The Sun.
London, England, 1852-04-29 00:00:00

N N (1, A PR! L 29, 1852.

Mr. Dilke, Mr. Cole, Captain Owen, and Mr. Car-
penter were also present.
Lord Faversham had an interview with Mr. Secretary
Walpole yesterday at the Horne-office.
Fite Oxford Univen;ity Commissioners had an inter-
view on Tuesday with Mr. Secretary NValpolt3 at the
I:Tome-office. Present•—the Bishop of Norwich, the Dean
of Carlisle, the Master of Pembroke, the Rev. LI. G.
Liddell, J. L. Dampier, Esq., the Rev. Professor Powell,
the Ray. J. if. S. Johnson, and the Ray. A. P. Stanley
(:secretary).
A deputation from the Church of Scotland, consisting
of the Rev. Dr. Simpson, Mr. John Tait, and Mr. David
Smith had an interview with Mr. Secretary Walpole at
the Home-otlica on Tuesday.
Dispatches were received at the Colonial-office yes-
terday from the Governor of Canada and the Governors
of the other North American provinces.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
TUE DUK E OF NORTH 11 17 BE RI.A.ND'S
Grace received yesterday Vice-Admiral Sir W. Pym,
Rear•Adrairal Reynol6s, Rear-Admiral Byng, near-
Admiral Waltz, hear-Admiral Fesling, R2nr-Admiral
Mends.

ADMIRAL PARKER'S LEYEE.—The following dicers
were received yesterday :—Admiral G. Rutherford,
Lieutenant F. Smyth, Commander D 3 Courcy, Lieute-
nant R. B. Miller, Lieutenant G. M. Jackson, Lieute-
nant ILTrellope, Commander IL Harvey, Captain H.
Demise, Commander C. Hornby, Commander J. B.
Bond, Commander Thomas Chalener, Commander J. C.
Gill, Lieutenant W. Davis, Lieutenant W. C. Nowell,
Lieutenant H. Payne, Mr. G. Bower, Lieutenant C.
Pasco, Captain W. Radcliffe, Lieutenant Hernmans,
Captain Cooper Key, Lieutenan tWhite,Cap lain Farquhar.
PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDA.Y.—AdinitaI Sir William
Parker, Barn, dined with the Commander-in• Chief, Ad-
miral Sir Thomas Briggs, last evening, returning on
board the Queen.
This morning the Sprightly was placed at the disposal
of Sir William Parker. Ile left the Qaeen, attended by
his Flag Lieutenant, Augustus Phillimore, end his Se-
cretary, Charles Richards, Esq., soon after breakfast,
for the Sprightly. On the Gallant Admiral's leaving
hia ship, yards were manned. and the crew cheered en-
thusiastically. The Superb, 10, Captain Purcell, paid
no same compliment; while the Hercules and other
ships manned their rigging and cheered.
Sir William landed from the Sprightly at Sallyport
at half-past ten o'clock, where the carriage of Admiral
Sir T. Briggs was in waiting to convey him to the Land-
port terminus, and the Admiral proceeded by train for
London. We are glad to perceive the Admiral looks
well and hearty; his t.velvo years of continued service
have made no perceptible change in his appearance; he
seems as active and energetic as ever he was. It is
rather a singular matter to have two admirals' flags,
blue at the main, flying at the same time at Portsmouth.
Sir William Parker's will come down to-night at sunset.
Sir William Parker left his family on board the
Queen; but they left the vessel at two o'clock, going
either to Southampton or Cowes in the Sprightly.
The Bee was in attendance yesterday, and took Lady
Stirling and family on board the Queen, and afterwards
conveyed them to Cowes.

The Portsmouth yacht, with the Rear-admiral super-
intendent on board, with the gentleman from the Pay-
office, proceeded to Spithead to pay the Rodney, which
ship proceeded to Plymouth on Friday. Wind westerly,
moderate, and cloudy.

The Hercules, 72, Lieutenant F. Diggons, of the
Queen, acting commander, has brought home troops-and
invalids from Malta, and passengers, Captain and Mrs.
Spring, 24th Regiment; Mr. Bragg, clerk of the works,
R.E.; Lieutenant G. M'Laren, R.N., to join the Blen-
heim, &c. She has also on board an immense quantity
of condemned Goldnor's preEerved meats to return into
store.

