The Sun.
London, England, 1853-09-28 00:00:00

NAVAL 11VTELLIGENVE.

PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 26.
The Elfin, Royal despatch yacht, Master-Commander
Alfred Balliston, came into harbour from Cowes to-day.
The Stromboli steam sloop, 6, Commander Hall, will
be paid advance to-morrow.
Mr. Woodcock, the chief engineer late of the Barra-
couta, is on board the Victory awaiting the pleasure of the
Lords of the Admiralty as to his disposal.
The Tyne store-ship, Master-Commander Peter Wel-
lington, arrived at Spithead this afternoon from the '
Brazils and Coast of Africa stations, bringing invalids
and obsolete stores from the squadrons on both stations.
The news from the Brazils has been anticipated by the
West India mail packet.
The Tyne's dates of sailing are—Buenos Ayres, July
27 ; Montevideo. July 31 ; and Rio, Aug. 13. On her
way home she spoke the following ships, which wished
particularly to be reported :—Aug. 19, at 2p.m., in lat.
21.17 S., long. 52.2 W., the English brig Globe, 46
days from Liverpool, bound to Valparaiso, all well ;
Sept. 2, at noon, in lat 12.30 N., long. 29.36 W. ex-
changed numbers with the bark Reuben ; Sept. 7, at noon,
in lat. 20N., long. 34.89 W., exchanged numbers with the
English ship Janes; also, at 2 p.m., exchanged longitude
with the ship Hyderabad, out 97 days from Calcutta,
bound to London ; Sept. 14, at noon, in lat. 38.15 N.,
long. 32.47 W., passed and exchanged longitudes with
the English ship Bonita, 18 days from Pernambuco,
bound to Liverpool ; Sept 24, in lat. 47.30 N., long.
15.52 IV., spoke the Swedish brig Maria ; Sept. 25, in
lat. 48.4 N., long 10.43 W., exchanged longitudes and
passed the American ship Connecticut, with loss of top-
gallantmast. Lieutenants Douglas and Gregory, re-
cently promoted from the Centaur flagship, have come
home in the Tyne ; also the gunner of her Majesty's
ship Crescent, for trial by court-martial for a revolting
offence. Assistant-Surgeon Holt, of the Crescent, has
come home as a witness for the prosecution.

QUEENSTOWN, Sm. 25.
The Hogue, 58, Captain Ramsay, joined the fleet in
this harbour to-day from Kingstown, making the force
assembled here 18 sail of men-of-war.
Courts-martial are ordered for to-morrow and Tues-
day on board the Queen, and on Wednesday the Lords
of the Admiralty have ordered the whole fleet to sea
with their Lordships on board, who propose witnessing
some trials of sailing, weather permitting. It is re-
ported the fleet will remain out three weeks, and then
return to general rendezvous at Spithead. Such at
present are the Admiralty orders.

PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 27.

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A dvices from Queenstown state that the fleet is to
leave that port on Wednesday or Thursday, to cruise
for an indefinite period—probably three weeks.
The Leander, 50, Captain G. St. Vincent King, is
making every preparation for immediate departure,
About 50 of her crew are yet on leave of absence.
Forty first-class boys have been draughted from the
Impregnable to the Leander for service in the Medi-
terranean.

The African mail packet Charity, Captain Atkinson,
which sailed on Saturday 'night for Madeira and the
West Coast, was detained several hours in the Sound,
in consequence of a strike by four of the firemen, receiv-
ing 4/. per month. The detention was prolonged for
want of summary jurisdiction by the magistrates of Ply-
mouth. Justice can only be obtained by a long journey
up the Tamar to Saltash, a small borough which pos-
sesses magisterial authority over the waters of Ply-
mouth in virtue of a right granted some centuries since.
The evil has long been a grievance to the merchant ser-
vice, and is doubled where it creates delay in the trans-
mission of the mails. Seamen are well acquainted with
this state of the law, which unintentionally offers a pre-
mium to insubordination.

PEMBROKE, SEPT. 27.
The Lords of the Admiralty, during their recent visit,
officially and minutely inspected the Cwsar, which was
undocked and moored off the yard. Her sheer and lines
are quite perfect, and no leakage has been made. All
the repairs deemed necessary have been made, and she
will immediately be navigated round to Portsmouth by
the seamen and riggers sent for the purpose. The Ma-
gicieune takes her round.

- The increased length now given to our ships of the
line, in consequence of the addition of the screw pro-
peller, has rendered it necessary that the docks should
be extended, in order to afford accommodation for these
vessels. The gates of the dock could not be closed upon
the Windsor Castle (now the Duke of Wellington), and
this would again be the case with vessels of a similar
size.

The Pique frigate, which has been so long here, has
been almost rebuilt ; she will be classed as a 40-gun fri-
gate, in lieu of her former rating of 36 guns, and will be
fitted with the screw propeller.

WOOLWICH, SEPT. 27.
APPOINTMENTS.

Surgeons.—John H. Carruthers (1841), to the Win-
chester, 50, flag-ship, on the East Indies station ;
Andrew Batwell, M.D. (1851), to the Bittern, 12, sloop,
on the East Indies station ; James Laird (1852), to the
Ferret, 8, sloop, on the West Coast of Africa station ;
John Cockin (1852), to the Polyphemus, 5, paddle-wheel
steam-sloop, on the West Coast of Africa station.
Clerk in Charge.—Thomas Ellard (1846), to the
Apollo, troopship, at Sheerness.
Clerk.—Frederick Penfola (1851), to the Boscawen
70, guardship of ordinary at Chatham.

HER MAJESTY'S SHIP THETIS AND HER FREIGHT.—By
a letter from Panama, August 8, we hear that the Thetis,
38, Captain Kuper, C. 8., had arrived there in 30 days
from San, Blas, having in the course of nearly four
months collected only $1,400,000. The captain ex-
pected above $700,000 more from Tepic, but the export
duty having been raised from 3 to 8 per cent., the mer-
chants would not pay it, and so the ship loses their good
share. The ship landed $400,000 at Panama. We
have already stated that the first lieutenant (Com.
Sansum) died before the intelligence of his promotion
reached him. He died suddenly, and alone, on the night
of April 11th, at Guaymas. The captain gave Mr.
Lodder, the senior mate, an acting order for the vacancy,
but, of course, it remained for the commander-in-chief
to make the promotion on arrival at Valparaiso. Dur-
ing the hot weather, when the Thetis was at Mazatlan,
remittent fever went through the ship, and up to the
date of our Panama letter continued in a milder shape.
It attacked nearly every one, and about the middle of
July no less than 100 were on the sick list ; two men
died. The surgeon of the ship, Dr. Douglas, had a
smart time of it, for the assistant surgeon was among
the number attacked. The Thetis was to leave Panama
about the 15th August for Valparaiso and England.--
Plymouth, Mail.