The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-17 00:00:00

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child in his arms—three women were injured, and I
child scalded. The injured persons were sent to Bag-
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got-street Hospital on the arrival of the Bessy. - The above are the particular facts connected with
this sad affair ; in addition to which the following
general information was obtained :—When the first alarm
of fire was given, one of the steamer's boats was
lowered,• but the rush of people into her was so grab
that she swamped and almost all perished. The crew of
the steamer, with the exception of the captain, were all
saved ; and Parker states that the mate told' him the,
unfortunate gentleman could have saved himself, but
that he refused to abandon his vessel while there was
the most remote chance of saving her, and that he vowed
he would not stir until passengers and crew were all:
safe—a determination which cost him his life, for it
appears in the last extremity he took the life buoy and
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board, valued 100 guineas; the animal was burned.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 16.—This morning, about half-plet
five o'clock, a man-of-war steamer was seen making teat*
`Shithead from the eastward. About seven o'clock Arita
made ont to be a Portuguese, with the national'flag gyinge• -
She did not communicate with the port or the Recruit at
Spitbead, but made towards Cowes, heaving-to there for a
short time, and then hoisted foretopsail, and made all speed
towards the westward. This looked very suspicious, and as
there bare been directions received for the capture and de-
tention of two deserters of this description from the Queen
of Portugal, the Fairy, royal yacht, being the only steam-
vessel in port, was dispatched after her, taking some twelve'
marines and an assistant-surgeon from the Victoria and Al-
bert. Commander Crispin took the command of the expedi-
tion, and now the Fairy showed the value of her matchless
speed, as, although the Portuguese had two hours' start,
with the distance from Portsmouth harbour to Cowes be-
sides in her favour, the Fairy came up with her, and Com-
mander Crispin ascertained her to be a hired vessel, fated for
the service of the Queen of Portugal, and on her way to Lis-
bon. The circumstance created no small degree of bustle and
gossip during the absence of the Fairy.
The Dee steam-transport, Master-Commander Driver, ar-
rived most opportunely to-day from Ireland, just as the Re-
cruit, 12, Commander Slade, bad given up the attempt to get
into harbour under canvass, and towed her in.
The Myrtle steam-ressel, Master-Commander Balliston,
arrived to-day from Plymouth.
Sir Wm. gurnett, F.R.S., Director-General of the
Medical Department of the Navy, has been at this port dur-
ing the present week, making his official annual inspection
of the various medical departments.
In Harbour.—The St. Vincent, Victory, Excellent, Thetis,
Recruit, and Victoria and Albert; Fairy, Dee, and Myrtle
steam-vessels.
In Dock.—The Prince Regent, Leander, Ajax, Champion,
Serpent, and Undine.
In the Basin.—Britannia, Retribution, and Kestrel.
On the Slips.—Royal Frederick, 110; Princess Royal, 90;
and Arrogant, 46.
CHATHAM, APRIL 16.—The Arab, 16 guns, recently launched
from this yard, was taken into dock on the 14th inst.; she
was masted the day before, and she is to be fitted immediately
for commission.

The Semarang. 26 guns, fitted for a guard-ship for G ib al-
tar, is ordered to take a car.to of provisions for that port.
The Terpsichore, 18 gun corvette, and the Antelope steam-
packet, for the lonian Isles, have been taken in hand by the
dockyard, to be prepared for commission.
The Duck and the Rochester naval lighters arrived from
Plymouth and Portsmouth yards.
Air. James Helby and Mr. Joseph Chase, measurers of
Portsmouth yard, are to be removed to this jard, to be mea-
surers here; and Mr. William Hutchins, measurer in Devon-
port.yard, is to be measurer in this yard.
Woomicit, APRIL 16.—The Hydra steam-vessel, Com-
mander Morrell, has had her rigging taken down, and will
be paid off here in the early part of next week.
The Blenheim, 72-guns, fitted with a screw propeller, was
taken out of dock to-day, and the Amphion steam-frigate
will be taken into dock to-marrow. The Blenheim is to be
taken into the basin, to be made ready for trial down the
river.
The speed attained by the Rifleman wooden steam-vessel
during her last trial, on an average of four times down and
four times up the river, at the measured mile in Long
]:each, was about seven knots per hour; and the speed of the
Sharpshooter iron steam-vessel, under precisely similar cir-
cumstances, an the following day (Tuesday last), was about
nine-and-a-half knots; both vessels being fitted with screw
propellers.

. .
The Vixen steam-vessel was taken out of dock on Wed-
neslay, and the Black Eagle taken into dock yesterday and
out again yesterday afternoon, the injury she sustained by
touching a buoy in the harbour being of a rery trifling
nature.
The Princess Alice steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander
Scriven, has been taken into the basin, and her repairs are
( xpected to require about a month to complete them.
One of the galvanized iron blocks made by Lennox and Co.
was tested yesterday afternoon, with a hook of a stronger de-
scription than those formerly used. The chain passing through
the block broke on reaching a strain of five-and-a-half tons.
The block did not appear to be in the slightest degree affected
by this great strain, and the riveting of the hook to it re-
mained perfect. The wheel of the block, on being moved
mind, circulated with as much freedom as it did before the
trial—a proof that the steam had no influence on the axle—
or any part of the block to cause a derangement. It is a
F singular circumstance connected with these blocks, which
subsequently acquire such great power, that they are, when
first made, as brittle as glass, and require the greatest care
when handled by the workmen. The value of the invention
will be considerable to the navy it they are found to resist
the action of salt water and the spray they are liable to be
subjected to during sea voyages.