The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-20 00:00:00

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NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
MALTA, APRIL 5. —The Flamer, with the overland
London mails of the 25th ult., arrived on the 2d inst.,
but the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
Ripon having left Southampton one day later than
usual, only reached this on the morning of the 3d. She
was to have proceeded to Alexandria at 7 P.M. the same
day, but after getting her mails on board, a leak was dis-
covered in the boiler, which took them until the follow-
ing morning to repair, when at 10 o'clock they attempted
to move the engine in order to put to sea; but having
carried away a part of the machinery connected with
the steam-valves, the engines were found not to work,
and after having had them examined by the engineers,
it resulted that the repairs would occupy a week. Under
these circumstances, in order to avoid delay to all par-
ties concerned, the company's agent at Malta imme-
diately ordered the Ariel to get up her steam; and with
a degree of activity reflecting great credit on all parties
employed, the whole of the cargo, specie, passengers'
baggage, and passengers for Alexandria, the East Indies,
and China, were transhipped, with the exception of the
bale goods for Alexandria, which for want of room and
time were unavoidably left behind; but these will be
forwarded by the Aries next trip. The Flamer left for
Patras and the lonian Islands on the 3d, and at the same
time the Locust for the Piraeus of Athens, both vessels
carrying dispatches from England for the British
Minister at the Court of King Otho.
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Moresby, C.B. ; the America, 50, -Captain Sir S. Mait-
land; and the Phoenix steam-sloop, Commander Dennis,
were off Lisbon on the 10th.
The Gladiator steam-frigate, Captain Robb; the Nau-
tilus, 10, Lieutenant-Commander Western, were off
Oporto on the 11th.

The Superb, 80, Captain Corry, was cruising off Cape
Finisterre on the 12th, steering southward.
TheFolyphemus, steam-sloop, Commander M'Cleverty.
is reported by the Montrose, which arrived at South-
ampton on Friday night, to have left Lisbon for England
on the 9th inst.

The Eagle, 50, Captain H. B. Martin, C. 8., is ordered
from Monte Video to Lisbon, to augment the squadron
under Sir William Parker.
The Geyser steam sloop, Commander F. T. Brown,
will come into harbour to-morrow to fit for foreign ser-
vice—it is reported, in China.
The Herefordshire transport arrived at Halifax on the
2d inst., in sixteen days from Barbadoes, with the 23d
Regiment on board ; she was to embark the 89th for
England. On her passage to Halifax she had expe-
rienced extremely foul weather, and had been thrown on
her beam-ends.

The Hon. John Rodney, the oldest captain in the world,
having held that rank in the British navy for sixty-seven
years, died at Boulogne-sur-Mer on the 9th inst. He was
third son, we believe, of the celebrated Rodney, who
fought the French fleet under the Comte de Grasse. In
September and October, 1780, he was midshipman, lieu-
tenant, commander, and captain, in the service, all within
the space of six weeks. He was tried by court-martial
and broke, was re-instated; but never rose afterwards.
The Recruit, 12 (iron), Commander Slade, was docked
yesterday to have her bottom cleaned, and it was full
time. Although this vessel has been in commission only
nine months, and has been docked twice before this for
the same purpose, the growth of weeds upon her was
truly astonishing, forming a thick cluster just below the
line of flotation, more resembling a luxuriant crop of
grass in a field than the bottom of a brig of war.
The African steam-tug, and Drake lighter, came back
yesterday from Brook with the flat and boats, having
succeeded in recovering the guns, &c., belonging to the
Sphyn x.
The Berkshire, dismasted, from Sydney, left this
morning in tow of the Sir William Wallace, and another
tug. for the Thames.

