The Sun.
London, England, 1850-07-25 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGLNCE.

The following officers harl interviews with Sir Francis
I'. Baring, Bart., at the Admiralty, on Tuesday:—Cap-
Lain J. B. M•Hardy, G. N. Broke, B, F. Rowley; Com-
mander C. Y. Campbell ; Lieutenants J. Green, A.
Kortrigbt, J. A. Dunbar, Thomas Wright, master; C.
P. Bellamy, late Master-Attendant of Woolwich Dock-
yard.

The Commander-in-Chief of the East India and China
itation, Rear-Admiral Austen, C. 8., acd family, were
quite well at Singapore on the 2d of June. The Gallant
Admiral had his flag fljing on board the Fury, 6, steam-
*loop, Captain Wilcox. On the Queen's birthday the
Commander-in-Chief proceeded in the Fury, forty miles
eastward of Singapore, to a spot called Pedeo Branca,
and performed the ceremony of laying the foundation-
stone of a light-house in coarse of erection there, and
which, it is generally admitted, will be of the' utmost
value to navigation.

We regret to report the death of Lieutenant Philip
Wheler Darnell (1846), First Lieutenant of the Fury
steam-sloop, at Singapore. This promising officer, who
had been engaged in the gallant affairs with the
Chinese pirates,. was midshipman of the Hazard, 18,
during her service in the operations on the coast of
Syria, and the bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre, and
,erved on shore at Tyre for the protection of the
town. He next served with the Hon. Captain Elliot
(who commanded the Ilsz,,rd) four years in the Spartan,
26, in the West Indies, passed his examination in 1843,
and was'promoted in 1846. As a lieutenant he served in
,he Retribution steam-frigate, and Vengeance, 84, pre-
viously to his appointment to the Fury.
Albion, 90, Captain Hope Johuato►,e, has completed
her advanced complement of 332, at Devonport, and is
now ready to go into the Sound.
Amphitrite 's freight, amounting to nearly 400,0007.,
was delivered at the Bank on Tuesday morning, by Mr.
Henry Robertson, who had the efficient assistance of
Mr. Sutton, the superintendent of the London and South
Coast Railway at the Portsmouth terminus. Amongst
the freight there was a large quantity of California gold;
we saw one box, containing about 1501 be., the dust being
packed in leather belts, which had evidently' 'ouen worn
round the bodies of the minerF.

Apollo, 8, troop-ship, Commander Rawstorne, has
been spoken by the Brilliant, from Madeira, and may,
therefore, be hourly expected at Spithead, from China
and the Cape.

Hercule; store-ship, Master Commander Fulton, was
to leave Malts, for England, with stores, on the 15th hut.
Salamander, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Ellman, has
hoisted the pendant at Devonport.
PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY.—The Niger steam-sloop,
Commander Heath, is progressing fast iu her equipment.
The Admiralty, impressed with the importance of ob.
tailing some infallible remedy against the destructive
agency of worms and animalculm on iron vessels,
~have
ordered one side of the Niger to be coated with toe anti-
corrosive preparation invented by Mr. Peacock, R.N., I,f
Southampton, which has been applied with great success
to the iron steam fleet of the Peninsular and Oriental
Corrpany, and is spoken of by that body in the highest
terms of praise. There have been a great many trials c f
applications professing to prevent the growth of adhesive
substances to iron vessels, but none have as yet proved
perfect.