The Sun.
London, England, 1846-05-11 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

Pormsmotrru, MAY B.—The Penelope, 22, steam-frigate,
Commodore Jones, arrived at Spithead this afternoon, from
the West Coast of Africa station, in consequence of the ill-
health of the Commodore, who is on board, not expected to
live. Captain Manse), of the Action, 26, was left in charge
of the station, with a broad pendant. The vessel not having
eceived pratique, no one was allowed on board up to 5 P.U.
She saluted on coming up.
Captain Horatio Austin, 1838, late of the Cyclops, is ap-
pointed supernumerary Captain of the St. Vincent, to super.
intend the machinery of the steam squadron
The Alert, 16, Commander Bosanquet, and the Lame, 18,
Commander Brisbane, were at St. Helena on the Ist ult.
The America, 50, Commodore the lion. J. Gordon, sailed
from St. Blau, for Valparaiso, with 2,000,000 dollars specie on
board, on the 2d of March.
Having been informed that our account of the Brilliant's
armament was incorrect, we paid a visit to her at the dock-
yard to• day, and find that we had indeed made a mistake,
but an excusable one, inasmuch as she has actually six
quakers or wooden representatives of guns on the main
deck. These are fitted with carriages. &c., like the others,
so that the deception is complete. They represent four 6$
pounders and two 32's ; and are placed, strange to say, in
the midship part of the main deck. The use of quakers In
the navy /is so unusual, that nothing but ocular demonstra-
tion could have convinced us of its reality,_ nor can we now
account for it, any more than we can fur the extraordinary
disposition of the real armament. The two 32-pounders on
the spar deck are only useless lumber, and tend to increase
the vessel's crankness. They ought to have been placed on
the main deck, and the guns removed from the captain's
cabin, where, if quakers were us: d at all, short muzzles
could have been nailed to the half ports. Such an arrange-
ment would have eased the ship in pitching and scudding
very materially, whereas by -the present one she will be as
effectually strained. The captain's -cabin would also have
been more commodious, and this without detracting from the
effective force of the vessel. She bas taken in her addi-
tional ballast. and is re-stowing her hold. She wi!l most
likely go to Spithead again to-morrow or Monday.—Time's.
The St. Vincent will go to sea on Monday for a short trip,
to give the greenhorns a little seasoning.
The Sir Robert Sale, hired freight-ship, sailed for Landon
this afternoon. She arrived on the sth.
The I3arretti Junior transport, Lieut. Edward Griffiths,
agent, arrived yesterday morning front Bermuda, with con-
on board the York hulk. terms have nearly expired. They have been put

The Fi,guard, 42, Captain Mintz, was at St. Blas on the
13th of March, and expected to be at Valparaiso in Ftbruary,
1847, en route to England.

SHEERNESS, MAY 8 --The Cuckoo, steamer, Lieut.-Com
mander A. Parks, arrived on Monday from the
,coast of
Scotland, to refit, for which purpose she will be hauled into
dock to-day. When completed she will return to head-
quarters at Leith.

The Cornwall and Conquestador, 50-gun frigates, reported
ready for the pendant last week, are ordered to be discharged
from the basin and take their place among the advance ships
in ordinary.
The Dido, 20, has had her bowsprit gammoned, and the
order for her commissioning is expected daily. She is a post-
captain's command.
The Havannah, 22, razee, is the next vessel for commis-
sion. She has been recaulked and repainted during the past
week. Her masts are nearly ready, and will be put in place
shortly, when she will be reported ready for the pendant.
The Wildfire, steam-tender, Second-Master Brockman,
took the Commander-in Chief to Woolwich on Monday, and
will return with him on Saturday.
The African steamer, Second-Master Barke, has been to
London with a number of supernumeraries, who were to
proceed to Poitsmouth per railway.
The Griffil, brigantine, is to be reported ready for sea on
the 15th. She has taken her guns on board, and is corn-
rleting provisions fur five months. Her armament conSis!s
of one pivot-gun, a 32- pounder, weighing 40 cwt., amidships,
and two 24-pounder carronadcs.
The Rochester, lighter, arrived from Portsmouth with
stores on Wednesday.
The Goodwill and Falmouth have proceedad to Chatham.
In Dock—The Worcester, 50; the Chichester, 50; the
Horatio, 44; and the Dart, 3, building.
In Harbour—The Ocean, 80, flag ship pro tem. ; and the
African and Cuckoo steamers.
CHATHAM, MAY B.—The Manccuvrer sailed on the 7th
instant, with the frame timbers for the Nankin, 50 guns,
ordered to be built at Woolwich.

