The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-08 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, 111Alr 6. The Iris, 26, Captain G. R.
Mundy, was at St. Jago on the 24th of February, after an
unprecedented quick passage from Madeira. On the 25th
of February the Satellite sloop, 18, Commander R. H. B.
Rowley, also anchored in the harbour, from the same port
(Madeira). On a trial of the sailing qualities of these
two ships, the Iris beat the Satellite by sixteen hours in
four days.
The Vixen, 6, steam-sloop, Commander George Giffard,
left Hong-Kong on the 12th of January, for Amoy and Chu-
san, with mail and dispatches for Commodore H. D. Chads,
of the Cambrian, 36, in that station.

The Waterwitch, 10, is now ready for removal from Mr.
' White's yard, at Cowes, to Portsmouth, for commission.
She will form one of the experimental brig squadron.
The Black Eagle, Admiralty yacht, Mr. S. B. Cook, Mas-
ter-Commander, is expected round from Woolwich this day,
to be in readiness to convey her Majesty from this port to
Cowes to-morrow. Her Majesty and attendants will'remain
at Osborne two or three days, it is confidently reported.
The Collingwood, 80, will be commissioned this week by
Commander Broadhead (1841) for Captain Eden, for the flag
of Sir George Seymour, appointed to command in the Pacific.
She will he commissioned in dock, and from the number of
hands already in want of ships, she will be speedily manned.
The St. Vincent, 120, flag-ship of Sir Charles Rowley,
Bart., Commander-in-Chief, &c., will be got out of harbour
to Spithead to-morrow ; her running rigging is rove, and
every other preparation made, as, if she does not go out to-
morrow, she will not be able to leave her moorings until the
next spring tide. _ _

The Fearless surreyttg-vessel, Commander W. Hessing-
ham, returned into port on Friday, from the survey of the
Southampton riva.

THE IRISH SQUADROIC

At the Cove of Cork, on the Ist instant —The Malabar,
72, Captain G. IL Sartorius, with the flag of Rear-Admiral
W. Bowles, CB. ; Vernon, 50, Captain W. Walpole ;
Volage, 26, Captain Sir W. Dickson, Bart. ; Pluto, 2, steam-
vessel, Lieutenant-commander W. P. Crozier ; Alban, 2,
steam vessel, Lieutenant••commander J. Jeayes ; Meteor,
2, steam-vessel, Lieutenant-commander George Butler ; Dee,
2, steam-vessel, Master-commander Thomas Driver; Cyclops,
6, steam-frigate, Captain W. F. Lapidge.
At Limerick—The Flamer, 6, steam-vessel, Lieutenant-
commander C. J. Postle ; Dwarf, steam-vessel, Lieutenant-
commander W. C. Chamberlain.

At Tarbert—The Fox, 42, Captain Sir H. M. Blackwood,
Bart. ; Lynx, 3, Lieutenant John Thomas Nott ; Stromboli,
6, steam sloop, Commander Hon. E. Plunkett.
At Dingle—The Hecate, 4, steam-vessel, Commander J. P.
Bower.

At Bantry Bay—The Lucifer and Tartarus steam surrey-
,ng vessels.

APPOINTMENT.—Commander Henry Broadhead (1841) tO
the Collingwood.

THE NEW GOVERNOR-GENERAL

OF INDIA.

