The Sun.
London, England, 1852-03-08 00:00:00

an appointment of aide•de camp to the Queen, and the
appointment of superintendent of paekc,t„t Southamp-
ton, reverts to the patronage of the First Lord of the

PROVISIONS F,R SIR E. BELCHER'S EXPEDITION.--
The provisions, such as penlican, corn beef, bacon, &c.,
to be supplied to the new Arctic searching squadron,
will, no doubt, be of very superior quality, and is now
in course of preparation, under , the superintendence of
Captain Sir E. Parry and Mr.'Davis, of the Clarence
victualling yard. The meat purchased for the purpose
consists of the very primest quality, and the best parts.
MALTA, Faa. 27.—The Superb left this port on Sa-
turday last. for:England, to ba paikoff, and the Phaeton
on
Sunday for Corfu, to be stationed there vice the Inde-
fatigable, ordered to the Channel.
Samuel Maines, of the Albion, has been tried by a
general court-martial for causing the death of John Fur-
n.:_!aux by kii6eking him down !rota the maintop on the
31" °f January. Re wai found guilty, and sentenced
to six months' imprisonment.
_ The officers of the watch of the Trafalgar and Albionhave been "reprimanded by a court of inquiry, formed hy
negligence in running
Pear-Admiral Rarvey and Captain Purcell, for their
eacTahe(aer. Medina, with thethL.rTreew6-apredetmivaeilsahfioprs lanb;aitir,dhossf
The English mail, per Medina, no
arrived during the night. Ardent goes en at 10
post delivery.
'a. N. to-day, but as yet we haveh°
9iSao brings up the mails of tholleaCica)l
days—the quickest arrival
isieract,hdeidsaAlbleed"alitdArilexin-
r:ecord by Marseilles.
loste passage she en-
counteredandria, having been. on shore.
Monday
ordinary sea-
soenvdedaywjaitsh4
during the gale,Me
very heavy weather,
and
dwoas cut away and lost,
the cap. -
sea-
man (Daniell
immediately.
Ther r)li
fe overboardbuoy
diffi-
culty). the first cutter lowered and lost (crew
dcuillitay,B).f 0
rOe
tavWednesday,
utshtea2bnovthe,
The damage to the ships of war during the late
will not cost the Government much less than 20 gale
,0001.
sterling.
The gravest of the items of damage are—Albion, rud-
der condemned ; Bellerophon, foremast rotten ; Trete!.
gar, rudder much injured; Medina, foretopmast gone ;
Mt.glusp, paddle-box washed away, and other damage
not •precisely known ; Vengeance, lost a gun, overboard
,and another ran 'through her port.
On the 3d-proximo the officers of the garrison will
give a farewell dinner to Admiral Sir William Parker
and'Lieutcnant-General Ellice. The gentlemen of the
navy, however, are annoyed at net being allowed to join.
Were they permitted to do so, the number would be so
great that noroom in Malta could be found large enough
to contain-thein.

SHEERNESS, Keeton 6.—Her Majesty's ship Achille,
76, has been 'taken into the fitting basin to be over-
heated; and bieught fortiard as an advanced ship.
Her. Majesty's ship Ganges, 84, was removed on Fri-
day from the basin into the dry dock lately occupied by
the screw steam-frigate Horatio, 24. .Efer copper is to
bee stripped, her bottom examined and caulked. She is
ordered to be got ready as an advanced ship. Her Sail-
ing qualities during her last commission are spoken of
in -a moat favourable manner, and as being superior to
those of many of the two-deckers in the Mediterranean
squadron. It is expected she will hoist the pendant soon
after her defects are made good. •
Her Al aj es ty Ps screw steam-frigate Horatio, 24, Captain
the' Hon. S. T. Carnegie, has sent up her topgallant-
mastseand is all ataunt in the basin. The windlass in 7
teriering with the working of some of her guns, a cap-
stan is to be placed in its stead, which will keep her
some little time longer under the hands of the dockyard.
Her Majesty's steam-frigate Amphion, 34, will be
taken into dock when the repaits of the Cylopa are
effected,--to-be put into a state ready for service if re-
quired.
