The Sun.
London, England, 1852-06-03 00:00:00

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NA.VAL-INTELLIGENC ,—. •
COMIANDER FREDERICK EDWYN F0R8E3,41-:
gret to annouece the death, of this: meritoriona:Officer,
on the 2.5 th of-March, on board her Illojesty'e *hip Tor-
toise, whilst on his passage to St. Helena ftikjhe; re-•
covery of his - health.- Commander Forbes:Ai* well
known as our envoy to the Court of:U./homey*
which nano 1849,
of the weepers and custom 9
of, tiorellnh-•
lished journals gave a most ourieui amount., Ole re,
turn-to England from his Mission be was preirto4"d
in,censequence of his intimate acquaintance ;.St}.ith the
natives and their languages, sent out in the eigtuErt Of
last year 113 extra to the, Peedopo
flag-shin,ess,,,special
service under the orders of the Foreign-otl r
ce. e his
arrival at Sierra Leone, he' wan at once sent afit#lAbheo-
kutah, to drill, the native Christians, and (n em* them
in resisting the upprelasnded attack of the King o:Dalin-
may, who had &oared his determination to
av ge the-
defeat he suffered from them last year. The art twits-
ties in which he was engaged were crowned witli access,
and a peworful army raised to meet the king of the slave-
hunters. His exertions, however, brought on setach
of dysentery and fever, and though moved a nee to
the coast and sent to sea, he died within tvrw aye of
leaving the land. Commander Forbes
was only; in his
34th year. He entered the navy in 1833, served"
arough
4
the war in China, and afterwards on the coast offelfrica,
in the Bonotta, where he captured several slaver 4 .Dar-
ing his service in the Bonetta he discovered the written
negro language now known es the Vahie or Vs& He
was the third son of Captain J. Forbe:,, EN a Wink-I
field-place, Berks. ~
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The following gentlemen passed in gunnery oil, board
her Majesty's ship Excellent on Wednesday - st;--
Messrs. Parry, Fox, Bruce, Curtis,. Crozier, kr,
Jenkins, Capel, Sterling, Emote-Stages, By
. . _
Collia.wood. There are 36 mates going up to the col-
lege the next passing day. A very good order has just
been issued by the Admiralty to the effect that all officers,
after passing gunnery, are not to be allowed any leave
from their respective ships until they have passed the
college examination. We have known iszetances where
mates have been a year or more before passing college.
PORTBIIIOIITII, WEDNESDAY.—The Dragon, steam-
frigate, Captain H. W. Giffard, that arrived yesterday
from Lisbon, was inspected to-day at Spithead by the
commander-in-chief, Admiral Sir Thomas Briggs,
and
Captain Chads. Her crew went through a course of
gunnery exercise, firing blank, shot, and shells. She will
come into harbour, and her officers and crew will turn
over to the Tiger, steam-frigate.
The commander-in-chief, Admiral Briggs, and Captain
Chads, also ite•pected and exercised the crew of the
Gladiator at gunnery. The Gladiator will proceed to
the eastward.
The Sprightly took out the commander-in-chief and
Captain Chads to Spithead this morning, and after the
inspection of the Gladiator and Dragon returned with
these officers again into harbour. .

The Porcupine steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander
Jackson, went to Spithead this morning, and will pro-
ceed to h©r destination when the weather moderates.
The Conflict, 8, screw steam-frigate, Commander Jen-
ner (acting), will be paid off at this port on Friday,
The Royal yacht Victoria and Albert, Captain Lord
A. Fitzclarence, has been undocked to-day after her re-
pairs, &c., and hauled into the old basin to receive her
masts.

The Flying Fish, 12, and Pantaloon, 8, sloops, have
been brought down from the ordinary to-day to bo
taken in the dock vacated by the Royal yacht, to be re-
paired and brought forward for commission.
The Gladiator, KG, steam-frigate,. Captain Adams,
has been inspected to-day by the Port Admiral, and her
crew exorcised in gunnery by Captain Chads. She waits
orders rit Spithead.
The Edinburgh. 58, steam gunnery ship, Captain Hew.
lett, has hauled off to they Malabar to complete coals and
finish painting, Bce.; she will be ready for sea by the
16th inst.

SHEERNESS, JINE 2.—Her Majesty's Paddle-wheel
ideum•vessel Adder, Mr. James Watt in charge, passed
down the Medway yesterday, with two_ dockyard lumps
in tow, and, tire tide ebbing, anchored at the entrance of
the Thames. ,

The arrival in the Downs of the Superb, Captain E.
Purcell, having been notified by telegraphic cominunien_
tiou on Monday, the Cuckoo and African steamers were
dispAtched forthwith, for the purpose of towing her to
the Nore, where she arrived yesterday, at eleven Ara.,
and saluted the flag of Vice-Admiral the Hon. Josceline
Percy, 0.8., the commander-hi-chief, with seventeen
guns, which compliment was acknowledged with seven
guns by the Waterloo; Immediately after the Superb
dropped anchor, Captain. Purcell embarked in the
Cuckoo, and landed at the dockyard to report his ar-
rival. Tao Superb will be inspected to-day (Wednes-
day), and having had her powder taken out will bo
towed to Chatham, to be dismantled and paid off.
Her Majesty's ship Waterloo, 120, port-admiral's flag-
ship, Captain the Hon. Montagu Stonford. has sent
down hor jurytnaats and yarda. and is being fully rigged
with her proper spars and gear, as a songoing ship. She
has pointed her topmasts, and crossed her topsail yards,
and is setting up her topmast rigging.
Her mejesty',s paddle-wheel steam-sloe p Barracouts,
having completed the.adjustruent of her compasses, got
up her steam, proceeded to her 11103riegs off the Isle of
Grain, and took her powder on board.
passes, we have been in-
Oa swinging her Majesty's screw steam-frigate Ho-
ratio, 22, Captain the Hon. a T. Carnegie, for the par-
her coin
1 iTrsme eodf rtLatdtihtlestignrgeatest deviation we
was nearly
' two and a half points. On rerno,_g
te the binnacle corn--
passes and applying Barlow correcting plate to the
standard compass, this was reduced to one point; which,
ettnorth or south, be-
teruplation, we hear,
ateering-wheel and
standard compass.
CHATHAM, JUNE le—Silp 1,
er"' 80, Captain Purcell,
brought up near the Nore Light this forenoon, and will
be-
came i
ntahleteegrsrhatihdpeu'sariehllyeaatldievsealpporlsoaittiicoshnieanda the
arrive hero to be paid .off without any
fittings or bulkheads being disturbe.
The Admiralty have awarded the gratuity of 501. to
Mr. W. Blessley, foreman of this yard.
• Woouvricu, JUNE 2.--The
oiapptohseite the dockyard, by
Agamemnon, 90, was
of her internal
taken into the inner basin yesterday, and is now along-
side the factory to have her engine, of 600-horse power,
by John Penn and Son, put on board.
river to-day near the
hdoiefpn,
at
so etbaoetaiuotr,nree indd
which
dockyard,
three persons
,-ena was drowned; for-
tunately
for the other two,
to a brig, and one of th
one of the Woolwich steam-
beats
passing at the time and saved their lives. The
boat was run down by a schooner,
the
Flni
IsAog nafgrawidtnaa figs' .