The Sun.
London, England, 1847-06-22 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY.—This day being the anni-
versary of her Majesty's accession to the throne, the
Howe and St. Vincent, at Spithead, dressed in colours,
and at one o'clock royal salutes were fired by the Vic-
tory, Vengeance, and Excellent, in harbour, the Plat-
form Battery, and the ships at Spithead.
The Vengeance, 84, Captain Lushington, being or-
dered some alterations in her magazines, &c., will be
necessarily detained in harbour some time longer to
complete them. Commander Oldham joined this ship
yesterday, and her First-Lieutenant, Mr. Rogers, joined
the St. Vincent, as first, also yesterday. This evening
the latter gentleman was entertained by his late brother
officers on board the Vengeance at a sumptuous dinner,
at which Captain Lushington honoured his officers with
his company.
Intelligence from the squadron on the Cape of Good
Hope station states that the Governor, Sir Henry Pot-
tinger, and Sir George Berkeley, were at Fort Peddle
on the 7th of April, the latter preparing for a forward
movement. The mouth of the Buffalo river was to be
converted into a port, and an officer of engineers had
been appointed to trace out a field work there. A ru-
mour was afloat that Pato had tendered his submission,
but that it could only be accepted on his unconditional
surrender. The President, .50, Captain Stanley, flag of
Rear-Admiral Dacres, Commander-in-Chief, was in
Simon's Bay on the 7th of April. The Eurydice, 26,
Captain Anson, bad left for Calcutta. Lieutenant-Co-
lonel Napier has returned to England.
By the same advices we have intelligence from the
Island of Ascension to the 29th of April, at which date
the Penelope steam-frigate, bearing the broad pendant of
Commodore Sir Charles Hotham, K.C.8., Commander-
in Chief ; the Actwon„ 26, Captain Mansel; the Larne,
18, Commander Brisbane; the Lily, 16, Commander
Newton; the Favourite, 18, Commander Murray; the
Pantaloon, 10, Commander Douglass; the Albatross,
16, Commander Farquhar; and the Tortoise, store and
guard ship, Captain Hutton, were lying there. Courts-
martial were pending, of which Captain Mansel was pre-
sident, on a paymaster and purser, and other officers and
men, for alleged drunkenness. The island and squadron
are healthy.
The Lively was under orders for England, via Sierra
Leone; the Albatross, for the Bight of Benin ; the
Larne, for Spithead, direct in a few days; the Pataloon,
for the West Indies; the Favourite, for the South Coast;
and the Snap. cutter, with victualling stores, for the
Bight. A few rollers had of late set in, and on the 27th
a boat was swamped and a seaman drowned.
We regret to state that in manning the yards on board
the Howe, on the return of the royal party in the Fairy,
yesterday, a young man named Patten, who was endea-
vouring to shin up the nsaintopgallant mast for the pur-
pose of manning the royal yard, lost his hold and fell
into the water, striking the yards below, and finally the
mainchains in his fall. He sunk instantly like a stone,
and was never seen afterwards, as we are informed.
The Seaflower cutter, Commander H. Damaresq, ar-
rived at:sunset on Friday, from cruising off the coasts
of Kent and Sussex, for the protection of the mackerel
fishery.
Rear-Admiral Superintendent H. Parker, C. 8., re-
turned from leave yesterday afternoon, and his flag was
re-hoisted on board the Excellent in the evening.
The Echo was undocked again and removed from the
basin yesterday afternoon. .

The following are the appointments for the past
week :

Lieutenants—R. T. Bedford, to Victoria and Albert
Royal yacht ; R. C. Whyte, to Vengeance ; J. 0. Ba-
thurst, to Vixen ; A. Hamilton, to be Flag-Lieutenant
to Rear-Admiral Sir C. Napier ; G. B. Jeffreys, to Ex-
cellent, vice Hamilton.

Masters—G. Filmer, to command the Kite ; J. D.
Pasco, to the Coast Guard.

Surgeon—H. Jamieson, to the San Josef.

Second Master—C. Burney, to the Kite.
Mates—F. J. D. D'Aguilar, to the Caledonia ; F.
Moresby, P. Chase, and R. B. Oldfield, to the Victoria
and Albert yacht.
Assistant-Surgeons—D. Carter, to the Victory ; H.
Slade, to the Caledonia ; H. Crocker, to the Seringapa-
tam convict ship ; E. Pearce, to the Cherokee ; F. Fre-
wan, to the Minos steam-vessels, on the Lakes of Canada.
Clerks—J. A. Messum, in charge, to the Acheron;
E. J. Gray, to the St. Vincent.
Midshipmen—P. Blakeston, to the Howe; A. Neale,
to the Excellent. _

Naval Cadet—C. H. Bramwell, to the Dragon.
Master's Assistants—R. D. Connor, to the Growler;
J. G. Budd, to the Kite. __ _

ROYalMarines—Second Lieutenants G. Bazalgette, E.
M'Cullum, and T. Potts, to the Plymouth division.
Coast Guard.—Appointments—Mr. J. T. Page (late
mate R.N.) to be in command of a station; Lieutenant
a Cox, R.N., to be in command of a station. Removals
—Lieutenant C. G. Clark, R.N., from Grand Redoubt to
Kingsdown, vice Lieutenant S. Morrish, R.N.; Mr. J.
Maude, from Khockadoon to Ballycroneen, vice Mr. J.
Harry; Mr. J. Harry, from Ballycroneen to Khocka-
doon, vice Mr. J. Maude.

PORTSMOUTH, MONDAY.—This morning the Undine
steam-yacht, Master-Commander Allen, was laid on the
graving slip alongside the dockyard, in order to afford
the Commander-in-Chief, and other distinguished
officers, an opportunity of inspecting her bottom and
examining the state of the composition with which it had
been put on to prevent the adhesion of rubbish. One
side of the vessel is coated with red lead, and the other
with this composition, which has now been exposed to
the action of the water since the 12th ult. On inspect-
ing the bottom of the vessel this morning, we found the
red lead covered with weeds, grass, barnacles, muscles,
and such like adhesive matters, the red lead acting as
nourishment to the growth of such obstacles to the vessel's
speed; whereas the composition side was clean and free
from all rubbish, except such as would immediately come
off on being slightly touched or acted upon by the water
when the vessel is in motion. The result, therefore, was
deemed eminently satisfactory, as far as all trials of this
new composition for the bottoms of iron vessels have
hitherto extended. The Undine was taken outside the
harbour when the tide floated her, and came in with her
composition quite clean,
We are happy to state that the young seaman Patten,
who fell from the topmast crosstrees of the Howe, 120,
at Spithead, on Saturday, while manning. yards for Prince
Albert, is alive Etnd well, having sustained but trifling
injuries by his tumble of upwards of 200 feet.
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