The Sun.
London, England, 1844-10-19 00:00:00

PORTSMOUTH, THURSDAY.

Her Majesty having signified her intention of taking
an airing on board the Royal yacht this morning, that
noble vessel was got ready and under weigh soon after 1
o'clock, and her Majesty and Prince Albert proceeded
on board in the royal' barge, steered by Lord Adolphus
Fitzclarence. The roads at Cowes being now nearly
fully occupied by the royal yacht squadron craft, pre-
sented a most gay and enlivening scene as the royal
party proceeded on board. The royal yacht having
cleared the roads, put on more steam, and came up. the
Solent in grand stye, the royal standard floating from
the masthead. On approaching Hyde the loyal inha-
bitants of that place assembled on toe pier, and paid
their respects to their Sovereign by repeatedly bowing,
removing their bats, and waving handkerchiefs. As the
yacht rounded Hyde and came in sight of the 'fleet at
Spithead, the flag-ship St. Vincent saluted with 21 guns,
which example was speedily followed by the Caledonia,
Queen, and Victory. The ships at Spithead seemed
quite unprepared for the appearance of the royal stan-
dard among them, for the St. Vincent had the seamen's
clothes hanging from her rigging to dry as the royal
yacht passed, and the others seemed equally taken by
surprise, for no yards were manned, nor did they other-
wise acknowledge the royal approach than by salute.
The royal yacht steamed on, apparently with the inten-
tion of proceeding round the island, as she kept very close
in shore, but when she had passed the Queen she altered
her course, and steered for the Nab light, to the eastward
of which she went, and then turned round to return as she
came. This being clearly distinguishable, there was evi-
dently a deal of bustle and activity on board the ships at
Spithead, who appeared determined to present a better ap-
pearance to the royal eye on returning; the seamen's cloth-
ing was taken in, and the ships then presented a more
sightly appearance. On the return of the royal yacht the
fleet did not salute, but all hoisted signals, and the vari-
ous points on both sides of the roadstead were decorated
with the royal standard and union jack ; and as the
noble craft passed the last man-of-war to the westward,
the guns on the platform battery fired a royal salute, and
the British ensign floated from the Victoria Pier and
Blockhouse Fort. Her Majesty and Prince Consort were
not visible upon the deck of the royal yacht at any period
of the short cruise. At about three o'clock the royal
yacht passed Hyde on her return to Cowes, where the
royal party disembarked about four o'clock, without
ceremony. Should the weather prove equally inviting
to-morrow, we believe it is her Majesty's intention to
take another trip on the other side of the island.
We believe Captain Sir Chutes Sullivan, late of the
Formidable, 84, on the Mediterranean station, and who
brought home the Queen recently from that station, will
be appointed Flag-Captain to Rear-Admiral Bowles, on
board the St. Vincent, in the approaching cruise, vice
Rowley, who will remain ashore to assist the Comman-
der-in-Chief (his gallant father) in conducting the duties
of this port.
The funeral of the two artillerymen who met such a
dreadful death on the King's Bastion on Monday took
place yesterday. They were interred in the burying
ground of St. Mary's, Portsmo nth. The usual military
honours accompanied the ceremony, and the splendid
band of one of the regiments in quarters here played the
" Dead March in Saul" as the mournful procession
moved along, attended by a vast concourse of spectators.
The brother of Walker has been in a state bordering on
insanity ever since the awful calamity, and the wife, or
rather the widow, has also become nearly bereft of

