The Sun.
London, England, 1838-03-06 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

(From the Hampshire Telegraph.)
PORTSMOUTII, /sheen 3.—Her Majesty's ship Actaaon,
Captain the Right Hon. Edward Russell, arlived from the.
South American station this evening, bringing 360.000 dol-
lars, specie ; and as pa sengers, his Excellency Hamilton Ha-
milton, Esq., her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary to the Court
of Brazil, and Lady ; and Lieut. G. C. Adams (promoted),
Mr. Lamb, Assistant-Surgeon, invalided from the Cockatrice,
and died at Bahia. The Actmon left Valpa,a.iso the 2d of
November last ; the Stag, Commodore Sullivan, C. 8., was
lying there, all well.- The Imogene was, at the South Sea
Islands, and was expected to return front Valparaiso about the
middle of January. The Cleopatra had gone to Mexico, and
the Rover and Basilisk, with the ChiHan' squadron, on the
coast of Peru. The Aetmon left Rio Janeiro the 3d January;
her Majesty's ship Dublin was lying there, with the flag of
Sir G. E. Hamond, Bart., all well, and anxicu.ly looking
for his relief, and the packets Lyra anal Spider. The Cocka-
trice sailed for Buenos Ayres with the Actmon ; the Spar-
rowhawk was at Monte Video. The failure of the American
houses appeared to be very much felt, and bu'lion was at a
vor) high premium. Ilis Royal Highness the Prince de
Jcinville, in the Hercules line-of-battle ship, attended by the
Favourite corvette, arrived at Rio the 3l of January. The
Actaeon left Bahia on the 10th of January ; her Majesty's ship
Sarnarang, Captain Broughton, was lying there, for the pro-
tection of British property, and the Wizard at Pernambuco.
The town of Bahia and all the forts were in possession of the
rebels, and the Imperialists were blockading with several ves-
sels : it was supposed there were not ten days' provisions its
the town when the Actmon left. The Actmon experienced
very heavy bales from the westward, front the latitude of 28 N.
till. her arrival in the Channel.

The Inconstant, 36, Captain Prings, has succeeded, in this
dreary season, in conveying one-half of the 93d Highlanders
from Cork to Halifax, and returned to Plymouth on the
23d ult.

The Cornwallis, 74, Captiin Sir R. Grant, succeeded. in
landing two companies of the 65th, and three companies of
the 32d, at St. John's, front Halifax. She was stopped at
St. John's about two da3s by sea, but got away about the lat
of February, with a fair wind for Bermuda.
The Melville, 74, with the flag of Rear-Admiral the Hon.
George Elliott, arrived at Teneriffe, on the 17th of January
—twelve days after leaving this port—where she was to com-
plete her water, and immediately proceed to the Caye of
Good Hope. The Wellesley, 74, with the flag of Rear,-
Admiral Maitland, sailed from the Cape on the 12th of De-
cember for the East Indies. The Independence, American
frigate, sailed in company with the Wellesley from Madei.ra to
the Cape, and had no chance whatever with the latter in
sailing qualities.

The Blonde, 43, is in Dock, and is to be &lied as a " de-
monstration" ship. Should it be necessary for- the Mada-
gascar, Commodore Sir T. Peyton, to return to England,
ro ,n the NV, st Indies, in consequence, (lithe injury 11cl-bottom
sustained from touching the ground, the Blond will supply her
place.
The Russell, 74, Captain Sir 'William Dillon, which con-
veyed troops from Malta to Gibraltar, to be transported
thence to
.11 alifax, has returned to Malta.

The Brisk, 3, Lieutenant Kellett, went out of Harbour on
Tusday, and sailed the following day for the coast of Africa.
The Arab, transport, sailed yesterday, for Chatham, to fit
for the conveyance of horses to Canada.
The ship Nellie Castle, for Madras and Bengal, is hourly
expected here to embark passengers. •
(From the Devonport Indrpendent.)
PLYMOUTH, Nlaucit 3.—The Calliope, 28, Captain Thomas
Herbert, sailed on Friday for the South American station.
The Inconstant, 36, Captain Daniel Pring, arrived on Fri-
day evening from Halifax, after a short passage of seventeen
days. She came into harbour on Tuesday to refit.
Mr. William L. Nurcock is appointed Secretary to Vico
Admiral Sir Graham Eden Hammond, at Rio de Janeiro.
The brig Espoir, 10, Lieutenant Paulson, will go out of
harbour this day (Saturday).
The brigantine Brisk, 3, went out of Portsmouth harbour to
Spithead, on Tuesday.
The Thunderer, 84, having been repaired, t‘ as taken out
of dock on Saturday, and the Caledonia, 120, was taken into
dock, on Monday, to be repaired previous to being put in
commission.

