The Sun.
London, England, 1853-04-29 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

We have to announce the death of retired Commander
J. Swain. Commander .Swain was in receipt of the out-
pension of Greenwich Hospital.
APPOINTMENT.—Lieut. C. N. Pears, to be agent on
board contract steam-mail vessels.

PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 28.

The Agamemnon, Captain Sir T. Maitland, steamed
out of the harbour to Spithead this afternoon. She
saluted the flag of the Commander-in-Chief, which was
returned by the Victory:
The Plumper screw-sloop was undocked this morning
and placed in the steam factory basin, to receive her
masts ready for commission.
The Highflyer steam-frigate, Captain Moore, hauled
alongside the hulk this morning, to receive her crew and
reship stores ready for service.
The Conflict advance steam-sloop was taken out of
the harbour yesterday by Captain Henderson, C. 8., for
the purpose of making another trial of her speed in
Stoke's Bay, and to-day she has been again replaced in
the steam basin.

- The Hastings, 72, is returning stores with the utmost
dispatch, and has nearly unrigged the ship. Notwith-
standing the unfounded, malicious, and abominable re-
ports that have from time to time been raised against
the officers of this ship, we can vouch for it that a
happier or more effective ship's company never came
home to their native land ; and it gives us the utmost
pleasure to record this fact. In gunnery and the small-
arm exercise Captain Chords, no small authority, was
pleased to compliment them most highly on their per-
fectness, and this on a day when the glass stood at 42,
and the men bad just returned from a climate where the
temperature was 90.
The following ships now form the squadron at Spit-
head :—The Agamemnon, 91, screw-ship, Captain Sir
Thomas Maitland ; London, 90, Captain E. Eden ; Im-
perieuse, 51, steam-frigate, Captain Watson ; Sidon, 22,
paddle-steamer, Captain Goldsmith ; Encounter, 14,
screw-frigate, Captain O'Callaghan ; Cruiser, 14, screw-
sloop, Commander the Hon. G. H. Douglas ; Basilisk,
6, paddle-sloop, Commander Hon. Francis Egerton ;
Banshee, paddle steam-packet, Lieutenant-Commander
Hoskin.

The Hendrick Hudson, American packet, arrived last
evening from the Thames, and sailed this morning for
New York.
Wind, N.E. ; thick cloudy weather.

SHEERNESS, APRIL 27.

The Lizard, iron paddle-wheel steam-vessel, in charge,
pro tent., of Lieutenant S. H. Ricketts/ of the Waterloo,
is manned and officered from the Waterloo, and left this
day for Ostend, on particular service.
The Cuckoo, paddle-wheel steam-vessel, in command,
pro tent., of Lieutenant Martin, of the Waterloo, has
been manned and officered from that ship, and has taken
her station at Greenhithe, to overhaul the outward-
bound merchant-ships for deserters from the Royal
navy. _ . .

The Rhadamantbus, steam-transport, Master-Com-
mander John Delam, arrived here at five p.m. this day
from Portsmouth, with stores for this and Chatham yard.
She proceeds hence to Woolwich.
The Rhadamanthus brought one of the Deptford vic-
tualling hoys in tow from Margate Roads, and cast her
off at the Nore. She has also brought 16 volunteers
from the fleet at Portsmouth round for the Phoenix,
Captain Inglefield, at Woolwich ; 15 boys entered from
different ports—viz., this, Woolwich, and Deptford, who
have refused to he naval apprentices for the term of ten
years, and now discharged the service, and a few volun-
teers for this port.

WOOLWICH, APRIL 28.

