The Sun.
London, England, 1825-05-09 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

The Ist R?giment of Dragoon Guards commenced its march
on Friday morning, from Newcastle, for St. Alban's.
The last squadron of .the.sth Dragoon Guards has arrived at
Portpatrick, from Ireland, on its route to Glasgow.
One squadron of the 10th Royal Regiment (Hussars), has
disembarked at Bristol, from Ireland.
A division of the same corps, on board the George, belong-
ing to Biddeford, has been driven into Cork, by adverse winds.
On the arrival of the whole of the above Regiment at Bristol,
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it is directed to halt there and at Bath, till fdriher orders.
On Saturday morning, at-seven o'clock, the 2d battalion of
the Ist Foot Guards, had a field-day in the Tenter-ground,
Goodman's-fields, under the command of Col. Jones.
THE M ftrT lA.-The lately issued orders for embodying the
Militia are already party carried into effect. The East Lon-
don Militia, the Derby, the Huntingdon, &c., are now in
training. The East Middlesex are to he called out at Hamp-
stead on the 28th instant; and the First and Second Surrey
Militia at Kingston and Guildford also, on the 28th instant.—
The full training will be general throughout the country.

[FROM SATURDAY'S GAZETTE.]
Office of Ordnance, Mn!, 7.
Royal Regiment of Artillery—First Lieutenant Provo W
Lawlor, to be Second Captain, vice Rains, removed to the 51st
Regiment ; Second Lieutenant Richard Fleming St. John to
be First Lieutenant ; Gentleman Cadet John H. Cockburn,
to be Second Lieutenant; Second Captain William Ernest
Jackson, from half-pay, to be Second Captain ; Second Lieu-
tenant William Henry Pickering to be First Lieutenant;
Gentleman Cadet Henry S. Coombe, to be Second Lieutenant;
Gentleman Cadet George parkland to be Second Lieutenant;
Gentleman Cadet Robert Robertson to be" Second Lieutenant ;
Gentleman Cadet John Hill to be Second Lieutenant.

Corps of Royal Engineers.—First Lieutenant Thomas Fur-
bor Lancey to be Second Captain, vice Head, appointed to a
Company in the Cape Corps of Infantry ; Second Lieutenant
George Browne to be First Lieutenant.
Commission in the North Derbyshire Corps of VeomanryCavairy.
Thomas John Knowlys, Gent., to be Lieutenant.

ROYAL NAVY, &c.

PORTSMOUTH, MAY 7.

On Thursday, the Martin, 13, Captain Thomas Wilson,
sailed for the Cape of Good Hope station, to relieve the Espiegle.
The Champion, 18, Captain Studdert, will sail on the 14th
instant for the East India station, taking specie for the use 01
the Government Authorities at Ceylon. The Pylades, Captain
Fead, will sail for Falmouth on Monday, to embark Mr.
Fouche, Consul-General in the Colombian States, and Mr.
O'Reilly, Consul-General in the new Independent State of
Guatamaylia, whom she is appointed to take out, calling at
Barbadoes anti Jamaica, to leave dispatches. The Diamond
frigate, Captain Lord Napier, will shortly proceed to the South
American station, to relieve the Tartar; and the Zebra, 18,
Captain Williams, for the Mediterranean station, to relieve
the Hind. The Romney, Captain N. Lockyer, C.B. ( which
fhip has had her establishment increased), is fitting for a dis-
tant service; and his Majesty's yacht Herald, Captain Leeke,
for the conveyance of distinguished passengers to foreign ports.
On Wednesday, the Blossom, 23, Capt. F. W. Beechey, ar-
rived from Woolwich, fitted for a scientific voyage to Behring's
Straits, having in view, principally to communicate with and
afford succour to Capt. Parry, should he succeed in making the
North-west passage to the Pacific.
His Majesty's ship Blonde, Capt. Lord Byron, arrived at
Valparaiso, on the 4th of February, in forty-seven days, from
Rio Janeiro.—The Cambridge, Fly, anti Tartar, were at Lima
on the 13th December. The Tartar sailed for Panama, on 22d
December, and the Fly, for Valparaiso, Rio, and England, on
23d of December.
The Mersey and Ely arrived at Valparaiso, from Lima, on
the Ist February.—The Liffey sailed from Bombay on the
29th December, for 'Trincomalee.—The Bodaicea sailed from
Madeira on the 4th of March, for Teneriffe and India.
The Sir Edward Paget, Capt. Geary, for Madras and Ben-
gal, will sail the moment the wind is fair, with the following
passengers :
The Hon. Sir. George Ricketts, Judge of Madras ; Pet.r
Cator, Esq. Barrister; Captains Swaine and Butler, Madras
Native Infantry ; Capt. Harrington ; J. Armstrong. J. Alien,
T. Jackson, William (Rainey, Esqrs. ; Cadets —T. Moor-
- house, M. Martin, George Ricketts, T. Rice, F. Lys, T.
Buchan ; Mrs. Cator, Godney, and Swain ; Misses Heagan,
Lascelles, Adams, and K. Adams.
The Britannia, Captain Bourchier, for Bombay,.is detained
by contrary winds.
The ship Mariner, with convicts from the Hulks at this
port, arrived at New South Wales, in the astonishing short pe-
riod of three months and twelve days from Spithead.
The Dutch frigate Pallas, Captain Ryk, will sail shortly on
an experimental cruise, and for the exercise of the numerous
Naval Officers embarked in her. She will extend her cruise as
for as the Chesapeake, for the purpose of landing the Prince
of Saxe Weimar, who intends making a tour in the United
States. His Serene Highness will embark at Plymouth ; he
having left this place on 'Tuesday, in the Sir Francis Drake
steam vessel, to visit that part.

PLYMOUTH: MAY 5,

Sailed the Semiramis,-42, Capt. Robert Rowley, for Cork ;-
Vittorio, Mexican sloop of war, Captain -Thomas, for New
York; Badger cutter, North Yarmouth : Numa transport,
with troops for Quebec. Came in the Lyra, from a cruise.—
The Dart, Robers, for- La Guyra and Puerto Cavello, and the
Kate, Cresswell, fin' Buenos-Ayres, are to call here, to embark
passengers. Remain—the Britannia, Genoa, Windsor Castle,
Bramble, Nightingale, 'Pike, Vigilant, Lyra,- Vandaleur, and
Wellington 'packets.- •
Cap:ain Du Cane is appointed Inspecting Commander of the
Preventive Service in the Hyde district. • • • " -
Seven Midshipmen passed their examination,-on Wednesday,
at the Royal Naval College; for the rank of Lieutenant.
Mr. Pnllexfen, Foreinan of the new Works at Plymouth
Dock-Yard, is appointed Master shipwright at Bombay, where
building ships for his Majesty's service is ordered to be re-com-
menced.
Six Revenue cutters have been cruising in the neighbourhood
of the Isle of Wight, for some days past, in order to ascertain
their respective qualities. They are from 72 th 157 tons burthen.
No decided judgment can be formed of their merits, by a trial
in narrow waters, from the circumstance, that that pilot who
best understands the local tides and currents, gains the most
ground. The Vigilz.nt and Stag turned best to windward
with a head sea, and- the Mermaid running large in- smocoh
-water kept a.head of her competitors. ' The Mermaid and
gilant were both built at Cowes ; the Stag was built at
Flushing.
\t Spithead—Pylade and Blossom. In Harbour—Victory,
Ganges; Albion, Royal George, Diamond, Aurora, . Phaeton,
Romney, Zebra, Champion, Pandora, Herald, Sterling, Gre-
cian, and Scorpion.