The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-01 00:00:00

TRE SUN, LO OWE MON'D.A.Y APRYL I

; compare Dickens with these consummate novelists,
for the purpose of setting him above them, is to push
the language of panegyric into downright absurdity.
Boa can depict all that lies on the surfacc of character
with infinite felicity ; he can unmask a common-
place hypocrite ; place before us with startling truth
a vulgar ruffian, or a pert Cockney coxcomb ; and
throw wonderful life and exactness into ordinary dia-
logue; but here his power stops. He cannot pourtray
man in the more elevated phases of his nature ; be be-
longs essentially to the low Dutch school of Int ; and
when he attempts a flight above this, he makes
as sorry an exhibition as Phaeton did, when he essayed
to drive the Chariot of the sun. His archness, humour,
and worldliness' though limited in their range, are
admirable ; he has descriptive faculties, too, of no
ordinary excellence ; but we must protest against his
sentiment, which is too apt to run into flowery mawk-
ishness, as when he represents the idiot Smike dying
to soft music, amid visions of angels and spring (las-
sies ; attributes to the gin-drinking Miss Nancy the
finest and purest sensibilities; and converts a kind•
hearted little girl into a paragon of impossible per-
fection. The " Hermit of Cripplegate" is a tale by
Charles Oilier ;it is told with vigour and simplicity,
land turns upon the novel fact of a gentleman' having
shut himself up in solitude for forty years, in conse-
quence of his life having been attempted by his own
brother. To make his seclusion more complete he se-
' lected London as his residence ; and there was wis-
dom in his choice, for under circumstances of poverty
and affliction, there is no solitude so complete as that
of a crowded metropolis. In the present chapters of
" St. James's," the trial of political strength between
Marlborough and Harley _is represented in Mr.
Ainsworth's most effective manner. In the amusing
" Elliston Papers," the editor places before us sundry
specimens of the poetical addresses that were written
for the purpose of being spoken on the opening of
Drury-lane in 1812. Among the unsuccessful com-
petitors we find the name of " Joseph Hume."
Surely this cannot be the great financial oracle of St.
Stephen's ! We all know that he is a perfect master
of numbers, but we never yet heard that they were
tuneful ones. The " Suppressed Comedy" gives a
pathetic account of Mr. Bell's sufferings and lamenta-
tions in consequence of the abrupt withdrawal of his
Mothers and Daughters. This play being highly
successful and much belauded by Mr. Bunn, that
high-minded manager, with a magnanimous disre-
gard to his own interests, " above all Greek, above all
Roman fame," withdrew it from the stage after the
first night of representation, and it has never since
been permitted to tickle the midriffs of a Drury-lane
audience ! This conduct on the part of the Lessee is
really most inexplicable, but we fear the mystery
will never be cleared up till that great day when the
secrets of all hearts shall be revealed. A " Jar of
Honey from Mount Hybla," is one of Leigh hunt's
light, graceful essays. Alluding incidentally to the
Sicilian fountain of Arethuse, he tells us that it is now
a public wash-tub ! " To, what base uses may we not
return, Horatio!" Conceive a set of squat, red-armed
washerwomen ducking dirty shirts and collars in the
fount beloved of the Muses ! Of course, there is a
Mangle close by. The subjoined sketch of the Rape
of Proserpine may perhaps amuse our readers :
"We have kept the most beautiful of the Sicilian
mythic stories to conclude with—for such, doubtless, is
the Rape of Proserpine. It is full of the most striking
contrasts of grandeur and beauty; both heaven and hell
are in it—the freshest vernal airs, and the depths of
Tartarus; and the hearts of a mother and 'daughter beat
through all. It is a tale at once of the wildest preter-
naturalism and the most familiar domestic tenderness.
The daughter of Ceres is gathering flowers, with other
damsels of her own age, in the Vale of Enna, intent
upon nothing but seeing who shall get the finest. Sud-
denly, in the midst of the violets and jonquils, a clang is
heard like the noise of a thousand caldrons—the earth
bursts open, and a rapid, majestic figure appears, like a
swarthy Jupiter, who, sweeping by Proserpine, whirls
her with him into his hariot, and prepares to rush down
through another opening. The nymph Cyane has alone
the courage to bid him stop, and ask him why he dares
to take away the daughter of Ceres. He makes no
answer, but, knitting his brows like thunderbolts, smites
the fountain over which she presided with an iron mace,
and dashes down through it with his prey. It is the
King of Hell himself, tired of celibacy, and resolved to
have the fairest creature on earth for_ his, wife. The
cries of Proserpine become fainter as the earth closes
over them—but they have been heard by-Ceres, who
comes, with all the speed of a divine being, to see what
is the matter. She can discern nothing; the tranquillity
of the scene is restored—Cyane has melted away in
tears. The goddess seeks everywhere in vain—she
travels by day and by night, lit by two flaming pines
from Mount Atna. At length she learns who has got
her daughter, and, by the intervention of Jupiter,
Proserpine is allowed to come to earth and see her. The
mother and daughter are half drowned in tears, half
absorbed in delight, and Jupiter would prevent their
separation, but is not able—for Proserpine has eaten of
a fatal fruit, compulsory of her continuance with Pluto,
and all that can be done is to stipulate for her being
half a year with her mother, on condition of her being a
good wife during the other half. Ceres makes a virtue
of the necessity, seeing that her daughter is married to
the brother of Jove--and Proserpine is content to
divide the throne of Tartarus, and walk in gardens of
her own, splendid, though underground. The ancient
poets made these gardens consist of all the flowers which
she had been accustomed to gather in Sicily."

