ..... 4-
Tours and Nantes, Mac-
henzie's 4 —
Do. do (Lefebvre's) 2
......
West Flanders .., ......
MINE

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2%
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71%

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6%
48%
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1914

103/4
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2%
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Real del Monte, Unregis. —... 4
JOINT STOCK BANK.
Provincial of Ireland ... 25

48%

SERIOUS INJURY' BY GIJNPOWDER.—On Tuesday
morning, Emma Slater, a servamt in the employ of Mrs. Kest-
ville, residing in Arbour-street, Camden Town, procured a quan-
tity of gunpowder for the purpos eof cleansing the copper-flue, and
incautiously throwing the ponder upon the burning coals, it ex-
ploded before she shut the flu se. door. The explosion burned and
disfigured the young woman aitekut the neck and face in a shocking
manner. She was for a time totally unconscious, and is still in a
very dangerous state,
with but alight hopes of recovery.
EXTENSIVE ROBBEI cY .—lnformation of a most
extensive robbery, committed: -upon the premises of Mr. Skinner,
50, Jermyn.street, St. James, has been forwarded to the police.
Among the articles stolen are so oenteen rolls of valuable superfine
broad cloth, also a quantity of velvets and fancy heather tweed.
rift,' pounds reward has %igen off Bred for the thieves,

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HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO THE
KTNG OF THE PRENCH.