The Lily, 16, Commander Reeve, will go out of 'harbour
on Monday.

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The Racehorse, Com. 11. W. Craw ford, arrived at Lisbon,
from this port, February 10.
The Alligator and Britomart sailed on Tho.rWay for New
South Wales, for the purpose of surveying th.: Gulf of Car-
pentaria ; but on Monday the Alligator returned to port, bay.
ing met with very rough weather, during -which she lost her
fore-top-gallant mast, and sprung her IrJwsprit. liar Cap-
tain, Sir J. Gordon Brer.ler, was pitched out of his chair in
the cabin, and narrowly escaped severe injury ; he was much
bruised in the face. The Alligt'Aor went into harbour on the
same day to refit.
The following are the Appointments made to the Malabar,
74, fitting at this port to convey troops to Canada, viz. :
Captain Edward Harvey Commander W. P. Stanley ; Lieu.
tenants George H. P. -White, A. Little, and Edward Dixon a
Mr. John Thomas, Master; Mr. John Walter, Purser;
William Bell, burgeon ; Mr. George K. E. Wright, Mato ;
Messrs. W, Lambert and J. M. Minter, Assistant-Surgeons;Mr. J. Collins, Clerk ; Mr. E. illackett, volunteer first class;
Mr. Charles J. Austen; Midshipman ; Mr. Horatio Nelson,
volunteer first class ; Mr. Horatio W. Hollingworth, ite.sistaht
Clerk; Mr. Charles GM/Ird, Boatswain; Mr. George Cherg-
win, Carpenter; Mr. John Pine, Gunner; and First Lieute-
nant J. D. Fosbrookc, R.M.

SELLING MILK IN SLICES.—Such was the se-
verity of the late frost in Kincardine, that a person who kept a
dairy, upon proceeding one morning to deliver to his cus-
tomers their usual portiors of milk, was not a little discon-
certed to find the whole in a solid mass of ice. As his cus-
tomers must be served, and as there was no time for thawing
such a quantity, he immediately set to work. with a saw and axe,
ad dividing it into pieces, delivering a pot tion to ench.—,Scoga
7'imes,

A GOOD SHOT.—During
.the late seuvre weather
the flocks of wild fowl on the Suffolk coast Were veri, large;
one gentleman, upon whose veraeit3, we can safely re v, Btatts
;vere so
that one flock covered a square mile, and thp't they
densely crowded that he brought down 'one hundred and
thirty birds at two shots.—Lary Post.

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London, 6th March, 1838.
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W FITCH
" THE TRUE SUN" IS NOW
INCORYORATED.

LONDON:
TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 6, 1835.

The Port announces that above three hundred Conser-
vatives were present at the meeting held at Sir it PEEL'S I
yesterday, and there can be little doubt but they mean
mischief. They have become aware, by their vote against
Mr. O'CONNELL, of their own strength, and they will not
rest till they can exert it to gratify their own lust of office.
What care they if they can once more plant themselves in
Downing-street, and once more indulge a love of power and
pelf for the prospect of public distrust, discontent and re-
bellion, which fills with alarm less selfish politicians?
They were warned in the case of Mr. O'CONNELL, that
they would, in the end, only degrade the House of Com-
mons ; but in spite of that warning they gratified their
malice, and the result was to make that Assembly con-
temptible, as their own Journals admitted anal deplored, in
the eyes of the whole world. They made the House re-
peat, as was remarked by the Examiner, the bit;nder of
declaring that a guinea, when it sold for twenty-,;Sven
shillings, was only worth one pound and one shilling, wit::
this aggravation, that their false declaration was proved on
the spot to be false, and its authority was openly derided at
the very moment it was enunciated. All men are not bound
to be arithmeticians, even to the extent of discriminating
between 28 and 21 ; hut all men are bound to be moral,
and not solemnly to declare that to be false and scandalous
which they know and are convinced is true, and is honour-
able to him who had the courage to say it. The memo-
rable resolution of Mr. VANSITTART only convicted the
House of Commons of ignorance of arithmetic ; the
resolution which the Tories hurled against Mr. O'CoN-
NELL offended the moral feelings of mankind. The House
of Lords by its own nature, and by its conduct under the
guidance of the Tories, bas been ruined in public estima-
tion ; and now the Tories have managed equally to de-
grade and lower the House of Commons. Great archi-
tects of ruin, unwarned by the mischief they have already
accomplished, they are now again to seize the Government,
not to give it up till they have brought. about that final
consummation to which their system of administration in-
evitably leads, and to which they were approximating in
1830—a violent revolution. To that end their scheme of
ruling by coercion, and in spite of the masses, naturally and
necessarily leads ; and, being convinced by the experience
of the last few years that concession to the popular demands,
however quieting, soothing, and healing to the nation, is ad-
verse to their superiority, they will in future discard conces-
sion, and, for the preservation of their dominion, will rule
with an iron hand. Whatever may be Sir WILLIAM MOLES-
WORTH'S expectations from the success he promises himself,
our anticipations are of a very gloomy description ; for we
can see nothing in the restoration of the Tories to office
but long and obstinate scenes of civil strife, ending in a
violent revolution.

