The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-24 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 23.—The St. Vincent, 120, Cap-
tain Milne, flag-ship at this port, will not go to sea again
at present. It is expected she will be docked and return
stores again.
Lieutenants Moubray and Wilmshurst are superseded
from the St. Vincent.
The Vengeance, 84, Captain Lushington, progresses
very favourably with her rigging, notwitkstanding the
present and late very bad weather for the purpose. She
has lower rigging over the mast-heads, caps on, and
topmasts pointed. Captain Tothill, Second-Lieutenant
Ilerrick, one sergeant, two corporals, and 49 privates, to
complete the detachment of Royal Marines to 70 in num-
ber, embarked yesterday for the Vengeance from this

division.
The Tartarus steam-vessel, Captain Wolfe, is ordered
from the Irish station to Woolwich, to be paid off.
The Sappho, 16, Commander Gambier, which arrived
this morning from the Cape of Good Hope station, after
a splendid run of 49 days only, is ordered into the
harbour to be paid off. She will be mustered and
inspected to-morrow by the Commander-in-Chief. It is
hoped that some of the crew will volunteer for the ships
fitting out here, good men being very scarce. It is
supposed they are waiting for Captain the Hon. H.
Keppel, late of the Dido, to commission the Cambrian, 36.
The Belleisle, 72, troop•ship, Captain Kingcome,
arrived this morning with troops from Quebec; last from
Plymouth. The troops have been landed from her by the
Echo tug, the ship in the meantime continuing under
weigh, and retaining the military invalids and convicts
on board, with whom she sailed at four o'clock this
afternoon for Chatham.

The Cyclops steam-frigate, Captain Lapidge, went
out of harbour this morning, and left this afternoon for
Torbay, to assist the Rippon contract steam-vessel, in
distress at that place.
The Scourge steam bomb-vessel, Commander Caffin,
embarked 100 marines from this division this morning
alongside the dockyard, and sailed for Cork, where she
is to await further orders.

The Nautilus, 8, Lieutenant-Commander Macdonnell'
sailed this morning to cruize off Brighton for the protection
of the fishery.
The Rattlesnake, 26, Captain Stanley, and the Bel-
videra store ship, Master-Commander Wellington, will be
removed from the basin to-morrow.
In Harbour—The St. Vincent, the Victory, the Ex-
cellent, the Victoria and Albert, the Avenger, the Pene-
lope, the Myrtle, the Comet, the Echo, the Netley, and
the Sylvia.
In Dock—The Prince Regent, the Edinburgh, the
Ajax, the Leander, the Crocodile, the Serpent, and the
Champion.
In the Basin—The Vengeance, the Belvidera, the
Rattlesnake, the Amphitrite, the Naiad, and the Fairy.
At Spithead—The Eurydice and the Sappho.
CHATHAM, OCT. 22.—The Mutine, 12 guns, Com-
mander Robert Tryon, was put out of dock this day, and
taken alongside the Tartar hulk, and, owing to some ad-
ditional works ordered to be done on board, she will not
be ready for sea for a fortnight. She has her full com-
plement of hands on board, with the exception of two
petty officers.
The Albatross, 16 guns, having had her defects made
good, and fitted for commission, was pet out of dock this
day, and placed alongside the sheer hulk, whets she re-
ceived her masts and bow sprit in place; next week she
will be rigged. She is expected to be placed in com-
mission in a few days.
The Gloucester, 50 guns, which wrs expected to have
gone out of dock these spring tides, will not be put out
until the next tides.
The Crescy, 80 guns, building, has an additional num-
ber of shipwrights put on, who are engaged putting up
her frame timber in place.
This morning, at four o'clock, the remaining part of
the detachment of Royal Marines from this battalion,
consisting of 3 sergeants, 2 drummers, 5 corporals, and
99 privates, under command of Captain Thomas Park,
marched to the Sun Pier, Chatham, and proceeded by
the Victoria steam-vessel to the terminus of the Graves-
end and Rochester Railway, by special train to Graves-
end, and embarked at the Terrace Pier on board the
Lightning steam-vessel, waiting in readiness to receive
them, whence they were taken to St. Katherine's Dock,
and put on board the Prussian Eagle, one of the Irish
steam-packets, for conveyance to Spike Island, Cove of
Cork ; and First Lieutenant Andrew Wylde, of the
Woolwich division, proceeded with the detachment.
Captain John Tylden, of the Royal Artillery, offici-
ally visited the dockyard, and inspected this day the
fire plugs, pipes, and everything connected with the fire
engines.
WooLavien, OCT. 23.—The Sphynx steam-frigate,
Capt. Cragg, was taken out of the basin into the river
to-day, and will leave on the 31st inst. for Plymouth,
where she will await further orders.
'1 he Niger steam-vessel, building at Woolwich dock-
yard, is to be launched on the 3d of November.