The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-24 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE

PORTSMOUTH, DEc. 22.—The Britannia, 120, was
• brought from her moorings alongside the jetty on Thurs-
day, to be completed as an advance ship.
The Emerald, tender, sailed yesterday, with super-
numeraries for the ships fitting out to the westward.
The Lily, 16, Commander C. J. F. Newton, was
docked on Friday, to have her :copper examined and
cleaned, prior to hoisting the pendant.
The Falmouth arrived on Friday from the eastern
yards, with stares.
The Princess Royal, 90, (after the Albion) has had
her workmen taken off her, in pursuance of Admiralty
order.
The Albatross, 16, Commander Yorke, and the Ferrett,
6, Commander Oake, left St. Helena prior to the 20th of
September, for a cruise in the Bights of Benin. The
Albatross captured, on the 10th of August, a large
Spanish slaver, named Bolladore, which has been the
terror of the coast.
The Salamander, steam-sloop, Commander A. S.
Harnond, was at Otaheite on the 24th of July.
The Cormorant, steam-sloop, Commander G. T. Gor-
don, was at Valparaiso on the Ist of September.
The Espoir, 10, Commander Hadaway, left Ascension
on the 10th of October, for Congo River, having left
Commander Morrel at that island, as Commandant, vice
Finlaison, invalided.
The Sealark, 10, Commander Gooch, was lying at
Ascension on the 15th of October.
The ado, 18, Commander the Hon. 11. Koppel, is
ordered home from the China station to be paid off.
In Harbour—The Victorious hulk, bearing the flag of
the Commander-in-Chief, Sir Charles Rowley ; the Vic-
tory, the Excellent, Nautilus, Siren, Sparrow ketch, and
Dwarf and Fearless steamers ; and Britannia, 120, along-
side the jetty.
In Dock—The St. Vincent, Prince Regent, Ven-
geance, Victoria and Albert, Athol, and Lily.
In the Basin—The Neptune, Magicienne, and Locust
steam-sloop.
At Spithead—None.
DEC. 23.—The Royal mail steamer Avon came into
this harbour on Saturday, and was docked this day to
repair defects.
The Siren, 16, Commander Smith (b), will be paid off
to-morrow.
The Pique, 36, Captain the Hun. M. Stopford ; the
Eurydice, 26, Captain Elliott ; and Rose, 18, Captain
Sturt, were lying at Barbadoes on the 25th ult.
The Scylla, 16, Commander Sharpe, and Imaum re-
ceiving-ship, 72, Commodore Sharpe, were at Jamaica
on the 23d ult.

The Inconstant, 36, Captain Fremantle, left Port
Royal for Vera Cruz prior to the 23d of November.
The Styx steam-sloop, Captain Vidal, was at Fay:Li
on the 14th inst.

DE VONPORT.—The Portsmouth tender, Lieutenant
Peter Cracroft, sailed on her return to Portsmouth on
Wednesday.
The Albion, 90, Captain Lockyer, was towed from the
Sound into the harbour on Friday, to refit and repair
defects.

The Acorn, 16, Commander J. G. Bingham, hoisted
the pendant on Wednesday.
The Watervvitch, 8, Commander T. Francis Birch,
was undocked on Wednesday, having had her copper
cleaned, &c.

The Mutine, 12, Commander Crawford, was docked
on Wednesday, and has since had nine inches added to
her false keel ; she was undocked on Friday.
The Firebrand, steam-frigate, Captain Hope, came
into harbour from the Sound on Friday to refit.
The Persian, 16, Commander Coryton, hoisted the
pendant on Friday.
In Harbour—The Caledonia, San Josef, Albion,
Superb, Acorn, Persian Daring, Mutine, Flying Fish,
Osprey, Espiegle, Pantaloon, Waterwith, Cruiser, Sa-
vage, Snipe cutter, and Firebrand and Confiance
steamers.

The following warrant officers have been appointed to
the ships fittiag out at this port ;
Gunners—W. Meldrum, to the Superb; John Reeves,
to the Ranger ; Richard Hooper, to the Racehorse ;
Thomas CI ossman, to the Persian ; Richard Williams,
to the Action ; Henry Norris, to the Acorn.
Boatswains—William Youlton, to the Ranger ; Alfred
Marshall, to the Racehorse : John Biddeford, to the
Persian ; John Wood, to the Actmon ; Samuel Hill, to
the Acorn.