and a verdict of unqualified condemnation is
nouneed upon all of thorn. Poor Lord Ellenborough T
He seems doomed to find opponents among Tories as
well as Whigs; and, as if he had not quite enemies
enough already to contend against, he has contrived,
according to Fraser, to render himself obnoxious to
the entire Council of Calcutta, by designating them as
" old women," and the Lord Bishop as " the greatest
old woman of them all!" This, it must he confessed,
is black—the Bishop will no doubt think it Atheis-
tical—still, we hope the Governor-General is not
wholly without the pale of pardon, even though he
may have presumed to question the absolute wisdom
of a Calcutta Prelate. " A Fine Day in the Strand"
is a hackneyed subject, dressed up with tact and
adroitness. The historical and other associations
connected with this great thoroughfare are touched
on lightly and pleasantly, and with a gusto that would
have gone far to win the h ?art of old Johnson. Other
quarters of London possess their local peculiari-
ties, but the Strand is cosmopolitan. Regent-street
is the favourite resort of whiskered dandies,
and foreigners who live by their wits—Chan-
cery-lane, of grave, fox-like lawyers—Cornhill, of
shrewd, flinty men of business—Paternoster-row,
of publishers, on whose shelves slumber in unmo-
lested serenity innumerable unsold copies of Mr.
Robert Montgomery's poems—but the Strand is the
resort equally of all classes. Here may be seen at
some hour or other of the day, Peers and pickpockets,
authors. and actors, men of fashion and men of busi-
ness, lawyers and politicians, to say nothing of a stray
bishop or two looking as sleek and comfortable as
cows in a clover field. To our thinking, the Strand,
with its constant bustle, cheerfulness, and endless
variety of objects, is the place of all others best suited
to the tastes of the genuine Londoner. The " Luck
of Barry Lyndon" is the continuation of a tale by,
Titmarsh, and is penned in a spirit of acute observa-
tion and racy humour. In the notice of " Mrs. Grant
of Laggan and her Contemporaries," occurs the follow-
ing remark, which we notice for the purpose of pointing
out its inaccuracy :—" The most celebrated authors of
our country have been silent and embarrassed in ge-
neral society." Now the very reverse of this is the
fact. Burke was notorious for his colloquial powers
—Johnson spent at least one half Of his life in con-
versation—Coleridge and Scott were unrivalled as
talkers—Burns fascinated all who met him in the
social circle—Sir James Mackintosh owed half his
fame to his conversational abilitieS—Sheridan softened
even attorneys by his flow of wit and humour—Moore,
,when in the vein, talks quite as well as he writes
—Profesgor Wilson, it is said, even, better—and we
all remember the panegyrics lavished by his contem-
poraries on the free and easy chit-chat of Ben Jon-
son. The truth is, a full mind must relieve itself in
some way or other; this is one of the primary neces-
sities- of its nature ; and conversation is the easiest
and pleasantest means it can adopt of pouring forth
its stores. Doubtless " a still tongue maketh a wise
head," but such wisdom is of the lowest order, being
nothing more than a man's own consciousness that
he possesses a dull, dry, unimaginative, and scantily
furnished intellect. Be sure that no one maintains a
reserved demeanour in company who has ought to say
worth listening to, unless, indeed, he has been a re-
cluse half his life. In nine case's out of ten, the pos-
session-of a faculty implies its exercise. We subjoin
from Military Tableaux" a graphic sketch of Napo-
leon as he appeared at the battle of Wagram :
" As the feeble remnant of our regiment was formed
in line, only fifteen yards behind.where he had stationed
himself, I was for several hours enabled to observe the
man who then wielded the destinies of Europe in lus own
grasp. He was surrounded by a numerous staff, and ,at=
tended by ten or twelve orderly officers; who, drawn kip
in line, stood motionless within reach of his voice. On
the right were the guards in close column, and with ordered
arms; their artillery was on their right. As we were
nearest the Emperor, we looked upon ourselves as his
personalguard on this occasion. He wore, as usual, his grey
great-coat over the plain uniform of the chasseurs of his
guard; rode a small white Arabian, and held a light
riding-whip in his hand. His face, while we could ob-
serve him, betrayed none of the emotions he might be
supposed to feel at such a time, but seemed perfectly
calm and collected. lie listened quietly and attentively
to the reports brought him, and issued all his directions
in iK shnilfir.manner. If he had an order to send, he
called loudly, Officer d'Ordonnande;' when the orderly
officer-who lapelled to be on the right of the line, in-
stantly came forward as first for duty; Having given
his order in a slow and deliberate manner, the Em
peror
added, ,Repetez.' If the officer had not seized the exact
meaning of the words, he repeated them over again, add•
ing, as before, Repetez :' if satisfied that their import
was fully understood, he briefly said, Allez,' and the
officer instantly started off at the best speed he could
command. • That under the empire French horseman-
ship was as indifferent as ungraceful is sufficiently well
known to all who recollect the French cavalry of the
period.
" By'clegrees our station ceased to. be secure; from
the first, and as long as the battle, though raging fiercely
along the whole line, had remained stationary, we had
received an occasional shot from the - batteries near
Wagram, which lay exactly in our front. The success,
of the Austrian right wing, however, brought us shot
from.tee,left; and they continued to advance even from
the very rear. Several shot struck among the guard
and round the ground on which the Emperor was sta-
-1 tioned; but he never moved from a post whence he hid
the whole battle-scene spreadiont like a panorama before
him. He was, indeed, as little disturbed by the reports
from his marshals as by the shot of the enemy: the
news that '.the Austrians had turned the left wing of
the army,' that they had defeated the corps stationed
to protect the bridges,' seemed to make little impression
on him; though it greatly disquieted the officers of his
staff. Only once I observed a striking change in his
manner. He had desired an orderly offieerotrops;,
up the sixty pieces of light artillery of the guard, and
the forty extra pieces attached to the same c
as they did not immediately arrive, he rode impatiently
along, our front, striking his boot with the riding-whip,
and repeatedly taking snuff."

