The Sun.
London, England, 1847-07-07 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, JULY s.—The following are the ships
at present ordered to form Sir C. Napier's squadron:—
Guns.

St. Vincent, Captain Milne, flag of Sir Charles
Napier, K.C.B.
Howe, Captain Sir James Stirling
Caledonia, Captain Dixon ...
Queen, Captain Sir H. Leeke
Vengeance, Captain Luahington
STEAMERS.

... 120
... 120
... 120
... 110
... 84

Horse-power.
Odin, Captain the Hon. D. Pelham ... ... 560
Dragon, Captain Hall ... 560
Avenger, Captain S. C. Dacres ... 650
Fury, Commander Caffin 515
Vixen, Commander Ryder .. 280
The Howe changed her berth this morning, and took
up her position in order to form the line of division in
which all the craft will anchor when assembled. _ The

10th is the day named as the day of muster, and it is
stated that the whole squadron will escort the Queen to
Scotland. The preparations on board the royal yacht
to receive her Majesty are continued without intermis-
sion. It is expected she will leave in a day or two for
Woolwich. _ _

The Vestal, 26, Captain Charles Talbot, is ordered to
Sheerness to be paid off, and will most probably sail
this evening, taking supernumeraries.
The Lily, 16, Commander Newton, is ordered to strip
and be paid off without further delay. It does not,
therefore, appear probable that any further inquiry
will take place as to the state of discipline on board of
her. _ _ _

The Rifleman steam gun-vessel has had her mast
taken out to-day, preparatory to being docked.
PLYMOUTH, JULY 3.—A court-martial assembled this
morning on board her Majesty's ship Caledonia, 120,
Captain Manly H. Dixon, at her moorings in the Sound,
for the purpose of trying James Pitts, Richard Head,
and Frederick Hiscocks, privates in the Royal Marines,
and belonging to her Nlajetty's troop-ship Resistance, 42,
Commander :Patey, lately returned from the Halifax
station with the 14th Regiment.
The Court consisted of the President, Sir John Louis,
Rear-Admiral of the Red, and Admiral-Superintendent
of this arsenal; Captain Manly H. Dixon, her Majesty's
ship Caledonia; Commander Charles Hall, and Com-
mander Charles F. S3homberg, of her Majesty's ship
Queen. Mr. William Eastlake was the officiating Judge-
Advocate. The gun for assembling was lined at Bin
the morning, the court was opened at 9, and sat until
half-past 4 o'clock.
The charges against James Pitts were, first, for de-
sertion on the 30th of June, 1847, at Halifax ; an
second, for stealing from Mr. Richards, clerk, her Ma-
jesty's troop-ship Resistance, seven shirts, two waist-
coats, and two handkerchiefs • from Mr. Gilpin, mas
ter's assistant, a scarf ; from ':Mr. Herford, naval cadet,
four shirts, one waiscoat, and a pair of trousers, part of
which was found on his person, and also a silver watch,
and 51. 14s. 6d., supposed to be stolen from a sergeant of

