The Sun.
London, England, 1853-01-06 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 5.
Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, K.C.8., Com-
mander-in-Chief of this port, proceeded this day on
Admiralty leave. Rear-Admiral Fanshawe, C. 8.,
superintendent of the dock-yard, is consequently Acting
Port-Admiral pro tem.
Mr. Alexander lienderson midshipman of the Furious
steam-frigate, and Mr. Jenkin H. Thomas, midshipman
of the Blenheim, passed examinations on board the
Victory qualifying for the rank of lieutenant this day.
The Fury, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Tatham, came
into harbour this morning.
Lieutenant Yonge, flag-lieutenant to Rear-Admiral
Fanshawe, returne from leave this morning.
The Sidon, 22, paddle-frigate, Captain Goldsmith,
has received orders to prepare for sea, and will proceed
to Queenstown, and thence, it is reported, to the Medi-
terranean.

SHEERNESS, JAN. 4,

Her Majesty's screw steam line-of-battle ship Aga-
memnon, of 91 guns, 550-horse power, Captain Sir
Thomas Maitland, will be completed in her internal fit-
tings by the dock-yard in about seven days, and will
then be ready to receive fuel, ammunition, &c.
Her Majesty's ship Monarch, 84 guns, guard-ship of
ordinary, Captain Charles Hope, R.N.—The following
commissions have been received, and taken up for this
ship—viz., Lieutenant George B. Williams, July 3, 1840,
vice Lieutenant Robert S. Moore, January 10, 1851,
appointed to Rattlesnake, Commander Henry Trollope,
fitting here (received). Second Master, Mr. Augustus
F. Mugford, Nov. 9, 1848 (taken up).
Her Majesty's sloop Rattlesnake, of 8 guns, Com-
mander Henry Trollope. Mr. T. Bourchier, acting
master, yesterday took up his commission to this vessel.
The sailing tender Hart, tender to her Majesty's ship
Waterloo, 120 guns, left here to-day in charge of Quar-
ter-master William Green, for Hardwich, for the purpose
of conveying volunteers for the navy from Harwich to
his port. On arrival they will be borne out on the
Waterloo's books as supernumeraries for general service.
Some excitement is being created here in consequence
of a joiner in her Majesty's dockyard threatening the
principal officers of this establishment with an action for
the recovery of moneys which have been mulcted from
his wages for neglect of duty. A solicitor has been em-
ployed by the joiner to bring the action, the result
of which is, that the joiner has been discharged by Ad-
miralty order for not conforming to the standing rules—
that is, if any mechanic, or other person, has cause of
complaint, he or they are at all times at liberty to send
their petition to the Admiralty through the office of the
Captain-Superintendent, when a proper investigation
will be instituted by the authorities. Several public
meetings of the mechanics have already taken place re-
lative to ths above case. _ _

Her Majesty's paddle-wheel steam-frigate Cyclops
having grounded on the cant near the White Buoy off
the Isle of Sheppey, a survey of the depth of water was
made, and it has been found that the water has shoaled
considerably of late. In consequence, the White Buoy
has been carried out in a north-east direction about 50
fathoms, thereby giving 14 feet water at low spring
tides. The buoy referred to being one of the buoys laid
down at the entrance of the Medway by Admiralty
order, it is under the superintendence of the master-
attendant of this yard for the time being, as conservator
of the river Medway.

JAN. 5.

Her Majesty's screw steam guard-ship Horatio, of 24
guns, and 250-horse power.—Captain the Hon. S. T.
Carnegie has returned from Admiralty leave. Clerk
Mr. C. W. Motherwell took up his commission for this
ship yesterday.
Her Majesty's guard-ship of ordinary, Monarch, of 84
guns, Captain Charles Hope.—Lieutenant George B.
Williams, July 3, 1840, took up his commission to this
ship yesterday, and obtained Admiral's leave—viz., four
days.

Her Majesty's sloop Rattlesnake, of 8 guns, Com-
mander Henry Trollope.—A serious accident occurred
to a shipwright named Edward Mockett on board this
vessel, by one of the dead-eyes of the foretopmast rigging
falling from the foretop, striking him on his head, lace-
rating the scalp, and producing severe concussion of the
brain. He lies at present in a very precarious state. A
large number of shipwrights are engaged on this vessel,
blocking out the bows and doubling her down five strakes
on her bends with African oak timber and plank, so as
to resist the ice. _ _

Her Majesty's paddle-wheel steam-sloop Barracouta,
6 guns, 300-horse power, Commander George Parker.—
Lieutenant Thomas H. Collingwood, December 20, 1852,
has taken up his commission for this sloop.

WOOLWICH, JAN. 5.
APPOINTMENTS.

Paymasters—William H. Wiseman (1844), from the
Valorous, 16, steam-frigate, at Devonport, to the Odin,
16, steam-frigate, at Portsmouth, vice•Ramage ; George
Nelson (1848), to the Valorous steam-frigate, vice
Wiseman.

