The Sun.
London, England, 1845-12-15 00:00:00

SUICIDE OF ALDERMAN HEARN.

In reference to this lamentable occurrence, the Evening
Mad says:—" We learn from a correspondent that the de-
ceased had been implicated in a case of defalcation to the
extent of fourteen to sixteen thousand pounds, which has
just been brought to light within the last few days."
The Cork RepoPer has the following on the same sub-
ject :—" A respectable gentleman, a resident of Clonmel,
received a letter in this city this morning, acquainting
him with the particulars of the double suicide of a gen-
tleman of that town and his nephew, yesterday. It ap-
pears that the bodies of both were discovered in a
I vat in a porter brewery. where they had lain fir
four hours, of course both dead, with two letters directed
to friends, and a portion of their dresses in the apart-
ment. In anticipation of the particulars of this melan-
choly circumstance, which will no doubt be furnished
by the local journals, we learn that there had been men-
tion made or the deceased having been largely, and it is
presumed unsuccessfully, engaged in railway speculation,
which it was said there was little doubt was the direct
cause of the awful catastrophe. In the absence of further
confirmatory information, we withhold the names of the
parties, who are well known in commercial circles, but in
a later impression we expect to be able to give the details
eiteumstantially."
THE MILITIA.---The Banner of Ulster, in reference
to the current statements about the calling out of the
militia, says, " We understand, from pretty good autho-
rity, that it has been the intention of Government, for
some time past, to raise a certain number of militia regi-
ments by ballot, on low establishments, say 250 private

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
SHEERNESS, DEC. 11.—The alterations of the fortifi
cations at Garrison Point, so as to mount from sixty to
seventy guns of the largest calibre, which have been
impeded for some time, owing to the experiments re-
cently instituted at Woolwich, as to the best mode of
pivoting the carriages of the guns, to determine whether
or not they are to be secured to the masonry, are about
to be recommenced with vigour, the result of the expe •
riments being in favour of fixing the platforms by
pivots to the masonry, which must necessarily be strong
to hear the recoil of such enormous guns a; are now
I intended to be placed on all our fortifications. The ex-
! cavations for the masonry on which the several travers-
mg platforms are to rest, are now being bedded w ith
concrete, and the greater part of the stones are already
hewn ansl ready to be laid down. A cargo of granite
blocks for the pivots have arrived to-day from Loneon.
Tiie guns are daily arriving from Woolwich ; the
following have arrived up to the present time., viz.,
8 eight-inch guns, 66 cwt. each, 9 feet long, or
" 68-pounders;" 13 six-and-a- half inch guns, 56 cwt.
each, 9 feet 6 inches long, or "56-pounders ;" 4 six-
and a-half inch guns, 32 cwt. each, 6 feet 6 inches long,
or long " 32-pounders ;" and 4 eight-inch guns, 98 cwt.
each, and 11 feet long A number of pivots have also I
arrived. The guns are to be mounted on traversing
platforms, 16 feet long, and will be fired over the para-
pets, and pointed in any direction. The earth buttery,
with its deep fosse, forming opposite the dock-yard
gate, progresses most rapidly, and when completed will
be mounted with guns in a similar manner.
The Electra, 18, Dido, 20, Snake, 16, and Ferret, 10
remain in dock under repair. The Dido's timbers have
been found in a very defective state, as well as her plank-
ing, many of them being quite rotten. The Ferret's
timbers are also in bad condition, but not quite so bed
as the Dido's. All are being rapidly refitted for imme-
diate commission. The Fearless steamer, second-master
George Brockman, recently arrived from Woolwich
to replace the Dwarf steam-tender, has been de-
tached to the Chatham station, and is replaced here
by the Wildfire steamer. The Bittern, 16, Commander
Thomas Hope, progresses rapidly with her rigging and
other fittings in the basin. She has her topmasts up,
and will be all ataunt this week. A party of seamen
from the flag-ship are assisting in her outfit, about forty
men only having joined her. She will proceed to Spit-
head when fitted, and will doubtless pick up a crew there.
The African, steamer, is in the North Camber, making
good extenAvtt•defecte which she sustained at Brighton.
The Fury, steam-sloop, building, is nearly complete ;
the ways are laid for launching, but the tides will not
serve till the latter end of the month. The 27th has
been named, but it is probable that the launch will net
take place till the 29th or 30th. The Sampson, stesm-
frigate, Captain Thomas Henderson, is to have a com-
plement of 180 officers and men ; and the Viper, brigan-
tine, Lieutenant Edward Gray, is to have a complement
of 60 officers and men. Neither have yet hoisted the
pennant.
The Admiralty, with the view of still further encou-
raging seamen to remain in her Majesty's service, have
recently issued an order increasing the pay of seamen or
extra riggers in the eockyards from 2s. 6d. to 3s. per
diem, with the understanding, as stated in the original
order issued about fifteen months ago, that they joined
the service afloat when their services may be required.
The Admiralty also, by a recent order, have been pleased
to allow boys who enter the service as engineers' ap-
prentice
s, to serve the last year of their time in the dock-
yards.
PORTSMOUTH, FR IDAT.—Rear-Admiral Hyde Parker
has re-hoisted his flag on board the Victory, Captain
Mowbray having returned from leave.
The Daring, 12, Commander Matson, is in harbour re-
fitting with all dispatch.
The Rodney and Superb are being caulked at Spit-
head, as their coming into the harbour is at present un-
certain.

