The Sun.
London, England, 1850-07-27 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

THE ROYAL YACHT'S PREPARATORY CRUISE.—The
Victoria and Albert, Royal steam-yacht, Captain Lord
Adolphus Fitzclarence, with his Serene Highness
Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, Sir George Wombwell,
Sir Joseph Copley, and Colonel Tyrwhitt, with Prince
Leiningen (midshipman of her Majesty's steam-frigate
Arrogant), and accompanied by the Stromboli, 6, steam-
sloop, Commander Lord A. W. Beauclerk, left Gibraltar
on the Bth instant, for Cadiz, arrived at Lisbon on the
15th, coaled and started again, touched at Ferrol,
arrived at Bordeaux on Monday, and is expected at
Portsmouth to-day.
A Turkish squadron, consisting of two heavy frigates
and a corvette, are expected daily at Spithead. Captain
Slade is on board the commodore's vessel in some post
of responsibility.
We believe it is too true that the Hon. Captain Hest
ings has been mulcted in a heavy demuraage for the de-
tention of a vessel, under Portuguese colours, that he
sent into St. Paul's de Loando. She was laden with a
valuable cargo, slave food, &c., and was considered a
good prize. We hear the mixed commission could not
agree about her, the English thinking she ought to be
condemned, the Portuguese wishing to clear her, nor
could these parties agree in choice of an umpire. It is
further said that the matter was decided by the toss up of
a dollar, and the Portuguese winning, the vessel was of
course liberated, and Captain Hastings condemned in a
heavy amount of demurrage.
Albion, 90, Captain Hope Johnstone, was towed out
of Devonport Harbour on Wednesday into the Sound, by
the Confiance and Avon steamers.

Rolla brig tender to the Viceroy, Lieutenant-Com-
mander Fenwick, returned to Spithead on Wedne day
morning from a short cruise in the Channel, looking
after the fisheries.
St. George, 120, to be fitted as ordinary guard-ship at
Devonport, was taken into No. 5 dock, on Wednesday
afternoon.

Seaflovver cutter, Lieutenant-Commander Fletcher,
arrived at Portsmouth on Wednesday from the Channel
Islands, has gone into harbour to refit.
PORTSMOUTH, THURSDAY.—The Southampton, In-
diaman, arrived from the river, outward bound, this
morning. The Owen Glendower Indiaman, for the Cape
and Calcutta, will sail this evening should the wind mo-
derate.

PORTSMOUTH, JULY 26.—The Amphitrite, 25, Cap-
tain Macdougall, lately from the Pacific, was paid off
this afternoon alongside the Dockyard, in a most cre-
ditable and orderly manner.
The Fox, 42, Commodore Lambert, is in the hands of
the Dockyard officers fitting for sea; but she will not
be ready for some time, having entered but few men, and
having been refitted for ordinary service instead of com-
mission. She is expected to be out of the hands of the
Dockyard officers by the end of next month.
The Niger steam-sloop, Commander Heald, is being
fitted with Mr. Grant's distilling apparatus. Mr. Peacock
has applied his composition to various parts of her bottom.
She will be undoaked on the 6th proximo, and sail in a
few days afterwards for the Coast of Africa station.
It is reported that the Nepaulese Ambassador will
visit this port next week; but at present the authorities
have teceived no intimation of his Excellency's intention.
The Trincomalee, 25, Captain It. L. Warren, is hourly
expected from the West Indies, having sailed on the
26th ult.

The Apollo troop-ship, Commander Rawstorne, from
the Cape, with the 95th on board, is also hourly ex-
pected.
The Furious steam. sloop will be launched in this dock-
yard at the end of next month.
A Russian yacht—formerly the property of Lord
Eglinton, and then named the Jelnette—arrived in this
harbour yesterday noon.
The Lords of the Admiralty will make their annual
inspection of this port and dependencies as soon as the
Parliamentary session is finished.
In Harbour—The Victory, Excellent, Blenheim, Il-
lustrious, Vengeance, Seaflower, Fairy, Elfin, Sprightly
Portsmouth and Fanny tenders, and Echo tug.
In Dock—The Niger, St. Vincent, Termagant,
Edinburgh, Winchester, Electra, Rapid, and Penelope.
In the Basin—The Fox, Blonde, and Plainer.
In the Steam Basin—The Urgent, Blazer, Bulldog,
Odin, Simoom, Vixen, Dauntless, and Medea steam-
vessels.

