The Sun.
London, England, 1831-06-07 00:00:00

LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JUI\E 7, 1831.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

(From the Portsmouth Herald of Sunday.)

PORTSMOUTH, JUNE Majesty's ship
Briton, 46, Captain Markland, Cal., and Childers,
18, Corn. Deans, arrived on Friday from Lisbon
(having anchored on the previous evening off Ly-
, mington Creek). They left the Tagus on the 27th
ult. (having had a fine passage of only seven days),
in company with his Majesty's ships Windsor
Castle,s76, Nautilus, 18, and Carron steam-vessel ;
the two former of whom parted company for Ply-
mouth and Coll:. The Ariadne, 28, and Dispatch,
18, were left in the Tagus. A large French double_
banked frigate, corvette, and brig were steering for
the river when our squadron left. jrdieating out,
the Briton and Carron steam-vessel got foul, which
obliged the latter to bear up again for the anchorage
to repair damages.
- Hts Majesty's ship Samarang, 28, Captain W. F.
Martin (which arrived 'On Saturday from Shields),
came into harbour on Monday, and was paid off all
standing on Thursday, and re-Commissioned on the
following day. Captain Charles Paget is appointed
to command her. Her late crew subscribed the
stan of 16s. in aid of the funds of the seaman's hos-
pital Ship in the river.
'His Majesty's ship Pearl, 20, Corn. Broughton,
and Brisk gun-brig, Lieut. Butterfield, were towed
out of harbour on Friday by the Alban steam-vessel,
to be temporarily attached to the squadron under
Vice-Admiral Sir E. Codrington.
The Cracker cutter, Lieut. Roepel, was taken
into dock on Monday, to have her copper examined,
having touched the ground at Jersey.
His Majesty's ship Blonde, 46, Captain Sir
Thomas Pasley, Bart., recently arrived from the
Mediterranean, was paid off into ordinary yesterday.
His Majesty's ship Hyperion, 42, Captain W. J.
Mingaye, late guard-ship at Newhaven for the pre-
vention of smuggling, was paid off in ordinary on
Monday.
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His Majesty's ship Hyperion and Blonde having
been this week paid off at this port, their respec-
tive detachments of Royal Mar►nes, the former
under the command of First Lieutenant Tothill, and
the latter of First Lieutenant Pepyat, have disem-
barked and joined their head-quarters.
At Spithead—Prince Regent, Caledonia, Asia,
Wellesley, Donegal, Briton, Pearl, ChilderF, and
Bri-k.

