The Sun.
London, England, 1849-04-26 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
PC ATM OUTII, TUESDA Y. —A Board of Admiralty,
consisting•of Captain.the lion. M. F. F. Berkeley, C.B.
M.P.; Captain Alexander Milne, R.N.; Captain Sir
Baldwin Walker, K,C.8., Surveyor of the Navy; and
Mr. Isaac Watts, Assistant Surveyor, arrived et this
port at 11 this morning, and wt r, rt eeived at Gosport
station by Flag-Lieutenant Cochran, who conducted
them to the Commander-in Chief, in whose barge they
crossed the harbour, and commerced their inspection,
first going on board the Arrogant, 46, Captain Fitzroy;
thence visiting the Plumper screw-schooner, Commandtc
Nolloth; and the Reynard schooner, Commander Cra-
croft, respecting whose armament the visit was nrinci
pally occasioned. A long examination of several of the
superior officers of the two latter vessels as to their
opinion of their various qualities ensued, but- as each
person was'exernined privately in the captain's cabin,
we are not in possession of what took place. The
Board afterwards visited the Blenheim, 56, Captain
Austin, C.B. In all ships the guns cccupied much at-.
tention, bating been worked for the pirpose of ascer-
taining if their was suffieent rw)m to tight them. The
haretw cks were also hung up to see it sufficient accom-
modation for the crew existed. After a cursory inspec-
►ion of one or tit o other objects in the dockyard, end a
conference with the principal officers, the Board returned
to town.

A board of sciectific officers, consisting of Me. Mur-
ray, superintendent engineer of this dockyard ; Mr.
Dinnen, inspector of machinery, of SAtieriet-house,
late of the St. Vincent; and Mr. 13.1ter, inspector of
machinery, of the itoyat yacht, is ordertd to survey and
report upon the state of the engines of the Sidon steam-
frigate.

);VEDNESDAY.—A most ay' ful accident happened yes-
terday alernoon in this dockyard, which is expected to
terminate fatally to one or more persons. As a gang of
men were employed on the new dock, building by Mr.
lirsmble, at the north corner of the yard, in working the
" traveller" of the tramway, supported on piles for rais-
ing and lowering stones into the basis of the fabric from
a lighter moored alongside, the gear broke, and the
traveller" went over the rails into the lighter, and
most seriously injured two men in the vessel, and
dragged several others from the scaffolding support-
ing the tramway. Some fell into the vessel, and
others into the water. Six men were maimed, three
of them dangerously. Three of the most seri-
ously injured were conveyed to the Portsmouth,
Portsca, Red Gosport Hospital. One man, "chose
leg was so severely injured and lacerated (a bolt
having stuck into his thigh four inches deep) that the
only chance of saving his life was by removing
the limb
above the joint, had that operation most skilfully per-
formed by Dr. E. J. Scott last night by gaslight ;
hopes, however, are entertained of his recovery. Another
man had both legs broken—one in three places ; it is
much felreci he must lose it, but he is not in a state at
present to undergo the operation. The third is seriously
injured in the chest and head. The greatest attention
was promptly afforded by the Excellent gunnery. ship,
and the poor sufferers were taken to the hospital upon
the shoulders and in the arms of the crew of that ship,
which is moored adjacent to the spot where the accident
occurred. The medical officers of the Excellent were
the first in attendance, and accompanied the sufferers to
the hospital. The less injured were conveyed to the
medical department of the dockyard, where they received
the promptest attention from the officers of the establish-
ment. The cases of these poor men illustrate in a most
striking light the value of such a benevolent institution
as the Portsmouth Hospital. The poor fellows were not
admissible into the Naval Hospital, and but for the este-.
blishment of the former, would have had no place of re-
ception where their cases could have been done justice to
nearer than Winchester.

The Favourite, 14, Commander Murray, arrived this
morning from the coast of Africa. She left Sierra
Leone on the 21st of February, Goree' 26th of March.
No news or specie. Ilas sailed for Devonport to be
paid off._

The Vixen stemn-sloop, Commander Jenner, was at
Bermuda on the Bth instant, to leave for Halifax the
next week.

The Sappho, 16, Commander Michell, put in at Xs-
deira on the 201 h ult., having encountered a gale of wind
off the Western Islands. The sea ran so heavy she
worked considerably, and the rigging all being new,
settled down at the roast heads, and gate out. The
lower masts and bowsprit were nearly going by the
board. Having secured her masts, abe put to sea in 24
hours afterwards for Bermuda.

The Captain and officers of the 'Dutch corvette Atn"
phitrite were cnartained this evening on board the fhig:
ship Victory by Captain Blackwood and tho officers of
that ship.

Comiiander Lord Amelius Benuclerk, of the Strop'
bolt, has leave of absence, to visit the Duke of St. At!'
ban's, who is very ill from the effects of a fall from bill
horse lately while hunting.
Wind— W.S.W., mcdcrato breezes; and fine weather.