The Sun.
London, England, 1848-09-26 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

APPOINTMENTS.
Lieutenants—John Powell Branch (1841), from the
Caledonia, 120 guns, at Plymouth, to the Cyclops steam
frigate, on her way to Portsmouth from Ireland, to
equip for service on the Coast of Africa; Horace Bullock
(1843), to the Caledonia; Henry de Lisle (1844), to the
Cyclops; Hugh;A. Reilly ,1348), to the Driver steam
sloop, on the coast of Ireland; Edward Scott (1847),
late of the Collingwood, to the Excellent gunnery ship,
at Portsmouth.

Assistant Surgeon—H. Johnson, to the Driver.
Midshipman—H. M. M. Jones, to the St. Vincent,
120 guns, Sir Charles Napier's flag ship, at Cork.
Naval Cadet—Maurice Hallion Trevelian, to the
Powerful, 14 guns, at Spithead.
TILE SQUADRON or EXERCISE.—Rear Admiral Sir
Charles Napier, K.C.8., with the following ships and
vessels under his command, remained in the Cove of
Cork, on the 22d instant:—The St. Vincent,'l2o guns,
Captain S. C. Dacres, bearing the flag; the Prince Re-
gent, 92, Captain W. F. Martin; the Bellerophon, 78,
Captain R. L. Baynes; the Blenheim, 55, Captain
Chads; the Amphion, 34, Captain W. J. Williams;
the Reynard, 16, Commander Craycroft; the Stromboli
steam-sloop, ;6, Commander Lord Amelius Beauclerk;
and the Rifleman schooner, Lieutenant Croften, R.N.,
commanding.
PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 23.—The Earl of Auckland, First
Lord of the Admiralty, and Admiral Dundas, accom-
panied by Captain Eden, private secretary of the First
Lord, Colonel Irvine, R. E., director of works, and Mr.
Walker, Admiralty engineer, arrived in the Undine
steamer, after inspecting the public works at the island
of Alderney, and landed on Thursday at the Eddystone at
three P.M., where they inspected the building through-
out, remaining there fifty minutes. As the Undine
proached the Sound, her Majesty's ship Caledonia, Cap-
tain Carter, sot all sail and saluted their Lordships with
nineteen guns. Their Lordships landed at the north
stairs at the dockyard, and were received by Sir William
Hall Gage, G.C.H., the Commander-in-Chief at this
port, Admiral-Superintendent Sir John Louis, Bart.,
and the principal officers of the dockyard. Their Lord-
ships were shortly afterwards joined by the Hon. Cap-
tain M. F. Berkeley, Captain the Right Honourable
Lord John Hay, W. Ward, Secretary, Captain Sir
Baldwin Walker, Surveyor of the Navy, Captain
Ellice, superintendent of steam machinery; Mr.
Wooley, chief clerk. Mr. Lloyd, &c., who had arrived by
the South Devon express train from town. In the even-
ing their Lordships dined at Admiralty House, Mount-
Wise. Among the guests of the gallant Port-Admiral
were Lord Auckland and other members of the Board
of Admiralty, and the officials accompanying them $
Rear-Admiral Sir John Louis, Bart., Major-General the
Hon. H. Murray, Colonel Oldtield, RE., Colonel
M'Cullum, R.M., Capt. Superintendent Toup Nicholas,
C. 8., Royal Naval Hospital ; Captain Carter, H.M.S.
Caledonia ; Captain Mends, Agincourt ; Captain Sir
Thomas Maitland, San Josef ; Commissary General
Hewetson, Captain Mann, Captain Burgmann, RE.,
Mr. Irving, secretary, Flag-Lieutenant Brownrigg, Mr.
Berkeley, &c., &c.
Their Lordships proceeded on Friday to the Dockyard
at half-past ten, where they were received by the
Admiral. Superintendent and the principal officers of
the establishment, accompanied by whom they pro-
ceeded to the Niobe and Phoebe, which are now in
coarse of building, and thence to the Sans Pareil, the
Algiers, and the Exmouth. After viewing these ships
their Lordships went on board the Hotspur and inspected
the Coast Guardmen at drill, having been joined by the
Commander-in-Chief and his Flag-captain, Sir Thomas
Maitland and his Flag-lieutenant. Lord Auckland ex-
pressed the satisfaction of the Board of Admiralty with
the performances of the Coast Guardsmen. Their Lord-
ships next visited the new basin, and were occupied a
considerable time in the inspection of it. They next
proceeded to the new frigate Indefatigable, recently
launched, which was designed by William Edyer, Esq.,
the master shipwright at this port ; after which they
lunched with Sir John Louis, and next proceeded to visit
the millwrights' shop and engine-houses, and, aecomr
panied by Captain Brugmaun, embarked in the Com-
mander-in-Chief's barge for the works at Keyham. At
five o'clock the Admiralty returned from Keyham, and
proceeded to the Royal Hotel.
