The Sun.
London, England, 1852-08-13 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

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PORTSMOUTH, THURSDAY. —Ye,4,!erd.iy, during the
whole night. and tws da), the port is s neon Arts' .ed by
a truly awful gale, in the night amounting to a hurrt-
which literally shook the houses in the town. The
bra
a ci'd,h;cl over the ramparts, and fl )ocicd the beach,
where no wall checked its advance, inundating the
cellars of the houses and damaging merchandise stored
in such places. The shipping seems to have sufli-red
materially in the rigging, though we have heard of no
fatal casualties. Several small craft were capsized in
the harbour, but, happily, no lives were lost. One crew
were saved by the prompt assistance rendered by the
crew of the yacht Dalphine, the property of Mr. W.
Smith, of London. The ships at Spithead sent down
their lower yards and topmasts. The " danger" signal
was hoisted at Gosport yesterday, so that all commutoi•
cation wL.h that port and this,, by the usual means, was
stopped, and persons whosa pursuits led them to the for-
mer place bad to make the tour of Portsea Island round
by Fareham, a distance of about 14 miles, instead of
crossing tee harbour in the floating bridga or boat, and
going out to Spithead was considered almost certain sui-
cide. The sea seealed literally bulling, and heavy
showers of rate fell at intervals, accompanied by flashes
of lightning and loud peals of thunder. We exp,ct, to
have to report a long list of casualties when tidings
from other Ceres come in.
The Vestal, 26, Captain C. B. Hamilton, alrived at
Spithead from Sheerness yesterday to be paid
advance. She will then sail tor the North American.
sta,ion.

The Foyle veaco-packet, returned from Plymou'h to,
day, an'l elLbarlicd the remainder of the 7th R yal
Fu-4her, for that citadel.

The Niger screw-sloop, 14, Commander Heath, un-
bnA sa►ls to•day, anti goes into dock to Le examined.
Th. Tiger, 16 Capt,in GarArd, at Spith,ad, i under
orders for loreigu service. bhe will Indio up her present
stock of provisiots and stores to six muuttis' supply.
Her destination is not at present known.

APPANTMENTS.

WO LWICH, AUG. 12.—alates—W. A. B. F. Paterson
(1850), from the Peatlope stearn•friwate, on the West
Coast of Atrica station, to the Ibli-xible steam-sloop, at
Portsmouth; Charles B. C. Dent (1851), from the green,
116, at Devur.port, to the Spiteful steam-sloop, on the
Mediteranean station; C. T. Williamson (1852), to the
Tiger steam-frigate, at Portsmouth.
Assistant• Surgeons— William Hemphill (1852), Leo-
nard H. J. Hayue (1852), and Cuuninghame Atchison
(1852), to the Penelope.
Gunner E. J. Humphrey, Boatswain James Brown-
ing, and Carpenter John Lee, are appointed warrant
officers in charge of the stores of the Termagant, 26,
strew steam frigate of 620-horse power, at Portsmouth.
The Wasp screw steam-sloop, Lieutenant-Commander
Denham, arrived yesterday at Purflear on her return
from the West Coast of Attica station, and was taken up
to Woolwich to-day, where she arrived at ten o'clock
A.M. The Wasp was built at Deptford in 1849,
and is 970 tons, with engines of 100-horse power.
DEVONPORT, WEDNESDAY. - Argus, Vulture, and
Desperate, of the steam reserve, were taken out ut har-
bour on a trial cruise on Monday.
Lady Montague, convict ship, sailed on Monday. The
convict ship Equestrian has sailed from Woolwich, and
will call at Portsmouth, Cowes, Portland, and finally at
Plymouth to complete her complement, and then sail for
Van Diemen's Land.

Trincomalee, 26, Captain Wallace Houston, will be
taken out of harbour to-morrow (weather permitting),
and her compasses will be adjusted on Friday.
Sprightly tender arrived on Tuesday with supernu-
meraries trots Portsmouth.

The Foyle steamer arrived this morning with a de-
tachment of the 7th Fusileers for this garrison ; they
have been landed at the Royal William Victualling
Yard.

The bazaar at Mount Edgecumbe has commenced this
day in behalf of the Orphan Asylum, but under very
unfavourable circumstances, us it blew half a gale of
wind, with some heavy showers of rain. There are
many strangers in the neighbourhood, and it is hoped
the weather may prove more favourable to-morrow.
At a time when the aspect of affairs between the
United States and Great Britain are so threatening,
touching the fisheries quarrel, a recapitulation of the
British disposable force at the command of Vice-Admiral
Sir G. Seymour may not be out of place. He has his
flagship the Cumberland, 70 guns, and 600 men; Alarm,
26, with 230 men; C.lypso, 20, 195 men; Sappho, 12,
125 men; Persian, 12, 125 men; Bermuda, 3, 44 men;
Netley tender, 2, 25 men; end the steam-sloops and ten-
ders—Buzzard, 8, 160 men, 400-horse power;
8, 160 LOUD, 400-horse power; Devastation, 6, 160 men,
400 horse power; Rosamond, 6, 160 men, 375 horse
power; Alban, 2, 32 well, 200-horse power; and Kite,
tender, 2, 25 men, 170-horse power. The Vestal, 26 gun
trigate, is awaiting fine weather to proceed to the same
station to reinforce the Admiral further; and it is con-
jectured that the strew ,criadron now on its way to Spit-
head—the Arrogant, 46; Dauntless, 33; Highli)er, 21;
and Eueuunter, 14. all lolly manned and heavily armed
—will be dispatched to Sir G, urge Seya,our's assistance.
R-ar Admiral COlry'e Channel q ad o u of two deckers
and frigates is also at sea, and ready for any emergency.
Phis latter is a powerful force, though small in numerical
arnouu , being two ships or 92 guns each, and two first-
class 50-gun frigates. This day her Majesty's new
paddle-frigate Tiger, 16 guns, has ri eeived sailing or
ders ut Spithead, an.s to cumplete with provisions attd
sea stores for six month' service; from vv:iich it is an
gurt,d she tut) has the route for Haltfax, and will bear
disocches to Sir Georg,-. Seymour.