The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-02 00:00:00

HAMBURGH MAIL.
THE HAGUE, AUG. 28.—The Portafoglio Maltese
of the 14th instant announces that the Netherlands
frigate the Rhine and the Jason. under the command
of his Royal Highness Prince lle•,rv, arrived at Malta
on the 13th, from Tunis. It is said they wei-e to go
to the Levant.

Bois LE Duc • AUG. 29.—Though the river has
continued to rise up to this time, the accounts from
other places announce fall, and we hope tl-Je dikes on
one side of the city will not be broken through Qr
Overflowed. Thank's to the officers of the Polders,
who, by constant and persevering etToits, by vast num-
bers of workmen, great .--f.xpenses, and persoliai
tions, have hitherto prevented the water `'rota doing
any damage. The water is 77 inches above the water
mark in the dikes of the river Dieze. The damue
Would be incalculable if there should be a breach in
these dikes.
HOTTERDAM.—The New Rotterdam Courant has
the following article :
" A respectable commercial house has communi-
cated the following account, dated Alexandria, the
6th of August
"Since Mehemet Ali is at Cairo, his Highness
oeems to be more calm, and no longer talks of abdicat-
ing, or of going to Mecca. Public tranquillity has
not been for a moment interrupted. We subjoin the
note addressed by the Consuls of the five great Powers,
to Artim Bey, the chief Minister of the Viceroy, and
his answer to it.
~ikt.ExANDRIA, JULY 27, 1844.—T0 his Excellency
Artim
Bey, Minister of his Highness Viceroy of
Egypt.
"His Highness, Mehemet Ali, having suddenly
Pone to Cairo, and publicly declared that he intended
Immediately to set out on a pilgrimage to Mecca, we
tegreth
having been deprived of the satisfaction of
personally
paying our compliments to hint, and re-
quest your Excellency to convey to his Highness the
expression of our respectful esteem for his person.
"We doubt not that his Highness, before he left
Alexandria, had taken all necessary measures for the
maintenance of public tranquility in this city, where
the safety and interest of our countrymen may be
endangered by the least irregularity; and we hope
that his Highness, before his departure from Cairo,
will acquaint us, either directly or through your
Excellency, with the measures which he takes for the
goYernment of the country during his absence.
(Signed) "LAURIN, for Austria.
LAVULLETTO, for France.
STODDART,Great Britain.
WAGNER, Prussia.
SAM, Russia."
b Answer of Artim Bey to the Consuls of the Five
-uowers at Alexandria :

"August 2, 1844.
"Said Pacha has arrived from Cairo. The Viceroy
having seen the joint note of the Consuls-General,
said, ' Return immediately to Alexandria, and tell
`trtim Bey to make the Consuls-General easy with
respect to the tranquillity of the country ; remain
Yourself at Alexandria, while Ibrahim Pacha shall
send to Cairo, where I shall hold a council; the
nutters to be discussed there relate to the internal
klnlinistration of the country, and must be con-
-lidered by me and my servants. If Igo to Meoca
„
shall take such measures as circumstances require,
and they shall be immediately communicated to the
vonsuls-General. My health does nut permit me to
receive them, and I request them to remain at
Alexandria.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
PonTsmouTn, Atm. 30.—The Earl of Haddington,
we are happy to say, was so far recovered from his sud-
den indisposition yesterday, as to be enabled to leave the
Admiralty-house, and, accompanied by Rear-Admiral
1137(le Parker, crossed the harbour to the Royal Cla-
renee-yard, to receive his Royal Highness Prince Albert
°ll his landing-from the Black Eagle, prior to leaving for
the railway terminus, in the carriage of Sir Hercules
f,akenham, Major-General commanding, and Lieutenant-
vovernor of Portsmouth Garrison.
On the return of the Lords of the Admiralty from the
; LusPection of Hasler Hospital yesterday, their Lordships,
ter the departure of his Royal Highness Prince Albert,
Teeted the stores of the Royal Dockyard.
r, -this morning about half past ten o'clock, Sir George
,‘,l'c'ehhurn, and the other members of the Board, not in-
cluding the Earl of Haddington, proceeded in the car-
40re of Sir Thomas Hastings to Southsea-common,
e the new battery for the instruction of Marines in
Sea Service was inspected. The Colonel-Commandant
r° this division attended their Lordships, who afterwards
it'Peeted the Royal Marine corps in barracks. At about
%quarter past one o'clock their Lordships returned from
beir inspection, and proceeded on board the Excellent,
PPtain Sir Thomas Hastings, to witness shell and ge-
rr.al Practice. Luncheon was ordered for six, at the
:linience of Sir Thomas Hastings, with whom their
so rcishiPe dined last evening. Lieutenant Peel, R.N.,
theirf the Premier, and several other officers, dined with
ro Lordships
,1118 Morning. the Right Hon. the Earl of Haddington
at eleven
the it o'clock held a levee in the Committee-room of
i'oYal Naval College, at which the following officers
were presented :
Admirals—Decres and Lysaght.
Captains—T. M. C. Symonds, Searl, Mowbray, and
Prevost, R.N.
Commanders—Lowe, Slade, Sherringham, Baynton,
Radcliffe, Dyer, Mitchell, Goold, Pritchard, Langtrey,
Worsfold, and- Renans.
Lieutenants--Reid, Stone, Moorman, Burslem, Spal-
ding, Pasco, Ward, and Welsh.
ROYAL MARDlES.—Major—Whylock.
Lieutenant—Sherwen.
The above presentations occupied until past one o'clock,
when his Lordship rose, and proceeded on board the
Xxcelleut, to join the other members of the Board. His
Lordship adjourned the levee until eleven o'clock to-
reorrow, when the other officers not presented to-day,
whose names are on the list, will be received.
Their Lordships dine this evening with Admiral Sir
George Seymour, on board the Collingwood.
....The Black Eagle, Admiralty steam-yacht, S. B. Cook,
'llaatirtommender, will remain, we are informed, at this
Port during the stay of the Lords of the Admiralty.
The Sylvia, 6, tender to the Seaflower, is undergoing
It refit in the harbour.
The Larne, 18, Commander Brisbane, was cruising off
Fernando Po on the sth of June.
by The Pique, 36, Captain the Hon. Montagu Stopford,
private letters just come to hand, is ordered to the
';eeivard Islands to relieve the Inconstant, 36, Captain
; R. Fremantle, after which she will be stationed at
‘uarbadoes.
t The Queen, 110, Captain W. F. Martin, was expected
t° have left her moorings in the harbour for Spithead,
to- left
; but, not being quite complete in her equip-
taent, are informed she will not leave for Spithead
teatil the latter part of next week.
The experimental brig squadron will not be commis-
a,"ed at present. There are no orders respecting them
at the Admiralty-house here.
„he Raven cutter, Lieutenant Stephens, arrived from
?,heerness this morning, bringing supernumerary seamen
i°r the ships fitting out here

