The Sun.
London, England, 1848-03-23 00:00:00

THURSDA* EVE N I NG, MARCH iiB,

COMMISSIONERS OF SEWERS.

(THIS DAY.)
The Commissioners met to-day at ten o'clock, in 23
Committee-room, House of Commons; Lord Morpeth in
the chair.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

SIR CHARLES NAPIER'S SQUADRON.

PORTSMOUT IT, MONDAY.—The arrival of the packet
enables us to continue our interesting details of the
movtments of the above squadron from our last
dates :

" Feb. 22. —The Canopus's ship's company were
landtid on the south side, under arms, and inspected
by Sir C. Napier. They went through several
maneeuvres, under the command of their gallant
captain, Moresby, which reflected much credit on the
officers and crew. The marching and firing were
perfect.
" 23i.—The Howe's ship's company landed for in-
spection, under arms, and went through several mili-
tary manoeuvres, firing, &c., under the command of
Sir J. Stirling, when Sir Charles Napier expressed
himself perfectly satisfied with their performances.
The Dragon returned to her former-anchorage from
Pesso d'Arcos, where she had been exercising great
guns, &c.
1- 24th.—The Queen's ship's company was to be
inspected en shore, but, when all seedy, the order
was annulled in consequence of bad weather.
" 25th.—A fresh gale from S.W. Squadron struck
lower yards and topmasts. Canopus first.
" 26th and 27th.—Still blowing hard from the
S.W.

" 28th.—Wind W.N.W. ; squadron sent up lower
yards and topmasts; Canopus first, then St. Vin-
cent, Amphion, and Queen. Howe did not join
in the manoeuvre, being refitted and preparing ca-
bins, &c , for the reception of the Queen Dowager
on her return voyage at the latter end of March.
The Amphion steamed down the river and anchored
below Belem.

" 29th —The Amphion went to sea under steam ;
she is to make another trial of the screw and return
to Lisbon again. Mr. Dinnen, the inspecting engi-
neer, is gone in her to make the trial. She after-
wards put back and anchored down the river.
" March I.—The Amphion went on her trial
cruise. At nine A.M. signal was made—' Admiral
will inspect Canopus, and captains of ships to inspect
the ships, next junior at quarters,' annulling Howe.
The whole of the bulkheads were knocked down in
all the ships, when furniture and everything from all
the cabins, &c., were sent below, thereby clearing
all the guns, when the time different ships reported
by signal 'ready' was—Scourge, 33 minutes;
Queen, 38 ; St Vincent, 41 ; Dragon, 45 ; Canopus,
56. During this time the Admiral hoisted his flag in
the Canopus. Signal was next made to fire stern
guns, which was accordingly done (knocking all the
windows to pieces) as follows :—Canopus, 8 minutes;
Scourge, 15 ; St. Vincent, 16; Queen, 17 ; Dragon,
30. The signal was then made to ' ship spare til-
lers,' which was done in the following order .
Scourge, 7 minutes; St. Vincent, 8 ; Dragon, 8
minutes, 40 seconds ; Queen, 21 minutes ; Canopus,
25. At noon the Admiral left the Canopus ; the flag
was again shifted to the St. Vincent, when the Ad-
miral paid her a visit to see all clear. Hard gales,
which continued all day on the 2d.
"6th.—The Amphion returned:from her cruise, the
screw having answered very well since Mr. Dinnen's
alteration. The crew of the Queen landed again, and
were inspected by the Admiral, under arms, who was
highly gratified with their exercise under the orders
of Captain Bruce. The Jupiter packet broke down,
and put into Corunna. The Montrose, which vessel
should have been at Lisbon on the sth, arrived to-day
bringing the mail that was in the Jupiter and other
intelligence, of the French Revolution particularly,
which had been previously communicated by the
Madrid, but only in a casual way. Immediately after
the Admiral read his dispatches the fleet was ordered
to bend sails and prepare for sea—the Queen to go to
the Mediterranean ; the Howe, Scourge, and Comet,
to remain at Lisbon ; the Jackal, to go to Madeira
to take the Queen-Dowager the news, and receive
her Majesty's commands about returning to England.
" 7th.—The Jackal left for Madeira. Commander
Hector Loring, of the Howe, died ; Lieutenant
William Moorsom, of the St. Vincent, is appointed to

the vacancy ; Lieutenant Lloyd of the Dragon, goes
to the St. Vincent, vice Moorsom ; and Mr. Smith,
mate of the Canopus, is promoted to the rank of
lieutenant.

