The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-02 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
THE EXPERIMENTAL SQUADRON.—The Alban steanl•%,
sel, Lieut.-Commander Lowe, has arrived at Devonport frt
the experimental squadron, to the ships forming which Po;
conveyed seamen and boys, left behind on the fleet sailing fr?i,
Spitbead. By her we learn that the fleet had had no tirbot
weather ; at all the trials, which had taken place in lig
and basing winds, the Queen, 110, three decker,
manded by Captain Sir Baldwin Walker, of the Serve,'
i; of the Navy's construction, had the advantage of the
others, but it was very slight ; the Albion, 90, cap%
Lockyer, C. 8., another of the Surveyor's ships,
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second on some points ; but the Rodney, 92, Captain t'uo
tier, C. 8., constructed
,by Sir R. Seppings, was second
other points of sailing ; the Canopus, 84, Captain
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Moresby, C. 8., the old French line of battle ship, budt
1794, was fourth; the St. Vincent, 120, Captain Rewl a
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the flag ship of the commander in chief, Rear-Min
Hyde Parker, C. 8., built in 18th, and the first in the en,'
rimental cruise last year, was fifth ; the Trafalgar, .11
Captain Martin, built in 1841, by Mr. Lang, of Woolccitc..
Dock-yard, on the lines of the St. Vincent, was
the Superb, 80, Captain Corry, the newest ship of IA;
squadron, built by the Surveyor, was seventh ; and
Vanguard, 80, Captain Willes, sister ship to the Superb'
and called the " crack ship" of the Mediterranean in Dr,
and 1839, although lighter than any of others, was I"."
They were to go in to Cork, and then proceed on another
weeks' cruise, to try their rate of sailing on a lighter draugh,
of water. The Queen and Albion have much larger sails sew
lesser armaments than the St. Vincent, Trafalgar, and Rodeel*
The Canopus, also, has a heavier armament than the Van'
guard and Superb.
Commander Arthur Lowe, Acting Commander of the
cellent, and nephew to Sir Thomas Hastings, the late Captt
of the Excellent, but now Storekeeper of the Ordnance, b'
been appointed to the rank of Post Captain.
Lieutenant Richard Moorman, of the Excellent, has bee_.!
promoted to the rank of Commander, and Mr. Alfred H°
Lee, Mate of the Excellent, to the rank of Lieutenant.
Mr. Frederick Marryat, late of the Cambrian, son of or
tain Marryat, R. N., and Mr. Charles Bromley, of the Drivel
son of Admiral Bromley, have been promoted by Lord Hid•
dington to the rank of Lieutenant.

RAILWAY NEGLIGENCE.--Edward Laws, an ens;
gine-driver on the Newcastle and Darlington Railway, st,.„
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brought up before the sitting magistrates at Sunderlant!::
Wednesday, at the instance of the manager of the line, "_
Allport, charged with having negligently caused a collisio:
between the engine he was driving and that of the mail ti
which left Sunderland on the afternoon of the 15th inst. The
defendant pleaded guilty, and stated that the accident happen,
in consequence of his having forgotten certain orders which P,
had received from Mr. Mackie previously. Mr. Allport
Mr. Harrison gave the defendant a good character, and stet:
that he was at the time perfectly sober, as were all the men v;
the line that day. The Court adjudged the defendant to pal,
fine of 51., or to be imprisoned in the House of Correction fe'
one month.—Newcastle Journal. ,
Nuts and filberts are very plentiful this season,
particularly near Hereford, Ross, and Chepstow.— Cambrian.
OBJECTIONS TO VOTERS THROUGH THE POST'
OFFICE.—We understand that a great number of objections
parties on the register of county voters, posted on the 25_
inst., and on previous days, did not reach the overseers w
whom they were addressed till Thursday morning last, the :Ob.'
though in due course of post all notices bearing the Manchester
post-mark of the 24th, as posted on that day, should have bees
delivered on the following day in Manchester and the contiguee,
townships. The clerks found it altogether impracticable to
sort for delivery on the 25th the thousands of notices of object'
tion which were posted on the 22d, 23d, and 24th inst., Pr;
hence the delay—one which neither the objecting parties tw'
the overseers could obviate, and for which none but the Post;
office department can be regarded as strictly answerable.
Manchester Guardian.
