The Sun.
London, England, 1840-02-03 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

(From the Hampshire Telegraph.)
PORTSMOUTH, PFC. I.—Tile Pembroke, 72, Captain
Moresby, was towed into harbour, to be paid off on Thurs-
dsy, by the Meteor and Messenger steamers. Captain
Moresby has issued a notice that he will allow no person to
come on board his ship the day she is paid off, to collect
debts; and in this he does right; he at once stops the
improvident credit hitherto given to seamen ; and, indeed,
it would greetly benefit the service if no sort of cam-IJuni :
cation were allowed between a rr:an-of war, ordered to be
paid off, and the shore, until the ir en were discharged with
all their wages in their pockets; and this should be done
in three days after the ship's arrival from abroad. At
present ships are a fortnight discharging their stores
and having the books made up, during which time
hosts of persons are admitted on board, unlimited
credit is given, by which the seamen, frequently
fancying they have been cheated, in reality cheat
the creditors, honest and hard-working tradesmen ; and
still worse, during this period a pestilential liquor is
poured into the ship, producing intoxication, insubordina-
tion, and every species of riot and debauchery ; and, to
crown the whole, the pilfering of private property, and the
robbery of stores is immense, and cannot be prevented. On
the following morning, Admiral Sir Edward Codrington
mustered and inspected her, when the following men re-
ceived the usual medals, &c., as a reward for long service
and good conduct :—Thomas Bleach, gunner's mate, pen-
sion 271. 16s. per annum, and a gratuity of 151. ; John
Brown, master-at-arms, pension 241. 165., and a gratuity
of 71. ; Thomas Walker, ship's corporal, pension 221.,
and a gratuity of 71. ; George Bore, gunner's crew, pen-
sion 181. 45., and a gratuity of 5/.
The Blenheim, 72, Captain Sir H. Senhouse, was
towed out of harbour yesterday, by the Lightning and
Messenger.
The Meteor steamer, Lieutenant Pritchard, arrived on
Wednesday evening, with a lighter in tow, filled with Con-
greve rockets, and other missiles, for the ships destined
for China. On Thursday morning the Lightning steamer,
Lieutenant Williams, arrived, but the vcssell she had had
in tow having broke adrift in a squall in the night, and
not having arrived, she put to sea again to look for her, and
brought her in in the afternoon; this vessel was also laden
with ordnance stores from the arsenal at Woolwich. The
Meteor proceeded to Plymouth to-day, to take on board
the Master-Attendant there, and a party of riggers for the
Clyde, to bring round the Stromboli, which superb steamer
is now fitted for service.

The Cambridge, 78, is to be commissioned immediately
at Sheerness.

The Barretto Junior transport, Marshall, master, under
the charge of Lieut. Lugg, agent, arrived on Wednesday
from Gibraltar, with returned government stores, and 85
soldiers (invalids), 111 women, and 140 children, from
different regiments. She left Gibraltar on the 12th inst.,
at which time her Majesty's ship Wasp, Hon. Captain Pel-
ham, was the only vessel of war there.

The Diligence naval transport arrived to-day with
stores from the Eastward.

The Prometheui steam vessel, Lieut. Spark, is daily
expected fvom the river, on her way to the Mediterranean.
The crew of her Majesty's ship Beacon, on being paid
off at Malta, presented to Colour-Sergeant William
Harris, Royal Marines, a handsome silver snuff-box, as a
token of respect.

The Jupiter troop sh.p, Mr. Fulton, master, is daily ex-
pected with the 61st Regiment from Ceylon ; on her arrival
she will take the 58th Regiment from this garrison to Cork.
Her Majesty's steam-vessel Fearless, at Woolwich, has
been officially surveyed, and approved of by thQ Lords Com-
missioners of the Admiralty, to convey Prince Albert to
this country. It is understood the Prince will land at
Woolwich, and extensive preparations are making there to
welcome him.

