The Express.
London, England, 1846-11-02 00:00:00

NAVAL.

PoItTXMOUTIT, Nov. I.—Tun CATS.—Tho Apollo, troop-
ship' is under orders to proceed to England front the Cape
of Good Hope. It is understood she is not to wait to convey
the 47th regiment.
CHINA AND rue EAST "MMES.—The For, 42, Commo-
dore Sir H. M. Blackwood, arrived at Aden frtm Madras on
the 13th Sept., and sailed on the 20th for Bombay, to meet
Itear-Admiral Inglefield. The 16, was at Madras
when the Fehr left. The Scout, 14, Commander Lering,
arrived at Singapore from Englnt.d, Aug. 211, and railed on
the 23rd for China. The Spiteful. st. sip., left Singapore on
the 23rd Aug. for Trincomalee. We quote the following
twin the Bomloy Telegraph of Sept. 10:
We extremely regret to record the death of Capt. W. Maitland, of
ll.M.'s war-d. Spiteful, which occurred al midnight on Mcnilay Lat.
The excitement arising from operations id the wreck of the Frederick
VI. brought on fever on Wednesday hist, Attg. 6, necomixiuled by
delirium. Just previonx to entering singaisne on Motidny lam, CAW-
Maitland appeared to rally, hut after II p.m the virulence of the
fever increased, which soon hastened his death. To say that Chid.
Maitland was deeply rmpected by his brolle officers, would be to my
little, a., by innaknianly and oftleer.lite bearing, he gained their
esteem and re-,pert; but when we remark that Capt. Maitland won the
reganl of all with whom he rime In c4mtlct, we my but a iknerved
triune to his nwmory. (tint. Maitland was interred at the burial-
ground on Governinent•hill last evening, ettendef by bin brother
officer.. the nullioriti,•nd a large portion of the European inhabit-
ants. We scarcely rt•member ever to hese seen one interred so much
and so fervently respected; of the miscellaneous party isnembled at
the burial-ground there was scarcely one who refrained (min shedding

