The Sun.
London, England, 1847-06-26 00:00:00

NAVAL IN'TELLIGENCE.%

PORTSMOUTH, FRIDA Y. —A squiCron comprising the
St. Vincent, 120, Captain Milne, flag of hear-Admiral
Sir Charles Napier, K.C.B. ; the Howe, WO, Captain
Sir James Stirling ; the Caled‘mia, 120, C4tain M. H.
Dixon ; the Queen, 110, Captain Sir 11. Leeke ; the
Vengeance, 84, Captaiti. S.,Lushingterp ; and a stedm-
frigate to each line-of-batflgiihip;ia4rdeised to assemble
at Spithead within a fortnight (the two first-named are
already there) ; and, in order that the departure of these
ships and vessels upon their " experimental'. trip may
not be impeded by the want of men a moment 100 der
than is absolutely necessary, the Admiralty have order.'9:l
that any men not seamen desirous of entering the navy,
shall be immediately entered. For this purpose ren-
dezvous have been this day opened on the Common
Hard, Portseii, and in the Victory, for the entry of all
able-bodied persons willing to volunteer to do duty on
board ship : accordingly placards of which the following
is a copy, are numerously and conspicuously exposed on
all the publ.c buildings, the dock-gates, at the N.arious
rendezvous, &c.

" Wanted, for her Majesty's ships. St. Vincent, I'2o,
Ho% e, 120, Queen, 110, Caledonia, 120, and Vengeahce,
84, ablebodied seamen, and men accustomed to ti-diing-
vessels or boats, as ordinary seamen, or landsmen. Ap-
ply at :he Row•barge Tavern, Common Hard ; or on
board her Majesty's ship Victory.
" JOHN PASCO, Captain.
" Her Majesty's ship Victory, June 24."
This is an advance in the right direction in the endea-
vour to get the ships manned ; too much picking and
choosing has been of late the practice with officers of
ships fitting out, who are too apt to indulge in the for-
bidding notice, " None but the best need apply," when
calling for seam( n. If ships cannot be manned by ready-
made seamen, they must be manned by such as may be
willing to serve the Queen afloat. There is plenty of
ttio " raw material" in the country, which, with a liqle
judicious trimming, may be made quite as available for
all the purposes required as the old stock. Seamen are
not scarce—they only want encouragement.
The Resistance troop-ship,
Commander G. Lowe, ar-
rived this morning at Spithead with the 14th Regiment
from Halifax. Orders were awaiting her on her arrival
to proceed with as little delay as possible to Plymouth
to disembark the troops.
The Diligence naval transport, which arrived here an
Sunday, brought field pieces, boat guns, tumbrils, slides',
&c., for the use of the boat brigade and artillery com
panics of the dockyard battalion. These have been
lauded to-day. She brought also a set of drums and
bugles for the corps. Last evening the boat brigade of
the Royal Clarence Yard Volunteers, under the command
of Major Davies (Master-Attendant), made their first
essay in gunboat practice. They were provided with a
launch from the Excellent, with a 24-pounder in the
how of her. They rowed out into the harbour channel
and fired seven rounds in most admirable style, which
may be judged of by the fact of their having fired three
rounds in the space of forty seconds! Not so bad for a
beginning. Their major is an active and indefatigable
officer, and one likely to have contributed considegably
to this favourable result of a first essay. Unfortunately,
in the heat of their martial ardour, they fired so close
to the Quebec Hotel, that the concussion, increased by
a strong wind blowing right on to the establishment,
smashed or cracked nearly every pane of glass on the
water side of the building, a catastrophe which also
befel numerous other houses and tenements along the
Portsmouth shore in proximity with the firing party, for
which compensation is, of course, demanded by the pro-
prietorsor tenants.

The Commander-in• Chief, Admiral Sir Charles Ogle,
intends to sail on Sunday, we believe, if the weather
should prove favourable, in the Undine steam-yacht, on
a visit to the Channel Islands. On this occasion his
flv, will be struck in the Victory and transferred to the
Undine, and the duties of the port will be carried on
pro tern. by Rear-Admiral of the White Hyde Parker,
C. 8., Superintendent of the Dockyard.

