The Sun.
London, England, 1836-06-06 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

(From the Hampshire Telegraph.)
PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 4.—The eight sail of the line at the
Nore, Spithead, and Plymouth Sound, arc now ready for
sea, but they require a few more men to render them effec-
tive for hostile operations. The Vanguard, about which so
much has been said, is certainly a noble looking ship, hut
would be improved in appearance by a little more length ;
she has on board 384 tons of water, though it is intended
she should only carry 350 to sea, has all her stores on
board, with provisions for four months, the bread in bags,
and her bread-room would take .500 more bags without
starting ; her draft of water is 23 feet 11 inches aft ; and
22 feet 11 inches forward ; her after lower deck port is 8
feet, her midship 7 feet, and her foremost 8 feet 9 inches
out of water. Whether this was her predetermined im-
mersion is not known.
The Pembroke, 74, Captain Sir T. Fellowes, C.B. went
out of harbour on Wednesday, ,
The Stakesby, and Catherine Stewart Forbes, trans-
ports, are order' :,1 to bring home the Rifle Brigade from
14„..."1,i1Pax, and the Maitland, Lieut. Binstead, carryto,ritsl
bsuch
the
Royals from Cork to Quebec, and bring home the
i
Highlanders. In the case of both these regime
advantageous it would be to the country to 'rAv al
men as desired it to remain in those c9l6":ies ; a large
portion are married and have familia!, and they themselves
would form the nucleus of a most valuable militia force,
continually increased by settlers from other regiments that
may be ordered home also ; there is no difficulty in find-
ing recruits, in fact it would be a very improved system of
emigration. The Moira transport, Lieut. Hay, will take
the 85th from Cork to BarbAdoes, and bring home the 19th
regiment.
The Trinculo, 18, Commander Paget, was paid off into
ordinary; at Plymouth, on Wednesday.
The Columbine, IS, Commander Henderson, which has
arrived at Plymouth from the Mediterranean, is ordered
to fit for the West Coast of Africa, to which station she is
to he attached.
The Beacon arrived on Sunday from the Orkneys, with
newly-raised seamen ; she came into harbour on Monday
to be paid off and recommissioned. She was paid off to-day.
The Bonetta, Lieut. Bisson, arrived on Wednesday from
the eastward, with newly-raised seamen for this port and
Plymouth.
Ile Beagle, surveying ship, Commander Fitzroy, was at
New Zealand on her way to England, 30th December last.
Letters received from H.M.S. Larne, dated Porto Ca-
bello, 31st March, state that they " expect to be in Eng-
land about the latter end of June."
PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS.—NIr. R. L. Birt-
whiule, and John Kirk, M.D. to the rank of surgeon.
Lieut. James Charles Prevost, and Mr. J. I'. Carroll,
mate, to the Pembroke ; Messrs. E. W. Sanders, college
mate, and R. S. Hewlett, mate, to the Bellerophon ; Mr.
R. A. Powell, college midshipman, to the Excellent ; Mr.
George Johnstone, surgeon to the Britannia ; Dr. C.
Carter, surgeon, to the Malabar ; Mr. J. H. Cooke, mas-
ter's assistant, from the Royal Adelaide to the Cornwallis.
AT SPlTHEAD—Vanguard, Bellerophon, Pembroke, and
Bonetta.
IN HARBOUR—Britannia, Excellent, Royal George,
Buffalo, Seaflower and Cracker cutters, Maitland, Moira,
Stakesby, and Katherine Stewart Forbes, transports.
(From the Devonport Telegraph.)
The Talavera, 74, Captain T. B. Sullivan, is ordered
to the north coast of Spain, and is expected to sail on Tues-
day next. The Cornwallis, 74, Captain R. W. G. Post-
ing, was taken out of Dock on Monday last, after having
had her copper examined, and with the Minden, 74, Cap-
tain A. R. Sharpe, C. 8., only waits a fair wind to go out
of harbour. The Vanguard, 80, and Bellerophon, are
also ready at Portsmouth. It is understood that the Corn-
wallis and Minden will proceed to Spithead, and that
Vice-Admiral Fleming, in the Howe, 120, will take the
command of the squadron while the vessels remain in the
Channel.

