The Sun.
London, England, 1842-11-19 00:00:00

THE COURT

WALmEn CAsnx N0v.17.-J7lle keen north-
easterly wind, which' has prevailed with considerable
violence throughout the day, has induced her Majesty
to remain within the Castle, and,not to venture out,
except once, and then but for a short time, upon the
ramparts.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and
the Princess Royal have not been taken beyond the
walls of the fortress, from the same cause, during the
day.

His Royal Highness Prince Albert walked upon the
beach for some time this morning, immediately after
breakfast, " alone and unattended."
Her Majesty contemplated taking her departure
from Walmer on Thursday next, for Brighton, there to
remain foe ihree weeks or a month; but the visit of the
Court to Brighton, and also the departure of the Court.
from -the Castle, have now been indefinitely postponed.
Her Majesty and the Prince have graciously for-
warded, through Mr. G. E. Anson, ten pounds each
to the crew of the Poll, which was capsized the other
day on going to the Lisbon steamer.
I)EALEVENING.--TheTHURSDAY EVENING.--The wind has blown
very hard
throughout the night and up to this even-
ing, from the east north-east, and there are conse-
quently but very few vessels lying in the roads.
The bodies of William Dawes and Thomas Jarman
(Deal boatmen), who were drowned on the 22d ult.,
were washed on shore in the night, the one at Walmer,
and the other at No. 2 battery, about three miles to
the north of the port. These two men, who have left
wives and families, were 'drowned in attempting to
board a foreign ship in distress, which had hoisted
signals in the roads during the height of a violent
gale from the south-west.
It blew very hard last night from E.N.E. Her
Majesty's ship Thunderer sent ,her top-ga!lant masts
and upon the ebb tide she
struck
udeekegh,edruringthe night,
topmasts.
"At half-past nine o'clock this morning a foreign
bark, and the English schooner Margaret, of Lancas-
ter, slipped anchors and cables, and ran round the
South Foreland:
The Russian ship Iris, for Shields ; the Austrian
ship Drago, for Antwerp ; and the English brig
Smalls, for Whitby, remain, with the Lavinia, from
Honduras, for London.
FRIDAY EVENING.—A delightful change has taken
place in the ' weather since yesterday. The wind
shifted to the south-west during the night, and the day
throughput has been unusually fine and inviting.
Her Majesty has promenaded in the course of the
day i the gardens and upon the ramparts, but the
Queen has not proceeded beyond the Castle- precincts.
This morning, shortly after ten o'clock, Captain
Daniel Pring, of her tMajesty's ship Thunderer, had
the honour of an audience ot.' Prince Albert, when it
was arranged that his Royal Highness should honour
the 'Thunderer with a second visit in the course of an
hour, for the purpose of witnessing some target firing
by the ship's company. Captain Pring then returned
to his ship, in order that the necessary preparations
might be made for the reception of the Prince, and
immediately dispatched Lieutenant Hector Loring, the
First Lieutenant of the Thunderer, across to Weimer,
in the first cutter of 10 oars, to convey his Royal High-
ness to the ship. The Prince reached the vessel shortly
before 12 o'clock, attended by Viscount Sydney, Lord
C. Wellesley, Colonel Wylde, the Hon. C. A. Murray,
and Dr. Prectorius.
The news having spread that his Royal Highness
intended to visit the Thunderer, there was a large
party on board, who had just previously arrived from
Deal and Weimer, amongst whom were the fami-
lies of the Rev. C. Lane (the Rector of Deal), Capt.
Westbrook, R.N., Lieutenant Batt, RN., and Miss
Batt, Lieutenant Rice, R.N., Captain Box, Hon. East
India Company's service ; Mr. Wootton, Mr. G. Leath,
Mr. R. Pagley, &c.
The Prince, upon his reaching the ship, was re-
ceived by Captain Priug, Commander Berridge, and
the officers of the Thunderer, on the quarter-deck; the
yards at the same time being manned. A company
of Marines (130 being on board), under the command
of Captain Stevens, were drawn up in line on the
quarter-deck, and received the Prince with a Royal
salute, the band playing the national anthem.
The scene at this time was most animating. Several
vessels in the Downs, at anchor and sailing in the im-
mediate vicinity of the Thunderer, also manned their
yards and decorated their masts and rigging with
various and innumerable flags. ' The Revenue cutters,
Sealark, (Lieut. Quested) and Ranger, (Lieut. Baker)
cruised off Walmer during the stay of the Prince on
board.
His Royal Highness first proceeded to the main
and lower decks, and inspected, with evident interest
and satisfaction, the admirable economy which pre-
vailed in this portion of the vessel.
The Prince then took his station on the poop, upon
the right of Captain Pring, surrounded by his suite
and the numerous visitors who were permitted to be
present.
Two targets were then laid out to the eastward of
the vessel, away from the shore—one of 600 yards
and the other at 300 yards' distance. This service
was performed by the earless, Government steamer,
Captain Bullock, and completed in about twenty mi-
nutes. The target nearest to the ship was composed
of a stage, ten feet square, at either extremity of which
was a staff surmounted with a small flag. Che other
target was a small boat, termed a " dingy," about
twelve feet in length, with a flag flying from the top
of its mast.
Everything being prepared for the gunnery prac-
tice, and the order being given to beat to quarters,
the men cast loose the guns throughout the ship, on
the port broadside. The quarters being reported to
Captain Pring by Commander Berridge, the orders
were given to fire a broadside at the nearest target.
This was executed with admirable precision, one flag-
staff being shot away altogether, and the flag on the-
top of the other staff carried away also. Next were
fired two broadsides, by divisions, and these com-
pletely riddled and nearly destrowed the " dingy"—
every one of the balls which did not strike the target
falling close around, and within a very few feet of it.
Had the target been of the usual size of a ship of war,
there was not one of the shots but would have " told"
with unerring effect.
The next was quick single-gun firing, at the re-
mains of the "dingy," followed by a divisional broad-
side. The effect of the precision with which this was
perceived, by forcing out the off-
seixdeec executed e dt
the
ev n
"dingy,'s o
knocking away her stern, and
finally sinking her.
The firing being ended, the men (the ship being
supposed to be attacked by an enemy) were ordered
by divisions of boarders to board ; then to repel
boarders by several interesting evolutions in defence
of ships of war, closely supported by the gallant c,,rps
of Marines.
The riggers and firemen were next seen aloft, ac-
tively employed in the various departments. The
firemen (the ship being supposed to be on fire) with
their fire-buckets, having long lanyards, reaching from
the lower yards to the water, appeared to be endea-
vouring to stop the progress of the flames in their re-
spective vicinities. The riggers were aloft knotting
and stopping the rigging supposed to have been shot
away by the enemy.
Thus terminated what nautical readers will under-
stand by the term "general quarters," and the guns
were then ordered to be manned.
At the termination of this most interesting display,
his Royal Highness addressed Captain Pring, and
expressed his highest admiration at the excellent
discipline of the ship, and the beautiful style in which
the whole of the nautical movements bad been performed.
Upon the Prince taking his departure, the yards
were again manned as before, and the Guard of Ho-
nour drawn up on the quarter-deck. His Royal
Highness was attended to the ten-oared cutter (which
was steered by First Lieutenant Loring) by Captain
Pring, and the officers of the ship.
When the Prince had reached a distance of half a
mile from the vessel, a Royal salute was fired by the
Thunderer.

