The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-17 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
PORTSMOUTH, MAY 16.—The Prince Callimaki, the Turk- I
ish Ambassador, and M. Zohrab, Ottoman Consul-General, I
visited this port yesterday. The illustrious visitors put up
at the Railway Hotel, Gosport, where, after the inspection
of sundry objects of interest on both sides of the harbour,

they dined, and left by the last train for London.
The Driver steam-sloop, Captain Hayes, having coaled,
left the harbour yesterday afternoon and proceeded to Wool-
wich to be paid off. She took with her the officers and
crew of the Amphion screw steam-frigate, who have been
navigating the Odin during her " relief service." When the
Driver left Rio Commodore Herbert's squadron in the River
Plate were all well ; the crews and marines still ashore, pro-

tecting British property—consequently there are no cruizers
to prevent the slave traffic, and slaves were being landed in
thousands along the unwatched parts of the coast with the
most commercial coolness. She reports that the Inflexible
steam-sloop, Commander Iloseason, had run from the Cape
to Port Jackson, Sydney, a distance of 6,392 miles, iu 35 days
6 hours.

The St. Vincent, 120, Captain Milne, flag of Admiral Sir
Charles Ogle, Bart., bent sails yesterday, and made the ne-
cessary preparations for going to Spithead this day. The Cen-
taur steam-frigate of 540 horse power, Master-Commander H.
Davy, got her steam up this morning to take her out, and took
her in tow at a quarter 'before twelve. Unfortunately, before
the steamer could get sufficient way on her to give her a
proper command over the St. Vincent's motions, the latter
took a sheer to starboard, in trying to counteract which the
steamer was unavoidably thrown broad on her port, which
was also her lee bow ; at the same time the starboard hawser
snapped, and after a vain attempt to recover her proper po-
sition the steamer was compelled to cast off altogether, on
account of her drifting so near the shore, being only about
thirty feet from the Custom-house watch-house. In the
mean time the three-decker, with only her jib set, was
rapidly " sagging" to leeward towards the beach near the
Quebec Hotel. Every exertion was made to get the ship
under canvass, but before the topsails could be got on her it
was evident the wind was not suitable to enable her to wea-
ther Point. The starboard anchor was immedialely let go,
but the scope was too small for the anchor to bring her up,
and she drifted, broadside on, to the beach, but whether she
touched the ground or not we will not trust cur own eyes to
determine, as the opinion of the multitude was divided as to
whether she did or not. She certainly appeared to hang a
little. By the most skilful exertions of the officers on
board she was immediately extricated from her dangerous
position. Warps were immediately run out to the nearest
buoys, and she was got thereby further into the harbour
channel, whence, at a quarter to two, she was hauled, with the
assistance of her jib and foretopmast staysail, back to her
moorings off Stony Steps, having slipped her cable opposite
the Quebec Hotel, the occupants of which were much
frightened in consequence of being hailed to get out of the
house at a time when it appeared very possible the ship
would strike and crush it. The hotel was deserted accord-
ingly until the danger was past. The Queen, 110, was
nearly being the destruction of the Quebec, in a somewhat
similar manner, when she left this harbour last. A very
experienced harbour pilot, Mr. Davis, as well as Mr. Brown,
the master attendant; Mr. Bellamy, his assistant; and the
experienced master of the St. Vincent, Mr. Biddlecorne,
were on board and exerted themselves to the utmost. To
attempt to describe the excitement caused by this affair
would be a work of no ordinary difficulty. It seemed as
though the inhabitants of the three towns had suddenly
fallen from the clouds upon the beach on either side of the
harbour, so instantaneously was the shore peopled with
anxious crowds. Nor was the bustle confined to the
shore; the boats of the ship, on the first alarm, were
lowered and manned, and others from the other ships quickly
joined to carry out hawsers and render assistance. Great
credit is due to the officers, who, by their skilful and judi-
cious directions, extricated the ship from her dangerous
position.
