The Sun.
London, England, 1838-12-31 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

Poi rsmorytti, Dtc. 28. 1838 —ln Harbour—Britannia,
120, 11,g-ship; Victory, 104. ordinary guarLi-A'p ; Excellent,
gunnery ship ; Ganges, 84 ; Royal George yaelit, Messenger
steam transport; and fenders Fanny and Emerald.
In Basin—Tile Diphne, 18, and Camelicm, 10.
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In Dock—Not anyihing in. commission.
At Soithead—The Partridge, 10, for the Coast of Africa.
ARRIVALS, SAILINGS, &e. DURING THE WEEK.

, On Saturday the 22;1—The Pearl, 20, sailed for Sheerness
to he paid cif, and the Megmra steam vessel for the Mediter-
ranean, with supernumeraries for that station.
On Sunday the 23d—The Russell, 74, arrived from Lis-
bon, and the cutters SeafloWer and Cracker, from Jersey.

On Monday the 24th—Arrived the Meteor steam ves,el
from the east•A ard, and sailed the same day.
On Tuesday the 25th—Sailed the Grecian,l.6, for the coast
of Brazil, and arrived the Quail cutter, from Sheerness, with
new-raised men.

On Wednesday the 2611—Arrived the Malabar, 74, from
North America, and sailed the Se,allower and Cracker cutters
to•the westward for supernumeraries.
On Thursday the 27th—Sailed tLe Russel;, 74, for Sheer-
ness, to be paid off, and the Mala)ar, 74, for Plymouth, to be
docked.

On Friday the 28th—Arrived' the Emera'd tender, from
Bristol, with supernumeraries for the Ganges.
The supernumeraries now on board the Britannia continue
to be daily exercised in various evolutions, and no doubt (as far
as drill goes) will be rendered tolerably efficient. There are
now (including boys) about 500 on board. The Daphne will
not get out of basin for a fortnight yet, so many and so various
have been the alterations in her. Everything in the other de-
partments remairs in slatu quo.
Orders have been received here for the re-establishment of
the Royal Naval College on the following scale:—Thirty
mates, who are to be borne on the books of her Majesty's ship
Excellent, are tto receive a mathematical education under two
efficient masters, to lodge and board in the establishment, and
two out of the number arc to be promoted annually. The
equ: se of instruction is to be open to all officers of the Navy
and Marines who may wish to take advantage of the same,
but at their own expense, so that no extra charges may fail on
the Government. It is reported- that the establishment is to
consist of a superintendent, two mathematical masters, clerk,
matron, steward, two men-servants, porter, and four boys.
The library of the late Royal Naval College is ordered to be
unpacked, and shelves fitted for the reception of the same.
The building will require tome little repair, and is expected
to be ready for the reception of the students early in March
next. The whole, it is reported, will ,be under the super-
intendence of Captain Hastinge, who will reside in the late
Lieut.-Governor's house.

The Gangos is nearly ready, and is expected to go to Spit.
Lead in the course of the next week. She has had four
mole 68-pounders put on Loard her this week, making alto-
gether eight of these formidable pieces of ordnance to strengthen
her armament.

(From the Hampshire Telegraph.)
PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 28. —The Russell, 74, Captain Sir W.
H. Dillon, K. C. H., arrived on Sunday- last from Lisbon,
which plate she left on the 11th instant. She was commis-
sioned in July, 1835; but, from lying a IM-1., time in the
Tagus, exhibits only 300 days of sea log, in which period she
went over 24,000 miles. She proceeded to Sheerness on
Wednesday, to be paid off. The weather had been very bad on
the coast of Portugal; many vessels had been wrecked, and
many succeeded in getting safe, though in much distress, into
the Tagus. The Donegal, 78, Tribune, 24, Trinculo, 16, and
Espoir, 10, were left in the Tagus, as well as a French fri-
gate, with a Commodore's broad pe.iiklant flyi rig.
The Crocodile, 28, and Skipjsck schooner, left Bermuda
for the West Indies on the 25th ult.

The Weazle, 10, left Gibraltar for Barcelona on the 27th
ult., and would remain there till the end of the year; the Cas-
tor, 36, and Jasseur, 18, had been obliged to go to Gibraltar
for provisions.
The Lame, 18, Commander Blake, arrived at Manilla from
China on the 18th June last; the Cruizer, 16, arrived at Ma-
dras from Trincomalee, on the 10th October; and the Volage,
28, arrived at the same place the following day, and sailed on
the 15th for Calcutta ; the Fair Rosamond, Lieut. Oliver,"
arrived at St. Helena, Nov. 4.
The Wasp, 18, Hon. Commander Pelham, recently took
Prince George of Cambridge from Gibraltar to the coast of
Africa, and landed him at Ceuta and Tetuan. His Riiyal
Highness lam much gratified at the trip.
The Scylla, 18, Hon. Commander Denman, is ordered from
Cadiz to the coast of Africa; she will be relieved at Cadiz by
the Trinao.

PROMOTlONS.—Captains—John Monday, Edward J. John.
son, the Hon. Edward Howard. Commanders—Nicholas
Lefebre, Coryndoii Srttigue, Arthur Forbes. Lieutenants
Whalley Armitage, William Rowlatt, James Sto.?dard, Charles
H. Wentyss. . ,
APPOINTMENTS.—Assistant Surgedr:s—W. Lambert, from
Malabar, to be permanent Assistant at Bermuda Hospital ;
W. R. Cockburn to be additional to the Royal Adelaide. Se-
cond Masters—C. A. T. Noddall, to Spitfire ; S. Lillicrap to
Acheron. Masters' Assistants--G. Bower, to Britannia;
Donaldson, to the Ganges. Assistant Surgeon—Augustus
Slight, pro tern. to the Weazle. Mates—Munton, from Cro.
codile to Malabar ; J. Lilburn, to Camelion. Midshiprnab—
P. Hudson, to Grecian. Vol. Ist Class—H. Harvey, to Ma-
labar. Clerks—W. Stanwayain charge) to Spitfi, e ; James
B. Hay, (additional) to Inconstant ; Hollingsworth, to Malabar.

ROYAL MARlNEs.—Lieutenant W. F. Voote, from Malabar
to Cornwallis: Lieutenant C. P. Conde, from Malabar to
Andromache; Lieutenant E. S. Browne, from Andromache
to Malabar.

(From the Devonportlndependent.)
PLYMOUTH, DEC. 29. —Her Majesty's ship, Hercules, 74,
Captain Toup Nicolas, C. 8., arrived here on Thursday even-
ing last, in fourteen days from Halifax, having carried thither
from Barbadoes, in twenty-four days, the 36th Regiment:
Her Majesty's ship Inconstant, 36, Captain D. Prang, hav-
ing been repaired, was warped from the jetty on Thursday,
alongside the Captain, hulk, to have her rigging and stores
put on board.

Her Majesty's sloop Grecian, Com. Smyth, from Ports-
mouth, bound to South America, was obliged to put back in
the Sound on .Wednesday, and sailed again on Thursday. It
is understood, she is to relieve the Harrier, ordered home from
the South American station.

Ships in Hamoaze.—Royal Adelaide, 104, Captain T.
White; San Josef, 110, Captain J. N. Tayler ; Inconstant,
36, Captain D. Pring ; Megmra steamer, Lieut.-Com. Gold-
smith ; Oppossum ; Nightingale; Asia freight ship.
In Barnpool—Nightingale.
In the Sound—Hercules, 74, Captain Toup Nicolas.