The Sun.
London, England, 1850-01-07 00:00:00

NAVAL IN TELLIGEN CE.

MALTA, DEC. 24, 1849.—The only naval nevus
we have of the slightest interest consists in a report
which reached us by the Oberon on the 10th instant,
from Cons'antinople' to the effect that the fleet was
about to leave the Dardanelles, or rather Besika-bay,
for Malta, the Russo-Turkish differences being at an
end.

The news of the decease of her Majesty the Queen
Dowager reached Malta by the Medina on the 14th
inept. Orders were issued on the following day for
motfrning, and the flags were hoisted half-mast on
the Palace, the forts, the ships of war in port, public
offices, and Consular flagstaffs, till the evening of the
21st, on which day minute guns were fired as follow :
Fort St. Angelo, 60 guns ; her Majesty's ship Ceylon,
30; Prince Regent, 30; Thetis, 30; and Hercules
store ship,ls. On the following day the flags were
fully hoisted, but the mourning still continues.
The India mails by Medina may be looked for to-
morrow.

DEC. 23, 1849.
DISTRIBUTION OF TIIE MEDITERRANEAN SQUADRON.
In Malta Harbour—The Ceylon receiving ship,
bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Edward Harvey,
Superintendent of Malta Dockyard, and second in
command ; Prince Regent, 92, Captain Martin ;
Thetis frigate, 36, Captain H. Codrington en route
to England ; Volage, 6, surveying ship, Captain
Thomas Graves; Spitfire steamer (kid up), and
Hercules, 12, store ship, Captain R. Fulton.
At Gibraltar—The Janus steamer, Lieut. Powell.
At Leghorn—The Porcupine steamer, Lieutenant
E. F. Roberts.

At Naples—The Locust, manned by the officers
and crew of the Antelope.
At Cephalonia--The Frolic, 16, Captain N. Van-
sittart, and Sharpshooter steam gun-vessel, Lieut.-
Commander BAiley.
At Cyprus—The Auxiliary, surveying-tender to
Volage, Mate, J. IL Glover.
At the Piraeus of Athens—The Racer, 12, Captain
C. Beddoes.

At Salonica—The Research, surveying-tender to
Volage, Lieutenant Lord John Browne.
At 13erika Bay—The Queen, 116, Captain C.
Wise, bearing the flag of 'Vice-Admiral Sir W. Par-
ker, G.O 8., the Commander in,Chief ; Caledonia,
120, Captain T. W. Carter; Howe, 120., Captain Sir
J. Stirling ; Bellerophon, 79, Captain R. L. Baynes ;
Powerful; 84, Captain the Hon. R. S. Dundas ; Ven-
geance, 84, Captain Sir H. M. Blackwood; Firebrand
steam-frigate, Captain T. 0. Knox ; Bulldog, Com-
m.:nder Key ; Rosamond, Commander Foote ; and
Ardent, Lieutenant Nowell, steam-sloops; Ganges,
84, Captain H. Smith ; Spiteful steam-corvette, Com-
mander J. Carmichael.

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At Con3tantinople—The Olin, the non. F. Pel-
ham, end Dragon, Captain W. H. Heakl, steam-fri-
gates ; and Tartarus steam vessel, Comm ander Sir G.
Webster.

At Alexandria—The Growler steamer, Commander
Stothtart.

MAIL STEAM-PACKETS.
At Malta—The Antelope, Lieutenant F. Smyth,
repairing; Merlin, Lieutenant J. 11. Miner ; Oberon,
Lieutenant Gardiner. _ _ _

En route from Malta to Marseilles—•:The 3iledus2,
Li utenant Bathurst.

En route from Malta to the lonian. Islands and
Greece—• The Triton, Lieutenant Glinn-
En route to Malta from Alexandria-4 The Medina,
Lieutenant A. Darby.
PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM 144,1171GAT10N
COMPAN YES FLOTILLA.
At Southampton— The Pasha, Queen, Tagus,
Euxine, and Ilindostan.
En route to Gibraltar and Soutb mpton from
Malta—The Indus.
En route from Southampton to 'Malta—The
Ripon.
En route from Constantinople and i3lack Sea to
Malta—The Sultan.
At Constantinople—The Erin.

UNITED STATES SQUADRON..
At Naples—The Independence frio Lte, bearing
the flag of Commodore Charles W. M organ ; Mis-
sissippi steam frigate, Captain Long; and frigate
Cumberland.

At Leghorn—The Constitution frig ate, Captain
Conover.

At Spezzia—The Jamestown corveae, Captain S.
Mercer.

