The Sun.
London, England, 1847-01-08 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY.—A court-martial, com-
prising Rear-Admiral H. Parker, president ; Captains
Pasco, of the Victory; Chads, of the Excellent ; Onslow,
of the Daphne ; Codrington, of the Thetis ; Henderson,
of the Sidon ; Milne, of the St. Vincent ; Giffard, of the
Penelope ; and Mr. G. L. Greetham, Deputy Judge-
Advocate of the Fleet, assembled at nine o'clock this
morning on board the St. Vincent, 120, Captain Milne,
flag of Sir Charles Ogle, to try the boatswain of the
Resistance troop-ship, Commander G. Lowe, on a charge
of drunkenness, preferred by his captain.
Mr. Gray, first lieutenant ; Mr. Hoggard, second
lieutenant ; and Mr. Sparrow, assistant-surgeon of the
Resistance, were examined, and fully made out the
charge. The prisoner called no witnesses to disprove
the statements for the prosecution, but called his captain
to give him a character, which he had better not have
done, as although Commander Lowe gave him a first-
rate character as a seaman, he was compelled to prove
him an habitual drunkard, and on the day named in the
charge (the 2d instant) the prisoner was so intoxicated
as to be totally incapable of attending to his duty.
The Court considered the charge fully proved, and li
sentenced the prisoner to be dismissed the service.
The Daphne, 18, Captain J. J. Onslow, got under
way last night just after sunset, to proceed to the east-
ward to be paid off. As the wind was dead on end she
was obliged to beat out. Her first reach was on the port
tack towards the Isle of Wight. She tacked a little
before five, and made her second reach towards the
Horse Sand, when unfortunately, it being excessively
dark, she stretched too far, and ran aground on that
sand about half-past five. Guns were fired and blue
lights were burnt to indicate her position to the autho-
rities, and the Echo, with Mr. Bellamy, assistant-master
attendant, and a party of seamen from the St. Vincent,
were sent out to her assistance. Boats were also sent
to her from the ships at Spithead. The Echo reached
her about nine o'clock, and she was got afloat about ten
without receiving any damage. The Commander-in-
Chief and his flag-captain have been on board her this
afternoon to investigate the cause of her getting ashore.
The Atholl troop-ship, Master-Commanding E. J. P.
Pearn, was towed into harbour to-day by the Echo.
By the last advices from the Miditerranean we are
informed that Mr. Elkens, paymaster and purser of the
Harlequin, 16, Commander Moore, had slatit himself
while labouring under a fit of insanity.
The New Board of Naval Constructioa are expected
to hold their first meeting at this port this week, with
Captain Lord John Hay, one of the Lords of the Admi-
ralty, in the chair.
The Resistance troop-ship, Commander Lowe, embarks
here the head-quarters of the 36th Regiment for Corfu;
thence she conveys the 97th to Malta • whence she
proceeds to Bermuda, and thence to Halifax with the
20th, and home.
Accounts have been received from her Majesty's
ship Kingfisher, Commander Wilmot Horton, of the
21st of September. He had taken two slavers within
a fortnight of assuming the command of the vessel.
Commander Horton is the nephew of the Secretary to
the Treasury, Mr. Tuffnell, M.P.
The Spiteful steam-sloop was at Bombay on the Bth
of November, waiting for her new Captain, Sir William
Hoste; Lieutenant Halsted had died suddenly on the 7th
of November, Lieutenant J. D. Hay had been appointed
to the death vacancy (caused by the decease of Com-
mander Maitland), and had been appointed to the Wol-
verine, 16, vice Clifford, to the Bingdove, 16, vice Sir
William Hoste to the Spiteful.
The America, 50, Captain Sir Thomas Maitland, was
at Corunna on the Ist inst., waiting orders.
The Vanguard, 80, Captain Willes, was at Carthagena
on the 17th of December, expecting to be sent to Malta.
The following ships have served the usual period of
commission (three years), and may shortly be expected
home to be paid off; many of them, having been relieved,
are on their

Agincourt (flak-ship), 72 guns, Capt. Johnstone, East
Indies, commissioned February 1842.
Albion, 90 guns, Capt. Lockyer, Tagus, Nov. 1843
Alert, 6 guns, Corn. Ellis, Coast of Africa, July 1843
Castor, 36 guns, Capt. Graham, East Indies, April 1843
Cleopatra, 26 guns, Capt. Wyvill, Cape of Good Hope,
April 1842.
