The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-15 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE

ROYAL YACHT PROMOTIONS.—The following promotions
of officers of the royal yacht Victoria and Albert have taken
place
Lieutenant Lengton Browell (1828), who has been in the
royal yacht for two years, and during the last year First
Lieutenant, a deserving and highly respected officer, to the
rank ot'Co,nmander.
Mates—A. C. Hobart (1842)mate, , the senior Edward
H. H. D'Aeth (1843), and the Hon. John Russell M. Byng
(1843), to the rank of Lieutenant.
The late Mr. Sidney Bernard, Assistant-Surgeon, Nvlio so
nobly volunteered his services at Madeira, and died on board
the Eclair, steam-sloop, of fever, at Standgate Creek last
week, was promoted by the Admiralty to the rank of surgeon
previous to his decease.
Clerk George L. Herbert (1844) has been promoted to the
rank of Paymaster and Purser, and has been appointed to the
Alarm, 26.
Commander Henry Bagot (1838), late in command of the
Wasp, 18, has been appointed to the Excellent, gunneryship,
at Portsmouth.
Lieutenants—Alexander M‘Naghten, on promotion, and
W. H. Lowe (1841), to Alarm; Win. C. Grierson, to Juno;
Charles Hawkey (1843), to Avon, vice Grierson
Master—W. T. Wheeler (1838), to Alarm.
Paymaster and Purser—W. P. Carrigan (1839), to Alarm.
Second Master—Wm. Johnson to Alarm.
Secretary's Clerks—T. E. Price and J. Kirkham, to Sir C.
Ogle's office.
Naval Cadets—C. L. Lindsay, to Superb; Hon. H. W.
l'hetwynd, and C. C. Mitchell, to President.
Coast Guard.—Removals—Lieut. P. Rainier, from Fair-
' ight to Gally Hill station, vice F. Servante, resigned ; Mr.
French, chief officer, from Shellness, to Beresford station,
rice B. Connor, resigned.

Messrs. Wm. Perrier, V. 0. Inglefield, and W. Darnell,
let!ng mates, passed in navigation fur lieutenants, at the
Naval College, on Tuesday.
Messrs. Fitzgerald, Haverfield, and Sanc,ster, qualified for
commissions in the Royal Marine Corps, at the Naval College,
on Wednesday.

TIIE IiO3DLOIDERS OF TILE ROYAL NAVY.—A meeting of
veterans of the above rank was held on Monday last, at
Portsea, to consider the propriety of addressing a memorial
to the Board of Admiralty, praying their Lordships' generous
consideration of their claims for the benefits of retirement
upon a like liberal scale proportionate with their brother offi-
cers of a step higher in rank—the captain. Commander Smith
having been requested to take the chair, and Commander Gould
elected Hon. SetipoPim the latter read the several letters
from the London and Plymouth Committees upon the subject
they were met to discus; after which a Sub-Committee was
appointed to draw up a memorial, to be submitted for ap-
proval at a subsequent me2tino% in the meantime to com-
municate with the Plymouth 'Committee, requesting their
sentiments upon the subject The Committee met again yes-
terday, when a form of memorial was read and approved of,
and it was resolved to forward it to the Chief Committee
(London), who will frame the one for signature and presen-
tation to the Lords of the Admiralty from the memorials
sent from the several Provisional Committees.—Hampshire
Telegraph.

Vie Preach squadron at Bourbon and Madagascar is com-
posed at present of six vessels :—the Berceau corvette, of 30
run;, bearing the fla; of the officer in command, Captain
Romain-Dcsfosses ; the Vo!age:lr brig, of 20 guns ; the
Egerei tender, the Zel:S lighter, the Mayottais transport,
and the Crocodile steamer. The Colobri, which was lately
lost in the Indian seas, formed part of this station, as did
the Duconedic brig, now on mission at La Plata.—Paris
Paper.

The President, 50, Captain Stanley, at Portsmouth, is com-
pletely rigged, and her sails all ready for bending, but she
waits the dockyard man to complete the caulking.
The Kingfisher, 12, Commander Brown, wid go to Spitbead
to-day or Tuesday.
The Lynx, 3, brigantine, Lieutenant Commander Nott,
has arrival at Devonport from Curk to be paid off: She is
to be re-commissioned by a commander with a complement
of 60 men.

