The Sun.
London, England, 1841-01-07 00:00:00

TOULON INTELLIGENCE.

( From the Sentinclle de la Marine of Dec. 30. )
The sending off troops is still carried on. On the 25th
500 men of the 24th Regiment of the Line, 346 of the
58th, and 220 of the 3d Light Infantry, were embarked
on board the '1 rident, commanded by M. Ricaudy. This
was not effected without the occurrence of an accident.
The vessel had started to cast anchor at the mouth of the
harbour, and the lighter which was conveying the troops
was drifted outside the grosse tour; the soldiers threw
themselves into the sea, and several nearly met with a watery
grave. These poor wretches reached the town in a must
dreadful state. They were re-embarked the same day.
The Trident was shifting quarters at the very moment
when the troops were going to board her, and that was
partly the cause of the accident. This vessel loft fur Al.
giers the same day.
Four hundred and thirty men of the 62d Regiment of
the Line left for Philippeville in the frigate Junon.
The corvette Marne has proceeded to the said port with
380 men of the 61st Regiment of the line,: and 350 others
belonging to the 26th Regiment of the line are also to leave
during the day for Philippeville in the corvette
The frigate Iphigenie, commanded by Captain Ferrier,
left for the island of Bourbon with some men of the 33 Re-
giment of Marines.

The first and second battalions of the 2d Light Infantry,
being SOO strong, landed on the 26th, and marched to
Montpellier the same day.
A detachment of 160 men of the Vincennes Tirailleurs
(sharpshooters) has left for St. Omers, under the com-
mand of M. I'Admirault, Chef de natalllon.
A barge for the purpose of heating the pitch along the
keel of the Jetsa line-of-battle ship upset a few days ago,
in consequence of the bad state of the weather. Out of
seven workmen employed in the barge two lost their lives ;
the five others saved themselves by swimming.
The Fulton packet has arrived front Algiers. It expe-
rienced dreadful weather during the passage, and the Com-
mander stated that several disasters had occurred along
the African coast.

The Diademe line-of-battle ship, which is entirely dis-
masted, was towed in near the harbour by a steamer.
The store corvette I' Agate ran aground in the outer
roads two days ago. She has not yet been got off.
The steamers Euphratis and Etna have come into har-
bour to undergo repairs.
The steamer Phaeton, commanded by Lieutenant Lae-
dcrich, which had recently arrived from Alexandria and
Naples, and had gone to 'Alarseilles instead of stopping at
Toulon, anchored in the roads yesterday.
The Tou/onnais has the following singular story from a
correspondent at Algiers.
" During the Marshal Val6e's last expedition, one of
our chasseurs found near the tents of a tribe we were ra-
vaging a sack of considerable magnitude. Without seek-
ing to know its contents he fastened it on the crupper of
his horse. Ere long, to his utter astonishment, he heard
a human voice issue from his burden, and dismounted to
solve the mystery. On opening the sack he discovered a
beautiful female, between Id and 17 years of age, and a
valise containing about 10,000 francs. It appears that
the young woman was the wife of an Arab, who had thus
packed her up wilh his money as his two greatest valu-
ables, but in his terror had abandoned them both. The
soldier placed his living prize on one of the ammunition
waggons, and divided the money with his comrades.".