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

!Nees here, which they took out of her yesterday ; she
s
tia
also hides, rice, and sugar—the two latter will be
St. There is no chance of getting the ship off. The
Wind is south to-day (on the shore), and it is not ex-
reatkci that anything can be got out, the sea rolls in so
vily.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
r9RTSMOUTH, MARCH 25.—The Dublin, 50, Captain
;.Tucker flag of Rear-Admiral Richard Thomas, late
-_rltnander-in-Chief in the Pacific, arrived at Spithead
ts morning, where she brought up, and saluted the
Commander-in-Chief, Admiral Sir C. Rowley,"with 17
ViesOvhieh was acknowledged by the flog-ship St. Vincent.
Dublin left Valparaiso on the 23d of December,
called at Rio on the 27th of January, and left on the Ist
of February. The crew manned yards on the Admiral
"'ling the ship this morning, and gave him three hearty
Parting cheers. having been fitted out here she will
most hkely proceed to another port to be paid off. She
has
flbeen in commission nearly four years.
d the Dublin brings the report that the Gorgon steam-
sloop, Captain Hotham, hod repaired at Rio the damages
sh
an.e sustained by being driven ashore at Monte Video,
Was about proceeding to the River Plate to com-
te her period of service, when she (the Dublin) lett
fth• The Dublin has brought upwards of 150 invalids
r°l7a the squadron, and twelve boxes of specie, which
Pere landed and dispatched to the Bank of England
'me morning.
A The Collingwood, 80, Captain Smart, flag of Rear-
Admiral Sir G. F. Seymour, C. 8., G.C.H., arrived at
"alparaiso, last from Rio, on the 15th of December.
Rear-Admiral Seymour immediately assumed the chief
e)lll,lfland in the Pacific. We are informed that the
8 Collingwood, in the plrsage from Rio to Valparaiso,
reing her main yard during a squall, while taking in
mainsail in beating into the Falkland Islands. All
*ell on board.
The Echo steam-vessel, with Mr. Brown, the Assistant.
caster Attendant of the dockyard on board, and the
Comet steam .vessel, Lieutenant-Commander Pretyman,
which went out on Sunday morning to render assistance
10 a ship reported to be in distress, returned yesterday
,„.
,4,. erning; the latter without having discovered the cause
‘:the alarm, and the former with the report that about
mile and three-quarters off St. Catherine's Point (at
the
back of the Isle of Wight), a Russian sloop, laden
"h fruit from Lisbon, had stranded and gone to pieces
.nth
saved.
The Sparrow ketch, Lieutenant-Commander Otter,
went out of harbour to Spithead yesterday.
litrrhe Emerald tender went out yesterday with Captain
ki.,°,,llbray, of the Victory on board, to muster the crew
i,',lthspect the Eagle, ,Cao ptain Martin, flag of Rear-
Inglefield, prior to the payment of advance
Admiral
The Mercury tender embarked a portion of
Inglefielel's baggage at the Victoria Pier yes-
aY morning, and we believe the Admiral will join
d alorrow and sail either the same evening or on Thurs.
ftY Morning, calling at Plymouth to endeavour to make
u
13 the complement.
The Resistance, 42, troop- ship, Commander Patey, ar-
nd this morning from Halifax, with a detachment of
iue 74th Regiment on board, and a few invalids.
The Hecate steam-sloop, Commander Bower, late from
mask, was taken alongside the dockyard jetty yesterday
The
to fit for Mediterranean service.
'ix,'" Neptune, 120, has had her mainmast taken out
pith
transferred to the Hibernia, and having been supplied
t 0 her
a new one, she was hauled out of the basin and taken
aer moorings yesterday. The Neptune is now finally
""tuiced for the pendant.
11,;12,..tr Victory, 104, Captain Moubray, flag of Rear-Ad-
;l'l4l Hyde Parker, C. 8., is undergoing a refit in her
qgging, her late gear having been in use upwards of
111,4 years. The Court-martial ordered to be held on
th;"Pernumerary boatswain of this ship, for neglect of
„"tY, &e., and wwl:ich was expected to have taken place
'ditBterday morning, is postponed, on account
who
the ininva-
-
pisposition of Rear-Admiral Hyde Parker, ho
t°,lY presides at Courts-martial held at this port.
