The Sun.
London, England, 1853-07-02 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

The intelligence of the death of Commodore Mquhm,
the second in command in the West Indies, of yellow
fever, will be received with great regret, for the gallant
officer was much and ,deservedly respected in the
service.

By the Navy List it will be seen that Captain Baynes,
C.B. (1828), has the good-service pension that was so
long vacant.
Assistant-Surgeons Gilbert L. King and M. C. Robert-
son have received appointments ; the first to the Vesu-
vius, steam-sloop, at Portsmouth, and the latter to the
Tribune, 30, at Woolwich.

MALTA, JUNE 25.

The Wasp, screw-steamer, from the fleet, arrived on
the 23d inst. ; she has nothing of importance. The fleet
was lying in order of battle, guns double-shotted, and a
steamer a head of each. The Wasp is to be docked.
The Sanspareil, screw steam-frigate, arrived in port
yesterday, and will go to sea on Monday, to join the
Admiral in Besika-bay.
On the 20th, the anniversary of the Queen's acces-
sion, Admiral Dundas was to have invited the French
Admiral de la Susse and his staff, to celebrate the anni-
versary, on board the Britannia.

General Fergusson, on receipt of his dispatches by
French boat yesterday, has refused all leave to officers
applying for it, even as far as the coast of Sicily.

PORTSMOUTH, JULY 1.
To-morrow, weather ' permitting, the Spithead fleet
will perform a very pretty manoeuvre—that of ranging
in line-of-battle. The sailing ships, screw ships, and
vessels (Prince Regent, 90, Duke of Wellington, 131,
Agamemnon, 90, London, 90, Blenheim, 60, Ajax, 60,
Hogue, 58, Edinburgh, 58, Imperieuse, 50, Amphion,
34, Highflyer, 21, Encounter, 14) will form two lines,
and the paddle-frigates Sidon, 22, Odin, 16, Leopard,
12, and Express-boat Banshee, 2, will form the centre
line. The former are to take up their berths under sail,
and the latter under steam.

General Ogareff, Aide-de-Camp to his Imperial Ma-
jesty the Emperor of Russia, and Baron Kreudnur,
arrived at the George Hotel,- Portsmouth, yesterday,
from town, with letters of introduction from the
First Lord of the Admiralty and the Master-
General of the Ordnance to the naval and military
authorities of this port, intending to inspect the
dockyard, &c. However, a slight contretemps pre-
vented the gallant offic.3rs from gratifying their curio-
sity yesterday, as at the time of their making their ap-
pearance at the dockyard, the Commander-in-Chief and
the Admiral-Superintendent were absent, and they were
consequently refused an inspection. This, however,
was eventually conceded in the case of the General, but
the Aide-de-Camp was refused. This being the state of
things, the gallant visitors returned to the George with
their host, Mr. Crofts, who had accompanied them to
the dockyard to present them, the Commandant of the
garrison also being out of the way at the moment. In
the evening the distinguished visitors were entertained
by Major-General Simpson, who accompanied them this
morning to the Port Admiral's. They have since in-
spected the dockyard, the Duke of Wellington, at Spit-
head, &c.
The Cyclops steamer-transport, arrived to-day with a
portion of the machinery for the newly-launched screw
two-decker Princess Royal, 91, and came into harbour
to land it this afternoon.

Arrogant, 46, screw, Captain S. G. Fremantle.—No-
thing gives us so much pleasure as to notice when any
extraordinary exertion is used to get a ship ready for sea
in an unusually short time. Scarcely 12 days since the
Arrogant was placed under the shears and had her old
boilers taken out. She was then docked and had some
trifling defects made good under her bottom, with a few
valves shifted, and her copper cleaned. She was again
placed in the steam basin, under the shears, and received
on board her new boilers, which have been placed some
seven feet further forward, which will increase the
draught of her fires ; and in her new boilers she will be
enabled to work up to 12 pounds on the square inch, in-
stead of four and a-half, as heretofore. Owing to the
exertions that have been used, and the excellent system
adopted by the engineers of this yard, under the direc-
tion of Mr. Murray, this splendid steam-frigate will be
enabled to join the squadron at Spithead on Monday
next—gangs of convicts have been engaged during the
day in supplying her with coal, and this evening she
gets up steam ; thus completing this ship within two
days of the time specified, and as given in to the
Admiralty.
Captain Patey, we are informed to-day, is still going
on favourably.
A court-martial, of which Rear-Admiral Corry was
president, was held this morning on board the Victory,
to try Mr. John Richard Richards, Second-master, R.N.,
of her Majesty's ship Arrogant, for having attempted to
break his arrest when on board the Camperdown hulk,
on the 25th of June last, having been put under arrest
on the 23d for being drunk. It appeared on the first-
mentioned date the prisoner, between 7 and 8 o'clock
p.m., was observed to get out of a lower deck port, and
get into a shore boat alongside ; he was subsequently
brought back, and reported to Captain Fremantle, who
then ordered him under close arrest. On his way to his
cabin, on the lower deck, he suddenly ran to the stem
entering port, and jumped overboard, and com-
menced swimming to the dockyard, but was over-
taken by the cutter, and placed on board again by Mr.
Lawrence, the master-at-arms. The prisoner, in defence,
denied wishing to escape from the ship, and said he was
excited by being threatened with a court-martial, which
caused him to jump overboard. The Court declared the
charges proved, and adjudged the prisoner to be dismissed
from her Majesty's service.

PLYMOUTH, JULY 1.

The crew of her Majesty's screw steam-ship St. Jean
d'Acre, Captain Keppel, got up topgallant masts yester-
day.
The steam-sloop Valorous, 6, Captain Buckle, took in
50 tons of coal yesterday, from the depot in the Sound,
and made a short excursion outside the harbour.

The Brisk, steam-vessel, has been placed at her sailing
moorings, preparatory to her leaving for the West Indies.
The steam-sloop Sphynx, 6, Commander Shadwell,
daily expected from the East Indies, is to be paid off at
this port.
'"he frigate Madagascar is ordered to be fitted and
- • ,ioned as a depot at Rio Janeiro.
lighter, is ordered to go to Pembroke with
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