The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-12 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PoRTSMOUTII, AUG. 11.—The Fairlie transport,
Master-Commander J. Roskeill, arrived in the night on
Thursday, with the head-quarter detachment of the 55th
Regiment from China, under command of Lieutenant-
Colonel Warren, C. 8., consisting of 10 officers and 219
men, who landed yesterday at the Royal Dockyard, and
took up their quarters at barracks a few miles from
Portsmouth, whence they will proceed to Chichester-
barracks on Monday. The paymaster, 13 men, 1 woman,
and a child died on the passage home. The Fairlie left
Hong-Kong on the 12th of March, and St. Helena on
the 22d of June. On the 11th April, when in lat. 12 2
south, long. 103 41 east, she encountered a hurricane of
ten hours' duration, in which she lost a main-topsail and
foresail, the fore and mizen topmast, and maintop-
gallant masts, the jib and flying-jibboons, and also the
sails which had been furled prior to the hurricane. The
weather quarter-boat was carried inboard and stove in
on the poop; she lost the other quarter-boat, poop•awn-
ing, and hammock nettings, and all her cabins were
store in. The live stock were all drowned. No lives,
however, were lost. Two days afterwards the Fairlie
passed a great number of dead bodies, with the
remnants of a wreck floating upon the water.
The Samarang, 26, Captain Sir E. Becher, Knight,
was pursuing surveying operations at Manilla on the
16th of March.
The Thunder, 6, Commander E. Barnett, on the sur-
veying service in North America and the West Indies,
passed Bermuda en route to England, on the 20th of
June.

The Sealark, 10, Commander T. L. Gooch, delivered
tho presents from her Majesty to the Black Kings of the
Calabar River (Eye and Ambo) on the 28th of May, on
which occasion King Ambo gave a feast, and introduced
to the notice of the officers of the brig his score or so of
wives, who amused them by grotesque dancing peculiar
to their race. _

The Alligator troop-ship, 22, Master Commander
J. N. King, left Madras on the 3d of June, on her re-
turn to join Rear-Admiral Sir T. Cochrane, Knight, in
the Agincourt, at Hon ;-Kong.
The Princess Royal, transport, Lieutenant Harris,
having on board stores and provisions for the squadron
in South America, arrived at Rio on the 3d of June, at
which date the Cockatrice, 6, Lieutenant-Commander J.
Otenham, Dolphin, 3, Lieutenant-Commander W.
Hoare, and Growler steam-sloop, Commander C. 11. M.
Buckle, were lying at Rio. The latter was about pro-
ceeding to the coast of Africa, to assist in the suppres-
sion of the slave-trade.
The Collingwood, 80, Captain Eden, is still at Spit-
head. The Collingwood is infinitely the most complete
ship of her class now afloat ; she is splendidly officered,
and manned by a crew which for smartness and efficiency
were never before collected in one ship, the Coiling-
wood having had the pinking of the hands from upwards
of half-a-dozen ships paid off at this port.
The Commander-in-Chief Sir C. Rowley, Bart.,
G.C.8., &c., struck his flag on the Excellent, on Wed-
nesday, and proceeded, on leave, to his seat at Windsor.
The duties of the port will be carried on pro Om by the
superintendent of the dockyard, Rear-Admiral Hyde
Parker.
The Rose, 18, Commander Sturt, was at Vera Cruz
in the early part of July. Yellow fever was raging to
an awful extent. _ _

The China fleet was distributed as follows, on the Ist
of April :
At Bong-Kong—The Agincourt, 72, Captain Bruce,
flag of Bear-Admiral Sir T. Cochrane, Knight ; the
Minden, 20 (hospital-ship), Captain Quin ; the Castor,
36, Captain C. Graham ; the Driver steam sloop, Com-
mander Courtney Hayes ; the Vixen, steam sloop,
Commander G. Giffard; and the lion. Company's steam-
sloop Proserpinc.
At Whampoa—The Wolverine, 16, Commander C. F.
Browne. _ _

At Amoy—The Serpent, 16, Commander W. Nevill.
At Chusan—The Cambrian, 36, Commodore 11.
Chadds; and the llon. Company's steam-sloop Medusa.
At Ningpo—Tho Pelican, 16, Commander P. Justice.
At Shanghae--The Wolf, 18, Commander A. Vyner.
The Royal yacht, Victeria and Albert, is now rapidly
completing stores for service. The very disagreeable
effluvium which has ever been most annoyingly prevalent
on board this fine vessel, has, we are informed, been
totally removed by the application of Sir W. Barnett's
patent preparation for the preservation of timber, &c.
She will go out of harbour to try her new machinery in
a day or two.
The Scourge, a new steam-sloop of 420 horse power,
now building at this dockyard, will be ready for launch-
ing by the end of next month.
The 12-gun new class experimental brigs at this port
are still uncommissioned. Numbers of fine able seamen
and petty officers are waiting, and have been for months,
to join the squadron, and will not enter a larger ship.
Complaints are loud and deep against such dilatory folly
on the part of the Admiralty.
In Harbour—The Victory, Queen, Excellent, and the
Fearless, Echo, and Cuckoo steam-vessels.
Ix Dock—The Prince Regent, Wanderer, and the
Scourge (building), and Dwarf steam-vessels.
In the Basin—The Royal yacht, Lily, Flying Fish,
Daring, Waterwitch, Pantaloon, and Osprey.
At Spithead—The Collingwood.
DEvosiroaT, AUG. 9.—A general court-martial was
held at the Government house yesterday, consisting of
the following members :—Colonel J. Oldfield, R.E.,
1 President ; Lieutenant-Colonel Rudyard, R.A., Majors
RAI., and the Hon. A. A.
G. Bury and S. Wearing,
Spencer, 44th ; Captains C. E. Turner and W. Evans,
44th R, W. Pascoe, R.N. S. Cochrane, 7th Royal