The Sun.
London, England, 1852-09-20 00:00:00

NAVAL IN TEL LIGENCE•

We have news from Malta to the 13th inst., brought
to Marseilles by the Banshee, 3, steam-packet, Lieut.
Commander Hosken. The commander in chief, Rear
Admiral Deans Dundas, C. 8., with his fleet, had pro-
ceeded to Vourla, where he will remain about a fortnight
and will then go to Athens, Corfu, &c. The following i 3
our correspondent's letter:—
" The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
Sultan, with the homeward India mail, is just now tele-
graphed, and the Banshee is making ready to proceed to
Marseilles.

" Since my last Rear Admiral Dundas, C. 8., the
commander in chief, with the fleet under his command,
has made his appearance off the mouth of the harbour,
but did not come its. Captain Carter, the new tag
captain, who was waiting here for the arrival of the
Britannia flag-ship, has joined. On the appearance of
the fleet the steamers Terrible, 21, Captain Hope, C. 8.;
and Fury 6, Commander Tathan; and the frigate
Phaeton, 50, Captain Elliot, left port to meet him;
Firebrand, 6, steam-frigate, Captain Codd, baring pre-
ceded them.

" When off the port, Spiteful, 6, steam•sloop, Com-
mander G. Parker, from Tunis, arrived with dispatches,
the purport of which was that the Bey being danger-
ously sick, and not expected to live, the French felt dis-
posed to dispute the succession. A line-of-battle ship,
Ville de Paris, 120, or the Valmy, Roar-Admiral
Jacquinot, with two steamers, Mogador and Grondeur,
were lying there. After repairing Spiteful has been
again dispatched to Tunis, whence she will rejoin the
Admiral.

" Indefatigable frigate, 50, Captain Smart, K.H., has
gone to Lisbon, and the Terrible to England. Before
leaving both vessels were inspected by Rear-Admiral
Harvey, and both exercised their 68-pounders on the
occasion. Tho Admiral was much pleased with the
result. _ _

" Terrible was detained a few hours, to bury Richard
Short, one of her crow, a young man of ,24, who, acci-
dentally falling from the mainyard was killed imme-
diately.
Tiger steam-frigate, Captain Giffard, has reached
this port from England, and has since proceeded to joi❑
the Admiral. She surprised a great many, who con-
sidered her a slow boat, by the great rapidity with
which she came in, nearly as fast as Banshee or
Caradoc.
" Modesto, 14, Commander Lord W. Compton, has
arrived at Smyrna from Constantinople; and Spitfire,
surveying-vessel, Commander Spratt, has left Smyrna
for Candia.

" A court•martial is, I am informed, ordered to as-
semble on the return of the Admiral, to try Lieutenant
Newcomen, of the Trafalgar, on certain charges."
THE FATAL ACCIDENT TO LIEUT. SCOTT REEVES,
R.M.A.—The body of the unfortunate officer of the
Royal Marine Artillery, Mr. Walter Scott Reeves, who
was drowned on the 9th:ainstant, while proceeding by
himself in a small sailing-boat to the Isle of Wight, was
picked up floating off Cowes, on Friday last. A sergeant
and party went over with a shell on Saturday, to bring
the body over to the Marine Artillery Hospital. An
inquest will be held on Monday (this day).
Cornwallis, old 72, fitting at Devonport, is progress-
ing as fast as can be be expected with the hands on her.
a large number of men being absent on duty at Pem-
broke. Her lower rigging is on, all three topmasts are
pointed, and her bowsprit is fitted. Another week and
her rigging sill be complete. Her other fitments are
getting on favourably.
Dauntless, 33, screw steam frigate, Captain Halsted,
got up steam on Saturday afternoon, and proceeded to
Spithead, took in her powder, &0., and will sail this
day, it is reported, for the West Indies, although many
of her officers must be left behind to attend a court-
martial on some drunken marines.

Fanny, yacht, returned into harbour ye3terday after.
noon from Pembroke.

Sampson, 6, steam-frigate Captain Jones, and Ante-
lope, steam-vessel, were at Gibraltar when the Growler
left. The Growler has brought home invalids from
Malta only, those at Gibraltar are to come home in the
Terrible.

