The Sun.
London, England, 1853-05-27 00:00:00

THE CHANNEL SQUADRON.

In the afternoon Admiral Corry made signal for the
sternmost and leewardmost ships of his squadron to get
ready for sea. Wind light from south-east, veering to-
wards the south ' • high water at 6.30 p.m. The Lon-
don, 90, Captain Charles Eden, which lay to the west,
first let fall, and was quickly under canvass. She
broke ground at 5.20 p.m. and was cast of to-
wards the south under topsails, topgallant sails, and
royals. This fine ship sits easy on the water, and bore
a very noble appearance when she had dropped her
courses and was leaving the Sound. The flag-ship Prince
Regent, 92, Captain Hutton, which lay about three
quarters of a mile inside the middle of the breakwater,
let fall at 5.30, broke ground at 5.45, and casting inshore
passed to the leeward of the red buoy as she followed
the London. The Sanspareil screw steam-ship, 81, Capt.
S. C. Dacres, which was to the north-east of the Ad-
miral, let fall topsails at 5.50, and, when they were set,
let fall topgallantsails and royals, broke ground at 6, and
cast towards the southward under canvass only. The
wind being light she drifted towards Drake's Island, and
it was feared that the island buoy would get under her
bottom. To prevent this a warp was carried to a mer-
chant schooner at anchor in the Sound, and two of
the ship's boats got hold of her bow ; they were joined
by three from the Queen, and four from other other ships
belonging to the squadron, and she was cleared from the
buoy. The Leopard steamer, having been signalised,
came to assist, but owing to her connection with the
schooner, the Leopard went round the Sanspareil three
times, and an hour elapsed before she could safely
hook on.

The Imp4rieuse, 50, screw, Captain R. B. Watson ;
the Amphion, 34, screw, Captain S. G. E. Patey ; the
Highflyer, 21, screw, Captain J. More ; and the Leo-
pard, 12, paddle-wheel, Captain G. Giffard, got under
weigh with steam only. Owing to the wind dying
away it was nearly eight o'clock before the squadron
cleared the Sound. At nightfall the London, under her
topsails, was observed several miles outside the break-
water, in a south-easterly direction ; the Prince Re-
gent, in tow of the Highflyer, was half-a-mile outside
the west end of the breakwater ; the Leopard was tow-
ing the Sanspareil towards the London, and the Imp&
rieuse and Amphion were following astern.

MAY 25.
Admiral Corry's squadron is reported to have been
observed three leagues west of the Eddystone, at 4
o'clock this morning, in a dead calm.

NAVAL MEDICAL SERVICES TO EMIGRANTS.
We are much pleased to find that the Colonial Land
and Emigration Commissioners have made a grateful
acknowledgment of the services of the late Dr. Carey,
of the Hercules, by presenting his heirs with the sum
of 1501.

Dr. Stewart, the assistant-surgeon of the Hercules,
has also received 601. from the Commissioners in consi-
deration of his labours while the emigrants on board that
vessel were afflicted with the scourges of small pox and
typhus fever in a severe form.
The board have, we understand, signified their inten-
tion of carrying out this just and proper system of
reward for important services, by adequately remune-
rating the other medical officers who were engaged in
this perilous service, through the Commander-in-Chief at
Cork—Rear-Admiral Purvis.

No one who has the slightest idea of the amount of
harassing labour and responsibility incurred by the naval
medical officers at Cork, can be otherwise than gratified
by the spirit of just liberality displayed by the board on
the present occasion.