The Sun.
London, England, 1853-04-02 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 1.
The body of sawyers employed in this dockyard struck
work yesterday afternoon, in consequence of the nume-
rous grievances under which they labour, in the matter
of checking or docking their wages, which they consider
most rigorously and unjustly pursued. They held a
meeting at the Manchester Unity Arms, Portsea, last
night, to debate upon their grievances, and to resolve
on the best mode of obtaining a remedy. They agreed
to return to their work this morning (which they did),
and to memorialise the Admiral Superintendent to give
a deputation from them an audience, to enable them to
explain their case, which really seems a hard one. They
state they are now working on a new scheme of prices,
the terms of which they find, by practical experience,
they cannot justly perform, " making more than a day's
difference in a week" (as set forth in their memorial),
for them to accomplish extra ; and are this week (as fre-
quently before) to be checked part of their pay. A
deputation presented the memorial embodying the fore-
going facts this alernoon to the secretary of the Admi-
ral Superintendent for presentation to the Admiral. We
will report his reply when we arc informed of it.
The Vulcan, steam troop-frigate, Commander Von
Donop, arrived at Spithead this afternoon from Austra-
lia, the Cape of Good Hope, and Ascension. She left
the Cape on the 9th of February, and has of course, no
news from that colony. She arrived at Ascension on
the 26th, and left on the let ult. Assistant-Surgeon
Culhane, one of the survivors of the Birkenhead, has
exchanged with Mr. Hardinge into the Tortoise. The
Vulcan has on board 32,021/. in gold-dust on merchants'
accounts, and 6,0001. Government treasure. The fol-
lowing passengers came in her :—Captain Armytage, 6th
Regiment, and Mrs. Armytage ; Mrs. Hadaway, wife of
Staff-Surgeon Hadaway, and four children, from the
Cape of Good Hope ; and twelve invalids from the Cape
and coast of Africa squadrons, Mr. Douglas, mate, in-
valided, died on the 20th of February. The Hastings,
72, Capt. Austen, called off Ascension on the 28th Feb.,
and sailed the same day for Spithead. On her passage
home the Vulcan spoke, passed, and exchanged numbers
with the following ships :—The British schooner Go For-
ward, from Dartmouth, March 14, in lat. 15.35 N., long.
26.9 W. ; an English brig, running to the southward,
which showed (apparently) second distinguishing pen-
dant 1,798, March 15, in lat. 17.40 N., long. 26.55 W. ;
the English schooner Quiver, March 26, in lat. 39.42 N.,
long. 20.25 W. • the bark Matilda Luckie, March 30, in
lat. 47.51 N., long. 9.25 W. ; her Majesty's screw
steamer, Megwra, standing to the southward, March 30,
in lat. 47.51 N., long. 9.25.
Commodore Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence struck his
broad pendant this morning, having returned to town.

PLYMOUTH, APRIL 1.
The steam-ship Cyclops sailed yesterday morning, at
half-past eight, for Woolwich, to take in tow the Melam-
pus, with the gear of the St. Jean d'Acre.
The steam troop-ship Rhadamanthus, 4, Master-Com-
mander John Belam, sailed on Thursday, with stores,
for Pembroke.

The crew of the Impregnable got up lower-yards and
topmasts yesterday.
The officers and crew of the Edinburgh, 74, were paid
wages on the 31st ult.

Five shipwrights and four riggers left the Devonport
arsenal yesterday for Australia ; all the hired carpenters
and masons were discharged the same day.

MALTA, MARCH 26.
The overpowering excitement produced in our public
by the arrival of the Wasp from Constantinople, with
dispatches, and the departure of the Caradoc to Mar-
seilles, as previously mentioned, has considerably sub-
sided since the arrival of the French boat on the
24th.