The Sun.
London, England, 1849-02-12 00:00:00

NA VAL INTELLIGENCE.
THE FIRST LORD'S LEVEES.—The Right Hon. Sir
F. T. Baring, Bart., M.P., will hold his first levee of
naval officers on Tuesday week next, the 20th instant,
and on every subsequent Tuesday until further notice.
The levee will commence at one o'clock, and the number
of officers to 1::, admitted on each day will be twenty-
five. Those officers desirous of interviews with the First
Lord may register their names in the levee-book kept in
the hall.
MEASUREMENT OF VESSELS FOR TONNAGE.-WO
hear that a committee, consisting of several members of
the Naval School of Architecture, are ordered to as-
semble for the purpose of arranging a new plan for mea-
suring the tonnage of ship, the new measurement
(now so called), which was adopted some twenty years
back, having been found defective, and tending to give
an erroneous result.
It is reported that the St. Vincent, 120, Captain S. C.
Dacres, now bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir
C. Napier. K.C.B„ will return to Post mouth after her
cruise, and be paid off, and that Mr. Biddlecombe, the
master, will be offered the vacancy in the Royal yacht,
Victoria and Albert.
STEAM SQUADRON RESERVE AT DEVONPORT.—The
Spiteful, steam-sloop, arrived in Devonport on Friday in
charge of Mr. Belam, master. She is given in charge of
Captain Mends, of the Agincourt. Six of the reserve
steam squadron are now at Devonport—the Virago and
Jackal (ready for sea at the shortest notice), the Grow-
ler, Salamander, Rattler, and Spiteful. The stores for
the whole lot are to be kept in a state of readiness. The
Spiteful, steamer, on her way from Sheerness, touched
at Portsmouth on Thursday, and landed the marines
and seamen belonging to that port paid of from the
President.
The Victory, the Port Admiral's flag-ship at Ports-
mouth, was paid six months' wages on Thursday last.
The Rolla has been rigged at Portsmouth, and will in
a few days be ready for exercising the naval apprentices.
She has hauled over to her former mooring, off Hadar
Creek.
The Heshemy, convict-ship, which has been so long
at the Motherbank with diarrbova on board, dropped
down to Spithead on Thursday (the remaining cases
being convalescent), and sailed for Hobart Town yester-
day morning.
PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY, FIVE P.M.—Light breezes
from the northward, with very fine weather.
Tax PACIFIC STATlON.—Correspondence from this
station, dated Valparaiso, November 30th, informs us
that the Commander in-Chief, Rear-Admiral Phipps
Hornby, C. 8., is determined that the Cobdenites shall
not have a shadow of complaint against his flag-ship for
lying in port. The Asia has Lot been a couple of
months in harbour at any one time since she has been in
the Pacific. The Admiral had just returned from Juan
Fernando and Conception, and was to sail again in a
few days for those places, in company with the French
Admiral's .50-gun frigate Poursuivante, trying rate of
sailing by the way. We have already noticed how the
Calypso has been lately employed. It is to be hoped
that Captain Worth has taught the South Sea Islanders
a salutary lesson, and that they will not be allowed to
commit outrages on foreigners with impunity. During
her late cruise (February to September) the Calypso
visited the several groups, and Captain Worth having
learned that a barbarous murder had been committed on
the persons of two foreigners at the Fegee Islands, pe-
remptorily demanded the murderers to be given up, and,
upon refusal, attacked and destroyed the town of Agun-
duvon. He also adopted very prompt and decisive mea-
sures to obtain redress from the savages at the Naviga-
tors' Island, for wanton injuries dune to foreign residents
at those islands; which line of conduct will certainly
operate as a strong check upon the commission of such
crimes in future, and which bad been of frequent occur-
rence, especially of late.
MARINE SMOKE-CONSUMING APPARATUS.--WS pre-
sume that as Mr. Haig, who hats been trying experiments
for two or three years, and for the last twelve months in
the Ariel steam vessel, at Woolwich, with the view of
perfecting au apparatus invented by him, for consuming
the smoke of steamers, has suspended operations, and the
Admiralty have ordered the apparatus to be removed,
Mr. Haig has failed in his endeavours to accomplish this
very desirable object.—United Service Gazette.
PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY.—The armament of the Blen-
heim, steam guard-ship, Captain Horatio Austen, C. 8.,
is ordered to be altered from 55 to 60 guns. Thus:—
Main deck-26 guns; calibre, 8 in.; weight, 50 cwt.;
length, 6 ft. 6 in. Lower deck-28; calibre, 32-pounders;
weight, 56 cwt.; length, 9 ft. 6 in. Forcastle-2; calibre,
10 in.; weight, 85 cwt.; length, 9 ft. 4 in. Forecastle--
1; calibre, 68-pounder; weight, 95 owt.; length, 10 ft.
9 in. Quarter deck, 2; calibre, 10 in.; weight, 85 cwt.
Quarter deck, 1; calibre, 68 pounder; weight, 95 cwt.
Total, 60 heavy guns of the longest range.
The Admiralty have ordered the exchange of the
bower anchors of the Llewellyn steam-packet, respec-
tively of 16 and 17 cwt., of the Admiralty pattern, for
two of 12 cwt. each on Porter's principle. This reduc-
tion in weight will afford relief to the bows of the vessel,
and take off a great superincumbent weight (of serious
consequence when contending or pitching in a heavy
head sea), while it will be providing her with a better
safeguard against dragging, or loss from that cause.
After such an acknowledgment as the above of the in-
feriority of their own anchor to hold a packet, we expect
to see a general order issued for the return into store of
all the out-hanging old anchors, as, if the Llewellyn is
unsafe with them, so likewise must be every other vessel
1 or ship provided with them.
Captain Bartholomew J. Sullivan has obtained per-
mission of the Admiralty to settle at the Falkland
Islands, and has proceeded thither with his family, from
Falmouth, in the Australia, Harrison. He has taken
with him farm stock and other requisites suitable for
comfort and convenience as a settler. He has laid before
the Government a suggestion for a number of pensioners
to be allowed to emigrate to the Falkland Islands.--
Han es Telegraph.
The schooner yacht Dolphin, 204 tons, the property
of Mr. Charles Perkins, " R.Y.S." is chartered for a
trading voyage to California, having been purchased
with that avowed object by a speculator upon "golden
gains." The vessel is lying in the Corporation Camber,
and is certainly better calculated for such a voyage than
we should imagine ten vessels out of a dozen to be which
have of late been announced as to sail for the shores of
the " diggins." The Dolphin will load with provisions
and slops.

