The Sun.
London, England, 1848-01-29 00:00:00

S N 9 JANUAR it' 20, 1848.

for the good order of the ship, and which I did e
he would be most earnest to support. His Lord-
' ship publicly at table, in my presence, told me " he
would be if he would put his lights out for
anybody." And if his Lordship intends to brelik
through all those rules which are made for the cona-
fort and safety of a large party and valuable ship,' I
must say the sooner publicity is given to what hes
liken place the better.
I beg to say I shall continue to perform my duty
to the best of my abilities.
• I have the honour to be, yours obediently,
• R. E. WARNER,
Commanding S. S. Haddington.
TO CAPTAIN WARNER, ETC.
May 28, S. S. Iladdington.
Sir,—l am directed by Viscount Torrington to ap-
pris,e you that his Excellency does not perceive any
necessity for your being furnished with a copy of the
letter which I have been• directed to address to the
Beard of Directors in London.
I ;have therefore only to inform you that a succinct
statement of what has passed will be forwarded by
next mail to London by his Excellency's orders, and
it will therefore rest with yourself to make any state-
ment you please on your part which may appear to
You to be called for.—l have the honour to be, Sir,
youtvery obedient servant,
'WM. D. BERNARD,
Private Secretary, &c., &c.

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NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, FRIDAY.—The Lords of the Admi-
ralty commenced their inspection of the dockyard at
half•past 10 this morning; on their entrance their
flag was hoisted on the dockyard gates, and continued
floating during their perambulations. The master
shipwright conducted their Lordships over the yard,
commencing with an inspection of the Undine steam-
yacht in dock under repair, their Lordships descended
into the dock for the purpose of examining the state
of the bottom of the vessel after the experiment of the
red led and compo,ition applications. Mr. Hay, the
chemical assistant to the master shipwright, explained
his part of the business to their Lordships, who were well
satisfied with the successful result of his labours as
applied to this and other iron vessels, and ordered him
to apply his discovery to the caissons and other iron
receptacles connected with the dockyard. From the
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some length of time, making a most careful
chain, which lead us to hope that she will not be
thrust into the ordinary to rot neglected. The
skeleton 'of the Princess. Royal, 90, formerly in frame
on the design of Sir William Symonds, but pulled to
pieces, and now rebuilding on the recommendation of
plans furnished by the Committee of Reference on
Shipbuilding, at an officially estimated cost of 8,0001.
for the alteration (but which, it is said, will cost at
least 20,0001. more), was next inspected. Next the
Plumper screw-brig,' building on the design of Mr.
Fincharni and-being, armed on the plan of Lieutenant
Julius Roberts, wtutxisited, with the ape.; ;
ditious building of which their Lordships expressed •
both surprise and admiration, as she has been con-
structed since the last official visit of their
Lordships. The Arrogant screw-frigate, of 46
guns, and three hundred horse (auxiliary)
power, by Fincham, was also boarded. The Board
then made, a perambulation of the new docks and
slips, and being joined by Colonel Irvine, C. 8.,
the director of engineering and architectural works,
and Captain James, R.E., director of works in this
dockyard, proceeded to a particular inspection of the
new steam basin, docks, and factories. On their
arrival at the entrance of these works, Mr. P. Rolt,
the contractor, specially attended, and had the
honour of receiving their Lordships. Lord Auck-
land soon perceived the very great progress which
had been made since his last visit, and was pleased to
express to Mr. Rolt the great satisfaction he felt.
His Lordship proceeded cross the pier-head and
over the north entrance to the west factory, in pass-
ing through which magnificent building his Lordship
expressed much pleasure, and thence examining the
Camber double dock, by which striking feature of
the works his Lordship's attention was particularly
arrested. From this the Noble Earl and his colleagues
passed en until they got an entire view of the steam-
basin, with the factory in front running a length of
700 feet. At this point his Lordship appeared par-
ticularly struck with the imposing appearance of the
whole. On leaving this part of the works the Noble
Earl gave a most ready and hearty assent to the Chief
Secretary's remark that "it is the most business-like
affair he had ever seen." At Mr. Rolt's particular
request the First Lord and his colleagues proceeded
to view the two north inlets and coffer-dam for the
extension sea-wall up the lake to the battery. Not-
withstanding the extremely cold and snowy weather,
their Lordships' interest in the works was so great
that they pursued their inquiries without any regard
for their personal comfort. On the party quitting
the works, Mr. Rolt assured their Lordships he should
be quite ready to open the basin whenever it pleased
them to direct him to do sp. The stupendous work,
therefore, is complete. It would be well if every
member of the Legislature, ere he took his seat at the
re-opening of Parliament, were to visit this great
national undertaking, so as to make himself practically
cognizant not only of its immense importance as a
grand receptacle for our war steamers, but also as to
the judicious expenditure of the money he votes,fnem
the country's resources. These steam adjuncts to our
chief ports form the most useful and indispensable ap-
pliances to "the national defence."

The Lords of the Admiralty then inspected the
Fairy Royal yacht in dock, the new battalion ar-
moury, the Prince Regent, 90, Captain Martin, fitting
alongside the jetty, and other important objects, with
all of hich they appeared perfectly satisfied, and
left the yard a little before 4 o'clock, Lord Auckland
and Mr. Ward for Alverstoke, to dine pith the Hon.
Mr. Bingham Baring, and the other members for the
George Hotel, to an early dinner, after which they
left for town by the 5 30 train of the South Western
Railway.
The Powerful, 84, and the Illustrious, 72, the or-
dinary and depOt ships for this port will not be com-
missioned until the Ist of February, in order that no
trouble may be occasioned by this month being par-
tially taken into the work, which would derange the
hooks, &c.
It is rumoured that the Prince Regent " model
ship" IA to be paid off, as men do not come forward
speedily enough for her to hold out any hope of her
being ready by the time her services are likely to be
wanted. Out of the whole of the Albion's crew we
are informed not one man would volunteeer for the
Prince Regent.
The Neptune, 120, was unmasted to-day, her lower
masts being intended for the Powerful, 84, as being
the oldest masts among the advanced ships.
The Seaflower cutter, Lieut. Henry Warren, ar-
rived from Jersey to-day for supplies.
The Meander, 44, Captain the Hon. H. Keppel,
was paid advance to-day.
In Barbour—The Victory, the Excellent, the Vic-
toria and Albert, the Blenheim, the Prince Regent, and
the Seaflower cutter; the Firefly, the Fire Queen,
and the Echo steamers.

In Dock—The Ajax, the Leander, the Sappho, the
Orestes, the Fairy, and the Undine.
In the Basin—The Britannia, the Retribution, the
Kite, the Swallow, and the Rocket.
At Spithead—The Meander and the Stromboli.
Wind E.N.E., fresh breezes and thick weather,
with continuous snow. Five P.M.
The Nautilus is ordered to the entrance of the
Channel, for the assistance of homeward-bound ships.