The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-08 00:00:00

NAVAL IN TLLLIt.i.r.NC.I-L

MALTA, SEPT. 29.--4ler Majcity's ship Amazon left
port on Saturday last fur Athens. She will, it is re-
ported, go on to Smyrna, there to reli,3ve the Harlequin,
in want of repair.
Her 111.jesty's ship Fantome, which riicently proceeded
to Beyrout, with Eturea fur the Inconstant, is ordered to
proceed without loss of .time to Corfu, to relieve the
Tyne, ordered home.
her Majesty's steam-frigate Terrible arrived here last
night from Gibraltar. She is ordered to receive'3,ooo
bags of birctiit fur the fleet under Sir W. Parker's-com-
mand. By hist advices brought by the Terrible, the Ad-
miral was at Tetuan, and, in consequence of the marriage
contemplated by the Duke de Montpensier with the
Princess .I.ltiea, anticipated that some circumstance
would occur to render his stay at Gibraltar for some
weeks imperative.
. The Tritkut st 4 amer w ill he ready fur tea in a we( k's
time.

All the p7;cl.,ts due have arrived. The herb, with
the Indian ion:ls, i•; just. in; the -Flamer, to Wasp:ll, s,
goes this tvc:,io; ; ;,lull the Achilles (l'eninsuLr and.
Oriental Compan)), ul2 Gibraltar, will get her steam up
tO-morrow. _ .

. •
We subjoin a list of the distribution of the fleet to the
',resent hour, as far as is known
I DISTRIBUTION OF TILE IRBDITERRANEAN SQUADRON.
In Malta liarbour—The Ceylon, 12, receiving ,hip,
bearine- the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir L. Curtis, Bart.,
second in commit ncl, and superintendent of Malta Dock-
yard ; the Terrible, Captain W. Ramsey ; the Lecu,t
steamer, Lieutenant-Commander Poe er ; the Hecla war
steamer, Commander C. Starmer ; and the Wee Pet
steam-tug.
On Surveying Duty—The Bonetta, Commander T. S.
Brock,' and the Research cutter, Lieutenant Spratt.
At-Sea—The Hibernia' 120, Captain Peter Richards,
C. 8., bearing the ill.. of Vice-Admiral Sir W. Parker;
Bart., G:C.B., the Commander-in-Chief -Chief.
At Gibraltar—The Phienix steam-vessel, Commander
Dennis.
At Corfu—The Meteor, Lieutenant-Commander But-
ler, and the Tyns, 28, Captain W. N. Glafco :k.
At the Piraeus of Athens—The Jackal' steamer, Lieu-
tenant-Commander W. M. J. G. Pasco.
At Beyrout—The Inconstant, 36, Captain C. H. Fre-
mantle.
At Smyrna The Siren, 16, Commander P. E. Edgell.
At Constantinople—The Bloodhound steamer, lieu-
tenant R. Phillips.
En route to Beyrout from Malta—The Fantome, IG,
Commander Le Hardy.
En route to Smyrna, from Malta--The Harlequin,
Commander Curry.
En route from Malta to Algiers, Gibraltar, Tangiers,
and England—The Avenger, Captain W. J. Williams.
1171 route from Malta to Gibraltar—The Virago, war-
steamcr, Commander J. Lunn.
En route from Malta to Athens—The Amazon, 19,
Captain J. J. Stopford. •
MAIL STEAM-PACKETS.
At Malta—The Flamer, Lieutenant Lavic ; the TM-
lent, Lieutenant C. E. Rigge; and the Volcano, Lieute-
nant Creng. •
En route from Malta to Marseilles—The Spitfire,
Lieuttnantj. A. Macdonald.
PENINSULAR AND ORILNTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COM-
PANY'S FLOTILLA.
At Southampton--The Tagus, Ariel, Duke of Corn-
wall, and Montrose.
En route to 'Southampton and Gibraltar Froin
Malta—
The Oriental.
En route from Southampton and Gibraltar to Malta—
The Pottinger.
En route to Constantinople and ports of the Black Sea
from Malta—The Erin.
At Malta—The Achilles and Iberia.
FOREIGN SHIPS OF WAR AND PACKETS IN PORT.
French stealer Leonidas.
PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY.—A court-martial is or-
dered to take place on board the Victory, on Sattr.day,
to try First Lieutenant Story, of the Retribution steam-
frigate, Captain Lashington, for his alleged participation.
in the death of a man named Rcdpath, ca-,:,tain of the
hold of the same ship, which arose from the following
circumstances:—
Oa the 13th of August the man in question was re-
ported to the First Lieutenant at half-past ten in the
morning, for being drunk (at sea) and wetting his ham-
mock the previous night.
After having heard the evidence in support of the.
" report," the First Lieutenant ordereel him into the coal
bunker until eight P.M., with orders that he should be
allowed to walk the deck from one until two, which he
did, thereby reducing- the punishment to eight and a half
hours, and that he should be reported td the officer of
the watch every hour as being safe, which orOer was also
complied with until seven Paz., when the deceased was
reported well, and spoke to the non-commissioned officer.
After that time it appears he left the place where he
Was ordered to remain, and crawled further aft, where
it was more convenient to lie down, but where the coda
were more heated; the conseenence was, the carbonic
acid gas proceeding frOm the heated coal produced drow-
4iness and death.
The public May run away with the idea that a coal-
4ole on board ship is somewhat similar in its nature and
size to a coal-hole ashore. Such, however, is not the,
ease ; the bunker in which the deceased was confined,
on 'the port Side of the ship, being at the time of his
confinement thirteen feet wide, twenty-four feet long,
and eight feet deep from the top of the coals to the open.
;rating in the thek.
The First Lieutenant of the Retribution has incu•sed
present serious responsibility in the endeavour to
save the rating of the deceased, and to prevent his being
flogged, which punishment must have been inflicted had
he reported the deceased to the captain before be was
put in the coal-bunker. At the court of inquiry on
board, which sat to investigate the case, it was proved
that confinement in the coal-bunker is a common pu-
nishthent on board steamers, even on board the Royal
yacht.

