The Sun.
London, England, 1846-09-07 00:00:00

MAIL STEAM-PACKETS.

At Malta—The Flamer, Lieutenant Lavie ; Volcano,
Lieutenant Crang ; and Ardent, Lieutenant G. Spong.
En route from Marseilles to Malta—Spitfire, Lieut. J
A. M'Donald.

En route to Algiers, Tangiers, and Gibraltar, from
Malta—Acheron, Lieutenant B. Alpin.
PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION
COMPANY'S FLOTILLA.

At Southampton—Pottinger, Tagus, and Duke of
Cornwall.

route to Southampton and Gibraltar from Malta-
-Ariel.

En route from Southampton and Gibraltar to Malta•
Oriental.

En route to Constantinople and ports of the Black Sea
from Malta— Achilles.
En route from Alexandria to Malta—The Iberia.
At Malta—Montrose.
AUGUST 28.—Thu Iberia, with the India mails, arrived
this morning.
Yesterday her Majesty's ship Tyne arrived from
Corfu. On entering port she saluted the Rear-
Admiral's flag.
There is no news of the Trident steamer. Lieut. T.
Waghorn is still at Malta, anxiously awaiting her
arrival.

The Rifle corps has left Corfu by the Terrible and
Retribution steam-frigates. Universal regret was felt,
and on embarking they were followed to the quay by
hundreds of citizens, preceded by the band of civilians.
CHATHAM, SEPT. 4.—The North Star, 2t guns, Cap-

tain Sir James E. Home, C. 8., came into harbour on the

evening of the 2d inst., and is returning her stores into
the dockyard. Her masts are all ataut, and she is ex-
pected to be paid off on Tuesday next.
The Bulldog steam-sloop, Commander G. E. Davis, is
taking in the remainder of her stores. She is expected
to leave this port to-morrow.
The Mutine, 12 guns, repairing in dock, is fast pro-
gressing, and she will be ready to put out on the en-
suing spring tides, when the Albatross, 16 guns, will
be taken in to make good defects, and to be fitted for
commission.
The new and extensive metal-mills erected in this
yard are so far completed as to be ready to commence
manufacturing, and in a few days the machinery will
commence working.
The new works fur the enlargement of the yard, car-
rying on by Messrs. Baker, are progressing; the founda-
tion of one slip is in hand, and the excavations of three
others are now commenced.

PORTSMOUTH, FRIDAY.—The Lords of the Admiralty
having devoted so much time to the levees, the college,
and the inspection of the Excellent, were compelled
yesterday afternoon to make their survey of the works
in progress in the Dockyard very rapidly. After re-
turning from the steam basin at a quarter past four
o'clock, they successively visited the fitted-rigging store,
the testing house, the new chain-cable store, the new
mast store, the apprentices' school, the enormous house
under construction for building boats in, in the erection
of which 3,000 tons of iron will be used, and the present
boat-house. This tour was completed at five o'clock,
when their Lordships embarked in the Admiralty barge,
with Sir Charles Ogle, and it was supposed, and in fact
arranged, that they should visit the Victory and the ad-
vanced ships. Everything was prepared for their Lord-
ships' reception, and the Victory actually manned 3 ards
as soon as they embarked at the new landing-place.
Their Lordships passed, however, under her her stern
(taking off their hats as the marines carried arms, and
the band struck up " Rule Britannia"), and proceeded
to Blockhouse-beach, where they landed, and minutely
inspected the whole of that immense fortress, remaining
on the works until nearly six o'clock, when they crossed
over to the King's-stairs, Sallyport, and proceeded to the
George Hotel, where they entertained at dinner the fol-
lowing guests :—Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, Bart., Rear-
Admiral Hyde Parker, Captains Sir W. Symonds, Pasco
Chads, Robb, James. R. E., Sir T. Bourchier, K.C.8.,
and Carter ; Commanders Slade, Cannon, Lieutenant
Wood, Colonel Jones, R.M. ; Captain Brandreth, R.E.,
Lieutenant Rawatorne, Mr. Woolley, Mr. Graves, Cap-
tain Eden, and Captain Hamilton.
After dinner their Lordships honoured Major-General
the Hon. Sir Hercules Pakimham, K.C.8., with their
company, the gallant Lieutenant-Governor of Ports-
mouth having a brilliant party at the Government-
house.

This morning, at balf-past nine, their Lordships em-
barked at the New Sallyport, in their own and Sir
Charles Ogle's barge, and proceeded to the Royal
Clarence victualling establishment, where their Lord-
ships were received by Captain Superintendent Carter,
R.N. ; Mr. Davies, Master-Attendant ; and Mr. T. T.
Grant, storekeeper, who collectively conducted their
Lordships over that vast store-house, whence they pro-
ceeded at half-past ten to the Royal Hospital at Haslar,
where they arrived at a quarter to eleven, and were
escorted over the establishment by Captain-Superinten-
dent Carter, Sir John Richardson, M.D., the Medical
Inspector, and the other chief officers of the esta-
blishment.

