The Sun.
London, England, 1848-09-11 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

POHTSAIOUTIL SONDAY.—The Cyclops steam-frigate,
6 gins, and 220 horse power, was commissioned here
yesterday by Lieutenant Compton, of the Victory, for
Captain the Hon. G, F. Hastings, 1845, who is appointed
to command her. She is ordered a compliment of 195
officers a,ad men, for sea service. The following officers
are also appointed to her :—Lieutenant A. Hodgkinson
(1841) ; Paymaster and Purser, H. R. Cole (1842); se-
cond master, A. 0. West; midshipmen, E. A. Tweed&le,
. Simpson, and J. Goodenough ; clerk's assistant, J.
apman.
The Driver steam-sloop, 6 guns, and 280 horse power,
Commander C. R. Johnson, returned this morning from
Wafterford tq, be paid off, and resume her former posi-
tion among the
_advanced steam squadron in this har-
bour.
The Hecate steam-sloop, 6 guns, and 240 horse power,
Commander Moorman, is ordered to be refitted, but not
for the usual term.
The Adventure, naval transport, Master Commanding
Wellingtan, came in this morning from Plymouth to
slitchtsrge stores and ship others. The Aid, navy
lighter, also came in to-day from the eastward to dis-
charge stores.
The Fairy Royal yacht, Master Commanding Welsh,
went to Osborne this m y ornin with dispatches.
Th'e Earl of Hardwicke,'lndiaman, arrived at Spit-
head to-day, outward bound.
This morniig , early the body of a seaman was picked
up At Southseaa. Casale, washed ashore, bearing marks of
violence. An inquest is summoned for to-morrow.
Four of the *convicts who escaped from the York hulk
on Thursday evening have been retaken and brought
back to the ship.
The Ajax, screw guard-ship (raieed 74), will be ready
for trial about Thursday, when the Admiralty are ex-
pected to witness the experiment.
THE NEXT MAIL TO THE COAST OF AFRICA. .—Her
Majesty's steam-packet Dover, of 90-horse power, iron
constsuctien, lately employed between Dover and Calais,
is commissioned at Woolwich to convey the October mail
to the westeun coast of Africa.

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Her Majeety's steam-sloop Devastation was spoken
spoken with on the passage from the Cape of Good
!fops for England, on the 3d of July, in lat. 33 15 S.,
lon. 14 40 t.

The Cambridge, 76 guns, and the Amazon, 20, will be
put oub of dock, at Devonport, on Thursday next.
The Cape of Good Hope, flag-ship, Rear-Admiral B.
Reynolds, was expected to hoist his flag :on board his
ship, the aouthampton, 50 guns, in the Sound, at Ply-
mouth, on Saturday.
PLYMOUTH, SEPT. B.—Her Majesty's troop-ship Bel-
leisle, 24, Captain John Kingcome, was paid off yester-
day; and her Majesty's brig Ferret, 8, Commander
George Sprigg, today.
The steam-vessel Hermes, 6, arrived on Thursday
from the Cove of Cork, having in tow the Andromeda,
store-ship.
The lad James Morley, one of the few survivors from
the steam-frigate Avenger, wrecked in the Mediterra-
nean, has been entered in the rope factery as a house:
boy. The artizans of the yard have made a subscription
for him.

The merchant-ship William Parker, Captain Smith, from
Port Philip the 27th of March, passed up Channel for
London last night and landed Messrs. Lemaun and Ro-
bertson, her only passengers, with two mails. She has
300 tons of copper ore from Adelaide, and 1,000 bales of
wool from Port Philip. When becalmed near the line,
about two months since, spoke the ship John Horrocks,
from Liverpool for Arica, and saw thirty or forty sail of
merebtint ♦essels, chiefly outward bound; two weeks
after the brig Narcissus, of Scarborough, from London
for Ceylon, out thirty-four days; about the 30th of July
the barques Winifred, from Hartlepool for Maranham,
and Mary, from London, for Rio Janeiro; and on the
10th of August the ship Recorder, homeward bound,
from Calcutta.

liei Majesty's frigate Southampton, 50, flag of
Rear-Admiral Reynolds, came in this morning from
Chatham.

