The Sun.
London, England, 1844-10-21 00:00:00

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The following table shows the list of killed and
wounded on board each vessel :

Killed. Wounded.)
Victory 57 102
Temeraire 47 76

Killed. Wounded.
I Belleisle 34 96
Mars.. 29 69
Tonnant 26 5O
Bellerophon ......27 123
Colossus 41 160
Achille l3 59
Dreadnought 7
Revenge 28 5l
Swiftsure
Defiance 17. .d. 53
Thunderer 4 .. 12
Defence
Killed 448—Wounded 1,240

Neptune 10 34
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Le.7iathan 4 22

Britannia lO 42'

Conqueror 3 9
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Africa 18 44

Agamemnon `, 7
Ajax

Orion 1 23
Minotaur ... 3 ... 22

Spartiate
Royal Sovereign 47 94

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 20.—The Firebrand, 8, steam-
frigate, Captain Corry, and the brigs forming the expe-
rimental squadron, together with the St. Vincent, 120,
the Caledonia, 120, and the Queen, 110, are expected to
leave Spithead to-morrow, after the departure of her
Majesty and Prince Albert on their cruise of exercise
and experiment, it is reported between the coast of Por-
tugal and the Western Islands. If the Albion, 90, Com-
modore Lockyer, should be fallen in with, she will join
the squadron, the whole under the command of Rear-
Admiral W. Bowles, C. 8., who hoisted his flag (blue at
the mizen) yesterday morning on board the Caledonia,
and saluted that of Admiral Sir Charles Rowley by 15
guns, which the St. Vincent replied to by 11 guns. This
appointment, we believe, will not interfere with the re-
tention of the seat of the 'gallant Rear-Admiral at the
Admiralty Board. All Captains and Commanders on
the half-pay list desirous of witnessing the experimental
trial sailings may join either of the above three-deckers,
and be victualled on the ship's establishment for the
cruise (two or three months) by Admiralty order.
The Black Eagle, Admiralty steam yacht, Master-
Commander S. B. Cook, went out of harbour yesterday
about one o'clock, with Sir W. Gage and another mem-
ber of the Board of Admiralty on board. This splendid
vessel went round the fleet at Spithead, and made for
Cowes, reported to dine at Osborne house with her Ma-
jesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert. The Admi-
ralty flag was hoisted on board.
The Daedalus, 16, is commissioned at Woolwich by
Captain Peter M`Quhae, 1835.
The Scourge steam sloop is being rapidly expedited
for launching, and it is beheved will be got afloat next
month.

The Albion, 90, Commodore Lockyer, left Gibraltar
on the 6th inst. for Lisbon, to await the arrival of the
experimental squadron from Spithead.
The Alfred, 50, Commodore Purvis, arrived at Rio
from Monte Video on the 9th of July, and was anchored
there on the 25th. _ _ _ _

The America, 50, Captain the Hon. John Gordon, ar-
rived at Rio from Plymouth, last from Madeira, on the
31st of July.
The Ardent steam-sloop, Commander Russell, left
Rio for Ascension on the 27th of July.
The Fox, 42, Captain Sir H. Blackwood, Bart., ar-
rived at Rio from Tangiers on the 24th of August.
The Hyacinth, 18, Commander Scott, was at St. He-
lena on the 27th of August, replenishing water.
The Hydra, 4, steam-sloop, Commander Young, left
St. Helena on the 26th of August to refit.
The Pique, 36, Captain the Hon. M. Stopford, arrived
at Quebec from Halifax on the 19th of September with
a detachment of the 52d on board. _ . _

The Stromboli steam-sloop, Commander the Hon. E.
Plunket, arrived at Cork on the 12th inst.
The Dolphin, 3, left Rio on a cruise on the 23d of
August.
The Racer, 16, Commander A. Reed, was at Bahia on
the sth ult.

