The Sun.
London, England, 1850-07-22 00:00:00

NAVAL IN TEM.IGENCE.

Captain Richard Meredith (1837) died on the 13th
inst. at Torquay, in the 61st year of his age. This gal-
lant officer served, 21 years on full pay from his first
entry in 1799. He was in the Phcebe, 44, in February,
1800, at the capes of the French frigate Africaine, 44,
with 713 crew and" Troops, in which, after a close night-
action of two hours, the enemy lost 200 killed and 143
wounded, and the British 1 killed and 12 wounded, out
of a crew of 239. He was also present at Trafalgar, and
was sent to take possession of the Spanish 74 gun ship
Monarca, but that ship having grounded. Mr. Mere-
dith and his prize crew (39) were taken off by the Le-
viathan. He was in the Endymion, 40, with Captain
(now Admiral Sir B.) Capel, in the expedition to the
Dardanelles, and was made a lieutenant August 15,
1806. He was in the Vulture sloop at the reduction of
Copenhagen, in 1807; and on his passage home, in
charge of a prize, the 18-gun brig Nyd Elven, mounting
only four guns, with a crew of 22 men, and laden with
stores, beat off a privateer, after a night-action of 45
minutes. off the Dogger Bank. When attached to the
Implacable, 74, in 1810, he had charge of the gun-boats
at the defence of Cadiz for six weeks, and was obliged
to invalid from the Sybille in consequence of a block
having fallen on his head. He was made a commander
in 1824, served in the Northumberland, Spartiate, and
Cambridge, and returned from the Pacific with dis-
patches, over the Isthmus of Panama. His last com-
mand was of tine Pelorus, 16, on the coast of Africa.
Lieutenant William Swainson (1815), died a few days
since at Killiney, near Dublin, aged 47. He entered
the navy in June, 1807, and in the Pomone, 38, assisted
at the destruction of the national brig L'Etourdie, 18
guns and 200 men; and was employed in Pomone's boats
May 1, 1811, in a gallant action of an hour and a half,
in Sagone Bay, in which the Pomone, in company with
the Unite, 36, and Scout, 18, destroyed the two armed
ships, Giraffe and Nourrice, each mounting from 20 to
30 guns, and defended by a five-gun battery, a martello
tower, and a body of 200 regular troops. He was
wrecked in the Pomona, and next served in the Gram-
pus, 50, off Cadiz. He was in the Dragon, 74, and took
part in the operations on the coast of North America,
including a successful expedition to Penobscot; and in
the Devastation, bomb-ship, was present at the capture
of St. Mary's, the frontier town of the state of Georgia,
in 1815. He was made a lieutenant on the 18th of June,
and was employed, from 1830 to 1834, as a supernume-
rary in the Cockburn, 8, schooner, Lieutenant (now
Commander) Charles Holbrook commanding, on the
lakes of Canada; and lastly in command of the Penguin,
Falmouth paeket- brig, until November, 1848.
Lieutenant William Hamilton Murray (1815) died at
Edinburgh, on the 7th inst., in the 62d year of his age.
He had served only eleven years afloat, but that period
was during the war, in which he saw some distinguished
service. O'Byrne says :—" This officer entered the navy
in April, 1804, as first class volunteer, on board La
Chiffonne, 36, in which ship, in company with the Fal-
con sloop; Clinker gun-brig; and Frances, armed cutter,
be assisted at the destruction of a division of the French
flotilla, consisting of two corvettes and 15 gun-vessels,
carrying in all 51 guns. In the Resistance, 38, he wit-
nessed the capture of the French 80-gun ship, Marengo.
and 40-gun frigate Belle Poule. On the 2cl November,
1811, he participated in the gallant capture and destruc-
tion of 10 gun-boats and 22 richly-laden feluccas. He
next contributed, June 27, 1812, to the destruction of a
French convoy, and of the Batteries at Langenlia and
Alassio—was also present, August 17, in the same year,
in a spirited skirmish with a powerful Neapolitan
squadron in the Bay of Naples—and, in 1813-14, wit-
nessed the capture of Port d'Anzo, and the operations
against Leghorn and Genoa. He then took up a com-
mission, bearing date February 4, 1815, and was not
afterwards afloat."

It is now understood the rear-admirals, the superin-
tendents at the several principal ports, will in future
hoist their flags on broad serviceable line-of-battle ships,
which will be a most desirable arrangement. Such a
ship as the Illustrious is just as much expense to the
country in her rigging and other et ceteras as a sea-
going ship would be.
Commodore Lambert arrived at Portsmouth on
Saturday, and hoisted his pendant on board the Fox,
42, fittivg in the basin. She is being rigged by the
dockyard.
The commander of the steam-vessel Lucifer, Lieut.
E. A. T. Lloyd, having had leave of absence granted to
him to the 11th of August, Lieut. George M. Jackson
(1845), of the flog ship Ajax, has been appointed by
the Commander-in-Chief at Cork to the temporary
command. The Lucifer is at the Isle of Man, for the
protection of the fisheries.
The Amphitrite, 25, Captain J. Macdougall, arrived
at Spithead on Saturday morning, when she saluted the
flag of the Commander-in-Chief. She has brought on
freight about one million and a half of silver on mer-
chants' account, which is consigned to Messrs. Shaw and
Maxwell, of London, the navy wine-merchants. The
Amphitrite shipped the treasure at Manzanilla, and took
it to Valparaiso, which place she left o❑ the Ist of May.
She made the passage round Cape Horn to Rio in
thirty-six days, and the passage from Rio to Portsmouth
in forty-one days. She was inspected at Spithead on
Saturday afternoon, and went into harbour the same
evening. She will land her freight this day, when it
will be conveyed to the Bank of England, by Mr. H.
Robertson, of the firm of Shaw and Maxwell. When
the Amphitrite left Valparaiso the Driver, steam-sloop,
Commander Johnson, had just arrived from San Fran-
cisco, with 200,000 dollars on board. The Asia, 84,
with Rear-Admiral Hornby's flag on board, was at Cen-
tral America, and was expected at Valparaiso; but later
dates have been received vid the West Indies. . .