The Andromache, 26, store.ship, master Commander
Johnson, arrived on Wednesday night, from Ireland,
and was towed into harbour by the Hermes, steamer,
which vessel also arrived from Ireland.
The Arret, 8, Commander Spriggs, was paid
yesterday. Commander Sprigg received the com-
mendations of the admiral for the internal appear-
ance of the vessel and the efficiency of the crew, particu-
larly in gunnery; of eight shots fired, five passed
through the target.
The Amazon, 28, and Cambridge, 76, having under-
gone repair, will be put out of dock on Thursday next.
The Indefatigable, 50, lately launched at this :yard, is
tilling as an advanced ship.
Irr llannoult.—San Josef, 110, Captain Sir Thomas
Maitland, with the flag of Sir William 11. Gage; Agin-
court, 72, Captain Mends, with the flag of Rear-Admiral
Sir John Louis; Peteral, 6, Lieutenant Thomas Creser;
and Andromache, 26, Master Commander Johnson.

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rk THE SOUND.—Caledonia, 120, Captain T. W.
Carter; and Southampton, 50, Captain Corry.

APPOINTMENTS.

Commander—Arthur Vyner (1843), who was severely
'ounded on the coast of China, when mate of the Blen-
heim, 74, to the Royal Naval College for study.
Lieutenants—G. B. Laurence (1843), late commander
of the Jack surveying schooner, and W. Mooney (1844),
late of the Thunder surveying ship, to the Fisgard pen-
dant ship at Woolwich, to complete the drawings of their
sua-veys; W. H. Hood (1846), to the Coast Guard ser-
vice; A. B. Hodgkinson, to the Cyclops.
Paymaster and Purser—H. IL Cole, to the Cyclops.

Second Master—A. 0. West, to the Cyclops.

Assistant-Surgeon—ll. H. liackenzie,-to the Penelope
steam flag-ship on the western coast of Africa station.
Master's Assistant—T. H. James, to the Penelope
steam-frigate.
Midshipmen—J. Goodenough, E. A. Tweedsle, and W.
Simpson, to the Cyclops.
Naval Cadet—His Serene Highness Prince Victor of
Hohenlohe Langenbourg, to the Powerful, 84-gun ship,
at Portsmouth.

Clerk's Assistant—Jabez Chgman, to the Cyclops.
SIR WILLIAM PARKER'S FLEET.—At anchor off
Naples, August 30: The Hibernia, 104 guns, Captain
Wise, bearing the flag of Vice:Admiral Sir William
Parker, 1c.C.8.. Commander-in-Chief in the Meditera-
nean ; and the Queen, 116, Captain Bruce. At Castel-
a-Mare : The Rodney, 92, Captain Edward Collier, C. 8.;
the Vengeance, 84, Qaotain S. Lushington, C. 8.; the
Howe, 120, Captain Sir J. Sterling, Knt. ; the Vanguard,
80, Captain Rich; the Superb, 80, Captain A. L. Correy.
At Leghorn: The Thetis, 40, Captain H. J. Codring-
ton, C.B. At Palermo: The Odin steam frigate, Cap-
tain. the Hoe. F. T. Pelham. On a cruise: The Spartan,
26, Captain Symonds; the Harlequin, 16, Commander
John Moore; the Terrible, 21, steam-frigate, Captain
Remsay; the Gladiator, 8, steam-frigate; the Sidon, 12,
steam frigate, Captain W. H. Henderson, C. 8.; and the
Spitfire, Porcupine, and Locust steamers. At the
Pinions of Athens: The Maine, 12, Commander J. Pal-
mer; and the Meteor, steam- vessel, Commander Butler.
At Constantinople: The Tartarus steam-vessel, Lieu-
tenant Sir Godfrey Webster, Bart., R.N. The Superb
was about being detached from the fleet and sent to
Portsmluth to be paid off.
CIIATHA3F, SEPT. B.—The Nerbudda, 12-gun brig,
paid off on the 19th of June last at that port, on her ar-
rival tom the East Indies, is ordered to be fitted for the
erdinary.
The 13oscawen, 70 guns, at Sheerness, is to be removed
to Chatham, and taken into dock for the purpose of hav-
ing her internal works fitted.
An Admiralty circular to the Captain-Superintendent
of this yard orders that the line-of-battle ships and fri-
gateibow constructing on the slips shall not be launched
until they are properly seasoned, or until required for
service. They are, however, to be completed in every
respect as far as possible.
Sailed.--The Aid, Smallman, with stores for Ports-
mouth; and remains, the Rochester, Sedgwick master,
loading for Portsfilouth and Devonport yards.
SPEERNESS.—The Miranda, a steam-sloop, of 250
horse-power, upon the paddle-wheel principle, was com-
menced building at Sheerness Dockyard on Monday
last. She is on the lines of " many parents," being upon
upon the construction of the Committee of Reference on
Shipbuilding. Her dimensions, as ordered, are as fol-
low:

