The Sun.
London, England, 1836-10-31 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

(From the Hampshire Telegraph.)
PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 29.—The schooner Castlereagh
arrived on Wednesday in nine days from Santander, with
Colonel M'Cabe and lady, and Dr. Jenner, of the British
Legion on board, as also 74 invalids, 5 women, and a
child. It is reported that General Evans musters still
5,000 of his Legion and 2,000 Spaniards, at St. Sebastian,
but that his officers are six months pay in arrears. His
force only compels the civil authorities of the town to be-
have with common decency towards him ; and shortly he
must return into the town for shelter for the winter ; the
troops cannot remain hutted in the lines outside the town
much longer ; the weather will be much too severe for
them.
The Belvidere, 46, Captain Strong, arrived at New York
on the Ist instant, with the Marquis of Sligo, from Jamaica.
The Samarang, 28, has been commissioned at this port,
by Captain W. Broughton, believed for the West India
Station. The following officers are also appointed to her :
Lieutenants Augustus Lavie and J. H. Murray ; Mr.
Alexander Lane, surgeon ; Mr. John Penn, master ; Mr.
John Tucker, second master, Mr, John Young, boatswain,
and Mr. James Eddington, carpenter.
The Rapid, 10, Hon. Lieut. Kinnaird, arrived on Wed-
nesday from Sheerness, and sailed on the following day for
the Mediterranean, touching at Plymouth. The Pluto
proceeded to Woolwich on Tuesday, and the Rhadaman-
thus, with the Marines on board, the same day, for the
north coast of Spain.
The Prince Regent, yacht sailed early on Monday morn-
ing, with Lord Elphinstone on board, for Bombay.
Captain Sir Thomas Fellowes, C. 8., was entrusted by
his Majesty, on the sailing of the Pembroke, to convey to
Lisbon a full-length picture of himself, as a present to
Prince Ferdinand of Portugal.
The North Star, 28, Captain Vernon Harcourt, was paid
off into Ordinary on Thursday. The Admiralty have
granted David Chine, Captain of the Mast, a gratuity of
71., a medal, and a pension of 221., for good conduct and
long services.
Information is received that four French line-of-battle
ships have arrived at Cadiz, where they will remain during
the present uncertain state of Spanish affairs.
The Atholl, troop-ship, was taken into dock on Monday.
The Dido, 18, has been, this week, commissioned at

Sheerness.
At Spithead.—Norfolk convict-ship.
In Harbour.—Britannia, Victory, Excellent, Royal
George, Conway, Samarang, Atholl, and Barossa, transport.
PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS.—Lord Wm. Rus-
sell, of the Inconstant, and Mr. Reid, of the Britannia, to
the rank of Lieutenants ; Lieutenant Dixon, to the Ser-
pent ; Lieut. W. V. Lee, to the Victory ; Mr. A. Thomp-
son, Master, to the Ordinary at Sheerness ; Lieut. Freda-
derick Blair, to the Dido ; Lieut. V. H. Jones, from the
Coast Guard, Shanklin, Isle of Wight, to command the
Rose, R.C. ; Lieut. F. J. F. Henslow, from the Rose,
R.C., to be chief officer at Birling Gap station ; Lieut. J.
Stuart, from the Ranger, R. C.; to No. 27, Tower, Dym-
church ; Lieut. J. S. Hall, from Townsend Battery, Dover,
to the Ranger, R.C.

(From the Devonpori Telegraph.)
PLYMOUTH, OCT. 29.—8 y the Firefly steamer, which
arrived at Falmouth on Monday, from the Mediterranean,
we learn that his Majesty's ship Tribune was at Smyrna ;
the fleet, with the Admiral, was off Vourla Bay, near Smyr-
na ; and the Salon and Favourite, with the Medea and
Tartarus steamers, were at Malta, at which island the fleet
was expected to arrive down about the 17th instant. At
Gibraltar it was known that Gomez had succeeded in levy-
ing an assessment on the inhabitants of Malaga and the
coast, and that from the house of Mr. Gordon, the wine-
merchant, alone, had been exacted 10,0001. The religious
houses had not been forgotten, which enabled the General
to leave the southern for the north-western district, with a
larger amount than that contributed to the Queen. The
whole country is said to have been petrified at his presence ;
he left on his route on the 13th. The Firefly brings an
overland East Indian mail, as well as one via the Euphra-
tes, under the direction of Colonel Chesney, which was con-
veyed to Malta by the Tartarus steamer.
The Plover, 10, sailed on Sunday for Stangate Creek,
where she will be stationed as a lazaretto.

