The Sun.
London, England, 1850-07-02 00:00:00

DISTRIBUTION OF TILE MEDITERRANEAN SQUADRON.

In Malta Harbour—The Ceylon receiving-ship, bear-
ing Vie flay of Rear-Admiral Edward Harvey, Superin-
tendent of Malta Dockyard, and second in command ;
Qacen, 116, Captain C. \Vibe. bzaring the flag ef Vice
Admiral Sir W. Parker. G.C.13., the Commarder•in-
Chiaf ; Caledonia, 120, Captain T. W. Carter ; Supero,
Captain E. Purcell; Powerful, 84, Captain the Hon. It.
S. Dundas; Ganges, 84, Captai❑ H. Smith; Bellerophon,
76, Captain Robert L. Baynes ; HmeuleF, Captain R.
Fulton; steam-frigate, Terrible, Captain Hope ; Fire-
brand, Captain T. 0. Knox ; steamers Ardeut, laid up
in ordinary; Spitfire, laid up in ordinary.
At the Pirmas of Athens—The Frolic, 16, Captain
N. Vansit tart.

En route to Triest?, Scourge steam-sloop, Lord F. H.
Kerr.

At Constantinople—Porcupine Ete m• wesi- el, Lieut.
E. F. Roberts; Tartarus stcant-slocp, Sir Godfrey Web-
ster, cruising.

At Canehi:—The Volege, 6, surveying. hip, Captain
Thomas Graves; Auxiliary. surveying-tender to Vulage,
mit) in command J. H. Glover; Research, surveying-
tender to Volage. lieutenant Lord John Brown.

At Corfu—The Growler steam-sloop, Commander
Stoddart.

At Argostoli—The Racer, 12, Commander Bnldoes.
Eu route trom Malta to Gibraltar and Engla.ud, tl-43
Howe, 120, (Inv.:tin Sir J. Stirling; Vkrgeaticu, 84,
Captain Sir H. N. Blackwood.

MAIL STEAM PACKETS

At i'vla'ta—The Oberon, Liiutei n,Lt Gar.Neer; Ante-
lope, Lieutenant Smith; Medina, Lieutenant A. Darby.
En route from Malta to Marseilles, the Merlin, Lieut.
J. H. Turner.

En route to Malta frcm Alpxandria, the Medusa,
Lieutenant Bwhurst.

En route to Malta from the lonian Islanth3 and Graeae,
the Tilton, Lieut. nant J. C. P. Glinn.

At Naples—The Spiteful, Commander J. Carmichael.
PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COM-

PANY'S FLOTILLA.

At Southampton—The PAcha, Queen, Tagus, Euxine,
and Pottinger.

El route from Southampton to Malt‘i, the Ripon.
Ea route from Malta to Southampton, the Indus.
En routo to Malta from Conitantinop!e, the Sultan.
Between Constantinople and Trebiz ind, the Ecin.
UNITED STATES SQUADR.'N.

En route from Naples to Gibraltar, the Indopf nde-ce
frig,it, bearing the fllg of Commodore Charles W.
Morgan.
En route frcm Messina to Trieste, the Cumberland,
Captain Latimer.

En route from Naples to the United States, the Ittlitf
store-ship.

At Sp;-zzia—The Mississippi steam-frigate, Captain
Long.
At Genoa—The Constitution frigate, Cant. Conover.
At Naples—The St. Lawrence, Captain Paudling.
At Palermo—The Erin store-ship and Jamestown
corvette.

MIPS OF WAR IN PORT.

The Firtfly and Nautilus yachts.