The shell practice from the Excellent upon the Swift-
tete was resumed yesterday morning, but the fog has
tiin an thick to-day as to preclude the continuance of
v,,,Practice.
Collingwood, 80 ; the Talbot, 26, Cap C tain
lain Sir T.
T. Thompson, Bart. ; the Fisgard, 42, Ca
"11„,tze ; and the Cormorant steam sloop, Commander
q• T. Gordon—were at Valparaiso when the Dublin left.
i2lthe Alfred, 50, Commodore Purvis ; the Crescent,
rim-sloop,
Lieutenant-Commander Hemsvvorth ; the Gorgon,
071n-sloop, Captain Hotham ; the Viper, 6, Lieutenant-
C„r4mander Carter ; and the Linnet, 6, Lieutenant-
f'illmander Dicken ; also, the French steamgate
uponfri (which towed the Dublin out) ; the American
Rate Raritaro, 60, and brig Congress, 10 ,and
:thguese frigate Diana, 46, and brig Samuga, 14—
`:.te all at Rio when the Dublin left. At which time
the river
Modeste, 18, Commander Baillie, was cruizing in
e liver Columbia.
toThe Tha,!ia, 32, Captain Hope, was at Mexico waiting
embark freight for England.
The
rtu- Carysfort, 26, Captain the Right Hon. Lord
W.
fke,,y_faa iu the Gulf of California.
Salamander, steam-a:0 OP,
"u, Was at Otaheite. Commander A. S. Ha-
The

The THE EASTER HUNT.
setts Easter hunt with the Queen's stag-honnds,
oft
I
train, was expected to have been a very uninteres itug
eo r, not only from the extremely heavy stateroomf
theho
amtllltry for miles around Windsor, arising
frornueu breaking up of the long-continued frost, butt
tha—dathe great quantity of rain which fell throughout
Y preceding, Sunday last.
Of x:twitlistanding these gloomy forebodings, the morn
chi:%lday broke most favourable for the lovers of the
n and long before the appointed time fur the meet
Wll "`"4o Common, not less than between 400 and 500
Or ,mounted horsemen (including a great many
W officers of the regiments stationed at
. lad
3°1., Hampton Court, and Hounslow, and several
tre-4„,the metropolis) had assembled on the heath. A
NC "lumber of the neighbouring gentry and their fa-
INV, in their carriages, were also congregated in the
takiediate vicinity, while the pedestrians could not have
eeletlted to less than between 3,000 and 4,000. The
the day's
clipper, Rob Roy, was selected for
(If those
sport, to the great disappointment of those, but
tltte 't4e only, who were mounted upon second or third
xeattle ; for, upon all former occasions, none but the
lieh l's have been enabled to live with the Scot-
ch chieftain. Rob Roy, upon being uncarted on te
dir kon shortly before twelve o'clock took away in the
ti,weetion of the vicarage at Fulmer, doubling to the left
Hedgerley, and again back to the common,
vte, upon being met and turned by the foot people,
ent away in right earnest at a tremendous pace,
totZg off several of " the half-guinea hacks," to Fulmer
tt ,up the high meadows, skirting Bulstrode Park,
eclgerley, where he doubled to the right, crossing
tt tn
Th,, .nropike-road, and away to Stoney Dean, down the
tao. Households, into Chalfont St. Giles s,
where he
,
itti Roil for nearly a quarter of an hour, before he was
ea,„llPed out of a large pond ; thus giving a little wel-
iZe breathing-time to many of the almost exhausted
Wisp:, Rob then again went away by the Vatch, on to
le i!es and Latimers, crossing Shepperfield Common
toaklng's Langley, in Hertfordshire, where he again
Wal,lefuge in a pond, at the back of the church, and
4,uere taken after one of the most gallant runs over
h,(4rti4St six-and-twenty miles of heavy country. -UP-
til a finish. forty well-mounted horsemen were well up at
'ash. The distance gone over, from point to point,
1114 „ the crow flies," was at least twenty miles. The
lehatiroughout, was at a racing pace. The hounds,
Went twelve miles to the meet, and were thirty-
miles from the kennel at the take, returned to Ascot
lsodtt.ue evening, having traversed during the day up-
' of seventy miles.

