The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-30 00:00:00

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NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 28.—The Hibernia, 104, Capt.
ichards, flag of Vice-Admiral Sir W. Parker, Com-
'ander•in-Chief in the Mediterranean; the Trafalgar,
20, Captain Nott; the Canopus, 84, Captain Moresby ;
Lnd the Phcenix screw-sloop, Commander Dennis, were
iff Lisbon on the 19th inst.

The Jackal steam-sloop, Lieutenant-Commander Wes-
tern, left Lisbon for Athens on the 16th inst.
The Amazon, 20, Captain Stopford, arrived at Port
Mahon on the 7th inst., and remained on the lath, ex-
pecting to be stationed there some time.
The Nautilus, 10, Lieutenant-Commander Rivers,
sailed from Lisbon for Oporto on the 18th inst.
The Admiralty have ordered a trial to be made on the
Champion, 18, refitting in this dockyard, of the metal
for sheathing manufactured by Mr. Muntz, M.P., of
Birmingham.
The Admiralty have ordered, on the suggestion of
Commander Sherringham, of the Dasher surveying-
vessel, a nautical mile to be measured in the Southamp-
ton Water, to be marked by sign-posts, for steamers to
test their rate of speed by.
The Sidon sailed this afternoon for her cruise, with a
brisk westerly wind blowing. If we may trust to ap-
pearances, there is great probability of some weather
that will " try" her severely.
The Retribution steam-frigate has been totally dis-
mantled and brought alongside the sheer jetty, appa-
rently with the view of removing her masts. Her arma-
ment still remains.

The Sphynx is ordered to be token to Woolwich, in-
stead of Deptford, as at first ordered.

A letter from the Curacoa, 24, Captain Broughton,
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just come to hand, dated Rio, Jan. 20th, says "The
French seem determined to finish the war at Otaheite.
Three 50-gun frigates have passed through Rio within
the last week on their way to Otaheite, with troops on
board We expect to be home by the end
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of March or the beginning of April."
The Fbiry is being coated on the bottom with com-
position, but is not undergoing any refitment, or having
a new screw applied, or indt ed receiving any other ser-
vice at the hands of the dockyard officers than that
above stated.

AlAtter' 20.—The Salamander steam-sloop, acting
Commander Ricketts, left early this morning for Wool-
wich, orders having come down last night for her to
proceed thither; apparently, therefore, no court-martial
will take place, and the truth or falsehood of the nume-
rous reports of cruelty and oppression practised on board
this ship will never be publicly known. This mode of
stifling open investigation may be wry satisfactory to
the powers who have ordered the Salamander to be paid
off, but it is not satisfactory to the public atter what had
oozed out, and leaves a bad impression, as the worst
construction is put upon the motive. It is unfair, too,
towards both officers and men in the ship. Since she
has been in harbour her crew have behaved with the
most praiseworthy order and decorum, which is highly
to their credit, considering they have been absent from
England five years, and may naturally be imagined to
wish to get ashore and have their spree. It also shows
good care of them by their offices..
The Portland, 50, under the temporary command of
Commander Sehomberg, of the Queen, sailed this morn-
ing from the harbour direct for Cork with 3,500 bags of
meal and biscuit for the " relief service." It is said she
will call at Plymouth, and make up her cargo with
seed corn.

The Sphynx sailed last night for Woolwich.
A board of Admiralty is expected here on' ednesday.
The Anna Maria (Indiaman), Captain Taylor, arrived
in the night from Calcutta. On the 19th inst.. in lat. 44
N., long. 20 W., she experienced a hurricane from S.W.
to W.N.W., which continued for three successive days.
The sea swept her decks, stove in cuddy, carried away
stanchions. lost all her boats, bulwarks, and had every-
thing washed from off her decks. Part of the cargo was
thrown overboard, and her anchor parted to lighten the
ship. Three men were washed out of the waist, and two
of them were washed back again upon the poop; a sol-
dier and sailor, however, were drowned—the former
being washed away from the pump. She has anchored
at the Mother-bank, but sails this evening for Gravesend,
where she will disembark her troops (detachments of
the 39th, from Calcutta, under the command of Lieut.
J. F. Dalrymple). She called at St. Helena on the 6th
ult. The island was very healthy, but there were no
men-of- war there.

PLYMOUTH, MARCH 27.—The schooner Mayflower,
Captain John Uran, arrived this morning with about
460 quarters of wheat, shipped at Villa Viciosa and
Gijon; left on the 18th inst. So much has the price of
provisions advanced, that the Spanish peasantry were
about to rise, and the Mayflower, with her forehatch
not battened down, was, in consequerce, hastily towed
by hired boats out of the harbour. The brig Ceres, of
Poole, was the only vessel remaining at Gijon. She is
about half laden. The populace have come down from
the country, and, for the present, prevented her further
loading, but the Gijon merchants have presented a me-
morial to the Governor General of the provino (As-
toria) to secure the completion of her cargo. From
Saturday night, the 20th, to Wednesday,
,the 24th, the
Mayflower experienced a terrific gale, which shifted her
cargo, threw the vessel nearly on her beam-end), and
compelled them to wear ship every four hours. On
Sunday night one of her hands, John Barrier, aged 22,
a Spanish native of Gibraltar, !or some explained cause,
attempted self-destruction by cutting his throat. When
apparently at the point of death he signed a declara-
tion, in the presence of the otli2ers and crew, fully
exonerating all on board from being in any way im-
plicated in the rash act. Barrier is likely to recover.

