The Sun.
London, England, 1841-01-02 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

The Fairy surveying vessel has now been given up as
lost, At twelve o'clock yesterday the portion of the clew,
consistirqe of Lieutenant Cudlip and nine men, who hap-
pened to be on board the Violet, tender to thalate unfor-
tunate ve;sel, ettendcd at the Pay-office, in her Majesty's
Dockyard, Woolwich, when the crew received the amount
due to them to the 31st December. It is now considered
certain that the Fairy went down during the late gales,
with Captain Hewett and forty-one hands on board, and
all perished, leaving 'mile to tell how the circumstance
took place. The scone yesterday at the Pay-office was a
most melancholy one, es several of the widows of those
who lost their lives attended personally to obtain the
respective amounts to which their husbands would have
been entitled had they been alive. The Lords of the
Admiralty, sympathizing with these unfortunate widows,
of whom there are upwards of thirty, and 101 fatherless
children, orrkred that the pay should be calculated to tha
31st December.
It is gratifying to know that Captain Phipps Hornby,
the superintendent of the dockyard, has come forward in
the most praiseworthy manner and originated a subsxrip-
tion for the relief of the widows, many of whom must
suffer great privations from the sudden loss of their hug-
bands and means of support, and there can be no doubt a
generous public will cordially second him in the task of
affording some degree of consolation to those who have
lost their natural protectors, who were employed in the
public service for the benefit of the country, and whose
labours may be the means of saving the lives of thousands
of our maritime countrymen.
The Salamander steam frigate, Commander Hastings
Reginald Henry, arrived at Sheerness on Monday.
The Lightning steam-vessel, Lieutenant Commander
J. M. Waugh, left Sheerness on Tues7claw, with WWll-
tears for her Majesty's vessels at Portsmouth and Plymouth.
The Avon steam vessel, Lieutenant Commander R. L).
Pritchard, arrived at Chatham on Monday from Ports.-
mouta, with invalid soldiers, and returned on Tuesday ter
the latter station.

The Fahm-mtli, Second Master Everson, arrived at
Wrool,,ich yesterday from Plymouth.
The Goodwill sailed yesterday fcr Portsmouth.
The Boxer, steam-vessel, Captain Bulk:eh, had a por-
tion of her wages due to her crew paid yesterday. The
balance will be paid on the'r return from leave of absence.
Tne Pluto, steam-vessel, Lieutenant W. S. Blount, will
be ready for sea in a few days.
The Prince Rgent, transport ship, sailed yesterday
from Deptford, the 79th Regiment on board, for
Gibraltar. She was towed down the river by a steam-
vessel, and passed the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, at about
three o'clock, P.M.

The Lizard.—Mr. William Stanley, Clerk in Charge,
has been promoted to be Purser.
ROYAL ARSENAL.

The Little Ben, after being detained three days, owing
to the quantity of ice. on the river, sailed to-day, with the
detachment of the Royal Artillery, for Purfleet.
The Sir James Kempt, Ordnance sloop, arrived yester-
day from Pertsrnoutk, with a cargo of large guns and other
stores.

The Mary, schooner, arrived to-day with 1,800 ten inch
and eight inch shAs.
The Vigilant, schooner, arrived about the same time,
with GO tons of shells of various sizes.

The Fanny, brig, arrived to-day with a full cargo of 32
pounder shot, from Messrs Graham and Co.
The William; schooner, arrived with a cargo of 12 and
18 pounder shot, from the same contractor, nearly Ett tho
same time.

A number of arrvals are expected to-morrow, consist-
ing of vessels loaded with military stores, affording proofs
that the supply will bo well liept up in the Royal Ar-
senal, in caso the country may be called upon to forward
them to various parts of her Majesty's dominions for their
protection, or for actual service in other quarters of the
world.