The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-11 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, AUGUST 11, 1845.

Her Majesty, we -are happy to say, looked extremely
well, and appeared to be in most excellent spirits. The
Queen, as she passed towards the stairs, constantly re-
turned the greeting with smiles and b ,ws. Prince Al-
bert was also exceedingly well received.
The Queen was attired in a dress of purple shot silk,
a black satin mantle, and straw cottage bonnet, trimmed
with striped blue ribbon.
At the moment the Queen arrived at the head or the
granite stairs descending to the river, the sight that met
her eyes must have been at once pleasing and gratifying.
The Albert and Victoria yacht, the Porcupine survey-
ing steam-vessel, and the Black Eagle steam-ship, had
all their yards manned ; hundreds of small boats dotted
the water, and farther off from the shore, in the rear of
the Government vessels, were several large steamers,
crammed with passengers.
The Queen was conducted to her barge by the Earl of
Haddington, Lord Aberdeen, the Lord Chamberlain,
and Lord Steward ; aril Sir Francis Collier had the
honour of steering her Majesty.
The royal barge was occupied by the Queen, Prince
Albert, the Earl of Aberdeen, Lady Canning, and the
Countess of Gainsborough, Ladies in Waiting.
The royal salute was fired as her Majesty proceeded to
the Victoria and Albert yacht. On reaching this vessel
three cheers were given by the crews of this and other
steam ships, and Captain Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence
hastened to assist the ascent of her Majesty upon deck.
The royal- standard floated in the breeze momentarily
with the Queen's arrival on the deck of the royal yacht.
The Lord Steward, Sir James Clarke, her Majesty's
physician in ordinary, end others of the royal suite, were
taken to the Victoria and Albert yacht, in one of the Ad•
miralty barges.
Mr. G. E. Anson, treasurer and private secretary to
Prince Albert, and Colonel Wylde, Equerry to his Royal
Highness, with others of the Household, embarked on
beard the Black Eagle.
The Reyal yacht had now got her steam up, and was
preparing to cast off her moorings, when it was hinted to
the Noble Captain that a servant of Prince Albert's
had not arrived, and hence a delay of ten minutes or a
quarter of an hour occurred. At last the individual
arrived by a Waterman steamer ; he jumped into one of
the Trinity barges and in very quick time was on board
the Royal yacht, when her snoorings were cast oft, and
she proceeded down the river in a majestic style, followed
at the distance of a quarter of a mile astern by the Por-
cupine surveying steam-vessel, Captain Frederick Bul-
lock, and the Black Eagle steam-ship, Master Com-
mander B. Cook.
A royal salute was fired from the marshes as the royal
squadron passed the Arsenal.
It is expected that the royal squadron will anchor fur
the night at the Nore Light.
For the convenience of her Majesty's table, an Alder-
ney cow is housed on board the yacht, adjoining the
starboard piddle-box forward.
Between the funnel and the mainmast, amidships, a
large Monzani's life boat is stowed fore and aft.
The services of Mr. Knight, the pilot., who has been
engaged on board the royal yacht heretofore, and in
whose skill and experience, in navigating all the large
ships that leave the river, the utmost confidence is ever
placed, are again called into requisition on this occasion.
THE ROYAL PROGRESS.—The following has been
published as a correct programme of the royal move-
ments for the next few days:—
The royal yacht, after lying at the Nore for the night,
will proceed at an early hour this (Sunday) morning to
Antwerp.
Arriving at Antwerp, her Majesty and her Illustrious
Consort will proceed thence by railway to Bruhl, a
palace belonging to the King of Prussia, situate in the
Prussian Rhenish provinces near Cologne. Her Majesty
will remain the guest of the King of Prussia at Bruhl
two days.
Upon leaving Bruhl, her Majesty, accompanied by the
King and Queen of Prussia, will proceed by Bonn to
Stolzenfels, a small castle on the Rhine, near Coblentz,
also belonging to the King of Prussia.
Here the royal party will remain two days, proceed-
ing thence vid .blayence, Frankfort, Wurtzburgh, Bam-
berz, on to Coburg and Gotha.—Obserrer.

IN THE

PRINCIPAL CIT.

NAMES OF RAILWAYS.

London.' Liver-
pooL

Ma n-
chester. I Bristol.