THE ARTISTS' GENERAL BENE-
VOLENT INSTITUTION•

The Twenty-ninth Anniversary Dinner of this ex-
cellent institution took place on Saturday evening, at
the Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen-street, when
upwards of 200 gentlemen sat down to dinner.
Sir R. H. Inglis., M.P., presided. The dinner was of
the most excellent description, and the viands, of
which there was no scarcity, vied with all former at-
tempts of the proprietor of this establishment to give
satisfaction.

Sir R. Inglis and the members of the Committee
entered the spacious hall about half-past six o'clock,
immediately upon which the demolition of the good
things of this life commenced.
The cloth having been withdrawn, the Benedictus
was sung in excellent style by Mr. T. Cooke, Master
M'Dermott, and Messrs. Hawkins and Broadley.
The health of the Queen was then drank with four
times four, amid great cheering.
The CHAIRMAN then proposed the "Health of the
patron of the institution, Prince Albert."—(Cheers.)
He believed that his Royal Highness was not only
one of the patrons of the arts, but was one of the
most enlightened artists of the presentday.—(Cheers.)
" Lon)i life to the Queen and the Princes"
The CHAIRMAN then proposed the " Health of the
QueenDowager."--(Cheers.) Her Majesty, from the
first to the present moment, had exhibited the
proudest specimen of every domestic and social virtue
—(Cheers)--and since she had been withdrawn from
public life by .a calamity that all must deplore, she
had shown herself the most strenuous supporter of
every charitable institution throughout the country.
—(Cheers.) There was no case of misery ever came
before her Majesty that she did not immediately
take into consideration, and give relief.
The toast was drank amid much cheering, with three
times three and one cheer more. _

