The Sun.
London, England, 1842-06-02 00:00:00

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Ships arrivedsine
d.
Bell, Robson & Co. Hartley 16 9
Carr's Hartley
Holyw•ell Main .
Nelson's West Hartley l7 I
New Tanlield Moor l3 I
Ord's Redheugh l3 6
South Pontop
West Wylam
Wylam
Walls End Clennell l6 0
Walls End Killingworth
Walls End Wharncliffe l7 6
Walls Endßelmont

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
Po aTsmouzis, JUNE 2.—The Actaeon, 26, may be ex-
pected to arrive from the Brazils about the end of June. Let-
ters from her of the 25th February state that her freight of
dollars and gold bars would amount to nearly two millions ;
she was then at Sans Blas, and was to touch at all the northern
ports, leaving Rio de Janeiro for England.
The only vessel at Plymouth fitting for foreign service is the
brig Philomel, 10, Commander Sullivan, destined to proceed
to the South American station, on surveying service.
The Winchester, 52, Captain Eden, will be paid the usual
advance of wages on Thursday, and proceed in the ensuing
week to the Care of Good Hope, to relieve the Southampton
frigate. Rear-Admiral the Hon. J. Percy, with his Secre-
tary, Mr. Dyer, have arrived here.
The Talbot, 26, Captain Sir Thomas Thompson, Bart., and
Cleopatra, 26, Captain C. Wyvil, are rapidly getting manned
at Chatham. Several of the crews of the Benbow and Comus
have joined those ships.
The Malabar, 72, Captain Sir G. Sartorius, destined for the
Brazil, remains ready for departure in Plymouth Sound, await-
ing further orders. It is said she will take out a new Comul
for Bahia.

The Imaum, 72, is being proceeded with, in order to be sent
to Jamaica, to receive the broad pendant of Commodore the
Hon. H. Byng, as a receiving ship, in lieu of the Magnificent.
The Dee is preparing at Woolwich as a steam transport, to
be commanded by Mr. Thomas Driver, master, R.N., destined
by report to take troor s to Canada.
The Fly, 18, Captain Price Blackwood, with her cutter
tender, Bramble, 10, arrived in Funchal Roads, Madeira, on
the 20th April, and left again on the 24th, for the Cape of Good
Hope and Torres Straits, on a voyage of discovery.
The brig tender, Nautilus, 10, Lieut. Paulson, has returned
from the Sussex coast to re-victual, having been employed in
protecting the fishery in that quarter.
The cutter Sylvia, Commander Sherringham, has proceeded
on surveying service, off the adjacent coast.
'the President, 52, is ordered to be docked and surveyed, to
ascertain her fitness for re-commissioning.
The Crocodile, 26, troop-ship, Mr. Elson, master, has had
her orders countermanded, and is now to go to Halifax and
Quebec.

The Columbia steam-vesiel is ordered to be prepared for
commission, by Captain W. Owen, for surveying service on the
coast of Ireland.

At Sjithead —Crocodile.

In Harbour—St. Vincent, Victory, Excellent, Royal George
:yacht, Winchester, Albatross, Satellite, Echo, Volcano, and
Nautilus.—Brighton Gazette.

