The Sun. — 1847-03-10 (London, England)

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. • PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 9. ofhe On the return the Cabinet Ministers this afternoon in the Fairy, under t p lotage of Commander Crispin, the Earl of Auckland, First Lord of the Admiralty, and the Earl of Minto, Lord Privy Seal, took leave of the other members of the Council at the Royal Clarence-yard, and crossed ov_er, accompanied by Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, Dart., Car tain Milne, of the St. Vincent, and Fla Lieutenant Collier, to the Rattler screw-vessel, Commander MM.; man, to inspect the. arrangements made in that yogi for the reception of Lord Howden and suite, daily er petted to embark for the River Plate. The yards of 1116 Rattler were manned on the reception of their LordshiP?, and the Victory fired a salute. Having inspected "this tine vessel, their Lordships left and landed at the docw; yard, where they inspected the .Sphynx in dock, ill°l other objects of interest, and in the evening honours, Rear-Admiral Hyde Parker, C. 8., with their coniPs to dinner, sleeping at the Commander-in-Chief's mansir_,„f 'the Undine steam-vessel, Master Commander Ally proceeded to Osborne this afternoon with his Serel. Highness the Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, on a VS to her Majesty and Prince Albert. His g mHighnes rived at Gosport by the eleven o'clock train out fr°, London, and put up at the Railway Hotel, GosPV where Mr. Mears, superintendent of the Gosport lisn' way, introduced Captain Milne, of the St. Vincent, Whl(i conducted him to the Clarence-yard, whence he embark in the Commander-in-Chief's barge, and was pat ', board the Undine, which /eft at three for Osborne. The Fairy performed the distance from the royal plate of embarkation, Cowes Harbour, to the Royal Clarenl Victualling Establishment, Gosport, with the Lords the Privy Council on board, in the extraordinary Vice of forty minutes. The Baretto, Junior, transport will sail this evening with stores and supernumerary officers and ;men for ;,. William Parker's squadron, off Lisbon. The Emerald tender arrived this morning from 171/...: mouth with supernumeraries. She returns with letters for the Mariner, to take out to the coast of Africa. :„ The Sidon steam-frigate got her steam up in the basic to-day to try her machinery. She will be tried rowsthe Wight, if possible, to-morrow.  MURDEROUS ATTACK BY A CONVICT AT PORTS' stotmt.—On Friday morning, at six o'clock, as the convicts were employed in ttowing away their hammocks, one of the prisoners, a young man about 20 years of age, who is under; going sentence of transportation for 15 years, two of ivbif,, have expired, made a desperate attack on Mr. Meatyard, the chief mate, by striking him over the head with a broornstiar to which a piece of chain was attached, felling him to the deck by the second blow ; and there appears to be no clout)t that the villain would have accomplished the murder of bl' victim, if one of the keepers, named Duncannon, at whom ~, the prisoner also threw the broomstick, had not run to to., , chief mate's assistance. So serious are the injuries inflicted • on Mr. Meatyard, that he continued insensible for four hours; and now lies in a dangerous state. This atrocious attac has been communicated to Mr. Capper, of the Home Office' and the culprit will, of course, be dealt with as he IT; serves. He has only one arm. We understand that "„. fellow-prisoners looked on in the affair, without attemptillb to interfere in behalf of the chief mate, and that some ° them had previously threatened " to do for him."—.lla" shire Telegraph. •