The Sun.
London, England, 1842-04-21 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, WEDNISDAY.—The Volcano steam-vessel,
Lieutenant-Commander F. C. J. Featherstone, returned to
Portsmouth this morning from the Beulah transport, on shore
off Dungeness, to which she was despatched to render assist-
ance on Friday last. T e Beulah still remains on shore with
scarcely any prospect of her being got off, as at low water
she is completely high and dry, and at the height of the flood-
tide the water does not come up to within five feet of what she
draws, so that ever: at the spring tide it is extremely doubtful
if she can be got afloat ; should it in the meantime come on to
blow hard she must inevitably go to pieces. Thirty seamen
and marines from the St. Vincent were sent round in the
Volcano and have audited in saving the baggage belonging to
the troops and getting the stores on shore. The troops re
been landed, and are occupying, pro tem., the Hythe bar-
racks. The place where the Beulah has grounded is nearly
three miles in shore of the Dungeness Light. It is stated that
the reason alleged by those on board for the ship being placed in
this extraordinary position is, that they mistook a light on shore
for the Dungeness Light.
The Nautilus, 10, Lieut.-Commander J. T. Paulson, will
sail to-morrow to cruise off Brighton, to protect the fisheries
there.

The Royal George yacht, Captain Lord Adolphus Fitz-
clarence, is having her cabins put in order, and it is stated is
to be fitted out for the reception of her Majery early in the
summer.

The wind is still from the eastward, and prevents the arrival
of the homeward-bound ships, of which there is every reason to
expect there are many in the chops of the Channel.
The Winchester, 56, Captain Charles Eden, has got nearly
the whole of her hands, and w ill net take a long time in being
fully equipped for sea, after she is unlocked, which will be on
Monday or Tuesday next. She has got all her rigging fitted
ready to be put over her masts.
Ships in Harbour —The Winchester, Nautilus, Volcano
(steamer), Victory, St. Vincent, Royal George yacht, Excel-
lent, Sylvia cutter, and Diligence naval transport.

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BRITISH INTERESTS in the EAST
' NOTE FROM SIR STRATFORD CANNING
TO THE 'PORTE.
The undersigned, her Britannic Majesty's Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at the Porte, had oc-
casion, a few day's ago, to call the attention of the Ot
toman Government to the improper conduct of the Pacha
of Smyrna with regard to one of her Majesty's subjects
imprisoned by him; and his Highness the Grand Vizier,
acceding to the request .of the undersigned, addressed a
letter to that Governor in the desired sense. But before
the letter could reach Smyrna the Pacha brought the
prisoner to trial, yet not before he had obliged the Con-
sul, whose representations he had slighted, to give in a
personal protest. The trial resulted in the acquittal and
release of the prisoner, no proof whatever of the charge
made against him having been adduced. An innocent
English subject was thus compelled to suffer an im-
prisonment of eleven days in a Turkish prison on mere
suspicion, and without any proof whatever of guilt.
It is worthy of remark, that this same Pacha has-•so
notoriously tortured other prisoners, subjects of the
I'orte, who were arrested upon the same charge, and
confined with the above-mentioned British subject, as to
raise a cry of indignation amongst the Franks, and to
throw discredit upon a Government, whose Sovereign
had pledged himself publicly and solemnly to the aboli-
tion of such inhuman practices.
The undersigned is unwilling to believe that the Porta
will sanction so flagrant a violation of the hatti scheriff
of Gulhane ; but, be that as it may, he will not look
tamely on while the capitulations are trampled under
foot, and the subjects of his Royal Highness are treated
in the most unwarrantable and barbarous manner.
The British Consul at Smyrna has brought be-
fore the undersigned another outrage, which calls
loudly for redress. The Pacha of Smyrna .had
dared to inflict the cruel punishment of the bas-
tinado upon a British subject, without the know-
ledge of his Court, without trial, and upon a mere ins- '