The Sun.
London, England, 1846-06-02 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

MALTA, MAY 24.
The return of Sir W. Parker to Malta on the evening
of the 22d in the Virago steam-frigate, from Athens,
has caused new life here, and the appearance of the
Hibernia off port yesterday morning, the bustling move-
ment of the steamers carrying out provisions, and the
anxiety of friends and relations on shore to see their
friends and relations on board, prior to their leaving for
the westward, are indescribable. The Virago follows
to-day.
Sir William, during his absence from Malta, has
rallied the squadron dispersed in the different ports of
the Mediterranean at Athens ; and inspections, trials of
sailing, &c., have been made.
The following is an extract from a letter from her
Majesty's ship Tyne, dated at sea on the 15th inst.:—
" The Admiral, accompanied by the Inconstant, 36,
Tyne, 26 ; Amazon, 19 ; Orestes, 18 ; and Virago
steamer, quitted Athens yesterday morning, and on this
day the Commander-in-Chief inspected the Inconstant
and the Tyne.
" The squadron being at sea, it is quite impossible to
say more than what happens to your own vessel, as no
communication with other ships is allowed. The inspec-
tion of the Tyne commenced at half-past 10 A.m., and
finished at about 1 P.M. ; and the Admiral on leaving
paid a high compliment to Captain Glascock, his officers,
and crew, upon the efficiency of their ship."
A court-martial was held recently on the carpenter of
the flag-ship, the Hibernia, on charges of drunkenness,
and they having been proved, he has been disrated and
dismissed the ship.
Another court-martial was held on the master of her
Majesty's ship Amazon, on similar charges ; and he has
been placed at the bottom of the list. His name is
Cotter. This second court vas held at sea, and the pri-
soner, within thirty hours after the offence was com-
mitted, was tried and sentenced.

Last night the Hibernia was not in sight from the
telegraph. She had her provisions supplied by the
Flamer and Virago steamers.
The Virago goes out to-day to Gibraltar, in order, if
need be, to tow the Admiral with the Meteor through
the gut.
In Malta Harbour—The Ceylon, 12, receiving-ship.
bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir L. Curtis, Bart.,
second in command and superintendent of Malta dock-
yard ; the Harlequin, Commander Curry; the Locust
steamer, Lieutenant-Commander Eden ; and Wee Pet
steam-tug.
On Surveying Duty—The Bonetta, Commander T. S.
Brock, and the R-seareh cutter, Lieutenant Spratt.
At Gibraltar —The Faritome, 16, Commander Sir F.
W. E. Nicholson, Bart. ; the Meteor, Lieutenant-Com-
mander Buttler ; and the Phoenix steam-vessel, Com-
mander Dennis.

At Corfu.—The Orestes, 18, Commander E. St. L.
Cannon ; and the Jackall steamer, Lieutenant-Comman-
der W. M. J. G. Pasco.

At the Piraeus of Athens.—The Tyne, 28, Captain W.
N. Glascock ; the Bloodhound steamer, Lieutenant R.
Phillips ; the Inconstant, 36, Captain C. H. Fremantle ;
the Amazon, 19, Captai❑ J. J. Stopford ; and the Siren,
16, Commander H. E. Edgell.
En route to Gibraltar.—The Hibernia, 120, Captain P.
Richards, C. 8., bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir
William Parker, Bart., G.C.8., the Commander-in-
Chief ; and the Virago war steamer, Commander G. G.
Otway.
At Constantinople.—The Hecht war-steamer, Com-
mander I. MAU.

MAIL STEAM-PACKETS.

At Malta.—The Volcano, Lieutenant Crang, and the
Flamer, Lieutenant Lavie.
En route from Malta to Marseilles.—The Acheron,
Lieutenant B. Aplin.
En route from Malta to the lonian Islands.—The Spit-
fire, Lieutenant J. A. M'Donald.

PORTSMOUTH, MAY 31.