Aberdeen
Arbroath and Forfar
Ditto Half Shares .
Armagh, Colr., & Portrush
Belfast and Ballymena
Belfast and County Down
Birknhd, Lan. & Ches, Jnc.
Birmingham and Glo'ster
Do. New ( iss. at 71,4 dis.)
Ditto Half Shares .
Birmingh rn & Oxfrd. Junc.
Blckburn, Chrly, & N. Un.
Blackburn, Darwn, &
Bolton, Wigan, & Liverpl.
Brighton, Lewes, and Hast.
Bristol and Exeter
Ditto New
Bristol and Gloucester
Caledonian .
Ditto Extension
Cambridge and Lincoln
Chester and Birkenhead
Ditto New Shares .
Ditto Half Shares
Chester and Holyhead
Cheltenham and Oxford
Chichester and Brighton
Chnrnet Valley
Clydesdale Junction
Cork and Bandon
Cork and Killarney
Cork and Waterford
Cork and Youghal
Covntry, Bed wrth, & Nun.
Coventry and Leicester
Cornwall .
Diss, Beccles, and Yarmoth
Direct Northern
Direct Norwich ....
Dublin and Belfast Junet.
Dublin, Belfast, & Colraine
Dublin and Galway
Dundalk and Enniskillen..
Dundee and Arbroath

Ditto New...
Dundee and Perth..
Eastern Counties
Do. New ... _ _

Do. Peril., 5 pr Cnt., No. I
Do. ditto N 0.2
East Dereham & Norwich
Eastern Union •••
Ditto Extension
Edinbgh, Glas., and Dam
Edinburgh and Glasgow
Do. Quarter Shares
Do. New Quarter Shares
Edinb., Leith, and Granton
'Ditto Pref. 5 per Cent
Edinburgh and N orthern
Edinburgh and Peebleshire
Edinburgh and Perth
Ely and Bedferd
Enniskillen and Sligo
Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorcl►str
Garnkirk and Glasgow
Glasgow and Ayr
Do. Quarter Shares...—
Glasgow and Greenock
Ditto New
Ditto Preference
Glasgow, Dmfries, and Car.
Goole and Doncaster
Grand Junction...
Ditto Half Shares
Ditto Quarter Shares
Ditto New Quarters
Ditto Eighth 5............
Grand Union ...
Great Grimsby & Sheffield
Gt Sothrn & Wstrn (Irelnd)
Ditto Extension . .
Great Munster .........
Great Northern of Scotlnd
Great Northern of Englnd
Do. New, 401. Shares....
Do. New, 301. Shares....
Great Western
Ditto Half Shares
Ditto Fifths
Guildfrd, Farehm, & Ports
llarwich
Hudrsfld & Man. R. & Canl
Huddersfield and Sheffield
Hull and Gainsborough
Hull and Selby
Ditto Quarter Shares
Ditto Half Shares .
Inverness and Elgin ...
Kendal and Windermere..
King town and Bray
Killarney Junctions
Lancaster and Carlisle.....
Leeds and Bradford
Leeds and Dewsbury
Leeds and Thirsk
Leeds and W. Riding June
Leicester and Birmingham
Leicester and Bedford
Limerick and Waterford
Limrck, Ennis,& Kil. June
Lincoln, York, and Leeds
Liverpool and Manchester
Ditto Half Shares ..
Ditto Quarter Shares ...
Livrpl, Ormskirk, & Prestn
London and Birmingham
Ditto Thirds
Ditto Quarters
London and Blackwell
London and Brighton
Do. Cnsolidated Eighths
London and Croydon.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
ABERYSTWITH RACES.—WEDNESDAY.
The Cardiganshire Stakes of 15 Sovs. each, 10ft. Two miles.
Mr. Parr's Ninety-one, 4 yrs (Owner) 1
Mr. Pryse's Jack Cade, 4 yrs 2
The Johnny Raw Stakes of 5 Sovs. each. Mile and a half.
Mr. Parr's b f Minna 'frail, 4 yrs (Owner) 1
Mr. Pryse's Jack Cade,•4 yrs 2
Mr. Gough's The British Grenadier, 3 yrs 3
The Cresswood Stakes of 5 sous. each, with 15 added. Heats,
mile and a half.
Mr. R. Southby's Waterloo, 6 yrs (Sadler) 3 1 1
Mr. J. B. Lloyd Phillips's The Monk, 6 yrs 1 dis.
Mr. C. Powell's b g The Bruiser, 6 yrs 2 dr
The Town Plate, added to a Sweepstakes of 3 soya. each.
Heats, mile and a half.
Mr. Parr's Ninety-one, 4 yrs (Owner) 1 1
Mr. W. Simmonds na Ulysses, 3 yrs
The Welter Handicap of 3 soya. each. Two miles.
Mr. R. D. Jones's b g Herbert walked over
THURSDAY.
The Goggerdan Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 20 added.
Four miles.
Mr. R. J. Sowerby's Waterloo, 6 yrs ......(Mr. Rowland) 1
Mr. C. Powell's The Bruiser, 6 yrs
The Member's Plate of 501. added to a Sweepstakes of 5
sous. each. Heats, two miles.
Mr. Parr's ch f Ninety One, 4 yrs ... (Owner) 1 1
Mr. W. Simmond's Ulysses, 3 yrs 2 dr
The Tradesmen's Cup of 50 sous., added to a sweepstakes of
10 sous. each. Mile and a half.
Mr. Parr's ch f Ninety-one, 4 yrs (Owner) 1
Mr. Southby's Waterloo, 6 yrs
The Ladies' Plate, added to a sweepstakes of 3 sous. each.
Heats, one mile.
Mr. Pryse's Jack Cade, 4 yrs (Dodgson) 1 1
Mr. Simmond's Ulysses, 3
yrs
HORWICH 11ACES.—FaiDay.
The Champagne Stakes of 10 soya. each, h ft, with 25 added,
for two and three years old. Three quarters of a mile. .The
winner to give one dozen of Champagne to the Club.
Mr. Clark's hr f Tomboy (Francis) 1
Mr. Hornby's b c Box
Mr. Johnstone's ch c Sir Henry
Won easy.
The Bolton Handicap of 10 soya each, h ft, with 40 added.
Sir C. Monek's Glossy
Mr. T. Parker's Etebus
The following also started:-111y Old Hack, Xanthus, Kil-
gram, Cock Robin, and Ftremaster.
A splendid race. Won on the post by a head.
The Whip Stakes of 3 soya. each, with a Gold-mounted
Riding• whip added by the Club. The winner to be sold for
301 , if demanded in the usual way.
Mr. Clifford's br in by Ebberson ......( Hon. S. Erskin) 1 1
Mr. Hobson's Villebecque (Owner) 2 2
Won easy.
A Hurdle Race of 30 soya., added to a Handicap Stakes of 10
sow. each. Heats, twice round and a distance, with four
leaps over hurdles about four feet high. The second to save
his stake.
Mr. Shepherd's Mudlark (Stagg) 0 1 0 1
Mr. Hornby's Stumps 0 0 1 2
Mr. Robinson's Wasp ..
Five others storied. A good race

