The Sun.
London, England, 1831-06-21 00:00:00

/EIONG, JLTNE 21, 1831.

months. The communication between Gibraltar and!
Spain•was opened about four days before she left. Tfa,
American frigate, Brandywine, Commodore Biddle, ar-
rived at Gibraltar on the same day with the Wanderer,
and remained there when tie latter came away ; the &
card, American corvette, also remained there. The Witii-
derer brought home the following passenters :—Colenei
Mann, of the Staff Corps, hie and five children, from
Corfu; Dr. Scott, of the 2d igade, his wife and
tour children; from Malts. 'Don, of the Royal
Staff Corps ; Ensign Dalgety, 95th Regiment, and .
Assistant Surgeon O'Brien, of the 7th Royal Fusileers,
from Corfu. She also brought two companies of the .
Staff Corps from Corfu, a detachment of the 90th Regi-
ment from Malts, and several invalids from the squadron
in the Mediterranean. She sailed yesterday for Chatham,
with the troops and invalids, having preyipusly taken in,
at this port, seventy additional invalids from various regi-
ments for conveyance to Chwham.
The New York Packet, freight ship, arrived on Sunday
from Jamaica, soli the head-quarters of the 91st Regi-
ment on board, which were landed at Gosport on Monday,
under the command of Major Anderson. They remain
in Forton Barracks. -
At Spithead.—Caledonia, Prince Regent, Donegal,
Asia,
,Wellesley, Talavera, Revenge, Barham, Alfred,
Briton, Voltage, Pear), Brisk, Childers, and Vigilant ketchE.
In Harbour.—Spartiate, Royal George, Winchester,
Samarang, Tweed, Rattlesnake, Victor, Wasp, Charybdis,'
-Recruit, Columbia steamer, Sylvia and Cracker cutters.
PitOMOTIONS, ATPOINTMENTs &c.—Commander W.
H. Higgs is appointed to•hia Majesty's ship Revenge, vice,
Beare* Captain Han. G. R. W. Trefusis, of his Ma-
jesty's slap Winchester, and Captain Right Hon. Lord W.
Paget, of his Majesty's ship North Star, have been per-
mitted to exchange ships. Commander FL G. Colpoys,
of his Majesty's ship Falcon, is appointed to his Majesty's
ship Win,:hestet. Lieu.. T. M. Currie is appointed
(acting) Commander of the Falcon, vice Colpoys. Lieut.
J. Rainer, of his Majesty's ship Mersey, is appointed to
his Majesty's ship hyacinth. Lieut. R. N. Williams is
appointed to command his Majesty's gun-brig Royalist;
Lieut. 11. James is appointed to command his Majesty's
schooner Viper. Mr. J Greenwich is appointed Surgeon •
of his Majesty's yacht Royal George, vice Roddam. Mr.
J. Andrew is appointed Assistant-Surgeon of his Majesty's
ship Tweed. Me. J. Paxton is appointed Assistant-Sur-
geon of the Royalist. Mr. A. Lyon is appointed Assistant-.
Surgeon of the Viper.
Captain J. Hewes, of the Woolwich Division of Royal
Marines, is appointed to his Majesty's ship Winchester, at
this port, vice Burton who has invalided. Second Lieut.
A. H. Stcvena of his Majesty's ship Talavera, has been
re-appointed to the Royal Marine Artillery, vice Wright,
promoted. •
On Friday, Lieutenant-Colonel 'Mann of the Royal Staff
Corps, in the name of the passengers on bond the Wan-
derer tiansport, presented Captain Williams, the comman-
der of that ship, with a silver snuff-box, of the most splen-
did description, as a mark of their high appreciation of his
unvaried kindness and attention dining a tedious voyage
from Corfu and Malta. The following is ecgraven on the
outside :—" Piesented to Captain Williams, of his Ma-
jesty's transport Wanderer, as a mark of esteem, by Lieut.
Colonel and Mrs. Mann, of- the Royal Staff Corps: Dr.,
and Mrs. Scott, of the 211 Rifle Brigade; Captain Dillon,
Royal Staff Corps; Ensign Dalgety, of the 95th Regi-
ment, and Assistant-Surgeon O'Brien, of the 7th Royal
Fusileers. June, 1831. " _ _

His Majesty's ship Curacoa, razeed frigate, may be ex-
pected at Spithead in the course of tke present week, from
Chatham. We understand from an officer who has visited
this ship at the latter port, that the new 32-pounders are
mounted on carriages of the old construction, and that the
deck is in consequence much crowded, notwithstanding
she carries no guns at the bow. The guns are represented
as being very unwieldy, and their form about the muzzle,
even less pct feet then the heretofore badly-constructed
32-pounders. The appearance of this non-descript,
yclept corvette, has created much interest among the Naval
men at Chatham.

