The Sun.
London, England, 1849-07-12 00:00:00

MAIL STEAM- PACKETS.

At Malta—The Triton, Lieutenant C. J. P. Glinn;
Oberon, Lieuten int Gardner; Antelop, Lieutenant F.
Sul) th; Medusa, Lieutenant Elmhurst; Medina, Lieut. A.
Darby.
En route to Marseilles from Malt4—The
Lieutenant J IL Turner.
En route from Malta to Corfu-1 he Ardent, Lieu-
t,naut N,,vell (special service).

PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COM
PANY'S FLOTILLA.
At Southampton—The Hindustan, Pasha, Elaine,
Erin, Queen, and Indus.

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En route to Gibraltar and Southampton from Malta
•The Sultan.
At Constantinople—The Tagus.
En route to Alexandria from Malta—The Ripon.

UNITED STATES SQUADRON.
En route to Gibraltar—The steam-trizate Alleghany,
Captain Hunter ; the steam-frigate Princeton, Com-
mander Eagle.
Spezzia—The Constitution frigate, Captain Gwynne,
Acting-Commodore.

Palermo The Jamestown corvette, Commander
Mercer.

FOREIGN SHIPS OF WAR AND PACKETS IN PORT.
The French steamer Leonidas, R. Y. C. Sapphire
and Nautilus, English steamer Water-Lily, Tunisian
gun-boat Duranigel.
PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY.—The Egyptian frigate
Sharkie, of 36 guns, arrived at Spithead last evening, at
half- past six o'clock, under the command of Commodore
Hafux Bey, having left Gravesend at three, A.M. in the
morning, thus running the distance of 170 miles at the
rate of about eleven miles an hour. She saluted the
Lieutenant. Governor of the garrison with 21 guns, and
the Commander-in Chief of the port with 17, and was
duly answered by them respectively. This ship was
built at Alexandria under the immediate direction of
Mohammed Bey, the chief naval architect in the
Egyptian service, who received his professional educa-
tion in this country, and the best judges of ships say that
she does great credit to that distinguished individual.
She has been fitted with steam-engines of 550-horse
power by Messrs. Miller and Ravenhill,and with a screw
propeller. Her passage from the Thames to this port
shows her to be an eminently successful result of the
application of the screw propeller to a ship of war; and
both this performance and her trials in the Thames have
called forth strong expressions of surprise from nautical
men and engineers, who seem previously to have under-
rated the extraordinary capabilities of the screw.
An accident occurred, we regret to say, whilst salu-
ting. One man was ramming home the charge, and
another, whose duty it was to stop the vent, neglected
to do so in a proper manner. The result was, that the
rammer was blown out of the port, and his remains
have not been since found. Mr. Beattie, the Ottoman
Vice-Consul at this port, dispatched a boat and men to
drag for the remains of the unfortunate man, but with-
out success. Mr. Z.trab, the Ottoman Consul General,
and the Turkish Admiral, are expected to arrive this
evening. The frigate will embark her splendid state
barge (built by Camper, of Gosport) to-morrow, and
sail on Saturday.
Portsmouth Harbour (the watermea's) Regatta com-
meeced to day, under Royal auspices.
The Ajax steam guard-ship will probably be cora•
ruissioned at this port shortly, and report says by Cap-
tain W. H. Henderson, C. 8., late of the Sidon.

The Pliamix screw steam-sloop, 260 horse power, 6
guns, is ordered to be commissioned here by Commander
George Wodehouse, 1844.
Toe Fire-Qat-en steam yatcht, Master Commander
Allen, was ,ocked this morning for re-embellish-
ment, &c.
WooLwrcli, JULY 11. The Niger steatn-sloop,
fitted with a scree. propeller, and recently experimenter
with along with the 13a5ilisk steitin•sloou, fitted with
.dl, -wheels, is ordered to return to Woulwieh to be
kid op tor the present.
The 13 tsilisk Iw-tun-sloop is to remain at Devonport
as att ad viscad'war steamer. _ _

Tae Fl,m-r sresm-v,esel, reported rfaly for commis-
sion. has been examined, and as doubts are entertained
of her theiency to bo mounted with guns as a war
steamer, sire is to be sent round to Portsmouth and kept
in reudinuss as a pcket-boat.