The Sun.
London, England, 1840-02-24 00:00:00

t A SH.ION ABLE INTELLIGENCE.

ARRIVALS.
Mr. and Mrs. Moore, at Marshall Thompson's Hotel,
Caverdish-square ; Mrs. Douglas and family, at ditto,
from Leamington; Rev. Dr. Wellesley, at ditto; Cap-
tain and the Hon. Mrs. Ryder Burton, at their house in
Park-square, from Sudley-park ; Captain and Mrs. Eenry
Bathurst, in Gloucester-place ; Lord Frederick Beanclerk,
at King's Hotel; Lord Edward Howard, at Norto'k
House; Lord and Lady Thomas Cecil, in Belgrave-street;
Lady Grey, in Hertford-street ; Baron de Tuvlon, in
Weymouth-street; the Hon. Captain Pitt, and the Hon.
Frederick Methuen, at the Royal Horse Guards Barracks;
Sir Arthur and Miss Laura Paget, in Grosvenor-street ;
Earl and Countess of Lisburne and family, in Great Stan-
hope street ; Sir William and Lady Medlycott, from their
seat; Sir Clifford and Lady Constable and Miss Chi-
chester, in Cumberland-place, from Burton Constable,
near Hull ; Bishop of Salisbury and Mrs. Deni-
son, in Portman-square ; Mr. and Mrs. Steuart,
in Belgrave-street ; Countess Dowager of Claren-
don, Lord and Lady William Poulett, in Curzon-
street ; Baron de Gcrsdorff, in South Audley-street ; Gen.
Sir Robert Barton, in Montagu- street ; Lady George and
Miss Murray, in Green-street; Lieutenant-General Sir
Thomas, Lady, and Miss Hislop, in Hertford-street; Lady
Parker and family, at the Admiralty; General O'Hallc-
ran, in Piccadilly; Marquis of Waterford, at the Caven-
dish Hotel, Jermyn-street, from Melton Mowbray - Hon.
Mrs. Greville, at ditto, from Brighton; Captain H. Bun-
bury, R.N. and Lady, at ditto, from Batton Hall, Suf-.
folk; Charles Bunbury, Esq., at ditto, from ditto; Se-
ward Buabury, Esq., at ditto, from ditto; James Foster,
Esq., at ditto, from Stourbridge; George Cooke, Esq.,
at ditto, from Bristol ; Captain Fayrer, R. N., at ditto,
from Liverpool ; John Farquhar, Esq., at ditto ; H.
Sapte, Esq., at ditto ; Mr. and Mrs. Turner, at ditto, from
Cheltenham ; the Duke of Bedford and the Marquis of
Tavistock, in Belgrave-square; the Right Hon. Sir G.
N. Rose, in Palace-yard, from Brighton; Lord Alford, in
Belgrave-square, from Bedfordshire ; Lord Archibald St.
Maur, at the Royal Horse Guards' Barracks ; the Earl
of Dalhousie, at the Marquis of Tweedale's, in Belgrave-
square, from Dalhousie Castle, near Haddington ; Lord
Stewart de Rothsay, :on Carlton-terrace, from High
Cliff House, in the New Forest ; Lord Douglas, in Hano-
ver-square, from Hirst House. near Coldstream; Lieut. St.
John Mildmay (royal Scots Grays), at Lady Mildmay's, in
Belgrave-square ; the Right Hon. Sir William Rea, from
the north ; Lord and Lady M'ontagu, in Hamilton-p Lice,
from their seat, Beanhen House, in the New Forest ;
Mr. Morier, Minister to the S Ass Cantons, from Berne ;
Col. and Lady Laura Meynell, in Berkeley-square, from
the Auberies, Suffolk ; Captain and Mrs. Alfred Hill, in
Hyda Park-gardens ; Lord Dufferrin and Clamboye, from
Balleyleidy, county Down ; Lady Charlotte Lister, in
Grosvenor-square ; Lord Worsley, in Beigrave-street,
from Manby Hall, near Grimsby ; E. Heneage, Esq ,
M.P., from Nainton Hall, Lincolnshire ; the Hon. Mrs.
Fulke Greville, in Jermyn-street, from Brighton; Captain
and the Hon. Mrs. Ryder Burton, in Park-square, from
Sudbrook Park, near Petersham ; the Hon. Mrs. Eden,
at Marlborough House, from Hampton Court Palace;
Mr. Rice, M. P., from Dover ; Sir Juhn and Lady Char-
lotte Guest, in Spring-gardens; Lord and Lady John
Thynne, in Hill-street, from Glastonbury; Lady Charles
Somerset, at Marlborough House; Sir William Symonds,
in Somerset-place ; Lieut.-General and the Hon. Mrs.
Mundry, in Hobart-place, Eaton-square.
DEPARTURES.