the 42d Highlanders.
Against Richard Head the first charge was for de
sertion at Halitax, on the 26th of May, 1847 ; and the
second, for stealing the same day from Thomas Cal-
laghan, first class boy, a blue cloth monkey jacket.
Frederick Hiscocks was accused of desertion at Halifax
on the 26th of May, 1847.
The Court decided, that " having heard the evidence
in support of the charges, as well as what the prisoners
have offered in their behalf, and very maturely and
deliberately considered the same, the Court is of
opinion that the charges have been proved against the
prisoners, James Pitts, Richard Head, and Frederick
Hiscocks, and the Court doth in consequence adjudge
the said James Pitts to recive fifty lashes with a cat- o -
nine tails on his bare back on board her Majesty's troop-
ship Resistance, to which he belongs, at such time or
times, and in such proportions as the Commander-in-
Chief of her Majesty's ships and vessels at Plymouth
shall direct. And the Court doth further adjudge the
said James Pitts to be imprisoned in her Majesty's gaol
in and for the county of Devon, at Exeter, for the space
of 18 calendar months, and during that time to be kept
to hard labour, and to be mulct of all pay due to him in
her Majesty's service, and to lose all the time which be
has served in the Royal Marines."
The Court also adjudged Richard Head to be impri-
soned 15 months, with hard labour, to be mulct of his
pay, and to lose bis time ; and Frederick Hiscocks to be
imprisoned 12 months, with hard labour, to be mulct of
his pay, and lose his time ; and they were so sentenced
accordingly. The three prisoners are young men, and
have not been very long in the service.
The Trinity steam-yacht, Bailey commander, came in
yesterday from London, coaled this morning, and pro-
ceeded forthwith for Padstow and Milford.
A great number of merchant vessels were in the
Channel yesterday and this morning. They are laden
principally with grain, beans, &c., and bound to the
eastward.
PORTSMOUTH, TUESDAY.—Rear-Admiral Sir Charles
Napier, K.C.8., &c., Commander in-Chief of the Chan
nel Squadron, gave a sumptuous entertainment on board
the St. Vincent, at Spithead, last evening to Admiral Sir
Charles Ogle, Bart., Commander-in-Chief of this port ;
Rear-Admiral Hyde Parker, C. 8., Superintendent of the
Dockyard ; Captain Pasco, of the Victory ; Captain
Chads, of the Excellent ; Captain Sir James Stirling, of
the Howe ; Captain Lushington, of the Vengeance ;
Captain Milne, of the St. Vincent ; Captain the Hon.
D. Pelham, of the Odin ; Captain Dacres, of the Avenger;
and Captain Talbot, of the Vestal.
The Lily, 16, Commander Newton, will be paid off
this week if possible. Her dismantling will be com-
pleted on Thursday.
The Vestal, 26, Captain C. Talbot, sailed at
5 o
this morning for Sheerness, to be paid off.
Devenport
The Netley tender arrived with men from number
of
last evening, and returned to-day with a 'Clock
su-
pernumeraries.

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THE "Dues OF DUTiltEeßr!..aAndt
has,
since she was
new steamer, Duke of Sutherland, 1
London passage, worthily
placed oa the Invernetsisos
of Napier, of Glasgow, as a
sustained the repute
f l and fast, as well as splendidly
powerlow high or low, she has never been
buildertinished
passagelid from London to Burghead in
an on her last homeward voyage she
behind her time;
accomplished
••
40 minutes, or, in 59 hours,
52 hours
.ohf vessels.
ecit
including stoppages,
to Inverses,. This is the quickest passage ever made.
The steamer is under the command of Capt. Anderson,
who is particularly fitted for the responsible position he
occupies.—lnverness Courier
Ent/inn/mu, JULY I.—The Edinburgh and Glas-
gow railway train, which reaches tho Edinburgh ter-
minus at half-past two, having brought the alarming in-
telligence that the venerable old fabric, the Town-hall
of Linlithgow, situated in front of the church and palace,
was in flames, a fire engine, accompanied by a brigade
of firemen, was instantly attached to the halt-past three
down train from Edinburgh, which reaches Linlithgow
at ten minutes past four. We regret to learn, however,
that at a quarter to five, when the up train from Gifts•
gow passed the station, the Town-house was still on fire.
and the flames had reached as high as the top of the
church steeple. The fire commenced early in the fore-
noon, and is supposed to have been occasioned by f
od the
burning rays of the sun igniting the old
'fvroom Edin-
roof where it commenced. The fire-engines .
. We re-
burgh was dispatched by order of Sheriff
wCihi)ch reached
gret to state that when the down train,
Edinburgh at half• past seven,
passeds still burning, but
i L.nlid)gow, at
twenty-five past six, the building
wa
almost completely burnt down,and the engines still
Mail.
playing upon it.--IVorth British M_
FRENCH Foazs.—One of the steamers arrived
from Boulogne has brought a number of live foxes of
, Er(4411 production, for Rile in this country.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, JULY 6.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—We have had a very slack market
to-day, and very little business has been transacted. The
sales are—Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 7% p.—Cher.
ter and Birkenhead, 40M—Ditto, Halves (iss. at 5 dis.),
20%—Great Northern, 1% dis. ex int.—Huddersfield and
Manchester, 2% p.—Ditto, Extension, % p.—Leeds and
Dewsbury, 5 p.—Liverpool and Newcastle Junction, 1% die.
ex int.—London and North-Western, 182—Ditto, Fifths,
15% p.—Ditto, Quarters (G. J.), 17% p.—Ditto, Quarters,
New, 114 p.—Manchester and Leeds, Halves (late Hnd.
and Shelll),3M p. ex int.—Ditto, Fifths, 5 p.—Ditto, Halves
(late Liverpool and Bury), 3% p.—Ditto, Fifths (late West
Riding Union), % p.—Manchester, &c., Quarters, 1 die.
ex int.—Ditto, 201. Shares, 2% dis. ex int.—Midland, 401.
Shares, 48%—Ditto, New, Halves, 4% p.—North Stafford-
shire, 34 p.—Shrewsbury and Chester New, 3 p.—South-
Eastern and Dover, Thirds, 3s. 9d. dis. ex int.—York and
Newcastle, Preference, 4% p.—South Yorkshire, Doncaster
and Goole, par.
MANCHESTER, AMT. 6.
_ _

STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction, 7% p.—Blackburn, Clitheroe, &c., Preferen-
tials, 3 3-16 p.—Derby, Stafford, and Worcester, 1 dis.—
Eastern Counties, 2l—East Lancashire, New, s dis.—Ditto,
New (scrip), 1/8 p.—Edinburgh and Glasgow, Quarters, 17—
Exeter and Exmouth, % dis.—Great Northern, 1 7-16 dia.
—Leeds and Thirsk, Preferentials, i c. dis.—Manchester,
Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, IA3 dis. —Manchester and
Leeds, 321. Shares (late Extensions), 5-16 p.—Ditto, Fifths
(late West Riding Union), p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and
Lincolnshire (Grimsby 50/. Shares), 64 dis,—Ditto (Shef-
field and Lincolnshire), 2% dis.—North British, Extension,
p.—North StaffordAhire, p.—Oldham Alliance, 1-16 p.
—South-Eastern and Dover, 11u.2, 5-16 p.—Ditto, No. 4,
dis.

LEEDS, JULY 6.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate. Notting-
ham, and Boston, 255. n. dis.—Eastern Counties, York Ex.
tension, 7s. 6d. dis.—East Lancashire, New, 4s. die.—Ditto,
New Scrip, 2s. 6d. p.—East and West Yorkshire, 255. dis.
—Huddersfield and Manchester, 2.4 p.—Leeds and Dews-
bury, 54 p.—Leeds and Think, 54 die.—Ditto, Preference,
12s. s. dia.—Manchester and Leeds, 321. Shares, 7s. n. p.—
Ditto (West Riding Union), Bs. p.—North British, Exten-
sion, 3s. 6d. p.—North Staffordshire, 34 p.—North-Went-
ern, 255. dis.—Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole, 14 die.
SHEFFIELD, JULY 6. _

STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—East Lancashire, New
Scrip, % p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 91—.
Ditto (Grimsby and Sheffield), 7s. dis.—Ditto, 20/. Shares,
dis.—Ditto (Sheffield and Lincoln), 535. dis.
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, JULY 6.

STOCK EXCEULTNGIL—The sales are—Buckinghamshire,
dis.—Caledonian, New, 9s. dis.
HULL, JULY 6. _ _

STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—Manchester and Leeds

( West Riding Union), 9s. p.—North British, Quarters, 955.
—Ditto, Extension (scrip), 3s. 9d. p.—South Staffordshire,
die.—South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole, die.

