The Sun.
London, England, 1853-05-14 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

Sir James Graham has bestowed the good-service pen-
sion on Capt. John Simpson, an old and meritorious
officer, who, we believe, has nothing but his long and
faithful services to recommend him to this reward.
PORTSMOUTH, Mir 13.

The Encounter, 14, screw, Capt. George W. D. O'Cal-
laghan, has had her boilers taken out, and hauled into
the steam•basin dock, to alter the feed-pipes for the new
ones.

The Stromboli, 8, paddle, haslbeen brought down, and
laid alongside the coal depot, for a supply. She will be
put in commission by Commander Gardner for the con-
veyance of troops in their exchange of quarters.
The Excellent, gunnery-ship, Capt. Chads, C. 8., com-
menced the first series of experiments on the old convict
hulk to-day, at one p.m. His Royal Highness Prince
Albert had intended to have been present, but owing to
the uncertain state of the weather was prevented coming.
The Excellent and battery in front of her fired about 30
rounds of shot and shell, some of which burst on striking
the hulk's side, tearing everything to pieces adjoining.
Some of the cases in which the live shells were placed
were knocked over, but did not burst up to four o'clock.
The practice seemed to excite a vast deal of interest, as,
after every four or six rounds, several boats, with very
many officers of both services, pulled on board the hulk
to ascertain the effect of the Excellent's fire. We no-
ticed the Melville, ordinary-ship, as the signal-vessel,
the poop of which was crowded. The practice will be
continued.
The Dauntless, 24, screw, Captain E. P. Halsted,
will be ready to pay off on Thursday next, the 19th inst.
Ships at Spithead—Sanspareil, 71, screw ; Imperieuse,
60, screw ; London, 90 ; Highflyer, 21, screw ; Sidon,
22, paddle ; Banshee, 4, avant coureur.

PLYMOUTH, MAT 13.
Her Majesty's frigate Leander, 50, Captain King, left
for New York, on Tuesday, with the Earl of Ellesmere
and suite. She was in tow of the steam-vessel Vulture,
which would take her 150 leagues to the westward.
The steam-ship James Watt, lately launched at Pem-
broke, will leave there on Saturday in tow of the Brisk
and Magicienne steamers, which will convey her to this
port to receive her boilers.
A court-martial assembled on Thursday, on board the
Impregnable ; Admiral Corry, president ; Commodore
Seymour, Captains Mitchell, Nias, Ramsay, Hutton,
Gifford, Glasse, Patey, and Hewlett, to try Thomas
Chune, private marine, of the Ajax, for striking a ser-
jeant of marines of that ship when on duty on the
quarterdeck. He was found guilty, and sentenced to
be hung at the yard-arm of such ship as the Admiralty
might appoint.
The Vulture, steamer, Captain Glasse, after accom-
panying the Leander down Channel, returned to the
Sound on Wednesday night.

WOOLWICH, MAy_l3.

The Phcenix screw steam-sloop, Commander Edward
R. Inglefield, was inspected to-day by Commodore
Henry Eden, Superintendent of Woolwich Dockyard,
and the vessel will leave this port between 6 and 7 o'clock
to-morrow morning to be again tried at the measured
mile when in full sea-going order, and will then bring up
at Greenhithe to have her compasses adjusted.
The Lady Franklin and the Sophia, the vessels em-
ployed in Captain Penny's expedition, have, it appears,
been purchased by Captain Penny for the company for
whom he has been appointed manager, and which has
been established to ascertain the extent of the mineral
resources of the portion of the Arctic regions reported
by Captain Penny as rich in minerals, and worthy of
being formed into a colony. Mrs. Penny goes out with
her husband, as it is their intention to have a permanent
residence in the Arctic regions. Captain Penny was
present in the dockyard here to-day seeing the stores of
the Lady Franklin and Sophia put on board, as these
vessels are now being rigged by the dockyard riggers,
previous to their being delivered over to their new and
enterprising owners.

PRIZE MONEY FOR A SLAVER.—Woodhead and Co.
have given notice to Commodore C. Wyvill, and the
offiCers and crew of her Majesty's ship Castor, and to
Lieutenant Commanding F. H. Stirling, and the officers
and crew of her Majesty's ship Dee, who are entitled to
share in the proceeds arising from the capture of the
slaver, name unknown, on the 7th of June, 1850, and
condemned at the Cape of Good Hope on the 17th of
April, 1851, that the distribution thereof will be made
on the 7th day of June next, at No. 1, James-street,
Adelphi, and where the list will be re-called every Wed-
nesday and Friday for three months :—Commodore of
second class, 371. Os. 10d. ; lieutenant commanding Dee,
121. 6s. 11d. ; first class, 91. 9s. ld. ; third, 41. 14s. 6d.;
fourth, 21. 16s. Bd. ; fifth, V. 13s. Id. ; sixth, 11. Bs. 4d;
seventh, 18s. 10d. ; eighth, 9s. sd. ; ninth, ss. 10d.
tenth, 3s. 6d.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

CUSTOM-HOUSE, MAY 13.

ENTERED INWARDS.—The Queen of the Isles, from
Aveiro ; Joven Casinino, Tarragona ; Rnens, Buenos
Ayres ; Germania, Dantzic ; Medemblik, Rouen • Dili-
gent, Almeira ; Dorothea Elizabeth, Teneriffe ;
Const-antinople ; Britain's Pride, Barbadoes ; Columbine,
Callao ; Adelia, Tarragona ; Silenzio, Alexandria ; Active,
Leer ; Rapid, Keranute ; Jernbaren, Frederickstadt ;
John Munro, Palermo ; Vanguard, Charente ; Vrouw
Menke, Worcura ; Jeuno Albert, Caen ; Pio Nono, Rot-
terdam ; Bounty of Providence, Caen ; Maria, Oporto ;
Fortitude, Ceylon and Cape of Good Hope ; Calliope, Sa-
lonica ; Sofia, Marseilles ; Friendship, Caen ; Joven Da-
masco, Malaga ; Ida, Dantzic ; Viceroy, Callao ; Eliza-
beth, Caen ; Familiar, Leghorn ; Julia, Rotterdam ;
Henrick, Strulsund ; Pet, Sines ; Inglewood, Singapore ;
Anne Margaretha, Bandholm.
ENTISRED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The Vrow Renski,
for Rotterdam ; Annette Catharina, do. ; Monarch, Cal-
cutta ; Seringapatam, Kurachee ; Agincourt, Calcutta ;
Ocean Wave, Demerara ; John Taylor, Now Zealand ;
Luchhardt, Port Philip; Carl Gustav, Stettin ; Hawk,
Antwerp ; Fortitude, Hobart Town ; Citizen, Bordeaux ;
Isabel, Fagel ; Orthona, Portland Bay; Jano Sawyer,
Elsinore and St. Petersbnrgh ; Aurora, Venice and An-
cona ; Caroline, Sweden.
CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.—The Franke Ca-
tharina, for Hamburgh ; Moultan, San Francisco ; Anna,
Kiel ; Wallie Hood, Sydney ; Moderen, Stavenger ' • King
Oscar, Odessa •, Ealing Grove, Dominica ; Lagster, Freda-
rickshaven ; Palm, Demerara ; Jane Green, Bombay ;
Pantaloon, Geelong; Speculation, Port Philip ; Rhine,
Ostend.