Lieutenant Need, whose removal from the Terrible to
the St. Vincent, to make way for an " honourable," who
was thrust into the place to qualify for yacht service and
promotion, we noticed at the time, was restored to the
Terrible on the day the fleet left Spithead, but the Hon.
Lieutenant Spencer also remained. To cover this glaring
job each of the first-class frigates has had an extra lieu-
tenant appointed.
Dr. Inman, formerly Professor of Mathematics at the
Royal Naval College ; Mr. John Fincham, Master Ship-
wright of this dockyard ; and Mr. R. Abethell, Master
Shipwright of Pembroke dockyard, are, we believe, con-
stituted a board to resolve upon which are the best models
to construct ships of war upon for the future.
The Porcupine steam-vessel, Captain Bullock, and the
Myrmidon steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander Jenkin,
were at the Cove of Cork on the 29th inst. ; the former
arrived here this morning, and will take back dispatches
for the squadron of evolution.

The squadron of evolution is reported by the Cork
pilots to have been seen on Wednesday last off
Galley Head, wind N.W., light, with fine weather.
The Ferret, 6, Commander Sprigg, arrived at Madeira
from Sheerness on the 3d ult., and sailed on the sth for
the coast of Africa.

The President, 50, Captain Stanley, flag of Rear-
Admiral nacres, Commander-in-Chief, sailed from the
Cape of Good Hope for Algoa Bay on the 2d ult.
The Sappho, 19, Commander Gambier, arrived at
the Cape of Good Hope from the Mozambique channel
on the 23d of March, and the Mutine, 16, Commander
Crawford, on the following day, also from a cruise in
the Mozambique._

The Cornwall, freight-ship, Captain Canney, sailed this
morning for Cork, the Cape, and the Mauritius, with
detachments of the 45th and 12th regiments for service
at the latter places.
The Echo tug again tried the effect of the shot holes
in her funnel, upon the draught yesterday, in the passage
to Cowes, for the troops from Parkhurst. The result
was highly satisfactory.
The Minerva, Indianian, Captain Geere, sailed last
evening for Madras a,,d Calcutta.

PROMOTIONS.

Commander—Sir G. G. Otway, Bart., to the rank of
Captain.
Lieutenant—J. M'D. Smith, to the rank of Com•
mander.

Mate—T. C. Bruce, to the rack of Lieutenant.
Acting Master—T. Hart, late of the Penelope, con.
firmed to the rank of Master.

APPOINTMENTS.

Lieutenants—W. C. Marshall and B. B. Beale, to the
Dido ; J. Wainwright and H. Muller, of the Norwegian
navy, to the Constance ; G. Marriott, additional to the
Trafalgar, his presence being required in England to
give evidence on Captain Denman's barracoon destruc-
tion affair ; J. Corbett, to the Excellent.

Chaplains—G. Bellamy, late of the Tortoise, to the
Rodney, vice Halsted, retired from the service ; A.
Brown (and Naval Instructor), to the Dido.
Surgeon—T. Gibson, to the Eurydice.
Second-Masters—G. M. Stent, to the Dido • M.
Richards and M. R. Artery, to Terrible ; 'N. S.
Seabrook,
oStrgeEontaLdlir Crocker, to the Ocean, vice
Emslie ; S. Clift, to the Sampson. J. G. Campbell, to
Plymouth Hospital ; C. Ede, to the Constance
Lawrence, to the Shearwater ; R. King, atotehe; Eu.ryP-.
dice ; Dr. J. Barclay, to the Canopus.
Midshipmen—R. B. Oldfield and P. Chase, to the
Excellent ; E. C. Hewson, to the Raleigh.
Master Assistants—J. M. Hockley, to the Canopus ;
J.' S. Smith, to the Griffin; R. Cleaveland, to the Aven-
ger; W. Moorman and J. Parsons, to the Dee. T S
Neill, from the Crocodile to the Dido. ; T. S.
Clerks—E. A. Amphlett and W. Warburton, to the
Dido ; W. F. Wentworth (Assistant), to the Crocodile.
Naval Cadets—P. E. Lucas, J. B. Williams,
and E.
IL 'Murray, to the Constance ; B. Shiffner, to the Ra-
leigh N. B Phillimore, to the St. Vince
. Kidd, to the Dido; Vincent J. J.
M'Evoy and T. 0. H. A. Godfrey,
to the Agincourt.
COAST GUARD.
R. Chambers, R.N., to Robin
Hood's Bay Station, vibe
to Mothercomb station, vice
Lieutenant W. Bailey (b),
Appointments—Mr. n tments—Mr..
e Lieutenant Warren, removed;
Warren.
app
packet to Pembroke dock ; vice Griffith,Removals—Lieutenant C. B. Warren, from 3. ftoetdhetro
-
packet service.
oite
Knights of Windsor:—Lieutenants W.
The following officers have been app
in ce
n. Fitamd
auri Naval
cession to the late R. Carter.
(1802), vice Carter, deceased; R. Jewens (1809), sus

