The Sun.
London, England, 1847-01-05 00:00:00

6 Troopers, &c.

LAUNCHED.
3lSteam-vessels

Frigates
Brigs ...

Total

Total ... ... 21

BROKEN UP.
Line-of-battle ship -1 Schooner ... 1
Frigate 1 Steamer ... 1
Corvette 1 Lost (sloop Osprey) ... 1
Brigs ••• ... ~. 2

Total ... 8
A court-martial is ordered to assemble at nine o'clock
on Tuesday morning, on board the St. Vincent, to try
Mr. Beattie, Assistant-Surgeon of the Daphne, on a
charge of insubordination preferred by his captain. Oa
the 22d of December the Daphne experienced a heavy
gale, amounting to a hurricane, in lat. 46d. 55m. N.,
long. 7d. 53m. W., in which she lost her quarter boats,
spanker-boom, life buoy, and sails. On Thursday
afternoon last, while in stays, between three and four
o'clock, she took the ground off St. Catherine's, and re-
mained stranded about twenty minutes, but ultimately
came off without sustaining any apparent damage. A
pilot afterwards conducted the vessel safely to Spithead.
The Athol, from Barbadors and Bermuda, left Ber

muds, on the 12th ult. On the 22d,, in lat. 47d. 16m.,
long. 24d. 7m., experienced a very heavy gale from W.
to W.N.W. She has brought Captain Markland's com-
pany of Royal Artillery from Barbadoes ; from Ber-
muda, Major Wilson's company, with Lieutenants
Biddolph, Wragge, King, and Dr. Hassard ; also Capt.
York's company of Sappers and Miners ; Lieutenant
Garston, of the 20th Regiment, on leave ; Mr. Robins,
Paymaster and Purser of Hermes ; and Captain Noble,
late of the Vindictive, on promotion.
The Hound, 10, Commander Wood, left Ascension on
the Bth of November, for St. Helena.

The Styx steam-sloop, Commander Chada, captured a
slaver in September last, called the Rolla, which, althoagh
not having any slaves on board at the time, was fitted
for their reception. She was sent to St. Helena for ad-

j udication. -
The Geyser steam-sloop, Commander Brown, fitting
at Woolwich, is destined for the East India station, to
relieve the Spiteful ; the Rosamond steam-sloop, Com-
mander Foote, at th same place, will go to the Cape of
'Good Hope, to relieve the Thunderbolt ; and the Medea,
Commander Hammond, is expected to proceed to the
West India station, to relieve the Hermes.

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Extract of a letter from the President, 50, dated
Simon's Bay, Cape of Good Hope, October, 12, 1846:
" We saw all the squadron at the Mauritius; the Cleo-
patra has lost two lieutenants, and our only two mates,
Gough and Didham, were promoted into her. She has
gone to cruise in the Mozambique again. The Helena
has been very sickly; she lost 32 men on her last cruise,
but none of her officers. The Captain (Sir C. Ricketts,
Bart.), nearly died with the fever. The Helena was the
only ship we did not see at the Mauritius, the Thunder-
bolt not having seen her in the Mozambique when she
went up to order all the ships to meet the Admiral at
the Mauritius. All idea of going to Madagascar is given
up; they find it is of no use; so we had our cruise for
nothing. The Nimrod is ordered upon this station to
fill the Mutine's place."
The reserve battalion of the 36th Regiment were em-

barked yesterday by the Echo steam-tug and the Lively
lighter, at Clarence-yard, and taken to Spithead, where
they were put on board the Vengeance, 84, Captain S.
Lushington, and that ship sailed this morning for Cork.
The Royal yacht Victoria and Albert was docked
yesterday in the dock from which the Edinburgh, steam
guardship was removed the previous day.
That noble ship, the Nelson, 120, which has for so
long a series of years (32) laid neglected in this harbour,
until she was recently brought forward as an advanced
ship, is, we hope, in a fair way of taking the post of the
ordinary guardship, but efficient forservice.W
to that
e must
only go by signs, as we have not heard _
anything
effect, but seen her brought down the harbour, and
placed pro tern. alongside the Victorious hulk, we ima-
gine such a demonstration is not for nothing.
The Mutine, 12, Commander Tryon, is ordered to
the Chops of the Channel to relieve the windbound.
WooLWICN, JAN. I.—Her Majesty's steam-vessel
Fairy, tender to the royal steam yacht Victoria and
Albert, was taken up to Messrs. Ditchburn and Mare's
"'premises at Blackwell to-day, for the purpose of stop-
ping a leak.
The Avon steam vessel, recently returned from the
west coast of Africa, and paid off at Woolwich, is again
commissioned by Commander Otter, of the Sparrow,
employed on the surveying service on the coast of Scot-
land. The Avon will have a complement of 53 men, in-
cluding the crew of the Sparrow, who have been trans-
ferred to her, and she will proceed to the west coast of
Scotland to finish the survey previously carried on in the
Sparrow.
The Mastiff surveying vessel, Master Commander G.
Thomas, was paid off at Woolwich on Saturday last, and
she will be re-commissioned to-morrow by Commander
Bccher, who will command her and her tender, the Wood-
lark.
The Porcupine steam-vessel, Captain Bullock, has had
her defects made good, and it is expected she will proceed
L to Ireland next week.
Tbo T.izlitning. 0,,nn7-rr,cel. Mr. Petplr. lroctor rnm,