The Sun.
London, England, 1846-12-07 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

CHATHAM, DEC. 4.--The Albatross, 16 guns, Com-
mander A. Farquhar, is still in the harbour, and getting
her sea stores on board, and water tanks are being fitted
in her. She is deficient of her complement of men by
21 petty officers. She is under orders to tail from this
port on the 23J of the present month, and is t o sail from
Portsmouth for the Coast of Africa, on the 29th.

The Warspite, 50 guns, in dock, fitting for commis-
sion, is expected to be completed by the end nf the
month, when she will be undockLd and masted.

The Elk 12-gun brig, building in the first dock, has
got her stem and stern posts in place. Another brig, to
be named the Heron, 16 guns, is ordered to be imme-
diately laid down, and to be built in the same dock; and
a 16-gun brig, to be named the Despatch, is also to be
commenced without delay, and to be built on a slip at
the lower part of the dockyard.
The ship Lady Lilford, R» Scott, master, arrived yes-
terday from the East Indies with a cargo of teak for the
Dockyard. _ _ _ .

The new school erected for the Dockyard apprentices
will not be ready to be (=nixed until March next: An
estimate for the cost of the ventilation of the building
was forwarded yesterday to the Admiralty.
The Drake has arrived from Wo...lwich, and, having
discharged her cargo, is loading again for Sheerness
Dockyard.
SUEERNESS, DEC. 3.—lt is rumoured that the Ad-
miralty contemplate the embody lug the Dockyard arti-
ficers and labourers into a volunteer corps, for the de-
fence of the ports. They are to be trained, it is stated,
to the use of the great guns and small arms, are to wear
uniform, be commanded by the executive officers of the
Dockyard, and, when called out for exercise or training,
are to be paid from 44. to 6d. extra per hour. The de-
tails of the measure, we learn, are as yet incomplete, but
such is its sum and substance.
The Terrible steam-frigate, Cupt. Ramsay, remains in
port, without any further orders.
The Birkenhead, iron steam troop ship, is still fitting
in the Basin, where are also the Euryalis, convict depot,
and Dragon steam frigate ready fcr sea.
The Formidable, 84; Horatio, 44; Seringapatam, 44;
and Dart, 3. building, are in dock.
In Harbour—The Ocean, 30, flag-ship; Terrible,
Wildfire, and Speedwell.
PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 4. —ln commission in the har-
bour, St. Vincent, 120, Captain Milne; Port Admiral's
flag-ship Victory, 104, Captain Pasco; Admiral Super-
intendent's flag-ship, Excellent, gunnery ship, Capiain.
Chads, C.B.

Victoria and Albert royal yacht and Fairy tender,
Lord A. Fitzclarence, G.C.8.; Vengeance, 84, Captain
Lushington, fitting for sea.
Penelope, steam-frigate, Captain Gifford, fitting for
sea.

Resistance troop-ship, Commander Lowe, refitting.
Crocodile receiving ship, Lieutenant Prothero (com-
manding), refitting.
Polyphemus steam-sloop, Commander M'Cleverty, re-
fitting.

Naiad coal depot for Callao, Mr. Brown (Master com-
manding), fitting fur sea.
Grapple steam•sloop, Lieutenant Lysaght (com-
manding).
Mutate, 12-gun brig, Commander Tryon.
Apollo troop-hhip, Commander R..cichire, refit,th)g.
Echo stkam-to E. _ _

It-tritiuCtlii -.team frigate, laid up for the winter.

Captain Sir William Parry, lately at p ,inted to super-
intend the victualin:: estnbli.ht.:ent a! Gosport and the
Royal Naval Hospi:al at Haslar, vac, Captain Carter.
whose period of ser‘ico expred on he 2d inst., entvred
on the duties of his office yesterdal.
In consequence of some extei sive alt,ratiuns being
about to be made in the superint nclent's dwelling-house

at Haslar, Captain Parry intends residing for the present
at Anglesey Ville.
Sir William has leave of absence until January 18th.
The Penelope is getting her guns on board ; she is
still in want of a great many nit n ; orders have, how-
ever, been received for thirty general servicemen from
the flag-ship to be eraf.ed into her, to assist in complet-
ing her establishment. Lieutenant Walter Morris has
been appointed to her.
The Vengeance will be ready for sea about the 10th
inst. Her first trip is to be to Gibraltar, where she will
carry the 36th Regiment, at present quartered at Weedon.
The Naiad is fitting for sea as rapidly as circum-
stances will admit of. _ _

The Avenger steam-frigate will he laid up at Ply-
mouth until her services are again required.