The Nelson, 120, has undergone a repair in the basin,
and will be docked to be coppered as soon as possible, to
be ready as an advance ship. The Nelson was built in
1814. and although so old a vessel, has never been com-
missioned. The shape of her stern was altered a short
time since at a great xprm se.
The masts with which the Usard iron-steamer, Lieut.-
Commander Fylden, left Woolwich, having been found
too heavy, have been taken cut, and are to be replaced
by three light ones, such as have been found to answer
so well in the Fairy.
The Scourge steam mortar ship, Commanr-_ler Coffin,
is rapidly preparing for sea. Lieut. W. Crawford joined
her yesterday.
At Spithead—The Rodney, Superb, Alarm, and
Nautilus.

In Harbour—The St. Vincent, Victory, Excellent,
Victoria and Albert, Fairy, Comet, Lizard, Echo (tug),
and Daring.

I❑ the Basin—The Nelson, Trincomalee, Scourge,
Harlequin, and Bee.
In Dock—The Prince Regent, Amphitrite, Rattler,
Wanderer, and Childers.

Building The Princess Royal, Royal Frederic,
Leander, Arrogant, Dauntless, and Rifleman.
The half-yearly examination of the students at the
Royal Naval College has commenced. The following
are the officers studying at this establishment :
Captains—Jones, Giffard, Hon. G. Hastings, and
Halsted.

Commanders—Sullivan, Fisher, Ingram, Fishbourne,
Helpman, and IPCleverty.
Lieutenants—Griffiths, Royer, Ryder, and Wood.
Mates—Parish, West, Brandreth, Partridge, and
Molyneux.
Lieutenants of Marines for the Artillery Companies—
Meade, Gell, Henry, Davis, and Baynes.
Mr. Fincham, the master shipwright of Portsmouth
Dockyard, and one of his assistants, are ordered to
make a strict investigation into, and report to the Ad-
miralty the cause of the continued leak in the Daring,
12-gun brig, Commander H. J. Matson. She still
leaks, but nothing of consequence; but she smells so
offensively that some of her officers have been driven
from thetr sleeping cabins. The smell proceeds from
the lining of the vessel, and, it is said, was perceptible
before she was filled with salt water at Plymouth. It is
supposed to be occasioned by some shaving and sweep-
ings not properly cleansed out from between the timbers
while building.
In consequence of the increased number of contract
workmen at Portsea, a chaplain is ordered to be pro-
vided to assist the incumbent of St. Joha's, in attending
to their spiritual necessities.

MARGATE.—The high price of bread, and conse-
quent scarcity thereof to the poor, is most severely felt, and is
greatly increased by the almost total failure of the potato
crop—as much as 12s. a sack now being asked for that neces-
cry appendage to the dinner of a poor and large family.
the ar►ival of the news of the probable abolition of the
'...orn-laws was most cheerfully received by all such sufferers.
Every tradesman in the town begins to feel the injurious
effects of a dear loaf, it being quite evident that the more
money that article of food costa the poor man with scanty
wages, the less he can have to lay out with other tradesmen
for other necessary articles, including clothes, shoes, &c.—
I Kent Herald.