Ditto New...
Do. Guarantd. 5 per cent.
London and Greenwich
Do. Prefrnc. or Privilege
London & South Western
Do. New Cone. Eighths
Do. New, 50!. Shares ...
Do. New, 401. Shares ...
London and York ......
London and Windsor
Lon dn, Salisbury, & Yeovil
Londonderry and Coleraine
Londonderry & Enniskillen
Lynn and Ely
Lynn and Dereham...
Manchester and Leeds
Ditto Half Shares .
Ditto Quarter Shares
Ditto Sixteenths

Manchester & Birminghm
Ditto Quarter Shares
Do. New Quarter Shares
Manchestr, Bolton, & Bury
Manchstr, Bury, & Rosend.
Manchstr, Buxtn, & Matlk
Midland...
Ditto Fifths
Ditto New
Do. Cons. Birm. & Derby
Midland Gt Westrn (Irish)
Do. Extension to Sligo
Nwcastl & Darlingtn June
Do. New (Brandling)
Newcastle and Berwick
Newcastle and Carlisle
Newport and Abergavenny
Newry and Enniskillen
Newark and Sheffield
North British . .....
Ditto th
Northern and Eastern .„
Do. Scrip (iss. at 5 dis.)
Do. Quarter Shares

North Rent
North Staffordshire
North Eastern
North Union (A)
Ditto (B) .
North Wales Mineral
Ditto New Shares .
North Western
North Wales
Norwich and Brandon
Ditto New

. .Aug. 8.
lh I -

9

251/4

10%
!..44
IV,
63%
•

3414

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2%

7%

15] 4
20%

Pi -

8614

2%

225.

23
1/B,b

!Aug. 8.