The Lively, Hartfield, master, s
aCi HA,
led Tots 3t
the
stores for Woolwich and Deptford yards.
The Duck, Savage, master, arrived on the 27th inst.
il2l.ABtTh3 with
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with stores from Woolwich.

A leading man and eight ropemakers have been sent
from this yard to Deptford-yard to try experiments on
the rope-machine at that yard. Mr. Catsell, foreman of
smiths at the Devunport-yard, has been sent by the Ad-
miralty to this yard to explain further improvements
made by him for the employment of waste heat in air
furnaces at the smithy.
The Fantome, 16 guns, Commander Sir Frederick
W. Nicholson, Bart., is in the Mediterranean. A letter
of much interest from this ship was received yesterday
by one of the officers on board her Majesty's ship
Poictiers, of which the following is an extract:—
" The brig Ruth, of Scarborough, Captain W. Newn-
ham, manned with eleven hands, last from Messina,
bound to St. Peteraburgh, was becalmed about twenty
miles westward of Melilah, a Spanish convict settlement
on the Barbary coast, when some boats, six or seven in
number, manned and armed by Moors, or inhabitants of
the seacoast, put off to the brig, in approaching which they

fired upon the crew, at the same time uttering the most •
discordant yells. The crew, seeing no chance of combat-
ing them, having no arms, were obliged to leave the ship
from the forecastle as the pirates boarded by the gangway
and stern, and were extremely fortunate in escaping un-
hurt, as they were fired upon by the pirates as they
were rowing away from the ship. Mr. Newnham
came on board our ship with four hands on the
morning of the Bth instant, and, having received our
sailing orders, parted from the buoy, and made
sail with a fine breeze after the pirates, passing
Ceuta and Tetuan, and keeping in shore as close as
possible, so as to overhaul the beach well, and, after
sailing about 200 miles, we came to a spot where we
fancied we saw the wreck, but, being dusk, we could not
make it out, and therefore we stood off, and intended to
tack and stand in again at midnight ; but in the morn-
ing we found that we had drifted with the current 12
miles to leeward. A boat with a fisherman came on
board, and gave us some information. He said the bay
was full of pirates, aad that the brig was near where
we had supposed her, and a complete wreck ; that most
of the men who had boarded her had been driven on
shore in their boats, and several drowned. We then
made sail for Melilah, the settlement, and were visited
by the governor, who told us where the spot was, and
also that they would be sure to fire upon us if we went
up the bay. We then got under sail, and, after passing
round a point, and being close in shore, we saw some
boats and some of the natives, who raised a shout,
and fired ; we in return fired a 32-pounder, but were
out of range, and we went two miles lower down,
the people shouting all along the coast, and firing.
We shortened sail, and let go our anchor, and got out
the boats, and ran down the coast, the people fol-
lowing and shouting for about a mile, when they stood
in shore. One of the chiefs beckoned to them, at
the same time waving a white flag. On our rowing
ashore, the chief gave his musket to one of his followers,
and came downinto the water, and shook hands with the
captain, at the same time waving his men back ; and, after
talking with the captain as well as he could, the boats
returned, and we impatiently waited for the morrow.
At daylight next morning we got out the cutter and gigs,
and being manned and armed pulled down and saw the
wreck, and, on returning, the First Lieutenant in the
cutter was shot at and wounded in the thigh. The
bands on board very soon got the ship under weigh, and
at seven o'clock ran down to meet the boats, and about
twelve o'clock came in sight of a small bay where we saw
the wreck lying. We shortened sail, let go the anchor,
got a kedge with a spring aft to bring our broadside on,
and the boats out, pinnace, cutter, and gigs ; the pirates
firing at us all the time. We now fired a 32-pounder
over them, to see if they would return it. They con-
tinued firing. We then began to fire in right good
earnest, and sent 32-pounders among them in prime
style, upon which they soon began to retire. A landing
party, consisting of nineteen marines and fifteen blue
jackets, with a working party, was then sent to collect
things from the wreck, or what was left of it. The men
• rowed cheering from the ship for the shore, but as they
neared it they were fired upon by the natives, who were
lying hid among the rocks. Our men soon drove them
away by a constant firing, which was kept up for
four hours ; thus they kept the fellows at bay.
They were very daring, and some who had
expended their ammunition came down with
stones, which they threw with astonishing force. They
kept increasing, coming from the mountains in all direc-
tions, and, as nothing more could be done, and the work-
ing party had secured everything which was serviceable,
our men were ordered to retire, which they did gra-
dually, down to the beach. As they were retiring the
• pirates came out of their hiding-places with a yell and
made a run at us, but as they came on we fired volleys
at them, which threw them into confusion, and we re-
treated to our boats. It was now our loss was the
greatest, as the pirates thronged the beach and kept
tiring at us as we pulled from the shore, and, as we
were stowed so thick, they killed one and wounded two
in the boats. We made sail, but were obliged to put in
at Almeira, on the Spanish coast. Our killed and
wounded are as follows :—Mr. Boys, midshipman,
killed ; First Lieutenant, Mr. Sanderson, wounded ;
Sergeant Gillon, Royal Marines, shot through the arm ;
. James Cottle, leg amputated since ; John Davis, George
▪ Thompson, J. M.Braith, George Perkins, and William
Lovel, Royal Marines, wounded. Our captain had a
very narrow e,-cape. He was in the midst of the lire,
encouraging and cheering the men, when two bullets
went through his hat, and one caught the heel of his
, boot, while a stone grazed his lip. Many others had
, similar escapes. One marine's cap was completely
riddled with bullets. The loss of the pirates is esti-
mated at 50 killed and as many or more wounded. The
barrels of their guns measure six feet, and carry an im-
, mense distance. We captured one of them and also a
. dagger that measured 18 inches in length, and is a most
. formidable weapon."

