The Sun.
London, England, 1842-11-28 00:00:00

SOUTH DERBY CONSERVATIVE

ASSOCIATION FRACAS.
Undeterred by the ill-success of the masquerade
scene of pseudo Tory operatives, the Tory registra-
tion gentlemen ti red to must r a dinner party. Some
of those they invited, however, had to see to their
forms, or mercluindise, and begged to be excused ;
others, perhaps, had marred wives, and therefore
they could not come, so that all South Derby could
do out of regard for the Registration Committee of
her sitting Members, was to assemble some forty or
fifty persons--certainly not more—to hear a repeti-
tion of the nonsense which was uttered by the same
speakers at their last Operative feast;og.
The CHAIRMAN (Mr. Chandos Pole) called upon
Sir Seymour Blane to propose for a toast, " The
Magistrates of the county.' Now, Sir Seymour
Blane, havinga proper regard for etiquette, and being
anxious as a gentleman not to display any gaucherie
or incompleteness in vs hat he did, re-muddled this
decapitated toast, and fitting it with a becoming head,
proposed the healths of " The Lord Lieutenant and
the Magistrates of the county." The Lord Lieutenant !
Hinc illca lachryma I When the proposal fell upon
the ears of the little knot of Tory gentlemen some-
thing like silence ensued, and in a true Jack Cade
spirit they refused any applause to the toast, and
Duke and Magistrates were passed over together,
with a devil-may-care swagger by the lovers of con-
stituted authorities !

Mr. CuANDos POLE, we hear, remonstrated in a
sotte voce tone with Sir Seymour Blane, on his having
completed the imperfect topic entrusted to his care,
and wondered what active feelings of propriety could
have induced him not to snub the Lord-Lieutenant
while proposing the body of inferior Magistrates. Sir
Seymour Blane had too nice a sense of what was due
to himself as a gentleman to listen to the imperti-
nent rebuke of Mr. Chandos Pole, and with the feel-
ing of a high mind indignant at the low practices of
his party, the worthy Baronet immediately left the
room, and refused to take further part in such un-
mannerly revels. Gentlemen were sent after him to
persuade him to return, but the Baronet was properly
punctilious, and would do no such thing. A sensa-
tion was caused in the assembly, and the meeting was
broken up in great confusion.—Derby Reporter.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
Woor.wlctr, Nov. 25.—The Wilberforce 'steam-
vessel, Lieutenant- Commander Webb, is ordered to
Woolwich to be paid off. This vessel was the last
to leave the Niger, and has brought home the few re-
maining parties who went out on that unfortunate ex-
pedition. The model farm has been entirely broken up.
The Merlin steam-vessel, Lieutenant Commander
Keane, will sail to-morrow for Liverpool, to resume
her duties at that station. This vessel has been com-
pletely refitted at Woolwich.
The Gorgon steam-vessel will not proceed to
Portsmouth at present, as recently ordered.
The Falmouth left Woolwich on Monday, for Ply-
mouth.

The Hermes steam-vessel was towed up the river
on Monday, the 21st instant, by the African steam-
vessel, from Chatham, and is to be taken up the river
to be fitted with her engines by Maudsley, Field, and
Co. The African returned to Chatham on Tuesday.
The Cormorant steam-vessel has had her engines
fitted by Fairburn and Co., and left for Sheerness on
Monday.
The Black Eagle steam-vessel, Master S. B. Cook,
left Woolwich, for Chatham, on Monday, the 21st
instant, to wait on his Imperial Highness the Arch-
duke Frederick of Austria, and returned on the 23d.
The Duck sailed for Chatham yesterday.
The Diligence transport spiv will sail to-morrow,
or on Monday, from Woolwich for Pembroke.
The Modeste steam-vessel, Commander Watson,
was to leave Nankin (China) for England on the
14th of September.

(From the Devonport Independent of this day.)
Her Majesty's ship Royal William, 120, was taken
into dock on Monday, to - be. repaired and new
coppered, previous to being fitted as an advance ship.
Her Majesty's ship Calcutta, 84, Captain G. Rich,
(acting) was paid off on Monday last.
Her Majesty's steamer Rhadamanthus, Master-
Commander T. Laen, arrived from Portsmouth on
Wednesday, on her way to the Mediterranean, and
came into harbour for a supply of coals. She is to
take out some officers appointed to ships on the above
station, and a number of supernumerary seamen and
boys.
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(From the Hampshire Telegraph.)
PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 26.—The Styx, steamer, Cap-
thin Vidall, arrived this morning, eight days from
Madeira, the three last day&of which she came under
canvass. Since May she has been surveying the
Western Islands. She brings no news.
The Howe, 120, (with the flag of Sir Francis
Mason) sailed from Malta on the 9th instant, for
the Levant. The Devastation arrived at Malta on the
Bth, from Tripoli. On the 7th the Ariel (R. Y.
Schooner) left there for Sicily.
The Wasp, 16, Commander Drew, fitting at Sheer-
ness,
is to proceed to the 'West Indies, touching at
this port.
The Frolic, 16, Commander Willis, is ordered to
be dispatched as soon as possible. Her destination is
not known.

The Nautilus, 10, arrived yesterday, with volun-
teer seamen, from Liverpool.
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The Nautilus traniport, sailed yesterday for the
River.

In Harbour—St. Vincent, Victory, Excellent,
Royal George, Bellone (Austrian), Samarang, Frolic,
Nautilus, Dolphin, Rocket, Volcano, and Echo,
steamers, Sovereign, transport.
At Spithead—Pique, Styx' Resistance, John
Renwick .(c.,nvict ship), Zenobia and Ewretta (East
Indiamen).