Her Majesty's steamer Lizard, tender to flag-ship, Mr.
G. Brockman master, left port this morning for Chatham,
on dockyard service. She returned in the afternoon.
PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY.—Her Majesty and Prince
Albert, the Royal family, and the Court, embarked in
the royal yacht Fairy yesterday at five minutes to 1 Pita.
for conveyance to Osborne. The special royal train
which conveyed the Court to Gosport was in charge of
Mr. Cornelius Stovin, the manager of the South-Western
Railway, on alighting from which her Majesty was re-
ceived ny Admiral Sir Thomas Briggs, G.C.M.G., Cone;-
mander-in-Chief; Lieutenant-General d'Aguilar, Acting
Lieutenant- Governor of Portsmouth; Rear-Admiral
Prescott, C. 8., Superintendent of the dockyard; Captain
Sir EdWard Parry, F.R.S., Superintendent of the Cla-
rence-yard; Colonel Menzies, K. 11., Commander of the
division of Royal Marines, and Aide-de-Camp to the
Queen; Captain Lard Adolphus Fhzelarence, G.C.H.,
Aide-de-Camp. The Port-Admiral was attended by
Flag-Lieutenant Palley, the Lieutenant-Governor by
Aide-de-Camp d'Aguilar and • the Brigade and Town-
Majors Purves and Maitland, and the Admiral Superin-
tendent by Flag-Lieutenant Aplin. The gaud of
honour was of the Royal Marines, under the command
of Lieut.-Colonel Willes, and officered by Captain John
T. Aslett, First Lieut. Jolliffe, and Second-Lieut. Gill.
Theeband and colours of the division were attached.
The usual salutes and ceremonies were observed, and
about one o'clock the Fairy left the harbour, followed
by the tender Elfin, Mr. Alfred Ballistou Acting-Master,
for Osborne, where it is understood the Queen and Court
will remain until Saturday week. •
The Arrogant, 46, screw, Captain Robinson, arrived
at Spithead yesterday atternoon from the West India
station. Having left since the mail packet her colonial
news has been anticipated. She came through the
Needles' passage yesterday., ,snel on approaching Cowes
her IllajealtS; on the deck of the Fairy, sighted her, and
the royal e ache was directed towards the frigate. On,
seeing the royal standard Captain Robinson fired a sa-
lute of 21 guns, and on both vessels closing the officers
and ship's company of the Arrogant manned her bul-
warks and rigging, and gave three hearty cheers,
sod sent up topgallant masts is first-rate style.
She left Grey-town on the 21st of. January, where
she had been to exchange compliments with the
American Commodore Parker in the Saranac steam-
frigate. The Calypso, 20, and Express, 6, were at Grey-
town wheirthe Arrogant left, as was the American sloop
Albany. Commodore Pecker, to thew the re-establish-
ment of good feeling with the English, was to tail the
day after the Arrogant for Port Royal, to pay his re-
spects to Vice-Admiral Sir George Seymour, C.B. (who,
with the Cumberland; 70, and two steamers, the De-
vastation and Inflexible, we have since heard was at Ha-
vaunah on the 14th tilt). Tee Sappho, 12, Commander
Cochrane, was cruizing off Jamaica, where the Inflexible
steam sloop had refitted. The Bermuda schooner had
just returned from the north side of the island, and was
about to sail for the coast of Cuba,. The Rosamoad
steam- sloop was conveying soldiers to Barbadoes; the
16, were on the windward eta-
PiaePeorretßoyal on the 3d of February, the
workednAliterlearrOmg:nL2t(6.evainadg up between Sr. Domingo and Cuba,
steaming through the Crooked Island passage, which she
cleared --cin-the Bth. On the sth test., about twenty
miles east of the Land's-end, she spoke the Windsor, 56
dad s from the Cape of Good Hope, with the mail on
board, but she did not communicate anything. The Arro-
gant reports the cholera again prevalent in the nor; hers
parts. of Jamaica; but Port Royal was free from it,
and on the whole the naval station was he.l.bY
Courts-martial had been held on Mr. Doak, surgeon,
and Mr. G. A. hellion. assistant-surgeon, of the In-