The Fairy Royal yacht was taken on to the graving slip
yesterday morning to be fitted with a new three-fan screw.
The opportunity was taken at low water to examine the state
of her bottom, in reference to Mr. Hay's composition, applied
to it two months since, when not the slightest symptom of
weed or vegetable matter could be discovered on it, whilst
the painted streak in imitation of copper had the seed of
the barnacle freely deposited on it. This result was very
satisfactory to Commander Crispin, but for whose warm re-
commendation and strenuous exertions this composition
would never have been applied to the bottom of the Fairy.
The Commander-in-Chief and a number of scientific officers
made an inspection of the bottom of the vessel, and it was
the general opinion that the application was a good one,
although Mr. Owen, the chief metallurgist of Chatham dock-
yard, was of opinion that the inspection was premature, and
that to judge of the effects or value of the application it should
have been on twelve months. So far as present appearances
went, however, the opinion was general that the application
was of service to iron vessels. It remains now to be seen
whether the red lead applied to other iron vessels will have
equally beneficial effects in preventing the adhesion of
rubbish.
The following are the promotions and appointments for the
past week :

PROMOTIONS.
Captain—E. W. Hoare, to the rank of Rear-Admiral.
Mates—Edward Scroggs (1845), Henry Augustus Clever-
ing (1845), Edward Scott (1845), and Augustus Chetham
Strode (1845), to the rank of Lieutenant.
The following Mates passed for Lieutenants in navigation
on Tuesday :—Messrs. Geoffrey Thomas Phipps Hornby,
Arthur Braithwaite Warre, George William Rice, Stapleton
John Groville, George Hope Mansell, and Francis James
D'Aguilar.

APPOINTMENTS.
Rear-Admiral—Sir Charles Napier, K.C.8., to command
pro tem. in the Tagus, and to hoist his flag in the St. Vin-
cent, 120, at Spithead.
Captain—The Hon. Frederick Thomas Pelham, to the Odin
steam-frigate.
Commanders—Joseph M. Langtry and Frederick Adam
Ellis, to the Coast Guard Service.
Lieutenants—John Stephens, Thomas Miller, and John
E. F. Risk, to the Caledonia; Belfield Woolcombe, to be
Flag-Lieutenant to Rear-Admiral Superintendent Sir John
Louis Bart. ; P. G. Nettleton, to the Apollo.
Master—Edward Williams, to the Dragon.
Chaplains—The Rev. George Ross Lewin, M.A., to the
Victory ; Peter P. Smith, to the Howe.
Second Masters—G. R. Barnes, to Dart ; Robert Wheatland,
to Cockatrice; Joseph H. Mallard, to Apollo.
Naval Instructor—John N. Laverty, to the Howe.
Assistant- Surgeons—Dr. Archibald Armstrong, Frederick
Manger, and Henry Mathias, to the Caledonia, William Cal-
hane, and James Wood, to Plymouth Hospital.
Clerks—H. H. Gilbert (in charge), to the San Joseph re-
ceiving ship at Devonport ; Alexander Jeffreys (in charge),
the Dart ; Edward 0. Hayes, to the Dragon ; T. W. Neame,
to the Terrible.
Midshipmen—John Osmond, to Avenger ; John J. Barnard,
to Excellent; G. J. Bartellot, Thomas Green, and Arthur
Bayley, to the Howe; Vallaney Robinson, to the Dart, Wil-
liam Graham, to the Caledonia.
Masters' Assistants—Sydney Ayling, to the Avenger; E.
C. Ball, to the Bulldog; W. B. Shillabeer, to the Howe;
Charles Renny, to the Athol.
