The Sun.
London, England, 1848-11-11 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, FRIDAY.—The quarterly meeting 01
the Portsmouth Naval Club was held yesterday at the
George Hotel. In the evening the members and their
friends dined together. Admiral Sir Francis Austin,
K.C.8., occupied the chair. He was supported on his
right by Admiral the flon. Sir Bladen Capel, K.C.8.,
the Commander-in-Chief; on the left by Vice-Admiral
Sir John Ommanney, K.C.B. The following officers
were also present :—Rear-Admiral Prescott, C. 8.; Rear-
Admiral Sir Charles Napier, K.C.8.; Rear-Admiral
Purvis; Captain Sir Richard Grant; Captain Sir Wil-
liam Dickson; Captains the Hon. R. S. Dundas, C.B , of
the Powerful; Chads, C. 8., of the Excellent; Austen,
C. 8., of the Blenheim; Joseph Harrison; Sherringham;
Turner; Dacres, of the StiVincent; Yates, of the Il-
lustrious; Hendry, &c.; Commanders Fegen; Crispin,
of the Royal Ya.cht; Cracraft, of the Reynard, &c.—
about 40 in all.
Another allotment of the Avenger subscription funds
will be paid to-morrow at the Naval College.
The Flag-Captaincy of this port is not yet conferred
upon any officer, nor will it be until Captain Drummond, s
sentiments respecting the offer of it are known.
The Falmouth lighter sailed this morning with stores
for Plymouth.
The Ajax steam block ship was taken out this morn-
ing for another trial trip, but was obliged to return into
harbour again in little more than an hour, in consequence
of an accident to one of her piston-rods. She was navi-
gatid by part of the Blenheim's crew, with Captain
Austen, C. 8., and Commander J. A. Stevens, of that
ship, in charge. Mr. Andrew Murray, the chief engi-
neer of this yard, went out in her to observe the working
of her engines. A number of other gentlemen, including
several naval officers, were also on beard. Her progress
was at the rate of about five knots and a halt per hour.
the Echo went out with her, to be ready in case of her
breaking down, but her services were unnecessary.
THE CHANNEL SQUADRON. Rear-Admiral Sir
Charles Napier's orders to sail from Spithead on the
17th instant have been superseded by others to wait
until the vessels now fitting out at the various ports are
ready to sail with those already reported ready for sea.
This will considerably augment the squadron to be
placed under the orders of Sir C. Napier, which will
comprise the St. Vincent, 120 guns, flag of Sir Charles
Napier, Captain S. C. Dacres; the Prince Regent, 92.
Captain W. Martin; the Powerful, 84, Captain the Hon.
Robert Dundas, C. B.; the Sharpshooter, iron schooner

(screw), Lieutenant Baillie, P.N., commanding; the
Reynard screw steamer, Commander Cracraft, refitting
in the basin at Portsmouth; the Plumper screw-steamer,
just commissioned by Commander E. Nolloth, in the
harbour at Portsmouth ; the Stromboli steam-sloop,
Commander Lord Amelius Beauclerk, and the Rifleman
screw-schooner, Lieutenant Crofton, also refitting at
Portsmouth; and the Daphne, 20, Captain Fanshawe,
fitting out at Sheerness; the Amazon, 20, Captain Trow-
bridge, fitting out at Devonport; the Orestes, 16, Com-
mander Hawker, fitting oat at Portsmouth ; and the
Teazer steamer, fitting out at Woolwich. The Driver
steam-sloop, Commander C. Johnston, which (together
with the St. Vincent, Prince Regent, Powerful, and
Sharpshooter) is at anchor at Spithead, ready for sea, is
also expected to join the winter squadron.

IN PORT AND FITTING.

The Victory, 22, flag-ship; the I►lustrious, 10, ordi-
nary guardship; the Victoria and Albert, royal yacht;
the Excellent, gunnery exercise ship; the Blenheim, 56,
guard-ship of steamers; the Orestes, 14; and the Rolla
exercise brig fur naval apprentices; the Stromboli
steam-sloop, the Reynard, the Plumper, the Rifleman,
the Fairy, the Fire Queen, the Bee, and the Echo
steamers; the Fanny and the Portsmouth, Admiral's
yachts.

At Spithead.—St. Vincent, 120; Prince Regent, 92;
Powerful, 84 ; Driver steam-sloop, and. Sharpshooter
steamer.

Ship Basin.—Defence, convict-hulk; Malabar,
coal depot.
In the Steam Basin.—Retribution' Centaur, Strom-
boli, Phcenix, Cormorant, Salamander, Otter, and Jackal,
steamers.

In Dock.—Princess Charlotte, 104; Collingwood, 80;
Pembroke, 72; Vindictive, 50; Flying Fish, 12; and
Reynard, steam-vessel.

