The Sun.
London, England, 1836-05-02 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

(From the lianip;hire Telegraph.)
PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 30.—The Salamander steam-ves-
sel arrived here on Sunday from Woolwich, with a detach-
ment, consisting of 120 Royal Marines, under the command
of Captain Pratt, and after 30 other privates had been
transferred to her from the flag ship at this port, proceeded
with the whole to St. Andero. The Phoenix steamer, on
Thursday, took on board at Plymouth, Major Owen, K.H.,
three officers, and 80 men, from that division, and sailed for
the same quarter, where she was followed on Thursday by
the Comet steam vessel, Lieutenant Otwa,y, with the re-
mainder intended to be withdrawn from that division on this
particular service.
The Quail cutter, Lieutenant Bisson, is ordered to be
paid off,-but for the present is not to be repaired, the Ad-
miralty wishing, it is said, to make a personal inspection of
the wrecked state in which she miraculously reached Eng-
land. The Commander-in-Chief, Sir P. Durham, accom-
panied by Sir F. Maitland and the Hon. Capt. Bouverie,
visited the Quail on Monday last, when Sir Philip read a
letter from the Lords of the Admiralty, expressing their
highest approbation of the conduct of the officers and sea-
men. The second officer in command is a son of our much
respected townsman, C. W. Hoffineister, Esq., collector of
customs at Wit:beach ; and it will afford us much pleasure
to hear that this excellent young officer has met with his
just reward by promotion. Both officers and seamen lost
every article of clothing, &c., either washed overboard or
destroyed.

The Moira transport arrived on Wednesday from Malta,
after a tedious passage, with the head-quarters of the 7th
Regiment, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Far-
quharson, which have disembarked, and joined the other
companies in Forehouse barracks. The Moira, in coming
into harbour, grounded on the Hamilton-bank, where she
remained several hours, but got off again, without receiving
any injury, the next tide.
Admiral Lord Amelius Beauclerk, G.C.8., will assume
the command at Plymouth to-morrow ; the flag of Sir Wil-
ham Hargood was to be hauled down at sunset to-day.
The only ships at Spithead ar the Pantaloon, 10 guns,
Lieutenant Cory, ordered to tilt' Gambia, with presents to
some of the Chiefs there, who have recently evinced a
friendly disposition towards this country in the matter of the
gum trade ; the Moffatt, Bolton, for Sydney, to take on
board 400 convicts ; and the New York packet Philadel-
phia, Capt. Morgan, full of cabin and steerage passengers :
she will sail to-morrow (Sunday).
Intelligence has been received of the Meteor steam-vessel
having sustained such injury by fire, on her passage from
Kingston to the north part of the island of Jamaica, as to
render her incapable of being repaired.
The Bellerophon, 80, Captain Jackson, C. 8., and Van-
guard, 80, Captain the Hon. D. P. Bouverie, wilt go out
of the basin on Tuesday.
The Cornwallis and Talavera went out of harbour at
Plymouth into the Sound on Thursday. The Minden
will shortly follow.

Additional shipwrights have been placed this week on
the Inconstant frigate, building in this dockyard, to expe-
dite her completion as much as possible. This beautiful
vessel, which is constructed by Captain Hayes, and from
whose model the naval world augurs so much, will be
launched on the 16th of June.

The crew of the Royal George yacht is to be increased
in number, and the Partridge 10 gun brig is to be attached
to her, as is the Pantaloon at present.
APPOINTMENTS.—Lieut. Prevost and Mustafa Effendi

and Osman Effendi (Turkish Akers) midshipmen, to the
Pembroke ; Mr. W. White, master, (late of the Spartiate)
to the Royal Adelaide ; Mr. James Jackson, surgeon, Mr.
Chegwyn, senior second master, and Mr. Frederick Cheese-
man, master's assistant to the Buffalo ; Mr. J. Haynes, se-
cond master, to the Pantaloon ; Mr. A. G. Edye, mate,
and Mr. John Mallard, schoolmaster, to thee 13ritannia ;
Mr. Warburton, midshipman, to the Hercules ; Mr. J. W.
Dorville, mate, and M. A. M. Bingham, midshipman to the
Bellerophon.

AGRICULTURAL 1G NO RA NC E.—Grass fields some-
times lose their good name from causes unsuspected till the ef-
fects appear, and when this occurs, nature herself demands a
change in the form of a top.dressing untried before, or, should
that fail, the application of the plough. Fogging is the dis-
ease most incident to old pastures; but there are other causes
of deterioration, such as the tendency of certain herbs to Ex-
haust particular properties of the soil, and thus communicate a
deadening influence, as yet unprobed by practical chemistry.
Cases have fallen under our notice in which cattle grew in bone
and stature, but not in beef or fat ; and many a dealer has dis.
covered to his cost that there is something wrong, without
being able to tell the reason why. To the million, nothing
appears plainer than blades of grass and the fields they cover,
and yet one of the simplest departments of husbandry, apart al-
together from climate and season, offers up to the present mo-
ment a wide field for philosophical investigation.—Dunfrie
Courier,