The Sun.
London, England, 1850-08-31 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

THE MEDITERRANEAN.—We have correspondence
from Malta to the 22d instant, at which date there was
no man-of-war in the port with the exception of the
Growler, 6, steam-frigate, Commander Stoddart, under
orders to prcceed that morning to Metrseillcs, to convey
the Nepaulese Ambassador and suite to Naples or Mes-
sina and Alexandria, en route to Nepaul.
The Commander-in-Chief, Vice-Admiral Sir William
Parker, Bart., G.C.13., transferred hie flag from the Fire-
brand, 6, steam-frigate, Captain Knox, to the Queen,
117, Captain Wise, on the 15th instant, that ship having
arrived at Malta on the 15tb, and MINI up her water
tanks, and on the 17th the Aduiiral in the Queen, tuwed
out of harbour by the Sceurge, 6, steam-sloop, Com-
mander Lord F. Kerr, rejoined his fleet and having re-
sumed the chief command from Captain the Hon. R. S.
Dundas, C. 8., of the Powerful, proceeded io cruise off
the coal of Sardinia, the fleet being composed of the
following:

Queen, 116 guns, 970 men, Commander C. Wise.
Ca,ledoni2, 120 gunP, 1,000 men, Commander Carter.
Powerful, 84 guns, 750 men, Commander Dundas, C.B.
Ganger, 84 guns, 750 men, Commander 11. Smith, C.B.
Superb, 80 guns, 750 men, Commander Purcell.

Bellerophon, 78 guns, 650 men, Com. T. Baynes, C.B.

STEAMERS.

Hogue (screw), 60 guns', 500. men,•Corn. Macdougall.
Terrible, 21 guns, 300 men, Commander J. Hop , C.B.
Firebrand, 6 guns, 200 men, Comma'Hier lini,x
Scourge, 6 guns, 160 men, Commander Lord Kerr.
Of these, howev,r, the BellerophiT,n it ordered to
Devonport to bo paid off, and the Hogue it ordered
to Spithead, but the Encounter, 12, steam-corvette,
Captain Gordon, was expected to join Sir W. PArker's
fleet.

The Frolic, 16, Commander Vansittart, arrived at
Smyrna, August 3, from Syria, Rhodes, and Cyprus;
and sailed on the 11th for Vourlah and tke coast cf
Macedonia, communicating with the British consulates.
The Racer, 12, Commander Beddoes, has been ltfc at
the I)nian Islands, in charge of that division of the sta-
tion, in the absence of the Growler.

The Volage, 22, surveying-vessel, Captain Graves,
with her tenders, Auxiliar, and Research, were at Canea
and at Scarpanto. Ai we formerly stated, the Volage is
ordered to Malta and England, to be paid eff.
The Spiteful, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Sir T. Car-
michael, Bart., remained at Naples.
The Antelope, 3, steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander
Smyth, arrived at Rhodes, August 9, from Smyrna. Her
station is the Bosphorus.
The Spitfire, Lieutenant-Commander Bathurst, em-
ployed instead of the Medusa, under repair, at Malts,
represents the British naval forces at the Pit m.o.

The other men cf war in the Mediterranean are the
Ceylon, depot-ship, with the flag of Rear-Admiral Su-
perintendent Harvey; the Medina, steam-packet, lieu-
tenant-Commander Harvey (pro tern.), waiting to convey
the mail from Alexandria to Marseilles, expected by the
Oberon steam-packet, Lieutenant-Commander Ca-diner;
Merlin, steam-packet, Lieutenant-Commander Turner,
expected at Malts from Marseilles with the outward
India mail; and Triton, 3, steam vessel, Lieutenant-
Commander Glinn, expected at Malta from the lonian
Islands.

A lire; from Soda Bay (Cense), dated Ist August,
says:—" A Turkish squadron arrived off Canea -on Sun-
day evening, and anchored in Suda Bay on Monday
morning. It consists of two line-of-battle ships, a three
and a two decker, the latter bearing the flag of the
Capitan Pacha; three frigates, two of them large double
banked ships, one bearing the flag of Mustapha Pachs;
a small steamer, and a cutter. They have come, I be-
lieve, from the coaot of Albania, and will in all proba-
bility remain here for a fortnight."
Alecto, steam-sloop, to be repaired at Woolwich, will
be four months under the hands of the do,:kyard people.
The renewing of this old steamer will cost at least
6,0001., or ta,o-thirds as much as would construct a
steamer that would carry twice the armament that the
Alecto has ever carried. The repairing this ship is
literally throwing good money after bad.
Apollo, 8, troop-ship, Commander Rawsterne, will be
ready to come out of dock at Portsmouth on the 7th
September, and will be ready for sea by the 10th.
Crane, 6, packet-brig, Lieutenant Commander Par-
sons, having been completed at Devonport, moved into
the Sound, and has sailed for Falmouth, to be in readi-
ness to convey the mails of the 6th Sept. to Brezil.
Dauntless, '24, screw-frigate, Csptain Halsted, will be
completed by the engineers' department by the 7,h Sept.
She gets a man or two occasionally, but would soon be
filled up if she had a crow assigned to her proportionate
to the size of the ship..