In Harbour.—Victory, Excellent, Nautilus, Comet,
Dwarf, Locust, Fearless, Echo, and Eclair.
In Dock.—Neptune, Prince Regent, Vindictive, Athol,
and Scourge.
At Spithead.—St. Vincent, Caledonia Queen, Fire-
brand, Cruiser, Daring, Osprey, Flying Fish, Mutine,
Espiegle, Pantaloon, and Waterwitch.
DEVONPORT, OCT. 18.—COURT-MARTIAL.—A court-
martial was held on board the San Josef, 110, Captain
Dixon, yesterday morning, to try Mr. J. Lee, boatswain
of the Resistance troop-ship, Commander Patey, on a
charge of gross violence and abuse towards John Barnes,
the carpenter's mate, who was tried last week and sen-
tenced to be hanged at the yardarm for striking the
above prisoner, Lee. The court, on this occasion, was
composed of Admiral Sir D. Milne, G.C.8., Commander-
in-Chief, President; Rear-Admiral Sir S. Pym; Cap-
tain Dixon, of the San Josef ; Commander Wreford, of
the San Josef; and Commander Patey, of the Resistance;
G. Eastlake, Deputy Judge Advocate. The Court,
having heard the case for the prosecution, and what the
prisoner had to urge in his defence, was of opinion the
charges had been proved, and sentenced the said John
Lee to be dismissed her Majesty's service. The decision
of the Lords of the Admiralty, on the recommendation
of the Court in the case of Barnes, sentenced to be hung
on the 9th inst., is not yet known.
The Petrel packet, Lieutenant Cresser, received wages
on Wednesday, and will take out the next mail for the
Brazils, from Falmouth.
The Semiramis, 42, was docked on Monday, for
breaking up by contract, which was commenced on
Wednesday.
The Seagull, 6, was docked on Tuesday, to repair
defects.
The Clarence, 84, is shipping her tanks, chain cable,
and other stores, preparatory to masting.
The Implacable, 72, is repairing defects alongside the
jetty.
The Adventure, transport, arrived yesterday, with
stores from Pembroke.
Forty labourers have been entered in the Director of
Works department in this yard, consequent upon the
removal of the convicts.
SHEERNESS, OCT. 18.—The Lightning, steam-vessel,
arrived on Sunday, from Devonport, with the family and
effects of Captain Arthur, superintendent of this dock-
yard, on board.
The Trafalgar, 120, was towed here, from Chatham,
Sunday, and is moored off the dockyard, taking in her
tanks, &c., and waiting to take the place of the London,
90, now in the basin, to complete stores as an advance-
ship. Fincham's new stern gives her a considerably
improved appearance.
Only three able seamen have entered this dockyard for
general service since the publication of the order for the
entry of 100, a month or too since.

PROMOTIONS.
Mates—The lion. 0. W. M. Lambert ; R. W. li. Al-
cock ; W. B. de Blaquiere ; R. W. Clark ; and J. A.
L. Wharton, to the rank of Lieutenant.
APPOINTMENTS.

Rear-Admiral W. Bowles, C. 8., to the Caledonia, to
command the experimental squadron.
Captains—Peter M'Quhae, to the Daedalus ; H. W.
Giffard, to the Royal Naval College for study ; Sir
Charles Sullivan, Bart., to the St. Vincent, pro tem.
Commander A. Morrell, to the Tortoise store and
guardship, at Ascension, vice Finlaison, invalided.
Lieutenants—F. E. Rose, additional to the Agincourt;
and A. Farquhar, to the flag of Rear-Admiral Bowles,
Caledonia.
Secretary W. Fegan, to Rear-Admiral Bowles.
Master T. Hart, to the Penelope, vice Salmond.
Surgeon J. King, to be acting of the Star, vice Folds.
Mates—The Hon. J. B. M. Byng and W. Swinburn,
to the Excellent ; A. Wodehouse to the Flying Fish ;
and R. B. Beale to the Queen.
Purser C. A. Thorne, to the Thunder.
Clerk W. B. Bush (in charge), to the Dwarf.
ROYAL MARINES.
Daedalus.
Lieutenant Major
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Last week, at Ormskirk, upwards of 40 women
appeared, at the same time and place, to have their
children affiliated under the bastardy clause. The ma-
gistrates ordered the putative fathers to pay sums vary-
ing from is. 6d. to 3s. per week.

EARTHQUAKE IN THE WEST
INDIES.