grave, for Leamington: Spa ; the Hon. Charles John
Murray, for ditto ; Captain Frankland R.N., to join the
Pearl sloop-of vrar at Portsmouth ; Major-General Geeeris-
breet, for Huntingdon ; G. Thonibuil, Eeq , M. P-, for
ditto ; Captain Bruce. R N . fur Lest-Onton Spa ; Ge_
rp•ral Sir George and Lady Nugent,- for Great Marlow
Backs ; Colonel Murso, R. A , for Dover Castle ; Sir F.
Burdett, for Derbyshire ; Lord Vaux, fur Oxfordshire ;
Mr. Round, NI P., fur Essex ; the lion. Constantine
Dillon, 60th Rita s, for Corfu • •Lady aid the Misses An-
tif•rson, for St. Leonard's-on- gaa ; Lord and Lady Teyn_
ham, for Leamington Sda ; the Lord Mayor of York,
for York ; Prince Lucien Murat, by the Great Western
for New York.

LI TERA T U 11E.

LADY JANE GREY, 3 Vols.
Golburn, London, 1840.

To Mr. Miller. the author of t' Royston Gower,"
a tale of fiction which on its first appearance was we 1
received by the public, we aro indebted for this worl-,
which treats-of an eventful period in our, English aunt's,
and well .suited to the purposes of romance. The story
opens with a sketch of an old bag, by name Duskena,
who lives in a hut in Greenwich park, and is suppos.d
by the superstitious neighbourhood to be ere
(lowed with supernatural . powers. This old
women—to whom, hy,the bye, an undue prominence is
assigned in the tale—is one of the prime movers of tie
intrigues against Northumberland, who bad just suc-
ceeded in elevating his kinswoman Lady Jane Grey to
the throne ; and having accomplished the overthrew.
of the aspiring Duke, by the aid of her assistauts,
Lord Arundel and Sir William Cecil, Duskena obtains
an interview with the Lady Jane, when imprisoned in tie
Tower, after her till, and is so struck with her gentle-
ness of manner, and nobility of sentiment, that from
having been her bitterest enemy, she becomes her
warmest friend ; and after vainly endeavouring to pre-
vail on Queen Mary to :save her life, attends
ber to the scaffold, and soon after dies of re-
morse. Such are the leading incidents of this
story, which, generally speaking, follows history. with
tolerable fidelity. Among the minorpersonages introduced,
we may mention the chivalrous young nobleman, Lord
Wardour, who, though opposed to the party of which
Lady Jane Grey is the acknowledged bead, is yet. des-
perately in love with her, and enceueter3 many striking
vicissitudes in his generous efforts to rescue her from
the headsman's axe. The two characters, however,
with which the author has taken most pains, are
these of Northumberland and :(4ecil, and we award him
no more praise then is his due,4hen we say that he has
been successful in both these delkations. There are many
graphic and eloquent sceniet descriptions scattered
throughout the volumes, to,.'vehicti the author seems
fond of returning at every opportunity, as though he
felt himself more at home in expatiating. on the beauties
of nature, than, in analyzing those 'strange and compli-
cated feelings of which our;motley humanity is made
up. We have read Lady Jene, Grey with much plea-
sure, and so we are sure will ',!our readers, if only for
the spirit and freedom of tota'revcry where manifested
in it.