En route from Gibraltar to Naples--,.:The St. Law-
rence, Captain Paulding, and Erie slo.p.
PORTSMOUTH, SosmAy.—The Terra de steam-fri-
gate, Captain Rope, arrived yesterda:y at 10 A.M.
from Devonport to be docked, in c onsequence of
having taken the ground on entering P lymouth. She
will be taken into the Sidon dock to-i norrow. The
expense of docking and undocking a .sh ip at this port
is 501. per day.
The Bangalore convict ship sailed ts t-clay at noon
from Spithead for Moreton Bay, New South
Wales.
The Raleigh, 50, Commodore Sir 'Thomas Her-
bert, sailed from Rio for this port 01 t the 14th of
November.
The Des talus, 20, Captain G. W eresley, arrived
at Rio from Plymouth on the 2d of N co ,ember.
It is rumoured that the force of 3..t0yal Marines
will be reduced 1,000 men in the new :financial year's
navy estimates.
Wind—N. by W. ; light airs, anstl thick hazy
weather.
PLYMOUTH JAN. 4.—Divers belonging to the ship
were employed yesterday to examine' defects in her
Majesty's steam-frigate Terrible, whic, h touched the
ground on Wilderness Point on Weals esday last. It
is reported that a considerable portie i of her false
keel forward is carried away, and that ; some of her
copper is rubbed off. She will probabil return to-day
to Portsmouth.
Her Majesty's steam frigate Strout boli, Captain
Lord Amelius Beauclerk, came into th e Sound under
canvass, on Thursday afternoon, from a cruise in the
Channel to relieve wind-bound ships.
Her Majesty's sloop Britomarta Commander
Chamberlain, was paid off in Hainoav on Thursday.
The schooner Active, Captain G Ord, came in
last night; left Gijon, on the north CO4 st of Spain, on
the Bth of December, called at Scilly- on Christmas•
day, and at Salcombe on the 27th. The Active has
brought passengers, several miners an d others, some
time engaged on the works of the A sturian Mining
Company, at Marias Valley, three al id a half leagues
from Ovieda. A Spanish vessel, wit b thirty or forty
pap,engers, men and their families, engaged in the
same employ, entered the Thames al 'c ,ut a fortnight
since. The Active landed two Mil ten and three
forgemen at Salcombe, and has bi 'ought here two
engineers, one moulder, two blast 1' arnacemen, five
forgenien, pudd:ers, &c., with their f nilies. Some of
these have been out three or four y( ts, others thir-
teen or fourteen months. The w' srks commenced
upwards of six years since, when S ;l le Spanish Go-
vernment granted the Asturian Co alpany a decree.
Many thousand pounds were expende; I before the mines
were reached, about fifteen months si n ce. The passen-
gers by the Active state that abund la .nce of " mine"
was to be found. At first the quant it yof phosphorus
and arsenic which prevailed pre vi nted the iron
from welding, but this difficulty has been entirely
overcome, and the works are now in as condition to be
turned to great advantage. The Illritish establish-
ment remaining at Marias Valley, i a December, con-
sisted of Mr. J. James, the mining agent, one minor;
two engineers, one bricklayer, o moulder, one
smelter, one refiner, one blast furnace keeper, and one
labourer; besides these some 200 n 300 Spaniards
were employed, but there was every- appearance of a
speedy and total suspension of thew 0 rks.
Wind, westerly, with rain.

APPOINTMENTS.
WOOLWICH, JAN. s.—Captain WI IlmmF. Martin
(1824), of the Prince Regent, 92, fiti appointed com-
modore of the second class, and to c 3mmand the ex-
perimental squadron ordered to as st .mble at Lisbon.
The gallant officer's appointment is dated December
21, 1849.
Master—Thomas Wallis (1816), to the Gladiator
steam-frigate, at Devonport.
Surgeon—John Gibson (1835), to superintend the
Scindian hired freight-ship.
Paymaster and Purser—George .A Lance (1844)
to the Gladiator.
Second Master—William W. Ri 4 Idle (1846), re.
cently serving in the Spitfire, to t' p e Gladiator.
Midshipman—Charles Hope Joh; 3 son, to the Ter
rible steam-frigate, at Portsmouth.
Master's Assistant—William
Gladiator.
Clerks—William Holmes Turn et (1841), to the
Agincourt, 72, depot ship of ord ary, Devonport ;
John Tompkins (1848) and C. Ji Goodyer, to the
Gladiator.
Naval Cadets—S. F. Shore, to 'the Phaeton, 50,
at Sheerness ; Allen C. Adams, 1 :0 the Gladiator.
Gunners—William H. Lewcocl c, to the Gladiator;
David Hamm, to the Terrible.
Boatswain—Edward Mann, to th, ) Gladiator.
Carpenter—John Lee, to the I diator.
Commodore William F. Marti; ('1849) was mid-
slipman of the-Akbar, serving in ;he Scheldt in 1815;
and of the Alceste in Lord Am bet st's embassy to
China, and wrecked in that ship. H. 3 was commander
of the Fly in 1823, and rendered in .portant services
to British interests at Callao vry lien senior officer at
that place. 1,9

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