ROYAL MARINES.
The half yearly examination of the officers studying
at the Royal Naval College and the Royal Marine cadets
in the Excellent gunnery-ship terminated yesterday,
whe❑ the Commander-in-Chief announced the following
as the result:—

Mr. H. J. Blomfield (son, we believe, of the Bishop of
London), awarded the lieutenant's commission, granted
half-yearly.

Second Lieutenants H. W. Mawbey and F. L. Alex-
ander passed into the Royal Marine Artillery Com-
panies.

The following marine cadets were declared qualified
for commissions in the Royal Marine corps, to which
they will be gazetted most probably this evening :—Mr.
11. G. Elliot, son of Lieutenant H. Elliot, R. MI., on re-
served half-pay ; Mr. J. Wright, son of Lieutenant T.
Wright, R.N., of Cooper's hill, Semaphore-station; Mr.
G. G. Halliday, son of Mr. Halliday, paymaster and
purser, R.N., and steward of the Royal Hospital at
llaslar ; and Mr. G. Gregory, son of retired Com-
mander Gregory.
We are happy to find the First Lord's patronage
likely to be so well bestowed, all the latter candidates
being the sons of old, deserving, andirneritorious officers.
In Harbour.—The Victory, Exelleat, Vengeance,
and Victoria and Albert ; the Avenger, Scourge, 1.111-
dine, Fairy, Myrtle, and Echo steamers; and Diligence,
naval store transport.
At Spithead.—The St. Vincent, Howe, and Resist-
ance.

In Dock.—The Leander, Prince Regent, Sappho, and
Orestes.

In the Basin.--The Britannia, Retribution, Ajax, and
Odin.

On the Stocks.—The Royal Frederick, 110; the
Princess Royal, 90 ; and the Arrogant, 46 (screw).

HAMBURGH AND DUTCH MAIL.
BRUSSELS. JUNE 21.—Several carriages and horses,
belonging to the King of the Belgians, left here yester-
day for Ostend, en route for London. The departure of
his Majesty for Great Britain is, we are informed, fixed
for to-morrow.
We have just received intelligence from Pesth, which
says—" The accounts of the tumult in Groswadein have
been most happily not substantiated. They were re-
ported here in so circumstantial and detailed a manner,
and so many minutiae were adduced, that no one had the
slightest doubt of the truth. Information from the spot
itself, however, gives the most unqualified contradiction."
HAMBURGH BORsENUALLE, JUNT 19.
Bills. Money.
Austrian 5 per Cents •
Bank Shares •••• • • • • ••••••• • • • • • • • 1610
Angio-Russian Loan . • • .
Russian 5 per Cent., Banal). Certificate.
Ditto Ist serieslnscription.• • • • • • • • • • • 1023
Ditto, Hope and Co., 3d and 4th series.. 98
Ditto, in Certificate• ••••••••• • • • • • • • • 97%
New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co. 88N,
Ditto Stieglitz •••••• • • • • • • ••••• • • • •
Spanish New 5 per Cent • • • • • • • . • •
Ditto 3 per Cent ••••••••• • • • • • • • • •
Angio-Portuguese Loan, 2% per Cent..
Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent
Ditto 3 per Cent.
Polish New 4 per Cent. Loan, 1844 —
Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent • • . • 83 83
National Bank Shares.... „
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, Jung
5 per Cent. Metalliques...... .• .• .• .• 10:VA
4 per Cent. ditto— ••••• • • • • • 94.4
3 per Cent. ditto.. •••••• • • • • • • 697(
Loan, 1834 .......... • • • • . • • • • • • • • • 154
Ditto, 1839 • • •••••••• • • • • •• 119
Bank Shares •••••••• ••••• • • • • •• • • •• • • 1615
Esterhazy's Loan .. . • .