The Queen, we are informed, has a defective rudder,
and one of her beams sprung.
PLYMOUTH, APRIL 28.—The East Indiaman Barham,
Captain W. Valle, was off the port yesterday and landed
passengers from Madras—Lieutenant-Colonel Strange,
Her Majesty's 25th Foot; and Lieutenant Cunningham
and wife, 2d Madras Native Infantry ' • and from Calcutta
—Major Whisb, 60th Bengal Native Infantry, and lady.
The Barham has a cargo of sugar, indigo, jute, &c., and
left Calcutta on the 22d of December, Madras on the
6th of January, Cape of Good Hope on the 31 of March.
Spoke, north of Ascension, thu Amathea, of and for
Liverpool from Calcutta; and on the Line, the Bowling,
of Liverpool. and the United States' bark Corieza, both
outward bound. Passengers gone on in the Barham—
Captain Scott, Madras Invalids; Dr. Kane, Madras
Army; Dr. Lucas, Her Majesty's 80th Foot; Captain
Gordon, late Bengal Army; the Rev. Mr. Henry from
the Cape, several ladies, and in all 45 children.
The merchant ship Scindian, Captain W. Cammol,
laden with coffee, cocoa nut oil, coir, cinnamon, &c.,
from Ceylon, has landed passengers here. Her dates
are—Ceylon, 14th of December; arrived at the Cape of
Good Hope on the 12th of February! sailed on the 14th;
touched at St. Helena on the 24th of February' and
sailed therefrom on the 25th. The Scindian, on the 25th
inst., landed at Scilly Captain Marieheau and lady and
the Rev. Mr. Blousfield; landed here, Mr. and Mrs.
Crabbe, Mr. and Mrs. Williams, and Dr. Dobson,
staff-surgeon, first class. Mr. Dordell died on the
passage.
DEVONPORT, WEDNESDIY.—The Hecate steam-sloop,
Commander Hand, sailed from Davenport on Tuesday
afternoon for Portsmouth, where it is said the officers
and crew are to be turned over to the Geyser.
The Avon steam-tender left Devonport on Monday,
with supernumeraries for Portsmouth.
The Tortoise lighter sailei from Devonport on Tues-
day, with stores for Portsmouth.
SHEERNESS, APRIL 9.8.—11er Majesty's screw steam-
frigate Horatio, 22, Captain the Ilon. S. T. Carnegie,
has had the defective shaft of the feed-pump repaired,
and a new one made to take with her on her trial cruise,
so as to prevent the necessity of her returning to port,
should the old one give way. She was to have started
on Saturday, but in consequence of its blowing a gale
from the eastward she was prevented. Sho will not
leave port for three or four days.
The Diligence, navy transport, arrived on Tuesday
morning in tow of the Adder, Mr. James Watt in
charge, and proceeded westward.
Her Majesty's mail-packet Vivid, Captain Smithett,
passed by here on Tuesday en route to Dover.
The Goodwill, dockyard-lighter, Patrick master,
sailed yesterday evening with stores for Devonport-yard,
The Lumsden, of South Shields, W. Smite, master.
from London for Newcastle, parted with all her anchors
and cables in the Swin during the late gale, and drove
across the Maplin-sand close to the sea-wall, between
Foulness-pains and Fisherman's-head.
ERRATUM.—In our report of Monday of the casual-
ties caused by the heavy gale of Friday, it was mado to
appear that the Pythagoras, of Whitby, and five other
vessels which had suffered therefrom, put into Chat-
ham, whereas they came into Sheerness from distress of
weather.
WOOLWICH, APRIL 28.—The Comte d'Aquila, wear-
ing the unform of a Vice-Admiral of the Neapolitan
fleet, attended by his Aide.de• Camp, and accompanied by
the Ambassador at tee Court of St. James's from the
Court of the King of the Two Sicilies, arrived at Graves-
end at eleven o'clock e, ea to-day, having left London by
the ten o'clock down train of the North Kent Railway,
and immediately after his arrival embarked on board the
Lightning steam-vessel, Master-Commander Henry W.
Allen, that vessel having left Woolwich at halt-past
eight o'clock to be in waiting at Gravesend, with Lieu-
tenant George E. .char ore, Flag-Lieutenant to Commo-
dore Henry Eden, in ge of the barge of the Fisgard,
to attend on the Comte d'Aquila during his visit to
Sheerness Dockyard. When the Lightning, with the
Compto d'Aquila on board, arrived at Sheerness, she
was received by a Royal salute from tho Waterloo, Cap-
tain Hon. Montagu Stopford, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral
Jocelyn Percy, C. 8., Commander-in-Chief at the Nore ;
from the London. 90, Captain G. R. Mundy; the Mo-
narch, 84, Captain Charles Hope; and the Horatio,
24, screw steam-frigate, Captain Honourable S. T. Car-
negie. The barge of the Waterloo rowed to the Light-
ning, and Captain llonourablo Montagu Stopford,
with Flag-Liutenant Honourable 0. W. M. Lambert,
went on board and welcomed the Comte d'Aquila to
Sheerness. The Comte left the Lightning in the barge
of the Fisgard, steered by Flag• Lieutenant G ore, and
on landing at Sheerness Dockyard was received by Vice-
Admiral Jocelyn Percy, C. 8., Commander-in-Chief;
Captain Charles Hope, Superintendent of Sheerness
Dockyard, with the heads of the various departments,
and a guard of honour of the Royal Artillery, under
Captain Wodehouge. A field battery, under Lieutenant
Hope, Royal Artillery, fired a royal salute to announce
the landing of the Comte at that naval port. The Comte
d'Aquila was then conducted over the dockyard by
Captain- Superintendent Charles Hope, accompanied by
the head officers of the departments. The first place
visited was the rigging house, where a great range. of
buildings is appropriated as storerooms for thheerigging
and sails of every description of vessels in t. Royal
h ideaav,l
use.
the
powerful cables, and a large supp y of sai s and
Navy. The The immense quantity of hemplandiron.lrope,
cut up and formed into
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of
Sheerness Dockyard, made very perfect, on a scale of one
quarter of an inch to a foot, and exhibiting the manner
in which the buildings and docks and evehr
built on piles, and showing the distance and number re-
quired to be sunk fur the construction of that naval port.
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and the powerful hydraulic machi •
ne for
water out of the docks after emptying the
vessels
In the smithery department he witnessed have been docked.
ful Nasmyth's steam-hammer a very power-
iron of upwards of 6 cwt., and at work, forging a lump of
was immediately after shown
the perfection to which the hammer, having the power of
giving a blow equal, when at its utmost exertion, to 38
tons weight, had been b
his presence without rought, when it cracked a nut in
d'Aquila, after breaking the kernel. The Comte
a short visit to the T
steam-frigate, building at Sheerness, left
30, screw
with similar ee
h rness, left that naval port
honours to those
Vice-Admiral Jocelyn Percy, e received on landing,
Charles Hope, and a number of officers being present, the
f Captain Superintendent
guard of honour in attend
and all the vessels in nce, and the field battery
'Aquila again embarked on
commission
again firing a royal
salute. When the Comte d'Aquila
board the Lightning, the Neapolitan flag was hoisted at
the masthead, and she left for
Chatham, as he intended
to return to town by the North Kent Railway from
Stood by special train.

