The Sun.
London, England, 1852-11-15 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

MALTA, Nov. 9

I announced in my last that a vessel of war was
sight. She proved to be the Phaeton, and during
night the Admiral, with the Britania, Albion, Trafalgai,
and Bellerophon, came into port with the Tiger and
Scourge steamers. On the following day (3d) the Ven-
geance and Modeste came in, and on the sth the Fury
returned from Tlinis. The Modeste has returned to
Corfu to send down the Arethusa, and she will not be
relieved until the arrival of the Wasp. The Scourge
left us on the 6th for Gibraltar and England, to be paid
off ; and the Retribution is under orders to proceed to
Constantinople, and send down the Sampson, lately
despatched from Corfu, for service in the Bosphorous.
The Astrologer screw steamer, from Liverpool, me
with an accident in lat. 36.35 N., long. 12.31 E., frae
turing the crank of her foremost engine, which mused the
breaking- of the cylinder cover. She was towed' in here
by the Brigand screw steamer, and will take three weeks
to repair.
On Friday a court-martial was held on board the
Trafalgar, composed as follows :—Rear-Admiral Harvey,
President. Captains Lushington, Greville, Lord Rus-
sell, Gifford, Carter, Lord Paulett, and Elliot, to try
John Brown, second stoker of the Retribution steam
frigate, on the prosecution of Captain Drummond, for the
manslaughter of William Jeffries, a stoker of the same
ship.
'the Court having consulted, returned a verdict of
Guilt j, and sentenced the prisoner to he imprisoned for
two years in one of Her Majesty's gaols in England.
On Saturday the court re-assembled, Captain Drum-
mond being the only additional member, for the trial of
James King, second engineer of Her Majesty's steamer
Sheerwater, on five separate charges, viz., Ist, 2d, 4th,
and sth, for drunkenness, and the 3rd for taking a case
of spirits on board, contrary to written orders. On con-
sidering the evidence, the Court found the prisoner—on
the first charge not guilty ; on the second charge, guilty ;
thegonuilty; on the ft
third charge,
aggureilt,yg;uloltny.the fourth charge not
The Court, in consideration of the previous good con-
duct of the prisoner up to the date of the first charge,
sentenced him to be • dismissed from Her Majesty's
steamer Shearwater, to be placed at the bottom of the
list of third-class engineers, and not to be allowed to ad'
vance to a higher class for the space of 12 months.
I have received letters from Messina giving brilliant
accounts of the visit of the King of Naples to that city,
and the reception given to him. Balls, fetes, and illu-
minations were the order of the ' day, and His Majesty
was much gratified at his reception. He bad pardoned
very many of the political refugees, and will it is thought
forgive many others. •
The fleet will leave to-day for Gibraltar, whence a por-
tion will proceed to Lisbon, and a portion return here.
I mentioned, in a recent letter, that a Court of In-
quiry had been held on Lieutenant M'Donald, of the
Britannia, for nearly running into the Firebrand. I was
misinformed. The officer brought before the Court and
acquitted was Lieutenant M'Dougall, of the Firebrand.
The India mail has arrived, and closes this morning
early. There is no news of the least importance. The
18th, 80th, and 35th had left Rangoon for Prome, with a
field battery and a company of artillery. Others would
follow in three weeks.
The Madras, from Southampton, has not arrived. She
is fully due.

PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY.
The Pitt, old 74, built at this dockyard in 1816, but
never commissioned, is ordered to be converted into a
coal depot, to be stationed at the Motherbank, to enable
men-of-war to replenish their stock of fuel on an emer-
gency, without having to waste time and labour in dis.
charging their powder, and to come into harbour to do
so. It is reported, however, that the Pitt, after 36
years' inactivity, is so rotten as to be scarcely worth the
expense of conversion, and this, we apprehend, is the
case of too many of the ships in rdinary.
The Russian frigate Pallas, 50, Captain Unkovsky,
which arrived on Thursday, is to come to be docked for
repairs prior to the pacific and Kamschatka, with Rear-
Admiral Pontiatine, now in London, who will hoist his
flag on board her here. A small iron screw steamer, the
Fearless, of 200 tons, formerly engaged in the Bristol
fruit trade, is now being fitted out by Mr. Camper, the
yachtbuilder, of Gosport as a tender for the Pallas.
The completion of the screw ships building in our dock-
yards is ordered to be expedited by the men being em-
ployed upon them at job and task work.
A screw guard-ship is to be stationed at the Channel
Islands to assist in their protection.
The crews of her Majesty's yachts Victoria and Albert
and Fairy were paid wages upon the new system (down to
one month due) at they pay-office yesterday.
The Frolic, 16, sailing-sloop, has undergone a thorough
refit, and will be undocked to-morrow.
The Egyptian Pasha's (Said's) yacht, Kassid Kheir,
has been refitted, and is reedy to leave dock. The
Gladiator, paddle-frigate, will take her place on Tuesday,
to be overhauled and repaired.
I PORTSMOUTH GARRISON.—GeneraI Viscount Hardinge,
G.C.8., Commander-in-Chief the Army, Baron Ragland,
Master-General of the Ordnance, and staffs, are expected
at this port this week on a visit of inspection connected
with the defence of the country.
PLYMOUTH, SUNDAY.
The gale on Friday night flooded all the lower parts
of the towns of Plymouth, Totnes, and Teignmouth, and
caused some damage amoung the shipping. These parts
of the South Devon Railway near the sea at Dawlish
and Laira were covered several inches deep in water.
Her Majesty's frigate Indefatigable, Captain Smart,
was towed from Sound yesterday by the Avon and Con-
fidence steamers into Hamoaze. To-morrow she will be
placed alongside the jetty for the purpose of being dis-
mantled. Her crew will probably be paid off on Thurs-
day, and she will, it is said, be forthwith recommis-
sioned by Captain Hillyer.
At 6 a.m. yesterday two line-of-battle ships were seen
near the Start, with their heads off the land. Wind, S.E;
SHEERNESS, SUNDAY.
Her Majesty's cutter Active, Mr. Charles Anstey,
Second Master-Commanding, left port yestercay morn.
ing for Chatham on dockyard service.
Her Majesty's paddle-wheel steam-vessel Myrtle, Mr.
W. S. Bourchier, Master-Commanding, having com-
pleted necessary repairs, has been removed from the
basin to moorings in the harbour, and resumed the duties
of tender to the Monarch, 84, guard-ship of the, ordi-
nary.
Her Majesty's steam-vessel African, Second Master
Gill, has made good her defects, and will be employed
as heretofore as a steam-tug.
Her Majesty's paddle-wheel steam ;vessel Cuckoo, 1,
has been removed to moorings off Lapwell.
Her Majesty's paddle-wheel steam-vessel Lizard, em-
ployed as tender to the Monarch during the refitting of
the Myrtle, was yesterday transported to moorings off
the north end of the dockyard, preparatory to being
taken into dock to have her copper overhauled.
The officers and crews of her Majesty's ships Aga-
memnon, 92, London .90, Horatio, 22, &c., were mus-
tered yesterday by the Hon. Montague Stopford, Naval
Aide-de-Camp to the Queen, and Flag-Captain to the
Commander-in-Chief.
P battalion consisting of 5 captains, 12 subalterns, 18
sergeants, 20 corporals, 15 drummers, and 300 privates
of the Chatham Division of Royal Marines, and. 2 lieu-
tenant-colonel, 5 captains, 20 subalterns, 15 sergeants,
20 corporals, 8 drummers, and 300 privates of the Wool-
wich Division, under the command of Colonel Second
Commandant Willes, with the field-adjutant and divi-
sional colours and band of the Chatham Division are
under orders to form part of the funeral procession of
the Duke of Wellington, on the 18th instant.
Captain Farmar, of the Chatham Division of Royal
Marines, has been granted a month's additional leave of
absence, for thr benefit of his health.
A yheesrteerodnayF.Friday
t i forenoon,tide flowed gale
blowing
dlBvi fromoi
ecnhtelEys.uShnigEtili se
higher than usual, the sea,
breaking over and washing away portions of the sea-wall
at Miletown, and reaching very nearly the rear entrance
to the Royal Hotel Gardens. Several artillerymen were
employed until a late hour at night in filling up with
with bags of sand the breaches in the embankment.
Two Dutch barks, the J. C. Schotel, of Dordrecht, J.
P. von Beest Holle, master, bound to Batavia, in ballast,
and the Java Packet, H. von der Ingeden, master, from
Rotterdam, for Akyab, were assisted into harbour from
thebErzaleenth,
RGanungeflre, eatndanLdiaSlluanitkooSka,nds by the smacks
The brig Robinson, of Hartlepool, Fofin,,
and betts
come into harbour with windlass, body,
of _
broken, having lost an anchor and 90 fathom.s.
board
a chain
and sustained sundry damages by
being off Montrose.
while at anchor, by the brig Charlotte.,
t in with loss of
Several other vessels have ate° p
anchors, chains, &c Whitstable.niaster has

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In relation
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v-.7The editor has conferred a great boon on the sufferers from this
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THE CURE OF
pies at on No. If.
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rinseTloitthic,pTriueletE3s.o6dF.,TbuyEpousti,frEereltilAs., , Ind:
and apparently Intractable Forms. To which is added, a
PR. RUATOR-
ce Simple, Safe, and Efficient, in even its most IponjlrWr
a_tre
OBSERVATIONS ON THE TREATMENT OF SPEas:
RIREA BY CAUTERIZATION
BY F. B. COURTENAY,
... of England.
Member of the ItoyalColie;
"Those who complain most loudly are t 1 .o .
how to use the common instruments .
about the sinwie cure of diseases,
all the excesses and horrorsaonperi naddiolTnesr eanncas
The practice of sur-
giet so
flnseurfirgcle,:sooynlaynwd Danger.
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et
o_f ;i-,,,;,,s be (Mr. Courtenay) has
geons has been marked with all kin.matrszdeo;fyp.vl,o,_6Bll
jcononchnfee,r
Bell's
Surgical
Observations.—" In proof of hiys
cases
enccesst..u._uy treated,as bad
gaisvaeinlythwebhicishtomryro.fsayingrecat m
period of twelve
Such ere cases ix., adduced,
and xviii. No. ix. had
it.,
xi,.. and on which he had operated.
resisted, for a
years, thkest.renatumtecnatsebsyxclivillut.aantiodu,xixan.dawppaseartin,
wall
removed in as many weeks' complication of symptoms, of a more ag-
in duration, scvcrity,sf
any
gravated characte byilt.
treatment adePted 7 detailed by Mr. Syme, and yet the
Courtenay proved eminently saccesaftu.
tho Treatment of Stricture.
—Preto:or I.l2ar_2_l

The vacant professorship of English language
and literature at the London Universityhasbeen filled up
by the appointment of Mr. David Maeson.—Mlle

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