The Sun.
London, England, 1842-05-28 00:00:00

THE INDIA SUN
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AND
FULL ACCOUNT OF
AFFGHANISTAN
AND THE
THEATRE OF WAR IN INDIA,
WITH ALL THE LATEST
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NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.. v
, Woolwich, Mal' 27.—The Geyser steam-frigate. 7
mander E. J. Carpenter, proceeded clown the river
, from Woolwich to Greenhithe, and will remain till Satr
adjust her compasses. She will then return to Wonitud ,
is to proceed to Deal, so as to arrive there on the 6th '' j
when a course of experiments will be made with herlelfe"
and after their capabilities are sufficiently tested •at!..:;)/
will be landed to compare their range with the other .l,
about to be experimented with by Captain Maebeade
of the Royal Artillery, already stationed at Deal for thatP
,' )
The Columbine steam-vessel, having been conside
suitable for the service for which the Avon steam-veet
commissioned, the officers appointed to the latter vt is
been transferred to the Columbine. Their names ‘,•
r-
lows :—Lieut. Alfred Kortright (1828), Lieut. P. '
land (1842), Master T. W. A. Pike; Second Master i
Mackenzie; Mr. J. C. Dryden, clerk in charge ; en,tle, 1
Revell, Ist, John Cawley 2d, and John Maggs 3d engu.1,44.0
Ttie Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have 17
order to enter twelve shipwrights' apprentices at the. „-
Dockyard immediately, that number being a regul.7.ol
tion, according to the men borne on the books of .0-
.
yard. Their Lordships have also decided upon ea .or
apprentices every year, to be distributed amongst tbe,„_, ,'
dockyards in the proportion of men borne on their boob' ,
Mrs. Gore's new story of "The Amber
Wile," is, perhaps, the most splendid of all the noeuLt -;
brilliant writer. Diplomacy (native and foreign), w".
nificence of patrician life, match-making intrigues? 0
pride, French craftiness, the barbaric magnificence of 0
nobility, are some of the elements of a work of fictioe, i
more than any other of its class, affords a living picter. i
sti
present state of Europe in its highest and most &
circles. When to this is added that pictures of the ,04i
Arid
London, Paris, and St. Petersburgh, are given, with on
sketches and anecdotes of living Monarchs and their
te'
and favourites, the high and powerful interest of thei"74
be readily appreciated.
NS
HECTOR OtIiALLORAN.—A right merry, rols gr
frolicsome story of Irish adventure ; full of love an "p 5
captived hearts, broken heads, night attacks by white
escapes by flood and field, bacchanalian freaks, stre„se
watch-house re, elry, elopements; and, in short, all tbapsA f'd
sant little incidents, by which Irishmen seek to Initirlr
tedium of life, and which Maxwell, above all other* a
how to give in the genuine vein, neat as imported. T 1;
of Hector O'Halloran, and his man, Mark Anthoni,
will cast into shadow even those of Don Quixote saw; '
Panza, surpassing them in richness and variety, as 01,111, ,
lakes and hills of the .• Emerald Isle," surpass the a","
, a and barren sierras of the Spanish peninsula.
A fire broke out at Brussels, on Saturday II ..
a warehouse at the corner of the Rue Manq, and OP ,
raged so furiously, that great alarm was felt for the ~,,.
property. By prompt assistance, however, and a pleu, it r
ply of water, the fire was restricted to the building Urd. i
originated. This was burnt down, causing a 100 •
100,000 francs. Four firemen are said to have been
injured.
M. de Reel:, Privy-Councillor of the Grand
of Baden, arrived last week at Basle, for the purpose dAsll
to some understanding with the authorities, for bril)tp!'-
railroad, which crosses the Duchy, to the walls of
The negotiations have been already begun, and gtv°, :,
of a happy result. There is some question of prat" •,i,l
line to Schaff houses:.
The management of the Hambledon houndfotr
is said, to be transferred to Wm. Henry Barkwortlt. •!-
Hambledon.— Wiltshire Independent.
A letter from the Hague, May 20, state ;s,,i,
King of the Netherlands, who is now making a Wl:fele:JO
of the provinces, where he is enthusiastically rece. 07;
after his return to the Hague, proceed to Luxemburg! •14.
the session of the States in person. lioeci
We have been requested to state that 3,1 r.
...goi_
was obliged to leave the House last evening 011 217 '
severe indisposition.
lliar
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BIRTHS. Ai.
On the 24th inst., at Brockham, near Dorking, the ,sft
Frederick Tayler, Esq.. of a daughter, still-born. fee'
j fer.
On the 26th inst., at Lower Belgrave-place, M' J.
iiaSt
of a son,
On the 26th inst., at North Ockendon Rectory, the
°9re .of
the Rev. Richard Croft, of a son.
John
On the 26th inst., at I\laida-hill West, Mrs. JO-1 11l
1„,,,,,/
a daughter, still-born.
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