The Sun.
London, England, 1848-04-27 00:00:00

S NI APRIL
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NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. :
.1
PORTS3IOUTH, TUESDAY.—The Lords of
rally were stirring betimes this morning, and
ct-b_el
inspecting the dockyard; after breakfast they transa t q
on
businets•in the Admiral Superintendent's-office, in con sultation with the Master Shipwright and:the Direcitlfr
Engineers (Colonel ; Irvine, Captain: James, and 0
Murray). At Salt= ten their. Lordships, Sec m
panied by Sir Charles -Ogle, and . attended by Flag
Lieutenant Cochran,. embarked at tha King's- stairs,:aT
w.eat on board the Victory flag-ship, where CapfoinC
Eden exhibited the proficiency of the boys and appren
the
fAurtilnel4
tices of his ship; they tient through great gun and cut
lass exercise in a manner highly creditable to themselve
and the officer.who has had the training of them (Lied
tenant Bamber), and much to the satisfaction of thei
Lordships and the
ships proceeded from Commander-in-Chief. Their Lord
the Victory to the Rolla, 8, j"
refitted for the service of the boys (apprentices to th
navy) of this port,, where. Captain Eden, who takes con,
siderable pains and interest in this highly-praiseworthl
object of training the boys to become
seamen in the seri
rice, explained ber internal economy to the First Lords
who, together. with his colleaguea,..took leave of thei
gallant host, Sir Charles Ogle, after leaving the Rolla
and left the port for town by the expreas train-fro
Gosport at 12 40-P.X. • '
This day being the _anniversar - h
Princess Alice, , a
„general
:ro y
i
yali salute was of - the .birt .
firedf th
henour of the occasion by the Victory, Excellent, Thustrious, trious, and the platform battery. '
-• • Mr. Moore, 'lnspector of Shipwrights at Sheerness
yesterday passed a very severe and highly creditabl
examination for the. office of Foreman of Duck are
before' the Admiral 'Superintendent and 'the ' Mute
Shipwright. The system, as we hare before''
'stated, i
a most admirable one; by its d:regulation-no
.rna
. the aciNPced post unless he .be..thoroughl
'moderate breezes, andcloudy "
Wind, N. by B.
-' APPOINTMENT. . . • •
, .
Surgeon—R. T.- c., Scott (1841), late. of the .Talbot
Hastings, 72, flag of Rear-Admiral Si
appointed to the_
~. ,
Francis Collier.
• ' ' ADMIRALTY .A-peri.;2s.•
,
•
cciauliocittace
. • . - . - APPOINTMENTS. . • . ,

Second Masters—r William Mayes, to the Alban
Arthur Thomas' to the Medina.
Gunner (confirmed)—William Lesly, to the IMatim.
Boatswain (confirmed)—EdWard Cowee; to the Vixen,
Carpenter (confirmed)—George Greet, to the Vixen.!
Chief Officer—H. ,Aa.-,Fitmcane (Lieutenant) to th 4
Coast Guard.
Midshipmen—G.'Si. 'JAI Biggs, to the Caledoniai
G. H. Ringrose, to the Gorgon; Henry H. Morgan, to
the Crocodile. -

Naval Cadet—Charles R Burlton, to the. Ocean.
-PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 26.-:-The Fairy Royal yacht 4
Commander Crispin, came into harbour at 12 o'clock to-
day with the Duchess of Kent and suite on board e
route to London., ~Her Royal Highness- was received
with the usual honours and ceremonies, and left th
Royal Clarence victualling establishment at half-past 1
by express trains.

