The Sun.
London, England, 1851-02-08 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

Captain Sir Everard Home, C. 8., Bart., Mr. Nettleton,
the assistant-surgeon, and the seamen wounded by the cap-
stan- bars of the Calliope, 26, are all doing as well as can be
expected. The poor quartermaster died on Thursday morn-
ing; he never spoke alter receiving the blow. It is hoped
that Sir Everard will be convalescent in a week or ten days.
Rear-Admiral Fairfax Moresby, C. 13., the new Com-
mander-in-Chief for the Pacific, arrived in the Portland, 50,
Captain Chads, at Rio, Dec. 18, on her way to Valparaiso, to
relieve the Asia, 84, Captain Stopford, flag of Roar-Admiral
Hornby, C.B. She left Plymouth Nov. 8.
Indefatigable, 50, Captain Smart, K.H., left Plymouth
Sound on Thursday, for Lisbon. Arrogant, 46, screw-frigate,
Captain R. S. Robertson, is at Spithead by this time, and will
probably leave for Lisbon on Tuesday. Commodore Martin,
with the squadron under his command, will leave Lisbon on
a trial cruise so soon as he is joined by the Indefatigable and
Arrogant.
Commander Richard Robertson (1847) has been, appointed
from the Royal Naval College to be Admiralty agent in
the next screw steam-packet (Hellespont) for the Cape.
This is the third officer appointed to the screw-ships with
the view,of acquiring experience in screw steam navigation.
Commander Robertson is an officer of long servitude. He
entered the navy in 1823, served as a mate for eight years,
and as a lieutenant for nine years. He was jiromoted front
first lieutenant of the St. Vincent, 120.
Lieutenant George Johnson Gardner (1815), has been
nominated agent in charge of mails on the Brazil station.
The Command of the Admiralty yacht, Black Eagle, at
Woolwich, vacant by the resignation of Mr. S. B. Cook,
will, in all probability, be conferred on Mr. Petley, who is
master commander of the Lightning steam-tender; and Mr.
Paul Martin, who commanded the steam-packet that con-
veyed the late King of the French and family to this coun-
try, will,succeed Mr. Petley in the Lightning.
Clerk— Charles S. Card has been appointed to the
Havannah, 19, at New Zealand.
Master Assistant—Robert G. Pashley, to the Fisgard, flag •
ship, Woolwich.
Gunner—James Yates, to the Apollo, troop-frigate, at
Sheerness.
Amphitrite, 26, Captain Frederick, sailed from Plymouth
Sound on Thursday, for Valparaiso, calling at Rio.
Arab, 12, Commander Morris, arrived at the Cape of Good
Hope on the 7th of December, on her way to Chatham to be
paid off.
Athol, store-ship, Lieut. Commander Pearse, remains at
Spithead, ready for Sierra Leone.
Fox, 42, Commodore Lambert, arrived at the Cape of
Good Hope Dec. 3, from Plymouth, on her way to the East
Indies.

Penguin, 6, Commander Etheridge, has gone out of Devon-
port Harbour, and was mustered, inspected, and paid advance
yesterday morning, by Commodore Lord John Hay, prepara.
tort' to sailing for Sierra Leone.
Linnet, 6, packet-brig, has arrived at Devonport, to be
paid off.
Sampson, 6, steam-frigate, Captain L. T. Jones, has
gone out of Devonport Harbour. The composition ar-
rived for the bottom of the Bloodhound, steam-tender, on
Tuesday. Two coats have been put on. She will be
taken out of dock on Monday next, when she will be ready
fur sea. The Sampson will probably sail for St. Helena on
that day.
PORTSMOUTH, Fan. 7.—The Arrogant, 46, steam frigate,
Captain Robinson, went out of harbour this afternoon for
Spithead. She will be paid wages to-morrow, and sail in the
evening or on Sunday morning to rejoin the squadron at Lis-
bon. The Birkenhead, iron steam sloop, is to be ready to go
out of dock by to-morrow. She has her new forecastle up,
which, besides affording considerable additional accommo-
dation to her crew, will act very usefully as a breakwater to
the sea. Her engines, constructed by Messrs. Forresters, of
Liverpool, in 1846, are in an excellent state of repair, want-
ing but very little doing to them. They are considered by
judges to be equal to any engines in her Majesty's service.
In place of the two small carronades previously on board the
Birkenhead, she is to be supplied with four 32-pounders of
25 cwt. each. When completed she is, it is reported, to pro-
ceed to Cork to embark troops for Halifax, North America.
The Avon, steam-vessel, Second Master Veitch, arrived this
morning frcm Plymouth with supernumeraries. She returns
to that port with supernumeraries this evening. Sprighly,
steam-vessel, Master Commander G. Allen, sailed this after-
noon with supernumeraries to Chatham.
The Avon steam-vessel, Second Master-Commander
Veitch, came into harbour to-day from Devonport with su-
pernumeraries.