RETENTION OF THE CRYSTAL PALACE.—Yesterday
two additional meetings were held for the purpose of testing
the opinions and feelings of the inhabitants of the metro-
polis, with reference to retainino. the Crystal Palace as a
place of public resort for the improvement, the recreation,
and amusement of the people. One, which was held at
Southwark Town-hall, was a meeting of the inhabitants of
the boroughT of Southwark, who were convened by the High
Bailill of the Borough, Mrl Pritchard, in compliance with a
requisition which had been presented to him. Various reso-
lutions were passed, expressing the deep interest that was
felt by the meeting in the movement for preserving this edi-
fice, and it was unanimously agreed that petitions to
both
Houses of Parliament should be signed by the High Bailifi
on behalf of the meeting, and be immediately presented.o
The other was a meeting of the inhabitants of. the borough
of Lambeth, at the Horns Tavern, hennhinu
grans. chai! was taken by Mr. D'Eyneourt,
accom-
panied. by the other representative of Pli.
and u'otwrhoeurg
Wil-
hams, M.P., Mr. Macgregor, M,l .
its present site, and adapt-
hg'eMntrle.
prrheeseorpviinnigontle
educationon and amusement. Both
Ctrhyestmalepetamlagcewas unanimous in favour of
ing it to purposes of especioy by the labour-
meetings were numerooly
attendear
ing classes.