The Sun.
London, England, 1839-10-07 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

(From the Hampshire Telegraph.)

PORTSIIOUTII, OCT. 5.--Her Majesty's packet Hope
arrived at Falmouth, on Sunday, from 1112xico, with
the large freight of 1,303,000 dollars, under the com-
mand of Lieut. F. Polsvhele, late First Lieutenant of
the Crocodile frigate, who was put into her at Vera
Cruz, owing to the death of Lieut. Rees, from fever
caught at the Havannab. Tlie master (Ponder),
boatswain, carpenter, and a boy, had also fallen victims
to the same disease. Her dates are, Tampico, 25th
July ; Vera Cruz, 2d ult. ; and Havannah on the 24th
following.
The Imogene, 26, Capt. Bruce is daily looked for
from the Brazils, with a large freight of dollars on mer-
chants' account. Commander Thomas Ogle, pro-
moted to Captain from the President frigate, is expected
home in the Imogene. She has nearly 2,000,000 of
dollars on board.
By letters from the Hyacinth, 18, Commander War-
ren, dated from Singapore, 22d May, it appears that
Rear-Admiral Maitland intended to proceed forthwith

to Macao with the whole of the East Indian squadron,
and subsequently to Rangoon, with an imposing force,
to keep the Burmese quiet, where the Favorite, :8, and
Voiage, 28, had already been dispatched. These let-
ters report that our naval force in the Indian seas was
much too small for the present warlike aspect of affairs,
and three or four frigates were much required in lieu
of the 28-gun ships.
The Lily, 16, arrived at Plymouth on Monday, from
athis port, and sailed on the following day fcr the Cape
of Good Hope.
The Blenheim, 72, Captain Sir H. Senhouse, sailed
from Plymouth, on Monday, for Lisbon.
The Pelorus, 16, left Hobart Town on the 25th May
last, for Sydney.
The Pantaloon, 10, Lieutenant Tryon, returned from
North Yarmouth on Tuesday.
The Melville, 72, arrived at the Cape of Good
Hope, from Algoa Bly, on the 13th July.
The Madagacar and Dublin frigates were taken into
dock on Saturday, to undergo upatr.
The Stromboli steamer sailed this afternoon fo: the
Clyde, to receive her engines on board. She conveys
timber to Milford dock-yard, and is under the charge of
Mr. Armstrong, master of the Victory.
The Firebrand steamer (Admiralty yacht), Mr. J.
Saunders, master arrived on Tuesd ey, from :Milford,
after attending on tile Board of Admiralty ; she left
again, yesterday, for Dover.
'The Rattlesnake, troop ship, is to proceed to Woo 1•
with, where she will embark artillery and foot for Ceylon.
The Athol], troop ship, passed by on Wednesday,
from Chatham, for Cork.
The Weimer Castle, a tine large ship, for Bengal,
arrived on Tuesday, and after taking in her passengers
and stock, sailed on Thursday.
The Berkshire, for Bombay, is hourly expected at
Spithead, to embark passengers ; with the present fine
easterly wind she will stay only a few hours.
The Dutch ship Antoinette Maria, from Amsterdam,
ler Batavia, and the Russian ship Emma Theresa, for
C r rlestor, sailed on Tuesday.
Oa Monday, arrived the American packet ship
Montreal, Griffiug, in 19 days from New York, and on
Tuesday the Toronto, Griswold, s died for that city.
In Harbour—Britannia, Victory, Excellent, Royal
George, Rattlesnake, Pantaloon, and Messenger steamer.
At Spithead—None.
NAVAL PROMOTIONS AND APPOlNTMENTS.—Pro-
motion—Lieut. Courtney 0. Hayes, to the rank of
Commander. Appointments—Captains—Lord C. E.
Paget, to the Howe, vice Charles Paget. Commander
—Hon. G. F. Hastings, to be Inspecting Commander
of Coast Guard, Ardmore, Ireland. Surgeon—T. R.
Dunn, to be Superintendent to convict ship Augeista .
Jessie, to take convicts from Dublin to Sydney. Mate
—Samuel Reeve, to the Niagara. Clerks—A. De-
vonshire, additional to the Ocean, vice Pinhorn, ap-
pointed Clerk-in-charge of the Speedy cutter ; Andrew
Park, additional to the President. Second Masters
and Pilot—F. J. Kent, to the Victory, for service in
the Portsmouth yacht, vice Gibbon ; G. J. Gibbon, to
the Victory, for service in the Buoy Boat, vice Kent.
NAVAL PROMOTIONS IN TIIE LAST QUARTER.—
Commanders—W. N. Fowell, R. F. Cleveland, Court-
ney 0. Hayes. Retired Commander, under• the order
of 1816—William Miller. Retired Commanders under
the order of 1830—Matthew Young, John Manton,
John Lefeuvre, John Taylor, all of 1806. Lieutenants
David Elliot, Edward Benson Penny, Robert Kalen-
camp Jenkins, Edward Roche Power, Thomas Hom-
pesch Christian. Captains of Royal Marines—Charles
Cartwright Williamson. Edward A. Parker. First
Lieutenants ditto—G. F. Phillips, R. B. Puddicombe.
Second Lieutenant ditto—F. J. Polkinghorne. Sur-
geons—John M'llroy, M.D., Edward Newman, M.D.,
Anthony Yeoman, Samuel Browne. Assistant Sur-
geons—John Davidson, Andrew Lillie, Thomas Den-
vir, Thomas Hart, Eustace James Walsh. Chaplain—
Rev. Henry Spencer Slight (Winchester.) Naval In-
structors—Richard Creagh Saunders (Curacoa), Rev.
John Jenkins (Benbow).
The name of the Rev. Charles Bulkeley Rosenburg,
late of the Donegal, is, we observe, removed from the
list of Chaplains, in the present quarter's Navy List.
(From the Davenport Independent.)
PLYMOUTH, Oar. s.—The crew of her Majesty's
brig Partridge, 10, Lieutenant Morris, was paid wages
on Monday, and she sailed on Thursday, for the Coast
of Africa.

