The Sun.
London, England, 1842-11-05 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH', FRIDAY AFTERNOON.—The Pique
frigate, Captain the lion. Montague Stopford, has not
yet arrived from Quebec. Her delay is attributed to
having had a more than lengthened passage out, as
she had not reached her destination when the Colum-
bia, Halifax steamer, brought the latest ;tdvices from
Canada, extending to the 13th ult.
The Rhine, Dutch frigate, arrived at Spithead yes-
terday evening from Flushing, and another Dutch
frigate, the Jason, is hourly expected from the same
place, both bound to the Mediterranean. The usual
salutes were exchanged between the frigate and the
garrison and the St. Vincent this msrning. In the
evening the Dutch officers attended a ball given by
the Port-Admiral, Sir Edward Codrington, to which
also were invited the officers of the St. Vincent, Vic-
tory, Excellent, Royal George, and all the other men-
of-war in the port, and those of the Austrian frigate
Bellona.
The order for the embarkation of the 12th Regi-
ment to-day, on board of the Java transport, has been
countermanded, and the troops will not leave Win-
chester barracks until next Wednesday, when they
will be conveyed to Gosport by special train, and em-
bark about eleven o'clock the same day for the
Mauritius.

The depot of the 75th Regiment will be conveyed
here on Tuesday next froM the Vauxhall terminus,
being ordered here from Chatham to meet the service
companies which are on their passage home from the
Cape of Good Hope.
The Calcutta, 84, Captain Rich, which brought
home the 2d battalion of the Coldstream Guards, has
sailed for Plymouth, it is said to be paid off.
The Resistance troop-ship, Commander Patey, will
be ready for sea the beginning of next week. It is not
known what will be the part of the world to which she
will next be ordered, either to carry out or bring home
troops.
The ‘Taseur, 16, Commander Willis, which has been
recently recommissioned, is advertised for sale at this
dockyard in a few days. Her officers and men are to
be turned over to the Frolic.

His Imperial Highness the Archduke of Austria is
expected here for a few days the latter end of next
week. It is said that his Highness will afterwards
proceed to Brighton.
A Russian man-of-war anchored at Spithead this
afternoon about 4 o'clock. The usual salutes were
exchanged.
The Cambridge, 78, Captain Bernard, and the In-
constant, 36, Captain Mitchell, are hourly looked for
from the Mediterranean.

The Racehorse, 16, Commander E. Peel, has sailed
from Halifaxfor England to be paid off.
Ships at Spithead—Rhine (Dutch frigate), and a
Russian man-of-war.

Ships in Harbour—St. Vincent, Victory, Excellent,
Royal George yacht, Resistance, Nautilus, Bellona
(Austrian), Jaseur, Java transport, and Echo and
Rocket steamers.

WooLwicil, Nov. 4.—The Rhadamanthus steam-
vessel has been ordered to be paid in advance, and pro-
ceed to the Mediterranean. She will take out two
companies of the Royal Artillery, to relieve the com-
panies at present stationed at Corfu.- - A casting of
12-pounder brass guns took place at half-past eleven
o'clock this morning, at the foundry in the Royal
Arsenal. The quantity of metal fused for this casting
was about nine tons. A casting on a smaller scale
will take place to-morrow (Saturday), at three o'clock,
r.m. The quantity of metal to be fused on this occa-
sion will only be about rOur-and-a-half hundred-
weight, the quantity required to form one of the
leaves of the Corinthian order which will be placed
upon the column of Nelson's Monument, in progress
of being erected in Trafalgar-square, Charing-cross.
Several of the leaves, cast from the brass of old guns,
are already finished and bronzed; and have a very
chaste and elegant appearance. The whole of the
remaining leaves and flutings will be cast at the
foundry of the Royal Arsenal, under the immediate
superintendence of the contractor, Mr. Clarke, Bir-
mingham, a son of the late celebrated Mr. Clarke,
sculptor. The brass work still required to he com-
pleted for the Nelson monument will occupy the
artist about eight months, without making any calcu-
lations for emblematical pieces, should they be de-
cided upon.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.
The following has been received at Lloyd's :
" Foreign-office, Nov. 3, 1842.
" Sir,—l am directed by the Earl of Aberdeen to
transmit to you a translation of a note from the
Sicilian Minister at this Court, forwarding a Medal
which his Majesty the King of the two Sicilies has
been graciously pleased to confer on Captain Amy
Bourtillier, of the English brig Teazer, who in the
month of October, 1840, saved the lives of seven in-
dividuals who were shipwrecked in the waters of
Stromboli; and I am to request that you will lay the
same before the Committee of Lloyd's, and that you
will move them to acquaint the Earl of Aberdeen
with the present address of the above-mentioned
Captain Amy Bourtillier, if they should have the
means of ascertaining what that address may now be.
(Signed) " H. W. ADDINGTON.
" To the Secretary, Lloyd's."
(Copy.)
" London, 16, Princes-street, Cavendish-square,
Sept. 23, 1842.
"The august Sovereign of the Two Sicilies having
been informed of the generous action of Captain Amy
Bourtillier, of her Majesty's brig Teazer, who, in the
waters of Stromboli, saved the lives of seven ship-
wrecked individuals, directed that he should be deco-
rated with the gold medal of Civil Merit. The un-
dersigned Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni-
potentiary of his Majesty to her Britannic Majesty,
has now received the above-mentioned medal, and
hastens to inclose it to the Earl of Aberdeen, her Ma-
jesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Af-
fairs, for his Lordship to be pleased to convey it!
through the usual channels, to the hands of the gen-
tleman concerned, who no doubt will know how to
appreciate the honourable recompense bestowed upon
his philanthropy and courage. Awaiting his Lord-
ship's kind answer, the undersigned, &c.,
(Signed) "CASTELCICALA."