The Sun.
London, England, 1848-04-25 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, MONDAY.—The Earl of Auckland, Cap-
tain Milne, and Colonel Irvine arrived this aftereoon
from the Admiralty, on a semi-official visit of inspection.
Their Lordships arrived at Gosport at 25 minutes past
12, and proceeded to the Royal Marine Barracks, For-
ten, where Colonel Aslett, the Commandant, received
them, and conducted them over the quarters, which are
being enlarged and improved so as to fully and comfort-
ably accommodate upwards of 1,000 men, the more effec-
tually to accomplish which, and to provide more room
for manoeuvring and the officers' quarters, a number of
small tenements on the site at present inhabited by a
miscellaneous class of occupants are about to be pur-
chased by the Admiralty and pulled down.
From the Marine Barracks their Lordships proceeded
to the Royal Clarence Victualling Establishment, over
which they were conducted by Captain Superintendent
Sir W. E. Parry, Mr. Grant, the storeloeper, and Mr.
Davies, the master attendant; here their :Lordships re-
solved to abandon the recently adopted plan for erecting
a suitable place of reception, &c., for the Queen, and de-
termined, with a view to economy, to make the slaughter-
house serve the joint purposes.
Their Lordships crossed over the harbour in the barge
of the Commander-in-Chief at half• past two, and landed
at the King's-stairs in the dockyard, where Sir Charles
Ogle, Rear-Admiral Prescott, Captain C. Eden, Flag-
Lieutenants Coaran and Aplin, Mr. Murray, C.E., Mr.
\Tinter, Mr. Fincham, and Mr. Brown, comprising the
chief officers of the port and dockyard, were assembled
to receive them and conduct them over the establish-
, went. -

The official party first went on board the Plumper,
screw-schooner, in dock, thence to the Arrogant,
Prin-
cess Royal, Royal Frederick, the new slips, new caldsoc"k;
building by Fairburn for the steam basin,
the
hd
work •
building by Mr. Bramble, the steam-basin
boiler manufactor, th
shops building by Mr. Rolt, the docks for ditto, the new
foundries, the temporary uard-ship, and
smitheries, wood-mills, the Ajax steam
gThis
the Jackal, in dock, receiving flays preparation.e
doc k ard
concluded their Lordship's inspection o y ,
Chief's barge, with
embarked in the Commander-in-
56, Captain Austen,
and occupied until four o'clock, at which hour they
Lieutenant Cochran as Flag-Lieutenant, and went on
their state
abnoadrtdhetheceßniteanuhreirteusmte.asitnoo-fpr,igi.lantde,
inspected
and efficiency; after which their Lordships. returned to
the Admiralty-house, and were entertained by Sir
Charles Ogle.
The dinner party consisted of the following officers:_
Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, Commander in-Chief ;
Rear-Admiral Prescott, C. 8., Superintendent of the
Dockyard; Major General Lord Frederick Fitzclarence,
G.c.H., Lieutenant-Governor of the garrison ' • Colonel
Aslett, Command ant of Royal Marines; Colonel Irvine,
Director of Engineering and Architectural Works to
the Admiralty; the Earl of Auckland, First Lord of
the Admiralty; Captain Milne, Lord of the Admiralty;
Captain Sir E. Parry, Superintendent of Haslar and the
Clarence Yard; Captain Chads, CB., of the Excellent
and Royal Naval College; Captains C. Eden, of the
Victory; Yates, of the Illustrious; Baynes, of the Bel-
lerophon; Austen, of the Blenheim; Dundas, of the
Powerful; Morgan, of the Hastings; Mr. Grant, F.R.S.
of the Clarence Yard; Mr. Fit Ghana, Master Ship.

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wright; Mr. Murray, Chief Engineer ; Flag-Lieutenan
Cochran; and Captain James, R.AI
Mr. %Vise, boatswain of this dockyard. is superan-
nuated ou a pension of 1113/. per an num. His successor
is not yet known for certain, but it rumoured as likely
to be the present master•rigger, INIr. Harvey, a very
meritorious and highly deserving officer.
The Howe, with her Majesty the Queen Dowager on
board, is reported to be off the Wight. She has not
been seen from the port as yet.
The band of the 9th is gone to Osborne, to wait on
the Queen.
Wind N.E.; moderate breezes and hazy, with rain at
times.

PLYMOUTH, APRIL 22.—The East Int liaman Framsjee
Cowasjee, Captain Edwards, which was supplied with
a new mast from her Majesty's dockyard Devonport, and
left this port for Calcutta on the 14th, put back on the
20th, and having anchored outside the breakwater, was,
by a Government tug, towed into Hamoaze yesterday.
She has been as far west as eight degrees, where she
experienced heavy gales, which, among other damages,
have carried away the head of her new mainmast.
Several commercial houses at Plymouth have received
orders from the owners of Prussian, Danish, and other,
vessels bound to the north of Europe, to 4etain them
here, if possible, on their passage up channel ; and gra-
tuities of 5/. and 10!. will be given to those pilots who
look out for and deliver written instructions on board
such vessels.