The following naval lighters remain loading, viz., Fal-
mouth, for IVoolwich ; the Aid, for Sheerne's ; the
Sinbad, for Deptford ; and the Goodwill, for Sheerness-
yard. _ _

The Cumberland, 70 pins, has been removed from her
moorings in Chatham •reach, to moorings at Gillingham-
reach.

Captain William Henry Shirreff, Superintendent of Chat-
ham Dockyard. we regret to state, was taken sud.lenly
unwell on the sth instant, and is now confined to his bed.

MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

CILITHAN, MAY 7.—This afternoon the following detach-
ments arrived at the Invalid Hospital, Fort Pitt, from India,
consisting of 4 men of the 9th Queen's Royal Lancers, and 1
man of the IGth Lancers ; with 1 sergeant-major, 1 corporal,
and 13 privates of the 10th Foot; and 1 quarter-master ser-
geant, 5 corporals, and 13 privates of the 29th Regiment,
with 5 women and 12 children, in charge of Brevet Captain
R. G. Machenaie, of the 50th Foot.
The detachments came by tha ship Ellenborough, Captain
Closs ; they embarked at Calcutta on the 6th of January
last, and arrived off Gravesend this morning, and during the
voyage, which was made in one hundred and twenty tiays,
the troops lost by death two men of the 9th Lancers, and
one man of the 29th. A sergeant's wife, during the passage,
jumped overboard and was drowned. Several of the soldiers
are blind, and others, upon medical inspection, were placed
in hospitals. The remainder were sent to the invalid depot,
St. Mary's Barracks, to await their discharge on pensions
accordirg to their length of servitude. Troop-sergeant-
major Riddler, of the A troop of the 9th Lancers, died a few
days previous to the detachments embarking.
A detachment from the proviAonal battalion, consisting
of 2 subalterns, 6 sergeants, 5 corporals, and 75 privates,
march from this garrison on the Bth instant, and embarked at
the Sun-pier, to proceed by the Victoria steam boat for gar-
rison duty at Sheerness, to relieve the grenadier company
of the 65th, which returns to Chatham to join their head-
quarters.

- The 65th Regiment, under orders for embarkation for
Van Diemen's Land, by the ship Java, consistinr, of 2 field
officers, 4 captains, 3 lieutenants, 5 ensigns, and staff, 2
sergeants, and 600 rank and Ale, with 77 women, and up-
wards of 100 children, were medically inspected this day,
and the medical report was transmitted this evening to the
Horse Guards. The measles is still in the regiment. The
removal of the regiment depends on the report of the medi-
cal inspector.