The Hon. NeWtorT;l.l:;ciy6atti;ine FeHowes, from
Bryanston-square, on a visit to Lord,Ebrington, at Dublin
Castle ; Sir Edward Sugden, from Crawley's Hotel, for
Boyle Farm, Surrey ; Sir Richard King, for Leicester-
shire; Major-General Sir Artiretr Clifton, for Brighton ;
Lady Barham, from Upper Halley-street, for Dublin ; the
Earl of Roden, for ditto; the 'Hon. Henry Robert Wes.
tenra, for W ndsor ; Major M'Narnar.t. 31. P., for Clan ;
Lady and Miss Poore, from the Pulteney Hotel, for
Hampshire; Viscount Mountmorres, for Dublin; Roar.
Admiral Sir James Gordon, K.C.8., for Kingstown,
Dublin ; Lord Loftus, on a visit to Colonel and Mrs.
Archdall, at Castle Archdall 'f Captain Pechell, M P.,
for Castle Goring ; Mr. and Lady Harriet Elkrton and
Mr. Manners Satton, for Brighton ; Sir R.clun-t and
Lady Wilmot Norton and family ; F. B. Beamish,
Esq., M. P. from Jermvn-street, St. James's, fir his
seat, Grenville Hause, Cork ; Sir Montagu' Chapman,
Bart., from the Cavendish Hotel, Jermyn-street, fir
the Continent ; Mrs. Clement Archer and family, from
Marshall Thompson's Hotel, Cavendish-square ; Eadvs
Summers, Es.q., from ditto ; Mrs. Macrarlane nod
from ditto ; Colonel Higginson, from ditto ; Count and
Countess de Oliveira andsfamily, from ditto, for their man-
sion, in the Regent's Park ; the Hen. Charles N0a1,31. F.,
for Lord Barham's, fr.-nn ditto ; Walter Ewer, Esq., from
ditto ; the Earl of S indwicii, for flendounbroke ; Vis-
ennui San o Muaro, Minister from to Court of Brazil,
for Brussels ; V. B. Beamiib, Esq , M. P., from Jerinvn-
ttriet! for Greuyille klousep near Cork ; Captain Mus.

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OUR FOREIGN TRADE.

At a late, meeting of time Mancbest(r Chamber of
Cinimerce, Mr. Ashworth said, he bed been a good
deal struck -milli what was stated in reference to our
export trade, and he had been inctuced to Look at
" Burn's Glance," to see the relative proportion wbiah
th 't trade Lore to .the home co nsq:mption. On
waking this examination he found,. that our home
trade in cotton did not amount to one-fifth of
our exports.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) The Cham-
ber, he trusted, would see the necessity from
this fact; of attending to that portion of the report
which spoke of the course to be taken on the
renewal of treaties, and the lessening of our tariffs. We
were told from time to time of the importat ice of our home
trade, and of the advantages of the high prlice of food. He
could not upon this question refrain front anak:ng one ob-
servation. He thought that if this fact was home out, the
past year should hays been distinguished: for its prospe-
rous home trade. But what was the fact ? In 1838
the home made took 84,000,0001b5. of manufactured
cotton goods, while last year it only consume'i
60,000,0001b5. Therefore with high lorices our borne
trade has fallen off to the extent of per cent.—
(Applause.) Further than this, our c onsumptian of
cotton for the past year was 10 per cort. less than the
previous year ; and in the face of our :markets abroad
being glutted with the usual supplies from n our manufac-
turing establishments, we had the addit onal hardship
thrown upon us of being compelled to fo. rce out of the
country 24,000 0001bs. of cotton manilla etured }or the
home tradee-•-(Hear, hear.) This qu entity, man afac-
turcd expressly for the home trade, Lad indeed been
• obliged to be actually " squeezed" out of the reountry
to keep our working population from a stare alien.—
(Hear.) He would not direct attention:. to this subject
further than to repeat, that it showed O. necessity of
attending to the renewal of treaties now: about to expire,
CO as to have them placed, if possible, on a more ad-
vantageous basis.
Mr. Alderman COBDEN said we cmig ht be told that
our foreign trade had been very prosper( .us last year, and
the authority that would be quoted woo' Id be the official
tables, showing that there had been muc h increase in the
'exports. Now it was useless in the House of Com-
mons to 'bring -forward any argument at all against the'se
official tables, for Sir Robert Peel we ulit say, " They
are your own accounts, Burn's Glance, showing a very
considerable increase in yoto- exports. How, then, can
you tell us that your foreigti trade is d eclining ?" lie
had made some inquiries into the feet o f the increase of
exports in-last year, and he for, rid that . there goods had
gone abroad, not in the usua.l chi muds, but hail
been forced abroad, to glut the nwrk( As, as the surplus
'of our home demand. Thus it was km mown that, while
the tunal supplies of the foreign :Berke, is had hisen com-
paratively idle, there had been a gri eater amount of
shipments at Liverpool. They knew? :that a prodigious
quantity of goods had been sent to New York, rand
and that they had been sold at u ruinceas sacrifice.
They were continually told that their home trade
was the most important, and that it ought, by all
means, to be fostered. How coulicl the home trade
be most important, when the raw material of the
manufacturer was of foreign grow tt m ? How ceuid
they sell tfieir goods to the fennel. of Lin cobashire
unless they first bought the materials ' front the grower
of North Carolina ? It was not g eue rally known that
• four-fifths of the weight of our #eotton was sent
abroad last year, and one-fifth only eoaeurn ad at home.
What, then, h:carae of the argum eat, that the home
trade was the most important and 0- me most sure trade ?
How was it the.mose sure trade, m Olen, with the high
prices of last year, it had declined 25 per cent., and
they had been obliged to send that 2 5 per eent. abroad,
• or else cease to -employ their work people %—(Ap-
plause.) Look at it in anothe r point of view.
' They - were told by Mr. Maculloc I:, on an estimate
formed in 1832,4 that the raw mate rieml; of our cotton
mn xnufacture cost seven millions st cling, the labour
expended upon it amounted to 21 milli one, and the pro-
fit of the capitalists to six millions' r sore, making 34
Four-fifths of these goods were sent abroad

