The Sun.
London, England, 1835-01-26 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

(From the Hampshire Telegraph.)
PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 24.—We have received letters from the
British Squadron at Vourla, of the 19th ult., and from Malta
of the 2d inst. The Talavera, 74. Capt. Edward Cheetham,
C. 8., arrived at Malta on the 26th ; and the Britannia, 120,
Captain P. Raineier, C. 8., on the 27th ult., from Vourla,
and sailed again on the Ist instant, for England, to be paid
off, their period of service having expired. The return of the
squadron to Malta, for the winter, had been made dependent
upon advices from the British Ambassador (Lord Ponsonby),
at Constantinople.
The Revenge, 78, Captain William Elliott, C. 8., had
joined the squadron, from England ; and the Volage, 28,
Captain George B. Martin, C. 8., has taken up a position in
the Dardanelles.
Sir Josias Rowley, in the Caledonia, 120, Captain Thomas
Brown, was in Vourla Bay, with the Canopus, Edinburgh,
Malabar, Revenge, and Thunderer (of the line), Portland,
Endymion (frigates), and Beacon surveying vessel. The
Canopus and Malabar were about to proceed to Smyrna; the
Tribune had relieved the Endymion at that port, where also
the Medea•steamer was lying. The Endymion had a case of
plague occurred among the crew, which arose from a commu-
nication with the merchant cutter Spitfire, which was infected.
By immediate precautionary measures its progress was pre-
vented.
The Ottoman fleet continued at anchor in the Dardanelles
on the 11th of December. It was understood that the order to
dismantle the ships had been annulled ; that the Sultan had
resolved upon continuing the ships in commission for the pur-
pose of exercising the crews, and making them more expert in
their duty. Since the news of the termination of the dif-
ferences between the Porte and Egypt, brought about by the
mediation of M. Butineiff, the Ambassador from Russia (in
consideration of the payment of 16,000,000 piastres, by Me-
hemet Ali, as the price of the pacification), intelligence had
reached Malta of further troubles on the frontiers of Syria,
which had given rise to reinforcements beinc, ordered to
Koniah, consisting principally of cavalry. The garrison of
the Castles of the Dardanelles bad been strengthened by
2,500 troops from the capital ; and they had,' unfortunately,
carried the plague with them. This scourge continued its
ravages at the capital, though in a diminished degree, and had
reached even to Buejukdere. Some cases had also occurred
at Galatea and Pera, which had created considerable alarm
among the European residents of those suburbs. Ibrahim
Pacha had been to Jerusalem to raise recruits there, whence he
would proceed to Tripoli, whither the Nile steamer had been
dispatched, to convey the Generalissimo to a grand Military
Council, convoked at Cairo.
More than twelve thousand labourers were encamped on the
banks of the Nile, at Damietta and Rosetta, were employed in
the gigantic work of artificially damming up the Nile, for the
purpose of re7ulating its inundation.; which, if accomplished, ,
will render the prosperity of that country unlimited. Mr.
Brunel!, the celebrated engineer, had been invited from Lon-
don, to aid the prosecution of the work by his experimental
advice and skill.

