The Sun.
London, England, 1824-08-09 00:00:00

ROYAL NAVY, &c.

PORTSMOUTU, AUG. 7.—On \Wednesday the Diamond,
46, Captain Lord Napier, sailed for Vera Cruz, with Mr. Mot-
rir, his Majesty's Commissioner at Mexico; and the Driver,
Capt. W. Bowen, for Deptford, to be paid off. ,The Sappho,
Id, Capt. Wm. Ilotham, sailed- yesterday for the North Ame-
rican station. On Wednesday the Brisk, Capt. Mope, arrived
from Chatham ; and 'yitterdayolte Partridge, Lieut. timelin,
from Plymouth, with volunteer Neamen for the etuutirian ; they
have returned to th ono yarn. Camebou, Capt. Lam.
hurt, sailed yenuittloy, for Plymouth, to relit.
Who Neptune, from 4:Meuttn, paanied by the Isle of Wight
last evening, for the River. Some of her passengers ;were
landed here. •

The Board of AtbniraltY, in their late visit to Plymouth, di.
rected their principal attention to the lOrmation ofa -victualling
depot on Devil's Point, through which it is intended to cut a
canal, with ilood.gates at each end, that ships' boats and
lighters may get into Stonehouse Pool, from the Sound, With.
out the risk or trouble of going in at the . usual entrance into
Ilanmaze. They also inspected. the ships in Ordinary. • The
Royal Sovereign yacht landed Lord Melville St Byde on Wed.
neaday evening ; and Sir George Co6khurn, Sir George Clerk,
Mr. Barrow, and Mr. Hamilton landtal here and proceeded
to the Admiralty. Thu Royal Sovereign sailed the next morn-
ing for Deptford. • .
Captain John James Onelow is appointed to the Beaver 10,
to the hued for foreign service at enatham ; Lieototultm,'W. J.
T. Hood and Avarne, Mr. A. Brown, Purser, and Mr. I'. C.
Parlebien, Surgeon, to the Romney ; Mr. J. Gilchrist, SurgeOn,
and Mr. R. Allen, Aaniatant-Suitcon, to Seringapatam.
On Wednesday Ids' Majesty's brig • Cemeleon, Captain
George R. Lambert, returned from Vera Crux, bringing dive
patches from Mr. Lionel Harvey, his Blajesty's Comniiitetouer
at Mexico. Captain Lambert left that city ( with the dispatches)
on the 2tith May, Alvarado the 10th, and Vera Cruz the 12th
June ; touched at Havantlah, and left. it.4th July. The Forte,
40, Sir Thomas Cochrane, was left at Vera Cruz, bound to
England. The Cameleon did not bring any news.. Nothing
was known of Bolivar'sninvenients mike his 'partial dereat: in
February. last. A report prevailed at Vera Cruz that he lied
taken Lima hut the.orighi oflt`eould lint be traced. Vera Cruz
in upWards of MOO miles from his scone of action. The arrival of
the ex-Emperor- Iturbitie, from England, was expected, with
theniost sangnineresults,-ly dui military and priesthood classes.
As to the sueceas or his expeditionary movements, it would up.
Far that, if he disavows all connection with Ohl Spain and
its wretched faithless King, and renounces till the few remain-.
ing till Spaniards in the country, he will b.: welcomed by n
hest of adherents, and March -up to the capital without much
of ta»tition; Gomez commands' a military three in the moun-
tains, who will join hint the 11101/letit lie lands,—The Castle
lellea had been tiring' on the town- of Vera Cruz, and
did 'it very - considerable damage. The mass of the in-
habitants had some time removed to Alvarado.- in con.
neettence of the annoyance the, Mexicans haVe
.experienced.
in their occupation of Vera Cruz, tloy have determined on
establishing a new city and port, et !'unto AotonioLizsrdo,
a piece with an excellent roatlateud, well protected by
narahhanicg, And healthily situated, the neighbourhood being
high and devoid of marshes. When the Camelcon left Ham-
mitt, ten large peivateers were fitting out. there to engtige in
the Slava Trade: owner': had made the-au-mit tempting
°trap to British end Amerlean Seamen, to enter on board them.
The Seardsh frigate Sabine Was' aabout to still with snpplte for
the Castle of !.Aloe, and, the San' Fernando, and Vigererd a -cor-
vette, for Cadiz. The Cartiele-on brought to England about
2h0,000 dollars.

learn by kttert from Lisbon, dated the.Mtly tilt., that
the Wog of Portugrd hitt( itignitilk Ids in(titti,m to Cat t. Da;)).
wia.al,ot again goi:ig off to on board the Windkor Castle; Mid,
as a farth::r compliment, his Illikiv,ty would not send on hoard
his' own dinner (as is customary), -being so well ply A,;:sl with
the former...hospitality of 'the English. -The WintNor Castle
is to be relieved by the Ocean, and the: Genoa by the :+iperb
(on her arrival from the West

A n CHAT °Loa v From a Foreign Journal.)

.—At the present moment France is doing great things for the
wit:qn:man world: Already-in 111194 the Minister of the In.
terior transmitted a code of imtruetions, drawn up by the
Arademy of Kelencta at Paris, to the several Prefecta of the
kintoloni, requiring them to pay due attention to the same, and
to forward to Uovernment an exact detail and description of all
the buildings,- monuments, inscriptions, mausoleums, public
docunum.ts, &c. Cvli ell might be found in their respective pre-
freturt, desiwinting at the ;,:inie time the proprietors, along
witli such accounts as night sire.mly he published, with draw_
&e. this manner the French (favernment
ha' s bec,owa an arthliologini treasure valuable in
theextreme, winch it is intended to publi,d, f„rthwith, as
tar as the detnik ri,:late to matters es.e2ntially int pertunt.—
tiolle of the departments
„tfor, instance' that of the Clpper
Vienna, which is the richest panic monuments), have car-
tied their zeal so far us to transmit, to Government the rtitAvsting
descriptions in a printed form, with the peectsary erigravinga,
&e. at their own cxpenre. flit ailmientiltude of instructions,
drawn up 0:111 so much ahrlity by the Freroth :Academy, and
which, with trifling variations, may be applied to every coun-
try, has just appeared in print.—( Femme Bullitin nee
Sciences Ilblotiques, 162,0