The Sun.
London, England, 1837-10-30 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

(From the Hampshire Telegraph.)
PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 28.—The Blonde, 46, Commodore
P. Mason, having been relieved in the command of the Pa-
cific Ocean by the Stag, 46, Commodore Sullivan, on the
26th of June last, arrived yesterday at Spithead,• with
1,500,000 dollars on board, in specie, principally from the
west shore of Mexico. The Blonde left Valparaiso on the
3d of July, at which time the Chaim) squadron was refitting ;
but the army, which had been assembling for the purpose
of invading Peru, had dispersed, owing to a disinclination to

embark in such a service, and the country was compara-
tively quiet. The Blonde was only thirty-three days from
Coquimbo to Rio Janeiro, at which place she remained
seven days ; and from thence, owing to light winds, she has
been sixty days on her passage. The Stag and Rover were
at Valparaiso on the 3d of July ; the Actaeon at Coquimbo
on the 10th, but going back to Valparaiso, and about the
Ist of October she would return to England, when the Stag
would go to Callao, and send the Imogene from that port
on a cruise among the South Sea Islands, and about the
middle of October the Cleopatra would leave that place for
San Bias. The Harrier and Basilisk were at the interme-
diate ports. The ships were all healthy. The Dublin was
at Rio ou the 29th of August. The Wizard was at Bahia,
from which port the Fly was expected, in order to be s'nt
round the horn to the Pacific. The Samarang was at Rio
Plata, but was to be relieved by the Sparrowhawk from
the Falkland Islands.
The Blonde came into harbour this afternoon, to be
paid off.
JAMAICA, SEPT. 11.---The Snake, 16. Com. Milne, left
on the 10th for Carthagena and Santa Martha. TI e Racer,
16, Com. Hope, arrived on the 9th from Chagres. The
Pickle schooner, Lieut. Haste, sailed on the Sth on a cruise.
The Comus, 16, Hon. Com. Cary, is destined for the Ha-
vannah and Halifax.,
Extract of a letter from the South Coast of Spain, dated
Tarragona,' Oct. 13, 18:17 :—" HAT Majesty's new ship the
Dido had a trial of sailing lately on this coast with the Clio,
16. The wind was light during the four days ; average
rate of sailing from three.and-a-halt to four knots. She Was
completely beaten by the latter vessel, Clio sparing her all
studding sails, sometimes courses, and then sailed round her.
Many of the merchant brigs and schooners on this coast
have beaten the Dido. She is a very roomy ship, and well
handled, but not considered an effective man of war ; in a

very little sea she drowns the four foremost guns, and with
the least head-swell she'll do nothing ; she bolds a bad
►vind, and does not like much head sail. She might be
greatly improved and rendered effective by giving her a
forecastle and poop. If this is her character on the south
coast of Spain, wharwould she be in the North Sea in the
winter months ?"

The Donegal, 78, Captain Drake, arrived on Thursday,
from Plymouth, to receive the flag. of Rear-Admiral Sir
John Ommanney. •_ _ _ . _ _ _

-The Madagascar, 46, left Tampico, for Jamaica, on the
31st of August ; the Scringapatam, 46, with the Romney

slave depot in company, arrived at the Havannah on the
22d and 25th of August ; the Rose, 18, arrived at Trinco-
malee, on the 31st of May, from Bombay.
The Hazard, 16, Commander Wilkinson, arrived at
Gibraltar on the Bth inst., from Port-en-dick, having dis-
tributed the presents conveyed out by the Partridge to the
Moorish chiefs, in order to gain their favour in the prosecu-
tion of the gum trade. While on the coast of Morocco a

boat was sent ashore for sand, but getting into the surf, she
was capsized, and lost the officer and four men in her.
However, they were all saved on the beach, though it was
forty-eight hours before a boat could reach them to bring
them on board, right glad to have escaped starvation and
all the dangers-of the wild animals with which the country
abounds. The Hazard was going on to Malta.
The Pembroke, 74, Captain Moresby, arrived at Gib-
raltar on her way to Malta, from Cork, on the 9th inst. ;
the Scorpion, Lieutenant Gayton, was at the same anchor-
age on the I Ith inst.
The Commander-in-Chief, Admiral Sir P. 11. Durham,

