The Sun.
London, England, 1841-05-10 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

(From the Hampshire Telegraph.)
PORTSMOUTH, MAY B.—The Volage, 28, Captain G.
Ellio, (with the flag of Rear-Admiral the Hon. G. El-
liot), arrived on Thursday, from the Cape of Good Hope
and St. Helena. The Volage left the Cape on the 6th,
and St. Helena on the 20th March. We are glad to
state that the Gallant Admiral's health is considerably
improved. Earl Minto arrived here yesterday to greet
his brother on his return to England, and set off again
for the Admiralty this afternoon. The Rear-Admiral
struck his flag yesterday.
The Edinburgh, 72, for England, and the Apollo,
troop-ship, with the 60th Rifles on board, for the West
Indies, arrived at Gibraltar on the 27th ult.
The Britannia, which sailed for this port ablaut Christ-
mas, and presumed in a state fit for at least five years'
active service, is now found at Malta in so decayed a
state, that it is a question if she will attempt to return
to England ; several of her bolts have drawn. It is
true she experienced severe weather when she first es-
sayed to sailed from this port, and encountered a hard
gale while at anchor in Marmorice harbour.
The Bittern, a new 16-gun sloop of war, is forthwith
to be commissioned by the Hon. Commander Cary, at
this port.
The Dublin, 50, is ordered to be got ready imme-
diately for commissioning.
The Numa, transport, Lieut. E. Ward, arrived on
Thursday in nine days from Gibraltar ; she brings
home Colonel Chesney 's company of artillery, under the
charge of Lieutenants Buchanan and Bland, together
with 150 invalid soldiers from the sth, 47th, 59th, and
92d and Rifles.

The Samarang, for Madras, sailed from Spithead yes-
terday.

The experimental corvette, Modesto, designed by the
Hon. Admiral Elliot, has, we are informed, been most
successful in her trials of sailing with other vessels, and
has beaten the Rover, a corvette of similar tonnage. The
Rover is the fastest sailing ship constructed by Sir Wil-
liam Symonds, of ships of 28 guns and under. In sail-
ing on a wind, and especially in a stiff breeze and a
head sea, the superior sailing of the Modesto over that
of the Rover has been the most decided. The very re-
markable and important point of difference between these
two vessels appears to be their draught of water—the
Modeste's being more than two feet less than the Rover's ;
and it thus appears that the talented Admiral has suc-
ceeded in effecting a most desirable improvement in the
construction of a man of war, the Modeste being most
easy in her motions, and having decidedly beaten the
Rover with so much less draught of water. The great
advantage of a small draught of water in a ship of war
will be fully appreciated by naval men.
The Boadicea transport, Lieut. Richard Ward, agent,
is expected to call at this port on her way to Rio de
Janeiro.

The private ship, Prince Rupert, Captain H. James
Atkinson, sailed on Tuesday for the settlement of New
Zealand, having taken on board, at this sport, Mr. Spain
and family, who is proceeding to that colony as the
Commissioner for regulating and adjusting claims of
land. Mrs. Spain is accompanied by her mother, Lady
White, formerly of this town.
The Dutch galliot Scheeps Bowlast, from Lisbon, for
Maasslynns, arrived this morning with a Norwegian
schooner in tow, laden with wine, which she found aban-
doned on the 29th ult. off Cape Finisterre ; the name of
the schooner appears to be Harold Nicolay of Christian-
sand.

On Tuesday arrived at the Motherbank the R.Y.C.
schooner Gitana (belonging to N. Harvey, Esq.), from a
voyage of pleasure in the Mediterranean, where she has
been cruising for upwards of twelve months. She has
touched at nearly all the Greek Islands—Smyrna, Con-
stantinople, the Bosphorus, and into the Black Sea ;
indeed, almost every port in the Mediterranean. She is
under quarantine.

The schooner Jane, Reid, master, from Leghorn, with
wheat and timber, for this port, was admitted to pra-
tique, on Wednesday„ and came into harbour, to dis-
charge. She left Leghorn on the 10th March, at which
time there were about 30 English vessels loading,
amongst which were the Hebe, Green ; Don Juan,
Luscomb ; and Patelina, Strong. She also spoke, off
Scilly, on the 30th ult., the schooner Elizabeth, of and
from Dartmouth, bound to Oporto, and requested to be
reported.

In Harbour—Queen, Victory, Excellent, Royal George,
Fair Rosamond, Comet and Echo, steamers.
At Spithead—lndus, Vernon, Volage, Pelican, Nau-
tilus, and Rapid.

PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS.
PROMOTIONS.—Mates —W. W. Wilson, and A. S.
Austen, to the rank of Lieutenant.
APPOINTMENTS.—Commander—The Hon. B. C. F. P.
Cary to the Bittern.
Lieutenants--Arthur Kennedy, to the Acorn ; Wil-
liam Rees Davies, to the Niagara ; George Williams, to
Land Surveying Service, Scotland ; C. limber, to the
Indus ; W. H. Bridge, to the Excellent ; George Wode-
house, to the Queen, vice Tringham ; D. Reid, to the
Monarch.

Surgeon—.T. Salmon, to the Medea.
Assistant-Surgeons—Robert Fulton, M.D., to the Bel-
leisle ; Charles Fergusson, to the Cornwallis ; Alexander
Scott, to the Fair Rosamond.

