The Sun.
London, England, 1839-03-11 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

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(From the Hampshire Telegraph.)
PORTSMOUTH, MARCO 9
The Gorgon steamer arrived at Plymouth on Sun
last, in five days from Santander, having been relieved
the Salamander, which vessel, with the Comet steam .•
and North Star, 28, bearing the pennant of Commoi:or
Lord John Hay, were left at Passages. The Rose 3
Rolla were at Santander, and Savage at Bilboa.
Gorgon, on her passage home, was found to answer e
tremely well under canvass, as, with her fires out, she we
7 knots an hour on a bowline. •
The Zebra, 16, Commander Stopford, arrived on We'
nesday from Sheerness, on her way to the Mediterraneat
she will touch at Lisbon, taking dispatches for Admit/
Sir J. Ommanney and Sir R. Stopford, and supernum i
racy seamen and boys for the squadron ; she waits for orde•O
The Meteor steamer, Lieutenant Pritchard, arrived'
Thursday morning from Dublin (on her way to Wooleciel'
to take in coals, and put a few supernumerary
,seamen'.
board the Britannia, having on board the plate, valuable
and carriages of the Marquis of Normanby ; she sail
again yesterday morning ; she will most probably return
Plymouth, to take the baggage of Lord Fortescue •
Dublin.

The Wolverine, sloop-of-war, left Gibraltar on a('
19th ult. for the Gambia River.
The Watervvitch, 10, was commissioned on Monday Is
by Lieutenant H. Matson, for suppression of the Port,
guesc slave trade.
The Curlew, 10, will be commissioned in a day or ti
by Lieutenant Rose at this port.
Report says the Hercules, 74, will remove the 67th
gimentfrern Demerara to our North American States.
The Indus, 78, Kill he launched on Saturday next, as.i;'
will be high water at twelve o'clock ; she is a teak bail
ship, of a beautiful model, with a bow copied from ti
Christian the Seventh. The Royal Frederick, ali'
Queen, alias Royal Sovereign, of 110 guns, will be launch'
on the 16th April. The ship is the largest ever built
England.
Admiral the Hon. Elphinstone Fleming is to suervf4
Sir Philip Durham as Commander-in-Chief at this port
Captain Alexander Ellice, M. P., is to be appointed SI,
Captain ; and Mr. Chimmo, Secretary.
APPOINTMENTS. —Commander—J. R. R. Webb, to tl-'s
Ordinary at Sheerness.
Lieutenants—.G. Rose, to the Curlew; Henry J. Ma'
son, to the Waterwitch ; Edward Jennings, to the Alec,'
vice Norrington, superseded from ill health ; H. J. We'
lington, to the Hazard.

Assistant Surgeon—G. F. Rowe, to the 'Etna.
Vol. Ist Class—Thomas C. Fraser, to the Britannia.
Masters—F. J. Gruzilier, Second Master, to the Curley
vice Moulls (sppointinent cancelled); T. F. CheesemollP
Master's Assistant, to the Victory; Fred. R. Sturder
Second Master, to the Waterwitch.
Warrant Officers,...... Squire, Carpenter of the Thir
Class, from the Victory to the Ceylon ; Lovegrov
Gunner of the 3d Class of the Victory, to be Gunner'
the Waterwitch ; Oliphant, Sup. Gunner of the Vi'
tory, to be Gunner of the Curlew ; Douglas, BOB'
swain, invalided from the Cruizer, to be borne as Sul
Boatswain of the Victory ; Robert Knight to be Actin
Boatswain of the Victory ; Reynolds, Carpenter, to a
Victory, vice William Cooper, who is placed on the su
pernurnerary Ist Class list, for sea service, in order
surerintend the Ordinary, with extra pay of 2s. 6d. ',/er
day for such service.

PLYMOUTH, THURSDAY, FRB. 28.—The Gorgon, srrivti
here on Sunday, from the Noah Coast of Spain, in foot
drys. The Gorgon came home under canvasi instead °I
steaming, in consequence of her coals running short jr
the Bay of Biscay. The Acorn was paid her advano:,
wages yesterday. The Implacable, 74, was towed out °"
ha:bour yesterday, by the Gorgon steamer, In the Hat-
hour, Royal Adelaide, San Josef, Wolf, Rhadamantinoo
and Gorgon steamers, Sylph, Netley, Tyrian. In th'
Sound, Implacable, Acorn.

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L 0 N DON MADE WATCHES.—T. 'VI'
SAVORY, 47, Cornhill (Seven doors from Gracechueell :.
street) London, offers a very large Stock of Silver Watches & 1.
the following prices ("Warranted) : ,
Superior Watches on the Vertical Construction,
jewelled, with hand to mark the seconds,
double backed engine-turned cases £4 4 0
Watches on the celebrated patent-lever con-
struction, jewelled in four holes, capped, hand
to mark the seconds, double-bottomed engine-
i
turned cases
Either of the above constructions in hunting-cases wouitt i
bP 10s. 6d. extra.
Second-hand Watches taken in exchange.
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On the 2d inst., at Finedon-hall, Northamptonshire, the la
of W. Mackworth Dolben, Esq., of a son.
On the 9th inst., Mrs. Abraham Horne, of Foxley-cottages'
North Brixton, of a daughter.

On the 9th inst., at liickley, in the county of Kent, the Wl'
of Percyvall Hart Dyke, Esq., of a daughter.

MARRIED.
On the sth inst., at St. George's, Queen-square, Blooms'
bury, Mr. T. J. Watson, of Guildford-street, Russell-square'
to Marry Annis, eldest daughter of Mr. T. Bates, of Ludgate"
hill.
On the 7th inst. at Crayford, the Rev. Edward Arthur ll-
linc,nworth, to Mary Ann, daughter of John Henry Taylor, EN',
On the 7th inst., at Llanvechan Church, the Rev. Req.),
Cornwall Legh, M. A., second son of the late George LegL%
Esq., of High Legh, in the county of Chester, to Mary, elslet,sv
daughter of Martin Williams, Esq., of Bryngwyn, in the CO'u
of Montgomery.