The Sun.
London, England, 1846-11-16 00:00:00

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NAVAL INTELLIGENCE,
PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY.—Her Majesty, the Prince
Consort, and the Royal Family,will, according to present
arrangements, revisit Osborne on Tuesday next for a
short sojourn. The Fairy yacht is in readiness to re-
ceive the Royal party.
The Channel squadron, under Vice-Admiial Sir W.
Parktr, Bart., was off Lisbon on the Bth inst. A pri-
vate letter says, " The country is at present in a very
disturbed state, and there is every chance of its remain-
ing so for some time. Lisbon is quite in a state of
blockade by land, and no one is permitted to go outside
the lines. The squadron is still here, and there is no
chance of its'distribution ; on the contrary, we expect to be
reinforced. The America, 50, Captain the Hon. J. Gordon,
sailed yesterday to take her station off Corunna. The
Gladiator steam frigate, Captain Robb, is ordered off to
Oporto, to protect British interests there. The Cyclops
steam-sloop, Captain Lapidge, remains with us.- Co-
lonel Wylde has proceeded to the performance of his
mission. The Terrible steam-frigate, Captain Ramsay,
leaves to-day with Commodore Sir J. G. Bremer (whose
pendant she flies), and the Marquis of Chandos, for Eng-
land. The squadron at present under Sir W. Parker,
off Lisbon, consists of the:Hibernia, 100 (his own flag-
ship); the Rodney, 92; the Albion, 20; The Canopus,
84; the Superb, 80; The Trafalgar, 120; and the
steamers Gladiator, Rattler, Cyclops, and libb phemus.
The Vanguard is expected to join."
ARRIVAL OF THE TERRIBLE, STEAM-FRIGATE.--
The Terrble, steam-frigate, Captain Ramsay, arrived at
Devonport on Thursday night, from Lisbon, and on the
following morning, displaying the broad pendant of Com-
modore Sir J. Gordon Bremer, she saluted the flagof the
commander-in-chief, which was returned by the flag ship
Queen. The gallant commodore struck his broad pen-
nant and went on shore on Friday. The Terrible has
brought home all the supernumerary marines from the
Channel :quadron, She went into Barnpool, and landed
those belonging to the Plymouth division. She will
proceed to Portsmouth and Woolw ich with the re-
mainder. She has some defeots in her machinery. This
vessel sailed from Malta on the 4th of October, at half-
past three o'clock in the afternoon, and arrived at Gib-
raltar on the morning of the 9th, having on board 940
bags of bread, 116 puns. of rum, 10 half-hogsheads of
suet, 60 barrels of peas, 200 half-hogsheads of cocoa, and
37 chests of tea. The distance ran over from Tetuan to
Malta was 1,000 miles in 94-4-, hours ; the average rate
was 10-5 knots per hour, with two boilers, only half-
steam, both in going to and coming from Malta. The
wind being ahead the sails were not used+ her expendi;
ture of coals was 194 tons, giving 5.1 knots for each ton
of coals used ; the coals • were very bad, which caused
the consumption to be about 20 tons more than it would
have been with good coals, as it would then have been
only 174 tons. By this it will be seen that the
Terrible is not so expensive as the lesser steam-
vessels of 250-horse power, which burn two tons
per hour, and only go from eight to nine knots, the Ter-
rible only burning one ton for 5.1 knots per hour. In
going over 730 miles, to keep company with the Retri-
bution, the time occupied was 90i hours:, in going ever
the same distance alone, with two boilers, only half-
steam, it was 71 hours, notwithstanding the deep immer-
sion f the ship, and her being out of trim, by the pro-
visions she had on board, in addition to her full
complement of coals, of which she was short only about
50 tons. The Terrible, since leaving Spithead, has
steamed nearly 9,000 miles, and sailed alone, without

