The Sun.
London, England, 1855-02-21 00:00:00

LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 21,_-1855.

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. "i

(From the Times of !3,:s day.)

will have a clean sweep of all those who have brought her
to the present pass, and yet have the surpassing impudence
to essay to govern her. As Mr. Coppock, however, and
his employers are on the look-out, so let our Conservative
friends, who may depend upon it that they will be wel-
comed warmly by a country which has nothing to fear and
everything to hope from their return to power ; who have
no apologies to offer, no falsehoods to tell, in order to
screen and mislead ; and who will calm down that excite-
ment which Lord Palissersbn and his disgraced and des-
perate faction are, either consciously or unconsciously,
fanning into revolution !

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

The Royal George, screw, 102, Captain Cedrington,
is in Sheerness basin. She has taken in her lower deck
guns, and will most probably at once take is her others
where she now is, as, in consequence of the ice, it is
quite impracticable to open the caisson. As soon, how-
ever, as the thaw takes place, out she is to go into the
stream, when her bands will turn over to her from the
barracks in the yard.
The Extnouth, 91, screw, Captain Hon. F. Pelham,
left Devonport on Monday for a few days' cruise.
The Cressy, 81, Captain Warner, is in the stream at
Sheerness, ready for sea at a moment's notice.
The Russell, 61, block-ship, is in the basin at Sheer-
ness, and mechanics working at her day and night. The
Sir Charles Napier and another barge were towed down
here on Sunday from Blackwall, containing her three
boilers, which are of the round high-pressure build, but
in consequence of the ice they are now in the basin, as
it is impossible to open the caisson to allow them in, and
they are too heavy to cart round to tice shears, which
are indispensable ix hoisting them on board. Every
possible facility is being given to bring her forward.
The Arrogant, 46, Captain Yelverton, completed the
adjustment of her compasses at Portsmouth yesterday,
and is re-shipping her stores.

At PortsMOuti;, yesterday, the Retribution, 28, paddle
frigate, Captain Fisher, was taken into the steam basin
to receive new boilers and refit.

The Cruizer, 17, screw, Commander Hon. H. Doug-
las, arrived at Devonport on Monday. Her defects are
to be made good there.
The Conflict, 8, screw, Captain Coming, arrived at
Devonport en Monday, to make good defects.
The Desperate, 8, screw, Commander R. White,
Sheerness basin, sent a telegraphic despatch to the Ad-
miralty for orders to allow her to be hauled into No. 1
dry dock, to have an overhaul of the tubes in the
bottom, dLe.

The Centaur, 6, paddle•frigate, Captain Clifford,
hauled under the shears and shipped her masts.
The Driver, 6, paddle, is in the stream at Sheerness.
She is to be decked to have a look at her buttons, as soon
as practicable, but at present, on account of the ice, that
is impossible.

. -
The BaAli-k, G, paddle, Commander Jenner, went into
the north dock, Portsmouth, yesterday, for examination.
Rhadamanthus, paddle, store ship, Master Comman-
der Belam, hauled out of the steam basin, Portsmouth,
yesterday, and in warping out into the stream the wind
caught her quarter, which caused her to foul the iron
caisson, in the north dock, which carried away about 20
feet of her bulwarks abaft the paddle box on the port
side. She sailed for Woolwich at 3 o'clock.

APPOINTMENTS.

Mate J. S. Tonkin, from the Majestic, to the Medusa,
4, steam gun-boat, at Woolwich.
Second Master John R. Allen (1554), from the Otter,
to the Medina, 4, steam gun-vessel, in the Mediterranean.
Midshipmen—Francis Osborn, from the Pylades, to
the Ajax, 53 , screw, at Portsmouth ; E. P. Pocock, to
the Ariel, 9, screw, at Portsmouth; J. T. Swann, to the
James Watt, 91, screw, at Portsmouth; J. N. Croke, to
the Oberon, 3, steam-vessel, at Portsmouth.

Masters' Assistants.—Richard Wellington, to the
Phoenix, 8, at Woolwich ; C. T. Layton, to the James
Watt ; Frederick James, to the Euryalus, 51, screw-
frigate, at Devenport.
From Valparaiso we learn that the first lieutenant of
the Dido, 16, Lieutenant Pigott, has bean murdered on
board by a marine.

FINANCIAL REPORT TO THE EMPEROR
OF THE FRENCH.