The Sun.
London, England, 1831-07-12 00:00:00

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11\ 1 isLLICITENCE.

(From the Portsmouth Herald of Sunday.)
PORTOIOUTII, JULY 9.—His Majesty's steam-
vessel Messenger, Lieut. Aplin, came in on Thurs-
day from the river, with fifty supernumerary seamen
for the squadron at Spithead, and for ships fitting
out in the harbour, and proceeded immediately with
the Salsette and Sybille frigates, from Spithead
(which bad been previously towed out of harbour,
jury-rigged, by the Alban steamer) to the quarantine
depot in the Humber, there to lie as lazarettes.
The Starling and Linnet (late tenders to his Ma-
jesty's ship Wellesley) arrived on Thursday from
the river, with volunteer seamen for his Majesty's
ships Caledonia and Asia, and have since been dis-
mantled and laid up in the basin, during the tempo-
rary absence of the Wellesley.
His Majesty's ship Volage, 28, Captain the Right
Hon. Lord Colchester, having been refitted at Spit-
head, was paid wages on Wednesday, and sailed on
the following day for Rio Janeiro, with dispatches
for Rear-Admiral Sir T. Baker, K.C.8., Comman-
der•in-Chief on the South American station.

The Britomart, transport, Lieut. F. Bardwood,
agent, sailed on Wednesday for Fernando Po,
taking out Colonel Nicholls, as Commandant, and a
detachment of Royal Marines, and twenty-four civil
artificers. Lieut. Sullivan, appointed to command
the Plumper gun-brig, went out passenger in the
Britomart.

The Surrey, male convict ship, arrived on ThurA.
day, from Deptford, to receive two hundred male
convicts at this port, under the superintendency of
Dr. Browning. The convicts will be embarked to.
morrow.

The Hope, transport, Lieut. Ryder, agent, sailed
yesterday for Leith, conveying Lieut. Wentworth
and his family from this port, to join his station as
resident agent at Leith ; she will return to Graves-
end, with a detachment of the 79th Regiment from
Aberdeen.

At Spithead—The Surrey, convict ship.
In Harbour—Spartiate,Winchester,Royal George,
Samarang, Tweed, Victor, Charybdis, Columbia,
Imogene, Recruit, and Cracker:

PROMOTIONS, APPOINTMENTS, &C.—Commander
J. W. Gabriel, of his Majesty's ship Columbine, is
promoted to the rank of Captain. Corn. H. 0.
Love is appointed to the Columbine, vice Gabriel.
Com. P. Blackwood is appointed to his Majesty's
ship Imogene, which was commissioned on Wed-
nesday. Lieuts. H. Lyster, V. Pickey, and H. E.
Eldridge, are also appointed to the same ship, as
well as Mr. T. Shears, Purser. Corn. W. A. Agar
is appointed to his Majesty's ship Arachne. Mr.
J. Warwick is appointed Purser to the same ship.
Lieuts. J. V. Fletcher and G. Beaufoy are ap-
pointed to his Majesty's ship Curacoa, vice Dick-
son and Duncan, both sick. Lieut. J. Watson is
promoted to the rank of retired Commander at seven
shillings a•clay. Lieut. A. Smith (b), is appointed
to his Majesty's ship Winchester. Lieut. F. H.
Holman is appointed to his Majesty's Revenue
cruiser Sprightly, vice Byne, deceased. Mr. W.
Rowlett is appointed Purser of his Majesty's sur-
veying sloop Beagle. Mr. E. B. Rowley, Assistant
Surgeon, and Acting Surgeon of his Majesty's ship
Hyacinth, is confirmed in the rank of Surgeon in
that ship. Mr. T. S. Taylor, Assistant Surgeon of
his Majesty's ship Prince Regent, is appointed to
his Majesty's gun-brig Conflict. Mr. S. Brown,
Assistant Surgeon of his Majesty's ship Asia, is
appointed to the Prince Regent, vice Taylor.
Lieut. C. H. Kempthorne is appointed to the Coast
Guard Service. Lieut. J. F. Stirling is appointed
to his Majesty's ship St. Vincent. Lieut. A. Smith
is appointed to his Majesty's ship Winchester.
Lieut. J. E. Lane is appointed to the Swan cutter.
Mr. M. Heath, Second Master of his Majesty's ship
Briton, is appointed to the Prince Regent. Lieuts.
R. Mayne, J. Thompson (a), L. A. Robinson, and
J. Hyett, are appointed agents for transports, to
join their respective ships at Deptford. Mr. W.
Thomas, Clerk, late of his Majesty's ship Herald,
and Mr. Boucher, Clerk, are ordered to fill up va-
cancies on the West India station. Mr. D. Jones,
Clerk, is appointed to his Majesty's gun-brig Re-
cruit, on the new establishment as mentioned in a
former Herald. Mr. H. D. R. Henning, is ap-
pointed Supernumerary Assistant-Surgeon of his
Majesty's ship Asia. Second Lieutenant M'Killop,
of this division of Royal Marines, is removed to the
Plymouth division, vice Sturgeon, whose promo-
tion we noticed in last week's Herald. Mr. D. A.
Dorratt is appointed a Second Lieutenant of this
division of Royal Marines, vice M`Killop.
Messrs. F. B. Hankey and G. N. Hoare, Mid-
shipmen of his Majesty's ship Winchester, were
found duly qualified in navigation, on being specially
examined at the Royal Naval College on Monday last.
The following Midshipmen were examined in sea-
manship on Wednesday last, on beard his Majesty's
ship Spartiate, in the presence of Captain Lord
Colchester of his Majesty's ship Volage, and Com-
manders Bertram and Ellice, of his Majesty's ships
Tweed and Victor, and found duly qualified for
Lieutenants, viz. :—Mr. M. Falcon, of his Majesty's
ship Briton; Mr. C. M'Donnell, of his Majesty's
ship Galatea; Mr. Don P. Dumaresq, of his Ma-
jesty's ship Prince Regent.
His Majesty's ship Imogene, 28, was commis•
sioned on Wednesday, by Captain P. Blackwood,
it is supposed for the Mediterranean station ; for
her officers see appointments.
His Majesty's gun-brig Recruit, late tender to
his Majesty's ship Asia, is ordered to be commis-
sioned at this port by Lieut. T. Hodges.