The Sun.
London, England, 1846-09-03 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGIENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY.—This morning, at. 45:
minutes past seven o'clock, her Majesty, Prince Albert,.
the Royal Family, and their respective suites, embarked!.
on board the royal yacht Victoria and Albert, Captain
Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, at Osborne pier, and at 50
minutes past seven o'clock put to sea, in company with
the Fairy tender, under the charge of Lieutenant Cro-
zier, the Black Eagle Admiralty yacht, Master-Com-
mander Cook, and the Garland steam-packet, Master-
Commander Smithett.

The royal squadron took the western passage, passing
through Cowes Roads at eight o'clock, under the usual
honours.

The Recruit, 12, Commander Slade, arrived this morn-
ing from the eastward.
The Orestes, 18, Commander Cannon, was ordered
this morning to the eastward to be paid off, but her
orders were subsequently countermanded by the Lords
of the Admiralty, and she was towed into this harbour
this afternoon, where she will be dismantled and paid oiT.
A Board of Admiralty, comprising the Right lion.
the Earl of Auckland, G.C.8., First Lord ; Vice-Ad-
miral Sir Charles Adam, K.C.8.; Rear-Admiral J. W.
D. Dundas, M.P., C.B. ; Captain M. F. F. Berkeley,
C. 8., M.P. ; the Hon. W. F. Cowper, M.P., attended
by Captain Sir William Symonds, Surveyor of the Navy;
Captain W. A. B. Hamilton, RN., Second Secretary :
and Captain Brandreth, Director of Engineering and
Architectural Works, arrived last evening at the Cla-
rence-yard at twenty-five minutes past six o'clock, on
their annual visit (the first of the present Board) to this
port and its dependencies.
Their Lordships were met, on arrival in the Clarence-
yard, by Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, the Commander--
in-Chief ; Rear-Admiral Hyde Parker, Superintendent.
of the Dockyard ; Captain Pasco, of the Victory ; Cap-
tain Carter, of Hasler Hospital and the Clarence-yard ;
Captain Robb, of the Gladiator ; Commander Cannon,
of the Orestes ; Mr. Grant, F.R.S., Storekeeper, arid
Mr. John Davies, Master-Attendant, of the Clarence-
yard ; and Lieutenant Rawstorne, of the Victory, their
Lordships' chosen officer, who embarked them forth-
with in the Admiralty barge, and with the flag in the
bow, steered them, under salutes from the Victory and
Platform battery, to the King's-stairs, Sallyport, where
their Lordships disembarked, and were conducted by
Lieutenant Rawstorne to the George Hotel, where a
guard of Royal Marines was immediately stationed.
Ther Lordships having refreshed themselves, pro-
ceeded to the Admiralty-house, the residence of Sir
Charles Ogle, to dine, where the following guests were
invited to meet them :—The Hon. Mrs. Talbot, Mrs.
Henry Ogle, Flag-Lieutenant Collier, Rear-Admiral and
Mrs. Hyde Parker, Captain Pasco, Colonel Jones, R.M.,
Major. General the Hon. Sir Hercules and the Hon.
Lady Pakenham, Colonel Cardew, R.E. Captain Sir
Vt'. Symonds, Captain and Lady Harriet Hamilton, Col.
Brandreth, R. A., Captain Brandreth, R.E., &c.
This mcrning at ten o'clock the First Lord proceeded
to the Dockyard to hold a levee at the Royal Naval
College, hilst his gallant colleagues received their re-
spective friends at the George Hotel.

The following officers were presented to the Earl of
Auckland, the Noble Lord, with handsome considera-

dun, receiving those earliest who had come from long
distances to see him :

Vice Admiral—Frederick Warren.
Rear Admiral—Browne.
Captains—Pasco, Gifford, Harrison, Hendry, Hutton,
Pritchard, Milclmay, Searle, Bowyer, Blake, Collier,
Gourley, Carter, Deans, T. G. Wills, Warren, Keele,
and Hallowes.

Commanders—W. E. Triscott, Sulivan, Matthews,
Nolloth, Edwin, Willcox, Holbrook, Langtrey, Wore-
foid, Ommanney, Miall, Hodges, T. Mitchell, Sabben,
Town, Purdo, G. E. Marshall, Roche, Sharpe, Pretyman,
Fagan, Baynton, and Wiseman.

Lieutenants—David Welch (1812), First of the Vic-
tory ; Griffiths, Burslern, Dawes, J. West, Finch,
Budges, llawstorne, Pritchard, Warren, Barnes, Tur-
ner, and Sadler.

Surgeon—Dr. Irvine.
Paymaster and Purser—J. Ozzard (1813).
ROYAL MARINES.

Colonel—Conolly.
Majors—Wh3 lock and Mercer.
Captain—Stevens, R.M.A.
First Lieutenant and Adjutant A. R. Savage,
R.M.A.