In Harbour—Spartiate, Royal George, Rattle-
snake, Samarang, Tweed, Victor, Recruit, Cha-
rybdis, Alban, and Columbia steamers, Cracker,
Emerald, Starling, and Sylvia cutters.
Extract of a letter from an officer on board his
Majesty's ship Nautilus, dated Lisbon, May 25 :
" Our squadron has received orders to separate ;
their destinations are as follow :—Windsor Castle,
Plymouth ; Briton and Childers, Spithead ; Nau-
tilus, Cork ; Ariadne and Dispatch, remain in the
Tagus. The former ships will sail to-morrow at day-
light for their different stations. The French squa-
dron, consisting of two sixty-gun frigates, two cor-
vettes, and a brig, are off the Tagus, and have al-
ready commenced hostilities by the taking of three
Portuguese vessels bound to this river; they, how-
ever, have no intention of interfering with English
vessels. The Vigilant ketch arrived here last Sun-
,day, the 22d, in nine days from Falmouth, bringing
out the mail, and the Carron steamer arrived on the
following day, with the orders for our squadron to
disperse as I have already mentioned."
Extract of a letter from a British officer, dated
Lisbon, May 27, 1831 :—" The Briton and
Childers are Just on the eve of sailing from the
Tagus, for Portsmouth, in company with the Wind-
sor Castle, for Plymouth, and Nautilus for Cork,
leaving there the Ariadne and Dispatch, for the
protection of British interests. This dispersion of
the squadron will take place in consequence of the
demands from our Government having been fully
acceded to. An evident change has occurred in the
manners of the Portuguese people generally towards
the English, probably more from dread than love.
An address of a most flattering nature has been pre-
sented to Captain Markland by the English resi-
dents here, expressive of their great esteem towards
him, to which a suitable answer was returned. No
senior officer in the Tagus was ever more liked than
Captain Markland, he having so happily combined,
according to the old adage, the suaviter in modo
with the forteter in re. A magnificent ball and sup-
per were given on board the Briton, by Captain I‘l.
arid his officers, to all the British residents and as
many of the Portuguese dislingue as would come :
none, however, of the latter embraced the oppor-
tunity from fear of the consequences. Arrests are
daily taking place upon mere suspicion, or the mere
villainy of a spy ; the gaols are crowded, and de-
spotism is reigning in perfection. Don Miguel is
absent from Queluz, seeing bull-fights and other bar-
barities, more resembling a butcher than a Monarch.
A French squadron has arrived off the bar, with
certain demands, which not being complied with,
they have commenced making captures. The squa-
dron consists of the Cyrene, Commodore Rabandy,
and Melpomene, a double-banked frigate ; l'Egle,
and another Corvette, and the Endymion brig. More
force is expected. The Portuguese Government
have issued an edict that no foreign man-of-war,
not having treaty with Portugal, should pass Be-
lem. Since the squadron has been in the Tagus, a
tour of the country has been made by Captains
Phillips, Frankland, Lord George Paulett, and
Lieut. M'Donald. They proceeded to Cintra, cele-
brated for the famous convention, riding through the
beautiful vale of Celares, and from thence to Mafra,
a splendid palace of such extent that ten thousand
men may parade on the roof. From thence they
proceeded to Torres Vedras, visiting the whole of
the lines constructed by the Duke of Wellington in
his memorable retreat, and extending to Villa Franca,
and returned to their ships by the Tagus. This
tour was made in the short space of three days in
unfavourable weather, being rainy and windy, and it
was remarked by these officers that the peasantry
were always' civil and attentive, and generally ap-
peared a finer race than the higher circles."
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}Fs Majesty's brig Onyx, 10 (tender to the Royal
George yacht), Lieutenant Dawson, was spoken
with on the 10th of April, in lat. 4. 32. long. 23. 8.
W., all well, bound to Rio de Janeiro, with de-
spatches for the Admiral on that station.
PROMOTIONS, APPOINTMENTS, &C.—Captain C.
H. Paget is appointed to his Majesty's ship Same-
rang, as is also Lieut. W. B. M'Clintoch, late of
his Majesty's ship Procris; Commander R. Olivei•
(b), late of his Majesty's ship Victory, is appointed
to his Majesty's ship Asia, vice Foley, to his Ma-
jesty's ship Spartiate ; Lieutenant G. Kennedy is
appointed to his Majesty's ship Tweed; Mr. J.
Smith, surgeon, and Mr. J. Robertson (c), Assist-
ant-Surgeon, are also appointed to her ; Mr. W.
Bothwell, Acting Surgeon of his Majesty's ship
Harpy, is promoted to the rank of Surgeon, arid re-
appointed to that ship; Mr. L. F. Cunningham, late
Assistant-Surgeon of his Majesty's ship Orestes, is
appointed Assistant-Surgeon of his Majesty's ship
Favourite; Mr. J. West is appointed Surgeon of his
Majesty's ship Victor, vice Thompson, whose ap-
pointment is cancelled; Sir J. E. Anderson, M.D.,
Surgeon of the Royal Sovereign yacht, is appointed
Swuhrogeeoxnehoofogtehse
toR Royal Charlotte CRhoayrlool
Lightfoot, Storekeeper of the Victualliug Yard at
t t eS
oyvaecrheti Dv: remPr.rioßr.,
Deptford, is appointed Clerk of the Cheque at that
Yard,vice Mr.Bradey ; Mr. G.Vinter, Steward of the
Victualling Department at Plymouth, is appointed
Storekeeper at Deptford; Mr. T. Grant, Agent at,