The experiments for testing the tractive power of
the broad gauge engine will commence on Tuesday next. The
first experiment will be with eighty tons from Paddington
to Dideat, (53 miles), which it is thought will be accom-
plished within the hour.—Railway Standard.
RATING OF PRINCE ALBERT'S FARM AT WINDSOR.
—ln consequence of a resolution passed unanimously at a
vestry meeting of the inhabitants of Windsor, held in Sep-
tember last, which was to the effect that the Prince Con-
sort, being justly liable to pay all rates and taxes due for
Flemish Farm, the collector be instructed to make applica-
tion to his Royal Highness for all arrears owing by the
Prince. Mr. Darvill, solicitor, of Windsor, in accordance
with instructions he received from the parish officers, has
been for some time past in communication on the subject of
the claim of the parish with Mr. G. 2.. Anson, his Royal
Highness's private secretary. We understand that Mr.
Anson on the part of the Prince, has consented to pay the
arrears (amounting to nearly 2001.) and also to contribute
annually a certain sum towards the relief of the poor as an
equivalent for a poor's-rate, but without admitting that the
parish has any legal claim upon his Royal Highness for the
payment of these rates. The parish officers have demurred
to this proposition, under the impression, strengthened by
legal opinion, that the property in the occupation of the
Prince has been fairly and justly rated. The negotiation will
be resumed upon the return of the Court to Windsor from
the Isle of Wight. Unless the legality of the claim be ad-
mitted on behalf of his Royal Highness, the question will
be again brought forward a a meeting of the inhabitants,
the overseers not wishing to proceed further without the
sanction and authority of the parishioners in vestry assembled.
It is, however, fully expected that the payment of the poor's-
rates will be no Niger resisted.
New DocKs AT LIVERPOOL.—The Committee of
the Dock Trust are proceeding to Parliament for power to
construct several large new docks, on an extensive site at
present principally covered with buildings. The Journal
states, that the Committee will apply to Parliament for
power to purchase all the property west of 'a straight line
drawn from the end of Kitchen-street to Canning-place, at
that point opposite the Custom-house where Mrs. Robinson's
property is situated. This line, it will be seen by laying a
rule on the map, runs at the back of the houses in Mersey-
street, enters Hurst-street, and crosses Garden-street, Wiesen,.
street, Sparling-street, and along to the termination at the
lower end of Kitchen-street. All the warehouses in Lower
Sparlintstreet, and all Wapping will disappear in one large
dock, parallel with the King's Dock, 730 feet long, and rune
ning into the town 310 feet. At the Custom-house end,
Salthouse Dock will be carried up towards Mersey-street, its
proposed width being 3SO feet, and its length 720. Between
these two docks will intervene a third, opposite the Duke's
Dock, extending to Hurst-street, 590 feet long and 170 wide.
These measurements are taken from the plan, and are suffi-
ciently accurate for the purpose of understanding the
design. Around these docks is traced a space of 70 ftes:
wide for quays, shed% or warehouses, and along the
boundary line from Kitchen-street to the Custom-
house, will run what we suppose will be a public road, branch-
ing down, at intervals, to the Duke's Dock, King's Dock, &cc.
It is also proposed to purchase a part of the property east of
Sefton-street, for on the Harrington property is to be con-
structed a large dock, beyond the Little 'hated' Dock,
1,450 feet long, and 380 feet wide. This leviathan will swal-
low up the Harrington Dock, slips, &c. The plan does not
stop here. The committee proposes to purchase all Nova
Scotia, and in it to construct a large but irregular dock, em-
bracing the Manchester Basin, with depiits for the coasting
trade on each side. one approaching the baths, the other ad-
joining the graving docks. The premises to be purchased
number 643.—Liverpool Albion.

DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY
BY A HIGH TIDE.
The highest tide known for the last twenty-five years
occurred on Thursday night and Friday morning, and
we are sorry to state that the destruction of property en
both sides of the river has been enormous. The wind
was N. W. during the whole day, and towards night it
increased considerably, and acting upon a spring tide,
forced an immense body of water up the river. Unfor-
tunately for the inhabitants of the water-side premises,
the tide did not commence flowing until night had set
in, and as it continued rising for six hours, some time
before it had reached its height, those living near to
the river had retired to rest in fancied security, conse-
quently they were wholly unprepared to resist the
irruption of the water, which poured into the basement
floors and cellars of houses not merely contiguous to the
river, but in many parts the river overflowed its banks
to the extent of some hundreds of yards. The scene
that presented itself from London-bridge to Hammer-
smith, when daylight broke, was most disheartening.
The publicans in Thames• street, Bankside, and so on to
Westminster and Lambeth, had their cellars filled with
water. In every instance the butts and puncheons of
beer and spirits were floating about, and in a very many
instances they had been staved in by the violent motion
of the water. The Commercial-road, Lambeth, and the
Belvidere-road were all under water, and in the latter
roads the cellars were filled. Seirle's, the boat-builder's,
premises, the Glass-house, and the wharfs between the
latter place and Bishop's-walk, were flooded to the
depth of several feet. The road to Lambeth church was
impassable.
The tide reached under the gates of the Archbishop's
Palace, filling the gardens and approaches to the house.
In Fore-street, High-street, and Ferry-street, the li-
cense 1 victuallers and others have sustained great losses,
and the landlady of the Duke's Head, in Fore-street, es-
timates her loss at 2001. Two children who were sleep-
ing in a kitchen in High-street were all but drowned,
and the damage done to the scanty furniture of the poor
people living le the district is very great. At Vauxhall,
the force of the water threw down the wall facingthe em-
bankment of Brunswick-gardens, and the goods' premises
of the South-Western Railway Company were all under
water. A girl in the service of Mr. Noyes, the manager
of the posting department of the South-Western Rail-
way, who resides in Belmont-place, Wandsworth-road,
was taken out of the kitchen, in which she slept, by her
master in an inanimate state, and for some time no signs
of animation presented themselves. It was evident to
the medical gentlemen who were called in, that a few
minutes wi add have decided her fate, and at the present
time she is in a very precarious state. A large wall
enclosing the Ranelagh estate adjoining the Royal Hos-
pital was thrown down, and the tide having free ingress
extended many hundred yards inland, and uniting with
the Grosvenor Canal, overflowed a great part of Pimlico.
Battersea marshes were one immense sheet of water, a
circumstance that has not occurred for the last twenty-
five years. The village of Battersea was completely
flooded, and Mr. Lintel!, of the Old Swan, is a sufferer
to an alarming extent. On the Chelsea side, the tides
covered the grounds of Cremorne House and reached the
King's-road. Sir Edward East's beautiful grounds at
Battersea were sadly despoiled, and the great portion of
the fencing was torn up. At Wandsworth the tide did
excessive damage. Mr. Pearce, the landlord of the Wa-
terman's Arms, is a loser to the extent of probably 1001.
The White Horse and the Feathers were likewise
flooded, the water positively putting the fires out in the
parlours and taproom. At the latter house a man had
to row in a boat down the yard to the styes, to rescue
the pigs. The poor people living at the river side had
the water in their houses to theidepth of three 'and four
feet. In many instances it forced up the flooring. The
churchwardens and overseers, we were glad to observe,
did their best to alleviate the sufferings of these poor
people by giving them tickets for bread and coal, which
were most gratefully received. The malt-house of Messrs.
Bradley had two fret water in it ; and the Lower Mill,
belonging to Messrs. Watney and Wills, was flooded to
the depth of eighteen inches, and some hundreds of sacks
of flour have been spoilt. About ninety quarters of oats
were also wetted. On the Richmond Railway works the
timber was driven about in all directions, and the dams,
Scc., were filled with water. The tide influencing
the Wandle, caused the latter to rise to an almost unpre-
cedented extent.