FATAL ACCIDENT AT PUTNEY.—On Saturday night
a melancholy accident occurred on the river, near Putneli
bridge, by which a lad, about fifteen years f age, nenTo
Thomas Brown, an apprentice to Mr. Stiles, captain of the
Rainbow steamboat, lost his life. Some of the crew sleep os
board, and deceased was one of the number. After the best
had been moored on Saturday night, he proceeded on shod
,
to buy provisions. He did not again make his appearan
below, although the fact of his having returned to the boo,.
was apparent, by the boat being found made fast on the folk:ril
ing morning. It is supposed that after he had made the 50:l
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fast he returned to her stern for his bundle, and that his be,..
coming in contact with the steamer tilted him over into tua
water. No cries for help were heard, The bundle was foe
at an early hour on Sunday morning, floating through t"„
third lock of Battersea-bridge. His body has not yet bee
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recovered.
EXTENSIVE ROBBERIES.—On Saturday informs'
tier of the following extensive robberies was circulate
throughout the metropolitan and city police divisions :—Free:
the house of Dr. Halliday, 73, Oxford-terrace, Paddington, ",
large emerald and diamond cross, an emerald and diarnow
ornament for the neck, attached to two strings of large pearls'
with a diamond clasp ; a gold centre ornament for the net
set with emeralds, diamonds, and rubies, and attached to ago,
neck chain ; a large gold Maltesei cross, set on a brooch, wit
emeralds, diamonds, and rubies; a white enamelled brooch ss'
with thirteen turquoises; a hoop ring with five diamonds'
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a ditto with five emeralds ; two ditto with A
rubies each ; a ditto with five rubies ; a cluster ring s:s
in diamonds ; a cluster ring set in diamonds ; a• set of amythli
ornaments, consisting of necklace, two brooches, pair 11
ear-rings, pair of bracelets, waist clasp, &c.; a Pi
snuff-box ; several silver bracelets, China:silver ear-rings, an
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other valuable articles of jewellery, &c. ; and 4501. in Bank
England notes, amongst which are seven notes of 501., two
201., and three of 51., the numbers of which are known. L
reward of 50/. is offered for the discovery of the thieves. AT
from Orleans House, Twickenham, the residence of Laoli
Anne Murray, a small oval miniature likeness of the Earl
Lucan, about one inch and three-quarters long, the name
" Santarilla" on the back, surrounded by sixteen diamonds'
and had a small Venitian gold chain attached, value 1001.
opal brooch, an inch long, set with small diamonds, value 30,-
a ring set with a diamond, an opal, and a topaz, value 25/. ;
ring with a ruby in the centre, a large diamond on each side;
and surrounded with small diamonds, value 45/. The whole s'
the articles have been abstracted from her Ladyship's jewel boP
Total value 2081.
THE ASCENT AND DESCENT OF THE NASSAU 13.1 q, ,
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LOON.—Yesterday evening, at half-past six o'clock, Mr.,r
Green made an ascent in the Nassau balleee G•esu the
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dens of Cremorne House, King's-road, Chelsea, which We'
open on this occasion for his benefit, in consequence of the less
he had sustained by the destruction of the Albion balloon. A,s,),
Green was accompanied by Colonel Charles, Mr. Grano"
Mansell, Mr. C. N. Kirkham, Dr. Henry, Mr. Moss, of I.f,er:
denhall-street ; Mr. Butler, of Farringdon-street ; Mr. "
Green, and two other gentlemen. The machine, on being O
leased, rose in a very beautiful style, and upon reaching an al'
titude of about 400 feet it was carried in a south-west dire':
Lion. About half-past eight o'clock information was brought
by means of some express pigeons, which were taken up Witt,
the aeronaut, that the balloon alighted in safety in the neigh'
bourhood of Epsom. The gardens were crowded.
BATHERS, BEWARE OF SHARKS !—The Pembroke
Herald says that a shark, four feet long, was caught at Mew'
toes, in that county, which had been seen prowling about neat
a young lady whilst she was bathing, but she got out of the
water in time to escape.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE BETWEEN DRAYTON AND ITP:
BRlDGE.—Yesterday information was received in London that
an extensive and destructive fire occurred on a large farm br„
tween Drayton and Uxbridge, between one and two o'clock
in the morning, destroying several hay-ricks, bares,
stabling, and out-houses; the flames were observed for mile°
on the road, by passengers travelling on the high-road and coo
the railways.
A FRENCH MR. QUILP.—A few evenings back, tit
Toulouse, the alley of Lafayette was the scene of much excite'
ment. A most extraordinary noise was heard proceeding fro°,
a house in which a show is kept for public exhibition. A crow'
soon collected. The noise seemed to be a compound of cries
and blows ; on some persons entering the house they were
seized with horror, they saw a man, in the highest state of ex'
citement, brandishing an enormous cudgel, and at his feet lel
several human bodies, motionless and apparently dead. The
police were immediately sent for. Fortunately the affair did
not turn out to be so dreadful as it had at first seemed; the
bodies proved to be only wax figures. It appeared that the LW°
men to whom the show belonged had had some misunderstand'
ing, and one of them had vented his rage by falling foul of the
historical personages that constituted their joint property-
Several kings, princes, and princesses of Europe were thee
sacrificed (in effigy) to the fury of this madman.
