The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-13 00:00:00

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rstt.t4ty-AL [NrI'ELLIGENCE.
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Pots` oum,'l 4,tp4spAr.,--F7The Dwarf, steam-tender
to the Royal Yacht; Commander Chamberlain, left the
dt4k aftet havfng had a. rnew "screwAtted,ou Monday.
and went Out of harbour yesterday to try. her. rate of
speed 4e liOrttroceedekl to Soutbsew Castle once, and
was running into, harbour abont qhe o'clock,,and Sheered
otter to`BloOrSoitie:TOrt, firing her ronn d with her
• head-ourto run-down tb the.. Castle' again, but the eddy
tide eatchingher ,upon the ,starbofird-baw between' the
buoy and the ;Victoria. not Allow .-lierAo come
round, the tide making out iery_strong, and notwith-
standing tho word -was given' to 'llitiek" in ample time,
she• gdroweiatept nn, to.the:ststlx)arci paddle-box"-61 the
-George IV., Portsmouth and.Southaaaptousteam.-vessel,
then lying a; the above pier with her head to' the south-
ward. i• The paddle-box 'vas -smashed to` piecies;‘ which
~preyented Altsfiessel making.her usual passage td Sou th-
arn4itan. The Dwarf left hpr,,figure-head:aboaa the
George; -but piiice4ed after the accident ,to Southsea
Castle again, prroilio' returning to,harboor for .the day.
No accident happened 'to the crew-Of either vessel.
The Princess ltnyal transport,Lieut. W. Harris agent,
which arrived from the river on Saturday Kithmoops,
embarked detachments'of the 23d -and' 71st from Park-
hurst (Isle of Wight) barracks- on Tueidhy, and sailed
from-,Seithead for Barbadoes•yesterdaY morning:.
The Scourge, steam-sloop, left the harbour in charge
of. Mr. Aylen, master of the "Victory, and a party of
riggers from the same *ship; in tow ;of the'Comet steam-
vessel, Lieutenant Commander Pretyretin, yesterday
Imorning for the river, to recibir() her engines.. .
The Duck, naval lighter; left_ yesterday for, Sheerness
and Chatham with stores.
The Siren, 16,COmman'der William Smith-hi-rived-this
morning at Spithetul from the East Indies.
The following eircular has recently been issued'by the
Admiralty :77-
having, been represented to the Lords Commis-
sioners of the Admiralty, that the word pert' is' fre-
quently, though not universally,: -substituted on board
her Majesty's ships. for the word larboard,'
:and as the
want of a uniform pritctide. in thi's'respeet may.lead :to
important and serious'inistsikes, mid the distinction be-'
tween 'starboard ' and port! is so much more marked
than that between -starboard and ' larboard,': it is thir
LO-rdships' direction that the word larboard' shall no •
longer be used tU.signif.t left-on board any of her Ma-
• jesty's- ships or-vessels:- •' •-• • '
By command of their Lordships,
" SIDNEY IiERBERT.,
"."TO all Commanders-in-Chief, captains, and com-
manding officers of her Majesty's ships and vessels."
Dilvosi.onT.--The Daedalus, 20; Captain P. M'QuhM,
is expected to receive advance-wages this,day, • and sail
to-morrow for the
was
Indies. . .
The Superb, Bti, was commissioned on Tuesday. by
Lieutenant Fellows (1840) for Captain Sir Charles Sul-
livan who brought home the Queen. •
The Seagull, 6, was undocked on Monday for meeting,
having undergone a thorough overhaul and refit.
The Canopus; is alongside the jetty, preparing for
docking and commission: It is reported that when ready
for sea, she will try her rate of sailing with the AlbiOn,
90. The, Qanopus was captured from the French.
the Cruiser, 16, Commander Fanshawe ; the Mutirie,
12, Commander Crawford ; and the ESplifigle, 12, came
into harbour from the Sound on Monday to refit ; and
the Daring, 12, Commander Matson ; the Osprey, 12,
Commander Patten ; the Flying Fish, :12, Commander
Harris ; and the Waterwitch, 8, Commander T. Francis
Birch, came in on Tuesday. 'The Pantaloon, 8, Corh-
mander(acting) Wilson, is in-the Sound, expecting oil:Dirs.
for Spithead...: , . , • _
The Firebrand steam-frigate, Captain Corry, is await-
ing orders in BiTripool.
Shipwri t
guts are engaged in laying down the .tilitbers.
?fa:: Avenger steam-frigate ~tie slip lately occupied
oy the Ainethyst, 26, laituchkd on,Saturday last. —.
It is rumoured here that, the Queen,. 110,, at Sheei•-
liess, is to be razed le a twcordeclier at Chatham.
'ln Harbour.—The 'CaleclOnia, 'flag-ship ; San
the„ experimental brigs. cruiser, Daring, Osprey, Flying
Fish, Waterwitch, Espii?gle, and Mutine; the ;letleyasid
.Sylph, tenders ; Tartarus and Confiance, steamed;
Goodwill; Tortoise, Hamoaze, and•Detolf, lighteis'; and
Snipe, cutter.. •
In the.Sounil.—:The Thedalus, Firebrand; .and Yenta-
.
loon. • :
Yesterdai..AOrning twoconvicts,` on board ,the York

