The Sun.
London, England, 1846-03-05 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

DISTRIBUTION OF THE MEDITER,RANEAN SQUADRON.

MALTA, FEB. 24.7-In Malta Harbour—The Hibernia,
1K Captain Peter Richards, C. 8., bearing the flag of Vice-
Admirtl Sh• William Parker, Bart., G.C.13:; the Commander-
in-Chief; Ceylon, 12, receiving-ship; bearing the flag of
IZeto-Acimiral Sir L. Curti., Bart., second iii command, and
Soperintenelsnt of Malta Dockyard; Amazon, 19, Captain J.
Stopford; Beacon surveying-vessel, Commander T. Graves;
Boaetta surveying-vessel, commander T. S. Brock; Locust
steamer, Lieutenant Eden; s!ztner steam-slbop, Lieutenant
Lavie, •' Wee Pet steam-tug, M. .13Lia•-au, ma'ster; and Re-
search, tender to Beacon.
At Gibraltar—The Fantome, 16, Commander Sir F. W.
E. Nicolson, Bart ; the_ Meteor, Lieutenant- Coinfnandtr
Binder.
At Corfu-11e Orestes, 18, Commander E. S. L. Can-
non ; the Jackal steamer, Lieutenant-Commander W. M. J.
G. Pasco.
At the Piro's of Athens—The Tyne, 28, Captain W. N.
Glasscock, and the Bloodhound steamer, Lieutenant P.
Phillips.
En route from Smyrna to Malta—The Siren, le, Con...
mender H. E. EdgelL
At Constantinople—The Ilecla war-steamer, Commander
G. Duffil.
At Beyrout--The Inconstant, SG, Capta'n C. 11. Free..
mantle.
En route from Gibraltar to Malts—Rhadatr an thus :teamer,
Master-Commander Lean.
En route from Malta to Gibraltar and England—Warspite,
50, Captain P. W. P. Wallis. Sailed on the 18th inst.
En route from Malta to Beyrout—Vir.:go war-steamer,
Commander G. G. Otway.
MAIL STEAM-PACKETS.
At Malta—The Spitfire steam-sloop, Lieut. J. A. Mac-
donald, and Sydenham, Lieut. D. R. P. Mapleton.
En route from Malta to Marseilles—Volcano, Lieut. Crang.
En route from Corfu to Malta—The Acheron, Lieut. B.
Aplin.
PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY'S

FL6TILLA.
Ell route from Southampton and Gibraltar to Malts—The
Oriental.
__ _

At Southampton—The Tagus.
En route from Malta to Gibraltar and Southampton—
Great Liverpool. •
En route from Malta to Alexandria—The Iberia. Expected
here daily.
En route to Constantinople and ports of the Black Sea from
Malta:—The Duke of Wellington.
En route from ports of Black Sea and Constantinople to
Malta—The Achilles. _ _ _

Foreign ships of war and packets in port—The French
steamer Rhamses and Alexandre, and Anglo-Maltese steamer
Scotia, and Neapolitan steamer Mongibello.
PonTsaionTif, WEDNESDAY.—The Childeralr6, having un-
dergone a thorough overhaul and repair, was ft-commissioned
thl morning by the appointment to her of Commander John
C. Pitoan,ll342, who was midshipman of the Rose, at the
battle of Nav,vino; and as lieutenant of 411%e Blenheim and
Druid was in ai the operations on the coast- of China, and
whose services *Cre officially reported at the taking of
Canton in 1841. The' Childers was masted on Saturday, but
being a smaller brig thati the Harlequin and Wanderer, will
have
The a smallereery s
ie r complement,ti26, we believe.
Captain Seyoour, went out of harbour
this morning to Spithead, in tow of the Echo tug. She will,
it is expected, be paid advance to-rnor:ow, and inspected on
Friday by the Commander-in-Chief, wile:a she saluted with
17 guns on going out. She looks a very handsome vessel,
and sits beautifully upon the water.
The Wanderer, 16, Commander Somerville, has left the
basin; and is now shipping her heavy stores alongside the
jetty. She got her lower yards across yesterday afternoon.
The Harlequin, 16, Commander Curry, has her top• gallant
rigging fitted ready for going over the mast-heads. She
filled her tanks to-day, and only wants about SO to complete
her complement. The ship's company have petitioned their
commander to apply to the Admiralty for permission to have
their mess tables and stools taken away, in order to give them
more room.
The Janus, steam-sloop, went put of harbour on Friday last,
at a quarter before seven, A.M., and proceeded round the Isle
of Wight, by way of St. Helen's, anti returned into harbour at
seven P.M. On this trip she made from tv;'elve to twenty re-
volutions per minute, her speed consequentij is various, un-
certain, and unaccountable. She will not go Against tide or
a fresh wind; a little sail has an extraordinary effect upon
her, under steam and sail she went nine knots. The Rattler
did not leave the harbour on the same day until twenty
minutes before twelve, but came up with the Janus near the
Needles : The accident the Janus met with on Saturday
evening was caused by the breaking of an important part of
the machinery, called the " flapper," to repair which it is
estimated a month will be required; the Admiralty are con-
sequently deliberating whether they will allow any further
attempts to make the Janus succeed, to occupy the valuable
time of the dockyard handy, and cause a fruitless expenditure
of the public money. The Earl of Dundonald has gone up to
the Board to see about it. . . .