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GERMAN MUSIC GIRLS.—On Saturday last a rather
sharp looking girl, about 16 years of age, who gave her
name as Clara Muller, and whose vocation is that of a
street accordion player, came to the police-office, ac-
companied by an interpreter, to ask advice and assistance
under the following circumstances:—She says, that
before leaving her native place, which is Holsheim, in
Hesse Darmstadt, her friends, on her part, entered into
an agreement with a man named Jacob Reiter, that she
should travel with him in England for eighteen months
as one of a party of street musicians—that she was to
pay him all her earnings, and receive in return food and
lodging, 71. 105. in cash, and a free passage to her native
country. The original agreement is retained by the
girl's friends, and the specula'or carries the other along
with him. Now, the girl says that her engagement ter-
minated in July last, but that Reiter will not pay her
the salary nor permit her to depart. This man was
found out, and in defence states that the engagement is
not out till October ; but that he has lost the copy of
agreement necessary to prove this fact. From the in-
terference of the authorities, however, the man found it
expedient to leave 91. 10s. in the hands of the chief su-
perintendent of police (71. 10s. as salary, and 2/. for
travelling expenses?, until the real state of the case can
be obtained from Germany; and as the girl positively
refuses to go back to Reiter's house she has meantime
been decently lodged under the charge of the police.
The bureomaster at_aelsheim has been written to; and
the concluding clause of the letter very properly says:—
" As the class to which this girl belongs are very nume-
rous in Glasgow, the authorities are very desirous to
know the terms and circumstance under which they are
induced to leave their country for Great. Britain." Clara
Muller is an intelligent girl, and writes a good letter.
She says that her earnings run from 4s to 10s. per day,
collected on the streets in small doles as a reward for her
performance on the accordion. Now, we have every,
feeling of kindness for these poor girls; but it is ques-
tionable how far they should be encouraged, when
their exertions are devoted, night and day, to making a
dealer in musical slaves rich. This man, we are informed,
sends upon the streets daily some five or six begging
minstrels, including his own wife, but principally boys
and girls.—Glasgow Herald.
Discovvtr 'or ho z.; Ong Tx BOZINEO.—" Very
rich iron ore has been discovered recently in the so-
called Laut lands, forming the south-east corner of Bor-
neo. Those lands which belonged formerly to the ex-
tensive empire of Banjermassing were, at a very distant
period; abandoned to the complete sovereignty of the
"Port Royal, August 22. "
The Hounel brig, 10 guns, Commander G. ff. Wood Dutch. They constitute the district of Tanah Laut or
,
arrived here on the 20th from Bermuda, and will sail on Lawut, whose eapital,Tabettio or Taboeniauw, is situated
the 29th for Vera Cruz. at the mouth of the river of that name, and protected by
a fort. It is the residence of a Dutch officer, a depen-
" The flag-ship Wellesley', 72 guns, Vice-Admiral the dent of the Resident of Banjormassing. The discovered
Earl of Dundonald, G.C.8., is at Fialx, miry the iron grounds are situated south-east from Fort Tabenio,
Vixen steam sloop, and the Scourge. near the formerly il eirishing, now deserted, Kampong
" The Trincomalee, 26 guns, Captain Warren, is at Tambaga, and at en or eight English miles (two or
Antigua, laying up for
(.the
hurricane months. two-and. a-half hours) distance from Katnpong Plearie
(also called Playhary or Palaihari). inhabited by Chinese
" The Electra, 16, Commander Bouverie, is at Vera
Cruz. and Malays, engaged in the collection of gold dust.
