The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-02 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTU. FRIDAY.— The Warspite, 50, Capt. Wallis.
—The names of the men who met their death by the upsetting
of the second cutter of this ship at Beyrout, on the 22d of
June, were James M'Cormack. quartermaster, Samuel Stans-
wold, John Hewitt, John Webb, Joseph Sampson, and Joshua
Tucker, able seamen.
The Alfred, 50, Commodore Purvis, is nearly dismantled,
and will be ready to be paid off early in the ensuing week.
The Frolic, 16, Commander Hamilton ; the Satellite, 16,
Commander Rowley ; and the Dolphin, 3, Lieutenant-Com-
mander Levigne, were at Buenos Ayres when the Alfred left
llio for England (4th of June).
The Cambrian, 86, Commodore Chad!, came into harbour
on Wednesday morning to discharge her valuable freight of
2,000,000 dollars in sycee silver, a portion of the Chinese ran-
som money. The freight is contained in 500 boxes, the whole
weighing 62 tons. Sir. Cooper, of the Treasury, superin-
tended its disembarkation this morning, and it will be conveyed
to London under his charge and an escort of the Bth Regiment
on Monday, by a special train. Orders were received yester-
day for the Cambrian to be paid off at this port, quite contrary
to public expectation. She was inspected, and her crew mus-
tered and exercised yesterday. by Captain Mowbray, of the
Victory, for the Commander-in-Chief, Sir C. Rowley (whose
ill state of health does not permit him to perform the duty),
after which she was hauled alongside the jetty to discharge
her valuable cargo, This wonting she unbent sails, struck
her topgallant masts, and unreve her running rigging ; her
crew being a very smart one, she will soon be dismantled and
paid off.

The Fairy, tender to the royal yacht,
And was docked in
Thain, came up from Cowes last evening, Master-Commander
the room of the Carysfort this morning, to
.examine further
her screw, in
into the injuries she sustained by the strain tO .
consequence of having got a halser twisted round 1: some days
smee, and also to see if she was injured by grounding
~n Tues-
day at the entrance of the harbour, and to have some a/t4.-atieu
made in her machinery.

The Royal GeorgeJate the Royal sailing yacht, i$ alongside
the jetty, being fitted as a receiving hulk for the officers and
crew of the royal steam yacht.
The Centaur steam• frigate progresses very rapidly in con-
struction. The hands employed upon her are working extra
time, in order to expedite her completion.
The Victoria and Albert hove in sight at Spithead about a
quarter-past four o'clock this afternoon, with her Majesty and
the Royal Family on board, the Royal standard flying from the
main. The yacht proceeded as far as the Spit, and on ap-
proaching the Monarch, a splendid Indiaman of 1,400 tons,
the property of Mr. Green, the captain manned his rigging
and dipped his colours, which compliment was duly acknow-
ledged, as alio were the hearty cheers of the men ranged along
the bulwarks and in the rigging, by repeated bows from her
Majesty, who ordered the Royal standard to be dipped, its
further acknowledgment of the respect of her loyal subjects.
The Royal yacht steamed completely round the ship, and re-
turned to Cowes, under a Royal salute from the platform bat-
tery The clay was beautifully fine, and a delightful breeze
was blowing at the time.

In Harbour—The Victory, Excellent, Alfred, Cambrian,
Royal George, Seallower, and Comet and Echo, steam-vessels.
In Dock—The Prince Regent, Amphitrite, and Trinco-
malee, razeeing ; and the Leander, 50, and entaur, steam-
frigate (building), and the Fairy, steam-yacht.
In the Basin—The Carysfort, Athol, Kingfisher, and
Scourge, steam sloop.
At Spithead—No man of war ; the Monarch, 1,400 tons,
Indiaman.

