The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-07 00:00:00

THE IRISH SQUADRON.

At the Cove of Cork, on the Ist instant —The Malabar,
72, Captain G. IL Sartorius, with the flag of Rear-Admiral
W. Bowles, C.B. ; Vernon 50, Captain W. Walpole ;
Volage, 26, Captain Sir W. Dickson, Bart. ; Pluto, 2, steam-
vessel, Lieutenant-commander W. P. Crozier ; Alban, 2,
steam vessel, Lieutenant••commander J. Jeayes ; Meteor,
2, steam-vessel, Lieutenant-commander George Butler ; Dee,
2, steam-vessel, Master-commander Thomas Driver; Cyclops,
6, steam-frigate, Captain W. F. Lapidge.
At Limerick—The Flamer, 6, steam-vessel, Lieutenant-
commander C. J. Postle ; Dwarf, steam-vessel, Lieutenant-
commander W. C. Chamberlain.
At Tarbert—The Fox, 42, Captain Sir H. M. Blackwood,
Bart.; Lynx, 3, Lieutenant John Thomas Nott ; Stromboli,
6, steam sloop, Commander Hon. E. Plunkett.
At Dingle—The Hecate, 4, steam-vessel, Commander J. P.
Bower.
At Bantry Bay—The Lucifer and Tartarus steam survey-
ing vessels.
Arpormirarr.—Commander Henry Broadhead (1641) to
the Collingwood.

It is said that the Hon. Sidney Herbert, at present
Secretary to the Admiralty, is to be the new Secretary at
War, in the room of Sir Henry llardinge, appointed Governor-
General of India.—Post.
Lord Ward, who is still on the Continent, at the
audit of his Lordship's Worcestershire estates, held at Kid-
derminster on Wednesday, returned tea per cent. to the
tenantry on their respective rents.
Yesterday morning the Lord Bishop of London
held a confirmation at Islington church. His Lordship, ac-
companied by the Rev. C. B. Dalton, M.A., arrived shortly
before eleven o'clock, and was conducted into the church by
the Rev. Daniel Wilson, the vicar; the Rev. J. Hambletou,
the Rev. R. Eden, the Rev. J. Haslegreave, the Rev. W.
Faulkner, and most of the clergy of the adjacent parishes.
The prayers of the church, and those specially appointed for
the occasion, having been read, the Right Rev. Prelate
ascended the pulpit, and delivered an appropriate and im-
pressive charge to the youthful candidates for the holy rite.
He then returned to the altar, where the confirmation was
proceeded with. Upwards of 300 young persons were ad-
mitted. This morning his Lordship held a con-
firmation at: St. James's! church, Piccadilly ; to-morrow at
St. Philip's church, Stepney •, on Monday next, the 13th inst.,
at the parish church of St. Marylebone; and on Wednesday,
the 15th inst., at St. Luke's church, Chelsea.
BRITISH AND FOREIGN SAILORS' SOCIETY:The
eleventh anniversary of this society, established for the pur-_
Crosby Han,
pose of affording spiritual and temporal relief to sailors
.o.f
every clime and creed, was held last night at
lied to the
Bishopsgate-street. David 'Wire, Esq.,
Asia, and
resi-
dent in some of the largest seaports of Europe,u
ch good had
chair. Several reports from missionaries owfatshee.asocksietya,,
America, were read ; which showed that
amongst whom religion and sobriety
statement showed that the
been wrought in the feelings and habitsreref thu:ae
able progress. The financial. ~ouril condition at
kninaugticcacul
scildascrs.,
funds of the society were not
191. 16s lon
3d. in
e treasurer's
present, there being only I.
werel9 entertained by the friends of
hands ;- but strong h
ofof the past years. The Rev.
year would exceed that any
0 's, -Rev. J. Bennett, &c., &c., made
J. Clayton, Rev.
J.
Morris,
on behalf of the society, and reeo-
the society that the a°mPesouutthat would be subscribed this
several eloquent sp
ithmtLhle,ollt)jecteEopf
AthßeTimnettNitTut,ioßnowkeur:
agreed to; after w
just been issued. It reports
meeting separated.
thet hs:isety of
'A D
alouFt
RioTnE
progressive
tr aT.I coTorriduasTnh
increasedieclo
celchnui
n-mi
tt
heen
travelling upon rail-
ways during the past year, only one serious accident of a
Midland
nature having taken place—that upon the North
averagertehpeo
rt past
erzybseoha ruotwnso fifteentt
h beinghighmi
le less s
Midland Railway, by which one passenger lost his life. The
number of passengers travelling on the sixty-six railways .
oo nf t duringshnedeath:gr.e24'TofhTisiit:ciuner ttyiiceoaontienynieo:nd
by railway travelling, and demonstrates in a most forcible
manner the advantages which have resulted from the progress
of scientific improvement in point of safety as welles of speed.
It is satisfactory, they report, to find that the number of ac-
cidents have been so small, and during the period consi-
derable retrenchments having been effected in the expendi-
ture of most of the companies, and there has been a tendency
to economise, by every possible means forced upon them by
a decline of their traffic during the late period of commercial
depression, and which, if not tempered by proper discretion
on the part of the directors, must, in many cases, have been
productive of danger. It was also satisfactory to find that
the number of accidents attributable to the misconduct or in-
experience of engineers and servants of the railway
compa-
nies,the
nor to defective arrangements on the part of vr
osof
-g
compa-
nies, was on the decrease. During the year teni; li
eral of rail-
railway had been examined by the inspectoruse
infermation
ways. The report contains much volumbio
upon the subject of railway statistic&
ALlCE.—Since
the finding of the remains of
DISCOVERY AT HANtrroN-CoURT P
an infant in the sewer at
Hampton-court Palace, further and most active investiga-
tionsart
o rt.
r o ions hild have
have been instituted, and ot
f p
e 1
a face, -c.of The horrible •
been discovered—a hand,
a p
no ordinary excitement
affair has, naturally enough, caused
in ;
and no doubt the strictest scrutiny will
continue, order to
trace the criminal—for that crime has been committed they
can be no doubt. .
CURIOUS COINCIDENCE.—(FTOIII a Correspondent.)
—The accidental juxta-position of individuals in Lon-
don is often very remarkable, of which
.an instance
ROW attracts considerable attention from pissengers
near the New Post-office, in'St. Martin's-le-Grand. On
the door of a house pointing to that building a large
brass plate shows the name of Dr. Curie—Mr. Robb, a
chemist, being the neighbour on one side, and Mr.
Death on the other—whilst Messrs. Graves and Son kerb
shop to receive customers in Gutter-lane, nearly op-
Posits. ..._