The Sun.
London, England, 1850-07-09 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE•

The Geyser, 7, steam-sloop, Commander F. T. Brown,
which strived on the sth instant at Portsmouth, from
the Cape of Good Hope station, left Simon's Bay on the
sth of May last; on the 6th she experienced a strong
gale off the Cape, when, unfortunately, James Donohoe,
able seamen, who had served in her from the date of her
commission, was washed overboard from the jibboom.
This is only the second death that has occurred during
her servitude of nearly four years, having at all times been
particularly healthy, which is attributed to the extreme
cleanliness of the vessel.
Commodore Wyvill, in the Castor, left on the 22(1 of
February to visit the station, and was not expected at
Simon's Bay until September next, having received on
board a large quantity of stores and provisions for the
ships cruising in the Mozambique.
The Orestes had been rather sickly at Mauritius, at
which place she is stationed, and bad proceeded to
Seychelles for the benefit of the ship's company's health,
at which time a most severe hurricane was experienced.
The Pantaloon had been most successful in the Mo-
zambique, at which place the slave trade had revived
with all its horrors. She had captured three vessels,
mostly good prizes, one very valuable, the American flag
being still used to cover these flagrant and diabolical acts
of slavery; and until the British Government are enabled
to prevail on that Government (whose :flag is so vilely
abused by Portuguese, Spaniards, &c.) to employ their
cruisers on that part of the African coast, it will be
almost an impossibility for British cruisers to prevent
its use.

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being, from his extreme
age and size, considered most rare, none of the same
dimensions and weight having before lat en taken to
England. It has been presented to her Majesty by that
officer.
She steamed only three days and a half on her pas-
sage to Ascension, at which place she arrived on the
21st, passing St. Helena on the 16th, making the passage
in the short period (for a steamer under sail) of fifteen
days and a half, at which anchorage she found the
Centaur, bearing the broad pendant of Commodore Fan-
ahawe, C. 8.; Tortoise, guard-ship; and Jackal!, tender
to Gladiator, having her rig altered, increased masts,
&c. On the 22d she left, after completing water, re-
ceiving on board ten tons of coals, and Mr. Dathan,
second master of Firefly, with a prize crew of that
vessel, officers, other supernumeraries, and invalids.
The coast was considered to be very healthy, and the
slave trade brisk. The next ship for England was the
Star, and the Centaur was waiting for the arrival of the
Bonetta with tubes for her boilers from Sierra Leone;
after performing that service she would also proceed to
England. Turtle and water were very plentiful on the
island, and vegetation increasing abundantly, as also
rabbits and guinea fowls, and they are now enabled
to supply all vessels with vegetables. which is greatly
appreciated by the cruisers after a lengthened trip on
the coast. The residents are extremely healthy, and
happy under such an officer as Captain Hutton, whose
urbanity and kindness all who visit Ascension ex-
perience, and it gives us great pleasure in stating that
it is fully appreciated in such a lonely and monotonous
plane. On the 29:11, in lat. 4 deg. 8 min. north, long. 19
deg. 24 min. west, spoke the English ship Candahar, of
London, with emigrants for South Australia, all well, 38
days from Plymouth; on the 31st, in lat. 8 deg. 34 min.
north, long. 21 deg. 17 min. west, spoke the barque
Stately, of Sunderland, for Valparaiso, all well, 35 days
from Hartlepool.
The Geyser made the passage from Ascension in 44
days under sail, excepting seven days and a half under
steam, which she was only enabled to perform on the
lowest oatab of expansion from the very defective state
of the tubes of her boilers, most of them being completely
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