The Acasta freight-ship, 347 tons,- Captain:pelnaßett,teirnojonarmftosair-tili
Robertson, arrived this morning from the Cape of GOO 4
Hope, bringing Lieutenant-Camel Lindsay and faraily,
Paymaster Dalrymple, Adjutant Jennings, Assistant-
Surgeon Munroe, Ensign Manners, and 120 men of 04
90th Regiment. 'She left the Cape on the 25th February
and st. Helena on the.loth of March. She did not sea
the Hercules, 72, on her passage. 'The island of St.:
Helena was very healthy ; there were no men-of-wai4
there. These troops will be disembarked at this port, ai
the depot of the. 90th are in garrison, here.
The Sharpshooter steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Com,
mender Bailey, has had her compasses adjusted for local
attraction in this harbour yesterday and to day. Shoi
will sail to-morrow or Friday to protect the Brighton
fisheries. •
The Admiralty have given instructions to Vice.:,
Admiral Sir William Parker, Bart., G.C.8., the Cora-,
mander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean, to call at Lisboi
for a short•time, and notice has been received. accord-,
ingly to that effect by our Ambassador at Lisbon. The
Havannah, 20, Captain Erskine, was it Lisbon on dui
20th instant, and avaato sail in a few days for Madeira,
the Cape, Sydney, sac! New Zealand. The Stromboli;
6, steam-sloop, Commander Lord Amelivaßeauclerk,
and long.
r.
hlt,aiohenal:sgtßgoh.isieai
Portsmouth,Ee tr;2ho3ep
Bellerophon,
vTohan
commenced.
eg, shBl ,
ea:
afwsficte ihlmaatiwi
had
dai the
dsgtudta e Cornet, 1, steam-vessel,
Lieut.-Commander Rigge. The latter was under orders
y
s
to proceed to- Oporto. The Howe, 120, Captain Sir
James Stirling, with the queen: Dowager, and the
Scourge, steam-sloop, Commander Wingrove, may be
hourly expected at Spithead. They were passed by the
Peninsular an& Oriental - Company's steam-packet
Madrid, on the morning ,of the 21st, in lat. 45 12 N.
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pri
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cpsiite,:so.e.Bantmmhn.sd. sheu n
dwasa s
The Powerful, 84, Captain
seaTVestegeirto6the 28th ,
, arrived