;eam, more than 46 days, which has caused a great
saving of expense in fuel, and, notwithstanding what her
enemies may have asserted, she has cost less in building
and fitting for sea than either the Retribution or the
Avenger, which vessels are some hundreds of tons less,
and only carrying guns on one deck—the Terrible car-
rying very heavy guns on two decks, a much greater
quantity of coals, and double the quantity of shot,
powder, and shells. Her sailing qualities have been so
well proved that it only remains to remove her lower
floats from the wheel, and she is equal, if not superior,
to many real sailing men-of-war, and would show an
advantage over them in pursuing the enemy's fleet, by
putting on her floats and getting up her steam. From
her speed she would soon come up with and disable
their rear, so as to enable the English line-of-battle ships
to come up and bring them to action ; and then be
found of the greatest importance to a fleet in towing a
bad sailing ship up to a fleet, or a disabled ship from the
line of battle when incapable of performing her duty.
The Avon steam-surveying vessel, Commander Den-
ham, arrived at Devonport on Thursday evening from
the coast of Africa, whereon she has been employed sur-
veying. She is last from Sierra Leone, and reports the
station and squadron healthy.
The command of the America, 50, vacant by the re- -
tirement of Captain the lion. J. Gordon, has been con-
ferred upon Captain Sir Thomas Maitland, 1837, who
was commander of the Tweed on the north coast of
Spain during the civil war, 1836 and 1837; Captain of
the Wellesley, and commanded her seamen and marines
in quelling an insurrection on the coast of Malabar in
1833; in the operations on the coast of Sinde, and in
the Persian Gulf, 1839; and those on the coast of China,
including the capture of the forts of the Bocco Tygris,
and operations against Canton, and commanded a bri-
gade of seamen at the taking of that city. Wt a flag
Captain at the taking of Chusan in 1840, and Amoy and
Chinghae in IS4I.
In our remarks upon the promotion of Lieutenant
Lord Amelius Wentworth Beauclerk to the rank of
Commander on Saturday, we erroneously stated his
Lordship was a son of Admiral Lord Anielius Beauclerk.
It should have bm‘n nephew.
PLYMOUTH, Nov. 14.—The Terrible, Captain Wil-
liam ltam-ey, bearing the btoad pennant of Sir James
.John Gordon Brewer, came in here 3esterday morning
from Lisbon. Len ihe Tagus at 9 in the evening of
:.-7unday last, the Bth first. The Atatquis of Cbandos.
oho has had a three months' cruise in her, landed on
her arrival, and ported to town immediately after clear-
, ins at the Custom-house.- -

her Aljt‘sty's steam-ship Terrible brings home be-
twe,en 600 and 700 :+up, rn urn rary marines, and about GO
.4. 70 invalids from the squadron. She is spoken of in
very high terms, and would probably have mark the pas-
sage from Lisbon to Plymouth in 72 hours but for an
accidental fracture of the entablature of her larboard
engine, in the Bay of Biscay, just after passing Cape
Finisterre. When under canvass with the fleet she
beat the Queen, Rodney, Albion, and other sailing ships,
and was excelled only by the Trafalgar and Superb.
The Confiance steamer, Mr. Jagoe master, has taken
from the Terrible all the supernumerary marines belong-
ing to the Stonchouse division. The Terrible goes from
this port to Woolwich, where, and at Portsmouth, she
will land the marines attached to the divisions stationed
at those places.
Her Majesty's screw steamer Encounter, without ma-
chinery, and under canvass, in charge of Mr. Davey,
Assistant-Master-Attendant, left Pembroke Dockyard
the same day as her Majesty's sloop Mariner, 16, in
charge of Mr. Mills, Assistant Master-Attendant, and
arrived here three days before her. The sloop is a
sharp-bo tumid vessel, built according to the plan of
Captain Sjmonds. The steamer is built for tslae recep-
tion of machinery, wall-sided, and flat-bottomed, but
sharp at Cle bow. If any weight is to be attached to
this trial, it completely explodes the preconceived notion
of sharp bottoms and swift sailing. The Mariner is
hound to this doc'syard. The Encounter is gone up
Channel.

WOOLWICH, Nov. 14.—The Amphien, 36-gun frigate,
Captain Williams, is to be taken into duck before finally
leaving this port.
The Sidon steam-frigate, Captain Henderson, C. 8., is
taking her coals on board, and is expected to leave next
week fur Portsmouth.

