The Sun.
London, England, 1838-02-05 00:00:00

PRICE Ou.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

( From the Hampshire Telegraph.)

PORTSMOUTH, Fan. a—The Ranger packei, Lieutenant Turner,
arrived on Wednesday last trom Mexico, bringing 298,000 dollars. She
lett Tampico on the 12th Dec., with the Satellite, 18, Commander
Robb, in company, having on board 240,000 dollars for the Jamaica
Commissariat. The only intelligence of importance from the interior
of Mexico is the increased clamour for a modification of the Constitu-
tion, and the almost certainty that the present rulers will take the lead,
in order to prevent by that means the return of the federal system
rdopted in 1824, and subverted by Santa Anna in 1834. The mines
arc prospering, particularly those of Real del Monte and Veta Grande.
If the country remains tranquil much improvement may be expected.
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taking
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schooners, and about half-a-dozen still smaller vessels), with,the view of
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arrival of the new corvette, the Maryland (built expressly for them to
Baltimore), that the Government of the United States had refused to
allow her to bring a large quantity of war and naval stotes intended for
the expedition ; and this untoward occurrence will, in all probability,
lead to the postponement of the expedition. Trade is dull, and the de-
mand for English manufactured goods particularly so, owing to the
very general impression that the tariff will very shortly undergo a re-
vision: The French naval force at the Havannah was L'Harmonie, a
60-gun frigate, with a broad pendant, and two 18-gun brigs. •
The Tyne, IS; Captain Townshend, arrived at Gibraltar on Jan. 18,
in seven days from Plymouth; the Hazard sloop of war, Commander
Wilkinkifli was at Corfu orf the sth of January ; the Harrier, Comman.
der Carew, was St Callao in OctC.ber last.
The President, with the flag of Rea'`'-Admiral Ross, anZ..l the Thunder
surveyiag vessel, arrived at Madeira on 14th January; lic former
was to sail about the 19th.

The Pantaloon brig, Lieutenant M`Donell, was ordered this morning
to proceed to tha Chops of the Channel, to give relief in provisions and
water to the merchant shipping detained there by easterly winds.
The Sovereign :transport sailed on Wednesday last for Cork, to take
two companies of the I ltb Regiment for Bermuda.

The Hastings, 74, has been commissioned at Sheerness by Captain
Loch, to take out the Earl of Durham to Canada; and the Andromache,
28, at the same port, by Captain Baynes, C.B.
In llarbour—Britannia, Victory, Excellent, Royal George, Electra,
Pantaloon, Partridge, Nautilus, Brisk, Seaflower cutter, Cracker tender,
Diligence naval transport.

PROAIOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS.—Lieutenant S. S. Umfrevllle is
promoted to the rank of Commander ; Mr. W. H. Dobbie, Mate of
Magiciennc, to be Lieutenant of the Donegal ; Lieutenant R. Wadham,
to the retired list of Commanders ; Captain F. E. Loch (1814), Com-
mander 11..1. Worth, and Dr. T. Stratton, from the Britannia, Assist-
ant. Surgeon, to the Hastings ; Captain R. L. Baynes, C. 8., to the An-
droril3the ; Commander C. Festing, Lieutenant R. G. Welch, and Mr.
C. A. Broratlng, Surgecns, to the Hercules ; Lieutenant P. H. Dyke, to
Scylla; Mr. Martin, Surgeon, to the Britannia; Mr. W. P: Johnson,
Mate, from Hastings t(7 Vestal ; Mr. H. H. g, Mottley, mate of the
Seaflower, tO ffputilus; Mr. late Clerk-in-charge of Rolla, to
be additional Clerk to the Royal Adelaide; Mr. Justus R. Kooystra,
Mate, to the Britannia; Mr. W. S. Wiseman and Mr. Charles Nelson,
Mates, to the Partridge ; Mr. G. H. Harper, Master's Assistant, to
Brisk; Mr. W. Yeames, Master's Assistant of Victory, to be Second
Master of Pincher ; Mr. John Light, Gunner, to the Espoir. .

ROYAL MARINES.-Lieutenant-Colonel William 'Walker, of the
Portsmouth Division, has exchanged with Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph
Walker of the Plymouth Division.
Dr. Isaac Wilson, physician of Haslar Hospital, has been superan-
nuated, after seventeen years' medical superintendence of that esta-
blishment, and active employ as physician in the navy and its hospitals
for tnirty.three years. Dr. John Richardson (b), who accompanied
Captain Back in his Polar expedition, is removed from the surgeoncy of
the Chatham Division of Marines, promoted to the rank of physician
of the fleet, and appointed physician of Haslar Hespital ; Mr. W. Rae,
from Plymouth Hospital, to be surgeon of the Royal Marine Division at
Chatham ; and George Johnstone, Esq., of the Britannia to be junior
surgeon and medical storekeeper at Plymouth Hospital.
Captain Oliver, it is understood, is to be sent to Bombay to organise
a steam-vessel establishment there, which is intended to supersede the
present Bombay marine, the whole of the sailing vessels of which are to
be done away with.
The Government will send a steam force for the River St. Law-
rence and the Canadian Lakes on the opening of the :season. Com-
mander Austen, we hear, has been selected to superintend the equip_
merit of these vessels.

The following order has been issued relative to the admission into the
Navy of first-elasa volunteers :

" Admiralty, Jan. '23, 1833.
" Sir—My Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, having had under
their consideration the admission of young gentleman into her Majesty's
Nava/ Service, have determined to authorise the entry of a certain
number iii Den of those recently admitted through the l',7tival College,
and are pleased to direct that every person, whether nominated by
their Lordships, or selected by Admirals on their appointments, pr by
Captains pr Commanders in commissioning a ship or sloop, according to
the existing practice, shall be subject to an examination similar to that
which was required for examination to the late Royal Naval College.
" They are in the first place to he examined by a surgeon, and
rejected if from impediment of speech, defect of vision, rupture, or
any other physical inefficiency they are reported by him to be unfit for
the service.
" They will be expected to write English from dictation, and to be
acquainted with the four first rules of arithmetic, reduction, and rule
of three.

" No person to he admitted under twelve years of age.
" The examination to take place at the port where the ship is fitting
out to which they are appointed by order of the commander-in-chief.

" I am commanded to acquaint you with the foregoing regulations;
and my lords desire that you will direct the surgeon and schoolmaster
of your flag-ship, or such other competent person as you may select, to
make the necessary examination, that by the schoolmaster to be in the
presence of the captain or commander of the flagship.
" I am, Sir, your most obedient humble servant,
(Signed) JOHN BARROW."