A LUCKY DlSCOVERY.—Yesterday morning,
young woman named Mary Howell, housemaid in the service of
T. Gersell, Esq., of Gower-street, Bedford-square, discovered
in a false bottom of an old teacaddy, which she had purchase"
for half-a-crown, 34 guineas of George 111., and 14 seven'
shilling pieces, as well as fiveL silver spoons.
AN IMPUDENT TRlCK.—Yesterday afternoon,
fellow having the appearance of a coach-office porter, calla'
upon Mrs. Halsewell, in Frith-street, Soho, and presenting 8;
note, apparently from Mr. Halsewell, stating that he had just
arrived from Margate, and, having had the misfortune to lore
his purse, he desired her to send him a sovereign by the bearer
to enable him to pay his expenses, for which he was detained'
Mrs. Haslewell, expecting her husband home from Margate,
gave the money to the fellow, who was scarcely gone when Mr'
Haslewell arrived, and the cheat was discovered.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT Bow.—Shortly after one
o'clock this morning a dreadful fire broke out in one of the
houses of Old Ford-lane, Bow, Middlesex, in the occupation of Mr. W. Heole, a painter and glazier. The inhabitants Wer°
soon aroused, and a party of the K division of metropolitan
police lost no time in procuring the parish engine, whilst others
were dispatched to town for more assistance. By two o'clock
engines of the A brigade station, with that belonging to the
West of England Company, arrived at the scene of destruction;
but, notwithstanding the most prompt measures were resorted
to by all present, nothing could prevent the entire destruction
of Mr. Heole's property, and the damage of four buildings sid:
joining. It is believed that some of the property consumed insured.

DESPERATE SUICIDE. Yesterday morni, be"
tween twelve and one o'clock, a middle-aged man, ng
named
Fletcher, residing in John-street, Tottenham•court-road,
stroyed himself by cutting his throat in his bed-room with a
razor, which was found lying by his side on the floor.
NARROW ESCAPE.—On Sunday evening, between
seven and eight o'clock, as a lady and gentleman were driving
along Ray-street, Clerkenwell, in their gig, the horse suddenly
stumbled and fell, and both the lady and gentleman were thrown
out with considerable force to the ground. The female,
from the suddenness of the shock, was precipitated clean over
the horse's head to the stones in the road, but most extra-
ordinarily and fortunately sustained no apparent injury. S,"
had barely time to rise, when the horse (which was a high'
spirited one) kicked and plunged about violently, and it was
with the greatest difficulty on the part of some persons wh°
promptly rendered their assistance, that the animal was pre'
vented from doing serious damage ; as it was, the shafts of the
gig were broken off, and the gig otherwise damaged. It was a
most fortunate escape for the occupants of the gig, as it was the
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greatest wonder they were not both killed in consequence
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the sudden manner they were thrown out of the gig.
PROTECTION TO MERCHANT SEAMEN.---Yesterday portion of the Act of last session, to protect merchant sea-
men from impositions, came into operation. Henceforth of,
persons are to obtain situations for seamen unless they have
icense from the Board of Trade.
ACCIDENT AT THE RED HOUSE PlER.—rjn sundal
evening, about half-past seven o'clock, a hvAiker of ginger.
bread, who was returning to town from Batralea-fields by 00,
of the twopenny boats, was pushed or fel/ off the Red Huse
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Pier, which was at the time excessively trovvded. He was taken
out of the water apparently dead and crmveyed by the police
the Red House. Hot blankets wen: provided and friction
resorted to by the police constables, and after twenty minutes ‘f
incessant rubbing the man showed signs of life. Dr. Statham
afterwards attended him, and had him put to bed. Yesterday
morning he was quite recovered.
atmospheric
celebrated the triumph of the locomotive over the atmosp
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railway system, in the passing of the Newcastle and
Railway Bill, yesterday (Friday), by walking in proc..n,_,
through the principal streets of the town, and afterwards dining
.nrcTiviiileenwgoinrekemrsr
of oNfeAwice4stires,
in sections at the different inns. The workmen, upwardar°_,
eight hundred in number, assembled in St. Nicholas's-squ!
and formed in procession, with two bands of music and several
appropriate banners.—Newcastle Journal.