The Sun.
London, England, 1848-06-13 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

The Earl of Auckland, G.C.8., the Hon. Captain
Berkeley, C. 8., M.P., Captain A. Milne, the Hon. W.
Cowper, M.P., and Captain Eden, left the Admiralty
this morning, for Portsmouth, by the express train.
Lord John Russell joined their Lordships at Kingston,
and Rear-Admiral Dundas, C. 8., M.P., at Gosport, to
proceed to Spithead, on a visit to the fleet at present at
that anchorage. Their Lordships will put up at the
George Hotel, Portsmouth, and will return to town to-
morrow. Captain Lord John Hay, C. 8., M.P., has left
the Admiralty, for Tonbridge Wells, during the Whit-
sun holidays.
Vice-Admiral the Hon. G. Elliott, C.B„ has returned
to Sheerness, and has resumed his duties as Commander-
in-Chief there.

THE DEPARTMENT OF SURVEYOR OF THE NAVY.—
The new regulations for the Surveyor of the Navy's
Department have been approved by the Treasury, and
have been to some extent acted upon. Mr. Isaac
Watts, a member of the late School of Naval Archi.
.tectute who wa,a . appointed Acting-Chief Assistant - to-
Sir Baldwin Walker, has been confirmed in his posi-
tion, at a salary of 8001. per annum—that gentleman
acting in :the same relation to the Surveyor of
Navy, as Mr. Lloyd does to the Comptroller of Steam-
machinery. .The Board of Reference, at Portsmouth,
by the appointment of Mr. Read, also member of the
late School of Naval Architecture, has been superseded;
but, with the view of obtaining a sound opinion on all
new designs proposed to the Admiralty, it is under-
stood that Mr. Fincham, Master-shipwright of Ports-
mouth Dockyard, Mr. Abethel, Master-shipwright of
Pembroke, and Mr. Read, Master-shipwright of Sheer-
ness are to be considered as forming a board of science,
to be associated together at the order of the Admiralty
to revise all plans, and to report upon their eligibility.
The Resistance, troop-ship, Acting-Commander
Julian, arrived at xibraltar from Malta. She was to
sail on the 7th for Quebec, with the 79th High-
landers.

The Pilot, 16, was commissioned at Devonport on
Saturday by Commander Lyons.
The Athol, troop-ship, Master-Commander Pearn, is,
ordered from Woolwich to Sheerness, to refit.
The Blenheim, transport, was towed out of Devon-
port harbour on Saturday evening, by the Confiance,
steam-tug, when she sailed for Deptford.
The Firebrand, 6, steam- frigate, Captain Elope, C.B.
has arrived at Woolwich, and will be paid off at the end
of the week. She is in splendid order, and reflects great
credit on her captain and ship's company.
The Gorgon, steam-sloop, Commander Paynter, ar-
rived at Madeira on the 22d ult. (nine days from Ply-
mouth). and left on the 25th for Rio and Valparaiso.
When she left Plymouth she was very deep in the water,
having on board four months' provisions—exactly a
month's provisions more than sho ever carried bt.fi)re.
She steamed, assisted by sails, across the Bay of Biscay,
when she unshipped the paddle-floats, and tried sailing
for three days, but so very slow did she go that they
were obliged to get the steam up again. The James-
town, corvette, United States man-of-war, was at
anchor at Madeira, having been cruising in the Bight of
Benin, coast of Africa. She had been there for the
last fortnight, and carries the broad pendant of Com-
modore Bolton, who is in bad health. On the 24th, Mr.
Stoddart, the consul, gave a dinner to Captain Paynter
and half-a-dozen of the officers of the Gorgon, and
Mr. Rashleigh, late M.P., for the county of Corn-
wall, who is residing at Madeira for the benefit of his
health. _ _ _ _ _

The Styx, steam-sloop, at Woolwich, is ordered to be
surveyed, and a report made of her defects, with a view
to future service.

The Sharpshooter,4, screw-schooner, Lieutenant Com-
mander Bailey, arrived at Davenport, from Pembroke on
Saturday, and left for Portsmouth yesterday, with newly
raised men.

TILE JANUS STEAMNESSEL.—The following return,
called for by Mr. Barry Baldwin, is not at all what was
required. and what was expected. A statement of the
whole expenses incurred by the Janus, was intended to
be asked for, and after the Hon. Member had fashioned
his motion in accordance with the Navy-office forms, the
following partial account is rendered. The entire ex-
pense of the Janus, we are assured, is not less than
90,0001. :—" Number of experiments—not known ;'ma-
chinery under trial for 17 days, by Messrs. Robinson ;
result—unsatisfactory ; total expense incurred thereby
—7331 ; tried—at Deptford. Number of experiments.

