The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-25 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY.—The Columbine, 12, Commander
Booth, sailed yesterday morning for the East India station.
The America, 50, Captain the Hon. John Gordon, is
ordered into dock to refit immediately. Her first lieutenant,
Mr. Agassiz, has been compelled to go to Haslar Hospital,
from debilitated health. Mr. Colin Lindsay is now first
lieutenant. The freight brought by this ship was got out
an 4, all Loused in the South-Western Railway Company's
calages on Friday night, and conveyed to London by Mr.
Robertson, the freight agent, per special train, at half-past
three o'clock yesterday morning. The treasure was all in
the bullion-office of the Bank of England by six o'clock last
night, and tallied off, much to the credit of the agent, who
was complimented by the officers at the Bank on the fact of
his freight being so speedily delivered at that office. Much
credit is also due to the storekeeper of the Royal Clarence-
yard, where the freight was landed from the America, and
also to the South-Western Railway officers at Gosport and
Nine Elms, for the ready facilities they afforded in trans-
mitting the money.
The North Star, 25, Captain Sir J. E. Home, Bait, arrived
at Spithead on Friday night, from the East India station
and the Cape of Good Hope, from which latter place, how-
ever, she brings no news. She left Ascension on the 6th
of July, at which date the Actaeon, 26, Captain Mansel ;
the Prometheus steam-sloop, Commander Hay ; the Hydra,
steam-sloop, Commander Young ; and the Tortoise, store
and guard ship, Commander Morrel, were at that island.
The Prometheus, bound for Sierra, with Sir G. Jackson.
Dysentery was raging considerably when the North Star left,
and the hospital was fnll of sick. The Hydra was bound to
the Gallinas. Mr. Pope, purser of the Actaeon ; Mr. Horatio
Webb, of the Prometheus; Mr. James Singer, and Mr. Wil-
liam Purchase, of the Driver; Mr. George Roberts, of the
Prometheus; and Mr. William Cockshot, of the Hydra, came
home, on Admiralty leave, in the North Star, which is ordered
to Chatham to be paid off, all standing.

We learn by the North Star, Aim the Wasp, 16, Comman-
der Ussher, had made a brilliant 711, ture of a slaver pirate,
prior to the 30th of June, off Congo. She was a remarkably
fine brig, of about 400 tons, mounting sixteen brass guns,
which he used with murderous effect against the Wasp's boats,
the gallant fellows in which, however, succeeded in taking
her, after two hours and a half hard fighting. The crew of
the pirate were taken to St. Helena, together with the vessel,
and there tried by a court martial, Captain Sir Everard
Home, of the North Star, presiding. After an investigation
of five days, the prisoners were found Not Guilty, and set at
large. The vessel was, however, condemned. In the action,
the Wasp lost two men, and had four wounded, and the slaver
pirate had seventeen men killed.
The Pilot, 16, Commander Wilson, arrived at Madras from
Trincomalee, on the sth alt.

The Dmd;lus, 20, Captain 111‘Quhae, sailed from Hong-
Kong for Borneo on the 23d of June.
The Athol troop- ship, Master-Commander,Pearn, sailed
yesterday afternoon for Dundee, with three companies of
the 74th Highlanders. From Dundee she proceeds to Leith,
with three companies of the 87th Regiment, after which she
returns to this port for some of the remaining companies of
the 74th.

The Gladiator steam-frigate, Captain Robb, is again nearly
ready for sea, and will embark on or about the Ist proximo,
the head-quarters and three companies of the 74th High-
landers, for Aberdeen ; whence she will take the head-quar-
ters and three companies of the 78th Regiment to Leith, and
then return to this port.
The Belleisle, 22, Captain Kingcome, arrived at Halifax
from Quebec on the 31st of July. with the 89th Regiment
and part of the 14th on board. She was to return to Quebec
on the 4th instant with the 60th Rifles, and would then
bring from Canada the remainder of the 14th; after which
she would carry the 77th from Halifax to Quebec, thence re-
turning to this port with invalids and stores.
The Wanderer, 12, Commander Somerville, was off Cape
Marvel, on the coast of Africa, on the 15th of June, on
which day one of her boats left the ship for the purpose of
fishing off the mouth of a river near the ahove place, but
which accidentally got on the " bar," and was capsized,
by which four of the individuals in her at the time were
drowned,—the surgeon (Mr. Hopley), boatswain (Mr.
Smith), a seaman gunner (Jones), and a marine (Morley).
The rest got safe ashore.
The Rhadamanthus steam-vessel, Master Commander
Aylen, arrived at Kingstown (Dublin), on Tuesday last,
with troops, comprising five companies of the 68th
Light Infantry, from Liverpool, and left on the following
day for Whitehaven, with six companies of the 13th Re-
giment.
The Dee steam-transport, Master-Commander Driver, em-
barked on Wednesday, at Liverpool, four companies of the
30th Regiment for IN' hitehaven.
The Sappho, 16, Commander Gambier, sailed from the
Mauritius, on the 13th of June, for the Cape of Good Hope.
The Encounter screw steam-sloop, built on the design of
Mr. J. Fincharn, the master shipwright of this dockyard,
is ordered to be launched at Pembroke on the sth proximo.
Jury rig will be forwarded from Devonport, whence she
will be navigated to the Thames, to receive her engines
of 360-horse power, manufactured by Penn and Son, of
Greenwich.

