The Sun.
London, England, 1827-09-26 00:00:00

THE LORD MOH ADMIRAL

CgATITAM ; SEPT. 24.—fio-day his• Royal Highness in-
spected the Storehouses, &c., in the Dock-yard,. and
examined the articles of store in the most minute manner,
asking such questions occasionally as proved ..that he had
not been inattentive to the. business he set ont upon.. When
he bad completed this examination, he proceeded to muster
the officers, clerks, and workmen of the Dock-yard,. And
the officers and men belonging to the Oidinary. His
Royal Highness condescended to ask quesitions, and attend
most graciously to the answers and requests of many of the
men, and particularly the Warrant Officers, one of whom
he recognized aS a ship-mate, when his Royal Highness was
in . the Pegasus. There 'are three boatswains in the
yard ; two served with Lord Nelson, one at the battle of
the Nile, when he lost his arm, and the other at Trafalgar;
and the third with Lord St. Vincent; these three persons
have been rewarded with appointments in the Dock-yard
—one " Boatswain of the Yard," the other " Master
Rigger," and the third "Boatswain of the Sheer Helk."
Commissigner' Cunningha►u accompanied his Royal
Highness throughout the whole of the inspection, and ex-
plained the various concerns of the Dock-yard in the most
able and satisfactory manner. The Comptroller of the
Navy, and one of the Surveyors, were also present.
'ln the course of the day the machinery of the saw mill
was set in motion, for the purpose of showing her Royal
Highness the Duchess the manner of its working, of which
she expressed her admiration.. She afterwards set off upon
a' visit to the Earl of Darnley, at Cobham Hall,

After his Royal Highness had finished the inspection and
muster in the Dock-yard, he went afloat in the port Ad.
mires barge, and inspected several ships in commission,
and then returned to the .Commissioner's house, when the Commissioner had the honour to accompany his Royal
Highness to dinner with Colonel Sir Archihald Christie,
the Commandant of the Qarrison, where the Nobility and
various Heads of Departments in the neighbourhood, were
invited to meet his Royal Highness.

CHATHAM, TUESDAY AYTERNOON.--Last evening his
Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence left the Dock-yard
here, and proceeded in the Royal barge, lying at this station,
to Sheerness, where he was received with • a double Royal
salute from the batteries and the ships lying there, in com..
mission and ordinary. At Sheerness, his Royal Highness
was received by the Admiral in command, the Hon. Sic
Henry Blackwood, K.C.8., and the other officers stationed
there at his landing. The workmen employed at the dock,
and at the new house intended for the residence of the
Admiral, (the present one being considered inconveuient, or
rather remote from the ships for landing the officers on
naval business,) received his Royal Highness with repeated
acclamations, drawn up in the same manner as they had
been at his Royal Highness's arrival on Thursday afternoon
at Chatham. That evening the Lord High Admiral dined
and' slept with the Admiral at his present residence.
This morning his Royal Highness went on board the
Gloucester, T 4, off Sheerness, which vessel was manned
throughout the yards for his reception. The Royal Duke
was met by the Captain, T. S. Norton, C. 13., and the
first and second Lieutenants, and after inspecting the decks
of the vessel, his Royal Highness partook of A sumptuous
dejeune a la fburclfette, in the Captain's cabin, to which
all the commissioned officers on board, above the rank of
mates and midshipmen, were invited. •

His Royal Highness thence proceeded, having first ex-
pressed his entire satisfaction with all he had seen on board
the different vessels on the station, an 4 was received by each
with a Royal salute of 20 guns, their yards being at the
time completely manned.

Throughout the entire of the Lord High Admiral's
progress: in his inspection, the same enthusiasm pervaded
all who saw him ; and it is but justice to the commander
of the station, and all the officers of each rank under him,
to add that every where the appearance of the ships and
men were such as to call forth the repeated expression of
his Royal Highness's approbation.
About three o'clock. his Royal Llighness, having finished
his inspection of the ships and works, returned to this sta-
tion (Chatham) in the Royal barge, accompanied by the same
officers, &c., as had proceeded hence on the previous after-
noon with him. Having landed at the Dock-yard, by the
Admiral's entrance port, the Royal Duke proceeded to the
Commissioner's residence, in the Dock-yard, where he
partook of a luncheon prepared for the occasion.
The Duchess 'of Clarence, her .niece, the Princess
Carlotti, and Miss Fitsclarenm, spend this evening at
Cobham-hall, with the Earl of Darnley, and intend to come
to-morrow, to present the Royal Marine Corps with their
new colours. All the nobility and gentry of the neighbour-
hood are expected in Chatham to-morrow, to witness this
interesting ceremony, which will take place in the Lines.
This evening the Lord High Admiral will give an en-
tertainment, on the most sumptuous scale, at the Crown
'lnn,Rochester, which is about a mile and a half from ibis
tOwn, to the officers, civil; naval, and military, stationed
here, and to several other persons of distinction. The prc-
"parations made by Mr. Wright,r the proprietor of this
hotel, it is bet fair,to say, are quite commensurate with tint
importance of the occasion and to the wishes of the Royal
Duke.

