The Sun.
London, England, 1850-11-26 00:00:00

ARRIVAL OF THE INCONSTANT FROM RIO AND THE

PACIFIC.

The Inconstant, 36, Captain John Shepherd, arrived
at Spithead yesterday, at one o'clock, from Valparaiso
and Rio,. and saluted the flag of Admiral Sir B.
Capel. She has brought home a much larger freight
than was expected. She has on board gold and silver
to the value of about 800,000 dollars, instead of
180,000 dollars, as before reported. It is consigned
to Messrs. E. and E. Emanuel, the eminent gold-
smiths and bullion merchants at Portsmouth.
The Inconstant left Valparaiso the 2d of Septem-
ber, rounded Cape Horn in fine weather, and an-
chored at Rio the 10th of October, sailing again on
the 16th. She may be said to have had a good pas-
sage. The Express packet sailed from Rio on the 11th,
or five days before her. The fever at Rio had entirely
disappeared, and the place was healthy.
The Southampton, 50, Captain Cory, with the flag
of Rear-Admiral Reynolds, C.B. and the Harpy,
steam-tender, were lying there '
all well.
The Inconstant has brought home some invalids
from the squadron in the Pacific. Dr. Risk, late sur-
geon of the Daphne, came home in her. Soon after
the Inconstant anchored her signal was made to pre-
pare to go to Plymouth to pay off, and the Sprightly
went out to take on shore the invalids; but as she has
so much more money in than was expected, she may
perhaps still go into Portsmouth Harbour to land it.
At all events she will have to remain till more mode-
rate weather before she can discharge it into the
at Spithead. The Inconstant has been
hSeparlitghbyt,lybut she has nearly changed all her officers
since she was first commissioned, excepting the cap-
tain and gunnery lieutenant, and some others. We
believe there is some expectations that a court-mar-
tial on one of her officers will come off before she is
put out of commission.
The Inconstant passed through Commodore Mar-
tin's squadron on Friday, consisting of the Prince
Regent, 90 ; the Leander, 50 ; the Arethusa, 50 the
Dauntless, 24, screw-frigate; and Arrogant, 46,
screw-frigate. They were then about 100 miles out-
side Ushant.

The Inconstant was detained at Rio for a treaty
concluded with Brazils, on the suppression of the
slave trade.

COMMODORE MARTIN'S SQUADRON.
The Phaeton, 50, Captain George Elliot, arrived at
Spithead yesterday afternoon, having parted company
with the squadron under Commodore Martin on
Monday week. Captain Elliot tried to get into Ply-
mouth, but the weather was so thick he could not
manage it. In a trial of sailing in a stiff breeze, when
she was, as usual, beating all the other ships of the
squadron, she twisted the head of her foremast, and
Commodore Martin ordered her into port immedi-
ately. The Phaeton still held the pre-eminence, and
the Arethusa came next. The Dauntless, new 24,
screw-frigate, Captain Halsted, dces exceedingly well
under sail ; she is quite equal to the Leander, 50.
The Arrogant, 46, screw-frigate, also performs well,
and both these frigates, with auxiliary steam-power,
are good sea boats. The Phaeton will go into harbour
for a new refit.

Hecate, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Hand, was
hauled off from the dockyard at Portsmouth, ready to
sail, when the wind moderates, for Lisbon, with stores
for the squadron.
The Admiralty have issued orders to all the dock-
yards, that in future all steam-vessels fitted with
valves of vulcanized India-rubber, are to be supplied
with two sets each, as part complement of their stores.
This is judicious economy.
PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 25.—The Volage surveying
steam-vessel, Captain Graves, arrived at Spithead this
afternoon, from the Mediterranean.
PLYMOUTH, Nov. 23.—Her Majesty's steam-vessel
Trident, Lieut.-Commander R. H. Risk, from
Queenstown, arrived yesterday, and went up harbour.
The steam-vessel Wasp, with the mails for the coast
of Africa, which left on Sunday and put back on
Wednesday, continues in the Sound.
For some days past we have had gales from the
south-west, from which quarter it has blown heavily
all last night and to-day, with heavy rain. At ten
o'clock this morning, weather very thick, the report
of a gun was heard, supposed from the Bellerophon,
in Barn Pool, to signalize the Albion, Retribution,
and other men-of-war in the Sound, to strike yards
and lower topmasts.
There have been, in consequence of the weather,
several casualties among the merchant shipping, some
of the arrivals of which, are—
Wednesday—The brig Susan, Mills, from Shields
for Gibraltar; the brig Isabella and Dorothy, Carr,
from 'Taganrog., bound to Falmouth for orders, but
driven past; the Prussian brig Zieten, Wahl, from
Newcastle for Bordeaux ; the Austrian barque Zoe,
Suttora, from Odessa to Falmouth for orders, with
loss of boats, sails, &c. ; the Russian brig Wanspaken,
Osterland, from Shields for Alexandria.
Thursday—Tbe Hanoverian barque COOStailtiat