The Sun.
London, England, 1841-03-18 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE,

(From the BlrBi.gihtuoneaGazette,
)
PtiaTSMOUTH al Sir William
Parker, K. C. 8., one of the Lords of the Admiralty, is to have
the command on the East India Station, vice Rear-Admiral
Elliot, who is invalided, and who will take his seat as one of
the Lords, in the room of Sir William Parker. The Corn-
wallis, 72, at Plymouth, is to be prepared without delay, with
Captain Peter Richards as Flag-Captain.
The Prince Regent 120, has been hauled into dock to be
repaired for commission if required. The St. Vincent, 120,
has just been completed for the pendant ; also the Vindictive,
50-gun frigate. The Irnaum, 72, is in dock, and, it is said,
will be razeed to mount 60 guns of heavy calibre.
Letters from the Southampton, 50, flag-ship of Rear-Admi-
ral Sir Edward King, dated 2d January, state that ship to be
refitting, and that she was to sail in about a week from Rio Ja-
neiro for the Pacific. Commodore, 10, and Rose, 16, were
the only ships at Rio, Sullivan, C. 8., the second
in command, being at Buenos Ayres with the Stag, 46, Cura-
qua, 24, Pearl, 20, Clio, 16, and Grecian, 16.
The Inconstant, 36, Captain Pring, reached Malta from Ply-
mouth on the 23d of February, with a large draft of men for
the fleet. She will supply the place of the Pique, 36, on her
he docked.
way home to
head consists of
The squadron at Spitthe Indus, 84, Tweed,
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20, Pelican, 18, and Nautil us, , added to which are the Mo-
narch, 84, and Vernon, 50, hourly looked for from Sheerness.
The whole of these ships, it is understood,_ are held ready for
any emergency that may arise.
Rumour, however, sends the
Vernon to the East Indies,
_r.
Karie
The Apollo troop-ship, M
with the 2411i,remaster, may shortly be
expected from Quebec,
,and nent.
expected
Fair Rosamond Bittern,. 16, are preparing
for commission here ; also the
_Brigantine Viper.
The steam-frigate Salamander, Commander Henry, remains
ready for sea at Sheerness, waiting to be dispatched wherever
she may be required.
The steam-vessel Meteorhas beencommissioned in the river
for surveying service in the North Sea, by Commander John
Washington, and the steamer Fearless, by Captain Buttock, for
th The service.
of the W
consisting ilb
steam squadron' e orce, Sou-
dan, and Albert, for the Niger expedition, under the orders
of Capt. Dundas Trotter, will leave England in the early part
of April.
At Spithead—lndus, 84, Tweed, 20, Pelican, 18, and Nau-
tilus, 10.
In Harbour—Queen Victory, Royal George yacht, Excel-
lent, Rapid, and Tenders.
The Asia, 84, Capt. yesterdayand Pique, 86, Capt. Boxer,
anchored at Spithead y from the Mediterranean,
last from Malta, having left on the 4th Feb., the latter under
jury masts, to be docked, 80., and is ordered to proceed to
Chatham for the purpose. The greater part of the crews of
the Asia and Pique, it is thought, will be turned over to the
Indus, 84, and Vernon, 50, should these two ships be despatched
to North America. The Asia has been five years in commission.
The Vernon, 52, Capt. Walpole, arrived on Tuesday from
Sheerness, where her crew were paid advance of wages. She
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awaits orders, but report sends her t• the East Indies.

THE LATE INTRUSION INTO BUCKINGHAM
PALACE..-..W0 understand that a most rigid investigation
as to the manner in which the boy Jones has three times
effected an entrance into Buckingham Palace is about to
take place. In addition to a sentence of imprisonment for
three months, the punishment of hard labour is added.
wTheas tboobyear persists
th e in his
conversationfirst a
tCourt,assertion,and to
that his only motive
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count of it. •