The Sun.
London, England, 1842-01-12 00:00:00

W OOLWICH-TUESDAY.

The Volcano steam-vessel, Lieut. Commander C.
J. Fcatherstnne, 'arrived on Tuesday at Woolwich,
with three sergeants, five corporals, two drummers, and
118 men, belonging to the Woolwich division of Royal
Mariner, recently. serving in. the Powerful, 84 gun
ship, Captain Michael Seymour. This detachment of
Royal Matines went out to the Mediterranean station
at the time Captain Sir Charles Napier was appointed
to the command of the Powerful, and will be paid off at
Woolwich on Wednesday. The Volcano was rather
unfortunate on her asthge from Portsmouth on this
occasion, the pilot having run her aground near Mar-
gate. By taking out the greater portion of her coals,
putting the marines en shore, and otherwise lighting
her, she was ultimately got off, but so disabled from
some injuries to her engines, and the boilers haring Ecru?
displaced, that it was found necessary to send the Mon•
key steam-sesse/, Seconal Master Wm. B►yant, to tow
her to Woolwich where she will remain until her defects
are made good.

Lieutenant George Henry Seymour (June 27, 1838)
has been appointed to the William and Mary yacht, at
Woolwich, for service in the Firebrand steam-vessel,
one of the squadron destined to accompany the King
of Prussia to this country. This appointment-to the
Firebrand is in addition to the appointments of Com-
mander John Neale Nott, of the Excellent, and W.
E. A. Gordon, mate of-the Dido, formerly announced.
It is- expected the Firebrand and*Sheerwater steam-
vessels will leave• Woolwich• about the end of this wrek
for thtend, to be in readiness to receive his Majesty
on his arrival there ; but- nothing is as yet definitively
known as to -the exact day cf his arrival here, further
than that it will not be Wore the 20th or 21st inst.
It is also expected, should the weather prove favour-
able, that there will he a grand turn out of all the troops
in the garrison at Woolwich to honour the King of
Prussia on his arrival, and that reviews of the troops
here wi.l also take place during his Majesty's stay in
this country.

NARROW ESCAPE OF MR. WAKLEY.—
'Yest,rlay morning an accident, which had threatened to
prwe of serious consequences, occurred to Mr. Waklaay,
oM.P., the Coroner. It appears that Mr. Wakley was re-
,ltttrning from the St. Pancras Workhouse (where he had
,been holding an inquest), in his britschka, accompanied
by Mr. Erasmus Wilson, surgeon, when, on• arriving op-,
posit° the Southampton Arms, Camden-town, the horses
suddenly took fright,, and turning into the Hampstead-
road, dashed on to the pathway against some palings
which inclose a ieid, called Rhodes's Field, and started
off at full speed. By the desire of Mr. Wakley, they
all kept their seats, but not ,without that gentleman
thinking that-inevitable destruction awaited them. On
arriving, however, at the rear of the toll-gate, where
two large posts Are fixed, the animals, which were then
proceeding at the rate of twenty miles an hour, were
stopp,d by being jammed in. By the sudden shock the
injury. Mr. Walidey'A right hand was bruised, but
eCniC11111:1/1 Wits -thrown from his 'seat, but sustained, no
be-
yond that all escaped unhurt.
THE DUKE OF CLEVELAND.:--It is with cc-
gret we learn that a change for the worse has taken
place within the past week in the health of this Noble-
man. It was only a short time back we noticed with
pleasure the decided improvement then apparent which
had manifested itself since the Noble Duke's arrival in
town from Yorkshire. His Grace has been confined to

his bed from Saturday week, and Dr. Chambers has
been consulted, in addition to Sir Henry HaWord. Lady
Augusta Milbanke, the Noble Duke's daughter, with
Mr. Milbanke, are expected to arrive in town to-day
from their seat in Yorkshire. There are but faint'hopes
of his recovery. His Grace is in his 76th year. •
TORY FEELING AND RESPECT.—The' birth-
day of the Earl of Lonsdale was celebrated at ne'rising-
bon by a public dinner, on Wednesday week: The
health of the Queen Dowager was proposed; and, con-
sidt ring that the illustrious lady is suffering undeFtt dan-
gerott, mdatly, it was to be expected'that the Tory de.
pendents•would have suffered nothing to be done-either
before or after the toast, which did not at least show an
ordinary anxiety her Majesty's recovery. But what
was the next business before another toast was proposed ?
A comic song was sung (says the Whiteharen Herald)
amidst roars of laughter.
DIED.—At Jarviston, Old House, lately,
William Meek, aged ninety years. He had lived under
the family of that estate for upwards of seventy years.
As an instance of the longevity among the dependents
of the same property, it is found that the combined ages
of six individuals, all residing within a mile of each
other, and alive within the last three years, amounts to
five hundred and thirty-one years! viz., Christiana. Cu-
llen, 100 ; Margaret Hill, 91 (still alive); William Meek
90 ; Janet Walker, his wife, 80 (still alive) ; Bobert
Vallence, 86; and Jane Frame, 84.—Glasgow,paper.
THE BANK TILEFT.—We have little to ftdd:dii°
our statement of Thursday in reference to this ext!lsTord -
nary affair. The parties whO were taken into
ici,natiL'
viz., Smith and Wishart, have sustaiued, noe
since Tuesday last, but the auth.orities hay
lend to a full
such inquiries as to them appear likely' to
in the disclosure of the facts. Various
parties,
of course, every-
and out f it, have been examined, bceseuLaking
in-
dividuals in custody are likely to
morrow.— Glasy Argus of Monday-.
thing is conducted in secret. Wredxe'arsmtainneddthiail„tratilitie
ports were
earset s3i3x6y.e
while 1835,1841
;„,„ing trade of the port has
in
LEI T n.—The sau-r--„ •
Isigl`tijiiiilpi in foreign ships is 930.
grain importeda-st y-eal:n'iay account for
tnheretrabr,rtilr.eftl;slcfdroienutalis:cfgrt:l:foi.len:
Pecionfcrease ; but, notwithstanding, it indicates
pant
The
greatnoufnti
hbie
this
a: steady increase of our shipping and commercial tride.
--dinburgh Evening Courant.