The Sun.
London, England, 1846-12-15 00:00:00

NAVAL EN TELLit) ENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 13.—8 y advices received from
Lisbon to the 4th instant, the squadron under Vice-
Admiral Sir William Parker, Comlnanter-in-Chief in
the Mediterranean, consisted of the Hibernia, 100,
Captain Richards (flag-ship); Trafalgar, 120, Captiin
Nott; Rodney, 92, Captain Collier; Albion, 90, Captain
Lockyer; Canopus, 84, Captain Moresby; Superb, 80,
Captain Stephens (acting); the Nautilus 10. Lieutenant-
Commander Rivers ; the Scourge steam bomb-vessel,
Commander Caffin, which joined the squadron on the 2d
with reinforcements and. stores: and the Rattler, Captain
Smith.

The Vanguard, SO, Captain Willes, was at Barcelona.
The America, 50, Captain the Hon.. John G urdon, was
at Corunna.
The Spartan, 26, Captain Symonds ; ate Hopewell
transport, :with troops from Cork; the Virago steam-sloop,
Commander Lunn; and the Phceaix steam-sloop, Com-
mander Dennis, were at Gibra:far.
The Amazon, 19, Captain St, pford, was on her N% ay
to join the squadron and submit to an invcstig,,tion into
the cause of an undue amount of punishment having been
inflicted on board during the short time she hai been on
the station.

The Gladiator steam-frigate, Captain Robb, was off
Oporto'on the sth.
The barque Posthutnus, from Sydney, New South
Wales, last from Rio, is hourly expected at Spithead,
having been spoken off the Land's End on Thursday.
Commander Patten, of the Osprey, and part of the crew
of that vessel, are on their way home in her, to be tried
by courts-martial for the loss of the brig, which was a
new vessel of 12-guns, built on the design of Mr. Blake,
late master shipwright of this dockyard.
The Comet steam-vessel, Lieutenant Commander
Johnston, having landed corn and salt at Du4art, re-
turned to her station off Westport, Ireland, on the 9th.
A private letter says—" The patient endurance of the
wretched inhabitants is wonderful; the women are seen
scraping the seaweed from the rocks on the beach—
even their smallest children are so employed—to gather
an evening meal from what the receding tide may leave
them, . . . There is a small town near

Dugart, called Mullet; beef there is 3d. per lb.; eggs,
id. each; mutton, 2id. per lb.; fine geese 10d. to Is.
each; fine young fowls, from Bd. to Is. per couple; and
yet with all these advantages the wretched people here
are ill-fed, ill-taught, and wretchedly lodged; but who
are, nevertheless, of kind dispositions, obliging, and
generous. We are entering some healthy and hard lath
for the Queen's service."
The Cyclops steam-frigate, Captain Lapidge, is or-
dered into harbour.

The barque Hampshire still remains suspended between
the lumps of the dockyard jetty.
The Netley and Mercury tenders arrived yesterday,
the former from Plymouth, and the latter from the
eastward, with men.
The Sylvia and Emerald tenders sailed yesterday for
Jersey to obtain volunteers.
PLYMOUTH, DEC. 12.—Her Majesty's steamer Rattle.
snake sailed yesterday for the Cape of Good Hope
and the Mauritius, with specie for both those colonies,
after which she proceeds on a survey.
The Penguin packet, having been refitted, sailed yes-
terday for Falmouth, to take a mil to the Brazils.
Her Majesty's steamer Grappler came in on the 11th
from Portsmouth, bound to the Isle of Ascension and
the coast of Africa.

Her Majesty's steamer Stromboli is loading Indian
meal at the Royal William Victualling yard fur the
north-west coast of Scotland.

ADMIRALTY, DEC. 12.
APPOINTMENTS.

G. M. F Molesworth, Midshipman, to the Vengeance.
William R. Wynne, Naval Cadet, to the Vengeance.
Henry F. May, Naval Cadet, to the Mutine.
William Dawson, Naval Cadet, to the Queen.
James A. Dunbar, Lieutenant, to the Geyser.
George C. Fowler, Liextenant, to the William anti
Mary.
Charles F. B. Boxer, Naval Cadet, to the Vindictive.