The Sun.
London, England, 1846-03-09 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

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PORTSMOUTH, 31Ancn B.—The Superb, 80, Captain Corry,
sailed this morning from Spitbead for Cork, with Royal Ma-
rines from this and Chath,im division, calling at Plymouth
for another detachment from that division for conveyance
to the same destination, to relieve the battalion serving in
Ireland.

The Rattler screw steam-sloop, Commander Smith, con-
veyed to Cork yesterday evening the wives and children of
the Marines embarked in the Superb.
The Mercury tender, Master-Commander 9carlett, sailed
yesterday morning, with seamen gunners from the Excel-
lent, and volunteers for the Brilliant, 22, just commissioned
at Sheerness.

The Netley tender arrived yesterday afternoon from Ply-
mouth, with supernumeraries.
The Fairy royal yacht, Master-Commander R. W. Ro-
berts, was taken to Weymouth, on Thursday, by Com-
mander Cispin, of the Victoria and Albert, on his private
business.
The Comet steam-vs3sel, Lieutenant Commander B. Prety-
man, went out to Spithead this morning with orders, &c.,
for Captain Corry, of the Superb.
The Waterwitch, 10, Commander T. F. Birch, was cruising
off the Gallinas on the 18th of December; all well.
The Cygnet, 10, Commander Layton, arrived at St. Helena
on the 11th of January from a cruise.
The Fox, 42, Commodore Sir H. Blackwood, Bart., with
the Pilot, 15, ommander Jervis, arrived at Bombay on the
21st of February from the Persian Gulf; the latter had been
ashore, but, by the assistance of the Fox, was got off with-
out sustaining any material damage.
The Fly, 18, Captain Blackwood, arrived at Sydney, New
South Wales, from Singapore, on the 24th of September.
The Racehorse, 18, Commander Hay, arrived at Sydney on
the 19th October, from the Bav of Islands.
The Daphne, 18, Captain Onslow, arrived et Auckland,
New Zealand, from Callao, on the 18th of August, and sailed
on the 2d of October, on her return.
The Hazard, 18, Commander Egerton, sailed from Auck-
land, for the Bay of Islands, on the 19th of August, and left
again on her return prior to the 10th of October.
The North Star, 26, Sir J. E. Home, Bart., arrived at the
Bay of Islands, New Zealand, previous to the 10th of Octo •
ber, and was lying there on the 20th awaiting orders, as also
was the Osprey, 12, Commander Patten.
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The Mufine, 12, Commander Crawford, was cruising in the
Mozambique channel on the 14th of November, up to which
time she had captured and destroyed six slave vessels; the
two last were driven ashore, and her boats not being able
to get them off owing to the fire of the Arabs, who came
down and captured the slaves and the crew as fast as they
got ashore, she was obliged to destroy them. She had had
an opportunity of testing her sailing qualities with the Cleo-
patra, 26, Captain Wyvill, and the Helena, 16, Commander
Sir Cornwallis Ricketts, Bart., over both of whom she
achieved a vast superiority, beating the latter half a mile to
windward for seen successive hours, and over the former
she had a superiority in seven hours of seven miles " dead in
the wind's eye ;" and on a second trial in the same space of
time .beat her to windward by 11,29 d yards; the Muting
carrying 13 weeks' water and five months' provisions; the
Helena, scarcely seven weeks' water, and only 13 weeks' pro-
visions! The Muting captured, on the 10th of November,
the Diana, barque-rigged slaver, of 300 tons, which had made
six successful trips from the Mozambique to the Brazils' con-
veying nearly 5,000 slaves. When captured she was fitted
for 800, but had none on board. She had beaten every vessel
previously to her being beaten by the Muting. The Muting
was one of the new class 12-gun brigs forming the experi-
mental squadron in 1844, and was built at Chatham, on the
design of Mr. John Fincham, master shipwright of that
establishment, but now of Portsmouth Dockyard. The
Cleopatra and Helena are vessels of the Surveyor of the
Navy's construction.

Tie Carysfort, 26, Captain Seymour, having been Inns-
tered and inspected by Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, Bart.,
Commander-in-Chief, has been paid advance, and will pro-
ceed on Tuesday for her destination. Sir Charles Fitzroy
and suite embark to-morrow. The Carysfort takes a mail for
the Cape of Good Hope, New South Wales, and Valparaiso.
Instances having been brought to the notice of the Ad-
miralty in which salt meat, issued to the crews of her
Slajesty's ships in warm climates, has, from its inferiority, or
other cause, lost more than half its weight by boiling, their
Lordships have directed, that when the salt meat supplied to
any of her Majesty's ships on foreign stations, shall prove
to have lost more than half its weight in boiling, the cap-
tain or commander of such ship shall, on satisfying himself
of the correctness of the fact, authorise the paymaster and
purser to issue to the ship's company an additional portion
of raw salt meat, equal to half the original allowance.