Soon after noon the Board returned to the dockyard,
and proceeded to muster the artizans, which occudied
them until nearly two o'clock, when they dismissed the
men with the grant of a half holiday. Their Lordships
then retired to the Admiralty House and partook of
luncheon with Sir C. Ogle and family.
At twenty-five minutes past three their Lordships em-
barked in their barge and proceeded to the Victory,
where they were received with yards manned, their flag
being hoisted at the main. They were received on the
quarter- deck by Captain Pasco, First-Lieutenant Welch,
and the other officers of the ship, and immediately pro
ceeded to muster the crew, which, with the supernume
raries, fall little short of 1,000 men and boys. Their
Lordships expressed their warm approbation with the
discipline of the ship, and complimented Captain Pasco
and Lieutenant Welch thereon.

The Board left the Victory at ten minutes to five under
a salute.of 19 guns, and proceeded to the Britannia, 120,
and Powerful, 84, advanced ships.
This evening their Lordships will be entertained at
dinner by Major-General the Hon. Sir Hercules Paken-
ham, K.C.8., who has invited. a distinguished party to
meet them.
To-morrow their Lordships inspect the Royal Marine
Artillery corps, &c.
To-Morrow morning his Grace the Duke of Welling-
ton, Commander in-Chief of the Army, and the Mar
quis of Anglesey, Master-General of the Ordnance, will
make an inspection of the fortifications of this port and
dependencies, accompanied by the Lieutenant-Governor
and Colonel Cardew, R.E. His Grace will arrive by the
first train from London. _ _ _

The squadron of evolution have received orders to re-
turn to Spithead on or about the 16th inst.
The Nautilus, 10, Lieutenant-Commander Maedonnel
sailed this evening for Brighton, to resume her protection
of the fisheries.
The Comet steam-vessel, Lieutenant Commander John -
s ton, is ordered immediately to Ireland with meal and
specie, for the relief of the prevailing distress conse-
quent upon the failure of the potato crop.
In Harbour—The Excellent, Victory, Orestes, Gla-
diator, Comet, Lightning, Dasher, and Echo.
Iu Dock—Prince Regent, Leander, Edinburgh, Cam-
brian, Naiad, and Rattlesnake. _

In the Basin—Amphitrite and Trincomalee.
At Spithead—Recruit and Hound.
APPOINTMENTS.

Captain Sir Thomas Bourchier, H.C.B. (1827), to be
superintendent of Chatham Dockyard, vice Shireff,
whose period of office has expired. Sir Thomas Boar
shier was midshipman of the Majestic at the surrender
of Heligoland, Lieutenant of the Forester, and com-
manded her boats, cutting out a brig and schooner, and
destroying the guns and magazines of a battery at Gua-
daloupe, and at the taking of Martinique; was Lieute-
nant of the Tenedos at th capture of the United States
frigate President, in the expedition up the Penobscot,
and commanded the seamen and marines landed at the
capture of Machias; was Captain of Blonde in the ope-
rations on the coast of China, and commanded a bri-
gade of seamen at the capture of Canton; assisted at
the taking of Amoy and Chinghae in 1841, and at the
attack on the Chinese at Segahon, Woosung, and
Changhae, and the city of Chin Kiang Foo, in 1842.
Vide Allen's Aew Navy List.
Lieutenant—C. R. Bamber, to the Victory, for gun-
nery duties.

Master—W. W. White, to the Gladiator, vice Wilson.
Midshipmen—W. Sainsbury to the Superb; H. F.
May to the Espeigle; Mr. John Wallis Newport from
the Trafalgar to the Eurydice.
Gamier—John F. Brown to the Poictiers.

WODLITICII CADETS.—The young gentlemen at-
tached to the Ro3 al Military Academy on Wool,vich-
common and in the Ri.yal Arsenal, returned on Friday,
after the holidays', to resume their military duties, under
the Lieutenant- Governor, Colonel Parker, C.B. Twenty
young gentlemen were admitted as cadets, a similar
number having received their commissions in the Royal
Ordnance Carps.
EFFECT or SHOT UPON STEAM- VESSELS.—A party
of noblemen and gentlemen, and officers of the naval and
mi'itury service, attended on Friday afternoon upon the
Woolwich Marshes, to witness the experiments upon a
target representing a section of a war steam-vessel's al ie,
lined with the patent "Kamptulicon" composition, in-
vented by Lieutenant Walter, of the Royal Marines, a
gentleman who for some time past has been assiduously
endeavouring to surmount the many difficulties which
present themselves in constructing steam-vessels for pur-
poses of war. The trials were very satisfactory. The
aperture made by the shot immediately collapsed, prov-
ing that a vessel lined with the composition would be
water-tight even if the enemy's shot were to penetrate
both sides. A further trial, however, seems necessary,
with two targets, instead of one, in order to prove prac-
tically all the advantages of the composition.