The CHAIRMAN then proposed the " Health of his
Royal Highness the Prince of Wales and all the
Royal Family." He trusted that what the Edwards
had achieved in war would be an example to his
Royal Highness in later times to adopt by the means
of peace.—(Cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN then proposed the " Army and
Navy," whioh was most enthusiastically drunk, amid
great cheering.
The CHAIRMAN then proposed the next toast, which
might be considered the toast of the evening—" The
prosperity of the Artists' General Benevolent Insti-
tution."—(Great cheering.) It was perhaps pre-
sumptuous on the part of one who appeared for the
first time among them to attempt to state the merits
of the object they had in view; but when he re-
collected that out of 8,6001. a-year they had relieved
860 cases of distress, he could not but feel grateful
and delighted at the course they were pursuing.
From the funds they had obtained they had in fact
relieved poverty and distress.—(Hear gear.) The
present institution was not one of those' whiciff
supported by the great body of the people' but it was,
kept up pre-eminently by the artists of England—
(Cheers)—and such being the case, they, had not
only a claim on those who were the supporters of the
arts in England, but on those who supported them
abroad.—(Hear, hear.) While this institution had
been enabled to give so much relief, it had considered
not only the case of the receiver, but the giver.—
(Cheers.) The instances which he had brought
before that meeting he hoped were sufficient to prove
that the institution ranked high among the institu-
tions of the country. The Hon. Gentleman con.
eluded by proposing the toast, which WAS drunk amid
much cheering.
Mr. H. S. THORNTON proposed the next toast,
which was " The Health of the Chairman." It had
been his happiness to know the Hon. Gentleman from
his earliest infancy, and, from that time to the
pre-
sent, he had ever found him a supporter of the 1~ hie
Arts.—(Cheers.) The toast was then given, and
drank amid loud plaudits.
Sir R. INous returned thanks, and, in doing so
passed a high eulogium upon Sir Martin Archer Shee,
whose health he proposed, and which was drank most
enthusiastically:
The following toasts were also proposed and drank
—" The Commissioners for Protecting the Fine
Arts;" " The Oritish Institution, aid other Societies

established for the Promotion of the Fine Arts ;"
" The Artists' Annuity and Benevolent Fund ;" " The
Vice-Presidents, Treasurer, Directors, Honorary Se •
cretary, and Officers of the Institution ;" The
Ladies ;" " The Stewards and the Stewards elect."
We cannot conclude this notice of the dinner
without expressing our admiration of the manner in
which the musical department was conduct-!d. It is
only necessary to mention that Mr. T. Cooke, Mr.
Hawkins, Mr. Hobbs, Mr. Broadley, Miss Alley-
maine, and Master M'Dermott, were engaged.
Sir R. ThQrrs, before quitting the chair, stated
that the subscriptions for the institution amounted to
upwards of 5001.—(Cheers.)
The Chairman having retired, the hilarity of the
meeting was kept up to a late hour.
The following were some of the most important per-
sons present : —T. Phillips, R.A. T. Uwins, R.A.,
P. Hardwick, R.A., C. Barry, R!.A., Charles Land-
seer, A.R.A., Thomas Webster, A.R.A., Thomas
Creswick, A.R.A., Sir W. Ross, R.A., P. M'Dowell,
A.R.A.., C. R. Cockerel!, R.A., , W. Tite, Andrew
Robertson, W. Brockedon, H. Corbould ; and, among
those who may be classed as subscribers, we have
been enabled to collect the following :
British Institution, fourth donation, 501.
Sir George Hayter, fourteenth donation, 10/.
Richard Cook, Esq., R.A., eleventh donation, 5L ss.
Robert Burtield, Esq., 51. ss.
Sir G. T. Staunton, 51.
Lord Bexley, third donation, 5/.
Sir John Swinburne, thirteenth donation, 10/.
Duke of Sutherland, eighth donation, 101. 10s.
Duke of Northumberland, twelfth donation, 10L 10s.
Benjamin B. Cabbell, Esq., nineteenth donation, 5L ss.
Lady Chantrey, third donation, 20L
T. Phillips, Esq., R.A., twenty-sixth donation, 5L ss.
J. H. Mann, Esq., sixteenth donation. 51. ss.
Sir W. Ross, R.A., fourteenth donation, 5/. ss.

