The Sun.
London, England, 1831-11-08 00:00:00

NAVAL. INTELLIGENCE.

(From the Portsmouth Herald of Sunday.)
Pos.Tssioutrir, Nov. s.—The Emerald, tender, sailed
nn Sunday to the westward, to cruise within Che needles,
to enforce the obsetv :nee of the qotrantine regulations by
ships and vessels arriving from infected ports.
His Majesty's steam-vessel C mfianc:', Lieutenant Belson,
embarked a det.clanent of the 52d Regiment on Monday,
and proceeded with them to Southampton, on their route
to Bristol, and returned to this port the n:-xt day.
At Soithead--Caledonia and 13: it :mils.
In Harhour—Vietory, Royal George, MIL., Alli-
gator, .iktna, and Confianc.e strainer.
Captain Peter Rainiet assu:ned the command of big
Majesty's ship Britan6iai 120, at Spitl:ead, on Saturday,
vice Johnstone. She is ordeted to he docked, for which
purpose she will c :me into harhour i.n
The Lords of the Admiralty, with John Barrovr,
Secretary, returned to London on Sunday.
PaostoTtosts AND APPOINTMENTS -Limit. W. L
Castle is promoted to the rank of Commander ; Lieut.
John Broughton is promoted to the rank of r. tired Corn.
mantler, at a slay ; Lieut. Thomas Mitchell is ap-
pointed to his Majesty's ship /Etna, on being re-commis.
sd.n d ; Mr. Henry Price, Purser, is also appointed to
her, as well as Mr. John Kidd, Surgeon, and Mr. D. G.
Miller, Assistant-Surgeon ; the Rev. Thomas Ferris is ap-
pointed Chaplain of his Majesty's ship Victosy ; Mr. T.
Kidd is appointe I Assistant. Surgeon of his Majesty's
steam-vessel Echo; Mr. W. Payne is appointed Assistant-
Sur_leon of his Majesty's ship Fly ; Messrs P. H. Dyke,
J. J. MtCleverty, W. Coyle, and C. E. Powys, are pro-
moted to the rank of Lieutenant ; Captain David Colby,
late of his Majesty's ship Talavera, is appointed to his
Majesty's ship Thunderer ; Mr. E. Rowe, Clerk, late of
his Majesty's ship Melvitle, is appointed to his Majesty's
ship Victory ; Mr. Robert Stevenson is appointed Assist-
ant-Surgeon of his Majesty's gun-brig Plumper ; First
Lieutenant W. Ford, of the Royal Marines, is appointed
to his Majesty's ship Ma,gicienne, at Woolwich.
Messrs. Charles G. Rigge, and Arthur Merersh, Mid-
shipmen of his Majesty's ship Caledonia and Beagle, were
found duly qualified for Lieutenants, on examination in
Iseamanship, on Wednesday, on board his Majesty's ship

Victory.
His Majesty's steam-vessel Echo, 2, Lieutenant R.
Otway, having suffertd considerable damage by being
driven on shore, during a gale last week, under the floe,
has been docked at Plymouth in order to be repaired.
His Majesty's steam vessel Hennes, Lieutenant Andrew
Kennedy, sailed from Plymouth on Welnesday for Fal-
mouth, to take out the next Mediterranean mail. Her
departure is, however, delayed for some important de-
spatches which will be sent out by her next week.
His Majesty's ship Icarus, 10, Commander Robert
Stuart, lately arrived at this port from the West Indies,
was paid off into ordinary at Plymouth on Monday last.
His Majesty's ketch Vigilant, 12, Lieutenant 11,,bert
Loney, arrived at Plymouth on Tuesday from the Medi-
terranean.

His Majesty's ship Calcutta, 84, built in and lately ar-
rived from the East Indira, was paid of at Plymouth yes-
terday. It is expected she will be re-commissioned to bear
the flag of Rear-Admiral P. Campbell, C. 8., who, report
says, will shortly assume the command of the South Ame-
rican station.

His Majesty's brigs Onyx, 10, and Pantaloon, 10, went
down the river from Woolwich, on Monday last, to join
the squadron in the Downs. His Majesty's ship Magi-
cienne, razes, 24, sailed the following day for the same
destination. _

