The Sun.
London, England, 1848-10-11 00:00:00

DISTRIBUTION Or THE MEDITERRANEAN SQUADRON,

SEPT. 29.
In Malta Harbour—The Ceylon receiving ship, bear-
ing 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., Commander-in-Chief ; the Queen,
110, Captain H. W. Bruce ; the Superb, 80, Captain
Corry; the Vengeance, 84, Captain S. Lushington ; the
Rodney, 90, Captain E. Collier ; the Vanguard, 80,
Captain G. F. Rich; the Howe, 120, Captain Sir J.
Stirling; the Thetis, 36, C.ptain H. Codrington ; the
Harlequin, Commander Moore ; the Spartan, Captain
Symonds ; the Mutine, 12, Commander Palmer ; the
Odin, Captain the Hon. F. F. Pelham; the Gladiator,
Captain Robb ; the Porcupine, Lieutenant E. F. Ro-
berts; the Locust, Lieutenant E. Re Power ; the Sidon,
Captain W. H. Henderson ; the Bulldog, Commander
A. C. Key.
On Surveying Duty—Volage, 22, Captain T. Graves;
Research, Lieutenant Lord J. Browne.
At Gibraltar—Polyphemus.
At the Piraeus of Athens—Volcano, Lieutenant J. H.
Crang.
At Smyrna—Volage,
At Constantinople—Tartarus, Commander Sir G.
Webster.

At Corfu—Spitfire, Lieutenant-Commander Willes.
En route to Gibraltar—Meteor, Commander Buttler.
MAIL STEAM-PACKETS.
At Malta—Oberon, Lieutenant Gardener; Medusa,
Lieutenant Bathurst; Antelope, Lieutenant F. Smyth;
and Ardent, Lieutenant-Commander W. Nowel.
En route from Malta to Naples—Terrible, Captain W.
Ramsey.
En route to Marseilles from Malta—Merlin, Lieut. J.
H. Turner.
En route to Malta from Marseilles—Triton, Lieut. C
J. P. Glinn.

PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COM-

!ANY'S FLOTILLA.
At Southampton—Tagus, Ilindoston, Ripon, and
Euxine.
En route to Gibraltar and Southampton from Malta—
Sultan.

En route from Southampton to Malta—lndus.
At Constantinople—Erin.

FOREIGN SHIPS OF WAR AND PACKETS IN PORT.
French steamer Scsunandre, R. Y. C. Sapphire, Sici-
ian gamer Giglio dells Oxide, screw-steamer Dumbar-
ton Youth.

PORTSMOUTH, TUESDAY.--The Stromboli steam-sloop,
Commander Lord A. W. Beauclerk, came into harbour
this morning to complete fuel and repair some trifling
defects.
The Grampus, 50, Captain B. Martin, C. 8., being
ordered into this port to discharge her freight and pre-
pare for being paid off, was inspected and exercised by
the Port Admiral, Sir Bladen Capel, K.C.B. to-day.
She will come in to-morrow, when her freight will be
landed by the Messrs. Casher, and conveyed by them to
the Bank of England. The exact amount of the specie
is 2,638,656 dolls.
The officers of the Blenheim and Excellent have not
yet exchanged to their proper ships, but will do so to-
morrow. All speak highly of the Blenheim's perform-
ances on a wind, with her screw power at work and her
sails braced up, she beat the St. Vincent two miles per
hour dead to wind, and the Regent and Bellerophon
one-and-a-quarter miles per hour. Her officers also
report favourably of her wire rigging.
Admiral Sir Byam Martin is at present on a Tilt !o
Rear Admiral Prescott, having come to Portsmouth to
see his sons.

It blew a gale last night, and the squadron at Spit-
head sent topgallant-masts on deck. It has moderated
a little to day, but it still blows fresh, and looks wild
and stormy. Wind W.N.W.
PLYMOUTII, OCT. 9.--Her Majesty's steam gun-vessel
Rifleman, from the westward, hove in sight yesterday
morning inside the Eddystone, at ten o'clock, and being
signalled by her Majesty's ship Caledonia, in the Sound,
came inside the Breakwater. After receiving orders
from Port-Admiral Sir William Hall Gage, the pro-
ceeded at half-past two o'clock for the eastward.
Her Majesty's steam-frigate Cyclops, bound to the
Coast of Africa, came in yesterday.
:.:Her Majesty's frigate Daedalus, Captain M.Quhae, is
to be'paid off on Friday.
'The 'Finance Committee of the Board of Admiralty
are eipected,at, Devonport on the 13th inst.
It is reported,sthat when the Caledonia, 120, Captain
Thomas W. Carter, now in the Sound, is refitted, she,
will take Admiral Adam to the Mediterranean, to re-
lieve Admiral Parker, and thellikrnia, 104, Captain
Peter Richards.
Tho merchant barque Chorister, Captain Richard,,
with a cargo of hides and horns, arrived yesterday, after
a passage of eighty-seven, days, from Buenos A4ree.
The barque Victory, Captain NVatson, of and from
London for Quebec, out six weeks, came in yesterday