The Sun.
London, England, 1850-11-19 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

Pm-mount, Nov. 18 —Her Alajesty's steam-sloop
Furt, 6, Commander (Captain, promoted April 410.
1850, for heroic service) James Willcox, from China
and the East Indies, arrived yesterday morning.
She left Singapore on the 11th of August, called at
St. Helena on the 7th of October, sailed therefrom on
the 9'h, and touched at Ascension on the 14th of
Octob .r.

OH' the ewe of Good Hope the Fury experienced
one whole day's heavy weather from the westward,
but received no damage. On the 20th of September
she fell in with the barque Victory, of Liverpool
hound to the Cape, and turned over to her the Cape
msil, thus obviating the necessity of going in.
Oct. 18, exchanged colours with the English barque
Casket. 21st, passed an English barque with No.
81 flying under her ensign. 27th, off Cape Verde
Islands exchanged colours with her Majesty's steam-
vessel Firefly, steering for Sierra Leone ; all well.
Nov. 14, passed the English schooner Rapid, of Ips-
wich, 22 days from Denis, with raisins and almonds,
for Bristol.

In crossing the north-east trades, the Fury, like
the Cambrian and the Mariner, recently arrived, has
experienced unusual winds, but not from the same
quarter, the Fury being able to lay north-by-east,
with topmast studdingsails set, and having the wind
frequently as far aft as south-east.
The Fury has brought home Captain Moore, Royal
Marines, and several seamen and marines invalided
from the flag-ship Hastings; two invalids, seamen,
died on the home passage.
The Fury has been 470 hours under steam ; she
sailed from Singapore with 400 tons coal on board,
has coaled nowhere aince, and had four tons remaining
on arrival.
While on the East India station, where she was
chiefly engaged, the Fury has been in active employ-
ment, having steamed and sailed upwards of 70,000
miles during her commission (20th July, 1847).
The crew of the Fury have been healthy through-
out, and has had scarcely any change of officers, and
no courts-martial or courts of inquiry. After coaling
in Hamoaze she proceeds to Purtsea.
Her Majesty's ship Hastings, 72, Rear-Admiral
Charles J. Austen, Commander-in-Chief, Captain
Francis W. Austen, was at Penang, which she was
to lave in the beginning of October for Hong-Kong.
Her Majesty's brig Contest, 12, Commander lion.
J. Spencer, arrived at Singapore on the 27th of
July. She took two slavers on her passage out from
England.
Her Majesty's steam-vessel Sphynx, 6, Commander
C. Shad well, sailed from. Singapore on the 11 th of
August for Siam, where she Was to join the Nemesis
steam-ship, when Sir Jtimes Brook, the Raja, in-
tended to make an effort to restore to its former foot-
ing the trade between the inhabitants of the Western
World and the Siamese, which had recently dirni-
nished almost to extinction, in consequence of the in•
fringement by the latter of former treaties. The
Americans have been treating with them for the same
purpose, and it is stated that the Siamese authorities,
in answet to their proposals, said that they knew of
no such nation as the Americans, and did not believe
that such a nation existed, and that they could only
speak through the English. This opinion is supposed
to have been confirmed in the minds of the Ministe-
rial authorities at Siam, from the circumstance of the
official American documents having had attached to
them seals of comparatively insignificant appearance
compared to those which had been previously pre-
sented from the same nation. Documents authenti-
cated with imposing seals carry great importance with
them in the opinion of these singular people.
At St. Helena were three prizes—one to the Cen-
taur, condemned, with 300 slaves ; one to the Wol-
verine (the Florida Camamoni), condemned, with 300,
the second prize this commission ; and one to the
Harpy from the Brazils, still under adjudication.
From St. Helena the Fury conveyed the Wolverine's
priZe crew and the Harpy's prize crew, excepting the
prize master, to Ascension.
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der, the Snap.
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