The Sun.
London, England, 1850-04-02 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

A great number of hands are working on the
Nankin, 50 guns, at Chatham; but owing to having
all the cabins and internal fittings to put up, she will
not be ready before the middle of June.
The barque Honor, from Ancona, has arrived at
Chatham, with a cargo of timber for the dockyard.
APPOINTHENT.—John S. William!, surgeon su-
perintendent, to the Maria Soines.
MALTA, MAhen 22.—The Bulldog, steam-frigate,
has left Malta for England. She will touch at Tan-
giers to receive on board the remainder of some
beautiful animals, a present from the Emperor of
Morocco to her Majesty, and which the Rosamond,
it was thought, would not be able to take on board.

The Odin, steam•frigate, has repaired damages, and
will proceed in a few days to rejoin Sir \\7m. P3r-
ker's fleet at the Piraeus. Her damage from getting
ashore was very trifling.
MARCH 26.—The French mail-steamer due from
the Levant on the 21st inst., in coming down got on
shore at the Dardanelles, and it is feared will become
a wreck—crew, mails, and groups saved. A portion
of the mails was sent to Athens by the Tartarus
steamer, and forwarded thence to Malta by the Spit-
fire. No particulars have reached us.
The Locust, with the crew of the Ardent, closed
mails yesterday, for England, and will leave during
the day.
The Olin steam-frigate will rejoin the fleet of Sir
W. Parker immediately after the arrival of the mail
of the 24th inst.

The Ganges, 84, has instructions to take up stores
and provision for 5,000 men ; no chance exists of
the return to Malta of the fleet under two or three
months.

The court-martial under Sir James Stirling, lint.,
has lately condemned Lieutenant D'Aguilar, of the
Firebrand steamer, to dismissal from his ship, and to
be placed at the bottom of the lists of lieutenants.
His offence was assaulting Mr. Taprill, second master
of the Firebrand, for interfering to save a young gen-
tleman from the anger of Mr. D'Aguilar. Mr. D.
goes home by the Locust.
PORTSMOUTH, APRIL I.—The Sharpshooter, iron
steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander J. C. Bailey,
went out of harbour this afternoon to Spitbead,
shipped her letters, &c., for Commodore Martin's
squadron, and sailed this evening for the Mediterra-
nean station.

A rumour is very current here to-day that Sir
Francis Baring, M.P. for the borough, and First Lord
of the Admiralty, is about to resign the latter office
and be succeeded by Sir James Graham. We give the
report only as we have received it.
The Sprightly steam-tender, Master-Commander
Allen, proceeded to Southampton to-day to embark
convicts to transfer to the Blenheim convict-ship,
lying in Cowes Roads.
The Orestes merchant barque passed the Wight
this morning from Bombay and Ascension, and sent
on mails and passengers. She sailed from Bombay on
the 16th of November, and put in at Ascension on the
7th of February. The Tortoise store and guard-ship,
Captain Hutton, was the only man-of-war at the latter
island, where provisions were very scarce, as were
vegetables. She made the Western Islands on the 6th
of March.

PLYMOUTLT, MAncu 30.—The Lily, Commander
Bedford, arrived from Portsmouth on Thursday. bier
crew are to be paid advance here, and she will pro.
bably sail on the 2d of April for the East Indies and
China, taking the mails to the coast of Africa.
A considerable fleet of wind-bound merchant vessels
are in the Sound.
THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION.
The Assistance, Captain Erasmus Ommaney, was
taken out of Messrs. Wigram's shipbuilding yard to-
day, being now in an advanced state. The workmen
have commenced replacing the engines of the Pioneer,
and she will soon be ready. A quantity of coals,
about thirty tons to each, have been put on board the
Resolute and the Assistance at Black wall, as the best
article for stowing the hold with under the water.
tanks.

Captain Penny's expedition is in an advanced state,
and will be ready to sail on the 15th inst., according
to letters received from him in town.