Feet. Inches.
Length between the perpendiculars 196 0
Length of keel for tonnage
.Extreme breadth
Brgadth for tonnage
BrMth moulded 32 10
Dapth of hold
Burden, 1,039 30-94 tons. Power, 250 horse.

Ta.kmrs.—By an Act passed on the 4th instant,
from and after the 30th instant until 30th September,
1849, tramps are to be relieved from the common fund of
poor-law unions, and not, as against common sense at
the coat of the parish where the union-house is situated.
I reasonably expected that a more stringent law
uld have been enacted applying to tramps refusing to
pestrm a task of work and destroying their clothes in
'mahouts.
TigtrltL APPLICATION Or DISEASED POTATOES.—
Since till recurrence of the potato disease, those who j
Visit the cottages of the poor may often see a panful of
potatoes, partially decayed,*cut up into a small compass,
11 Preparing for the daily meal, and where no pig is
kept, the refuse thrown away as utterly worthless. It
aupgpriot.setherefore, preserve many a bushel for a useful
that , if.the visitor would inform the busy housewife
quantities of
winter store arrow-root might be preserved for her
ling up a tar by
ics.. simple process, almost as easy as cut-
small boilinageotacketfull of potatoes into the space of a
doubtless aire-Piti. providedy more profitable. She is
and perhaps a
v4Y)r with a large earthenware pan,
rim, and y
on the coarse cloth, of sufficient size to rest
to the. required diplike a bag into. The only addition
apparatuswith is a small sheet of thin iron,
pierced through
caanstrong nail like a grater. With
the help of this she
arecrite and macerate the diseased
pa,ninto
potatoes previously p
a mass of pulp, which the
cloth receives in the
full of water. The
gluten will soon pass thron:ahlyiand the water being
thrown away, she will find itgin' at the bottom of
the pain. In order to render the arrow of a fine qua-
!tir it well up.
lky, should pour water on it again"-
throw away
After a quarter of an hour, she ma'starilid
the water and then dry the arrow-root %Utla ,or by the fire. One pound Of this added to a peck of
whengtrhouonurdohu ufinour "ill
gashl3triideried,
make an extra loaf. The pulp,
will keep any length of time, and if
pearance of brown meal, and wuld form a Valuable
al
, :
junct to the wash trough, should she be fortunate enough
to possess a tenant in the adjoining stye. We have seen
specimecs both of the brown meal and the arrow-root,
and they appetar to be excellent.—Hereford Journal.
The Duke of Wellington, as Lord Warden, came
over from Weimer Castle, on Thursday, to preside at
the HaPhour sessions. His Grace appeared in his usual
good health and spirits. Ills Grace surveyed the har-
bour works, and expressed his satisfaction with the pro-
gress being made in them.—Dover Chronicle.