The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-12 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY.—In our recent notice of the
extensive works connected with the formation of the new
:team basin in this dockyard we omitted to give the names
,if the Royal Engineer officers by whom thisgreat national
undertaking was designed. We now feel great pleasure
in mentioning, that with the exception of the two inlets,
to be used as occasional docks on the eastern side of the
basin, which were proposed and planned by Sir
Denison,W. i the present governor of Van Diemen's Land,
these magnificent works were designed by Lieutenant
(new Captain) Beatson, and were carried on under his
superintendence for upwards of two years, during which
period the coffer dam, of about 1,300 feet in length, was
successfully completed, and the foundations of one of the
entrances, and a great part of the south and west walls,
*ith a considerable part of the masonry, were executed.
Since the summer of 1845, the works have proceeded
under the direction of Sir W. Denison and Captain
James successively. To Captain Beatson is al-o due the
merit of having designed and superintended nearly all
the other important works and buildings which have
been erected in this dockyard during the last eight
years, the monster iron tank and slip roof excepted; works
es creditable to his professional ability and indefatigable
zeal, as they are worthy of England's first naval arsenal.
The Inconstant, 36, Captain Wise, arrived at Devon
port from the Mediterranean on Friday; she will be
paid off. During the whole period of this ship's com-
mission, we may confidently assert she has met with no
ohip of her size competent to be considered her rival.
She was built at this dockyard, in 1836, on the design of
the late Rear-Admiral Hayes, and is of 1,422 tons. A
trial between this vessel and the Thetis, 36, completed
last year at Devonport, of 1,524 tons, built on the design
of the chief members of the committee of the late school
of naval architecture, would be a great nautical treat.
The Avenger steam-frigate, Captain C. Dacres, left
early yesterday morning for Kill) begs, Ireland. She
has on board 2,066 sacks of seed barley; 120 sacks of
seed oats; some turnip and onion seed, besides beans and
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crew will be turned over to the Amphion, 36, Captain
Williams, and Captain Dacres will fit the Avenger for
other service.

The Medea steam-sloop, Commander Mason, on her
way to the Cape of Good Hope, touched at Madeira on
the 2d ult.; and the Rosamond steam-sloop, on her way
to the same place, touched at Madeira on the following
day; both coaled, and proceeded on their voyage.
All well.

The court-martial on the seaman gunner belonging to

the Recruit, 12, Commander Slade, is ordered foi'TiTes-
day morning, nine o'clock, on board the Victory; Rear-
Admiral B. Parker, C. 8., President.

Three schooners, which have been hired to carry meal
on Government account to Dublin, have loaded at
Clarence-yard during the past week, and sailed to-day
for their destination.
The Thetis, 36, Captain H. J. Codrington, C. 8., in
order to lose no time while waiting for a dock, is having
her topsides caulked, and making good such defects as
do not require to be done in dock.
The voyage of the Myrtle steamer to Plymouth, with
supernumerary officers and seamen for the squadron on
the North American and West India station, is sus-
pended for the present. The Bulldog steam-sloop, Com-
mander G. E. Davies, in which they were to have taken
a passage, has had her orders countermanded.
PLYMOUTH, APRIL 9.—Her Majesty's frigate Incon-
stant, 36, Captain Wise, came in this morning from the
Mediterranean, touched at Lisbon on the 25:11, and left
on the 26th ult. A few days since she spoke with her
Majesty's steam•sloop Hydra, Commander Arthur Mor-
rell, from the Island of Ascension, bound home, and
will probably call here. Commander Morrell went out
to the coast of Africa in command of her Majesty's
sloop Espoir, 10, which arrived at this port on the Bth
instant.

Yesterday the barque James Campbell, 300 tons; of
Glasgow, out 31 days from Liverpool, put back to this
port with her commander, Captain Graham, in irons,
and confined to his state room, the door locked, the key
in the pocket of the ship's carpenter, and a seaman with
a drawn sword keeping guard outside, in the cabin.
The ship, which was bound with a general cargo for
Batavia and Singapore, left Liverpool on the 9th of
March, and the captain has been confined since the 29th
ult., eleven days. The case will undergo examination
before the magistrates.