The Sun.
London, England, 1850-08-21 00:00:00

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~.- TEe tenth ahatial exhibition of dahlias aut(441144,--7, .-:'Fl _N
plants, ander,t-he auspices of the Chels,•,% Dahlia ay -` '
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was held -yesterday in. these gardms. The weatlke '. • ...,- r------ -.. ....1:74
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-delightfully tice, and an aidittonal interest wasimAr 7.717-1,
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to the arrange nts by the presence of the juvenili4pAr ii;;lc.
of the Duke of York's Soho&, who performed a variety ' ''''44---414/
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of airs during the day. The prizes were allotted as
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FIRST FAME. w•
For the best twcrity-lumnxiissiolilar blootns-Vir. C.
Turner, of the Royal NufereitvEiloitikta silver cur.
2. Mr. J.
3. tai,-sirs. Widnesll i'MT.3iivis, Cambridge. .
4. Mr. Kin:lbw:4.y, of Covasyy.
Z. Mr. Bragg, of bloegh.
6. Mr. Blick, gardene.r, ufelewer, near Windsor.
FoR THE BEST StX FANCY FLOWERS—AMATEURS.
1. Mr. a. , flollowey. .
2. Mr. Pope, gardener, Chelsea.
3. Mr. J,caos, Rochester Casa-, Nowingtor.
4. Mr. gtrdeorr,
Fut: TILE REST TWELVE BLOOMS—A3IATEURS.
SILVER CUP.
1. Mr. Robinop, Chelsea..'
2. Mr. 11!aele, Clerser.
3. Mr. Jauaes, Newington.
4. Mr. llennt-rt., ditto.
5. Mr. Hunt, .I'.4chiington.
6. Mr. Conk,
The exhibition will continua throughout to-day.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. :.7 ;
It will have been seen. by cur,.auneinsicelnent that all
the reports relwive to the visits of the' BiaKd c!f Admi-
ralty to the various dockyards have beeninefai
Lion. The First Lord has gone to Osborne .tind accom
;ades the gleen on her Majesty's two or three days'
cruise to At,twerp. The senior navel Lord has pro-
,tieded on a trip to visit the Hessian and SWedish
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dron. at Kiel; Captain Honstou Stewart, oda., is eb.ent
on the Continent; the Hon. W. Cowper, M.P., is in the
country; end. Captain W. A. B. Hamilton. the tervide
will rt grct to hear, has been seriously indisposed at
Bollogne. Itear•Adatireil the Hon. M. F.' F. Berkeley,
C. 13., ALP., Captain Milne, with the Chief -Secretary,
Mr. Parker, M.P., are at the Admq.alty;condtiatii4 the
routine bu,iness.

A curt or committee of inquiry has been held at
D2voni.wrt, with reference to the atbgations of the In-
stesm-sloop, Coromancir P. Dyke, having
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Onched Vie east end of the !arcAtwater on her arrival at
Devonport; hut although the signal-man at llount Wise,
three miles distant, could -perceive the accident, it ap-
pears no one on board either saw or felt tht,t she had
struck, notwithstanding that she bad rubbed off so touch
of the copper from her portbow to the paddlewheel;
there will, therefore, be no court-martial, and thin most
I celebrated and extraordinary steamer will pursue ber .-
expmsire voyage to the West Indies under the ex-com-
mander of the Flying Fisb. As the Ratable is proved
to take the ground so quietly, it is to oe hoped that as a
mat:er of precaution trieir .L-Jrdships will order a large
quantity of c ;pper sheathing to be supplied to her, and
which she can well stow, to supply against future uncon-
ticiotts accidents.—Morning Herald.
The men-of-war in Plymouth sound are Albion, 90
Captain J. Hope Johnstone, compl4ing. advanced cOth.
plernent of 430 man ; Thetis, 38, Captain A. L. Kuper,
C. 8.. to'red out of Hamouza by the Vulture steam.
frigate, on Saturday, and under orders tOr Spithead, .
after having been paid advance, saluting the -Port-Ad-
miral ; and Albion, sterot-tender, Lieut.-Commander
Cranford, for Port Iloyal, Jamaica. The snips in corn-
mi,sion in Iltaure,z-t are Impregnable, 7S, flag-ship of
tee Commander-in-Chief, Admiral Sir W. H. Gage,
G.C.U., Captain Sir Thomas Maitland, C.B. ; Agin-
court, 10, depot snip of the ordinary ; Captain Nips,
C. 13., with the pendant of Commodore L,rd John Hay,
C.B. ; Crane, 6, packet-brig, Lieut.-Commander Par- .
eons, tit take out the text mail from F.A.lmooth to Bra-
zi:s ; Lintet, 6, packet brig, Lieut. Commander James,
rent.ting.; Sylph tender,' and Nigger 14, screw-sloop,
Commanderarrived on Friday evening trots
Portsmouth, under orders, left yesterday for the coast
of Africa rid', the mails, calling at Madeira ; inilrx-
ible. 6, ateam•sloop, Commander Peelle lilac Dyke,
litteer orders for the West Indies ; F. arleis steam-
arrived from Portsm,:,uth on Sunday ; Con-
ilunce sit arn.teeder, Master Conanic.t.der Martin, under
repair ; and Camel and FalLeouth lighter..
In B trnpool Salamander, 6, steam-.loop, Com-
mander .Ellman, to sail on the 22d f'or ltio, the Cape,
and Ea.t ladies, having gone out of harbour on Mon !ay.
Air. Mills, assistant-master-attendant, and party, ar-
rived at D!-vouport with the Liberty, newly laume.hed 12
4.)0p, from Pembroke, on Sunday.

