The Sun.
London, England, 1853-05-16 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL, MAY 14.

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The Emma C. Jones (whaler, of New Bedford), was
spoken March 1, lat. 34 S.,long. 49 W.
The Uranus, Richmond to Bahia, was spoken April 3,
lat. 2 N., long. 28 W.
The Ben. Howard, New York
W.
to San Francisco, was
spoken April 6, lat. 4 N., long. 29
The Chester, Callao to Queenstown, was spoken April
22, lat. 32 N.long. 38 W.
The Dawn was spoken May 9, off Tuskar.

VESSELS SPOKEN WITH,
The Ruby, Sydney, New South Wales, to London, April
23, lat. 34 N., long. 37 W.
The Caroline, Pernambuco to Penzance, .April 24, lat,
36 N., long. 35 W.

THE ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSION.—A P arliamentary
paper, published on Saturday, contains a, return of all
the sums received by the Ecclesiastical Commission,
arising from the suspended canonries, changt KI deaneries,
and any other sources within the diocese .of Durham.
The sum thus received amounted in 1852 to 12,826/.,
and the total of the sums received since the passing of
the act, in 1841, is 90,4641. The various items of ex-
penditure on the Durham University, in augl nentations
of livings, the construction of parsonage houses, &e.)
amounted to 4,2511. in 1852 ; and the total of such ex-
penditure since 1841 is 35,2801. The retunm was ob-
tained on the motion of Lord Adolphus Vane,

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

MALTA, MAY 9

The Indus arrived this afternoon, and will leave at
midnight for England. The Sultan, for Marseilles, will
leave at 9 p.m.

The news from India is interesting,
In matter of local intelligence there is little to an-
nounce. The Vengeance, 84, has arrived • the Modeste
sloop has proceeded to the coast ; and the Spitfire sur-
vey-ship has resumed her surveys.
A tragic event is said to have lately occurred at Sa-
lamis. A midshipman in the French navy, in a state of
of mutinous conduct, threatened to fire the powder-
magazine of one of the ships, was detected, brought to a
court-martial, and shot. The tale is current here, and
may be true, but no advices received from Athens men-
tion the fact.

PORTSMOUTH, MAY 15.
A Board of Admiralty, with the First Lord, are ex-
pected to visit this port to-morrow. The Black Eagle
arrived yesterday to attend on them.

The followiniofficers (mates and midshipmen) passed
examinations qualifying for the rank of lieutenant, at
the Royal Naval College, on Thursday :—Messrs. W.
H. Goold, C. E. K. Brett, W. Menzie, and J. H.
Whitshed.

The following were found qualified at the same time
for entry into the service :

As Masters' Assistants.—Messrs. George Christie and
C. H. J. Baker.

As Naval Cadets—Messrs. H. T. Price, A. C. H.
Paget, S. M°Dougall, Lord Charles Thomas Scott, R. S.
Hunt, and W. H. de Burgh.
As Clerks' Assistants—Messrs. F. J. P. Shapcote,
J. K. Tasker, and H. M. Bernard.
As Marine Cadets, and have joined the Excellent—
Messrs. J. W. F. Arbuckle, A. Molone, H. H. Nott,
M. P. Newall, H. Dixon, A. R. Studdart, and A.
Don ellan.

The Star, 8, Commander Warren, arrived at Spithead
yesterday, from Chatham.

Some important and interesting practice was exhibited
yesterday and Friday from the Excellent's two-gun
battery upon the York, 74, hulk, moored as a butt for
shot and shell experiments. A quantity of live shell
and powder was placed on board the York, between her
beams overhead and in other situations, hitherto sup-
posed out of the reach of danger. The object was to
test the practicability of blowing the ship up. During
the trial several shells have exploded, but the " blowing
up" was not accomplished. The Port-Admiral, Admiral-
Superintendent, the officers of the fleet, and others of
the military service, have been present at the experi-
ments, which will be continued. Prince Albert was
expected to have been present on Friday, but the
weather, it is said, prevented his Royal Highness making
the trip.

The^lllustrious, 72, having been partially prepared, at
no inconsiderable expense, for three different purposes,
and applied to none, remains at Haslar-creek, a stand-
ing, or rather floating, joke upon Admiralty harmony of
intention and consistency. Originally fitted for a block-
ship, then found to be too weak, she was rigged as a
gunnery-ship and for exercising newly-raised men. That
project, we believe, was the First Lord's, and, carried
out by Captain Chads, would have been of utility.
This was upset, and the unfortunate Illustrious was fitted
for an hospital-ship, the Agamemnon fever having again
changed the Admiralty cue, but the "hospital-ship" has
had no patients, nor is she ever likely to have any.