The Sun.
London, England, 1840-11-23 00:00:00

EVENING- EDITION.

(From the Devonp9rt Independent.)
PIA MOUTH, Nov. 21.—H. M. S. COMET. —On the night
of Thursday last, H. M. S. Comet. encountered a heavy
gale from E. S. E., which flew into W. S. W. She bore
I up for Padstow harbour, but in rounding Stepper Point,
'the wind and tide took her on the starboard bow and threw
her on the Dumbar Sand, where she remained fur three
ii hours and a half, although all means •avere resorted to, to
get her afloat. Though she was to al! appearance in a
most perilous situation, the breakers breaking completely
over her, yet by the great exertions of her officers and
crew little damage is sustained. She is waiting in Pad-
stow wind-bound, with a strong easterly gale. As soon as
possible, she will return to Plymouth with raised men for
the flag-ship.
H.M.S. Royal Adelaide, 104, was warped alongside
thelJetty yesterday ( Friday).
H. M. steam-vessel Salamander, 4, arrived on Tuesday
from Woolwich, with a party of Marines for the Cale-
donia, 120, Captain Eden, and sailed again on Thursday,
with supernumeraries for Portsmouth, from which place
she will proceed to the Mediterranean.
Her Majesty's steamer Fearless, 1, arrived on Friday,
from Liverpool, with seamen for the Impregnable, 104,
Captain. T. Forrest, C. B.
Mar Majesty's brig Pandora, 4, Lieut. Innes, was taken
into dock on Tuesday, to be repaired. She has carried
away her false.keel.
The Rochester lighter, sailed on Sunday, with stores
for Pembroke, but was obliged to pu• back on Wednes-
day, to be repaired, having carried away her topmast, and
suffered other damage in her rigging. The Dr..ke, lighter,
arrived on Wednesday, with stores from Portsmouth.
Ships in Harbour—Caledonia, 120, Captain H. Eden ;
San Josef, 110, Captain Taylor, C.B. ; Impregnable, 104,
Captain Forrest, C. B. ; Bellcisle, 72,,Cdptain Toup Ni-
colas ; Endymion, 38, Captain the lion. F. W. Grey ;
Pandora, 4, Lieutenant W. lnnes ; Fearless and Carron,
steamers; Rochester and Drake, lighters ; Swail, tender.
In Barnpool—Ferret, 10, Lieut. W. S. Thma;.

RUMOURS OF MINISTERIAL
CHANGES.

We mould scarcely have noticed a rumour or set
of rumours in the Clubs, regarding certain Ministerial
arrangranents, said to be in contemplation, but for an
article relating to them. or something of the sort, in
the Thizes of yesterday. The Times employs upwards
of a column of " leader,", not exactly to deny th it
a, coalition is in contemplation (although it sets out
with calling the rumour in question a " very foolish
story,") but to demonstrate that it would be very
r unwise in the Duke and Sir Robert Peel, and the
Tories in general, to form a coalition with the moderate
Whigs. The article is rather an attempt to frighten
the Tory leaders from entering into a coalition, than a
denial that they have listened to overtures. The
Times might as well have told out the " very foolish
story" svfaen it was about it ; but since it will not, we
will. We " tell the tale as 'twas told us"—neither
vouch:mg for its truth, nor calling it in question—sim-
ply in our cspacity of news-caterers for the public,
giNing our readers to know what reports arc current.
On dit, then—That Lord Palmerston has established
himself high in the good graces of the Queen ; and that
the use he is making of the Royal favour is to pave
the way for enabling him to retain the office of Fo-
reign Secretary in the Tory Cabinet about to be formed.
It is even said, that so confidently does he build upon
the footing he stands on at Court, as to be suspected of
a scheme to establish his Lady in the Queen's Bed-
chamber, and then to add the Premiership to the
control of the department of Foreign Affairs !
On dit, that he has entrapped the Conservative leaders
into a written approval of his Eastern policy. The
Duke of Wellington is represented as saying that his ap-
proval was conditional, the condition being that no rup-
ture of Our amicable relations with France WdS to be ha-
zarded ; while Sir Robert Peel mutters something
about some circumstances having been kept from his
knowledge ; but there is no whisper of any such bog-
gling on the part of Lord Aberdeen. This, we sup-
pose, is the " very foolish story," which the Times
cavils at, but does not expressly contradict.
1 It is curious enough, when viewed in connexion
with this story, that the jibes and jeers with which
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" Cupid," or " Cupid's Album." He seems to have
becom-J all at once the pet of the Carlton Club ; and
the 7.iforning Post laboured as eagerly to defend him
frocA the attacks of a Correspondent of the Times, as
d',d his own paper the Morning chronicle. Nay, the
'rinses itself is oftener a discreet apologist of the
Queen's Foreign Secretary than a severe assailant.
It would be curious after all, to see another Ministry
added to the long list of those in which Lord Pal-
merston has contrived to hold office. His Ministerial
liaisons are unparalleled in number and variety, save by
the amours of the lady carried about in a glass box by a
Genie, of whom we read in the opening of the Arabian
Nights' Entertainments.—Spectator.