His Lordship rose at about twenty minutes past one
o'clock, and will see the other officers whose names are
upon the list to-morrow.
At half-past one their Lordships embarked in the Ad-
miralty barge at the king's-stairs, and, followed by Sir
Charles Ogle and Rear-Admiral Parker in their respec-
tive barges, proceeded to the Excellent, and witnessed
practice, but which, to our thinking, was not in keeping
with the name of the ship. Their Lordships' flag being
hoisted at the main of the Excellent, Sir Charles Ogle
was obliged to strike his and transfer it to the Gladiator
steam-frigate, Captain Robb.
At five minutes to five their Lordships left the Excel-
lent under a salute of 19 guns, with manned yards, when
Sir Charles Ogle's flag resumed its place at her main,
and %N as at the same time struck on board the Gladi-
ator. Their Lordships landed, and proceeded to the
George hotel without visiting any other objects at the
port.
This evening their Lordships honour the Superinten-
dent of the Dockyard with their company to dinner.
The same guests who were at the Commander-in-Chief's
last evening, are invited to dine with their Lordships this
evening.
The Comus, 18, Commander Thompson, was in the
Obligado, Parana, on the 21st of April.
The Eagle, 50, Captain Martin, with the flag of Rear-
Admiral Inglefleld, was at Monte Video on the 6th of
June ; her movements very uncertain.
The Hound, 10, Commander Ward, is destined for the
coast of Africa. She is full to the hatches with provi-
sions, which are also stowed on the lower deck. She
takes out 20 supernumeraries for the squadron.
The Prince of Wales, Captain Hopkins, 1,400 tons,
another of Mr. Green's splendid frigate-built ships,
sailed yesterday at 5 A.ll , from Spithead, for Calcutta
direct, with the Lord Bishop of Calcutta and fifty other
cabin passengers on beard. In nine hours after clearing
Dunnuse, she discharged her pilot off the Start.

APPOINTMENTS.

Lieutenant David B. B. to the Torch.
Lieutenant Henry A. Norman, to the Devastation, ad-
ditional.
Lieutenant Charles B. Bayly, to the Devastation, ad-
ditional.

Lieutenant A. R. Dunlop, to the Sidon:
Master W. J. W. Burney, to command the Mada-
gascar._

Dr. David Graham Miller, to be Surgeon of the Sidon.
Mr. W. T. Domville, to be Assistant-Surgeon of the
Excellent.

Mr. George J. Roberts, to be additional Assistant-
Surgeon of the Vindictive.
Mr. W. Evans (b), acting ditto.
1)r. Archd. Armstrong, additional acting Assistant-
Surgeon of the Caledonia.
Mr. Augustus R. R. Preston, ditto.
Mr. Andrew Clark, additional acting Assisting-Sur-
geon to the Victory.
Clerk Alfred Whitehouse, to be Clerk in Charge of
the Madagascar.
Clerk Frederick Lucas, to be additional to the Devas-
tation.

A. Ballister, acting Second Master, to the Devastation.

THE. PRESS THAT KILLED THE CORN- LAW.---Th e
following was exhibited on a board carried by the printers in
the free-trade procession in Manchester:—
This is the Press
That printed the Circulars
That called the Meetings
That made the League
That formed the Plan
That registered the Men
That bought the Freeholds
That killed the Corn-law.
SAINT GEORGE'S BLOOMSBURY.—On Sunday this
church was re-opened for Divine service, having been closed
for repairs and alterations. The interior is now beautifully
decorated. At the conclusion of morning prayer, the Hon.
and Ecv. H. M. Villiers, M.A., the rector, addressed the
congregation on behalf of the Church Pastoral Aid Society,
after which a collection was made, amounting to 381.
11.4.3 a THE OLD ROMANS CHIMNEYS AFTER ALL P
In the play of Julius C'cesar, says a Freemason of the Church,
quoted in the Beikler, we find an expression which has ap-
peared to some critics to be an anachronism. Marcellue, one
of the tribunes, rebukes the citizens for their eagerness to run
after Cwsar—

t`o`
aantainiratatnl
edmoefntts,
have you up walls
To towers and windows, yea, to chininey-tops,
To see great Pompey pass the streets of Rome."
(Act. 1., scene I.)
But, although in the first place we think that Shakspere may
be allowed a poet's privilege, and should not be judged by
rules too strictly, yet it is not so certain that chimneys, or
something thereto equivalent, were unknown among the
anci,3nt Romans, for Palladio says, "The ancients, to heat
their citambors, did serve themselves in this manner; theywithwithmade their chimneys in the middle w columns or brackets,
which bore up the architrave upon winch were the funnels of
the chimneys, which conveyed away the snr2ke.-11tchard-
son's Transiata'an, p. 103.
The rich cony, nt of Scrc;tea, near Prague, has lately
been destroyed by tire. Not a single book of its extensive
and valuable library could be saved.