The Rochester lighter arrived on Sunday with stores,
from Chatham.

The Valek, Dutch brig-of-war, Captain Von Coster, sailed

on the same day for the West Indies, having refitted at this
port.
The Devon lighter sailed on Monday with stores and
ammunition for the squadron on the coast of Spain.
The Tortoise lighter arrived on Monday from Liverpool,
with volunteers from the Royal Navy. The rendezvous at
Liverpool is broken up.
The Pluto steamer has proceeded from Portsmouth to
Woolwich, where she will be paid off, in consequence of her
inefficient qualities as a sea-boat, on the return of her officers
and crew, who are now serving in the Rhadamanthus.
Lieutenant W. V. Lee is appointed to the Victory, vice
Read. Mr. Thomas Harris, Acting Purser of the North
Star, is confirmed in the rank of Purser.
Remaining in Hamoaze—Royal Adelaide, San Joseph,
Satellite.

In the Sound—Scorpion.
The Firefly steam packet from the Mediterranean, ar-
rived on Monday at Falmouth. Letters from Malta, of
the 10th of October, by her, state that the fleet under
Vice-Admiral Sir Josias Rowley was at Yourla on the 28th
of September, and consisted of the Caledonia, 120, Thun-
derer, 84, Canopus, 84, Asia, 84, Revenge, 78, Edinburgh,
74, and Tribune, 24. These ships were kept in constant
exercise, and were in high order. The Vernon, 50, Cap-
tain M'Kerlie, left Malta for Marseilles on the 2d instant,
for the purpose of conveying thither the Commissioners for
the affairs of Malta; the Favourite, 18, was the only man-
of-war in the harbour ; the Barham, 50, sailed on the 21st
of September, for the coast of Africa ; the Tartarus, steamer,
for Alexandria, on the 19th. The Rodney, 92, was at
Barcelona on the 28th of September. Accounts have been
received that the small pox and cholera were prevaleut at
Zante. The Gem, English yacht, had sailed for Tunis ;
Royalist yacht had arrived from Malaga ; and Mischief
yacht had arrived from an excursion along the African
coast, having on board Count Matuzewitch, the Represen-
tative of the Russian Government to the Court of the Two
Sicilies, and the Earl of Wiltshire. His Excellency had
been received by the Maltese authorities with every mark
of respect.
MALTA, OCT. 9.—On the 22d ult., the Prince and
Princess of Capua, travelling under the names of Count
and Countess of Mascali, arrived here in the French
steamer Napoleon, from Marseilles, last from Bastia.
The French frigate Iphigenie, on board which the
Prince of Joinville, third son of the King of the French,
holds the rank of Lieutenant, sailed for Rhodes and the
coast of Syria on the 14th. His Royal Highness made a
stay of eight days at Smyrna, during which he was treated
with great attention by Huessin Bey, the Governor, and by
the Consul and all the French residents with must festi-
vity. The return of the Iphigenie to France is fixed for
the end of October.
" Private commercial letters received from Tripoli, dated
the 26th ult., state that the Capudan Pasha has interdicted
all free trade with Europeans, by imposing a duty of ten
per cent. upon every operation which shall be effected be-
tween them and a Tripoline, Turk, or Jew ; while pur-
chases and sales effected between Tripolines, Turks, and
Jews, amongst each other, are free from this impost. Thus
European commerce of every sort is quite paralised, and
the law of nations, and the rights of treaties, regarded and
respected in Constantinople, are violated by the officers of
the Porte on the Coast of Barbary. These despotic mea-
sures will oblige the Maltese traders and shopkeepers to
leave the place with little chance of settling their pending
affairs. Indeed some letters mention that the proprietors
of their tenements have been required to eject them, as
soon as the current periods of holding them shall have ex-
pired."