The Sun.
London, England, 1837-04-24 00:00:00

PRICE sd.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

(Yom the Hampshire 'Telegraph.)
Ponvsmount, APRIL 23.—Letters from Sierra Leone,
dated March 4, state that the Bonetta, Lieut. Deschamps, had
captured a Portuguese vessel, the Timerara, with 352 slaves •
, on board, which he had sent to Sierra Leone ; and that the-
Dolphin, Lieut. Roberts, had taken another with 700 slaves.
on board. The Scout also had, within the last two months,.
made prizes of three others.
It appears, by the following extract of a letter from Lisbon,.l
fL'at another trial is to be made of the relative qualities of the
i„ectstant and Pique, the result of which, it is confidently an- ;
ticipatCd by the officers of both frigates, will be as decisive of
the supesjority of the former as of trials heretofore :—.
"H.M. S. Inconstant, Lisbon, April 1, 1837. ;
" The Pivie arrived here last night from Cadiz, to get ready f
to try with us. The Admiral has an order to see that she is.
stowed afresh, and iroeght to Captain Symond's trim, which.t'
is to be not more titan one foot by the stern. We are then to)
go (which I suppose will be in about ten days' time) off the:,
Western Islands to cruise for three weeks; and should the In-. 4
constant beat the Pique we are to return, and the Pique is to-
be restowed, according to Captain Rous's wishes, and we area!'
then to try again. The Pique's bottom is also to be hogged.
The Talavera goes out with us as umpire. We had a beautiful
passage out here. We left Plymouth at four o'clock on Sa-.
turday afternoon, and arrived here about ten o'clock on Wed-
nessia7 morning."
Tire Express packet arrived at Falmouth on Wednesday,
from Jamaica, which she left on the 16th ult. The Skipjack
schooner. Lieut. Robinson, left Jamaica for Chagres on thel
Istb of March. The Satellite, Commander Robb, arrived on.
the I lth from Chagres, with 70,000 dollars. The Melville,
74, aid) Sir Peter Halkett's flag, left for Bermuda and Hali-
fax an ;he 15th. The Champion was still at Carthagena. The
Rainbow, ,Racehorse, Racer, Nimrod, and Madagascar were ha
Port Royal, The Serpent, 16, Commander R. L. Warren,
having repaired ;Ile damages she sustained in being forced hr.'
an extraordinary cuilreet upon the Pedro shoal (and which ap-
pear to have been comparatively trifling), was to sail from Port
Royal on the 18th ult., for a cruise off 'the Havanna?), for dirs,
suppression of the slave trade.
The Dublin, 52, was at Pernambuco, Feb. 18 ; the Talbot
at Callao on the 24th of Nov. The Pri...ce Regent yacht:
bound to Muscat, arrived at the Cape of Goat! Hope, Feb. 16.
The Tyne, 28, Captain Lord Ingestre' was paid off yestees-
day, when the ship's company presented Mr. Thomas Worster,
the boatswain, with a gold call and silver chain, in testi-
mony of their regard ; they also contributed 1/. 4s. to Ow
Dreadnought hospital ship.
The Hazard, of 16 guns, was launched yesterday in this
dockyard ; she is sister ship to the Favourite, of 430 tons, and
is 110 feet long.
At Spithead —The Hercules.
In Harbour.—The Britannia, Victory, Princess Charlotte,
Excellent, Royal George, Larne, Sparrowhawk, Wasp, Vol-
cano steamer, Fair Rosamond, Sparrow.
APPOINTMENTS.—Lieut. Alex. C. T. Dickson, to the Sass
Josef ; Lieuts. C. G. E. Napier and J. W. Tarleton, Thos.
Harris, Purser ; John Shepherd, Master ; and Mr. W. Wil-
liams, Gunner, to the Ringdove; Lieut. Hector Tause, to the
Royal Adelaide; J. Angelly, Clerk-in-charge, and Henry
Thompson, Second Master, to the Saracen ; Dr. Samuel
Sproule, Assistant Surgeon, to the Sappho; Mr. James Steel,
Schoolmaster, to the Cornwallis ; Mr. John Campbell (d),
Assistant Surgeon, to the Comus ; Mr. Beadley, Mate, and
Mr. Ricketts, Master's Assistant, to the Fair Rosamond ; Mr.
Barnes, Clerk, and Mr. H. Gilbreath, Gunner, to the Spar-
rowhawk ; Mr. Seccombe, Mate, to the Sparrow ; Mr. W.
F. Feed, Mate, to the Hercules; Mr. W. H. Dix, Master's
Assistant, to the Seaflower ; Mr. J. W. Symonds, Master's
Assistant, to the Britannia; Mr. R. Hall, Midshipman, from
the Forte to the Castor.