His Majesty's ship Thunderer, 84, lately launched at
Woolwich, is ordered to be brought forward tpr sea, with
all despatch. She is commissioned by Cdpt. D. Colby,
late of his Majesty's ship Talavera.
His Majesty's steam-vessels Pluto and Lightning, are
ready equipped at Woolwich, for joining the squadron re-
pairing 'to the Scheldt. His Majesty's steam-vessels
Meteor, Africaine, and Colombia, are getting ready at the
same port with all possible speed.
His Majesty's ship Isis, 50, slipped her moorings on
Wednesday morning, at Chatham, and sailed directly to
the Nore, where she will take in her powder, and proceed
to the Downs, to join the squadron assembled there.
His Majesty's steam-vessels will in future be paid off
when their necessary repairs are likely to occupy much
time. The object of this arrangement is to save to the
country the pay of the officers and crew of such vessels
during the time they are unemployed.
The Corporation of the Tiinity Howse have issued
notices, dated the 26th and 28th ult. notifying that a buoy
has been placed on St. Nicholas's Sand, off North Yar-
mouth, and alto one on the Blyth Sand, in Sea Reach of
the River Thames.
Having at various times received several communica-
tions requesting to be inforined as to the particular times
at which the Falmouth Government packets sail, we pre-
sent our readers with the following general information,
which, we have no doubt, will be found exceedingly use-
'ful:—One or other of the following sails for Lisbon every
Friday, viz.—Saudwich, Duke of Marlborough, Stanmer,
Vigilant, or Magnet; her mean absence being twenty-five
days. For the Mediterranean, either the Carron, Mes-
senger, or Hermes, all steamers, sails on the Friday after
the first Tuesday in every month ; mean absence seven
weeks. For North America, either the Mutine, Barra-
couta, Zephyr, or Plover, sails on the Saturday after the
first Wednesday in every month ; mean absence thirteen
weeks. For the Leeward Islands, either the Pigeon,
Briseis, Tyrian, or Cygnet, sails on the Saturday after th,

hind Wednesday in every month ; mean absence twtive

weeks. For J:tinaica and Carthagena, either the R•-in-
deer, Duke of York, Renard, or Elizabeth, sails on the
Saturday after the first Wednesday in every month; mean
absence sixteen weeks. Fur Mexico, Jamaica, and Hayti,
either the Sphynx, Spey, Nightingale, Calypso, or Camden,
sails on the Saturday after the third Wednesday in every
month ; mean absence eighteen weeks. For Madeira
and Brazil, either the Lyra, Osborne, Lord Melville, Lap •
wing, Opossum, or Emulous, sails on the Friday after the
first Tuesday in every month; mean absence twenty
weeks. For Buenos Ayres, either the Goldfinch, Rinaldo,
Swallow, Eclipse, Frolic, Hope, or Pelham, sails on the
Friday after the third Tuesday in every month ; mean
ab-
sence twenty. two weeks.

NAVAL ARCHITECTURE.—After severa,
years of laborious and expensive experiment, Mr. CAUL-
FIELD BEADIISII, a gentleman of independent property in
the county of Cork, has, we understand, perfected an en-
tirely new form of vessel, which bids fair to take prece-
dence of the old construction, and open a new sera in 'inv..]
architecture. This gentleman's experiments were, it ap-
pears, directed to the production of a union of those
qualities which would give the least displacement with the
greatest stowage, the least direct with the greatest lateral
resistance, and the greatest stability with the least ballast,
the result of which combination is the newly invented
form. Mr. BEAMISII has built five or six yachts of vari-
ous s'zes on this plan, and all have proved superior sailers
in their respective classes. The largest, a cutter of 99
tons, which he, with becoming nationality, calls the Paddy
from Cork, won five cups the season she was launched,
and the Peri, of 26 tons, has been the winner of nine
prizes. The form of these vessels is represented as being pe-
culiarly beautiful, being a succession of easy, unbroken ellip-
tical curves, terminating in sharp ends, with a deep keel, and
a fiat, long, and very wide floor. Their velocity, particularly
in running, is extraordinary, as also their weatherly qua-
lities, when compared with the old class of vessel, blowing
hard in a heavy sea. One property of Mr. BEAMISH'II
build would appear to render it well suited to vessels of
war and burden, namely, its great stability. It appears,
from the details with which we have been furnished on the
subject, that little more than one-half the usual weight of
ballast, or about one-fourth of the tonnage, is sufficient to
enable these vessels to carry sail. The Little Paddy, of
41 tons, a remarkably fast sailing and weatherly cutter,
has, for instance, but 11 tons of ballast, whereas a vessel
of that tonnage, on the old construction, would require at
least 19 tons. This discovery is well worth the attention
of the Admiralty.— United Service Journal.
MR. TIIELWALL'S LECTURES.— Mr.
BURKE seemed to take Young's Night Thoughts as the
model of his eloquence, and ramified his illustrations into
the most excursive extravagance. When writing for pub-
lication, he made so many improvements and alterations
in the work while passing through the press, that the pub
fishers declared it would be better to pay the highest price
that was ever given for such works to another writer,
thet hanexapcecnepeet
theyo fMwr.erße upßuKtEt'Bo
by
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his s tfregnt gift,ue changes so great was
composition, and yet his written copies were not more
splendid than the effusions of his oratory.

PAUPER CUNNING.--The daughter of a
parish pensioner went to an overseer with a lamentsl.le
countenance, and crying said, " Poor mother's dead ;
please give me a coffin for her." The overseer wrote out
the order accordingly ; some short time after, recollecting
that he had seen the old lady in perfect health but very
recently, he had some misgiving that all was not right, and
therefore, taking the beadle with him, he proceeded to tle:
house of mourning. On lifting the latch all thirties were
rather surprised : the old woman and her daughter were
sitting on each side of the fire-place, and the coffin betwee❑
them, which they were eu'ting up to make matches.