PROTEST AGAINST THE RETEN-
TION OF CLAUSE 11. IN THE BISHOPRIC
OF MANCHESTER, &c., BILL.
Dissentient—

1. Because when Parliament declares that the interests
of the Church require an increase in the number of the
Bishops of England and Wales, it is an ungracious in-
terference with the prerogative of the Crown as enjoyed
by her Majesty's predecessors, to annex to the creation
of such bishoprics the condition that the number of
Bishops sitting in Parliament shall not be increased, and
to take away from her Majesty, her heirs and successors,
the power of summoning to Parliament all or any of
these Bishops at any future period if it should become
her or their wish to do so, thus permanently limiting
the royal prerogative, under the pretext that her Majesty
has been pleased to declare that, as at present advised,
she does not contemplate the issue of her writ to the
new Bishops, except as vacancies shall from time to
time occur among the Bishops of England and Wales
now sitting in Parliament.

2. Because by this clause the writs of summons to
Parliament to which the Bishops of the ancient sees of
England and Wales are by law entitled, are to be sus-
pended as each see shall become vacant, and as the
right of the successive holders of such sees to suck
writs of summons is as much inherent in their sees as
that of the Lords Temporal in their respective peerages,
the abovementioned enactment constitutes a dangerous
precedent, at variance with the principle of an hereditary
peerage, and contrary to the privileges as well of the
Lords Temporal as Spiritual.
REDESDALE.
STANLEY.
H. EXETER,
BUTE.

R. BATH AND WELLS.

PRESENTATION OF NEW COLOURS TO THE SECOND
BATTALION OF THE FIRST ROYALS.-011 Monday the
ceremony of presenting the second battalion of the First
Royals, now stationed in this garrison, with new colours,
was gone through in the usual manner. That day was
chosen for the presentation in consequence of its being
the anniversary of the battle of Vittoria, in whichthis
gallant regiment bore a distinguished part. Lieutenant-
Colonel Bell, commanding the regiment, was present with
the battalion on the occasion. We understand that tile
now colours have been supplied at the expense of the
colonel of the regiment, Sir James
old ones will be disposed of as he may
and that the
e May think fit to order.
, Probably they will be deposited in some castle or other
placefor
the the
dare;eption of interesting relics. Notwith-
standingwas so very unfavourable there was a
numerous attendance of ladies and gentlemen at the pre-
sentation of the Colours.— Manchester Courier.
CASE or H
__YDROPHODIA FOLLOWING THE BITIA
(4 A CAT.—In February last a Maltese woman residing.
iu Senglua was bit by a cat which some weeks befoTe
The poor woman remained
had been bit by a mad dog.
. last Friday, when she suddenly felt un-
able well 1111 H
on. Dr.
and very soon the horror of water, and
on Saturday, andeam on n the same
Adam vi
otherahleto
day she was seen by Mr. Wells, Mr. Walsh, and other
notwithstandingsday nig
hall theirvi e efforts for
that
lesri calledbi swallow,ln marks
oks herof
navalher
relief
surgeons,he fi butied on
T ue
probablyamong
Edward Strutt yesterday, at the Office of the 00 • .
othfoerr
the
einfigrsst thetim einihnaltahtiisondisoefaseet.her was tried„
This is sup..
posed to be the first case of hydrophobia which has ever
• been known in Malta, and it is to be hoped that the
police will have strict orders to destroy every dog that
may present suspicious symptoms.---Maltese Paper,
Lord Alonteagle had an interview with the Aight nom
sionera of Railways, in Great George-age*

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servancy board is proposed to be shared between the
Corporation and the Government. According to the
original proposition, as stated by the Secretary to the
Admiralty, it will be remembered that the Committee
of the House of Commons considered it necessary
for the proper protection of the public interest that
" new blood" should be infused into the manage-
ment. With this intention the number of the
Conservancy Board—limited in the rough draft of
the improvement to nineteen members, namely,
the Lord Mayor, five Aldermen, and thirteen
Common Councilmen—was proposed to be further
restricted to fifteen, and those fifteen to be
selected in the following ;manner:—ten of the
commissioners by the City, and the remainder by the
State. Seeing that this very reasonable proposition
was rejected with a somewhat impertinent prompti-
tude, it was obvious that the House could
not, without compromising its dignity, con-
descend to make any particular or immediate
modification. A perception of the indelicacy of their
former refusal had, however, been subsequently mani-
fi.sted by the Corporation, that body consenting that
the five disputed commissioners, though still chosen
byithe City of London, as previously required, should
be nominated with an unlimited veto, and a power of
removal reserved to the Crown. In accordance with
the proposition thus introduced to Parliament by Mr.
WARD, the Thames Conservancy Bill was formally
recommitted, by a division of ninety-two against
t w en ty - four.

