The Sun.
London, England, 1851-07-29 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

The royal yacht Victoria and Albert, and the Fairy,
her tender, were taken down to Osborne yesterday
morning by Captain Crispin, to be in attendance on the
Court.

Rear-Admiral Prescott, C. 8., went to Spithead yes-
terday morning, in his yacht, the Portsmouth, with the
officers from the pay department, to pay the Trafalgar,
120, Captain Greville, two months' advance. She sails
for the Mediterranean (touching at Lisbon) to-morrow.
The Oberon steam-packet has been manned by the Tra-
falgar, and yesterday went out of harbour and anchored
near that ship. She will sail with her to-morrow.
Belvidere, 38, at Portsmouth, loss been dismasted and
her masts placed in the Pique, 315. The latter ship will
be jury-rigged, and taken to Pembroke-yard, whero she
will be repaired, and, it is said, lengthened 40 feet, and
probably adapted for a screw auxiliary power.
Calypso, 18, was to have hoisted the pendant for Cap-
tain Forbes yesterday, but is ordered to be completed
with all dispatch. She is to have a complement of 195
men, and proceeds to the Havannah.
Magicienno steam-sloop proceeded from Portsmouth
to Devonport early yesterday morning.
Tiger steam-frigate has been placed in the first class
advanced list at Portsmouth, and has gone up the
harbour.
Waterwitcb, 8, Commander Gardner, left Chatham for
the Nore.
PORTSMOUTH, MONDAY, FIVE P.3l.—The eclipse to-
day was at intervals very distinctly visible at Ports-
mouth, though the day was cloudy and rainy.
The Southampton, Monarch, and Waterloo, Indiamen,
are at Spithead; but the first-named vessel will, pro-
bably, get away to-night.
DOCKYARDS.—Mr. Sylvanus Gibbs,' second class clerk
of the Devonport Dockyard, has been superannuated on
a pension of 1501. per annum.
The Royal Devonport Dockyard Battalion were exer-
cised for the last time during the present reason, in the
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Mr. Edward Cheeseman, foreman of Chatham Dock-
yard, has been awarded the annual gratuity of 50/. by
the Admiralty.

The PurtsLouth Dockyard-men, havier, worked extra
hours, bad a halt-holiday yesterday, and' a holiday to-
day, to enable them to visit Portsdown Fair.
Tortoise lighter, Shearman master, and Devon,
lighter, Bond master, both sailed from Devonport on
Saturday, with stares for Pembroke.
Java freight-ship, Mr:John Gray master, having landed
the 19th Regiment, sailed ifrom Devonport on Saturday
evening, witu about 80 invalids and their families, 12
military convicts, and an escort of about 30 rank and
file, with the necessary officers, for Deptford.
MALTA, JULY 23.—The Government packet Medina,
with the London mail of the 7th inst., reached Malta
at 6 eat. on the 13th. The Bombay mail left for Alex-
andria at noon the same day by her Majesty's vessel

Banshee, which vessel returned at 2 30 pN. this day.
The following particul irs of her passages will he inte-
resting to many :—Malta to Alexandria 72 hours, deten-
tion at Alexandria 3 days 22 hours. Alexandria to Malta
76 hours. The mails from this will be taken on by her
Majesty's vessel Caradoc, and it is expected she will
make the run to Marseilles in 52 hours; so that under
ordinary circumstances the Bombay mail will be deli-
vered iu London on the 28

Since iti return from Tunis the squadron has been
cruising off the island, the ships being detached two by
two to enter the harbour, and complete water prior to a
more extended cruise, for which the Admiral left yester-
day morning. The probable destinition of the squadron
guessed at by many (Gulf of Spt.zia is mentioned),
but nothing is positively known. The Admiral's object
in getting away from Malta is more to preserve the
health of the men during the but weather than any po-
litical motive.

At Tunis the Admiral was well received by his High-
ness the Bey, who salutud him on landing with 17 guns,
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spirits, were
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PORTSMOUTH, JULY 28.—The Meander, 44, Captain
the Hon. Henry Keppel, arrived at Spithead this morn-
ing from the Pacific and Rio, bringing 860,000 dollars
on merchants' account, which Messrs. Casher, of this
port, have the conveyance of to the Bank of England.
She discharged her freight into the steam-tender
Sprightly, Mr. George Allen, master commanding, which
brought it into harbour. The Meander sails this even-
ing, or at daybreak to-morrow morning, for Chatham, to
be paid off. She sailed from Spithead early in January,
1848, for China; she took out from England Raja Brooke
and suite and a complete staff of officials for the new
settlement of Labuan.
.he, sailed from China on the
28th of May, 1849; thence to Singapore and Batavia,
where she stayed 10 days; thence for New Ireland
(Guinea); and thence to Sydney, New South Wales,
where she stayed six weeks in company with the Rattle-
snake surveying ship. The Meander sailed from Syd-
ney on the Ist of May, 1850, and proceeded to Tahiti,
where she remained eight days. All was tranquil there
between giteen Pomare and the French Protectorate.
A French trigate and steamer lay there, and the French
gave a grand ball on board the former, which the officers
of the Meander attended. The Meander left Tahiti in
the beginning of August for Valparaiso, where she
arrived on the 21 of September, and remained under the
command of Rear-Admiral Hornby until the 25th, when
she sailed for Coquimbo (Chili), and thence to Callao.
where she remained three or four days, and then made
fur Mazatlan to collect freight, which she was engaged
in a couple of months, leaving her boats there while
she went to Guaymas, where she remained a month, at
the expiration of which time she returned, picked up
her boats, and left fur St. Blas, whence she sailed
on the Ist of March last for Valparaiso, and remained
there ten days, sailing on the 3d of May for Rio, through
the Straits of Magellan, in which she passed the Amphi-
trite, 26, Captain Frederick, then four days from Val-
paraiso, all well. She arrived at Rio on the Bth of June,
and sailed on the 12th for England. While at Rio she
saw a barque being towed oat of harbour by a small
steamer, which being suspected, the Cormorant steam-
sloop gave chase to her, fired at her, knocked away her
funnel, and afterwards made. a prize of her. The barque
got away, but the Plumper fell in with her and fired into
her. Lieut. Moore (acting), of the Gorgon, Mr. 0. W.
Brierly, the marine painter, and Mr. Ormsby, from
Valparaiso, have come home in this ship, which left at
Rio—the Tweed, 26; Plumper, 11; Cormorant, 6;
Rifleman, 6; and Sharpshooter, 6, all well. The Mean-
d:r has lost three of her officers since she has been
abroad—the Hon. G. Egerton, who was accidentally
shot; her surgeon, Dr. Clarke; and Mr. Searle. She
has also lost a number of her crew from fever, which was
caught at Labuan. She spoke the Edmonstone barque
in lat. 18 21, long. 39, on the 3d inst., from Corfu to
Jamaica, with troops; and on the 21st, in lat. 48 long.
26 40, the barque Josepha.
The Oberon steam-vessel went to Spithead to-day to
be in readiness to proceed with the Trafalgar. They
have been paid advance to-day.