The Sun.
London, England, 1837-03-14 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

(From the liamp.shire Telegraph.)
PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 11.—The Columbia, steam-vessel,
arrived on Thursday, from the North coast of Spain, last from
Plymouth ; she left Passages on the 3d instant, in company
with the Comet steamer, which has come home in consequence
of the defective state of her boilers. These vessels bring no
intelligence of any importance from the scat of war. The
Columbia proceeded to Woolwich on Thursday.
The Vernon, 52, Captain Al' Kerlie, arrived to-day from the
Mediterranean, and proceeded to Sheerness, without coming to
an anchor. She has been six weeks on her passage from
Malta, having touched at Barcelona, Gibraltar, and Tangiers,
and was detained eight days in the Gut by strong westerly
winds. She brings accounts that Mr. Davison, the African
traveller, was killed in the vicinity of Timbuctoo, but whether
this is a repetition of the account which has been already con-
tradicted, cannot be ascertained.

The Snake, 16, Commander Milne, arrived on Tuesday,
from Chatham, and will proceed in a day or two for the WeA
India station.

The North Star, 28, will proceed to-morrow for the north
coast of Spain (calling at Falmouth fur Commander Cory),
having received this evening, from the Flamer steamer, a
large supply of blankets and shoes, brought from Woolwich
for the service of the Legion. The Flamer then psroceeded
to Plymouth.
The Ariadne, which is intended to lay at Alexandria as a
coal-depot, arrived on Wednesday with a cargo of coals from
Leith. She will proceed to her destination under the escort
of the Princess Charlotte, when Sir Robert Stopford sails to
supersede Sir Josias Rowley in the Mediterranean command.
The crews of the Fairy and Mastiff, which navigated the
Ariadne to Leith and back, returned to Woolwich on Thurs-
day in the Columbia steamer.
The Larne, 18, at this port, is ordered to be commissioned.
The following officers are appointed to her :—Commander
P. J. Blake, Lieut. P. B. Stewart, Mr. James Bascomb,
acting master, Mr. G. Sheppard, purser, and Mr. Thomas
Norman, gunner.
The Vestal, 28, Captain Jones, will not return from the
West Indies so soon as expected, as thrde of her officers take
passage to join her in the Snake.
In Harbour.—Britannia, Victory, Princess Charlotte, Ex-
cellent, Royal George, Pelorus, Sparrow.
At Spithead.—North Star, Snake.
NOMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS.—Mr. W. C. Metcalf
(Russell) and the Hon. C. Sinclair, Mates, to the rank cf
Lieutenant ; Mr. George Sheppard, and Mr. J. W. Nicholls,
Clerks, to the rank of Purser ; Commander. Hon. P. Carey,
Lieutenant H. D. Rogers, Mr. T. A. Wemyss, Master, Mr.
H. Williams, Surgeon, William Bruce, Boatswain, Edward
Andrews, Carpenter, to the Comus ; Commander John
Fraser, Lieut. John Hollingworth, Mr. Samuel Lark, Act-
ing Master, Dr. John Kirk, Surgeon, Mr. E. F. Roberts,
Parser, W. Andrews, Boatswain, John King, Carpenter, to
the Sappho ; Lieut. W. E. Oldham, to Scylla ; Rev. E.
J. Paget, Chaplain, and John -Sholto, Gunner, to the Corn-
wallis ; Lieut. R. W. Otway (Princess Charlotte), to be Act-
ing Lieutenant to Admiral Sir P. C. H. Durham ; Mr.
Chandos S. Stanhope, College Volunteer, to the Seringapa-
tam ; Mr. Pakenham Osborn, College Volunteer, to the
North Star; Mr. J. C. Pitman, Mate, and Mr. J. Forrest,
College Voltinteer, to the Dido ; Mr. J. D. Bland, College
Midshipman from the Favourite to the Vanguard ; Mr. James
Ovenden, Mate, to the Princess Charlotte; Mr. Philip Tro-
yer, Midshipman, from the Canopus to the Carysfort ; Mr.
E. C.. Hamersham, Master's Assistant, to the Britannia;
Mr. rv'r-K. Hall, Mate, to the Salamander; • Mr. John H.•
Archer, Clerk-in-charge, to the Speedy; Mr. Charles Edes,
Clerk, to 'the Tweed; Mr. H. Mapleton, Acting Master,
from the Pelorus to the Snake, vice Dm is, superseded ; Mr.
W. Lathy, to be Acting Master ()Hite Pelt:l-us, vice Mapleton,
to the Snake ; Mr. John T. Crout has passed his examination
for Master.