THEATRICAL CHIT-CHAT.—The town is on the
qui vive for Knowles's new play of The Rose of Arragon,
which will be produced on Saturday next, with new scenery by
Denson, &c., Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean sustaining the prin-
cipal characters. Great things are expected from this rare
combination of author and actors. Farren, Sirs. Glover, and
Mrs. Nisbett are carrying all before them here in comedy, and
that fascinating artiste, Madlle. Celeste, has been attractirg
crowds at Leeds to witness her charming acting in Marie
Ducange and Foreignilffairs. On Monday next she appears
at Manchester.
KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL.--Yesterday the an-
niversary festival of this excellent institution was celebrated at
the London Coffee House, Ludgate-hill ; Mr. Gladstone, M.P.,
in the chair. After the other usual loyal toasts the Secretary
read the report, from which it appeared that the gross amount
of receipts was 2,681/. 6s. 9d. ; the expenses for the same
period, 3,193/. 7s. 2d. ; deficiency, 5121. Os. sd. To meet this
latter charge, together with 8371. Os. 6d. of liabilities pending
on the 30th of April last, a further sale of Exchequer bills, to
the amount of 1,000/., has been necessary, leaving only 500/.
of vested funds wherewith to supply any deficiency that may
occur in the income of the present year. Nearly 9001. was an-
nounced as the subscriptions for the year, which included
about 25/. handed in by Dr. Major, the Head Master of the
School, as the amount of subscriptions from his scholars.
The HAGUE, MAY 31.—The King returned to the
Hague from Soetsdyk yesterday evening. His Majesty had
gone from Soetsdyk to the Loo to welcome his :Majesty King
William Frefierick, Count of Nassau, her Royal Highness
Princess Albert of Prussia, and the Countess of Nassau, who
had arrived at their country seat. His Majesty had the plea-
sure of finding his august lather in good health.
The General Steam Navigation Company's mail
packet, Giraffe, landed her mail and passengers at Brunswick
wharf, Blackwell this morning The same Company's British
ship Wilberforce landed her passengers at Brunswick-wharf
this morning, eighteen hours and a quarter after they had em-
barked at Antwerp.
ARRIVAL OF THE STEAM-SHIP JUPITER FROM ST.
PATERSBURGII.—Yesterday afternoon the St. George Steam-
packet Company's powerful steam. ship Jupiter, Lieutenant
D. C. Waters, R.N., Commander, arrived at her moorings,
off the Alderman's-stairs, Lower East Smithfield, from St.
Petershurgh and Copenhagen. She brought 44 passengers,
also the mate of the Joseph Story, of London, and the mate and
four seamen of the Scotia, Captain Mearns, belonging to Mon.
trose, both of which vessels were lately wrecked by the ice in
the Baltic. The Jupiter's voyage out and home has been ac-
complished in the unusually short period of 21 days. Lieut.
Waters reports that the Susan of Liverpool, Captain Aslett,
and Melina, of Newcastle, Captain Carter, both arrived at
Cronstadt on the 23d of May.
ANTWERP, MAY 30.—The British steam-ship Wil-
berforce, arrived this morning from London after an excellent
passage of only 17 hours and 20 minutes.
Sir George Hampson, Captain Langford, R.N.,
Captain Roberts, Captain Hardinge, and Captain Eyre, were
among the passengers that left the Brunswick Wharf, Black-
wall, this day, at one o'clock, in the General Steam Naviga-
tion Company's British steam-ship Rainbow, Captain J. Fife,
for Antwerp. This extraord'nery fast ship is a source of
great attraction on her sailing days, in consequence of the
many rapid passages she has made, and her beautiful mould.
VARIETIES AND QUALITIES OF SALT.—In the
course of Dr. Reid's chemical lecture, delivered yesterday
evening at Exeter-hall, whieh was for the most part experi.
mental, some entertaining observations were adduced upon the
properties and nature of salt. This substance, the Doctor pro-
ceeded to show, was procurable in a variety of ways. Its purest
form was that of rock-salt, but that obtained by evaporating
sea-salt in the air, known by the name of bay-salt, and obtained
in warm countries, such as Lisbon, where a warmer sun acts
well in this manner on the sea-water, produced salt of very good
finality. Salt, continued Dr. Reid, was largely used in curing
meat, herrings, &c. ; and a curious case was related of the
Dutch merchants, who ordinarily arrive in this country to
purchase provisions ; they rarely ever ask for a sight of the
meat, herring, or other salted commodity, but request to taste
the brine in which it is immersed. This, if it be good, is found
pleasant to a correct palate, but if it be bad, is nauseous, from
its being loaded with magnesia. Dr. Reid stated that he had
frequen•ly placed, as a test of judgment, four different speci-
111Plis of salt before companies of twenty diverse people, and
that with very rare exception, they had all, upon tasting
selected the Dutch salt, as the best and finest,
which it certainly was, as that salt sold at four times the price
of ordinary salt, from the purity of its preparation. The test
of good or bad salt was a solution of an alkali added to the
salt ; if good, there would be little precipitate of earthy mat-
ter ;if otherwise, copious. The Doctor concluded his lecture
by noticing ammonia, which was found to a great extent in
coal or soot, and in large and especial quantities in those plants
which abound in gluten, as wheat, which chiefly constitutes
the food of man,