The Sun.
London, England, 1851-11-28 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 27.—The Dutch frigate Prins
Van Orange, and the corvette Sumatra, sailed from Spit-
head ye,terday; the former for the Mediterranean and
the latter for the \Vest Indies.

Major-General D'Aguilar, attended by his aide-de-
camp, Captain D'Aguilar, proceeded in the Sprightly
steam-tender, Master-Commander Allen, to Osborne, to
pay his respects to her Majesty and Prince Albert.
DicvoNrouT, Nov. 25.—Crane, 6, Commander 111• Do-
nnell, sailed to day fcr the coast of Africa.
Rosamond steamer drew btr charts this day, and will
go out of harbour to-morrow; she will be swung and
her compasses adjusted by Mr. Thompson, harbour
mast( r. She will be paid advance on Thursday, after
which she will sail icr th© North America and West
India station, calling at Lisbon with the supernume-
raries brought down on Sunday by the Sprightly.
CHATHAM, Nov. 26.—The Despatch, 12, sloop, built
at this port from a design by Sir William Symonds, late
Surveyor of the Navy, was launched at half-past 1
o'clock, rat. The Despatch is 434 tons burden, and
constructed on the same lines as the Arab, the Elk, and
the Heron, 12-gun sloops, all at Chatham at present, and
the Grecian, 12, :loop, serving at the Cape of Good Hope,
under the command of Commander the Hon. George
Disney Keane.
WOOLWICH, Nov. 26.—The Geyser, 6, paddle-wheel
steam-sloop, of 280 horse-power, Commander Edward
Tatham, arrived hero this afternoon, on her return from
the south-cast coast of America station, to be paid off at
this port.

The Tartarus steam-vesEel, Lieutenant-Commander
Richard U. Nish, returned from the coast of Scotland
yesterday to Woolwich to have some defects made good.

PROMOTION.
John Toms, to b© acting boatswain.

APPOINTMENT.

Second Maxtor R. P. J. Simpson (1847) to the Tar-
Etrus istean.-vessel, at Woolwich.

PLUNDER OF WORKMEN'S FUNDS.
List night a meeting of artisans, connected with the
building trade, met to receive an account of the position
of the men lately working for Mr. Myers, but now on
strike. Mr. Noble, secretary to the strike committee,
read a report, from which it appeared that the men had
been paid at the end of the first week of the strike the
sum of 1181. Os. 6d., at the rate of sd. a day; second
week, 167/. 16s. 9d., at the rate of Is. per day; third
week, 1951. 4s. 9d., at the rate of ]s. 4d. per day; and
fifth week, 73/., at the rate of sd. per day. The return
to this low ratu had been owing to a robbery of their
funds, committed under the following circumstances:—
On the night of Sunday last the treasurer held a balance
of 1791. 103. 6d.; but on the following morning, the
committee having met to pay tee men, were
surprised surprised at the absence of their treasurer, from
re-
whom, however, they soon received a nititealreeee
questing that two committeemen
be sent to his lodgings,
Totten-
ham-court-road. This request
above-named, the com-
mitteemen upon arriving at the
place athe treasurer that the
were informed
by
ycommitted to his charge
greater portion of the moneym of the money could be
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had been stolen..
by
consider the subject, the treasurer,
the men, convened to
who slept with him, were given
and a man also on strike,
The treasurer stated that
found, and eventually,
hands of the police.
cof a general meeting of
into the
ho had not slept at home
on the night of the robbery,
money safe in his
he had left the box, which he
Monday
that
on his return on morning,
had found locked up
foundabout 1341.
34.
opening it he that .belonging
but upon
to the committee had been stolen, besides 301, and seven
gold rings belonging
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to himself. The charge was heard
at the ,
,w-street 1 olico•eiliee, and dismissed; partly
for want of proof, and partly because, in the opinion of
the ilting magistrate, the money had been collected for
an illegal purpose, and so loft no remedy at law. Some
dissatisfaction was expressed at the conduct of the com-
mittee, in entrusting so much matey in the hands of a
single individual; but a vote of confidence in the com-
mittee was unanimously carried, and the proceedings
ended in the adoption of a resolution pledging the meet-
ing to increased exertions to supply the deficiency oc-
casioned by the robbery.

THE POTATO P
Lir,
- /LOP IN TIIE LoTHIANS.— We are
happy to learn that in East Lothian the potato is keeping
much better in the pit than was anticipated some time ago.
In most cases it is supposed that two-thirds of the crop wil:
be available for human consumption. In low-lying lands,
where the crop was large, probably about a half will be pre-
served. There is, on the whole, every reason for confidence
that the markets will be well supplied, :at moderate prices.
Even that portion of the crop which is thrown aside as unfit
for the table proves of considerable value for feeding cattle—
being worth for that purpose probably about half 8.8 much as
for food to mail.--Ndinbiagh Okrant.