The Sun.
London, England, 1848-11-11 00:00:00

IN PORT AND FITTING.

The Victory, 22, fiAg-ship; the Illustrious, 10, ordi-
nary cruardship; the Victoria and Albert, royal yacht;
the Excellent, gunnery exercise ship; the Blenheim, 56,
guard-ship of steamers; the Orestes, 14; and the Rolla
exercise brig for naval apprentices; the Stromboli
steam-s'oup, the Reynard, the Plumper, the Rifleman,
the Fairy, the Fire Queen, the Bee, and the Echo
steamers; the Fanny and the Portsmouth, Admiral's
yachts.

At Spithead.—St. Vincent, 120; Prince Regent, 92;
Powerful, 84 ; Driver steam-sloop, and Sharpshooter
steamer.

In the Ship Basin.—Defence, convict-hulk; Malabar,
coal depot.
In the Steam Basin.—Retribution, Centaur, Strom-
boli, Phoenix, Cormorant, SaTamanuer, otter, and Jackal,
steamers.

In Dock.--Princess Charlotte, 104; Collingwood, 80;
Pembroke, 72; Vindictive, 50; Flying Fish, 12; and
Reynard, steam-vessel.
The Katherine Stewart Forbes, a freight-ship, hired
to take detachments from the depots at Parkhurst bar-
racks, Isle of Wight, to join regiments serving in the
Mediterranean, passed through Spithead yesterday, on
her way to Cowes from the river.
Wind, N.N.E., moderate breezes, and fino weather.
PLYMOUTH, Nov. 9.—Yesterday morning, the Admi-
ralty Finance Committee, accompanied by the principal
officers of the yard, visited the frigate Daedalus, 20, in
the north dock. Their Lordships paid great attention to
the very detective condition of the copper taken from
the ship's bottom. In the afternoon they went on board
their steam yacht, the Black Eagle, Mr. Samuel B.
Cook, master; and, shortly after one o'clock, proceeded
to Pembroke.

Her Majesty's steam-sloop Hermes, 6, arrived yester-
day from the Cove of Cork.
The packet Penguin, • 6 , Lieutenant-Commander Wil-
liam Swainson, arrived o the Bth, from Falmouth, and
is gone up harbour to refit.l
His Danish Majesty's sloop-of--war Vuckyrien, 20,
Capt. Secher, anchored this afternoon inside the eastern
arm of the Breakwater. She saluted the flag at the citadel
with 21 guns, which was acknowledged by the battery in
the lower fort, and then saluted the flag of Port Admiral
Sir William Hall Gage,which was acknowledged by
her Majesty's ship Caledonia, 120, Captain Thomas W.
Carter. Mr. Fox, his Danish Majesty's Consul at this
port, went alongside the
Grand Turk), and receiveduckYrien' in his yacht (the
is a compliment of seven guns
on leaving. The sloop from Batavia, which she left
on the 3dsof August,sbhuet has touched at various ports on
spoke,
her passage home.
N. long. 24, 44i Ny 10th October, lat. 8, 13
,l,
boundthe ship Francisco, Captain
M'Notty, from Liverpool,
toter, lat. 25, 53i
N., long. to Calcutta. 20th Oc-
f3l, 47,} W. the ship Gle-
norchy, Captain Crawford, of Glasgow, 'from Calcutta
for London; out 126 dsahyi.s. thNovember, lat. 47, 33 N.,
long. 10, 28 W., the
Glasgow, V Robin,, Captain Mitchell, of
The emigrant ships Marian for Port Adelaide, and
Labuan for Port Philip, have sailed for their destie
nations.
Wind N.E., stiff breeze.
CHATHAM, Nov. 10.--The Vernon,John C. Fitzgerald, was paid 50 guns, Captain
off on the 7th inst., and
will be taken into dock on Monday next, forth e purpose
of being opened, preparatory to a very minute survey
being held on her by the shipwright officers and the
Assistant-Surveyor, Mr. Watts.
The Vivid steam-packet. Master and Commander
Luke Smithett, having had her defects made good, was
put out of dock yesterday, and immediately got her
steam up and proceeded to her station at Dover.
The Daphne, 18 guns, Captain G. E. Fanshawe, is
progressing very fast in her equipment, so that she may
be ready to sail on Saturday, the 18th inst., the day she
is ordered.
The Rosamond, steam-sloop., Commander J. Foote,
refitting, is nearly completed in her rigging, She is
ordered to be ready for sea about the 25th inst.
The Fearless, steam vessel, in harbour, undergoing
repairs, is so far advanced that she will be completed
the beginning of next week.
The Meteor, steam-vessel, Lieutenant and Commander
George Butler, has been paid off at Sheerness, and
owing to her length of service she is worn out, and is
now to be broken up.
STEALING ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS.—A court-mar-
tial assembled at Sheerness, on the Bth inst., on board
the Ocean,
flag-ship, to try Daniel Noland, oy, lately
belonging to her Majestys steam-vessel Meteor, under a
charge brought by Lieutenant-Commander Bottler, for
the said Daniel Noland conveying from on board the said
sloop two boxes, containing 1,000 five-franc nieces, 400
of which were recovered. The following officers com-
posed the court:—President, ,
Captain Superintendent
George Elliott, Ocean; Captain E. G. Fanshawe,
Daphne; D. Price; Captain Henry Smith, C. 13., Gan-
ges; Captain-Commauder J. Cammilleri, Poictiers. The
Captain-Superintereient, Sir Thomas Bourchier, K.C.13.
&c., of her Majesty's deekyv.rd at Chatham,
was re-
vented from sitting at the above court in consequence of
sickness. The prisoner was found guilty, and sentenced
by the Court to two years' imprisonment iu the count
gaol, with hard labour, the first and last 14 days solitary
y
confinement, to be mulct of all pay due to him, and
dismissed the service, graced.

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PROGRESS OF 'Rini MANU ACTURE.—A corre-
spondent writing from the neighbourhood of iiilroa
informs us that Mr. Barclay is
county of Derry,
ex-
tending the trade of linen manufacture with so much
energy, that the operatives, who had recently been
glad to work as labourers on the drainage works
are gradually going back to their former trade,'
which was in a most depressed state, until the
enterprise of this manufacturer gave new life to it in his
locality. Our correspondent further informs us, that
the effect of this
gentleman's exertion is to make la-
bourers scarce on the public works referred to. This is
indeed an interesting fact. In the accumulation of such
individual energy in the various branches 0f agriculture
trade, and manufacture, lies the secret of regenerating'
the condition of our native land.—fridi paper.