The Sun.
London, England, 1840-08-22 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

(From the Plymouth Journal.)
PLYMOUTH, AUG. 30.—The Pearl, from Plymouth
for Rio Janeiro, was spoken with Gth June, in lat.
8 30 S., long. 84 30 W.
The Acorn, from Madagascar 25th February, with
eighteen negrocs and five shipwrecked seamen arrived
at Algoa Bay (Cape of Good Hope), :3th May, and
Simon's Bay, 19th May.
The Calliope. Orestes, Sparrowhawk, and Basilisk,
were at Valparaiso 25th April.
The Cambridge, 74, Captain Barnard, with the lion.
Mr. Abercromby and his lady, entered the Tagus on
the 7th, and left next day for Genoa. The Donegal,
and Espoir, and French corvette Coquette, continue
there.

Tile Inconstant, Capt. D. Pring, arrived from Cork
on Tuesday, having performed the voyage in the short
space of twenty-two hours. While at Cork she entered
a hundred men and boys for general service. She is
under orders to take two companies of Artillery to
Gibraltar.

The Rodney, 92, Capt. Mansell, C. 8., is still along-
side the Dock-yard. Spars are to be sent out in this
ship, for the erection of sheers in Malta Dock-yard.
The Athol!, troop-ship, Mr. C. Bellamy, master, is
ordered here to have her defects made good. She will
come from Liverpool.
The Sapphire, troop-ship, Mr. G. H. Cole, master, is
ordered to Quebec, to convey one-half of the 66th
regiment to Cork, where she is to receive further orders.
The Salamander, 4, steam-vessel, Corn. S. C. Dacres,
arrived here from Spain on Monday night, with marines.
Sir Edward King's command is to extend four or
five degrees South of the Line, round the Cape, includ-
ing the Mauritius, and then over to the Brazils, with
Rio de Janeiro. The Northern part of the African
Coast is to be entrusted to a Commodore or Sen;or
Officer from England.
The Southampton frigate, fitted for the flag of Rear.
Admiral Sir Edward King, is expected at Portsmouth
from Chatham, in the course of the ensuing week, pre-
paratory to her sailing to South America.
The Cygnet brig, Lieut. Wilson, is daily expected at
I Spithead, from the River, on her way to the Cape of
Good Hope and West African Station.
The Fearless steam-vessel, Second Master H. Bre-
haut, arrived at Woolwich from Sunderland on Wed-
nesday, with twelve shipwrights for the dock-yard, being
eight more than there are vacancies for. She also left a
party of shipwrights at Chatham.
The Reindeer Packet is ordered to be paid off.
The Shearwater steam-vessel was commissioned at
Woolwich on Thursday.
It is reported that a channel-fleet is to be fitted out
forthwith.
Orders have been received at Chatham to hasten the
Ardent and Polyphemus steamers, of 800 tons, not yet
completed building, the former to be fitted as a packet,
the latter as a war steamer.

The London, 92, is not to be launched at Chatham,
on the 29th inst., as originally intended, but on the
12th September.
The Pilot left Barbadoes for Antigua, on the 9th
June ; and the Racehorse, 16, lest the same Island on
June 11, for a cruise.
The Hornet schooner arrived on Juno 24, at Jamaica,
with 17,000 dollars on board, from Chagres ; and the
Snake, 16, on the 27th, from Carthagena, with 300,000
dollars.

The Medea, steam-frigate has this week been com•
missioned at Woolwich.
The Tortoise lighter sailed on Wednesday with stores
for Falmouth.
The Salamander lighter sailed on Wednesday with
90 marines for Portsmouth.
The Shamrock, revenue brig, sailed on Wednesday

to the westward.
Remaining in Hamoaze—lmpregnable, San Josef,
Rodney, Sylph, Carron steamer, Meteor steamer,
Sapphire, Aid lighter.
In the Sound—lnconstant, Adventurer (No. 7.)
NAVAL PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS.
PROMOTlONS.—Lieutenants—George T. Gordon (ol
the Comet), and the Hon. Edmund Plunknett (of the
Savage), to the rank of Commander, for services on the
coast of Spain.
Mates—Marcus Knox (1831), Robert Charles
Whyte (1832), and Robert Robertson (1832), all of the
North Star, to the rank of Lieutenant.
Assistant-Surgeon—James Salmon, of the North
Star, to the rank of Surgeon.
APPOlNTMENTS.—Commander—Frederick Warden,
to the Medea.
Lieutenants—Geo. C. Otway, to the Medea ; Henry
J. Douglas (pro tempore) to the Phoenix ; Bulkeley
George Le Mesurier (pro tempore) to the Daphne—
both from Princess Charlottte ; Edward B. Stewart
(acting), to the Victory ; James B. Somerville, to be
Flag-Lieutenant to the Southampton.
Acting-Master—George Wilson to the Medea.
Second-Master—J. W. Lawson, from the Oeaan to
the Shearwater.
Second Master and Pilot—E. M. Fox, to the
Apollo.
Purser—J. Mountsteven, to the Medea.
Mates—B. F. Helpman, late of Beagle, to com-
mand Champion, colonial schooner, at Swan River ;
W. C. Chamberlain, to the Stromboli ; B. Proctor, to
the Rodney ; A. P. Greene, of the Excellent, to join
the Niger Expedition : G. Napier, to the Vanguard ;
Thomas Belgrave, to the Rodney.
Clerk-in-Charge—W. G. Hopkins, from the Howe
to the Shearwater.
Assistant-Surgeon—Oliver T. Miller, to Princess
Charlotte. William
Boatswain—James Morris, to the Medea ;
J. Body, to the Blossom.
Acting-Carpenter—Henry Pcllew,
to the Medea.
The following Midshipmen passed for Lieutenants, at
the Naval College, on Tuesday :—Messrs. Hancock,
Webster, Vansittart, Furneaux, Pigott, Jackson, and
Lockyer.
The following Mates will join the Naval College,
from the Excellent, for the purpose of studying one
year :—Messrs. A. P. Ryder, R. Malone, W. H.