Her Majestys steam-vessel Fearless, with Mr. Hen-
derson, Assistant Master's-Attendant, and a party of
riggers and seamen, arrived from Woolwich on Mon-
day, they having conveyed the Hecate, steam-vessel,
from Greenock to Woolwich.

Her Majesty's troop-ship Apollo, was warped along-
side the Jetty, on Thursday, to take on board a cargo
of timber for Pembroke, from whence she will proceed
to the Cove of Cork, to embark troops for the Cape of
Good Hope.
The Drake, lighter, sailed on Friday for Pembroke,
with Mr. Mills, and a party of riggers. and seamen
from the San Josef, to bring the Persian, 16, to this port.
The crew of H. M. brig Rolla, 10, Lieut.-Com.
Hall, was paid wages on Wednesday. The Swail, ten-
der, and Tortoise, lighter, arrived en Thursday with
stores from Falmouth. The Falmouth, lighter, sailed
on Thursday, with stores for Woolwich. The Devon,
lighter, sailed on Friday, with stores and provisions for
the North Coast of Spain.
In Hamoaze—lmpregnable, 104, Captain Eden ; San
Josef, 110, Captain Taylor ; Apollo, troop-ship ; Wiz-
ard, 10, Lieut.-Com. T. F. Birch ; Carron, steam-
vessel ; and Swail, tender.

In the Sound—Rolla, 10, Lieut,-Com. Hall ; Part.
ridge, 10, Lieut. Morris.

H. M. sloop Sparrowhawk, 16, Com. John Shepherd,
arrived at Arica, 19th April, from Callan, and sailed on
`2lst for Islay.

The Erebus and Terror were paid advance on Wed-
nesday, and sailed the same day. They were accompa-
nied by the Hecate steam-ship as far as Margate, where
she left them.

Two line.of-battle ships, of 80 guns each, to be named
the Majestic and Mars, are ordered to be built in Chat-
ham dock-yard.

EXTENSIVE FlRE.—This morning about three
o'clock a fire broke out at Mr.Flindon's, Bennett-street,
Blackfriar's Road, occasioned by leaving a candle burn-
ing near the bed curtains.
COMMON ROAD STEAM CONVEYANCE.—On
Monday last Mr. Hancock, the inventor of the auto-
maton steam-carriage, started his machine from the
Four Swans, Bishopsgate, for Cambridge. At Wades-
mill hill something occurred to impede its progress,
which it is asserted had nothing whatever to do with the
principle of the machine, and afterwards it proceeded
to Cambridge. The time actually occupied in travel-
ling was four hours and a half, although they were
much longer on the road. During Tuesday the engine
remained for inspection at the University Arms, and
several trips were made in it. On Wednesday it was
again turned out, and on proceeding up the Trumping-
ton-road, just before coming to the bridge, the engineer
attempted to turn. Owing, however, to the machine
having acquired too great a velocity, instead of turning
ita the compass of the road, it ran over the railing into
4 dry ditch on the common, where it lay for some
time with " a wheel up," or rather down, for one of
them was, by the concussion thrust under the machine.
Fortunately no injury was sustained by the passengers.
t,ambridge Chronicle.
SMUGGLING
to a deeiGsi
us exceedingly unjust,
for the contraband
tent even of incur'
was establish:
GoaLI:TG LAWS IN FRANCE.—According
The steamer Britannia
at Havre from London, a
being down re
sengcrs ashore, with their
aththeeTribunal at Havre, which seems to
lust, captains of ships are responsible
incurring
of their passengers, to the ex•
oogthaeforfeiture of their ships. This
Cr day in the following case :
The Stranack, had arrived
remained
inonththe 3th ult., but the tide
leucyciffing, sending her pas-
,in boats. Among
the luggage the officers of the'ct7ugsetzroids discovered and
seized two packages of prohibited
Next morn-
ing when the Britannia came into i'larbos.hur,, the officers
theyeont_rehand
examined her manifest, and found that t
packages were not entered. Thereupon
grneosned the
sun do-dared
the ship to be under sequestretion, and
packages,
Captain to go with them to verify the
he refused, on the ground that he had nothine to This
with them. On being brought before the JuCe de ),:il°
Captain Stranack maintained that neither he noe'h;
ship was liable to the penalties—first, because the ship
was not of 100 tons burthen ; secondly, that the boi,t
which took the goods ashore, and not the Britannia,
ought to have been seized ; and, thirdly, that the Cap-
tain was not responsible for the conduct of his pas-
sengers, over whom he had no control, nor had he any
power to inspect the baggage they brought on board.
All his objections, however, were overruled, and the
Juge de Paix ordered him to pay a fine of .500 francs,
with all the costs of proceedings, and declared the Bri-
tannic to be confiscated.
_ The Dublin Evening Post of Saturday, whose
observations on the harvest occupy two of its, columns,
again proclaims its apprehension of " a great scarcity,"
and reiterates the opinion of deficiencyscarcity,"
the extent of
a to
one half in the wheat crop.

HIGH WATER AT I.ONDoN BRIDGE TO.IIORROW.
Morning. 25 minutes atter `2. Evening ... 43 minutes attar! 2.