The Sun.
London, England, 1847-11-22 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

MALTA, Nov. 13.—We announced in our last the
departure of the fleet on the morning of the 6th inst.
At sunset on that day the vessels bore from the island
N., distant 15 miles, and steering a N.N.E. course.
On the 7th the fleet was still in sight. At 6, A.M.
it bore N.N.W., distant 18 miles, and was steering
N.W.; at 5, P.M. the fleet bore N.W. from the island,
distant 25 miles, and was steering a W.N.W. course.
On the Bth, at 6, A.m., the fleet bore N.N.W., dis-
tant 35 miles, and was making a northerly course.
On this day the Spitfire steam-sloop was sent out
with dispatches, and having delivered them, returned
to the island. The fleet was about 40 miles off the
coast of Sicily. Some evolutions and trials of speed
had been ordered, but the Trafalgar had proved her-
self so dull a sailor as to he the cause of delay in the
progress of the fleet.
On Tuesday, the 9th, the Spitfire left our waters on
her return to the lonian Islands, where she will re-
lieve the Locust, and be at the disposal of the Lord
High Commissioner. By the arrival yesterday of
the Monzibello, we heard that the Spitfire had been
obliged to put into Syracuse, on the coast of Sicily,
on account of the heavy weather she experienced.
The Monsibello is one of the Neapolitan steamers
which arrive here every ten days.
Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Napier was this
morning admitted to pratique, and will leave Malta
on the morning of the 16th, by the French steamer,
for Naples. The garrison has offered this distin-
guished officer a dinner on Monday next at the club,
and he has accepted it.
The usual quarterly inspections commence on
Monday, the 15th inst., by the R. M. Fencibles, on
the 17th the 54th will be reviewed, and on the 19th
the Ist battalion 97th Regiment. No day is fixed
for the reserve battalion of that regiment, quartered
on the other side of the water.

We are given to understand that orders have been
forwarded to the Hecla to return immediately to
Malta, whence she will be sent to England to be
paid off:
In Malta Harbour—The Ceylon, 21, receiving
ship, bearing the flag of Rear Admiral Sir L. Curtis,
Bart.; the Amazon, 19, Captain J. Stopford ; the
Mutine, 12, Captain Tyron ; and the Wee Pet,
steam-tug.

On a Cruise—The Hibernia, 120, Captain Peter
Richards, C. 8., bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral
Sir W. Parker, G.C.8., Commander-in-Chief; the
Trafalgar, 120, Captain Nott ; the Albion, 90, Cap-
tain C. H. Fremantle ; the Rodney, 90, Captain E.
Collier; the Vanguard, 80 ; the Superb, 80, Captain
Corry ; the Thetis, 36, Captain H. J. Codrington ;
the Gladiator war-steamer, Captain Robb ; the Bull-
dog, Captain A. C. Key.
On surveying duty—The Volage, 22, Captain T.
Graves ; and the Research, Lieutenant Spratt.
At Gibraltar—The Virago war. steamer, Com-
mander J. Lunn.

At the Piraeus of Athens—The Harlequin, Com-
mander Moore ; and the Meteor, Commander Buttler,

At Beyrout—The. Spartan, 22, Captain T. M. C.
Symonds.
At Smyrna—The Fantome, 16, Commander Le
Hardy.
At Constantinople—The Ueda war-steamer, Com-
mander C. Starmer.

At Corfu—The Spitfire, Lieutenant J. A. Mae
(ion ald.

MAIL STEAM-PACKETS.

At Malta, the Volcano, Lieutenant J. Crang ; the
Ardent, Lieutenant W. C. Nowel; and the Antelope,
Lieutenant F. Smyth.
En route to Gibraltar, the Albion, Captain C. H.
Fremantle.