At the present moment some few particulars of the life of
the distinguished successor of Lord Ellenborough in the Go-
vernment of India, will not be unacceptable to the majority
of our readers. The Right Hon. Sir Henry Hardinge, is the
son of the late Rev. Henry Hardinge, rector of Stanhope,
Durham, and was born in 1785. His mother was a daughter
of James Best, Esq., of the same county, and he is brother
to the late Baronet, the Rev. Sir Charles Hardinge, whose
son succeeded to the Baronetcy in 1836. At an early age he
evinced a strong disposition for a military life—a disposition
which his parents, with praiseworthy discernment, thought
fit to encourage, and he was therefore educated with much
care for the noble profession in which he so soon and so
greatly distinguished himself. His valuable services in
Spain and Portugal are repeatedly the subject of warm corn.-
mendation in the dispatches of his illustrious commander ;
and at that momentous crisis in European affairs when the
Prince of Orange proposed levying a large body of troops, it
was to Captain Hardinge that Lord Wellington recommended
his Royal Highness to apply for counsel and assistance. Sir
Henry was present in person at the following actions or battles,
at each of which he more or less distinguished himself, re-
ceiving several severe wounds :—Busaco, Albuera, Badajoz,
Salamanca, Vittoria, the Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, and
Orthes ; he was also at Waterloo, and at the terrific engage-
ment at Ligny he lost his left arm, for which he receives a
pension of 300/. For his services in the Peninsular he was
rewarded with a cross and five clasps, and from 1809 to 1813
he was Deputy-Quartermaster-General of the Portuguese
army. He has kkewise received several foreign orders. In
1827 he married the sixth daughter of the first Marquis of
Londonderry, relict of John James, Esq., and mother of the
present Sir W. James, Bart, M.P. In 1823 he was appointed
Clerk of the Ordnance, which office he continued to fill until
1828, when he was made Secretary-at-War. In 1830 he wasn
appointed to the important post of Secretary for
olrele_el,
which he resigned at the dissolution of the Duke.
.fefil:tri--
lington's Administration, and in 1834, during the or!
Ad-
ministration of Sir Robert Peel, he was again
Conservatives to
Henryo power
that office. On the accession of the si
Sir H
selected to fill
in 1841 he was re-appointed Secretary-at-War._
November.
1841, and obtained the Colonelcy of theanns7yth Foot in 1833.
but h
became a Lieutenant-General in the
hs Parliament, as
to have longsat
Duke for Launeeston since 1832. He is known
lie has represented several boroughs
Duke of Wellington.
enjoyed the intimate personal friendship and esteem of the

the new Secretary at
Secretary to
It is said tthhaet
AthdemHiraolnt;,SiisdntheybeHerbert, at present
War, in the room of Sir Henry Hardinge, appointed Governor-
General of India.—Post.
BRITISH AND FOREIGN SAILORS' SOCIETY.—The
eleventh anniversary of this society, established for the pur-
poselas hleo,nE Mondayain at Crosby Hall,
,
of affording spiritual and temporal relief to sailors of
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chair. Several reports from missionaries of the society, resi-
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amongst whom religion and sobriety were making consider-
able progress. The financial statement showed that the
funds of the society were not in a flourishing condition at
present, there being only 191. 16s. 3d. in the treasurer's
hands ; but strong hopes were entertained by the friends of
the society that the amount that would be subscribed this
year would exceed that of any of the past years. The Rev.
J. Clayton, Rev. J. Morris, Rev. J. Bennett, &c., &c., made
several eloquent speeches on behalf of the society, and reso-
lutions in accordance with the objects of the institution were
agreed to; after which the meeting separated.
REPORT OF THE RAILWAY DEPARTMENT, BOARD
OF TRADE.—This document has just been issued. It repearif
a progressive increase in the safety of travelling upon ref a
ways during the past year, only one serious accidentt_allorth
public nature having taken place—that upon. life.
Midland Railway, by which one passenger lost his
.a_ Thelfr,,_____
munber of passengers travelling on thea_ sixty
cr4oiliviweyag
during the past year not being less than 24,
ee of security attained
1 of the reporters, shows the high de
gr in a most forcible
by railway travelling, and demonstrates
on an average about fifteen miles each This, in the opinion
of safety as well as of speed.
of scientific improvement in point
the number of
they report, to find that
cidentslt is satisfactory,
manner the advantages which have resulted from the progress
having been effected in the expendi-
derable retrenchments
possible means forced upon them by
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companies,small, andand
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• and which, if not tempered by proper discretion
depression,
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on the part of the directors, must, in many cases, have been
productive of danger. It was also satisfactory to find that
the number of accidents attributable to the misconduct or in-
experience
of engineers and servants of the railway compa-
nies, or to defective arrangements on the part of the compa-
nies, was on the decrease. During the year ten new lines of
railway had been examined by the inspector-general of rail-.
ways. The report contains much voluminous infermation
upon the subject of railway statistics.