Carpenters—William Elms, to the Royal Oak ; Wm.
Polyblank, to the Ranger ; William Goodman, to the
Racehorse ; Thomas Penfound, to the Persian ; John
James Knight, to the Actmon ; William Tucker, to the
Acorn.

Captain Gray, Lieutenants Bunce, Farmer, and
Nepean, with three sergeants, three corporals, two
drummers, and 138 privates, Royal Marines, entered on
board the Superb, 80, Captain Corry, on Saturday.
PnomoTtoNs.—Lieutenants—W. Robinson, 1837, late
of the Arrow ;G. Sprig-g, 1839, late of the Brisk ;J.
Lunn, 1829, late of the Locust ; J. T. Caldwell, 1834,
late of the Agincourt (First Lieutenant), and acting
Commander of the Wolf, to the rank of Commander ;
Richard Jones (a, 1800), to be retired Commander on
the list of 1830.

➢Mates—H. Kerr, 1841, of the Carysfort, and A. 0.
Hansard, 1836, of the Geyser, to the rank of Lieutenant.
APPOINTMENTS.—Captain—G. Mansell, 1840, who
commanded the Wasp, 16, at the capture of St. Jean
d'Acre, to the Actaeon.

Commanders—G. J. Hay, 1828, to the Racehorse ;
T. S. Thompson, 1832, to the COMU3 ; IL Coryton,
1841, to the Persian ; J. E. Bingham, 1841, to the
Acorn; C. J. F. Newton, 1831, late of the Coast Guard,
to the Lily ; Sir F. IVNicholson, 1841, to the Fan-
tome ; James Anderson (b, 1841), to the Ranger ; G.
S. Hand, 1841, to the Espoir, vice Morrell, to the Tor-
toise, on the coast of Africa ; W. R. Stephens (acting),
to the Superb ; and G. E. Davies, to the Wolf, on the
China station, vice Hayes, invalided.

Lieutenants—C. Bullet), 1840 ; J. W. Fairholme,
1842, of the Excellent ; and A. G. West, 1844, pro-
moted from the Firebrand to the Superb ; E. B. Rice,
1844, to the Rattler; IL Edwards, to the Osprey ; R.
B. Carter, to the Daring ; W. A. Munton (for rank), to
the Royal William ; 'l'. C. Meheux, to the Tartarus ;
M. Bourchier, to the Acuson ; H. Probyn, to tho Lily ;
11. le Vesconte, to the Superb ; J. W. Walton and J.
Irving, to the Excellent ; R. Robertson, 1840, and H.
1). Blanekley, 1844, to the Rattler; E. P. Pup?, 1844, to
the Fantome; A. R. Henry, 1842, to the Ranger; T. N.
Moore, 1828, to the Comm; ; H. Eden, 1837, to the
Eagle ; W. Tottenham, to the Racehorse ; F. Martin,
to the Persian ; G. Cleveland, to the Actmon ; L. B.
Mackinnon, to the Superb ; and P. A. Ilalkett, to the
Acorn.

Masters—W. H. T. Green, 1844, to the Rattler ;
J. F. Wilkins, to the Lily ; J. F. Forster, to the Actaeon;
J. G. Nops, 1841, to the Racehorse; T. Goss, 1642, to
the Acorn; A. L. Halloran, to the Ranger; and J.
Bowler, to the Persian.
Surgeons—D. Davidson, M.D., to the Royal William,
for rank; J. Coulter, M.D., to the Superb; H. Liddle, to
the Comus ; P. Fisher, to the Firebrand ; and A. R.
Bradford, to the Acton.
Paymasters and Pursers—H. Chirnmo, to the Lily; G.
Thorn, to the Superb ; J. R. Tate, to the Rattler ;
J. Forster, to the Racehorse; J. S. Pope, to the Actaeon;
W. Weaver, to the Cruiser, vice Lance; E. Ward, to the
Acorn; and R. Ridley (acting), to the Ranger.
Chaplain—Rev. W. G. Tucker, from the Albion to
the Ceylon, for service at Malta, vice Ritson, to Pem-
broke Dockyard.
Second Masters—W. P. Braund to the Superb ;
J. W. Lowe, to the Actaeon ; and A. L. Halloran
(acting), to the Ranger.
Master's Assistant—C. B. M'Dermott, to the Lily.
Assistant Surgeon—R. C. Russell, to the Royal Hos-
pital, Stonehouse.
Midshipman—J. W. Bridges, to the Actaeon.