flexible. The surgeon had been placed at the bottom of
was still in com-
mend list, and the assistant-surgeon dismissed this
service. The offences alleged were drunk= First
Rite.:
mend of . the Devastation. The follomwing
Lieutenant Kynaston, of the flag-shin,
officers came
man of the Alarm • Mr. Johnstone, from E
the
el ,
Hmei
edps
ihtiepl -;
ship,
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hßpaoadswsbeee,negneelresr
appointedk n,; th
iher.A 3,r rioe gs
sauent
e;
ttegtet, senior mate of the flag-
press. The Arrogant acting-lieutenant
clerk. Mr. Edward Hardin
lieutenant of the Ex-
to Spithead in twent • y-nine hours. She h brought
as
home from the squadron •
It is stated that the Superb, 80, Captain Purcell, 9,0001 b. and 10,000 lb. stores at Jamaica beteg en
been ordered to call at Lisbon on her way r.L
Land's-end
condemns: d. of Goldner's " preserved meats"
from Malta, to bring to England all the men of Commo-
dore Martin's 6qutiro .left behind at 'Lisbon, from
which it is ga-„htred a Britisht
squadron will not return
to the Tagus for eonie time. to
s p a be hasad
,
PLYMOUTH, MARCH 7.—Port-Admiral Sir John
Omm as e 3, after a week's absence, returned from London
yesteay, and hoisted his flag on board the Impreg-
nable, iu Hamoaze.
Her Majesty 'a steam sloop Vesuvius, Captain Bar-
nard, returned on Sunday, from a cruise in the mouth of
the Channel. Having bad defects made good, her crew
were paid wages on Friday, and mustered by Commo-
dore Seymour. Shelto appointed to sail to-morrow for.:
Queenstown.
The masts are to be taken out of the frigate Dublin,
Vulture is ordered to be commie-
sand she is to be docked preparatory for commission.
yards, sails, rigging,
the line are ordered to be kept separate.
The iron merchant barque Loharee, Captain Watt,
ioTnehde. steam-chip
Masts,
with rice and a general cargo for Antwerp, put into the
Sound yesterday, having tho day previous, when in
step, carried away her wheel chains,
wheel, and stan-
chions. She left Point de Gallo on the 16th of October,
and in fifty-eight days made the Cape of Good Hope,
where she remained a week. Oa the 24th ult. spoke
the schooner Elizabeth and Ann,
London. The Loharee bricgs
colonies. The
t last
passengers, Captain
Kellar, of the barque
Elizabeth Brown, lost in Torres
from St. Michael's. for
Straits on the 28th of July last ; and Captain Waters,
weel
of the brig Uranie, of Leith, lost at Port Natal on the
26th of August.
; and there
The
Maria Somes, for Moreton-bay; the London, for Port
for Upwardsthe o
Af
u1:000a01 i
apersonsn
and railed
neighbouringfrom
Philip; and the Standard, for Adelaide, Government
emigrant ships, took more that 700 adnits
pri,a,e iihipi—the or -ittide, with 60 needle-
were four
women, for Port Philip; the
y Barbera Gordon, for Ade-
laide; and two others. Now in ,:4. ,
cound, the Penile,
convicts for Hobart-tow' ; the Raleigh Government
with
an., for Swan River; e emigrant-ship, the Sylph, for _
HObtirt-tOvill,
In consequence of a shipmaster,,' e Memorial from the
west having been presented be
e Captain Murphy to the
Board of Trade, complaining then tie power of grant-
ing the highest class of certificales is withheld from
Plymouth, the Beard has stated " that the whole sub-
ject of . examination is now tinder consideration;”
fro whirs it is supposed that extensive alterations
will
mercantile shortly be matte he
this department of the
marine. Great fears are entertained
among the owners and
of small tonnagemasters of merchant vessels
lest the regulations for lights
now under the consideration of a joint committee
from the Admiralty end the Board of Trade should be
so constructed as to become burdensome and oppressive
on them. The maintenance of two or three lights on
board large ships Would be a subject of no great con- .
sideration where the vessel is valuable and the crew '
numerous. Red, green, blue, and white lights have

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