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The Fairy steam yacht tender went out on Friday, with
Conimarrbr Crispin on board, to try her new screw, and on
Saturday went to Southampton. She returned from South-
ampton pier to the mooring opposite the King's Stairs, at the
dof!kyartl, a distance of nearly 19 miles, in one hour and ten
minutes. The screw is rather smaller than that lately fitted,
and does not shako the vessel so much when used. _ _

The Alban steam-vessel, Lieut.-Commander Lowe, left
Devo-Tort, on Siturd .y morning, for Cork.
The Cynet steamer, Lieut. Prettyman, towed up, from
Cowes to Portsmouth, on Friday, the dockyard lump, with
the pile-ariving machines and of her implements, used in the
coaitruction of the pier at East Cowes, which is now nearly

completed.
The keel of the Riflemen dispatch steam-boat has been laid
down in the dock in which the Centaur was built. She will
ba prJ.:eeded with immediately; her timbers are nearly all

reidv.
'rue Monkey steamer arrived at Portsmouth on Friday
from Woolwich, with some effects of Admiral Sir Chas. Ogle

STEALING TIMBER FROM THE

DOCKYARD AT CHATH'ANI.

On Fria ty, at the Rochester County Police-office, two
connty justices, William Master Smith, Esq., and Thomas
Baker, Esq., were occupied upwards of four hours investi-
gating a case of felony against two men of very respectable
appearance, • named Richard Cooper, a master wheelwright,
ree.ding at Navy-row, Gillingham • and Samuel Buddle, a
rcsjlent mn the Island of Bishop's karsh—an island that is
,situatel between Sheerness and Chatham. The charge
rtg.,7inst the two prisoners is for stealing pieces of timber
called balks, the property of Messrs. George Baker and Son,
co ttractors for improving Chatham dockyard.
Mr. Wiliam Fielden, the foreman of the works, from in-
fermation he received, went, on the 4th instant, to Mr.
George Frederick Newman's timber-yard at Gillingham, and
there saw three pieces of timber, which he identified by
a mark as the property of Messrs. Baker, of Lambeth, Sur-
rey. He then went to the same yard with Binns, the con-
stable, when another piece was produced by Mr. Newman,
which piece he also identified. The four pieces were stolen
from the works carrying on at the dockyard.
Mr. Newman. carpenter, at Gillingham, stated that he
tmrciinsed the timber from the prisoner Cooper, on the 10th
ofJuly last, for which he agreed to pay 2/. 15s. •He ad-
vanced 21. on the purchase, and was to pay the remlinder
on the removal of the timhr from the wharf of Mr. Briggs
at Gillingham. On the timber being. pronounced to be
,toles, he ‘l,-,!nt to Mr. Cooper and asked him hoar he came
by it, when the prisoner replied that he bou4ht it of the
Prisoner I;et idle. He had purcha:ed timber of the prisoner
Cooper becare.
A nambar of other witnesses were examined, whose evi-
dence tended to show the connexion of the two prisoners
in tha robbery, and that the timber used to be concealed in
a creek, near to Bishop's Marsh, up the river Medway, until
the opportunity arrivcd for disposing of it. It was also
shown that the prisoner Cooper had sold a quantity of tim-
ber to Mr Piper, at Maidstone, that had also been stolen
from the dockyard.
Thu n ls Cooper Pines, the constable, deposed that he had
ehar:te of four pieces of fir timber that are now lying in
her - Majesty's dockyard at Chatham, and which he re-
moved from Mr. Newman's. timber-yard on Monday the
tith instant.

The magistrates committed the prisoners for trial; but
would take b4l for their appearance at the next quarter
session at Maidstone. themselver in 1001. each, and two
securities, each of 50/. The prisoners found bail shortly