tion to visit El anee lies prevented the usual influx of strau-
gers into this place. Our own wandering countrymen are
almost entirely wanting. Strange to say, there were not
fifty of them to be seen among the crowds that this morning
pressed upon every point where a glimpse could be had of
either the royal guests or royal hosts. Of the French there
are more, but they are principally people from the neigh -
bouring country, or Parisians (of whom there are a good
many), enjoying the pleasures of sea-bathing at Trdport,
and possibly hoping that some lucky chance may draw royal
observation upon them. The consequence was, that the
crowd at Eu and Tiport was nothing very extraordinary,
and was mostly composed of the peasantry of the country
decked out in their picturesque dresses.
It was the Queen's intention to have started from Ant.•
were in such time that she could have landed at Tr4ort on
Sunday evening before dark ; but the rejoicings and fes-
tivities with which her Majesty was received at
Antwerp were protracted to so late an hour, that when
at length the order for departure was giver., and
when it was expected that the " Victoria and
Albert" should commence to drop down the river, it was un-
expectedly announced by Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence that
from the darkness of the night the thing was impossible, and
that it would be necessary to wait the morning tide. The
consequence was that the Queen could not arrive at Tr&
poert in time to land on Sunday (last) night, and the oc-
casion will be memorable, as the first on which Queen
Victoria was behindhand in an appointment. This morning,
however, at seven o'clock, a signal gun, fired from the bat-
teries of Trdport, gave warning that the royal flotilla was
he sight. The morning was as lovely a one as ever shone
on prince or beggar, and the population of the towns of Eu
and Trdport was immediately in commotion in expectation of
thee day's pleasure. The royal carriages, to the number
of more than a dozen, were summoned at eight o'clock to the
entrance of the Chateau, and at half-past eight the King,
Queen, and the whole of! the members of the royal family were
standing on the beach at Trdport, waiting to receive their ex-
peed guests. The King of the French himself, the Queen, the
Duchess of Orleans, Madame Adelaide, the Duchess of Sa-
lerno, the Prince of Joinville, Prince Augustus of Saxe
Coburg, and the Princess Clementine were in the famous
char a bane, so often described, two years ago, on the occa-
sion of the Queen's former visit to Eu, and with which the
Queen herself was so much delighted that Louis Philippe
took the opportunity of exhibiting his gallantry by pre-
senting his royal guest with a fac simile of it. In the other
carriages were M. Guizot, the Minister of Foreign Affairs ;
M. Damon, the Minister of Public Works; and the Count de
Salvandy, the Minister of Public Instruction ; besides the
numerous personages composing the royal household. On
the beach, where it was arranged that the Queen should
land, some troops were drawn up, but they were very few,
in comparison with the number who appeared on the oc-
casion of Queen Victoria's former visit. They consisted
of merely a few companies of the 12th regiment of the
line, a party of artillery, a company of the douaniers, and a
troop of carabineers. A few minutes after the arrival of the
French royal family, the -Victoria and Albert dropped
anchor at about a quarter of a mile from the shore, and was
followed by the Black Eagle, and soon afterwards by the
Fairy. King Louis Philippe immediately went on board the
royal yacht to receive the Queen, accompanied by the Prince
of Joinville, Prince Augustus of axe Coburg, and M. Guizot.
An unlooked-for difficulty occurred at the landing. From the
very low state of the ebb tide it was found that the small
steamer which had formerly carried the Queen from the
royal yacht to the shore could not now be employed. The
only way in which Louis Philippe could get on board the
royal yacht was by getting into a bathing machine.
by which he was carried so far out to sea that
he was able to get on board his own barge, and thence
on board the royal yacht, and it so happened that the
Queen would be obliged to remain for some hours,
on board, or take the same rather undignified manner of
reaching the shore. "Needs must when the devil drives,"
is an old proverb, but it seldom applies to kings and queens
on festive occasions. The Queen of England, however, thought
she might adopt the mode of getting on shore that brought
the King of the French on board ; and thus it happened
that Queen 'Victoria and Louis Philppe got ashore together
in a bathing machine. The Queen was handed into the
barge by the King, and followed by Prince Albert, the Prince
of Joinville, Prince Augustus of Saxe Coburg, and M.
Guizot. In the same order the party entered the bathing
machine, which was decorated with a tricoloured flag for
the nonce, and speedily dragged by a horse to terra firma.
In the meantime a royal salute was fired from all the steamers
in the offing and front the battery. Planks having been laid
down on the beach for the use of the royal party, the
Queen advanced to meet Queen Victoria, whom she
greeted most cordially, and embraced several times. Iler
Majesty also kissed Prince Albert on both cheeks. The
Queen of the French then presented the Princess of Salerno
and the Sicilian Princesses to her Majesty, after which the
whole party got into char.ci banes, the Queen sitting next to
Louis Philippe, and Prince Albert next to the Queen of the
French, and proceeded to the Chateau d'Eu, amidst the
cordial if not very boisterous applause of the assembled
crowds.
On the arrival of the royal party at the chateau, a splendid
dejeune was served up, which was attended by all the visitors
at the chateau. After the dejmne, Louis Philippe took the
opportunity of introducing the Queen to the new Victoria
Gallery—a splendid gallery, intended to commemorate her
Majesty's first visit to the Chateau d'Eu, and which is deco-
rated with views of the principal scenes of that occasion,
painted by some of the first painters in France. In the after-
noon the royal party drove into the forest, and in the even-
ing there .was a splendid dinner at the chateau, which was
attended by all the civil and military authorities of the place,
as well as by the guests resident at the chateau.
The King has got the Opera Comique company down from
Paris. They are this evening to perform the _beau Seignor
and Richard Cieur de Lion before the Court.

M. Guizot, the Minister fur Foreign AtThirs ; M. Dumon,
the Minister of Public Works; and the Couut de Salvandy,
the Minister of Public Instruction, are the members of the
French Cabinet present.

DEPARTURE OF HER MAJESTY.
( From the Times.)
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TREI'ORT, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPT. 9.