Nor are our apprehensions diminished by learning that
Sir ROBERT PEEL and some of his prudent friends are
averse from the course into which they are hurried by his
heated ultra-partizans. Violent spirits predominate in the
Tory councils, and the Baronet, in order to preserve his
party together, and to remain the head of it, has been
driven, according to report, to act contrary to his own
judgment. Wu cannot blame him, for he and all politicians
are and can be only the creatures of great party movements.
They must he instruments of the masses. 'lt is a gross
mistake to suppose that any Governmenthas much powerto
influence the opinions of individuals. Sir ROBERT, as an
intelligent individual and well-informed man, has his share
of influence over public opinion, but that in the most in-
telligent and best informed individuals is very small. Till
the philosophy of the formation of opinion be developed the
u cnce of statesmen will be much overrated ; and they
illnot generally, with his timidity, openly give up their
own opinion to act on those of their party. Those who
wish for power, however, find this necessary ; and if the
Ministers had acted with their supporters on the Ballot
question, we should not now have had to lament over their
weakness, to deprecate the attacks of their own allies, nor
to fear the return to power of the Ultra-Tory faction.
The report that Sir ROBERT has allowed his temperate
judgment to be overruled, and has adopted the opinion of
the ultra and violent Tories, is the chief source of our ap-
prehension. If he be forced into office by them, he must
govern in accordance with their opinions. The Adminis-
tration will be c,nducted on their virulent and bigoted
: , licy. It must, of necessity, be persecuting ;of necessity
must :ive increased power, wealth, and influence, if pos-
Thle. to the Church, the great moral utility of which is the
i'
continual theme of Tory speeches. Already, as we see by
_ e debates of lest night, Sir ROBERT is trammelled by the
considerate conduct of his friends. Consistently, he
cannot, when in office, follow up either their attacks on
the prerogative which in truth he reprobated last
: eight, or their principles as to the Dissenters and Ca-
tholics ; but he will be compelled, either to submit,
or give up their support, and the Government will
become powerless from a total loss of character, or he
like the speeches and writings of his ultra friends, bloody,
persecuting, and hated. From the success of Sir WILLIAM
rialoLEswouTit's motion, or any modification of it, supported
by the Tories, we can anticipate only public disasters.

According to the best information we have been able to
collect as to what was yesterday transacted in Privy-
gardenr, Sir lionEaT treated his eager followers with a
loftiness of demeanour not quite consistent with his submis-
sion to their policy. " Confide in me, Gentlemen ; rely on
what I shall propose or suggest ; be assured of success under
my ~:uidance," was the substance of the Right Hon. Baronet's
exhortations to his impatient troops. At the same time
he gave them to understand that he would not baulk their
appetite for a fight, tillbugh under what farm of battle
he is to engage, like a good General, he kept a secret. One
4 tlll,'T only is certain, that Sir ItoncaT means to coalesce
Wlth'itte.-war,under the I that he may, like
LLIAM, rope
AITAATCPAN MOUTH, steal into place by the hoip of
-
tli Sir ROBERT would be moderate but
_ •ilk-74JLatip4tot a the Members of the two extremes—
en—have united to turn out a Government
141 UM) good both for extreme Tories and ex-
loaf cals. In truth, should Sir WILLIAM and Sir
oiligtT succeed, the next Administration will be
based on a principle of violence, and tile most pro-

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