The Sun.
London, England, 1846-09-08 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY.—Yesterdaymorning the Lords
of the Admiralty, accompanied by Sir Charles Ogle Col.
Jones, and a distinguished party of officers, left the
George llotel, in carriages provided for them, and pro-
d to Cumberland-fort to inspect in field exercise,
&c., the Royal Aldrine Artillery Corps, under the com-
mand of Lieut.-Colonel D. A. Gisbsone.

Their Lordships first proceeded to the fort, and wit-
nessed practice from an 8-inch howitzer and a 12-
pounder medium gun with common shell, at a floating
target, range 1,350 yards; practice from a 24-pounder
howitzer and two 12-pounder howitzers, with spherical
case, at a floating target, range 900 yards; practice from
four 6-pounder guns with round shot, at a floating target,
range 900 yards. The whole of this was most perfect
practice, the targets being riddled at every discharge,
and highly creditable to the officers attached—Major
Casticau, Captains Westley, Logan, and Holloway; and
Second-Lieutenants Davies, Meade, and Baynes.
After the above their Lordships witnessed practice
from a 32-pounder sea service gun, mounted within the
fort, with common shell at a floating target, range 1,500
yards, which also elicited their warmest approbation.
Captain l)wyer was the officer attached.
Their Lordships then proceeded to the usual place of
exercise adjacent to the Coast-Guard station, and wit-
nessed practice from three ten-inch land service mortars,
in rear of an epaulement, at the flag-staff ; range 560
yards. In nearly every case the shells pursued an
astonishingly accurate direction, much to the gratiflca •
tion of the gallant and distinguished officers assembled.
Officers attached—Captain Westley and Second Lieute-
nant Meade.

Practice from a 68-pounder, three 32-pounders, a 24-
pounder Congreve, and 32-pounder carronade, with
round shot, at a target ranged at 450 yards, concluded
the inspection. Officers attached—Major Castieu, Cap-
tains Parke, Logan, and Holloway, and Second Lieute-
nants Davies and Baynes. This was undoubtedly as per-
fect shot practice as could be at the present day wit-
nessed. The target was blown away at every discharge.
with one or two exceptions.
The whole must have been highly gratifying to the
assembled spectators, and was we know especially so to
the Earl of Auckland, wbo, as did his hon. and gallant
colleagues, expres-ed the warmest satisfaction at the
highly efficient state th.s important and invaluable arm
of the naval service has attained, and complimented Col.
Gibsone thereon prior to leaving the ground, which was
about half-past twelve.
On leaving, Sir Charles Ogle inspected the coast-
guard force under the command of Lieutenant Robert
Taylor, of the Langston-harbour station. At 1 P.M.
they embarked at Sallyport, with the Port-Admiral and
Rear-Admiral Parker, in the Lightning, and proceeded
to Calshot Castle, with the Dasher, surveying steamer,
Commander W. Sheringham, to select a spot for a
steamers' coal depot. The two Admirals here took a
final leave of their Lordships, going from the Lightning
to the Dasher. Their Lordships left Calshot in the
'Ligtning at 3 P.m. for Southampton, the Dasher return-
ing with the Admirals into the Harbour.
The Lightning, after landing the Lords of the Admi-
ralty, returned to the harbour in the evening.
The Scourge, steam bomb-vessel, Commander J. C.
Caffin, arrived yesterday from Woolwich, and came into
the harbour.