—Numerous attempts were made to test the effective
power of the engines, but the results were not satisfac-
tory ; result—unsatisfactory ; total expenses incurred
thereby-351. 25., exclusive of coals and men's time, of
which no account was kept ; tried—at Woolwich. Num-
ber of experiments.—A continued series of experiments
during the year 1845 ; result—unsatisfactory ' • total ex-
penses incurred thereby-1,176L; tried—at Chatham.
Number of experiments—two trials ; result—unsatis-
factory ; total expenses incurred thereby-2591. 12s.
7d.; tried—at Portsmouth. Total expense incurred
thereby-2,203t. 14s. 7d.

" A. ELLICE.

" Steam Department, 30th May, 1348."
PORTSMOUTH, MONDAY.--A shocking murder was
perpetrated by a convict belonging to the York hulk, on
Saturday, upon one of the guards, a man about twenty-
five years of age, named Connor. For some grudge he
entertained against him, he took an opportunity at half-
past eleven on that morning, while employed in the sail-
loft, of inflicting three tremendous blows with a large
wooden mallet on his head, from the effect of which he
never rallied, but expired on Sunday night at ten

o'clock. - -
Admiral Dundas, C. 8., M.P., crossed over from the
Isle of Wight this morning with a party of friends, and
inspected the dockyard. The gallant Admiral was en-
tertained by the Commander-in• Chief this evening.
The Howe, 120, Captain Sir J. Stirling, sailed this
morning for the Mediterranean; and the Flamer steam-
sloop, Commander G. Lavie (whose arrival and the
news brought by him we have reported elsewhere), left
also this morning, for Woolwich, to be paid off.
Wind, E. by N., moderate breezes, and thick hazy
weather, with rain.

UOYAL MARINES.
Captain Holloway, of the artillery companies, recruit-
ing at Londonderry, has with a party been ordered to
join head-quarters, and we are informed that it is now
decided to discontinue recruiting in Ireland for the Royal
Marines.
Captain J. Fraser and Lieutenants Draffen and Alex-
ander are ordered to proceed with a company to-morrow
to Woolwich to relieve the company doing duty at that
division, under Captain Parke.
Colonel Owen, K. 11., the Deputy Adjutant-General,
concluded his inspection on Saturday, and returned to
London by express train.
PLYMOUTH, JUNE 10.—Her Majesty's ship Bellero-
phon, from Spithead, came in last evening.
The barque Minstrel, Captain Townsend, with hides,
horns, and hones, from Rio Grande, arrived here yester-
day; left 19th March. The trade of that part of the
Brazils has increased considerably since the disturbances
in the River Plate. There were about eighty sail of
merchant-vessels on the lake, loading in March ; five
were English, the others Brazilian, American, French,
&c. Captain Peterson, and two apprentices belonging
to the brig Eliza, of Plymouth, lost in December on the
bar at Rio Grande, have come home passengers by the
Minstrel. The loss of the Eliza is attributed to the in-
sufficient mode lof
.signalling the depth of water at the
bar when a number of vessels of different draughts are
outside the harbour. Through the activity of
Mr. John Morgan, jun., British Consul at Rio Grande,
an alteration has taken place in the establishment at the
entrance to the lake, and efforts are making to maintain
a steam-tug for towing vessels over the bar. In February
last, at Pelotes, a little above Rio Grande, about 500
slaves conspired together to recover their liberty; and,
for the purpose of knowing each other cut off a portion
of the hair from one side of their faces. Before the re-
volt was matured they were betrayed, and many impri-
soned and punished.
SPITIIRAD.—The Flamer
.steam-sloop, Commander
Lavie, arrived on Sunday evening at Spithead. Her
dates are—Malta, May 25; Algiers, May 30; Gibraltar,
June 2; and Lisbon, June 6.
At Malta were the Hibernia, 120, flag of Vice-Ad-
miral Sir W. Parker, Commander-in-Chief; the Queen,
110, Captain Bruce; the Rodney, 92, Captain Collier;
the Vengeance, 84, Captain Lushington; the Superb,
80, Captain Corry; the Odin steam-frigate, Captain
the Hon. F. T. Pelham ; the Bulldog steam-sloop,
Commander A. C. Key; the Triton steam-sloop, Com-
mander Glinn; the Ardent, Lieutenant-Commander
Nowell, &c.
On the 30th of May a large French war-steamer ar-
rived at Algiers, with the important news of the Legiti-
mist party forming in France.
The Flamer towed into Gibraltar the Resistance
troop-ship, Commander Julian, becalmed, with Earl
Ducie on board.
The Stromboli steam-sloop, Commander Lord
Aurelius Beauclerk, returned from Gibraltar to Lisbon
on the 6th of June, having left the former place on the
29th ult.
The Trafalgar, 120, Rear-Admiral Sir Lucius Curtis,
sailed from Lisbon for Spithead on the 2d inst., but the
Flamer saw nothing of her on her passage home.
The following passengers have come home in. the
Flamer :—Rear- Admiral Christian and family, Com-
mander Lowe, invalided from the Resistance, Lieutenant
the Hon. O. W. M. Lambert, from the Vanguard, Mr.