The Sun.
London, England, 1853-09-10 00:00:00

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NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 9.
The Blenheim, 60, screw-guardship, Capt. Pelham,
sailed this morning on a cruise.

The Plumper, 9, screw-sloop, Commander Wharton,
went out of harbour this afternoon and anchored at Spit-
head. She saluted the port admiral with the customary
salute, which was returned by the Victory.
The Dauntless, 24, screw-frigate, will be undocked
to-morrow and taken into the steam basin.

The Edinburgh, 58, screw steam-ship, Captain S.
Hewlett, is expected to return to Spithead on Monday
from her cruise.

The Sealark, 8, sloop, has hauled alongside the Dryad
receiving hulk, to be fitted, to take the place of the ap-
prentice brig Rolla.
The royal yacht Victoria and Albert, it is expected,
will go under extensive alterations. She is to be length-
ened 60 feet, and to receive engines of 200-horse power,
in addition to those now on board.
The Sir Robert Peel Indiaman sailed last evening.

SHEERNESS, SEPT. 9.1.,
The Dolphin, 3, brigantine, Lieutenant-CommanderWebber, is now rigged all ataut ; her rigging is sparred
ready for rattling down ; she has up to this time only
eight petty officers and able seamen. The men-of-war
seamen at the western ports refuse to come round east
to join, and it is expected she will be navigated round
either to Portsmouth or Devonport to complete her com-
plement. At each of the western ports they have sea-
men's homes, where the well-disposed seamen, both of
the royal navy and mercantile marine, find shelter and
provision, the former exceedingly cheap, and the latter
at moderate charges. Neither of these comforts are at
present available at this port, where they can only be
"taken in and done for," no seamen will remain here.
The crew of the Monarch, guardahip of ordinary, are
engaged, under charge of Mr. A. F. Mugford, second
meter,.-putting the boilers and-rambiaery, &c., brought
down here by the Cycl -A* psy, strew
' steam-ship. She remains u- sin in the4t4lng
basin.
The Royal George, 120, screw steam-ship, has been
moved over to the no#h side of the fitting basin for the
convenience of receiving her rigging, stores, armament,
&c. The seamen riggers belonging to the yard, and a
number of shipwrights, joiners, &c., are engaged on her
to expedite her fitment ready for her being commissioned.
The Phaeton, 50-gun frigate, has undergone a survey,
and is now refitting in the basin preparatory to her
being commissioned.

The steam-transport Rhadamanthus, Master-Comman-
der Mx. John Belam, arrived here yesterday at 2.30
P.m. from Devonport and Portsmouth. At 3 the steam-
tug African
marine artillery for the President, 50, fitting at Chat-
proceeded alongside and trans-shipped the
ham, and left here at 3.30. The Rhadamanthus left
here at 3.45 the same day for Woolwich with marine
artillery for ships fitting at that port.
The Myrtle, steam-tender to the Monarch, left here
for Chatham yesterday at 4.45 p.m., and returned again
the same evening.

WOOLWICH, SEPT. 9.
APPOINTMENTS.
Surgeon Walter Lawrance (1852) to the Stromboli,
paddle-wheel steam-sloop, at Portsmouth.
Clerks' Assistants—W. S. Mould, to the Neptune,
120, guard-ship of ordinary at Portsmouth ; C. P. L.
Brockman, to the Stromboli.

The Vulcan, screw steam-troopship, Commander Von
Donop, shortly after she left her moorings at the dock-
yard, with troops on board for the West Indies, ran so
close to the Sarah schooner, of South Shields, lying at
anchor in Galleon's Reach, opposite the Royal Arsenal,
that the anchor of the troop screw steam-ship caught
her rigging and pulled down one of her masts altogether,
and a part of the top of the other mast, and destroyed
a portion of the bulwarks at the stern of the vessel. The
Sarah was laden with tallow, and was towed up the river
to one of the docks in the afternoon by the Monkey
steam-vessel to have her damages made good.
The Rhadamanthus, paddlewheel steam troop-vessel,
Master-Commander Belem, arrived at Gravesend yes-
terday evening, and came up to Woolwich at an early
hour with Captain Morris's Company of Royal Artillery,
relieved from Devonport. The company put their bag-
gage on shore at the dockyard, and marched up to the
garrison, headed by the band and drums and flutes of
the regiment. During the voyage round from Devon-
port the Rhadamanthus came into collision with a

strange vessel, but the latter would not stop to give her
name or mention the damage she sustained, which is
supposed to have been slight, as, although the Rhada-
manthus fired guns and steamed after her for upwards
of an hour and a half, she could not overtake her. The
damage sustained by the Rhadamanthus is the loss of
her figurehead and a portion of her bows, which will
have to be repaired at Woolwich.

