The Sun.
London, England, 1847-11-27 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 26. Rear-Admiral Phipps
lloruby and suite embarked this morning in the Asia,
84. and will sail to-morrow for the Pacific.
The remaining companies of tee 69th Regiment, em-
barked from the Clarence-yard, yesterday, in the Maria
Somes transport, and were to have sailed to-day for
Malta, for which purpose the Echo steamer was got
ready to tow her out. Orders were, however, received
to detain her twenty-four hours.
Rear-Admiral Shirreff, superintendent of this dock-
yard, we regret to say,Tias been dangerously indisposed.
We hear, however, this afternoon, the gallant officer
is somewhat better.
The President, 50, Captain Stanley, flag of Rear-Ad-
miral J. R. Dacres, Commander-in chief on the Cape of
Good Hope station, was at Port Louis Mauritius, on the
15th of September, a letter from her, of which date,
says,—" We arrived here on the 11th of this month,
having left Simon's Bay on the 21st of August. We had
been ready to sail for two months, but the Admiral
could not get any letters from England, and he had not
received any English letters for more than five months
from the Admiralty, and he would not start until he
received some. When we left the Cape I did not see any
chance of the Khfir war being settled. Everything is
r going on just the same at Simon's Bay as before, and no
changes. We had rather a rough passage up, but got on
very well. We shall take a cruise down the Mozam-
bique on our re'urn to the Cape. We shall remain here
about a month or six weeks, but not longer. . . . The
Brilliant, 26, Captain Rundle D. Watson, is here, but is
going to take an officer of the Ceylon Rifles to Johanna
and Madagascar, to try to get recruits for that regiment.
I send this by the Benjamin Brook Gr, en, one of Myth's
Indiamen ; she made a passage out here in 62 days, the
shortest ever known. She was built by White, of Cowes."
The Commander-in-Chief, Admiral Sir Charles Ogle,
Bart., entertained the following distinguished party at
his mansion this evening :—Sir John Burgoyne, Col.
Armstrong, commanding the Royal Artillery in this
garrison ; Major Calatny, R.N., and Mrs. Calatny ;
Major and Mrs. Lethbridge; Captain Yates, R.N. ; Mrs.
Talbot, Mrs. Ogle, Captain and Mrs. Savage, R.M.A. ;
the two Mrs. Baynes ; Captain Baynes, R.N. ; Captain
Larcom, R.N. ; and Mr. Pennel, storekeeper of this
dockyard ; Commander Crispin, R.N. ; and Fiag- Lieu-
tenant Cochran, R.N. Sir Charles commences his series
of banquets and balls about the middle of next month.
Major-General Lord Frederick Fitzclarence, the Go-
vernor, entertained the following circle at the Govern-
ment-house last evening :—Captain Lord Adolphus
Fitzclarence, G.C.H.; Colonel M'Callum, Second Com-
mandant of the Royal Marines • Lieutenant-Colonel
Ballinghall, R.M. • Sir George Wombwell ; Captain
Sherringham, R.N.; Major Lethbridge, R.A.; Com-
mander Crispin, R.N. ; Major Crombie, 60th Rifles;
Colonel Nesbitt, 60th Rifles; Lieutenant-Colonel Gordon,
R.M ; Captain Manners, Governor of Southsea Castle;
Mr. T. T. Grant, F.R.S., of the Clarence-yard; Mr.
Branche (ex-Mayor of Portsmouth); Rev. H. A. Veek.
of St John's, Forton, and Chaplain to her Majesty's -
Forces in Forton Barracks ; Mr. Stewart, Ordnance
Department; Dr. White, Staff Surgeon; and Rev. W.

In Harbour—The Victory, Excellent, Victoria and
Albert, Blenheim, Bellerophon, Terrible, Oberon, Light-
ning, Undine, Fairy, Myrtle, Echo, Cockatrice, and
Maria Somes.

In the Basin—The Prince Regent, Retribution, Firefly,
Swallow, and Rocket.

In Dock—The Leander, Ajax, Kite, Sappho, Orestes,
Emerald, and Rifleman.

On the Slips—Royal Frederick, Princess Royal, Ar-
rogant, and Plumper.
At Spithead—The Asia, 84.
Wind E., light breezes, weather foggy, with incessant
rain.

SHEERNESS, Nov. 2G.—Nearly all the energies of this
establishment are concentrated on the fitting of the
Plover brig, to proceed in search of Sir John Franklin.
She is to be ready by the 20th of next month, as she is
to sail on the Ist of January, 1848.
Fifty additional shipwrights, 10 joiners, and 20 la-
bourers are to be hired until the 31st of March to expe-
dite this and other pressing work, and they are besides
to work extra time.

CHATHAM, Nov. 26.—The Ganges, 84 guns, waa
toned into this harbour on the 24rh lust., by the African,
Cuckoo, and Fearless steam vessels, to have her masts,
shifted, :aid to be taken into duck to have her copper
cleaned.