The Turks wintering in this harbour are sufferers to a
rather alarming extent from the climate. Two more men
died in Ilaslar Hospital this morning, making 22 since they
left Constantinople. The captain of the brig is also very ill.
WooLwicar, Fan. 7.—The Cornwall hired convict ship
is still at moorings opposite the Royal Arsenal here, with 183
convicts on board, and is to have a guard of pensioners, who
intead settling in Van Diemen's Land. Yesterday evening
some of the convicts on board the Cornwall removed two
bars which protected the scuttle through which the chain-
cable passed to the deck, and by that means obtained access
to the hold, and having broken open a case of spirits, soon
imbibed a quantity sufficient to make them quite drunk.
The iron bars had been fixed to the deck of the vessel with
bobs, but as they did not pass through, the convicts soon
removed them. Shipwrights have, however, been em-
ployed to-day on board the Cornwall, from the
dockyard, to make the bars over the scuttle
thoroughly secure iu future from the thieving practices of
the class, many of whom are irreclaimable. Some of the
convicts in the dockyard are such adepts at their previous
profession that they have been known to pick the pocket of
one of the heads of the departments, and although the act
was witnessed and information immediately given, and the
gang of convicts immediately taken and searched, the mis-
sing handkerchief could not ho found. The new plan of in-
structing the convicts to write on board the hulks is begin-
ning,to operate favourably. The well-inclined were formerly
held in subjection by the majority who were badly disposed,
as if they were seen speaking to the guards or the authorities
the other convicts led them a miserable life, under the im-
pression that they were informers. Since the introduction
of writing materials they now drop any communication they
have to make into a letter-box, at the same time as the letters
they write to their friends. By that means information was
recently given that three of the convicts had coloured clothes
under their convict dress, for the purpose of facilitating an
attempt to escape among the workmen when they left the
yard, and on searching the three convicts the information
was found to be correct.

SEABORNE MAILS.
[N signifies that the mails arc sent from the General Post-office
by the night—and lit by the morning—dispatch.]

When maci-------e up in From what when
General Post-office port dis-
--
PLACES.
London. patched. due. I
._...._._______
t
America (by Brit. pkt.)N February 14..
.. Liverpool .. Feb. 12
America (by U.S. pkt.) N February 7.. .. Liverpool .. Feb. 17
America (by UE. pkt.) M March 8 .. Southampt. Feb. 22
19th14th of
30th11 Month Plymouth March 3
of
mo. Dover
Feb.
.. lB
Belgium • • • • .• N Daily •• • • .. Dover .. Daily
Brazil .. • • .. M 9th of the month Southampt. Feb. 24
Buenos Ayres • • • • 31 9th of the month Southampt. Feb. 24
Africa
anTriVaelt . coast)
... ... ...
NN &
California(vlaChagres) M 17th of month Southampt. Feb. 20
Cape of Good Hope N 14th of month Plymouth• • March 3
Constantinople* .. •. N 7th 17th 27th of Coo Dover .. Feb. 10
Central America .. M f'd & 17th of mon. Southampt. Feb. 20
Channel Isles • • • • N Mon., Wed., & Fri. Southampt. Ta. Tk. Sa
Chance. month Southampt. Feb. 20
•
.. .. M&N Twice dally month
.. Dover .. Feb. Greece* •• • • •• N 7thl7th27h ofmo Dover .. Feb. 10
Hamburgh .. .. N Tuesday &t riday London .. Tues. Sat.
Holland .. • • .• If Wednes. &F Eatur. London .. Moa.Thur
Honduras .. .• • N 17th of the naoath Southampt. Feb. 20
Ireland .. ••M & N Twice daily •• Holyhead .. Twicedaily
India (via Sonthamp.) M 20th of the month Southampt. Feb. 2$
India (via Marseilles) Nl7th& 24th ofmonth Dover • • Feb. 23
Mediterranean (via
Southampton) .. M 20th of the month Southampt. Feb. 28
Mediterranean (via I
Marseilles) .. .. 1,1-17t,h8624tliofnIonth Dover •• Feb. 23
31124 of the month.. Southampt. March 5
Mexico .. .• • •ra • •
319th of the month Southampt. March 12
Jiladel .• ..
N Itb,l7th,l9th,27th
Malta* .. .• [ & 30th of month I] Dover Feb. 10
.. N!sth 15th 25th of rno Dover •• Feb. 12
Papal States* .. • •
Naples* .. ••
N,stli 1 _ _
15t1125thefino'Dover .. Fob. 12
Peninsular
.• • • •. M 170 7th 1 27th of snolSouthampt. Feb. 15
. 31 17th of the month ISouthampt. Feb. 20
Tuscany* N sth 15th 25th of mo Dover • • Feb.l2
.. . • • •
West Indies .• .. M 17th of the mouth Southampt. Feb. 20
West Indies (except
f the month .
Havanna & Nassau) M 2d of . Southampt. March 5