The Katherine Stewart Forbes, a freight-ship, hired
to take detachments from the depotss
at Parkhurst bar-
racks, Isle of Wight, to join regiments serving in the
Mediterranean, passed through Spithead yesterday, on
her way to Cowes from the •
Wind, N.N.E., moderayteestririeveezres
PLYMOUTH, Nov. 9. —yesterday
and fine weather.
dactechurty morning, the Admi-
ralty Finance Committee,visite
officers of the yard, accompanied by the principal
the north dock. Their Lordstlit! frigate Daedalus, 20, in
the very defective condition of paid great attention to
the ship's bottom. In theSthe copper taken from
afternoonlak they went on board
their steam-yacht, the Eagle, Mr. Samuel B.
Cook, master; and, shortly after one o'clock, proceeded
to Pembroke.
Her Majesty's steam-sloop Hermes, 6, arrived yester-
day from the Cove of Cork.
The packet Penguin, c , a Lieutenant-Commander Wil-
liam Swainson, arrived on the Bth, from Falmouth, and
is gone up harbour to refit.
His Danish Majesty's sloop-of-war Vuckytien, 20,
Capt. Secher, anchored this afternoon inside the eastern
She
arm of the Breakwater. saluted the flag at the citadel
with 21 guns, which was acknowledged
the lower fort, and then salutedhi which by the battery in
the flag of Port Admiral
Sir William Hall Gage, W
was acknowledged by
her Majesty's :hip Caledonia
Carter. Mr. Fox, his Danish 120, Captain Thomas W.
Majesty's Consul at this
port, went alongside the Vuekyrien, in his yacht (the
Grand Turk), and received a compliment of seven guns
on leaving. The sloop is trom.Batavia, which she left
on the 3(1.0f August, but hasloe touched at various ports on
her passage home. She spoke,
N. long. 24, 44i W. the ,shFrancisco, Captain
10th October, lat. 8, 13
ship
ll:Notty, from Liverpool, bound to Calcutta. 20th Oc-
tober, lat 25, 534 N., long, 31,
7 Wthe ship Gle-
norchy, Captain Crawford, of
November, lat. 47,33 N.,Gl4astow,"from Calcutta
fur London; out 126 days. 6th
long. 10, 28 W., the ship Robins, Captain Mitchell, of
Glasgow,
The emigrant ships Marian for Po
have sailedrtfor Adelaide,th eir
desti-
nations.
and
Labuan for Port Philip,
Wind N.E., stiff breeze.
Ciaantax, Nov. 10.—The'Vernon, 50 guns, Captain
John C. Fitzgerald, was paid off on the 7th inst., and
will be taken into dock on Monday next, for the purpose
of being opened, preparatory to a very minute survey
being held on her by the shipwright officers and the
Assistant-Surveyor, Mr. Watts.
The Vivid steam-packet, Master and Commander
Luke Smithett, having had her defects made good, was
put out of dock yesterday, and immediately got her
steam up and proceeded to her station at Dover.
The Daphne, 18 guns, Captain G. E. Fanshawe, is
progressing very fast in her equipment, so that she may
be ready to sail on Saturday, the 18th inst., the day she
is ordered.
The Rosamond, steam-sloop, Commander J. Foote,
refitting, is nearly completed in her rigging. She is
ordered to be ready for sea about the 25th inst.
The Fearless, steam vessel, in harbour, undergoing
repairs, is so far advanced that she will be completed
the beginning of next week.
The Meteor, steam-vessel, Lieutenant and Commander
George Butler, has been paid off at Sheerness, and
owing to her length of service she is worn out, and is
now to be broken up.
STEALING ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS.—A court-mar-
tial assembled at Sheerness, on the B,h inst., on board
the Ocean, flag-ship, to try Daniel Noland, oy, lately
belonging to her Majesty's steam-vessel Meteor, under a
charge brought by Lieutenant-Commander Buttler, for
the said Daniel Noland conveying from on board the said
sloop two boxes, containing 1,000 five-franc pieces, 400
of which were recovered. The following officers coin-
posed the court:—President, Captain-Superintendent
George Elliott, Ocean;
Captain E. G. Fanshawe,
Daphne; D. Price; Captain henry Smith, C. 8., Gan.
ges; Captain-Commander J. Cammilleri, Poictiers. Tev
Captain Superintendent, Sir Thomas Bourchior, K.C.8.,
&c., of her Majesty's dockyard at Chatham, was pre-
vented from sitting at the above cours in csnscquence of
sickness. The prisoner was found guilty, anti sentenced
by the Court to two years' imprisonmentw the counts'
gaol, with hard labour, the first and last 14 says solitsry
confinement, to be mulcted of all pay due to him, and-
dismissed the service, disgraced.

PROGRESS OF IRISn MANUFACTURE.—_A corre-
spondent writing from the neighbourhood of Kilr,a,
county of Derry, informs us that Mr. Barclay is ex-
tending the trade of linen manufacture with so much
energy, that the operatives, who had recently been
glad to work as labourers on the drainage works,
are gradually going back to their formeitirtirattie
which was in a most depressed state, ui
enterprise of this manufacturer gave new life to it in his
locality. Our correspondent further informs us, that
the effect of this gentleman's exertion is to make la-
bourers scarce on the public works referred to. This is
indeed an interesting fact. In the accumulation cf such
individual energy in the various branches of agriculture,
trade, and manufacture, lies the secret of regenerating
the condition of our native land.—lrish paper.