The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-21 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 19.—The St. Vincent, 120, C ipt.
Milne, flag-ship of ..A(ltniral Sir Charles Ogle, Bart.,
Commander-in-Chief of this part, which came into har-
bour on Monday last, and has since comfortably settled
down at her old moorings off Gosport, is ordered to refit
and complete for sea service again with all possible dis-
patch, pursuant to an Admiralty order promulgated this
morning. The confusion this order has created, and the
absurdity of the host of reports it has given rise to on
shore, vire of the most extraordinary description. Cer-
tain it is, that according to present orders, the fine old
ship will be at Spithead fully manned and stored again
in a few days. The Admiralty dispatches brought by
the Cyclops are supposed to have been the cause of this
change in the winter quarters of the St. Vincent.
The Vengeance, 84, Captain Stephen Lushington,
having had her bottom broomed down, was undocked and
floated into the basin this morning-, where she is pro-
gressing with her rig as rapidly as the smallness' of her
complement will permit of. Another hundred men have,
however, been ordered to her, making her complement
450. She is entering the extras fast, the fame of her
First-Lieutenant having brought him a host immediately
the placard, announcing the want of seamen and petty
officers for the Vengeance, was exhibited this morning.
She got her cross-trees, masthead-pennants, and tops
over this morning. The marines have not joined yet.
On the St. Vincent leaving for other service she will
take the flag of Admiral Sir Charles Ogle.
Practice from the Excellent gunnery Ship, on Friday
last, the 16th inst., at the Leviathan, 74 ; range, 2,400
yards :-14 rounds burst short, several close to the ship;
4 rounds (ricochet) missed the ship ; 2 ditto passed the
ship without bursting ; 1 struck the ship, but did not
burst ; 1 (last) the effect could not be seen. Total, 22
rounds fired. _ _

The Cyclops steam-frigate, Captain W. F. Lapidge,
came into harbour to-day to replenish fuel, and repair a
few defects.
The Crocodile, 8, troopship, Commander G. Lowe, is
undergoing the process of smoking, to rid her of the
nuisance of rats, with which vermin she is much in-
fested.
The Waterwitch, 8, Commander Birch, was at St.
Helena on the Ist ult.
The Emerald and Mercury tenders returned from Ply-
mouth to-day.
The Powerful, 84, advance-ship, has been docked in
the room of the Vengeance.
The Blazer steamer, Lieutenant-Commander H. E.
Wingrove (acting), embarked a number of Marines
from the barracks this morning alongside the dockyard,
and sailed for Ireland, to be employed under the orders
of Commissary-General Hewetson.
The Commander-in-Chief, Admiral Sir Charles Ogle,
Bart., went out this morning in the Myrtle steamer, and
mustered and inspected the Nautilus, 8, Lieutenant-Com
mending J. M‘Donnell.
PLYMOUTH, OCT. 17.—Her Majesty's ship America,
50, Captain the Hon. J. Gordon, which left the Sound on
Tuesday, the 13th, remained outside the harbour (in
consequence of contrary winds) until Thursday even-
ing. Her Majesty's ship Queen, 110, Captain Sir Henry
J. Lecke, then in the Sound, signalled the America
about midday on the 15th, and the Netley tender, 8,
went off to her with Admirelty dispatches. At sunset
there was a light breeze off the land ; the America was
observed with her topgallant sails set, and no doubt ere
this she is clear of the Channel, on her passage to the
Mediterranean.
Her Majesty's ship Thetis, 36, was put in commission
yesterday by Captain Codrington.
Her Majesty's ship Queen, 110, at high water, after
sunset this evening, was towed by a steam-ship and a
tug from her'mooriags in the Sound to Hamoaze, where
',he will bear the flag of Port Admiral Sir John West.
WOOLWICH, OCT. 9.—The Sidon steam-frigate, Capt.
Henderson, C. 8., has her steam up to-day to try her en-
2.,ines at her mooring=. Captain Lord Fitzclarance,
Edward Paget, and Commander Otway, son of Sir
;-;eorge Otway, Bart., visited Woolwich Dockyard to
day, and went on board the Sidon, where they re• mained
some time.
300 men of the Woolwich division of the Royal
Marines vacated the Royal Artillery barracks to-•
clay, where they had been accommodated for some
time, and marched to the Hebe receiving sh'p, at
the west-end of the Woolwich Dockyard, which
is to be their future quarters until the new
Royal Marine barracks are fully completed. Colonel
Mercer, and Major Little, barrack-master to the Royal
Marines at Woolwich, visited the Ilebe in the forenoon,
to ascertain that she was in proper order for the accom-
modation of the non-commissioned officers and men of
the Royal Marines.
The Maria Somes has arrived off the Royal Arsenal,
and is unloading stores.