Captain Macdougall joined the Amphitrite in
February from the Asia. He shares the freight with
the first lieutenant, Walker, who had charge of the
Amphitrite for a short time, and gets a small proportion.
At Rio, on shore, the sickness had subsided, and no
further apprehensions were entertained; but it still lin-
gered amongst the merchant vessels in that harbour.
The Admiral, and officers, and crew of the Southamp-
ton, 50, were all well; she sailed from Rio, on a cruise,
on the 9th ult. The Crane packet also sailed from Rio for
England on the 9th instant; and the Kestrel was to sail
the day after the Amphitrite for the River Plate.
The Amphitrite bas had a fine-weather passage home.
On the 23d of June, in lat. 9 30 N., spoke the ship
Vicar of Bray; and on the 10th inst., in lat. 48 12 N.,
long. 10 W., the ship Monarch. It is supposed the
Amphitrite will pay off at Portsmouth. She was com-
missioned at that port, after receiving a mew bow on
Mr. White's plan, in July, 1847, by the late Captain
Rodney Eden, who took her to the coast.of Africa, and
after remaining there about two years, proceeded to the
Pacific station, where that much beloved officer died.
From the reports we have seen of the Amphitrite, she
must have been a " happy ship;" and from the Navy
List it would appear that all her principal officers, with
the exception of the captain, who was promoted to the
death vacancy, are those who left England in her.
Lieutenant Goifrey Taylor, promoted from the Cham-
pion, 14, and a few invalids, have come home in the Am-
phitrite.
Cygnet, 8, Commander White fitting at Devonport,
is nut to waitfor the monthly mail to the coast of Africa,
but as soon as she is ready is to proceed to Sierra Leone
and Ascension, and follow the orders of Commodore
Fanshawe, C.B. _ _

Vengeance, 84, Captain Sir H. M. Blackwood, Bart.,
has stripped her mainmast preparatory to its being taken
out. We before stated that her copper is in a bad state,
and it depends on the condition of the ship whether she
will be further fitted. It she requires much repair the
captain and officers will be turned over to another vessel,
probably the Collingwood, 80.
TENDERS To FLAG SAIPS ON FOREIGN.STATIONS.—We
perceive that the Admiralty are extending the practice of.
appointing small vessels to act as tenders to flag-ships on
foreign stations. Thus they have recently sent out the
Dart, 3, brigantine, as tender to the Castor, 36, flag-ship
at the Cape; the Jackal, iron steam-vessel, to act as a ten-
der to the flag-ship on the coast of Africa; the Harpy,
iron steam-vessel, they have appointed to act as tender
to the Southampton, 50, flag-ship, on the south-east
coast of America; the Netley, cutter, they have sent to
Bermuda, to act as tender to the Wellesley, 72, flag-ship
on that station; and now they have ordered the Alban,
steamer, at Sheerness, to be sent ont to Jamaica, to-act
as tender to the Commodore's ship Imaum. The Alban
is to have a complement of 27 officers and men, who are
to he borne upon the establishment of the Imaum for
service in the Alban. These tenders are, and will be,
most useful fur teaching officers and men of depots or
stationary flag-ships, their seamanship duties. The
Alban has been commissioned at Sheerness by Mr. Ald-
rich, second master, for Lieutenant Crawford, who is to
command her.
PORTSMOUTH, SIINDAY.--The Fox, 42, was Commis-
sioned yesterday as the Commodore's ship for the East
India station. She is to have a complement of 310 men.
The Retribution steam-Frigate arrived here from the
eastward this morning, to be fitted up for the first class
of the steam squadron in reserve.

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SUDDEN DEATur.—An awful instance of sudden
,death occurred on Saturday morning in Norfolk-road, St.
John's Wood. A lady (Miss Smith) arrived there the night
before on a short visit. She had been in a weak state of
health for the last three weeks, but retired to rest in better
spirits than she bad enjoyed for some time previous. Oa
going to her room early in the morning, i►.rs. Laplume
found her at the side of her bed, with her arms folded and
on her knees, apparently in the ace of prayer; but she
quickly discovered that life was extinct, although the body
was quite warm. Medical aid was sent for, but in vain. It
is supposed that she had got out of bed to take her usual
camphor mixture.
Messrs. Fox and Henderson had an interview with the
committee. The committee sat four hours.
Sir Thomas Fremantle, chairman of the Customs, bad
an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on
Saturday, at his official residence in Downing-street.