The Sun.
London, England, 1841-12-20 00:00:00

NAVAL JNTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 17.—The following statement will
tend to remove the misconception which appears to exist
both at home and abroad as to the extent and object of
the armament fitting out at this and other ports, and
will show that, even including the vessels destined for
China, there has been no increase whatever of the Navy;
but, excluding the equipment for China, which is for a
special and isolated object, having no reference what-
ever to European questions, there has been a very con-
siderable reduction, especially in the Mediterranean. _
During the last four or five months the undermen-
tioned vessels, including the Powerful, 84, which is now
on its passage home to be paid off, have been paid out
of commission :

Britannia, 120 ; Bellerophon, 84 ; Belleisle, 72 ; Sa-
marang, 28 ; Crocodile, 26 ; Tyne, 28 ; Scorpion, 10 ;
Princess Charlotte, 104 ; Edinburgh, 72 ; Seringapatam,
42 ; Dido, 20 ; Hazard, 18 ; Ringdove, 16 ; Melville,
72 ; Powerful, 84 ; Castor, 36 ; Carysfort, 26 • Orestes,
18 ; Forester, 16 ; and Spider, 6 ; being altogether
csetalvlrrelelinsia:luagineeBp-9eo2rfi-gobduantatsrl.ee ships, seven frigates, and six sloops,
vessels which have been commissioned during
:
Queen, 110 ; Illustrious, 72; Madagascar, 38 ; .Spar-
tan, 26 ; Thalia, 44 ; Dido, 20 ; Pantaloon, 10 ; Harle-
'l' , 16 ; Malabar, 72 ; Warspite, 50 ; Alfred, 50 ;
dera, 36'. For
36 ; North Star eal)le'
Isis, 44 Volagmei,d26 ; Syren, 16 ; Serpent, 16 ; Belvi-
-84 ; Vindictive, 50 ; Cambrian,
s, fourinc!unt ships-of-the-line, 12 frigates, and
roine, 10 ; bein' 8 L'Aigle, 24 ; Hazard, 18 ; He-
paillg altogether 896 guns.
seven sloop
Of the vessels
Britannia, 120 ; ^
(1 off the following are from the Me
terranean :-
18 ; Princess Edinburgh,Charlottelo4'2; PoCwaeryrfsufol,rBt,426; ,•
Tyne,Ha-
28 ; Scorpion, 10 ; Bellerophon
Ha-
zard,
20. Total, five sail of the lineB/' ; Castor, 36 ; Dido,
sloops, mounting altogether , our frigates, and two
, 594 guns. In addition to
the foregoing, three more line-of-battle • ships have
ordered home ; the Ganges, 84 ;Has,. been
"ngs, 74 ; and Im-
placable, 74.
Of the ships which have been commissioned
fol-
lowing only are ordered to the Mediterranean the
being two
line-of-battle ships and two frigates:—.TheQueen 110,
with the flag of Sir E. Owen ; Malabar, 73; Belvd era,
36; and L'Aigle, 26.
The squadron for China are the Cambrian, 36; North,
Star, 28; Dido, 20; Hazard, 18 ; Warspite, 50; Syren,
16; Harlequin, 16; Andromache, 28; which the Mada-
gascar, 44, has gone to relieve at the Cape of Good (lope;
together with the Belleisle, Apollo, and Sapphire troop-
ships, and the Minden, hospital-ship.
Of the other ships commissioned, the Illustrious, 72,
has gone to the North American and West Indian sta-
tion. The Spartan, 26, is for the same destination ;
Alfred, 50, is for South America ; Pantaloon, 10, Coast
of Africa ; Heroine, 10, for the same ; Serpent, 16,
West Indies.
__ .

The destination of the Formidable, 84 ; Thalia, 44 ;
Lis, 44 ; Vindictive 50 and Volage, 26 ; is at present
not known. It is supposed that some Of them are for
China,

DEATH FROM THE EFFECTS OF COLD.—The
body of a man named Daniel Clinch, a porter in Covent-
garden, was brought to the station-house, Bow-street,
about two o'clock on Saturday morning. It appeared that
the deceased, who was well known in the market, dropped
down dead, it is supposed from apoplexy occasioned by
excessive cold.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF CHANCERY, Dec. 18.

TRANSFER OF CAUSES.
The LORD CHANCELLOR, on taking his seat this morn-
ing, stated that he had found it necessary to order the
transfer of some more causes to the paper of Vice-Chan-
cellor Knight Bruce, and had chosen those causes in
which the briefs had not yet been delivered.

FISHER V. THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY.

This case came before the Court upon motion to dis-
charge an order pronounced by the Court, transferring
the cause from the Vice-Chancellor of England, to Vice-
Chancellor Knight Bruce.,
His LORDSHIP ordered the cause to be referred back
again to the paper of the Vice-Chancellor of England.

ROLLS COURT, Dec. 18.
ROBERTSON V. THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY
COMPANY.

This motion, which was partly heard yesterday, was
about to be resumed this morning, when it was stated
by the defendant's Counsel that an injunction similar to
that now moved for had been already obtained, and the
plaintiff's Counsel not appearing to be aware of this cir-
cumstance, the motion was ordered to stand over, to
afford time for explanation. In the latter part of the
day the case was again briefly mentioned, and the motion
was dismissed, with costs, on the ground of irregularity.