The Sun.
London, England, 1827-10-30 00:00:00

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the squadron's 1441
rdd" cruise, from atnanthaeccLoounndt London
and Portsmouth papers. The following is from
a log kept by our own correspondent, which dif-
fers in many respects from the other published
acconnts.—Oct. 2. The Challenger having
joined from Scilly, after having cut off four feet
of her bowsprit, and fishing the other part, the
squadron started 'with a strerig breeze, and heavy
•
sea,. rite-7 and 8 knots. On bringing to, . the
ships stood es,Wws;-.-7Columbine a-head :Sap-
phire. pilessAlert 2i miles,
Wolf 2 Iniips, .chsiilenger .3 ;biles, Acorn 9*
miles, on.lieileeliferter..Oce.:6.:; Slight wind
and head sea; io trial.4-Oct,'
with heavy squalls • and ‘*a,cl sea,: wind
N.N.W. rate 6 to'6:lotots., under reefed
,On . _ .
topsails. -signal to close sit, p.m. Colum-
birfe a-head Acorn miles, Satellite +2} miles,
Challengeti miles, Sap hire miles,. Alert 11
miles, Wolf 7: miles? ,to leeward.---October 10.
Strong breeses,and squally, with heavy head sea,
Wind N.E. under • double-reefed matn top-sail,
treble-reefed, fore; and one-reef indriver. At '
12, signal to bear up, Columbine to windward
of all, Acorn, 2 miles on her lee-beam, Sapphire
2 Miles Wolf and Alert 2f miles; Satellite 4
miles, on her lee quarter. At .a quarter-past
elelien, the Challenger .carried away her main-
top4itil-yard in the slings, and almost at the
same moment her main-top-mast went within
three feet of. the cap, which' stopped: her pro-
gress. TherWolf, Aeorn;,.and) Challenger, at
times, in tbe. 'looked • fiightful, being
nearly on theft. -.Urn- ,;s4tellite, it the
end of the 'trial, corriplained a-tattling:away the
slings of her iniin-ymt, Alert her .lee main-
shrouds, anclSariphir her, inain-tOP7mast back-
stay.—Oci. 6, Presh gales and :squally, with
a heavy sea, wind IV.S.VV, rate 6 to: 7 knots.
At the close, Acorn t-head Satellite 4 mile,
Columbine.. :Sapphire ,I*, Wolf 2i miles
to leeward. On the early part` of the day the
Challenger, in staying,, carried away her fore-
yard, and being ordered-by the Admiral to bear
up for Spithead,, she parted company. The
Columbine was thrown out in tacking by the
man at the helm's not meeting her well, previous
to which she was a-head of the squadron. The
Acorn on this day signalised herself by beating
the Columbine, but one or two days, of success
must not be put ,in the scale against such a
weight of pre-eminence as, belongs to the Co-
lumbine ; and it is.beyond. -doubt, that in fine
and moderate weather, this latter vessel has no
rival in speed but the Challenger, and after these
the order is, unquestionably,' the, Acorn, Wolf,
Tyne,;Satellite, Sapphire, Tyne,; and ,Alert.-:-Devon-
port Telegraßh. ,

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The venerable Bishop of Norwich has been
staying this week with his son-in-law, Thomas
Thistlewayte, Esq., of Southwick Park, in this
county.—Hants Advertiser.

Yesterday, a sumptuous banquet was given at
St. John's House,,VVinchester by the Marquis
of Chandos (High Steward of Winchester), to
the Mayor and Corporation, and a select party
of their friends.—Hants Chronicle.

ALMOND BRIDGE.—The new bridge, with
its fine parapets, across the Almond, on the line
of road to Dunkekl and. Inverness, is now nearly
finished. and appears one of the neatest, and at
the same time, most substantial structures of the
kind in this country.—lnverness Courier. '
STATE OF TRADE.—The. trade of this town
is seldom so good at this season of the year as it,
is from the beginning of spring to thebegiriuing
of autumn. This may be . attributed-to the .un-
favourable influence of the winter season upon
many of our-manufactures, &swell asof those of -.
many other town!, and is no doubt occasioned
in some degree by the Credit system upon which
business is done to a very grist extent, and by
which merchants and ironmongers are disposed
to issue orders as spiringly as possible till the
approaching time of payment.has gone by, when
they may have the advantage of a longer credit,
and be better able to ascertain the extent and
value of 'their stocks. If trade, therefore, is not
absolutely on the decline, and we believe it is not,
it ought to be regarded as improving ; and in
some departments of the cutlery trade, particu-
larly in razors, there has not been so great a de-
mand for a long time past. We understand, too,
that some of the manufacturers of heavy goods
have as many orders on hand as they can
conveniently execute in due time ; whilst
other trades, which it might, be presumed
would be affected' by, the • same causes,
aie labouring under very great depression.
—This proves that' the depression which
these manufacturers are now experiencing is only
temporary, and that when the heavy stocks now
in the market shall have been drained off, the
demand will again be equal to their means of
supply. At the time of the crisis, many of the
most extensive ironmongers, both in London
and in the country, were unable to get some
kinds of goods from this town on any terms ;
the effect was, that they sent , the same orders to
different houses, and when, there was but little
demand for those goodsthe 'orders were exe,
cuted, and some of the shopkeepers had stocks
sufficient for one, two, and in some cases for
three years. Manufacturers will, therefore do
wisely to let the evil work its own cure, instead
of attempting to force a demand by reducing the
tradee
for u
prices of their goods, as is too commonly the
case under such circumstances. Notwithstand-
ing, th
there is at
maypresent a a yeta considerablebe regarded demandmore
goods,
an affair of labour than of profit. It is a great
consolation to know that the poor are em-
ployed, but it would be more to the advantage
both of themselves, and 'of the middling classes,
if they were fully employed,' and well paid
for their labour by regular
,manufacturers,
instead of manufacturing goods, as many of
them do, and then selling them to positive
loss. Such a system is of all others most
ruinous to a manufacturing town, and be-
fore trade can be said to be in a sound state
these men must be brought back again to their
not
Horn far . .
pretend to
sill manufacturers have
ep,,ronptreirbustpedhe
troe .
this evil we wi
say; but we are afraid that some of them have,
by attempting to turn the necessities of the poor
to their own account, created a great number of
competitors who, without bettering themselves,
have served to annoy and injure those through
whose hands trade should have passed. It is,
however, obvious that those houses that have
been most liberal to their workmen have been
able to command a profitable trade, when Others
bot hthat we should have
of pauperism we are persuaded
have had nothing to do. To such manufac-
le ss
turers we are indebted for our fame as a 1118,1111-•
facturing town, and if others would follow their
example,
and crime than we have
now to contend with under temporary commer-
cial depression.—Slicifield Mercury.