The Sun.
London, England, 1840-11-23 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

(From the Hampshire Telegraph.)
PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 2 1 .—The Britannia, 120, Capt.
Drake (with the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir John Om-
manney), and Howe, 120, Capt. Sir W. 0. Pell, sailed
at an early hour on Thursday morning, for the Me-
diterranean, having previously embarked 70 additional
supernumeraries ; of whom these ships have now on
board 400.

The Abo, Captain Younker, Russian corvette,
sailed yesterday for Kamschatka.
The Avon, steamer, Lieut. Pritchard, arrived on
Friday, from Liverpool and. Pembroke. She landed
some Seamen Volunteers at Plymouth, and proceeded
to the Eastward with fifty others, and 20 shipwrights
with their fsmilies for Chatham Yard.

The Dolphin, brigantine, captured on the lith of
September, the American ship James, of New York,
with 17,000 dollars on board, fitted for the slave trade.
She has been sent to Sierra Leone for condemnation.

The Hastings, 72, Captain Laurence, arrived at
Malta, on the 4th November, from Beyrout, with sick
and wounded from the squadron.
The Pearl, 20, arrived at Bahia from Maceio, on the
11th September.
The Rover sloop, 16, Commander Symonds, arrived
at Halifax, from Jamaica, on the 26th October, with
129 rank and fife belonging to the 64th Regiment, un-
der the command of Lieut. R. H. Smith. The other
portions of the regiment are daily expected in the Co-
lumbia and Dee steamers, and Raven sloop, to garrison

Halifax.
The Sapphire, troop ship, sailed on Thursday to
Cork, to embark troops for Corfa, &c.
The Partridge arrived at Pernambuco on the 28th
September.
The Fearless steamer sailed on Wednesday, for
Liverpool and Plymouth.
Five officers of the 82d regiment, Captain Hornby,
Lieutenants Abbott, Hale, Nichols, and Foster, and
100 rank and file, will embark on Monday next, in the
Ceylon transport, to join the head-quarters of the regi-
ment at Jamaica.
The Iris, 26, and Pelican sloop, 16, lately commis-
sioned at Chatham, are hastening in their fitting out for
sea. The following vessels are also preparing at that
port, for immediate service, with all possible dispatch :
London, 92, Formidable, 84, Thalia, 42, Polyphemus
and Arden, second class steamers, the former as a
packet, the latter as a war steamer ; Scout sloop, 18,
Harlequin sloop, 16, Reindeer and Mutinc packet brigs,
Bonetta brigantine, and Cockatrice packet schooner.
The Vixen second class steamer, building at Pcm•
broke, is ordered round to Chatham immediately after
launching, and will therefore arrive about March next ;
also the Growler, a sister vessel. The stores and fit-
tings for both are getting ready.
The Serpent sloop, 16, sailed on the 30th ult„ from
Halifax, for England, and may therefore be daily ex-
pected to arrive. The Ringdove sloop sailed on the
same day, for Bermuda ; the Spitfire steamer, on the
31st, for St. John's (N. 8.) and England; and the
Satellite, on the Ist inst., for Barbadoes.
The Mercury tender sailed yesterday for Devonport,
with 30 supernumeraries for the Impregnable v.ne.
Endymion.
The Thunder surveying vessel, Commander Barnett,
sailed from Bermuda, for Nassau (N.P.) on tint 14th
October.

The Cleopatra, 26, and Crocodile, 28, were o.lt Ber-
muda, Oct. 26.
The Salamander, steam-frigate, sailed on Stir,day for
Plymouth, with the marines for the Caledonia.., end re-
turned to-day, with 100 disposable men fcT the ships
fitting out ; this steamer will now be immediately fitted
for Mediterranean service, and as her crew have re-
turned from leave; she will soon be ready for sea.
The Blazer, Lieut. Steane, will be here on Tuesday
next, on her way to the West Indies ; from which sta-
tion the Dee steam frigate will return to England.
The Peninsular steamer, which arrived at Falmouth
on Sunday from Gibraltar, and the intermedios, en-
countered a frightful gale on the 12th and 13th instant ;
at six on the morning of the 12th, she was struck by
a sea, which broke her wheel, injured two men who were
at the helm, stove her boats, and swamped her saloon ;
she was then hove to until six in the evening. Provi-
dentially no lives were lost.
IN HARBOUR.—Qiteen, Victory, Excellent, Royal,
George, Indus, Tweed ; Salamander, Echo, and Avon.
steamers.
Lieut. Caffin, of the Excellent, has been ordered to
Sheerness, to superintend the fitting of the gun earrir,gee
for the Camperdown, Monarch, and Vernon.
Mr. Aylen, the senior assistant to the master ship-
wright at this dockyard, is ordered to be superannuated
on the I►t of January next, on a pension of 3001. a year.