The Sun.
London, England, 1849-12-10 00:00:00

THE LATE QUEEN DOWAGER.

PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY.—The late Queen Dowa-
ger's affection for the gallant profession of her royal
husband continued up to her dying hour, and it could
not be exhibited in a stronger manner than in her
latest request, that a body should be convoyed to its
final resting place by seamen of the royal fleet. It is
understood that, in compliance with this request, a
portion of the crew of the royal yacht Victoria and
Albert have been ordered up from this port to Wind-
sor. His Royal Highness Prince Albert will cross
from Osborne to this harbour in the Fairy yacht on
Thursday morning, proceed by rail to Slough, and
there join the cortege which will accompany the re•
mains to 'Windsor. After the mournful ceremony
his Royal Highness will return to this port and re-
cross to Osborne.

The Royal Sovereign, 120, is to be built by task;
120 shipwrights, besides labourers, are to be em-
ployed to complete her frame by the end of the
financial year. The sum allowed for the purpose is
2,5001., to put in frame, dubb to scantling, &c. She
will be commenced on Monday week.
The Glentanner emigrant ship, having grounded
in coming from the river, is to be docked at this port
on her arrival, and her repairs executed immediately.
The Apollo troop-ship, Commander Rawstorne,
arrived at Simon's Bay, Cape of Good Hope, from
England and Rio, on the 14th of October.
The Sidon and Termagant steam-frigates will be
tried this week in Stokes Bay together.
Wind S.E , light breezes and hazy weather.
PLYMOUTH, Dec. 7.—Her Majesty's steam-
frigate Sampson, 6, with Mr. Henderson, master at-
tendant, and a party of riggers and seamen, will sail
to-morrow with stores for Portsmouth, and thence to
WoAwich to have new boilers put in her.
The crew of the packet-brig Penguin, 6, Lieu-
tenant. Commander 'Walter Leslie, were paid wages
yesterday at the pay-office in the dickyard. She is
appointed to sail to day for Falmouth.
The Rochester lighter sailed on Thursday with
stores for Sheerness and Chatham.

The Lords of the Admiralty have been pleased to
confirm Commander William N. L. Lockyer to the
command of the steam- sloop Medea, 6, of which he
has some time been acting-commander. Mr. Locky€r
was flag-lieutenant to Rear-Admiral Sir F. A.
Collier, K.C.8., on board the Hastings, 72, Captain
W. Morgan, on the East India station.
Heavy gales of wind from the S.E., will rain
throughout the night, and so continued until mid-
day, when the gale decreaEel.
Wind, S.E.

DEQEM. 11ER B.—The storm from the south east, re-
ported yesterday had fatal effect to the westward of
this harbour.

Yesterday (Friday) morning a large ship, said to
be from Moulmein, having a local pilot on board, was
off the Cornish coast, near Polperro. When the
captain attempted to heave her in stays, after making
the land, the head-yards locked, and both anchors
were let go, but she drifted ashore at ten o'clock, and
will in all probability go to pieces. She had, includ-
ing men of colour, twenty-five hands, one or two of
whom are drowned. No information has reached
this place of the name of the ship, her port, or master.
She was laden with teak timber, and is reported to
have been bound to Plymouth, for orders. She was
the property of the master and his uncle, and the
captain's wife, who was on board, landed safely from
the ship.
About the time of the above wreck the smack
Caroline, of eighty tons, Captain Jabez Petherick,
belonging to Messrs. Freeman, of this town, being
laden with stone from Alderney, was driven ashore
on the Rennies, in Whitsand Bay, near Looe
Her deck and topsides are broken up, and her boat,
with part of a bottle of wine in it, and the painter
severed, has been picked up near Looe, but there are
no tidings of the crew, consisting of three or four
men, who are supposed to have bean lost.
The Dutch steam-yacht Wilhelm de Eerste, Capt.
'l'. li. Savent, came in this morning, from Lisbon,
which place she left on the 21 inst. On the 29th
ult. all quarantine restrictions were taken from Eng-
lish ships trading to Portugal. Excepting Portu-
guese, there were no men-of- war in the Tagus. About
50 rnerchant.vessels, of all nations, were loading and
discharging timber, fruit, tobacco, salt, &c. ; of these
16 belonged to Sweden. The Wilhelm de Eerste
belongs to her Royal Highness the Princess Mariana
de Nederlanden, who embarked on board her at
Amsterdam on the 2d cf July. Calling at Havre,
Lisbon, and Cadiz, they proceeded through the Straits
of Gibraltar to Malaga, and thence to the Island of
Sicily, after which they visited Palermo, Cephalonia,
Catania, Augusta, and Syracuse. From Sicily the
yacht went to Malta, where the Princess landed on
the 15th of November, intending to proceed to Jeru-
salem. The yacht left Malta on the 19th, Gibraltar
on the 26th, and occupied 41 hours from the Straits to
Lisbon, which she reached on the 28th. The Wilhelm
de Eerste was built in 1839, at Buly's private yard,
Amsterdam, in which city her two engines, of 160-
horse power, were constructed by Messrs. Paul Van
Verssingen, and Dudok Van Heel. She is 350 tons,

175 feet long, 82 broad ; three. masts, carries five
small guns, and his a complement of 23 hands. On
Thursday and Friday the prevailing tempestuous
weather was experienced by tke, yacht when off the
Liz srd, in severe gales from the south, with a heavy
sea, which continued until four o'c!ock on Friday
afternoon, when the wind suddenly veered to north-
vi est ; the c.ssing of her larboard paddle box was car-
ried away, and she was fur some time in great dan-
ger. ither coaling •11,re, under directions of the
Consuls', Messrs. Luscombe, Driscoll; and -Co., she
proceeds to Amsterdam. Captain T.lL.Savent,
-
who commands the yacht, passed two" yearis and a
half of Lis early days as a prisoner .on board a hulk
at Hamosze, in this harbour. When servipg in a
French frigate off Brest, they were captured by an
English frigate en the 21st ,of Oetober,Jal2, and
brought to this side of the Channel. lie ::,appears
most deservedly to possess the confidence and esteem
o'..his present Royal patroness. •
Wind, W.S. W. ; fresh .brec z•
_

WooLwzcu, Dec. 8.
APPOINTMENTS.
Mate--7 William A. V. Boyce, to the Phaeton, &O-
gun frigfite, Sheerness.
Master-Assistant—W. J. Yelland, to the Strom-
boli, steam• shop, Portsmouth.
Nwal C .dots--David A. Price and 8.. G. Perry, to
the Phaeton.

Acting Gunner—Michael Thompson, to the Phaeton.
The Messenger, coal doplit, at Woolwich, was re-
moved from her moorings and taken alongside the
Terrible, steam-frigate,-Ciplain Hope, C. 8., to put
on board 450 tons of cotiikttiat'thit lAtter vessel may
be ready for sea on the shorteatlloti,e., it is expected
she will join the trial squadkoir'-it liiskon, and ulti-
mately proceed to the Mediterraneai*,atpn.
The Phaeton, 50 gun frigate, CaptaßstJeorge Elliot,
is now at Sheerness, where the greater portion of the
officers appointed to:ber have joined, aneshe,wilksoon
be ready to join the squadron ordered to ass.. at
Lisbon for trial sailing and other qualities. '"