The Sun.
London, England, 1834-10-13 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

(From the Hampshite Telegraph.)
PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 11.—The Orestes transport, Lieut.
Scryrngour, Agent, arrived on Monday from Bermuda,
with the first detachment of the 71st Regiment on board,
under the command of Major Henderson, whence she sailed
on the 3d ult. The Marquis of Huntley, Lieutenant
Sanders, arrived on Wednesday, with the head-quarters
and remainder of the Regiment, under Major Loving, hav-
ing had twenty-three days' passage. Both ships have
since proceeded to Leith to land the troops. The Orestes
spoke the Diana, of Quebec, on the 23d ult., on the Banks
of Newfoundland ; the brig Magog, from Ayr to Chaleur
Bay, in the Gulph of St. Lawrence ; and on the 4th inst.
off Scilly, the Maria Mill, from Surinam to Amsterdam.
All was tranquil at Bermuda, both masters and slaves being
equally satisfied with the new arrangements.
We learn by letters just received from Barbadoes, dated
the sth ult., that the Belvidera, 42, Captain Strong, was
lying there ; and that the squadron which had assembled
at St. Kitt's, in consequence of the negro disturbance, had
dispersed, tranquillity having been restored. The Belvi-
dera was going to Trinidad, the Rainbow was sent to Gre-
nada, the Wasp to Demerara, and the Despatch was left
at St. Kitt's. The Pickle schooner had gone to Halifax
with advices to the Admiral. The Serpent was, in a few
days, to follow the Belvidera to Trinidad. General Sir
Lionel Smith had returned to Barbadoes. The St. Kitt's
insurrection was, it appears, rather a serious matter. Mar-
tial law was in force for fourteen days, and the marines
from the six ships of war were obliged to be landed ; about
one hundred negroes were imprisoned by sentences of
Courts-martial, an three hundred others were punished
with three hundred lashes each. While the troops were
out in the bush they apprehended an old negro who had
run away from his master as far back as the disturbance of
1821. In his tent were found half a sheep and a goat. For
running away, the robbery, and a streng suspicion that be"
was assisting in the then turbulence, he was sentenced to
be shot, which was immediately carried into effect. Ap-
plication had been made to the Admiral to bring down one
or two regiments from Nova Scotia to the West India
Islands.

Yesterday the brig Earl of Egremont, Luke Punshon,
master, with timber and deals from Quebec, arrived here.
This vessel has on board Captain Aynes and the crew- of
the barque Two Brothers, which vessel sailed from Quebec,
with a cargo of timber, for Dublin, on the 31st August, and
soon after leaving encountered very bad weather. On the
17th September she shipped a tremendous sea, which stove
in her dead lights and stern, and shortly after she filled.
The crew then took to the tops, with a few pieces of salt beef
and biscuit, where they remained for thirty hours, when, to
their unspeakable joy, they were taken off by the ship Mary
Ann, of and from Liverpool, bound to Pictou. On the
23d that ship fell in with the Earl of Egremont, and the
crew were then put on board her for a passage to England.
On Wednesday his Majesty's ship Winchester, 52, Capt.
Edward Sparshott, K. H., arrived from Chatham, to receive
the flag of Rear-Admiral the Hon. Sir Thomas Bladen
Capel, K.C.8., who will sail on the 14th inst., to assume
the command in the East Indies. Sir Thomas is expected.
to hoist his flag on Monday. The Winchester will call at
the Cape of Good Hope on. her way to Bombay.
The cutter yacht Scorpion (employed in the serviee of
Don Miguel) was captured at Caminhas whilst waiting for
despatches, and, after being commissioned by the Queen of
Portugal, was sent for England under the charge of a Por-
tuguese crew, entirely unacquainted with the management
of such a craft ; but I cannot learn any account of her ar-
rival. Possibly some one of your numerous naval corres-
pondents may be able to give information as to the fate of
this vessel.

The Tartarus steam-vessel, Lieut. James, arrived this
evening from Chatham to take Rear-Admiral Sir G. E.
Hamond from Yarmouth to Plymouth, to hoist his flag in
the Talbot, for South America.
APPoINTMENTs.—Lieut. C. Edmunds to the Winches-
ter, vice Napier, to the Vernon ; Lieut. Henry James, to
the Winchester ; Mr. W. Bridge, Mate, Favourite ; Mr.

The Talbot, 28, Captain F. W. Pennell, is in the
Sound, ready for sea. Sir G. E. Hamond is daily ex-
pected to hoist his flag on board the Talbot, when he will
immediately proceeded to assume the command of his Ma-
jesty's ships on the South American station.
The Medea steamer, Commander Austin, arrived here
on Sunday with supernumeraries for the Malabar, and left
on Tuesday for Falmouth and the Mediterranean.
ANOTHER VESSEL RUN DOWN AT SEA.—The barque
Thomas Harrison, of Sunderland, bound to New South
Wales, beating down Channel, about ten miles south-
east of the Eddystone, on the night of the sth instant,
unfortunately ran down the Cassander, a small brig be-
longing to Yarmouth, laden with clay. It appears that
the vessels were on opposite tacks, and the night being
very dark, neither was discovered to each other until
close aboard, when some of the crew of the brig hailed
the barque to put the helm up, which was immediately
done, instead of luffing ; the Thomas Harrison's bow
was brought in contact with the Cassander, abaft the
fore-rigging, and staving her sides and decks, the brig
went down under the barque's bows, leaving her main-top-
gallant-sail and yard as a memento of the catastrophe
attached to the bowsprit of the barque. So instantaneous
was the accident that the crew of the brig, five in number,
barely escaped by clinging to the bowsprit and rigging of
the barque, from whence they were immediately assisted by
her crew. The master's escape was still more hair-breadth,
having fallen in with the decks of the Cassander, and but
for the momentary grasp of one of his men lie must have
sunken also with his ill-fated vessel. The Thomas Harri-
son sustained but little damage, merely carrying away her
flying jibboom and shaking the knee of her head, her power
carrying her completely and almost instantaneously over
the brig. Had the brig been a lower vessel the coalition
would most probably have been fatal to both vessels. The
Thomas Harrison brought the survivors with her into the
Sound the following day. _ _

The Clementine schooner, and Solace, have arrived this
week from Lisbon, with officers and men lately in the em-
ploy of Don Pedro, and who, having left the service, were
paid claims for wages by the Consul, John Collier, Esq.
It has been ascertained that the unknown wreck on the
island of Banlieu, which was supposed to have been that of
the Thais packet, is the remains of a Spanish vessel.
Remaining in Hamoaze—San Josef, Industry navy trans-
port, Surley lighter.
In the Sound—Talbot.