The Sun.
London, England, 1853-04-18 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

FIRST LORD'S LEVEE.—The following officers attended
the levee of Sir James Graham, at Whitehall on Saturday:
—Rear-Admiral Sir W. 0. Pell, Sir W. F. Carroll,
K.C.8., R. Sharpe, C.B. ; Captains J. J. Onslow, Sir C.
Ricketts, B. Maxwell, G. A. Eliott, J. R. Salivan, W.
Moorsom, H. G. Milford, J. Martin, W. B. Oliver, R.
Harris, Hon. H. Keppel, A. C. Key, H. Dunlop ; com-
manders Sir W. Thomas, G. Hewett, E. Starmer, A.
Cuming, H. S. Hawke, W. R. Taylor, J. B. West, C.
Gayton, R. A. Oliver, J. M. Mottley, Lieuts. R. H. Dal-
ton, G. B. Williams, J. Hutchinson, W. H. Hooper ;
Paymaster J. Tweddie.

APPOINTMENTS.
Clerks.—Charles Saunders (8146) in charge, to the Por-
cupine steam-vessel, coast of Ireland. Henry Sewell
(1850), to the Winchester, 50, flag-ship, East Indies, as
secretary's clerk.
Second Master.—E. J. Dennechy, to the Dasher, steam-

vessel, Channel Islands.
COAST GUARD.

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dmdistrict, vice Commander G. L. I
Norcock ; non a
as Hoard, to be inspecting comman-
derlas Henry Lys. ,olit ,
to be inspecting cora-
Banff district, vice Commander Bouverie ; I
der of the manv.
P.
Bouverio, from the Banff to the Montrose dis-
trict, vice Commander Ingram, period of service expired ;
G. L. Norcock, from the Sunderland to the Nosey dis-
trict., vice Commander Triscott, period of service expired.
Lieutenants, R.N.—G. T. S. Winthrop, to command
the Craifield Point station, vice Lieut. Collins;H. C.
Toby, to command the Newcastle station, vice Mr'. Main-
gay, removed ; George Durbin, to command No. 3, Tower
station, vice Lieut. Shillingford resigned ; Edward Algar
to command No. 31, Tower station, vice Mr. Burchard,
previously removed ; Francis Collins from the Craufield
Point station, as inspecting lieutenant of the Rutland d-
trict, vice Mr. Heard. is
Chief Officers.—Richard Heard, from the Rutland to the
Sheephaven district, vice Mr. Mitchell, superannuated ;
James K. White (late of the East India Company's Ser-
vice), from the Arthurstown to the Islands of Kane na-
tion, vice Mr. Nixon, removed ; G. Wellington Andrews,
to command the Glenarm station, vice Crofton, previously
removed.
In the event of the recent order in Council, relative to
appointments and promotions in her Majesty's dockzai:ds,
being adhered to, it is expected Dir. Francis "1211441re'

PLYMOUTH, APRIL 16.
The steam-frigate Cyclops, having in tow the Melampus,
42, with boilers and machinery for the St. Jean d'Acre,
arrived from Woolwich on Thursday. Mr. Brown, assistant-
master-attendant, and a party of riggers and seamen, who
navigated the Spiteful from this port to Woolwich, re-
turned in the Cyclops.
The Leander, 50, Captain King, which returned on Tues-
day from Leith and Spithead, was yesterday towed into
harbour by the Cyclops and Confiance. She is to be fitted
for the reception of Lord Ellesmere, who proceeds in hen to
New York, where his lordship will represent the British
nation at the Exhibition of Industry in that city. The
Leander is to be ready in about ten days.
The Avon steam-tender, Second-master Alfred Veitch,
which sailed on Thursday with supernumeraries for Ports-
mouth, returned here to-day,

SHEERNESS, APRIL 17.
The Persian, 12-gun sloop, Commander Thomas Mit-
chell was paid off on Friday last. A great number of the
crew have been loudly complaining against the commander,
in consequence of the word " fair" being only given them
in their character. In several cases the men have thrown
their dis harge and character into the fire, and declare that.
they would rather lose their time and begin afresh than
present such a character to officers under some of whom
they had previously served.
The African steam-vessel proceeded to Chatham with
the Marines, and such of the seamen as wished to avail
themselves of the opportunity of getting to the North
Kent Railway, en route for London. _

The Barraco—nta, 6 paddlewheel steams*, Commander
Georg) Parker, now riding at the /Me —Under sailing
orders, is expected to return here to be taken into dock, in
cot sequence of some defect in her steering.
The Conquestador, 50, has been taken into dry dock for
survey, and in consequence of her present state she will
not be considered in future as an advanced ship ready for
commission. The Cornwall, 50, is also to be returned into
ordinary with the Conquestador, and they will remain in
their present divisions.
The Waterloo, 120 guns, the Monarch, 81 guns, and the
Horatio, 24 guns, have all sent their topgallantinasts on
end, and are now all ataunt, being ready for sea on reeving
running gear and bending sails. The only deficiency is in
seamen to man them.