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT BROADWA.LL, LAMBETH.—
Frid iy night, shortly before 12 o'clock, a fire, att. nded
with considerable destruction of property, broke out
upon the premises belonging to Messrs. Hitchcock ant
Connar, brush-board and veneer saw mills, situate in
Broadwall, Blackft Tars, next door to the Wesleyan chapel.
It appears that whilst the police constable was going
his rounds, his attention was suddenly arrested by an
immense sheet of flame issuing through the roof of the,
ills, a building about forty feet long by tl-irty feet wide.
The constable having raised an alarm, the inmates the
several contiguous premises were aroused from ta.ir
slumbers ; at the same time information was sent to the
engine stations. In the course of a few minutes the
Waterloo-road, West of England, and Brigade engines
reached the scene ; and also the escape belonging to the
Royal Society for the Protection of Life from Fire, from
New Bridge-street, City. As soon as water could be
procured from the mains in the district, the two engines
were set to work, but the flames had by that perieod
obtained complete possession of the building and its con-
tents. For some time it was feared that the surround-
ing houses would have been destroyed, and the owners at
once commenced removing their furniture to a place of
safety. Other engines of the Brigade, and the County
one, came up, and owing to the indefatigable exertions
.7jUisn were
ftirtunneaaterllyy
d
of the firemen the fire was extinguished by half past
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Messrs. Hitchcock and Conliar were uninsured. How
the fire originated could not be learned. The workmen
left the place at nine o'clock, having previously " damped
up" the boiler-flue. A person named Seal, who had a
good deal of property in the building, was also uninsured.
INGATESTONE FAlR.—This fair, the last of the kind
in these counties, took place on Tuesday and W. dnes.
day, but upon the whole it cannot be pronounced equal
to former years. The show of Scots was short, and of
middling quality compared with what we have been in
the habit of seeing here; but notwithstanding this nearly
the whole were sold at quite as high terms as our late
fairs.. The supply of Herefords was a 1...) limited, but
from the high prices regain d a great many were left
unsold. 01 Welsh beasts there was a numerous exhi-
bition, but the quality was middling,
wand many of
them did not find purchas. rs. Thera. was good show
of short-horned and Durham heifers.
which wtre much
in demand, and they were all 6f dd. Ot Devon beasts
the supply was small, being prtheipaily cuufinvdito a lot
shown by Mr. College, but even these were not isposed
of. With respect to the beasts. in gerral, may be
' observed that the epidemic which h.as lren, s:o *aortic
tive to cattle was very pre.v:al!dit tO. tsdr; indeed,
there was scarcely a lot. of Welsh
.beteds that w
more or less affected by it, giving little, bope that this
scourge is likely soon to pass away. Or sheep the num-
ber penned was not very numerous, but on the first day
there was a good trade. and quite twb-thirai were sold,
though the trade was not quite so brisk as it' has been;
prices, however, were not less, Down ewes fetching from
365. to 445.; lambs, 235. to 315.; Dorset ewes, 455. to
50s. Of wether sheep there were but, few exhibited.
Cart horses and cart colts were much in demand, but
were thinly supplied; anything at all useful was readily
sold. There were but few nags, amongst which a very
useful horse, shown by Mr. Orbell, was purchased by
Thomas Brewitt, E= q. Milking cows were short, and
all were sold, though at rather less money than they
would have brought a few weeks ago. In this class there
was the novelty in the fair of upwards of fifty French
cows and heifers, part of which were purchased by J.
Oxley Parker, Esq. On Wednesday the trade in beasts
was on about the same terms as the previous day; but
of the few sheep penned on the second day not a single
r eAc
ocrcdmaEdNrTe a rdßfuolaatecßidoeinLtlNwGhichLil,Qauppmen.
ed
lot changed hands.—Chelmsford Chronicle.
We regretaßE i tl'oE
of
g
to a man named Robert Taylor, in the employ of Mr.
John Hayne, of Fordington, OR Monday last. The poor
fellowthe w
act as
attending
ac a copper of boiling oil, and whilst
in across the copper, as is supposed,
he accidentally fell into it, and although in that perilous
situation, he managed to get out without calling for
assistance. He was taken to the Dorset County Hos.
pital the same evening, where he lingered till the follow.
ing morning (Tuesday), when death terminated his sut
ferings.—Sherborne Journal,