The Sun.
London, England, 1847-09-15 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

Pric,

three weeks she has been dreadfully short of provi-
sions—so short, indeed, that they had remained at sea a
few days longer, and without falling in with any sup-
plies, the result would have been serious.
The Frolic, 16, was undocked to-day, to make
room for the Seaflower cutter, Commander Henry
DumareFq, and the Kite steamer, Master-Com-
manding George Filmer, which were immediately
(locked in her room.

The Trincomalee, 28, Captain R. L. Warren,
hauled off from her hulk yesterday to complete
painting. To•day she has been swung to adjust her
cum passel:.
The Belvidera, provision depot, Master-Command-
ing- H. Wellington, will be put out of commission
this evening. Her marines were landed this after-
noon.

The convict ship Marion arrived to-day from
Lonion, and passed through Cowes to embark pri
,oners from Parkhurst Prison for exile to the colonies.
The Mercury tender sailed last evening for Chat-
ham with supernumeraries.
A Portuguese steamer, with man-of-war's colours,
passed through Spithead last evening at sunset from
the westward, but did not communicate.

Commander Edward Crouch (1843) died yesterday
at Titchfield, near this port, aged thirty-one. Com-
mander Crouch came home in the Prometheus lately,
from his comm and of the Devastation on the western
coast of Africa, on account of ill-health, the climate
having been too unhealthy for him. He was a gallant
and excellent officer, deeply respected. He was a
mate of the Wellesley, 72, on the coast of China, at
the taking of Amoy and Chinghae, in 1841 ; lieu-
tenant of the Blonde, at the taking of Wootung and
Shanghae, and severely wounded at the capture of
the city of Ching-Kiang Foo, in 1842.
Woomvicir, SEPT. 14.—The Hecate steam sloop
was commissioned this morning at Woolwich, by
Commander Richard Moorman, who paid off the Rat-
, tier steam vessel yesterday.
The officers and crew of the Rosamond steam sloop,
Commander Foote, are in the enjoyment of good
health, according to recent accounts from her station
at the Cape of Good Hope, the ventilators fitted by
Mr. Haig keeping. the air in the vessel quite pure.
Mr. Haig has just. fitted the magazines of the Asia,
84 guns, commissi.ifoned at Sheerness, with ventilators,
as to prevent the danger the air has to be forced
through fine wire sieves. The Prince Regent, for-
merly 120, and no.vv converted into a 90-gun ship, is
to be fitted with similar copper pipes and ventilators
to purify her ma;;azine. The experiments already
made show that Mr. Haig's plan works well in dis-
charging the carbonic acid gas generated in maga-
zines of vessels, :;c injurious to the health of the men,
and it also affor d,s an ample supply of pure air to
enable them to I work in the magazine with perfect
safety.

TOM THUMB'S FORTUN v. —Tom Thumb's secretary
has furnished one spf the Syracuse papers with a state-
ment of his recei[ Cs in Europe, which are said to be as
!bile as:—" His rc ooipts in Europe were 150,0001. ster-
ling, or 750,000 stlcll Jars, reckoning 56 sovereigns to the
pound avoirdupois„ 3,678 pounds of gold, one hundred
and seventy-eight 'times his own weight. In silver the
weight would be •46,375 pounds. Calculating that an
ordinary horse w, sttild draw 850 pounds, it would require
55 horses to draw the precious load. As the General
only weighs 15 I sounds, the silver would make 3,125
statues of his own -weight. Calculating that each dollar
measures 14 inch„ it would reach in a straight line about
twenty-five mile 5; and supposing each dollar is one-
eighth of an inch is • thickness, piled one upon the other,
it would reach o' re, c a mile and a half in height.--New
Yo• k Express.

FATAL ACC.I.OI Cr.—Yesterday morning, about six
o'clock, Mr. Ectwars 1 Knight, an extensive barge owner,
whil+t walking ai ig the gunwale of a barge lying in
Shadwell dock, slip; ed overboard and sunk. Drags were
procured, and evetz, eff.mt used, but tne body was not
recovered. The decal ased, it is supposed, must have been
seized with a fit of al mplexy.

