The Sun.
London, England, 1848-08-05 00:00:00

N A VAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, FRIDAY .—Rear• Admiral Barrington
Reynolds, C.D., is appointed to succeed Vice• Admiral
Dames in the chief command on the Cape of Good Hope
station, to hoist his &gin the Southampton, 50, at Chat'
ham. Captain. Nicholas Cory is appointed klag Captain
to Admiral Reynolds; andwe believe Commander Stewart
will be the Comtnander.

. . PROMOTION.
Lieutenant R .A. E. Scott, formerly of the Salamander,
and latterly First-Lieutenant of the Vixen steam sloop,
whose gallantry and skill in the affair of St. Juan de Ni-
caragua was the subjecCof official commendation, has
The Fox, 42, Commodore Sir Henry
been appointed to the rank of Commander, his commis-
sion beating date the 28th of June.
Blackwood, Bart.,
will be paid off to-morrow.

In Harbour.—The Victory, 22, flag ship ; the SHIPS IN TORT AND FITTING.
Illus-
trious, .10 ordinary guardship ; the Blake,ec
receiving
hulk, guardship of steamers ; the Fox, 42 ; the Victoria
Port-Admiral's yacht ; the Portsmouth,
and Albert, Royal yacht ; the 'Excellent gunnery prac-
tice ship ; the Rolla, exercise brig for boys ; the Fanny,
yacht ; the Sharpshooter, Fairy, Lightning, Myrtle, Fire
Queen, and Echo steam-vessels.
In Dock.—The Ajax, steam guardship ; the En-
superintendent's
counter steam-vessel; the Carysfort, 26 ; the Pembroke,
72, the Sharpshooter steam•vessdl, and the Cormorant,
steam-sloop.
In the basin for ships.—The Malabar, coal depot; the
Orestes, 18.
In the basin for steamers.—The Retribution, Centaur,
Salamander, Dwarf, Gleaner, and Jackall.
At Spithead.—The PowerfUl, 84, and the Virago
steam•sloop.
Building.—The Royal Frederick, 110 ; the Prince of
Wales, 110 ; the Princess Royal, 90 ; the Argus and the
Furious steam-sloops.
Wind, W.S. W.; moderate breezes and cloudy weather.
WOOLWICH, Atm. 4.—The Reynard steam-vessel,
Commander Uracroft, having taken in her powder from
Purfleet on Wednesday, left Greenhithe yesterday for
Portsmouth, and after receiving further instructions at
that port, will proceed to the coast of Ireland. Ac-
cording to present arrangements, after trying her com-
parative merits with other vessels of Rear-Admiral Sir
Charles Napier's squadron, she will ultimately proceed
to the coast of Africa.
When the Termagant, 24-gun frigate, went down the
river on Tuesday last on an experimental trip, she had
not a fair opportunity of testing her speed until she ar-
rived at the Nore, when, instead of going direct to
Sheerness, she proceeded into the deep water, and had
two fine runs with and against the tide from the Nore
to the Mouse-light and back, and a greater degree of
steam being obtained than she bad in the river, her
speed increased from 7.12 to 9i knots on the average.
Lieut. Robertson and Mr. Elson, master attendant iti
charge of the vessel, Mr: Atherton, chief engineer of
fiounishthede
the Woolwich Dockyard, Mr. White, who designed her,
and Mr. Seaward, who fitted her engines, with a party
of friends, returned in the Monkey steamer on the fol-
lowcimngurmuoArmni,ngAufroo.m4S.—heTehrne Marc,ess.
80 guns, recently
2launchedinstant atto this
have d dockyard,
baordttdmwacsotpapkeernedinto
. ~ wd hen
she will be laid up in ordinary:,
The Columbia steam/vessel was taken into dock on
Wednesday last to have her detects made good, andto be
fitted for sett.
The Spy, 3-gun brigantine, fitting for service, it is
expected, will take out the September mail to the coast
of Africa.
The ship George Wilkinson, Mr. Brown master, has
arrived from Quebec with a cargo of timber for the
dockyard; also the < ship South Durham, Mr. T. Ayre
' master from Leghorn, with a cargo of timber. Ay
The Duck, Mr. John Savage master, has arrived with
stores from Woolwich, and after she has discharged her
cargo she will reload with stores for Devonport,

will be gratifying to the friends of those who
ev.
EXCURSION TRAINS TO SCOTLAND..--.The first di- 1
vision of these trains left the Euston Station, Euston-
square, on Monday evening last, at a quarter before
en
were of the party to know that they arrived safe in Edin-
burgh, on Tuesday, at one o'clock,
s It
COMMENCEMENT OF THE OYSTER SEASON.—Yester.
day morning, at six o'clock, the annual sale of oysters
commenced at Billingsgate and flungerford Markets.
Tus CONDEMNED CONVICT BURTON.—HUNTING•
InTharetrse.wiausnakny.a_mAplte
tahueppllyataend a brisk demand at both
Asszes
for
this
county,
DON, F:
Charles Burton, a rag and. bone collector, was left by
Baron Parke for execution for cutting the throats of
til
trial
that the wretched wan was not in a sane state of mind
when he committed the II hocking act. In a memorial
which was forwarded to the Secretary of State, praying
for a remission of the sentence, this
Ira
the and
medical child,
man Stilton,
gave
it as his decided belief
near Peterborough. , At
important fact, with
others tending to show that insanity was common in the
convict's family, was set out, and yesterday the high
sheriff of the county received a communication from Sir
George Grey, to the effect that the Crown had ordered a
respite of the convict till the 10th of April, 1849 (Spring
Assizes), when he will, in all probability, be tried upon
the other indictment for the murder of the child, and
all the evidence relating to his insanity will be gone
into.
RVEs
COMMENCEMENT OF HA T.—Wheat cutting
has partially commenced in this neighbourhood, and w,ll
shortly be in full operation. An opinion generally pre-
vails that on the [higher soils the produce will be defec-
tive. There is some truth in that opinion. But when
it is considered that, on the lower lands, the crop is re-
markably luxuriant, the inference may be fairly drawn,
provided fine weather prevails, that we shall have a fair
average crop... n
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