The Sun.
London, England, 1838-04-23 00:00:00

NAVA L INTELLIGENCE

(From the ileimpsitire TelcgrapA.)
PORTSMOUTII, SATURDAY, APRIL 21.—The Pluto steamer
proceeded ye;tcday to Woolwich ; she is to be attached to
ttjle 14 4
eSsenger unserViceatne.
Mr. King, of the Nlessenger, is to be transferred to the Pluto.
The Modeste An 4 1114 loops-oc-war, with the Pantaicori
bri:, I'oA:timed this afternoon from a trial cruize in the Channel.
We arc favoured with the following from the Modeste, relative
to one day's trial We started at 1.30. on starboard tact,
under double-reitfed topsails, courses, jib, and driver; wind
N. N. W., Lily E., half a cable's length, and Pantaloon N.E.
by E., quarter of a mile; at 5.50. shortened sail per signal,
trial being ever, at which time Lily bore E. by N. three and a
half miles, Pantaloon E. N. E., three miles. Had we tacked,
ws, should have weatht red Lily- by at least one mile and three
quarters, and fetched just ahead of the Pantaloon. Whether
from prudence or necessity, is not known, but Pantaloon and
Lily both took the main-sail off during the squalls, while we
carried ours easily. Oae disadvantage we laboured under was
carrying away jib stay, and (from its being new rope) having
also to set it up twice, thereby keeping many men forward in
the eyes of her and on the jib-boom, much to her disadvantage,
for nearly two hours. Upon the whole the Modeste has
proved that she has stability and go in her, and that length will
give stability ; our draft is 12 feet 3 inches, and 12 feet 10
inches aft ; Lily's is at least 2 feet more. If we did not bury
the Lily, as I before said we should, at all events we sickened
her ; for neat day, although in sight all day, there was no
further inclination shown to come up to the scratch."
The Orestes, 18, was paid off on Thursday, when the
officers gave their Command. r ( Holt), a parting dinner, at
the Star and Garter. In justice to the host we should add,
that nothing could be more elegant than the fete he provided
on the occasion ; and the civility and attention of his servants
excited unanimous commendation.
The Madagascar, 46, Capt. Wallis will go out of dock next
week ; she is to have a new main and rnizen mast. The
Bellerophon is to have a new foremast.
The officers and crew of her Majesty's ship Excellent have
contributed one day's pay towards the fund for the erection of
a monument to the memory of Nelson.
The Earl Durham, Captain Cabel, arrived on Wednesday
with Cowdri spars on hoard for the Government yards, shipped
in the Hokianga River, on the west aide of New Zealand.
These spars are of great lengths and diameter, and when the
ship left, which was on the 29th of January, the Buffalo store-
ship was loading with similar timber on the east side of the
island. Mr. and Mrs. Batt, with five children, came pas-
sengers in the Earl of Durham ; and Lieut. Macdonald,
R. N., the contractor for this timber, was landed at Pernam-
buco, to come home by packet; she left Pernambuco on the
12th of March.

Capt. C. J. Austen took command of the Bellerophon, 84,
this morning; Captain S. Jackson, who vacates, will take
charge of Pembroke Dock-yard immediately after the Queen's
next drawing-room.
Captain Sir Edward Choetham, C. 8., assumed the office of
Captain Superintendent of Hasler Hospital and the Weovill
V:ctualling Yard, on Thursday, vice Rear- Admiral Garret.
PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS.— Lieut. John Skynner
(1802), to the rank of Commander; Captain P. W. P.
Wallis to the Madagascar, vice Captain Sir John Peyton,
superseded on account of ill health ; Lieut. Bartholomew James
Sulivan to command, Mr. J. Archer, clerk-in-charge, and
Mr. John Findlay, assistant•surgeon, to the Arrow ; Mr.
Thomas Hancorn, second master and pilot, Mr. William
Clayton, mate, Mr. J. M'llroy, assistant-surgeon, and Mr.
Thomas Stevens, gunner, to the Termagant; Lieut. G. Har-
per, and Mr. Caesar C. Powell, mate, to the Malabar ; Lieut.
G. C. Adams to the Madagascar, vice Riddell to the Sering a-
patam ; Mr. Robert Synge and the Hon- John S. Spencer,
elates, to the Britannia ; Mr. Robert Maxwell, surgeon,
Mr. G. Biddlecombc, master, and Mr. G. Pigot, mate, to
the Talbot ; Mr. H. Craven, mate. to the Excellent ; Mr. J.
Gallow, second master. and Mr. F. Slight, assistant-surgeon,
to the Madagascar, the latter, vice Knox, to the Edinburgh ;
Mr. W. Peel, Vol. first class, to the Princess Charlotte.
ROYAL MARINES.-Captain Tinklar, of this division, is or-
dered to join the battalion in Spain.
(From the Devonport Independent.)
PLYMOUTH, APRIL 21.—The packet Briseis, Lieut. Dow-
ney, which sailed from Falmouth for Halifax, with the mails
of January last, and due on the 10th ult., not having been
heard of since her departure, fears are entertained for her
safety, especially as the Pique frigate, which sailed from
Cork 23d of January, and seventeen days after the packet left
Falmouth, arrived at Halifax, on sth March, up to which time
the Briseis had not appeared. The only hope is that through
bad weather she got disabled, and was obliged to run to the
southward, and if so, some considerable time may yet elapse
before the suspence is removed.
The Penguin, having on board Mr. Walker, Assistant Mas-
ter Attendant, and a party of riggers and seamen, arrived on
Wednesday from Pembroke. She came into harbour the fol-
lowing day. Her dimensions are:—Length of keel for ton-
nage, 93 feet : extreme breadth, 30 feet Si inches ; depth of
hold, 14 feet 8 inches ; burthen, old measurement, 360--new
mode, 237 tons. We understand that she is to be fitted for
the Falmouth Packet Station.

The Tortoise lighter, with Mr. Walker and a party of rig-
gers and seamen, will sail on Sunday for Pembroke, to bring
the Grecian packet to this port, which will be launched on
Tuesday next.
The Ranger, Lieutenant Turner, was paid off on Thursday.
The Devon lighter sailed on Thursday for Portsmouth and
Woolwich, whence she will proceed to the North coast of
Spain with Ordnance stores.
The steam-vessel Tartarus, Lieutenant Smith, sailed on
Friday for Jamaica. She relieves the Carron steamer, in con-
veying the mails from Jamaica to Barbadoes.
The Braganza, steamer, Macleod, arrived at Falmouth,
from London on Saturday. She bad scarcely anchored, when
a boatman was observed by some Custom-house Officers to
remove from her a bale of tobacco. Two of them were im-
mediately sent by the indefatigable Tide-Surveyor, Mr..Dob-
son, to take the man into custody, with the smuggled article,
and his boat ; the man, called Pascoe, was sent to prison to
abide the decision of the Board of Customs. A further sei-
zure was made on board the steamer on Sunday of 2101bs
The steamor proceeded on Monday, for Vigo, Lisbon, Cadiz,
and Gibraltar.