" B.—The St. Vincent, the Canopus, the Amphion,
and the Dragon sailed to-day for Cork. The Howe,
the Scourge, and the Comet remain in the Tagus."
The Hercules, Master-Commander Robert Fulton,
arrived this morning from Sheerness.
The Prince Regent, 92, Captain Martin, and the
Champion, 14, Commander Hayes, were inspected
this morning by the Commander-in-Chief. The
former will be paid in advance to-morrow ; the latter
received advance this afternoon, and sails this evening
for Plymouth.
The Carysfort, 26, Captain G. H. Seymour, is
proceeding with her dismantling, in order to be paid
off. The treasure she brought, amounting to up-
wards of 58 tons of silver specie, was conveyed to
London on Saturday, by the London. Brighton, and
South Coast Railway, in charge of Captain Sayer, the
freight agent, and Mr. Sutton, superintendent of the
Portsmouth department of the railway.
The steam-sloop Devastation, off Great Popo,
,has
taken four slave vessels within one month—two at
anchor off Cape Lopes, one on the coast, and one at
sea. The squadron generally was healthy. The slave
traffic was as brisk as ever.
Wind W.S.W., fresh breezes and squally weather.

APPOINTMENTS.

ADMIRALTY, MARCH 20.—Edward W. Prit-
chard, assistant-surgeon, to the Calypso; Alex-
ander Scotland, second-class engineer, to the
Columba ; George Crichton, second-class as-
sistant-engineer, to the Redwing ; W. B. Robinson.
inspector of shipwrights, to Chatham ; R. P. Chap-
man, assistant-surgeon, to the Shearwater ; W. R.
Cockburn, assistant-surgeon, to the Torch ; Thomas.
B. Legh and John Sewel, midshipmen, to the,Pluto ;
Alfred R. Smith, naval cadet, to the Vernon.

DEATH OF VICE-ADMIRAL WARREN.

PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 22.—This brave and benevolent
flag officer died this morning at his seat, East Coshatn,
Hants, in his 72d year, leaving a widow, one daughter
and two sons (the elder of the latter being Captain
Richard L. Warren, in command of the corvette Trin.
comalee, of 26 guns, on the West India station; and
the younger being Lieutenant Warren, now on his pas-
sage home in her Majesty's frigate Fox, from the East
Indies), to mourn his invaluable loss. The deceased
officer entered the naval service of his country in the
year 1789; subsequently served in the Argo, 44-gun
frigate, in the West Indies and Mediterranean; he com-
manded the Melpomene, 38 gun frigate, in 1809; on
the 23d of May, in which year, when lying at anchor
in the Great Belt, off Ocoee Island, and nearly be-
calmed, he discovered several large boats standing
towards him. The frigate was cleared for action, and
at eleven o'clock p.m. commenced firing upon the enemy,
consisting of twenty Danish gun-boats. A light breeze
springing up, the Melpomene cut and made sail to close
with her opponents, and the gun-boats retreat-
ing, a running action continued until Ih. 15m. A.m.,
when the enemy succeeded in getting out of gun-shot.
In this action the frigate suffered severely in her rig-
ging and sails, and had five men killed and twenty-nine
wounded. He commanded the Spartiate, 74 gun-ship,
in the Tagus, in the squadron of Admiral Sir Pultenoy
Malcolm, during the eventful period of Don John's es-
cape from Portugal to the Brazils; subsequently he was
Commander-in• Chief on the Cape of Good Hope and
. . _ .

