The Sun.
London, England, 1844-03-01 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH.-The' new' 90-gun ship Albion, Capt.
Lockyer, C.B, is ordered forthwith to proceed to Lis-
bon, to remain in the Tagus, for the protection of
British interests during the present disturbed state of
that country.
The Vernon, 50, Captain Walpole, after touching at
Gibraltar, from Malta, will come'direet to Spitbead,
and not to Lisbon, as reported. She Will be dismantled
at Sheernessr.
The America, 50, was com Missioned on Saturday at
Devoriport, intended to bear the flag of the successor to
Rear- admiral Thomas, C. 8., in the' Pacific. Captain.
the Hon. John Gordon. (brother to the Secretary for
Foreign Affairs) is to have 'the command of her.
.Letters from the Vindictive, 50, Captain Toup
Nicholas, of the 24th. October, from Callao, report nil
well, 'but expect to be detained- in the Pacific for some
time; owing to the jroceeclitigs of the French squadron
at the Society's Islands, whither the ship was hourly
e±pectod to depart, being held in instant readiness for
servlee, Rear-,:Admiral Thomas, C. 8., vas {it ,Valparaiso.
The ,transport , Vrince George,thiS harbour, is
under orders to proceed to Bermuda with part of the
20th Regiment, Parkhtirst Barracks, Isle of
Wright.

- The transport Pestonjee Bomanjee, Lieutenant Still,
agent, may .be shortly looked for from Barbadoes, with
the remainder of the 59th Regiment.
The Indus, 80, Captain Sir James Stirling, Malabar,
72, Captain. Sir George Sartorius, and steamer Vesu-
vius; Commander Ommaney, are ordered home from the
Mediterranean, to be paid off. •
A rumour is current that Vice-Admiral Sir-Prancis
Austen, K.C.8., of this neighbourhood, is to succeed Sir
Charles-Adam in the North American- and West India
command; and that the Hastings, 72, at this port, is to
be the flag ship, to relieve the Illustrious, 72.
The Scourge, first class steam-ship, is ordered to be
forthwith laid down in this dock-yard, and to be com-
pleted as soon as possible. The Daring, one-of the new
12 gun brigs, will be launched here in a few days.
The Volage, 26, Captain Sir William Dickson, Bart.,
was at Cork on the 21st inst., and was about to hoist the
flag of Rear-Admiral Bowles, C. 8., Commanding-in-
Chief on the Irish station.
The corvette Larne, -20, Commander Brisbane, has
returned to Devon port; to complete for foreign service.
It is reported the South American station.
The Lords of the Admikalty have ordered the follow-
ing ships to be built:—The Royal Sovereign, and the
Windsor Castle, three-deckeri, similar to the Queen ;
the St. Jean d'Acre, and the Marlborough, 90 gun ships,
similar to the Albion ; the Brunswick, and the Cressy,
80 gun ships. The Brunswick is to be upon the model
of the Vanguard, and the Cressy is to be built upon the
lines of the members of the late School of Naval Archi-
tecture. Four 50 gun frigates, similar to the Vernon,
are to be built ; they are to be named the Liffy, Are-
thusa, Shannon, and Severn.

We stated some time ago, with reference to the French
Transatlantic steam-vessels, that some of them would be
ready for sea early in the spring of the present year.
Such will be the case, and the French Government has
decided that the whole fourteen are to be manned, armed,
and equipped as vessels of war.
The Lords of the Admiralty have given instructions
that while the new-clasS brigs,are to be built upon the
lines or draft of the respective constructors, the specifica-
tion of the material and scantling of the several
vessels are to be all the same ; that the frame shall be
of oak, the beams of African timber, and the planking
of oak, larch, &c. Each vessel is to have the same corn.
plement of men, the same masts, yards, spars, sails,
rigging and stores, to carry the same weight and arma-
ment, and to stow the same quantity of water and pro-
visions as the others. The only difference that will be
made will be in the ballast, of which each vessel will
carry that quantity which its constructor may conceive
necessary to give his vessel, the proper stability. They
are all to be ready and ataunt by May.
The Firebrand, now at Portsmouth ready for commis-
sion, and the Vulture, now fitting at Sheerness, are con-
sidered the most perfect and beautiful steam vessels in
the service.

