The Sun.
London, England, 1853-06-13 00:00:00

NAVAL lETELLIGENCE.

ADMIRALTY LEVEE.—The following officers attended
the levee of Sir James Graham, at Whitehall, on Satur-
day last :—Rear-Admiral Hope Johnstone ' • Captains C.
Freemantley R. Barker,-,-E. Heathrote, C. \Vise, J.
Wigston ; Commanders T. H. Johnstone, W. H. Brand,
H. W. Johnstone, J. R. Sherwin, W. Robson, H. L.
Parry, C. Newland, J. A. Mends ; Lieutenants J.
Allen, W. A. Lee, J. Rainier, P. Barnes, W. Luce, E.
R. Balfour, J. A. Packenham, T. O'Reilly ; Master J.
R. Fittock ; Surgeon, Dr. Bryson.

PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY.
The Ajax, screw two-decker? Captain Quin, arrived at
Spithead this morning from Queenstown, and joined the
other force at this anchorage which now comprises—
Nome. Guns. Crew. Horse-power. Cla s.
Duke of Wellington 131 1,100 780 three-decker.
Blenheim 6O 500 450 two-decker.
Hogue .. 60 500 450 two-decker.
Ajax

EZlinburgh 5B 203 450 two-decker.
Sidon

The Encounter, 14, screw corvette, Capt. O'Callaghan,
which is also again ready ;fur sea, will join the above
most likely to-morrow. These and several other ships
and vessels from other ports pre, it is reported here to-
day, to form a squadron of observation, to be placed in
Yarmouth Roads.

The Simoom, 18, screw steam troop-ship, Captain
Smith, had steam up, with the 34th Regiment on board,
and was on the point of starting with them for
Scotland, when countermandingorders were telegraphed
from the Admiralty for her to discharge the troops,
which she did yesterday, and instead of their proceeding
to the north they went to Chichester. The Simoom was
ordered, at the same time, to load with ammunition for
the Mediterranean fleet, and convey it thither with all
dispatch. Her crew will be paid wages to-morrow.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Genoa and suite are
expected to arrive at this port this evening.
The following gentlemen passed at the Royal Naval
College last week :—As Marine Cadet Mr. R. Suther ;
as Naval Instructors to qualify in the Excellent, Messrs.
the Rev. A Le Brocq, Rev. S. Beale, and Mr. J. Fitz•
gerald.

At the quarterly examination of officers in subjects
connected with the marine steam-engine, held at the
Royal Naval College last week, the following officers
were examined in all points, and have been granted first-
class certificates :—Mr. G. M. Temple and Mr. J. 0.
Kidd, Mates ; and Second Lieutenant W. H. Pitman.
The Conflict and Plumper, screw steam-corvettes,
were taken out yesterday by the steam department to try
their machinery, atter being refitted.
The Dauntless, 24, was hauled into the basin to be
refitted yesterday afternoon.

SHEERNESS, JUNE 11.

The Nerbudda, 12-gun brig, Commander Boyd, was 1
towed down here from Chatham yesterday by the steam-
vessel Fearless, the latter manned and officered from the
Waterloo flag-ship. The Nerbudda is this day having her
compasses adjusted by the surveying-ship at the entrance
to Saltpan-reach. She is to be inspected by the Port
Admiral on Monday next, after which the crew will be
paid their advance, and she is immediately to sail for the
South American station. The Nerbudda was brought
down here under charge of the Queen's Harbourmaster,
Mr. Thomas Leen, of her Majesty's dockyard at Chat-
ham.

The Monarch, 84 guns, guard-ship of ordinary, Captain
Charles Hope, has been put out of dock, and again
berthed at her harbour moorings. Great activity pre-
vails in getting her fully equipped and ready for sea.
Her sea-going topmasts are on end, the rigging set up,
and ratlined down. She is at present considerably short
of her complement of seamen, in consequence of which
she has for some time past had as increased number of
Marines for carrying on harbour duties. Her present
complement consists of 300, one-half of whom are borne
out in the ships in ordinary, including divisional lieu-
tenants' ships.
The Tribune, 30, new screw steam-frigate, Captain the
the Hon. S. T. Carnegie, was taken into dock yesterday,
and, unless urgently required, will not be out of the dock-
yard department until the end of July next, after which
ten days will be required to get ready for sea. The crew
of the Horatio are, all hands, on her, under the com-
mand of Lieutenant John Seccombo, who has taken up
Lis commission to her, Captain Carnegie being on leave
of absence.