The Orestes, 18, Commander E. St. Leger Cannon,
completed stripping last evening, and will be paid off on
Tuesday or Wednesday.
The Nautilus, 8, Lieutenant-Commanding J. Mac-
donell, sailed on Friday evening to resume her station
off Brighton for the protection of the fishery.
The Manoauvrer lighter arrived with stores from Ply-
mouth ye.terday.
Captain Alexander Milne, son of the late Admiral Sir
David Milne, late Commander-in-Chief at Devenport, is
appointed to succeed Captain Sir Richard Grant, as flag
captain to Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, Bart., the Com-
mender •in-Chief at this port.
A system of punishment similar to that pursued in
military prisons in the cases of bad soldiers is under
consideration by the First Lord of the Admiralty for
adoption in the cases of refractory seamen, to supersede
in a great measure flogging in the navy. The sugges-
tion emanated from a gallant and humane Admiral, and
we trust will be carried out, to his lasting honour.
The Avenger, steam-frigate, Captain Williams, was at
Malta in quarantine, on the 28th of August. A private
letter dated the 26th states, " We left Alexandria on
the 20th. During our stay there the officers and ship's
company were supplied with every luxury by the orders
of Ibrahim, who, prior to our departure, presented the
following officers of the Avenger with a valuable Turkish
sabre:—Captain Williams (and also a splendid shawl);
Lieutecants Crawley, Sibbald, Rowles, Hawkins, and
Tate (R.M.A.); Mr. Tucker, master; Mr. Mackay,
surgeon ; Mr. Brickwood, paymaster and purser ; Mr.
Speed, naval instructor ; Mr. Robinson, assistant-sur-
geon ; Mr. Moore and Mr. Yound, midshipmen ; Mr.
Cleveland, master's-assistant ; Mr. A. W. Chimmo,
clerk; Mr. Rowe, clerk; Mr. Phillips, naval cadet; and
Mr. Brooker, clerk's-assistant. His Highness also pre-
sented the ship's company with 5001., besides an
immense quantity of sugar, rice, coffee, and other
articles of consumption. His Highness invited all
the officers of the ship to a sumptuous banquet
given at his palace, placing at their disposal
carriages and horses and attendants. Altogether,
no prince or potentate could have been more splendidly
filed than we have been. His Highness appeared to
feel that he could not seem too grateful for the attention
shown him in England. We expect to sail about the
20th of September, and to arrive at Portsmouth about
the latter end of that month; when there the defective
state of our boilers, &c., will detain us two 'months at
least before we can proceed on any further service."
By an extract from a private letter we have learned
that her Majesty's ship Inflexible arrived at Madeira
in six days and 19 hours. The distance by the patent
log, is 1,240 miles. This extraordinary run was accom-
plished, notwithstanding delays occasioned by being
compelled to stop more than once to arrange the bear-
ings and expansion valves, during which'time they were
compelled to disConftect, and were forced to rim-under
sail for some hours. The gross quantity of fuel con-
sumed has been only 86 tons, which is rather more than
1 lcvvt. per hour. The Inflexible was worked on
,the 6th
or last grade of the expansion nearly the whole way, and
yet, with this small consumption of fuel, and the wind a-
head a great part of the way, she averaged 7 knots
7-10ths per hour. At the time this letter left the In-
flexible, she had just fallen in with the trade winds
blowing fresh from E.N.E. It was expected she would
sail direct for the Cape, and would arrive in 35 days.

APPOINTMENT.
Lieutenant Robert Willcox, to Recruit.

THE MARQUIS OF WORCESTER

AND HIS CONSTITUENTS AT STOW.

The Marquis of Worcester dined with a party of his
constituents at the Unicorn Inn, Stiw-on-the-Wold,
.on
Friday, Aug. 28. The festivity partook both of a sport-
ing and of a political character. It was formerly an an-
nual custom with the late Duke of Beaufort, when he
hunted that part of the country, to send a present of ve-
nison as a compliment to the farmers over whose land he
hunted ; but that custom has been discontinued for seve-
ral years until the present time, whep a renewal has been
thought politic, having an eye to the possible contingen-
cies of a general election. Accordingly, in the early part
of last week, the following note of invitation was sent to
a very large number of the Tory residents within a range
of eight or ten miles of Stow :
"In consequence of his Grace the Duke of Beaufort
having sent some venison to Stow, as a compliment to
the yeomanry of this district, the Marquis of Worcester
has expressed his wish to meet with his constituents and
to dine with them, at the Unicorn Inn, on Friday next,
at four o'clock in the afternoon, when the pleasure of
your company is requested.
" Stow-on-the-Weld, Aug. 24, 1846."

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The gathering, however, was not by any means so nu-
merous as was expected, and as a political demonstration
it was a signal failure. Thirty-eight gentlemen and
farmers sat down to the dinner; the company including
Lord Redesdale, who was in th chair, H. E. Waller,
Esq., of Farmington, about six clergymen of the neigh-
bourhood, a few professional gentlemen, three or four
tradesmen, and the remainder consisted of! a sprinkling of
farmers and some old sportsmen who formerly hunted
with the dtike's hounds. It was a comfortable "venison
dinner" enough, but the marquis's " wish to meet his
constituents" was certainly a disappointment. The ho-
nour of a visit from the self-invited nobleman, even
though the privilege of a cut at a haunch of venison was
superadded, was not a sufficient attraction to draw the
agriculturists from their useful occupations in their
fields ; and if he is wise, the most noble the Marquis of
Worcester will take this circumstance as a hint that the
electors of East Gloucestershire are not so enraptured
with their representative as to make his re-electon et all
a matter to be very confidently calculated upon.—Glou-
ccster Journal.