APPOINTMENTS.
G. T. Roberts, Lieutenant, to the Penelope ; Robert
K. Pringle, Master's Assistant, to the Acheron ; George
Hop Mansell, Midshipman (Supernumerary), to the
Victory ; John Seaton, Lieutenant, to the Coast Guard;
George Murdock, First Engineer, to the Penelope ;
George Baker, Andrew M•Gregor, and Robert Lling,
Second Engineers, to the Penelope ; Andrew M'Farlane,
Thomas Dancannon, and John D. Lamond, Third
Erigineers, to the Penelope ; Peter Rundle, Acting-
Master, to the Prospero ; John Raimbutt, Second
Master, to the Prospero; Peter M. Godfrey, Lieutenant,
to the Mutine ; James Pike, Gunner, to the Penelope ;
George Dinham, Gunner, to the Thetis ; George P.
Mends, Lieutenant, to the Eurydice ; lion. Frederick
Pelham, Captain, to study at the Steam Factory ; H.
W. Crawfurd, Commander, to study at the Steam Fac-
tory ; Thomas H. Lysaght, Lieutenant, to study at the
Steam Factory ; Charles Stirling, Midshipman, to the
Thetis ; Charles Fellowes, Lieutenant, to the Queen ;
Henry Chalmers, Master's Assistant, to the Gladiator ;
Henry West, Clerk's Assistant, to the Gladiator ; John
Bell, Paymaster and Purser, to the Penelope ; Benjamin
Dyer, Paymaster and Purser, to the Thais ; T homes
Coutts. Boatswain, to the Penelope ; John Haves, Car-
penter, to the Penelope ; Jeremiah Hyde, Boatswain, to
the Thetis ; Francis Chord, Carpenter, to the Thetis ;
Frederick Forbes, Lieutenant, to the Penelope ; Robert
H. Swinton, Naval Cadet, to the Thetis ; John A. Lut-
trell, Naval Cadet, to the Collingwood ; George Collier,
Master, to the Eurydice ; Lawford Miles, Lieutenant,
Agent for Mails, Liverpool.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.
Lemon', OCT. 20.—Wind S.S.W., light breeze, and fine
DEAL, OCT. 19.—Wind S. to S.W., moderate.—Arrd. from
the River, Pestonjee Bomanjee, Norfolk Island; Belhaven,
Gilkison, Batavia, &c.; Childe Harold, Lilley, Bombay;
Jessie Smith, Baxter, Algoa Bay; Johanna, Falconer, Cape
of Good Hope; Gilbert Henderson, Tweedie, ditto; Earl of
Durhatr, Stephenson, Sierra Leone; Isabella, Filley, Rio
Janeiro; Jane Goudie, Goudie, Bahia; Ocean, Briar, Tri-
nidad ; Ealing Grove, Falconer, Dominica ; Mina, Forrest,
Antigua; Caroline, Stone, Jamaica; Ada, Broadhurst, ditto;
Prince Royal transport, West Indies ; John Garrow, Thom-
son,Orleans; Unicorn, Cushing, ditto; James Caskee,
piis b Nu
regw,
Charleston
; Walpole, Thomas, New York. Put
back, Sultana, for Pernambuco. Sid. Clementine, Sandwich
Islands; Princess Louise, Bahr, Valparaiso.
NEWPORT, Oct. 19.—Wind S.E.—Arrd. Yorkshire, Tripp,
Quebec. Sid. Rambler, M'Lachlan, St. Thomas.
DIVERPOOL, Oar. 19.—Wind S., moderate.—Acrd. Fanny,
Wheeler, Cape of Good Hope; Hopewell, Carter, Maran-
ham ; Sheridan, Cornish, New York ; Glencoe, Galbraith,
Pictou ; Ambassasor, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Ambas-
sadress, ditto; Phoenix, Kerr, Quebec; Lady Milton, Hayes,
-ditto ; Laurence Forestrell, Bale, ditto; Erin steamer,
Wexford, with the specie from the Templeman_ t stranded in
Balleyteigne Bay. Ski. Alileceto, Hunter, New Orleans.
The brig Ratchford, of Waterford., was passed, 6th inst., lat.
46, long. 33, abandoned ; and, on the 7th, lat. 47, long. 31,
the Euphrosyne, of Quebec, also abandoned, by the Hope-
well, Carter, arrived here; and the brig St. Louis, aban-
doned, and with nothing but the bowsprit standing, was
boarded, Ilth inst., by the Sheridan, Cornish, arrived here.
ROTHESAY, Ocr. 16.—S1d. John Scott, Trinidad.
Cotta, Oar. 15. Sld. C. Hutton, Andrews, Newfoundland ;