ADVANCE SHIPS AT THE DIFFERENT PORTS.
PORTSMOUTH.—Britannia, 120 guns ; Neptune, 120;
'-'stnperdown, 104 ; Rodney, 92 ; Powerful, 84 ; Ven-
f,,"1"....0e, 84; Bellerophon, 78; Pembroke, 72 ; Hastings,
4; President, 50.
Superb,
Nile,
t/XVONPORT.—St. George, 120 guns; Royal Adelaide,
192; Bombay, 84; Calcutta, 84; Clarence, 80;
80; Vanguard, 80; Foudroyant, 78; Indus, 78;
placable, 72; Endymion, 44; Melampus, 42.
CHATHAM.—Tr Ifalgar, 120 guns ; Waterloo, 120 ;
Ga
Ilges, 84; Asia, 84; Achille, 76; Hercules,72; Hawke,
.%); Russell, 72; Cornwall, 50; Conquestador, 50.
4,ORTSMOUTII, FRIDAY EVENING.—The Collingwood,
8j).! Captain Sliart;with the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir
his Seymour, still remains at Spithead, and up to
s hour there is no sign of her removal. Yesterday
tt7e was inspected by the Lords of the Admiralty, and
t by his Royal Highness Prince Albert.
The Lords of the Admiralty went on board the Excel-
s£t gunnery ship, Captain Sir Thomas Hastings, this
:I,l.ernoon, to inspect her, and to witness the shot and
practice. The admirable precision with which the
Win" was carried on elicited the approbation of their
rctships. Every shut was so well directed that it struck,
lut Went quite close 'to, the target. Had a vessel been
oored there instead of the target every shot that was
ted would have hulled her. Their Lordships remained
on board nearly three hours.
b„The Queen, 110, Captain Martin, will go out of har-
-ur on
Monday.
, The rumour is gaining ground that several line-of-
ships are to be commissioned immediately, and
ill:kearances lead us to believe that there is some truth
fur the Pembroke, 74, an advance ship, has been
t
tltiZsti into dock and masted, and the Powerful, 84, has
44,443, been hauled from her moorings to the vicinity
She, dockyard, also for the purpose of being masted.
e, as well as all the other advance ships, are only cop-
iirse,';l to light load water mark, and the caulkers are now
dee ,npon her, and preparing her for being coppered to
vant load water mirk. The Rodney, 90, another al
.e .e shin, is to be masted and got ready for commis-
°lung.
I.6:Lhe Victoria and Albert royal steam yacht, Captain
pai,4 Adolphus Fittclarence, has had her upper deck
%.,,;teci since her return from her cruise to the west-
%Q . She will be quite ready to receive her Majesty
beginning of next week.