The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-12 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE,

PORTSMOUTH, AVG 10.—The Fairy, tender to the
ro) a 7 yacht, Acting. Master Commander R. W. Roberto,
17aving'completeul the necessary preparations for se,i, left
yesterday for Antwerp, to be in attendance upon her
Majesty.
The Cambrian, 36, Commodore Chads, was paid off
yesterday. The Cambrian, considering she is is a new
ship, is in a very deplorable condition. Her bowsprit is
rotten, mainmast sprung, and her rib timbers in a very
unsound state. She will require a most expensive refit
before she can again be sent to sea.
The Barretto Junior transport, which accompanied the
discovery ships Erebus and Terror on their departure
from England (under command of Captain Sir John
Franklin), having proceeded v, ith them as far as Whale-
fish Island, Disco, parted company with them on the
12th ult., and passed Spithead 0:1 her way to the Downs
on Wednesday. The following is an extract of a letter
received from her :

" The Downs, August 7.
" I hasten to tell you of our arrival, not sorry at having
turned our backs upon the frigid zone. We had a boisterous
passage:out, though not a long one, rounding Cape Farewell on
the 23d and 24th of June, in a heavy gale of wind from the
S.E., in lat. 59 10 N., lon. 46 47 W. The discovery ships
behaved gloriously ; there was no small sea on, for, high out of
the water as we are, we had one of our dead lights stove in.
Two days after we entered Davis's Straits the weather became
very fine, and we saw the stupendous mountains of West Green-
land, covered with ice and snow, also three large icebergs,
which in a few days thickened on us, but fortunately we had
generally leading winds, which enabled us to thread them
without danger. We left our excellent and good friends of the
discovery ships at Whalefish Island, Disco, on the 12th, all in
good health and high spirits as to their future enterprise, full
of hope as to their ultimate success. They are famously strong
ships, well manned, and impossible to be better officered. We
eft them complete in full three years' provisions, stores, and
lee!, besides five bullocks, which we killed there for them.
Our passage home has been a short one ; the first week we
passed in Davis's Straits, in a heavy gale of wind and thick
weather right up. We had both the land and the ice to keep
clear of; however, we got out untouched. The rest of the
passage has been fine for a northern climate. The wind being
fair from the N. E., we have come home by the English Channel,
instead of as usual north about."

THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION.—L9AterS hrtVP be n re•
ceived at Woolwich, dated her Majesty's ship Er bus,
Whalcfish Hands, Davis's Straits, July 8, 1845, from
one of which the following is an extract :—•
" We are discharging the transport as quickly as possible, for
the season is far advanced and wo are in a great hurry to get
up the country ; but we have plenty of time yet, if the weather
keeps fine. We calculate on being absent two years and a half
at most, unless we get through into the Southern Ocean, when
it may be three or four years before we return. We are all
well, and lam very happy. We have the best treatment, and
one of the best of captains, artd a good set of officers through-
out. The Barretto Junior, the transport ship, sails the day
after to morrow (July 10) on her return. The naives here
are civilised, and as shrewd at making a bargain as you or I
would be in any transactions at home."
The following general order relative to the Arctic ex-
pedition has been promulgated amongst the officers and
men of the American navy :