The Sun.
London, England, 1842-07-21 00:00:00

NAVAL IN TErCiGENCE.

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PORTSMOUTH, MONDAY NIGHT.—The Satelite, 18, Com-
mander Gambier, got under weigh this afternoon, and pro-
ceeded down the Channel, with a favourable, but light wind.
She is bound to the Pacific, and will form one of the squadron
under the command of Ilear. Admiral Thomas.
The Albatross, 16, Commander Reginald Yorke, was paid
in advance this afternoon, and will sail at daylight in the
morning for Quebec.
The Marquis of Hastings (convict ship) sailed yesterday
afternoon, for Van Diemen's Land, with upwards of :,00 con-
victs, among whom was the traitor Francis.
The Cleopatra, 26, Captain Wyvill, is now the only ship at
Spithead. She will leave in a day or two for China and the
East Indies. The Governor of the Mauritius, Sir William
Gomm, and his suite, are to take a passage in her. He is
expected at Portsmouth on Thursday, and will embark imme-
diately, as his equipage is already on board.
The George IV. transport is daily expected here,_ from the
eastward. It is stated that she is to convey the St. Helena Re-
giment to their destination.
The Resistance, troop-ship, Commander G. Patey, which
left this port in day with troops for Canada, is expected here
in a few days from Quebec with some of the troops which have
been ordered home from that quarter. 'I he Crocodile (troop-
ship), which toolcout troops from Dublin to Canada, will also
bring back a portion of those ordered to'England.
It is stated that. the St. Vincent, 120, Captain Codrington,
with the flag of the Commander-in-Chief, Aumiral Sir Edward
Codrington, is to be fully equipped and to proceed to Spithead,
whet e she is to take up her moorings instead of lying in the
harle.ur. It is also stated that the flag-ship at Sheerness, the
Camperdown, 104, Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Brace, is to take
her station at the Nere, and that the flag-ship at Plymouth,
the Caledonia, 120, Admiral Sir D. Milne, is to be moored in
the Sound, instead of Ilamoaze.
Rear-Admiral the Hon. D. P. Bouverie, the Admiral Super-

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intendent of this dockyard, will resign his office in a few days,
as his time for holding it will then expire. It is not yet known
who will succeed him.
The Wellesley, 72, Captain T. Maitland, is hourly looked for
from China, as she left Singapore on the 7th of March, on her
passage home.
A new iron steam frigate, called the Guadeloupe, has been
built for the East India Company's navy, and will take her
departure in a tew days. She is commanded by Commander
Charlewood, R.N., who served as Gunnery Lieutenant on
board the Benbow, 72, and was promoted to the rank of Com-
mander for his gallant conduct on the coast of Syria. The
Guadaloupe is the largest iron steamer yet built. Her length
from the figure-head to the taffrail is 201 feet, and her breadth
of beam 30 feet 1 inch, and her tonnage, per admeasurement,
nearly SOO tons. She only draws 9 feet of water, with pro-
visions and water for 120 men, and ten days' coal on board.
She carries two large pivot guns, one forward and the other
aft, 68-pounders, on sliding carriages of oak, the under frame
working on circular rails of brass, secured to the deck. The
weight of each gun, including the carriages, is from 51/2
to 6 tons. She is brigantine-rigged, and is a very handsome
vessel. She will prove a very powerful coadjutor to the Ne-
mesis, Queen, Phlegethon, and t...esostris, now engaged in the
Chinese warfare at Chusan, Chinhae, and Ningpo. The
Guadaloupe is built in compartments, and a proof of the efficacy
of this plan has been afforded by the Nemesis, which had a
hole knocked in her bottom at the taking of Amoy,; yet per-
formed important services for four mouths subsequently with
out being laid up for repairs. The accommodations for the
crew of the Guadaloupe are exceedingly roomy, and there is
space for birthing troops if necessary.
Ships at Spithead.—The Cleopartra.
Ships in Harbour.—The St. Vincent, Victory, Excellent,
Royal George yacht, the Sylvia, and Seaflower stutters, the
Pique, Imaum, and Adventure naval transports, and the Echo
steamer.