The Sun.
London, England, 1844-06-06 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, JUNE s.—The Wildfire mail steam-vessel,
Lieutenant-Commander A. Darby, having been newly cop-
pered and overhauled, was undocked and returned to her
station at Weymouth, on Saturday.
The Fanny, yacht of the Commander-in-Chief, Sir .C.
Rowley, Bart., G.C.8., -Sze., Mr. G. Allen, Master-
Commanding, and the Echo steam-tug, returned on Satur-
day evening from Southampton, having attended his Majesty
the King of Saxony throughout from this port to Ryde,
Cowes, and Southampton. His Majesty behaved with right
Royal liberality to all in attendance upon him. To Lieute-
nant Prevost, the Flag-Lieutenant, he presented a valuable
jewelled ring; to Mr. G. Allen, Master-Commanding the
Fanny yacht, a very valuable gold watch and appendages ;
to the crew of the Fanny, 20/. • to the crew of the Leh°, 10/. ;
to Admiral-Superintendent H. Parker's barge's crow, 14/. ;
to the Commander-in-Chief's servants of the househeld, one
sovereign each. _

The yacht of the Admiral-Superintendent (11. Parker,
C. 8.) returned from Plymouth on Sunday, where she had
been with the son of the gallant Admiral, who has just been
appointed to the 44th Regiment, now in garrison at. that port.
The Indus, 78, Captain Sir J. Stirling, arrived at Plymouth
on Friday night from Lisbon, which she left on the 3d ult.
Private letters from her complain bitterly of the length of the
passage and the shortness of provisions; the latter conse-
quent on having supplied a great portion of her own to the '
Albion, 90, Captain N. Lockyer. The Indus is ordered to be
paid off forthwith, another grievance to the officers and crew,
who for the most part belong to Portsmouth and its vicinity.
The worst part of the business is the serious pecuniary loss
inflicted on the crew, who being numerously connected by
family ties with Portsmouth, have to travel hither at great
expense and inconvenience. It is, however, reported, that
Government steamers will be employed to convey the crew
to this port, at least such as are connected with it. We hope
the reportis correct.
The Malabar, 72, Commander Macdonnell (Captain Sir G.
R. Sartorious being on sick leave at Lisbon), will be paid off
this day. The same complaint is made by the crew of this
ship as with the Indus, most of her handsbelonging to Devon-
port, where she was commissioned.:
The Collingwood, 80, -Captain Henry Eden, flag-ship of
Sir George Seymour, appointed to the chief com-
mand on the North American station, is out of dock and
completing her fitting in the basin ; she is short of her
full complement of hands by about 150, hilt these will
doubtless be made up from the Malabar, just paid off, the
Collin wood having a first-rate character as a well-known
" crack" craft.

The Osprey, Flying-fish, and Daring, new experimental
12-gun brigs, having been inspected by. the Right Hon. 11.
F. E. Corry, one of the Lords of the Admiralty, and Captain
Corry, R.N., are now complete and ready for their respec-
tive commanders, but their names have not yet transpired.
The Neptune, 120, is fitting in the basin as an advance
ship; it is reported she will ultimately carry the flag of the
Port-Admiral, Sir C. Rowley, and that the St. Vincent, 120,
on her return from her cruise will be fitted for the next flag
in the Mediterranean.

The British squadron in the Pacific was thus distributed
on the Ist of January, 1844 :—The Dublin, 50, Captain John
Tucker, flag of Rear-Admiral It. Thomas, at- Otaheite • the
Vindictive, 60, Captain J. Toup Nicolas, C. 13., at dallao
(since ordered home) ; the Fisguard, 42, Captain J. A.
Duntze, at Valparaiso; the Carysfort, 26, Captain the Right
Hon. Lord George Paulet, at the Sandwich Islands ; the
Modeste, 18, Commander Thomas Baillie, sailed to San Bias;
the Champion, 18, Commander John Clavell (acting), at
Sandwich Islands; the Salamander, 4, steam-sloop, Com-
mander Andrew Snape Hammond, at Arica ; the Cormorant.
6, steam sloop, Commander G. Gordon, left Valparaiso for
Callao with Mr. Adams on board, by order of Captain J.
Toup Nicolas, of the Vindictive, on the 23d of December was
at Callao on the 6th of January, and on the 13th sailed for
Otaheite. Peru was then in a state of revolution; Basilisk,
8, Lieutenant-Commander H. S. Hunt (acting), at the Sand-
wich Islands.

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