13
15%

261 A
13

lii-8:--d-,

l I 3%
i%

2414
,% P

81%
3104 t

65%

6% p
177

27%
138

241,E

30
9%

......
3
241%

Not., ifelvoir, and Granthm
Nottingham and Boston
Nott., Erewsh Val. k Man
Nottingham and Mansfield
Oxford and Birming. Junc
Oxford and Worcester
Perth and Inverness
Portsmouth Direct
Preston and Wyre .
Ditto Half Shares
Do. Pref. 5 per Ct. Guar
Do. Pref. 5 per Ct. & div
Richmnd and W. End June
Rugby, Worcester, & Tring
Scottish Central .......
Scottish Midland
Sheffield and Manchester
Ditto Quarter Shares
Ditto ditto (No. 2)
Ditto ditto (No. 3)
Sheffield and Lincoln
Shrewsb., Wor., and Crewe
Shrews.,Wolv.,Dudly,&Bir
Shrewsbry & Trnt Val. Un.
Shrewsb, Ilerefd, &N.Wals
Slamannan
South Devon
South Midland
South Eastern and Dover
Do. New (iss. 321.) No. I
Do. ( iss. 33/.65.8d.)„ 2
Do (iss. 301.) ~ 3
Staines and Richmond
Staffordshire & Shropshire
Stirling and Dunfermline
South Wales •••
Trent Valley
D and Holyhead Junc.
West London, Old Shares .
West End & Southrn Coun
Wexford and Carlow
Warwick and Cheltenham
Waterford and Kilkenny
Watrfd,Wexfd,Wick&Dub
Wakfld, Pontefrct, & Goole
Wakefield and Harrogate
Warwick and London
West Lancashire
Worcester and Tring .....
Whitehaven and Furness..
Do. New Half Shares...
Welsh Midland .
West Cornwall
West Yorkshire .
Wilts, Somrst. & Weymth
Yarmouth and Norwich
Ditto New
York and Carlisle
York and North Midland
Ditto Half Shares.
• Do. Scarborough Branch
• . Ditto Selby
• Ditto Extension ... . .

7%

63%
251

3%
6
2

5
46:

-
9IA

9
26%

10%

85%

41%

1243. 6d
265.

204
113

176

12
14%

'Aug. 8.

26%
10%
15
2 3-16

158 s.

3%

12$.

414
7%

3514

6%

6%
Bth
416
14

1214

-
104

8 3-16

4%
2IA
200

%P
31/2

7 7-161

36
514

5%

12%
3%
Vii
3L

3%

I 5 15-161
4714

8%

18%

16%
8%

1814

28%

26%

2%

3X

'5Bl.- 9d.
3%

3',7
141,4

25%

2% pl

37i,

25c;

RELATIVE CLOSING PRICES OF RAILWAY SHARES

ES AND TOWNS IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, AND IRELAND.

York.

Leeds.

!Aug. 7.

3%

lAug. 6.

105%

Hull. 'Rudders-
Sold.

231 h

3% PI
34

30%
4% p

-
214

lAug. B.lAug. 7.

13s. p,
6%

1235. 6d
375. p

'Sheffield.' Glasgow.

Aug. 7.1 Aug. 7.
—70 s.

14 I 14
15%

213/4
25

11%

24

333. P 1385. 6d.

_ -
244 25 vt

8% g'/2

7%

2%

5%

-
56%

3',/i 71s. 3d

15g. I 14s.
41s. 38s.

7?1';

84s.

5/. 17s.

553. 1 3

375. 6d

523.
333. 6d

Dublin.

lgGi. 3d,

!Aug. 7.

20s. 6d

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3%
2

1.-15.6d.1

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1514

35%

.271/2
1,57
124

435. 6d

3:14i

4%

ao9. -

-151,4 I --

31. 17s.

2rs. pl -

- I 81

61. 61s.

25 I •

363. 6d.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. 3IISSIONARIES.
LAUNCH OF THE AVENGER STEAM-FRIGATE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
This steam-frigate was launched at Devonport Dockyard on SIR.,-1 am a constant reader; of your very valuable paper,
Tuesday afternoon, at five o'clock, is good style, in the pre- which 1 prefer to all other London papers, and beg to direct
sense of the authorities and a large concourse et all classes of your attet)t.io2 (Ai eseOkieti, I think, you could do
spectators. The interesting ceremony of naming the frigate great justice. At. e.a st-omner given to Sir Henry ?ottinger
was gracefully performed by Miss Harding, a niece of the gal- in London, in the latter part of his speech, he said, " That in
lant Admiral Superintendent Sir Samuel Pym, K.C.R. The rtipect to the introduction of missionaries into China, there
Avenger after being launched was taken alongside the sheer ought to be great caution used, as the Chinese were a suspi-
hulk, the following day she was masted, and yesterday was cious people, and it would be most impolitic to do anything
taken into dock. The following are her principal dimensions, that would do away with the friendly feeling so fortunately sub-
draught of water, &c.:— i sisting between us." In corroboration of the soundness and
propriety of this opinien of Sir Henry Pettingcr, I beg leave to
give you the Duke of Wellington's opinion on the same subject
as to our East India possessions, from his speech its the House
of Lords, Aug. 14, Ib3B .—he said, " He had seen the mission-
aries at work in India, and had witnessed the little or no pro-
gress they made, while, at the same time, they created a very
considerable degree of jealousy." I hope, Mr. Editor, that you
will pardon th liberty I have taken, but I have Rich a sin-
cere wish to see Great Britain at peace with all nations, more
particularly so when O'Connell and the repealers are ;so
anxious to see her brought into difficulties, that they may the
more easily carry out their designs.
A LOVER OF TRUTH AND ORDER.

