The Sun.
London, England, 1849-09-21 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 19.—The East Indiaman
Bangalore entered the Sound on Monday, with her
mizen topmast struck, and its standing rigging
snaked down on the rigging of the lower mast.
Having learned that Ehe had experienced heavy
weather, and had been self-supplied with an excellent
temporary rudder, we boarded and examined her
yesterday, and were kindly permitted to look over
her log. The Bangalore registers 876 tons, belonging
to Messrs. Phillips, Shaw, and Lowther, of London,
and is commanded by Captain J. A. Martyn.
Laving a full cargo, the dead weight of which ap-
proached 1,100 tons, consisting of gambia, hides,
gutta percha, pepper, spices, sago, antimony, cocoa-
nut oil, sperm oil, &c., she sailed from Singapore on
the 4th of April last, called at St. Helena on the Ist,
and left there on the 3d of July. By the 20 h of
August, the officers had got the rigging in good trim,
and the hull and spars painted throughout, intending,
with a proper pride, to enter the docks with a
creditable 'appearance. On the 4th of September,
however, when in lat. 50 2 North, long. 10 3 West,
they wars. arc a Callen by a ksmic, vas jitig hunt ,t/La Cis s
south-east, which split their jib, and carried away
their mainsail, separated the main stalk of the rudder
from the fan part, and did other damage to the ship.
As soon as possible the rudder was secured by a
yoke and hawsers, but on the 7th of September
they experienced another gale, by which the
fan part of the rudder was carried away,
taking the false stern post with it. On the Bth
they cut away the taffrail, and fixed over the stern a
steer-oar, made of a mainyard, with studdingsail-
booms for a fan, and having a crossbeam for a lever,
they worked the oar with chain guys and teakles.
Finding this not to answer, they on the 10th set about
making a rudder more like the original one, and for
this purpose they ransacked the ship and her rigging
for every available material. Her carpenter, Mr.
Sullivan, took about thirty feet of the foreyard for a
mainpiece, and a portion of the remainder, with a
toplailyard cut in two for a fan; these were lashed
together with a copper wire reap, the lightning
conductor, &c., and secured with chains and strong
iron bolts. All this was done while the unmanage-
able ship was experiencing the shocks of a short sea,
which made her tremble all over, and the wash was so
great that they were compelled to trice up the ports,
to give the water free passage across her waist.
Frequent showers of cold rain were falling, and five
or six of her crew were disabled by scurvy. Captain
Martyn was, however; ably supported by his officers,
Messrs. Smith and Harvie, and the rest of the crew.
The rudder being thus far completed, a clamp, some-
thing in the shape of a ship's trestle-trees, was formed
to receive it. The clamp was made of a spare anchor-
stock, and one of the orlop deck beams; it had two
jaws to receive the ship's stern-post, and was fastened
to the rudder, so as to be seven feet from its heel,
which was intended to be two feet from the lower
part of the ship's keel. The topsail sheet chains
were unroved and fixed to the clamp, on either side,
for use as guys.
The next difficulty was to get the rudder under
water, and for this purpose they attached to it an
anchor weighing half a ton, 'but the rudder being
made of fir, proved too buoyant for the anchor,
which was taken off and replaced by two guns
weighing from seven to eight cwt. each, and fastened
with slip ropes. By this means the rudder was at
length sunk to its place, and the chain-guys fr.= the
clamp having been brought on either side to the
gangway ports, teakles were fastened from them to
ring-bolts in the deck, and the whole hove taught by
the capstan. The rudder being all right, the slip
ropes were cut adrift and the guns hove on board with
strong tackle fixed to the head of the mainmast.
The after accommodations having been cut away, and
the rudder case reduced, the tiller now works on the
maindeck by ropes wbich run through the poopd-ck
up to the wheel. All this while the unfortunate Alp
had been gradually driftingypon a lee shore, and on
the 14th September, with the. wind from the N.W. to
N., right on the land, Ushant light bore S.E. by S.,
distant only fourteen miles. The skill and energy of
British seamen had, however, under favour of a kind
Providence prevailed; with her new rudder the Ban-
galore was once more under control, and by it she
at length reached this harbour in safety. It is to be
hoped that this act of seamanship, by which a valuable
ship and costly cargo have been saved, will not go
unrewarded.

PORTSMOUTH, THURSDAY.—By the death of Ad-
miral of the Red Sir Charles Hamilton, Bart.,
K.C.8., who expired on the 14th inst., the following
promotions will be gazetted to-morrow evening :
Admiral of the White Sir John White, K.C.8., to
be Admiral of the Red.
Admiral of the Blue Sir. Graham Eden llamond,
Bart., K.C.8., to be Admiral of the White.
Vice-Admiral of the Red Zachary Mudge, to be -
Admiral of the Blue.
Vice-Admiral of the White John Allen, to be Vice-
Admiral of the Red.
Vice-Admiral of the Blue Edward Hawker, to be
Vice-Admiral of the White.
Rear-Admiral of the Red Sir Lucius Curtis, Bart.,
C.B , to be Vice-Admiral of the Blue.
Rear-Admiral of the Wbite Hyde Parker, C,8., to
be Rear-Admiral of the Red.
Rear-Admiral of the Blue Henry A'Cuurt Re-
pington, to be Rear .Admiral of the 'White.
Captain Sir James John Gordon Bremer, K.C.8.,
K.C.11., to be Rear. Admiral of the Blue.
By the promotion of the last-named officer a good
service pension reverts to the gift of the First Lord
of the Admiralty.
The Inflexible steam-8100P, Commander Hoseason,
sailed from Spithead this afternoon, for Sheerness, to
be paid off.
Tan NAVAL BRIGADE.—The Clarence-yard Bat-
talion (artillery) have completed their drills for the
season. As a specimen of their proficiency in the art
of warfare since their inauguration we may merely
'tate that on the 16th inst. the two field-batteries of

four guns each (6-pounders) proceeded to Stoke's.
bay for target practice. Out of forty rounds fired by
each battery, No. 1 battery struck the target sixteen
times, and No. 2 twenty-one times, the range in each
case being 600 yards.
The Castor, 36, Commodore Wyvill, arrived at
Ascension on the 2d ult. from Plymouth, and
sailed on the 4th for the Cape of Good Hope.
Wind—N.E. ; fresh breezes, and cloudy weather.
liTooLwicu, SEPT. 20.—The Jasper steam-vessel,
Captain Beechey, arrived yesterday evening at this
port from the Bristol Channel, where she was employed
on the surveying service. The vessel was found to
have too great a draught of water for a portion of the
coast, especially near Gloucester.