En route to Malta from Marseilles, the Flamer,
Commander Lavie.
En route from Malta to the lonian Islands and
Greece, none.
En route from the lonian Islands and Greece to
Malta, the Locust, Lieutenant-Commander Power.
FOREIGN SHIPS OF WAR AND PACKETS IN PORT.
The French steamer Rhamses ; the Neapolitan
steamer Ercolano, and the yacht Louisa.
PORTSMOUTII, SUNDAY.—A board of Admiralty,
comprising Rear-Admiral J. W. D. Dundas, C.8.,M.P.,
First Naval Lord, Captain the Right Hon. Lord John
Hay, C. 8., M.P., and the Hon. W. F. Cowper, M.P.,
accompanied by Captain Alexander Ellice, Controller
of Steam Machinery, arrived at this port by the
South-Western Railway yesterday morning, on an
official visit of inspection of the works in progress, in
order that they might be prepared with an account
of their stewardship should they be called upon in
their places in Parliament. Their Lordships paid
particular attention to the state of the steamers at
this port, and the progress of the works of the new
steam basin, which will be ready for service by the
end of the financial year, and when the workshops on
its banks are completed and in working order, which
will be about the same time the establishment will re-
lieve Woolwich from that preisure of steam business
which now necessarily is confined to the latter
place. Their Lordships expressed their most unquali-
fied admiration at the rapid approach to completion of
the steam basin, and workshops connected with it.
The Retribution steam-frigate, in the basin, was in-
spected by their Lordships. She is having her fun
nel adapted to the telescope principle, and being fitted
with a third mast. The Ajax steam guard-ship, the
Prince Regent, 92, the Malabar and Pitt, coal depots
the Blake 50 -gun frigate, the Terrible, the Plumper,
the Arrogant, the new slips and docks, were inspec-
ted, and their several states and progress inquired
into, which we have every reason to believe yielded
satisfaction. After partaking of the hospitality of Sir
Charles Ogle, Admiral Dundas, accompanied by Rear-
Admiral Superintendent Shirreff, proceeded to the
Blenheim steam guard-ship, and remained a long time
on board of her, discussing, amongst other imperfec-
tions, the fact that in consequence of the casing of
her screw she cannot work her aftermost guns. Nu-
merous rumours have sprung out of this inspection b 3
the First Naval Lord, of the Blenheim the first of the
intended steam guard-ships, one of which is the pro-
bability of her becoming (like the French ship
of the same purpose) the sea-going gunnery
ship, in lieu of the stationary Excellent. Their
Lordship moved about very unostentatiously, no
salutes or manning yards being ordered. Ad-
miral Sir Charles Ogle entertained them at his offi-
cial mansion in the evening, all the heads of the naval
departments being invited by the Gallant Admiral to
meet and dine with their Lordships, who this morning
paid a visit to Vice-Admiral Warren at Southsea, and
left the port for town this afternoon by the South-
Western Railway.
The Board of Ordnance have given directions for
the purchase of about 600 acres of land, for the pur-
pose of circumvallating the north side of the present
fortifications at Gosport, either by a continued line of
rampart, or detached forts or martello towers, reach-
ing from Brown-down at the north-west end of
Stokes' Bay, and completely commanding the beach
at that landing place, and extending thence through
Grange and running south of Rowner to Elson, at
which point it will reach the harbour ; here a strong
position will protect the powder magazines at Priddy's-
hard, and effectually cover the north-west and ex-
posed part of the dockyard boundary.
We regret to announce the death, among the vic-
tims to the yellow fever on the West India station, of
the Rev. George W. G arrow, 8.A., chaplain of the
Imaum, 72, which took place at Port Royal, Ja-
maica, a day or two before the mail left.
Captain Charles George Elers Napier, 1840, step-
son of Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Napier, K.C.8.,
will have the command of the Avenger steam-frigate,
vice Dacres to the St. Vincent, vice Milne to the
Victory, vice Yates to the ordinary guard-ship at
this port.
The Cockatrice brigantine to be a tender to the
Asia, 84, arrived from Sheerness yesterday.
Mr. Robert Rawson is appointed head-master of
the apprentices' school in this dockyard.
Mr. James Spence is appointed Acting Chief Fore-
man of Works in the factory in this dockyard.
Contracts were made at the Royal Clarence Vic•
tualling Establishment on Thursday for 1,000 sacks
of dressed biscuit meal, weighing 2801 b. each, at
375. 6d. to 38s. sd. each, being an advance of 6d. on
the contract made on the 21st ult. At Midsummer
last the price was 575.
The following are the promotions and appointments
of the past week :

PROMOTIONS.

Mate—Charles 0. B. Hall (1840 to the rank of
Lieutenant.
Clerk—Beresford Scott, to the rank of Paymaster
and Purser, and confirmed to the Columbine.

APPOINTMENTS.