The following M;.tes and Midshipmen passed fur Lieute-
nants at the Naval College on Tuesday and Wednesday:—
Messrs. William Mould, Ed. Marshall, and H. B. Mottley,
late' Thunderer ; L. C. 11. Tonge, Inconstant; E. J. Lay,
Vestal; J. T. Coakcr, late Edinburgh; R. Hopkins, late
Hastings ; W.' K. Hall, Viper ; J. Ovenden; Princess
Bharlotte; W. C. Alexander, late Canopus ; J. W. Whyte
and J. S. Ilob.-..rtson, late Castor; H. S. .1. George, late
Procris.

WHEAT AND FLOUR IN FRANCE COMPARED

WITH LONDON.

WHEAT. -_The highest price- of the best wheat in Paris is
25A- francs pet- hectolitre, which is equal to 395. per English
quarter. The highest price in London is (375. for the best
( Essex and Kent) wheat, showing a difference of 28s. per
quarter dearer in London than in Paris, or 72 per cent. ;
and that the satno reonny-which will in London buys but eight
bushels of flour, is, in Paris, the price of 13} bushels of the
beast wheat. • .

FLoun.—The highest price of flour of the "finest mark," in
Paris 48 francs per 159 kilogrammes,' equal to 30s. 3d. per
English sack of 230 lbs. The highest price of the hr,st
town made" flour in London is 555: per sack, show:Ag-a
difference of 245. 93. per sack dearer in London ',hat' in
Paris, or 8L per cent. ; and that the 555. which ',s in Lon-
don buys but 230 lbs. of flour, will in Paris purclaase 510 lbs.
of the finest flour, within a very mi-Ante fractions

MR. PLUMER WARD'S Nx‘v W ORK " HUMAN
LlFE."—This publication, it wilrbe rec, jlleeted, was first an-
nounced under the name of " et. Society ;" and it is
a story ander this title. which itrnas tl'.c principal portion of the
work, The aim. of the author in this new production is no
doubt, to show,' f.inth, (pet chance by Siring and breathing exam-
ples) the rests t•,* (4 that mysterio•r: action and re-action which
human naseitte and society mutualy produce upon each (Abu.
A public me-eting was herJ at the Guildhall (Bath)
on Tuesday last, for tb purpcne of adopting a petition for the
repeal of the Window Tax,
• By the laws of the :Island of Jerse, incorrigible
drunkards are deprived of their viol::: to vote for the State, or
to receive any appointment, IciPilative or parochial, in .14c
Island.—,lcrsey 47us,