Geo. Jones, Esq., 8.A., twenty-second donation, 51.55.
C. R. Cockerell, Esq., R.A., twentieth donation, Si. ss.
Sir M. A. Shee, P.R.A., nineteenth donation, 5/. ss.
S. Jones Loyd, Esq., third donation, 101.
W. Wyon, Esq., R.A., sixth donation, 51. ss.
H. S. Thornton, Esq., 10/.
Charles Barry, Esq., R.A., sixth donation, 51. SS.
Henry Graves, Esq., seventh donation, Si. ss.
In this list we have doubttess omitted many valu-
able contributors.

The meeting then adjourned, after spending a most
delightful evening. We must not forget to say that
the arrangements on behalf of All parties were ex-
cellent.

RAILWAY BUSINESS IN PARMA-

M ENT.
FRIDAY, MARCH 29.
Guildford Junction Railway Bill; read a third time and
passed.
Norwich and Brandon Railway Bill, read a third time and
passed.
Midland Railways Consolidation Bill, report considered,
amendments agreed to, and Bill to be engrossed.
York and Scarborough Railway. Bill, read a third time
(Queen's consent signified), and Bill passed.
Delabole and Rock Railway Bill, •rder for reading the Bill
a second time read and discharged, and Bill withdrawn.
Delabole and Rock Railway, No. 2, reports from Select
Committees on petitions for private Bills and on Standing
Orders read, and another Bill ordered to be brought in by
Sir John Yarde Buller, Mr. Pendarves, and Mr. Trelawny..
Newquay Harbour ind Railway Bill reported, and re-com-
mitted to the former Committee.

Taff Vale Railway Bill, read a second time, and committed
and referred to the Committee of Selection.

South-Eastern, Canterbury, Ramsgate, and Margate Rail-
way Bill, reported, and report to lie on the table and to be
printed.