—for what ? For claret, port, slk.erry, coffee, tea,
sugar, silks, and all other luxuries for the affluent
and idle ; while the working ma n, who contri-•
buted more than one-half to the value of these
goods, vas not allowed to vxch. Inge them for
the thing's he most stood in 'need - of—the corn ant
cattle of other countries.—(Ap plauso.) Looking
at the facts altogethor, that the: notne COOSUMCM
could not take more than one-fifth of our produce, and
yet stood in the position of a dog in the manger, sayitag,
" We cannot buy your pods, but you shall not soli
them anywhere clso," it did appear to him one of the
most extraordinary anomalies:and one of the most won-
derful instances of wickedness ever attempted to be
practised upon I,ny trade.
Mr.. GARDNIEII. thought that Mr.•M'acculloch's state-
ment about the profits of the manufacturer being
6,000,000/. was exaggerated. Il applie d to last year, .it
cugLt to be 2,11(10,0001—the other_way--

EXCELLENT.—A publk meeting has been held
lately in Woonsocket (Mass.) and the followthg preamble and
resolution adopted :—Whereas it is currently reported that in
one of our neighbouring villages, " a mail mado during the
last year 1,530 dollars, by minding his t)w n. business, and 500
dollars by letting other peoples alone"---therefore resolved,
that we recommend to some of the good people in our village
to try the experiment, not only as a source of emolument to
themselves, but of satisfaction to their neighbours.—American

