The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-14 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE

rORTSMOITTTI, OCT. 13.—The St. Vincent, 120, was
got into the harbour yesterday in the very nick of time,
just at the top of high water, and as the tides ar". still
n: ailing, and a strong northerly wind came on in the
right, acrd still continues, it is evidstit that sh• could net

ha-ve heen got in until the next, springs, It is- what is
called close and rather dan,rerouss pilotaga, for had she
grounded she must have been ruined, as it would have
been almost impossible to have got her off until the in-
creased flow floated her. The broad pendant of Com-
modore Sir Francis Collier was not " struck at sunset
last evening," nor did Sir Charles Ogle's flag take its
place on board the St. Vincent to-day. The pendant is
still flying (5 P.m.).
The Acheron steam-vessel, Lieutenant commanding
A. Dunlap, sailed for Ireland today to be under the
orders of the Commissary-General. She also, like the
Dasher, took a number of marines from this division, to
be employed as occasion directs in the suppression of dis-
turbme,s, and as guards.
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The Powcrfel, 84, advance-ship, was brought from her
moorings yestcrday alongside the yard, and has been un-
masted to-day. tier fore and mizenmast are to be ap-
propriated for the Vengeance. 84, which is ordQred to be
prepared for commisior. The pendant was hoisted this
morning on board the 13,1:idol-a, provision deplt, by Mr.
Peter Wellington, Master Commanding.
The Blazer steam-ve..:;el, under the temporary com-
mand of her First-Lieutenant, Wingrove, arrived here
at -nuon to-tLy, from Harwich, to take on board marines,
and proceed to Ireland, to be (mployed in a similar way
to the Dasher and Acheron. Captain Washington was
left at Harwich to complete his charts of survey.
The Comet steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commanding
Charles R. Johnson, was undockeci last evening, having
had her forefoot repaired, which had been damaged in
her last cruise.

The Emerald and Mercury tenders sailed this after-
noon fur Plymouth, with extra riggers belonging to that
dockyard, which had been lent to the St. Vincent.
The extra marines of this division which were em-
barked on board the St. Vincent to make up her com-
plement, disembarked from her this afternoon, and
marched to barracks.

The Wasp, 16, Commander Ussher, arrived at, St. He-
lena, from a cruise, on the 21st of August, and left on
the 27th for Ascension, en route to England to be paid off.
The Larne, 18, Commander Brisbane, was off Kaben-
da, coast of Africa, on the 2d of August. A private
letter says—" Fortune has, however, changed a little
more in our favour, the old Larne having actually cap-
tured two slavers in one day ; they were empty vessels,
one old and leaky, so we took her dimensions and burned
her : the other was sent to St. Helena. Dr. Burke
has succeeded Sloggett as our surgeon. We go to St.
Helena in about two months for another recruit ; that
v‘ ill be our last visit to that island. All well."

By accounts from Simon's Bay up to the Bth of Au-
gust, we learn that her Majesty's brig Helena, Sir C.
Ricketts, arrived there on the 4th inst., having left Quil-
limaine on the Ist of July, and St. Augustine's Bay,
Madagascar, on the 22d. Off the former place, her Ma-
jesty's ship Cleopatra was left cruising, for the suppres-
sion of the slave-trade, and was expected at Simon's
Bay some time in September. At Sr. Augustine's Bay
the English barque Ariel arrived the morning the
Helena left, for a cargo of bullocks. The master of her
reports having visited Tatnatave on the 12th, in hopes of
obtaining a cargo at that place, but the Combs are as
hostile as ever, and will not have anything to do with us.
The Americans had been trying to open a trade with
them for live stock, between Mauritius and Bourbon, but
had failed in their object, bc:ag placed under the same
restriction as the English and the French. Several
English and French bullock vessels were heard of in the
Mozambique Channel, and appeared to be procuring
cattle without much difficulty at Tuhlah harbour, the
Island of Johanna, and other ports on the west coast of
Madagascar.

The following French vessels of war were lying at
Bourbon on the 11th of June:—

The frigate Belle Poule, 60; the flag- ship Berceau,
30; the Voltiguer, 20; the Bucolique, 20; the Zelee
and steam-sloop Crocodile, and three more were ex-
pected shortly, viz., the Reine Blanche, 50; the Ar-
mide, 46; and the steam-ship Veloc4, but nothing was
said of any expedition to Madagascar at that time.
The Helena, after leaving Simon's Bay in February
last, unfortiinately lost 17 of her crew from fever and dy-
sentery, contracted in the Mozambique Channel and Zan-
zibar, making a total of 33 deaths since her leaving
England, in Jan., 1844. At one time on this cruise she
had sixty men on the sick list, or more than half her
complement. It may be recollected, this brig was simi-
larly unfortunate last year, several men having died from
a malignant fever, caught on boat service in the rainy
season. There were several bad cases still on board,
most of which it was supposed will be sent to England,
for the recovery of their health. The Commander, Sir
Cornwallis Ricketts, had also been dangerously ill, but
was fast recovering.
SIR W. PARKER'S SQUADRON.
(From the Gibraltar Chronicle.)
SEPT. 30.—Ships of War in the Bay—Her Majesty's
ships Hibernia, Vice-Admiral Sir W. Parker, G1.C.8.,
Captain P. Richards, C B.; Trafalgar, Commodore Sir
James J. G. Bremer, K.C.8., K.C.H.; Rodney, Captain
E. Collier, C. 8.; Albion. Captain N. Leaver, C. 8.;
Vanguard, Captain W. Willes; Superb, Captain A. L.
Corry. Steamers, Cylops, Captain W. F. Lapidge;
Virago, Commander J. Lunn; Rattler, Commander H.
Smith. Portuguese Government steamer Conde de
Tojal, Lieutenant C. A. da Costa Simas.
OCTOBER 2.—Her Majesty's ships Hibernia (the Vice-
Admiral ship), Superb, and Trafalgar, lett the anchorage
this morning, in tow of the steamers Cyclops, Rattler,
and Virago. The Rodney, Vanguard, and Albion will
follow when the steamers return after passing the Straits,
or other expected steamers arrive, to perform the ser-
vice. The first-named ships have since put back; the
Superb and Trafalgar anchored off Sandy Bay, and the
Ilibernia, Cyclops, and Rattler returned to our port,
while the Virago kept cruising about.
OCTOBER 3.—The Hibernia and Rattler got under
way last night, and anchored off Sandy Bay, on the
Spanish coast, opposite Gibraltar.

Ships of War in the Bay—Her Majesty's ships Rodney,
Captain E. Collier, C. 8.; Albion, Captain N. Lockyer,
C B.; Vanguard, Captain W. Willes.
Off Sandy Bay—Her Majesty's ships Hibernia, Vice-
Admiral Sir W. Parker, G.C.8., Captain P. Richards,
C. 8.; Trafalgar, Commodore Sir James J. G. Bremer,
K.C.8., K.C.11.; Superb, Captain A. L. Corry. Her
Majesty's steamers Rattler, Commander H. Smyth; Vi-
rago, Commander J. Lunn.