Sir John Cuninghame Fairlie, Sir Maxwell Wal-
lace, and Captain King, have been this week on a visit
to Mr. Wallace, the Member for Greenock, on a wood-
cock shooting excursion. The first eay they saw
between forty and fifty woodcocks, the second day not
quite twenty, owing to the thaw which took place on the
evening of the first day. The birds sat reli arkably
close, and were unusually heavy and in fine condition,
bat being in the strongest parts of the covers, eight
couple only were killed. We understand IMr. Wallace
adheres to his rule, since he went into Parliament, of
taking no share in field sports, in which walk he had all
his lifetime before been so distinguished.—Glasgow
Saturday Post.
The mortal remains of Lady Anne Culling Smith
were on Monday last removed from Hampton Court
Palace to Egham Church, there to be deposited in the
family vault. This mournful ceremony was attended
by her afflicted husband, Mr. Culling Smith, as chief
mourner, and also by the Duke of Beaufort, the Duke of
Wellington, the Marquis of Worcester, and Lord Robert
Grosvenor. The Earl of Mornington, Lord Cowley, and
the Hon. and Rev. Dr. Wellesley, were unavoidably
prevented from attending the funeral of their sister. Sir
Culling Eardley Smith was also unavoidably prevented
from attending.
Lady Jemima Eliot gave a splendid ball on Wed-
nesday last at the residence of the Secretary for Ireland,
the Right Hon. Lord Eliot, in the Phoenix Park, Dublin,
when above six hundred distinguished persons honoured
her Ladyship by their presence. Among the company
were present the Earl of Clancarty, the Countess of
Glengall, the Countess of Donoughmore and Miss Le-
vinge, Sir Edward and Lady Elizabeth Borough, the
Earl of Pomfret, Lord Tullamore, the Attorney-General
for Ireland, Mrs. and the Misses Smith, Viscountess
Mascarene, Sir Philip and Lady Crampton, Lady and
Miss King, Sir John, Lady, and Miss Burgoyne, Sir
George Mortis, Lord Cosmo Russell, Mr. A'Court,
Colonel and the Hon. Mrs. White, Sir Compton and
Lady Domvile and the Misses Domvile, the Solicitor-
General for Ireland, Lady Emily Pennefather, Captain
and Lady Emily Seymour, Colonel and Miss Gordon,
Sir Henry Marsh, Colonel and Miss Jones, Lieut.-
Colonel Frith, Colonel Mitchell and the officers of the
6th Regiment, the officers of the Bth Hussars, the officers
of the Royal Artillery, the officers of the 3!d, 73d, 67th,
46th, and 66th Regiments, stationed in Dublin, &c.
It is said that the King of the Freneh occupies
himself so little about what the newspapers say in
France, that he hardly ever reads them ; and it is sin-
gular enough that the junior members of the Royal
Family only read the papers which are inimical to the
reigning dynasty and the existing order of things--such
as the National and the &forme, considering it wiser to
learn the sentiments of their enemies than read the adu-
lations of their friends.—Court Journal.
FIRE AT CIIELSEA.—Last night, about half-past
six o'clock, the neighbourhood of Elizabeth-terrace,
Chelsea, was considerably excited by the discovery of a
fire making the most frightful progress in a newly built
house. Some carpenters and bricklayers had been em-
ployed therein during the day, and when the ',once
forced an entrance they discovered the timbers on fire.
Messengers soon went for engines, and after their arrival
the alarm soon subsided, but considerable damage was
done to the interior of the building...l,

PORTUGAL.
LISBON, TUESDAY, DEc. 17.
The Cortes were closed on Saturday last by the
Queen in person, the usual ceremonies being observed
upon the occasion. Her Majesty delivered from the
throne the following brief address :
" Illustrious Peers of the realm, and Deputies of
the Portuguese nation—lt is with unfeigned pleasure
that I this day behold myself surrounded by the re-
presentatives of the nation.
"I congratulate you, conjointly with myself, on the
fruitful result of your parliamentary labours.
" The measures resorted to by the legislative body,
for the purpose of establishing upon a solid basis the
public tranquillity, which has been unfortunately in-
terrupted in various parts of the kingdom, have pro-
duced the desired effect, and those which have since
been approved of, present the well-founded hope that
the Throne and constitutional institutions will not be
offended anew.

