The Sun.
London, England, 1854-11-04 00:00:00

SAL ;D 3ITZITaRk ifTELLIGENCE.

The Conrad, 101, had her foremast taken out on '
Thursday at Devonport Dockyard, and was afterwards
towed to the private yard of Messrs. Hocking and Co.
The Harrier, 14, Commander Story, sailed from Spit-
head last evening for the West India station.
The Heels, 6, paddle sloop, Captain Hall, will be
docked to-day at Portsmouth, to refit.
The Athol depot ship will leave Portsmouth this day
for Greenock, to remain as a receiving ship.
The Dee paddle troop-ship, Lieutenant Smith, is or-
dered into Portsmouth harbour, to be paid off.
The transport No. 114 was towed into Hamoaze on
Thursday, and placed in the basin dock at Seyham.
The transport Diligent had her mainmast taken out at
Devonport Dockyard on Thursday.
The sum of 64/, was subscribed on Wednesday to..
wards the Patriotic Fund by the Funrolled Pensioners
under Major Trevor, at Plymouth.
The Admiralty have increased the bounty of the Royal
Marines from Si. 17s. to 61.

ARRIVAL OF TTHHEE BINCE .
REGENT FROM
PRINCE REGENT FROM
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The Princeßegent,9o, Capt. Smith, the Monarch, 84, To
Capt. Erskine, and the Gorgon, 6, paddle frigate, Com- Sul:"
"'sander Peter Cracroft, arrived at Spithead yesterday °ffi
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from the Baltic. The Gorgon had a most extraordinary
run home, having left Copenhagen only on Sunday last,
and been delayed by fogs and other disadvantages. She
left Spithead last March for the Baltic, and joined Sir
Charles Napier in the Belts, and continued attached to
the steam division of the fleet. After the affair at Hango
she was one of the vessels intrusted with the duty of
divcovering and buoying the dangerous shoals that render
Vac approach to Sweaborg so difficult. Preparatory to
the anticipated attack upon that fortress, when the screw
fleet moved up the Gulf of Finland to Cronstadt, it fell
to her lot to tow the Austerlitz, 100, the engines of which
were disabled. Upon the commencement of the opera-
tions against the Aland islands, she joined Admiral
Plumridge's division, and was actively employed as one
of the blockading squadron in the Archipelago, to
the north of Bomarsund, Commander Cracroft having
two steamers (one French) under his orders. The
Prmsto passage, where the Penelope met with her
misfortune, was under the Gorgon's special charge,
and, in spite of the riflemen concealed in the woods,
who kept up a continual and harassing fire upon
her boats, she succeeded in seizing everything that
floated, and effectually closed the communication.
After the fall of Bomarsund the Gorgon formed
one of the little squadron that threaded its way,through
the most intricate navigation to Abo, the former capital
of Finland, and in the attack upon the gun-boats and
batteries at that place, defended hy 15,000 troops, she
effectually silenced the westernmost masked battery by
her well-directed shot and shell. Since that period she
has been employed in the arduous service of blockading
in the Gulf of Bothnia, and has had more than one narrow
escape from total loss in the heavy gales that swept
across the dangerous coast of Finland during the month
of September and the beginning of October. When she
left Copenhagen on the 29th ult., the line-of-battle ships
orming the bulk of Sir Charles Napier's squadron were
on their way to Kiel, where they will rendezvous until
the ice drives them home. The Bulldog left to join the
Admiral at Kiel on the 28th. Mr. Thomas, master of
the Archer, died at Faro on the 26th ult ; and Mr.
Thomas Oyler, second master of the Duke of Welling-
ton, has been promoted to the vacancy, Mr. Green,
second master of the Magicienne, invalided, M
rs,Sanlev, mate, from the Archer, to join the Coloss and
Mr. Chapman, late clerk of the Conflict (discharged the
service at his own request), have come home in the
Gorgon, together with 40 invalids.

Rear-Admiral Plumridge came up to the Admiralty
0 yesterday from Portsmouth.

The Wrangler screw gun-boat left Spithead last even-
ng for Plymouth, where she will ship a mail this day
or the Black Sea fleet. f
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