The Sun.
London, England, 1852-09-28 00:00:00

NAVAL IN TEL LIGENCE.

We have great pleasure in annonneing that the new
90 gun awe. Agamemnon, launched at Wool-
wich a few weeks since, has been so far completed by
the shipwrights' and engineers' departments that she
will be commissioned this week, and be forthwith
fitted out for sea-service, under the command of
Captain Sir Thomas Maitland, C. 13., late flag-captain
at Devonport. The Agamemnon in commission, we
shall have the following heavy screw-ships ready for
any service :
Agamemnon 9O guns ... 550 horse-power.
Sans Pareil
Blenheim
Ajax 5B „ ... 450
Hogue
Elinburgh
A respectable fleet, it will be admitted, and approxi-
mating in force more nearly the size and armament of
the French screw ships of the line, which have been
in active employment for some time.
Sir Thomas Maitland, we believe, has never com-
manded a steam-ship, but as flag-captain to his late
relative when commander-in-chief in the East Indies
he commanded the Wellesley, and afterwards, for a
short time, the powerful 50-gun frigate America, and
subsequently was flag-captain to Sir William Gage,
then commander-in-chief at Devonport. The follow-
ing is O'Byrne's notice of this officer:—

Sir Thomas Maitland, born in 1803, is only son of
Hon. Wm. Mordaunt Maitland, a general in the army,
by his first wife, Mary, widow of John Travers, Esq., of
Firgrove, county Cork, and daughter of the 11ev.
Richard Orpen, of Killowen. He is grandson of James,
seventh Earl of Lauderdale, a lieutenant-colonel in
the army; and first cousin of Rear-Admiral Hon. Sir
Anthony Maitland, C. 8., K.C.M.G. This officer en-
tered the navy September 22, 1816, and was made a
lieutenant, May 16, 1823, into the Euryalus, 42,
Captain Augustus William James Clifford. His next
appointments were, December 20, 1825, and March 1,
1826, to the Superb, 78, Captain Henry Hill, guard-
ship at Portsmouth, and Ganges, 84, fitting for the
flag of Sir Robert Waller Otway, commander-in-chief in
South America. Obtaining a second promotal commis-
sion, April 30, 1827, he successively assumed command,
June 14, 1832, and April 4, 1835, of the Sparrowhawk,
18, and Tweed, 20. In the former vessel, which he
paid off, May 7, 1833, Captain Maitland brought home
589,4115 Mexican dollars and 42 bales of cochineal; in
the Tweed, the command whereof ho retained until
posted, Jan. 10, 1837, he served during the civil war on
the north coast of Spain, and was in consequence pre-
sented with the cross of Charles 111. On June 19th in
the year last mentioned we find him nominated captain
of the Wellesley, 72, iu which ship he continued em-
ployed under the flags of Sir Frederick Lewis Mair.
land and Sir Gordon Bremer, until paid off in the
summer of 1842. In 1838 he commanded the seamen
and marines landed for the purpose of quelling an
insurrection on the coast of Malabar; he participated,
in 1839, in the operations on the coast of Scinde
and in the Persian Gulf; and during the hostilities
in China he obtained mention for his zeal and ala-
crity at the capture of Chusan, in July, 1840, and
for the valuable assistance he afforded Sir Gordon
Bremer at the reduction of Tycock tow, January 7,
1841-was present with her Majesty's plenipotentiary at
a formal meeting which was held with the Chinese
Commissioner on the 26th of the same month-again
acquired the public thanks of Sir G. Bremer for the
cordial aid he afforded him in the actien which preceded
the capture of the Bogue Forts, Feb. 26-had charge of
the Wellesley's boats during the original advance of the
British towards Canton- commanded the first naval
battalion, consisting of eleven officers and 127 of other
ranks, at the storming of the heights in the vicinity of
that city during the operations which led to its re-
capture-elicited notice for the admirable manner in
which he placed the Wellesley (within 400 yards of the
principal battery) in the attack upon Amoy, Aug. 26-
and in October of the same year (1841) was turther
praised for his skill, zeal, and ability at the reduction of
Chusan and Chinghae, For these services Captain
Maitland was nominated a C. 8,, Juno 29, 1841; and, in
1843, invested with the honour of knighthood.
Commander Robert Hall, recently promoted from
the command of the Hound, 8, will be commander of
the Agamemnon.
The Agamemnon will be taken from Woolwich to
Sheerness, to be fitted for sea.
Lieutenant John E. Parish (1846), late of the
Arrogant, 46, screw frigate, it is reported, will have
the command of the screw schooner Sharpshooter, on
being re-commissioned at Portsmouth.
Commander John Nepean, who was promoted to
that rank on the reserved half-pay list in February
last, died at Plymouth on Friday last.
Lieutenant Lardner Dennys (1812), has not been
promoted to the rank of retired commander, as stated,
but has been appointed to receive the out-pension of
Greenwich Hospital, vice Hills, deceased.
COURT-MARTIAL AT PORTSMOUTII,--.A. court-mar-
tial sat yesterday morning on board the Victory, flag-
ship, in Portsmouth Harbour, to try Mr. Frederick
Garton, a boatswain attached to Portsmouth ordinary,
for breaking his leave, having absented himself from
his duty for several days. Rear Admiral Prescott was
president, and the captains of the ships in commission,
with M. Greatham, Esq., as deputy judge adsucate,
formed the court. The prisoner was found guilty,
and sentenced to be dismissed her Majesty's service.