"The plans which have been adopted by you for
the improvement of the public revenue finances will
most powerfully tend to the attainment of that so
generally desired object, viz., the complete organiza-
tion of this important point.
" Public confidence, so generally manifested, to-
gether with the progressive augmentation of the
general credit, furnish an undeniable testimony to
the importance and utility of those measures.
" The affairs which have been submitted to your
deliberation have been of the most. weighty nature,
and it behove me to say that the views taken of the
same, and resolutions adopted by you, have proved
you to be worthy of the nation's confidence as well as
of m 7 most especial benevolence.
" the session is closed."
In politics there is nothing new, or of a nature
worthy communicating.
['he weather for the last few days had been most
tempestuous, blowing a hurricane, with heavy flood-
ing rains. On Saturday, at two P.M. a brig, the Li-
beral, from Rio Janeiro, in making for the South
Channel entrance, was seen suddenly to strand, with
a high and heavy sea running over her.
Before sunset several objects from the wreck,
among which were the mail-bags, were picked up in-
side the bar. The captain, four passengers, and four
of the crew were lost. The register frigate Ruguesa
de Braganza, which is anchored of Belem, sent boats
to the assistance of the unfortunate vessel, but in
vain. A tremendous sea and the gale blowing right
in prevented them making the least way. Nothing
could be done. It was their fate to perish. A Spanish
vessel is also on shore, and a good deal of anxiety is
beginning to be felt for the Oporto steamer, which
must have been at sea now some days.

ROYAL ARTILLERY SAVINGS
BANKS.

A general order, dated December 16, 1844, has
just been issued for the information of the officers,
non-commissioned officers, and men of the Royal
Artillery, on Home and Foreign stations, relative to
the savings' banks to be established in the corps in the
course of next year.
1. The following regulations and instructions for
establishing regimental savings' banks in the Ord-
nance corps, approved by the Master-General and
Board's order, dated 31st of July, 1844, S 524, are
promulgated to the Royal Regiment of Artillery :-
2. The Master-General and Board have decided
that the regulations are not to come into operation
until the Ist of April, 1845, in order that there may
be sufficient time for transmitting them to the most
distant stations, and for the officers and men becom-
ing duly acquainted with them before they are acted
upon.
3. In order to ensure the regulations being cor-
rectly carried into effect, three copies will be issued
for each troop, company, and adjutant's detachment,
viz., one copy for the guidance of the officer com-
manding the troop or company, and one copy in the
possession of the pay non-commissioned officer, for
the information of the men of the company. A copy
will also be issued for each field officer in command
at home and abroad. With the regulations will be
issued the blank ledgers, with other documents, which
are to be forwarded to their destinations.
4. The institution of savings' banks in the army
being intended for the permanent advantage of sol-
diers, the Master-General and Board desire that all
officers in command of troops and companies will
afford every facility and encouragement to the non-
commissioned officers and men unler their orders to
become depositors; but they, at the same time, re-
quest that officers will use such means as they may
deem necessary to prevent the capricious deposit of
small sums for short periods only, which would occa-
sion much trouble without being of any benefit to the

men.

5. With respect to men detached from head-quar-
ters, they will be at liberty to make arrangnments for
the transmission of any moneys they may wish to de-
posit in the troop or company's savings' banks; in
making of which arrangements the officers or non-
commissioned officers in charge of the detachment,
and also the officers commanding the troops or com-
panies to which the men belong, are, in accordance
with 4 of this order, especially directed to assist them
with the best advice and information they may be
enabled to affbrd; but it must be distinctly under-
stood that, in the event of accident, any loss incurred
in this way must be borne by the party making the
deposit.
6. In carrying into effect the savings' banks regu-
lations some difficulty may be felt at first, from the
dispersed nature of the Artillery service ; but it is
hoped experience will suggest plans for overcoming
any that may arise; and the Master-General and
Board trust that officers will exercise the strictest
supervision over the accounts of every individual.
(Signed) 11. D. ROSS,
Deputy Adjutant-General.

