The Sun.
London, England, 1850-04-16 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, MONDAY. —The Bulldog steam-sloop,
Commander A. C. Key, hauled under the sheers to be
paid off to-day. She was dismasted, and will be put out
of commission to-morrow.

The Griffon 3, Lieutenant Thurburn, lately from
Rio, will be paid off hero to-morrow, and refitted forth-
with ai an exercise and instruction brig for the seamen,
apprentices about to be entered at the port of Cork.
The Yorktown, American line-of-packet ship, arrived
at Spithead last evening.
Tho Sprightly steam-vessel, Acting-Master Allen
commanding, returned from Plymouth yesterday.
The Royal Yacht Victoria and Albert is receiving her
new boilers in the Steam-basin.

The Crocodile, old troopship, for tome time past the
depot or flag-ship of the Commander-in-Chief on the
Irish station, is ordered to this port to be paid off, being
warn out. We hope a respectable ship will be sent to
carry the flag of Rear-Admiral Dixon, for it is neither
creditable to the service nor to the country that such a
wretched old meal-tub as the Crocodile should be flag-
ship at a port where some of the finest vessels in the
world are constantly putting in.
Wind S.S.W., strong, and cloudy weather.
PLYMOUTH. APRIL 13.—The Hon. It. Dundas,
Storekeeper-General of the Navy, arrived on Wednes-
day at Moorahead's Royal Hotel, Devonport. On Thurs-
day 1 e inspected the various stores in the yard connected
with his depaituaent, and on Friday examined the new
system of payments recently adopted.
Her Majesty's steam-vessel Sprightly arrived from
Portsmouth to• day with marine artillery for the Archer
steam-vessel.
The Sharpshooter steam-vessel, which put back
with damage yesterday, was towed up the harbour
to-day
.by the Sprightly, to coal and have defects
made good.
The Lily brig sailed with the mails for the coast of
Africa on Wednesday.
The Petrel packet will be taken out of dock on
Monday.
The Alert brig will be paid off on Tuesday.
Wind N.W.; strong breeze.
APPOINTMENTS.
WooLWICH, APRIL 15.—Second Master Graham H.
Hills (1848), to the Sparrow, 6, surveying-vessel on the
south-east coast of Ireland.
Midshipmen Charles A. It. Pocock and Henry L.
Holder, to the Victory, 101, flag-ship at Portsmouth.
Master's Assistant William Hewlett, to the Fisgard
flag-ship at Woolwich.
The Pioneer screw steam-vessel, Lieutenant• Co-
mmander Sherard Osborn, bad her steam up to-day, and,
her screw-propeller having been previously shipped, t"
water was let into the :docks to try the working of the
engines, and they appeared to work well.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
BRISTOL, Armn 15.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-0111 share market was better to-day,
and prices are considerably firmer. The transactions 49-Ditto,
Bristol and Exeter, 35 dis.-Great Westerni
6%-Leeds
, New Quarters,
171. Shares, 9 dis.-Midland, 334-Taff Vale, New, %p.
LIVERPOOL, Arum 15.
STOCK EXCHANGE. -The transactions 1,
11;x-Lancaster
wereßrad
dford,
a Prestos,.d flo3rasds.
follow :-Lancashire and Yorkshire,
9d. C. dis.-Ditto, Preference,
.
Quarters, 13-East Lancashire,
P.-Midland, 90-London and North-Western,s.
3d.
C. dis.-Ditto, Quarters (C),
32-
Ditto, Halves, 28 dis.-South-Eastern and Dover, 13-
Ditto (No. 4). Registered, 4%-h -Sheffield, R. B. and G. N.
Div., 1 dis.-York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E.' Pur.,
lIESTI4
igANU R, APRIL 15.
chase), 6 per cent. till 1850. dis.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The share market is still depressed.
and little business has been done to-day. The transactions
were-Birkenhead. Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, 19
dis.-East Lancashire, 0,4-Ditto, Quarters, 1 9-16-Lan-
cashire and Yorkshire (West Riding Union), 9-lAdis.-Ditto.
Preference, 6 per cent., 11%-London and North-Western,
jOO -Ditto, Manchester and Birmingham, Quarters (C),
5.16 c. p.-Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 1214, n.
-Ditto, Preference, 6 11-IG-Ditto, Sheffield and Lincoln-
shire, 2 15-16-North Staffordshire, 10% dis.-South-Eastern
and Dover, Thirds (No. 4), 4%-North Union (A), 164%.
YORK, Amur- 13.
Srocx EXCHANGE.-The transactions to-day were all fa-
low :-York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 1134-Great Northerth
SV-York and North Midland, Preference, 61. 6s. 3d.-Leedo
and Bradford, 93-North British, Preference (guaranteed 6
per cent. for live years, and 5 per cent. in perpetuity), 4%. •

ESCAPE OF PRISONERS.—Before the court closed
at Cockermouth, on Tuesday, one of the bailiffs, apparently
in a state of great alarm, informed the chairman that two
prisoners, Walker and Smith, had made their escape from the
lock-up, and were nowhere to be found. It appeared that
they had cleverly suc:eeded in locking up the keeper in tllo
cell destined for themselves, and then fled. They had then •
sought shelter in a wood belonging to General Wyndham,
where the boy Smith was discovered about two hours after-
wards, having lamed his knee so as to prevent further flight.
Walker still remains at large, having hitherto eluded the
search of the officers in quest of him.—Carlislc Journal.