The Sun.
London, England, 1838-05-01 00:00:00

NAVAL .INTELLIGENCE.

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RIPIT"PW- (From the Hampshire Telegraph.)
Mk PORTSMOUTH APRIL 28.—The Hercules, 74, Capt. J. Tour,
Nicho"as, C. 8., arrired at Plymouth Thursday, from -Halifax,
whence she sailed on the 4th inst.
The Corneallis, 74, Sir Richard Grant, was at Bermuda
oti flit 9th of February. She had made the run from St.
John's to that island m five days.

The (.'.-rui;er, 16, Commander King, arrived this morning
from the eas:Fia.",d%
Mr. Ouselev ily expected here to take passage to Rio
d'Affaires from this country, and
de Janeiro, as Charge
4,1
will-
proceed in the Lily.
,:pok command of the Mada
on Tuesdayproceed t
Gibraltar, to take the remainder „of the 73d Regiment t
Quebec.

Birch is appointed to command ,the Wizard, 10, vice
Harvey, deceased ; he will proceed in the
The Weazle, 10, was commissioned to-day at Plymouth,
by Lieut. Mcllwainc, late of the Volcano, gte,AMer ; Mr.
Hardie, second Master, and Mr. John Bell, Clerk in Charge,
are appointed to her.
Report gives the command of the Vernon, 60, to Lord John
Churchill ; and of the Herald, 28, to Lord G. Paulet.

Tha Messenger, steam-vessel, as well as the Lightning
both which accompanied the Hastings a certain distance down,.
the Channel, returned on Thursday. The Pluto, steamer,
returned here on Thursday, and on the following day went on
to Woolwich.

APPOINTMENTS.—Commander W. Shepheard, to the Rod-
ney; Lieut. D. 0. Callaghan, to the Talbot; Mr. S. W.
Peyton College Midshipman, to the Pique ; Mr. G. B.
Dewes, Mate, and Mr. W. G. Douglas, Vol. Ist Class, to
the Dec; Dr. W. Woods, Assistant-Surgeon, to the Bri-
tannia ; Mr. A. R. Dunlop, Mate, to the Termagant ; Mr.
W. Butler, Mate, and Mr. Jame,: Brodie, Second Master, to
the Arrow; Mr. Chas. J. Austen, ;Midshipman, to the Bel-
lerophon ; Mr. Sidmouth S. Skipwith, Vol. Ist Class, to the
Andromache ; Hon. Spencer Lyttleton, Mate, to the Sama-
rang ; Mr. C. C. Easton, Assistant-Surgeon, to the Royal
Adelaide; Mr. Craig, Gunner, to the Weazle ; Lewis
Moore, Boatswain, and Mr. George Chappell, Cat; enter,
(from Victory) to San Josef ; Mr. James Inglis, Carpenter,
(invalided from Ariadne), to be Supernumerary Carpenter of
the Victory.
ROYAL. MARINES.—Lieut.-Colonel Thomas A. Parke,
C. 8., to be Colonel and Second Commandant at Ports-
mouth, vice J. M. Bevians, placed on the retirement. Lieut.-
Colonel Charles Menzies, K. H., is appointed to command the
Royal Marine Artillery, vice Parke, promoted ; Captain and
Brevet Major Thomas Peebles to be Lieut.-Colonel at Ports-
mouth, vice Lieut.-Colonel Menzies to Artillery ; Ist Lieu-
tenant CI-arles Clarke to be Captain at Woolwich, vice
Peebles; Ist Lieutenant Alexander Jervis to be Captain tit
Portsmouth, vice W. H. Devon, retired; let Lieutenant I?.
K. Barnes to be Captain at Chatham, vice J. R. Mascall, re-
tired ; Ist Lieutenant and Adjutant John Law, to be Captain
at Portsmouth, vice A. Hendry, retired; 2d Lieutenant L.
G. F. March to be Ist Lieutenant at Plymouth vice Clarke;
Second Lieutenant C. J. Hadfield, to be First Lieutenant at
Portsmouth, vice Jervis; Second Lieutenant William S.
Budd, to be First Lieutenant at Chatham, vice Barnes ;
Second Lieutenant John Philip Stevens to be First Lieutenant
at Chatham, vice Law, appointed Adjutant at Plymouth
First Lieutenant Thomas B. Gray is appointed Adjutant at
Plymouth, vice Law promoted. Captain Henry Smith em-
barks in the Bellerophon, and Captain Robert Ford is ordered
to Recruiting Service.
(From the Devonport Independent.)
The Portland, 52, Captain David Price, arrived here yes-
terday ( Friday) last, from Portsmouth and Lisbon, which she
left on the 13th instant. She brings home passengers Lady
Briggs and family, Captain Copeland, R. M., Captain Dow-
dan, R.M., Haley, 47th Regiment, Lieutenant McKenzie,
92nd Regiment, Mr. R. \V. Mitchell, purser, Mr. O'Reilly,
schoolmaster, and 57 seamen, invalided from the squadron.--
Rear- Admiral Sir Thomas .13riggs, who came home in her,
struck his flag at Portsmouth on Tuesday last. She will
come up harbour this day (Saturday) to be paid off.
The brig Nautilus sailed on Saturday for the Coast of
Africa, but she was obliged to put back again, owing to con-
trary hinds. She sailed again on Sunday.
The steam vessel Lightning arrived on Saturday front
Liverpool, and came into harbour the same day, to take a sup-
ply of coals on board. On the following day she left for
Woolwich.

The Tortoise lighter, with Mr. Walker and a party of sea-
men and riggers, sailed on Sunday for Pembroke, to bring the
Grecian packet into this port. On the same day, the Camel
lighter arrived with stores, from Pembroke and Falmouth.
In Harbour—Royal Adelaide, San Josef, Talbot, Lyra,
and Buzzard. In the Sound—Hercules and Portland.

DIARY OF THE TIMES OF GEORGE IV. AND
QUEEN CAE'JLINE,--The continued attacks on this piquant work only
seem to have the effect of increasing its sale, for we observe that Mr.
Coiburn has just published a tv_m and cheaper edi•ion. It is CtifiC,U3
to notice the difference of opinion between two Noble Lords on the
subject of such publications. We. allude to the one just given in the
" Edinburgh Review," univer6ally ascribed to Lord Brougham, and that
recorded by the great Lord Hades, who says, " I must be permitted to
observe, that they who suppress such memorials of modern times do all
that in them lies to leave the history of the 18th century in darkness .
In the 16th century it was the fashion to preserve original papers --in
the 18th it is the fashion to des!roy them ; hence we know Imre of the
reign of Elizabeth than we do of the reign of George."

LITERARY COTTAGE.—It is a remarkable fact
that Home wrote his tragedy of Douglas, 1/r. Blair composed his
Lectures, and Dr. Robinson compiled his History of Charles the Fifth,
in the same white cottage to be seen at Bruntsfield Links, Edinburgh,
Scotland.

A few days ago an ancient copper coin was picked
up in a garden near to the Foundry, Tweedmouth, 'which is apparently
of the reign of James the First of England. It is about the size of a
modern sixpence, and of similar thickness. On the ore side is the lion
rampant, and en the obverse is the Scotch thistle—around the latter is
the words " Jacobus D. G. Mag. 131it."—Berreick Advo tiser.