Paper. • • •
THE PIFF'S ELM OUTRAGE .—Bowen has
been discharged by the Cheltenham Magistr rtes. There were
five persons swearing an alibi, and three swearing to the iden-
tity. We believe the murderer to have ;been the man who
bought the Mackintosh of Mr. Hardwick, and who was taken
up by the Berkeley Hunt at Northleach nest morning. It ap-
pears that
,Mr. H. and another highly respectable individual,
though of opinion that Bowen was not the man, they had seen
the night of the attempted murder, said that he was neverthe-
less very. like him. One of the coolest things we ever heard of
was the interference a a Bristol Magistrate, who, dating his
warrant the day before a decision was arrived at by the Chel-
tenham Magistrates, causes the man to be apprehended en ti.e
same charge immediately after he was acquitted here. We
doubt the legality of this procedure, but we have no doubt
whatever as to its extreme discourtesy towards; the Cheltenham
Bench.—Cheltenham Express.
A NEW WAY OF SENDING BII.:IDE CAKE.—
On Tuesday last a small piece of her Majesty's bride cake was
received by a gentleman in Leeds enclosed in a letter. The
sheet of paper, with its contents, weighed unetsr half an ounce,
and, consequently, cost only one penny.—Halifax Guardian.
STATE OF CRIME IN PARIS.--The police
have just. succeeded in arresting a band of robbers of a desperate
description. Three men had attempted to co.nmit a barglary
last Tuesday night in the house of an innkeeper in the Fan-
bear, St Martin, and, by the presence of mind of the owner
of the house, were arrested by the police before they could
retire with the booty they hail collected. One of them proved
to be a man named Dinnoutier, who some months ago had
been arrested in Paris under the assumed nano! of Johnson and
had subsequently escaped from the prison of Cambrai, whither
he had been sent for examination relative to some previous de-
predations. These men were all armed with pistols, and had a
large supply of housebreaking tools. The pace soon disco -
vered where Dummitier had been lodging, and on proceeding
thither the day before yesterday arrested two other individuals,
notorious thieves, and who at the time were strongly armed.
An immense quantity of stolen goods was found at their lodg-
ings.--French Paper.
SOUTH SEA COMPANY.—Last week a special
general Court of the Proprietors of this Company was field,
for the purpose of preparing an address of congratulation to the
Quo= on her marriage. At twelve o'clock, Charles Franks,
Esq.; the sub-Governor, took the chair, and, after a few pre-
fatory remarks, called on the Secretary to read the address.
Mr. Capel moved that it be agreed to, signed by the Chair-
man, and then transmitted to her Majesty in the usual way,
which was seconded by Mr. Hammond, and carried, after
some immaterial verbal alterations had been agreed to. Mr.
Jones then moved that it be left to the Directors also to pre-
, pare a i address to Prince Albert, as it must be most agreea',le
to 1-er Majesty to perceive that respect was also paid to her
husbanl. Mr. Linde Locatta rose to second the proposition.
A Proprietor asked if Prince George of Denmark was ad-
dressed as well as Queen Anne, when he was informed by Mr.
Vaux that the company was not in existence at the time of the
marriage. The motion was then put and carried unanimously,
when Mr. Jones observed that he had no of ish to cause division
in the weting by his motion, and was happy to see the Pro-
prietors of one mind, as it was their duty, as loyal subjects of
her Maj !sty, to welcome a Prince who had come to be a resi-
dent am mgst us, and to whom we should now look for the
protection of the Protestant establishments of the country.
'The Chairman then promised to prepare the address to Prince
Albert, when the meeting separated.
HEALTH OF THE METROPOLIS.--From the
table of mortality, published by order of the Registrar-Gene-
ral, it appears that the deaths registered in the week ending Sa-
turday the 15th of February, 1510, amounted to 813. The
average number registered weekly in 1833 was 1,013. The
low mortality of the last four weeks is to be ascribed to the mild-
ness of the weather, and to the fact that no epidemic, except
of scarlet fever, is prevailing. The deaths in the last week
from small-pox were only 6, measles 13, scarlatina 46, hopping-
cough 20, typhus 30, inflammation of the lungs, air-tubes, and
pleura 70, asthma 35, consumption 141, apoplexy 18, para-
lysis 13, cancer 9, rheumatism 6, childbirth 7, sudden deaths
upon which inquests were held but no intelligible verdicts re-
turned 13, privation 1, violent deaths 15. Of the 813 persons
393 were males, 42.0 females; 356 were under 15, 282 between
15 and 60, 174 above 60 years of age. The deaths in the
west districts were 93, north districts 145, central districts 172,
east districts 190, south districts 208. The population in the
thirty-two metropolitan districts, it is estimated, will amount,
by the middle of the year 1840, to 1,955,000.
RICCI AND RARE.—There may now be seen
on a paper at the window of au eating-house in Middleborough,
Sudbury, the following :
Victoria sausages rich and good,
Prince Albert black-puddings, an excellent food."
The Wiltshire Independent says—" The la-
bourer--a married man—whose case we mentioned a few weeks
az.r, and who nas induced by a threat of imprisonment to agree
to work for 6s a week, has, we have since been informed, been
compelled to at. ept still lower wages. He is now working for
ss. a week, aad out of this pittance he has to maintain himself,
his wife, and child." Here's a commentary on the Corn-laws

