The Sun.
London, England, 1842-04-06 00:00:00

NAVAL MOVEMENTS.

The only arrival we have had during the past week is the
Cambridge ship of the line, on the 20th, from Gibraltar, last
from Tarragona (in six days, from which latter port she has
brought the masts, spars, iron ballast, and sundry stores, be-
longing to the Tribune, wrecked there some time ago. The
departures consist only of the Daphne corvette on the 20th,
and the Benbow ship of the line on the 21st, both for England,
and the Vesuvius steamer of war, &so on the 21st, for Barce-
lona, where it is reported a large French naval force has ar-
rived. The Benbow, after getting► about six miles out to sea,
shortened sail, then furled all her canvass (the wind being light
from the N. W. ), crossed yards, and passed a hawser to the
Vesuvius, which towed her out of sight of the island.

The Tunisian corvettes Delaliah and Meshoud, which put in
here through stress of weather on the 17th instant, bound
from Tunis to Constantinople, remain in port, the former
having knocked away her rudder in coming to anchor. The
Meshoud is said to be a present to the Sultan from the Bey of
Tunis, and she is reported to have also a large sum of specie on
hoard. The Circassian yacht, belonging to Mr. W. Lyon,
sailed the 23d instant.

The Ncapoltan steam-racket Francesco Imo arrived on the
23th from Naples and Sicily, and left again on her return the
22d inst. Ihe French steam-packet Rhamses, from the
Levant, arrived early this morning. On the 2d inst. one of
the heaviest gales this winter was experienced at Beyrout ; the
Alexandria peke -schooner Emmetje and an English mer-
chant brig rode it out off the town. The Inconstant was at
Bey rout on the 4th inst., tho Hecate at Jatfa, the Weazle on
the northern coast of Syria, whence the Savage is on her way
to Malta.

The Cyclops arrived at Beyrout on the 2d inst., left again
on the sth, and arrived at Alexandria on the 7th inst. The
Medea left the Piraeus for Rhodes on the Bth inst. The Ori-
ental contract steam-ship is hourly lopked for from Alexandria ;
on her arrival the Alecto will be despatched to Marseilles
with the overland India. and China mail for En4land. The
Prometheus, front Gibraltar, with the London mail, was due
on the 281 h ult., and the Ibnia, from the lonian Islands and
Greece, to-morrow.

The Magicienne vas lying at Suda on the 14th inst.

The Aigle, which left. Smyrna for Vourla on the 14th, re-
turned to Smyrna on the 18th inst.
The four French sail of the line, Ville de Marseille, Ge-
mappe, Friedland, and Genereux, sailed from Smyrna for
Toulon on the lith inst. Admiral Lasusse, in the Santi Petri,
with the Calypso frigate, Diligente corvette, Fleche brig, and
Acheron steamer, remained at Smyrna en the 19th inst.
The Austrian frigate Venere, with the flag of Admiral Ban-
diera, was to leave Smyrna on the 19th inst., for a cruise in
the Archipelago.
A report is current that the number of British ships of tke
line.on this station is to be continued on its present footing of
ten (including the Queen three-decker hourly looked for from
England); but one, and perhaps a frigate likewise, will in all
probability he stationed on the south coast of Spain. Another
ship of the line will be stationed at Corfu, and another in the
Adriatic. The Monarch will remain at the Piraeus, and the
rest will most likely proceed to Vourla, but all will depend on
the instructions of the Admiralty to the new Commander in-
Chief, Sir Edward Owen.

THE FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE SOUTHAMPTON
RAILWAY.—On Monday a Coroner's Jury assembled at the
Cart and Horses, Kingsworthy, a village near Winchester, to
inquire into the circumstances connected with the death of
James Watmore, aged 58, Charles Noyes, aged 20, James
Allett, aged 23, and James Batchelor, aged 22, the four men
killed by the falling in of a portion of the NI aller's Ash Tunnel
on Saturday. Mr. Todd, the Coroner for the Southern Divi-
sion of Hampshire, presided, and after a lengthened investiga-
tion the Jury returned a verdictof " Accidental death, deodand
501. ; and the Jury consider that the foreman (Ferris) of the
deceased men, it not a fit and competent person to be en-
trusted with the lives of men in so important a work."
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-It is stated that Madame Vestris, s connexion with
Covent Garden theatre, as manager, will cease with the pre-
sent season, and that it is probable Mr. Charles Kemble will
be the head of the establishment, aided by his daughters Miss
Adelaide and Mrs. Butler.
FREEMASONRY.—The antiquity of Freemasonry
must be very great, as the plates in-Lord Kingsborough's large
work, on the antiquities of Mexico and Peru, and Baron Hum-
boldt's work, show that Masonry was practised by the Tsabeans
of that part of the world. The Polynesian Islands possess Ma-
sonic remains. Through the whole of Turkey, Arabia, Egypt,
Tartary. China, and Japan, Masonic remains are found ; in-
deed, travel where you may, Masonry has been before you. All
the ancient religions, down to Henry Bth, all forms of good
government were modelled on Masonic principles ; all lan-
guages—all the ancient sciences were on the same plan,—
Freemasons Quarterly Review for April.