The Sun.
London, England, 1851-03-14 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

The Royal Naval Club of 1765 dined at the Thatched
House on Wednesday, the business of the evening being
efficiently and agreeably presided over by Captain Wm.
Henry Smyth. The guest of the club was Sir Henry
De la Beebe, of geological fame. The Gallant Chair-
man was supported by Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Mal-
colm, Captains Sir Edward Belcher, C. 8., Chappell,
Branford, Coghlan, Duthy, Dyer, Feed, Featherstone,
Montagu, and several other members of this estimable
club.
The flag of Vice-Admiral Sir George Seymour, blue
at the fore, was hoisted on board the Cumberland, 70,
Captain Seymour, at Spithead, on Wednesday evening,
et sunset, and at nine o'clock yesterday the Cumberland
saluted the flag of the Commander-in-Chief, Admiral
the Hon. Sir Bladen Capel, with seventeen gaps, and the
Victory returned it with thirteen. Vice-Admiral Sey-
mour embarked on board yesterday morning, at half-
past ten, and Lady Seymour and family also went on
board, going out in Admiral Capel's yacht, the Fanny.
The Cumberland will probably sail about Saturday or
Sunday. At present the wind is foul. She takes out
a few Marines and Marine Artillery to complete the
ships on the West India station, and forty supernume-
rary boys.
TRIAL OF TELE MAGLIIKSNNR STRAN-OLOot.—Acoord-
ing to their Lordships' directions, the Magicienne steam-
sloop has been further tried as to her sailing qualities,
in charge of Mr. Brown, second master-attendant, and
commenced on Saturday, the Bth instant, going out in
the morning and returning to the Sound in the evening
of each day; and from what we hour said of the result,
her steaming qualities are very fair. She made ten miles
per hour with 81b. pressure, and eight miles with only
two boilers; but her sailing qualities are very indifferent,
so particularly so that she could not carry her canvas
at all, and with a moderate breeze her paddle-wheels
are so immersed that there ins no doing anything with
her. She went up Hansom on Wednesday afternoon.
Orders have arrived at Portsmouth to fit the iron
screw steam-frigate the Simoom as a troop-ship, and the
estimate is to be forthwith sent to the Admiralty. She
is to have a poop and topgallant forecastle; the latter is
to come sufficiently far aft to take her ship's company to
mess under.
The Rolls, 5, apprentice-brig, Lieutenant-Commander
Fenwick, has gone down to Cowes cruising.
Petrel, 6, packet-brig, Lieutenant Commander Creser,
'is ordered to be paid off at Devonport.
Captain Peter hi'Qubee (183 S), who formerly com-
manded the Dasdalus, 19, in China, has been appointed
Commodore of the second class, to relieve Commodore
Bennett at Port Royal. Jamaica, as second is command
at the West Indies. Captain bli/uhas is an able, active,
zealous, and highly deserving officer, and we are glad to
find that so meritorious a selection has been made by the
First Lord of the Admiralty.
PORT3MOUTII, TRURIDAY.—The Pyrenees, having
embarked a gang of convicts from Cowes, resumed to
the anchorage at Spitheal last evening.
A court-martial is ordered to be held on board the
Victory on Thursday, to try Commander St. Ledger, the
other officers, and ship's company of her Majesty's
steam sloop Plainer, for the loss of that vessel on the
A" coast of Africa.
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Some desire is necessary to keep life in ink
and he whose real wants are supplied must admit those of
fancy.—Mita C•oles Journal.
AN ORIGINAL Dsrnrics.—A prisoner defending
himself on a charge of burglary at the Limerick assizes on
Friday addressed the Court as follows:—" If I I committedamßA all
the-murders and robberies in the county, my lord,
innocent of this charge as the chil
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one wish
1 had half an hour's liberty, and would soo Mal as
dead as a mackerel, the b--y perjured villain. I hope the
Lord will take use out of this world soon ; and I pray to
God that my ghost may be an evil spirit, and haunt for life
every one who had anything to do in my prosecution. You
have all done your best, and I don't care a-- for it all,
for I could live in a baetable oven if I had only a smoke of
!i Ma."