The Sun.
London, England, 1845-03-26 00:00:00

spices here, which they took out of her yesterday ; she
bma also hides, rice, and sugar—the two latter will be
"t. There is no chance of getting the ship off. The
wind is south to-day (on the shore), and it is not ex-
reted that anything can be got out, the sea rolls in so

NAV AL INTELLIGENCE.
PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 25.—The Dublin, 50, Captain
Ttker, flag of Rear-Admiral Richard Thomas, late
Commander-in-Chief in the Pacific, arrived at Spithead
~,this. morning, where she brought up, and saluted the
Commander-in-Chief; Admiral Sir C. Rowley, with 17
The Dublin
was acknowledged by the flag-ship St. Vincent.
Gilled
Dublin left Valparaiso on the 23d of December,
Gilled at Rio on the 27th of January, and left on the Ist
of February. The crew manned yards on the Ada- iral
leaving
the ship this morning, and gave him three hearty
parting cheers. Having been fitted out here she will
most likely proceed to another port to he paid off. She
has been in commission nearly four years.
e sThe Dublin brings'the report that the Gorgon steam-
.l,(3°l), Captain Hotham, lung repaired at Rio the damages
sustained by being driven ashore at Monte Video,
ande was about proceeding to the River Plate to coin-
te her period of service, m hen she (the Dublin) left
I°. The Dublin has brought upwards of 150 invalids
froth, the squadron, and twelve boxes of specie, which
...sere landed and dispatched to the Back of England
'llB morning
The Collingwood, 80, Captain Smart, flog cf Rear-
Admiral Sir U. F. Seymour, C. 8., G.C.11., arrived at
Valparaiso, last from Rio, on the 15th of December.
Rear-Admiral Seymour immediately a--aumed the chief
command in the Pacific. We are informed that the
Collingwood,, in the passage from Rio to Valparaiso,
lung her main yard during a equall, while taking in
e mainsail in beating into the Falkland Islands. All
Well on board.
The Echo steam-vessel, with Mr. Brown, the Assistant-
Master Attendant of the dockyard on board, and the
Cornet steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander Pretyman,
Which went out im Sunday morning to render assistance
to it ship reported to be in distress, returned yesterday
!Truing; the latter without ha7ing discovered the cause
°at the alarm, and the former with the report that about
and three-quarters off St. Catherine's Point (at
1e back of the Isle of Wight), a Russian sloop, laden
with fruit from Lisbon, had stranded and gone to pieces
.--erew Fared.
The Sparrow ketch, Lieutenant-Commander Otter,
!Nat out of harbour to Spithead yesterday.
The Emerald tender went out yesterday with Captain
-Inohray, of the Victory, on board, to muster the crew
iMd inspect the Eagle, 50, Captain Martin, flag of Rear-
Admiral Inglefield. prior ta the payment of advance
wages. The Mercury tender embarked a portion of
.A.
tt,dmiral Inglefield's baggage at the Victoria Pier yes-
.tor.tlaY morning, and we believe the Admiral will join
Morrow, and sail either the same evening or on Thurs-
Morning, calling at Plymouth to endeavour to make
IV the complement.
• The Resistance, 42, troop- ship, Commander Patey, ar-
;;yed this morning from Halifax, with a detachment of
the 74th Regiment on board, and a few invalids.
-;;_The Hecate steam-sloop, Commander Bower, late from
Cork, was taken al,,egside the dockyard jetty yesterday
morning to fit for Mediterranean service.
The Neptune, 120, has had her mainmast taken out
and transferred to the Hibernia, and having been supplied
with a new one, she was hauled out of the basin and taken
° her moorings yesterday. The Neptune is now finally
4,1
Mneed for the pendant.
- The Victory, 104, Captain Moubray, flag of Rear-Ad-
:4ll. Hyde Parker, C. 8., is undergoing a refit in her
rigging, her late gear having been in use upwards of
eight
years. The Court-martial ordered to be held on
titi.iMpernumerary boatswain of this ship, for neglect of
&c., and which was expected to have taken place
Yesterday morning, is postponed, on account of the in-
-Isposition of Rear-Admiral Hyde Parker, who inva-
14t-
11 presides at. Courts-martial held at this port.
be shell practice from the Excellent upon the Swift-
was resumed yesterday morning, but the fog has
goon so thick to-day as to preclude the continuance of
the practice.