PROMOTION.—Mr. Richard Symons, Mate of the Vanguard,
passed wl even years, to the rank of Lietaenant.
PLYMOUTH, Anus. 20.—The Scorpion, 10, Lieut. Gayton,
went out of harbour on Saturday last, and proceeded to Fat-
mouth, from whence she returned on Tuesday. The Saracen,
10, has been recommissioned by Lieut. H. W. Hill ; as has
also the Ringdove, 16, by Commander Nixon. The Sala-
mander steamer, Commander Dacros, has had her defects
made good, and was undocked on Monday last. The Favou-
rite, 18, has been in dock and had her copper cleaned, and is
expected to be commissioned shortly. The Forester brigan-
tine, Lieut. G. Miall, arrived from the coast of Spain on
Thursday, but brings no intelligence of any interest. The
Cornwallis, 74, Captain Sir R. Grant, is ready for sea, and
will proceed to Spithead in a few days.
(From the Devonport Telegraph.)
The Salamander steamer was taken out of dock on Monday,
having had her defects made good ; and on Wednesday the
Favourite was also taken out of dock.

The Rochester lighter arrived on Monday, with stores from
Chatham. On Tuesday the Goodwill lighter sailed for Pem-
broke, with stores. _ _ .

Rear-Admiral Sir James Gordon will supersede Rear-Ad-
miral Maitland, in the command of the Portsmouth dock-yard,

in June next.

Captain Brandreth, R. M., is appointed inspector of the
line of sea-wall recently constructed at Woolwich.
The Skylark arrived at Halifax, from Falmouth the Bth
March. The Dolphin arrived et St. Helena, from the Cape
of Good Hope, the 4th February, and sailed for Africa. The
Dublin arrived at Pernambuco, from Bahia, the Bth February.

The Spey arrived at Bahia, from Falmouth, the Ist ditto.
The Wasp, 18, Commander Foreman, went into Ports-
mouth Harbour on Monday. She will be paid off on the 27th.
On Tuesday last the Cracker left Portsmouth for Jersey,
to protect the oyster fishery, and on the same day the Gossa-
mer, to protect the fishery at Brighton.
Admiral Stopford hoisted his flag in the Princess Charlotte,
at Portsmouth, on Sunday, and struck it at sunset on the same

day, and proceeded on leave of absence.
Lieutenant S. Chambers, half-pay 54th Regiment, of Co-
bourg-street, Plymouth, is appointed Barrack-master at St.
Christophers, and proceeds to his destination forthwith.
Captain Clavell, the late Superintendant of the Packet
Establishment, left Falmouth on Saturday last with his family,
on board his Majesty's steam•vessel Messenger, which put into
POrtsmouth the next day, and on Tuesday proceeded for
Chatham, where Captain Clavell immediately entered upon
his duties as Captain Superintandant of the Yard.
(From the Devonport Independent.)
The Viper, Lieut. Winniett, sailed yesterday for the River
Gambia and Sierra Leone. -

The litingdove, 16, Commander Nixon, was paid off on
Tuesday list, and re-commissioned on the following day.
The report of the Wellesley, 74, being about to be commis-
sioned at this port by Captain Sir Joshua R. Rowley, is un-
founded.

The Cornwallis, 74, Captain Sir Richard Gratit, will leave
this port in a day or two for Portsmouth, to receive the flag of
Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Paget, for the West Indies.
The Tortoise Lighter sailed on Wednesday with stores for
Portsmouth. The brig Wizard is ordered to be fitted for com-

mission. The brig Ringdove, 16, was taken on the graving
slip to have her copper cleaned and repaired. The Thuldercr,
84, was also taken into dock to be examined.
Ships in Ilarbour—Royal Adelaide, San Josef, Cornwallis,
Sappho, Comus, Ringdove, Saracen, Pluto steam-vessel; and
Rochester lighter loading for Pembroke.
At the Island—Forrester.
In the Sound—Scorpion.
In Barnpool—Salamander steam-vessel, waiting orders.