CONVERSION OF ANOTHER SHIP OF-THE LINE.—It
has at length been decided that the Hannibal, 90, on
the stocks at Deptford Dockyard, shall be converted
into a screw ship, to have auxiliary machinery of 400
horse power.
ARRIVAL OF THE TERRIBLE STEAM-FRIGATE.—
The Terrible, 21, steam-frigate, Captain James Hope,
C. 8., arrived at Spithead yesterday from the Medi-
terranean. She left Malta on the 9th instant, arrived
at Gibraltar on the 15th, and sailed again on Mon-
day, the 20th, having had fine weather the whole
time. Admiral Duradas, with the squadron, was
cruising in the vicinity of Malta; there was no man-
of-war in port when the Terrible left, but the Spiteful
steamer went in as she came out. The Terrible left
the Antelope steam-vessel, Lieutenant Commander
Young, at Gibraltar. Lieutenant Harrison, of the
Royal Artillery, has come home in the Terrible, and
Mr. Dent, mate of the Albion, 90, has come home
to pass his college examination. A number of mi-
litary invalids have come home from Gibraltar.
Lieutenant David Miller, senior lieutenant of the
Terrible, landed to report her arrival to the Com-
mander-in-Chief. We are sorry to state that Captain
Hope is suffering severely from an inflamed arm, ori-
ginating from the bite of a mosquito, in consequence
of which the Terrible did not salute the flag on her
arrival at Spithead. She will be inspected to-day by
the Commander-in-Chief and Captain Chads, and
proceed to Woolwich to pay off. The Terrible has
been in commission since November, 1849, but has
only had in use two of her old boilers. She will now
have new boilers, and a general overhaul and repair.
Captain Henderson, C. 8., will take out the Sidon
steam-frigate to-day, to test her engines and speed
along the measured mile in Stokes Bay, Portsmouth.
She was removed from the steam-basin yesterday.
Avon steam-tender, Second Master Veitch, re-
turned to Devonport ou Sunday morning.
Bleinheim, 60, screw guard-ship, went into Ports-
mouth Harbour yesterday morning, at high water.
At a good rate of between seven and eight knots, she
has had a pleasant cruise, and is said to have answered
remarkably well. Captain the Hon. Duncombe,
Mrs. and Miss Duncombe, and party were on board.
She has gone up to her moorings for the winter.
The Bulldog, 6, steam-sloop, was undocked at
Portsmouth yesterday, and the Encounter, 14, steam-
corvette, Captain O'Callaghan, was taken in to have
her defects made good.
Growler, 6, steam•sloop, was taken into the Ports-
mouth steam basin yesterday.
PORTSMOUTH, MONDAY.—The American liner
packet the Sir Robert Peel arrived from the river,
and sailed for New York this morning.

The Rolla, 6, Lieutenant Fenwick, naval appren-
tices' instruction brig, took the ground this morning
at Blockhouse Beach, at the time of leaving her
moorings to go out of harbour. Assistance was im-
mediately sent from the dockyard, and her topgallant
masts were sent on deck, which, together with her
spare spars, were got over the side to prevent her
from going on her beam ends until the tide flowed.
Her unfortunate position was not without its benefits,
however, as it allowed the bottom of the vessel (which
was very foul) to be scrubbed without the trouble
and inconvenience of docking.
The Royal Albert, 130—The Lords of the Admi-
ralty have determined that this ship shall be converted
into a screw vessel, and in order that this conversion
should be carried out in the most effective manner,
they have appointed a committee composed of Mr.
Laire, master shipwright of Chatham dockyard ; Mr.
Abethel, master shipwright of Portsmouth dockyard ;
Mr. Rice, master shipwright of Pembroke dockyard;
Mr. Murry, chief engineer of Portsmouth dockyard;
and Mr. Atherton, chief engineer of Woolwich
yard, who are to report to the Admiralty the result
which they come to as to the best method of carrying
out their Lordships' intentions with reference to this
ship.

