The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-03 00:00:00

Balance in favour of the Terrace Pier during the
month of July

57,563

Gross Number of Passengers
Of which,
To aad from Blackwall 253,474
To and from Hungerford Market ...... 1
Waterloo Bridge
Old Swan
Loudon Bridge
and other places through the P001...i

391,707

COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.
FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
COWES, AUGUST
ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELL IGENCE.I.
ARRIVALS.
July 26th—Resolution schooner, Duke of Rutland, from
Devonport and other ports ; Petrel cutter, Earl of Ilchester,
Southampton ; Fairy schooner, William Peareth, Esq.,
Sandgate ; Stormfinch yawl, Colonel Bowers, Southampton;
Amazon cutter, Sir John Walsh, Batt, Yarmouth.
27th—Galatea schooner, C. It. M. Talbot, Esq., M.P.,
Southampton ; Claude yawl, Thomas Gibson, Esq., M.P.,
London.
28th—Kestrel ketch, Commodore Earl of Yarborough,
Guernsey.
30th—Adelaide cutter, Sir Robert Gore Booth, Bart.,
Kingstown, Ireland; Ariel schooner; Almon Hill, Esq., Cher-
bourg; Georgian schooner, William Lyon, Esq., westward.
SAILINGS.

July 28th—Witch cutter, Henry Oglander, Esq., for Brest.
29th—Kestrel ketch, Commodore Earl of Yarborough, on
a cruise to the westward ; Corsair cutter, John Congreve,
Esq., ditto; Naiad cutter, John Quantock, Esq., ditto; Flirt
schooner, Sir B. R. Graham, Bart., ditto ; Noran cutter, Sir
Henry Bold Hoghton, Bart., for Dover.
31st—Intrepid cutter, Earl of Tyrconnel, for Portsmouth,
left for the season.
YACHTS AT AND ABOUT THE STATION.
Schooners—Ariel, Georgian, Brilliant, Camilla, Galatea,
Zephyretta. Cutters—Pearl, Sparrowhawk, Alarm, Hebe,
Emerald, Petrel, Reindeer, Whim, Nymph, Amazon, Osprey,
Ariadne, Ganymede, Maid of the Mist, Owen Glendwr,
Spider, Medina. Yawls—Claude, Breeze, Stormfinch, Eagle.
IN HARBOUR.
Hawk schooner, Aurora cutter, Therese cutter, Will-o% the-
Wisp cutter, Fairy schooner.
FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS THIS WEEK.
Lord Southampton, to South Parade • Marquis and Mar-
chioness of Blandford, to ditto ; Mrs. Amnstrong, to ditto ;
Captain George St. John Mildmay, to ditto ; Mr. George
Norbury, to ditto; Marchioness Wellesley, to Rosemount;
Lord Ernest Bruce, to Castle Terrace ; Lady James Graham,
to Belmore House; Lord and Lady Clonbrock, to No. 2 in the
West Cliff.
The harvest has commenced generally through the Isle of
Wight : the farmers are cutting and carrying.

STEAM NAVY of GREAT BRITAIN.
In September, 1841, there were 68 steam-vessels of all
classes in commission. On July 1, 1844, there were 89. In
September, 1841, there were 15 steam-vessels in ordinary;
in July last, there were 12. In 1841, we had 8 on the stocks ;
now, we have building 26. The amount of horse-power in
1841 and 1844 is as follows :

Sept. 1841.
In commission ...... 9,329
In ordinary
Building

July 1844.
13,941
3,167
9,526

3,791
ire these :

26,634

The steam-vessels building ai
Horse-power.
Terrible BOO
Avenger
Dragon

hiorse-power.
Niger . . 450
Odin 450
Gladiator 430

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Vulcan (iron)
Centaur ... ...... .... 540

Bulldog .. ... 420
Scourge

Sphynx
Sampson
Conflict .
Dauntless ... 450 Spitfire
Desperate .... 450 And six dispatch boats 900
The largest, the Terrible, is one-third built, and will be
launched before the close of the present financial year; the
Amphion, 36, is in a very forward state, as are the Dragon,
Gladiator (will be launched in six weeks), Sampson, In-
flexible, Scourge, Trident, Vulcan, the six small dispatch-
boats, and the Spitfire. The Bulldog has her keel laid down,
and will be launched at the end of the year. The Sphynx is
laid down, the Centaur has her timbers prepared, and the
frame of the Avenger is being cut out. The timbers of the
Conflict, Dauntless, Desperate, Niger, and Odin are partly
prepared and in course of preparation.

