The Sun.
London, England, 1847-01-11 00:00:00

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NAVAL IN TELLIGEN Ct.
PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 10 —The Brilliant, 22, Captain
Wasson, sailed from the Cape fur Simon's Bay on the
24tri of October.
The Conway, 26, Captirin Kelly, sailed on the follow-
ing day for the Mauritius; and, on the same day, the
Thunderbolt steam-sloop, Commander Boyle, left for
Aires Bay.
The President, 50, Captain Stanley, nag of Rear-
Admiral Dawes, was in Simon's Bay, and the squadron
on the station generally was healthy.
Latter& from St. Helena to th, 22d of November, and
Ascension to the 27tn, inform that those islands were

healthy.
The Thomas Arbuthnot convict ship, Captain
Thompson, sailed from Spithead this morning for Port
Philip, with a superior class of delinquents, officially
Ball " exiles." These are the first "exiles" sent to

the above settlement, which the inhabitants of that re-

spectable place are very wroth at; and have memorialised
the Government on the subject. The most ingenious
trades and professions are carried on on hoard this ship;
in fAct, we believe all trades in vogue have their repre-
sentatives on board. The most ingenious aff-tir,
however, is a n-wspxper in manuscript, publhhed
every Saturday, having its foreian and domestic corres-
pondence, advertisements, and indeed Xll the necessary

accessories to an apparently well-conducted journal.
The articles are well written and the arrangements well
ma le. The name of this paper is the Citadel, and the
conductors dub the captain of the ship " the governor."
Tho Citadel having nu opponents enjoys a large circula-
tion. The editor is a man who has been of considerable

note in the legitimate literary world ; but all. names and

circumstances in connexion with their present position
is strictly preserved secret w ith regard to these " exiles,"
the great majority of whom are juvenile offenders from
Millbank, Pentonville, and Parkhurst (Isle of Wight)
prisons.

The Kestrel is to be fitted for immediate commission,
It is reported, by Sir Godfrey Webster, Bart., Second
Lieutenant of the St. Vincent, for service on the North
American and West India stations, to relieve the Pickle

!schooner.
The Resistance troop-ship, Commander Lowe, sailed
yesterday morning at nine o'clock, with the head quar-
ters division of the 36th Regiment, for Corfu.
The Dauntless screw steam -frigate, for 24 guns, was
masted in the basin yesterday, and afterwards docked,
to be coppered and fitted for conimis,ion.
The Albatross, 16, Commander Farquhar, is ordered
to Plymouth to be paid advance, and receive final orders.
The Licatenant-Governor of this garrison, having re-
ceived a splendid mark of the estimation in which he is
held, from his friends and some of the inhabitants of
this district, on Tuesday last, in consequence of his re-
moval from this command by promotion, the friends and
admirers of Rear Admiral Hyde Parker, C 8., superin-
intendent of this dockyard, intend to get up a subscrip-
tion to present that gallant officer wit a similar testi-
mqnial on his vacating his present onerous appointment,
,at the expiration of his term 'rapidly approaching), as a
mark of their appreciation of his. universal kindness to
all under his control ; his proverbial politeness to all
who have had occasion to seek an audience of him ; and
his condescending urbanity during the period he has
presided over the interests of this important dockyard.
The Thetis, 36, Captain C alring,ton, a beautiful new
frigate, built on the design and under the superintend-
ence of some members of the late Committee of the

