The Sun.
London, England, 1841-08-09 00:00:00

MORN INS SUN-

NAVAL IN TE LLiGENCE,

(From the _Hampshire Telegraph.) - ail d
PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 7.—The Cornwall tram port.
on Tuesday for the eastward.
The Melville, 72, Hon. Capt. R. S. Dundas, arr. -`rte
this afternoon from China. She brings no news, a; /113:
knew of her having quitted for England, by the over Is nu
mail. The Samarang, 28, Captain Scott, is also on bar
way home ; she arrived at Mauritius on the 29th Ju
and would leave in a few days.
The Oriental steam-ship, Capt. Soy, arrived here lr 10
Wednesday last, from Alexandria. She has made ave
rS
quick passage, being only 14 days from Alexand is
to Falmouth, where she landed the India and 3la
mails on Tuesday afternoon, and then proccei ed
to this place to perform her quarantine. The play 110
is fast subsiding in the city of Alexandria, an, i a
case but occasionally occurring ; she has but thirt !en
passengers—viz., 12 from Alexandria, and one fr .013
Malta. Names of the passengers are—Mr. and 3 frs•
Waghorn, Mr. Innis, Capt. Yule, Mr. Dudgeon, Cal) t'fin
Morris, Mr. Wilbraham, Mr. Eggue, Major Han eY, ha'
and Mrs. Greene, Mr. Bird, and Mr. Nigroponte.
from Alexandria 20th July, Malta 24th, and Gi
29th. We cannot help- remarking that the abo slip
was at the Motherbank 24 hours before her ma a 0)S:
menced delivering in this town. We say corm tienee''
for from want of sufficient strength in the Fa
knoutli
Post-office, or from some detention on the road, t b
livery in these towns occupied three days. This .ough6
not to be.
West
By the arrival of the Crane packet, fronr the
Indies, we learn that Captain Leith, of the S ?rinl
apa-
tam, was at Barbadoes on June 17, expecting ord( rs.„—
tO
leave Carlisle Bay to take command of the ..;:s.l
station, Commodore Douglas having sailed on J
onle 3
for Halifax, in her Majesty's brig Pilot, Captai a 3-la-
-111
say, taking with him also the officers and shit -
pany, late of the Skipjack schooner, to inquire into
„be
she
recent loss of that vessel on the Caymanas, wl iere
was left by the Hornet kperfect wreck. The officers
and crew of the Hecla steamer, continued to beeL
tvemely afflicted ; in June the clerk in charge di efi..-Lir
Rover, Capt. Keele, sailed from Carlisle Bay, Jul y 39 l'3l.
Para, to spend the hurricane months. The leading_.
topic of cooversation in the way of news, is, the el
isting dreadful disease among the troops at Ja me ica, by
which a considerable nt:mber of our soldiers are' perish-
ing daily. A correspondent writes,—" The :iick ness
Fort Augusta, we regret to say, still conti.tu€ s• °3
Sunday no less than five bu,-ials took place. An order
for the removal of the detach tient arrived d ving the
day, but an officer was the only person who cc aid ear
ply, all the rest of the detachmen.t being alre: say in the

hospital."
The Thunderer and Jaseur were a t Gibraltr - on till!
22d ult. The Espoir arrived at Lisbcn: on the :11 stb;
rt'4
Jascur sailed thence for a cruise on the. 201 b. isth"
American frigate Brandywine arrived aC Lisboa ion
24th, in 24 days from New York.
rt.
The Illustrious, 72, will be commissioned :at P
on Monday, for Sir Charles Adam's Flag. Cal }Min?, Ir,
E. Erskine will command her, Lieut. W. Houst(
It T. Bedford, mate, and Mr. Henry Boys, mid si
are appointed to her.
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The Indus, 78, Captain Sir James Stirling, k 8 fled
Wednesday for the Mediterranean. •
The Vernon, frigate, was at Cadiz on the 2t ith
having arrived there in eight days from this port.
The Lily, 16, was at Mauritius on the 28th Ma) r,
The Lizard steamer was at Gibraltar on the 17 tIL

The Heron, yacht, Captain Ponsonby, was 'also th( tir e.
The Hindostan, 78, was launched from Ply al° '
Dock-yard oti Monday last.
Rear-Admiral Sir John Ommanney will hoist hi 's
in the Powerful, as she is fitted for a flag, and the I 313...:5
tannia will come to England forthwith. There so
but little doubt that Admiral Sir George Ceckburu '
be entrusted with the Mediterranean command.
PROMOTIONS AND ,APPOINTMENTS.
I"IIOMOTION6.—The following Mates to the ran I;
IL Stevens (1830, Medea) ;
Alston (1835) ; C. !Clavell (1836, Winchester) ;
dull (18317, BenboW).
- APPOINTMENTS.--Captains--Alexander Ellice, t Ore.
Packet Station at Falmouth • David T.):ing, to the rice.
ful ; F. T. Mitchell, to the Inconstant ; E. L. Warr 3iif t°

the Magicienne.
Commanders—J. Fulford to Benbow ; John Br 45-
to Ardent. burn,
Lieutenants—Philip Hast, to Benbow •J. F" Cal ass
to Ocean •, W. Stanbury, to be Chief Officer c * the: Co
Guard ; E. H. Alston, to the Cambridge.
Mates—E. Lacey, to the Hastings.
Second Master—James Laffer, to the Calcu Vlt•
Clerk-in-Charge—J. J. Winsom, to the Spy • brigh• lin ;
Clerks-4'. P. Pearce, supernumerary, to thi 9
R. Landwell, additional Clerk's Assistant, to th
Thomas Hockings, to the Vanguard.
Gunner—Edward Sawyer, to the Thunder.
Engineers—John Saunders, to Hecate ; Wn t• ler*
to Alecto.
Royal Marine Artillery—Second Lieutenant L L hence,
to Gorgon. ) and
Mr. Charles Bromley (late Princess Charlotte is on
N. Sharp (late Wolverine), passed for Lioutenni
the 4th instant, on board the Queen ; and 31-r• J
ward, on the same day, for Purser.