The Geyser steam-vessel, Commander Brown, will
leave Woolwich about the 20th inst. for the East Indies.
She is to be supplied with a 10-feet gun of 75cwt. on her
main deck.
The Grappler steam vessel,- .Lieutenant Lysaght, ap-
pointed to her, vice Hawker promoted, was undocked on
Monday, and is ready for sea. It is expected she will
sail for the coast of Africa in a day or two.
The Lightning, Mr. Petley, Master-Commander, left
on Wednesday, for Sheerness, to bring up a receiving-
ship to this port.
Captain Sir Edward Parry, Controller of the Steam Department at the Admiralty, is appointed Superin-
tendent of the Royal Clarence Victualling-yard at Gos-
port, vice Ellice.
Rear-Admiral Francis Beaufort is to retain the office
of Hydrographer at the Admiralty, a; his promotion
will not deprive the Admiralty of his valuable services.
Colonel Mercer, of the Royal Marines, will take the
command of the Plymouth division, and Colonel Aslet,
at present atPlymouth, the command of the Portsmouth
division.
Her Majesty's steam-vessel Teazer, fitted with a
screw propeller, was again tried down the river yester-
day (Friday), previously to her being delivered over to
the Government by the contractors. The result was by
no means satisfactory, and a further trial will be made in
a few days.
Vessels in the Harbour—William and- Mary yacht I
Black Eagle, Grapple, and Plover steam-vessels ; and
Amphion and Sidon steam-frigates.
the Dwarf, Tartarus,
TBaratsairnu—s, GAeryier,
a, n el
In the Dock—Vixen steam-vessel.
of the Water Lily as a
In alluding to the excellenceßosamond,
steam-vessels.
Onkel;
Ripon steam-vessel, which
while the latter vessel
was driven on shore at Torbay,
sea-going vessel, it was insedveeeretcenttelryedsttahteedsatmheatgathlee,
only ran in there fur shelter.
at the Town of Ramsgate,
SUICIDE FEO3iON-BRIDGE. —On Thursday
Mr. Baker held anh inquestdt James Woolrich, aged 21, a
Wapping, on
residingthe body
Leonard-
street, Finsbury.
The deceased was attached to a young woman of
the lately y,in Devonshire-street, New Northf-
rOa •
mFei n°sfb ° n
Ho livingcalled ato on her 4flo'rLthitetlleast
the evening of the 22d ult., when he left a leek of his
hair in a letter, which he placed at the door of her room.
The following morning his hat was found in one of the
na
recesses of London-bridge, in which was the card of his
address with the word " dead" written on it with a lead
Ppencil. There was a letter also in it addressed to Miss
illson, in the following words :—" Dear Ellen—Give
my love to all, and tell them I wish you to be my chief
mourner. Farewell for ever." The body was discovered
on Tuesday morning in the pat:llle wheel of a steam tug,
Or RAILWAY
lying off the town of Ramsgate. No cause C:111 be assigned
fortleac.—V ENORMOUSerdict, ‘‘ Found
BRIBERYdrONVIIed.o"
ATTEMPTED
OFFICIAL.—We understand that some singular disclo-
sures are likely to occur rupeeting ah attempt to bribe
a railway official of high standing to
betray the interests
of his company. We are in a position to state
sum offered was 25,000/. The offer was, however, re-
jected with indignation.—Sunday Times. [Our Contem-
porary is perfectly correct. The terms offered were
"20,0001. or 25,0001., to purchase the gentleman an es-
tate, and enable him to retire." We are in possession
of the whole facts of the case, and know that the party
who made the offer had a narrow chance of being thrown
out of the window, and having his neck broken, by the
official to whom the insulting and scandalous offer WIN
mule,—Morning paper.]

DAVID.:!''S 13.01fA1. SURREY THEATRE.
Lessee, Mrs. Frances Dstvidge.
First appearance of the Denlin Family.
THIS EVENING
Will be performed a new Drama, entitled QUENTIN MAT:zq-S;
or, The Siege of Antwerp. Qtientin %tatsys, Mr. Saville ; Willievvig,
3fr Heslop ; John Trevalt, Mr. Neville ; Jannette, Miss Iticha.rdson ;
Clementina, Mre. Saville ; Dame, Mrs. W. Daly ; Joan, Miss E.
Terrey.
After wh'ch, a Ballet of Action, entitled DElt CHAMOIS
ER; or, Tha Fiend of Earth. The characters by the Dentin
To conclude with TIIE ROVER'S SECRET.

AST:.EY% ItoYAL AMPIHTUEATRf..
Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty.
Patronised by her Most Gra6is Majesty the Queen, Ptlnce
Albert. end 'Royal Family. Immense attraction. The Champion
Vaulters. Herr Amidio Neuperte, the great Dutch Bottle Equi-
librist. Second Week of the grand successful 3iagical Spectacle,
Introducing the Syrian Camels and Deer.
THIS EVENING
Will be performed a grand new Magical Equestrian Romance, en-
titled THE DEMON HORSE; or, Th, TwAve Wishes and the
Charmed Bit. In which will he introduced a Wild Stag-Hunt, by
Bring Deer, and numerous attractive scenic 'effects.
Entire change in the Scenes of the CIRCLE.
To conclude with a laughable AFTERPIECE.
itox-oitice open trom eleven till Ilv4 o'clock.—Doors oven at six
aid ownmence at half-past six o'clock.—Stage Manager, Mr. W.
Brnadfoot.