Suppressed School of Naval Architecture, will sail for
Lisbon, it is expected, to-morrow, with officers and su•
pernurnerary seamen, and stores for Sir William Par-
k .r's squadron. On her passage from Devonport to
Spithead, we are informed she had to beat up all the dis-
tance, bat proved herself a dry and most excellent sea-
boat. On leaving the Sound the whole weight of her
Fovisions and stores was nearly 850 tons. %hen her
draught of water forward was 18 feet 10 inches ; aft.,
2) feet 4 inches ; mean, 19 feet 7 inches; heights of
ports from the water, forward, 9 feet 82 inches ; amid
ships, 8 feet l inches; and aft., 9 feet. It is affirmed
that she is to compete in sailing and other qualities
ith the Inconstant, another crack frigate of 36 guns,
Luilt on the design of the late Rear-Ado ira! Hayes.
The Terrible and Retribution steam-ships are rdered
t.,) proceed immediately with naval and other stores to
Ireland. The former is to be at Deptford to-morrow to
Le fitted and stored ; the latter is being rapidly pre-
pared for the food service at this port by the officers and
rew of the Sidon. Lieutenant Murray is left in com-
mand of the Terrible at Sheeniest:.
The Penelope steam-frigate, Captain Giffard, left
:pithead yesterday morning for the coast of Africa sta-
tion, taking out officers, supernumerary seamen, and
marines for distribution among the squadron. On ar-
riving on the station, she will take the broad pendant of
Commodore Sir Charles Hothain, K.C.8., Commander-
iu-Chief, from the Devastation, at present carrying it.
The Naiad coal and store-ship, for Callao, Master-
Commander Browne, sailed yesterday from Spithead for
Rio, where she e ill discharge 50 boys for service in the
squadron under Sir Thomas Herbert : whence she prep
coeds to Valparaiso, where she discharges 150 boys for
Cie Pacific squadron. She has also 700 tons of coal on
-board.
In consequence of the death of Commodore Daniel
Pring, late second in command on the North American
and West Indian station, the Commander-in-Chief,
Vice-Admiral Sir Francis Austen, K.C.8., has promoted
the following officers :—Commander O'Callagan (1841),
of the Vesuvius steam-sloop, to the rank of Captain, and
appointed him to the Imaum (Commodore's ship); Flag
Lieutenant 11. G. Austen (1841, son of the Admiral), to
tae nil* of Commander, and appointed to the Vesuvius,
vice O'Callagan ; Mr. E. W. Bridge, mate of the Vin-
dictive flag-ship, to the rank of Lieutenant ; and Lieut.
11etcher (1845), of the Electra, to be Flag-Lieutenant.
The same advice s which contained the above, also
contained the report of Captain O'Cailagan's being so
from attacks of yellow fever as to be compelled to
i .valid home. By the Hyacinth, hi-11 arrived here
ce Friday attention from the above station, we learn
fiat the day prior to her sailing floin Barbadoes
( he 9th ult.), the Hermes steam-sloop, Commander
Carr, arrived at that island with Governor Reid, from
Bermuda, who was installed with all due ceremony as
Governor of Barbadoer. The Hermes was to sail on the
10th, a ith Chartes Grey for Jamaica, to which
Hand he had been appointed governor. The Viper
le.:gen tine, Lieu tenon t- Commander 'lore, and the
Persian, 16, Commander Coryton, were theonly men-of-
ssar at Berbadoes when the Hyacinth left. The Princess
Royal transport was also there, and the Vindictive flag
eaip, with the Admiral, was expected early in Januar).
Lord Howard de Wa dee and Sir William Codrington
heel arrived eut in the Severn mail packet, to see to the
better management of their estates. The Hyacinth
psoceeds to Sheerness (where she was commissioned) to
be paid off.
The ilaleigh, 50, Commodore Sir Thomas Herbert,
a id the Constance, 50, Captain Sir B. Walker, we learn,
by private letters, parted company on the 29th of Sep•
timber, in latitude 23 deg. 44 min. S., and longitude
32 deg. 40 min. W., after being together 100 days, and
competing in sea-going qualities. The Constance
shaped her course towards the Falkland Islands, and
the Raleigh for the River Plate, where she arrive d on
the 13th of October. In every sea-going goo .t quality,
we are informed, the Raleigh beat her competitor,
outselling her many miles, and on two occasions the
Constance was left " half courses and hull down."
The squadron in the River Plate was distributed as
follows, on the 29th of October :—the Vernon, 50, Cap-
tain Fitzgerald, flog of Rear-Admiral Inglefield ; the
Raleigh, 50, Commodore Sir Thomas Herbert ; the
Vagle, 50, Captain G. B. Martin ; the Melampus, 42,
Captain Campbell ; and the Comus, 16, Commander
D'Eyncourt, were at Monte Video.
The Cure; ,a, 24, Captain Broughton, and the Dol-
phin 3, Lieutenant-Commander Miller, were at Rio on
tee 18th of November, the latter having arrived from
Monte Video five days prior.
The Grecian,l6, Commander Tindal, was at Busca.
The Racer, 18, Commander Reed, was at Colonia.
The Satellite, le, Commander Rowley, was at
lialdenarte.
the
Firebrand, steam frigate, Captain Hope, and
Harpy, steam-vessel, Lieutenant Tomlinson, was at
Beenos Ayres.
The Acorn,lB, Commander Bingham,was at Paraguay,
The Alecto steam-sloop, Commander Massingherd,
hid proceeded up the Urugay to relieve the iron ste -
esesel Lizard, Lieutenant Commander Tylden.
The Dido, 20, Captain Maxwell, sailed from Monte
Video for the East Indies on the 29th of October.
The Caryefort, 26, Captain G. H. Seymour, arrived
at Valparaiso on the 19th of October, from Sydney
aed New Zealand (where she had landed the new
(: teernor and specie), and remained there on the 24th
refitting.
The Salamander steam sloop, Captaim Hamond, left
Valparaiso for Rio and England on the Ist of October.
The Sampson steam frigate, Captain T. Henderson,
lest Valparaiso on the 25th of October for Talcahuano,
and on an experimental sailing cruize.
The Nereus store-ship, Master Commander Bateman,
w ,5 under orders, at the above date, to proceed from
Valparaiso to Callao.