Mates—Thomas E. Sanders, to the Caledonia ; D. H.
M'Neill, to the Acorn ; E. Hardy, from Excellent, and
Henry Burroughs, to the Indus. •
Midshipman—W. G. Douglas, to the Cornwallis.
Master's Assistant—W. F. Palmer, to the Polyphemus.
Gunner—Joseph Woodman, to the Acorn.
Coast Guard—COinmander A. T. GOldie, to be Inspect-
ing Commander.
Medical Officers—ln consequence of the recent death
of Mr. Dunn, Peter Suther, Esq., is appointed Surgeon
of the Woolwich Dockyard ; James Prior, Esq., becomes
Surgeon of the William and Mary yacht ; Isaac Noot,
Esq., is appointed Surgeon of the Royal Sovereign yacht.
The Earl of Minto has appointed W. D. Christie, Esq.,
his Private Secretary, in the room of Lord Melgund.
The Royal Naval Club held their quarterly dinner at
the Fountain Inn on Thursday, Sir Richard Grant in
the Chair ; about thirty officers and their friends sat
down to one of Mr. Nance's best . displays of the good
things of this life.
PLYMOUTH, MAY 6.—The Lightning steamer, Lieut.
Waugh, arrived from Liverpool, and proceeded the same
day for Woolwich. The Driver and Geyser steamers
arrived from Pembroke on Thursday, and are since gone
to Woolwich, where the Geyser is to be fitted for com-
mission. On Saturday the St. Anne transport
arrived from Portsmouth, and • embarked a de-
tachment from the 85th depot, and proceeded for Canada
with other detachments to join the service compa-
nies.. The Portsmouth yacht sailed on Saturday, for
Wales, having on board the Rear-Admiral-Superin-
tendent of Portsmouth Dockyard. The Polyphemus
steamer, Lieut. Evans, and Cockatrice schooner, Lieut.
Oxenham, arrived from Portsmouth on Tuesday. The
Minden, 72, was undocked on Thursday, having had a
thorough repair. In Harbour—Caledonia, San Josef,
Cornwallis, Polyphemus, Wilberforce, Albert, Avon,
Carron, and Adventure transport. In the Sound—lm-
pregnable, Belleisle, and Cockatrice.

SAD MISTAKE.—When a female member of
he British Royal family holds a levee, it is customary for
her to kiss the ladies of the nobility, and no other& It
happened that the lady of the Lord Justice Clerk was, on
one occasion, among the number of those presented to the
late Princess Amelia, who, as it is well known, was very
deaf. " Stand by for my Lady Justice Clerk," said the
man in waiting. Meanwhile, some meddling person whis-
pered him that his announcement was incorrect, the lady
being a commoner. By this time the kiss preliminary
was about to be performed, when out bawled the man of
office through a speaking trumpet, " Dont kiss her, Ma-
dam, she's not a lady I"
SARK SILVER MINES.—We derive the fol-
lowing information from a respectable source at Guernsey.:
—The existence of a silver mine, likely to be productive, in
the Island of Sark, appears to be no longer a matter of doubt.
In addition to the high opinion entertained by every expe-
rienced person who has inspected the Sark Mines, we have
with much pleasure read the report of W. J. Henwood,
Esq., F. R. S., and her Majesty's underground mine sur-
veyor in the Duchy of Cornwall, in which he gives a most
satisfactory and encouraging account of the undertaking,
and which has since been confirmed by the discovery of
silver ore in the forty fathom level (the greatest depth yet
attained), producing 639 oz. of fine silver to the ton of ore.
It appears the ore improves both in quality and quantity as
the works descend, and although the greatest depth at pre-
sent attained compared to other mines is but very trifling,
upwards of 15,000 oz. of silver have been raised, besides
many tons of lead. There is a silver mine now working in Brit-
tany which has been producing a profit of 50,000/. per an-
nual for some time past, the characters of which are known
to resemble that of Sark ; and from the direction it bears is
not unlikely to be a continuation of the same vein, asmine-
ral veins have been traced to a much greater distance than
that between Sark and Brittany. Mr. Henweod also
speaks favourably of the Herm Copper Mines, an under-
taking which we understand is about to be carried on with
takingsincreas wiedvl;igour. As the prosperity of both these under-
be of great importance to the Channel Is-
lands, as well as to the proprietors, we hope the opera-
tions will continue to be crowned with success.—Jersey
Tintes. (Specimens of the rich ore from the forty fathom
level may be seen on application to the Secretary of the
Royal Gallery of Practical Science, Adelaide-atteet,
Strand.)

T•
SUGAR MONOPOLY.—The working
classes pay more than one-third over the amount of the
fair market price for their sugar, in order to sustain the
West Indian interest ; of every sixpence spent in sugar,
twopence at least is plunder. The Government propose
to relieve the people from this burthen, and all the
West Indian monopolists are up in arms. They roar
out that the plan will encourage slavery—as we
pay them the extra twopence because they are
so benevolent as not to use slaves. But it should
be borne in mind that, so far as these West
India gentlemen are concerned, they held their slaves
till we paid them twenty millions of British gold for
their emancipation ; and that even after they had ob-
tained the money, they endeavoured, under the name of
apprenticeship, to screw out the slavery to the last
minute of the bond. Moreover, with all their horror of
slavery, they use the slave-grown sugar (after it is re-
fined in this country in bond),
which they buy at 4d.
per lb., in order to enable us to take all their free-grown
sugar at 6d. per lb. This cant will not do in a tea-pot
question.— Western Times.
STATE OF TRADE.--The market remains al-
most without change. A little more inquiry has taken
place in yarns, but the prices submitted to are ruinously
low. In cloth the business done is trifling, and very low
prices alone will effect even the small amount of business
to be done. Twenty-seven inch 66-reed printers are sell-
ing at ss. 71d. to 58. 9d, Seventy-two reeds at ss. 100.
to 6s. 3d. Forty's mule twist, lOid. to l ld. Thirty's
water twist, 104-d. to Mid., for good second qualities
It may not be improper to observe, that a feelino• of hope for the future " appears to be gaining ground
amongst exporters, in consequence of the probabilityof
a speedy change in the Corn-laws and sugar monopoly.—
Manchester Tunes.