The Sun.
London, England, 1846-09-22 00:00:00

EVENING, SEPTEMBER 22, 1846,

1 NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
MALTA, SEPT. 11.—On allday a court-martial was
held on board her Majnsty's ship Tyne, for the trial of
Widiana Johnson, David Douglas, and Charles Wright,
engine..rs of her Majesty's, sitarner Heels, the first ror
contedipt and disobedknee of orders to his captain,
Dutfii, in reitisiiig to send a forge on deck fir the use of
the ship withent a written order from the captain, and
on being placed in arrest turning sneeringly round and
saying, " I thank you, sir, very much;" the last two for
refusing to take charge of the engine-room and engines
when Johnson was put under arrest.
The charges were fully proved, and Johnson was sen.
tenced to be mulct of his pay and allowances due to the
day of sentence, to be dismissed the Hecla, and reduced
to the rank of second engineer for 12 months, with a re-
commendation to the Admiralty to reinstate him, should
his conduct be good during that time.
Douglas was acquitted, owing to an informality in his
description.
Wright was sentenced to be mulct of pay due, and to
remain a second engineer, without being able to advance,
for 12 months.
The Heels went to Tripoli to day with Mr. Crowe,
the new consul.
The Fantome went out yesterday with provisions fer
the Inconstant at Ileyrout.
The Indian mails are daily expected.
DISTRIBUTION OF TUE MEDITERRANEAN SQUADRON.
In Malta. Harbour.—The Ceylon, 12, receiving ship,
bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir L. Curtis, Bart.,
second in c.aninand and Superintendent of Malta Dock-
yard; the Tyne, 28, Captain W. N. Glascock ; the
Amazon, 49. Captain J. J. Stopford; the Harlequin,
Commander Curry; the Avenger, Captain T. Williams;
the Locust steamer, Lieutenant-Commander Power;
and the Wee Pet steam-tug..
On -Surveying Duty.—The Bonetta, Cetrimander T.
S. Brock; and the Research cutter, Lieutenant Spratt.
At Sea.—The Hibernia, 120, Captain Peter Richards,
C. 8., bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir W. Parker,
Bsrt., G.C.8., the Commander-in-Chief.
At Gibraltar.— The Virago war steamer, Commander
John Lunn; and the Phoenix steam-vessel, Commander
Dennis.
At Corfu.—The Meteor, Lieutenant-Commander
Butler.
At the Pirmes of Athens.--The Jackal' steamer, Lieu-
tenant-Commander W. M. J. G. Pasco.
At Beyrout.—The Inconstant, 36, Captain C. H. Fre-
mantle.
At Smyrna.—The Syren, 16, Commander H. E.
Edgell.
At Constantinople.—The Bloodhound steamer, Lieu-
tenant R. Phillips.
En route to Tripoli from Malta, the Heels war steamer,
Commander C. Starnier.
En rote to Bey rout from Malta, the Fantome, 16,
Commander Le Hardy.
MAIL STEAM-PACKETS.