Western African station in the Isis, 50-gun frigate, from
1831 to 1833. his last appointment was Rear• Admiral
Superintendent of I)evonpnrt Dockyard. Admiral
Warren was the son of Dr. Warren, one of the physi-

cians of his late Majesty, George 111., and brother of
late celebrated 1)r. W arren. As a man of profound
judgment and sound opinion upon naval affairs he had
no superior, as was evidenced to a certain extent in the
anxiety of the Minto and the present Board of Ad-
miralty to have him as a member of their body;
but he declined prudentially the distinguished post,
owing to a paramount inclination to preside effi-
ciently over his domestic circle, and from bodily
infirmity. lie was recently offered the com-
mand-in-chief of the Devonport or Plymouth
stations, but declined from the above reasons. The good
old Admiral was in tolerably sound health up to the
hour of retiring to bed, on Tuesday night, at half-past
eleven, when he complained of pains in the back and
loins ; he gradually got worse, when Dr. Stewart, the
eminent practical physician of Portsmouth (tke Admi-
ral's medical attendant), was sent for, and promptly
arrived and ministered to the temporal wants of his
gallant patient, but without success ; nature was tired
of her burden, and gave way under the pressure. The
beloved old sailor died at half-past six this morning. By
the demise of Vice-Admiral Warren, Rear-Admiral
John Surman Carden becomes Vice-Admiral of the
Blue ; and Captain Sir Augustus William James Clif-
ford, Bart. (1812), Usher of the Black Rod to the House
of Lords, becomes Rear- Admiral of the Blue.
Her Majesty'►► ship Prince Regent, 92 guns, Captain
W.F. Mart►n, will sail from Portsmouth for the Cove of
Cork, and place herself under the orders of Rear-Ad-
miral Mackay at daylight this morning.
The Wellesley, 72, bearing Vice-Admiral the Earl
Dundonald, Commander-in-Chief on the West Indian
station, will leave Plymouth this morning, in pursuance
of Post-office notice, for Bermuda.
Paomonons.—Lieutenant J. A. Macdonald (1827),
in command of the -Spitfire steam sloop in the Mediter-
ranean, to the rank of Commander; Lieutenant William
King Hall (1841), first Lieutenant of the Vindictive
flag-ship in the West Indies, who brought home the
Growler steam sloop, recently from that station, to the
rank of Commander ; Lieut. George Henry Gardner
(1842), first Lieutenant of the Sidon steam frigate, to the
rank of Commander.
APPOINTMENTS.—Lieut. Commander C. J. P. Glynn
(1842) to the Triton steam sloop at Woolwich; Lieute-
nant Commander James Smart (1826) to the Seagull
packet at Falmouth; Lieutenant C. S. Forbes to the
Asia, 84, flag ship in the Pacific; Acting Assistant-
Surgeon, G. J. Banks to the Royal Hospital, Stone-
house ; Midshipman C. J. Bullock to the Enterprise
discovery ship at Blackwall.
Masters' Assistants—H. G. Swainson to the Ha-
vannah corvette at Portsmouth ; S. J. 11. Searle to the
San Josef flan- ship at Plymouth.
Naval Cadets—W. Samwell, to the Amphion, screw
friffate, at Cork ; C. P. Alingham to the Ganges, at
Sheerness ; A. Smith, to the St. Vincent, flag-ship of
Rear-Admiral Napier, at Cork ; C. D. Davis, to the
Canopus, 84, at Cork.

PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS

(From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Comm,ns.)

'WEDNESDAY:MARCH 22

STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE.

The following Resolution was reported from the above
Committee :

That in the case of the Plymouth Great Western
Dock'Act Amendment Bill petition, for dispensing with
so much of standing order, No. 127, as requires that the
matters therein required to be proved to the satisfaction
of the Commissioners of Railways, should be so proved
previously to ihe application to Parliament, such portion
of the said standing order ought to be dispensed with:—
That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill
on proving to the Committee on the Bill that, since their
application to Parliament, they have proved to the satis-
faction of the said Commissioners, that the payments and
expenditure required by the said order, were in fact
made before such application—Resolution agreed to.

NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL OFFICE.
The following Railway Bills are ordered to be read a
second time on Monday, March 27:
Dundee and Perth (Tay Crossing).
Edinburgh and Northern Itowc3bie, KeltPit ad, and
Glenereig Branches, !Lc.)
Liverpool, Manchester and Neweastle•upon-T)ne June
Lion (Abandonment of the Railway, and Dissolution of
the Company).
Edinburgh and Bathgate (Extension and Deviation).
Glasgow, Airdrie, and Monklands Junction (Central
Junction Branch).