The Sun.
London, England, 1842-04-07 00:00:00

WOOL WICH.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE, AI'RIC4.—SIIIPS AND STEAM
VE.S.SELS BUILDING IN WOOLAVICII DOCK-YA RD—Boseavren
70 guns, third rate. This vessel is to be fitted with in entire
new stern on a plan recommended by the Committee of Master
Shipwrights of her Majesty's doek-vw-ds.—Chichester,
guns, fourth rate.—Amphion, 36 guns-, fifth rate.—Gladiator,
first class steam-vessel. —lnfernal, second class steam .vessel.
ORDERED TO BE BUILT AND COMMENCED IMNIEDIATEtE
—Royal Albert, 120 guns, first rate. On the slip whence the
l'rafaigar was launched —Agamemnon, 80 guns, second rate.
On the slip at present occupied by the Infernal steam-vessel
Infesnal is ordered to be launched as soon as possib e.
Sit IPS IN THE HARBOUR. AND BASlN.—Gorgon, first C'B3s
e
Caturday last.—Styx, second-elass steam-vessel, Captain Vidal
refit H.
, Cathestirtavieny NiV,f. henderson, C. B. ; paid off on
the Azores. She was taken into the
s t clear.:-vessel,
is
n- vg e
furs std
new duck on Tuesday last, and is the first vessel that has been
locked in it. —llecla, second class qteam-vessel, Lieut.-Com
islander J. B. Cragg, paid off on Thursday last.—Blazer.
.i.eain-vessel, Commander John Stdane, paid off on Thursday
I.St.—Lightning, steam.-vessel, Lieut.-Commander E. R.
P earse, refitting.—Mastiff, surveying vessel, Master-Com•
Islander G. Thomas, ready for sea.—Black Eagle, steam-vessel,
Captain J. A. Blow.—Geyser, first' class steam-vessel, Com-
mander Carpenter, pi eparmg to receive her guns. She 7111
carry the heaviest guns of any steam-vessel in the service,
their weight being 113 cwt. each. - Shearwater, steam-vessel,
Captain J. Washington, fitting for the summer survey on the
coast.--Fearless, sieam-vessel; Captain J. Bullock, fitting for
the survey of the river, &c.—Salamander, Comet, Columbine,
mid Swallow, steam-ves.:els, re.iairing for service.

ST. ALBAN'S- A.-AbEY,—TIDE
NUNNERY.

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Sopwell Nunnery was fotmded by Abbot Geoffrey
about 1140, on his observing two poor women dwelling
there in a %retched hut of their, own constructing, and
living a most austere life on bread and water, and in re-
gular devotion to God. Their piety induced him to build
a house for their comfortable living, and to bestow on
them some p ,sessions. Me appointed also a chapel and
a church• yard, ordaining that Ilene should he buried
there excepting the nun.; ; none to be admitted into the
house but maidens ; and the number not to exceed
thirteen.

Henry,de Albini, or Albenev, of the bons° of Todenei,
gave to this house two hides of land, with his wife's con-
sent, in their manner of Cotes in Beaulieu. His son
Robert, and his mother Cicely, gave a rood more, in the
same manor, Richard de Tany, or Todenei; gave them
the land called Black hides in Ridge parish.
Abbot Michael, about 1338, ordained certain rules for
the regulation. of this house, and enjoined a better order
and observance :ban they had before practised. They
are as follows : 1. That the commemoration of St. Alban
should be kept as usual. 2. That no more than three
nuns should sit in the chapter. 3. That silence be ob-
served, as i.)y the rule of St. Benedict, in the church or
chapel, in the cloister, in the refectory, and the dormi-
tory. 4. That a:little boll do ring in the morning, as
notice to rise and appear, and that none leave the dor-
mitory befofe the bell rings, 5: That the garden-door
be not opened (Tor walking) before the hour of prime, or
first hour of devotion ; and in summer, that the garden
and the parlour doors be not opened until die hour of
none (nine) in the morning ; and to be always shut when
the corfue rings. 6. That no sister hold conversation
in the parlour without her cowl on, and her faCe.covered
artiempulizeeS.
with her veil. 7. That tailors, or other artists, be persons
of good character, but to work in some place assigned
them without the monastery ; and never to be admitted
8. That if any
, this shall not ex-
cludesist toere
ilbitaeeirnufbnreodruestrotarh e otherelintlttrel:se re,
ofho the church. 9. The sick to
be kept in the infirtnars% 10. No nun to lodge, out of
the house, and no guest within it. 11. All the -sisters
tructed from
Btoebaettipresent
haiets• tat InediAD absbseyosf
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DANGER TO PAPISTS- --,A UTION AGAINST COURS-
L4G—TII E PigA r. LAWS! !!-At Petty Sessions on Friday,
-William
a mEslql,l,„inantleagcahianisrt,
i‘a
I.
nu complaintntonuf•aosr preferredtrespas
by Mr. Gloster, attorney, against M!. Paul Fozarty, woollen-
merchant, and George C. 'Bunton; Esq , salici.or ;
t against
Mr. Foglrty upon his qualification under one of the penal
statutes of
fur coursing and killing a hare on the lands cf Derryknockane,
in this county. The same statute enacts that none but Pro-
tes!ants, or the servants of Protestants, can sioot or kill deer !
Mr. Gloster appeared in person against the defendants. Mr.
Gleeson appeared for Mr. Fogarty. Mr. Bunton defended
himself. The ease, which excited a great deal of interest, was
unanimously dismissed by the Bench, to the manifest appro-
bation of a crowded Court. —Limerick Reporter.
HORRIBLE MURDER.—Last night (Wednesday) the
:,:nbeldaytilythaint thetile uentnfootouynoafte
Air.body of a female was found lying in the stables attached to Mr.
Shiel's residence in Park-lane, Putney,. quite dead ; and upon
naminatioa not the least doubt is entertained, from the dread-
ful wounds inflicted upon
inniigiht6p, rfervoimousAtfor.thsehirrie Ursrd:Prabrkei
wo-
man was murdered. Information was immediately forwarded
to the police stations of the melancholy occurrence. Great
'suspicion is attached to
,Shiel, and who absconded last
.coming known. The following is a copy of the paper sent to
, cotland• yard for the guidance of the police :—" Absconded,
about half-ptst nine, P. Mt.,
;lane, Putney, Daniel Good, an Irishman, about 50 years of
age, 5 feet 6 inches high, very da k complexion, dressed in a
dark frock coat, drab breeches and gaiters, and black hat. He
is suspected of having murdered a female, the body of whom
was found in the stables.'