" Tho Bermuda, 6, Lieutenant Jully, R.N., command- The above mentione'd grounds are chiefly to be found in
ing, is at the disposal of Consul-General Christie, on her the western declivity of a hill of gentle rise, covered all
passage to the Mosquito shore. „ , over with stupendous blocks of ore, some of them men-
" The Alarm, 26 guns, Captain Granville Loch, is suring 500 or 600 cubic feet. Their appearance vouches
for the supposition that they were projected by natural
Norodveermedbehro.me, and will he there about the latter end of
revolutions, and makes 'it probable with regard to the
" Thera is no sickness here ashore, or in the squadron, circumstance of ore being found at a depth of one-and-a-
and the threatened emeute, heard of when I last wrote, half feet on both the summit and at the bottom of the
has passed quietly. hill, that the whole of it is to be considered as one mass
" The Earl of Dundonald's health is better than when of ore. Whatever be the truth of this, it remains as a
I last wrote, and he will (proceed shortly to Quebec, in fact, that the quantity of ore found on the surface is ade-
the Scourge or Vixen steamer." quate for an exploitation on a large scale, carried on
;7, [The Admiral was at Halifax on the sth inst.] during a long series of years. The local situation affords
CAPE or Goon Hops STATION,—.. Cape Town, Jaly ample means for such an exploitation. At a distance of
17. The Arab, 12, Commander ,W. Morris, sailed lea about 500 feet from the hill, a level of about 50 or 60
the sth for Mozambique, to cruize after slavers. It is acres is found, which would answer very well for an es-
not probable that the Nimrod, 20, Commander Belgrave, tablishnaent, and by its elevation is protected against a
will return' here, but will continue on the St. Helena rise of the waters
during the west monsoons. Along the
part of the coast until the Admiral calls there on his way plain runs a rivulet or little stream, which, according to
home. Admiral Dacres is on his way now from Tawa- the information given by the natives, is never left dry,
tave, and daily looked for, especially as no letters have not even during the cast monsoon, and which might,
been received from him since those dated the 4th of June perhaps, be very easily converted into a valuable ague-
from Mauritius. The squadron is atationed nearly as in my duct, or used as a
motive power. Plenty of wood, fit for
last, viz.: President, 50, flag-ship; Brilliant, 26, Captain fuel, charcoal, or timber, is to be found in the neighbour-
Watson,ELDING I
GB.; Geyser (steam), 6, Commander, Browne; hood. The hill itself, the surface of which consists of
Rosamond (steam), 6, Commander Foote, in the Mau- red clay intermixed with humus, deteriorated ore parts
ritius. and iron oxide, bears all over a kind of wood, which may
" In Simon'e Bay—The Eurydice, 26, Captain Anson,
pour them
and the store-ship Seringapatam. James Russell, Esq., be burnt into excellent charcoal.”—New Rotterdam
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of her Majesty's 12th Foot. RON AND STEEL.—In. an earthen. vessel_
out upon an iron plate, and let them cool. There is thus
to which is to be added an equal
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quantity of quick lime. The iron and steel which are to be
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msr;tneidaisostbenhie:r-ship, blaster commanding reduced to
j and usually
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rived here on her way to India. She has shippeß.
supply of coals, (&c., and is under orders to leave the Bay tehosurrasserts that this process, which
sheet-iron tubes, never fails,—
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meats slaw the 4th, of any interest.'
for Ceylon, two days hence. These ttre the only mole--
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welding author

Yesterday their Lordships inspected the men belong-
ing to the dockyard, in their military dress, and ex-
pressed their high satisfaction at their cleanly and
solderlike appearance, and the skill and ability with
which they went through their exercises. At twelve
o'clock the First Lord held his Levee, which was ♦ery
numerously attended by the various officers about the
port, and by several clertrymen and gentlemen. After
this their Lordships partook of luncheon at the residence
of the admiral superintendent, and remained in the yard
until four o'clock. Tney then returned to the hotel, and
soon after proceeded to Saltram, the seat of the Earl of
Morley, where they will remain till to-morrow.
Mr. Joseph Begley, son of Mr. Besley, of the store-
keeper's•office, in this dockyard, has been appointed
clerk in the office of the superintendent of the Break.
water, vice Jorey, appointed to the dockyard.
ROYAL MARINES.—Lieut. Charles Louis, son of Rear-
Admiral Sir John Louis, Bart., admiral superintendent,
has been appointed Quartermaster, vice Sheaner, pro-
moted to a captaincy.
THE WEST INDIA SQUADRON.—The Daring sloop,
12 guns, Commander William Peel, sailed from Port
Royal, Jamaica, on the 23d ult. for England, to be put
out of commission. She arrived at Portsmouth last even.
ing. By her we have received a letter from our naval
correspondent:—

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