FATAL ACCIDENT at CAMBRIDGE.
Every one who. recollects the chief circumstance which
caused the death of his Royal Highness the lite Duke of Or-
leans will be struck with the -similar nervousness displayed
in a melancholy accident which has just occurred at Cam-
bridge, and which had an equally fatal .termination. On
Thursday Mr. Edward Jones Fox, of St. John's College, and
a son of Dr. Fox, of Rristol, was driving a phaeton and pair
along the Trumpington-road, in which were three of his
friends, when on coming near the stone bridge the horses
began to pull too strong for him. He attempted, instead of
pulling them in gradually, to stop them by a sudden and
powerful check, for which purpose he put his leg across
the reins; whilst he was in the act of doing so the reins
broke, and the horses made off at full speed. Mr. Fox
leaped unfortunately from his seat, and fell to the ground.
The other gentlemen kept to the carriage and managed
by degrees to stop the horses. Colonel Glover and his son
were walking on the road at the time of the accident,
and came up to Mr. Fox, who they thought had landed
safely on his feet at first, although he instantly fell to
the ground. They raised him up, and- perceived there
was 'a profusion of blood where his head had lain for the mo-
ment. He walked for a few paces, and declared he could not
go on any further, and they laid him down by the bank on
the way side until further assistance arrived. Mr. Bailey
Turner, a surgeon, coming up at this time in his gig, the
-Unfortunate gentleman was placed alongside of him, and con-
veyed towards Cambridge, with the intention of stopping
at the hospital. He became, however, unmanageable, from
the strong convulsions into which he fell, and he succeeded
in throwing, himself over the wheel. He was then taken
into the house of Mr. Walters, architect, where he was
put to bed and attended to. Dr. Haviland and Messrs.
Sudbury and Johnson, surgeons, afforded every medical as-
sistance, but in vain ; he expired at eleven o'clock the same
night. An inquest was held on Friday, before Mr. Cooper,
the Coroner of the town, when it appeared that the names
of the gentlemen who had been in the phaeton on the
occasion, and who luckily escaped unhurt, were Watson,
Dobson, and Gordon. The first-mentioned had endeavoured,
but in vain, to assist Mr. Fox in restraining the horses in
the first instance, by pulling the rein next himself. It
was then that Mr. Fox, determining to pull in at any
risk, and put his leg across the reins, met with the melancholy
accident which occurred. Mr. Charles Davis, landlord of
the King's Head, the owner of the horses, as well as his
ostler, George Trace, were examined, and from their evi-
dence, it appeared that the harness was good and service-
able, and that the horses had been constantly driven, both
is single and double harness, without any accident ever
having taken place with them. The dreadful occurrence
took place between three and four o'clock, and it appears by
Mr. Sudbury, the surgeon's, evidence, who saw deceased
about a quarter of an hour after he fell, that a collapse of a
Couple of hours took place, when a re-action followed, and,
with the 'consent of all the medical men present, he was
bled. Mr. Sudbury, in continuation, stated that, for the
next hour, he seemed to improve—his breathing was better,
but there was no return of consciousness. He remained in
much the same state till about half-past ten, becoming
gradually worse during that time. There was afterwards a
great hemorrage from the nose; the discharge continued
from the ears. Death was caused by a fracture at the base
of the skull, producing compression of the brain. Witness
attended him some time ago, and. he fancied that he had
a disease of the heart, which was, in witness's opinion, ima-
ginary. The deceased was of a nervous temperament. The
coroner was of opinion, with respect to the amount of a
deodand, that no blame whatever, was attached to Mr. Davis,
or to any one in his employment; in fact, he was not pre-
pared to say, that there should be any deodand, as the acci-
dent resulted, not from the horses becoming affrighted, but
fright of the deceased, and his having jumped out. In ac-
cordance with this opinion the jury returned a verdict,
" That the deceased, being frightened at the breaking of the
reins, threw himself from the phmton, and falling on the
ground, received a concussion of the brain, from which injury
he died." The inquest was attended by a great many mem-
bers of the University, friends of the deceased, who was an
exceedingly promising, generous -hearted, and amiable young
than, and universally beloved and esteemed by all who had
the pleasure of his acquaintance. It might have been deemed
a strange circumstance that one of the best drivers of his age
in England should have evinced such want of tact and pre-
sence of mind on such a trying occasion, had not Mr. Sud-
bury, his medical attendant, testified to the fact of his nervous
temperament.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
BLACKBURN STEEPLE CHASES—TxtrasDAv.
Sweepstakes of 15 sous. each, 5 ft, with 100 added; 12st each

Three miles.

Mr. Ward's Commodore (Mr. Loft) 1
Captain Bradley's The Romp 2
Four others were not placed.
Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, h ft,, 70 added. Heats, one mile
and a half.

Mr. Bretherton's Marengo, aged (Owner) 2 1 1
Mr. Hollinshead's Little Peter 1 0 4
Mr. Hornby's Paul Pry, 5 yrs 3 2 2
Mr. Loft's Ovid, 5 yrs 0 3 3
A Sweepstakes of 3 sovs. each, p.p., with 15 added, llst
each, one inile and a half, was won by Mr. Crofton's Fair
Penitent.

MALTA, MARCH 17.—MELANCHOLY AFFAIR.-011
Thursday week last the English brig Chieftain, Captain
Reay, arrived here from Spalatro, bound to Hull, with a cargo
of bones. The object of her putting in here was to be enabled
to change her crew, by the advice of her Majesty's Consul at
Fiume, they being in a high state of insubordination, as also
to obtain a legal opinion as to the consequences of a fatal
circumstance which recently occurred, in Which the captain
is the actor, and of which the following is a narrative :
Whilst loading at Spalatro the crew, which had been on
shoie, returned in a state of intoxication. Between ten and
eleven P.M., the master was aroused by the carpenter (a man
byithe bye of very questionable respectability, who requested
his immediate attendance on deck to silence the people who
were in a state of mutiny. Reay put a pair of loaded pistols
into his pocket and went on deck. Here the circumstance,
which cost a man his life, becomes involved in obscurity.
The carpenter, the only person who appears to have the
slightest knowledge of the fact, himself one of the principal
rioters, swears that the captain levelled his pistol at the cook,
and shot him. The captain was arrested and tried, and
though not positively acquitted, the proceedings were, ac-
cording to the law of Austria, suspended, for want of suffi-
cient evidence, and the man released from durance. The
,question is, will the criminal courts at home take cognizance
pf this offence? Of ourselves we are unable to answer the
quistiofi, but should lean to the opinion that the nnhappy
man has nothing to fear, even if they should do so; for it is
a remarkable fact, that the whole crew, although mutinously
disposed, declared, when on their oaths, that the treatment
experieaced by them from Reay on every occasion was
kind and indulgent—thus leading to the conclusion that
the unfortunate tragedy was purely accidental. The vessel
has sailed for Hull.