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE:-

(From tl.e Hampshire Telegraph.)
PORTSMOUTH, FRB. 22.—The Blenheim, 72, Cal earn
Sir H. Senhouse, sailed on-Tuesday for the tis dies,
laden with warlike stores to be employed against the Chi-
nese. The Blonde frigate has arrived at Ply mo, en, from
this port, and, with the Nimrod 20 and Pylade alB
immediately follow the Blenheim. The Andros
All
at
this port, is nearly ready for. sex, and will also pa 'acted to
the same quarter, touching at the Msuritiue.
The Crescent 42, in command of Lieutenant l )40nellan,
sailed on Tuesday for Rio de Janeiro, where she is to be
stationed as a depot for captured negroes, She took out
despatches for Rear-Admiral Ross and Commode re. Sulli-
van ; also a draft of boys for the squadron. Lie, at. Nott,
appointed to the President flag-ship, likewise to, de a pas-
sage in the Crescent.
The Vestal 28, was at Halifax on the 29th of Jr wary,
where she will remain till May, to re.eaver the 'ties lth of
her crew, having lost 27 of them by fever.
The Wizard 16, arrived at Rio de J..n, 'irch firtai Ply-
mouth, on the 26th December.
THE CYCLOPS STeAM FRIGATE.—This Sph. ngia, vessel
arrived here on Thursday, will be off immediatenv to. Lis-
bon, with a new capstan for the Revenge 76, will
then proceed to Gibraltar and Malta This vessel ie. 1, 200
tons burden, but whether new or old measurement is not
mentioned ; she carries 460 tons of coal, which is co eisidet
ed
a 25 days' consumption, and is armed with two teskits.eft
guns on swivels, and four eight-inch-guns on theb elaTeed,e.
and on the main-deck has ports for 16 32-pound !ers, but
has no guns on board for that deck. When she' started '
from the river she drew 18ft. aft, and 17ft forward., but is
now lightened one foot by the consumption of 60 tens of
coals. This ship would carry well 1,000 soldiers ens haT
deck, or she would carry, berthed in the regular 'inanner,
400 troops across the Atlantic, or 300 to the Es.ee medics.
She is very easy at sea, and possesses great sue A, 'hating,
under canvas and steam, with the wind m7'4 aft, cleared
11 knots over the ground; if, therefore, ',no was built for
the purpose of carrying troops quickly. she has effectually
answered the purpose of her construe'
,or and the Govern-
ment ; but if, as we really believe, ' ae was intended to be
armed with 22 heavy guns, with her full complement of
fuel, then else is a feilure, r d with the
additional
guns
which she ought to have on. beard, and with a proper-
powder, she must go to sea
tionate eight of shot wed
with not more than 18 gays' furl, about three-fourths of
what she hss capacity 'et) carry. The armament of-412 such
guns as we have enumerated, matching her with a large
frigate, would require a crew of at least 950, men, includ-
ing officers and engine attendants ; said she has abundant,
if not elegant, accommodation, for tide number. At pre-
sent her complement is, we, believe, 175, which is more
than her man-of-war-like qualifications will warrant;
and, therefore, she es a needlessly expensive vessel—
as we are quite Certain, that two vessels of 800
tons may be constructed to carry each the same
armament the Cyclops now does—drawing not more than
12, feet water, and be sailed at an. expense not ex-
ceeding her's ; consequently twice as useful. With
regard to carrying troops, a 28-gun frigate, fitted as a
trooper, will do such work as effectually and much cheaper.
Be it understood, we do not decry such a vessel as this, we
lament only that she is not effeetiee for what she was in-
tended. We had omitted to say a word of her engines and
boilers; they must be seen to be appreciated ; their
beauty, lightness, and strength of construction does infinite
credit to Messrs. Seaward, the engineers, and the airiness
of the whole arrangement must be a grateful relief to the
men employed in wets a floating Pandemonium.
The Columbia steamer, M. Thompson, master, sailed
yesterday for Plymouth ; report seys she is to go to San
Sebastian, to being home another detachment of the Royal
Marine battalion in that quarter.
The Prometheus steamer sailed this evening for Ply-
mouth, Gibraltar, and Malta. William Martin, Esq., the
naval surgeon at Malta, took passage in her.
The following New York packets have sailed this week,
having been detained by the westerly gales :—Ontario,
Griswold, and Westminster, Moore ; and, this afternoon,
the St. James, Sebor. The present strong easterly winds
will clear the Channel and all the ports of outward-bound
ships.
The Roberts and Stratheden, both for Madras, have this
week called at Spithead, and having taken in stock and
embarked passengers, proceeded on their voyage.
Arrived at Cowes yesterday, the ship Achilles, Captain
D. Duncan, from the Mauritius, which she left on the
24th November last, in company with the ships Penyard
P.:rk, Captain Middleton, Ariel and Africa, and the Earl
of Lauderdale, Captain I'cll••••••till for London. The
Achilles touched at the Cape on the 30;h, and left it on
the next day ; she left her Majesty's troop ship Jupiter,
in Simons Bay, having on board the 61st Regiment ;
she was to sail on the 17'h December. On the 17th
December, spoke the snip Eccles, from China for London,
• all well. • _ _ _ _ _ _