inspected her Majesty's ship Edinburgh, on Thursday, on
which occasion her yards were manned. The Admiral ex-
pressed his admiration of her general equipment, and of the
manner in which she was rigged, and passed a high compli-
ment on the appearance of the officers and men. The
Edinburgh went out of harbour to-day, and will proceed
immediately to Cork, and thence to the Mediterranean.
The Messenger steamer transport arrived on Wednesday
from Plymouth, and the Sylph, tender, from Sheerness,
with supernumeraries.
The. President, 52, and Jupiter troopship, went out of
the basin on Wednesday.
The Wasp, 18, was commissioned at this port on Toes-
day by Commander the Hon. D. Pelham. Lieutenants
Broke and Crozier, Mr. A. Laidlaw, Purser, Mr. J. Aylen,
Acting Master and Pilot ; Mr. J. Stevenson, Surgeon ;
Mr. It. Carpenter, Assistant-Surgeon ; Mr.' W. Motticy,
Mate ; Mr. Shears, Extra Mate ; and Mr: Ozzard, Clerk,
are also appointed to her.. .
The Melville, 74, will ,be put out of dock on Monday
next ; her mizen mast was taken out and replaced with a
new one on Tuesday last, while in dock, by the judicious
management of Mr. Sullivan, the boatswain of the yard,
with aid of dock labourers and convicts only.
The Emma Eugenia, Mr. Giles Wode miter, arrived
here on Thursday, to embark convicts. frOm this port for
Sydney, under the superintendence of Mr: R. Wylie, sur-
geon R.N.
The St. James, &bor. outward-bound packet, for New
York, sailed on Sunday : she, however, put back on Tues-
day, with loss of fore-mast and bowsprit, and her bow stove
in, having been in contact With the Aurora Frederica, from
Nantz for Norway, off Portsmouth, on Monday night.
In the Harbour.—Britannia, Victory, Melville, Excel-
lent, President, Blonde, Royal George, Tyne, Wasp,
Thunder, Jupiter, and Messenger steamer.
At Spithead—Donegal, Edinburgh, Hyacinth, and Emma
Eugenia convict ship.
PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS.—Assistant-Surgeons
Dr. W. H. B. Jones, of the Princess Charlotte, and Mr.
Alexander Saunderson, of the Hercules, are promoted to
the rank of Surgeon ; Captain Polkinghorne to the Croco-
dile, vice Foote ; Lieut. T. J. Clarke of the Dublin to beFlag
Lieutenant to Rear-Admiral the Hon. George Elliot ; Lieut.
G. E. W: 1-lamond, and Mr. N. T. Sullivan, Midshipman, to
the Imogene ; Lieut. Chambers to the Rover ; Lieut. Drew,
to the Cleopatra ; Lieut. Moreshead, and Mr. Miller, Master,
from the Harrier to the Blonde ; Mr. Elliott, Second Master
of the Basilisk, to be Master of the Harrier ; Lieut. Pasco to
the Actaeon ; Mr. J. Paul, Second Master and Pilot, to
the Jupiter ; Mr. J. J. Plomer, Volunteer of the first class,
Mr. Martin Clerk, and Mr. R. G. A. Lillicrap, Assistant
Clerk, to the Tyne ; Mr. Henry George Shute,' Mate to
the Scout ; Mr. Reid, Second Master to the Redwing ;
I Mr. A. Farquhar, College Mate, to the Thalia ; Mr.
James Wilson, Boatswain, Mr. John Gibson, Gunner, and
Mr. John Evans, Carpenter, to the Ceylon ; Mr. John
Stanley, Boatswain, and Mr. Woodman, Gunner, to the
Wasp ; Mr. Stowe, Gunner, to the Jupiter.
PLYMOUTH, Oct. 26.—The Partridge, 10, Lieut. Bis-
son, arrived on Tuesday last, from the coast of Africa, with
despatches. The Donegal, 73, Captain Drake; sailed on
Wednesday for Portsmouth. The Favourite, 18, Com-
mander W. Crokcr, went out of harbour into the Sound on
Thursday, and the Diligence transport arrived from Pem-
broke, with stores for the dockyard. The Messtno-er
steamer sailed for Portsmouth last Tuesday. The Leda,:
46, has been taken into dock to have her copper scrubbed.
A barge, for the use of the Queen Dowager, has been sent
to Hastings from this dockyard.
(From the Devonport IntkPendent.)
The sloop Lily is ordered to be brought forward for com-
mission, and to report when ready to receive men,
The frigate Hamadryad was taken out of dock on Thurs-
day. _ __ _ _ _ _• _

Yesterday ttie Spitfire steamer embarked a detachment
of one sergeant, one corporal, and 18 privates of this divi-
sion of Royal Marines, to join the battalion serving in Spain.
The Medway, 74, was towed from her moorings along-
side the sheer-hulk on Tuesday, by the Messenger steam-
vessel, to have her masts taken out.
In Harbour—Royal Adelaide, San Josef, Crocodile,
Forester, Terror, Columbia steamer, and Diligence naval
transport.
In Barnpool—Alligator.
In the Sound—Pique, Favourite, and Partridge.
The Terror, bomb, arrived on Thursday to ho paid off at
this port. She was yesterday towed up by the Columbia,
from Lough Swilley. This vessel, it will be remembered,
is the same that was so long locked in the ice on the recei.t
Northern Expedition. Considering the effect of the com-
pression of the ice, it is surprising she could have made such
a voyage as she has. She is in her present state an object
of interest to the curious.
A letter from Malta, dated the 21st September, states
that the squadron, consisting of the nieces& Charintte, 104,
Rodney, 92, Vanguard, 80, and Bellerophon, 80, was ex-
pected to sail for Athens on Sunday 25th. The Admiral
would not, it was believed, accompony it, as he was suffer-
ing from ili-health. The Sapphire, 28, was to sail for
Smyrna within a few days from the date of the letter, to re-
lieve the Tribune, 28, whose time was up. The Portland,
50, was daily expected from Alexandria, on her way home,
the Russell, 74, having taken her place at Athens, to attend
King Otho. The Castor, 36, was at Corfu, and the Hind
cutter, gone to Naples. An account was published some
time since of 300 men having been landed off the Ebrofrom
the brig Childers ; this was so palpable an error as surely
to require correction ; the fact is, however, that the men
were sent from the Vanguard, the Childers merely timing
the, boats..
A late order of the Admiralty has directed the Captains
of ships to report on their being paid off after three years'
service, the names of three among the seamen or marines,
who shall have served 21 years, and obtained a good
character and good certificates. Any one so reported, if a
first class petty officer, will receive a donation of 15/. ; if a

second class petty officer 7/. ; and if an able seaman 51.
title
The men who shall receive these rewards will be en
d°
wn
wear. a silver medal, having on one side the devico of the
cro and anchor, and on the reverse
good condva."
"for long service sod