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The Queen of URTEMBERG, accompanied
by the Princess AUGUSTA, left the King's Palace, St.
James's, yesterday morning, in one of his Majesty's open
barouches, for the purpose of visiting different parts of the
Metropolis. The Queen's attendants, the Baron de GE)i-
mrliorN and Madame KOEDER, and Lady MARY TAYLOR,
the Lady in Waiting to the Princess AUGUSTA, folloWed in
another of the King's barouches. The Royal equipage
proceeded over Westminster-bridge, and round by Black-
friars-bridge, to the extensive premises of RUNDELL and
'BRIDGE, the goldsmiths and jewellers to the KING, on
Ludgate-hill, where her MAJESTY alighted, and remained a
considerable time inspecting the numerous collection of
valuable articles in the warehouse. The QUEEN then
proceeded to the Regent's Park, and drove round the outer
circle ; and afterwards returned to the King's Palace,
St. James's. The Princess SOPHIA afterwards visited Ler
MAJESTY.

The Princess AUGUSTA dined with her MA-
JESTY on Monday. Sir TIERBRRT and Lady TAYLOR had
ales the honour of dining ber AIAJESTY.

Viscount DUDLEY went yesterday to attend
the xi at the Royal Lodge iutWindsor Park.

Lord BEXLEY came to town yesterd.rom
his seat at Font's Cray, Kent. His Lordship visited
Viscount Gm:Waren at his residence in Downing-street.

Immediately after having' held a Council at
the Horse Guards on Friday last, the Duke of WELLING-
TON went down to Hatfield House, the seat of the Marquis
of SALISBURY, and there his Grace has been sojourning for
several days.

The Gazette of last night announces the ele-
vation of Viscount DUDLEY to the dignities of an Earl and
Viscount of the United Kingdom, by the titles of Viicount
Eustax, of Ednatn, in Roxburghshire, and Earl of DUDLEY,
of Dudley Castle; in Staffordshire ; also of Lord Cawnou
to the came dignities, by the titles of Viscount Estuyx, of
Eudyn, in Carmarthenshire, and Earl CAWDOR, of Castle-
martin, in Pembrokeshire. .

In consequence of the Hambuth steam boat
having sailed on Saturday morning at five o'clock instead of
seven, its usual hour, a mistake occurred with respect to
the letter bag, which was omitted to be sent by it. The
hag, however, was forwarded to Rotterdam, with orders for
it to he immediately sent by express to ilamburgh.

A gentleman observing that he had fallen
asleep during a sermon preached by a Bishop, a wag re-
marked, " that it must be Bishop the composer."
We are authorised' to state that the London
mail will bs despatched daily from our post-office at hsif-
past eleven o'clock in the forenoon, instead of. at noon, as
was at first'intended.—Exeter Alfred.
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On Thursday last, whilst a pony and chaise,
to Mr. Richard Gilbert, at Buckland, was wait-
gome ladies on Dover heights, the person who bad
of it imprudently t:,ok off the bit, by which the
sso frighten that he dashed off at the top of his
41 and leaped over a precipice nearly forty feet high_
The chaise was broken to pieces, lint the animal was fimud
little burt....—Mai(tone'Jonrual.
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« Some years ago," says Richardson, in his
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Theresays ho,
little H. the other day came
Anecdotes of Painting, " a gentleman came to invite me
a picture Of Rubens, and
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to too is
iseesa hritao, and
retsegoo
says it is, a copy. If any one says so again,
I'll break his head. Pray, Mr. Richardson, will you do
thetle favour to come, and give me your real opinion of
it ?, ,1,

On Wednesday last, the Rev. Stephen .Staf-
ford, of Smith Shoebury, Curate of, that parish and of
eoutlichurch, was shooting with Mr. Tomlinson, of Great
Wakering, surgeon, when, as it appears, Mr: Stafford had
reached the top of a bank and was receivincilis gun with
the muzzle towards him, which he had most imprudently
buffered to remain cocked, it slipped from his hand and fell
back, the 'weight- of which produced so great a vibration as
to cause it to go off, when the Rev. Gentlemen received
the contents in his neck, just by the carotid artery.
llr
survived the melancholy accident but a short time, during
a part of which he was sensible.--Essex Herald.