The Sun.
London, England, 1848-01-31 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PONTSMOUTII, SUNDAY.—The Earl of Auckland,
G.C.8., First Lord of the Admiralty, and Mr. 11. G.
Ward, M.P., official Secretary to the Board, after
spending the evening with Mr. Baring, at Alver-
stoke, on Friday evening, slept at the Railway Hotel,
Gosport, and returned to town by the 8 30 (express)
train_
We beg to inform naval officers resident in the
provinces; that during the ensuing Parliamentary
session, such of them as may be desirous of an audi-
ence of the First Naval Lord, Rear-Admiral J. W.
D. Dundas, C. 8., M.P., should attend at the
Ad viralty on the first and third Tuesdays in every
month.
In noticing the rumour relative to the paying off of
the Prince Regent, 92, Captain W. F. Martin, which
was 'very current after the visit of the Lords of the
Admiralty to that ship on Friday, it was mentioned
merely as a rumour, and considering that her penant
has been flying nearly two months, and that she has
not entered 400 men out of her complement of 820,
there seemed to be some colour for the report. We
have the best authority, however, for stating that she
will not be paid off until she has served the usual term
of commission. Captain Martain will not take any
but goodt seamen in the strictest sense, and this per-
haps has kept her back in manning and fitting longer
than other ships whose captains have been less parti-
cular in their selection of hands. We hope to see
her in due time manned and ready to do good service,
as she is capable of doing, as one of the heaviest two-
deckers afloat. _

Captain Sir Baldwin Walker, to whom is offered
the appointi nent of surveyor of the navy, is expected
in England ;from the Pacific, via Panama, by the next
Mexican packet. Mr. Edye, the deputy surveyor,
has been granted the salary of surveyor at the rate
of 1,000/. per annum since the retirement of Sir W.
Symonds.
SIR CHABLIS RAPIER'S SQUADRON.
Extract of a letter :

" The St. Vincent, Howe, Queen, and Canopus
are the only sailing craft attached to Sir Charles
Napier's squadron left in the Tagus. The screw fri-
gate Amphion, 36, the Terrible, Dragon, and Scourge,
from the steam squadron, now here (19th instant).
The Comet has gone to Oporto, where also is the
Jackal.
" The Asia, 114, Captain Stopford, flag of Rear-
Admiral Phipps Hornby, C. 8., arrived at Lisbon on
the 11th, with her mainyard carried away when off
Usshant. The Canopus gave her mainyard to the
Asia, which enabled her t• pursue her voyage to Rio
on the 13th. _

" Exercise has recommenced in the squadron. The
Admiral has to a certain extent recovered the shock
caused by the sad intelligence of the loss of the
Avenger and his step-son. Topsail, topgallant, and
royal yards are sent down at sunset, and up again at
eight ♦.M. ; sails are then bent immediately.
" At Oporto all is quiet, but everybody is looking
forward to another outbreak before very long; all the
guns have been removed from Oporto, so that, in the
event of a row, they may not defend themselves as
heretofore.
" The terrible arrived on the 15th."
PROMOTIONS.

JAN. 29.—John Beechervoise, Thomas Drury, Wil-
liam Weeks, John Brown, and William Sparks, gun-
ners, advanced to the first class.
William Deacon, John Devonshire, Edward J.
Humphreys, and William Hull, gunners, advanced
to the second class.