The Sun.
London, England, 1850-09-03 00:00:00

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NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

Poictiers (ordinary guard-ship), Captain P. Richards,
C. 8., was put out of commission on the evening of Fri-
day, and the Cumber Nod, 70, was commissioned on Sa-
turday morning. She is ordered to be fitted and sta:ed
for service at sea, and is to have a complement of 287
men, the same as the Poictiers.
St. George, 120, Captain J. Niac, C. 8., bears the red
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Trafalgar, 120, Captain llon. M. Stopford, fitting at
Sheerness, is not to proceed to the Nore until further
orders. Crane paellet-brig, Lieutenant-Commander Parsons.
Fwaalsmp(auth.idw ages yesterday morning, and sailed direct fur
Linnet, 6, packet-brig, Lieutenant- Commander James,
will be paid wage: this morning at Devonport.
On the trial of the Greeock iron screw frigate, oh
Friday, her speed Ras much the same as on the last
trial-9.5 knots per hour. The vepourous condition of
the steam still affects the working of the engines, not-
withstanding till the efforts the contractors have made
to remove it. The condition of the vessel or engine is
nothing improved/
PORTSMOUTH, MONDA r•—Tho nheim., Indianian,
arrived at Spithead from the river, to embark passen-
gers and stock, and will sail far Calcutta ti.i-morrow.
THE PACIFIC.
We have correspondence from -Valparaiso to the 30th
of June. The Commander-in-Chiet;"- Rear-Admiral
Hornby, C. 8., in his flag-ship Asia, 84, Captahr R. F.
Stopford, was there, with the Daphne, IS, Captain E.
G. Fanshawe, Champion, 14, Commander Hayes, and
Driver, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Johnson. Our cor-
respondent says—" The flag-ship, having now more than
completed her three years of commission, will in all
probability remain at Valparaiso until the arrival of her
relief. On the anniversary of Q'teen Victoria's acces-
sion and coronation, the ships of the aqua'lron at Val-
paraiso were tastefully dressed or decorated with
and all of them, including the foreign men-of-war and
the forts on shore, fired a royal salute on each day at
twelve o'clock. On the glorious 18th of June the ma-
rines of the squadron at Valparaiso were landed at half-
past eight, A.m., for a field-day, under the command of
Captain Anderson, the captain of the marines of the
flag-ship. After going through a variety of battalion
and light infantry movements with great steadiness and
precision, and firing away 20 rounds of ammunition, all
of which lasted until about three o'clock,p m., they were
marched from the Playancha to the music of the old
English drums and fif,s, and returned to their respective
ships about four, PN. Previous to the conclusion of
the field day, Lieutenant Snow, the junior first lieute-
nant, was called to the front to give him an opportunity
to put the battalion through a movement or two. The
Admiral and family are quite well."
n The merchants at California complain bitterly of
' having no consul or other authorised representative of
the British Government, and the visits of her Majesty's
ships, Inconstant and Driver, have, under these circum-
stances, been highly beneficial.
The shipments of specie by the American steamers to
Panama are becoming larger every month, so that man-
of-war service in the way of conveying freights will, ere
long, be at a discount.

Meander, 44, Captain the Hon. 11. Keppel, had not
arrived at the station, and the Admiral was wondering
what had become of her. We have reported her, how-
ever, so late as May last, at Hobart Town. She is or-
dered home on her arrival.

Inconstant, 36, Captain Shepherd, had not arrived at
Valparaiso, but as the large shipments of specie are
made in May and June, he was expected to arrive with
about a million and a half of dollars.
aeialus, 19, Captain Wellesley, had a spell of two
months at Callao, but the Admiral had order 4 d her to
California, where she is to remain to the end of the year,
and return to Valparaiso early in January.
Daphne was to be sent the first week in July to
Mexico, but not for an English freight.
Swift, 6, Commander Aldham, was on her way from
Mazatlan to Honolulu with Admiralty dispatches for
Captain Collinson.
Champion was to leave Valparaiso the first week in
July to visit some ports on the coast, and then to return
to Valparaiso.

Cockatrice tender, Master•Ccmmander Rundle, was
at the Sandwich Island:.

Driver rejoined the flag-ship on the 21st June, 51
days from San Francisco, where she remained a
night on her way from Vancouver's Island. It is satis-
factory to find that she did not lose a man. She brought
a remittance of 173,000 dollars in gold dust, the greater
part of which was consigned to Valparaiso, and the re-
mainder—about 60,000 dollars—will be conveyed to
England by the Inconstant. She also brought some dis-
tressed Chilians.
Gorgon, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Paynter, was at
Chiloe, but was daily expected back to Valparaiso.
American corvette Vaudelia was at Valparaiso.
Store-ship Australia, from Deptford, arrived on the
27th June.

PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 2.—The First Lord of the Ad-
miralty held a levee to day at the Royal Naval College,
and saw about fifty officers, to whom he had given au-
diences elsewhere this year.
The other members of the board, except the official
secretary, embarked this morning from the Sally-port
on board the Fire Queen steam-tender coon after nine
o'clock, and proceeded to the Blenheim, 60, Captain W.
H. Henderson, C. 8., steam-guard-ship at Spithead.
The Board returned at half-past twelve, and landed
at the dockyard, which they lift again at half-past one
o'clock and proceeded to the Clarence Victualling esta-
blishment, Gosport; thence their Lordship proceeded
to the Royal Marine Barracks Forton, and inspected the
division of Royal Marines under Colonel-Commandant
Menzies, K. 11., with whose efficiency their Lordships
could not fail to bo otherwise than satisfied. Their
Lordships re-embarked at Clarence-yard at three
P.M., and crossed over to the Gun-wharf, over which
they were escorted by Mr. Stewart, the di-
rector of the establishment; from the Gun-
wharf the Board re-crossed the harbour, and
made an inspection of the Royal Naval Hos-
pital at Hasler' under the superintendence of Captain Sir
W. E. Parry, F.R.S., which, like the other establish-
ment (Clarence-yard), over which Sir Edward so ably
presides, yielded eminent satisfaction to their Lordships.
To-night their Lordships entertain the heads of all the
departments at their hotel, and leave to-morrow for the
Channel Islands.

The Fox, 42, Commodore Lambert, was towed out to
Spithead, by the Echo steam-tug, at half•past five this
morning.

The Flamer steam-vessel, Commander St. Ledger, pro-
ceeds this evening to Spithead.
Her Majesty's schooner Bermuda, Lieutenant Jolly,
arrived at Jamaica on the Ist of August from a cruise,
and sailed on the 3d for Greytown; her Majesty's ship
Imaum was at Jamaica, the Alarm at Antigua, the
Persian at Greytown, and the Indefatigable at Havannah.
The royal mail steamer Severn, left St. Thomas's for
Jamaica on the 11th of August, and the Tay on the
fallowing day fir the same place. The Clyde was at
St. Thomas's when the Avon left, waiting to take the
Mexican mails of the 2d of August. The Conway was
at Demerara, the Derwent, Larne, and Eagle at St.
Thomas's, and the Great Western in the Gulf of Mexico.