CHATHAM,- Sari. 8.
Arab, 12, Commander G. Ogle, is put out of dock,
had her chests and bowsprit put in place, and taken
alongside the Tartar, bulk, and bas commenced getting
her lower rigging over the mastheads.
President, 50, Captain Burbidge, flag-ship of Rear-
Admiral Price, is drawing fast toward completion, and
will be put of dock next springtides.
The following persons have been superanuated—viz.,
Mr. G. Mart, measurer, on a pension of 891. 10s. per
annum ; Mr. T. Brooking, foreman of smiths, 60/. per
annum ; John Henry and John Reader, riggers, 201.
per annum ; Thomas Dicks, stoker, 15/. per annum.

PRIZE MONEY FOR THE HOUND.-Messrs. Stilwell
have given notice that an account of the proceeds of
slave and tonnage bounties for the Santissima Trinidad,
seized by her Majesty's sloop Hound, on the 27th Feb.,
will be deposited in the registry of the High Court of
Admiralty, on the Bth inst.
PRIZE MONEY FOR THE HECLA.-Woodhead and Co.
have given notice to Commander E. H. Beauchamp,
and the officers and crew late of her Majesty's ship
Hecla, who are entitled to share in the proceeds arising
from the capture and destruction, on the 7th of May,
1851, of three launches, and on the 25th of June, 1851,
of five launches, that the distribution thereof respectively
will be made on the 4th of October next, at No. 1,
James-street, A delphi, and where the list will be re-
called every Thursday and Friday for three months.
For capture on 7th May, 1851-Flag, 41. 19s. 6d. ;
commander, 91. 6s. 6d. ; third class, 21. 6s. 7d. ; fourth,
1/. 7s. 11d. ; fifth, 168. 3d. ; sixth, 14s. ; seventh, 9s. 4d.;
eighth, 4s. Bd. ; ninth, 2s. 11d. ; tenth, ls. 9d. For
capture on 25th June, 1851-Flag, 181. lls. 4d. ; com-
mander, 341. 16s. 4d. ; third class, Si. 16s. 7d. ; fourth,
51. ss. 11d. ; fifth, 31. ls. 9d. ; sixth, 21. 13s. ; seventh,
1/. 15s. 3d. ; eighth, 17s. Bd. ; ninth, lls. ; tenth,
6s. 7d.

THE LATE FIRE IN CANNON STREET WEST.

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Cannon-street, that the outbreak was to be attributed
to the dangerous nature of the business. Owing to the
large quantity of combustibles stored in the ilding,
and the fact that a similar description of warehouse
almost adjoined, the proceedings excited considerable
interest, as the fire took place in a neighbourhood which
is unequalled in the metropolis for the great amount of
insurances effected upon the surrounding property,
amounting to upwards of a million.
The investigation was attended by Mr. Deputy Lott,
Mr. Joyce, and many other Common Councilmen of the
ward, and by a number of the principal inhabitants.,
The coroner addressed the jury, and said that some
years ago he revived the practice of inquiring into the
origin of fires, which, he believed, was attended with
some good result, and which met the approval of the
Lord Chief Justice. A portion of the corporation, how-
ever, thought otherwise, and he had to abandon what
he considered a most important character of investigation.
In the present case he had been solicited by a number of
the inhabitants to hold an inquiry, and, anticipating
that some useful ends might be derived from it, he did
not hesitate to comply. He did not desire any fee.
After the jury had viewed the premises, a number of
witnesses, consisting of some of the fire brigade and
several of the inhabitants, were examined, but their evi-
dence did not tend to any satisfactory elucidation of the
cause of the fire.

The jury having consulted, they returned a verdict to
the effect that there was no evidence to prove how the
fire originated, and added :—" We find that a much
greater quantity of combustible matter had been kept
upon the premises than we consider ought ever to be
allowed upon any building in the city of London, par-
ticularly after the precautions taken by the owners of
that and the adjoining premises by compelling a fire
proof strong room to be built for the storing of those
combustibles, which, from the evidence, appears never
to have been used, and which has since been pulled
down. That there are other premises in the ward in
which a similar dangerous trade is carried on, thus
jeopardising the lives and property of the inhabitants.
We, therefore, trust that the constituted authorities will
use their best exertions to prevent a similar occurrence
to that which has brought the jury together." The
coroner said he would take care to lay the representa-
tions of the jury before the proper authorities. The
proceedings then closed.

THE BALMORAL ESTATES.—Great improvements have
been made on the Balmoral estates since last year ; the
arable and pastoral lands, under the able management of
Dr. Robertson, commissioner to his Royal Highness
Prince Albert have been brought into a highly promising
state, while the hunting grounds and deer forest are in
a fair way to become the best in Scotland. The moral
and social wants of the tenantry have been especially
cared for, the Queen having given command that the
poorest families shall have the blessings of education se
cured to them, and their domestic wants fully supplied.
The new palace begins to make some progress, but the
contractor has three years to finish it, and it promises
to be a very handsome building.