The Sun.
London, England, 1838-10-22 00:00:00

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‘7.0.-7--The CO -er.
Betkune, left Hobart Town on the 7th ,kr t,
with the-Bishop of Australia on board,
The West India squadron will be imme iaeminforitsW:
-by the- Edinburgh, 74: Pique; 36, and 1111iticAli..qcrs.\---/-
Pilot, and Grecian sloops of war. • -
The Rose, 18, Commander Christie, arrived on Sunday
from the Eastward, and will proceed in a day or two to the
North Coast of Spain, taking a detachment of Royal Ar.
tillery.
The Edinburgh, 74, Captain Henderson, has been paid
wages in advance ; she will drop down to St. Helen's. to-
morrow, and will proceed as soon as the wind permits, to
the West Indies.
The Ganges, 84, Was commissioned on Thursday by
Lieutenant Fitzjames (from Excellent). Two gunnery
mates and two seamen gunners, from the same ship,,are to
be
Sapphire,
28,
her.
The
is to be taken into dock to have her
defects made good.
The Rattlesnake, 28, from the East Indies ; the Cham.
pion,- 18, from Vera Cruz ; and Pearl, 20, from North
America, are hourly expected.
The Diligence, naval transport, arrived on Saturday
from Woolwich.
At Spithead—Edinburgh, Rose, Barrossa (transport),
Katherine Stewart Forbes, and Juliet, for South Sea.
In Harbour—Britannia, Victory, Ganges, Excellent,
Royal George, Racer, Messenger, steamer, Nunia trans-
port, and Diligence naval store transport.
PROMOTIONS.—Master—L. C. Bailey, Acting Master
of the Zebra, is confirmed in his rank."
APPOlNTMENTS.—Captain—Barrington Reynolds, C. 8.,
to the Ganges. Lieutenants—James Fitzjames (Gunnery
Lieutenant), William Johnstone, George Goldfinch, Joseph
A. Bainbridge,. F. A. Ellis, and Nevell Korway, to the
Ganges ; James C. Caffin, to the Excellent ; and William
Rickhouse Monypenny, to the Sulphur. Masters—Charles
Fox Burney, and Peter Wellington (Second Masters), to
the Ganges ; John Yule, to the Brittannia. Surgeons—
Dr. W. L. Kidd, to the Ganges. Assistant-Surgeons—
R. J. Scott. and W. Bateman, to the Ganges ; John Dunn,
to the Rolla. Pursers—J. E. Kay, to the Racer ;W.
Tuckfield, to the Ganges. Mates—A. Crawley, to the
Britannia ; R. J. Waddilove, to the Racer ; J. B. Ballard,
to the Vanguard ; Charles L. Norman, to the Pilot ; P.
G. Nettleton, to the Pembroke • A. Crawley, and H. H.
Pickard, to the Royal Adelaide. Midshipmen—A. C.
Hobart, to the Rose ; J. H. Disbrowe, to the Racer.
Vols. Ist Class—R. J. Wood, to the Modeste ;H. M.
Faulkner, to the Grecian. Naval Instructors and School-
masters—George Jackson, to the Cornwallis ; M`Mi-
chael, to the Pembroke. Clerks—A. W. S. Cummings
(additional) to the North Star; E. J. Bennett, to the Gre-
cian. Master's Assistant—John Tiddy, to the Rolla.
Warrant Officers—W. Shute, Gunner, John Wood, Boats-
wain, and 'William Grant, Carpenter, to the Ganges ; John
Thorne, Boatswain of the Melville, has been invalided, and
came home in the Raleigh.
Royal Marines—Captain Regan and Lieutenant Cla-
yell, to the Ganges.
(From the Devonport Independent.)
PLYMOUTH, OCT. 20.—Fifty-two seamen and twenty-one
boys were drafted from the San Josef, on board the Pique,
Rover, and Pilot, on Monday.
COURT MARTIAL—A Naval Court Martial assembled
yesterday morning (Friday), at eleven o'clock, on board
the Royal Adelaide, for the purpose of trying Commander
Richard Inman, late First Lieutenant of H.M, sloop Lily,
on charges preferred against him by Commander John
Reeve, of the Lily. Rear-Admiral Warren, President.
The case for the prosecution closed at two o'clock, and the
Court adjourned till nine this morning (Saturday), when
the prisoner enters on his defence. Commander Inman
arrived at this port on the 14th inst., from the Cape of
Good Hope, by the Lily. He was among the Lieutenants
made Commanders at the Coronation, but has not yet re-
ceived his commission. He is son to Professor Inman,
H.M.S. Pique, 36, Captain E. Boxer, arrived at this
port from Portsmouth, on Saturday ; she is to take out
Mr. Pakenham, our Minister, to Mexico, and is fitting for
that purpose.
H.M.S. Rover, 18, Commander T. M. Symonds, went
out of harbour on Saturday, and was paid wages in advance
the same day. H.M.S. Modeste, 18, Commander H.
Eyres, went out of harbour on Sunday.
Her Majesty's ship Lily, J. Reeve, Commander, arrived
on Sunday, from the Cape of Good Hope, fifty five days on
her passage ; she has sprung her main-mast.
Her Majesty's packet Reindeer, 6, Lieutenant Dicken,
and the Nightingale, 10, were undocked on Saturday, the
former having been new coppered, and the latter having
had some repairs, previous to her to proceeding to the
North coast of Spain, where she is to remain as a depot
for stores.

Her Majesty's ship Hercules, 74, Captain Toup Nicholas,
arrived at Gibraltar on the Ist inst., from the Cove of Cork,
and was to sail on the sth for Barbadoes.
Her Majesty's ship Malabar, 74, Captain Edward Har-
vey, is stated to be fitting in readiness to convey to England
Lord Durham and his suite.

Her Majesty's sloop Rose, 18, Commander Peter
Christie, will call at this port from Sheerness, on her way
to the North coast of Spain.
Ships in Hamoaze—Royal Adelaide, 104, Captain
Thomas White ; San Josef, 110, Captain J. N. Tayler ;
Grecian, 16, Commander William Smith ; Rolla, 10, Lieut.-
Com. Charles Hall ; Reindeer, 6, Lieut.-Corn. H. P.
Dicken ; Megmra, steam-vessel, Lieut.-Com. H. C. Gold-
smith ; and Asia, freight-ship.
In the Sound—Pique, 36, Capt. E. Boxer; Modeste, 18,
Commander Harry Eyers ; Rover, 18, Commander T. W.
C. Symonds ; Pilot, 16, Commander G. Ramsay ; Lily,
16, Commander Joh❑ Reeve.
A party is ordered from this yard to Pembroke, to navi-
gate the Tortoise, an old store ship, to Sheerness ; they will
sail on the first fair wind.
H.M. steam-vessel Gorgon, arrived at Passages in 54
hours from Plymouth, haying left that port on the 14th
steaming all the way agrinst a strong head wind.