The Sun.
London, England, 1852-04-30 00:00:00

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NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

IMarerA, Arm, 22.—The Medusa, with homeward mails
from India, is expected here on Saturday.
The Medina is under orders for Marseilles to convey the
overland portion, sent through-France. The Spiteful, Commander Parker, from Gibraltar, arrived
this morning. She will convey the second mails to the fleet
on their departure.
The Growler steam-frigate, on her return from Marseilles
and other continental ports, reached Malta on the 16th inst.
She will leave on Saturday for Leghorn, where she is to be
on station for come time.
The Firebrand. from Leghorn, has also returned to har•
bour, as has the Fury, from a Ace:in trip.
The vessels in port now are.;--
The Britannia (flag). the Belleroph6n, and the Trafale-etr.
Steamers—The Spiteful, Growler, Firebrand, and Fitly
(the Admiral's pet).
Peckets—The Caradoe and the Ardent, repairing, and the
Medina.
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The Oberon is at Corfu, and the Banshee at Marseilles.
The Bishop of Gibraltar is about to visit part of his dio-
cese. He will leiive the island in a tew days by the Spiteful,
proceeding first to Tunis, thence to Gibraltar.
The fihet is about to put to sea. Admiral Dundee, with
his family, embark to-day, and will move with his vessels
on'Saturdey- Their stay will be long, extending to Novena.
ber. The Admiral will first go to Mahon, where he will
receive his first dispatches by the Fury; thence he goes to
Gibraltar, where the Spiteful :will convey to him the dis-
patches by the mail of the middle of the month, and leaving
Gibraltar, his present. intention—as far as report, at least,
justifies the assertion—is to visit the eastern ports within the
limits of his command, proceeding to Corfu, Smyrna,
and Constantinople. The departure of the fleet for so long a
period will be -severely felt by the people of this island,
who depend in a greet measure for support on their stay
in port.
. ie,Seretlieh sly, the. Scandinavian-4e- went on shore on the
13th inst., between the Munchiar reef and the shore, and,
must be broken up. Her crew saved ; her cargo, beaus arid'
cotton, will alsobe recovered.

The Admiral sent the Oberon and Medina packets to afford
relief, which was impossible, however, to effect ; for which
act of kindness and' attention to the commercial interests, of
the place, the. Chamber of Commerce Imo addressed a loiter'
of thanks to Admiral Dundee, to which he replied, stating it
to be "his duty and earndst desire to promote and prk-ep
the commercial interests of our country, and to render every
essistance to the vessels of /all nations that may be in
distress."

