The Sun.
London, England, 1822-11-12 00:00:00

ROYAL NAVY, &c.

PORTSMOUTH, Nor. 9.—The Clinker gun-brig, Lieut.
Eager, and the Pehet, Lieut. Curry, arrived on Tuesday,
from St. John's, Newfoundland, and brought 'home the sur-
viving officers, and remainder of the crew, of his Majesty's late
sloop Drake. These brigs are ordered to be paid off and re-
commissioned for the purpose of returning to the Newfound-
land station, for the .protection of the fisheries. The Clinker,
in her passage, fell in with a brig ofi.the 30th Oct. in lat. 49.
,N. long. 13. W. newly painted, light yellow streak close up,
with a projecting woman figure head. She was about five feet
above the surfaCe of the water, and appeared to be about 160
tons burthen, deeply laden, supposed with timber, and no per-
son on board. Her stern was stove iry so that no name could
be diseovered.—The Morgiana; 18-guti sloop, Capt. C. Knight,
arrived ore -Wednesday from the Coaseof Africa, -the Island of
Ascension, and America, lest ffOrn Trinidad, whence she
sailed the 30th of Sept. The Pyramus frigate, Capt. F. New-
combe, GB. ; Icarus, 10 gun sloop, -Captain Crole ; and the
Pheasant, 20 gun ship, Captain Claverini, were in the Gulph
of Paria ; the latter had brought Captin Sabine there, who
was employed in making scientific observations, at the con-'
elusion of which the ship was intended to sail for .Jamaica,
New York, and England. The Suyinam bad been at Trini-
dad and sailed for Jamaica the 22d of September. The Bus-
tard; Captain Rich, was off Demerara ; the Esk, 20 gun sloop,
Captain, A. Lee, 'Warner, Wes eepected daily froni Bermuda,
Where she had been turelit : all the ships were healthy. The
Pyramus was to leave Trinidad the 10th October, for Orem-
da, •St. Vincent, Antigua, and Batbadoes, after which she
would receive on board Sir Henry White, the Governor, and
convey him to St.. Lucie, and the • other islands under his
command, on -.a- tour of
,inspection. The Maras was to
proceed to
:Tortola and Portb Rico. The Motgiana is
in ordered to be paid, Off,, and laid up in ordinary. Lieute-
nants F. G. Hetehinson and G. Fraser, came home passengers
in her, invalided. The Success transport, Lieutenant Church,
agent, arrived -on Wednesday from Cork, with the depot
of the. 43d Regiment, to •be landed in the Isle of Wight.—
, —Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Hamilton, Bart.,- has struck his
nag on hOard the Valorous, 'Captaiu ames Murray, anti that
ship is under refit at Spithead.—The Russian frigate Kruizer,
Captain Lazaroff, now at -Spitliead, is bound to Rio Janeiro
and the North Pacific Ocean, to visit the Russian settlements
in that qualtere-and to make discoveries. She is accompanied
by a Russian 'Government store ship.—Thursday arrived the
Ranger, 28 guns, Captain ?. Fisher, froth St. John's, New-
foundland, whence she sailed the 25th silt. The Pandora,
Captain Muni, sailed for .England the day before, but was to
call at Cadiz.—Yestertlay sailed the Thracian, 18 gun sloop,
Captain Roberts, which has been fitted for the West India sta-
tion, for Falmouth, where she is to wait her final orders and
,dispatches. •
PLY:kw-writ, -Nov. 7.—Tt is at length definitively settled
that the Admiralty are to take charge of the -West India and
American Packets ; but with respect t 6 their removal to this
port, Lord Liverpool says, that " no arrabgement will be made'
with respect tothe removal of the packets, which does not rest
exclusivelY upOn the advantage of the public service, combined
with a dile regard to economy.'" The final arrangements of the
Dock-yards ate now completed ; ,no more discharges of men are
to take plaCe. The shipwrihts are allowed to earn one shilling
• a claymore than they have cone for the last two ykars.
Capt. T, Wohige, of the Privet' (senior Officer on the Coast
of Africa), and Capt. Geo. Tyler, of the Ply (son of Admiral
Sir: Clearles Tyler, K.C.:8.), are promoted to the rank of Post-
' Captain; Lieut. Moriarty, late of the Topaze, for his gallant
conduct in the Persian Gulf; is promoted to the rank of Com-
mander ; Capt. E. Curzon 'is appointed to the Fly; Lieut.
W. E. H. Allen to-the-Castle ""Coote cutter; and Mr.-Thomas
Willey is appointed Purser of the. Scout.
Remain at 'pithead—Valorous, Ranget, Clinker, Pelter,
Russian frigate Kruizer, and Store Ship.
-Extraet-of a letter; dated Trinidad, Sept. 20 :—" On the
26th, three American brigs-arrived, being the first ships since
the' ports were'opened ; one Sold.her cargo (flour) at nine dol-
lars per barrel,- the Others proceeded to the islands to leeivard,
in hopes_of a bettermarket. The trade with the Americans, no
doubt, will be of great advantage to the planters, as it will
lower the price of provisions hitt the merchants would rather
have had the prohibition remain."
COURT Illeareiede—On Thursday a Court Martial was,
held at Portsmouth, on board his Majesty's ship Albion, of
which Captain J. B. Hay was President, for, the purpose' of
trying Mr. Thomas Eiger, the senior surviving Officer of his
Majesty's late'ship Drake, and the ship's company, for the
loss of that sloop, on the 23d of June lait, on the passage
'from Halifax to, Newfoundland. The Court agreed that the
loss of the Drake was caused' by her striking on a rock on the
eastern head of St. Shotts on the island of Newfoundland ;
that there 'was too much confidence put in the reckoning
on board her ;- that soundings ought to have been resort-
ed td in approaChing the land, but that 'no orders were
issued for that purpose ; and that having run nearly her
diStance, she was not hauled up in sufficient time to,
clear the land ; to which circumstances, and to the currents
and in-draughts into the Bay of St.. Mary's, the loss Of the
said ship is to. be attributed; but that no blame attached to
the, surviving officers and company of the said sloop for their
conduct upon that occasion; but that they appear to have con-
ducted themselves with zeal, energy, and discipline ; that the
conduct of W. Lennard, the Captain of the forecastle, was
highly meritorious ; and by. the extraordinary exertion of Mr.
James Turner, the boatswain, the lives of the surviving officers
land company were preserved ; and the Court did adjudge the
the said surviving officers and company to be acquitted.