THE FORTIFICATIONS AT SHEERNESS. The im-
provements now in progress at Sheerness, under the direction
of the engineers of the Board of Ordi.ance, are very exten-
sive, and are rapidly completing. The Dockyard and lower
part of Bluetown will be entirely within the forts, and be
inclosed with heavy batteries and a deep moat, into which
the sea will flow every tide. The water can be retained, and
additional security thereby attained if required. The bat-
teries, when completed, will have a very formidable appear-
ance. Guns of large calibre wilt be mounted along the entire
line, from the entrance of the Medway to the line command-
ing the Nere.
ROYAL ARTILLERY.-109 recruits arrived at the
garrison at Woolwich at half-past 11 'o'clock, P.M., from Ire-
land, having been brought down the river at that late hour
by the Niobe, Woolwich steam-packet, hired for the occasion
to await their arrival by railway from Liverpool. Permis-
sion was granted to the landlord of the canteen of the Royal
Artillery Barracks to opcn his house to supply the men
with refreshment at 12 "'clock at night. Sixty-six of these
recruits are to be posted to the 10th battalion. It is in con-
templation to add considerably to the accommodation of
this branch of her Majesty's service at head-quarters at
Woolwich, as the importance of artillerymen to assist
at the fortifications on the coasts of this country is
now evident, and it wit; require a number of men
to reeder them efficient. Several of the store-rooms in
the barracks are to be converted into dwelling-rooms far
the staff-sergeants, and the premises at the present occupied
by the staff sergeants are to be fitted for officers' quarters.
The store-rooms above the stables in the Royal Horse Artil-
lery-square are to be emptied and made into comfortable
barracks for the men, and the under-ground rooms adjoining
tke square are to be converted into store-rooms, the change
being made for the advantage of the men, who will then have
very healthy barrack-rooms. It was anticipated that Major
Hope's company, first on the roster for foreign service,
would have proceeded to Hong-Kong, but it is not probable
they will embark for that quarter of the world, as it is in-
tended to send out a full company to Australia, in addition
to the half company or large detachment already at New
Zealand, and the whole of the artillery force in that rising
and important colony will be placed under the command of
a field officer. Major Hope's company, being the first for
foreign service, is expected to proceed to Australia.
CusToms.—The officers employed in this branch of
the revenue, as well at the port of London as at every
outport and place along the coasts of and throughout the
United Kingdom, of every grade and department of the
service, have recently been furnished with amended and
revised copies of instructions as to the mwle of performing
their official duties, and the manner in which the several
rules and regulations of the department are to be carried
into effect, in respect to their particular and individual sta-
tion and capacity, for the joint advantage of the public and
the trade 'of the country, and the interests of the Crown
under which they are privileged to serve. This has been
rendered in a great measure necessary, in consequence of the
great changes which have been effected in commercial and
mercantile matters, either with or without the interposition
and sanction of the Legislature, and also owing to the
amazing extension of privileges and advantages now
afforded to the shipping and mercantile interests, for the
furtherance of their designs and the requirements of the vast
trade of the country, beyond what was in former years
thought of or imagined. On the fly-leaf of these new copies
of instructions or monitors, they are directed to bear con-
stantly in mind the solemn declaration which they were re-
quired to make on their admission to the office which they hold
under the Crown.
ANNUITIES TO VISCOUNT ITARDINGE AND LORD
GOUGIL—On Friday the Bills before Parliament to grant' the
annuities to Viscount Hardinge and Lord Gough, in conside-
ration. as it is expressed, of their "great and brilliant ser-
viceN" were printed. The annuity, as it is known, to Viscount
Hardinge is to be 3,000/. and his two next heirs, and to Lord
Gough 2,0004, with the same limitation. It is provided by
the Bill that in the event of the East India Company grant-
ing an annuity of 5,000/. for the life of Viscount Hardinge,
then the grant of 3,0001. by this Act shall cease to be made;
and with respect to the annuity by Parliament to Lord
Gough, it is stated to be the intention of the company to
grant an annuity of 2,0001. for his life, and in that event then
only one-half of the annuity now proposed shall be payable
to Baron Gough.
THE LATE OUTRAGE: IN WESTMINSTEE.—Upon in-
quiry at the Westminster Hospital on Friday, relative to the
ease of Elizabeth Pullen, the report is far more favourable
than the day before. In the course of the afternoon, the at-
tendants were enabled to pass down the pour creature's throat
some beef tea, and this nourishment has since been adminis-
tered with success. The injured woman also passed a better
night than she had since her admission into the hospital.
The altera:ion, in fact, was so much in favour that it was not
deemed necessary to require the attendance of a magistrate
to take her depositions.
ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIEF BILL.—Mr. Watson's Bill
for the further repeal of enactments imposingpains and penal-
ties upon her Majesty's Roman Catholic subjects on account
of their religion was yesterday issued as amended by the
Committee. Three clauses have been added to the Bill, one
prohibiting the exercise of the rites of the Roman Catholic
Church in public streets; another to compel members of a
religious order in England, at the commencement of the Act,
to deliver within six months a notice or statement of and
concerning himself and his order in the form prescribed, and
coofpth e
those who come and reside after a certain period (to be men-
tioned) shall deliver a similar notice to the clerk of the peace
peace to preserve and register such notices, and to send a
copy of
to the county.secreTtahrye tohfirdstealtaeu,se requires tile clerks of the
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Lord-Lieutenant in Ireland