The Sun.
London, England, 1842-08-19 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 17.—The gun-brigs Rolla, 10,
and Brisk, 10, have gone on to the eastward to be
paid off, from the west coast of Africa, and if in a fit
state will doubtless return to that station shortly.
The Talbott 26, Captain Sir Thomas Thompson,
I3art., bound to the Brazils, had not arrived at Ma-
deira on the 23d of July. She has dispatches for
Rear-Admiral Thomas, C. 8., and men for the
squadron.
There is no ship of war fitting out at Plymouth
or Portsmouth. The Imaum, 72, intended as receiv-
ing-ship at Jamaica, will be ready in a few days to
proceed, under the command of Lieut. Stewart.
Letters have been received here from the Carysfort,
26, Captain Lord George Paulet, of the 4th of June,
reporting her arrival at Rio de Janeiro from Spit-
head on the 18th of May, after a passage of nearly
seven weeks. She was refitting to proceed to join
the Admiral. at Valparaiso, and to touch at the Falk-
land Islands to land stores. The Alfred, 52, Commo-
(lore Purvis, C. 8., arrived out from England the day
previous. The Isis, 44, had left Rio for the Cape of
Good Hope, where she would remain for some time
with the new Admiral.

The Siren, 16, Commander W. Smyth, arrived at
Calcutta, from England, on the 4th May, and was to
join Vice-Admiral Sir William Parker in the Chinese
Seas, without loss of time.

The Lords of the Admiralty will shortly visit this
Dockyard, and other public establishments, on their
annual tour of inspection. . . _

The Meteor steamer has been commissioned in the
river, by Lieut. George Butler, as a tug boat for
vessels of war.

The steamer Hydra, Commander Murray, has
passed by, for Woolwich, from the West Indies, to be
paid off, having been employed for some time in the
Mediterranean.

The Pique, 36, the Hon. Capt. Stopford, is at Spit•
head, awaiting orders. She is destined for the I'Vesi
Indies.

The Salamander, Dee, and Avcn, steamers, will
shortly touch at this port, from the eastward. The
Columbia steamer, for the North-American station,
has passed by for Plymouth.
The Buzzard, 3, brigantine, will shortly be com-
missioned at Plymouth, for the west coast of Africa.
The Orestes, 18, is to be commissioned at this port,
with a complement of 140 men.
The Malabar, 72, Captain Sir G. Sartorius, arrived
at Teneriffe, from Plymouth, on the 19th June, and,
having re-victualled, left that island on the 23d, to
join the squadron on the South American station.
The Queen's yacht Royal George, Captain Lord
Adolphus Fitzclarence, is under orders for Woolwich,
and will sail thence on Thursday, to embark her Ma-
jesty and Prince Albert on a trip to Scotland.

At Spithead—Pique, 36. -
In Harbour—St. Vincent, Victory, Excellent,
Royal George yacht, Imam, Nautilus, Echo, Sylvia,
Cracker, and flag tenders.—Brighton Gazette.

TUB OVERLAND MAIL FROM INDIA.—In conse-
quence of the delay that is incurred by the tr Ansmission
of the despatches through France, via Marseilles, from
India and Egypt, by the new arrangements with the
French Post-office department, and the complaints that
are continually made by the London Journals at their
detention by the French Government, the Bight Hon.
Lord Lowther, the Postmaster-General, has been nego-
tiating with the Directeur-General des Postes of Austria
to have them transmitted via Trieste. Should this ar-
rangement be concluded, which is at the suggestion of
Mr. Waghorn, the agent for the British Government at
Alexandria, several flays will be saved by this route.
The steamers have a greater facility in reaching the
Port of Trieste from Alexandria and Malta, and they
have the most efficient telegraphic lines and railroads
throughout Austria to Hamburgh and Belgium, to trans-
mit the earliest intelligence of the war that is now carry-
ing on in our eastern possessions and China.
Died at Great Hermitage, near Rochester, on
Tuesday, the 16th inst., aged 73, Miss Bentley, sister of
Thomas Bentley, Esq., one of the Magistrates of Roches.•
ter, and of the county of Kent. Miss Bentley had the
charge of the house of Mr. Perry, of the Morning
Chronicle, for several years before his death, and was one of
his executors; and he entrusted to her the care of his three
unmarried daughters, during their minority. Miss Bent-
ley was a remarkable woman. Her understanding was
excellent, and-her conversation to the last was piquant
and original in the highest degree. She was a zealous
and affectionate friend, and her memory will loag be held
in remembrance by a numerous circle of friends.
NATURE.—" All nature," says Schlegel; in the
Philosophic de Vie, "is to human eyes a pyramid covered
with hieroglyphics, of which few are Intelligible to us
because the key is wanting, and because we ask Nature
for it, instead of praying to God that he would unfold to
us the mystery and glory of Rio works."