The Sun.
London, England, 1840-03-10 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

• (From the Barrip;hire rtlegraph.)
. Poarsarourti' MAn --
cii 7.—The command on the Brazil
station has'heen offered to Rear-Admiral 'Sir JaMes Alexander
• ' Gordon, K.c.8.. and no flag offir.er will: in future be.sent to
the Cape. ' How far the Brazil comminad•will extend, or who
will have charge of the African coast, we are not aware ,• but it
• is believed that Commodore Sulivan's .successoriToilld have
charge of the Cape. We further Understand that a Comma-
'-'dere is to be sent into the Pacific, and that another Commodore
will have charge of the African coast ; if the latter is deter-
mined.on, it is as .it should be, as no.offieer having charge of
•this coast,' with his attention distracted by duties either at the
Brains or the Cape, can do his duty efreetually.
We'have strong reasons for believing that the lion Admiral
Fleming will immediately assume the command in the Medi-
! terranean, giving up in the meantime the emoluments of Green-
w lel; Hospital, but with the right of rettuoing.to the situation
whenever he relinquishes his services afloat.' Precedents can be
found for this, and which precedents wilialse show that. Gallant
Officers formerly were not so nice, but thought themselves en-
titled to the pay of both situations. •
The Druid, 46, Captain Lord John Churchill, and the Alli- • gator, Capt. Sir J. J. Bremer, are to meet the Hon. Rear-
Admiral Elliott, in the Melville, at Singapore; and by a letter
from Madras we find tha't several regiments are ordered for
embarkation, amcngst whiCh is the 24th Native Infantry, which
was to proceed to. Penang .immediately.
The Pique, 36, Capt. Boxer, and Andromache, 2t5, CaFt.
Baynes, went outof harbour this week, And 'remain at Spit-
head for orders ; both ships have been paid wages.
The Wasp, 16, was at Gibraltar on the '29th tat. ; the Trip-
cult) at Cadiz ; the Donegal, Revenge, and Espoin, wei.e at
Lisbon on the 24th ; also the French frigate Juno.
The Vanguard, tI4, Captain Sir Thomas Fellowes, was at
Malta, on the 16th February, and was to sail on the 24th for
England, Via Gibraltar aria Lisbon. ' She was shortly to be
folloied by the Rodney, 92, Commodore Parker, and Asia, 54,
Capt. Fisher. The for Mer is to come into this harbour to be
paid off. The Rodney goes•to Plymouth for the same purpose,
and the Asia to Sheerness.
,The Meteor steam-'vessel sailed from Fabp.euth on 61211,14 Y.
for Channel Soundings, to relieve the hemt4iird-bound.ships
detained by easterly winds.
The Stromboli steamer, was taken into dock to-day, to see
if she sustained any damage by getting on shot...! in the Clyde
Liver; she is ordered to be got ready for sea in this port.
The Cs clops steayn.
.frigate, -with the 24th depot en board, I
reached Cork harbour in -thirtY-six 'hours, froth 'Spithead, a I
distance of 320 miles. She had not embarked the 61st Regi-
ment on Thursday noon.
The Raven cutter sailed on Tuesday for Sheerness, with
supernumeraries, for her Majesty's ship Cambridge ; and pro-
ceeded as far as the Ower's light, when she encountered a fresh
easterly gale, with a very heavy sea, having had her jib blown
to stomsand sustained ether damages, and not being able to
Make headway, bore up again for Portsmouth, and came into
harbour en the following day..
ArVOlNTMENTS._Chaplain—The Rev. P. P. Smit4l to the
Thunderer.

Second Vasters—F. F. F.- Taylor, le the 31agicienne; G.'
W. Beaumont, to the Dolphin.
Parser.--11r. John Ward (1821) to the Pique, vies Ker-
rigan, who resigns from ill-health.
Clerk•in-eharoe._W. D. Rowe, to the Dolphin.
Clerk.—W. 11. Harris (additional) to the Cambridge.
Mate.—ll. Vernon Craven, to the Thundercr ; Thomas
Carmichael, from Larne, to the Wellesley ; R. 3. Turner, T.
A. A:ldi'idge, and W. C. Forsyth, to he chief officers of the
Coast Guard ; the latter to the Selsey Station, v.'eo Lieutenant
Lavingurni removed to 'Bognor.