Ft. In.

Length from fore part of figure-head to after part
of taffrail on upper deck •••
Breadth to outside paddle-boxes ... •••
Length on the upper deck ... •••
Breadth extreme of ship ... •••
Extreme height from top of figure-head to false
keel ••• •• •• ••• .•• •••
Extreme height of taffra.il to ditto
Depth in hold ••• "'
Draught of water—fore ... ••• ••• •••
Ditto ditto—aft ... ••• •••
Burden in tons, 1444 36-94ths.
Horse power, 00,
Speaking of this vessel on Saturday last, our western Con.
temporary, the Plymouth Times, makes the following apposite
remarks :

36 11
33 5
25 7
9 10
10 0

August 3, 1845.

BONE MILLS AND PUNISHMENT
WHEELS IN UNION WORKHOUSES.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

" The floor of the midship section of this vessel is flat com-
pared with either of the steam-frigates hitherto built by the.
Navy Office ; )et we venture to predict, from the immense
masses of timber unnecessarily employed in her construction,
together with the great quantity of copper bolts and metal dump
fastenings, she will, in consequence of the proper form not being
preserved throughout, he just as bad as the Retribution and
others which have preceded her. A very little investigation
will make this quite evident.
" The Avenger, to a draught of water of 17 feet even keel,
has a displacement of 2,450 tons.
" To a light draught of water of 10 feet, which most pro-
bably will be the mean draught when launched, without ballast,
the displacement will be about 1,120 tons. Now, as is evident,
the difference, ♦iz , 1,330 tons, between the light and load
draught will be all the capacity she has for stores, equipment,
engines, coals, &c.
At a moderate calculation, the weights required will be as
follows :
Engines, gear, &c., for 650-horse p0wer......... 550 tons.
Coals ... ... . . MO do.
, General armament, &c., suppose as Penelope... 600 do.

Total ... ... 1,650
To meet this 1650 tons there is, as we hare shown,
only 1330 tons.

Sin,—That a very many improper transactions are car-
rying on now in some union workhouses is as clear as that
the houses have been built. Sir J. Graham expressed
his astonishment at the statements made by Mr. Wakley
in the House of Commons
.this day week, and said he
could not believe the assertions ; if what was stated be
true, he must have heard of the circumstances before.
Let not the Home Secretary be deceived; he may depend
upon it that in some union-houses transactions take place
which he little thinks of. The country has paid officers
in abundance, beginning with the poor-law commissioners
and downwards, and yet (even from what has been
broached in Parliament during the last six months) we
have most disgraceful transactions carried on in union
workhouses.
It is high time Sir James Graham set about having
those scandalous transactions put an end to.—Your obe-
dient servant, A CLOSE OBSERVER.
Aug. 8, 1845.