hulk in Portsmouth Harbour, quitrre lled;',when onee-dreW
a knife upon the other, and stabbect.him, inflicting
wound of which be has; since died. The. names o(the
parties IretitiktioWn, but 'the termination of the inquest,
which- is •baing-heldfon 'the bbdy 'by mt.Gebige Gree-
-sham, Admiralty Corover,will .disclose the:Whole- par-
ticulars. The convict who inflicted the wound.*ras:sen-
tenced to 'transportation for cuttitig one of his wife's
breasti of. •

THE • LIGHT ON-- THE- 'GOOD WIN

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-.• .(Extract front .a•-letter.) •••• ' ' i•-• i•-• - •
",The extract frora.a letter which basAirone the round
of the daily and weekly publications states, in great oe-,
tail, the lOrward 'Stile of 'a liihthOnse upon the'fbiirids-
: don- of, Mh Bash% 'cirissOte Tthel..itift of"Alii•TatiOns),
'from:which it is ,sailite., light .may be exhibited on the
lst pf January. „Prink& latf...ly, r.eturpel, fsprk ivisitytg
Dover and Ramsgate, 'vviere nod tfni,e for obseryatto
'and incitary, 'VCR iiiiiiiti,iilfasiuM'yon that (the.'siVO
statement is either e;delusion oVthemriter's btaikt, •rf
which he i,s4o,be.-pitied,, or, which b 3; ovmeoui• attqm pit
to deceive (a hoax), that may if believed do mischief, *
tit 1 '' d' d' iiii I hope. • ' 11 be i'
not 'pa e y contra tete wic it will by
authority.'
";gvery .Ramsgate. and) Beall pilot, knows that th
only, ergption , oat. has, lately. been, i visible,: 1 tilvni •th
Gobi-twill Sends is the beacon which was bah in. Dove .
Harbour last summer for the Trinity -ebrpOrsitlis
by their engineer, Mr. Walker, and his partner, M .
Burgess, at:ti was iqterwards,, with ,Abe aid .of steams
vesselS, floated to Itamsgate, where it remained . one
of the objects for visitors to look 'at-until the weiTtiet
allowed' it tolu-takenl out ito its station at the brick of
the sande oue,ofithe elder brethren, having the:charge!
I have since converted with Douglas, the, foreman of „the
Work" nader the engineers, who told me, that When the
caisson got over the place where it was to be' itrillt a
sluice was 'opened to. admit . the water, inside, 'when the
caisson sank gapidly, down, to. ,the saud, where, by somq
contrivance, the sides were diSengaged from, the ppttomi
which now fornA the'fofindliti•oll of the beacon; the'wholti
superstructure of mast, ties, Bte:;* with a largo globe ate
top, having been completed and fixed before the-caisson
left. Dover, so that nothing had to be done, when they
-got to thi'edge of the sand, tint 'to 'disengage the sides
:which was done' in,less than an hour; ii hate iniptiied•o
those
„who. have, seen, it,_, 4ingt thit, las t hea,vy : gales; .anti
have .beet; told that it keeps, fits pqs4i_ou, and,is as cruet as
When first piked: The pgots say., that the
...
floating-
lights in deep wateineir'the sand are preferable to light;
hbuses upon the sand, and that beaconss-ShoUld be near
'the edge of the sand, to be of use as beacons." •• '