The Sun.
London, England, 1831-11-01 00:00:00

LONDON,,TUESDAY EVENINO.,..,NOVFMI3E.R 1, 1831.

LORD SHREWSBURY'S LETTER TO THE

REV. J. COTTERILL.

At a very numerous meeting of the Br; lvewater
Relor-
mition Society the Rev. Mr. Armstrong read ate-follow-
ing letter

". TO Til E. REV. J. COTTER ILL.

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" 5ia,...--Understanding that a Mr. 14.rtnstrang abaut
to preach this evening in the parish chttrith of Alton, and
julging,;, from the style: of the .plactrd, that his diScourse,
will be but a tissue of falsehood and misrepresentation,
si:nilar to the calumnies against the Catholic eeligion and
_ _

its rofessors, deliVered ahno;:t a fortnight ago in the same
church, I beg leave to enelote you a notice, which I shall
immediately circulate in the Village' and neighbourhood,
unless you send me a declaration, under your own hand.
that neither Mr. Armstrong, nor any other missionary cr
misltiomrics of any religious society, Will be allowed to
preach in the church of Alton, during your residence as
Curate in the. parish. I owe it to myself and family, as well
as to my character as a gentleman and a Christian, imme-
diately to put a stop to such ungenerous, 'scandalous, and
unchristian proceedings; and I cannot but express my as.
tonishment that you slit uld have lent yourself as an inStru-
client in the hands of men whose sole object it is to enrich
themselves, . by imposing on the ignorance and credulity of
the people.--I remain, Sir, your devoted servant,
(S;gned) "SHREWSBURY."
" June 12, 1831." tt.

came passengers, is presents for his 'Majesty from
;he Emperor of Morocco and the Governor of
braltar; amongst iheM were four ostriches, two icl!-
ttetrnsons,' two Barbary illici, a wild boar, sows -arid
p;asi eeveral striped mice, &c. 'The Amphitrite
••ailed for, the river on Fr day.
The Marquis of. Huntley, transport,lient. Mayne,
agent, .arrived on Thursday from Italifax, with the
head-quarters'of the 52d Regiment, under command
or CotPergifs'son, which disembarked on Friday at
Gosport' for Hashir Barracks. This vessel enconn-
tered heavy gales of wind on the 7th and I2th
in which she carried away her'fore and main topmast,
and tops, lost some of her boats, and suffered other
damage. She remains still in the harbour. A de-
rachtnent of the 52d Light Infantry, arrived the
same day in the Prince Regent trathsport, and are
quartered in Hasiar -Barracks until fin ther orders.

The Crawford Division, freight ship, for iltlr-
mudajs expected to arrive daily, to receive on board
Sir S. Chapman and baur,age, who is proce...ding
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out as Governor of that Island.

The' Hope transport, Lieut. Ryder, agent, ar-
rived at Deptford, on the 19th inst. from Leith,
with a company of Royal Artillery, which were dis-
embarked, •

Vice-Admiral Sr Edward Codriagton, G.C.B.

(pursuant to their Lordship? commands), struck his•
iftg on -Monday, and retired to hall-pay. Sr
Edward uddlessed the •crew, on his quitting the
command of the fleet; and, on his leaving► the
ship; the rigging was manned, and three hearty cheers
were given, which were returned by his barg►e's crew.
Rear-Admiral Frederick Wallet', C.B. whose Flag
was hoisted in his Majesty's ship Isis, 50, at Chat-
nam, fitting for the Cape of Good Hope and African
station, is appointed -Commander-in-Chief of the
squadron destined for the Baltic, and hoisted his
flag on Wednesday (blue at the mizen); on board
his Majesty's ship l'alavera, 74, which ship immedi-
ately sailed for the Downs.
Rear-Admiral Patrick Campbell, C.B. it is confl-
dently reported, will succeed Sir Thomas Baker in
the command on the South American station, and
t hat he will hoist his flag on board his Majesty's
ship. Gdcutta, 84, at Plymouth.
His Majesty's surveying,-vessel 'Etna, Commun.

der .Belcher, was paid off on Wednesday, and rem
commissioned on the following day by the same
officer, for asecond trip to the Western Coast-of
Africa, on surveying service.
as Majesty's ship Melville, 74., was taken our of
dock ron Tuesday, and was succeeded by his Ma-
jesty's.ship Hibernia, 120, which was taken in.
At Spithead—Caledonia and Britannia.
In Harbour—Victory, Mr-lville, Royal George,
Alligator, /Etna, and Confiance steamer.

PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS.—Captain T.
Brown is appointed to his Majesty's ship Talavera,
vice Colby. Capt. Peter- Rainier is appointed to
1114 Majesty's ship Britannia, vice Johnstone. Mr.
Montague Thomas is promoted to the rank of
Lieutenant. AL.. B. S. Boyd is appointed Assistant.
Surgeon of his Majesty's ship Fly, vice Robertson;
this appointment has since been cancelled, and Mr.
William Bayne is appointed to the Fly, vice Boyd.
Mr. William Chartres and Mr. James Philips, are
ippointed Assistant-Surgeons of Haslar Hospital.
Mr. John 'Penn, Second Master of, his Majesty's
ship Britannia, is promoted to the rank of Meitner,
and appointelte his Majesty's gun-brig Onyx. Mr.
John Kidd, Surgeon, and Mr. D. G. Miller, As-
sistant-Surgeon, are appointed to his Majesty's ship
Xtna. • . _

A Board of Admiralty consisting of: Si; James
GiOurrr,•whose arrival weliotided:fast wed:, Rear-
Admirals Sir Thomas Hardy, K.C.B. and the Hon.
G. H. L. Dundas, .accompanied by John Barrow,
Second Secretary, who arrived at the George
Hotel on Sunday,: have been officially engaged at
this port during the week. On Monday,the Board
embarked from the Sally-port in the Admiral's

barge, accompanied by Commissioner Sir Michae
Seymour, end.proceeded to the Dock-yard, where
they were employed during the whole of the morn-
ing. In the afternoon they went on board the
Prince and inspected the Ordinary, and expressed
themselves highly pleased with the state of that de-
partment. A very short notice was given to Capt.
Lillicrap of their intention to pay hue this visit,
but in less than an hour from his receiving such an
intimation, every commissioned and warrant officer
in Ordinary was on board the Prince, in readiness
to receive their Lordships. The Board afterwards
.proceeded up the harbour, and. wens on board the
President, 52, where they remained nearly an hour,
inspecting every part of her, accompanied by the
builder of his Majesty's Dock-yard, Mr. Nolloth.
It was also their intention to have visited the Car-
rustic anti Nelson, but the lateness of the hour and
the uttfavourableness of the weather prevented it.
On Thursday they inspected the Victualling Esta-
blishment arid Haslar Hospital. Their Lordships
embarked on board his Majesty's steam-vessel Con-
fiance, on Friday, and proceeded on board his Ma-
jesty's ship Britannia, 120, at Spithead, which ship
immediately hoisted the flag of the Lord High Ad-
miral, which was saluted by the ships at that an-
chorage with nineteen guns each and yards. manned.
Sir James Graham held a levee yesterday at the
George, which was attended by all the Naval Offi-
cers in this port, as well as the whole of the Officers
of the Royal Marines and Marine Artillery to the
number, together, of nearly two hundred. At the
same time the other Members of the Board were
employed inspecting the Excellent, target-ship, and
the wood mills in the Thck-yard. Their Lord-
ships gave a dinner yesterday at the George Hotel,
which was attended by all the principal Officers of
the Navy and Garrison.
A grand dinner was given, on Friday, by Colonel
Sir Richard Williams, K.C.B. and the officers of
the Royal Marines, to Sir James Graham anti the
Lords of the Admiralty, to which the following dis-
tinguished guests, among others, were invited,
viz.:—Admiral Sir Thomas Foley, G.C.8., Vice-
Admiral ST Edward Codrington, G.C.8., Sir P.
Malcolm, K.C.8., and Sir John Gore, K.C.8.,
Major-General Sir Colin Campbell, K C. 8., Com-
missioner Sir Michael Seymour, Bart., Commissioner
Garrett, R.N., Sir Walter Scott, Bart., &c. Va-
rious loyal and other toasts were drunk, and among
diem S.r James Graham and the Lords of the Ads,
miralty, for which Sir James returned thanks in un
exceedingly neat speech, taking occueion to allude,
in terms of the highest commendation, to the gal-
lantry of the Royal Marine Corps, and their valuable
services in all parts of the world. The party did
not separate until a late hour.
The Portsmouth Division of Royal Marines was
inspected by the Lords' Commissioners of the Ad-
miralty on Friday morning at ten o'clock, in their
Barrack-square, upon which occasion their Lordships
were phased to express their unqualified approba-
tion of their clean and soldier-like appearance. After
the inspection's the First Lord held a levee in the
mess room, where each officer was introduced to his
Lordship by Col. Sir R. Williams, K.C.B. the Com-
mandant of this division.
The supernumetary Marines, belonging to the
Chatham division, consisting of about 160 non-
commissioned officers and privates, have been dis-
embarked from his Majesty's ship Caledonia, Bri-
tannia, Revenges and Barham, and have joined these
head-quarters, where we hear it is intended they
shall remain to do garrison duty, until. required for
re-embarkation.
Lieut. G. Griffin, and about forty nonscommis-
4oned officers and Marines, arrived here on Tuesday
last, in his Majesty's steam vessel Coefiance, from

Shields, where they have been employed for the
last six months in aiding the civil authorities against
the refractory pitmen. This is the remaining part
of the detachment lately employed there under the
Command Of Major Mitchell, the return of which to
thift garrison we notieed in our last welles Herald.
it gives us great pleasure to be able to add, that
their Conduct, whilst employed in the above du?y,
wits such a's to merit and receive the highest com-
mendations front Major-General Sir H. E. Bouverie,
K.C.B. the. General commanding the Northern dis-
trict.

The detachment of Royal Rarities, which lately
Li/rived here from Plymouth, in his Majesty's ship
Caledonia and Talavera, marched for Woolwich
head-quarters on Wednesday last, under the com-
mand of Lieutenant J. Toby, and are intended to
replace the. Marines of this division, who have re-
eyntly been recalled from thence for embarkation.