The Sun.
London, England, 1849-03-22 00:00:00

raid.

NAVAL IN TELLIGENCE.

GIBRALTAR, MARCH 9.—The Sidon steam-frigate ar •
rived here on the 4th, from the Riff Coast.
The Polyphemus steam-sloop was soon after dis-
patched to Tangier, with negotiations respecting the
piracies on the above coast, which, I think, are in a
train for satisfactory settlement.
The Vanguard, 80, sailed the same day for Plymouth
to be paid off.
The Polyphemus has not yet returned, but is momen-
tarily expected to heave in sight, when, it is reported,
Sir Charles Napier will leave this for England in the
St. Vincent, the Sidon, Plumper, and Renard in com-
pany.
PLYMOUTH, MARCH 19.—Her Majesty's ship Van-
guard, 80, Captain George F. Rich, scaled guns, and was
inspected this morning in the Sound by Admiral-Super-
intendent Sir John Louis. She has discharged her
powder into hoys, preparatory to going up harbour.
Her crew are suspected of having a considerable quantity
of contraband goods on board. One revenue cutter is
moved astern, one is sailing round her, and every boat
leaving the Vanguard is minutely rummaged by the
revenue officers.

Her Majesty's steam-vessel Conflict arrived on Satur-
day from Woolwich.
Orders were received at the Dockyard on the 17th
to prepare for commission her Majesty's 50 gun frigate
Indefatigable. Her masts will be put on board this week.
The merchant barque Queen, of Greenock, Captain
Alexander Hutton, 128 days from China, was off the
port this morning, bound to London. Her dates are—
Shanghae, 9th of November, 1848; Cape of Good Hope,
17th of January, 1849; off St. Helena, 28th of January,
and off Ascension Ist of February. The flag-ship of
Admiral Dacres, the President, 50, Capt. W. P. Stanley,
and two sailing vessels-of-war were at Simon's Bay. At
Table Bay, the merchant ships Larkin and Kent, and
brig Nautilus,:a Dutch barque and a Dutch brig; also the
steam-ship Pottinger, three months from Bombay, full
of passengers, homeward- bound, with loss of funnel and
other damage, and bottom covered with grass 3 inches
long; no war vessel at Table Bay. Off St. Helena,
the barques Janet and Buenos Ayrean, both homeward-
bound. At St. Helena the ships Duke of Argyle, John
o'Gaunt, and Hugh Walker. At Ascension her Ma-
jesty's store receiving ship Tortoise, 12, Captain Frede-
rick Hutton, and a 16-gun brig. Spoke 17th of March
the barque Ellen Mary from the Mauritius bound up
Channel, and the ship Kent from Table Bay. The
Queen is laden with tea and 80 to 100 bales of silk; she
landed at the Cape James Johnson, a sick seaman, and
at Plymouth Mr. R. R. Parry, and Mr. R. Mocatta,
passengers. The only other passenger, Mr. G. J. Syme,
is gone on in the Queen.
Wind easterly, light breezes, cold and hazy.
FIVE P.M.—Her Majesty's brig Ranger, 6, Comman-
der Charles F. Newland, came in this afternoon, all well,
from the coast of Africa; left Sierra Leone on the 10th
of February, same day as her Majesty's brig Wanderer,
16, Commander F. B. Montresor. About 20 days since
the Ranger spoke the brig Challenger, of Glasgow, out-
ward bound.

Her Majesty's ship Vanguard is now under canvas
going up Hamoaze.
WooLwics, MARCH 20.—The Cyclops Dutch war
steamer went up the river yesterday afternoon to Black-
well, and passed Woolwich at half-past seven o'clock
A.M. to-day on her return to the Netherlands. The
pendant and flags were hoisted half mast high in conse-
quence of the death of the King of the Netherlands.
The Niger steam sloop went down the river yesterday
morning on trial, under the charge of Lieutenant Robert-
son. Captain Halstead, Captain Hyde Parker, Captain
Spencer, and several of the officers studying steam
at the Woolwich factory. Mr. Humphries (chief
engineer at Woolwich Dock-yard), Mr. Smith (of
the screw propeller department), and Mr. Field (of the
firm of Maudslay, Field, and Son, the constructor of her
engines) were on board, and she proceeded as
far as the Mouse Light, and when tried between the
Nore and Mouse Light her speed was found to average
9,494 knots, her engines making very nearly 69 revo-
lutions per minute. She returned to Woolwich shortly
after seven o'clock P.M., having made the distance from
the Nore to ber moorings at Woolwich Dockyard in 2
hours and 53 minutes.

The armament for the Basilisk has been received at
the dockyard, and consists of one 10-inch gun of 85 cwt.,
one 8-inch gun of 94 cwt., and four 32-pounder guns of
42 cwt. each. She is to be ready for trial by the end
of the present month.
The Monkey steam-vessel, Master Commandant W.
Bryant, accompanied the Niger during her trial yester-
day, and has been taken alongside the shears to-day to
have her funnel taken out and some repairs effected.