Conway, 26 guns, Capt. Kelly, Cape of Good Hope,
May 1843.
Cormorant (steam-sloop), 6 guns, Capt. Gordon, Pacific,
April 1843
Curacoa, 24 guns, Capt. Broughton, Brazils, Feb. 1843.
Dolphin, 3 guns, Lieut. Miller, Brazils, July 1843.
Driver (steam-sloop), 6 guns, Capt. Hayes, East Indies,
September 1843.
Espoir, 10 guns, Corn. Hand, Coast of Africs, May 1843.
Fisgard, 42 guns, Capt. Duntze, Pacific, May 1843
Fox, 42 guns, Comdre. Blackwood, East Indies, Oct.
1843
Frolic, 16 guns, Corn. Hamilton, Pacific, Nov. 1842
Hazard, 18 guns, Com. Egerton, East Indies, Oct. 1841.
Ilecla (steam-sloop), 6 guns, Corn. Starmer, Mediter-
ranean, Jan. 1843.
Helena, 16 guns, Capt. Sir C. Ricketts, Cape of Good
Hope, Oct. 1843.
Hermes (steam-sloop), 6 guns, Corn. Carr, West Indies,
May 1843.
Hyacinth, 18 guns, Com. Scott, West Indies, Sept. 1843.
Hydra (steam sloop), 6 guns, Corn. Morrell, Coast of
Africa, August 1843.
Inconstant. 36 guns, Capt. Fremantle, Mediterranean,
May 1843.
Iris, 26 guns, Capt. Mundy, East Indies, Oct. 1843
Larne, 18 guns, Capt. Brisbane, Coast of Africa, Nov.
1843.
Modeste, 18 gun., Corn. Watkins, Pacific, June 1843
Pilot, 16 guns, Com. Wilson, East Indies, July 1843
Racer, 16 guns, Corn. Reed, 13razils, April 1843
Royalist, 10 guns, Lieut. Gordon, Ea,t Indies, Oct. 1841.
Salamander (steam-sloop), 6 guns, , Pacific,
June 1842.
Satellite, 18 guns, Corn. Rowley, Brazils, Dec. 1843
Seal ark, 10 guns, Coln. Gooch, Coast of Africa, Oct.
1843.
Spider, 6 guns, Lieut. Pyrn, Brazils, April 1842.
Spiteful (steam 'sloop, Capt. Sir W. Hoste, East Indies,
Dec. 1842.
Superb, 80 guns, Capt. Corry, Tagus, Dec. 1843.
Talbot, 26 guns, -- Sir T. Thompson, Pacific, April
1542.
Thunderbolt (steam-sloop), 6 guns, Corn. Boyle, Cape
of Good Hope, Dec. 1842.
Vestal, 26 guns, Capt. Talbot, East Indies, Nov. 1843.
Virago (steam-sloop), 6 guns, Com. Lunn, Mediterra-
nean, May 1843.
Wolf, 18 guns, Corn. Gordon, East Indies, June 1842.
Wolverine, 16 guns, Corn. Clinrd, East Indies, Jan.
1842.

The above list does not include surveying or other
vessels, as packets, troopers, provision or store ships,
employed upon "particular service," whose terms of
commission are not defined as are those of other ships in
the lloaal Navy. We have compiled the above from the
official Navy List just published.
We are requested to acdnowledge the receipt of the
following sums on behalf of the family of the late Lieut.
W. P. Gr( en, R.N.:—By Captain Pasco, of the Victory,
from "An Old Brother Officer," (T. P. C.), 1/ ; also
11. Is. from Mr. Wm. Day, 1, Queen- street, Mayfair.
WOOLWICH, JAN. 6.—The Amphion steam-frigate,
Captain J. W. Williams, had her steam up to day, to
try her engines in the harbour, and will again try them
down the river in a few days.
The Geyser steam-vessel will leave Woolwich on Sa-
turday for Greenhithe, to have her compasses adjusted,
and then proceed to Portsmouth.
Dr. Lyon Playfair and Mr. John Wilson, from the
College of Civil Engineers, at Putney, visited Woolwich
Dockyard officially on Saturday last, to examine and
report on the cause of the coals near the Foundry taking
fire, which was discovered on Chritmas-day. The coals
ignited a second time, and they heve now been all re-
moved.