CORN IMPORTATION BILL.

HOUSE OF LORDS, MAY 28.
MAJORITY PRESENT, 138.
Lord Chancellor EAELS. Oxford
DUXES. Besborough Tuam
Norfolk Mornington LOADS.
St. Albans Courtoun Dacre
Buccleuch Charlemont Camoys
Roxburgh Clay willhun Byron
Leinster Clare Rollo
Wellington Leitrim Kinnairel
MAJIMSES. Bandon Montfort
Winchester Rosslyn Foley
Huntley Craven Carteret
Lansdowne Romney Suffield
Abercorn Chichester Thurlow
Sligo Gesford Lyttelton
Camden Grey Calthorpe
Cholmondeley Minto Blayney
Londonderry Verulam Gardner
Conyngham St. German's Rivers
Ormonde Morley Sandys
Clanricarde Howe Crewe
Breadalbane Burlington Churchill
Westminster Ripon Prudhoe
Normanby Granville Bowden
LAMA. Effingham Glenlyen
Devon Lovelace Delamere
Suffolk Zetland Forester
Denbigh Auckland Wharneliffe
Westmorland EUenborough Brougham
Essex Uxbridge Dinerben
Shaftesbury Bruce Denman
Scarborough VISCOUNT/. Carew
Jersey Strathailan Glenelg
Erroll Torrington Hatherton
Home Sydney Strafford
lladdington Clifton Cotttnham
Galloway llawardeu Langdale
Dalhousie Canning Lovat
Aberdeen wagon. Portman
Rosebery Durham De Manley
Glasgow Lincoln Wrottesley
Cowper Chester Sudeley
Radnor Ripon Leigh
spencer Salisbury Lurgan
Bathurst Norwich Dunfermline
Clarendon Hereford Monteagle
Talbot St. David's Keane
Fortescue Worcester Campbell
Liverpool Lichfield Vivian
Meath

PROXIES, 73.