Difference 320 tons.
Consequently the Avenger will be short of displacement 320
tons ; and taking 16 tons to the inch at her load line, will give
au immersion of upwards of 1 foot 6 inches beyond the draught
of water, as shown by drawing.
" What is the precise armament intended for her through-
out we believe no one not in the secrets of the Navy Office
knows. It is wisely preserved as a Protean quantity to veer
and haul upon, so that the constructors may he committed
to nothing; and if the ship should not happen to suit the arma-
ment, why then they will make the armament suit the ship, as
in the case of the Albion's 68 pounders, except that indiscreetly
that armament was promulgated at an early period.
" If we may venture to judge from the size of the ports on
the main deck, she cannot well have an armament greater .
than a 32-pounder, if so large—her ports being only 3 feet 3i
inches long, by 2 feet It) inches deep ; whilst a line-of-battle
ship's lower deck. port is 3 feet 6 inches long, and 2 feet 11
inches deep.
" The whole of the main deck is so loaded with cabins, that
whatever armament be placed on this deck, it will he impos-
sible to work the guns without clearing them away, whilst the
cabin-windows are so high, it will puzzle any one how to
make a gun bear aft in the line of the keel, now there are no
after ports appropriated to this purpose. So much for this
new specimen of the anti-science school, and so much for at
least 30,00,1. of the public money, together v. ith another
30,0001. for the engines."
THE Jarrus STEAM-SLOOP.—This new steam-sloop, de-
signed by the Earl of Dundonald, is alongside the sheer hulk
at Chatham. On Saturday she proceeded on trial as far as
Short Reach, at the rate of 3i miles per hour ; but it appears
she had some difficulty in getting back in the evening. Last
week there were a great many pipes bursted on board, and the
plumbers and braziers were at work night and day. The Janus
was to have gone to the bore on Wednesday morning; but
after having her steam up for several hours, there remained
little prospect of her moving.
THE LATE FIRE AT CHATHAEI ON BOARD THE SOUTH-
AMYTON FRIGATE.—On Monday last an account appeared in
the daily papers of a fire on board the Southampton frigate, at
Chatham, the particulars of which, as to the alarm it created,
were very exaggerated. A fire certainly did take place, but
it was of such a trivial nature, and the alarm was so slight and
transient, that it was not worthy of record ; but as an incorrect
statement did appear in print, it is only fair that the correct
version should be given. The shipwrights of Chatham dock-
yard had been opening the ship preparatory to the annual sur-
vey, and having ripped down a part of the lining of the after
bread-room, they left a quantity of chips there. The
shipkeeper was ordered to clear it out, for which pur-
pose he went down with a candle and lantern, but whilst
engaged, his attention was called by the bey to a signal
made by the Poictiers, ordinary guard-ship, which, it ap-
pears, it was the duty of the shipkeeper to answer, and ho
immediately proceeded on deck for that purpose, leaving the
light in the bread-room. From some cause the lantern fell
on one side, and the horn having been burned through
the flames communicated to the chips on the floor and from
thence to the lining. The women on board perceiving the
smoke ascending, gave the alarm, and assistance being imme-
diately on the spot, it was extinguished in a very few minutes.
It is true the sentinel on the wharf opposite the ship rang the
alarm bell, at his post, which was the only ball sounded. Not
a musket was fired; and, as for the Poictiers firing her guns,
the idea is absurd, as it is well known that the few guns she has
on board are merely to exercise the boys of the Ordinary, and
are never discharged, not even on the most urgent occasions,
as the ship, being close to the dock-yard, the firing of her gene
would cause a great destruction of glass.
The Calliope, 26, Captain Stanley, is lying in Plymouth
Sound.

THE BRAZILLIN PIRATES.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUIV.
SlR,—When the Felicidade was captured by the Wasp,
there being no slaves on board, was she a legal prize and a
British vessel until condemned by the Mixed Commission
Court at Sierra Leone?
If the Felieidade was not an adjudged legal prize of the
British Government, was a British naval officer justified in
using the Felicidade, a Bras ban vessel, in capturing another
Brazilian vessel (the Echo) even having slaves on board?
If the Felicidado was still under the Brazilian Government,
the vessel not having been adjudged to be a legal prize when
the crew of the Echo was placed on board, was not any offence
committed by any part of the Echo's crew, on board the
Felicidade, liable to be adjudicated by the Brazilian Govern-
ment, and not by a British court of justice, the capture of the
Echo being supposed to be illegal, not having been made by
British officers from a British ship ?—Yours, &c.,
Ilfracombe, Aug. 8. D.

The Adventure, transport, left Chatham, on Wednesday,
for Devonport, with stores. The Tortoise, lighter, arrived
at Devonport, from Pembroke, on Monday, with stores.
CHATHAM. Auo. B.—The Scout, 18 guns, corvette, Com-
mander lion. James R. Drummond, was paid off this day.
1 sergeant, 1 drummer, and 15 privates of the Royal Ma-
rines, joined this day their head-quarters at this division from
the ship.
The Teazer steam-frigate is ordered for building; her keel
is alongside the slip from whence the Alutine brig was
launched. The shipwrights are engaged laying the blocks for
its reception, and the vessel will be commenced building in a
few days. _ _ _