The Amphitrite, razee corvette, is under the sheers, to be
masted. _ _

The Hon. Robert Dundas, Storekeeper-General of the
Navy, and a committee of the following officers have this
week been testing cables and cordage in the establishrhent,
to ascertain the strength of that made at Deptford, by the
machine, as compared with that made by band in every other
of her MajestX's dockyards :—Mr. Purda, Master-Attendant
of this dockyard ; Mr. Diorite, Master-Attendant at Dept-
ford ; Mr. Burton and Mr. Parsons, master-ropemakers;
Captain Brandreth, R.E., Director of Engineering and
Architectural Works; and Captain Denison, R.E., in charge
of works in Portsmouth dockyard.
The Scout, 18, Commander Loring, is hourly expected at
this port from Sheerness (which she left on Monday), to be
paid advance, &c.
The intelligence brought yesterday of the Americans
having refused the offer of referring the claim to the Oregon
territory to arbitration, has caused the most lively sensation
at this port, especially among the naval circles, all looking
upon a brush with "Jonathan" as likely to be productive of
the most glorious results to us. It has been suggested that
in the event of our Government not pocketing the affront in-
tended to be put upon it, but showing by prompt measures
its determination to enforce right by might, that Captain
WalliF, of the Warspite, 50 (about to come home from the
Mediterranean in a fortnight), who was second lieutenant of
the Shannon in her conflict with the Chesapeake, should be
among the first sent out.

NAVAL AND MILITARY
rEOMOTIONS.

Naval Promotions during the Preceding Month, the First
Exercise of the Patronage of the First Lord of the Ad-
miralty, the Earl of Ellenborough, with the Seniority of
the Officers Previous .Rank.
To be Commanders—Sir Wm. Wiseman, Bart. (1838) ;
William Lester (1808), on Retired List.
To be Lieutenants—John M. Jackson (1840) ; Philip Hud-
son (1840) ;'‘' Henry George Simpson (1840); Lacon
Hammot (1840) ; s George H. H. Greathead (1840) ; Henry
B. King (1842) ; Roderick Dew (184`2); Henry Boys
(1843); Charles 0. H. P. St. John (1840) ; John F. Ross
(1840).
Restored to the rank of .Lieutenant—Edward Jervis
Voules and James B. Kinsman.
Military Promotions During the Preceding Month, with the
Regiment in which the Promotion took Place.
To be Colonels of Regiments—General Sir Thomas Brad-
ford, G.C.8., 4th Foot; Major-General George Marquis of
Tweeddale, 30th Foot; Major. General Lord Saltoun, K.C.8.,
55th Foot. •

To be Major—E. Stephenson (brevet), 3d Foot.
To be Captains—H. W. Parish, 45th Foot ; G. W. Patey,
56th Foot; E. Stanley, 37th Foot, without purchase, vice
Lynch, deceased ; M. A. Obert, 97th Foot ; W. Webster,
without purchase, Unattached ; IL S. Lumley, 2d Life
Guards; IL. P: Chamberlain, 3d Foot; IL Crawford, 89th
Foot ; E. D. Atkinson, 37th Foot ; A. Ilelyar, 7th Light
Dragoons ; R. Fielden, 44th Foot; A. Patterson, 85th Foot,
without purchase; H. Reynolds, Unattached, without pur-
chase.
To be Lieutenants—P. Banbury, 7th Dragoons; L. T. Cave,
45th Foot; H. M. Archdall, 52d Foot; G. S. Hansom, 56th
Foot; E. D. Harvest, 97th Foot; A. Fitzgerald, 3d Foot;
H. G. Davies, 32d Foot ; W. H. Candler, 80th Foot ; C.
Richardson, 89th Foot ; A. B. Cator, 37th Foot ; Sir W. Rus-
sell, Bart., 7th Light Dragoons; R. C. Stanhope, 7th Foot;
Hon. C. W. Agar, 44th Foot; C. Warburton, 85th Foot.

