The Sun.
London, England, 1845-05-05 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 2.—The Emerald tender, which was die.
patched to the wreck of the Skylark on Monday, returned on Wed-
nesday evening with some of the rigging and stores of the 111-fated
brig She sailed yesterday for the Medway, with supernumeraries
for the Trafalgar and Queen.
The Active revenue cutter, Lieut. Elwin, arrived yesterday from
the wreck of the Skylark, bringing stores saved.
The Monkey steamer passed Spithead from Woolwich to. South-
ampton on• Wednesday, believed to convey carriages, &c., from
Southampton to the Isle of Wight, for the use of her Majesty next
week. She returned yesterday.
The Alban steam transport, Lieut.. Commander Lowe, arrived
on Wednesday night, with Marines from the corps. serving in Ire-
land, and upwards of 100 volunteers for the navy.
The Actaeon, 26, Captain .Mansel, left Santa Cruz for the Cape
of Good Hope on the 13th of March.
The Alert, 6, Lieut.-Commander Bosanquet, was spoken with
on her way from the Gallinas to Ascension on the 1 lth of March,
in lat. I N., long. SW. Fever on board. .
The Pantaloon, 10, Commander Wilson, left Ascension for
Sierra Leone, on the 10th of March, to place herself under the
orders of Commodore Jones, in the Penelope, 22, steam-frigate,
cruising about there.
The Hydra, cteam sloop, Commander Young, was at Sierra
Leone ow the 30th of March. We have received letters to the
above date, which let at rest the doubted capture of the notorious
slave felucca which beet off the Growier's pinnace in January last,
when Lieutenant Lodwick was wounded, and which had so long
eluded our sailing cruisers. She was captured in the Bight of
Benin, and when taken possession of bore evident marks of the
rough encounter she had sustained from the pinnace of the Grow.
ler; the mizen was completely riddled, the mainsail cut to ribands,
and, it is believed, five men were killed in action, as their lames
did not appear in the felucca's papers when captured. Her crew
was about 70 men. The felucca was named the Hurican, asd a
cargo of 700 slaves were waiting to be shipped at the Gallinas ; 70
were found on board at the time she was captured. Eight days
after the capture of the Hurican the Hydra made prize of another
equally famous, or rather infamous, slaver, and which had given
our fleetest cruisers the slip on several occasions. This was the
Peptita, captured during the night, after a most exciting
and interesting chase, the felucca striving " might and main"
to get away; but the Hydra's 68. pounders committed havoc
in her sails, crippled her speed, and shattered her hull
and bulwarks. The felucca, still, however, carried on, but
found steam too powerful for her, as the Hydra gamed upon
her fast, and soon came up with her, when Lieut. Rooystra, acting
First Lieut. of the Hydra, boarded her and took possession, at
which time he discovered every preparation for a most bloody re.
sistance, a long IS-pounder being poin'ed over her quarter, loaded
with grape and round shot, a cask full of cartridges near, several
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swivels loaded with one-pound balls, four chests of arms, the mug.
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