TILE CONDEMNED PIRATES AT EXETER.—The
Western Times says that on Wednesday a further respite
until the 25th November, for the pirate slavers left for execu-
tion at Exeter, was received by the Governor of the gaol o f
that city.
GLASGOW ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO.—It will be
seen, in reference to the advertisement in another column, that
a singularly interesting work is about to be published, by
subscription. It is a republication of the old Glasgow
Courant, from the 14th of October, 1745, to the 13th
October, 1746, which gives a complete detail of the move-
ments and romantic adventures of the Pretender. The
work has been undertaken by William Meikleham, LL.B.,
solicitor, in Glasgow, and secretary to the University. He is
the son of Professor Meikleham, and is in possession, we be-
lieve, of the only copy extant. As a record of news, notices,
and advertisements, of the inhabitants of Glasgow 100 years
ago, the work will be a great curiosity, and, there cannot be
the least doubt, that it will be greatly prized by all lovers of
ancient relics, and others desirous of perusing the records of
their forefathers.—Extracted from the Liverpool Mercury of
August 8.
CAUTION TO ADVERTISERS.—A novel species of
fraud has lately been discovered in connexion with adver-
tisements, which only requires mention to put the public on
their guard against the system of victimization, which, as
far as it has at present gone, appears to have produced an
ample revenue for the gang of vagabonds concerned in the
affair. The most successful part of this plan has been in
obtaining payment for advertisements supposed to be in-
serted in small weekly and monthly periodicals, but which
periodicals have really no existence, the names of substan-
tial booksellers being given as the publishers to prevent sus-
picion or inquiry. Of course persons advertising under such
circumstances have only themselves to blame for not exer-
cising proper caution in seeing that their advertisements do
appear before they pay the money, and a little experience may,
perhaps, teach them wisdom. But the system extends further
than this. The same parties have expressed their willingness to
relieve their friends who have honoured them with orders of the
trouble and inconvenience of taking their regular advertisements
to the daily journals, stating that they are allowed a commission
of 2i per cent., which, if the advertiser were to go himself,
he would not get. It does not seem that they have done much
in this way at present, though the default has not arisen from
their want of inclination, but from want of patronage. In
cases where they have obtained such orders the advertisements
have never appeared, though they have charged and received
the money for them. The receipts seen for sums paid on this
system of advertising bear the signatures of two or three indi-
viduals evidently in disguised hands, and the bills are generally
made out fur amounts of between 21. and 31.

The Calypso, 20 guns, was put out of dock and masted on
the 4th inst., being nearly completed for the pendant. The
Janus steam-sloop was taken into dock the same day to clean
the copper on her bottom, and She was put out on the .sth ; and
the Active, 36 guns, taken in to be coppered.
The Rover, 16 guns, in dock. The required repairs of this
vessel are of so extensive a nature that the Admiralty have
ordered her to be taken to pieces, and shipwrights are to be
hired for that purpose.
Janus steam-sloop—This unfortunate and most expensive
craft has at length made a start. She was ca,t off from the
sheer hulk about eleven o'clock A.M., yesterday, and by the
aid of a high pressure of steam and canvass, managed to get
down the river nearly as far as Sheerness, when she returned,
and arrived at the sheer hulk at about four Y. at. There is cer-
tainly a slight improvement in her movements, but still not
one-third of what is required.