PORTSMOUTH, JULY I.—The Vengeence, 84, Captain
Sir Hoary Blackwood, arrived at Spithead this morning
from the Mediterranean station to be paid off. She will
bo mustered and inspected to-morrow by the Port-
Admiral, and come into harbour to be paid off all stand-
ing. She lett Malta on the 18th of May, arrived at
Gibraltar on the Ist of June, and sailed on the 4th. She
has had three captini during her commission. She
was present at the bombardment of Palermo and Genoi,
during the time of her detached services from the Ad-
miral. She has brought home Lieutenant George Begot,
of the 69th Regiment, on leave; 73 men of the 44th
Regiment; and 80 men of the 69th Regiment, sent home
for the purpose of obtaining their discharge in conse-
quence of the late reduction in the army. Tho Ven-
geance was commissioned on the 17th of October, 1846,
by Captain Stlphen Lushington, now Commodore of the
Indian navy. The following are the only officers who
have served in her throughout her
tenant Joseph Bickford; Mr. Robert Sulmond, Master;
Mr. J. Mounsteven, Paymaster and Purser; Dr. Robert
Wallace, Assistant-Surgeon ; Mr. E. Death and Mr.
T. U. Stote, Clerks; Mr. Ley, Master's-Assistant; Mr.
Brett, Midshipman. Her military invalids were in
charge of Captain Tuthill,
The Hoe e, 120, Captain Sir James Stirling, arrived
at Spithe ad this afternoon from the Mediterranean, to
be paid off.
Spithead has not been so full since the experimental
squadron of 1849. We have the Howe, 120; Vengeance,
84; and Modes steam sloop, of the Royal navy, and the
Barham, 1,150 tons, Captain Grinblete, from London
for Calcutta, Lull of passengers and freight. The Se-
ringapatam, 1,000 tons, Captain Furnell, fur Bombay;
and the Bucephalus, 1,000 tons, Captain Bell, fur Madras
and Calcutta, with troops.
PLYMOUTH, JULY I.—Letters dated May 19, from
her Mejesty'e troop-ship Apollo, Commander Raw-
storne, at the Cape of Good Hope, state that she left
Houg-Kong with the 95th Regiment, about 800 rank
and file, on the Ist of March, touched at Anglers on the
231 of March, and arrived at S. Simon's Bay on the
Bth of May. During the passags great sickness pre-
vailed among the troops, causal in the first place by
their protracted residence aboard. The whole ship, for
a long period, was quite like an hospital, as many as
100, and sometimes 150, being sick at a time of dy:en-
tery, of which 40 soldiers died. Only one of the officers
had been ill, and ho recoverei. On arrival at the Cape
all t`to sick were sent to the hospital, anti
the rest of the troops were laqel at the dockyard ;
six men who were very ill when landed aied ashore, and
more will probably die before reaching England. How-
ever, only four or five fresh cases occurred atter arrival,
and the weather was very fine. No mention is wade of
any sickness among the crew. The senior medical officer
at the Cipa has been on board and inspected t the
Apollo; she was to be cleaned and purified, provisions
got on board, and everything ready to receive the troops
by the 26th of May; but the medical officer thought
they ought not to go betbre the let of June, so as to
give the men time to recover previous to embarkation.
All the sick will be left behind, and this will in some
measure prevent overcrowding. The Apollo, it is sup-
posed, will be paid off on arrival home. She has not
sufficient height between decks, and is othereyise ill
adapted for the conveyance of troops, of which fact
there has been very fatal evidence since she left
Eugland.
COAST or AFRICA.—By accounts received from the
sloop Ranger, 8, Commander T. Miller, it appears that
on the sth of December last, while off the coast of Africa,
after experiencing a very heavy short sea for two days,
she encountered a tremendous squall, with variable
wind, accompanied with terrific thunder, a deluge of rain,
and vivid forked lightning from nearly every part of the
horizon, a flash from which struck the ship and came
down the main mast, passed through the gunroom, and
escaped by the third Lieutenant's cabin, where the con-
ductors lead overboard. The First-Lieutenant was
sick in bed at the time, and the purser sitting outside
talking to him. Both of these saw the lightning come
down and escape in the manner described. The officers
consider that, under Providence, the conductors, which
are on the plan of Sir William Snow Harris, were the
means of saving the ship, if not all on board. The
weather was so thick at the time that half the ship's
length could not be seen from any part of her. Rad
either of the masts gone, a considerable sacrifice of life
must have occurred, as the crew were of course on deck.
The commander observed the lightning strike the fore-
mast in a similar way. The ship was exposed to the
rage of the thunderstorm from 5 to 9 roe., that is to say,
four hours.
The Thetis, 40, Captain H. J. Codrington, is to go up
Hamorze to-day.
The infantry of the Royal Dockyard Battalion were
exercised in Granby-square on Saturday afternooon.

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SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock.

STATE OF SIR ROBERT PEEL'S

HEALTH.

Up to the time of going to press no fresh bulletin
had been issued, but we regret to say, that on in-
quiry at the Right Hon. Baronet's residence, in
Whitehall-gardens, we ascertained that no im-
provement had ;taken place in his condition, and
that he is much the same.

THE LONDON GAZETTE.

(THIS EVENING.)

LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, MAY 27, 1950.
Notice is hereby given, that h. 71. Majesty will hold a
Levee at St. James's Palace, on Wednesday, the 3d of
July next, a: two o'clock.
REGULATIONS TO BE OBSERVED AT THE QUEEN'S LEVEES