The Sun.
London, England, 1837-12-04 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

(From the Hampshire Telegraph.)
PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 2.—The Hyacinth. 18, Commander
Warren, sailed this afternoon for the East Indies.

The Volage, 28, has been commissioned at Chatham, by
Captain Henry Smith, presumed for the West Indies.
The Vestal, 26, has been commissioned at Sheerness, by
Captain Thomas 'Wren Carter, for the South American
station.

The Royal George yacht, Captain Lord Adolphus Fitz-
clarence, was paid off on Thursday, and re-commissioned
yesterday, by the same Nobleman. All the officers have been
re-appointed to her excepting Lieutenant Bisson, it being
intended that she shall only have one tender, the Pantaloon,
which vessel will continue in the command of Lieutenant John
M'Donell.

The President, 52, Captain Scott,.has bent sails, and will
proceed to Spithead in a day or two : report sends her to sea
with Admiral Ross's flag, about the middle of the month.
The Thunder, surveying vessel, is ready for sea, and will go
out of harbour in a few days.
The Medea steam-frigate at Woolwich is ordered to be
brought forward for commission, and will be ready about
Christmas. The Meteor steamer is fitting for commission
(supposed for the West Indies) and will be ready about the
end of this month. The Dee steamer is ready for commission.
The Dryad frigate is fitting as a receiving hulk in this har-
bour.

The Horatio, hired transport, will sail as soon as the wind
permits, with detachments of the 67th, 69th, 74th, and 76th
Regiments.
In the Harbour.—Britannia, Victory, Melville, Excellent,
President, Royal George, Tyne, Electra, Wasp, Thunder,
Pantaloon, Messenger (steamer), and Diligence (naval trans-
port.)
The family of the Hon. Admiral Elliot is arrived here pre-
paratory to their embarkation for the Cape of Good Hope,
in the Melville, 74 guns, Hon. Captain Duudas, which ship
reports ready for sea on the 10th inst.
PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS.—Messrs. Stopford, Oli-
ver, and the Hon. Mr, Kerr, Mates of the Princess Charlotte,
are promoted to the rank of Lieutenant ; Lieutenant Graham
Gore, Mr. George Hope Skcad, Acting Master, Mr. Benja-
min M'Avoy, Surgeon, and Mr. David Thomas, Assistant
Surgeon, to the Modeste ; Lieutenant Smith to command the
Thund.,r surveying vessel vice Bird Allen, superseded; Lieu-
tenant T. S. Hill, and Mr. F. Bailey, Midshipman to the
the Thunder ; Lieutenant John Henry Norcock, Mr. T. H.
Herring, Second Master and Pilot, and Mr. John Inglefleld
Acheson, Assistant Surgeon to the Vestal ; Mr. George
Phayre, Mate, and Mr. Richard Denton Mason, Assistant
Surgeon to the Electra; Mr. H. Harrison, Assistant Surgeon
to the Melville ; Mr. J. H. Page, Mate to the Britannia ;
Lieutenant Arthur Lowe. and Mr. W. L. Brown, Mate to
the Volage •' Mr. George Keith E. Wright, Mate to the Sa-
vage ; Mr. Thomas H. Snoswell, Clerk-in-charge, and Mr.
William Draper, Second Master, to the Pincher.
ROYAL MARINES.—Messrs. Moubray (son of Capt. Moubray,
R.N.), J. W. Waring, (son of Capt. Waring, R.N.), C. Louis
(son of Capt. Sir J. Louis, Bart.., R.N.), and R. Clavell
(son of Capt. Clavell, R. N. ), are appointed Second Lieu-
tenants. Captain Shute (of Plymouth) is ordered to join the
battalion on the north coast of Spain, vice Morgan, invalided;
First Lieut. Harrington to the Vanguard, vice Topham, de-
ceased; First Lieut. Dwyer has relieved Lieut. Clarke, at Pem-
broke; Lieut. Caleb Barnes, to Island Ajutaat at Ascension.
(From the Devonport Independent.)
PLYMOUTH, DED. 2.—The Devon, lighter, will sail this day
(Saturday), with provisions and stores for the North Coast of
Spain. The Rochester, lighter, sailed on Wednesday with
stores for Falmouth, and from thence to Pembroke. _ _

The Stirling Castle, was warped alongside the sheer hulk
on Wednesday, to have her masts taken out.
The Triton, a small Dutch frigate of 28 guns, Captain
N. C. Edeling, arrived at this port on Sunday, from theTexel,
bound to the Dutch settlements at Batavia. She is completing
her stock of water and provisions, and will sail for her desti-
nation as soon as the weather permits.
The President. 52, Captain Scott, with the flag of Rear-
Admiral C. B. H. Ross, C. 8., is daily expected to call at
this port from Portsmouth on her way to South America, to
relieve the Dublin, 52, Captain R. Tait, with the flag of Vico-
Admiral Sir G. E. Hamor.d, Bart., K. C.B. The latter
vessel was at Rio de Janeiro, the 15th of September, anxiously
looking out for her relief.
The North Star, 28, Commodore Right Hon. Lord John
Hay, C. 8., was at Passages on the 9th ult. Lord John was
busy erecting works on the western heights of Passages.
The Pembroke, 74, Capt. F. Moresby, C. 8., sailed from
Barcelona for Figueira, on the 3d of November, to co-operate
with the Talavera, 74, Capt. W. Mends, C. 8., and the Clio,
18, Commander W. Richardson, in rendering assistance to
the cause of the Queen of Spain.
The Salamander, 4, steam-vessel, Commander S. C.
Dacres, was at Passages the 9th of November ; she broke
adrift during boisterous weather, and sustained considerable
damage.
The Wolf, and Pelorus, from Madras, arrived at Calcutta
on the 30th of August.
The Wanderer, 18, Commander T. Bushby, from Quebec,
and Spey packet, from Falmouth, arrived at Halifax (N. S.)
on the 2d November.

Lieut. Calet Barnes, of the Royal Marines, is appointed
Fort Adjutant in the Island of Ascension.
Ships in Harbour—Royal Adelaide, San Josef, and Race-
horse.

In Barnpool—Alligator.
In the Sound—Pique, and Triton Dutch frigate.

MONEY MARKET.—A report has been current
this (Saturday) afternoon, that the Bank Direct Ors have it in
contemplation to pay off a portion of their capital to the pro-
prietors, say, a fifth- or a fourth part, as a mode of securing,
nominally at least, the same amount of dividend as at present.
As the current rate of money cannot be quoted higher than 3}
per cent., this would be equivalent to a reduction of profit on
Bank Stock to 7 per cent., and would leave the concern with a
diminution of power, which it may not be politic to part with at
this moment. The stock continues to decline. It left off at
203 f to 204. Times.
A MAN CHOKED.—On Thursday morning, a
man named Allan, who lodged in the house of a Mrs. Butchart,
spirit-dealer, Tindall's Wynd, Dundee, was choked while taking
bis breakfast in his bed, by a piece of beef-steak sticking in his
throat. Dr. Webster was sent for; his life was completely
extinct before his arrival. Allan was for some time in the
service of Lord Kinnaird.—Scots Times.

The whole Liberal Provincial Press, as far as we
have had opportunity of observing, unite to censure Mr. Wak-
ley's conduct on the Address, and to denounce Lord John
Russell's declaration against the Ballot as offensive to a large
section of the supporters of Ministers, and adverse to the stabi-
lity of the Government.