Ou the 29 h of August an earthquake was felt in
several of the West Indian islands, including St. Vin-
cent's, Grenada, Trinidad, and British Guiana. The
Trinidad paper says s—
" We would record the occurrence of one of the se-
Verest earthquakes which we have ever experienced,
and, we believe, that has been felt in Trinidad since that
of 1825. About ten minutes past three o'clock in the
morning we were roused from our sleep by the violent
motion of the house in which we reside, and the loud
noise of the creaking beams. The violence of the shock
continued to increase, and terminated by a long oscilla-
tion of so alarming a nature as to lead us to expect the
immediate destruction of the house, as well as of the
whole town. Had it ended, as has been the case in for-
mer earthquakes, by a sudden jerk, nothing, we are sure,
could have prevented that catastrophe. The motion,
though very violent, was of that kind to which the build-
ings subject to it would, according to the well -known
laws of motion, have accommodated themselves without
being thrown down or disruptured. This renewed in-
stance of a merciful Providence in arresting the
awful convulsion will, we trust, be devoutly and
gratefully acknowledged by every individual in our
community. Our deepest anxiety is now felt on behalf
of our neighbours in the adjacent islands—may
Heaven have been as merciful to them ! There were
local causes sufficient, we apprehend, to have produced
the effect, and, perhaps, to have made our island the
focus of the powerful agency. The highly electrical
state of the atmosphere, the gale, the floods of rain, the
sultry weather of the preceding afternoon, and the spring
tides, may have had their separate and combined influ-
ence in its production. At the time the shock occurred
the sky was cloudless, the full moon shone in all its ef-
fulgence, and the air was cool and pleasant at 72 degrees.
It was one of the most brilliant of those nights with
which the tropics are so freely favoured. When we
looked out Venus had just risen like a blazing meteor,
and added greatly to the calm grandeur of the scene.
There was nothing at the moment to indicate the awful
visitation that had just been realised. As might be ex-
pected, the inhabitants of Port of Spain were generally
roused, and many persons were out making inquiries
after the safety of their friends and relatives. We have
not yet heard whether any damage has been sustained
by any buildings in Port of Spain."
And a British Guiana journal thus speaks of the oc-
currence:--
" A strong westerly or land wind, transmitting the most
unpleasant sensations through the bones of the invalid,
prevailed until about sunset. After dark a vehement tern-
pest of thunder and lightning came on. Every other mi-
nute the horizon was one blaze of blue light, of intense
brilliancy, which cast an unearthly aspect over the belated
wayfarers in the streets, anxious to gain the shelter
of the humblest home. Calms succeeded, separated from
each other by light, variable, and warm gusts of' wind.
After the moon had risen, the squalid face of nature in-
dicated a distempered condition. The luxuriant boughs
of our intertropical trees drooped heavily. Had the
brute creation been awake, it was just such a season as
would have overwhelmed them with instinc-
tive dread of some unknown calamity near at hand. In
different parts of the town some watch dogs howled
mournfully. This is no overwrought description. We
detail what multitudes witnessed, who were unable to
enjoy their wonted repose during those hours of antici-
pated horror. About half-past three o'clock in the morn-
ing the earthquake occurred.
" A curious effect observable was that produced on
water set aside for domestic uses. Vats and tubs, in-
' sufficiently covered over, lost so much by what was
spilled from the top during the vibrations, as to be nearly
emptied of their contents.
" This earthquake, as was to have been anticipated,
was felt with the most severity at the penal settlement,
the site of which is rocky. The concussion of the
buildings themselves and tho heavy iron fastenings of
their doors and gates created a tremendous uproar, high
above which, however, rose the screams and bellowings
of the prisoners, praying to be released. One of them,
an obdurate ruffian, told the guard who opened his cell
as the day dawned, that he had never before known that
there was a God Almighty. While the fit of terror
lasted, an infant might have led him."

NOVEL MODE OF SmuG6uxo.—On Saturday after-
noon, a seaman from on board the Berkshire, a ship re-
cently arrived in the St. Katherine's Dock, presented
himself at the gate for the purpose of being passed out
with his luggage and bedding, and though it is not usual
to inspect very minutely such articles the gate-keeper was
induced to examine the bed rather closely, when he
found very neatly stowed away in various parts, a large
quantity of nutmegs, tea, and other articles, besides a
very pretty workbox of Indian manufacture. The man
was immediately taken into custody on a charge of smug-
gling, as they were evidently concealed with the inten-
tion of defrauding the revenue.
METROPOLITAN DRAPERS' ASSOCIATION.—EARLY
CLOSING OF Sssors.—A public meeting of the Chelsea
branch of this association was held in the Temperance
Hall, Exeter-street, Sloane-street, on Friday evening,
the 18th. Mr. Lilwall was called upon to preside, and
stated that the object for which they met was to induce
the assistants in other trades to form similar associations.

➢Zr. Cooper, the district secretary, then read the report,
from which it appeared that, though one of the smallest,
this was the most flourishing district in the metropolis,
and, owing to the active exertions of the committee,
evening trade was very much diminished. Mr. St. Clair,
a member of the central committee, moved the adop-
tion of the report. In doing so he observed, that to
abridge the hours of business was not, as some imagined,
the sole object of the association ; but they had an
ulterior object in view, towards which this was but the
stepping-stone. This object was to elevate the character
of trade, and to improve the moral and intellectual wel-
fare of the shopman, to do which it was absolutely ne-
cessary to secure a portion of time from the demands of
business. The cause was daily growing in strength,
public opinion was decidedly in favour of the movement;
none opposed it on principle, but all were glad to wit-
ness the success attending the exertions of the committee.

