The Sun.
London, England, 1846-04-21 00:00:00

NAVAL IN TELLIGENCE.
PORI-8310 Tll, t.J, Y— i i b.; IN r, 50,
Eden, flag of Rear-Adirdta! the flon. J. l'(rey, late
Commander-in•Chiet cn the Cape of Geed 'lope Sta-
tion, arrived this morning at Spithead. She left Simon's
Bay on the Ist of March, leaving behind the Thunder-
bolt steam sloop, Commander Broke;' the President, 50,
Captain Stanley. flsg of near-Admiral nacres, Com-
mander-in-Chief; t,nd the S.-rpent. 10, Can Bander
Vevill, which latter ha arriv, <I a fret cis) s previously
from China, wilt tl:e instalnint ot. the Chinese
ransom on board, and was to sail on the 23 or 3.1 of
March for England.
When the Winchester left tho Cape the Caffres were,
quiet. but had assembled in great force, and the inhab4.
tants con,inue to pond the town for self protection.
The Thunderbolt had taken all the disposable troops
from Cape Town :AI Graham's Town to quell disturb-
ances, but when the Winchester had left the Cr.ffres had
come to terms

The Winehereer touch. d at S'. Helena on the 16th of
March, and found there the Star, 16, Commander Dun-
lop ; and called at Ascension on Sunday, the 22d of:
March, where the Star had previously arrived. Thee
"rollers" had subsided, The Winchester hae brought
a mail from the Cape, and invalids from the squadron..
Rear-Admiral Percy landed this afternoon in Rear-Aci-
mind Parker's yacht.
The following vessels were spoken with by the Win-
cheider on her passage home:—March 7, lat. 24 45 5.,.
long. 3 10 E., the Unity, time the Cape, tor Guernsey e
11th lat. 16 48 S., lung. 4 31 W., the ship Charlotte, fro;ei
Calcutta for Liverpool, 71 days out. at the same tame
exchanged numbers with the Dutch ship AL:pipe ;
on the 17th, in lat. 14 39, lung. 7 20, spoke the
Dutch ship Claudius Civeies, from Batavia ter Am-
sterdam. 61 days out ; en ths. 19th in lat. 10 41,
long, 11 13, spoke the English ship Earl of Lons-
dale ; 23J, in lat. 6.20, long. 16 15, spoke the Vo ushe ;
`24th, in lat. 4 32, long. 18 32, the brig Zuleeska. from
the coast of Patagonia ; on the 27th, in lat. 0 5 N.,
long. 20 51 W., spoke the Prussian ship Fred rica
bound to Bahia, same day the English brig Two Frie ids ,
from Liverpool bound to Paita ; on the 29th, in lat.
3 34, long. 22 1, exchanged numbers with bark City of
London. same day spoke the Di-vonshire, from Bor-
deaux for Mauritius ; on the 30th, in lat. 5 3, long.
23 32, exchanged numbers with the ship Lancaster,
same day and time the ship Tr tfalgar, from Calcutta for
London ; April 15, in lat 45 32, long. 17 15, the ship
Bloorenge, 112 days, from Calcutta to London.
The Eurydice 26, was ducked on Friday to be over-
hauled prier to recommission. •
Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, Bart., Comm-nler-ire-
Chief, entertained a di-eineuisheil select circle at the
Airnir,& y-house on Friday evening.
A tablet, subscribed for by the surviving offieere of
the ill-fated ship, and the friends of the dececsed, was
yesterday placed in the chapel of this dock' and to the
memory of the late Commander W. B. Estcnurt, of the.
Eclair swam sloop. We hope the Admiralty will no‘
forget the brave Sidney Bernard, hat perpetuate his
12aroic self-sacrifice in the cause of seffe.ing humanity by
ereotirg a suitable monuruent to his memory.
By the Manilla, merchant bark, arrived at Cowes. we
have intelligence from the coast of Africa to the 25th of
February, Commander Hornbv, of the Styx steam-sloop,
tame home p tssenger in her, having invalided in conse-
qu-nce of nearly losing his sight from the eff ets of the
climate. He is now convalescent. When the Manilla.
left Ascension, the Tortoise store and coal ship, Com-
mat der Morrell ; the Larne.lB, Commander Brisbane;
the Albatross, 16, Commander Yorke ; the Caei9tetts
steamer (peize to the Penehipe). and the Nl:mules.
transport, were at that islatel; the T.arne, about to pro-
ceed to St. Helena. Th.. Albatross was to sail on the
28th of February to the Giffin:is, te tike the command
of a division. The Cacique was taking in provisions,.
prior to returning to the Biehts. The Ntiutilus was
loaded with obsolt to stores, a!,d was to sail in a fort-
night for th s port, with invalids from the squadron,.
among whom was the Rev. G. Bellum3, chaplain or the-
Tortoise. The Penelope steam-frigate, with Commodore,
Jones, was expected at Ascension on the sth ult , for as
few days, and to be at the Gallinas on the 15th. He'
had been at Fernando Po with the French squadron,.
and had tried the sea-going qualities of the Pene-
lope, against the French Admiral's steam-frigate
Caraihe, of 450. horse power (Penelope is 650), when
the latter beat Penelope by more then a knot.
an hour. The Waterwtteh, 12. Commander Birch„
left Ascension for Canada on the 2d of February, to re-
lieve the Cygnet, expected at Aseemion en route to t
Bights. The Kingfisher, 12, Commander Brown ; tie'
Lily, 16, Commander Newton ; and the Styx steam-
sloi,p, were at the Gallinas on the 25th of February:.
The latter's three prize, Regenerador, Isabel, and Es-
pica, had been condemned at Sierra Leone ; also a beau-•
tiful brig captured by the Hecate steam sloop, Com-
mander West, on the 3d of February. The " rollers".
set in at Ascension with unprecedented violence on the•
15th of February, and increased to a terrific extent en:
the 18th. They happily abated on the 23d, but not untilt
very considerable damage had been done. The pier;,
wharf, crane, boathouse, port of the fort, turtle pendse
and turtle, were entirely washed away, boats stove in,
&c. Great alarm was manifested respecting a aearcity
of water, and it was expected the P. nelope would have
to tow a vessel to St. Helena and back for a supply..
Great activity prevailed among the cruisers, and many
prizes had been taken in consequence. The squadron
was healthy.
The Terrible steam-frigate, Captain Ramsay, having
finished coaling, went out to Spithead yesterday, to
await sailine. orders. In mentioning this ship in con-
nexion with the Comet (the first war steamer built for
the royal navy) on Saturday, the 11th inst., we made Si
slight mistake. We are infOrmell the Comet was not
built by Mr. Oliver Lane", of Woolwich, as we then
stated, but by the late Mr. John Gill, " foreman of the
New Works" at Deptford. in 1822,
at which time Mr.
Oliver Lang was the Assistant-Surveyor of the Navy,
and the shipbuilding department in Deptford dockyard
was, at that time, under the immediate direction of Mr:.
John Gill. who built, in the depth of winter, during the
last war, the only British tiigate (St. Lawrence) that
ever swam on the lakes of Canada ; he also originated
the fitting of our dockyard lighters as bomb-vessels, on.
the score of economy and efficiency, and presenting " the
minimum object" for repelling attack, which were suc-
cess ulty used by us in the last expedition against
Algiers. Mr. Gill also suggested to the Navy Beard
the mode of fitting our war-steamers as bomb-vessels„
which has been adopted.