ARCHBISHOP. EARLS.
Canterbury Buckingham

LORDS.
Stourton

DUICES. Fitzwilliam Petre
Somerset Cornwallis Saye and Selo
Leeds Mount Edgcumbe Dormer
Bedford Cork Ward
Devonshire Fingall Monson
Hamilton Kingston Wodehoase
Argyll Sefton Cloncurry
Northumberland Caledon Dunally
Sutherland Keumare Abercromby
ma/Kansas. Bosse Erskine
Tweeddale De Grey Manners
Hertford Dunraven Castlemaine
Bute Amherst Downes
Donegall Camperdown Bexley
Ilead fort Lichfield De Tabley
Northampton Dude Plunket
Anglesey VISCOUNTS. Heytesbury
Bristol Melbourne Talbot of Malahlds

Ailsa Melville Poltimore
EARLS. RISUOPS. Mostyn
Pembroke London Godolphin
Lindsey Carlisle Methuen
Carlisle P .terborough Stuart de Decieti
Albemarle Ely Colborne
Stair Limerick Seaton

MINORITY PRESENT, 126.
DUXES, Egmont Bangor
Richmond Longford Rochester
Grafton Enniskillen Llandaff
Beaufort Wicklow Gloucester
Marlborough Lucan Exeter
Rutland Wilton Chichester
Montrose Limerick LORDS.
Manchester Clancarty Stanley
Newcastle Fowls De ROS
B uckin gh am Nelson Hastings
Cleveland Charleville Clinton
MARQUISES. Manvers Beaumont
Salisbury Oxford Willoughby de Broke
Downshlre Lonsdale St. John
Ely Harewood Saltoun
Exeter Brownlow Polwarth
Westmeath Bradford Sondes
EARLS, Sheffield Boston
Huntingdon Eldon Hawke
Winchilsea
Chesterfield Falmouth Walsingham
CarringtonSGAcl
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Rayleigh
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Sandwich Somers
Cardigan Stradbroke
Abingdon Cawdor
Eglington Munster
Kianoull Ranfurly Kenyan
Airlie VISCOV NTS. Braybrooke
Hereford
Selkirk Maynard
Orkney Strangford
Oxford
sDHGR Exmouth
daouo
Roden
Middletoneeeornuati I
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Dartmouth
Aylesford Lifrord
Stanhope St. Vincent
Pomfret
Ashburnham Redesdale
Lorton
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Warwick
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Hardwick*
Delawarr Beresford
Mansfield Combermere
Beverley Canterbury Wyaford
Carnarvon Ponsonby
Cadogan Templemore
Limu'ad'Eresby
Malmesbury BISHOPS,
Winchester
PROXIES, 38,.
DUEL
Portland
EARLS. Mount Cashell
Shrewsbury Mayo Vaux
Poulett Erne Sinclair
-Moray Donoughmore Reay
1 'Balcarres Onslow Dynevor
Scofield Beauchamp Begot
;Ferrero Glengall Farnham
ITankervilla Yarborough Alvanley
Ravensworth
'Macclesfield Gatnsborough
WaidegTave VISCOUNTS. De Saumarez
Arbuthnott Button.
Ilches ter De Vesci St. Asaph
Di ;by O'Neill. Bath and Wells
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with the Earl of Lauderdale
calEaairnlstßietTaren paired (for the Bill)

- - -
CARLOTTA GRIBL—The pet par excellence of the
ba.Jilet, Carlotta Grisi, makes her first appearance on wed_
nes les-, at Drury-lane, in the ballett of Paquita. The
Fr. 'nch papers give the most flattering accounts of the ap-
pearance of the fair Carlotta in this ballet, at the Grand
Op era on Monday night. It was the last time of its per-
for ,nance previous to the departure of Carlotta Grisi for
En gland, and nothing could exceed the enthusiasm which
sht, excited among the audience. The ballet itsaif is superb.
'll,ere is a ball• scene, the magnificence of which, we under-
stand, transcends even the glories of Gustavus or Lestocq. It is
got up in even more magnificent style at Drury-lane than at
the Grand Opera in Paris, and it will no doubt prove QM
of tlt e greatest hits that Burns has yet ludo.