THE COAST OF .AFRICA SQUADRON.
Pottsr:storni, l'uEsna.v.—The Sealark, 8, Com-
mander White, arrived this morning from the west
coast uf Africa, whereon she has been employed dur-
ing the last three years and nine months in the slave
trade suppression duty. She has come from Kabenda
direct to Spithead. On the passage home she took a
slaver, a Brazilian brigantine, called the Lebro, with
189 slaves on board. She sent the vessel to Sierra
Leone fer adjudication, but brought 16 of her crew
to Spithead. She has made five captures during the
last 12 months. The Sealark has been generally
healthy, having only lost 11 men by sickness. Out
of 17 officers and warrant-officers who left England
in the vessel, only four (he first lieutenant, now the
commander; the paymaster and the purser, Mr.
Shambler ; the clerk, Mr. Freshfield ; and the master's
assistant, Mr. Wayth) have returned in her. Mr.
J. G. Starr, purser of the Rapid, and Mr. Read, sur-
geon of the Actxon, have come home passengers in
her invalided. The squadron was thus distributed
when the Sealark left Kabenda :
In Harbour at Ascension—The Tortoise, 12, guard
ship, Captain Frederick Hutton, and the Pilot, 16,
Commander George K. Wilson.
In the Bights of Benin—The Bittern, 16, Com-
mander Thomas Hope ; the Albatross, 16, Com-
mander W. Farquhar; the Hound, 10, Commander
Granville Wood; the Kingfisher, 12, Commander W.
Horton; the Waterwitch, 10, Commander T. Birch;
the Contest, 12, Commander A. Macmurdo ; the
Devastation steamer, Commander R. T. Levinge;
and the Grappler steamer, Lieutenant T. H. Lysaght.
At Kabenda—The Wanderer, 16, Commander E.
..,Ifontressor ; the Philomel, 10, Commander W. Wood;
and the Penelope steam-frigate, with the flag of
Commodore Sir Charles Hotham, the Commander-in-
Chief.
At Benguela—The Actaeon, 26, Captain G. Maun-
sel ; the Flyingfish, 12, Commander P. H. Dyke ;
the Ferret, 10, Commander George Sprigg ; the
Heroine, 10, Commander Charles Edmunds; the
Ranger, 10, Commander J. Anderson ; the Rapid, 10,
Commander E. Dixon; the Sealark, 10, Lieutenant
R. D. White ; and the Styx steamer, Commander H.
Chads.
At Cape Mount—The Siren, 16, Commander Thos.
Chaloner ; and the Favourite, 18, Commander Alex-
ander Murray.
At Sierra Leone and the Gambia—The Mariner,
16, Commander C. Matthison; and the Rolla, 10,
Commander 11. M. Ellicombe.
The Mariner, 16, arrived from England on the
21st of May, remained here till the 23d of June,
when she sailed for Sierra Leone, taking invalids for
a passage to England by the Prometheus, ordered
home from this station.
The Wanderer, 16, arrived from Sierra Leone on
the 21st of June, again sickly. She sent 22 men to
the hospital, one of whom (Carter) has since died,
and sailed on the 24th of June for Kabenda, with
stores and provisions for the squadron on that division
of the station.
The Penelope steam-frigate, with the Commodore,
sailed on the 28th of June fur the same place. She
is to cruise there for a short time, and afterwards
proceed to St. Helena.
The Kingfisher, 12, arrived from Sierra Leone
on the 2d of June, and having refitted, sailed on
the 9th for her station i 3 the Bights, taking stores
and provisions for the ships there. On leaving she
had from 20 to 30 on her sick-list from slight fever.
The .Agincourt,.72, with the flag of Rear-Admiral
Cochrane, put in here on the 3d of June from China,
and sailed on the 4th for England.
The Philomel, 10, arrived from England on the
10th of July, and sailed on the 12th to fall in with
the Commodore at Kabenda. On coming out she
touched at San Nicolas and Sierra Leone.
The Emily freight ship. Harvey master, arrived
from Deptford on the 26th of July, having had a
long and tedious voyage of ninety-nine days. She
brought Captain Dixon to join the Rapid.
The Pilot, 16, arrived on the 7th at ascension from
the East Indies, having touched at St. Helena, whence
she brings prizes, officers, and crews belonging to the
Hound and Devastation. The slave trade continues
to be carried on briskly on the coast, particularly on
the Kabenda and Benguela divisions, where we are
every arrival hearing of captures having been made
by our cruisers. The Rapid, Devastation, and Hound
have each taken a prize within the last month, empty
however ; but the Waterwitch captured a very fine
vessel, with 417 slaves on board, the month previous.
Of all, the most fortunate has been the Kingfisher,
who has seldom had an empty prize. Off Ambrize
she lately captured a fine barque of 300 or 400 tons,
completely fitted for the abominable traffic, but which
being leaky, she destroyed. In blowing her up the
gunner's mate, a most valuable man, lost " mile.
Shortly before this the Kingfisher sstaured a small
schooner, of not more th.. co tons, with 300 young
slaves on board; and, immediately after this, a
g....n0r vessel of 40 tons, with 200 slaves on board,
which she was obliged also to destroy on account
of the perfectly unseaworthy state she was in.
The slaves she brought on here in May, and after-
wards sailed with them for Sierra Leone. She has
now her station in the Bights. The Siren was for-
tunate enough to take a fine brig of upwards of 200
tons off Cape Mount in May last ; she was empty,
but completely fitted up for carrying slaves. Captures
on that division are now comparatively rare, but to
the southward of the Line the slave trade is carried
on more extensively, and under circumstances of
greater atrocity than ever were known before. Our
own little island is, as usual, healthy.
The Philomel, 10, Commander W. C. Wood, was
cruising, and the Growler steam-vessel, Commander
Potbury, was embarking free negro emigrants.
The Sealark reports the squadron healthy, but
the slave trade decidedly on the increase. A great
number of cargoes were successfully delivered last
summer. The Sealark's officers and crew have not
received any letters, or other news from England
for nine months. She has brought letters from the
following vessels only :—The Penelope, Actaeon, He-
roine, Rapid, and Waterwitch, and dispatches from
the Commodore for the Admiralty. For the last