The Sun.
London, England, 1847-01-12 00:00:00

The Conway, 26, Captain Kelly, sailed on the follow- 1
ing day for the Mauritius; and, on the same day, the
Thunderbolt steam-sloop, Commander Boyle, left for
Algoa Bay.
The President, 50, Captain Stanley, flag of Rear-
Admiral Dacres, was in Simon's Bay, and the squadron
on the station generally was healthy.
Letters from St. Helena to the 22d of November, and
Ascension to the 27th, inform us that those islands were
healthy.
The Thomas Arbuthnot convict ship, Captain
Thompson, sailed from Spithead this morning for Port
Philip, with a superior class of delinquents, officially
ailed " exiles." These are the first " exiles" sent to
l-e above settlement, which the inhabitants of that re-
spectable place are very wroth at, and have memorialised
the Government on the subject. The meat ingenious
trades and professions are carried on on board this ship;
in fact, we believe all trades in vogue have their repre-
sentatives on board. The most ingenious affair,
however, is a newspaper in manuscript, published
every Saturday, having its foreign and domestic corres-
pondence, advertisements, and indeed all the necessary
accessories to an apparently well-conducted journal.
The articles are 011 written and the arrangements well
made. The name of this paper is the Citadel, and the
conductors dub the captain of the ship " the governor."
The Citudc/ having no opponents enjoys a large circula-
tion. The editor is a man who has been of considerable
note in the legitimate literary world ; but all names and
circumstances in connexion with their present position
is strictly preserved secret vs th regard to these " exiles,"
the great majority of whom are juvenile offenders from
Millbank, Pentonville, and Parkhurst (Isle of Wight)
prisons.
The Kestrel is to be fitted for immediate commission,
it is reported, by Sir Godfrey Webster, Bart., Second
Lieutenant of the St. Vincent, for service on the North
American and West India stations, to relieve the Pickle
schooner. _ _ _

The Resistance troop-phip, Commander Lowe, sailed
yesterday morning at nine o'olock,'-with the head-quar-
ters division of the 36th Regiment, for Corfu.

The Dauntless screw steam-frigate, for 24 guns, was
masted in the basin yesterday, and afterwards docked,
to be coppered and fitted for commission.
The Albatross, 16, Commander Farquhar, is ordered
to Plymouth to be paid advance, and receive final orders.
The Lieutenant-Governor of this garrison, having re-
ceived a splendid mark of the estimation in which he is
held, from his friends and some of the inhabitants of
this district, on Tuesday last, in consequence of his re-
moval from this command by promotion, the friends and
admirers of Rear. Admiral Hyde Parker, C. 8., superin-
intendent of this dockyard, intend to get up a subscrip-
tion to present that gallant officer with a similar testi-
monial on his vacating his present onerous appointment,
at the *aspiration of his term (,rapidly approaching), as a
mark of their appreciation of his universal kindness to
all under his control ; his proverbial politeness to all
who have had occasion to seek an audience of him ; and
his condescending urbanity during the period he has
presided over the interests of this important dockyard.
The Thetis, 36, Captain Codrington, a beautiful new
frigate, built on the design and under the superintend-
ence of some members of the late Committee of the
Suppressed School of Naval Architecture, will sail for
Lisbon, it is expected, to-morrow, with officers and mi•
pernumerary seamen, and stores for Sir William Par-
ker's squadron. On her passage from Devonport to
Spithead, we are informed she had to beat up all the dis-
tance, but proved herself a dry and most excellent sea-
boat. On leaving the Sound the whole weight of her
provisions and stores was nearly 850 tons, when her
draught of water forward was 18 feet 10 inches ; aft.,
20 feet 4 inches ; mean, 19 feet 7 inches; heights of
ports from the water, forward, 9 feet 8i inches ; amid-
ships, 8 feet 1 inches; and aft., 9 feet. It is affirmed
that she is to compete in sailing and other qualities
vith the Inconstant, another crack frigate of 36 *guns,
tuilt oa the design of the late Rear-Admiral Hayes.
The Terrible and Retribution steam-ships are ordered
to proceed immediately with naval and other stores to
Ireland. The former is to be at Deptford to-morrow to
be fitted and stored ; the latter is beiug rapidly pre-
pared for the food service at this port by the officers and
crew of the Sidon. Lieutenant Murray is left in com-
mend of the Terrible at Sheerness.