EAST I
Arrivals.—March 6.—T
off l'efrzanc'e; sailed Nov.
March 7.—The Orion.
No,. the James Pattison, from Mr.-oilla,
sailed Oct. 10, and from St. Helena Jan. 10 ; the Vrow Ju-
ba:inn Elizabeth, from Batavia, off the Wight. for Rotterdam.
March 9.—Th2 Margaret Wilkie, from Bengal, off Ply-
month, sailed from CtOcutta on the 6th, and Saugor,on t',„s
Ilth of Oct., and from the Cape Dec. 20 ; the Cotarier, from
the Cape, off Falmouth, sailed on the Bth, and from St. He.
lena Jan. 20.
March 10.—The Asia, from Bombay, in the la.) cna, sailed
Oct. 10 ; the Nelson, Wood, from Singapore, off
sailed Oct. 19; and from the Cape Dec. 22, aml pased St.
Helena Jan. G ; the Inca, from Manilla, off Holyhead, sailed
Oct. 11, and from St. Helena Jan. 13; the Wyndham. from
Batavia, in the Downs, for Rotterdam, sailed from St. Helena,
Jan. 10; the Janette Philipe, from Batavia, cif Palma-a:li,
sailed Nov. 20.
March 11.—The Anne, from Bengal, at Liverpool, sailed
from Saugor Oct. 21, and from St. Helena Jan. 13 ; the
Alexander, from Bengal, at Lherpool, sailed from Calcutta
the 2d, and from Saugor tlliela eSdjatr Nov.,
(lt.. 3fl Oct., and from Si. Helena
Jan. 5; the Medora, from the Mauritius, at Liverpool, sailed
Jan.;,Na
r)lectiri3ti
the 'u s
as,nodyiffl)rilia Penzance,
frS.in ltiehise Helena
auritius, ;26 6,
efrolll3Smte.silierrint—he
at Bristol, sailed Nov.
29, and from St.
,Helena Jan 12 ; the Neerlands been Prinsus,
from Padang, off Portland, sailed from St. 11.,lena Jan 14, for
Rotterdam.
Arrivals at St. Helena.—The Arcturus, January 11, from
Ceylon and tl:e Mauritius, sailed the 13th from London ; the
NI. J inuary 12, from Bourbon, sailed the 14th for Mcti.seilles ;
the Industry, Jan. 12, from Bourbon; sailed 14th for .I:ar,eitlca.
the Senator, January 12. from the Mauritius, sailed on the
13th for Liverpool; the Caribbean, January 12, from the Mau-
ritius, sailed en the 13 h for London ; the Batavia, January
13, from Batavia, for Rotterdam ; the Elphinstone, January
14, from Hubart-torn, sailed on the 17th for London ; the
Solway, from Manilla, sailed the 17th of January for Cork
the Portland, January 17, from whaling; the Lucullus, Jan-
uary 18, from the Cape, and sailed the same day for Nantes;
the Indian, January 18, from whaling ; the Arab, January 18,
from Singapore, and sailed on the 19th for Cork ; for orders,
the Fanchon, January 19, from Batavia, and sailed the same
day for Stockholm; the Royal Sovereign, January 19, from
Manilla.

D.,partures from St. Ilelena.—The Raj Rance, Jan. 13,
fog London ; the Josephine, Jan. 16, for Bordeaux ; the Oli-
vier Van Noort, Jan. 17, for Amsterdam ; the Nocton (whaler),
Jan. IS, for a cruise and London.

Remaining in Purt, Jaa. 20. —Tha Royal Sovereign, for
Cowes, and Indian, for Havre.

Arrivals in Table Bay, Cape.---The Olivia, De'. 17, from
Calcu:ta ; the Girard, Dec. 18, from Manilla ; the St. He-
lena, Dec. IS, from Knysna ; the La Belle Alliance, Jan. 20,
from Portsmouth ; the Royal George, Dec. 20, from London,
and sailed on the 23d for Sydney; the Conch, D.,c. 20, from
Saldanha Bay ; the Europa, Dec. 21, and the Briton, Dec. 23,
from Liverpool, the Cecilia, Dec. 23, from Gottenbur,ch ; lice
Eliza Douthwaite, Dec. 23, the Drvade, Dec. 23, and. th-3
Eliza Haddon, Dec. 23, from London ; the John Lawson,
• Dec. 23, from Halifax ; the Tally-ho, Dec. 24, from New
York; the Tribune, Dec. 25, from the Mauritius, and sailed
Jan. 2 for Leith ; the William, Dec. 26, from Kuysna ; the
Skerne, Dec. 29, front the Mauritius ; the Nort,a, Dee. 29,
from Delagoa-bay ; the Sovereign, Dec. 29, from the Mau-
ritius, and sailed Jan. 3 for London; the Zephyr, Dec. 29.
from whaling ; the Colombo, Dec. 30, from London, arid
sailed Jan. 5-for Calcutta; the Royal George, Dec. 31, from%
sja c.
7,1 frontl)ly-
Bombay, and sailed Jan. 3 for London ; the Falcon, Dee. 31,
from the Mauritius; the Harmony, Jan. 1, from flaningtou
Regent (yacht), yathlt)B,o.lijadne.,
(1,80',) barrel; of oil) ; the Lancashire Witch, Jan. 3, from
Ply-
mouth, tJhr
Adiraoie thei. a Prince ,
anti Rio
Bourbon ; the Shepherd, Jan. 6, from London, for Sw4.-1
River; the Samuel Baker, Jan. 6, from the Mauritius; the
Margaret and Ann, Tin 6, front Algoa-bay.
Arrived in Simoll's-bay.—The Bellona, Dee. 17, from
Batavia.