The Collingwood, 80 ; the Talbot, 26, Captain Sir T.
1). T. Thompson, Bart. ; the Fisgard, -12, Captain
' G" ~,atze ; and the Cormorant steam sloop, Commander
Gordon—were at Valparaiso when the Dublin left.
4,4,he Alfred, 50, Commodore Purvis ; the Crescent,
4;4 Lieutenant-Commander Hemsvvorth ; the Gorgon,
6'eam-sloop, Captain Hotham ; the Viper, 6, Lieutenant-
Commander Carter ; and the Linnet, 6, Lieutenant-
bnroniandee Dicken ; also, the French steam-frigate
initon (which towed the Dublin out) ; the American
ptigate Raritaro, 60, and brig Congress, 10 ; and the
pate
frigate Diana, 46, and brig
Were all Saniuga, 14—
at Rio when the. Dublin left. At which time
„ The Modesto, 18, Commander I3aillie, was cruizing in
the river Columbia.
The Thalia, 32, Captain Ilope, was at Mexico waiting
to embark freight for England.
r The
, Carysfort, '26, Captain the Right Hon. Lord W.
aq,11144, was in the Gulf of California. Ha-
b. he Salamander, steam-sloop, Commander A. S.
-411411 Was at Otaheite.

THE EASTER HUNT.
The Easter hunt with the Queen's stag-hounds, this
meson, was expected to have been a very uninteresting
cohf, not only from the extremely heavy state of the
sadden
for miles around Windsor, arising from the
fr,'en breaking up of the long-continued frost, but
th-oitthe great quantity- of rain which fell throughout
"ay preceding, Sunday last.
of ,Notwithstanding these gloomy forebodings, the morn
oh dlonday broke most favourable for the lovers of the
;114i., .and long before the appointed time for the meet
o - 't(Jke Common, not less than between 400 and 500
:PI-Mounted horsemen (including a great many
10., the officers of the 14 gitnents stationed at
f"rindsor, Hampton Court, and Hounslow, and several
great
the metropolis) had assembled on the heath. A
Zpt number of the neighbouring gentry and their fa-
it, 1 SI in their carriages, were also congregated in the
Lbsnlediate vicinity, while the pedestrians could not have
e-;nunted to less than between 3,000 and 4,000. The
th.t.brated clipper, Rob Roy, was selectedhose for
9
ofe day's sport, to the great disappointment ft, but
r% those only, who were mounted upon second or
but thitherd
kteveattie ; for, upon all former occasions, none
'lO. l's have been enabled to live with the Scot-
ton chieftain. Rob Roy, upon being uncarted on the
di pion shortly before twelve o'clock, took away in the
Wards
of the vicarage at Fulmer, üblin. to the left
;:_va.rds Hedgerley, and again back to the common,
Oere, upon being met and turned by the foot people,
kiting
away in right earnest at a tremendous pace,
king off Several of " the h•alf-guinea hacks," to Fulmer
to tu, up the high meadows, skirting Bulstrode Park,
tke edgerley, where he doubled to the right, crossing
; turnpike-road, and away to Stoney Dean, down the
Three; Households, into Chalfont St. Giles's, where he
.'`Vc soil for nearly a quarter of an hour, before he was
eo_lPPed out of a large pond ; thus giving a little
wel-
Z: breathing-time to many of the almost exhausted
Clig • Rob then again went away by the Vatch, on to
to res and Latimers, crossing Shepperfleld Common
tool_ ing's Langley, in Hertfordshire, where he again
has
refuge in a pond, at the back of the church, and
ktias there taken after one of the most gallant runs this
~t n, of upwards of two hours and three quarters, over
v. rust six-and-twenty miles of heavy country. over
of forty well-mounted horsemen were well up. at
I, ' fihish. The distance gone over, from point to point,
„2s the crow flies," was at least twenty miles. The
"411? throughout, was at a racing pace. The hounds,
eh went twelve miles to the meet., and were thirty-
tw '
tl: miles from the kennel at the take, returned to Ascot
vo amine evening, having traversed during the day up-
i
rds of seventy miles.