'The officers and crew belonging to the Apollo troop-
ship, Commander Radcliffe, who were during the refit-
ment of their own ship at Sheerness employed in navi-
gating the Euryalus convict depot to Gibraltar, came
from that port to Devoaport in the Inconstant frigate.
They were subsequently, on the arrival of the Dee
steam-transport from Ireland, transhipped to her for
passage to this port. Part proceeded by railway, and
the remainder were put on board the Myrtle steamer
yesterday, and taken to Sheerness to rejoin their ship,
which is nearly ready fur sea, having been refitted by
the dockyard riggers.
The following mates have passed their examination for
lieutenants at the Royal Naval College during the past
week:—Messrs. John Henry Howard, Henry Anson
Ford, Henry Samuel Hamilton, Norman Bernard Bed-
dingfield, and John James Onslow.

During the past week the Admit&fly hare conferred
the following

APPOINTMENTS.

Lieutenants—C. 0. H. P. St. John, of the Excellent,
to the Albion ; W. N. L. Lockyer, of the Albion, to the
Excellent ; Frederick Marryat (who exerted himself so
admirably in the endeavour to extriottA thp Sphynz
when ashore), and Francis Brooke, to the Avenger ;
Thomas A. Swinburne. and Samuel Fowell, to the Bull-
dog ; Edward Barnard, to the Vindictive.
Masters—William Archer, the Avenger ; John Cole
borne, to be Chief Officer in the Coast Guard Service.

Paymaster and Purser.—C. H. Jones, to tho Avenger.
Surgeons.—J. H. Steele, to the Caledonia, for service
in the Avenger ; A. R. Bradford, to the Albion, vice
Tarn ; G. A. Munro, to the Growler ; T. H. Keown, to
the Crocodile.

Second Master—W. Betts, to the Avenger.
Assistant-Surgeon—B. Delany, to the Avenger.
Midshipmen—Graham Eden, to the Queen ; R. A.
Stupart, to the Sidon ; G. W. Rice, to the Vindictive ;
F. H. Sterling, to the St. Vincent ; W. H. Neate, to the
Recruit.

Clerk—J. A. MQssum, to the St. Vincent.
Masters' Assistants—T. Bower, to the Caledonia ;C.
Renny, S. Libby, and J. Molloy, to the William and
Mary yacht._

Naval Cadets—H. J. Challis, late of the Sphynx, to
the Queen ; and F. F. Waddington, to the Bulldog.

ROYAL MARINES.