the Royal Naval Hospital at Plymouth, is appointed
Agent and Steward, to perform the duties hitherto
performed by himself and Mr. Vinter ; Mr. G. Mott-
ley, Agent at the Royal Naval Hospital at -Haslar,
his been superannuated after a faithful discharge of
h's duties for thirty-six years; Mr. J. C. Weir,
Steward of Hasler Hospital, is appointed Agent and
Steward, to perform the duties hitherto performed
by himself and Mr. Mottley ; Lieutenant H. J. Co-
drington, of his Majesty's ship Briton, is appointed
Flag Lieutenant to Vice-Admiral Sir E. Codring-
tort ; Lieut. W. Shepheard of his Majesty's ship Sa-
marang, is appointed to his Majesty's ship Rattle-
snake; Mr. H. Brenton, Purser, is appointed Clerk
to Vice-Admiral Sir H. Hotham's Secretary ; Mr.
J.-Melvill is appointed Purser to the Samsung; Mr.
J. Mallard is appointed Schoolmaster to his Ma-
jeSty's—altip Dot-legal; Mr.; F. W. , Maltby
Secoo Lieutenant of ROyal Marines at
frii! I,lo.lpri, vice Reed prosnote4 -Mr. G. B.
PayriFis ipPoinfetra Second Lieutenant of Royal
Marines at Chatham division, vice Wood promoted;
Second Lieutenant W. Lee, of this division of
Royal Marines, is appointed to the Samarang.
The following Midshipmen passed their examina-
tion in seamanship on Wednesday, on board his Ma-
jesty's ship Donegal, at Spithead, viz.—Mr. Richard
C. Kevern, of his Majesty's ship Blonde ; Mr. G.
Walford, late of his Majesty's ship Thetis; Mr. G.
Johnson, of the Cracker cutter. _ _ .

We have great pleasure in stating that his Ma-
jesty the King of the French, was graciously pleased
to confer on Vice Admiral Sir Edward Codrington,
G.C.8., during his late visit to Paris, the distin-
guished order of Grand Cross of the Legion of
Honour.

The Right Hon. Sir James Graham, Bart., First
Lord of the Admiralty, may be expected on an offi-
cial visit to this port, in the early part of the present
week.

An Order in Council, dated the 23d ult., has
been circulated this week among the ships and ves-
sels at this port, directing the performance of strict
quarantine by all ships or vessels arriving from any
port in Russia, and commanding the utmost caution
to be observed by all officers in their communica-
tion with vessels, in the duty of rowing guard, &c.
The sending of guard ships to sea, as a squa-
dron of exercise, during the summer months, is by
no means a novelty, for the same was, we find,
done after the peace of l7t'3, when the Hon. Leve-
son Gower (then one of the Lords of the Admiralty)
hoisted a broad pendant and assumed the command
of them, but in those days the old nineties were far
inferior to the two-deckers now at Spithead. When
Sir B. H. Carew commanded the squadron of exer-
cise in 1818, they were reported to be in a high state
of efficiency. Collected as the ships were from
the different ports (including Leith) an honourable
spirit of emulation was called forth. In 1828 the
inhabitants of Falmouth were entertained with two
first-rates, the finest ships in the world, and their
attendant family of corvettes. In the present en-
suing cruise, however, the razied 74's and the cut-
down frigates, will occasion a trial of strength never
before witnessed in those two classes of vessels.

ROYAL NAVAL SCHOOL —The King has been
graciously pleased to signify, through the First Lord
of the Admiralry, his willingness to become the
patron of the projected Royal Naval School, and to
designate the plan as one deserving encouragement.
The next meeting, on the 14th inst., will assume a
more national and public character than the former
one, as the attendance of some of the heads of the
Church, and directors of our maritime institutions,
as well as of several distinguished philanthropists, is
expected on the occasion.