The Sun.
London, England, 1823-06-09 00:00:00

ROYAL NAVY, &c.

PORTSMOUTH, Ju:s E 7.—Yesterday afternoon Rear-Ad-
miral Sir CHARLES ROWLEY, late Commander-in-
Chief in the 'West Indies, arrived at Spithead, in the Sybille
frigate, Capt. J. R. Rowley, having been succeeded by Com-
modore Sir Edward Owen, K.C.13. The Sybille left Port
Royal on the 20th April, and the Havannah bth May; the
Phaeton, Captain Sturt, accompanied her three days sail from
the llavannah, and then returned to Jamaica. The news pre.
valent at the liavannah, from the Spanish Main, was, that

the Castle of St. Juan de Ulloa (which commands the entrance
to Vera Cruz) still held out for the Mother Conntry ; that the
emperor Iturbide had been defeated by the republicans in his
attack upon the city of Vera Cruz, and was taken prisoner.—
The three republican Chiefs afterwards constituted themselves
a Regency, and summoned the general Congress, to consider
what alterations should be made in the Constitution, and what
should be the fate of the ex-emperor. The only other force in
the Royalist cause was in the distant province of Maracaibo,
about 2,400 men, under Gen. Morales. But an Independent
force of eight thousand men, under General Montilla, was in •
full march against him ; and, though a clever and experi-
enced officer, the dissolution of his command seemed certain.
Morales is the officer to whom Sir Charles Rowley sent a re-
monstrance, for keeping possession of British property which
had been landed at Maracaibo previous to that place falling
into his possession. We understand he gave up such of the
property as he found afloat in the ship Harmony, but that
which was on shore be condemned, as it was consigned to a
Spaniard who had betrayed his Sovereign's cause. The pi-
rates at Cuba were strictly watched by our cruisers ; the boats
of the Tamar, with the Lion and Union tenders, under the
command of Lieutenant Hobson, had recently destroyed
three vessels, the crews of which escaped on shore at Cape
Antonio. A number of the men taken in pirate ves-
sels had been executed at shillitiCii.—The Scout sloop of
war was also stationed at Cuba.—The American flotilla-had
destroyed one small vessel ; they afforded a weekly convoy. for
all ships from the Havanualt to the double-headed-shot hey,
which is clear of all danger.—The island of Cuba was quiet, and
decidedly well-disposed towards the mother country. - he Glou-
cester, 74, (Commodore Sir Edw. Owen), Tyne and Itingdove,
were left at Port Royal. The Thracian was destined for Cartha-
gena and Santa Martha.—The Forte, Sir T. Cochrane, would
remain at Barbadoes ; the Hyperion, Captain Lillicrap, was at
Cuba; the Pyramus, Capt. Newcomb, was removed to Ja.
maica ; the Eden, 2ti, Capt. J. Lawrence, C. B. was gone
with convoy to Mexico ; the Grecian, Lieut. Cawley, with
convoy to Honduras and Ornoa, on the Yucutn-Coast ; the
Falmouth, 20, Captain Purcell, sailed from .Jamaica, for
England, with a convoy, the 20th April ; the Esk, 20, Capt.'
Warner, will bring home the June trade.—The Sybille,
brought home Captain Walcott and Captain Mildmay, of
the Navy.—The following Promotions had taken place
Captain J. W. Roberts promoted to command the Tyne ;
Lieut..l. G. Graham to command the Icarus, vice Matthews,
invalided ; Lieut T. Stopford, to command the Carnation, vice
Capt. Alildmay ; Lieut. A. Forbes, to commtwd the Thracian;
Mr. W. Hotham Weller, to be Lieut. of the Scout;
Sopland to be Lieut. of the Hyperion'; Mr. Griffith, to be
Lieut. of the Surinam, vice Geary.—When Sir E. Owen takes
the entire command in the West Indies, Capt. G. F. Rich will
be promoted to the command of the Gloucester, and Cupt. E.
L. Rich will remove from the Bustard to the Ringdove.—The
island of .Jamaica was healthy, and the ships of the squadron
remarkably so.—Sir Charles, Lady, and Miss Rowley, set off
for London, soon after the Sybille anchored.
' On Thursday the ship William Shand, Capt. Kerr, arrived
here, direct from Port Jackson (New South Wales), which
place she left on the Ist February, not haying touched any
where, and made her passage romni Cape Horn, in four months
and five days. She has a full cargo of wool and seal oil ; the
former, principally the produce of the flocks of Mr. M'Arthur,
and is much improved in fineness, in better condition for market,
and is altogether superior to the tirst-clasi Spanish wool.—The
Arab, convict-ship, landed the culprits she took from Cork, at
Van_ Dieman:s fiend, in November, and the Marchioness

of Harcourt landed her's:, In Decemher.—Both ships after-
wards proceeded to Batavia, fot pepper. . The Satellite sloop-
of-war, Capt. M. Conic, was at Sydney. Trade was tolerably
brish at all our settlements in that quarter, and the crops
had been productive. The 48th Regiment, and nearly
the whole of the :hl Regiment, were (parted in the Colonies ;
the ship with the head-quarters of the latter being daily ex.
pected.—The 42d Regiment was expected, when the 48th Re-
giment would proceed to Ceylon.
On Tuesday the Ramallies, 74, in command of the lion.
Captain Spencer, went out of harhoitr, and proceeded -to the
Downs, to lie there for the Coast Guard service.—The Severn
will be paid off at this port.—Capt. Edward Brace, C.B. has
commissioned the Ganges, 84, which ship will have a comple-
ment of MO men.