Dragon, 6, steam:frigate, Captain 11. W. Gaud, is
scarcely more than half-a-dczen rqty officers short.
She will be ready to go to Spithcad by the 4th Sep'.,
and will be ready for sea the day after. She is com-
plete except in armament.

Fox, 42, Commodore Lambert, will be ready to go to
Spithead cn Monday, and will be ready to proceed to the
East Indies by the 6th September.
Plumper, 12, screw-sloop, Commander Nvlloth, when
she got on shore on the north side of the Gut of Ana-
received such injuries as to debar her from
using her steam power. Ilex rudder was wrung off, she
lost 30 feet of false keel, and male four inches water an
hour.

Portland, 50, Captain Chacis, fitting at Devonpoi t for
that flagship of Rear-Admiral Moresby, is ordered to
have a poop. She will not be out of the hands of the
dockyard before the middle of October. We had much
rather, if a frigate had been decided upon, that such a
ship as the America had been preferred.
Retribution, 22, steam-frigate, Captain Warden, will
be out of the hands of the, shipwrights on the 7th Septem-
ber, and will be ready to go to Spithrai about the 15th.
She is a score of blue jackets short. The chaplain, the
Rev. Mr. Salkeld, is on leave of absence to the 21st
September.

St. George, 120, to be commissioned at Devonport,
this day, w ill be completed by the dockyard on the sth
of September.

Spliyrix, 6, steam sloop, Commander Shadwell, left
Simon's Bay for China, June 12.
Wasp, screw-sloop, at Woolwich, will he out of the
hands of the dockyard by September 30.
Vengeance, 84, Captain Sir 11. M. Blackwood, Bart.,
will be completed by the dockyard at Portsmouth by the
11th September.
Victoria and Akert, 6, Captain Lord A. Filzclarence,
G.C.H., will be laid up to-day at Portsmouth, when the
officers will he shifted to the Ito 3 al George; and her
crew of riggers, about 40 seamen, will return to their
duty in the dockyard. The officers had their parting
dinner on Thursday.
whPicor
aariptioveurla,stFnnirgDhAtlY.—coTmhmeenßccodardtheoifr Admiraltperambula-
tions in the dockyard at ten o'clock this morning, es-
corted by Admiral Superintendent Prescott and the
chief officers of the establishment. After lunching at
the Port Admiral's they proeecded on board the Excel.
lent to witness the discipline and practice of that ship.
They dined in the evening with Admiral Superintendent
Prescott, C.B. On Monday the First Lord will hold a
levee at the Royal Naval College, and give audiences to
those cffieers who have not seen him in Lonlon this
year. Before concluding their inspection they will visit
the Channel Islands, and probably Cherbourg.
The Lightning sham-vessel, Mr. Pedey, master coin-
mandiog,•arrived this morning from Woolwich.
The Furious, new steam-sloop, was taken into the
angle duck to-day to have her cradle removed and the
holes plugged up, &c.

The Fe ry and Elfin royal yachts we stripping in the
basin to be laid up for the winter. Ile Elfin rtgaires
new pistons.

CLIATIIAM, AUG. 30.—Lieutenant Richard Williams
is appointed to the ordinary guard-ship at this port, in
lieu of Lieut( rant Thomas Woods, uppointcd to the
Liszarette as superintendent of the Quarantine Service,
Standgate Creek._
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The"Poictiers, 72, ordinary guard-ship for many years
at this port, was put cut of commission this day, awl Eho
Cumber:ald, 70, fitting fur the ordinary guard-ship,
will be commiadoneci on Saturday, the 3 lit, by Captain
Peter ItichwAk, C. 8., Captain-Superintendent of this
yard, hoisting his fill; on board as a service• line. ef-
battle ship.
TA cnty caulkers have been sent from this yard to
Deptford to assist caulking the Leopard sttaal-ilocp,
building at that yard.
WOOLWICII, AUG. 30.—The Geyser steams-sloop was