NAVAL INTELLItrENC:.
Poncswoum, 11.Lincit 30.—The Admiralty yacht Black
Eagle, Mr. S. B. Cook master-commanding, has been in the
harbour all the week, and rumours have been industriously
circulated, and generally believed, that her Majesty and
Prince Albert were coming on a visit to Cowes on Wednes •
Flay list. The rumour, of course, died with the day. It was
then reported that the Black Eagle Would remain iu this
harbour until the Lords of the Admiralty paid their usual
periodical visit of inspection to. this and. Plymouth Dock-
yard. All such reports, however, were put an end to this
evening by the Black Eagle ailing out .of harbour about five
o'clock a' having on board. the Right Hon. R. L. Corry,
one of the Lords of the Admiralty, and the rieti. S. Herbert,
Secretary to the Admiralty, with Captain Brandreth. They
proceeded from this part to Cowes, for the purpose of select-
ing a spot for the erection of a pier for the accommodation of
her Majesty on the beach at Osborne; from Cowes they will
proceed to Llevonport on a visit of inspection to that dock-
yard, and ultimately to Holyhead, to facilitate the accelera-
tion of the Irish mails.
By the new naval regulations masters in the Royal navy,
prior to being appointed to situations in the Royal dock-
yards, are to be promoted to the rank of commanders. Sir
Joseph Douglas, master, will be among the first 'promoted,
and appointed Master-Attendant of Deptford Dockyard, as a
reward for his distinguished services whilst in command of-a
merchant-ship at the commencement of the war with China,
and for which the honour of knighthood was conferred upon
him by her Majesty. -
The Collingwood, 80, sister to the Vanguard, was docked
on Tuesday to have her copper cleaned and be got ready for
her pendant. ,She has discharged some of her ballast. and Is
already fitted as an advanced ship; her cabins, &c., are all
fitted, and she will be commissioned in the early part of
May. Captain Henry Eden is appointed to the command of
her.. Captain Eden was flag-captain of the Impregnable, 104,
under Sir Graham Moore, when . Commander-in-Chief at
Devonport.
The Pestonjee Bomanjee, transpoit, Lieutenant W. Still,
agent, arrived on Tuesday from .the West Indies with the re-
maining companies of the 59th Regiment (six officers, 267
men, 23 women, and 38 children), under the command of
Captain Boughty. The Pestonjeeßomanjee left Spithead on
the 21st of January, and made the voyage to l3arbadoes and
back in somewhat less than two months. She came into
this harbour on Wednesday, and landed her troops at the
Royal Dockyard, whence they immediately marched to Fort
Cumberland, there being insufficient accommodation for
them in this garrison. Five of the soldiers died on their
passage home from dysentery, and several are still suffering
from the same complaint.
The Apollo troop-frigate, Commander William Maclean,
arrived at Jamaica on the 22d of February, in 30 days from
Gibraltar, haVing on board the 48th Regiment. After land-
ing them at Kingston, she was to embark the 2d battalion
of the Rifle Brigade for Quebec, whence she would bring home
the 68th Light Infantry to this port. The West India squa-
dron were lying at Port Royal on the 23d of February, and
consisted of the Illustrious, 72, Captain Erskine, flag of Vice-
Admiral Sir Charles Adams, K.C.8., Commander-in-Chief;
the Imaum, 72, Commodore Sharpe, C.B. ; the Spartan, 26,
Captain the Hon. C. Elliott; the Eurydice, 26, Captain El-
liott; the Hermes, 3, steamer, Lieutenant-Commander W.
Carr ; and the Helena, 16, Commander Sir Cornwallis Rickets.
The Helena was to proceed to Rio Janeiro, and thence to the
Cape of Good Hope.
The British Sovereign transport is ordered to the Cape of
Good Hope, Mauritius, and Ceylon, with detachments of the
12th, 27th, 90th, and 91st Regiments.
The Hecate steam-vessel, Commander Bower, will shortly
leave the river Shannon for the African coast. The steam
squadron consisted of the Stromboli, the Tartarus, the Comet,
and the Dwarf. Lieutenant Chamberlain has assumed ,the
command of the Dwarf, vice Nicholls, drowned.
The Rhadamanthus steam troop-ship, 111‘Lean master, may
daily be expected on her way to Woolwich from Cork.
The Firefly steam-vessel is commissioned by Capt. F. W.
Beechy, for surveying service.
The Philomel, 10, Commander Sullivan, -on the 15th of
January was surveying near the Falkland Islands, crew all
well. It was expected she would remain there till June.
The Madagascar, 44, Captain Foote, is ordered home from
Ascension.