The Columbine, 18, Commander Thomas Henderson,
came into harbour to refit on Tuesday. It is understood
she is destined for the coast of Africa. The Columbine,
which is one of Captain Symonds' construction, is repre-
sented by her officers to be the finest vessel of her class
ever built, whether in a gale or smooth water. The Trin-
culo, 16, Commander Paget, was paid off into Ordinary
on Wednesday. The Swale lighter sailed with stores for
Falmouth on Wednesday. The remains of the old Capti-
vity, 74, late convict hulk (formerly Bellerophon),. were,
on Tuesday last, taken from alongside the Jetty, in the
Dock-yard, and towed by the Sir Joseph 'York steamer
into Stonehouse-Pool, there to be taken to pieces. The
Belleisle, 74, has been taken alongside the sheerhulk this
week, and masted. On Saturday, the Netley, tender to
the Royal Adelaide, at this port, and the Star packet,
Lieutenant Smith, at Falmouth, sailed with provisions and
water to the chops of the Channel, for the relief of such
vessels as they might fall in with, requiring assistance.
The copper on the Bellerophon, 74, which vessel was
fitted with Sir Humphry Davy's protectors in 1826, has,
after ten Years' exposure to the tide, alongside our Dock-
yard, been found to have sustained very little, if any, waste
or injury from oxidation, thus proving the utility of these
protectors in preserving the bottoms his Majesty's ships
in harbour, though they have not been found equally ser-
viceable for sea-going ships, from the impediments in sail-
ing, caused by the accumulation of barnacles and weeds,
which was prevented by the oxidation of the copper.
The Lapwing packet, from the West Indies, did not
bring a Jamaica mail, the steamer not having arrived in
time at St. Thomas's. We are informed that the fre-
quency of the like irregularity arises from the difficulty of
keeping steam-vessels fit for service in the West Indies.
Neither the vessels nor the crews seem to be able to endure
the combined effect of the natural and artificial heat.
His Majesty's packet Scorpion, on the 26th instant,
lat. 49. 22. N., long. 6. 33. W., spoke the brig Livel;, of
and for London, from Bordeaux, with loss of kre-top-
mast ; the Captain decline?, the assistance wklich Lieut.
Robilliard ofkrecl him.
Tlw view schooner Bonetta, Lieut. Bisson, is expected
hart from Portsmouth this day, and it is reported will try
her rate ofsaili.;,gwith the Columbine.
PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS.--COID. H. Joliffe,
to the Senior Retired Commanders' list ; Messrs. J. B.
BaAerville, John Morshead, and W. Harvey, mates, to the
itAcik of Lieutenant ; Lieut. Coyde, to the Coast Guard
Messrs. D. Reid and E. Little, mates, to the Royal Ade-
laide ; Mr. J. C. B. Hay, volunteer first class, to the
Minden ; jr.A Alston, mate, and Mr. Arthur Tower, to
the Talavera ; Rev. Thos. Ferris, re-appointed Chaplain
to the Ordinary at Portsmouth ; Mr. 'W. Wilbraham, vo-
lunteer first class, and Mr. John Mitchell, additional clerk
(vice Lawes to the Terror), to the Vanguard ; Mr. W.
Peteson, Assistant-Surgeon of the Rover, to the Confiance;
Mr. Ripon, College mate, and Mr. W. F. Carter, As-
sistant-Surgeon, to the Britannia ; Mr. Mark Kerr, extra
mate, to the Pembroke; Mr. Davison, clerk, to the Asia;
Lieutenant Ed. Codd, late Caledonia, to the Edinburgh ;
W. Smyth (1827), to the Terror ; Mr. J. H. Cock, Mas-
ter's Assistant, from, the Royal Adelaide to the Cornwallis ;
Mr. William Cable (from the Checque) is appointed Boat-
swain of the Barham.
Mr. Angelley, late clerk on board H. M. ship RuF.sell, is
appointed clerk in charge of the Saracen brig, off the coast
of Spain.

Remaining in Hamoaze—Royal Adel.aide, Cornwallis;
Minden, Columbine, and Magpie.
In the Sound—Talavera.

The Dissenters of rijiiatham, it is stated, have de-
termined to ft low tke practice of the Quakers, and let their
goods hr 41strai-aed upon for church-rates.
'EO7•ARD HUNT.—(From a Correspondent.)—
Las'. week a straw, e looking animal having been seen
in the fields, near Wheathamstead, Herts, a small party went
in search, supposing that it was a deer which had been scared
out of Brocket-hall-park. Great was their surprise at finding
in a hedge a large leopard, which stole away, followed at a
respectful distance by the sportsmen who were only armed
with fowling pieces loaded with swan shot. As it was en-
deavouring to escape it met a labourer at work in the fields,
whom it attacked and dangerously wounded, but his life was
saved by a mastiff fastening on the leopard, and enabling Mr.
Newman Thrale to approach within a few yards and disable
him with a charge of swan shot. It was shortly afterwards
destroyed, and was found to weigh 14 stone. It had break-
fasted off a dog, whose head was found. It is not known
where the beast had escaped from. We may mention that the
able and courageous sportsman is the representative of the
ancient family of which Mr. Thrale, the celebrated brewer,
was a member.

THE IRVINGITES AT BRISTOL.-7—WE hear the
two " Evangelists "* of Irvingism, who lay claim to the mira-
culous gifts of the Holy Ghost, following the example of their
" Apostles ".• who have " testified to the Bishops," have been
waiting on all the Bristol clergy, " to warn them that the
judgments of the Lord are immediately at hand," and exhort-
ing them to leave the Church of England to join theirs,
which they designate " The Church !" The denunciation of
these deluded men has of course failed, as it ought; and we
learn, that the pretended " Evangelists" with great difficulty
replied to the Scriptural arguments. adduced by some of our
clergy, and that the production of a Greek Testament abso-
lutely confounded the claimants to the gift of the unknown
tongue. It is said that the next step of these assumed apos-
tolical messengers Is to wait upon heads of families to testify
to them of coming events I Any attempt of this kind to dis-
turb the minds of the members of the Church of England,
and to withdraw them from the truth as it is in Jesus, will no
doubt be vigorously and promptly met from the pulpit by our
clergy. The Rev. J. CliffOrd, of St. Matthews, has already
opposed the fallacy of their claim to the possession of the mi-
raculous gifts ; and a sermon on the same subject, we learn,
was preached on Sunday evening, the 15th, at Trinity Church,
St. Philips's, by the Rev. L. R. Cogan, the curate.—Bristol
Journal.
* " Evangelists" and " Apostles" are recognised
ministers of the Irvingite sect, officers or