SHEERNESS, SEPT. 27.—Her Majesty's iron screw
steam troop-ship Megan's, Commander John Johnson,
left port at 8.30 A.M. this day for Woolwich, to
embark troops and stores for the West Indies.
Her Majesty's paddle-wheel steam-vessel Adder,
Mr. J. Watt in charge, arrived from Chatham shortlndery
before nine A.m., having on board Comma
Morrell of the Boscawen, that officer having been
summoned to be present at a court-martial
Tel
this day on board the Waterloo, 120, Commodore the
Hon. Montagu Stopford.
Her Majesty's steam-sloop Barracouta, 14, was
taken this morning into the north dock of the fitting
basin to have her copper examined and cleaned.
Her Majesty's steam-vessel Lizard, tender to Mo-
narch guard ship of ordinary, was dispached to:Chat-
ham this day at 1 P.M. with a seaman who fell from
the main yard of the London, 90, for medical treat-
ment at Melville Hospital. The injuries sustained by
the unfortunate sufferer are of so serious a nature
that little hopes are entertained of his surviving
beyondart-m
fewahrtqal hours.
A court-martial assembled this day at nine A.M., on
board the Waterloo flag-ship, to try Lieutenant C.

13. Hors, of her Majesty's ship London, 90, Captain
T. R. Moody. on a ehar,9,.e of
Iriving absented hilt'
sal, from his snip without leave for the space of fly
days. The following officers comprised the Court :--
Commodore and Senior Officer the Hon. Montagu
Stopford, President; Captain C. Hope, Superintend-
ent of the Dockyard ; Captain the Hon. S. T. Car-
negie, of the steam guard-ship Horatio, 22 ; Com-
mander Henry Pryce, her Majesty's ship Monarch ;
Commander Arthur Morrell, her Majesty's ship
Boscawen, 70, guard-ship of Chatham ordinary.
Captain G. R. Mundy, of the London, was prosecutor
in the case.
The members of the Court having been sworn, and
the usual preliminaries gone through, the charge
against the prisoner was read by the judge-advocate.
Witnesses were called and examined in support
thereof. The case for the prosecution was concluded
by 11.30 A.M., when the prisoner was called upon for
his defence. This having been read by the judge-
Advocate, the prisoner called witnesses as to charac-
ter, all of whom spoke of him in the highest terms as
an officer. The court was then cleared of strargerss
and on their being again admitted, the Court declared
the charge to be fully proven, and sentenced Lieute•
nant C. B. Hore to he severely reprimanded.
APPOINTMENT.
WOOLWICH, SEPT. 27.—Second Master Henry W.
Short (1848), from the Centaur steam-frigate, flag-
ship on the West Coast of Africa station, to the Im-
pregnable, flag-ship at Devonport.
The Wasp steam-sloop, Commander Lord John
Hay, was taken out of the basin to-day, and is now
ready for sea,
The Megsera steam-frigate arrived at Woolwich
this afternoon from Sheerness, to embark two com-
panies of the Royal Artillery for a passage to Bar-
badoes.
THE QUEEN'S STORES --DEVONPOILT, SUNDAY.--'
One of those disgraceful scenes, which frequently
occur here, has taken place in the past week. Ithe
n
low neighbourhood of Ordnance-lane, inhabited by_
poor people, there was what they term a jolly eod
row," or a regular fall-out, when one of the parties,
through revenge, laid information that another bad
Queen's stores in her possession. A search mat a
for
the ag
en
cordingly inatitutod by Mr. Eastlake, the
the Crown solicitor, and some constables from
was found,
Dockyard, and some Queen's property
consisting of some fathoms of an old deep-sea line
used to dry clothes on, and in the same court another
piece of white-line, belonging to another womloel
bearing the Queen's mark, was also discovered. 1.11
two women were brought before Commodore Superin-
tendent Seymour or Saturday, and convicted in a fine
of 2/. each, or three months' imprisonment. Both
being poor widows they could not raise the money,
and were sent to prison in default.

NORTH AMERICA AND WEST INDIES.
The Commander-in-Chief, Vice-Admiral Sir G.
F. Seymour, C. 8., G.C.H., in his flag-ship Cumber-
land, 70, Captain Seymour, was at Halifax, Sept. 15.
Alarm, 26, Captain George Ramsay, arrived at
Halifax on Monday evening, the 13th instant, In
twenty-three days, from Antigua. She anchored hit_
the south end of George's Island, where she remained
ing,
all night ; got under weigh at seven next morn
and saluted the flag of the Tice-Admiral, which
umvvio
returned with the usual number of guns by the C'
berland. In beating up, the Alarm got on shore off
Dartmouth Cove, where she remained for about fp.
quarter of an hour, when she got off and anchored oft
the dockyard.
en
Buzzard, 6 ;
, steam-sloop, Commander Dobbie,
ployed in the protection of the fisheries, arrived 0.
Quebec, Sept. 10, it was said, with the intention of
going into dock to repair damage received by touch_o
ing the ground off the harbour of Halifax on ha fir
arrival from England.
Rosamond, 6, steam-sloop, in command of Lieute-
nant Crauford, left Port Royal for Cuba, Aug. 26.

THE COUNTRY MARKETS*
The following is the official statement of the quantiti
corn, &c., received in the port of London from the P°
Essex, from the 19th Sept., 1852, to the 25th Sept.,
both inclusive :—.

Colchester
Harwich ......
Leigh
Maldon

1';
0

.4 E
8 , Pq

I - -

Io
b

3741 18( -
-
398( 92
1033: 5E4

22
12 116

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