The Sun.
London, England, 1851-09-12 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

Captain Penny, in command of the Lady Franklin
in the search for Sir John Franklin's expedition, ar-
rived in town yesterday, and reported himself to the
Admiralty.
THE LATE REAR-ADMIRAL LORD JOHN HAY,
C.B.—The Sprightly steam-tender, with the remains
of the late lamented Lord John Hay, C. 8., arrived at
Leith on Friday morning last, when a hearse and
coach were waiting her arrival. The body of his
Lordship was removed to Yester House, and was in-
terred the following day. The funeral was strictly
private, the only attendants being the Marquis of
Tweeddale, Lord James Hay (who arrived expressly
from Paris to attend, returning the evening after the
funeral),ELord Edward Hay, Captain Sir Thomas
Maitland, C. 8., and Commander Lord John Hay, late
his Lordship's flag lieutenant.
Centaur steam-frigate, Captain St. Leger Cannon,
hoisted the flag blue at the mizen of Rear-Admiral
Henderson, C. 8., at Spithead on Wednesday morning.
Rear-Admiral Prescott and the gentlemen from the
pay-office proceeded to her yesterday morning to pay
the crew two months advance. The Centaur will sail
on Saturday next for South America.
Shearwater, steam-vessel, Lieut.-Commander Hor-
ton, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday morning and
proceeded in the afternoon for the Mediterranean,
where she will be stationed in the Dardanelles to
wait on Sir Stratford Canning. She takes out letters
and dispatches.

Defence, old 72., convict-ship, has bent sails, and
will haul off from the Portsmouth jetty into the
stream, and sail in a few days under charge of Mr.
Roberts for Woolwich. None of her fittings have
been disturbed, and she has still the square box fore-
castle and poop, and will remain at Woolwich as a
stationary convict-ship.
Hercules, ➢aster-Commander Fulton, was paid off
at Portsmouth, on Tuesday last, and was taken into
dock on Wednesday, to be examined preparatory to
going out to Malta, and to take the place of the Cey-
lon. She was paid off with all her standing rigging
and spars aloft.
Fairy, royal yacht-tender, Master-Commander

Welch, has returned up from Osborne, and remains
in Portsmouth Harbour. The loyal children have
only embarked once since her Mejesty and Prince
Albert left, as the easterly winds that have prevailed
make a considerable surf at Mead Hole, and render
embarkation from Osborne somewhat difficult.

We hear the Simoom, new steam-screw frigate,
will be shortly commissioned by a master.
PORTSMOUTH, TnuasnAY.—The Calypso, 20, Capt.
Forbes, sailed to-day for Plymouth en route to Cuba.
The Rolla, 8, Lieutenant-Commander Fenwick,
was under way at Spithead, this morning, exercising
her apprentice crew at great gunnery. We have the
pleasure of announcing that Charles Lexton, the sail-
maker of the Rolla who gallantly jumped overboard
on the 26th ult., in the Straits of Dover, while the
vessel was under way, and saved the life of a boy, has
been awarded the silver medal of the Royal Humane
Society for that action.
By letters from the coast of Africa we learn that
the Penelope steam-frigate, Commodore Bruce, was
at Prince's Islands on the 31st of July, about to sail
that evening for the south. The slaver cruising
squadron was perfectly healthy. We regret to an-
nounce a melancholy catastrophe which occurred at
Badagry on the 27th of June. It appears Commander
Heath, of the Niger screw steam-sloop, with Assis-
tant-Surgeon Duffus, and a boat's crew from the
Niger, had been on shore to assist the people who
were wounded in the late affray between Badagry and
Lagos, and were returning to their ship when the
boat capsized in a heavy surf and Mr. Duffus was
drowned. Commander heath was exhausted when
taken out of the water. Every precaution has been
taken to insure the safety of our missionaries and
others at Badagry. The Bloodhound iron steam-
tender to the steam-frigate Sampson, Captain L. T.
Jones, captured an empty slaver in the New Calabar
river on the 7th of July, which is the only movement
recorded among the slave traders.