!2d of the month •
:ountries thus ma;

Sonthanyt. !March 5
:ed (*) are conveyed by

* The mails to those c
French packet via Marsei
*.* The Brazilian and
morning of the 10th of
en a Sunday.

E Buenos Ayres m,
February, in cons

1 will be made ttp on the
pence of the 9th falling

SHIP NEWS,

GRAVESEND, FEB. 7.—Wind W.S.W., p...nt, .
igcloudy.
Arrived—Fyenoord, from Rotterdam ; Falcon, from Prince
Edward's Island; Victoria, from Brennen ' • Unicorn, from
Josko Albion, from Bahia; Lady of the
Ise
Demerara; Director, from Antwerp ; Lord John Russell,
from Harlingen ; William Jolliffe, from Havre ; Emerald,
from Boulogne; Marquis Bredalbane, from Gothenburg;
LYI
ds, from f
ord,frsotm.
Michael's;Demerara;, from Odessa; Dispatch and
Leader, from Messina ; Minerva, from Calcutta ; Agile, from
Ancona ; Vrouw Magrietta, from Groningen ; Providence,
from Rouen ; Eros, from Denmark ; Scotia, from Skein.
Sailed—Ancient Briton, for South Australia Lady Bute,
for Calcutta; Eleanor, for Panama; Neptune, for Bahia;
Ambassador, for Wales; Eclipse, for Madeira; Diana, !or
Harlingen; Ranger, fur Amsterdam; City of Paris, for
Boulogne; Secret, for Antigua; Emanuel Boucher, for Rio
de Janeiro.

VESSELS SFOIKEN WITH.
Nile barque, outward bound, on the Ist of February, in lat. 49
N., long. 7 W.
Royal Sovereign, outward-bound, on the 29th of October, in
lat. 50 S., long. 8,0 W.
Sir Howard Douglas, from Liverpool for Bombay,of December, in lat. 21 S., long- 26 W. on the 7th
Kezia, from Valparaiso for London, on the 10th December,
in lat. 19 S., long. 28 W., out 52 days.
May, from Liverpool for Buenos Ayres, on the 19th of De-
cember, in lat. 8 S., long. 32 W.
North
Pole,in flarot. 18 mCSa.l,llaoong. for
82 W.
Queenstown, on the 2d of No-
vember,Autumnus, from Ceylon for Liverpool, Oct. 28, in lat. 4 S.
Cleopatra, from Liverpool for Madras, Jan. 1, with loss of
spars, in lat. 4 N., long. 25 W.
Gabrile, from Batavia for Bordeaux, Jan. 21, in lat. 35 N.
William Shaw, from Manilla for Queenstown, Jan. 22, in lat.
37 N.
Abeona barque, for Falmouth, Feb. 2, in lat. 47 N., long. 9 W.
Dundee brig, from Pernambuco, Feb. 4, in lat. 49 N., long.
7 W.
Brilliant, outward bound, Feb. 3, in lat. 47 N., long. 8 W.
Courier brig, outward bound, Jan. 11, in lat. 51 N., long. 19 W.
Sarah Parker, from Liverpool, Jan. I 5 , 40 miles west of Tory
Island.
Margaret of Ardrossan, of Aberdeen for Demerara, out 12
days, in lat. 49. N., long. 10 W.