The Agincourt, 72, Capt. W. Johnstone, with the fins of
Rear-Admiral Sir T. Cochrane, the Commander-in-chief,
arrived at lions Kong, August 13, and remained there on
the 27th. The admiral would shortly proceed to Singapore,
to await the arrival of the Vernon, l'o, Capt. Fitzgerald, with
the flag of Rear• Admiral Inglrfield, C. 8., appointed tn re-
lieve Sir Thomas. The Deed.%les, 20, Capt. P. M'Quhae ;
and the Royalist, 10, Lieut. Commander Paynter, arrived at
Hong Kong with the Agincourt. The Castor, 36, Captain
Graham, C. 8., arrived at Sydney from Auckland, June 9,
to refit. She is to be relieved by the Mclampus, 42 Cap-
tain .1. N. Campbell, C.B. The reseal, 26, Captain Talbot,:
arrived at Hong Kong, August 23, from Chusan, and re-
mained there August 27. The Warcrm.e, 16, Commander
Clifford, was at Whampoa ; she is to he relieved by
the Ringdove, 16, Commander Sir William Hosts, Bart.,
which sloop arrived at Hong Kong from England, August
23, last from Manilla, which place she left August 14 ,• she
remained at Hong Kong August 27. The Wolf, 18,
was at Shanghae. The Lspiigle, 12, Commander
Thompson, was at Amoy. The Young lithe, Lieut.
D. MeD. Gordon ; the Alligator, hospital ship, Master
Commander King; and the .&linden, store ship, to be
in charge of Mr. Tucker, Master, on her passage, were at
Hong Kong, August 27. The Sapphire, troop ship, sailed
from Hong Kong August 22, for the northern ports. Tho
Vulture, deem frigate, Captain M'Dougall, arrived at Hong
Kong August 2, and was there on the 27th. The Crocodile,
Commander 0. Lowe, has been surveyed, and pronounced
unfit for further service, except as a sta•ionary store or coal
depot. She is expected to he immediately paid off, and her
officers and crew turned over to some other ship, as she has
only been in commission since December, 184.5. The
Cyclops, steam frigate, sailed this afternoon for Lisbon, with
despatches.
Much inconvenience having occurred by a sailing vessel
being employed (the French having a steamer) for the pro-
tection of the fishery on the coasts of Jersey, Guernsey, and
Alderney, the Admiralty have ordered the Charon, a
steam-packet at Dover, to be removed from the Post-office
duty, and Commander Roepel and the crew of the Scaflower
cutter will be turned over to her, and Lieut. Warren and
the crew of the Se/via (the tender) transferred to the Sea-
flower. The Sylvia is refitting in the harbour, and will be
made a tender to one of the port-admiral's flag-ships.—The
ships Cattle Eden, Minerva, Sibella, and Romeo, have been
engaged to convey a detachment of the 95th Regiment, and
the whole of the 37th Regiment, from Chatham to Ceylon,
and to convey the whole of the 9.3 th Regiment, and six com-
panies of the Ceylon Rifles to Hong Kong. The ships will
be ready in about three weeks.
WooLwten.—The Grappler, (s.-v.), Lient.-Commander
Hawker, and the Sphynr, (s.-v.), Commander Cragg, will
proceed down the river this morning, to try their engines,
should the weather, which has, for the last two days, been
very foggy, prove favourable. Orders have been received at
the Royal Arsenal to prepare the armaments for the
Grappler and Geyser, steam-vessels with all possible
haste ; the former vessel will, it is expected, proceed
to the Coast of Africa, as orders have been received
to prepare accommodation for Mr. Hook, one of the
commissioners for the suppression of the slave-trade. The
latter vessel was commissioned on Friday by Commander F.
G. Browne, with a complement of 160 men, and will, it is
expected, be ordered for service in China. The launch of
the Niger, steam-frigate, building in the dip No. 4, which was
ordered for the 4th inst., is to be postponed for a fortnight.
in consequence of the hull not being sufficiently advanced,
The Garland (s.-v.), Master-Comm. L. Sccithett, left to
Saturday to resume her station at Dover. Her speed was
tried at the measured mile in Long Reach previous to her
departure, and found to be about 131 knots per hour. The
Tartarus (s.), Captain Wolfe, arrived here on Thursday,
and is ordered to be paid off. She is to be surveyed prepa-
ratory to being again placed in commission. The Africa's
steam tug synced on Wednesday from Portsmouth, with
the crew of the Avenger, who arc to be turned over to the
Amphion, 36 guns. The men have been plead on board the
Seringapatarn receiving ship. The Seringapatam hulk,
to be fitted as a coal depot, to be stationed at the Cape of
Good Hope, and the Nymph is to he towed from Sheerness
to Woolwich, to take the place of the Serinyopatans as a
receiving ship. The Kite (a.) was towed to Deptford on
Friday by the Charon (s). Commodore Sir Charles Napier,
C.B. visited the dockyard on Saturday, sad went over the
Sidon, which still remains lashed to the Salsette.
MOVEMENTS OP HEIL MAJETIT'S SHIPS IN Till
MEDITERRANNAN.—Csmopos in the Tagus ; all well on the
24th of October.—Vanguard: in the ole, Gibraltar; all
well on the 21st. At Cadni.—Pbrenix, s. ; all well on the
22nd.
THE S4EADRON, AT PRIMENT. Hibernia, Trafalgar,
Albion, Superb, Rodney—line-of-battle ships • Terrible,
Virago, Rattler, Phcenix--eteamers: the day &lore all weft.
It is expected they would proceed to the Tagus, and it
it
probable they are all there before now.
Armor-112m% OCT. El.—Commanders: W. 11. 1 to the
Poietiers ; R. T. Cre.,ooh, to the Victory. Naval Owlet
W the raw/Or. hislitel-AIOMMIM: W.I. c4Ace, to Ike OMAN

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