The Comus, 14-gun sloop, Commander William A.
Fellowes, remains in the fitting basiu, receiving her ar-
mament and stores.
The Inspecting-Commander of the Coast Guard for
the Southend district has been engaged here at the Ship
Gun-battery since Wednesday last, exercising the Coast
Guard men from the different stations in the Thames
and Medway, a portion from each station being sent
daily here for exercise.
The Goodwill lighter, J. Pattrick in command, ar-
rived here this day from Devonport and Portsmouth,
with stores for this yard and Chatham.
The Drake lighter, Blackey in command, arrived
here yesterday from Woolwich, with line•of-battle
ships' chain cables for store here, to be ready in case
of need.

THE ROYAL DOCKYARD BATTALION.
An order has just been received here for the entire
corps of infantry, as well as artillery, to be regularly
exercised at the great-gun exercise, so as to make them
available for manning ithe battery guns here in union
with the Royal Artillery stationed in garrison here.
Two companies of the brigade commenced their new
exercise this evening at the garrison battery guns.
The military regulations for their drill are being car-
ried out most stringently, both as regards officers
and men ; no excuse is permitted to be received, ex-
cept sickness (for which a medical certificate must be
produced) or special leave from the Lieutenant-Colonel.
The yard-gates are thrown open in the evening for drill
from half-past sto 6 o'clock ;at 6 the gate is closed.
The captain of each company is allowed 15 minutes for
ascertaining if any one or more of his company is absent,
and ho has immediately to make his report thereupon to
his commanding officer on parade. The brigade now
generally begin to think they are not playing at soldiers,
as some of them have been pleased to say.

WOOLWICH, JUNE 11.
APPOINTMENTS.
Chaplain—Rev. Henry W. Taylor, M.A. (1844), to
the Terrible, paddle-wheel steam-frigate, at Woolwich.
Clerks—George N. Warren (1847), to the Ajax, 58,
screw steam-sloop ; William P. Birdwood (1852), to the
Brisk, 14, screw steam-sloop, at Devonport ; F. N
Wright to the Terrible steam-frigate, at Woolwich.
One sergeant, 1 bombardier, and 20 gunners of the
Royal Marine Artillery arrived at the barracks of the
Woolwich division of Royal Marines, at one o'clock to-
day, from Portsmouth, and are to be joined by Lieuten-
ant Fitzgerald, 1 sergeant, 1 corporal, 1 drummer, and
21 privates of the Woolwich division, for service on
board the Terrible steam-frigate, commissioned at this
port, and they expect to embark in her on Tuesday next.

DEATH OF COMMANDER FEAD.—It is with great regret
that we record the intelligence that has reached us of the
death of Commander William Fead, of the Express, 6,
at Bahia, after a very short illness. This gallant officer,
we believe, was the son of Colonel Fead, grandson of
General Fead, and nephew of the late Captain Fead,
R.N.

MRS. HOWARD.—This lady, who has figured before
the public so largely in connection with the French Em-
peror, is Mrs. Rate Howard, actress at the Adelphi
Theatre. She never was in the United States, but was
the daughter of a baker and pastry cook in Drury-lane,
London. Some years since Miss Howard married an
attorney's clerk, named Gurley, from whom she sepa-
rated in a few months. Louis Napoleon saw her on the
stage, and became enamoured of her, hence the connec-
tion between them. The young lady to whom the false
paragraph, going the rounds in the American papers,
attaches the scandal, was the daughter of an honourable
and respected Canadian gentleman, holding an official
appointment in the United States, and married to an
American lady, connected with three of the most illus-
trious of the British nobility. The daughter, now de-
ceased, was married to the son of a noble duke, and
every slur upon her character, and every word relating
to her, except that she had separated from her husband,
is entirely false. She died pure in name and reputation,
scarcely turned seventeen years, young enough to have
k been Mrs, Howard's daughter.—Canadian Paper.

By the arrival of the Royal mail steam-ship
Africa, Harrison Commander, we have advices from
New York to the Ist. She has brought 160 pas-
sengers, and $603,153 on specie on freight.
The following steamers had arrived out .—The
Arctic, at New York, on the 28th ; and the Arabia,
at New York, on the 31st ult.
The steamer Yacht had arrived at New Orleans,
from Brazos, Texas, with $lOO,OOO in specie. She
reported that Caravajal was still in prison.
Dr. Kane sailed from New York on the 31st, on
his second expedition to the Arctic regions, in
search of Sir John Franklin.