_....--- .....;,-,.-... iuspected-by-TTCS-'
Admiral King, and has proceeded to Chatham to be
paid off.
•
The arrival of the Acute, freight-ship, at Portsmouth,
from the Cape, with the head-quarters of the 91st Regi-
ment, has not brought any news of later dates than those
given last week.
The Albatross, 16, Commander Farquhar, sailed from
St. Helena, for the Coast, on the Bth March. On the
9th there was a vessel lying at St. Helena for adjudica-
tion, with 300 slaves on board. She had been sent in by
one of the steamers, Styx, most likely.
The Seagull, 6, Lieutenant-Commander Smale, will
be paid wages, and sail from Devonport on the 3d May
for Falmouth, to take out the next mail to Brazil.
The Gorgon, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Paynter, at
Portsmouth, is half-a_dozen subordinate officers and half-
a-doien seamen short of her full complement. She is
ready for service as soon as she receives them.
SIR CHARLES NAPIER'S Sooknabz.r.—This force, now
consisting of only the St. Vincent, 120 guns; the Prince
Regent, 92 guns; 'the Canopus, 84 guns; the Amphion
.steam-frigate, of 36 guns; and the Dragon steam-frigate,
of 6 guns, is about to be augmented by the Powerful, 84,
and the Bellerophon, 80 guns, fitting at Portsmouth;
the Ganges, 84 guns, fitting at Sheerness; and the Howe,
120, hourly expected. from Madeira Sundry steamers,
including the screw block-shipßlenheim, of 54 guns,
will also be, attached to the nuadron, which will cruise
in the Channel, and evolutionize as in previous exercising
squadrons. The Ganges wants 100 men to complete her
complement; the Powerful wants nearly as many; the
Bellerophon wants upwards of 150; the Blenheim wants
nearly 100. • The other ships are manned; the Howe,
St. Vincent, Prince Regent, Canopus, and Auiphion
being on the war establishment
The Castor, merchant ship, arrived at Portsmouth
yesterday with the heathquarters of the 90th Regiment,
comprising Colonel Lindsay, commanding, and 120 men
7 women, and 11 children, from the Cape of Good Hope:
The Colossus, 80 gun ship, built at Pembroke, is
ordered to be launched on the Ist of June, and navi-
gated to Portsmouth, to be " advanced."
WOOLWICH, APRIL 26.—The Myrtle steam-vessel,
formerly one of the Dover mail puke* is in the basin,
having now decks laid, and being thoroughly repaired,
and is to be converted into a gun steam-vessel.
The Janus steam-vessel is to have her present engines
on the, rotary principle by the Earl of Dundonald taken
out, and the engines taken out of the Sydenham steam-
vessel at Malta are te be substituted in their place.
The Rifleman steam•Yessel, fitted with the_ engines of
the Teazer of
in 100 h
norse-pownr, will have
,her steam up
ready for the basin on "Mody next to y them.
The Myrmidon Mida vetr the Dor steam- vessels are both
trial, -and• Will proceed down. the-river to-
un morrow for that purpose; and the Dover steamer, if
pared fn
sdo in seagoing condition, will be immediately pre-
serviCe on the coast of Africa.
The Caradoc is-now reported ready for service, and on
her commander joining will have's' further trial, and then
proceed to fulfil her duties as a packet steamer on the
Liverpool and Holyhead station. - .
The Niger steam-vessel, fitting in-the basin with a
screw-propeller, is in an advanced stateiand- will soon be
a
ready for trial; on being completed,
she...will be- placed
mongst the advanced-steam-vessels at the outports.
The Spiteful steam-vessel is in the East dock refitting,
and will soon be ready for sea. ' •
her
Tbhotto e Tridetit, steam-vessel is in the West dock, having
m coated with a composition for its protection
from barnacles and sea weeds.
The Prometheus, the Heels, the Monkey, and the Ariel
steam-vessels are in the basin refitting forserice.
The Eliza Ann; of. Glasgow, is in the basin unloading
about 1,000 tons: of fine fir timber, for the use of_ the dockyard for thellaviiiinah.
of
The Symmetry is 'also in the basin discharging a cargo
-Italian .oak of' fine quality.- -- • " -
The Enterprise and Investigator, preparing to proceed
in search of Captain Sir John Franklin's expedition
_ to
the Arctic regions, are both in the river, taking on board
stores, - and making ready to proceed to sea in the early
part of next mouth.— ' ‘'.l " " .

• APPOINTMENTS.
Vincent ADMIRALTY, APRIL 26.
Williams, Naval Cadet, to the Waterwitch.'
Frederick Robbins, Clerk ASsistant, to the Blenheim.
Benjamin Hoar; Aeting•Chiel Engineeri, third class, to
the Flamer.
Richard Sleoman, Third Crass Assistant Engineer, to
the Vixen:

EXTRAORDINARY SPEED OF A RAILWAY -TRAIN.—
The morning express train on the Great Western Rail
way yesterday (Wednesday) attained a higher rate of
speed,than has hitherto been obtained on any railway.
The train, consisting of lour carr-w iages, weighing
tons; _and drawn by a new eightheel engine, " 4
Theo
Emperor," With 8 feet driving wheel, left the station at
Paddington, for Bristol, at 10ht 51m.-555., and arrived
the at Dideot at 115..41ni. 455. ;:.thus having ,aecoMplished
distance, in. 49 Min. 50 lee.; being 1 min.
38 iec.lest time than.tht'distanee had'eVer been run in.
The train stopped at Diticot 4 min, ^25 see., 10,min. at
Svvin.clons and 5 min, es ,Bath,4nd arrived at the tele
sr-
minus at Bristol at 1211,-117 bing*.perforlUT:".
`"hole distanee; 1181 liielbaingay all the at6pPiVs,
in nbciut,2l):. miri:;l_ the ipeed-fram`LOndon to Dideot
bajugvincluding•the time of getting-up and slackening
ePe,e44 Ac 414 0 8 44' kuyAn.it.oll4-
at Ohiin :LlSClliseitr r`t' A ,-;:,rt
I'.
trsiat.i " ,Lt. 41.4 6d "40tt evaii ='--; tiP"."4.