Miles
opened, NAME OF RAILWAY. Receipts.
1851.
1850. 1851.
BRITISII.
-- --
72 Aberdeen .. ...... „ .......... ..... £6OB £1,145
37% Belfast and Ballymena ••••••• • • • • • • • 434 531
17 Belfast and County Down • • • • • • • • • • . . - 143
33 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire 729 1,053
27 Bolton, Blackburn, and West York .. .. 420 637
85% Bristol and Exeter •• .. . .
160 Ca1ed0nian.......... • • .
34% Chester and Holyhead ..... .. „ 1,238 2,261
32 Dublin and Belfast Junction ........ 222 385
53 Dublin and Drogheda • • •
6 Dublin and Kingstown ............ • • 975 955
16% Dundee and Arbroath .......... „.. - 318
31 Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction 547 636
19 Dundalk and Enniskillen.... • ....... 113 143
67% East Anglian.... •• • ...... ..... ...... 757 595
79 East Lancashire .. • • „ ........ 2,519 3,374
322 Eastern Counties and Norfolk ... • .... 14,097 13,326
95 Eastern Union •• • •• •
116% Edinburgh and Glasgow .••• • • -
71 Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee .• •
18 Furness Railway •• • ••••••• • • • • • • • 7 240
171% Glasgow, and South-Western.• ••• • • . 2,735 3,262
22% Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock •• • • 941 1,0 i 6
236 Great Northern and E. L .....
188 Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 3,652 4,703
262% i Great Western
90 , Lancaster and Carlisle ••• • • •
260 Lancashire and Yorkshire.. ••• • • •
39 Leeds and Thirsk • • .. •••• • • • ......
12% Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport. • •
5181,E London and North Western
.39,191
5 London and Blackwall.... .. .. ..
1711 A London, Brighton, and South Coast 6,835 7,970
239 London and South Western...
15 Londonderry and Enniskillen ........ 119 147
11% Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, &c. 115 104
167 ii Manchester, Sheffield, and.Lincolnshlre 4,320 5,937.
9)i Manchester and South Junction...... 295 386
28 Maryport and Carlisle •. .
4961,E Midland ••• • • ••- • • • ..... ........ 19,902. 20,128
50 Midland Great Western (Irish) ...... 1,10. I,k 14
60 Newcastle and Carlisle ...... .. •....• 1,543 2,04 G
146 North British . •• ••
222 North Staffordshire . . . 2,513 4,410
47 North-Western •• .. •• • • ........ • ... - 383
45 Scottish Central ••••• • • • . ...... ..... 1,093 1,381
32 Scottish Midland ••• • • ...... .••.• .. 248 434
47 Shrewsbury and Chester •••• • • • • .... 1,315 1,318
30 Shropshire Union ....... •.• • • • • • • .. 379 445
58 South Devon ........ . ......... .
234 South Eastern ••• • • • ••..
75 South Wales .......... ..... ....... - 875
69 South York., Doncaster, and Goole .. - 1,123
40 Taff Yale ••••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • • • 1,703 1,777
36 Ulster . ..... ....... • • • • • • • • • •
25 Waterford and Limerick • • . ..... - 326
13 West Cornwall
12 Whitehaven Junction . • • .• • • .• - • • • • 201 174
293 York and Newcastle, and Berwick ... 11,006 12,827
256 York and North Midland ..........• 6,234 6,745
FOREIGN.
7613yt Amiens and Boulogne. •.. 1,043 980
44 Dieppe • . 551 370
63 Montereau and Troyes .............. 615 828
336 Northern of France ................ 14,897 16,127
143 Orleans to Bourges (Cent.) ... .. . 2,230 2,730
72 Orleans to Bordeaux ........ ..... ... 2,563 2,826
82 Paris and Orleans .... • • ... ..... .... 6,270 6,758
65 Paris and Rouen .••••••..• • •• . . • . .. 5,731 4,988
59 yi Rouen and Itavre .................. 2,149 2,002