The Sun.
London, England, 1841-03-22 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE,

(From the Hampshire Independent.)
PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 20.—Admiral Sir Edward
Codrington, G.C.8., Commander-in-chief, mustered
the crew of the Tweed on Tuesday last, preparatory
to her sailing for the North American and West India
station!.

The Cornwall and Somersetshire troop ships, with
the 92d Highlanders, and the Abercrombie, Robinson,
transport, with the 4th Regiment on board for Bar-
badoes, arrived at Gibraltar, from Malta, on the 28th
of, February.
Tne Prince Regent, 120, has been taken into dock,
and on account of her upper works being much decayed,
it is expected that she will be cut down to a two decker.
It is also reported that the Imaum will be razeed to a
frigate.

The Impregnable, 104, Capt. Forrest, Belleisle, 74,
Captain Nicholas, Camperdown, 104 Capt. -,
Monarch, 84, Capt. Chambers, are ordered to Spit-
head, to form part of a Channel Squadron, to be ready
for immediate service, should they be required upon an
emergency. A thousand good seamen however will
be required for these and other ships, before they will
be able to put to sea.
The Alban steamer, Mr. King, master, sailed on
Thursday, with cooper bolts, blocks, and other stores,
for Chatham and Sheerness yards, and will afterwards
be employed in removing the depots between this port,
Hull, Dover, Channel Islands, and Ireland.
The Lizard steamer, Lieut. Estcourt, arrived at
Gibraltar on the 26th of February, in nine days, from
Plymouth.
The Bolina freight ship having deposited the stores,
&c., of the Buffalo in the Dock-yard, has been dis-
charged from the service:
The America frigate is ordered to be brought for-
ward at Plymouth for immediate commissioning.
The Meteor steamer, Lieutenant Pritchard, arrived
on Wednesday lest from Liverpool, with newly raised
seamen for the naval service.

The Vernon, 50, Capt. William Walpole, arrive let
Spithca,l on Tuesday last, from Sheerness, in tow of
her Majesty's steamer Salamander, Captain Henry, to
comrlcte her stores, &c., for foreign service. Having
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the Mediterranean, to relieve her Majesty's ship Castor.
The Tweed, was paid advance on the 17th, and she
will proceed to the West Indies.
The Asia, 84, Capt. P. Fisher, and Pique,
36, Cap-
tain Boxer, arrived on
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pursued Cornwallis is wanted for immediate service in China,
to thin the crew of the Asia over to her after a few
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their country, so long as that ship is employed, are
then compelled to enter another, and sent to a distant
station or forfeit part of their bard earning=, and
perhaps a dozen years' servitude. This system is a
short-sighted and dangerous one, and will render the
service, unpopulir as it now i,, doubly so, and in the
end increase the difficulty it is intended to remove.
Hundreds of prime seamen have already been lost to
the country by it, who, rather than be pressed on
hoard a particular ship at a given time, have thrown
up their servitude and the pay due to them, and
entered the navy of a captious and ambitious rival.
With respect to the crew, however, of the Asia, the
Admiralty have no power over them, as by Sir James
Graham's Act they are entitled to their discha-ge after
five years' servitude or double pay. The Pique, Capt.
Boxer, sailed yesterday for Chatham, to be docked and
refitted. This unfortunate frigate during the last six
years has cost more for repairs than any other three
frigatos in the service. The Asia is to be paid off. The
fol'owing• passengers came home in the Asia :—Lieut.
E. N. Troubridgc, to join the Southampton, W. L.
Herbert, tc join the Excellent, Charles Nowell, boat-
swain, to join the Victory, A. Berry, gunner, 39 seamen
and 21 royal marines, invalids from the squadron.
Notwithstanding the Vindictive frigate has been
ducked, and reported ready for commissioning, and is
the only vessel constructed with the new bow
upon the plan of Mr. Blake, which has never been
tried, the Admiralty have ordered her again to be
sent up the harbour, and placed in ordinary. Had the
Vinnictive been altered in any respect at the sugges-
tion of the Surveyor of the Navy, there cannot be a
doubt but that the Admiralty would have seat her
to sea upon trial years ago, and a dozen vessels have
been altere I before the experiment had been fairly
tested, in proof of which we need only mention the fact
that before a frigate or line-of-battle-ship, built upon the
principles of Captain Symonds, was even reported upon
at least a dozen more were ordered to be put on th
stocks for building.
At Spitheal—lndus,
fwecd, Pelican, Nautilus,
Asia, and Vernon.
In Harbour—Queen, Victory, Excellent, Royal
George, Sylvia, Echo, and Fanny.
(From the Hampshire Telegraph.)
PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 20. The Sheldrake packet,
Lieut. Passingharn, arrived at Falmouth on Wednesday
from Mexico. She left Vera Cruz on Jan. 27, Tam-
pico, Feb. 7, and Havannah, on the 21st. She brought
on freight 20 tons, or 900,000 dollars, principally ship-
ped at Tampico, where likewise was embarked for
Jamaica a freight of 700,000 dollars on board:ithe Vic-
tor on account of the Commissary-General. rho jour-
nals received by the Slieldrake bring accounts of a ter-
rific character relative to the migration of the Liparies