Arrived in Algea-bay.—The Wyntanelle, Dee. 15, from
Batavia ; the Cheerful, Doe. 16, from Table-bay ; the Grace,
Dec. 26, from London.

Departures from Tahl'-bay.—The Alcide, Dec. 17, to,.
Batavia; the John Denniston, Dec. 18, for Bornba.v; the
Mary and Jane, Dec. 20, for South Australia; Ow-Time,
Jan. 2, for Table-bay ; the Molson, Jan. 3, for the Mauritius;
the Palladium, Jan. 3, for New London; the LuculluS, Jan.
5, for Nantes ; the Olivia, Jan. 5, for Calcutta; the Norna,
Jan. 5, for the Western Coast ; the Tally-ho, Jan. 8, for
London.
Arrivals at China.—The Richard Allsop, in October, from
London ; the Italy, from Liverpool ; the Tarquin, from Sin.-
gapore; the Ann Baldwin, from Liverpool ; the Carnatic,
from Bombay; the Royal Saxon, and Jardine, front Singa-
pore; the Kiltnours, from Sydney and Singapore ; the Strath_
fieldsay, from Java; the Emily Jane, ancrLullus, from Cal-
cutta; the Orwell, Oct. 22, from Madras.

Departures frcm China.—The Charlotte, for Bornbay ; the
Julia, for the Straits and Calcutta ; the Dos Amigos, Henry
Ewbank, and James Perkins, for Manilla; the Lord Castle-
reagh, for the Straits and 13ombay.
Loading at Chir.a.—The Asia, and the Favourite, both fur
London.

Arrival at Pedeir Coast. —The Trusty, from London, for
China.

Arrivals at Singapore.—The Soodrow, Oct. 23, from China;
the Tuttav &km, Oct. 23, from China; the Lady Clifford,
Oct. 23, from ; the Cecilia, Oct. 23, from China ;
the Ondernerning, Oct. 24, from Saniarang and Rio ; the
iends, Oct. 24, from Manilla ; the Alciope, Oct. 26, from
Penang, and sailed for China; the Helen, Oct. 27, from
Fedeir Coast; the Patriot, Oct. 28, from Souralaiya ; the
Bardastcr, and the C.ishmere 'Merchant, Oct. '2B, both from
China ; the Lloginne. Oct. 29, from Penang.
Departures from Singaper,2.—The Lord Auckland, Oct.
23, for China; his Majesty's ship Raleigh, Oct. 24, for. Ma-
lacca and Penang; the Marion, and hero, Oct. 24, both for
Calcutta; the Golconda, Oct. 24. for Bombay ; the Resolu-
tion, Oct. 23, for Malacca and Penang ; the Cecilia, Oct.
26, for Penang ; the Strathisla, Oct. 26, for Calcutta.
Loading at Singapore.—The Henry \Wellesley, the Bardas.
tor, arid the Patriot, all for London.
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the
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Madras;
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and
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Cavendish
Liverpool
from
Mauritius.—The
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Calcutta;
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from London ; the Capricorn, Nov. 27, from the Cape ; the
John, Nov. 27, from Llanelly ; the Elizabeth, Nov. 29, Irons
Marseilles and Rio; the Rapid, Dcc. 8; the Finlater, Dec.
8; the Atlas, and Nlontrose, all from London.