Lieutenant Story is a most humane and considerate
officer, an enemy to the lash, and a friend to the men
under his command. This is the character he has
hitherto borne, and we have no doubt it will be well
proved at the ensuing court-martial.
The Commander-in-Chief, Admiral Sir Charles Ogle,
Bart., returned from leave of absence this morning at
eleven, and his flag was rehoisted on board the Excel-
, lent, having been struck the night before last at sunset.
Sir Charles has been absent solely on business con-
nected with the Royal Naval School, of which institu-
tion he is president. We mention this, because there
has been an assertion circulated that he had been in at-
tendance on the Admiralty on matters connected with
the Retribution, which is utterly false.
The Maria Soames transport, Lieutenant W. Boys,
agent, sailed to-day for Deptford.
The Belvidera, 38, was taken into the basin to-day.
She is to be docked as soon as the Fairy comes out.
The Penelope steam:frigate was removed to-day along-
side the sheer jetty, to make room for.
The Avenger steam-frigate, Captain W. J. Williams,
which has been brought alongside for the convenience of
repairing her engines.
The Blenheim transport, Lieutenant Edward Ward,
agent, arrived to-day at the Motherbank from Hudson's
Bay. She left Hudson's Bay on the 11th of September,
in company with the Crocodile troop-ship, which ship
she parted company with on the 29th ult., in a gale in
latitude 54.40, 35 lon. Both these vessels took out
stores, &c., for Hudson's Bay,
,and have now returned
for orders.
The Comet steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander
Johnston, arrived at Sligo, from Westport, on the 2d
instant, and delivered the. last moiety of her freight,
5,0001., for the relief of the prevailing distress. A pri-
vate letter says, " The country around here is very de-
solate, and the nearest town six miles off. The people
are sadly poor, having neither pigs, ducks, nor geese, nor
anything to sell, except a few eggs. They are all cry-
ing with hunger, and even a little bit of our biscuit was
no small Godsend for them. We experienced a heavy
passage to Sligo, off which place there are some heavy
rollers, over the bar; but, as usual, we went through
everything, and having hoisted signal for a pilot, got
safely in, notwithstanding these long Atlantic seas,
which, with the prevailing winds, have vexed this ccast
very heavily. Off Black Rock, near Achill Head, the
surf was frightful. What must it be in a very heavy
gale? This rock is more than 100 feet high, and the
surf ascends above half way up, such is the headlong
course of these heavy seas. At Sligo, the people (some
200), the other day, robbed a few meal carts, but I am
told paid the money. The meal, they said, they must
have. All are in great distress—a little quiet now, from a
hope that the Government are doing something to alle-
viate their awful distress. It would not take much to
fan them into a blaze, although passive now. It is food
they want, not money. No molestation has been given
to us—all civil—but there is no knowing at what time
they contemplate a descent. Some stores were robbed
but a few days ago. We leave this, I expect, on Mon-
day, direct for England, and shall complete coals here,
at Sligo, with that view."

APPOINTMENTS.
A. P. Ryder, Commander additional, Tartarus.
Alexander Milne, Captain, St. Vincent.
R. W. Clarke, Lieutenant, Avenger.
William A. Douglas, Mids,hipman supernumerary,
William and Mary.
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yesterday
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o'clock in the evening, when it was high tide; at nine it
had
soc.sca.Esi.oinnaltihweafovryens
blew moderately from N.W. The changing of the wind
prevented any further damage to Millbay-pier. Be-
tween twelve and one o'clock this morning a heavy gale
sprung up from S.W., which continued to the time of
high water, when serious apprehensions were excited for
the safety of those merchant vessels which sought sh.elter
hero during the storm, and which were, through stress
of weather, anchored in exposed positions. %deed, had
any strange ships come in, or had those. in the Sound
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was apparently seen
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insi"lo the breakwater with her sails up, but owing to
the
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the haziness of the weather it was not until six this,
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the Port-Admiral, Sir John West.
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_ir George Grey, Bart., Secretary of State for the
Home Department, and the cf weer of extensive landed
possmions in this count.:,;, is one. of many who have this
yearffe suffered the penalty of disfranchisement at the
hands of the revising barrister. The flaw in Sir
George's c aim was olericaL—Newcastle Advertiser.