APPOINTMENTS.
Commodore—Sir Fraucis Collier, C. 8., to
the command in chief of the experimental squadion.
conCaP
irnatn—
naidthSeirstJeanaj. Gsci Buadrk.wrone,r9wl C.B.,iCthali C.H.,
Commodore's
to
broad pendant.
Lieutenants—G. Oldmixon, of the Hecate, to the Styx;
Wood, of the Sri x, to the 'Penelope ; C. Hawkey, to
the Retribution ; W. Rowlett, of the Penelope, and W.
G. Alansfi-ld, of th, Tortoise', to the Waterwitch •, G.
O. E.Wright, of the Tortoise, to the Esooir; S. Apthorp,
of the Waterwitch, to the acting command of the Cacique
(prize slave steamer); C. E. Wilmot, to the Griffon ; H.
L. Griffiths and T. Sibbald, to the Wanderer; J. Secomb
and F. P. Porteus (additknal), to the Vernon ; T. E. L.
Moore, J. Shairp, and J. B. Cater, to the Beilisle ; W.
lloseason, to command the Torch steamer.
Matters—Charles Githan to the Im..urn ' • T. Hart, of
thy- Penel ape, to the Styx, vice R. S. Rundle, deceased ;
H. Harris (second), to the Belleisle ; W. C. Pyper
(s -coon), to the Torch ; W. Imrie (Assistant), to he
Rliadanaanthus ; G. A. M'Farlane (Assistant), to the
Torch.
Assistant-Surgeons—F. W. Blake (additional), to the
Caledonia, for s, rvice of Plymouth Hospital ; W. R.
E. Smart, to the Trafalgar ; A.• Elmslie, to Melvilli)
Hospital ; A. Brown, to the William anti Mary ; A.
Jaeltson (additional), to the Victory.
Mate—C. Irt-s,y, to the Ferret.
Clerks—W. B. Pearse (as acting Purser), to the Fer-
ret ; 11. K. Conqu, r, in charge, to the Torch.
31i
ks Midshipmen—C.
C.
F. C.
pamr,
Falrh,olma. A. V. no)
e, to the Supesreb, ;anldT.
J. 8.1,
J-Iln Biggs' t') the St. Vincent,
Naval Cadets.—l-1. R. Stewart, A Malone, and W. C.
Annesley, to the Belleisle ; W. Bitgham. to the St. Vita-
cent.