WooLwicrt, JULY 26.—The Trafalgar, 120 guns,
built at Woolwich Dockyard, under the superintendence
of Mr. Lang, master-shipwright, and launched in the
presence of her Majesty, and at present in ordinary at
Sheerness, is expected to bo commissioned to-morrow
by Captain Stopford.
The Geyser steam-sloop, recently returned from the
Cape of Good Hope station, has had several of the naval
engineers placed upon her to see that her engines (by
Seaward and Co.) are in good condition, and to make
good any slight defects, as she is to be brought forward
for commission the moment she can be got ready. The
boilermakers are getting new tubes ready, and she will
soon be refitted.
The Princess Alice has arrived here from Dover to
have her defects made good.
The James Jardine hired convict ship has arrived at
moorings at the Royal Arsenal, Dr. Campbell, surgeon-
superintendent, is to take on board about 300 male con-
victs for conveyance to Van Diemen's Land. About 80
convicts will be put on board at Woolwich from the
convicts here and from Milbank Penitentiary; the others;
will be taken from Portsmouth and Portland convict sta-
tions. These men will receive tickets of leave on arriv-
ing at their destination. Among the convicts sent out
in this vessel there will be 12 irreclaimable characters,
who will have to pay the penalty of their misconduct in
the highly penal settlement of Norfolk Island, all attempts
to reclaim them in this country having been found use-
less, and their longer continuance here being a bad ex-
ample to others.
CUATHAM DOCKYARD.—The annual good-service
pension grant has been awarded by the Admiralty to
Mr. E. Cheesman, one of the foremen of this yard.
A serious accident occurred late on Wednesday after •
noon at Chatham Dockyard, to a young man, an appren-
tice to a shipwright,
in the seventh year of his time. It ap-
pears he was employed
with others in getting an iron rider,
coming against his
suddenly
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rider broke, and the rider, ,
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and although there appeared no
againstff one of the standards, cutting
on his removal to the surgery,
head, jammed it
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jrulyryc, e
to send him to Melville Hospi-
tal, where every attention was paid him. On Thursday,
however,
he was in a very dangerous state, with very
c
slight hopes of his recovery.
character.
The
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man of most excellent

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The transactions were as
oo L, JULM 26.
STOCK EXCTIANGB.—There was very little business doing
.
L Y MARKETS.
ern, 10914—Ditto, New Quarters, % p.—Midland, Halves,
241,4 dis. --Erewash Valley, 57% North Staffordshire,
11% dis.
BIRMINGHAM, JULY 26.
STOCK EXCHANGIL—The share market still continues in-
active. The transactions to-day were as follow :—Birming-
ham,ash,
Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley, 9/. Is. 3d.—
Shrewsbury and Birmingham (13), 714 dis.—South Stafford-
shire, 4/. Is. 3d. dis.
YORK, JULY 25.
STOCK ExCHANGE.--The transactions to-day were as
follow:—Sheffield, Rotherham? and Goole, 18—York and
North Midland, Preference, 71/a•

WOLVERHAMPTON, CHESTER, AND BIRKENHEAD
RAlLWAY.—Yesterday Mr. Norris, the official manager of
this company, intimated that it was the intention, on behalf
of the estate, to carry an appeal to the House of Lords
against the decision of the Lords Commissioners and Vice-
Chancellor Knight Bruce, who ruled that provisional corn-
mmitteemen in this company were not, under the 3d section
of the Act, liable to be placed on the list of contributories,
where his Honour Master Brougham had placed them, in
cases where they took no shares, paid no money, and did no
act, but had shares allotted which were not accepted. This
is the first instance of an appeal to the House of Lords under
the Joint Stock companio Winding-up Act.