At Malta—The Spitfire, Lieutenant J. A. M'Donald,
an►i the Trident, Lieutenant C. E. Rigge.
En route from Malta to Marseilles, the Flamer, Lieu.
tenant Lqvie.
En route from the lonian Islands and Greece to Malta,
the Volcano, Lieutenant Crang.
En route to Trieste from Malta, the Ardent, Lieute-
nant G. Spong.
PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COM-
PANY'S FLOTILLA.
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At Southampton---The Puttinger, Tagus, Ariel, and
Duke of Cornwall.
En route fur Southampton and Gibraltar from Malta,
the Montrose.
En route for Constantinople and Ports of the Black
,Sea from Malta, the Achilles.
En route from Alexandria to Malta, the Oriental.
At Malta, the Iberia.
FOREIGN SHIPS OF WAR AND PACKETS IN PORT.
French steamers, the Mentor and Hellespont.
PORTSMOUTH, SIINDAY.—A circular has been issued
from the office of Hear-Admiral J. W. D. Dundas, M.P.,
C.B , one of the Lords of the Admiralty, calling upon
the lieutenants upon the active list to state if they are
prepared to serve at sea, or would prefer the Coast
Guard appointments. This would appear like prepara-
tions for organising an available force for an emergency.
Misch eissatisfaction is expressed at the manner in
which the new China medal has been executed. The
medal is of silver, but the receptacle for the riband,
conspicuous feature in the honour, is of ulluda or Ger-
man metal. Thus, whilst the medallion looks bright
and respectable, the clasp presents a dingy, brassy ap-
pearance. We yesterday saw twenty medals lying upon
the counter of a silversmith in this borough, which had
been sent by various officers to have silver substituted for
the spurious metal, 'which entails an expense upon their
purses of about 16s. each. Such is the manner in which
bravery is rem arded.
The Echo steam-tug took down yesterday to Cowes a
capstan and hawsers for the Ajax steam guard-ship, in-
tended to be floated out of dock at Cowes on Tuesday.
The Moozuffer, Captain Ethersey, I. N.. a very fine
handsome steam-frigate, rem ntly launched, belonging to
thelleet of the lion. the East India Company, arrived
on Friday at Spithead, under sail alone, in most beauti-
ful style. It would seem that while the royal dockyards
turn out steam-vessels of the must inefficient descrip-
tion, the merchant builders achieve the most enviable
excellence in that all-important branch of naval archi-.
tecture. The Moozuffer is a beautiful sample, built by
Fletcher and Co., of Limehouse, nith beam engines by
Seawark and Capel. She is 250 feet long; 37 feet beam
outside the'wales; 1,4441 tons burden; has a c•lmple-
meat of 180 ; mounts two 68 and four 32 pounders,
and is 500 horse power. Her tunnel and paddle- wheels
are unshipped, as she proceeds to 11.nnbay under sail
alone, brig rigged.
The Helena. 16, Commander Sir Cornwallis Ricketts,
was in the Alozembique Channel on her passage thence
to the Cape on the 25th of June. -Fever and dysentery
were raging onboard, and had been fearfully prevalent.
Eleven of the crew had died, and at the above date forty-
three were on the sick list; the infection, however, was
subsiding. Sir Cornwallis bad himself been attacked, and
the ship had ter a fortnight been worked and commanded
by the first lieutenant, Mr. Phillips. At one time, we are
informed, only fifty-seven of the crew were fit for duty,
the commander, two lieutenants, and master at the
same time being sick. Only four of the officers had
escaped.
The Cygnet, 6, Commander Layton, was at Loando
on the 15th of June, at which time Commander Mon-
tresor had not arrived to supersede Commander Layton.
Four of the slaver prizes, out of 17 taken by the Cygnet,
had turned out blanks in adjudication.
The Abo, Russian store-ship, saluted the Commander-
in-Chief this morning soon atter eight o'clock, with 17
guns, which was returned immediately by the Victory,
with Sir Charles og,le's flag temporarily suspended at
the main. She also exchanged salutes with the garrison
this afternoon.
The Adventure, naval transport, arrived this morning,
with stores, from the eastward.
A temporary cessation of the traffic between this place
and Gosport was occasioned yesterday by one of the
chains of the floating bridge breaking between four and
five o'clock in the afternoon, when the bridge was in the
centre of the passage ; the passengers, &c., were obliged
to be removed in boats at the expense of the bridge pro•
prietors. It was very fortunate no large vessels required
to pass in or out during the time the obstruction lasted,
which was removed at ten this morning.
The Cambrian, 36, was undocked (having had a
thorough repair) this morning.
The master of the Victory, Mr. Flynn, and his party
of men, who took the Rifleman steam-gun vessel to
Woolwich for her engines, returned by train from Lon-
don this evening.
The Comet, steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander
Johnston, arrived at Cork from Waterford on the even-
ing of the 17th inst. The squadron of evolution were
not expected there.. The Madagascar, store-ship,
Master-Commander Burney, and the Dee, steam-trans-
port, Master-Commander Driver, were in harbour at
Cove when the Comet -arrived. The Stromboli, steam-
sloop, Commander Fisher, left Cork for the Shannon
with grain on the 16th. The Dee was about to ship a
similar cargo.' The Comet landed at the Custom-house
40 boxes of specie, each box containing, in crowns, half-
crowns' shillings, and sixpences, 5001. sterling. Between
five and six o'clock on Friday morning she left for
Tralee, whence she would proceed to Limerick, Galway,
Sligo, and 'Westport, disembarking at each port money,
&c., for the relief of the prevailing distress.
Vrooewrete—ln the latter part of the Parliamentary
session of 1845 a Bill was brought in and passed into a'
law, empowering the Admiralty and Board of Ordnance
to take, without any previous sessional notice, as evas
formerly the case, any quantity of ground that might be
required for the service of the army and navy, or for
naval and military works contemplated to be constructed
in the United Kingdom. This Bill was framed to meet
the difficulties which had occurred in the attempt to oh-
tain a better practice-ground in the marshes as Wool-
wich; and, although that object has not yet been ac-
complished, in consequence of other localities having
been suggested, the powers of the Bill have been made
available in introducing very important improvements
and additions to Woolwich dockyard. - The whole of the
buildings on the north side of George-street, %Voolwich,
leading on the Greenwich road from the residence of the
captain-superintendent of the dockyard to the large
chimney of the foundry has been valued by a jury, and
the amounts decided on paid to the proprietors, and in
the course of the present week the dwelling-houses will
be sold for the value of . the old bricks, the whole cleared
off immediately, and the walls of the dockyard extended
so as to enclose the newlracquired property. From
what has transpired since the visit of Field-Marshal the
Dukeof Wellington,Commander in-Chief,andGeneral the
Marquis of Anglesey, Master-General of the Ordnance
to the fortifications at Tilbury Fort, Sheerness, and
Chatham, it is contemplated that Woolwich will be made
the greatest, as it is certainly will be the securest, naval
depot in this kingdom or in the known world. In order
to extend the resources and accommodation of the Wool-
wich dockyard, a jury has been summoned to decide
upon the value of the marshy ground on the west side of
Charlton pier, extending as far as the manor-way on the
Greenwich side of the dockyard, for the purpose of form-
ing a basin capable of containing ships and steam-vessels
of the first class, for which the place is admirably
adapted, the depth along shore on the Kent side being
fifteen feet, at low water, close to the land. This spot
would be the must eligible of any in the country, from
the facilities it possesses of receiving ships in ordinary,
instead of allowing so many of them to remain exposed,
as is the case when moored in the Medway. It will
be recollected that several of the French steamers of
war visited Sheerness last year without any pre-
vious announcement of their visit, and after a short
stay returned to Treport, where the King of the
French decoratel with his own hand several of
the non-commissioned officers on board the steamers
with the cross of the Legion of Honour, in consequence,
it was surmised at the time, of the manner in which the
vessel had arrived at Sheerness, and the satisfaCtory re
ports of the voyage. At the present mosaent a fleet of
French war steamers, in the event of hostilities taking
place, could leave the coast of France under secret