EDINBURGH, JULY 5
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 301. 12s.
6d.-Airdrie and Bathgate, 31. 10s.-Arbroath and Forfar,
261. 103.-Ditto, Halves, 141. 10s.-Ayr and Galloway, 21.
10s.-Caledonian, 301. 155.--Ditto, New, 21. U.-Caledonia'
and Dumbartonshire, 14 155.-Clydesdale Junction, 491.-
Deeside, 3/. 55.-Dunblane, Doune, and Callender, 11. 7a. 6d.
-Dundee and Arbroath, 371. 10s.-Ditto, New, No. 1, 281.
7s. 6d.-Ditto, New, No. 2, 30/. 7s. 6d.-Ditto, New, No.
3, 31. 2s. 6d.-Dundee and Perth, 321. 155.-Ditto, New,
131.-Eastern Counties, 201. 17s. 6d.-Ditto, York Exert-
sion, 71.-East of Fife, 11. 18s.-Edinburgh and Bathgate,
71. 10s.-Edinburgh and Glasgow, 691.-Ditto, Halves, 221.
IN.-Ditto, Quarters, 17/. 2s. 6d.-Edinburgh, Leith, and
Granton, 191. 2s. 6d.-Ditto, Preference, 201. 10s.-Edin-
burgh and Northern, 181. lls. 3d.-Ditto, New, 3/. 158.
6d.-Ditto, Newport, 71. 10s.-Ditto, ditto, New, 21. 1221.-
Edinburgh and Perth (New Co.), 1/. 3s. 6d. -Glasgow and
Ayrshire, 1201. 10s.-Ditto, New Stock, 421. 25.", 6d.-Ditto,
Halves, No. 1,8/. 195.-Ditto, Halves, No. 2, 61. 155.-
Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 5/. 7s. 6d.-Glasgow and
Garnkirk, 40/.-Glasgow and Greenock, 19L-Ditto, New,
9/. 10s.-Ditto, Preference, Si. 2s. 6d.---Glasgow, Kilmarnock,
and Ardrossan, 4/. 55.-Great North of Scotland, 1/. 17s. 6d.
-Newcastle and Berwick, 29/. 10s.-North British, 32/.
2s. 6d.-Ditto, Halves, 151. 55.-Ditto, Thirds, 2/. 12s. 6d.-
Ditto, Quarters, 4/. 12s. 6d.-Ditto, New Quarters (scrip),
153. 9d.-Ditto, Fifths, 6/. 10s.-Scottish Central, 271. 15s.
-Scottish Grand Junction, 195.-Scottish Midland, 181.-
Stirling and Dunfermline, Si. 55.-Stirling and Midland, 2/.
65.-Wishaw and Coltness, 494-York and Newcastle, 381.
153.-Ditto, New, 171. 2s. 6d.-Ditto, Preference, 12/. 17s.
6d.-Direct Bombay and Madras, 2s. 3d.-East Indian, 58.
-Great North of India, 2s. 6d.-Great Southern of Madras,
25.-Madras, Nellore, and Arcot, Is. 6d.
GLASGOW, JULY 5.

STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Aberdeen, 3014—Ayr
and Galloway, 49s.—Caledonian, New, 41s. 6d.--Direct
Bombay and Madras, 2s. 3d.—Dundee and Perth, Quarters,
675. 6d.—East Indian, ss. 3d.—East Lothian Central, 40s.—
Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 120%—Ditto, Halves, No.
2, 61. lls.—Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 51. 7E6—Glas-
gow and Greenock, 19—Ditto, Halves, 95A—Manchester
and Southampton, 16s.—Ditto, New, 22s.—Wishaw and
Coltness, 49% —York and Newcastle, Preference, 121.85.