At Putney the tide committed great ravages, and so
great was the body of water in the cellar of the Bell
Tavern, that Mr. Ayes, the landlord, was obliged to em-
ploy the parish engine. At Fulham the water rose so
high that the Bishop of London's grounds were flooded,
and the churchyard was under water.
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ground floor of the Swan were extinguished, and the
water flowed to the King's Arms, a
of a mile. Immense quantities of timber and casks were
floated away.
Our correspondents at Rochester and G'reenw;ch state
that the high tide was as remarkable down the river as it
was above the bridge. At the Royal Ilospital, Green-
wich, the whole of the a harffrontage was two feet under
water. Church-street, which leads from the Waterman's
Floating Pier to the centre of the town, was, one-half
the distance, under water about two feet ; the warehouses
along- shore inundated, and much injury done to the
prup'rty in the lower apartments, and some hundreds of
poor families, whose sleeping-rooms are on the ground
floor, were alarmed by the rush of water into their
rooms. At Deptford-bridge, which is a long way from
the river, the lower warehouses of Messrs. Cobbett anti
Co., extensive floor cloth manufacturers and dealers in
carpeting, were under water, and a considerable quantity
of goods injured, so as to become unsaleble. The ex-
tensive steam flour mills of Messrs. Carpenter, situated
on Dept Ford Creek, suffered greatly. The engine room,
boiler, Etc., being deluged, the fires of course extin-
guished, and the machinery extensively
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the Medway Rochesteriedwaya,ere observed nineedto o'clock,berushin
a force never before witnessed there, and the greater
part of the High-street, of Strood, was soon under water,
and a twenty feet boat with three persons in it, was seen
rowing about where the passengers, only a few minutes
before, had passed dry shod. The damage has been im-
mense. In many places the river has burst its bounds,
and the enarsheA are flooded in every direction. The
gardens and cultivated grounds in the neighbourhood
which have been flooded by the salt water, will be long
before they recover from its injurious effects. Fortu-
nately it was a moonlight night, and much stock was
hastily driven to places of safety. The gas works were
under water, and the lighting of the town was suspended.
We have received from another reporter the following
account of the disasters occasioned by the high tide on
each side of the river below London-bridge. At mid-
night, the sudden rushing of the waters over the embank-
ments of the Thames, and through the wharfs and al—
leys leading into the streets, aroused the inhabitants
from their slumbers. A great many persons were saved
in Wapping, Shad well, the numerous courts and alleys
leading out of Bankside, and other places, by the
activity of the police, and those of the Thames division
were very assiduous in saving people's lives, and drag-
ging them through the flood to places of safety. For an
hour before the time named in the calendar for high
water, the river was several inches above the usual level,
and it continued to flow with a velocity which astonished
the oldest waterssan and lighterman, until five minutes
after one o'clock on Friday morning, an hour beyond the
time named for high water at London-bridge, when the
tide was one inch higher at St. Katherine's Dock gates
than it was in November, 1841, when a similar disastrous
visitation occurred. The water rushed through the
streets with irresistible fury, and the cellars, kitchens,
parlours, and shops of the inhabitants were soon filled.
The eruption of the tide was so sudden that people were
obliged to leave their dwellings in haste, and wade
through the water to higher ground. At Blackwell
there was a large apace of ground covered with water.
The extensive factory of Messrs. Ditchburn and Mard,
the iron steamboat manufacturers, on both sides of Bow-
creek, was overflowed, and the materials used in their
business sustained great damage. The firm were obliged
to suspend operations and give their men a holiday on
Frilay, until things wets put in order. In the Prince
Albert and Orchard House Taverns, near the factory, the
water was four feet deep in the principal rooms on the
ground floor, and the loss of spirits, ale, and beer in the
cellars of each house is estimated at 150 L The High-
street, Wapping, from the Tunnel to Union-stairs, ap-
peared like a canal, and boats were plying backwards
and forwards, receiving the tradesmen, shopkeepers, and
others, or carrying passengers from one end of the street
to the other. Those who did not reach home before
twelve in this neighbourhood were obliged to remain
out all night, or else avail themselves of the boats to
reach their dwellings. The casks and barrels in the
Watermen's Arms public-house, at Wapping New-
stairs, were floating about the cellars, and as the water
rose they lifted the flooring, broke down the bar, and
made a partial wreck of the place. The landlord, Mr.
Wasmuth, estimates his loss at 50/. A similar disaster
took place at the Ship, Execution Dock, kept by Mr.
'Vincent, and at several other houses of public entertain-
ment on the banks of the river. Shortly before one
o'clock the screams of a family living in one of the
small tenements in Cross-alley, near Gun-dock, induced
some of the Thames police to attempt a rescue, and a
woman and four children were taken oat of an apart-
ment into which the water had penetrated. The family
had a narrow escape.
In Rotherhithe and Bermondsey there was a great
quantity of corn spoiled in the granaries. The deposit
of mud and slime, left on the receding of the tide, did
more damage to grain, perishable goods on the wharfs,
and furniture, than the waters of the Thames. The water
was six feet in depth on Friday morning, at half-past
twelve o'clock, in Upper Ground-street, and a street
leading out of it called Boddt 's
-bridge, near Messrs.
Hawes' soap manufactory. 'The Commercial-road,
Pedlar's-acre, a great portion of the Belvidere-road, and
the numerous timber wharfs in the vicinity, were under
water ; and when the tide ebbed, large piles and deals
were carried out into the steam. Business was sus-
pended at many of the wharfs during the whole of yes-
terday. At daybreak the ravages of the flood were visi-
ble in all directions, and pumps were in requisition by
the owners of long shore property to get rid of the ele-
ment which did so much damage. The Tower-wherf,
Bankside, the Bishop's-walk, Lambeth, the Battersea-
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and dislodged numerous colonies of rats, which were
bourhood of Bankcsuil
hunted by dogs amidst the clamorous vociferations of
their owners, whi.th added to the general confusion
which prevailed. The wind abated after this visitation,
and fortunately the tide of Friday afternoon did not
rise above the ordinary level, although the mcon was at
' the full in the evening. Additional embankments on
both shores are much required to prevent loss of pro-
perty by extraordinary high tides.

FALMOUTII.—An invitation to J. W. Frashfield,
formerly member for the united borough of ?anryn and Fal-
mouth, to come forward as a candidate whenever the repre-
sentation of the borough shall be vacant, has been circulating
for signatures during the last. week, and we understand it
has been numerously and respectably signed by the consti-
tuency.—Penance Gazette.

WA'fEft AT LONDON-ISRID(111 TRIM DAY.
Worn .. 43 minutes after 2 Evening -. 2 minutes after 3.