COMPOSITION OF THE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES,—
The Chamber of Deputies is composed of 459 members,
0 ntains sixty-six lawyers or notaries, seven physicians,
forty-four officers of the army, either on halt pay_or in
active service ; two officers of the navy, in active ser-
'ice ; eighty-two magistrates, fifty-two administrators,
thirteen civil engineers, twentv-seven merchants or
bz-lkers, eight manufacturers, (Lk iron masters, nine
laters, fitteen members of the institute, fifteen diph.
m Itista, and six -
literary men, three of whom are chief
editors of daily
ties are in-,,tl newspapers. The remaining 115 depu-
SurPosauY .2.inclksi proprietors.
t.iictnE —0
man named Bilby .n Saturday afternoon a
b: in to
the
bodyor discovered , 111 the water, near Waterloo-
furniture thaler, of 16r.anWd. Isa-Lle Jarvk form: rly a
n,•.uster-road. On 17, 'Melina-place, West-
getting the
fc-and to be mutilated,
and
theb(-).dy ashore the skull was
ill 'figured. In the head was asidle of the head and face
i:,-Tairies there seems n:s doubt that aperture. From
committed suicide by jumpin, from
the unfortunate man
atol that the injuries were the roernsultWaterloc-bridge,
v
aLlin:st the piers in his el-scent. •cheof ibis striking
Pi•lday Light, retired t:) his he.l in good (-ec:ase4' on
of n of the inmates of the house. ill which "11'5' Eta on
gol:g into his bed 1.,,, :-,, on Saturday rnor.nin''' lodged
ascertained that during the night he had gone out, it'
w"
out, and
nwhing was seen or heard of him till his body was found
in the river.

STATE OF THE DUTCH NAVY.—Two ships-of-the-
line of 81 guns, five of 74 (of which three are building),
two of 60, iifne of 54, eleven of 44, two of 33 (building),
three of 32, nine of 28, f ,ur of 20 (of which two arc:
building), two of 22, two of 20, eleven of 18 (of which
one is building), one of 16, eleven of 14, seven of 12 (of
which four are building), two of 8, five of 6, five of 5,
four of 4, and three of 3 guns ; in all 92 vessels, with
2,356 guns of difTorent calibre. Besides, there are ten
steam-boats, carrying 64 guns, two iron steam .boats (and
onu building), five transports, ten gun-boats, and one
bolob-vessel.