The Thunderer left England in May, 1840, and
was engaged in the whole of the Syrian operations.
It was the only line-of-battle ship at Sidon (then
commanded by the Hon. Captain Berkeley), and
shared in the glories of Acre. It was since engaged
in the Mediterranean, under the command of her pre-
sent gallant Captain.
This morning, at eight o'clock, the Southampton,
Captain Ogle, 50 gun ship, passed by Walmer Castle
to the northward, and fired a Royal salute. The
Southampton has just arrived from the Cape of Good.
Hope, and was proceeding to Sheerness to be paid off.
This vessel landed .
kdieral King at Portsmouth.
The Rhadamanthus, Government steamer, anchored
off Walmer Castle last night, and sailed this morning
for Dover, to embark troops for the Mediterranean.
Captain Pring has received her Majesty's command
to fire a Royal salute on Monday
morning next, at
10 o'clock, in honour of the Princess Royal, her
Royal Highness on
voar. that day completing her second

_______
remonstrating
A meeting
against the terms which the Portu-
guese Government tenders for the arrangement of the
W" held yesterday for the purpose of
loan of 183 G, now amounting,
to about 700,0004 sterling. Sir Isaac Lyon Gold-
smid has in his interest ,550,000/. of the sum, as the
portion held by with dividends accrued,
himself and his personal friends and
connections, and he is in a condition, therefore, to
deal with the propositiclu in his own way. He re-
mains firm in his determination to have his money.
Mr. Thornton and a few others were at the meeting, 1
s to have no idea of making any
but they could
seems make no impression in opposition to
Sir Isaac, who
sacrifice in the business. The Thornton party pro-
posed a public meeting to consider the plan of settle-
ment offered by Sir Isaac, but they were defeated.—
Post.

For her late engagement at the Bowery Theatre__
eighteen performances—Madame Celeste received
5,500 dollars, which is a greater sum than was ever
before paid to any performer for like service in this
country.—New York Paper

The Paris papers are generally destitute of in-
xrest, if we except the bitter feeling displayed
against Belgium as well as England. The French
will do nothing themselves to promote national
intercourse with different countries, and when
their neighbours set them a good example, they
complain as if they had received an injury. The
appointment of a Consul for New Zealand by
the King of the BELGIANS, gives rise to the fol-
lowing remarks in the National:—
"We find by the English journals that Queen
Victoria has approved of the appointment of Mr.
Charles White as Consul of the King of the Belgians
at New Zealand. The commercial interests of Bel-
gium at New Zealand are exceedingly limited, and
perhaps a Belgian vessel has never appeared in those
latitudes. It can only, therefore, be in the hope of
some day or other finding an opening for her manu-
factures, that Belgium, like England, spreads over all
parts' of the globe agents charged with the task of
forming commercial relations with foreign populations,
of making their country known to them, and, in a word,
of following in the footsteps of those European nations
already in possession of manufacturing wealth.
Why do they not, in the interests of our merchants,
traders, and seamen, manifest greater anxiety to esta-
blish rench agents in the South Seas, Australia, and
New Zealand ? Our whalers, forced to put into
English ports, and subjected to fiscal and annoying
disputes, are often ill. treated, and the interests of
shipowners have frequently suffered. Since the esta-
blishment of the little French colony at Akaroa,
French vessels have been more numerous there than
will ever be those of Belgium. During the year
1841 about 50 vessels have been at the port of Akaroa,
of which 40 were French, and in the first quarter of
1842, there have been 24, of which 16 were from
France. But this is not sufficient for the prosperity
of the colony and the security of our whale fishery.
The English strive unceasingly to exclude us from
those latitudes, and to preserve for themselves thd
right of fishing not only in the bays and ports of New
Zealand, but also in the neighbouring islands. The
interests of our shipowners are, therefore, on the point
of being grievously compromised."
The ilioniteur conteins a report from the Mi-
nister of the Colonies to the KING, on the state
of the gum trade at Senegal. The ruin of this
portion of the population, remarkable for their