The Sun.
London, England, 1849-08-14 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

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PORISM
OUTH, MONDAY.---m-ra. the Hon. Sit„
Bladen Capri, K U. 8., the Commander-in-ChiFt;
returned last night from his inspection of th
Channel Islands, and rehoisted his flag on board the
Victory.
We regret to announce the sudden death by cholera
last night, after about twelve hours' illness, of Corn'
mender Robert Smith, 1814. The female servant 0,
the deceased was taken with the same complaint, and
died within an hour after her respected master,
The Retribution steam-frigate left to-day for
Woolwich to undergo the alterations already
published. The old tug Echo and the harbour steam'
tender Myrtle were sent with her as far as Beachi
Head to take care of her, but being unable to battle
the sea outside the Knab, gladly put back into
harbour, and made their moorings in safety.
Wind, W.S.W., fresh gales and cloudy weather,
with squalls of rain.
PLYMOUTH, AUGUST 11 —Her Majesty's ship
Queen, 110, Captain Wise, is to be paid wages
Monday, he 13th. It is now said that the day
appointed for her to sail to the .Mediterraneaa
is Thursday, the 16th inst. Seventy vacancies..
on board are to be kept for the nomination of
Admiral Parker.
Her Majesty's brig Grecian was this day put into
dock for repairs previous to being commissioned.
It is said that during the official stay of the Lords
of the Admiralty next week, their Lordships Will
inspect the Albion, 90, and Indefatigable, 50, pre-
paratory to those ships being put in commission.
By the arrival here this morning of the Si"
Francis Drake steam•packet, Captain Sadler from
Guernsey, we learn that at five A.M. yesterday (Fri-
day morning) there was et anchor in the roads her
Majesty's steamers Fire Queen and Cuckoo, the
former had flying the flag of Admiral the Hon. sir
Bladen Capel, Commander.in-Chief at Portsmouth.
It was reported that the Admiral visited on Friday
the heights of Plainmont, to fix on the best spot for
the erection of the much-required lighthouse. 01:1
the return of the Drake from Jersey at about three
p.m, on Friday, she met the Fire Queen off Noirmont
Point on her way to St. Millers.
Wind, south-west.

WOOLWICH, AUG. 13.—The Vulcan steam troor
ship, fitted with engines of 350-horse power and
screw-propeller by George and Sir John Rennie, has
taken 400 tons of iron ballast on board, and a great
number of tat ks, capable of holding 200 tuns of water,
are laid alongside ready to be taken on board, ana
when they are filled she will be taken out of the
basin and tried down the river. The Vulcan had
her steam donkey engine and her chain-
pump at work to day to discharge the water
she has leaked, which prevented the shipwrights from
placing some timbers required along her bottom.
The screw-propeller, made of wrought iron at the
factory in Woolwich Dockyard, is now completely
formed and ready for being finished by cutting and
filing to its proper dimension, 12 feet 6 inches in
diameter. It weighs at present 3 tons 4 cwt., and
was formed of the small round pieces of iron punched
from the iron plates used for making boilers, these
being inserted in the old and unserviceable tubes used
for heating the water in the boilers, which are now
made available for other purposes by the aid of
Nasmyth's powerful hammers.
The artillery and infantry companies of the dock-
yard battalion assembled this evening, in uniform, for
exercise with field pieces and at the four-gun battery.
The boat brigade also assembled for exercise in four
gun boats, on the river, as the present month will
conclude their drills for the season.
The Royal Marines of the Woolwich division
commenced wearing white trousers to-day, being
the first time this season. The white trousers mai,
make the men look smarter, but it is doubtful h
the change will be advantageous for them at this
late period of the season, especially as they do not
wear drawers. Cloth trousers and flannel worn next
the skin must be far preferable, being non-conductors
of electricity from the body, and consequently in some
degree a preventive from cholera, so prevalent in the
metropolis and various parts of the country.

Men may learn from example how mistaken is the
idea, that the possession of power leads to independence,
or enables them to pursue their own will. If there 15
any station in life in which we can do as we please, it
will be found much nearer the extreme of the beggar'
than that of the king.—Eliza Cook's Journal.
THE LATB TURN-OUT AT BLACKBURN.—The bands
of Messrs. John Sharpies and Co. resumed work ee
Monday morning, having accepted the five per cent. in
fourteen days, and a promise of better raw material.
Those of Messrs. Pilgington resumed word on Sat"'
day, at the masters' terms. The advance of five per
cent. has been generally adopted by the =stem—Pro.
ton Chroniele.,