The Sun.
London, England, 1852-10-20 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

the Arrogant steam-frigate, at Portmouth. Boatswain
Njrsr
lieutenant
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recentlyibof the Growler
—John Ilorlase, to the Wasp steam-sloop, at d
Ports-
mouth ; William Tapson, to the Neptune, 120, guar
ship of ordinary, at Portsmouth.
PROMOTlON.—Clerk—Edward J. H. Helpman (1842),
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and has now been absent, if still alive, in the Arctic, Fe-
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since any promotions have taken place of the long-absent
gions seven years and six months. It is a long pe
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officers of the Erebus and Terror discovery ships, con?-
mended by Captain Sir John Franklin and Captain
Crozier.
The Geyser steam-sloop, Commander Thomas Wil-
son, arrived at Madeira en route to the West Indies sta-
tion on the 22d of September. Vessels in the harbour.—
Fisgard, flag-ship of Commodore Henry Eden; Black
Eagle, steam-vessel, Master Commander Petley ; Mon-
key, steam-vessel, Second-Master Sallanger ; and Pros-
pero, Medusa, and Merlin, steam-vessels not in com-
mission. In theinner basin.—Lucifer, Jackal, Janus,
and Hecate, all out of commission. In the outer basin.
—The Insperieuse, 50, screw steam-frigate. The four
boilers were completed putting on board on Monday;
and her engines, of 350 horse-power, by John Penn and
Son, will soon be fitied, as she is to be made ready for
sea as soon as possible. The Driver steam sloop is now
nearly ready for the pendant, and it is expected Com-
mander Powell, who recently. paid of the Janus, will
commission her. The,Crutzer screw steam-sloop is under
and killed 28 more
the shears; and the Terrible steam-frigate, also in the
basin, is in a terrible state with rate, the rat-catcher
mpaairltsof
honavinS last, and nearly an equal number on
having caught about 120 lives rats,
Monday, making a total of about 300 in two days.
These vermin were so numerous and bold that several were
killed daily by the officers and crows with sticks, when
runningl
steam-packet,thvessel. u
docks,—The
the cabins Garland,
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Lieutenant Commander Wylde; tho Princess Alice,
Dover mail steam-packet, Second Master E. C. Ratter,
and the Cormorant, not in Commission.
The Aigle, 26, has been brought round from Chatham
and is now lying alongside the
wharf wall at the basin,
to be converted into a coal depot, in room of the Charger,
ordered to be broken up.
Her Majesty's ship Termagant, 24, Captain G. Gifford,
being equipped for sea, steamed out of Portsmouth har-
bour, and anchored at Spithead on Monday morning,
and exchanged salutes with the Port-Admiral. She will
put to sea in a day or two for a trial. The Port-Admi-
ral officially mustered her crew and inspected the ship
this morning.
Her Majesty's ship Electra, 14, Commander W. Mor-
ris, having adjusted her compasses, will be ready for
service in a few days.
The Lords of the Admiralty have restored to the
service Garton, the boatswain, who was so unjustly (in
comparison with the sentence upon a superior officer tried
the same day, for the same offence) dismissed from it by
sentence of a court-martial.
The great line of battle ship, Duke of Wellington, is
still under the meeting shears di▪
scharging ballast. She
has been visited by an immense number of officers and
civilians since she arrived at thi▪ s port.