The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-04-10 00:00:00

PORTSMOUTII.-9ATuRDAy, Arm'. 8.

[From the finmprlitre Telegraph.]
This morning arrived the Waterloo transport. Lieutenant Coates.
agent, from Valmitaiso and Rio Janeiro, whither she conveyed
pretend/ma (or the South Anierietut squadron.--She left Valparaiso
on the Rh of December (six days only after the Blonde), arrived at
Rio on the 17th of January, after a voyage of forty days, and sailed
again on the Veit, for Eogland.—The Blanche, 41i, Captain 31ends,
and Ranger, tr, Lord 11. Thynne, had arrived at Valparaiso in 42
days, the former to relieve the Briton, the latter the Mersey the
Briton was at the Choeillos, under orders for England.—The Cam-
bridge. 80, Captain Maling, was lying at Valparaiso. Kr, infor-
mation had been received of the squadron under Admiral Blanco,
since it sailed on the 211th November, with the Chilian force, under
the Director Freire, to attack the Island of Chiloe.—Callao still
held out.—At Rio Janeiro, the Don Pedro. 74, was fitting out to
take the Emperor of Brazil on a visit to P,trnanibuco, and other
parts of his northern dominion.—Commodore Jowett, the Ameri-
can officer who long held a command in the Brazilian navy. had
been superseded, and a Portuguese Rear-Admiral (who had been
many years on the shell), was appointed to the Dun Pedro. There
was no news front the Banda Ortental.—Sir Clisrlea Stewart was
daily expected to rrtutn to Rio, in the Diamond frigate, from Per-
nanibuceo. A Portuguese sloop of war bad arrived from Lisbon,
wills Lieutenant Ogle, of the I charged with despatches for
him, from the Portuguese Government.—The Norton packet was
waiting to take Sir Charles Stewart's despatches to England.—
Rear.Admlral Sir (Jeorge Eyre hail sailed in the Welkaley, 74.
Captain (Jordon Falcon, for the River Plate, to visit that part of
his station, and protect the British interests during the blockade of
the river by tae Bra:,tßan naval forces—The Jastteur left Rio on
25th tan. with deauttcheis for Sir C. Stewart. The French frigate
Artthuss. and a store-ship. and the Brazilian frigate Piratiga, were
lying at Rio. Tht Waterloo spo!,e only the Rinaldo, twelve days
from Lisbon, with despatches.
On Turman the Pormelia transport. Lieutenant James Moriarty,
arrived from St. Kin's, with the last division of the 4th regiment of
foot, and a party of rite 93rd regiment. The former have landed and
marched to Winchester, the latter into Cumberland Fort. The
Parme!ia left St. Kitts an the 21st February. The Usrlequin, 18,
Captain James Scott, (from England.) left Antigua on the 15th
February fur Jamaira.—The Leeward Islands were remarkably
healthy, the appearanca (tithe mops good, and the slaves quiet and
orderly.
We regret to state that a letter which we have received from
Naples, dated March 12, expresses the most serious apprehension
that the Algeriite, 10, Capt. Chu. ‘Vetnyatt has been lost (upset),
with all the crew, in the Grecian Archipelago, whither she was as
the Revenge, 74, to the Dardanelles.—The Revenge
was daily 'surveil at Naples. The writer gives an unfavourable
account of the Greeks' struggle for independence. The Naiad fri.
gate. Hon. Capt. R. C. Spencer, was shortly to leave Corfu, with
despatches for England. Lieut. Dixon, front the Seringapatam,
has been appointed to the Revenge; Lieut. CrOM, from the Syttille,
to the Serail-mutant; Mr. Maine Lyons, promoted to the rank of
Lieutenant of the Revenge.
Letters of the 211th December have been received from the
Brawn, 28, Capt. %Ville% in the Bight of Benin, on the Coast of
Africa. at which time her crew were in good health; she had cap-
tured during her short stay on the Coast 003 slaves, and an English
ship under very suspicious appearances of being concerned in this
inhuman trsliic.

The Helicon arrived at the Cape of Good Ilope on December
21 ; the Fly, January 10, from Plymouth.
Ilia Majesty's surveying •easel. the Shamrock, Capt. Martin
White, has resumed the survey of the Bria:ol Channel, acting in
conjunction with the Ordnance surveyors under Capt. Colby, whose
Trigonometrical survey of Bristol and Cardiff is now going on.
PLYMOUTH, APRIL IL

Arrived the Beagle, 10, Capt. P. Stokes, fowl Woolwich, fitted
to survey the coast of South America round Cape Uurn ; she will
nroceed shortly. The Genoa, 74, Capt. Bathutst, will sail on
Monday for the Tagus : on her arrival the Aurora and Glasgow
frigates will return home. The Java, 56, Capt. Wilson ; the
sncces,2B. Capt. Stirling, for the East Indies; and the Forte,
4'i. Capt. Coghlan. C. 8., fur South America, are in want of seamen.
The Blonde has ben rg.masted and undocked. The Dublin. 74.
Is ordered to be +-a zced with all possible despatch. Remain in
Hamoue, the Britannia, Genoa, IVindsa Castle, Java. Blonde,
Forte, Success, Beagle, Bittern, Cameleon. Vigilant, and Reynard.
Capt. Robert Tait is appointed to the Heron, lit, at this port;
1,4 u t. Huntley to the Parthian Dr. James Scott, of the Britannia,
to he Nledical Lecturer at the Royal Naval Hospital at Huhu;
Mr. Heather to be Purser of the Heron.

Report states that Vice-Admiral the Iron. Charles Elphiristone
Fleming will succeed Sir Lawrence Heisted in the NVEst India
command. The Mediterranean command dues not expire until
Christmas next.

The following is a list of the naval promotions which have just
taken place :
To UE CAPTAINS—Wm. Rochfort, late Nimrod; Wm. Keats,
Cherokee; Hon. G. Barrington, Parthian.
To BE COMMANDERS—Lieutenants A. S. Patidon, J. A.
Blow, late Contest; W. FL Pierson, W. 11. 51•Dotigall. E. R. P.
Mainwaring, Ganges; W. J. Prowse, late Superb; Wm. Smith
(b). Perseus.
To BE I.IEPTEN %NTS—Charles Puckett, late Victory I C.
Fitzgerald, Royal George ; E. L. Smyth, Spartiate : E. E. Whita-
ker, Contest ; J. H. Dimly, J. Boulton, and R. E. Browne,
Britannia; P. Bisson, John Bee, J. M. Cross, E. G. Elliott, T.
Ilungerford. H. Johnston, Thomas Kirby, E. C. 51illar, J. PIO.
Cell. W. Sercole, J. S. M. Watson, W. Weaver, E. Pope.
On Tuesday night the boats of the Cannkon, Lieut. slottley,
seized a tub-boat, a galley, 62 kegs of spirits, and one man Give
Inners, it is supposed, escaped), near Southsca beach.
Lieut. ((randy an I his boat's crew have crept up this week 125
tubs, which had been sunk by some smugglers near the middle
bank, between Ityde and Stoke a Bay.