The Sun.
London, England, 1823-04-28 00:00:00

ROYAL NAVY.

Pon'essiouTii, APnir. 26.—This morning his Majesty's
brig Calliope, 10, Lieut. Philip Justice, arrived from Lisbon,
in ten days, whither she took a Mail from Falmouth in six
days. She left the Marlborough and the Duke of Kent (2)
packets, in the Tagus, on the 17th inst., the former of which
intended to sail on Sunday last, aitli -a Mail, for Falmouth.—
The Packets are to touch at Vigo in future, in going from and
returning to Falmouth. The Calliope can bring no news of
the French army in Spain, as nothing was known in Portugal
beyond its having passed the frontiers of that country. The
most extensive misery prevailed in Lisbon, by the total declen.
sion of trade, which had arisen, principally, from the separation
of the. Brazils from the mother country. This circumstance, as
it affected materially all branches of society, had produced a
feeling unfavourable to the new order of things, as the loss of
the colonies was attributed, however unjustly, to the want ofi
energy in the Cortes. The populace were encouraged in these
feelings by the priests, who foresee, in the measures of the
Cortes, a curtailment of their temporal estates ; therefore, they
applaud the counter-revolutionary conduct of the Conde Ama.
rante, whose force was concentrated at Braganza, tin the north-
east corner of the kingdom), and to whose efforts very little
opposition had been made. About 300 men had been just
sent to Oporto,. to oppose him, but they were badly appointed,
and in no spirit for the service. No news had been received
for some days from General Reggio. It was reported that his
troops were deserting. The French General .Allemande had
arrived at Lisbon, with some other officers. His object is to
support the Constitutional cause.—The only vessel left in the
Tagus, was die Heroine corvette, beside the packets. The
Calliope spoke the Briton, yesterday, off Portland.
This morning arrived the Vibilia transport, with a Company
of the Royal Artillery, invalids, and limited service men, from
the Regiments at Jamaica, which Island the Vibilia left on the
17th of March. The Islands and Squadron were healthy. Sir
Charles Rowley was preparing to resign his command to Sir
Edward Owen, and return to England. Sir Edward Owen's
Squadron was on the passage from Barbadoes to Port Royal.
The French Squadron continued at Guadaloupe. It was un-
derstood to be Sir Charles Rowley's intention to sail with the
whole of his Squadron, for the Havannah, on the arrival of the
ships from Barbadocs, and sail thence, in the Sybille frigate,
Captain Josh. Rowley, for England.
Sir Edw. Owen's squadron have been employed In obtaining
reparation for the spoliations committed on British property by
the Spanish Royalists, threatening (at Maracaibo), to make
reprisals of all Spanish property, unless Immediate satisfaction
was made for the British property unjustly seized; and in as.
certaining from the Independent Governments what vessels had
been duly commissioned by them, in order to distinguish them
from the unlicensed marauders which infest those seas, and
commit acts of piracy.
.%The Tamar and Icarus arrived at Jamaica on the 19th, the
Surinam on the 11th of February, and the Carnation on the 9th
March. The Helicon was to sail on the 9th March from Bar-
hadoes, for l.aguayra, with a convoy. The Tees sailed from
Penang for Sincapore, on the 3d November.
On Tuesday the Seringapatam, 46, Capt. S. Warren, sailed
for Leith, to embark his Excellency the Right Hon. Sir Ben.
jamin Bloomfield, G.C.8., Ambassador to the Court of Swe.
den, and suite, and convey them to Stockholm.
This morning the Success transport, Lieut. Church, Agent,
sailed for Cowes, to embark 120 men, of detachments of regi-
ments in North America, with which she will proceed to-mor-
row, for Quebec. Capt. Cardew's Company of Royal Sappers
anti Miners embarked in her, from this place, for Montreal.
The Ranger, 20 guns, Captain Peter Fisher, is fitting at
Spithcad for the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Hamilton,
Bart. who will proceed out in her to resume his government at
Newfoundland.

It is rumoured that the naval command in India is no longer
to be under a Captain with a Commodore's pendant, but that a
Itear.Admiral is to be appointed in his stead ; and is added,
that Sir Charlet Paget, recently promoted to the rank of Ad.
miral, will have the appointment.
A letter has been received from New Zealand, dated
Nov. 19, 1822, which states that the Ceres whaler, Captain
Lancaster, of London, was lost on the desolate island of Tons-
mia (one of the Friendly Islands,) on the 28th of August, 1821.
The crew saved the ship's sails, the greater part of their
clothing, four casks of bread and flour, and 10 pieces of pork.
This being a small provision for thirty-one persons, the captain
sent twelve men, in two boats, to a neighbouring island, to
endeavour to obtain food, until an opportunity should occur
of their being taken off: The natives behaved very treache-
rously ; their pretended kindness soon changed to cruelty :
they murdered five of them, stripped off their clothes,
and sorely cut and bruised the other seven. The natives after
went over to Tonamia, pretending they came from a different
island, and knew nothing
.of their fellow-sufferers. But here
they soon killed the Captain, the cooper and a boy, and forced
the remaining 15 poor fellows to put off in their boat, with only
one oar. After being two days and nights at sea, having neither
food nor drink, they reached the volcanic island of Mattao, where
they remained thirteen months,their food being only cocoa nuts.
They were at length taken off the island by the Misionary to.
dale's ship St. Michael, of Port Jackson, and landed at that
place.
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Capt. John 31acpberson Ferguson is appointed to the Mer-
sey, and Capt. A. D. Y. Arbuthnott, to the Jasper, at this
port; Capt. W. Hamley, to the Pelorous, at Plymouth.—
liieuts. R. Keane and James Crawl), to the Mersey ; Lieut.
W. Sherwood, Jasper; Lieut. 'l'. Stopfurd, to command the
Carnation, vice Capt. Mildinay, invalided; Mr. Turner (son
of Win. 'turner, Esq. of Portsmouth) promoted to the rank
of Lieutenant of tke Ilyerion, vice Stopford ; Mr. Brownrigg,
to be Master of the Slaney; Mr. W. Sidney, to be Master of
the Pelorous ; Joseph Eyde, Esq. to be Secretary to Admiral
Sir Alexander Cochrane, vice Sconce; Mr. T. Rowe, to be
Purser of the Mersey ; Mr. H. B. H. Long, to be Purser of
Jasper.
Ship: at Spithead.—Ranger, Pandora, and Basilisk. In
Harbour.—Queen Charlotte, Ramillies, Albion, Naiad, Active,
Larne, Slaney, Rifleman, Redwing, Parthian, and Arrow.
PL y sto V T th—A rrived the Surveying vessel, Bathurst,
Capt. King, from New South Wales, last from the Cape of
Good Hope; and the Trinculo, from Spithead. Sailed the
Dwarf, Lieut. Gould, with a messenger, and dispatches for
Cadiz; and the Sprightly, for Falmouth. The Lavinia, 48, is
ordered to be commissioned at this port. The Active cutter
has seized in Mounts Bay a boat witli 116 kegs of gin. The
Mackerel season has not yet been unsuccessful.