The Sun.
London, England, 1849-12-07 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

MOURNING FOR THE QUEEN DOWAGER.—lnstruc-
tions as to the mourning required to be worn for the
late good Queen Adelaide by the officers of the fleet
and the Royal Marines will be found elsewhere.
We are sorry to state that Admiral Superin-
tendent Prescott, at Portsmouth, still continues un-
well, with a slight increase of rheumatic pain. Dr.
Sir John Richardson has attended from Haslar to see
him, in conjunction with Dr. Henderson, of the dock-
yard.
Lord Guillamore, a midshipman of the Thetis, 36,
Captain Codrington, has left the service. It appears
that his Lordship had a misunderstanding wkh his
captain, wbo stationed him between two guns on the
main deck for some time, on temperance allowance,
by way of correction. This sort of discipline was not
at all palatable to the noble aspirant to naval dis-
tinction, and it was subsequently arranged that his
Lordship should quit a service in which a nobleman
was subjected to such restraint in person and ap-
petite.
A passing day was held on board the Victory,
flag-ship, at Portsmouth, on Wednesday, when
Messrs. Broadhead, Jay, and Morgan, midshipmen,
passed for mates ; another young gentleman offered
himself, but was rejected. The passing officers were
Captain Yates and Commanders Crispin and Stevens.
It is reported that the Fire Queen is to be placed
as a packet at Holyhead ; but we cannot help ex-
pressing an opinion that she is not fit to perform that
service. She was' never built to stand the heavy sea
which she will often have to encounter in the Irish
Channel, neither is her steeple-engine well adapted
for that boisterous locality.—Herald.
The anchor lost by the Constance, 50, has not
been recovered, and the search for it has for the
present been s.bandoned.

The Termagant, screw-frigate, is, we understand,
to be again tried along the measured mile in Stoke's
Bay. There can be no question that a ship of her
lines ought to be fast, and there is as little doubt that
engines of 650-horse power, costing about 35,0001.
ought to propel the vessel at a greater rate than eight
and a half knots an hour.
The Flamer steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander
Jones, arrived from Kingstown, Ireland, yesterday
morning, and went into Portsmouth Harbour. Her

ieutenant-commander and crew are to be turned over
:o the Fire Queen.

The Contest, 12, was commissioned and the pendant
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oisted on Wednesday by her commander, the Hon.
J. W. S. Spencer. She will commence entering men
forthwith, her complement being 125.
The Penguin, 6, packet- brig, Lieutenant-Com-
mander Leslie, was paid wages yesterday, and was to
sail for Falmouth, to be in readiness to convey the
February mail to Brazils.
The Tortoise lighter, Shearman master, arrived at
Devonport on Wednesday evening from Donaghadee,
Ireland, and last from Pembroke.
MALTA, Nov. 18.—The Peninsular and Oriental
Company's steamer Tagus arrived last night, and is
detained here to convey some passengers to Gibraltar ;
she leaves to morrow in pratique.
By her, news reached us that Sir W. Parker's fleet
was sti 1 at the Dardanelles, but would leave for
Malta, all or in part, without delay. The French
admiral was still at Vourlah with his squadron.
The Firebrand steam-frigate arrived last night, and
is to relieve the Bulldog. She, with the Rosamond
and Ardent, is under orders for England.
Mr. W. Elliot, tha gentleman under whose super-
intendence the new dock was comlpleted, is ordered
to Gibraltar to superintend the works there.
Rear-Admiral Harvey has changed his fig in ;the
Ceylon from blue to white, on his promotion.
PORTSMOUTH, TBURSDAY.—The Mary Ann, India-
man, Captain Darke, arrived off this port this day,
from Madras, Aug. 3; Tranquebar, the 13th; Cape
of Good Hope, the 19th of October; and St. Helena,
the 27th, and landed passengers and mails, which
were forwarded to London this evening. Captain
Darke " cracked on " and made a splendid run,
bringing news eight days later from the Cape than
her Majesty's ship Eurydice, which will be found at
length elsewhere.
The Pantaloon, 8, Commander Hyde Parker, ar-
rived at Simon's-bay a day or two prior to the Hith
of October, and was immediately dispatched by the
Commodore to the Mozambique channel to relieve and
send back the Dee steam-troop vessel, as the Gover-
nor wanted to remove' troops, and could not do it
conveniently without that vessel.
The Castor, 36, Commodore Wyvill ; the Geyser
steam-sloop, Commander Brown ; the Seringapatam
store-ship, Master Commander Russell • and the
Neptune convict-ship, Surgeon-Superintendent Gib-
son, were lying in Simon's-bay, on the liith of Oct.
Mr. Monk, R.N., has come home in the Mary Ann,
from the Geyser.
The Fairy, royal yacht, Commander Crispin,
embarked Lord John Russell, the Premier, at the
Clarence-yard, Gosport, at 2 P.M. to-day, and con-
veyed his Lordship to Osborne to visit her Majesty.
His Lordship joined the royal circle at dinner this

evening.
The court of inquiry on board the Eurydice ter-
minated this afternoon at 2.15. The result has Lot
transpired.