Mr. G. G. Lode, midshipman .of his Majesty's ship
Dublin, was exatnirid- brspechtforder -6n Monday, at the
Royal Naval College, and found duly qualified for Lieutenant.
The Rev. J. Marshall, chaplain of his Majesty's ship
Briton, has been found duly qualified on examination at
the College, to perform the duty of schoolmaster, for
which be has received an appointment to that ship.
Re ir-Admiral Sir Thomas Masterman hardy, Rear-Ad-
Miral Sir Thomas Dundas, and the Hon. Captain G.
Elliot, C.B. principal secretary of the Admiralty, are ex.
pected here this evening. The board will remain in this
town Monday and Tuesday on official business, dining
with Admiral Sir T. Foley, Commander-in Chief, on
Monday. They will return to London on Wednesday.
An order, we understand, was yesterday received from
the Admiralty, revoking the permission which had been
previously given to several Russian gentlemen,•students at
this dock-yard, to embark on board the squadron at Spit-
head, and accompany them to their proposed destination.
Olast, four salutes were fired by the follow-
ing ships on the occasions specified below
a Sunday
atspithead,
Caledonia, on being 'visited by
visited by Earl Denbigh ; by his Majesty's ship Asia, on
EBayrlhElisowl‘'elaiietsiytyt'isisslAbliapjesty's ship Prince Regent, on being
being visited by Earl Sheffield ; and by his Majesty's ship
Barham, on being visited by Viscount Raneleigh. It was
erroneously supposed by many that the four salutes were
fired in compliment to the same nobleman on his visiting
four separate ships, but there is an order against saluting
the same person more than once in the day, even though
he should go on board fifty ships, provided such ships
are within sight dead' other
The ports of his Majesty s ship Caledonia, when she
shall have all her foreign stores on board, will not be five
'
feet out of water, and even this is four inches more than
they were before her thorough repair. The ports of his
Majesty's ship Prinlow, This defect will, of course, render them very ce Regent will, we believe, be equally
in-
efficient in heavy weather, in fighting their lee guns,
which will fire directly into the water. His Majesty's
esihfitpheßir
wHateisr,AiZjiensgty,s ship
trel ipti.msv
gn
hd t
,Aelat riereyl ,
their(r z e eptel )r t
sh
eightavi
feetlos t s
isxo
inches
as great a defect in the other ex-
rouetmoef. St. Vincent, when she left
Spithead,
carried her ports six feet two inches out of
water, which we consider a good medium height, and
which, notwit s a „,
h t ndine• all that has been said of the
superior qu cities of the Caledonia and Prince Regent,
renders the St. Vincent a finer man-of-war than either
of them.
•
Two frigates, on the plan of Sir Robert Seppings, of
_
nearly thirteen hundred tons, to be namad the Ambuscade
and Castor, are now in progress of building, the former
in Woolwich dock-yard, and the latter at Chatham.
They will be armed with 32-pounder guns, carrying
twenty-two on the uppee deck of the longest bore, four on
the forecastle and ten on the quarter-deck of a medium
length. They differ very materially in mould from any
frigate hitherto built in England.
Ti,e Winchester will go into dock to-morrow, in order
constructionhiehthe mastconsists
is inaiiine:i ansly ~cell to have her foremast taken out and replaced by one on
rise plan of Sir R. Seppings. The difference betweenthis and the
outin theas in
num-
bertheet w
mode in which they are united. The mast on the old
plan consisted of a spindle for its centre, two side fishes,
two fore and aft fishes, and two cheeks. The spindle in
the centre, in very large toasts, was sometimes made of
tv•-,, pieces. The number of pieces in a mast built on this
plan, hoFever, never exceeded eight, Sir R, Seppings's
mast consists of a spindle fur its centre in four pieces, the
circle being completed by between thirty and forty pieces
in short lengths, dowelled end-ways, the whole firmly
bound together by iron hoops. It appears to its, how-
ever, when we consider the nature of the strain on the
mast, that the joints, from being so numerous, will be
very liable to open and admit the atmosphere and
moisture, which would considerably effect its durability.
A three-decker has just been launched at New York,
called the Philadelphia. She is said to be 220 feet in
length with b 8 feet breadth of beam. Several large
steam-vessels for naval warfare have likewise been launched
at the same place ; in fact, the Americans are all activity
in their dock yard establishments. They as well as the
French, have already anticipated us in the adoption of
Marshall's gun carriages; and here we cannot but regret,
that the coolness with which projected improvements
press,when
nns foreign• i n sta n
nationsce s driv
tooe drives
eagerlyu r men o t
af
ke talent
advantage
ofe
(and sometimes as in this case, of an itnportant nature)
in our naval department are received in our own country,
their .suggestions known to the public by means of the
in
too
the hints thus afforded them, and we have the mortifica-
tion to see the plans of our countrymen adopted and