Mr. Brown, inastor of the Ag,i,:court, with party
under hit command, will proceed in the Coolitaice, on
Thursday, to Liverpool, to navigtve the 13timhus to
Devonp,rt.
DEVONPORT DOCKYARD.—The following suporannua•
don* took place In thin yard on Saturc:ay:—John
Western. shipwright; Andrew Chudleich, millwright;
John Harrell, Jo•eph Staunton, Henry Britten, Charles
Baker, William Lean, William Ax worthy, and James
ropcmakers; nine in number, at 241. por annum
each.

The vacincy s t Woolwich 1) ickyard, cswied by the
fatal accident to Mr. a.gt-rs, extra clerk, hat been tilled
up by Hay man, extra clet 1: Sheerness.
PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 20.—The 13irkeuhead iron ',team-
frigate bus been commissioned pro tem. by Commander
Stevens of the Blenheim, as steam-guard-ship iu the
absenete of the latter on service.
The Black Eigle and Vivid steam yachts arrived yes-
terday from the eastward to accompany her :slajesty's
yachts to Ostend.
The Eire Queen steam yacht, having rrceived a coat-
ing of composition, was taken out of dock this morning;
whoa the Apollo troop-ship, Ccanuaauder J. Itawvtorne,
was taken in to have her bottom cleaned and over-
hauled.

The Penelope steam frigate will not be ready to come
out of clock fur a month.

The Vengeance, 84. Captain Sir 11. Blackwood, has
her t' !maws up and tidded and topmast rigging fitted.
She will be newly coppered.
The DragLn ateam•frigate, Captain H. W. Giffird, is

prt,gre*ei!ig admirably pith her outfit.
WocAwtat, AUGUST 20 —The Lightning steam-
vessel, blaster-Commander retley, return( d to Wool-
v►ich to-day from Dover. It is stud she was sent.round
to that port to convey his Excellency the N►rpaulerte
Aminwutdor and suite across tho channel on his return

to India, but his Excellency had postponed the time of •
his departure, and only intended leaving this afternoon
by the regular railway communication to Folkstone, and
thence to Boulogne and Paris by the vessels of the
company.
The Firefly, the Geyser, and the Buzzard steam-veel
ids are getting ready for sea at this port with every
dispatch.
Mr. Grant, storekeeper at the Clarence-yard, Ports-
mouth, was at WoolAich yesterday atA to-day superin-
teniiing the fitting of hiy cooking and distilling appara,us
on board the Wasp strain-sloop, making ready fur. ger-.
vice on the coast of Africa.
Lieutenant William Horton (1842), recently serving
in tie Thetis, 40, has been app.:•l tact to study steam at
the factory at \Vootwich dockyard.