The Penelope, 22, steam frigate, Captain W. Jones,
and the Prometheus steamer, Lieut.-Commander Pasco,
left. Plymouth on the same day for the coast of Africa.
In consequence of the heavy gale from the westward, the
Prometheus was compelled to put into Falmouth, but
the Penelope contiaued her course down Channel, de-
spite of the weather.

We observe by the Liverpod papers, that Sweeny,
he American Banjo player, is performing at the Theatre
Royal to crowded houses; and although he has had several
imitators, the Liverpool public have shown they know how to
discriminate between original talent and paltry imitation.
NATIONAL ANIMALS' FRIEND SOCIETY.—This
praiseworthy Institution is going on prosperously with its
goodly cause. Messrs. Ratcliffe and Bailv, the zealous con-
stables'of the Society, have been very active 'during the past
week. They have prosecuted several cases of wanton cruelty,
and their active :energies have been highly appreciated by
the magistrates. The provincial secretaries' have also done
much in stopping the progress of badger-baiting, dog-fight-
ing, :_and .cock-fighting at Birmingham, Wolverhampton,
Worcester, Derby; Nottingham, and Richmond, Surre7, and
have ,held several large meetings for the purpose of dissemi-
nating the important objects of this benign Association.
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE.—On IVedneselay the annual
meeting of the Proprietors of University College, Gower-
• street, took place at the Lecture Theatre of the Institution ;
the Right Hon. the Earl of Auckland in the Chair The
Secretary read . the Report; which commenced with a state-
ment of receipts and ' ex. penditure for the past year. The
amount of feet received-from students in the Crollege was
7,221/. Bs. 4d. ; from the junior. school, &c., 4,445/. 13s. fid. -
from the hospital practice,- 2,469/. lbs.: ;• donations, 500/:
These and sundry other items, made the receipts of the year
22,354/. 18s. sd. On the side'of di; misements there, were—
Payments to professors, 5,023/. 16s. Bd.; payments to masters
in the junior school, 3,699/. 10s. Bd. ; to the hospital,
2,469/. 15s. ; ordinary payments on the College account,
3,5301. 9s. 4d. After deducting some other claims, there re-
mained in the hands of the Treasurer 555/. 2s. 9d. The
number of students for the year had been as follOws ;—ln the
faculty or inesUcine, 324; in the faculty of arts, 158; being
ten less than during the session 1841-2. In the junior
school there were 380 boys, being twenty-five less than
during -the session 1841-2. The amount of fees received had
been :—ln the faculty of medicine; 4,8271. 18s. 41-1. ; in the
faculty of arts, 2,399/. 10s. ; in the junior ~school,
4,4154 13s. 6d. Some chaps had been made in the pro-
RAILWAY
BUSINESS IN PARLTAMENT.—The follow- fessorshipe'during the year, in consequence of the retirement
of Professor Potter, and the death of Professor Kidd. The
big petitions for Bills have been reported, and ordered to be
brought in e—Yarinouth and Norwich—Guildford Junction—
credit•Of the College had. been well sustained at the Uni-
and the Furness Railways. The South .DevonMatichester versity, about
.three-fifths of the exhibitions, scholarships,
le e.
and Birmingham (M fiacclee e
Id and Peynton branches • eees having been, gained by students of University Col g
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Bolton and Preston (to incorporate with the North Union donation of 5001. had been received through Lord
Edinburgh and Glasgow—and the Leeds and Bradford, have Brougham.. - The. yon. Colonel Leicester. Stanhope sub-
mitted three resolutions, the object being the appointment of
each been read a first time:
ST. JAMES a person to
no - read- prayers datte nan the Scribeptinguresrequire daily in
The
the
S PALACE.—The noble suite of apart-
ments forming the State Rooms of St. James's Palace have College -compulsory dance . d.
third resolution affirmed that the College had failed to
been completely and splendidly furnished and embellished: realise the object fur which it was established, and that it
The appearance of the , throne-room is truly magnificent, was desirable to make it a family as well as a day school.