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On Friday, the 14th; inst., the French sloop Aimablo
Victoire, Duriel, master, belonging to and from Barfleur,
was seized by Lieutenant Woodroffe, R.N. of the Preston
Station, Weymouth, with.twelve casks of Foreign Spirits
on board.
At pithead.—Mandarin convict ship.
In Harbour—Britannia, Victoria, Excellent, P:que,
Andromache, Royal George, Magicienne, Cyclops steam
frigate, Pantaloon, Raven cutter, Messenger steamer, Ad-
venturer naval transport.
PLYMOUTH, FEB. 21.—The Wanderer. Commander
Denman, and Fantame, Commander Butterfield, have
sailed fer the Cape and West African stetion, to relieve
the Harlequin and Wolverine, ordered home to be p..id
off. The Columbia arrived on Sunday from Portsmouth,
and sailed the following- day with marines and supernume-
raries for the same place. The Bc.reaq, Dutch frigate,
sailed on Monday' for Batavia. The Blonde arrived on
Tuesday with supernumeraries from Portsmouth. The
Nimrod sailed on Wednesday for the East Indies with
despatches. The Cossard, French brig, sailed on Wed-
nesday for Brest.
Remaining in Hal:none—lmpregnable, San Josef, Thun-
Netley, Carron, and Flamer
derer, Inconstant, Sylph,
steam-vessels, and Falmouth, Roche-ter, and Goodwill
lighters.
In the Sounai—Blonde, Pylales, and Lloyds freight
ship, bound to the Cape of Good Hope.
NAVAL PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. —Promotion :
--Matc—Heary J. Douglas, to the rank of Lieutenant
(special appointment.) Appointment :—.Commander.—s
W. 11. Qu'n, to the Persian, a new 16-gun brig. Lieu-
tersauts—T. P. Thompson, B. C. Adams, and C. B.
Warren, to the Magicienne; Abraham Darby, additional
to the Royal Sovereign, for service of Advice packet.
Master—Mr. Thomas Richardson, to Ardromacile. Sur-
geons—G. D. Meclaren, to the Magicienne ; C. Priaulx,
to the Pylades ; John Sloan, to tee Cho. Assistant-
Surgeoe—E. J. Brown, to the Magicienne, Mates—
Lord Amelius Beauclerk, to the Blenheim; 11.nry Charl-
ton, to the Thunderer ; J. W. Conolly. Hon. J. W.
Spencer, J. Perkins, J. G. Simpkinson, T. Forster, and
L. P. Piggott, to the Excellent; 0. P. Knott, to the
Magicienne. Midshipmen—Wm. Wardrop, to the Ex-
cellent; I'. S. L. Brooke, and T. 0. B. Seymour, to the
Britannia. Volunteers, Ist Cass—Mr. W. Wood, to the
Magicienne. Naval Instructor—Mr. A. A. Bridgman, to
the Thunderer. Clerks—G. E. Ricketts, to the Pearl ;
W. R. Rowe (additional) to the Britannia ; Mr. Jas. R.
Andrews, from the Admiral's office, to the Magicienne,
John Elliott, Esq., from service in the Plymouth Ordi-
nary, has taken the duties of Admiral's Secretary at this
port, vice B. Chimmo, Esq., who was ecting till Mrl.
Elliott could join.
MALTA, Fen. s.—The Hydra steamer arrived here on
Wednesday from Vourla, bringing dates from thence to the
25th. The Romney made her number on Monday, but
owing to the wind being fresh, did not come to anchor
until yesterday. She left Vourla on the 23d ult., but an-
chored again on the same evening in the Gulf of Smyrna,