Her Majesty Queen Victoria, Prince Albert, and their
suite, left the Chateau d'Eu this afternoon at a few minutes
before six o'clock, for Treport, to embark on board the Vic-
toria and Albert, on their return to England. A body of in-
fantry were drawn up in the court-yard of the Chateau, and
a military band played from the commencement of dinner
(four o'clock) until a few minutes before the hour of de-
parture. A body of cavalry were stationed opposite the
Chateau. His Majesty Louis Philippe and the members
of the Royal Family of France, accompanied the
Royal travellers to the coast. They went in the char-
a-bancs, which formed quite a brilliant cortege. The
band played " God save the
.Queen" as her Majesty was
handed into the carriage by the King, and as the cortege
drove off the troops shouted " Vive le Roi ;" "Vive la
Reine d'Angleterre !" A considerable number of people
witnessed the departure and joined in the cheering.
The distance from Eu to Treport is very short. It was
accomplished in less than half an hour. Great crowds of
people were assembled to witness the embarkation ; in fact,
almost all the population of Eu, strangers included,
seemed to have passed down to Treport. As
the royal carriage approached salutes were fired, which
were answered from Eu. All the fishermen of Tre-
port and their fair companions seemed to have poured out to
see the embarkation, and the pretty costume of the women,
with their characteristic caps and short blue petticoats was
not the least interesting part of the scone. Treport looked
quaint and pretty enough in the sunlight, and the sea was
calm and glossy as a lake. The Victoria and Albert lay off
the port, and the Black Eagle, Fairy, and Porcupine at a
little distance. The French steamers, the Caiman, the Cour-
rier, and the Pluton, also lay off the port, and there were
also a few French brigs and other vessels. As the royal car-
riages drove up preceded by an escort of dragoons, the church
bells rang a merry peal, and salutes were fired. A band stationed
at the landing-place struck up " God save the Queen," and
in a few moments more the King of the French handed
Queen Victoria into a barge lying alongside, and which im •
mediately pulled out to sea. In the same barge with the
Queen were the Prince de Joinville, Prince Albert, Lord
Aberdeen, M. Guizot, and Lord Liverpool. The other
members of the suite followed in other boats. The vessels
in the offing manned their yards, salutes were fired from the
batteries, and the cheers of the people were deafening. By
half-past: six the royal party were on board, and under
weigh, and the King of the French, and the other members
of the French Royal Family, returned to Eu.
ARRIVAL OF TIER MAJESTY.
(Front the Herald.)
ADMIRALTY, WEDNESDAY, TWELVE O'CLOCK, Am.
A telegraphic dispatch has just announced the Queen's
arrival at Spithead.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

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Lia,e r.m., with supernumeraries' whom she trans-
.,hipped to the Daring the same evening, being for the most
part newlv-entered men for the President, fitting out at this
port for the Cape station. She :sailed on the morning of the
sth for Cardiff in Wales, to embark six companies of 75th
Regiment for Waterford, whence she rroceeds to Paler, in
Wales, for the remainder, and will take them to Waterford.
The Daring, 12, Commander Matson, sailed on the morn-
ing of the 4th from the Cove of Cork for Bristol, for volun-
teers, with whom she will proceed to Plymouth.
The following were on the Irish station on the 4th inst.
At the Cove of Cork.—The Crocodile, 26, Captain Max-
well, flag-ship of the Commander-in-Chief, Rear. Admiral
Sir 11. I'igot.
At Waterford—The Lucifer steam- vessel, Commander
G. A. Frazer, on surveying service.
At Kinsale—The Tartarus steam-sloop, Captain Wolff, on
surveying service.
At Kingstown—The Pluto steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Com-
mander F. Lowe, on particular service.

At Tarbert—The Stromboli steam-sloop, Commander
Fisher, on particular service.
The Nautilus, 10, Lieutenant-Commander Macdonald, is
refitting her rigging at her moorings, oil' Blockhouse.
The Aid, SuluLiman master, sailed yesterday, for the river
depots, with stores.
The Princess Royal, transport, is hourly expected from
the South American station, with invalids, &c., from the
squadron.
The Prometheus, steam-sloop, Commander Hay, was
cruising in the Congo River on the 20th of July ; she ex-
pected orders to leave shortly, for another part of the coast—
all well.
The Inconstant, 36, Captain Freemantle, sailed from
Smvrna for Corfu the 24th ult.