[Franz.* Hampshire Telegraph.l
The following is an extract from a letter which we have re-
ceived from an Officer at the Cape of Good Hope, dated
" Sim()les BAY, AUG. 21.—The weather, since the recent
tempestuous gales, has been remarkably fine. (The Cygnet, 16,
Captain Bennett, sailed on the 3d instant, for the Mau-
ritius, with specie ; and .the Baracouta, 16, Captain Cut-
field, for Algoa Bay, to commence surveying. The Leven,
28, Captain F. Owen, is waiting the refitting of her ten-
der, the Cockburn, when'they will join the Baracouta. The
Heron, 18, Capt. Hamner, will sail to-morrow, to look for and
ascertain the situation of some shoalfi called the Telemaque
Shoals, in the vicinity of Cape L'Agullias. The Andromache,
38, Commodore Nourse, is expected to sail in about a month,
for thelllauritius, where the Menai, 26, Capt. Moresby, still
remains."

A letter of a still mote recent date from the Cape of Good
Hope reached us this morning.—lt is dated—" Port Elizabeth,
Algioa Bay, 20th August," and says,—" The Baracoutta
arrived here on the 16th, and will said on the 23d for the
Rivers in the neighbourhood. The Expedition this ship and
the Leven is engaged in, has excited considerable interest in
this country, and much valuable information is expected to be
obtained, particularly to the Eastward, of this settlement. The
Settlers here are generally dissatisfied with their situations; the
failure of the crops the last two years has greatly distressed
them. Englishmen bear with a very ill grace being without
bread, or rather, 1 should say, a scarcity. Bisset and Rubidge
(Lieutenants in the Navy) with their wives and families, are
living near Graham's Town, about 100 miles up the country.
With'respect to the prOspects of the Settlers, nothing -but in-
dustry and a determination to encounter whatever diffictilties-
may occur, are likely to accomplish their hopes. However,
coopers, carpenters, masons, and blacksmiths, would find pro-
fitable employment. —There are here -about fifteen Deal men,
who have established a whale fishery, but so far in the season
that they have been very unfortunate, not having killed a single
fish : they are much respected. A Dutch proprietor of a fishery
has taken six fish already. Yesterday we-had a delightful day
of it, in witnessing thiboats in pursuit Of the whales ; one of
them was obliged to cut from a fish, as the whale went under
the Baracouta's bottom. The Officers of the Army here are
very civil and attentive_to their brothers in service ; they lend
us horses, dogs, and guns. This letter goes from this to Cape
Town by post ; they make a Mail at the Cape almost every
week."

Last week the High Sherilfof llants,
now, jun., Esq.) on approaching London, was robbed of Jiro-
perty to the amount of nearly 100/. from the boot b;hind his
carriage, by some villains, who are too expert and successful at
this sort of robbery, and, what makes it the more remarkable,
the carriage was an open barouche, containing four gentlemen,
nd travelling at a great rate.