REDUCTION.—The navy seems in a very fair way of
reduction now, and is progressing at even more than
Cobden pace, if we may draw an inference from past
facts and present appearances. Nine vessels, varying in
character from the 50 .gun frigate class to the steam
tender, having been home and paid off within little more
than a score days, whereas not one pennant has been
hoisted since to supply the deficiency of force or power
thus reduced. Amongst the items of the reduction is
now named the abolition of the Excellent, at Portsmoutk.
—Chronicle.

Wind, N. by E., light breeze and fine weather.
PLYMOUTH, FEB. 9.—tier Majesty's steam-vessel
Centaur, Commodore Fanshawe, from Portsmouth, ar-
rived on Sunday, and came into harbour to coal. On
Wednesday she proceeded into Barnpool. The Centaur
will sail on the 13th with mails for Madeira and the
coast of Africa, and with 40 naval apprentices from
Portsmouth and 40 from this port, for distribution among
the ships employed on that station.
Her Majesty's sloop Harlequin, 12, Commander John
Moore, is ordered here from Lisbon to be paid off.
On Wednesday the crew of her Majesty's ship Cale-
donia, 120, in Ilamoaze, got up lower yards and top-
masts, crossed topgallant yards and bent sails, unbent
the m, and struck yards again.
Merchant vessels spoken in the Channel:—Feb. 6, off
Eddystone, the brig Clorinda, from Shields for Cadiz; off
the Rsm's Head, the Dutch barque Thetis, 96 days from
Batavia, short of provisions, bound up Channel; Feb. 7,
the barque Olinda, Captain J. F. Taylor, 116 days from
Colombo, all well; Feb. 8, off Ram's Head, Lo Doois
Mats Clementine, Captain A. Donvet, from Havre Feb.
1 for Havannah; the Olinda, Feb. 6, off the Lizard,
spoke the ship Mary Sparks, and Feb. 7, off the Ram'd
head, the brig Easy, of and from Sunderland, 29 days
out for Oporto, with coal; and the ship Laidsman.
Wintl west-south-west. Light breeze. Cold.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
LIVERPOOL SPRING MEETING AND STEEPLE
CHASE.
THE LIVERPOOL SPRING Cur.—The following have
paid forfeit ;—Fireaway, Ellerslie, Lamb's Wool, Ada
Mary, Pelham, and Clifford.
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endori.
Essex and Suffolk lids., Tues., Alresford Pointer; Fri.,
Dodnish-10i.
Mr. Morgan's hds., Thurs., Hunter's Oak-10.
Mr. W. Marshall's lids., Thurs., Farnhill Wood.
=Mr. Trelawny's hds., Tues,, Sculiescombe; Fri., Tolch
Moor Gate.

IMPROVED LUGGAGE CUECKS.—Specimens of a
very useful invention have been sent us, in the shape oft
a luggage check, to prevent the numerous robberiessas
present effected by persons obtaining luggage at railway
stations
of
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stations by false representations. The upper
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the check is gummed, and may be affixed to thp.t package
by moistening it, or there are strings byff which 1
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goristpearreedelluisggnaogteto b• handed over. o.aThceosmemßoOnOthu'sla: roe;
several of the lines.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge visit‘ed
the British &hue= on Saturday.