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SIR C. NAPIER.—The Earl of Ellenborouh having
,„ g
-"teraissioned Messrs. Hunt and Roskill, of Boncl-strheeeett,
teanufaeture the handle of a sword which he is a
`" Present to Sir C. Napier, G.C.8., Governor of Sinde,
!tit testimony of the high respect in which he
.hsol_d.s:shtleies
have been
of that gallant officer, his Lorti.t ip
11.
been carried out by those eminent goldstutt. s., under
• own immediate direction, and a most !..prlei tclaindde.eeflhoiei
Ia the result. The blade, which is straight,
Lnest Damascus steel, is double-edged, and exceedingly
arrl). The handle end hilt are of gold,
,tvices and legends. The legends
.are. h C.
X..", Earl of Ellenborough, to Rtajor•Geinierditelr:t
TulPier, Governor of Snide."—" Meanee-
-3 in ern-
-IZ'e motto of the Dia.:or-General also
d " appearsT be whole
I,,llsed characters, " Ready,
The resembles the swordsaoyfethreeaKitights Temlaire.
,-4,e sheath and belt, &c., are crimson embroidered
°",,,td, and ornamented with stare, resembiughtahvoeseheoanrdthae
tes, of Somnauth, of which the publich
handle. Al-
rug deal. There is a similar star on t
rug
this is a most elaborate and.spletnhadeidlass,at•
OLVE3 IN FRANCE.—One day in sword.
"'en and two women went from the hamlet of Ge-
eato
beuse to the church of St. Haon (Haute Loire) with a
forn,wheln child but to be christened. The ceremony per-
ceo, the y all set out on their return homebut stop
Podon theii way at a public-house to take some refresh
• The women afterwards, as the night was coming
le. and the ground was covered with. snow, walked on,
do4l'ing the men to follow them, which they promised to
41 48 soon as they had finished' their bottle. This was
I,°ll done and the- men started, but instead of over-
tth4-ing the'women, making the best of their way borne,
7 found their bodies and that of the infant, all dead,
:i ll horribly torn and and
bly a flock of wolves that
Comedown upon them.—Ga ignani's Messenger.
to A RUNAWAY STEAM-ENGINE.-011 Thursday
r
f 7u, the engifornemar. of a locomotive at the terminus
the A.rdrossan Railway, having to leave his engine
Ileinute, did so inadvertently when it was on half-cok.
c •
o his horror and amazement, he had scarcely turned
b. isbaelt upon it, when it started off towards Kilwinntng
at n/Teed which he could not overtake. The gate keeper
at Stevenston thinking it was a special train, made way
e
tw4l.,.it, although surprised that the customary signal of t
,Pstie was omitted to be given ; and away it sped at a
'giant pace towards the main line ; upon this it got with-
allot delay or obstruction, and turning towards Glasgow,
nßot stop till it reached the junction at the Kilmer-
t'ek branch, when want of steam, happily, compelled it
t!iett%.erplite,a,cdeist met with a train or other obstruction,
might have been disastrous. Fortu-
4lelL however, no worse consequence resulted than a
temporary delay in forwarding,the Fleetwood steamer's
Passengers from Ardrossan.— Glasgow Saturday Post.
LoirwenE LATE EXPLOSION AT iiLACKWALL. Mr.
- , the managing engineer of Messrs. Samuda's fac-
t', t against whom a verdict of manslaughter was re-
burned by the coroner's jury, has not as yet been appre-
isrldeal on the warrant which has been issued against
Vtin• It is, however, understood that he will surreneer
ta, sittingthe next of the Central Criminal Court to
, eire his trial, and several eminent engineers will
examined on his behalf. The trial is looked forward
'43 with much interest in the engineering world. The
Poor fellows who were removed to the London Hospital
lir still going on very favourably.