Naval Cadets—Philip H. Saunders, G. G. Wallace, and
R. H. G. Helps, to the Howe ; Theodore B. Hollingworth,
William Harvey, Henry Machel, J. W. Lambe, J. S. Rey-
nell, W. H. Goold, G. B. Clayhill, and C. E. Slaughter, to
the Caledonia ; W. J. S. M. Molyneux, to the Avenger;
Nowell Salmon, to the Dragon; James G. P. Kemp, to the
Dasher steam-vessel.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, MAY 15.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-Our market to-day has been very dull
and uninteresting ; quotations for shares are at lower rates
than when our last report was made. The sales are-Am-
bergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 28s. 9d.-Birmingham and
Oxford Junction, 61/2 p.-Bristol and Exeter, 4 dis.-Chester
and Birkenhead, 44'4-East Lancashire, New 17,i, dis.-Ditto,
New Scrip, par-Edinburgh and Glasgow, 69-Great North-
ern, 114 dis.-Huddersfield and Manchester, I dis. ex int.-
Leeds and Thirsk, 6 dis.-Ditto, Preference, 1/9 p.-London
and North-Western, Quarters (L. and B.), 141/ p.-Man-
chester and Leeds, Halves (late Liverpool and Bury), 4 p.-
Midland Stock, 401. Shares, 23/ p.-Ditto, Preferential, 126
-Ditto, New, 1% p.-North Staffordshire, I% p.-Shropshire
Union Railway and Canal, 2 dis. -South-Eastern and Dover,
36-Ditto, No. 4, Thirds, q dis.-Dutch Rhenish, 31-/ dis.
MANCHESTER, Max 15.
STOCK. EXCIIANGE.-The sales are-Ambergate, Notting-
ham, and Boston, 13/4-13irkenhead, Lancashire, and Che-
shire, 1% dis.-Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding, 1
' VI
dis.-Leeds Dewsbury, and Manchester, par-Ditto, Halves,
X, c. dis.-Manchester and Leeds, Quarters 27/S p.-Ditto,
Fifths, 37/s p.-Ditto, 32/. 113.. ares (late Ext4nsiond), par-
Ditto, Sixteenths, 71/2-Manchester and iouthampton, 30s.
dis.-North Staffordshire, 1%-North-Western, 1% c. dis.-
Scottish Central, 6 p. -South - Eastern and Dover, No. 4,
3-16 dis.-Shrewsbury, •Oswestry, and Chester, 2% dis.-
West Riding Union, par.
LEEDS, MAY 15.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The share markets evince scarcely
any change from the quotations of last Saturday, but the
tone of business is exceedingly dull, and to-day the indispo-
sition to purchase is perhaps greater than on the worst pre-
ceding day of the last few weeks. The sales are-East Lan-
cashire, New, 1% n. dis.-Ditto, New (scrip), Is. Gd. dis.-
East and West Yorkshire, 38s. 9d. dis.-Huddersfield and
Manchester par-Leeds and Dewsbury, 2s. 6d. dis.-Ditto,
Extensions, Scrip (green), 20s. dis.-Leeds and Thirsk, Pre-
ference, 2s. p.-London, Brighton, and South Coast, Fif-
teenths, par-Manchester and Leeds 321. Shares (late Ex-
tensions), 48. p.-Ditto, West Riding Union, Is. 9d. c.
p.-Newcastle and Berwick, New, 335. Gd. p.-North Bri-
tish, Extension (scrip), 2s. 6d. p.-North-Western, 375. dis.
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, MAY 15.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Fleetwood, Preston, and
West Riding Junction, 275. dis.-Great Northern, 1
dis.-
Newcastle and Carlisle, New, 9Z p.-Newcastie and Ber-
wick, sp. Ditto, New, 1% P. -Ditto (North Shields ,
Pur-
chase), 44y p.
EDINBURGH, MAY 14.
1 14s -Arbroath and2sl Forfar,
6d, _Airdrie and Bathgate, 3 .
A -r a.are-Aberdeen,
nd Galloway, IL 19s. Gd.
STOCK ExcuANGE.-The sales
27/. 155.-Ditto, llalves, 15/._e 3,
11. 19i. 6d.-Caledonian
and Dumbartonshire, D 14s. -Clydesdale Junction, 421.