To be Surgion.—F. R. Waring, Staff.
The Commander-in-Chief in India has been pleased to
make the following promotions until her Majesty's pleasure
shall be known. All are death vacancies, and consequently
without purchase. Date, except when otherwise stated,
from 19th to 22d December :
BLarineuwt.ceini,a9ntti-ieko.oloontels--George L. Davis, 9th Foot;
Majors—Arthurtbsee6ofsltet,lF.9otoht
Creak, F(7o ;9DtChe
ch.
lar),010e Charles
.Douglas,
Samuel
CliTrraoorl
Charles Elmshirst, 9th 'Foot ; D.
Fisher,9 t IoF obo3et
d;
Captains—CharlesLC itgi thir
Dragoons;s Lewis
M. Bethune, 9th Foot ; W. Shelton, 9th Foot ; H. P.
L'Estrange, 29th Folt ; K. Murchison, 29th Foot; J. C.
Brooke, 31st Foot; H. Shearman, 62d Foot; G. Nicholas,
G2d Foot; F. P. Haines, 80th Foot (7th Dec.); A. Ormsby,
80th Foot ; C. H. Leslie, 80th Foot.
To be Lieutenants—Henry Thomas, 9th Foot; 11. W. W.
White, 3d Light. Dragoons ; John D. White, ditto ; John
Rathwell, ditto; C. R. Woollaston' 4th Foot ; W. F.
Coryton, ditto; R. G. Cumming, 9th Foot; W. IL Forster,
ditto; Thomas Stock, 22d Foot; 11. Francis, 29th Foot;
11. It. White, ditto • G. S. G. Henderson, ditto; E. T.
Scudamore, ditto; Z. I'ilkington, 31st Foot; R. M'Kenzie,
ditto; J. Paul, ditto; 11. P. Hutton, ditto; C. 11. G.
Tretton, ditto; A. White, 50th Foot; C. Roberts, G2d Foot;
R. A. Cox, ditto ; J. M. W. Hewett, ditto ; G. H. Hawes,
ditto; J. ianham, ditto ; C. Rowland, ditto; A. H. Har-
dinge, 80th Foot; G. C. Robertson, ditto; E." W. Kingsley,
ditto ; H. C. Smith, ditto; George Bodle, ditto ; A. A. Dick,
29th Foot; J. M. W. Enser, 39th Foot; J. S. Richards, 62d
Foot. . .

To be Cornet—Sergeant-Major George Kountze, 3d Light
Dragoons.
To be Ensigns--Sergeant-Major John Whiteside, 9th
Foot; Sergeant-Major George Mitchell, 29th Foot; Quarter-
master William Jones, 31st Foot ; Sergeant •Major Richard
Heaton, 50th Foot; Sergeant-Major William Rudman, 62d
Foot ; Colour-Sergeant M. Kirkland, 80th Foot.
Officers who have entered the army during the preceding
month, at the recommendation of the Commander-in-Chief,
the Duke of Wellington ;—`
7th Dragoon Guards—N. de la Chervis, by purchase, ga.
zetted Feb. 6.

4552dt h
Foot—Too 000 t t--TF..
H.
Grantham,vyvy a n
,bb purchase,
purchase,
Feb.:t.e 6.
b. 6 ;
3. H
Dundas, without purchase, Feb. 6.
56th Foot—W. W. Basset, by purchase, Feb. 6.
92d Foot—Hon. W. Charteris, by purchase, Feb. 6.
07th Foot—T. E. Jones, by purchase, Feb. 6.
2d Life Guards—H. Johnstone, by purchase, Feb. 6.
3d Foot—C. Taylor, from the Royal Military College, by
purchase, Feb. 13.
sth Foot—L. Fitzgerald, by purchase. Feb. 13-
31k1 Foot—M. Turner, by purchase, Fcb. 13.
37th Foot—C. S. Blois, by purchase, Feb. 13.
89th Foot:—E. J. Head, by purchase, Feb. 20.
67 tt
hh LFlogoit
Foot—J.
Dragoons—Sl'.
by D.
pulrTsec,,bly.ebp.o2rc7base, Feb. 20.
44th Foot—R. Preiton; by purchase, Feb. 27.
48th Foot—C. J. O. SwatTham, from Royal Military Col-
lege, without purchase, Feb. 27.
3byr. pl3u:11:-nasee; fFroemb. loyal Military
56th Foot—l'
80th Foo •J. •
College, without purchase, Feb.. 27. .

ALLE GED CuAnon OF EMBEZZLEMENT AGAINST A
G OFFICER.-011 Tuesday last a person of the naive of Ben-
iaminnnil37in was apprehended and brought before the magistra• es of
end hopping undred, at the Smallburgh Union House,
in the county ek.f.NorFiflik",g Hand charged by John Barnard, clerk to the
board of guardians, with having uttered kcertMit forged document,
purporti:ig to be 'a receipt given by Mr. John Bowies, a general
shopkeeper of Tunstead, for the sum of lit. 4d. It appeared imto
the evidence adduced that The defendant, While acting in his official
capacity, had received certain sums of the board of guardians to pay
to different tradesmen, and in this case defendant had returned the
bill of Mr: Bowles, receipted, and alleged that he had paid it. Mr.
Bowles was. called, and proved that he had never received the money,
nor was that his signature attached. There were several other casts
against him of a similar character, and the magistrates remanded
him, for the purpose of getting other evidence.
A GOOD RESOLUTION.—Thti ladies in Louisiana have
adopted a rile never to marry a man who eves an editor mot than
ono boar's rablciption.74inerion igt4r,