The Sun.
London, England, 1850-01-04 00:00:00

yet remain to be realised. Still, it must be gratifying
to every one, and to none lees than the greatest advo-
cates of peace and order, to observe in the instance
before us the confident ability to meet any sudden emer
gency, which is the best guarantee of a peaceful state of
society.

" The Moorish authorities ill-treat the Consul of
France at Mogadore, and news reaches Gibraltar that a
French screw-frigate has been dispatched to chastise the
offenders and obtain redress—that screw-frigate is the
Pomone. British interests are at stake. An English
frigate opportunely arrives, likewise a screw—that frigate
is the Arrogant ; she is dispatched forthwith, and
although 20 hours have elapsed, arrives off the port of
Mogadore ere her competitor has picked out a soft place
to let go her anchor. We neither preach intervention
or non-intervention; nor do we for a moment wish to
insinuate that the would be belligerents were at all
staggered at the Arrogant apparition in the offing; but
suffice it to say that affairs were amicably arranged in a
wonderfully short space of time, and a mutual exchange
of friendly salutes publicly announced the fact.
This of itself is a lesson, but we have yet more
to relate. By noon of the day in question the Po-
mono bad again taken her departure from Mogadore;
in two hours more the Arrogant was in her wake ;
at 45 minutes past eight the same evening the
rival frigates were neck and neck, and it was now
Who'll be first at Gibraltar ?' Behaving most nobly,
and without at all exerting her utmost or even turning
a hair,' the Arrogant reached the goal 22 hours before
her adversary, thus beating her a long 24 hours on the
return voyage alone (a distance of 330 miles). As it is
only by comparison that we arrive at a certain amount
of perfection, so we must leave our readers to judge f
the respective qualities of the two vessels. We visited
the Pomono ere she again parted company. The con-
trast was certainly most striking, and we returned to
the Arrogant congratulating the Government on their
now possessing a war steamer in real earnest, congratu-
I Wing the bui'itkr and the engineer by whose joint efforts
such a noble vessel had been constructed ; and lastly,
congratulating ourselves on belonging to the finest ship in
her Majesty's service.

This-paper, we believe, is the first ever printed arid
published on board ship, and contains many piquant
articles and paragraphs upon general subjects coming
under the notice of the officers of the ship, and a
highly interesting narrative, of a visit .to the great
volcano of Kiranea (Sandwich Islands), by Dr. Rees,
the surgeon.

The- Hecate steam-sloop, Commander Shadwell,
with his Excellency Sir Henry Bulwer, Minister to
the United States, on board, arrived at Bermuda on
the 12th of December, and was to sail the next day
for the Chesapeake.
The following is an extract from a letter written
on board her Majesty's ship Havannah, 22, Captain
Erskine, Auckland, New Zealand, dated June 17,
1849 :—" We left Sydney May 26, and, after a very
rough passage, arrived here on the 7th inst. We sail
to morrow for the Bay of Islands, taking the Bishop
of New Zealand with us. We expect to be in Sydney
by the end of September to refit. A ship arrived here
yesterday with news from England to the 6th of March
inclusive. All well.

Contracts were taken this day at the Royal Clarence
Victualling Establishment, Gosport, for 1,000 quarters
of wheat, at prices ranging from 41s. 4d. to 425. per
quarter, or 10 guineas per load. Above 4,000 quar-
ters were offered.