The Sun.
London, England, 1851-02-22 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
SIR GEORGE land 70 SEYMOUR'S FLAG-SEIP.—The Curober-
, , ;
Seymour, is reported to be ready for
sea at Cnatharn by the 25th inst. When crlnplt ri she
is to proo4,ed to Spitbe:td, where ske wid be paid eel/nave,
and receive her final orders fur her ats,...ion.
Fairy, royal yacht scretender, M.:qer-Commtader
Welch, with Commander Crispin on bard, went out of
Portsmouth Harbour yesterday, and round Spithesd, to
see that her engines were in thorough order.
Prince Regent, 90, Commander Feed, diichargeti her
powder and live shells, and lightened the ship es much
as possible, and yesterday, at four r.ar, she yes towed
into Portsmouth Harbour by the Echo steam. tug.. She
went in slowly, and looked rematio,bly well in bull and
rigging; her royal yards were aloft; and although trim-
med by the head to permit a leas draught of water, she
appeared to be a most complete &id thorough rat.n-of-
war. She will be paid off about Tuesday next, ell s.t.ind•
ing, and be recommissioned by Captain Harris a$ corn-
m9dere's'llag-ship.
The commander of the Turkish vessels in Ports-
•mouth Harbour, with a number of his officers, paid a
visit to, the Prince Regent, at Spithead, on Thursday;
they were received with courtesy and.conduct4Jd round
the ship.
PORTSMOUTY6 enurt-martial is expected
to take plaee:on board. the, Victory on l'dont'xiy, to try
Commapder St. Leger,,the officers, and ship's company
ether 'Majesty's, steamer Fianaer for the loss of. that
VeaseT on thee:oast of Africa lately.
The Blonde, 42, rceeiving-hulk, has been taken into
the harbour to-day; to supply the place of the Topeze,
which for many years has been employed in. going similar
duty, but is now ordered for a Large:, for The Excellent
gunnery-ship. •
PiamoUT.ll, erMrjesty'a steam-frigate
Sampson, 6, Captain Jones, having ber tender, the
Sloddhound, in tow, sailed yesterday at 11 A.M. They
proceed in company to . St. Nicholas, Cape Verds, and
Sierra Leone, Where the Bloodhound remains. The
Sampson then takes Sir Emerson Tenrent, the new
Governor, to St. Helena. At the Cape Verds they leave
a qtantity of rice, _&o., for aid in .the xickness which pre-
vails there. _
The Pandora liturveying-vesiel; C4mitdatider Drury,
sailed yesterday afternoon for service is New Zealand.
The Birkenhead steam store-ship, Master-Commander
John .R. Aylen, arrived from Portsmouth yesteiday,
and sailed again for Queenstown :to embark troops.
The steam-vessel Virago, with Mr. Henderson, Muter-
Attendant at the dockyard, and a party of riggers and
seamen, left Falmouth yesterday morning, at a quarter
past ten o'clock, having in tow the Astral), frigate, and
arrived in the Sound at four P.II. The Ascrea was in the
evening taken into Hamoazo, where she is to be laid up
in ordinary.
The brig Ferret was masted on Tuesday, and the brig
Express on Wednesday. They are ordered to be Com-
missioned.

The frigate Cambrian and packet Crane are pieced
in dock for examination, preparatory to being cominis-
sioned.
The General Steam Screw Navigation Company's
screw ste4m-ship Bospborug, Captain Hall, which left
Plymouth on the 18th of December, with maiis for the
Cape of Good Hope, aftkr tuochiog at Madeira and the
Cape Verde, at-lived at Sierra Leone on thu 21st of
Jahuary.

• APFOINTMENTS.
W ooLwrcia, FEB. 21.—Lieutenuut John D. M'Crea
(1850) to the Alecto ateatri-10,op, at Woolwich.
Surgeon John Findlay (1846) to the.Alecto.
Assistant-Surgeons Jo.eph Sloss, (1848), to the
Medi(); Andrew 111‘Clure (1848), from the Indefatigable,
to the Banahro stram-vessel, at Woolwich.
Acting-Gunner W. S. Desire to the 11-enshee.
R.

'EPRESENTATION of BEDFORDSLIIRE.
BEDFORD, FRIDAY.—OUr account yesterday was dis-
patched before tha last returns could be procured from
Leighton and Luton. These being added give the re-
cult of the first day's poll as follows:
Colonel Gilpin
Mr. Houghton

... 1,309
... 418

Mujority for Colonel Gilpin 891
This morning the pull commenced at 8 o'clock, and the
voting went on very languidly throughout the day. The
whole affair was vetv-quiet, acept a little obullitzon now
and then 'near the aeorge Eloctsi. At the Dunstable pcd-
ling place there was great excitement. The bonnet-
sew era turned' one in great force and helped in the skir-
mishes. Col. Gilpin% friends say some of them hit hard.
The. Colonel himself had a rap on the head with a
stone. We ere sorry to find that one person received a
serious injury from a stone, which struck him in the eye
and destrosd it. There has been no drink given, and
the good effects of this plan are so Manifest that we
hope the example will always be followed.
The following is a state of the poll at the close, as
far as the returns have been received; those of the two
distant polling places giving the votes plied since 12
o'clock are not included:—

For Colonel Gilpin
Mr. Houghton

... 1,547
•.. 540

Majority for Colonel Gilpin ... 1,007
The Luton and Leighton returns had not arrived wen
our parcel left Bedford.
. The declaration of the poll
will be made on Monday at 12 o'clock.