The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-02 00:00:00

NAVAL IN TELLIGEN CE.

PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY.—The Dauntless, new steam-
frigate, under the charge of Mr. John M'Donald, master
of the Victoria and Albert Royal yacht, and manned
by a crew composed partly of dockyard riggers, and
partly of blue jackets from the Victory, was towed out
of harbour yesterday morning by the Echo steam-
tee', nearly to the Nab Light, whence the Dauntless
made sail, and steered down the channel with a
fine breeze at E.N.E. The Dauntless has a large
quantity of meal for the relief of the destitute in the
north of Scotland, after disposing of which she will pro-
ceed to Napier's establishment in the Clyde, to receive
her engines. The officers and crew employed in navi-
gating her are, it is understood, to return here by rail-
way, leaving Mr. Luke, inspector of shipwrights, in
charge of the ship.
The African steam-tug, Mr. Barker, master, returned
from the wreck of the Sphynx on Friday night, and pro-
ceeded yesterday morning with Mr. C. P. Bellamy, assis-
tant master attendant, and a large party of mechanics,
riggers, seamen, and marines, to take in tow a mooring-
lump and the two camels, which had been brought up in
the course of the week, and repaired for the purpose, in-
tending to go forthwith to the Sphynx. It having been
found on a former occasion that the camels did not tow
well by ring bolts, they were slung in a peculiar way by
ropes, and cleats nailed over the slings to keep them
in their places. Unfortunately they had not
calculated on any sea, but on reaching Spit-
head, it was found that there was a strong
wind and considerable sea. The camels, which
were fastened side by side, fell to quarrelling with each
other, like Johnny Gilpin's two bottles of wine, and very
quickly disencumbering themselves of slings, cleats,
and all, took their own way singly through Spithead.
The African was in consequence obliged to cast off
and anchor the lump, and go in pursuit of the re-
fractory camels, which she succeeded in catching,
and brought into the harbour again, leaving the
two mooring lumps to be towed down by the
Echo. The African waited till 7 o'clock last evening,
while the necessary alterations and repairs were being
made, and then once more proceeded with them for the
wreck. We have not much faith in their efficacy, or
rather, we doubt the possibility of properly fixing them
in consequence of the surf. The Monkey steam-tug
came up to-day at noon with a large paddle-box boat in
tow, containing some of the heavy portions of the
Sphynx's engines.
From the Cernccn (Mauritius paper) of November 28
we learn, that " Her Majesty's corvette, the Snake,
anchored on Wednesday evening in that harbour, hav-
ing on board the crew of the Levant packet, a vessel
belonging to this port, which was wrecked on the reefs
of the island of Cosmoledo on the sth of July last.
The Levant packet had left Nosse-Be the 28th of
June, with a crew of eleven men and seventeen passen-
gers. She had a cargo of salt beef for this place.
After fruitless efforts to save the ship, they took
the resolution to abandon her, but before they could
reach the shore three men were drowned. At Cosmo-
ledo, the crew of the Levant packet found five fishermen
who had been left there to fish by the Rosalie, of Sey-
chelles. This latter vessel was afterwards lost on the
island of St. Juan de Neve, but we know nothing of the
fate of her crew. The Snake arrived at Cosmoledo Nov.
2, and took off all the men of the Levant packet. The poor
wretches had subsisted for four months on birds, eggs,
fish, and turtle. An iron pot which they found on the
island, and a
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