By accounts from Sierra Leone, of the 20th December,
it appears that the Buzzard, 10, has sent into port for con-
demnation two more prizes, with 600 slaves on board.
Arrived at the Quarantine Ground, on Monday, the Ad-
venture, Hardie, from Marseilles, with a cargo of wheat,
for Falmouth, for orders, but blown past, and put in here ;
the Sicilian schooner Brilliante, Campana, from Palermo,
with a general cargo, for Rotterdam, with loss of sails, and
considerable other damage, and is gone to Cowes for re-
pairs; ar.d the schooner Elizabeth, Hills, from St. Mi-
chael's, to Cowes, for orders. On Wednesday the barque
Pomona, Moorhead, from Kirtch, in the Black Sea, with
linseed and rapeseed, for Hull, in great distress, having,
on the 25th instant, in the Bay of Biscay, lost her bow-
sprit, and sustained considerable damage, and cargo shifted ;
she is under quarantine, and, when released, must go into
harbour to repair ; and the barque Frederic, Dales, from
Odessa, in the Black Sea, with a cargo of wheat ; she was
to put into Falmouth for orders, but the late gales pre-
vented her getting into that port; she is also under a rigid
quarantine.

The case of the Armistad, Spanish schooner, belonging
to Cuba, the slaves on board of which, while going from
one port to another, rose upon the crew, and their owners,
and masters, and took possession of the vessel, with the
hope of reaching Africa again, but which, providentially
for their lives, reached a port in America, is still arguing
in the American courts of law ; but one thing is quite de-
termined on, namely, that all the slaves are freed men.
The officers who have been attached to the Royal Ma-
rine Battalion, in the North Coast of Spain, who will re-
turn home in the Columbia, with 150 men of that corps,
are Colonel Parke, C. 8., Captains Pratt, Stevens, and
Shute ; and Lieutenants Wright, Jackson, Hockins, and
Lambrick.

At Spithead-131enheim, Crescent, Toronto, Ontario,
and Montreal, American packets.
At Motherbank—Barretto Junior, transport.
In Basin—Madagascar, Illaglcienne, Andromache, Victor.
In Dock—Queen, St. Vincent, Warspitc, Dublin,Twced,
Hirrier, Fanny tender.

NAVAL PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS.
APPOINTMENTS—Captain—M. F. F. Berkeley, to the
Thunderer; Edward Barnard (late of Hercules) to the
Cambridge,
Lieutenants—H. M. Tyndel, to the Blenheim, vice
Mends, superseded at his own request ; R. W. Petty,
to the Andromache, vice Goldie, promoted.
Mates—James A. Paynter, to the Blenheim ; S. F.
Short, and C. Marcuard, to the Cyclops ; George Kerr,
to the Blonde ' • A. P. Ryder, to the Excellent ; John
Fisher, to the Andromache.

Midshipman—John P. Lethbridge, to the Revenge.
Vot. Ist. Class—F. Moresby, to the Britannia.
Masters' Assistant—Richard Read, to the Victory.
Second Master—W. H. Crane, additional to the Red-
wing, for service in the Urgent.
The appointment of Lieut. C. Y. Campbell, as addi
tional to the Wellesley, has been cancelled.

Lady Mary Abercromby is, we are happy to
state, recovered from her indisposition. Her Ladyship and the
Hon. Mr. Abercromby are staying with the Earl and Counter
of Minto, at the Admiralty.
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Lieutenant• General Sir Thomas NPATahon, the
new Commander• in-Chief of the forces at Bombay, arrived at
Alexandria with his family on the 4th inst., and was to proceed
on the Bth to Suez, where he would embark on the 23d inst.
for Bombay.

THE BLACKMOOR VALE COUN'IRY.—We
are rejoiced to find that our anticipations of an early removal of
the difficulties that at first presented themselves in the way of
Mr. Drag's taking the Vale country, recently resigned by Lord
Portman, are elready realised.— Sherborne Journal.

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