The Waterwitch, 10 guns, Commander Birch, was
paid off on the 24th into ordinary.
The Cyclops svatn-vessel came into harbour yester-
day. She is now alongside the sheer hulk receiving her
masts. She returns to Sheerness to be fitted.

The Meander, 44 guns, Captain the Hon, Henry Kep-
pel, fitting for sea in dock, is having her bottom new
coppered. She is ordered to be completed by the dock-
yard on the 18th of next month.
The Daphne, 18 guns, in dock repairing and fitting
for sea, has had her bottom re-coppered.
The Goodwill, Pledge, master, and t'io Duck, Savage
master, remain loading for Woolwich and Deptford
yards.

ARCTIC EXPEDITIONS.
(From the Athenauns.)
We were the first to announce, a few weeks ago, that
Government purposed taking immediate steps to send
out expeditions in search of Sir John Franklin and his
party—and have since been earnest in pressing, on the
plea of the public anxiety, that nothing might be
omitted or postponed which the real circumstances of
the case demanded. We are now enabled to present our
readers with the following particulars, which proceed
from the highest official authority. Three expeditions
will be sent to the Arctic regions; one will he dispatched
in the course of a few days to Behring's Straits; the
second will sail early in the ensuing spring to Baffin's
Bay, and will be under the command of Sir James
Ross; and the third will consist of an overland expedi
tion to be placed under the direction of Sir John Ri-
chardson.
The boats, with their crews of twenty men, belonging
to the last-named expedition went out to Hudson's Bay
during the late summer; and intelligence of their safe
arrival at York Factory and departure for the in-
terior has reached this country. They were to
winter at Cumberland House or at Saskatchewan
River; and as soon as the navigation onens in
the spring are to resume their voyage to the fackenzie
River. Sir John Richardson and another otheer wait
leave England in March next for Canada ; and byte a
veiling in light canoes by the usual route of the tur-
traders to the north-west, they hope to overtake the
boats in July, and with them to reach the Arctic Sea in
the beginning of August, with an ample supply of nu-
tritisus and solid food. The intention of this party is to
track the coast to the eastward of the Mackenzie River,
to communicate with the various tribes of Esquimaux,
in expectation of gleaning some tidings of the discovery
ships ; to examine Wollaston Land, and trace, as far as
practicable, any inlets that may lead to the north ; to
erect landmarks on various headlands, with written
communications buried underneath;; and, when the sea-
son closes, to repair to winter quarters at Great Bear
Lake, by the Coppermine River. The boat parties to be
sent out from the vessel which is to winter within
Behring's Straits, together with parties over theicethine
the spring, will, it is hoped, fully explore thestisra, to
James
westward of the Mackenzie ; and, as one
of
Sound at
Ross's ships is to be stationed in
Lancaster s
sent out
the north end of North
rpartiesSomerset,lrdand sonthward,
from thence, both to the no
Another of
will explore that
will pushneighbourhood.
thw
on to Bank's Land,
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Sir James's
osnhei
and in like manner send out exploring parties in every
direction; the ships
sent southwards having the prospect
of intersecting Sir J. Richardson's route, and, if thought
expedient, of communicating with him by the Copper
mine River. The search of the coast and of Wollaston
and Victoria Land will be resumed by Sir John Richard,
son in the summer of 1849, if necessary
o
informed
r m theseed judgedthat extensive
most
we makeare theg ra t preparations Notwithstanding that the Adrairalty have it
rpersuedaerne est
of the officers who, from having acqu
aintance with the
navigation of the Arctic Seas,
and the intentions of Sir
John Franklin, are qualified to.tid
in the matter, con-
tinue to hope that Sir John iFranklin has succeeded in
passing Behring's Straits. Hadhis
vessels been nipped
Sound, in the ice, or stopped in Lancaster he would, we
are assured, have t d
re urne to England about this time;
and as he had not done so, the • consider it probable
that he has succeeded
getting so well to the westward
the first year that he has been enabled to clear Beh-
ring's Straits this October ; in which case they look for
tidings either through Russia or by the Isthmus of Ps-
natna, in February next. He had provisions enough, it
seems, to enable him to winter the season in the Arctic
Sea, if he had penetrated so far to the west as to render.
the prospect of his passing Behring's Straits next sum—
mer such as to make his stay a third winter expedient.

STOPPAGE AND ZEE-OPENING OF APL.BLIC PATH.—
We announced in our last that Mr. Campbell Wyndham
had closed the entrance to one of the most favourite
walks in his locality. A party of" Rebeccaites,"
strong
in number and resolution, repaired to the spot at an early
hour on Wednesday night, and speedily opmed the
communication through the park. They found that the.
posts were sunk several feet deep, and that the barriers
were very strongly put together ; but, by dint of hard
work, the boarding was removed and the posts sawn ~Er
a little height from the ground It is said that the
authority for this had been obtained from the agents f
:
tka Duke of Hamilton, the lord of th o
certain it is the path is now open to the e manor
public.--s her
Lorne Journal.

• WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, Nov. 27.
THERWMETER, Lowest, 38; Highest. 42 ; Noon, 43.
BAROMETER, 29.26.—W1ND S. S.E. ; rain.

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