The Sun.
London, England, 1842-10-28 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

WOOLWICH, OCT. 26.—The I)ee steam-vessel,
Master Commander T. Driver, is expected to sail
from Woolwich about the Ist of next month for the
\\rest Indies, and will embark at the Dockyard here
Ceptain Trevor's company, 2d battalion, and Captain
Griffin's company, Bth battalion, for a passage to Bar-
-1-;:yloe,;, to relieve Major lleultain's company, 7th bat-
talion, and Captain Griffiths's company, 3d battalion,
their period of service at that station having expired;
the former having left Woolwich on the Bth of March,
and the latter on the Ist of May, 1837, rendering
their services in the West Indies about five years and
a half. Captain Trevor's company was inspected at
the Hospital on the 11th instant, and found a fine body
of men. Captain Griffiths's company returned from
Ireland on the 4th inst., and was inspected on the 6th
on the guard-mounting parade by Colonel Paterson.
Captain Hennis has joined, and is doing duty at
Woolwich until the embarkation of the troops in the
Dee, when he will also embark, and proceed to join
his company, at present at I3arbadoes ; but, from its
period of service there, it is probable it will be re-
lieved next year.
The Sultana, Arab ship-of-war, undergoing a com-
plete renovation in the basin of the Woolwich Dock-
yard, is now nearly completed, and is expected to sail
ahout the end of next week. This is the vessel which
brought the beautiful little horses and other presents
from the Imaum of Muscat to her Majesty some time
ago. The British Government have been very liberal
in providing for the crew three months' provisions of rice,
sugar, cheese, and such other necessaries as the scru-
ples of the Mahomedans and castes of the Persians on
board will permit them to accept, having been put on
board. They will not accept of any animal food, as
they only eat such as are killed by one of the crew.
The number of sailors and slaves belonging to the
vessel is upwards of 40, and they have a pilot captain,
as they term him, who denominates himself a citizen of
America, as his wife and children reside there, al-
though he has been in the service of the Imaum up-
wards of ten years. The pilot captain is, however,
properly a Scotchman, having, as he says, been born
in " the east neul; o' Fife ;" but, like many other
members of that country, resolved to earn an honest
penny in any part of the world where his lot might
be cast, and appears quite contented with his present
situation, although it is rather a heavy charge to be li
responsible for the native captain and crew. The
mullam, or mate, has got married to an English-
woman
since he came to this country, and the na-
kador, or native captain, went to the parish church of
Woolwich this morning to be married to a young girl
from Deptford, with whom he had become acquainted
at the time his vessel was lying there. The Rev. Mr.
Greenlaw put several questions to the girl, and ascer-
tained that she was an orphan, and had no relations
alive, and, therefore, he at once declined to perform
the ceremony as the nakador could not speak one
word of English. The worthy clergyman also stated
to the girl that he would not marry her unless he was
perfectly satisfied the native captain understood,
through an interpreter, the nature and objects of the
ceremony, and feelingly pointed out to the intending
bride the probable usage she might expect in a foreign
land. Whether the parties are married by this time
is not known ; but they left Woolwich in the forenoon
for Deptford, with the view of being married there.
In answer to a question put by the pilot captain, one
of the natives stated that the nakador had two wives
in his own country already.
The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have
ordered ten anchors to be put on board the .Sultana,
for the Imam, and the Board of Ordnance ten 12-
pounder carronades, besides several other presents by
order of her Majesty. The whole of the vessel has
been newly rigged and painted; but the crew appear
very dirty, although they daily pour buckets full of
water over their heads, in compliance with the injunc-
tions of their religion.
The RhadaManthus steam-vessel, Master Comman-
der Thomas Laen, arrived at Woolwich at five o'clock
this afternoon from St. Petersburgh, and has brought
dispatches from the Court of Russia, which were im-
mediately forwarded to the Secretary of State for Fo-
reign Affairs.

CONSECRATION OP A ROMAN CATHOLIc BISHOP.
—The Right Rev. Dr. Francis Russell Nixon, who
was consecrated a few weeks since, will not be the
only prelate who will leave England for the
distant diocese of Tasmania, or Van Diemen's
Land. The Roman Catholics have selected one of
their priests who is to be consecrated next
Friday. The . ceremony, which will be a very
mposing one, is to he performed at St. Chad's
Cathedral Church, Birmingham. His Grace the
Archbishop of Sydney is to be the consecrating Pre-
late, and will be assisted by the Right Reverend
Doctors Wiseman and Walsh, both Bishops of the
Roman Catholic Church. Dr. Wiseman has under-
taken to preach the sermon on the occasion. The
Bishop-elect is the Rev. Dr. Willson; his title will be
" Bishop of Hobart Town, Van I)iemen's Land."

ECLIPSES, 1843.—1 n the year 1843 there will be
two eclipses of the Fun and one of the moon, the latter
only of which will be visible to these parts. This
eclipse will be a partial one, and occur on Wednesday
the '6th of December.