SHEERNESS, THURSDAY—The Monkey steamer having
broken down in her passage hence to Portsmouth, with super-
numeraries, returned, and, having disembarked them, pro-
ceeded to Woolwich to have her defects made good. She re-
turned here on Saturday, and again proceeded to Portsmouth
with supernumeraries and engineers fer the Bloodhound
steamer at Plymouth.
The Haven cutter, Lieut. J. Stephen, sailed on Sunday for
Yarmouth, and returned on Wednesday with seamen volun-
teers, entered at that port for the navy.
The Goodwill lighter, arrived from Portsmouth on Sunday
with stores, which having delivered she proceeded to Chatham
on Wednesday.
The Asia, 84, advance-ship, dropped down from her moor-
ings on Monday to the jetty, to have her sides recaulked and
painted.
The Ferret, 10, Commander Josiah Oake, recently from the
coast of Africa, arrived on Tuesday from Spithead, and came
into harbour on Wednesday, to be paid off.
The Brilliant, 20, razt:te, having completed her alterations,
was hauled out of dock on Monday, and now continues her fit-
tings for commission in the basin. Her masts are ready, and
will be put in on Monday next.
The Scout, 18, Commander the Hon. James Drummond,
recently from the Mediterranean station, is hourly expected
here front Spitbead, to be paid off.
The following vessels occupy the basin :—Hawke, 72, and
Russell, 72, fitting for advance; Crocodile, 26, Captain Max-
well, fitting for sea ; and Juno, 26, Alarm, 26, Brilliant, 20,
Havannah, 20, and Sampson steam-frigate, for commission.
In Dock —Dido, 20, and the new caisson.
In Harbour—Ocean 80, flag-ship pro tem. ; Ferret, 10 ;
Raven, 3 ; and African, steamer.

WOOLWICH, FRIDAY.—The Lightning, steam-vessel, Mu-
ter-Commander Petley, and the Monkey, Master-Commander
W. Bryant, are ordered to attend the Victoria and Albert,
royal steam-yacht, to Antwerp, on theoccasion of her Majesty's
vita to the continent.

The Avon steam-vessel has been commsssioned by Com-
mander Denham, and the under-mentioned officers appointed
to her :—Mr. A. S. Knight, acting-master; Mr. R. A. Cum-
ming, clerk in charge; Mr. A. Middleton, clerk ; Mr. J.
Walker, master's assistant.

The Meteor steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander George
Butler, is ordered to be paid off at Woolwich on Monday next.
The Black Eagle steam vessel, Master-Commander S. B.
Cook, returned to Woolwich from Portsmouth yesterday.
The Falmouth will sail early next week for Portsmouth
and Plymouth.
The crew of the Fearless, Lieutenant-Commander Sher-
ringham, were this day turned over to the Dasher steam-vessel.
The Medea steam-vessel was taken into the basin yester-
day, to be fitted with engines of a larger description than those
formerly used in her. . .

A pilot left Woolwich this morning for Portsmouth, to bring
round the Royal Victoria arid Albert yacht to moorings op-
posite Woolwich dockyard.

COLLISION Or' STEAMERS.

LOSS OF ONE HUNDRED AND TIIIRTY-FIVE

LIVES.

