The Sun.
London, England, 1838-10-29 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

(From the Hampshire Telegraph of Saturday.)
PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 27.—The Champion, Commander G.
St. Vincent King, arrived on Tuesday from the West Indies.
She is to be paid off at Plymouth, for which port she was
under sail on Thursday, but in endeavouring to get out
through the Needles, got on shore in Thorness Bay, from
which, however, she floated off at an early hour yesterday
morning, with the assistance of the Messenger steamer; she
then izoceeded round the East end of the Isle of Wight to
Plymouth.
'The Sovereign transport, Lieut. Nash, Agent, arrived on
Tuesday last from Bermuda, whence she sailed on the 27th
September, leaving there the Vestal (with the flag of the Hon.
Sir Charles Paget, who, we regret to learn, was very unwell),
and Harpy brig. The Inconstant had returned to Quebec.
The Sovereign has brought home invalids, old stores, and 75
convicts—among the invalids are Licut. Atkinson, of the
Snake, and Licut. Ralph Milbank. of the Serpent.
The Edinburgh, 74, Captain Henderson, dropped down to
St. Helen's, on Saturday, and sailed on the following day
for Jamaica, to be attached to Sir C. Paget's squadron.
The disposable seamen and marines taken out by this ship
and the Pique (numbering together about 150), are to form
the crews of the Niagara and Bull Frog, on the Lakes of
Canada.

The Rose sloop of war, Commander Christie, sailed on
Wednesday for the north coast of Spain ; she was to call at
Plymouth.
The Hastingc, 74, with her Majesty Queen Adelaide on
board, was spoken off Lisbon, on the 10th inst., by the: Water-
lily, which brought letters from her.
The Hercules, 74, Capt. -J. T. Nicolas, C. 8., was towed
oat of the Gut..of Gibraltar on the 12th inst., having on board
the 52d Regiment, bound to Barbadoes. The Hastings,
with Queen Adelaide on board, bad not arrived at Gibraltar at
that date. _ _ _ _ _

The Wasp, 16, Commander Hon. D. Pelham. sailed from
Malta, on the 4th inst., for Gibraltar, on which station it is
expected she is to remain two or three months.
The Conway, 28, Captain Bethum, left Sydney on the
sth of July, for the Fegee Islands, to inquire into the attack
by the natives on an English vessel; and on the same day the
Petorus, sloop of war, sailed for New Zealand. . .

Captain Barrington Reynolds, C. 13., assumed the com-
mand of the Ganges, on Tuesday. This ship is in dock, to
have her old copper replaced by new.
The 90th Depot, under the command of Major Slade, em.
balked on board the Numa transport, on Wednesday, and
sailed for Chatham ; whence the Numa will convey the 67th
Depot to this garrison, to replace the 90th Depot.
The Barrossa transport sailed on Tuesday, with a detach-
ment of the Bth Regiment on board, for Jamaica ; she will
call at Cork for detachments of other regiments.
The Imaum, 74, was taken out of the basin on Thursday,
and the Benbow, 74, taken in on the same day, to be fitted
with a shell room ; it being intended that she shall carry two
of the ten-inch guns.
The Racoon, formerly in the navy, but now sold out of the
service, was towed away on Wednesday, for London, to be
broken up.

At Spithead—Royal George, passage ship, for Sydney.
In Harbour—Britannia, Victory, Ganges, Excellent, Royal
George, Racer, Sovereign transport, Messenger steamer, and
Diligence store transport,
APPOlNTNlENTS.—Commander—William Griffen, to the
Ganges.

Lieutenants—Edward Rozier, to the Racer; Wm. Cham-
bers, to the Racer; Nevell Norway, to the Ganges.
Masters—George Dawes, acting Master and Pilot, to the
Ganges.
Pursers—J. A. Nicholls, to the Russell, vice Bowman, in-
valided ; V. A. Haile, of the Conway, to be acting Purser of
the Pelorus, vice Thornton, invalided.

Assistant Surgeons—G. D. Gordon, Samuel Allen, and
A. A. Mackay, to the Melville; Bethune Hosburgh, to be
hospital Mate at Haslar ; Dr. William Patteson Banks, addi-
tional Assistant Surgeon, to the Britannia.
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for Falmouth.

H. M. sloop Rose, 18, Corn. C. Christie, will call here on
her way to the North Coast of Spain. She sailed from Ports-
mouth on Wednesday, and has on board Lieutenant Cleaveland,
and 14 men of the Royal Artillery, for the North Coast of
Spain, and will relieve the Pantaloon.
The workmen employed in breaking up the Venerable, 74,
in this Dock-yard, completed their task on Tuesday; she was
built in 1808, and is not the same ship which bore the flag of
the gallant Duncan at Camperdown, that ship having been
wrecked in Torbay.
Ships in Hamoaze--Royal Adelaide, 104, Captain Thomas
White ; San Josef, 110, Captain J. N. Tayler ; Grecian, 16,
Corn. William Smyth ; Rolla, 10, Corn. Charles Hall ; Rein-
deer, 6, Com. H.P. Dicken ; Asia, freight-ship ; Devon,
lighter.

-In the Sound—Pique, 36, Capt. E. Boxer; Modeste, 18,
Commander Harry Eyres ; Lily, 16, Commander J. Reeve ;
Rover, 18, Com. T. W. C. Symonds.
The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have issued a
circular calling upon the field-officers of the Royal Marines for
a general statement of their services, both on shore and afloat,
since their first entrance into the service.
Commander John Reeve, of the Lily, while transacting
business at the Admiral's office on Wednesday last, was seized
with a fit of apoplexy. The gallant officer was immediately
no-veyed to the finynl Nnvnl

The liinop of London and Mrs. Biomfield arrived
in St. James's. square on Saturday last.