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NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, JULY 4.—The Seaflower, cutter, Commander
Robilliard, was taken into dock here on Saturday to undergo
a thorough overhaul, and have her defects made good.
The Queen, 110, Captain Sir Charles Sullivan, is in har-
bour dismantling. Her topgallantmasts are struck, and
every preparation made for paying her off; all standing, on.
Friday. The report gains ground that the crew of the Cam-
perdown will be turned over to her (the Queen), on her ar-
rival, and that the Queen will supersede the Camperdown as
flag-ship at the Nore. It has also been remarked by a cer-
tain morning print, noted for its inaccuracy in such matters,
that the Camperdown will be cut down to a 90-gun ship, the
same as the Prince Regent, a first rate (120), now being
razeed to a ship of that class at this port. It is true the Ad-
miralty contemplate cutting down that most notorious ship
(Camperdown) to a two-decker, but a 90-gun ship she will
not make, for at present she carries only 104 guns, and ac-
cording to the general ratio of such things, to remove her
upper deck will take—say 30 guns, which will reduce her to
a 74 ; we believe, however, she will be made to carry 80.
The Waterwitch, 10 gun brig, recently built by Mr. White,
of Cowes, to compete with the new class 12 gun brigs, was
taken out of dock on Tuesday, to receive her masts, after
which she was re-docked to complete her equipment.
:co commissions have yet arrived for the experimental
squadron. It is currently believed they will all be commis-
sioned together, when ready for sea.
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The Sydenham, steam-sloop, Lieutenant-Commander Maple-
ton, having completed her repairs and alterations, and taken
in fuel, sailed on Tuesday evening for Gibraltar and Malta,
via Plymouth. On arrival at her destination she will relieve
the Alecto, Lieutenant-Commander W. Hoseason, the Alecto
having been out nearly four years.
The Childers, 16, Commander G. G. Wellesley, arrived at
Spithead yesterday, from China, with another million dollars
in Sycee silver aboard. She saluted the Admiral, and came
into harbour in the afternoon to discharge her precious
freight at the Royal Dockyard. The proper authorities are
down from the Treasury (we believe) to receive and forward
the same to the Royal Mint.
The Wanderer, 16, was dismasted yesterday, preparatory
to going into clock for overhaul and repairs.
The Pantaloon, 10, is nearly ready for commission to join
the experimental squadron.
The Camperdown, 104, Captain Martin, sailed from the
Sore on Tuesday, for Spithead, with a north-west wind.
The Neptune, 120, will supersede the St. Vincent as flag-
ship at this port, if the Queen goes to Sheerness as re-
ported.

The Collingwood, 80, Captain Eden, flag of Rear-Admiral
Sir G. F. Seymour, is still in harbour, equipping for am.
She is in course of painting' and will drop down. to Spithead
next week, it is expected. She is still very deficient of hands,
not from a scarcity of tars, but from the circumstance of many
of them waiting for the new brigs.
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The St. Vincent, 120, at Spithead, almost daily practises
her crew at gunnery, in which they are very etlici2nt, and
give general satisfaction to their officers and Commander-in-
Chief.

Vice-Admiral Sir John Chambers White, at Sheerness, has
hoisted his flag on board the Ocean, 80, Captain Peter Fisher,
during the absence of the Camperdown, and until another
ship is appointed to the station.
The Resistance troop-ship is in dock undergoing repairs.
Two of the smugglers apprehended last week were brought
up before the magistrates here on Saturday, were convicted,
and fined each 1001., but not. being able to pny so heavy a
tine, one of them was consigned to gaol for six, and the
other, being an old offender, for nine months. The third pri-
soner, the gun-room steward of the Resistance, was brought
up on Tuesday, but escaped through an error in the informa-
tion, which was drawn up by Mr. Rutherford, solicitor to the
Customs, who was sent down to prosecute.
The Court-martial on Lieutenant (First) B. A. Wake,
late of the Pearl, which was to have taken place on board
the Ocean at Sheerness on Monday, was postponed, but we
believe it will take place on Friday on board the same ship,
or the Poictiers. The charges are preferred by Captain Stop-
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ford, late of the Pearl.
The Commander-in-Chief, Sir Charles Rowley, very sud-
denly returned on Monday from his intended cruise among
the Channel Islands in his yacht the Fanny. The gallant
and much respected Admiral was attacked with sudden ill-
ness on the second day after he left this port, which is the
cause of his premature return. His flag is again flying from
the St. Vincent.

ruazi: MONEY FOR THE CAPTURE OF SLAVERS.

