The Sun.
London, England, 1852-09-30 00:00:00

NAVAL IN TELLIGE NCE.

Rear-Admiral Fanshawe, C. 8., has been officially
appointed Superintendent of her Majesty's Dockyard,
Portsmouth, vice Rear-Admiral Prescott, C.B. The
latter gallant admiral strikes his flag this evening at
sunset, and the former hoists his flag (blue at the
mizen) to-morrow morning.
As we have stated, Paymaster Ince, who served as
secretary to Rear-Admiral Fanshawe when Comman•
der-in-Chief on the coast of Africa, will occupy the
same office at Portsmouth Dockyard.
In announcing the promotion of Captain Tarleton,
of the Fox, 42, at Rangoon, yesterday, the services of
Commander Tattnall were appended, instead of those
of Captain Tarleton. The latter gallant officer pasaed
his examination in 1830; obtained his first com-
mission Sept. 22, 1835 ; and was subsequently ap-
pointed, Feb. 2, 1836, as supernumerary lieutenant,
to the Caledonian, 120, flagship of Sir Josias
Rowley, in the Mediterranean ; April 1, follow-
ing, to the Favourite, 18, Captain George Rodney
Mundy, on the same station ; April 19, 1837, to the
Riogdove, 16, Captains Horatio Stopford Nixon and
Hon. Keith Stewart, with whom be served in North
America and the West Indies until the close of 1841 ;
Feb. 5, 1842, as senior, to the Carysfort, 26, Captain
Lord George Paulet, fitting for the Pacific, whence
he returned to England, and was paid off i❑ June,
1845 ; and Dec. 2, 1845, to the Endymion, 44, Capt.
George Robert Lambert, in which ship he again
sailed for the North America and West India sta-

tion. He attained his present rank Nov. 9, 1846 ;
and since Nov. 23, 1848, has been employed as second
captain in the Vengeance, 84; and in the Fox, 42.—
Herald.

It was Commander John Nepean, on the reserved
half-pay list, who died last week. He entered the
navy March 3, 1798, as first-class volunteer on board
the Caton. He was promoted to the rank of lieu-
tenant September 25, 1806, and next in succession
appointed to the Raven sloop, Captain James Grant;
Bellerophon, 74; Humber; Imperieuse, 38; and in
1811, to the regulating service, which he left in 1814.
While belonging to the Raven he was wounded
in her boats in an attack upon a privateer, and
when in the Imperieuse, 1809, be assisted at the
destruction of a fort in the river Scrieldt, took
part in the operations connected with the siege of
Flushing, and was a second time wounded in an affair
with five Dutch schuyts near South Bevelend. His
last appointments were—April 26, 1823, to the
Water Guard, in which service he continued, we
believe, but a short period; Oct. 28, 1841, to the
post (which he retained until the close of 1843) of
Admiralty agent on board a contract mail steam-
vessel; and Jan. 4 and May 22, 1845, to the San
Josef, 110, and Caledonia, 120, both commanded by
Captain Manley Hall Dixon, at Devonport.
Niger screw-steam sloop, Commander Heath, is
nearly completed and ready for sea. She went along-
side Portsmouth yard yesterday, got up steam to try
her engines.
Philomel, 8, has bad her defects made good at
Devonport, and she is now ready for commission.
She was surveyed by Commodore Seymour on
Monday previous to her being reported to their
Lordships.
Rolla, 6, apprentices tender, Lieutenant Com-
mander Fenwick, weighed from Spithead, and pro-
ceeded outside the Nab for exercise yesterday.
The compasses of the Simoom screw troop ship,
Captain Kingcome, have been again adjusted at the
moorings off the King's-stairs, Portsmouth.
Sinbad lighter sailed from Portsmouth yesterday,
with stores for the eastern yards.
MALTA, SEPT. 22.—The English fleet, when last
heard of, was off Syra.
The Arethusa frigate from Lisbon, arrived in port
on the 16th inst. at half-past three A.M. At that
early hour she saluted the Admiral, an act which has
called forth much reprehension, and has caused her to
be sent off to join the fleet. At eight she saluted
again, but with fewer guns than Admiral Harvey was
entitled to.
Misfortune still clings to the Fury. We have just
heard of an accident, but not the full extent of it. It
would seem that, on the 10th, being in the vicinity of
Sapienza, she ran into the Austrian ship Padre Aim.
belli, from Marianopoli to Cork or Falmouth, with
grain. The accident took place at a quarter past one
; the weather was calm and the wind light. Both
vessels showed lights. The captain of the Padre
Mimbelli says the Fury has received much damage.
His own vessel is very much injured.

News of the loss of the 'Maltese brig Zeitun,
Azzopardi master, on the Rabbit Island near Tenedos,
has reached this; crew saved. She was on her pas-
sage to the Danube, with a cargo of miners] salt from
Girgenti.
PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 29.—The Terrible, 21, Capt.
James Hype, sailed yesterday for WoolWieb, to be
paid off.
The Sidon, 22, advanced steam• frigate, was taken
out of harbour yesterday, for a trial at Stokes Bay,
by Captain W. H. Henderson,-'
Her enginesC.B , of the Blenheim.
worked well,an she returned' to ordi-
nary after the trial.
The Furious, 16, steam-frigate, has been put out of
commission, and Lieut. Cunningham and his men
have returned to the Blenheim.
The Count and Countess Bernstorff visited this
dockyard to-day, over which they were escorted by
Flag-Lieutenant Pasley.. They also visited the Vic-
tory, the Commander-in-Chiefs barge being placed
at their service to visit the fisg-ship. The Count,who
is a distinguished Prussian diplomatist, has been Am-
bassador from the Court of Prussia to that of Austria
and Bavaria. Having inspected the chief objects of
interest at the port they returned to town by the
Brighton Railway in the afternoon. While on board
the Victory the Prussian flag was hoisted at the fore
and saluted with 15 guns.
PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 29.—Yesterday morning, at
half-past 2 o'clock, as two men were returning from
fishing, they discovered fire on board the Government
lighter Camel, then moored to a buoy off the Devon-
port Dockyard, in Ilamoaze. They immediately
hailed the watch on board the sheer hulk, who sig-
nalised the fact, when Commodore Superintendent
Seymour, Mr. Mills, master-attendant, and Lieu-
tenant Williams, the chief of police, were soon in at-
tendance, and the hose from the jetty were conveyed
to the lighter. Boats from the ships in commission
arrived shortly after, and towed the Camel to the
west mud, when the fire was entirely extinguished.
During the day she was warped ashore in the yard, to
have her stores discharged. There was no one on board
the:lighter when the fire was discovered. Her boat was
found in Mutton Cove. An investigation before
Commander Seymour took place in the course of the
day, when it appeared that the mate went ashore at
half-past 5 the previous evening, leaving two ship-
keepers in charge, and that subsequently one of these,
Cara, also went ashore, being unwell : he is in cus-
tody, the other cannot be found. It is very
singular
that the fire on board the Camel was discovered the
same day and month, the same hour, and almost the