The Vernon, together with the Blenheim and Edinburgh, returned to
Spithead on Sunday, in consequence of the heavy gales in the Channel. The following letter from Captain Denny to Mr. Green, the managing- owner, mentions particulars of the trip. The letter is dated from St. Helen's, on the 16th-
" I fancy, from the weather last night, you will almost expect to hear we have put back ; it was no use beating about against a South-west gale and sea. I have every reason to be delighted with the Vernon's performance under can- vass. I put out the steam directly the breeze freshened; and on taking off the we had to lie to about halt an hour, which brought her 3IajestY's ship Bleaicim close to us. We then set all sail we could carry, and trimmed all sharp ; when we had the most gratifying pleasure to see the Vernon not only forereach, but go to windward fast. The Edinburgh, by the time we got all trimmed, was about three miles ahead. We gained on leer every tack she made, till she was only one mile and a half from us, and the Blenheim three and a half miles dead to leeward. Had the wheels been unshipped, 1 have no doubt we should have done even better. The Edinburgh is also at anchor here ; but the Blenheim is still outside, but doing no good. The Veruou was very easy in the nights, though it blew excessively hard at times. We found no other inconvenience from the wheels beyond the detention. A little water came through, but that we can safely prevent. Were it not for lumbering the deck, I should like to unship them, to have a fair trial with the Edinburgh, which ma, I understand, as fast as any ship in the Navy. The man-of-war had a great advantage over us in reefing and working, which must be added to the Vernon's capacity. I think she is decidedly more weatherly and decidedly faster than the SerIngapatam." The Vernon again sailed from Portsmouth on the 17th. The ship Sophia, bound for Sydney, New South Wales, with emi- *grants, came in collision with the Lord Goderich passenger ship, for Port Philip, early on Saturday-morning, off the Isle of Wight. She was fallen in with by the Adelaide steam-ship, belonging to the Dublin Steam Company, in the greatest distress, being almost a total wrecks her bowsprit and cutwater having been carried away, together with her foremast ; one fluke of her anchor was buried in her bows, the other broke off by the extreme violence of the concussion. The Adelaide took her in tow, and brought her safely to anchor off Gravesend oa Sunday ; whence she was towed, on Monday, to the St. Katharine's Docks, to discharge her cargo, for the purpose of having an overhaul, and the damage repaired. It was most fortunate that the poor passen- gers were in their berths ; had they been on the deck at the time of the accident, the consequences might have been dreadful. The Lord Goderich put into Portsmouth, with loss of bowsprit and cutwater, and other serious damage. The latter vessel had been upwards of a fort- night in reaching the Isle of Wight, owing to the tempestuous weather.
The progress of emigration to Texas appears to be greatly on the in-
crease. A chartered vessel, the British barque George, which has just been fitted up on a moat extensive scale, is about to proceed under the auspices of the agents for the Texan Congress, with nearly two hun- dred persons, most of them of the labouring class. Several scientific gentlemen, members of the Zoological and Botanical Societies, are also to embark in the same vessel, for the purpose of scientific.sliscovery is this rising country.—]Horning Post.
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