The Sun.
London, England, 1838-11-12 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, Nov. 10.

There has been a steady demand for cotton today from the
trade. The sales are 4,000 to 5,000 bags, viz., Pernams, 84d.
to 91d. ; Maranhams, Bd. to sid.; Swats, 41-d. to 5 d. ; and
Americans, 6d. to 81d. per lb.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

(From the Hampshire Telegraph.)

PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 10.—The Espoir, 10, arrived at Fal-
mouth on Thursday, in ten days from Lisbon.
The last information from Quebec (Oct. 18) states that the
Inconstant frigate would leave that city on the Ist of Novem-
ber, with the Countess of Durham and family, and part of the
suite, for the Chesapeake, where she was to take on board the
Earl of Durham, who would quit Canada on the 27th for
Washington, and thence to the 'place of his embarkation.
A letter from Constantinople of the 16th ult. states that the
united squadrons, under Sir Robert Stor:ford and Ahmed
Dacha, remained at anchor in the road of Vourla. The Sultan
recently sent the decoration of Nishaa Istifar to our Admiral,
in token, we may presume, of the satisfaction with which his
Highness witnessed the mutual good understanding which has
existed between the two naval commanders. The same letter
adds, that "on the 11th of September, Captain Lee, aide-de-
camp to the Lord High Admiral, arrived on board a steamer,
wiLla despatches for the Ottoman Government, and sailed on the
15th. with Capt. F. Moresby, of her Majesty's ship Talavera.
who accompanied Capt. Lee from the fleet, on his return to his
port. Previous to Capt. Lee's departure he was invited to a private
audience of the Sultan, to whom he presented some drawings
he had made of the evolutions of the two fleets. His Impe-
rial Majesty appeared delighted with the work, and accom-
panied the expression of his satisfaction by the gift to Captain
Lee of a splendid snuff. box, enriched with diamonds. The
Sultan gave his own steam- boat, the Stamboul, to convey them
to their respective sessels. Captain Lee is the son of Sir J
T. Lee, of Bedhampton. The Tyne frigate is lying off The-
rapia, at the disposal of Lord Ponsonby."
Three Commanders have been sent by the Admiralty to Sir
Robert Stopford's fleet, to be employed in assisting in the
navigation of the Turkish squadron.
Her Majesty's ship Colombia was at Grenada on the 15th
of September. The Partridge arrived at Stornoway, from
Portsmouth, on the 22d of October, having made the tour of
all the ports in the Orkney and Shetland Islands, attending
the herring fishery, &c. The Melville, from Ascension, for
Acra, was spoken with on the 4th of September, in lat. 2. 0.
S. long. 12. 0. W. The Forester sailed from Simon's Bay
on the 30th of August, to the wreck of the Duke of Northum-
berland Indianian.

The Daphne, 20, is ready for commissioning ; but it is un
certain if a Commander or a Captain will be put into her.
The Thunderer, 84, it is reported, will shortly be commis
sioned.

The Revenge, 78, will be taken out of dock on the 19th
inst., and it is said will be commissioned.

As the Winchester frigate was moving into dock, at Chat-
barn, a few days since, a shipwright, of the name of Rich,
was jerked into the water by the surging of one of the guys;
not being able to swim, he would have been drowned but for
the humane gallantry of Mr. Laire, one of the assistants of
the yards, who unhesitatingly jumped off the jetty with his
clothes on, and kept Rich above water till a boat could reach
them.

The Barossa transport, with a detachment of the 89th Re-
giment on board for the West Indies, put back to Spithead
on Monday, after contending fourteen days with strong ad-
verse winds, for water and provisions.
The Diligence, naval transport, got on shore off Block-
house Fort on Monday afternoon. Assistance was immediately
rendered by boats from the yard and ships, and in the course
of the evening she was hauled off, without having sustained
any material injury.
In Harbour—Britannia, Victory, Ganges, Excellent,
Royal George, lEtna, Racer, Messenger steamer, and Dili.
genre naval transport.
At Spithead—Barossa transport.
APPOINTMENTS.—Captain-Captain H. D. Trotter, will
take the commaid of the Britannia, flag-ship, in this harbour,
in a few days, vice Captain H. Dundas, who having served his
active time to qualify him for a flag, wishes, for family reasons,
to return to his residence, Edinburgh. Lieutenant—M.
Hunter, to Cameleon. Mate—W. F. Robinson, to Britannia.
Midshipman—O. F. Crewe; to Actaeon. Clerks—Frederick
Siddall, to Britannia ; haddocks, from Biitannia, to be
Clerk in Charge, of Cameleon ; S. P. Cole, to Ganges.
Master's Assistant—H. Webb, from Victory, to be Second
Master of Cameleon. Warrant Officers—J. Woods, Gunner,
to Cameleon ; Edward Squire, Carpenter's Mate of Victory,
and J,,hn Perry, Carpenter's Mate of Princess Charlotte, to
be Sup. Act. Carpenters (third class) of Victory ; Peter
Johnstone, Sup. Carpenter of Victory, is advanced from the
second to the first class pay ; William Jackson, Sup. Boat-
swain, of Victory, from third to second class pay.
PROMOTIONS.-Royal Marines—Captain and Brevet Major
Walton Powell, to be Lieutenant-Colonel at Plymouth, vice
George Peebles ; First Lieutenant Francis Smith Hamilton,
to be Captain, at Woolwich, vice Powell ; Second Lieutenant
Samuel N. Lowder, to be First Lieutenant, at Plymouth, vice
Hamilton.

( From the Devonport Independent.)
PLYMOUTH, Nov. 10.—Her Majesty's ship L'.!y, 16, Com-
mander Reeve, is ordered to the Gambia and Sierra Leone,
but will not sail until her complement of men is made up.
Her Majesty's sloop Rose, Commander P. Christie, having
a new bowsprit, and her deltas made good, went out of har-
bour on Monday into the Sound ; and sailed on Friday, for
the N,rth Coast of Spain.
Her Majesty's brig Rolla, 10, Lieutenant-Com. Charles
Hall, waa warped from her sailing moorings on Friday.
Her Majesty's ship Acorn, 16, will be launched on Thurs-
day next, in this Dock-yard.
Her Majesty's ship Caledonia, 120, will be warped from the
jetty to her moorings on Saturday.
Asia, emigrant-ship, is getting- ready with all dispatch in
this Dock-yard, and will be taken out of dock on the 16th inst.
Her Majesty's sloop Champion, will be paid offinto ordi-
nary, on Tuesday next.
The Lancaster, 52, was undocked on the 2d, and the
Portland, sister ship, went into dock the next day ; they were
both built in this yard, and double bank frigates have since
had their waists cut down.

Ships in Hamoaze.—Royal Adelaide, 104, Captain Thomas
White; San Josef, 110, Captain J. N. Tayler ; Champion,
18, Com. G. St. Vincent King ; Rose, 18, Corn. P. Christie ' •
Grecian, 16, Corn. William Smyth ; Rolla, 10, Conn. Charles
Hall ; Asia, freight-ship ; Rochester, lighter.
In the Sound, —Lily, 16, Com. John Reeve.

The Asiatic Journal, November, 1838, says, that
the skeleton of a human body, measuring nine feet nine
inches, has been dug up by miners near the southern extre-
mity of the Himalaya Mountains, at a very short distance from
the surface of the nearest stratum of mould.—Mirror.