CONSTANTINOPLE, JULY 17.—0 n the night of the 1 Ith instant,
on the Black Sea, about forty miles east of the Bosphorus, a most
dreadful catastrophe took place. Two Turkish steamers, the one
coming from, and the other going to Trebizond, came into sudden
collision, and one of them went down with the greater part of her
crew and passengers. The vessels were the Scutari, commanded
by Mr. Dubbing, and the Medjehrai 'Fidjahret, commanded by Mr.
Lambert. The commander of each vessel was perfectly aware of
the approach of the other full twenty minutes before the fearful
event happened, and there was apparently no danger. But Capt.
Lambert, fancying he had an Austrian vessel before him, to obey a
rule of the Austrian service, put his helm a starboard, whilst the
commandei of the Scutari, following the rule of the English ser-
vice, put his helm a.port. Thus the former ran right under the
bows of the latter, and the .collision was inevitable. If both
commanders had put their helms a.port, no accident could possibly
have happened. Though it was a moonlight night, there was a
good deal of fog, so that the mistake was Lot discovered till it
was impossible to avoid its terrible consequence. The klediehrai
Tidjahret was struck between the fore rigging and the
engine. The shock was tremendous. There were a great num.
ber of passengers on board both the vessels, chiefly Turks and
Italians, and a scene of indescribable dismay and confusion arose.
At first it was not known which of the steamers had received
fatal damage. As the Scutari is an old ship, and greatly out of
repair, it was thought she must have suffered most, but the con-
trary proved to be the case. Whilst this was in doubt, however,
her commander proposed that the vessels should be lashed together,
or that one should be taken in tow by the other, in order that if
either of them should be found to be unseaworthy, or in a state
of wreck, the sound vessel might be able to rescue the ship's corn.
pan), and passengers of the other. This proposal was most en.
fortunately rejected. The vessels parted; the Medjebrai Tidjahret
dropped about a mile astern, and in the course of leas than a
quarter of an hour it was found that she was sinking rapidly:
The Scutari, which bad got but slight damage, then went to
her help; but it was too late. Very few, comparatively, could
be saved. The boats of the devoted vessel were so overcrowded
by those who strove with frantic eagerness to make their escape,
that they sunk at once. About seventy, however, by swimming,
and by clinging to spars, reached the Scutari, where they clustered
round the puldleboxes till they were taken in. Captain Lam-
bert and an engineer were picked up by a boat of the Scutari. All
the rest, one hundred and thirty.five souls, perished. Their agony
was a short one, but it was terrific. As the Scutari approached
the wreck she heeled over (the people on the deck, like wild
maniacs, were visible in the moonlight), and as the sea sucked her
down—as the vortex of waters she formed in sinking almost made
the Scutari spin round with the motion, there rose a scream of
utter horror—a last scream I—which those who heard will never
forget. But more Impressive still was the passive resignation of
the Turks; they sat motionless muttering their prayers; neither
by cry nor gesture did they manifest any consternation ! In im-
passive silence—amid the shrieks of despair of Christians—the
fatalists met their frightful doom. From the first shock to the sink.
ing of the vessel not more than half an hour elapsed.
The captains of the two vessels were English ; the engineers
were also English. Upon English navigation and engineers,
therefore, this terrible accident must bring much discredit in this
part of the world. Indeed, after every account has been given,
one hardly knows how to explain it. Two ships on the broad sea.
being perfectly aware of each other's vicinity, run foul of each
other, and nearly the whole of the crew and passengers of one of
them perish I There has been a court of inquiry held upon the
matter, but the Turks who formed the court were so utterly igno.
rant of nautical affairs, that nothing like a clear explanation was
elicited. These Turkish steamers have now been for seven years
commanded by Englishmen, and worked by English engineers,
and eut of seven hundred voyages, they have only three times met
with accidents. This fact may be some set off against the mon-
strous blundering which led to the fearful event just narrated.

THE PRESS AND THE BAR.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.

Sir,—l trust that the editors of the different county papers
circulating in the Western and Oxford circuits will unite, in
common with yourself and the gentlemen who have the manage-
ment of the principal London journals, and resent the insult
()tiered to thew by the bar of those circuits, and refrain from
mentioning the names of the barristers employed in the various
causes, which it is advisable, for the public benefit, to have re-
ported. Such a proceeding, I think, would affect the interest
of these wealthy gentlemen more than any other plan that
could be devised.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant,
A SOLICITOR.

HEREFORD CITY REPRESENTATION.—HEREFORD,
THURsDAY.—The nomination took place this morning; the worthy
Mayo}, W. Webb, Esq., in the chair. There was no opposition,
therefore there was no uproar. Sir Robert Price, Bart., was pro-
posed by Robert Biddulph Phillips, of Longworth, Esq., and se-
conded by Mr. Alderman Rogers. The Town-hall was crowded
with respectable citizens, and the return was made amidst the
plaudits of the assembly. The lion. Baronet, on being declared
duly elected, addressed the meeting at considerable length. After
the election the new Member was escorted through the principal
streets of the city in an open carriage and four, attended by an im-
mense number of friends, the whole preceded by a band, &c.
SUNDERLAND ELECTION.-011 Thursday, Thomas
Wood, Esq., shipowner, and one of the leading members of Mr.
Hudson's Committee, was summoned before the magistrates and
fined, for assaulting a poor tailor, named Kirkbride, who had beets
guilty of the unpardonable offence of hissing Mr. Hudson while
Wood was cheering him. The fining of this gentleman for the
assault has produced an excellent effect in checking the " plsysical
force" demonstrations of the Tories. The canvassing was going
on unremittingly during the day, and at night the constituency
were addressed by the candidates and their friends. It is expected
that the nomination will take place on Monday, and the polling on
the following day. _ _ _

TROTTING TWO NILES UNDER SEVEN MINUTES.-..
Yesterday, a match, which had been made by 'Wells (of Islington)
to trot his mare two miles within seven minutes, was accomplished
on two miles of the Lower-road, Islington. The stakes were 101.
The animal was driven by its owner in harness and a common
chaise-cart; the first mile was completed in three minutes and
twenty-six seconds, and the second was performed in three minutes
and twenty.two seconds; thus winning the match by trotting the
two miles in twelve seconds less than the stipulated time. The
mare was driven without a whip, and went the Wtaole distance
without a break.