The Sun.
London, England, 1840-01-13 00:00:00

A VAL IN 17E LLIGENCJE

(Prow the Han, vpshire 'Telegraph.)
l'oaTsstount, JAN. l2..—Orders have been received
to expedite the equipment t!f. the Blenheim, 72, :and
Andromache, 28, .both tit ting to proceed to the East
Indies, whither the Blonde: is also destined, as well as,
it is understood, the Pique. The Blenheim and Blonde
will take out stores to Trim! omalee. The latter will go
out of harbour on the 20th it
The Revenge, 7S, Captai
was in he Tagus, an the 24t
immediate departure for the

'n Hon. W. Waldegraie,
h ult., kept stored, &c., for
Mediterranean, if suddenly

ordered

The Wanderer, 16, Commander; the Hon. Joseph
Denman. arrivcd on Tuesday, from Sheerness, and Riled
tit: afternoon for the Cape of Good Hope.
B►y the last accounts from Malta (Dec. 2.1') we learn
that the British fleet continued at Vourla on. the 11th.
The Minden, 72, Captain Sharpe, sailed on the 14th,
ler Tarragona, to receive on board the'crew of the Tri-
bune, and then proceed _to England. The Scorpion
sailed the same slay for Gibraltar.

The Herald, 26, and the Hyacinth, 16, -left Singa-
pore for China on the 24th September.
The Cruiser, 16, left Singapore for Pena ng on the
9th September.

Tlio'Creicent, Lieut. Commander M. Domellan, ar-
ri'ed on Sunday from. Sheerness, and will sag in a day
or two to itio de Janeiro, where she will be stationed as
a receiving ship. On her passage round here she
carried away three of her lower shrouds.

The Columbia steamer, Mr, Alex. Thompson, arrived
from Woolwich on Thursday, with a detachment of
marines to join the Pique, as a relief ; the previous de-
tachnient were accordingly landed in the afternoon.
The President steam-ship, belonging to the St;
George's Steam Packet Company, which left the river
some days since, for Liverpool, to take in her ma tchinery,
has put into Plymouth, with the loss of. her fore mast.
At Spithead—Fantome, Crescent.
In Harbour—Britannic, Victory, Blenheim, Excel-
lent, Royal G orge, Blonde, Pique, Andron.lache,.
Raven cutter, Messenger steamer.
Iu Bain—Madagascar, Magicienne, Victbr,
In Dock—Queen, St. Vincent; Warspite, Dublin,
Tweed, Maier; Pantaloon.
NAVAL PAOMOTIONS AND APPVINTMENTS..-PrO-.
motions—Commander—Lieut. George Palmer, from
the Coast Guard. Lieutenant—John V. Williams,
(1829), late Harrier. Masters—R. B. Graham, Sel
cowl Master of the Princess Charlotte, to be Master of
the Hazard Fulton, Acting Second Master .of Ju-
piter, to he Second Master. Appointments.—CoM-
mander S. P. .Pritchard, to the Blenheim. Lieute-
nants—Joseph Pearse, to the Blenheim ;. Colin'. J.
Campbell, Henry G. Shute, F. A. Hellman, Charles
H. Douglas, and G. C Adams (additional), to the
Wellesley, to take passage in the Blenheim and Blonde;
Malachi DOnnellan, to command the Crescent ;
vison, to be agent for transports. Surgeon—Joshua
Brooks; to the Crescent. 'Assistant-Surgeon—Dr. E.
F. Cutlein,, 'to the Britannia. Master—Henry Davy-,
to the Blenheim, vice Thompson. Mates—W. H.
Symonds, to the Blenheim ; Samuel F. Short, to the
Donegal. Second Master—D. M. Jago, to the Ore,
scent. Purser—E. T. Hooper, to the ordinary at
Chatham. Clerk—William Weaver, clerk in charge
to the Crescent ; James M. Hobbs, purser, to be addi-
tional clerk to the:Britannia.

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