The Thames convict-ship, 42, is daily looked for at Spit-
head, on her way to Bermuda as a depot.
The Emerald tender returned on Wednesday from
Woolwich.

The Drake lighter arrived from Devonport on Thursday,
with stores.

The Nautilus, 10, Lieutenant-Commander Tringham,
sailed on Tuesday, to protect the fishery on the coast of Sussex.
The Vestal sloop, Captain Talbot, sailed from New York on
the 27th of February, destination unknown, supposed to be
Canton.

The Belleisle and the Rattlesnake troop-ships are on their
passage to England from China.
The Winchester, 50 ; the Cleopatra, 28 ; and the Pilot, 16,
were in Simon's Bay on the 18th of January, the latter going
t o China.

The Vindictive, 50, was at Callao on the 7th December.
The North Star,.2B, Capt. Sir E. Home, was gt Port Wel-
lington, New Zealand, on the 20th September. '
The Vernon, Capt. W. Walpole, came out of the Mediter-
ranean for England on the 15th inst.
The Iris, 26, Capt. Mundy, called at Madeira on the 19th
of February, on her way to China.
The City of Poonah, for Madras, is at Spithead, and will
sail on Monday.
In Harbour—The St. Vincent, the Victory, the Victoria
and Albert, the Pestonjee Bomanjee, and.the Echo and Fear-
less steam-vessels.

In Dock—The Prince Regent, the Rodney, the Athol, and
the Lily.

At Spithead—The City of Poonah.
DEVONPORT, MARCH 29.—Vice -Admiral Sir D. Milne,
Commander-in Chief at this port, has returned from leave, and
re-hoisted his flag on board the Caledonia, 120, on Thursday
morning.
The Tortoise store-ship, Commander Finlaison, was paid
advance on Thursday week, and sailed on Thursday for
Ascension, where she will remain. First-Lieutenant Stewart,
Royal Marines, has taken his passage in her for duty at that
island.

The Larne, 18, Commander Brisbane, sails on Thursday for
the coast of Africa.

The Devon lighter sailed on Saturday, with stores, for
Holyhead.
The Pluto steam-vessel, Commander Crozier, arrived on
Tuesday, to have her defects made good.
In Harbour—Caledonia, San Josef, America, Pluto, and
Confiance steamers, and Adventure transport.
In the Sound—None.
SHEERNESS, MARCH 29.—The Ganges; 84, is completed,
with the exception of coppering. She will go out of dock in
about a fortnight.
The Amazon, 42, was docked on Wednesday. She will
have her topsides cut down, and receive traversing guns fore
and aft.

The Speedy cutter, Commander George Beaufoy, has re-
ceived orders to refit, to relieve the Skylark on the northern
coast of Scotland.

The St. Lawrence (late Shannon), 46, was undocked on
Saturday, having been sized with the marine glue as an ex-
periment.
The Emerald tender arrived on the 22d, and sailed on the
25th instant.

The Raven cutter, Lieutenant-Commander John Stephen,
sailed yesterday for Plymouth.
The Fantome, 16, has been undocked at Chatham and
masted, and will be commissioned is a few days.
The Dtedalus, 42, was towed to Woolwich on the 22d,
where she is rapidly being cut down to a corvette ; numerous
hands are employed upon her ; she is ordered to be completed
with all dispatch, and is expected to be ready in about six
weeks.

The Cygnet brig is repairing in the North Dock.
The Vulture is not 'yet ready for commissioning.
Captain Superintendent Fisher is still confined to his resi-
dence, though sufficiently recovered to be enabled to carry on
the duties of the dockyard. _ _

In HarbourLEamPeTdown, Ocean, Raven and Speedy
cutters, and African steamer.

In Dock—Ganges, iEolus, Amazon, and Cygnet.
At the Nore—None.