The Sun.
London, England, 1849-09-08 00:00:00

IN COMMISSION AND REFITTING.

In Harbour—The Victory and Illustrious flag-ship,
the Excellent gunnery-ship, the Blenheim steam-or-
dinary ship. the Arrogant steam-frigate, and the appren-
tices' brig Rolla, and the Dragon, Cormorant, Victoria
and Albert, Fire Queen, Fairy, Myrtle, and Echo,
steamers.

At Spithead—The Superb, 80.
In Dock—The Princess Charlotte, Fox, Actaeon,
Dauntless, Devastation, and Encounter, refiiting.
In the Basin—The Rodney, Spbynx, Polyphemus,
contest, and Elfin.

In the Steam Basin—The Ajax, Sidon, &Al*
Penelope, Scourge, Blazer, and Urgent.
Wind—N.E., fresh brews and fine weather.

PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 6.—The ship Eliza, Captain Cory,
from Bombay, for London, was off ,his port to-day, and
landed passengers—Lieutenant Burton, 18th Regiment
Bombay Native Infantry, and servant; and Mr. Robert
Hicks, the surgeon of the ship. The Eliza is laden with
a general cargo, including linseed, coffee, cotton, guns,
&c. She Ballet:ion the Ist of April, and on the 29th
Captain Frazer, of her Majesty's 29th Regiment, died
of dysentery, and was buried at sea. The Eliza touched,
on the 28th of July, at St. Helena, from which island
one of her Majesty's steamers (the Spitfire) sailed the
day previous, having landed there about GOO I s.aven taken
on the coast of Africa. The merchant ship Eliza (one
of Brockl,banks') was offering to convey the slaves to
the West Indies, and would probably be engaged for
that purpose.
Wind east; smart breeze.

PEMIROKE.—The Royal Dockyard Brigade, Pem-
broke, was inspected on Monday last by Colonel-Com-
mandant Sir T. S. Pasley. The brigade was drawn up in
line, the artillery battalion on the right, the infantry on
the left. After being minutely inspected, the Ist and 3d
companies of artillery and the infantry battalion were
formed in open column under the command of Lieute-
nant-Colonel Abethell, and marched past in slow and
quick time. The infantry battalion then went through
a number of mauceuvres; and the Colonel-Commandant
expressed his satisfaction at the efficiency of the men,
and complimented Lieutenant-Colonel Abethell on the
excellent style in which the evolutions had been per-
formed. The 2d company of artillery then advanced
with a field-battery of 9-pounder brass guns and one 24-
pounder howitzer, under the command of Captain Kne-
bone, and performed a series of evolutions. The
Colonel-Commandant then inspected the Ist company of
artillery at the garrison gun exercise, and-the boat
company at the ship exercise; and in conclusion de-
clared himself much pleased at the manner in which all
the evolutions and exercises were performed.
CHATHAM, SEPT. 7.—The Phaeton, 50 guns, was
yesterday towed to Sheerness by the Advice and
Pigmy steam-vessels, to be fitted for commission at
that port.

The Boscawen, 70 guns, ordered to be navigated to
Sheerness, is now to remain in ordinary at this port.
The ship Elizabeth Young, from St. Petersburgh, has
arrived with a cargo of hemp for the dockyard.
Mr. John Rowland has been appointed superintend-
ing leading man at the Metal Mills in this yard, vice
Mr. W. Watson, superannuated.
WoomvicH, SEPT. 7.—The shipwrights of this dock-
yard commenced converting timber yesterday at the
saw mills for the San Fiorenzo frigate, of 50 guns, which
is ordered to be built in the slip from which the Nankin
50-gun frigate, will be launched in the course of next
month.

A number of workmen are employed on the Minx, for
the purpose of placing the screw-propeller abaft the rud-
der, the rudder being intended to work in the vacancy
where the screw-propeller used to revolve formerly. The
shaft of the screw-propeller is now made to dip con-
siderably at the stern, and to such an extent that the
flanges when revolving will be about two feet below the
level of the keel of the vessel, and the rudder will only
extend downwards to the upper part of the shaft.
The Firebrand steam-vessel had her steam up to-day
to try her engines, and they worked very well. She
has been fitted with new boilers on a plan introduced by
Mr. Atherton, formerly chief engineer at this dockyard,
and now chief engineer at Devonport dockyard. The
plan consists in having the tubes of the boilers to return
in a syphon-like form, which gives a far greater degree
of heat than when they were straight and entered direct
into the chimney. The engine-room was very hot, but
that might be remedied very easily by putting up two
screens similar to the iron shutters now generally used
in large establishments. These screens could be run up
easily when the stokers found it requisite to feed the fur-
naces, and when down they would keep the engine-room
cool, and if made to fall only so low as to allow a space of
two feet at the bottom, the draught of the furnaces would
beid
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swould throw back on the boilers would also save a con-
siderable per tentage in the consumption of coals, and
in hot climates the application would be of the utmost
importance In preserving the health of the engineers and
stokers.

The Messrs. Penn have just finished the four boilers
intended for the Magicienne steam-frigate, of 400 horse
power, at present in the East India Docks at Black wall,
and they are to be launched and floated down the River
on Tuesday next.
The Sapphire, one of the Gravesend passenger boats,
when coming up the River, was driven by the force of
the tide into collision with the Salsette receiving ship
opposite Woolwich dockyard, and the Sapphire had her
paddle-boxesinjured by the concussion, the Salsette being
firmly moored. The passengers were greatly alarmed,
and were landed at the North Woolwich-pier. The
rudder of a barge was also carried away when the Sap-
phire became unmanageable.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MAR YLEBONE.

Two very respectably dressed women, who gave their
names Sophia Stanniore and Eliza Connell, were placed
at the bar before Mr. Long, charged with being utterers
of counterfeit coin.

On the previous evening, at a quarter to eight, the
prisoners went to the shop of Mr. Woodward, a fish-
monger in Spring-street, Paddington, and purchased
some salmon, in payment for which Stanmore tendered
to Mr. Woodward a crown piece. He informed her
that it was a bad one, when she said (addressing her
companion),
_" Oh dear me I we must have taken it

froni the butcher, and we'll go back and get it changed."
They paid for the fish and went away together, followed
by Mr. Woodward, who was determined to ascertain
whether they would off.-r the same piece to any other
tradesman or not ; and after he had kept watch upon
them for a considerable distance, they entered the shop
of Mr. Allen,:a haberdasher in the Edgware-road, where,
as it was shown by evidence, they selected some flowers
to the amount of 644., and endeavoured, as in the for-
mer instance, to pass off the same spurious coin. Mr. Allen,
after being paid for the flowers in good money, gave the
prisoners into custody in consequence of Mr. Wood-
ward having taken the opportunity of mentioning to him
while they were making the purchase that they had
paid him (Mr. Woodward) a visit just before. Upon
the prisoners being searched at the station-horse,
genuine coin, to the amount of between 13s. and 145.,
was found upon Connell. The prisoners, when asked
by the inspector where they lived, refused to give any
information to him upon the subject.
They had now no answer to make to the charge, and
the Magistrate remanded them till Thursday next.