Swiftsure, Witt, Africa. 16th, Bruce, Boyd, St. John's,New
Brunswick.
IPSWICH OCT. 17.—Arrd. Lady Combermere, Quebec.
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STOCKTON, OCT. 15.—Arra. Paragon, Bell, Quebec.
YARBIOUTH, Ocr. 17.—The Lord Goodridge, from Oswego
to London, was passed waterlogged, loss of bulwarks, and
stancheons, and nearly all her provisions and water washed
overboard on the 16th ult., in let. 70 N., lon. 36 E. by the
William, Millichamp, arrived in the Roads, which has
brought eight of the crew; the captain hoped to get with
the remainder into Hammerfest.
PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 19.—Wind S.W.—Std. Marmlon,
Fletcher, China.
Orr SA LCOMBE, OCT. 16.—Bissell, Haesloop, Baltimore.
19th, the wreck of a brig of about 300 tons was passed on
the 29th ult. in tat. 40, bin. 59, by the Toronto, Pratt.
PLYMOUTH, Ocr. 19.—Arrd. Eliezer, 'formic, Demerara.
A quantity of stores have been saved from the wreck of the
Eden.
BIDEFORD, OCT. 19.—Arrd. Three Brothers, Pugslev,
Prince Edward's Island.
Blau-slams, Ocr. 17.—Wind N.E.—Std. Corsair, Cum-
mins, Newfoundland.
LYTHAM, OCT. 19 —Wind S.S.W., fresh.—Std. Camilla,
Ritchie, Yarmouth, United States.
Wars:lo'oßu, OcT. 18.—Wind N. to N.N.E.—Std. Star,
Mountain, Newfoundland.
PIVELHELI, 18.—The Friendship, Evans, has been
got off Abersoch Beach, and is now in the harbour with
trifling damage; and the Mary and Ann, Jones, was got off
Hillsrbouth Beach yesterday, and into the harbour.
Ls'NN, Ocr. 17.—The Sampson Steam-tug, which sunk in
this harbour on the 12th inst., was raised on the 15th without
damage.
CcRK, Ocr. 17.—Std. Zephyr, Barbadoes •; Ironsides,
Campbell, Galveston ; Bruce, St. John's, New Brunswick.
IPswicts, OCT. 17.—Arrd. Lady Combermere, Quebec.
SALCOMBE, OCT. 17.—A ship is reported to be on shore
about ten miles to the westward of this harbour, by the
Moult, Sladen, arrived here.
YARMOUTH, Ocr. 19.—The Friezeland's Gouverneur Van
Sytzama, Zegletta, from Amsterdam to Algiers, has put in
here i
19.-The schooner Flora, of and for Glas-
gow, front London, got ashore on the Gunfleet Sand this
morning, but came off without damage, and proceeded.
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Hum., OCT. 19.—Wind W.S.W.—lirrd. 18th, Hesperia,
außNtvl
ccll a, rgoocr ( h. a sdamaged, and is discharging.
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Manger, Patagonia.
IVENHOE, OCT. 19.—The wreck of a vessel was seen
16th inst. on the Long Sand, the sunk light bearing N.N.E.,
it is supposed to have been a French or Spanish brig, laden
with coals, of abont 150 tons, and had either a white or
yellow side, with black. The wreck had, apparently, taken
place a few hours previously; crew supposed to he drowned.
LOSS OF THE HELEN JANE OF LIVERPOOL, AND
PRIVATIONS OF TWO OF HER CREW.
The following is a letter from the agent to Lloyd's at Cork
—"The Rose and Eliza, reported yesterday, fell in with the
wreck of the barque Helen Jane of Liverpool, bound from
Belize to London, on the '27th ult., in lat. 39, long. 58—her
main and mizen masts gone; was waterlogged, and top- sides
of her crew, had left her in the long boat on the
2tlth ; five men remait.ed on board, three of whom died. The
two survivors were taken from the top; they had no provi-
sions, and, as we may imagine, were in a mot awful state,
having been compelled to make use of their deceased ship-
mates.pa-sed immense quamities of wr,••1: ; about eight dais since
Thee two men go to LiverPard to-day. The Rose
na sed iSwedisit slt,.p-ttf-war, s,a.ato,g t" tie sow tken-J."