The Phcenix steam-sloop, Commander Edward A.
Inglefield, has been joined to-day by Lieutenant Bellot,
of the French navy, who previously served as a volun-
teer in the arctic regions with Mr. Kennedy, in Lady
Franklin's vessel the Prince Albert. M. Bellot intended
to have proceeded with Mr. Kennedy this year in the
Isabel screw-steamer, belonging to Lady Franklin, and
now on her way to Behring's Straits, but owing to
domestic affairs he was unable to proceed with her, but,
to show his ardour in the search for Sir John Franklin,
he has volunteered to proceed to the North Polar regions
in the Phcenix, under Commander Inglefield. The
Phcenix has to-day taken on board 50 tons of patent
fuel, which has been all placed on deck at the stern of
the vessel, and yet has left ample room for navigating
her.
It appears the Diligence is at Devonport, and not at
Deptford, as was inadvertently stated on Tuesday, but
she is to be immediately brought round to Woolwich,
under the charge of Lieutenant James E. Elliott, who
has been to Devonport to obtain able seamen for service
in the Phoenix, and has succeeded in obtaining 20, who
will navigate the Diligence to this port. Fifteen able
seemen have also volunteered at Portsmouth for service
in the Phcenix, men having been allowed to volunteer
from any of the ships in commission.
The Melampus, 42, is ordered to take on board the
boilers of the Encounter, at Woolwich, and will be
towed by the Cyclops while conveying them to Ports-
mouth, where it is now decided the Encounter will have
her new boilers put on board.
One sergeant, 1 corporal, 1 drummer, and 25 privates
of the Woolwich division of Royal Marines left head-
quarters here to-day for Portsmouth, to embark at that
port for service afloat.
The Lizard, iron paddle-wheel steam-vessel of 150-
horse power, arrived here yesterday from Sheerness, and,
having taken on board some anchors and stores, left
this morning in charge of Captain Washington, of the
surveying service, and is to be engaged in laying down a
telegraphic wire between this country and Ostend.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

CUSTOM-HOUSE, APRIL 28.

ENTERED INWARDS.—The Rapid, from Marstrand ;
Carl Gustav, Wolgast ; Red Port, Oporto ; Antje Welsen-
berg, Groningen ; Fortune, Christiania ; Scandinavian,
Porsground ; Annette, Norden ; Catharina, do. ; Ithul,
Constantinople ; Sophie and Maria, Frederickshald ;
Reichsadler, Emden ; Emanuel, Marstrand ; Helene,
Leer ; Agnes, Emden ; Medina, do. ; Maria, Riga ; Com-
modore, Messina; Hans Thorwall, Sarpsborg ; Cambrian,
Madeira and Jamaica ; Kennett, Malaga ; Castor, Copen-
hagen ; Hoop, Worcum; Louise, Randers ; Speculator,
Demerara ' • Caroline, Gottenburg ; Victory, Algoa Bay ;
Brilliant, Geelong ; Devonshire, New York ; Adelaide,
Leghorn ; Seringapatam, Bombay and Cape of Good
Hope ; Dolphin, Basbadoes ; Java, Bombay ; Eclipse,
Madeira ; Camperdown, Calcutta and Cape of Good
Hope; Eaglet, Lisbon; Collingwood, Singapore; Stan-
dard, Bombay ; Diana, Amsterdam ; Alice, Jamaica ;
John Taylor, Melbourne ; Royal Stuart, Calcutta ; Jo-
hanna, Ernden ; Martina, Uddewalla • Waterlily, St.
Michael's ; Alica, Emden ; Auguste Fredericke, Rostock ;
Longston, Vienna.
ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The Paul and
Aimee, Rouen ; Peregrine, Port Philip ; Cambrian, Ja-
maica; Affghan, Calcutta ; Choice, Malta and Alexandria;
Lilian, Palermo and Messina ; Ida Maria, Dantzic ; De-
vonshire, New York ; Rosario, Santander ; Eclipse, Ma-
deira ; Caroline, Guayaquil and Bordeaux ; Barham, Ma-
dras and Calcutta • Nile, ditto, ditto ; Countess of Yar-
borough, Port Philip and Sydney ; Lea Amis, Rouen ;
Speculator, Demerara.
CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.—The Rubicon, for
Kurrachee; Abergeldie, Hong Kong and Whampoa ; Cress-
well, New Zealand ; Albion, Port Adelaide ; Sir Robert
Peel, New York ; Jens Hansen Lund, Copenhagen • La
Bonne Mere, Barcelona ; City of Paris, -, St. Vbes,
Montreal.

LIVERPOOL, April 28.—The Australia, from New York,
in docking to-day, got in contact with the William Tap-
scot, leaving the Bandon graving-dock and basin, to pro-
ceed to her loading dock ; both vessels received damage,