- The Raven cutter, Lieutenant-Commander Stephen, ar-
rived yesterday from the eastward, with supernumeraries,
and returned to Sheerneis this morning.
A new armament is ordered to be mounted on the batteries
and other fortifications of this port and its dependencies, com-
prising 330 guns, chiefly of heavy calibre.
The Brilliant, 22. Captain Watson, and the Dido, 18, Cap-
tain Maxwell, sailed from Cove on Wednesday last; the
former for the Cape of Good Hope, to join Rear-Admiral
Dacre's squadron, and the latter for the River Plate, to join
Rear-Admiral Inglefield. Each takes supernumeraries, prin-
cipally boys, for the respective squadrons.
The Acheron steam-sloop, Lieutenant-Commander Aplin.
arrived last evening from the Mediterranean, where she has
been employed during the period of her commission in mail
service. Her dates are Malta, August 3; Algiers, August 6;
Gibraltar and Tangiers, August 13; and Lisbon,' August 16.
She left the squadron of evolution at Lisbon, under the com-
mend of Vice• Admiral Sir W. Parker, who was on the eve
of returning to Malta, when the squadron would return to
Cork. The Acheron came into harbour this morning to re-
plenish coal, prior to going to the eastward to dismantle and
be paid off.
DISTRIBUTION OF THE NORTH AMERICAN AND

WEST INDIA SQUADRON.
PORT ROYAL, JAMAICA, JULY 24.—1 n Harbour—Pickle,
3, Lieutenant-Commander Henry Bernard; and lmaum, 72.
with the broad pendant of Commander Pring.
At Vera Cruz—Endymion, 44, Captain George R. Lam-
bert ; Alarm, 26, Captain Charles C. Frankland ; Rose, 18,
Commander R. W. Pelly ; and Vesuvius, 6, steam sloop,
Commander O'Callaghan.
On Passage to Vera Cruz, to reinforce the above Squadron
—Electra, 18, Commander W. H. Maitland; and Dail ng, 12,
Commander Henry J. Matson.

At Bermuda—Thunder, 26, surveying ve,sel, Commander
Edward Earned; and Hermes, steam sloop, Lieutenant-Com-
mander W. Carr.

At Halifax—Vindictive, 50, Captain Michael Seyniour,
wit* the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir Francis Austen, ICC 8.,
Commander-in-Chief.

In the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Bay of Fundy, and Newfound-
land—The Hyacinth, 18, Commander Francis Scott; the
Persian, 16, Commander Henry Coryton ; the Viper, 4, Lieu-
tenant Edward E. Gray; and the Columbia steam survepog
vessel, Lieutenant-Commander P. F. Shortland.

At the Bahamas, on surveying duty—The Lark, 3, Lieu
;enant G. B. Lawren6e.

The Electra, 18, Commander W. 11. Maitland, arrived from
Bermuda and England on the 7th inst. She arrived from
Bermuda on theist ult., sailed thence on t`►e 14th, nd looked
in at Antigua on the 30tb, arriving here in teven days from
the latter island. _ _ _

The Daring, 12, Commander Matson, arrived on the 19th
instant, in ten days, from the Havannah. Accounts brought
by her announce the important. fact, that the inhabitants of
Upper California had pronounced themselves independent of
the republic of Mexico, and placed themselves under the
protection of the. United States. The Daring had captured
a vessel off Cuba, titted'for the conveyance of slaves, which
she had conveyed to the Havannah to be condemned. The
decision of the Mixed Court of Commission was, however,
unfavourable to the legality of the capture, and the vessel,
we learn, was accordingly set free.
The Pickle schooner, Lieutenant Bernard, arrived from a
short cruize on the 7th inst., and remains in harbour. This
small craft is the only effective vessel we have at. present to
protect
the whole of our West India Islands. Surely this
ought not to be.
The Electra, 18, and the Daring, 12, sailed on the 21st
inst., for Vera Cruz, but are to look in at Belize and the Mos-
queto shore on their way thither.
A large American frigate under all sail, steering for the
west, was seen on the 15th instant, from the east end of
this island.
Major Wright, R.A., has resigned the office of Island
Engineer and Surveyor of Public V.' orks, to which he was ap-
pointed last year on the decease of Captain St. John, B.A.

