The Sun.
London, England, 1846-03-21 00:00:00

NAVAL IN TELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, MARCX, 19. The Herald, 26, Captain
Kellett, C. 8., and the Pandora, 10 (her tender), Lieutenant-
Commander Wood, arrived at Valparaiso, from England, on
the 19th 'of November, and were there on the 26th. A pri-
vate letter of the latter date says—.

" In the passage from the Falkland Islands to Valparaiso
the cold was intense, and the sea constantly washing the
deck fore and aft made the vessel (the Herald) very damp
and uncomfortable for abowt two months. I never felt any-
thing like it before, except ..my cruise in the —, but that
was mere child's play to what I experienced in the old Herald.
However, she is a capital sea-boat—as are all the donkey-
frigates,' as they are called-:--but a slow sailer. * * •
sails very well when by herolf. We have been here some
days, and shall remain until retie Admiral arrives, which will
be-in about a fortnight, when we shall receive our further
orders, and start for Callao—a tun of about twelve days—
and after I ernaining there about a week, go on to Acapulco,
wheie our surveying operations commence. We had a ter-
rible time of it getting round Cape Horn ; for upwards of
a month nothing but a succession of gales."
The President, 50, Captain Stanley, flag of Rear-Admiral
J. It. Dacres, Commander-in-Chief on the Cape of Good
Hope station, arrived at Rio from Spithead on the 16th of
January, en route to the Cape station, which she was to sail
f'ar on the following Monday, to relieve the Winchester,.
50, Captain Eden, flag of Rear-Admiral the Hon. J. Percy,
late Commander-in-Chief, who was anxiously availing her
arrival.

The Vanguard, 80, Captain Willes, is coming from the
Irish eta' inn to this port, to have the disposition of her tanks,
atc., altered.
The Sparrow, 2, Commander Otter, surveying vessel for
the coast of Scotland, will, having completed her annual re-
fit, proceed to the sphere of her operations in a day or two.
She bent sails yesterday.
The Retribution steam-frigate, Captain Lushington ; the
Cyclops steam-frigate, Captain Lapidge; the Electra, 18,
Commander Maitland ; and the Palmyra, transport. remain
at Spithead, from which anchorage, we mast earnestly trust,
the first-named ship will not be permitted to put to sea
or service without having Captain George Smith's paddle-
box boats refitted to her. The removal of them has been an
act of gross injustice to their gallant inventor, and if she is
permitted to go to sea without these invaluable auxiliaries
to the salvation of human liie in case of need, we repeat that
the lives of all who go in the ship will be wantonly endan-
gered. The boats she cast off here were, in their appearance
and construction, the most unsightly the mind can conceive—.
a disgrace to the dockyard where they were built ; added to
which, their weight was monstrously increased, as it were
out of spite to the constructor of the vessel.

GLASGOW PIG lauN TRADE, MARCH 7.—The market
has rent ined in much they ame state for the last week past ' • the
tendency Is rather to a decline, which is the more surprising, asthere
are large shipments being made fcr foreign orders and coastwise. A
sale was made, to-day, by an extensive maker. at 695. cash, which
we quote as the price.—Glasgow National.

15EPRE,CIATION OF THEATRICAL PROPERTY.—Yes-
terday Mr. G. Robins, the auctioneer, attended at the Auction Mart,
to sell by auction several renters shares in the Theatre Royal Drury-
lane, there being present several gentlemen connected with the thea-
trical world. In the particulars of sale it was stated, that originally
a share was entitled to 2s. 6d. a night, but that the sum has been
lowered to IS. 3d. per night. The auctioneer, however stated, that
a renter of such a share now only received 41. per annum, though he
had no doubt that next year, in consequence of the able management
of Mr. Bunn it would have an increase of value. For many years
he received 251. for his share per annum. There were tour shares,
with a free admission to each, which was said to be worth 31. 10s.
Two were s. id for I guineas each; another for GO guineas ; and the
fourth for 59 guineas.
BRUTAL OUTRAGE BY TWO SoLDIERS -- Gunners
Holloway Spence and lifirnard Aulay, 7th battalion of the Royal Ar
tillery, at Woolwich, were eh irged with committing a brutal assault
upon Caroline Shin, Henry Bailey, and Charles Norman. It appeared
that Caroline Ship was passing the night previous, about half-past
ten o'clock, the Royal Standard, in High-street, when, without the
least cause, the prisoner Spence knocked her down and kicked her.
Bailey came up to her assistance, and was served in the same way.
The prisoners went on, when they met Norman, and without saying
a word felled him to the ground, and so continued on 1
stable Walker, 218 IL heanug the cry of "'order," tan to the Tot.
The prisoners tried to escape up an alley, but, slier ;most
struggle, were apprehended. An tiffic‘r of the Royal Artillery
attended to watch the preceedings. The magistrate final the pri-
soners 208. each, or twenty-one days Imprisonment. The officer
laid the fine for gunner Spence, and the others toed committed.