Captain Thomas Fraser, First Lieutenant J. E. W.
Lawrence, and Second Lieutenant Arthur Charles Steel,
of the Woolwich Division, have been appointed to the
Artillery Corps at Portsmouth ; First Lieutenant EL
Timpson, to the Avenger.
WooLwica, APRIL 17. Captain Henry Mangles
Denham, Royal Navy, F.R.S., who has been recently
investigating the steam-vessel accidents in Ireland, com-
mencing with the loss of the Sirius steamer, and those
that have occurred in England since the passing of the
recent Act of Victoria, chap. c., opened his inquiry
yesterday touching the collision of the Royal Victoria
and Albert steam-yacht with the Rose.
The ship Venice sailed from Liverpool with 170
passengers, twelve of wkom died on the passage to
Boston.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—Their Royal High-
nesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, attended by
Lady Augusta Cadogan, Baron Knesebeck, and Mr. Edmund
St. John Mildmay honoured the performances at her Ma-
jesty's Theatre, on Saturday evening, with their presence.
In their Royal Highnesses' box were the Marciais and Mar-
chioness of Douglas; in her Majesty's box were the Hon.
Miss Lascelles, Lady Caroline Leveson Gower and party.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager's box was occupied by, Mr.
and Lady Louisa Warren, the Hon. Miss Mitchell, and Cap-
tain Taylor. There were also present, the Prince Louis Na-
torluenoonw,
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Duchess of Montrose, the Marquis and Marchioness of Douro,
Russian
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the Marquis of Huntley. the Marquis of Donegal, the Mar-
quis of Clanricarde, the Earl of Lonsdale, the Earl of Bel-
lest, the Countess of Blessingt.on and Miss Power, the Earl
of Munster, the Earl of Falmouth, the Earl of Cardigan,
the Earl of Chesterfield, the Earl of Strathmore, Viscount
and Viscountess Maidstone and Lady Adelaide Paget, Vis-
count Cantilupe, Count D'Orsay, Viscount Torrington, Baron
ltehausen, M. de Couttu, Lord and Lady Templemore, Lord
Charles Wellesley, Lord and Lady Francis Gordon Lady
Fitzroy Somerset and Miss Somerset, the Right lion. the
Lord Mayor and Lady Carroll, Lady Woodford and Miss
Woodford, Lady Jervis, Lord Ernest Bruce, Lady Dormer,
Lord Nugent, Count de Courcy, Sir R. Vivian, Sir Ralph and
Lady Howard, Sir Henry Webb, "Bart., General Sir Andrew
Barnard, Sir Bellingham and Lady Graham, Hon. Cecil
Forester, Hon. Frederick Cadogan and Lady Monona Cado-
gan,C. de Koudriaffsky, Mr. Brenton Trelawney, M.P., and Miss
Hon. Adolphus Chichester, Hon. Mrs. Chichester. Mr.
Trelawney, Mr. Stewart, M.P., &c.
ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.
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with their presence.
attended
by the Countess of Mount-Edge-
eui;b Berkeley r hle Her Majesty was
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Miss OPERA.—Her
the Majesty and his
Royal Highness Prince Albert hperfo performance at
Covent-garden Theatre on
Byron, General W yss, the lion. Captain Gordon, and Cap.
a ,err, the Hon. Miss Cavendish, Lord
K
nd There were also present his Ex-
cellency the Belgian Minister and Madame Van de Weyer,
Duke de Sta,,kpoole, Count Potock, Baron de Rutzen, the
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Earl Grosvenor,
Marquis and Marchioness of Worcester, the Countess
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Dowager of Essex, the Countess de Salis, the Earl
of
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Viscount and Viscountess Duneannon, Viscount and
Viscountess Ebrington, Viscountess Glentworth, Viscount
Templetown, Lord Anson, Lord Henry Lennox, M.P., Lord
Alexander Lennox, Lord George Manners, Lord Somerville,
Lady Ashburton, Lady Lyndhurst, Sir William Molesworth,
M.P., and Lady Molesworth, Lady Harriet Drummond, Lady
Williams, Lady Caroline Russell,
Lady Macfarlane, Lady
Jodrell, the Ladies Primrose, the Hon. Miss Copley, Hon.
Richard Curzon, Hon. F. Byron, Hon. Spencer Cowper, Hon.
A. D. Willoughby, the Hon. Dawson Darner, M.P., and Mrs.
Dawson Darner, lion. John Fortescue, Hon. Sir Edward and
Lady Butler, Hon. Colonel and •Mrs. Fitzgibbon, Sir F.
Trench, M.P., Sir Bellingham Graham, Sir Charles and Lady
Cecilia De Veaux, Sir W. Clayton, Sir Andrew Leith Hay,
Sir John H. Lowther, Sir William Abdey, Sir Charles Ib-
hotson, Sir Charles Kent, Sir William and Lady de Bathe,
Sir Jasper and Lady Atkinson, Sir Augustus Forster, Sir
John Johnstone, Sir 'George Wombwell, &c.
ANGLING.—The first clean salmon of this season,
taken from the Ness, by rod-fishing, was caught in the Holme
Pool last Wednesday, by Charles Woodmas, Esq. Here, as
in most of the northern rivers, the spring fishing have been
very unproductive; but from the quantity of spent fish that
have gone down the rivers in February and March, it is ex-
' pected that the late fishing will make up for the early. In
the Beauty Lord Lovat has taken three clean salmon, and
the Master of Lovat six. From the Blackwater, H. LOSS,
Esq., landed the same number within the last fortnight.
THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—OR Saturday orders
were given that the electric telegraph wires of the Send?:
Western Railway, now conducting to the Admiralty, should
St. James's Park. to
pass through Spring-garden gate into
satyr tha Admiralty from the parade in front of this Ha's*
Guards.