The Sun.
London, England, 1846-03-28 00:00:00

MARC II 28, 1846.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

Ponmarourn, THURSDAY.—Captain Moubray, •of the
Victory, is appointed by Lord Ellenborough to Greenwich
Hospital, vice Pasco, resigned. Lord Ellenborough could.
not have found a more worthy and deserving officer, on
whom to confer his patronage, than Captain Moubray. He
was mate of the Juno, in her escape from Toulon, in 1794,
and was at the sieges of St. Fiorenzo and Bastia ; senior
lieutenant of the Moselle, in Hotharn's first action ; and,
when attached to Nelson's squadron, in co-operation with
the Austrian army. He was senior lieutenant of the Poly-
phemus at the battle of Trafalgar; Cominsnder of the
Rhodian and the Moselle in 1809-13, employed in charge of
a small squadron protecting the Bahamas. His commissions
bear date, Lieutenant, May 27, 1794; Commander, Dec. 24,
1805 ; Captain, August 12, 1812. Captain Moubray was ap-
pointed to the Victory as Captain of the Ordinary at this pert
on the 23d of September, 1844.
The Lively lighter, Bee, steam-tender, and the floating
fire-engine were midocked yesterday rimming, and the
blocks prepared, as it was supposed, for-the reception of the
St. Vincent. This supposition was further confirmed by
that ship's crew commencing the work of partially dis •
mantling her, preparatory to docking the same afternoon, and
by the Victorious hulk being hauled alongside for the recep-
tion of her crew this morning. It seems, however, the
authorities had again changed their minds, and resolved,
that the Bellerophon, 78, should have the first turn, and she
was accordingly docked. The St. Vincent is to be docked
on Saturday, on the removal of the Bellerophon, which
latter vessel has only gone in to have her copper examined,
prior to restoring lier to her former moorings. It was in-
tended to have brought the Retribution steam-frigate,
Captain S. Lushington, into the harbour again, and have
docked her, to clean her copper to-day, for which purpose
her powder was removed yesterday afternoon ; but the vessel
containing it had scarcely entered the harbour, when au
order was dispatched to Spithead, signifying that she was
not to come in, and the powder and shells ware to be taken
on board again. •
The Rattler steam-sloop, 5, Commander 11. Smith (b), ar-
rived here from Plymouth yesterday evening, and came into
,the harbour. •
The Superb, 80, Captain A. L. Corry, arrived this mornink.
with marines belonging to this and the Chatham diviSion
from Cork, under - the command of Lieutenant-Colonel D.
Ballingall. They were disembarked by means of the Comet
and Echo steamers and Drake lighter, and marched to bar-
racks. Those for Chatham will leave to-morrow morning
at seven o'clock, per special train, on the South-Western
Railway.
It is generally understood and believed that the St. Vin-
cent will receive a similar doctoring to that given to the
Rodney, namely, additional gripe and false stem post; to
this will be added an additional false keel, the whole conse-
quent on Sir Samuel Pym's report that she was " crank and
leewardly," these alterations being calculated to diminish
such defects.
The Viper, 6, Lieutenant-Commander Grey, was spoken
on the 9th instant, in her passage to Bermuda, in latitude 39,
longitude, 22, with damage to sails, rigging, and spars, hav-
ing encountered a hurricane on the 25th ult.
The Flying Fish, 12, Commander Harris, was lying at
Whydale, all well, on the 13th of January. She had taken
one prize—a brigantine, which she had sent to St. Helena for
edjudication. A private letter says, " A few days previously
a long low schooner was seen off the bar, but she by some
means got intimation of our proximity, and stood out to sea.
Our boats are now away looking after her."
The Prometheus steam-sloop, Commander Hay, arrived at
Ascension on the 3d ult. from the Bight of Benin, with a
prize brigantine, which she had captured a few days before,
making the 13th prize to this fortunate vessel since she has
been on the coast, not quite two years. All well on board.
A shocking accident occurred yesterday morning at the
contract works for the steam-basin in the dockyard. A chain
guy of one of the derricks, which are wed for lowering or
raising the stones,, broke, and the end striking one of the
carpenters who was at work near it, named Cooke, dashed in
his skull and killed him instantly, precipitating his body at
the same time into the bottom of the excavation, about 26
feet deep. Another man, a labourer, was also thrown over at
the same time, and was taken up in a senseless state, and
conveyed to Haslar Hospital immediately. He is much
bruised, but no bones are broken, and he is doing well. The
deceased had not been more than a fortnight in Mr. Bolt's
employ. He was a native of Petersfield, about 28 years of
age, and has left a widow and one child, an infant.
The Bth (King's Own) regiment received orders this morn-
ing to hold themselves in readiness to embark on the shortest
notice from this port on foreign service.
Wooravrcn, Maacn 26.—The Adder war schooner, be-
longing to his Majesty the King of the Netherlands, left
Woolwich on Monday on her return to Flushing.
The Monkey steam-vessel, Master Commander William
Bryant, has returned to Woolwich from Portsmouth, and
went up the river yesterday to Deptford, and returned in the
afternoon. Although condemned at Portsmouth, she will
still be found useful as a river tug-boat, or for short distances
at sea • but she is not adapted for long voyages, as she can
only take extra coals by stowing them on deck, which is i of
a safe place for them in such a small steam-boat in severe
weather.
The Porcupine steam-vessel, Captain Bullock, left Wool-
wich this morning for Ireland, and will be engaged on the
same service as the Monkey was to be engaged in—the con-
veyance of grain from one port in Ireland to others in the
vicinity of places suffering from the want of that com-
modity.
Lieutenant Rutherford has been appointed to the Devas-
tation steam-vessel, and she is getting ready fur sea with
dispatch.
The Polyphemus steam-vessel, recently returned from
Malta, is refitting at Woolwich, and is ordered to be made
ready for sea immediately. She is in the dock having her
copper stripped, and the men employed in making her masts
are working over hours to expedite them.
The Lightning steam-vessel reached Woolwich at half-past
eight o'clock yesterday evening, from attending on the Terri-
ble war steamer, and left this morning with stores to be put on
board that vessel. It is worthy of remark that the engine
rooms of the Terrible are well ventilated, and yesterday
were very cool during the experimental trip. The entrances
to the furnaces being on the sides instead of across the ves-
sel is an advantage, as they give more room and far less heat
than when under the stations of the engineers when working
the engines.
The contractors for the east slip in the Woolwich Dock-
yard are removing their materials, the works being now
finished, and preparations are to be immediately made for
laying the keel of the Nankin 50-gun frigate, designed by
Air. Lang, junior-assistant to the master shipwright at
Chatham.
Three hundred Royal Marines of the Chatham division,
from Ireland, are to disembark this afternoon at Portsmouth,
and proceed to-morrow morning from Gosport by the South-
ampton Railway to Nine-elms. Two steam-packets of the
Woolwich Company have been engaged to convey them from
Nine-elms to Gravesend, en route to Chatham.