The Sun.
London, England, 1849-06-27 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

Commander Aldham, late of the Vengeance, 81, in
the Mediterranean, and now of the Superb, 80, at Ports-
mouth, is appointed to commission the Swift 10. gun
brig (lat.ly employed as a packet between England and
the Brazils), at Devonport, tor special service. Her des-
tination is the South Pacific, to join the squadron under
Admiral Hr.raby, but as her route is stated to be via
the Cape and Van Diemen's Laud instead of via the
Brazils and round Cape Horn, the supposition has arisen
that she will convey the Irish convicts, Smith O'Brien
and others, to the above penal settlement.
Her Majesty's yachts Victoria and Albert, and Fairy,
will be quite ready far orders for sea, at Portsmouth, to-
morrow.
COURT-MARTIAL —A court-martial will be held at
Portsmouth, on F. idly, to try Commander Lewis de
Teissier Prevost, of her Majesty's brig Pantaloon, on
certain charges preferred by the Admiralty, connected
with the late stranding of her Majesty's brig Ranger, at
Puerto Grande Bay, Cape de Verd Islands.
The quarterly inspection of the artizans and others of
Portsmouth Dockyard was made yesterday by Rear-
Admiral Superintendent 11. Prescott, C.B.
THE NORTH POLAR EXPEDITIONS.—Letters were de

livered yesterday from her Majesty's discovery ship
North Star, brought by her Majesty's steamer Strom-
boli, which was sent to expedite her passage by towing,
dated off Cape Farewell, June 7, at which point the
Stromboli took leave of her. The North Star was then
steadily progressing, at the rate of six knots -an hour,
towards the ice. All well. .

WOOLWICH, JUNE 26.—The Elfin steam-vessel is ex-
pected hourly at Woolwich, from Chatham, to be held
in readiness to convey his Royal Highness Prince Albert
to Gravesend, en route to Chatham, on the day the siege
operations will take place at that port.
The Black Eagle, stem-vessel, Master-Commander
S. B. Cook, is to be held in readiness to convey the
Lords of the Admiralty, and a party of about fifty of
their friends, to Gravesend, on the same day. Their
Lordships and party will land in the morning at Graves-
end, and proceed by railway to Rochester, and the Black
Eagle will go round to Chatham to convey their Lord-
ships cn their return to town. The whole of the ex-
penses which will be incurred by the trip in the Black
Eagle will be defrayed from their private resources, and
it is worthy of being known to the public that when
Commodore Sir Gordon Bremer proceeded in the Mon-
key steam-vessel to witness the siege operations at Chat •
ham on a former occasion, the gallant officer defrayed all
the expenses of the trip, including the cost of the coals
consumed during the passage.
The Otter, steam-vessel, was taken out of the basin
to day, and will leave on Thursday for the Holyhead
station, where she will remain in charge of a second
master of the royal navy, to serve as a reserve vessel, in
case of any accident or repairs being required in any
of the other regular mail steamers.

ROYAL GARDENS VAUXHALL.
GREAT SUCCESS OF THE WATERLOO FETE.
VISIT OF HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF WEL-
LINGTON.
The grani fete in commemoration of the battle of
Waterloo was, on Monday night, repeated at Vauxhall,
with additional preparations. The gardens were crowded
with rank and fashion, testifying that Waterloo is still a
" magic word " for Englishmen. During the perform-
ance the veteran hero, whose name is imperishably
blended with it, was present, a place being fitted up for
him on the Waterloo ground, and no doubt the idea con-
siderably heightened the effect. The whole amusements
of the evening seemed given and enjoyed with extraor-
dinary spirits, and the performance was rapturously ap-
plauded. The fireworks were of surpassing splendour,
and when, at their conclusion, amidst volleys of rockets,
and showers of falling stars and fiery serpents, the illu-
minated painting of the Duke, surrounded
by standard and bouquets of brilliant light,
became developed, his Grace was greeted with
three hearty cheers. His Grace, accompanied by the
Marchioness of Douro and the Ladies Ramsey, arrived
almost at the opening of the doors, and were received by
the proprietors and shown over the royal property. His
Grace on entering inquired after the electric light, in
which be was particularly interested, and entered into a
lengthened discussion of its merits with Mr. Pearce, the
inventor. There was a most respectable and numerous
attendance. In addition to the distinguished visitors
above mentioned we observed the Duke of Cleveland,
Lady West, the Earls of Munster and Lichfield, Lord
Strathmore, Lord Hanelagb, Lord Adolphus Fitzcla-
rence, Lord A. Lennox, General Woolf, and many other
persons of distinction.

SIR B. HALL AND THE ST. PANCRAS REFORM
ASSOClATlON.—Considerable sensation has been excited
in the borough of Marylebone in consequence of a letter
written by the secretary of the St. Pancras Parliamen-
tary and Financial Reform Association, Mr. Howell, to
Sir Benjamin Hall, dated June the 14th inst., enclosing
a copy of a resolution passed at a meeting of the
e caossmo.-
ciation held the previous evening, appointing
csittee of ten members of the association to prepare a
requisition calling upon Sir 13. Hall to pay mere atten-
tion to the interests of his constituents or resign the re-
presentation of the borough. To this communication
Sir B. Hall replied, and desired the secretary to furnish
him with the names and addresses of the ten members
of the committee; but as no answer was returned to that
reply, the Hon. Member wrote again to the secretary
on the 25th of June inst., in which last letter, after ob •
serving be had been informed that less than 30 persons
out of a constituency of 17,000 registered electors were
present when the resolution was passed, he says he has
no hesitation in declaring that he shall not accede to the
proposition to resign his seat; that he has had a seat in
the House of Commons for nearly twenty years, during
twelve of which he has represented the borough of
Marylebone, and discharged his duty to his constituents
to the best of bis ability, never having swerved from
any political opinion he has expressed; that he has pre-
served the local rights and privileges of his constituents
unimpaired, and that his time has always been at
their service ; that for little more than four months
he has been unable to attend his Parliamentary
duties, in consequence of a severe visitation of
the Almighty ; that the association acted to-
wards him as if a Member for Marylebone
was not to be subject to the dispensations of Pro-
vidence, or was the only description of being who, when
suffering from illness, was not to have time allowed for
recovery, and that be, Sir B. Hall, had received letters
of the warmest assurance of sympathy from all parts of
the borough. The matter has given rise to great in-
dignation, as the requisition alluded to is considered in
most quarters an unwarrantable assumption on the part
of a few persons to dictate to the representive Of it con-
• atitaeney of upwards of 17,000 voters.