According to this distribution of authority in the
nomination of a conservancy board, the Government
virtually retain a restrictive power over five out of
the fifteen commissioners. Hence the Corporation
cannot as formerly paddle their delegates up and
down the river periodically without any profounder
trepidation than as to whether the sturgeon is of
average plumpnessor the Lafittc of undiminished flavour.
The shadow of the Executive will hang like a Nemesis
over the barge of commissioners in the event of any
enormous nuisance upon either bank being winked at
for the sake of a lucrative consideration. A whole-
some remembrance of the scrutinising supervision of
the Legislature will henceforth impart a sort of di-
gestive fillip to the grilled bones of the Conservancy
supper.
Hitherto the rights of the community generally
have been merged into the rights of the Corporation
individually ; the interests of the civic authorities have
predominated over the noble interests of the nation ;
the Thames has been regarded rather as the
" silent highway" of London than as the channel
for the flux and reflux of the national enterprise. A
necessity has gradually manifested itself for the re-
versal of this injudicious subserviency of the kingdom
at large to a local municipality. The State has itself
taken the initiative in this laudable reformation, and
the City has at length recognised the advisability of
yielding to the imperative requirements of the age.
‘Ve cannot but regard such an arrangement as the
one pencilled out by the Secretary to the Admiralty
as a species of corollary to the measures of sanatory
improvement.

However great may be the opportunity afforded for
the facilitation of transit upon the river, however
worthy of encouragement may be the schemes for the
adornment of its banks, we do conceive that the in-
vestigations instituted by the Conservancy Board might
tend very materially to the disclosure of the localities
which particularly require the attention of the sana-
tory Commissioners. Although the metropolis is for
a while excluded from the benefit of the innovations
ensured by the operation of the Health of Towns'
Bill introduced by Lord Moaprrli, it were absurd to
imagine that that exclusion is to be perpetual. It
were absurd to suppose that an exclusion dictated by
a temporary emergency is an exclusion based upon
a settled principle of non-interference in the filth,
and the darkness, and the drought, and the atmos-
pheric stagnation, and the malignant diseases that
desolate and disfigure the more densely populated dis-
tricts in London. Foremost among these neglected
localities—foremost amongst them in respect of the
ravages caused by the deleterious multiplication of
their evils—are many of the rookeries contiguous to
the river. Rotherhithe, and even Lambeth, and
Wapping, and Deptford, and that most unsophisti-
cated region of depravity and absolutely triumphant
dirt which is depicted in such a light of horrible
reality in the closing chapters of " Oliver Twist," are
among the number. Besides having its navigation
grievously obstructed by many unsightly and cum-
brous structures, the Thames is rendered, espe-
cially at low-water mark, pestiferous by the
aggregation and stagnation of ill-regulated
drains. Beyond this the Thames, instead of
affording the most magnificent approach to London,
is essentially the back-way into the capital of
England. Floating up the river there is not a
.ingle quay with the exception of the one
fronting the Custom-house to arrest the attention
of the foreigner. Saving for its superb bridges, the
view presented on travelling either up or down the
Thames is somewhat as uninteresting, somewhat as
filthy, and somewhat as beggarly as that visible from
the window of a Black wall railway carriage, when
flying between chimney-pots and the back yards of
back streets. Degradation, rottenness, and pauper-
?sin are, to all appearance, flourishing where one
would most expect the reverse to be visible. In the
removal of these numerous and extraordinary evils
from the vicinity of the Thames, the Conservancy
Commissioners will long find an ample and honourable
occupation.

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