The Sun.
London, England, 1842-10-21 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 18.—The Warspite, 50, Capt.
Lord John Hay, C. 8., was inspected yesterday by
Admiral Sir Edward Codrington. She went out of
harbour early this morning, and remains at Spithead.
It is understood that General Sir Robert Wilson, ap-
Winted Governor of Gibraltar, will embark in the
arspite this week, accompanied by the Right Rev.
Dr. Tomlinson, the Bishop of Gibraltar ; and his
Excellency Sir Alex. Woodford will return to Enc..* -
terid in that vessel.

The Thunderer, 84, Captain Pring, and the Phoe-
nix war steamer, Captain Richardson, are hourly
looked for from the Mediterranean. The wind having
changed to the westward, it is probable these ships
will arrive during the night. The former vessel left
Gibraltar on the Ist inst., and the latter on the sth.
The Orestes, 20, Captain J. S. Carnegie, 111. P.,
will go out of harbour on Friday next ; her destina-
tion is supposed to be the West Indies.
The Brunswick, Plymouth steamer, sailed this
afternoon for Devonport, with a proportion of the 67th
Regiment (depot) ; the remainder will embark in the
Brunswick on her return to this port.
The Bellona Austrian frigate remains at present in
harbour, where she is painting, having undergone the
necessary repairs of caulking, &c.
Ships in Barbour—The St. Vincent, the Victory,
the Royal George, the Excellent, the Orestes, and the
Echo and Rocket steamers ; Bellona Austrian. frigate.
At Spithead—The Warspite.
DEVONPORT, OCT. 18.—Le Sanspareil, old. French
man of War, for many years used at this port as the
sheer hulk, is in dock, being ripped up. The dock-
yard authorities have taken drawings from her, and it
is said the Admiralty intend to have a vecsel laid
down immediately and built from her model. She
was taken from the French on the Ist of June, 1794,
and vas afterwards in the Channel fleet with the
flag of Lon.: Hugh Seymour, the father of Sir G.
Seymour, one of the present Lords of the Admiralty.
She has ever bee: thought a beautiful specimen of
naval architecture, and when in command of Lord
Seymour, in 1799, was the crack ship of the fleet.
The Gipsy tender arrived here from Chatham on
the 14th inst. with the seamen that navigated the Ruby
iron steam-vessel to that port. She returned again
on Sunday.
The Nautilus, 10, Commander Paulson, arrived
here yesterday, on her passage to Bristol.
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In arrived with stores this morn-
ing
In the Sound—The Nautilus.
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Devon, and Tortoise lighters.
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RUNNING MATCH ON BLACKHEATH.
Wednesday the much talked-of match between Jem
Cook (generally called the Greenwich cow-boy), who
had been for some time in the service of J. Anger-
stein, Esq., of Blackheath, and Gazly, the " Star of
Kent," came off from the fifth mile stone, epp,..
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the fifth, 6 minutesthe sixth, 6 mioutes
minutes 32 seconds;
ii seconds ; the seventh, 6 '
eighth, 5 minutes 24 minutes 2 seconds ; and the
above 40 3,-ards. Th seconds—Gazly winning by
dating that from e speed was tremendous, cond.-
Man for the start, except from the Green
up-hill for nearly three-quarters of a mile, it was tremendously
threei miles, and a sharp steep as a
finish: the retur
which both of them'o course, requirin? a strong pull,.
felt at the summit of Shooter's
hill on the return ; Gazly had then gained 20 yards.
was
The speed increased down the hill, although each
was reserving himself for the "rise.' The next mile,
which included the " pull-up," took 6 minutes Sig
seconds, and the finish, on the level they started from,,
was reduced to 5 minutes 24 seconds—the difference
of the first mile to the last being 32 seconds. Gazly
headed his opponent 40 yards, and both came in fresh.
Heavy bets were dependent on the issue.

Tux DROUGHT.—The scarcity of water under which
we have for some time suffered has been as severely
felt in the county as in the town. Between Biggar,
Broughton, and Peebles, nearly all the corn mills
have been stopped, and there is scarcely a farmer,
except those on the banks of the larger rivers, who
are not under the necessity of carrying water for their
ordinary domestic purposes, as well as for drink to
their animals ; and in some instances the water is
carted from a distance of four miles. In town a num*
ber of engines have been stopped from the same
cause, and private families are suffering the utmost
inconvenience from the want of this most indispensa-
ble element,—Edinburgh Paper.
ANTWERP, OCT. 19.—The section of the iron rail-
way, from Leige to Chenee, was °Pell° Ye6terdaY`