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

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

Poictiers (ordinary gu3rd-ship), Captain Y. Richards,
C. 8., was put out of commis-ion en the evt Ding of Fri-
day, and the Cumberlil,d, 70, W 33 ccunmisAioned on Sa-
turday morning. She is ordered t> be fitted and stored
for service at sea, sod is to hare a compltracnt of 287
moo, the same as the Poictiers.
St. George, 120, Captain J. Niai, C. 8., bears the red
broad pendant of Commander Lord John Hay, C. 8.,
at Devonport, and is to be stored and fitted for service
at sea.

Trafalgar, 120, Captain Hon. M. Stopford, fitting at
oSrhdeeerTs.ness, is not to proceed to the Nore until further
Crane packet-brig, Lieutenant-Commander Parsons,
was paid wages yesterday morning, and sailed direct for
Fa'moutl-.
Linnet, 6, packet-brig, Lieutenant-Commander James,
will be paid wages this morning at Devonport.
On the trial of the Grenock iron-screw frigate, on
Friday. her speed was much the same as on the last
trial-9.5 knots per hour. The vspourous condition of
the steam still affects the Working of the engines, not-
withstanding all the efforts the contractors have made
to remove it. The condition of the vessel or engine if
nothing improved.
PORTSMOUTH, MONDAY.—The Blenheim, Laliarnan,
arrived at Spithead from the river, to embark passen-
gers and stock, and will sail fur Calcutta to-morrow.
THE PACIFIC.
We have correspondence from Valparaiso to the 30th
of June. The Commander-in-Chief; Rear-Admiral
Horn by, C. 8., in his flag-ship Asia, 84, Captain R. F.
Stopford, was there, with the_ Daphne, 18, 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 Queen Victoria's acces-
sion and coronation, the ships of the squadron at Val-
paraiso were tastefully dressed or decorated with flags,
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,? M., they were
marched from the Playancha to the music of the old
English drums and fifes, and returned to their respective
ships about four, PH. Previous to the conclusion of
the field day, Lieutenant Snow, the junior first lieute-
nant-, was ea/led to:the front to give him an opportunity
to put the battalion through a movement or two. The
Admiral and family are quite well."
The merchants -at California complain bitterly or
having no consul or other authorised representative of
the British Government, and the visits of her Majesty's
ships, Inconstaut 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, bad not
arrived at the station, and the Admiral was wondering
what had become of bar. 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 largo shipments of specie are
made in May and June, he was Expected to arrive with
about a million and a half of dollars.
Dmialus, 19, Captain Wellesley, had a spell of two
months at Callao, but the Admiral had ordered 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 Aldhate, 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-Commander Rundle, was
at the Sandwich Islands.
Driver rejoined the flag-ship on the 21st June, 51
days from San Francisco, where she remained a fort-
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 soon after nine
o'clock, and procceded to the Blenheim, $O, 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 left again at half-past one
o'clock and proceeded to the Clarence Victualling esta-
blishment, Gosport; thence their Lordships proceeded
to the Royal Marina Barracks Forton, and inspected the
division of Royal Marines under Colonel-Commandant
Menzies, MEL, with whose efficiency their Lordships
could not fail to be 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, watt 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 Hsvannah.
The royal mail steamer Severn, left St. Thomas's for
Jamaica on the 11th of August, and the Tay on the
following day for 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.

APPOINTMENTS.
WOOLWICH, SEPT. 2.—Acting Assistant. Surgeon—
James F. Stoddart (1850) to the Portland, 50, fi4g-
ship of Bear-Admiral Moresby, C. 8., for the Pacific
station.
Naval Instructor—James Stephen (1841) to the Tra-
falgar, 120, at Sheerness.
Midshipmen—William T. W. Ilambly to the Fisgard
flag-ship at Woolwich; and James Willcox to the
Sbearwater steam-vessel, employed on particular service.
Naval Cadets—E. W. Warren to the Portland;
Charles J. Dare° to the Victory flag-ship at Ports-
mouth; and Dudley Beaumont to the Fisgard.
Boatswain—John Turner to the Geyser steam-sloop at
Woolwich, now realy r commission.

ROYAL MARINES.
Colonel Parke, C. 8., Commandant of the Woolwich
division, has an additional month's leave of absence;
Captain Fleming an additional month; Captti,l Maxwell
fourteen days; Captain Onslow, Lieutenants Usher and
Gwyn, three months, and Lieutenant Pratt an additional
mouth—all dated August 30.

I THE FRENCH FLEET ATCHERBOURG.
The ships composing the squadron have been for the
la4t few days constantly exercised, but the heavy rain
that has fallen has bcen a great impediment to the evo-
lutions. The day before yesterday the whole fleet ex-
ercised at general quarters, and the firing was perfect.
At two o'clock P.M. a sham attack, by gunboats, was
made upon the Flemish fort. Forty boats, each carrying
a carronade, from a 12 to a 30-pounder, were farmed in
line ready for the attack, when an immense wave roltod
in and prevented the mancouvre from being executed, to
the very great disappointment of the numerous body of
spectators, who had anxiously gathered to witness its
being carried into effect.
We regret exceedingly to relate that the gunnery
practice of the morning did not pass over without a very
serious accident, which unfortunately occurred on board
L'Hercule. It appears that after one or two discharges
the vent of one of the guns was not properly attended to,
and the consequence was that an explosion took place,
and two of the gunner's crew, while sponging the gun,
lost their arms, and the gunner's mate has since suffered
amputation of the thumb. The sufferers were immedi-
ately removed to the naval hospital, where they are now
lying in a very dangerous state. _ _

- The town is quite full. No lodgings can be procured
for love or money. In fact, we are really suffocated
with visitors. Our jetty presents a most unusual ap-
pearance. It is perfectly crowded with visitors, and our
only regret is that it is to be so soon doomed to return
to its usual state of dulness. We have visited the various
ships of the squadron, and can bear testimony to the po-
liteness we, in common with all strangers, have met with
horn all the officers with whom we have been brought in
contact.—La Marine.

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The Sardinian Government has just presented Mr.
E. A. Wood, a young gentleman only eighteen years of age,
with a splendid gold medal, for courageously taking com-
mand of a Sardinian brig from the Brazils to Genoa, when
met at sea, with captain and mate dead, and several of the
crew dead and dying, from the yellow fever raging on board,
and safe:y navigating her to Gibraltar, upwards of 1,000
miles, and thence to Genoa,