Os Desi,, 2
34/. /.
5-s.ane, Doane, and Callender, U.
-Caledonian,l
._eD_itlti. , N
'inW I 421-Ditto X N
, • • -,- ew, . 1,
2 30/.-Ditto, New, No. 3,4/. is
30L-Ditto, New, No ' n Junction, 1/. 10 6d *s. .- Dundee
6d.-Dundee and Ditto,
Northern 7s. 6d.-Dundee and Arbroat i
1 th, 30L -Ditto, New, 11/.
.-.Ditto,, Quarters, 2/. 15s.
antEals'etrof Fife, 2/. 10s.-East Lothian Central, 1/. 19s. 6d.-
Edinburgh and Bathgate, 6/. 10s.-Edinburgh and Glasgow,
221. 55.-Ditto, Quarters, 17/. 10s.-
Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, 181.-Ditto, Preference,
20/. 103.-Ditto, New, 2/. 7s. 6d.-Ditto, Quarters, 1 is. 6d,
69L-Ditto, Halves,
-Edinburgh and Northern, 17/. 2s. &1.-Ditto, iNew, 3/.
Stock,
25.-Ditto, Newport, 71.-Ditto, ditto, New, 1/. 183.-Edin-
burgh and Perth (New Co.), 1/. 155.-Ditto, Halves,
Glasgow and
9,, gd,....-Glasgow and Ayrshire, 1181.-Ditto, New
35/.los.-Ditto, Halves, No. 1,8/. 158.-Ditto, Halves, No. 2,
61. 3s.-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 5/.-
861.LeeGnicacskg'olw6,L-Kiphintatornock, and Ardrossan, 4/. 10s-
Garnkirk, 39/.-Glasgow General Terminus, 12/. 55.-Glas-
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Halves, 8/. 155.--Ditto, Pre
gfeorwenacen,d
s, 141.-Ditto, Quarters, 4/. 48.-Ditto,
-Great North uf SBc6oedtr.l,-avnieDdk,i,t2t/20.
(scrip), 16s. 9d.-Ditto Thirds, 21.
clot:.
tsi. s-h
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_thDr
.Newcastleni
155.-Ditto,
0 ,2 /H.aalnOld%s_e.
-Scottish Central, 241.
-Scottish
6.
15s.
Grand Junction, IN.-Scottish Midland,
19/. -Shrewsbury
and Herefind, 10s.-Shrewsbury, 08v,-
NewDi tt o
y, and Chester, 9/.
158.-Ditto, New, IL-Stirling and Dunfermline,
Stirling. and Midland, 2/ r N . nfermline, 3/. 55.-
. as.- Vishaw and C oltness, 49/.
58.-York and Newcastle, 34/. 10
Ditto, Preference, 6/. 10s.-Directs.-Ditto, New, 14/. 10s.-
61-East Indian, 2s. 6d.-Great
Bombay and Madras, 2s.
Southern of Madras, 23.-M • t North of India, 38.-Great
23.-Madras, Nellore, and Arcot, Is. 6d.
GLASGOW M
STOCK EX CH E ANG ,-The o AY 14.
Quarters, 555.-East Indian, 2s.
sales are-Dundee and Perth,
Glas-
gow, Quarters, 17V2 -Edinburgh 9d,-Edinburgh and
-Ditto, Halves, 9.5.--.-Gias urgh and Perth (New Co.), 375.
-Ditto, Halves, No. 2, 61
gow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 351/2
31-Great Southern of P-Great Western of Bengal, ls.
Southampton, 10s. Madras, Is. 6d.-Manchester and
Quarters, 82s. 6d.-Ii 9d.-North British, Thirds, 505.-Ditto,
6d.-Ditto, New
tish Central, 24/. Quarters (scrip), 155.-Scot-

Major-General Sir Harry Smith had an interview with
Earl CTreh et the cOlouiAl Office, 00, Saturday.