The Sun.
London, England, 1848-12-16 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

MALTA, DEC. 2.—Her Majesty's steamer Medina,
which is to be employed on the line between this island
and Marseilles or Alexandria, arrived here on the 30th
ult. She left yesterday to carry dispatches for Sir
William Parker. She made a long passage from
Gibraltar, viz., six days, but against a strong west gale.
Her Majesty's steamer Medusa, with the outward
mails for India, arrived here at an early hour yesterday,
having made a rapid passage from Marseilles. By her
we had London news of the 24th ult.

The Oberon is notified to convey the mails to the
lonian Islands and Greece to-morrow, if the Indus, via
Gibraltar, shall have arrived. She is now overdue, and
has a stiff breeze from the north-west to encounter.
The other packets have all arrived, and continued
their routes,

DISTRIBUTION OF THE MEDITERRANEAN SQUADRON.
In Malta Harbour—The Ceylon, receiving ship,
bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Edward Harvey, and
Wee Pet, steam-tug.
On a Cruise—The Hibernia, 104, Captain Peter
Richards, C. 8., bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir W.
Parker, G.C.8., the Commander-in-Chief; the Queen,
110, Captain H. W. Bruce; the Vengeance, 84, Captain
S. Luahington; the Rodney, 00, Captain E. Collier; the
Vanguard, 80, Captain G. F. Rich; the Howe, 120, Cap-
tain Sir J. Stirling; the Thetis, 36, Captain H. Cod-
rington; the Spartan, Captain Symonds; the Frolic,
Captain J. Vansittart; the Mutine, 12, Commodore J.
G. Palmer; the Harlequin. Commodore Moore; the
Odin, Captain, the Hon. F. F. Pelham; the Porcupine,
Lieutenant E. F. Roberts; the Locust, Lieutenant E. R.
Power; the Bulldog, Commander A. C. Key; the Terri-
ble, Captain W. Ramsay; the Gladiator, Captain Robb;
the Antelope. Lieutenant F. Smyth.
On Surveying duty—The Volage, Captain T. Graves,
the Research, Lieutenant Lord J. Browne.
At Gibraltar—The Polyphemus.
At the Piraeus of Athens—The Volcano, Lieutenant
J. H. Crang.
At Constantinople—The Tartarus, Commander Sir G.
Webster.

At Corfu—The Spitfire, Lieutenant Commander
Willes.

At Alexandria—The Sidon, Captain W. H. Hen.
derson.

MAIL STEAM-PACKETS.
At Malta—The Triton, Lieutenant C. J. P. Glinn;
the Oberon, Lieutenant Gardner; the Medusa, Lieute-
nant Bathurst.
En route to Marseilles from Malta, the Merlin, Lieute-
nant J. H. Turner.
En route to Corfu and Trieste from Malta, the Ardent,
Lieutenant Commander W. Nowel.

En route to Naples from Malta, the Medina, Lieute.
cant A. Darby.

PENINSULAR ♦ND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COM
PANT'S FLOTILLA.
_ _ _

At Southampton—The HiaL;t—a-n, the Euzine, and
the Ripon.
En route to Gibraltar and Southampton from Malta,
;he Sultan.

En route from Southampton to Malta, the Indus.
En route to Constantinople and ports of the Black
Sea from Malta, the Tagus.
At Constantinople—The Erin.
FOREIGN SHIPS OF WAR AND PACKETS IN PORT.
The French steamer Tancrede, the Royal Yacht cutter
Sapphire, the Sicilian steamer Giglio dells Onde, the
Russian brig Theseus.
PORTSMOUTH, FRIDAT.—The Sharpshooter screw-
schooner, Lieutenant-Commander Bailey, is reported by
the Shipping Gazette of last night to have got ashore on
the grass bank between Worthing and Lancing, on the
coast of Sussex. No report of this circumstance had been
received at the Commander-in-Chief's office to-day at
one o'clock. It is expected, nevertheless, to be correct.
The Sharpshooter left this harbour between three and
four o'clock yesterday. morning to cruise on the coast of
Sussex for the protection of the fisheries.
The Myrtle steam-tender took the Commander-in-
Chief, Admiral the Hon. Sir Bladen Capel, K.C.8., to
Cowes last evening, whence he proceeded to Osborne, to
dine with her Majesty and the Prince Consort. The
Admiral returned in the Myrtle this forenoon.
The Driver steam-sloop, Commander C. R. Johnson,
sailed at an early hour this morning with convict priso-
ners to be employed on the Portland breakwater.
The Princes Royal transport, Lieutenant W. C. Har-
ris, agent, sailed this morning for Cowes, to embark
soldiers from the Parkhurst Barracks for the West
Indies.

The Echo steam-tug went to Cowes this morning to
put troops on board the Amity Hall, freight ship, for the
Mediterranean, to fill up vacancies from invaliding.
It has been blowing a gale from S. by E., with thick
weather and heavy rain, all the morning. About noon
the wind shifted first to S. by W., and about an hour
afterwards to S.W. by S., with every appearance of a
continued gale. Sir C. Napier's squadron remains as
yesterday, having got topgallantmasts on deck as
soon as the heavy weather came on in the afternoon.
Any attempt at moving now would be little short of
insanity.

IN PORT AND FITTING.
The Victory, 22, fl ,g-ship ; the Illustrious, 10, ordi-
nary guardship ; the Excellent, gunnery practice-ship ;
the Blenheim, 56, guardship of steamers ; the Su-
perb, 80 ; the Victoria and Albert Royal yacht ; the
Rolla, exercise brig for naval apprentices ; the Fire
Queen, the Fairy, the Myrtle, the Echo, and the Bee
steamers ; the Fanny and Portsmouth, Admiral's
yachts.

- At Spithead—The St. Vincent, 120, flag-ship; the
Prince Regent, 92; the Powerful, 84; and the Orestes,
14; the Stromboli, the Reynard, and the Plumper,
steam-sloops; and the Rifleman, steam-schooner.
In Dock—The Princess Chariotte, 104; the Coiling-
wood, $0; the Pembroke, 72; the Viadictive, 50; and
the Flying Fish, 12.
In the Ship Basin—The Leander, 50; the Defence,
convict hulk; and the Malabar, coal depot.
In the New Basin—The Termagant, the Retribution,
and Centaur, steam-frigates; the Birkenhead, the Devas-
tation, the Phoenix, the Cormorant, and the Salamander,
steam-sloops;steam-vessels.
the Otter, the Jackal, and the Urgent,
At Cowes—The Princess Royal, transport.
Wind—S.W. by S., fresh gales and hazy, with rain.

THE LONDONDERRY STEAMER.—This vessel, which
has acquired such notoriety by the late lamentable ca-
tastrophe that occurred on board, is now lying at Lance-
field Quay, a few yards to the west of fir. Napier's
wharf, Glasgow. She is getting overhauled for the
purpose of being again put on the passage between this
and Londonderry. It is intended to ventilate the steer-
age in the most efficient manner, so as to prevent the pos-
sibility of such a painful occurrence being repeated.—
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