SILVER VERSUS SILLINESS.—The persecution of
the South American dollars has a little abated since they
have commenced emigrating from this island. Scales
and weights are no longer seen in the market, and the
faces of the money-changers have lengthened into a
frightful degree. No more sixpences will they now
gain. The coin is at an agio. The greater part, how-
ever, of those dollars have fled to foreign parts, leaving
a vacancy which the dollars of Sicily are attempting to
fill, but as they are said not to be furnished with letters
of naturalisation (though there is a doubt on this point),
it is feared that they also may be persecuted and slaugh-
tered like the Mexicans. It is now that the recent cur-
rency Acts stare us in the face with all their glaring
absurdity as well as injustice, while they also threaten
us with evils, not far distant, of rather a frightful descrip-
tion. In what a state will this island be, when the
whole of the legal currency being driven out of it by the
Government, the Government shall persevere in refusing
what necessity has made a substitute for that currency?
The bankruptcy joint-stock company are licking their
lips at this. It would most tastefully crown the whole
were the commissary obliged to pay a premium for the
dollars he before refused.—Malta Times.
Few birds surpass the swallow in rapidity of flight.
It is calculated that he often skims the air at a rate of a
mile a minute, and that in the course of the year he does
not fly less than eight times the circumference of our
globe, which is more than 200,000 miles; to do this he
must travel each day 900 miles, moving at the velocity
of twenty-five miles per hour, or at an average rate of
one mile a minute for twelve hours each day throughout
the year.
DEATH rnom DRINKING.--Mr. Wakley held on
Thursday au inquest on the body of a lady who had been
found dead in her house at Hammersmith, where she
lived by herself. Her husband, a surgeon, said, that
soon after their marriage he had found her dreadfully
addicted to drinking, and they had in consequence sepa-
rated. A girl, who had been her only attendant for
some time, said she was constantly drinking spirits, and
would send out for a quartern perhaps a dozen times a
day! The Coroner observed that the husband should
have put her under restraint, as the unfortunate woman
was evidently deranged. The verdict was, " Died from
excessive drinking of ardent spirits."
ARMENIAN CEMENT.—The jewellers of Turkey,
who are mostly Armenians, have a singular method of
ornamenting watch-cases, &c., with diamonds and other
precious stones, by simply glueing or cementing them
on. The stone is set in silver or gold, and the lower
part of the metal made flat, or to correspond with the
part to which it is to be fixed ; it is then warmed gently,
and has the glue applied, which is so very strong that
the parts thus cemented never separate. This glue,
which will strongly unite bits of glass, and even polished
steel, and may of course be applied to a vast variety of
useful purposes, is thus made :—Dissolve five or six bits
of gum mastich, each the size of a large pea, in as much
spirits of wine as will suffice to render it liquid ; and, in
another vessel, dissolve as much isinglass—previously a
little softened in water (though none of the water must
be used)—in French brandy and good rum, as make a
two-ounce phial of very strong glue, adding two bits of
gum galbanum, or ammoniacum, which must be rubbed
or ground till they are dissolved. Then mix the whole
with a sufficient heat. Keep the glue in a phial closely
stopped, and when it is to be used, set the phial in boil-
ing water.—Cycloptedia of Receipts.
The Duchess of Sutherland steamer, which sailed
from Inverness on Monday evening, for London, was
compelled by stress of weather to put back to Cromarty,
where she arrived on Thursday afternoon, after being
three days at sea without having made further progress
than to Banff; such was the violence of the gale. Seve-
ral of the passengers, among whom were Mr. Tytler (the
historian of Scotland) and his family, left the ship, in-
tending to go by land to London. The weather having
moderated, the Duchess sailed again on Friday morning
at one o'clock.

APPALLING ACClDENT.—Thursday, a man named
Hardford, being engaged in brewing far a gentleman in
Sloane-street, and in the act of pouring some boiling
liquor from the copper into the mash-tub, the stand on'
which the tub stood suddenly broke down, and the tub,
which contained between eighty and ninety gallons of
boiling liquor, was precipitated forward, knocking the
unfortunate man down, and the principal portion of the
liquor flowing over the lower part of the unfortunate
man's body, scalded him in so shocking a wanner, that
en rem wing his clothes, large pieces of flesh rolled off.
Assistance was immediately rendered, and he was re-
move.l in a deplorable condition, and enduring excru-
ciating sufferings, to the hospital.
UNUSUAL.—At Berwick, or rather at Sandstell
Fishery, near that town, a sturgeon, of six feet in length,
and of the weight of 3ist., was taken in the salmon nets.
It is very rarely that the sturgeon comes near these
rivers. In the Thames they are occasionally captured ;
and being considered a " Royal fish," are generally taken
to the 'Palace as a rarity. no take of salmon in the
Berwick waters is small, owing to the want of rain.
Trout are in abundance in the river, but the streams are
so clear, from the dryness of the season, that the angler
can make little of it.
FREE CHURCH MODEL TRUST DEED.—This deed
is now in the course of being executed for one of the
Edinburgh' 'churches ; after which it will be recorded, in
order to serve as a model for the others throughout the
country. It is not intended that the conveyances to
these churches shall narrate the whole conditions of the
trust, but they will merely contain a general reference to
them as detailed in the model deed, so that they will not
be of great length.— Witness.