MORE CARRIAGE ROBBERIES.—L3st night infor-
mation of the following extensive robberies from gentle-
men's carriages whilst en route was received at the head
office of the Metropolitan Police, Great Scotland-yard:—
Stolen on the evening of Friday last, from the hind part
of the carriage of J. Savage, Esq., of No. 2, Clarges-
street, between the New-cross Railway Station and
Clarges-street, a dressing case, lined with crimson velvet,
containing the following very valuable articles of jewel-
lery : —A Maltese cross with a large diamond in the centre,
surmounted with smaller ones; two diamond half hoop
rings, with seven stones in each; an emerald ditto, with
five stones; a ruby ring, with large stone; a sapphire
ditto, set with small brilliants; an amethyst ring, sur-
rounded with brilliants; a yellow chain and ring, a
turquoise ditto, with hair at the back and small diamond;
a turquoise ring of fire stones, a pair of gold filagree
diamond earrings, a pair of diamond earrings, set
transparent, and strung with pearls; a pair of pearl
earrings, a pair of diamond ditto, set solid; two sets
of pearl gold earrings, one pair with diamond tops; a
Trinchinopoli chain screw snap, with ruby in centre ;
two plain bracelets, a gold ditto, with heart ; a pair of
pink topaz earrings, a gold heart and cross, a small
mourning ring, with white hair, set with brilliants ; a
silver butterfly brooch, and a Bombay work-box, ivory
inlaid, with silver and ebony, and with purple and velvet,
containing a gold thimble and scissors. From the car-
riage of H. D. Prinsep, Esq., of 37, Hyde Park-gardens,
supposed between the Bricklayers' Arms Railway sta-
tion and Hyde Park-gardens, a new portmanteau, with
" H. T. Prinsep" engraved on a brass plate, containing
several silk dresses, numerous habit shirts, and collars of
Valencia lace, a handsome worked pocket handkerchief,
a Court white plume of feathers, a headdress, velvet,
with gold and silver fringe band, with falls of gold and
silver tissue at the sides, which descend to the shoulders;
a Benares turban, all of gold and silver tissue ; several
velvet vests, embroidered with gold lace, other vests,
silk, plaid, and jean ; as also a tortoiseshell head comb,
with a tortoiseshell top. -
A MONUMENT TO Prcrox.—We do not think we
shall either deservedly render ourselves obnoxious to a
charge of egotism, or exhibit the Welshman as evincing
a love of praise less unequivocally than praise-worthi-
ness, if, in our desire to dissociate ourselves from what
we deem discreditable, we take the opportunity which
now presents itself of mentioning a fact, in reference to
Picton's monument, personal to ourselves. We neither
covet nor claim any praise, but we should be ashamed of
ourselves bad we shrunk from the performance of an
obvious public duty, deterred by any servile apprehen-
sion of offending parties whose conduct had proved
sufficiently that they required a plain-spoken monitor to
remind them of neglect. The fact, then, which we
desire to state, because we would not ride through
Coventry with Carmarthen, or any other Corporation
that had committed itself to a meanness, and continued
in the slough and depths of that meanness, is simply
this :—The individval who has conducted this paper at
Carmarthen, for some years, has, in his editorial capa-
city, through the columns of the Welshman, over and
over again, publicly and earnestly called upon Carmar-
then, and the countrymen of the lion-hearted Picton, to
come forward and vindicate its claim to common decency
at least. We have repeatedly urged upon their attention
the harm they were doing to their own reputation, and
the injury they were inflicting on the character of their
Cambriam countrymen, by the pettifogging parsimony
described in the foregoing article. We have more than
once represented, in the pages of this paper, the stigma
attaching to the town of Carmarthen and its environs,
by what every stranger considers a mean and sordid
neglect, significant of a littleness and an ignoble nature
in those who do not see it in that light. Whoever else,
therefore, is to blame, we at least are blameless. Some-
thing, however, it seems, is now at length going to be
done. May we remind our readers that, for the mea-
sure now in progress, they are mainly indebted to the
public press ? But for the Times, through its able re-
presentative, Picton's monument would have remained a
disgrace to Wales. And we will here repeat, withont
reference to this comparatively unimportant matter, what
we have on several former occasions said—namely, that
South Wales owes a deep debt of gratitude to the Times,
for a full and proper discharge of the duties devolving on
the public press.— Welshman.
THE QUEEN AND THE BISHOF OF EXETER.—We
hear it stated, upon authority which we believe to be
good, that a communication has taken place between
Sir Robert Peel and the Bishop of Exeter, respecting
his recent charge to- the clergy of his diocese, and that
an intimation has been conveyed to the Right Rev. Pre-
late, that if he persist in the Rubrical innovations—or
restorations ?—there prescribed, the Queen, as the head
of the Church, must interfere.—Weekly Chronicle.