His Majesty's brig Scout was at Alexandria. Steam navi-
gation, by Austria vessels, had commenced between Trieste
and Constantinople, touching at Corfu, Nauplia, Smyrna, and
the Dardanelles, from which latter place to the capital the voy
age is completed in from fourteen to eighteen hours. A ves-
sel of 120-horse power is building at Liverpool for the enter-
prising house of Chalton, Whittal,b and Co., British merchants
at Smyrna.
The Jupiter troop-ship arrived at Corfu on December 10th,
with the 42d Regiment on board, in four days, from Malta.
The Mastiff surveying-vessel arrived at Malta on the 27th
December, from Vourla, to winter ; the Childers left Malta
on December 27, and the Columbine on the Ist instant, with
a mail and despaches for Vourla. The Favourite was at TH..
poli ; the Jasseur and Orestes on the Gibraltar and Coast of
Spain station ; the the Tyne refitting at Malta for the lonian
Islands. Commander Eden, on promotion from the Canopus,
Lieut. M'Huaine, R. N., and several Midshipmen, to pass the
colleges, are passengers in the Britannia. The Registrarship
of the Malta Court of Vice-Admiralty has lately bcome va-
cant by the death of Mr. John Locker.
Prince Don Augustus of Portugal and suite sailed from Fal-
mouth on Wednesday, in the Monnrch steamer, Capt. Bain,
for Lisbon, escorted by the Don Pedro and Duchess of Bra-
ganza frigates, Don Pedro brig, and the Nimrod.
The Regina, Sardinian man-of-war corvette, from London
to Sardinia, passed by the Isle of Wight on Sunday last.
The Britannia is hourly expected to arrive at this port to be
paid off. The Talavera went into Plymouth on Tuesday.
Yesterday, the free-trader, Royal William, passed by from
Madras, which she left on the 7th of October, and the Cape
the 27th November. She landed her passengers here Col.
and Mrs. Paske, Misses Newlyn, Campbell, and Williams ;
Major Briggs, 63d regiment ; Captains Smith and Kirkley,
39th regiment ; Dr. Campbell ; Messrs. Grant, Wright, Bell,
and Williams ; Lieutenants Rochford, Richards, Burns, Cox,
and Macleod ; and Ensign Dalrymple. When off the Cape
Verd Islands, the Royal William was chased for twenty-four
hours by two piratical schooners, who were evidently cruising
in concert, as they were continually signalizing each other.
She succeeded, however, in getting clear of them ; but the
Valleyfield, which left the Cape with the Royal William, and
was was pursuing the same track, may fall in with them, and
she is a dull-sailing vessel. The Buckinghamshire, with Sir
R. Grant, the Governor of Bombay, on board, arrived at the
Cape on the 26th of November, from England.
The Melville, 78, with Sir John Gore's flag, was at Madras
on the 7th of October, and would proceed to Bombay to meet
the Winchester, 52, with Admiral the Hon. Sir T. B. gapel's
flag, who was to succeed Sir John in ;the Indian comman.4
The Curacoa frigate, Captain Dunn, was also at Madras, *-
der orders to proceed home. She would be detained to carry
Lord Willaim Bentinck and family to Calcutta, who were ex-
pected to embark on the 15th of October. Lis Lordship, with
the Governor of Madras, had been absent. for some months, '
for the benefit of their health, in the Neighelgherries' moun-
tains.

The Hyacinth, 18, left Madras for New South Wales, on
the 30th September. The Harrier, 18, was still in the straits
of Sunda, and the Imogene at China, to which quarter the
Andromache, 28, Captain Chads, with Lord Napier on board,
had proceeded onward, taking with them Corn. Yonge, who
had no opportunity of joining his ship, the Melville. The
Alligator, 28, was to be converted into a hulk at Trincomalee,
and het officers and crew would come to England in the men-
of-war homeward bound. The Magicienne frigate was at
Bombay; she had been sickly, having lost her master, car-
penter, and Messrs. Kennedy and Lloyd, mate. The free
trader Duke of Buccleugh arrived at Madras, from England,
on the Ist Oct.
The Curlew, 10, Hon. Lieut. Denman, sailed on Thurs-
day, for the Western Coast of Africa station.
The Alban steamer, Lieut. Roepe], sailed on Sunday, for
Plymouth, Falmouth, Cork, and the Mediterranean.
In Harbour.—Victory, Excellent, Royal George, Actaeon,
Rattle-snake, aalarnander, Victor, Camelion, Water-witch,
Seaflower, and Buffalo.
The Samarang was paid off this morning.
The Ocean, 80, is to be converted into a receiving-hulk at
Sheerness; and the Asia, 84, will be the flag-ship at that port.
On Tuesday the ships Severn, for Madras, and the Claudine,
for Madras and the Cape of Good Hope, sailed from Spithead.
The St. Ann (timber ship) sailed on Tuesday for Rierra
Leone, taking passenger Major H. D. Campbell, Governor of
that colony. _ _ _