—(Loud cheers.) In carrying out these measures, the,,
committee had avoided all constraint towards employers;
they had ever used a mild, persuasive tone, and to this
might their success be attributed. There were three
ways in which the assistant might support the com-
mittee :—First, by pecuniary contributions ; secondly,
personal exertions ; and, thirdly, by acting uprightly to
their employers. In conclusion, he remarked, that if
only one hour each day was obtained by the exertions
of this association, it would amount to 300 hours per
year, or one year of ten hours per day in every twelve
years. Mr. Greenfield seconded the adoption of the re-
port, which, being put from the chair, was carried una-
nimously. Resolutions in accordance with the address
were put and agreed to, and the meeting separated.
THE MURDER AT DOVER.—Thomas Clark, the
man for whose apprehension Government has offered a
large reward, for killing a policeman at Dover, was in
Maidstone on Monday week: He then went into the
Queen Anne public-house, the landlord of which (Mr.
Felling) had lived at Canterbury ; and after ordering
some beer, went away without having it, but asked for a
pipe of tobacco, which was given to him. He was ob-
served to look back several times on leaving the house
for the direction of the Huntsman. The landlord thought
he knew him at the time, but did not recollect, until
after he had gone some time, that it was the man for
whom the reward had been offered. He then set out in
pursuit of him, and found that he had lit his pipe at the
Artichoke ; and traced him some distance in the direc-
tion of Hollingbourne, where he lost all further traces of
him. The following is the description of him given in
the Government bills :—" He is about 27 years of age,
stands about five feet six inches high, stout built, of dark
sallow complexion, dark full eyes, straight strongly
marked eye-brows, dark bushy hair, dark full whiskers
meeting under the chin, and a rouad full face. When
last seen had on a pepper and salt blouse, blue cap with
leather peak, and boot-shoes laced up in front. Is sup-
posed to have changed his dress to a blue jacket and
trousers."

TUE LATE FLEET PRlSON.—Tuesday next is the
last day appointed by the Commissioners of Woods and
Forests for receiving tenders for the purchase of the late
Fleet Prison. Strange things have happened in the
Fleet, and it is now about to pass away to some better
purpose, it is hoped, than the confinement of persons for
debt. The present building is sixty years old, having
been built after the destruction vf azo rorsncr prioon
by fire in the Gordon riots of 1780, when the mob
was polite enough to send a message of their
intention, and to defer their visit until the fol-

lowing day, on account of the lateness of the hour, which
would not suit the convenience of the prisoners. The Fleet
Prison, it would seem, has been destroyed three times
by fire—once by the followers of 'Vat Tyler. It is men •
tioned as early as the 12th century, and in the 16th and
17th centuries it was used as a place of confinement for
persons who were persecuted by their brethren, for their
religious opinions. It was, consequently, the Star
Chamber Prison, and, on the abolition of the Star Cham-
ber, used exclusively for the confinement of persons for
debt, and for contempt of the Court of Chancery, &c.
In the former prisons great atrocities were committed on
the inmates, and several Parliamentary Committees, in
their reports, described the miseries which had been
endured. It was proved that the warden, in 1690, had
let the place for 1,5001., on the understanding that 2,000
persons were confined, and in order to reimburse the
tenant, great extortion was committed • and, subse-
quently to that period, persons confined for debt were
ironed. Great alterations have gradually been made in
the law of debar and" creditor. Persons cannot now be
cenfined for years
.at the caprice of their creditors, and
if they remain long in prison it is the result of their own
misconduct. Among the prisoners removed to the
Queen's Prison, when the Fleet was closed last year, was
one who had been in custody upwards of thirty years.—
Sunday Times.
IMPORTANT SEIZURE OF ADULTERATING DRUGS
IN A BREWERY BY THE EXClBE.—Within the last few
days a seizure of a most extensive
nffianederinis
ipnoratinaltechanad-
racter has been made by the Excise
porter brewery of considerable standing, but in rather
an obscure district of the metropolis:Frominfo information
received, received, two of the surveying examiners general,
officer of Excise, proceeded:to the premises above alluded
to, and upon obtaining admission they made a most
diligent search, and the result proved that their infor-
mation was perfectly correct, as they found a large
quantity of the ingredients commonly used in the adul-
teration of beer, and which may almost be considered as
a substitute, though a most pernicious one, for both malt
and hops ; viz., Coculus indicus, grains of paradise, li-
quorice, &c. ; the whole numbering six descriptions of
unwholsome drugs, the whole of which were seized, and
samples taken and sealed in the presence of all parties,
besides samples of the beer. This case, it is
probable,
will be defended by counsel, and will be heard
at the
next sittings of the Court of Commissioners.
The number of sick in the military hospitals of
Algiers is at this moment 2,400. Diarrhcea and dysen-
tery are the prevailing maladies.