NUMBER OF SEAMEN AND MA-
RINES IN THE NAVY.
Some most gross and seemingly wilful misrepresentations
of the number of seamen and marines of the navy having
been made by parties whose positions might entitle them to
some degreepf credit, we have extracted from official sources
the following statement of the number of seamen and
marines voted during the last seven years :-
1837-38 Seamen
Supplementary 465
Marines .
1838-39 Seamen
Marines ••• 9,000
1839-40 Seamen
Marines - 9,000
1840-41 Seamen ••• .....
Marines
1841-42 Seamen .............. ••••
Marines
1842-43 Seamen
Marines
1843-44 Seamen
Marines
1844-45 Seamen
Marines
The following is a statement of the actual number of sea-
men borne on the navy books :-
Ist January, 1838
Ditto 1839 ...
Ditto lB4O
Ditto lB4l
Ditto 1842
Ditto 1843
Ditto 1844 ... 26,919
And from undoubted authority we find that the number
borne on the books on the Ist ult. was above 28,000, so that
with our decreased number of ships of the line, and, as sonic
unhesitatingly assert, our " decreased number of smaller ves-
sels," we have actually a greater force of seamen and marines
than in 1841, with the so-much-vaunted-of 26 sail of the
line.—Morning Herald.

ALARMING AFFAIR AT GIBRALTAR.—The late ar-
rival of the Gibraltar mail brings information of a most
alarming occurrence happening in the vicinity of that for-
tress, which has created the greatest sensation amongst the
residents. A Mr. Starkey, a merchant, much respected in
the town, was riding on horseback, in company with two
other gentlemen, near San Roque, when two mounted bri-
gands, armed to the teeth, rode up and stopped them. They
they directed Mr. Sarkey to follow them, and told his coin.•
panions to proceed on to Gibraltar, saying that if within
twenty-four hours the sum of 20,000 dollars was not sent to
them at a certain place, it would go hard with their friend
Mr. Starkey. They then rode off with their prisoner, and
the gentlemen lost no time in making for Gibraltar, and com-
municating the affair .to the military authories. Scouring
parties of the Carabiniers were promptly sent out in all di-
rections; but nothing was heard of the robbers or of their
captive until late in the evening, when a shepherd
adjoinings a te d
that he had seen three horsemen enter a
thicket
the Pine-wood. A strong body of military was quickly
dis-
patched to the spot, and by the troops surrounding t luspart
of the forest, the escape of the brigands was rendered im-
possible. They were at last discovered, and being called
upon to surrender themselves as prisoners, made a most de-
termined resistance. One was shot; and the other, having
an excellent horse under him, dashed his way through the
Carabiniers, and eventually escaped. To the surprise of all
Mr. Starkey was not in the least injured. It appears that one
of his sisters had recently been narried to a captain of the
Carabiniers, who has much distinguished himself in appre-
hending several of these daring ruffians, which no doubt in-
duced them to attack Mr. Starkey.
The Earl of Selkirk and suite were among the
passengers by the General Steam Navigation Company's
mail-packet Countess of Lonsdale, from Hamburgh, which
vessel brought the mail of Wednesday from that place.
The General Steam Navigation Company's favou-
rite steamer Magician, was again employed,on Thursday
last, to bring the Indian mail from Boulogne to Dover. She
landed the mail and about 50 passengers a little over two
hours after her departure from Boulogne.