The Sun.
London, England, 1841-09-20 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

(From the Hampshire Tchgraph.)
PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 18.—The Apollo troop-ship,
Mr. White, Commander, arrived yesterday from Quebec,
with the 32d Regiment on board, which disembarked to-
day at the Dock-yard, and marched to Fort Cumberland.
The 34th Regiment, from Gosport, will move over to
this garrison on Monday, and take up the quarters of
the 66th Regiment, the first division of which (and we
regret we cannot congratulate Lieut.-Col. Johnstone on
the 66th Regiment being the best disciplined corps in
the service) will march to Winchester on Monday,
The Comus, 16, Victor, 16, and Hornet schooner,
sailed from Barbadoes on the sth Aug.—the Victor for
Honduras, and the Hornet for Chagres.
The Devastation, steam frigate, has been commissioned
this week at 'Woolwich.

The Warspite, 50, Capt. John Hay, was taken out of
the dock into the basin on Tuesday, to be fitted ; and
the Belvidera, 36, taken into the dock on the same day.
The Beagle and Britomart were at Sydney on the Ist
April, and Erebus and Terror at Hobart Town on the
20th of that month.

The Rose, sloop of war, Commander B. Christie, ar-
rived at Plymouth on Thursday, from the Cape and
Brazils station.

The Mercury tender sailed this afternoon, for Devon-
port, with supernumeraries, end the Avon arrived from
that port, and will proceed to the eastward, with super-
numeraries.

Orders have been received at this dock-yard to expe-
dite the building of the Thunderbolt steamer, and Alba-
tross and Sealark, 16 gun-brigs. The Royal Frederick,
three-decker, will be laid down upon the slip from which
the Neptune was launched, in the course of the ensuing
'week.

The Duncan, convict-ship, with 259 male prisoners,
under the care of Dr. M'Dowall, arrived at Hobart Town
from Sheerness in 123 days, all well.
On Monday, arrived at the Motherbank, the schooner
Paraquet, H. Coid, Master, from Alexandria, laden with
beans, bound to Gainsborough, and having brought a
foul bill of health, is under a strict quarantine. The
Great Liverpool was released from quarantine on Wed-
nesday, having been eight days under restraint, and pro-
ceeded to Southampton. On Thursday arrived the Ame-
rican line-ship Westminster, Captain Moore, in 25 days
from New York, and after passing quarantine, examina-
tion, and landing some of her passengers, sailed for the
River. Also arrived the same day the brig Advena,
John Bewick, Master, from Leghorn, laden with oak
timber for the Dock-yard, and after being; admitted to
pratique, went into the harbour to discharge.
The John Lyne, Captain Brodie, arrived on Sunday,
and having embarked her passengers and stock, sailed
the same afternoon for Madras.

The Henry Davidson, Captain Macdonnell. passed by
yesterday from Calcutta ; sailed on the 9th of April, and
St. Helena 15th July.
The Highbury, Falconer, from Grenada, the 10th Au-
gust, for London ; the Honduras, Weller, from Sydney,
130 days ; and the Mount Stewart Elphinstone' from
India, were all off the Wight this morning, and landed
mails and passengers at this place.
The Hendrick Hudson, Captain Morgan, arrived on
Sunday last from London, and sailed the same day for
New York, full of emigrants to tho Western World.
A French merchantman, of 800 tons burthen, called
the Ville de Bourdeaux, has been seized by the local au-
thorities of Adelaide, South Australia, in February last.
The cause of her seizure is said' to be because she came
there to carry stock to King George's Sound, which,
being a French vessel, she had no right to do ; • Still more
extraordinary, we find that 2,000 sheep, pasturing at
Glenelg, the property of E. Rowlands, Esq., were also
seized by the Custom-house, without any magisterial au-
thority, because it was suspected they were sold, in order
toorbteis,hhiip Patriot,pliped intl offending
March ll. Ville de Bourdeaux.—
The Halifax papers state that the 37th Regiment is
about to return to England, and that the 20th Regiment
will do duty in that garrison.
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SYDNEY: CAPE BRETON, Auc. 18.—The ranks of the
detachment of the 64th Regiment quartered in this gar-
rison are being daily thinned by desertion. 0:1e-fifth of
the rank and file which marched into barracks a few
weeks since have already taken their departure'.without
leave. Some, at least, we are given to understand, taking
with them their arms and accoutremt nts. At a Special
Sessions of the Magistracy a circular addressed to the
Justices of the Peace throughout the county, inviting
them to use great exertion for the detection and capture
of the deserters, unanimously adopted, has been printed
and circulated.--Advocate.
TEE NIGER EXPEDITION.—On the sth inst. the expe-
dition of the three steamers, under Captain Trotter and
the two Aliens, arrived in safety in Montserado Roads
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