The Express.
London, England, 1849-02-05 00:00:00

NAVAL

PORTSMOUTH, FED 4.—Juno, 26, Capt. Blake, mind
yesterday from Rio de Janeiro, whence she railed on the 14th of Dee.
Sha proeonlod • hortly after her arrival to Clintbum to be paid off. The
Joao brought Mime a freight of b 6,567 dollars, which were landed
here. When Juno rail. d, Constance, NO, vow at the Sandwich Islands;
Aida, Gorgon, ;and Nereus, at Valporoiso ; Champion, Central America;
Calypso, on passage to coast of Mexico; Naltd at Callao. Mr.
Foster, nun. r, Invalided from Gorgon, end Mr. T. lief
Wad, nand e net of Tweed, came home in Juno.—Cen-
tame et. fr., Capt. Buckle, went out of harbour yesteriley
morning, and railed In; the :Memnon for P ymouth, where she will
be paid nth...me, and thence proceed to the CIAIM • f Africa on the lath
Mat., taking the moils.—( rat. Fanshavre will hoist Ida pendant en
boatel the Centaur' at Plymouth.—Dragen at. ft., Capt. Hall, is
hourly expected here loom Inland, to fit for the Mediterranean.—
The Ithstiamanthus and Alban stn arrived yeirteiday from Ireland,
with the battalion of Royal Marines which bad been stationed nt Wa.
tenant, under the oommand of Lieut.-Gil. Willey. Three companies
were minted at Plymouth; the remainder, including the Anthony
company, under the command of Capt. Parke, have been landed here •
and IthaLmanthus and Alban are to procad to Woolwich to be
off.—num rb, bu, Capt. Purcell, refitting In this harbour, will, tan
understood, go to Cork, and Ganger, 84, Capt. Smith, terraced
thence to u.e Mt darn:incur to !Ghee Queen. 110. Cant- Some.
DITONPORT, FRS. 3.—Urroine, 6, was taken into dock
yesterday, to have her copper cleaned and examined, preparatory to
her being enninissimwsL —Apollo, troopsfrigate, Casa. J. itawstoine,
Is ready, and was to have gone out of harbour this morning, but has
been detained in conrequalec of the foggy elate attic weather.—tiara
Joie, 110, will be removed from lice moorings on Tuesday or Wedoes.
day, when the Impregnebls 1114, will succeed her.—Tortelee„ lighter,
Jew sailed this day for Inic.mouth, to waist In raiiiing the orleisinor
Mary Ann, sunk in that harbour.—lt. port nye that the caledonia,
120, Cape flirter, is to complete bar complement to the sessaidng
number, and to proceed to the Mediterranean; but no official an.
110Winertient of the fact her transpired here.
WooLwicit' Fen. 4.—Tne Lords Commissioners of the
Admiralty have ordered a new frigate to be laid down nt tble yard,
from planslurninhed by Messrs. Reed, Cliallteld, and Cretin, of the
late Nand School at Architecture. She la to be named ihe San
Firenso, and is to be pierced for Su guns. It Is exiveted her keel will
shortly be laid down on No. 4 slim—The Royal Albert, 1:0, and Nun.
kle, NO, bulkting at this )ard, are prugreesing vapidly, in onosnueneo
of the additional number of workmen that have lately bean
upon them.—Torch, at. v., Linearly ready for cormnbrion, nail will be
tried down the river in afew days. Captain F. bullock assumes the
command of the Dockyard during the absence of Commodore IL
Mee, who is at present on a vont to Armagh, preparatory to his op.
preaching nuptials with the Runs Mies Beresford.
Tits APPARATUS FOE CONVERTING SALT WATER INTO
Paean, fillet to Rt ynard by Mr. Grant, of Portsmouth dock-yard, is
raid to have answered a'lrea'dy. lt Ia vented that " the apparatus
distilled, in the menthe: Destraber,upwerdsof 2,000 gallons of water,
and Me ship carried into Lisbon, utter great waste, right tons. The
apparatus yielded an average quantity of 5 gallons per day per man."
MOVISMINTI.—Sidon and Polyphemus were at (libraltar
on the 27th of Jain.; at Si p.m. that evening the Darla paned a Nue.
dram, eminently that of Sir C. Napier steering for GibraPar.—fhe
Harlequin towed a vessel into CALI on time 27th, and left imme-
diately.
The Harlequin is to come home from Lisbon, and is to
pay off at Derunport.
The Scou ge is on her way home from the West Indies.