Highflyer, 21. screw-corvette, Captain Matson, went
out of Portsmouth Harbour on Saturday afternoon to
Spithead, where she took in her powder and live shells.
She sailed yesterday morning for Jamaica, calling at
Plymouth.
PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 19.—The Barracouta, 6, paddle
steam-sloop, Captain the Hon. S. T. Carnegie, arrived
at Spithead at nine o'clock last night, from Madeira
and Lisbon. She left the former place on the Bth
instant, and the latter on Tuesday last. She brings
the intelligence that the grape crop in the island of
Madeira is quite destroyed, and it is feared the vines
are' much injured. Much distress already prevails on
this account. Tha Duchess of Braganza arrived at Ma-
deira on the 28th ult., and landed on the 29th under
royal salutes from the forts, and ships present of the
English, American, and Portuguese squadrons. The
Retribution, 28, steam-frigate, Captain the Hon. J. R.
Thnimmnnrl, is lnft at Madeira. FL °hang° eoa. par
milrei. The Archer screw steam-sloop was the only
British man-of-war at Lisbon, Rear-Admiral Corry's
squadron having sailed on Sunday, the sth. The Bar-
racouta encountered a severe gale in the Bay of Biscay,
of twenty-four hours' duration on her passage home, or
she would have made the quickest passage on record.
She ran from Spithead to Madeira in 103 hours. Off
that island, on Sunday, the Pith, she signalled an Eng-
lish barque, whose first distinguishing pendant was
" 1,430 " (Cairo), standing to the southward, and on
Friday, the 10th, signalled the English barque whose
first distinguishing pendant is " 3,247," in lat. 36 47,
long. 12 18. She has brought dispatches for the Fo-
reign-office, and letter bags from her Majesty'a ship
Retribution, Archer, Roar-Admiral Corry, and the Royal
mall steam-packet Severn. She comes into harbour
to-morrow to coal, and then proceeds to Sheerness to
rejoin the steam reserve.
The Growler, 6, paddle-sloop, Commander Stoddart,
arrived at Spithead at ten o'clock this morning, from the
Mediterranean. She sailed from Malta on the 6th, the
fleet of Rear-Admiral Dundas then being off Gibraltar.
The Indefatigable, 50, Captain Smart, K.H., was in
port and was to leave the day after the Growler, on the
7th, for Lisbon. The Terrible, 21, steam-frigate, Cap-
tam James Hope, was to leave on the Wednesday after
the Growler (from Malta), for England. The Growler
arrived at Gibraltar on Sunday last, coaled, and loft on
Monday at five P.M., for Spithead. The Sampson, 6,
steam-frigate, Captain L. T. Jones, arrived from Tetuan
(where she had been for water), as the Growler was
leaving the Rock; and she was going on to Malta or
elsewhere, to join Rear-Admiral Dundas's squadron
forthwith. The Resistance troop-ship, Master-Com-
mander Bradshaw, was at anchor at Gibraltar, about to
sail for Malta in a day or two. The Growler has brought
home Lieutenant Power, of the Britannia, appointed
flag-lieutenant to Vico-Admiral the Hon. J. Percy,
Commander-in-Chief at the Nore; Mr. Wither, midship-
man; and numerous invalids from the Mediterranean
squadron. She has been in commission since the 6th of
July, 1849, but the only wardroom officers who have
now comp home in her, appointed on her commission,
are Commander Stoddart, First-Lieutenant Marten, Dr.
Charlton, the sergeon, and Mr. Grant, the purser. She
had strong southerly gales all the way home.
The Meander, 44, Commodore Talbot, sailed from
Spithead this afternoon, at two o'clock, for the Cape of
Good Hope.
The Vernon Indianian was to have shipped the heavy
baggage of Lieutenant-General Lord Frederick Fit z•
clarence, G.C.H., yesterday, from the Echo steam-tug,
for Bombay. His Lordship leaves for his Bombay com-
mand by the next overland mail, vitt Marseilles. It was
blowing very strong when the Echo went out with the
baggage, and in getting alongside the Vernon she fouled
her and did her some damage, which she must come
into dock to-morrow to repair. The Echo also sus-
tained some injury, and was unable, from the roughness
of the weather, to put the baggage on board the Vernon.
SHEERNESS, SUNDAY.—Her Majesty's iron screw
steam troop-ship Megaera, Commander John Johnson,
has taken her coals on board, and on the alterations in

her internal arrangements, suggested by the late survey,
being completed, will proceed to Woolwich to receive
stores and embark troops. She is a few petty officers
and seamen short of her complement. A lieutenant be-
longing to her has been sent to Plymouth to raise the
required number to complete her crew.
nor Majesty's brig Bittern, 12, Commander Vansit-

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tart, is all ataunt in the fitting basin.
Her Majesty's steam-sloop Miranda, 14, had her
lower mats taken out on Friday, and is forthwith to
be rigged with her proper masts and spar&
Her Majesty's screw steam line-of-battle-ship Aga-
memnon, 90, when completed by the engineers at Wool-
wich, is to be seat here for the purposn of being fitted
for service. Her sails have been for some time past in
process of making at this dockyard. She will spread
more canvass, we are informed, than any vessel of the
navy at present afloat.

Ifer Majesty's Paddle-wheel steam-sloop Barracouta,
Captain the Hon. S. T. Carnegie commanding pro. tem.,
is daily expected from Madeira.
Some seamen belonging to the Horatio screw steam
guard-ship were sent yesterday to Melville Hospital,
Chatham, for medical treatment.
Her Majesty's ship Hercules, Commander Baynton, is
to embark a sergeant, corporal, drummer, and 17 privates
of the Royal Marines, who are to be selected from men
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of geed character, fitted for the service on which
emigrants
Hercules is to be employed—that of conveying onigiru, :,
to Australia. It is uncertain whether this ship
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large a s
originally intended, proceed to the East India
it is doubtful whether the entrance is sufficiently
verified, she
to admit her. If this difficulty should
additional ex-
in the Thames, which would involvn
may then either be fitted for the emigirhaents at moorings
pense of taking the artificers to
the public estabii,h-
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from the ship, or
she may at once he fitted at one of .
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