The Sun.
London, England, 1849-10-04 00:00:00

MAIL STEAM PACKETS.

At Malta—The Triton, Lieutenant C. J. P. Glinn ;
Antelope, Lieutenant F. Smith.
En' route to Marseilles, from Malta—The Medusa,
Lieutenant Bathurst; Medina, Lieutenant A. Darby.
En route from Malta to the lonian Islands and Greece
—The Merlin, Lieutenant J. H. Turner.
PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COM-

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FANY'S FLOTILLA.
At Southampton—The Pacha, Erin, Indus, Sultan,
Ripon, and Queen.
En route to Gibraltar and Southampton, from Malta
—The Euxine.

En route from Southampton to Malta—The Ilindostan
At Constantinople—The Tagus.
UNITED STATES' SQUADRON.

On a Cruize— United States' steam-frigate Mississippi,
bearing the flag of Commodore Charles W. Morgan ;
Constitution frigate, Lieutenant J. S. Rowan (Acting);
Jamestown corvette, Commander Mercer.
FOREIGN SHIPS OF WAR AND PACKETS IN PuRT.
The French steamer Leonidas. Yachts—Petrel,
Firefly, and Sapphire ; Russian Government corvette
Calypso ; Tunis brig Nassir; Ottoman schooner Sajah
Caters.
PLYMOUTH, OCT. 2.—Her Majesty's ship Ganges, 84,
Captain Henry Smith, is ordered up harbour to refit,
previous to sailing for the Mediterranean.
Her Majesty's iron steam•vessel, Trident, went up
harbour to-day.
The Heels steam•vessel was paid wages yesterday,
and sailed to-day for the coast.
Her Majesty's frigate Alarm sailed yesterday for the
West Indies.

Her Majesty's steam-vessel Confiance is ordered to
take in stores for the esstern ports.
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Captain Creyke, R.N., died this morning (not of
cholera), at his residence, Albemarle-villas, Stoke.
PORTbAIOUTH, WEDNESDAY.—It is stated that the
Court will remove from Osborne to London on the 9th
instant. _ _ .

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The royal yacht Victoria and Albert will be again
dismantled, and will go up to her winter moorings
shortly.
The Leander, 50, is alongside the yard jetty, under
the sheers. Captain Dacres joined on Monday. A party
of riggers commenced rigging her yesterday. Her masts
have been wedged. The toremast appears to be placed
very far forward. She is a remarkably handsome ship; but
on account of the peculiar formation of her bottom, and
great height between her decks, her hold is shallow, and
her room for the stowage of provisions and water rather
confined. her gun carriages are on board, and she will
receive her guns immediately. She can fire four guns
ahead in a line with the keel, and the same number aft.
As yet we believe we have no sailing frigate fitted with
pivot gums, but we can see no reason why they should
not be so fitted; a heavy lung pivot gun forward and
another aft on the spar or weather deck of the ship
would be of great advantage to her. She would still
have her two forward and two after guns on her main
deck to fire in a line with the keel when required.
The Serpent, 12, was commissioned by the master on
Tuesday last. The brig has been brought into the basin
and masted. A party of riggers are employed on her.
The Scourge, steam-sloop, has been ordered to be
prepared for immediate commission.
The Fire Queen, recently paid off, is to be brought
forward again immediately, probably to replace the
DWarf in Ireland.
The Encounter will not go to Spithead till to-morrow
(Thursday), where she will await orders.
The Confiance, steam-tug, Martin master, siiled in the
afternoon of Tuesday from Devonport for Portsmou h
and Deptford, with stores, conveying Mrs. Stigant and
family, widow of the late storekeeper of this yard, to
Portsmouth.
The Ilecla steam-vessel, embarked her mails at Devon.
port on Tuesday morning, and sailed in the afternoon for
the coast of Africa.
The Wolverine, 12, Commander M. Falcon, has been
taken into dock at Chatham to have her bottom cleaned,
which was very foul, and was to be put out of dock yes-
terday, when the Wanderer, 12, was to have been taken
into dock to be opened for survey, &c. The Wolverine
has completed her complement of men.
The Horatio, steam screw guard-ship, is ordered to be
fitted with a steering apparatus, proposed by Mr. J. J.
Fincham, assistant master shipwright at Chatham.
Mr. Turner, late superintendent of shipbuilding at
Bombay qud who has by en Chatham Dockyard since the
arrival of Cie Meanee, superintending the return of stores
brought home by that ship, has been ordered to proceed
to Liverpool and the Frith of F0r.,11 to report on quaran-
tine ships at those places.
APPOINTISIENTS.
Lieutenants—ll. W. Wright, and IL V. Haggard, to
the Scourge.
Blaster—J. W. WI. Hall, to the Scourge,