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ST. SAVIOUR'S CHURCH, COALPIT .lIEATII.—This
beautifel edifice, situated near Bristol, in a district where
the ministrations of the Church have been much needed,
was consecrated on Thursday list by the Right Rev. the
Lord Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol. His Lordship was
met at the entrance by nearly forty of the clergy of this city
and its neighbourhood, where the usual preliminary cere-
monies took place. The Bishop and clergy then entered the
church, and proceeded to the chancel, repeating the 24th
Psalm ; and, having taken their seats, the deed of convey-
ance was presented to his Lordship by Mr. Hewitt, in the
name of the lords of the manor, Lord Middleton, Sir John
Smyth, and Edward F. Colston, Esq., who had given sites
for the church, parsonage, and schools. The Bishop then
reed the consecration prayers; after which, Dr. Maddy, the
Chancellor of Gloucester, reed the act of consecration. The
It or. J. R. Woopford, who has been presented to the incum-
bency, read the prayers, assisted in the lessons by the Rev.
Dr. Allen and the Rev. P. Freeman; the communion ser-
vice by the Bishop and his chaplains. The Rev. J. R.
Huntly, Rural Dean, preached an admirable sermon. The
impressive ceremony of consecrating the church having
been gone through, the Bishop and clergy proceeded to the
church-yard, which was solemnly- set apart for the burial of
those "who die in the Lord'' The congregation then re-
entered the church, where the Bishop administered the
Holy Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, assisted by the Rev.
Archdeacon Thorp and the Rev. Canons Murray Browne
and George N. Barrow, his Lordship's chaplains. After the
service an elegant dejeuner was provided for the Bishop,
clergy, &c., in a tent in the field adjoining
.the churchyard.
The building is a singularly chaste edifice, in the decorated
Gothic style, and consists of a chancel, nave, and aisles.
The cliancel is appropriately separated from the body of the
thurch by an oak screen, and is lighted by windows of
stained glass, painted by Williment, of London, and Bell, of
Journal.
LARGE DORSET AND SOMERSET SHEEP FAIR.-
APPLESTIAW, Ocr. 7.—This was the first day of the great
annuli show of ewes in lamb, principally from the above-
mined counties. Many graziers and dealers were there.
About 60.000 had been penned by twelve o'clock, and many
snore continually flocking in. Many were sold even before
they- had time to pen them. A brisker sale had not been
known for several years. The ewes in excellent condition ;
the buyers were from all parts of the country, many from the
Isle of Wight. The Somerset or horn sheep sold from 365.
to 485.; Dorset do., 32s to 433. ; South Dewn do., 18s. to
335. Mr. Joseph Simms, from Kingston, Thrset, sold 214
Dorset ewes, at 365. each. Mr. William Dunning, Tittle
Trenry, sevea miles from Dorchester, 300 Dorset ewes, 355.
Mr. Neale, 250 South Downs, 255. each. Mr. Pennister
Settle sold 159 Somerset Item ewes at 48s. each. There were
but few lambs; no rams or sheep for the butchers. Many
dealers and jobbers have arrived this evening, and a vast
.quantity of sheep ready for to-morrow's sale. Every bed,
&c., is taken here, and all the inns in Andover and
neighbouring villages. Great preparations a$ making for
.Wey-hill fair, which commences on Friday net, and continues
five days. Very few hops brought in.
RISE IN TETE PRICE OF COALS.—A considerable
rise has taken place in the price of this material Here, the
cart, which four months ago was five shillings and sixpence,
has advanced to seven shillings and sixpence. All the
collieries in the county are in the fullest operation, but such
is the rapid consumpt from the quantity exported, from what
is required by the ironworks, by steam boats and steam
carriages, that the supply is hardly adequate to the demand.
•At Ardroesan, we understand, difficulty is experienced in
supply;ng some of the steam-vessels which regularly ply
• from that port. The collier's powers of output are in these.
. circumstances taxed to the utmost, and his remuneration
• will, of course, be in proportion. At the Hurlford, in the
neighbourhood of Kilmarnock, about double of the men are
employed that were engaged last year.—Ayr Observer.
THE SMOKE NUISANCE.—At Manchester Police-
court, on Tuesday last, six parties were summoned for not con-
Burning the smoke of their factory chimneys. Penalties of
• 495. were imposed in each case, with the understanding that
. the penalties would not he enforced if the nuisance were
remedied, as the parties informed against said they were en-
deavouring to adopt means to burn the smoke. The town-
- clerk, who prosecuted on behalf of the Corporation, said that
. on a previous occasion it had been su' eeeested that though the
consumption of smoke was tolerably easy in mills of small
. power, it was very difficult, if not impracticable, to consume
.it thoroughly where a large amount of potzeer necessarily.
- required. Since that time he had sent
in smokeordert inspectors
to
consumed
e. to Hyde, Staleybridge, and Preston,
obser-
vations on the extent to which smoke was con‘
, of large power in those places. The first and most striking
isimterrekitilhilgs
instance was that of the hits Mr. Ashton, of Hyde
boiler was of 400 horse power. They watched the mill nine
hours, without the slightest knowledge on the part of Mr.
Ashton's people that any observation was being taken, and
the result was, that during the nine hours there was only
eight minutes during which even what was called moderate
smoke could be seen ; and during eight hours fifty-two
minutes, with 400 horse power, no smoke whatever was seen
to issue.