March 13.—The Royal George, from Bombay, in the Downs,
sailed Nov. 14, and from the Cape Jan. 3 ; the Tamar, from
New South Wales, at Liverpool, sailed Oct. 24; the fiolway,
from Manilla, off Cork, sailed Oct. 22, passed Aujeer Nov.
15, and sailed from St. Helena Jan. 17; the Arab, from Sin-
gapore, off Cork, sailed Nov. 1, from Atijeer Nov. IS, and
from St. Helena Jan. IS ; the Elplainstone, from Van Die-
men's Land, off Plymouth, sailed from Hobart-town Oct 30,
from St. Helena Jan. 17t
Arrivals at Sydney, New South Wales, previous to Oct. 10.
—The Douglas, Runnymede, Lord Goderich, Medora, Avoca,
Craigivar, Moffatt, Waterloo, and Pegasus, all from Lond7n
the Duchess of Northumberland, from Cork; the Riciaara.
Reynolds, from Singapore ; the Highlander, from the Cape,
and Hobart-town; the Goshawk, from Liverpool and Robatt-
town ; the Lady Mary Pelham, from Liverpool and Port Lin-
coln ; the Brooklyn, from Carnarvon ; the Alfred, Governor
Philip, llarlsguin, Juno, Lady Keith, Lady Rowena, Maccles-
field, Nereus, Proteus, Tiber, and William Stoveld, from —.
On the 10th, the True Love, from London, the Cape, and
Swan River ; and the Camilla, from Hobart-town. On the
11th, the Patriot, from New Zealand. On the 12th, the Lady
Kcnnaway, from Londort arid Bahia ; the Elizabeth, and the
Ilooghly, from London ; and the Isabella, from Torres' Straits.
.oa,the 14th, the Sisen, from Hobart-town. On the 15:11.
the Ulysses, from the Mauritius ; the Prince George, tratc.
Moreton -Bay, with Mrs. Fraser, the second mate, and five 4:4'
the crew of the Stirling Castle. On the 17th, the Jesse, from
New Zealand. On the 18th, the Countess of Durham, fro m
London. On the 20th, the Red Rover, from London w2cl
Hobart-town.

TILE TUT:F.—RACING SEASON.--Bell's Life lit
London, of Sunday next, March 19, will cor,tain a complete
list of every horse in training at Newmarket, with the names
of the trainers ; specifying such as arc entirekl for the Dolly!
and Oaks. - Together with original and, faithful nerounti. cc
the Leamington and York Steeple C;haces ; original ance-,
dotes of the Chace • Hunting Appointtneuts; Cour-lag%
.Games at. Chess; runi every variety of Sporting Intellir;ence.
Price of Bell's Lig in Loam, Five-pence.-01fici-, 171),
Strand.

Sir Henry- Tucker Montressnr, K.C.B . anti
G. C. H., died on Saturdal, at his scat, Downc-bill, ;ar Can-
terbury. Sir Henry was appointed Lieutenant it • the 231
Foot in September, 1779 ; the other regiments. e.ith which
be served were the 104th, the 18th, at Gibralta He served
in Corsica, and on the surrender of Calvi .17.3 apnoi !AL.(' its
Commandant.. In September, 175, he aur•ceeied to the
Lieutenant-Coloneley of the 18th Foot, 8.4 d in May next year
was removed to the Auvlo-Oorsi4an co;' s, In 1501 he. com-
manded the Royal 1, -;in (the 13th) on :he landing in Egypt,
and was present r. 4 all the actions in that country. Ile was,
during that appointed Com.nandant of Rosetta. In
July, 1804..'n0 was appointed Brigadier-General, and marched
the Roy P', Irish from Scotland, '2,000 strong-, to Ramsgate, to
encamri on Barham Downs. His next appointment wits that
of Br;.gadier- General in the Windward and Leeward Islands.
Or 'nia pass Age to Jamaica, he was captured by the L'Orit nt.
.itiadrart, and landed at St. Jaf_ro on parrde of not serving
He next served in Jamaica, in the command of the \Vest ern
district. On his return liome,'lte was appointed oil the stag
of the Sussex distric t,and was then removed to Nicr dis_
tri;:t, stationed at Canterbury. In 1809, he. serve'. in - ti.e
Walel:eren expedition. In 1310, he rer,eiv•,:d the rani; 4;f
:`,lajor-General. His subsequent services •xero on the Weste,ta
district, Ireland, at Limerick, at Messina, and cor,;,:„. He
was knighted in April, 1818, by 64,, Prince Regent.
' was appointed Gene-c,il in the last, Brevet, having gel Let
Colonelcy of the 'nth Fobt in July, Is=23.

.„..
Mr, i3rookes observed (Ate other day a nt running
across his yard, apparently in great alarm, with a 100.1 upozY
its back, which he presently sliseoved to he a large toad. Mr..
Croaker, notwithstanding thy; speed of his racer, kept his scat:
,extremely veil, anal " took" what many jockeys a greater
pretensions sometimes refuse—a stone wall. Ti-.e re. was
,pursued and taken, but the toad maintained a firr.. bold to dye
last, and could tyith difficulty be reinoved,-..._Nertiewarlins
4ton kit,