Masters-Assistants—Charles Leigh, to the Victory
flag-ship, at Portsmouth ; C. W. Stevenson, to the
Rattlesnake, 8, store-ship, fitting at Sheerness for the
Behring's Straits expedition.
Clerks—James T. Turner (1851), to the Encounter,
14, screw steam-frigate, at Portsmouth ; F. F. Evers-
field, to the Odin steam-frigate ; J. J. M. Lyon, to the
Magicienne, 16, steam-frigate, at Devonport.
Models of ice-saws, with improvements suggested by
Mr. Abernethy, have just been completed at the factory
at Woolwich Dockyard, by order of the Lords of the
Admiralty. Mr. Abernethy was with Commander In-
glefield in his recent voyage to Smith's and Jones's Chan-
nel, in the Isabel, and with Captain Sir James Ross,
as ice-master in the Enterprise, and was four years
absent in the Arctic regions; and his long experience
enables him to judge of the best description of saws for
making way through the ice of the polar regions.

STATE OF TRADE.

(Front the Manchester Guardian of yesterday.)

MANCHESTER, JAN. 4.—The receipts of cotton at the
American ports to the 22d ult. were, for the last week,
124,355 bales, against 92,815 last year, and the total,
1,126,000, against 747,000 • whilst the exports to Great
Britain were, for the week, 44,000, against 24,000,
and the total, 403,700, against 235,000. Advices from
Liverpool, of the 4th ult., reporting a rise of id. per lb.,
appear to have co-operated with alleged indications of a
falling off in the receipts, to occasion an advance
of lc. to ac. per lb. at New York, and fully 4c. at New
Orleans ; but at the same time freights receded id. per
lb., being done at id. AcCording to the accounts from
which this statement is taken, the quotation for mid-
dling, at New Orleans, on the 18th, rose to 840.
to 9c. ; but some letters say that later telegra-
phic announcements from that port show the price
to have reached 91c. People here do not well know
what to make of these advices. It is felt that the
improvement on this side, reported in letters of the
4th December, was hardly adequate to produce such an
effect ; certainly not, if it be true . that the price had
risen to 94. Some parties are consequently inclined
to think that there may be truth in certain state-
ments that the river boats are not now nearly so
well filled with cotton as they were of late, and that ,
the receipts will shortly exhibit a considerable falling
off. It is also stated, in some communications, that
the staple is not equal to that of last year. The ge-
neral disposition on our Exchange, however, is to recur to
past experience in regard to similar statements ; and the
effect of such reminiscences is more or less of distrust as
to the alleged facts, although it is admitted that the un-
usually early dispatch of the crop down to the shipboard
has probably led us to reckon upon a larger total supply
than will be ultimately realised. While, therefore, spin-
ners and manufacturers are so far influenced as to manifest
an increase of firmness in most articles, and to decline
offers for some things which would have been accepted
last week, the buyers are not at all disposed to move in
an upward direction. The only exceptions seem to be
light 7-8 printing cloths, and 40-inch shirtings of the
China quality, which are practically a fraction dearer.
Domestics do not yet improve, Most other goods con-
tinue in fair demand, at the previous rates. The year
opens with a cheerful confidence on all hands, without
anything like undue excitement.
ROCHDALE, JAN. 3.—The market has been thinly at-
tended to-day, and a very limited amount of business has
been transacted. This is generally the case from Christ-
mas-day to the new market, which will be next Monday.
Wool continues to be a little firmer, and English wool
to be more scarce.
HALIFAX, JAN. I.—The first market of the new year
has not been numerously attended, and but few goods
have changed hands, as the merchants are not willing to
give the increased prices asked. Yarns are still advanc-
ing, though not in proportion to the advance of wool :
and buyers, especially for the continent, are reluctant to
accede to the demands of the spinners. There is a fair
amount of business doing in wool, at improved rates.
HUDDERSFIELD, JAN. 4.—Our market continues much
the same as last week, not much doing in the hall, and
most of the merchants being busy finishing their annual
stock-taking. Parcels of job lots meet with purchasers,
but at very low rates.
BIRMINGHAM, JAN. 3.—The reports that have been
spread of large and accumulating stocks of either raw
or manufactured iron are utterly without foundation,
many years having elapsed since stocks were so low, and
the consumption so much in advance of the make. The
result of the preliminary meeting held in Dudley on
Thursday last, was the adoption of a middle course be-
tween those who oppose all progress and the ultra-san-
guine, who go for 121. per ton on maufactured iron. The
prices have been declared as follow—Bar and rod iron,
short weight, 11/. per ton ; hoops, 121.; and sheets, 131.
It was also determined that a proportionate advance in
the wages of the workmen should be given, to commence
from the end of the fortnight required for giving notice.
Coal and ironstone are also advancing in prices, and
the wages of colliers and miners. The quarterly meet-
ings will be . held on the usual days next week, to
commence at Walsall on Tuesday the 11th inst. During
the past week there has been considerable agitation
in the metal market in Birmingham, and much
inconvenience experienced by many manufacturers. On
Tuesday, circulars were issued from the principal metal
dealers, announcing an advance of 41. 10. per ton in the
price of tin. Coal advanced on the same day 2s. per ton.
Iron reached 161. per ton on Thursday ; and a large ad-
vance on the price of copper was declared on Friday.
The rise in the price of tin and copper is attributed to a
scarcity of those articles. The demand for tinware for
Australia is so great as to lesson the supply for home
consumption, and the abandonment of the copper mines
for the gold diggings by the workmen is assigned as a
reason for the rise in that metal. The consequence of
these advances has been the partial suspension of work
by some manufacturers, who find it difficult to obtain a
corresponding advance upon manufactured goods, or to
execute contracts taken at former prices.—. Arie's Bir.
ininqhm litazette.