IMPORTATION OF FOREIGN CATTLE, FRUIT, &C.
A very large quantity of cattle, fruit, and other descriptions o
provisions, have again been brought to this country from
Holland and other parts of the continent within these few
days. The Dutch steam-ship Batavier, which arrived at the
St. Katherine's Steam Wharf, from Rotterdam, on Wednes-
day afternoon, had on board the large nutaber of 74 head of
oxen and c ows, and 60 sheep, all of which were in excellent
condition, and were landed and delivered with all possible
dispatch. This vessel also brought 646 baskets of currants,
besides a large quantity of melons, poultry, yeast, and other
articles of Dutch produce and manufacture. The General
Steam Navigation Company's vessel, Rainbow, which ar-
rived at the St. Katharine's Steam Wharf, from Havre, on
the following evening, had a large quantity of plums and eggs,
besides a variety of other articles ; and the Company's vessels,
the Tourist, from Calais, and the Earl of Liverpool, from Os-
tend, on the same day, had also a large quantity of poultry,
eggs, and butter, and other articles for consumption in this
country. It is remarkable to how extended a period the im-
portation of currants are taking place from Holland, from
which country the importation of that peculiar description of
fruit appears to be chiefly confined, whereas the cherry season,
having in a great measure ceased, the fruit now brought from the
French ports consists of plums principally, unripe walnuts for
pickling, pears, &c. In these things the French season appears
to be considerably in advance of ours in the production of such
articles.
TERRIFIC AND DESTRUCTIVE TIIUNDER STORM.
—About four o'clock on the afternoon of Thursday, the 31st
ult. , two clouds, like immense mountains, were observed ap
proaching each other from opposite points, the one coming
from the direction of Melksham, and the ether from that of
Chippenham. They moved along slowly, silently, and majesti-
cally, till they neared each other, over the seat of T. H. S.
Sotheron, Esq., M.P., at Bowden Hill, when, coming into cot-
lision, an appalling noise was heard, as if a thousand pieces of
artillery had been simultaneously discharged, and repeated at
intervals of a second only. The war amongst the elements now
became grand in the extreme. The clouds, dividing and receding
for a short space, instantly returned to the conflict, like so
many huge and infuriated monsters striving for victory.
As if stunned by the violence of the second charge, they
drew up in parallel masses, pursuing a north-easterly direc-
tion, skirmishing in their sullen movements towards Derry-
hill and Studley. Unable to restrain their mutual wrath any
longer, the contest was renewed with redoubled fury, when
the rain descended in torrents, accompanied with showers
of hailstones of various forms, and of extraordinary
magnitude, some of them measuring three inches in
circumference. The descent of these sharp, angular,
and ponderous congelations, committed such mischief
among the windows, fields, and gardens of the poor
cottagers, breaking their glass in a thousand fragments ; cutting
their potatoes, peas, beans, and every species of garden pro-
ductions, and laying them. prostrate ; and literally thrashing
their wheat in the ear. It is supposed that a hundred pounds
is ill not cover the loss sustained by Mr. Cole, a small farmer
at Studley. From Studley the storm took a more easterly
direction, and passed over Bowood, where it committed great
havoc. Besides breaking a number of windows in the mansion,
thirty thousand squares of glass were demolished among the
frames and hot.houses of the Marquis of Lansdowne. Fortu-
nately the tempest did not extend to much more than a mile
in breadth, and about three miles in length.—Wiltshire
Independent.
GROSS CASE OF NEGLECT.—MANSLAUGHTER.--
On Friday Mr. Bedford held an inquest at the Feathers, Dean-
street, Westminster, on the body of James Smith, aged four
months, the illegitimate offspring of Ann Smith. From the
evidence of severe] females residing in the same house with the
mother of the deceased, it appeared that the deceased was born
in St. Margaret's workhouse, which place the mother left in
Match last with the deceased, who was then a fine healthy
child. Shortly after the mother was in the habit of leaving
the deceased alone in the room for the whole of the day, and
returning home at night intoxiaated; and but for the kindness
of the witnesses, who were frequently attracted to it by its cries
and fed it, it would have had no food. For the last six weeks the
deceased had gradually wasted away, and on Thursday week
last it presented such a pitiable appearance of skin and bone
that the police were made acquainted with the case, and the
deceased, who was found alone in the room in a dying state,
was removed to the workhouse, in which it expired on Wed-
nesday last. The mother, who was bound in a neighbouring
public-house playing at cards with some soldiers, was taken
into custody, and remanded by the magistrate to await the
result of the present inquiry. Mr. White, surgeon, of Story's-
gate, who had opened and examined the body, said he could
find no organic disease sufficient to account for his death, and
he attributed its death to atropy, through want of care and
nourishment. The jury, after some consultation, returned a
verdict of manslaughter against Ann Smith ; and the Coroner
issued his warrant for her committal to Nowgate.
SEVERE HAIL. STORM.—An immense shower of hail

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fell— at Bowood, the seat of the Marquis of Lansdowne, on
Thursday afternoon, by which the glass in his Lordship's
houses and geenhouses was destroyed, to the value, it is esti-
mated, of 5001. Much injury was also done to the beautiful
pines and plants, and many of the trees in the park were
stripped of their leaves. In the neighbourhood the wheat and
the beans were cut down by the hailstones as if by a scythe.
The roaring of the tremendous storm at Buwood was heard at
Caine, which is two miles distant, for full five minutes before
its approach to that town. So loud was the appalling sound,
that the people in the streets stopped to listen to it, not being
sble to coneeivo what was the immediate cause of it. Consi-
derable injury was also done at Rumsey H ouailse, the resi
weredenre-
ce
of Mr. Angell, and at Bowden Park. The hstones
markably
large, some of them being an inch in circumference.
—Devizes Gazette.
'
I) ANIAGE BY THURSDAY s S TORM.—Tile slum: which
barley,occurred on Thursday has dome extensive damage to the what
by completely' beating it to the ground in the vici-
annitc;
nfK:ngsto„.on-Thames, Richmond, Wimbledon, Black-
heath,
Wandsworth, Chelsea, Kensington, and Paddiros' :
ton,
Woolwich, and parts adjacent. At Fulham, Putney,
amr.gc sustained by the market-gardeners and nur-
serymen is very great ; some thousands of s
Btt er
thes e ad,
squares of glass having
been broken in the green and hot-houses by the hail.
A pike of hay was taken up by the wind in a field
near Hebburn, a few days ago, and carried over the river
Tyne
in the vicinity of Bowdon,
to the no small alarm of the hay-
makers and inhabitants.— urhana Advertiser.
ClDER.—Guernsey cider is now selling at Brixham
for I.s. per hogshead, cask and all. The crop of apples is un-
tiiudlly rot i the Ginaari Island!.