On Tuesday we had a regatta. Qn board the flagship
and the Bellerophon several guests were invited, and
finished the evening by a dance. On the Bellerophon a,
marine went to the mainteprnast-heaci ; on this one of the
sailors, simply not to be out-done, ran up the rigging to
the maiatopmast-head, and thence mounted to the main
track, where, standing, he coolly waved his hands and arms
about, as fearlessly as if he had been on terra firma. He
then undressed and dressed himself again, finishing his
daring exploit by crawling down the backstays head fore-
most, amid the prolonged and beisterous cheers, not only of
his own niosamates, hued the crews of the neighbouring
ships. The feat was a most daring one (the main truck of
the Bellerophon—I have it from Lord Paulett—nut being
more than a toot), and one perhaps that not ten men in the
fleet could or would perform.
On Monday last 18 men were invalided at the hospital,
among them a naval cadet of the Vengeance, his disease
being caries of the bones.
A court of inquiry assembled on board the Ceylon on
Monday, Captiin Goldsmith, Captain Codd, and Commander
Tatham, on Mr. De Rutzen, of the Trafalgar, a midshipman,
who it seems has been amusing himself with getting grog
into his cabin, and making a sentry drunk. »it is said he
will be sent home to learn his duties better, before he is
allowed to re-enter the navy.
The Turkish frigate Feis Bahri, which arrived heie on
the 16th inst., with his Excellency Suleiman Pasha and,
suite, left Tunis on the 21st. She shortly after met with ad'
accident ; a man fell overbotitd, and on four sailors getting
into a boat to lower it, it brbke from the davits and all were
immersed in the sea, but, except the first, who was drowned,
ell were saved. She is now in dock repairing.
eofersmotrie, Arnie 29.—The Amazon, 26, Capt. Barker.
arrived at Spithead this morning from the China station and
the Cape of Good Hope. She is 93 days out from Vibe°.
melee, and has run over a distance of 51,076 miles during
her commission. She has had perpetual summer the whole
of her time, having been two sumeiers at Hong-Kong, the
intermediate time being the summer season in .the Straits of
Malacca, with Captain Troubridge as senior officer; the re-
mainder has been on the Singapore station with Captain
Barker as 'senior officer. She has lost by death during her
commission 2 officers, 7 seamen, 1 boy, and 3 marines, and
has invalided 23 seamen, 1 boy and 2 marines. Eight officers,
133 sulSordinate officers, seamen, marines, and boys, out
of those who left England in the ship, have returned. The
only changes among the gunroom officers are the master and
surgeon. The Amazon sailed from Trincomalee on the 24th
of January, and arrived at the Cape on the evening of the
2d of March, and sailed on the afternoon of the 7th. Castor
and Radamanthus were at anchor in Simon's Bay,
and the Styx in Table Bay. While at Simon's Bay she
received on board fifty-eigut officers, marines, and boys,
being the survivors of the Birkenhead, whom she had
brought to England. She arrived at St. Helena on the
morning of the 16th ult., and sailed on the afternoon of the
same day. She arrived at Ascension on the morning of Sun-
day the 21st, where she was detained until Monday after-
noon to bring home eight invalids, five of whom were en-
gaged and wounded in the expedition against Lagos. The
Tortoise, Volcano steamer, and three merchant vessels, were
at the anchorage; the Wolverine had sailed from Ascension
for Sierra Leone, the Gambia, and England on the 18th of
March. Two courts of inquiry were to take place on the
arrival of the Commodore—one between Lieutenants Puddi-
come and Wood, of the Royal Marines; Mr. Sturdle, the
master, had applied for one on himself, Captain Kitchen
having accused him of assembling the officers on the
island at his house, and persuading them to op-
pose his (Captain Kitchen's) orders. Oa the even-
ing of the 31st of March, the Amazon, when in
latitude 1 deg. e 6 ruin. north, longitude 21 deg.
40 min. west, being nearly becalmed, was struck by a sudden
squall, and eight sails out of thirteen, which were set at
the time, were split and blown away. On the 31st she com-
municated with the barque Alice Maude, bound to London.
On the 21st of April, let. 43 deg. 30 rain. berth, lon. 22 deg.
20 min. west, exchanged numbers with the mail steamer
Parana. On the 27th, off Scilly, she supplied the Dutch
schooner Pomona with water and salt provisions. 65 days
from Havannah ; wind bound.
The leriver, 6, steam-sloop, Commander C. R. Johnson,
arrived at Spithead this morning from the Pacific, to be paid
Off. She has been three years and eight mouths in commis-
sion, :An .ut three years of which has been on the Pacific sta-
tion, where she has been very actively employed, having
visited nearly every port between the parallel of Cape Horn
and our possessions north to Vancouver's Island, and ren-
dered valuable assistance to British merchant shipping, espe-
cially at San Francisco, where, during the late gold mania
the difficulty of obtaining seamen was severely telt. The
Driver, during her commission, has run over a distance of
77,000 miles, about one-half of which has been performed
under steam. Her machinery, &c., is in a high state of effi-
ciency, and will require bet a trifling expense to fit her for
another commission. The Driver touched at the Falkland
Islands; the colony was doing well.
Died, on the 27th March, Mr. R. Langland, passenger, of
Glasgow; and on the 21th April Mr. J. Lockart Stephens,
late acting-master of the Driver ; also Mr. Howell, subordi-
nate officers' steward, of the Conflict. She brings freight
252,0001., consigned to the Messrs. E. and E. Emanue l.ot
Portsmouth. Rate of exchange at Rio on the 18th was 2"i.
per milreis, The squadron was in the Plate. The Ra
brig was at Rio, on her passage to the East Indies.
The Orestes, 14, Commander Hawker, has been paid off
at this port this day.
The Echo steam-tug went off to the Driver at four o'clock
to take out and bring on shore her freight,
in 104 boxes. which is packed
The Hercules has a blue peter at her mast-head; she will
sail for Deptford to-night; she has been brought home by
Lieut. Diggens and a party of men from the Queen.
The Rodney, 92, Captain Graham, has unmoored, and will
sail to-morrow, wind permitting, for Plymouth.
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The Queen, 116, Captain Wise,i struck
flag last night at sunset.
dischargingAdmheirral l
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tion, preparatory to coming into harbour and dock, with a
view to a refit without being paid off.
The St. Vincent, 101, has sent up and fidded topgallant
masts to-day.
PORTSMOUTH GARRISON.—A g
sembled at the officers' eneral court-martial as
mess-room,
_Cambridge barracks,
Portsmouth, this morning at eleven o'clo k, for the trial of
Lieutenant Edward Hamilton Finney, of the Ist battalion
Royal Regiment, on charges preferred by a superior officer.
The following officers compose the Court :—President, Col.
Colville, Scots Fusilier Guards. Members—Lieutenant-Col.
Walter,9sth Regiment; Lieutenant-Col. H. Shirley, 88th
Regiment ; Lieutenant-Colonel L. W. Yea, 7th Ro al
riJoicohißblae,ckblu3rnth, BLsitghht Re
Fusiliers ; Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel je
J. Low,
38th Regiment; Mlaj.or
38th Regiment •
ment ; Major E.
In-
fantry ; Brevet Major J. S. Adamson,Regiment ; Captain T. P.
Captain H. B. Sadreyte
.88th
cap am P. B. Nolloth, P ; C
Dwyer, lOLA.
; Captain the Hen. Captain
W. A. Rogers, 95th Reiment
Murrell, 85th Regiment; Captain W. H. Elliott, t and
Captain Captain the Hon. C. L. Hare, 7th Royal Fusiliers.
PLYMOUTH, THURSDAY.—Within the last 48 hours up-
wards of 500 vessels have passed this port bound up channel.
many of these have been detained for weeks at the entrance.
Among them, it is reported, that there are three men of war
Viz., her Majesty's frigate Amazon, 26, Captain Charles
Baxter, from the East Indies - the steam-sloop Driver, Com-
mander Charles R. Johnsonsteamer., from the Pacific ; and h
They were under royals and flanot er
steam up. Ying jibs; no
The East Indiaraan Owen Glendower, Captain Pare
which left Bombay January 1, a!1 dthe Cape of Good Hope
February 25, landed here last night Captain H. Eckford,
Bombay service; Lieutenant AVI..e an, 94th Regiment; Dr.
Murther, of the 6th ; Mr. Jameson, 94th ; and Mr. Wil-
kinson.

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