The hangings of tile throne are composed of rich crimson Mr. Hutton _and .Mr. Warburton, M.P., opposed the resolu-
sills velvet, superbly embroidered, and decorated with gold ;ion, which, for want of a seconder, fell to the ground. The
lace. s The window-curtains and draperies in the Queen's following noblemen and gentlemen were elected to fill the
closet . and the throne doom are made of " than de Verre," a various.. offices _ -for the ensuing year :—President, Lord
splendid damask, recently invented. The draperies are very Brougham. Vice-Fresident, the Earl of Auckland. Treasurer,
tastefully . designed, and arranged and interspersed wit John Taylor, Esq., F.R.S. Council—M. Clarke, Esq:, W.D.
crimson velvet: The seats are covered with crimson velvet, Christie,. Esq.," Earl Fortescue, James. Heywood, Esq., S. J.
and trimmed with' gold lace. The throne, the throne -chair, Loyd, Esq., James Thornely, Esq., M.P. Auditor—Thomaa
and stool, and all the richly carved window cornices, 'mould- Alers Henkel', Esq.
ings, picture and glass frames, the pier tables, sofas, and „ PAUPERISM s_ s .
.CFERISM IN MARYLEBONE.—It was stated yester-
chairs, and the general furniture, have been newly guilt, Th day; in e course of an inquest, that there were in Marylebone
The floors throughout the State apartments are covered with,
workhduse 2;165 persons, 300 of whom were labouring under
carpets of the Wilton, manufacture, having the arms. of Pigs
•• • • - •
land appropriately placed at the corners. It gives us great asthma, and 15 under acute bronchitis.
pleasure to add, that the whole of the
beautiful damasks, IMPROVEMENTS AT WINDSOR.—Mr. Tebbott, aue-
brocades, and velvets, are of British manufacture,. having tioneer to her Majesty, has just received instructions from
been made expressly by the Spitallields weavers during the the Commissioners of Woods and Forests to sell forthwith
winter, and may safely challenge comparison with any similar ' (preparatory to the ground being cleared to carry into effect
productions 'on the Continent
CAMBRIDGE, FEB. 28.—The following appointments the extensive improvements contemplated by the Crown) the
Whole of the materials of
her Majesty's Upper Mews, on the
have taken place :—The Rev. C. Tucker; M' .A. of St. Peter's
.Alban's-street, erected in the reign of
0 the Third. The Woods and Forests have recently
College, to • the rectory of Washford Itie. The Rev. NaS George westernsside of St.
thaniel Robert Dennis, 8.A., of Corpus Christi College, to purelfeeedseveral houses on the Castle side of Thames-street,
the rectory of East Blatchington, Sussex. The Rev. Edward - and are ins treaty for the purchase of many others in the same
I• - - hich will be razed to the ground, in order, ulti-
Franks Hodgson, M.A.,. of St. John's College,: to the rectory vicinity, i _,;4en part of the public thoroughfare, and
of Holton-cum-Beckering, Lincolnshire. The Rev. James mately, to i►.
, this;oto'ect the original plans contemplate'd by
Akroyd Beaumont, Ba., of Trinity College, to the perpetual t-1 to Fiah':3•ls'imit'it. It is expected that the now vacant
curacy of St. Marys. Quarryhill, Leeds. The Rev. George ,Georgeceor ground in Sheet-e:eeet, upon which formerly stood
Farley, M.A.,. of Trinity College, to the perpetual curacy sPlet by the Crown on long
of Cherhill, Wilts. The Rev. Thomas Westmorland, 31.A.,the 11 till LowerM ' Rill bey' o., , ews, wi..
Teases -for the erection Ch .4 crescento
Windsor.rs "ra
ffi t te
of Sidney -College, to' the vicarage of Sandal Magna, near - buildi."S
Wakefield. 'houses, no* so lima in request in the toss" of
a third. edi-
.