Fool' RACE.-0.1 Monti: y the 200 yarls race be-
tween Lambert mid Gill, for 24A, was d.ouled at Iloilo-
ancl won by the hater,

SUBTERRANEAN TELEGRAPH

THROUGH THE METROPOLIS.

Daring the last few weeks considerable interest hss
been excited i❑ the scientific world, and the several rail-
way companies whose lines run into the metropolis, by
the announcement that the Electric Telegraph Company
intend forthwith to establish a central telegraph station
at the Company's depot in the Strand, by means of which
communicatton will be obtained from one point to all
parts of the country. In the Company's Act of Incor-
poration the thirty-fifth clause empowers them to lay
down and under any street any pipes or tubes not being
of larger size than three inches bore, for conveying or
conducting the wires of the electric telegraph. In pur-
suance of those powers, they intend to extend the wires
from the several railway stations in London, in the way
described by their Act of Parliament, under the streets
of the metropolis.
The extension of the telegraph on the South-Western
Railway will be first commenced. Mr. Hatcher, the
Company's engineer, attended a meeting of the Lambeth
vestry on Friday evening, for the purpose of explaining
the route it will take through the streets of the district.
After leaving the terminus at Nine Elms, it will pass
through Kennington-lane and road, Oakley-street,
Waterloo-road, over the bridge, and thence to the
station in the Strand. The plan proposed to carry
out this extraordinary project is as follows :—ln the
first place, the wires will undergo a process of coating,
so as to preserve them; they then will be fixed in metal
tubing, which will be laid under ground about 18
inches from the surface. Every quarter of a mile proving
posts, which in size, and appearance will be similar to
the present street posts, will be erected, thereby insuring
the proper connexion of the wires. The principal mem-
bers of the Lambeth vestry have arranged to inspect the
route from the South-Western Railway this day with the
Company's officers, and to determine on the position of
the posts. On the sites being fixed, the telegraph will
forthwith be laid down. In the course of three months

it is anticipated that it will be completed. A much
longer period, however, will transpire ere the wires on
the other lines are extended.

Lately the Government, we are informed, have directed
the Company's officers to report the practicability of
extending the " main" telegraph to the principal Govern-
ment depots. The result has not as yet been ascertained.
The 50th clause of the Company's Act sets forth, " That
at all times, and whenever, in the opinion of one of her
Majesty's -principal Secretaries of State for the time
being, such art emergency as aforesaid shall have arisen,
it shall be lawful for such Secretary of State, by warrant
under his hand, to cause possession to be taken of all
telegraphs and apparatus at the various stations of the
Company, for one week from the date of such warrant,
for the purpose of preventing any communications being
made, or signals given, and also by further successive
warrants to cause possession of them to be retained from
week to week, so long as their detention might be deemed
expedient, the Company receiving reasonable remunera-
tion for such loss."