by an order from the Admiral, communicated by signal, for
the purpose of delivering an anchor to the Powerful., that
ship, on shifting her berth to that previously taken up by
the Rodney, having discovered her anchor to be broken.
The Phoenix conveyed the anchor from the Rodney. By
these arrivals we learn that Admiral Sir Robert Stopford
will, immediately after the arrival of Rear-Admiral Sir J.
Louis (who sailed yesterday in the Rhaclamanthus), hoist
his flag in the Gorgon steamer, and proceed to Malta ; the
Princess Charlotte will follow. The Rodney having
suffered very boisterous weather on her passage down, will
require some stores, &c., and having to take lemon juice
for England will most probably not tail until she
is admitted to pratique. The Bellerophon, Asia, Van-
guard, and Ganges, will receive pratique to-morrow. The
Asia and Ganges, with the Daphne and Castor, return to
Vourla about the 15th inst. The Vanguard will sail for
Corfu and England next week ; the Bellerophon will re-
main, as Captain Austin is to carry on the dock-yard duty
during the absence of the Rear-Admiral superintendent.
The Hydra is said to have been ordered home by the
Admiralty to proceed to China, but Sir Robert Stopford,
finding her so superior to the other steamers in the Medi-
terranean, has applied for her to remain cut. On her last
voyage from Vourla, during the late strong N. W. gale, she
mide five miles per hour clear head-way.
Lady Maitland left for England in the Herefordshire,
which sailed from Bombay on the 28th of December. H.
M. brig. Algerine was despatched from 13orebay on the sth
of December with despatches for the Admiralty, under
charge of the late Sir Freckeek Maitland's Flag-Lieut.,
Ogilby, and a mail of 1,486 covers, which, on arriving
Cat.
Aden (date not given) were transferred to the 1!; I
schooner Mahi, but this vessel had not reached Suez up to
the 231 of January. The Algerine had left Aden for.Trin-
comalee. H. M. S. Wellesley and Larne were lying in
Bombay harbour on the 2d ult. General Sir Henry Fane,
G. C. B e i
late Commander-in-Chief in Intfia, embarked on
board the Malabar on the ;31st of December, and was to
sail for England on the day following.
The Malta paper says that Captain Napier has resigned
the command of the Powerful, because Admiral Sir
Thomas Louis was called up from Malta, to command the
fleet at Vourla, in the ale:ence of Sir Role rt Stopford ;
it having been intends d that Commodore Parker should
command in such a case; which intention was set aside by-
the Commodore's- return to England, at a moment when
the commander-in-ehief, from illness, found it necessary to
quit his high and responsible command.
In the Mediterranean squadron, Mr. Dickson, midship-
man of the Rodrey, has exchanged with Mr. Hawke,
mate of the Edinburgh ; Second Lieutenant Mr. Cul-
lum, R M., of the Rodney, has joined the Gorgon ; Mr.
Walton, mate of the Vanguard, is to join the Got--
1 gon ; and Lieutenant Norway, of tho Hydra, trans.