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LONDON AND CROYDON RAIL-
WAY COMPANY.
The general meeting of this Company took place yester-
day, at the offices of the Company, Mr. A. Wilkinson in
the chair.
The SECRETARY read the following report, which w
unanimously adopted :
"The amalgagvition of the late Brighton and
Croydon Companies being now completed, and a report
having been already made to you in your new character as
proprietors in the London, Brighton, and South Coast o=-
p:thy, your late directors have merely to remark that, at the
close of your existence as a separate company, your affairs
are in a more flourishing condition than they have ever yet
been. -
"The short traffic on your line has steadily and rapidly in-
creased. During the present session of Parliament, the
Direct Portsmouth line which has been a source of so much
anxiety to your directors, and is expected to be a source
of so much profit to your line, has received the sanction of
the Legislature. The short coal and goods line to Dept-
ford, which was alluded to in the last report, has likeaiae
passed successfully through Parliament; and, although you
have not obtained your Bill for a line to Tonbri4e and
Maidstone, you have succeeded in defeating the schemes of
the South-Eastern Company, which would have diverted
the traffic of Kent from the Croydon line; and you have
again successfully resisted the attempt of the South-
,' Western Company to obtain another line to Epsom.
" The atmospheric system, although it has not been free
from those difficulties which usually attend the first intro-
duction of all inventions, is satisfactorily progressing, and
there is every reason to believe that it will fully realise the
expectations which have been entertained of its ultimate
success.
"The working expenses of the last fire months are neces-
sarily very great, on account of the mixing of the two
systems of traction, each having cost almost as much as if
the other had not been employed; but the receipts from
passenger traffic for the five months of the present
half-year have exceeded those of the six months of
the corresponding halt-year, although the best month
(that of July) is omitted, the accounts haying been closed
a month earlier than usual, for the sake of uniformity with
those of the late Brighton Company—some of the payments,
however, being necessarily referable to the whole six
months. The accounts thus presented show a disposable
balance (including the profit of 2,130/. 11s. Bd. derived from
the sale of third shares) of 17,6001. 15s. 3d., out of which
your directors recommend a dividend to be paid of 7s. 6d. per
share. A vote of the proprietors will be taken as to the
disposal of the sum remaining after the payment of this
dividend.
"The directors cannot close this report without recommend-
ing to the favourable consideration of the proprietors some
acknowledgment of the valuable services of Mr. Young, so
long and so zealously rendered in the office of Secretary to
this Company."
The CHAIRMAN then moved that a dividend of 7s. 6d.
per share be paid to the shareholders out of the divisable
fund, now in the hands of the directors.
The resolution was seconded by Mr. BARNES, and
carried unanimously.
The CHAIRMAN then moved that a testimonial should
be presented to Mr. Young for his valuable services, and
that a subscription should be entered upon for that
purpose, and that the directors be empowered to pay
over the balance of 1,1881. 9s. 3d., which will remain
after the payment of the dividend in aid of such fund.
Mr. SLERRY seconded the resolution, which was
carried unanimously.
After a vote of thanks to the Chairman, the meeting
separated.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.

MANCHESTER, AUGUST 22.

&vex EXCHANGE.—The sales ari—Ambergate, Nottingham, Bos-
ton, &c., die.— Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, 4 dia.—Boston,
Stamford, and Birmingham, 12a. 3d. dis. —Eastern Counties, York
Extension, 1% p.—East Lancashire. 9rq p.--Fleetwood, Preston,
and West Riding, 34 Ois.—Huddersfield, Halifax, and Bradford, 2)4
p.—Huddersfleld and Manchester Railway and Canal, 1 % p. --Leeds
and Thirak, 3% dis.—Manchester and Leeds Extension, 2% p.—Man-
cheater, Midland, and Grimsby, 19s. 6d. dis.—North Eastern, 1% dim.
—iltelfield and Lincolnshire Junction, 6a. 3d. dis.—Ditto, Exten-
sion, 5i dis.—Sheffield and Manchester, Quarters, No. 1, 4 p.—Shrews-
bury, Wolverhampton, &c., 14 dis.—Shropshire Union Railway and
Canal, 125. 6d. dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, 43—Ditto Halves,
No. 4, % p.—Trent Valley, Midland, &c., % p.—West Riding Union,
2 15.16 p.