Captain—S. C. Dacres, to the St. Vincent.
Commanders—George Caswell, to study at the
Steam-factory, Woolwich; George Granville Ran-
dolph (1846), to the Bellerophon, vice West.
Lieutenants—R. E. Bullen, to the Victory ;
ter Leslie, to command the Penguin ; W. P. Johnson,
to the Cygnet; W. F. G. Fead, to the Hibernia ;
John Cartwright, to the Belleisle ; Byron G. Rowles,.
to the Queen; W. It, G. Palliser, to the Gladiator;
Thomas E. L. Moore, to the Plover.
Masters—Charles Pope, to the San Josef; James
B. Tucker, to the Queen.
Acting Master—G. H. Blakey, to the Stromboli.
Surgeons —Dr. John Burke, to the Stromboli;
W. R.Dalton, to the Cygnet; Frederick J. Whipple,
to the Alert.

Chaplain—James R. Moffatt, to the Asia.
Assistant-Surgeons—Gerald Yeo, to the Strom-
boli; Lawrence Carey, to the Porcupine; T. B.
Forster and C. K. Ord, to the Asia ; John Ward,
to the Vengeance ; Hart Gimlett, to the Lizard ; W.
C. Tucker, to the Raleigh ; W. Bine, to the Blazer;
Charles Forbes, to the Acheron ; C. S. Lester, to the
Clerks—Edward G. Hooper, to the Fly ; Frederick
C. Dusatoy, to the ,Stromboli ; Charles P. Fielon,
to the Alert; Charles W. Motherwell, to the Cro-
codile.
Midshipmen—Beyille Nicolas, to the Racehorse ;

Thomas Saumarez, R. P. Cator, James H. Coxon,
and F. P. Staples, to the Ocean ; Murray J. Parkes,
to the Victory.
Naval Cadets—F. C. Count de Degenfield Schom-
berg, to the Hibernia; Richard Wells, to the Strom-
boli ; F. Suttie, to the Meander ; W. A. Welsh, to
the Cygnet.
Masters' Assistants—H. W. G-ilham, to the Strom-
boli; W. Pead and John Tucker, to the Crocodile;
George Polglaze and William Long, to the Comet ;
Alfred Sidlatter, to the Birkenhead ; J. F. R. Aplen,
to the Rhadamanthus • N. B. llerbert and Charles
Saunders, to the Terrible; A. B. Martin, to the Por-
cupine; Charles Downward, to the Ocean; W. M.
Randall, to the Cygnet.
Wind, S.E. by E. Light airs, with thick, hazy
weather.
CHATHAM, Nov. 20.—The Waterwich, 10, Com-
mander T. F. Birch, will be paid off on Thursday
next, without her bulkheads or internal fittings being
removed. This vessel is very short of hands, there
being only about forty, including officers, on board—
circumstance owing to some of the men having been
sent away in charge of three prize vessels. This por-
tion of the crew is suffering very severely from the
cold, they having no other clothingithan that which they
wore during the time they were on the coast of Africa.
It is considered that the Admiralty should adopt some
other time than this cold season for the return of ships
from warm climates. When the vessel is paid off she
will be immediately inspected and her defects made
good, as she is to be placed in commission for another
three years' service.
The Hermes steam vessel is taken in hand and
making good defects and fitting for service.
The Ganges, 80 guns, from Sheerness, will arrive
here on Monday next, when she will be taken into
dock to have her copper cleaned and her masts shifted.
The Bonetta brigantine, and the Sealark 10-gun
brig will be put out of dock on Monday next. Both
these vessels are ready for the pendent.
The Aid, Smallman, master, sailed on the 18th
instant with stores for Portsmouth.

ROYAL MARINES.
It is with regret we have to record the sudden cleath
of a young and brave officer, First Lieutenant Lewis
W. Rowley Denman, belonging to this division, who
expired on the night of Thursday, the 18th instant,
at Melville Hospital. This officer was at the storming
of Sidon, was in the Powerful at the bombardment
of Acre, and was late of the Cleopatra, 26 guns. He
is about thirty years of age, and greatly respected by
his brother officers. His death was from erysipelas.,
First Lieutenant Robert Seppings Harrison an
Second Lieutenant Kennedy, with 2 sergeants, 2 cor-
porals, and 24 privates from the Castor frigate, joined
their head quarters at this division on the 19th inst.;
and 1 corporal and 19 privates joined this division On
the 19th instant from Woolwich, paid off from the
Virago steam-vessel. One sergeant, 1 corporal, and
10 privates left their head quarters yesterday by
steam-vessel for Sheerness, to join the Cygnet, 10-
gun brig, Commander George Kenyon. First Lieu-
tenant Charles F. Menzies joined this division this
day, the 20th instant, from Woolwich, and Second
Lieutenant Kennedy, from the Castor, has proceeded
to Woolwich to join that division.