ABOVE 3,000/. MORE FOR. THE WATBRWITCH.-This
noted slave-deliverer has another lot of prize-money adver-
tised for distribution among the flag-officers of the jAtion, her
commander (then lieutenant, now commander), J. IT: Matson,
and the officers and crew who were present at the captures,
which will be, paid on and after the Ist of August next, at
22, Arundel-street, Strand. The following are the prizes and
the proportions for each :-1,7701. 16s. tonnage bounties for
name unknown, supposed to be the Himmaleh, seized 10th
Feb., 1842.-Flag, 1101. 13s. 6d. ; commander, 207/. 10s. 4d. ;
second class, 84/. is. 6d. ; third, 42/. Os. 9d. ; fourth,
28/. Os. 6d. ; fifth, 14/. 03. 3d. ; sixth, 9/. 6s. 10d.; seventh,
4/. 13s. sd. 6831. 6s. Bd. tonnage bounties for the Gentil
Africano, seized 28th Aug., 1842.-Flag, 42/. 14s. 2d. ; com-
mander, 80/. Is. Bd. ; second class, 27/. 14s. 4d.; third,
13/. 17s. 2d. ; fourth, 91. 4s. 9d. ; fifth, 4/. 12s. 4d. ; sixth,
3/. Is. 7d. ; seventh, 1/. 10s. 9d. 1,147. 18s. Bd. slave and
tonnage bounties for the Josefina, seized 12th Nov., 1842.-
Flag, 71/. 14s. 11d. ; commander, 134/. 10s. 6d. ; second class,
511. Is. ld. ; third, 254. 108. 6d.; fourth, 17/. Os. 4d.; fifth,
81. 10s. 2d.; sixth, Si. 13s. sd. ; seventh, 2/. 16s. Bd.

THE « TIMES" AND THE NEW
POOR-LA W.
The simple verification of all our reasonings, statements,
and prognostications, with respect to the new poor-law, how-
ever flattering—as in truth it is flattering to us—would' not
have been so to such an extent, had we not conceived that it
weuld least to vast and universal good. Lord Sandon'4 speech
on Thursday night is of a character to deserve special notice.
His personal position, also, gives him weight, as he must be
considered to represent the sentiments of a large and highly
respectable portion of the Tory aristocracy of the country.
His Lordship, be it well remembered, was, up to a certain
point, an advocate and a supporter of the new Bill. What.
ever the opinions of such a man may be, they deserve atten-
tion because he is sincere, possessing also undoubted consi-
deration for talent and intelligence, as well as integrity. And
what was the opening subject of Lord Sandon's speech on
Thursday night? It was a candid avowal of the effect pro-
duced by " one. powerful organ boldly representing, and
constantly, vigorously, and energetically urging the evils of
the existing system of poor-laws. There could not,"
said his Lordship, " have been that change which
has tardily been conceded, nor would the measure
have been proposed which embodied so many of the
amendments (we wish our countrymen to attend to this)
that had been perseveringly advocated by that journal," had
it not, in fact, taken the part which it did take—" had there
been no such influential organ of public opinion." It is gra-
tifying to us to know, on such authority, that we have ren-
dered services so great to our suffering countrymen—to the
sons and daughters of labour, the heirs of sorrow—through-
out this realm. Our task has certainly been a difficult one.
No labour of thought, no bodily toil, no expense has been
spared, to bring the question, so far as it is now carried, to
a successlul issue. It was the cause of humanity that first
separated, us from the Whigs, the self-styled Reformers
there were many of their preceding acts at which we hesi-
tated and faltered; we made some sacrifice, however, to con-
fidence and a predisposition to approve. But when they
made this daring inroad upon humanity itself—when they
gave up the whole labouring population of England, by one
cruel act, as it were to misery and torment, our road was
no longer the same ; we separated from them broadly.
Our refuge, then, was the Conservative party—Sir Robert
Peel and his associates ; and, for a while at least, they
gave us reason to suppose that our trust in them was
not ill-founded. The declarations of most of them on the
hustings, and we might say the same of their speech-es in the
House of Commons, were decidedly hostile to the new poor-
law; and those who harboured mischief in their hearts were
generally silent.. Judge, then, how great was our surprise—
how deep our sorrow—when we found that The new 4E14427,
the Conservative party, so far as it was headed by Sir Robert
Peel, was determined to adhere, in spite of intervening ex-
perience, to tlfe arbitrary enactments of the Whig Bill. Ah',at,
then, had we to look to? We boldly answer—to the poOePle
of England, and to ourselves. Lord Sandon's conduct upon
the present occasion will entitle him to the gratitude of a
greater body of his countrymen than be may be aware of.
We ourselves would sincerely thank him for the approbation
which he has bestowed upon this journal for the part which
it has taken on the important question under consideration.
We have done all in our power to deserve the applause of
honourable men like himself ; but applause does not always
follow good intentions. We do, therefore, again most cor-
dially thank his Lordship, and hope that his efforts will, both
in this and every other future measure, tend to his own ho-
nour and the good of his country.

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