T . W n my. iiiarts..—We
"understand ilia,:
tit liousinoln Titoors.=This- day the . Hottse- :
hold Brigade of Infantry will change their quarters. The on of the Issesio, e , or, the
Lion new historical romance of " Wh. ,
2d battalion of Grenadier Guards will march from Portman,. Days of Charles the Second," is in the press, and will be i
liepub-
street to St. George's-barracks ; the 3d battalion from Wind-d immediately. •
sor to the outquarters—viz., the headquarters, consisting of j 'tilE NEW ROMANCE, " CHATSWORTH," EDITED
7 sergeants and' 200 rank and file, to St. John's-wood ;4 BY THE AUT/1011 OF "4 TREMAINE," AND "DE VEIE."--7:
sergeants and 67 rank and file to Kensington ; 2 sergeants " Every one will read 'Chatsworth,' for it is a work 80 novel
and 60 rank and file to the Magazine Guard; 2 sergeants 'in its design, so excellent in its general execution, as to be
and 48 rank and file to Buckingham Palace; 4 sergeants and certain to make :an 'impression upon the public mind. A
100 men 'to St. George's-barracks; and 2 sergeants and 60 party of fasbionables are assembled by the noble owner of
rank and file to Wellington-barracks The Ist battalion of Chatsworth to partake of its festivities. In the descriptionc art
the Coldstream Guards will march from-Wellington-ban-asks the natural beauties Of the surrounding scene, and in
tQ the,
and the 2d battalion from the out-qUar- • drawing of the, portraits of the various guests, theowleilfrer
ters to the Wellington-barracks. 'The 2d battalicn of the evinces equal appreciation of Abe picturesque and knowledge
Scots'descriptions
Scots' FUsilier Guards will march from St. George's-barracks 'of character. I-Ie mingles brilliant and poetic
or
ld cane ntie
for Windsor. On Wednesday next the Ist battalion of the ! nuxlern,:lifeoseenes, and characters, wituktiti
leie ideal beauty
Grenadier Guards will move from the Tower, and will be re- ! stories of past times, lie blends in one work the natUre of
lieved by the Ist battalion of Scots' Fusilier Guards from .of Tiee4 4.he Rver-fresh simpOeiV.a"."• of the manners of
Winchester. tions
Boceacio, and the sparkling descriptions
.
siour sosel e. tielete ' eve - wokder, '' )
INDIGENT BLIND VISITING SOCIETY.-,-dier most this age of Mrs. Gore,al)l,l4!t"./pfrit'4 , de-
Graciouss-
Majesty the Queen-has-just patronized this excel- • light, .and adesiretioes'. (Au?:
ssie' the promenaders
ir• William Farrell wes sums s
lent charity,in the true settee of tbeword, bY,contributing a . -'- •
.;
tre t 'vestekday. It will gratify the. admirers of
donation of 50/. to its funds, We are enabled to state that. he
lii Rege.*. allodc:ariist to learn that ;he appears to have ree
objects 'and claims .of the ohs* `were brought ends/ the ! this tin". a health. - • • •
.., 1 gained his Usn _ • • ,• - -
.. Queen's notice by her Majesty's Royal Consort-- '''. ' • PI

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY.
CHESTER CUP.
14 to 1 agst Mr. T. A. Milbank's Sir Robert-16 to 1
taken once
- 16'to 1 agst Mr. Sharratt's The Prior—taken
18 to 1 agst Mr. Collett's Cattonite—taken
18'to 1 agst Col. Craddock's*Pagan
20 to 1 agst .Mr. Tuting's Tacita—taken
20 to 1 agst Mr. Rtephenson's Freedom—taken
25 to 1 agst Mr. Gough's Greenfinch—taken •
• 25-to 1 agst Lord Westminster's Martyr—taken
25 to 1 agst Mr. Dawson's Merry Andrew
30 to 1 agst Lord Eglintoun's Jamie Forest—taken
30 to 1. agst Mx. Lovesay's Testatrix—taken
.30:to 1 Agst Mr. D. Cook's What-40 to 1 taken once.
Very little. done, except on Tacita.
p uturr.
3 to 1 agst The Ugly 'Buck and Rattan—taken to a
small sum
1,000 to 50 agst Forth's lot, bar Leander—taken
500 to 400 agst ScOtt's,'Jolin Day's, Mid llogeth
11-to 2 agst Mr. John Day's The Ugly Buck • • ' '
13 to 2 agst Mr. Crockford's Rattan—take 7 to 1 -
15 to 1 cgst Col. Peel's Orlando—taken
20 to 1 agst Lord Maidstone's Cockamaroo—taken
28 to 1 agst Mr. A.Wood's Running Rein-30 to It. twice
80 to 1. agst Col.. Peel's lonian
30, to I agst Mr. Quin's Loadstone
33 to 1 agst Sir G. Heathcote's Campunero
40 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Saddlebow
40 to Ingst Mr. Payne's Vat colt
50 to I agst Mr. Thornhill's Apprentice
1000 to 15 agst, Mr. Sadler's Johnny Broome—taken
.1000 to 10 agst Mr. Balchin's Vicarage colt
OAKS. •
11 to 1 agst Mr. Gregory's Barricade—taken