Bla C. NAPIEII.—The Earl of Ellenborough having
ZtQl:hissioned Messrs. Hunt and Roskill, if Bond-street,
is aboutnd-street,
to manufacture the handle of a sword which
Present to Sir C. Napier, G.C.8.,. Governor of Sinde,
t testimony of the high respect in
lio%keter of that gallant officer, his Lordship'swhich heholwdsishtleies
kate been carried out by those eminent goldsmiths, under
I."'n immediate direction, and a most splendanwoefaptohne
%tile result. The blade, which is straight,exceedingly
eat Damascus steel, is double-edged, and_
(15,-IP. The handle and hilt are of gol wrought,,wEidth.
*, t
..,ces and legends. The legends are h
Earl of Ellenborough, to Major-G_eneral Sir C.
'teler, Governor of Sinde."—"Meanoeea Hyderabad."
e motto of the Major-General arelsady.xpears in em-
ssea , The whole
Nu," characters, " Ready,
Then resembles the swordsajfethe KmegmhbtsroTideemrepdlairt;
goi'd sheath and belt, 84c.,those on the
arc crimson embroidered
ttt and ornamented with stars, resembling
Roocitesatlf Somnauth, of
.which. the public have heard
tcletuesi• There is a similar star on the handle.
eer this is a most elaborate and splendid sword.
two IN FltANCE.—One day in the last month
tt„men and two women went from the hamlet of Ge-
ziew—ellse to the church of S. t. Haon (Haute Loire) witlia
for born child to be christened. The ceremony per-
iledeu, they all set out on their return home, but stop •
ken°, their way at a public-house to take st was comingome refresh-
on The women afterwards, as the night
I,o4t.tild the ground was covered with snow, walked on,
do g the men to follow them which they promised to
sob; sllOll as they had finished their bottle. This was
tsidy, done, and the men started, but instead of over-
-111,-;F thewomen, making the best of their Ntvaay home,
sheet '`'etuad their bodies, and that of the infan 11 dead,
lie horribly torn and mangled by a flock. of wolves that
telt" comedown upon them.—Galignant's Messenger..
jtublAwAr STEAM-ENGINE.-011 Thursday t
of trn, the enginemat of a locomotive at the terminus
be Ardrossan Railway, baying to leave his engine for
rhis ttlute. did so inadvertently when it was on hal -cock.
at ahorror and amazement, he had scarcely turned
ack upon it, when it started off towards Kilwinning
g,aPeed which he could not overtake. The gate keeper
for Ct'rentston,, thinking it was a special train, made way
although surprised that the customary signal of the
giap Was omitted to be given ; and away it sped ata.
out Pace towards the main line ; upon this it got with
did ;entY or obstruction, and turning towards Glasgow,
tioece,t stop till it reached the junction at the Kilmar-
to - uranch, when want of steam, happily, compelled it
the Had it mot with a train or other obstruction,
.bat ly-szquences might have been disastrous. Fortu-
te:„-_' --uwever no worse consequence resulted than a
vttorrttrY delay in forwarding the Fleetwood steamer's
'ettgere from Ardrossan.—Glasgow Saturday Post.
ttoorTvztheLATE EXPLOSION AT BLAcKwALL. Mfar:
managing engineer of Messrs. Samuda s c
t,j, against whom a verdict of manslaughter was re-
irenntied by the coroner's jury, has not as yet been appre-
ed uonthe warrant which has been issued against
r
et the next
however, understood that he will surrea de
next sitting of the Central Criminal Court to
bee his trial, and that several eminent engineers will
to e'camined on his beha. The trial is looked forward
I. fellows
much interest in th e engineering world. The
kr I. fellows who were removed to the London Hospital
e stl4 going on very favourably.