FATAL AFFRAY IN TIM DARK.
Yesterday au inquest was held, by adjournment, be-
fore Air. W. Baker, Coroner, at the Grave Mariner,
Whitt chapel-road, respecting the death of Samuel Salter,
aged 31 years, late a porter in Leadenhall Market, who
died in the London Hospital on Tuesday morning last
of injuries he received in an affray with a man named
Charles Frenkish, a carpenter, who is in eust,dy, and
has been remanded on a charge of wilful murder by Mr.
Yardley, one of the Thames-police magistrates. The
particulars of the case appeared in the Thames police
report on Wedncs( ay last. Mr. Pelham, solicitor, at-
tendtd on the part of the accused. From the evidence
it appeared that the deceased resided with Frenkish at
No. 24, London-terrace, Commercial-road East. For
some time past be had been leading a very dis-
sipated life, and was constantly in a state of in-
toxication. On Friday, the 19th instant, he was
drinking with several companions during the day,
and towards the evening he became very much
intoxicated. About eight o'clock the same evening
he went into the Mackworth Arms, where he remained
until twelve o'clock, drinking and fighting with several
persons. He then left the house, and being unable to
walk, he was assisted home by Mrs. Frenkish ; he was
very violent, and fell heavily to the ground several times.
On reaching home he abused Mrs.Frenkish, and struck her
a blow on the chest. Shortly afterwards Frenkish re-
turned home and accused him with striking his wife,
The deceased said he had, and instantly struck Frenkish
a violent blow on the mouth. An altercation then took
place between them, and they fought for several minutes
in the kitchen. A policeman named Head was called in,
and they then agreed to tight On the following morning.
Frenkish then retired to his bedroom, and the deceased
again began to abuse him. They then fought for several
minutes in the dark, and during the struggle a table
was broken. The deceased bled most profusely from
the mouth, and in the morning he was con-
veyed to the London Hospital. He remained
there about an hour, when he left the hoepital and
returned to his lodgings. During the day he continued
to get worse, and he was again conveyed to the London
Hospital, where he expired on the following Tuesday.
Mr. John Day, house-surgeon to the Loudon Hospital,
stated, that when the deceased wes brought to the hos-
pital he appeared to be in a state of irdoxication. The
upper part of his body was most frightfully discoloured
and bruised. He had since made a po-t mortem examina-
tion of the body, and found the intestines very unh,althy.
The liver was of an enormous size, and weighed upw anis of
five pounds, the ordinary weight being about two pounds.
The appearance of the stomach indicated that the deceased
had been a great drunkard. The immediate cause of
death was an effusion of blood on the brain, caused by
violence, he had no doubt from blows. A fall might
cause an effusion of blood on the brain.
Tne CORoNER then summed up at great length, and,
after a long consultation, the jury returned an open ver-
dict, that the deceased " Died from an effusion of blood
on the brain, from violence, but how it was caused there
was no satifactory evidence before the said jurors."
The inquiry lasted seven hours.

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COAST DEFENCSS OF SCOTLAND.—TIIO annexed
return embraces a list of the various guns mounted on the
different castles on the coast of Scotland and the estuaries:—
Edinburgh Castle—nine 24-pounders, six 18-pounders, nine
12-pounders, sevea 6-pounders, and two 8-inch mortars ;
total, 33. Stirling Castle—six 12-pounders, eleven P.
pounders, and twelve 6-pounders; total, 29. Dumbarton
Castle—three 18-pounders, nine 12-pounders, one 9-pounder,
and four 6-pounders; total, 17. Leith Fort—tire 24-
pounders, four 16-pounders, and one 10-inch mortar; total,
10. Fort George—seven 24-pounders, eight 18-pounders,
eight 12-pounders, two 6-pounders, and two 13-inch mortars ;
total, 27. Fort Charlotte—eight 18-pounders, and four 32-
pounder carronades; total, 12. Fort William—twelve 12-
pounders. Rothsay Castle (Isle of Bute)—five 18-pounders.
Grand total for Scotland, 145 guns. It will be observed front
the above return that with the exception of a few guns,
mortars, and carronades, at Leith Fort, Edinburgh Castle,
Fort George, and Fort Charlotte, the whole of the guns in
Scotland are of exceedingly light calibre, and almost unfit
for the improved state of modern warfare. The attention of
the authorities has not yet, we understand, been drawn to
the coast defences of Scotland, but a total revision is likely
to take place shortly in the character of this armament, or.
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at least, a material increase in the number of guns of h
Baron de Bode, 'with important dispatches from
Russia, Russia, arrived in London on Saturday morning by the Sir
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master, like the old, are to be soldiers still.— United Service
Gazette.

M. E. Arago, the avocet, son of the celebrited
astronomer, and his aunt, Mme. Arago, have recently had
an almost miraculoue escape from destruction. Whilst going
from Perpignan to Estagel their carriage had to pass on tho
brink of a deep ravine, and, having passed too close, it
turned over, and, fell from a height of eighteen metres, drag-
ging the horse with it. The vehicle was dashed to pieces;
but, strange to relate, M. Arago sustained no injury beyond
a few bruises. His aunt's head was cut, but not seriously,
and the horse escaped unhurt.—French Paper.
SOCIETY OF ARTS —Last evening the third soiree
of this society took place, to inspect the select specimens of
recent British manufactures which ha`•e keen lately open tci,
i the public.