The Chichester, 50, in Ordinary.--A seaman named
Frederick Paine was unfortunately drowned from this ship
while stepping from her boat after she was hoisted up, be-
fore the boat could be lowered, the night being dark ; and
at 8.45, on search, ho could not be found.
Royal George, 120, screw steam-ship.—lt is reported,
from quarters not to be doubted, that Captain the Hon. T.
S. Carnegie, now commanding the Horatio, will commis-
sion this ship immediately on her arrival here from Chat-
ham ' • and it is expected the Horatio's crew will be forth-
with turned over to her.

The Wildfire, steam-tender to the Waterloo, 120, has
returned from her service at Gravesend, searching out-
ward-bound merchant-ships for deserters from the navy.

MALTA, APRIL 8.
The regiments appointed to relieve the 76th and to in-
crease the garrison have all arrived, viz., 41st, 47th, and
49th.
The arrivals by the 41st have already reached you. The
47th, in the Anna Maria, Lady Clark, and Andromache
troop-ships, arrived on the 30th of March and Ist and 2d
of April respectively, and comprised Colonel May, Captains
Lardner, Fordyce, Villiers, Lodder, and Hamilton, Lieu-
tenants Philips, Wollocombe, Stevenson, Ellison, Hunter,
and Pilkington (adjutant), Ensigns Lowry, Buchanan,
Ward, and Gaynor, Paymaster William Eyre, Quarter-
master Mackintosh, Surgeon Battersby, and Assistant-
Surgeons Mackenzie and Gibson.

The 49th, by the Santipore and Emerald Isle, arrived on.
the sth and 6th inst., Colonel Adams, Captains Grant,
Powell, M‘Lean, Lieutenants Armstrong, Rocke, Bellairs
(adjutant), Nason, and Goatling, Ensign Bond, Paymaster
Michell, Quartermaster Fraser, Bellair, surgeon, and Weld,
assistant-surgeon.
Yesterday the remaining detachment of the 76th em-
barked in the Anna Maria and Lady Clark for Halifax—
Major Gardiner, Captain Tydd, Lieutenants Preston and
Brett, with Dr. Gordon, 133 rank and file, 8 women, and
26 children, by the Lady Clark ; by the Anna Maria, Cap-
tain Ferns, Lieutenants Poole and Wodderburne, Assist-
ant-Surgeon Wilkinson, 133 rank and filo, 6 women, and 4
1 children.

The want of barrack room is sadly felt.
The Fencibles have received, or are to receive, lodging
money—captains 25/., and subalterns in progressional de-
crease.

In naval matters we havo nothing new. The fleet is still
in port, but with uals bent, and ready for a cruise at an
hour's notice.

The Rev. Mr. Howe, chaplain of the Britannia, retires
on half-pay, and is succeeded by the Rev. Mr. Fox, from
the Vengeance, who is succeeded by the Rev. Mr. Bunco.
Dr. Wells retires from the Modesto, and proceeds to
England.
The French steamer, with some papers, has arrived this
morning.
The Ripon is expected momentarily, though she is not
as yet teleraphed.
The Bal%ec, screw, arrived yesterday from Liverpool,
and leaves to-day for Constantinople.

THE STEAM-SHIP CONFLICT.
TO TIIE EDITOR OE TIIE MORNING HERALD.

attention has been drawn to the following
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paragraph ,B, iPr —E3sl 1 l .tts Lo
her fittings
she not been obliged to unstow her holds in order to re-
ceive j tens of ballast, in compliance with an Admiralty.
alvoaufildrstbyrets.hiersv
order ust discovered in the shipwright's department,
dated some six or eight months back ! It is to be re-
tho Conflicti 11.
is
gretted that the service should be delayed and so much
labour lost through the neglect of UnSystematical dockyard
departments."
Will you do me the favour to state, that the account of
the weekly paper is incorrect, and the reflection on the
shipwrights' department at Portsmouth is most unjust,
and I regret for the character of the journal that it is not
better informed. The ballast has been ready to be shipped
on board the Conflict whenever demanded, and the Con-
flict has not waited even for a minute by reason of any
idelay arising from any neglect in the shipwright depart-
ment.—yours, &c.

JUSTITIA.

STRANFE STORY.—We read in the Paris Conetitution-
nel:—" A respectable merchant of the Rue Montmartre
a few days back, at a family fete which he gave to some
of his friends, feeling an itching in his ear, endeavoured
to put a stop to it by pressing with his finger the part
affected. This proving of no avail, he took up a chemi•
cal match and introduced one end of it into his ear. In
the warmth of conversation he forgot to look which end
he put in and unfortunately introduced that which
could take fire. In rubbing the match in his ear he
set fire to the end inside. The pain was so excessive
that he uttered a loud cry, and his friends wereo some
time before they could imagine any means of affording
him relief. A surgeon being sent for found
mucht the
interior of the ear was much burnt,,
inflammation
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two days' suffering the patient exp
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