Vv
A telegraphic dispatch from Savannah states
that all but two of the passengers on board the ship
William and Mary, recently wrecked off the Great
Isaacs, have been saved. They were saved by a
schooner, while the ship was drifting, just before
she sank. _

The West India mail steamer Conway had ar-
rived at Savannah, with Jamaica advices to the
23d ult. The yellow fever still continued, and
William Gillett, the purser of the steamer Medway,
had died of the disease. _ _

The disagreement between the house and Go-
vernment had assumed an alarming aspect, the
house having again refused to vote the Appro-
priation Bill. The Assembly was prorogued on
the 23d, and it was stated that the Government
had threatened to turn loose the convicts and dis-
band the police, for the want of means for their
support. Business had become materially suspended
on account of this unsettled and unfortunate state
of things.
From the city of Mexico we have advices to the
12th ult. The Traits de Union, gives the follow-
ing resume of the news :

" It was rumoured on the 7th that the Cabinet was
dismissed ; but during the evening it was affirmed that
all difficulties had been removed, and that the Ministers
retained their portfolios. The cause of this alarm pro-
ceeded from an order of expulsion decreed against M.
Carrera, a Spaniard, well known in Mexico, which
order had met some opposition. We do not know if it
is in force still. In conformity with the decree of May
2, the Governor of the district has named a provisional
corporation with General Cervantes as president. This
extraordinary nomination has met the sympathies of
the Universal, which counsels the Supreme Govern-
ment to act in the same way with the governors of
States. The project of closing the Custom-houses,
creating a national bank, &c., has not been abandoned.
Before taking any positive step in that direction, the
Government had named a commission, composed of a
representative of the Archbishop, Bishop Munguia, M.
Mier y Teran, and M. Francisco Iturbe, and charged
owith
the
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sources for the Government. The Atalaga del Sur, the
official journal of Sinaloa, which had announced another
invasion projected on the part of M. Raoussel Boulbon,
now contradicts its original statement. Senor Vivo had
departed from Vera Cruz, to enter on the discharge of
his official duties as Mexican Minister to Spain. Gene-
ral Don Jose Maria Tornel has been declared by the
Governor of the State of Oajaca, a much-deserving citi-
zen of that State—ciudadano benemerito—an acknow-
ledgement of his services in the negotiations for the
opening of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Severe mea-
sures are being taken against the Mexican annexation-
ists. Circular letters have been directed to the Gover-
nors of the States by the Minister of the Interior,
and to the Commandants by the Minister of War,
directing them to hunt out all persons who circulate
such pernicious doctrines, and try them by a court-
martial. The Governors are ordered to institute a
police, whose duty it shall be to find out those who
talk of annexation, in order that they may be pun-
ished. The increase and organisation of the army goes
on rapidly, and several new battalions have been created.
In consequence of the new law of the press, the Alba,
the Patria, the Vox Anahuacense, and the Politica
of Puebla, and the Espcctador of Morelia, had been sus-
pended. This makes eight papers which the law has
killed. In the city of Mexico a clandestine sheet was oc-
casionally issued attacking the measures of the Govern-
ment. General Ampudia has been appointed Command-
ant of the State of Nuevo Leon. General Ugarte has
been named Governor and Commandant of the State of
Michoacan. Governor Trias left Chihuahua on the 7th
of April, at the head of a military expedition, to oppose
the occupation of the valley of Mesilla by the American
troops. He has ordered a new enlistment to be made,
and that the National Guard be organised. He thinks
that if one man to every hundred inhabitants turns out,
he shall have force enough to oppose successfully the
American forces. Don Luis Zuloaga, has been appointed
Provisional Governor of the State during the absence of
Governor Trias. Several merchants of the State of

Zacatecas have protested to the Supreme Government
against the imposts established by the Governor of the
State. The State of Durango is said to he suffering ter-
ribly from the ravages of the Indians. Within a period
of eight days 20 persons have been killed by them.
One woman was compelled by them to kill her father
and mother. General Santa Anna has issued an order
to Senor Melendez, Commandant of Tehuantepec, to
cease his operations against the State of Chiapas. We
have received Vent, Cruz papers. The Siglo copies a
paragraph from the El Contercio ofuthat city, which
states that the cholera and small-pox 06re both making
great ravages in that place."
The New York stock-market had been more ac-
tive, particularly for Erie, and generally at rather
better prices. Money continued in good demand,
although for short loans there was rather more
offering. Foreign exchange easier ; bills on Lon-
don, 1992. to 1091 for 60 days ; Paris, sf. 121 c. to
sf. 15c.

Cotton in good demand, at an advance of ic.
per lb., with sales of 10,600 bales for the three
days.
_ _ _

Flour unchanged, and inactive in the absence of
au export demand. Wheat in moderate demand.
Indian corn firm at 60c. to 60c. for southern
mixed ; 61c. to 62c. for white, and 63c. to Gic. for
southern yellow. Corn meal heavy.
Pork continued firm, with sales of 600 barrels
for export. Prime mess beef dull, at $lB to $2O
for good to choice.
Lard, butter, and cheese in good demand.
Scotch pig iron unsteady at $27 to $2B cash,
and $29 to $3O 50c., six months.
Tobacco.—Dull.
Freights to London.—Bacon, 255. to 30s. per
ton ; turpentine, 2s. 6d. per 2801 b. ; measurement
goods, 255. to 30s. per ton.