The Sun.
London, England, 1825-05-16 00:00:00

ROYAL NAVY, &c.

rollTslloUfli, MAY 14.—Letters from Cape Cout, dated
Feb. 12, state that Commodore Bullen had sailed for Sierra
Leone, having sent the Bann to sea, from being sickly. The
Bann is to return to England, having been relieved by the Esk.
The Conflict is arrived at Sierra Leone. from England.

The Medina, Hind, and Weazle sailed from 'ante on the
15th April, for PatraM. The Seringapatam and Algerine sailed
from Smyrna, on March 15, on a cruize in the Archipelago.—
The Boadicea-was to sail from Teneriffe on March 6, for India.

The Blossom, 28, Captain F. W. Beechey, is expected to
sail on Wednesday next for the Pacific Ocean. Capt. Beechey,
we understand, is to survey Pitcairn's, the Eastern, and -the
Society Islands, with California ; to visit Behring'a Straits in
August, 1828, and in August, 1827, for the purpose of opening
a communication with the Discovery Expedition under Cap-
tains Parry and Franklin. The Blossom will also 'Visit Can-
ton and Japan, previously to returning homeward. The Cham-
pion, 18, Capt. Studdert, for the East Indies ; and the Zebra,
18, Captain Williams, for the Mediterranean, await their final
orders.

On Monday the Pylades, 18, Captain Francis Feat!, sailed
for the West Indies, with the Consuls for the New States in
Colombia; Thursday, the Brazen,. Capt. Wiles, for Ply-
mouth (with the crew of the Grecian, paid off); and the Portu-
Puese frigate Princess Royal, on her return to Lisbon. The
haeton, Capt. Sturt, and the Zebra, Capt. Williams, are
gone out of harbour. Remain at Spithead—Phaeton, Blossom,
Zebra, and Pallas, Dutch sloop of war,
On Tuesday sailed the Britannia, Captain Bouchier, R.N.,
for Bombay; Sir Edward Paget, Captain Geary, for
Madeira, the Cape, Madras, and Bengal ; the Royal George,
Captain Reynolds, for Madras and Bengal; and .yesterday the
Potty', for Quebec. Arrived the Hope, Swinburne, from
Gottenburgh. Passed by the Waterloo transport, Lieutenant
Cootes, with provisions for the South American squadron.
PLYMOUTH, MAT 12.—Arrived the Thetis, Sir John Phil-
limore, from Falmouth, and the Harlequin, 18, Capt. James
Scott, from the Cork station. The Thetis is to take dispatches
to Lisbon, and proceed thence, in company with the Welles-
ley, 74, to 'Rio de Janeiro. Sailed the Sprightly, for Fowey ;
Bramble, for Falmouth ; Vigilant, for Milford ; Vibilia, trans-
peat, with provisions for the ships at Rio Janeiro; Dart, Ro-
Letts, with men and machinery, for La Guyara. Remain—
Zeitannia, Genoa, Windsor Castle, Thetis, harlequin, Nigh-
ainele, Pike, and Lady Wellington.
.L:cut. B. Aplin is appointed to command the Stork ; Lieut.
J. T. Warren to the Ganges, Lieut. J. R. Lawrence to the
Preventive Service at Looe, Sir Ebenezer Johnson, R.T.s. (late
Surgeon of the Superb) is appointed to the Doris, vice Macleay.
Rev. J. Kizkby, Captain of the Windsor Castle, is-appoint-
nil Chaplain of his Majesty's Naval Yard at Bermuda.
George Danierutn, Eso. of Portsmouth, is appointed De-
puty Commisbary-General in Nova Scotia.
• The 91.Jtii Regiment has removed from Gosport to the duty of
this Garrison ; and the Depot of the 67th Regiment (about 500
risen) to Gosport.