The Sun.
London, England, 1841-03-08 00:00:00

NAVAL ENTELLIGENCE.

(From the Hampshire Independent.)
PORTSNIOUTII. MARCII 6. —The A?.i i i reported to have
eel pas:e I in the Channel by the Vulcan steam-vessel.
The Cockatrice brigantine was commissioned on Mon-
day last at the Eastward, by Lieutenant Oxenham, for fo-
reign service.
The Ringdove, Captain K. Stewart, arrived at Cape
Haytien on the 15th of January, in order to get a supply
of water. On the 29th December she captured off Vera
Cruz the Spanish shyer Jesus Maria, having on board 241
children from ten to sixteen years of age, and several
women; twenty-eight had died previous to the capture,
and several of the others were in a most deplorable condi-
tion, the poor wretches having been placed in water casks
beta een decks, only two feet eight inches in height. The
vessel and crew had been sent to the Havannah for adju-
dication.

The Nautilus brig, 10, Lieutenant George Beaufoy, ar-
rived on Sunday last, from Sheerness, with supernumerary
seamen.

Tne Pelican brig, Captain Napier, still remains at Spit-
head, awaiting Admiralty orders. A rumour has got abroad
that her destination is likely to be altered, and that she is
likely to be sent to North America.
The Fair Rosamond has been taken out of dock, and ex-
pects shortly t•o be put into commission.
Ihe Vernon, 50, Captain W. Walpole, fitting at the
Eastward for the Mediterranean, expects to be at Spithead
on the Ist of March, to complete her crew, stores, &c.
previous to proceeding to her destination.
The Tweed, 20, Capt. Doughs, completed her water,
&c. this day, and will go out of harbour to-morrow to
Spithe ad.

'The Mary Ann and Isabella Blackett arrived here on
Saturday last from Scaham. On the 25th instant was
run on board of by the cutter Queen, in the Gull
Stream, which carried away her jib-boom, and damaged
her stern.

The Dutch ship Overyssel, Capt. Blom, for Batavia,
now in Portsmouth Harbour, will sail for her destination
in the beginning of next week.
The Glencig, Indiaman, Captain Bileq, passed by this
day, on her way to London from Bombay.
The Romulus, Captain Morton, arrived on Thursday
last, from Demerara, on her way to London ; sailed on
the 28th Dec., with the loss of sails, boats, and bulwarks,
having experienced a heavy gale of wind on the 26th Feb.,
in lat. 48, long. 10. On the 30th, spoke the schooner
Recovery, of Brixham, from the Western Islands, for
Liverpool.
The Wilberforce steamer, Captain Wm. Allen, one of
the Niger expedition vessels, arrived here on Tuesday last,
from Devonport, on her way to Deptford.
Letters from Malta of the 19th of February, mention
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the arrival of the Carysfort, 26, -Capt. Martin, from Alex-
andria; the Wasp, 16, Dido, 20, and Lord Exmouth's
yacht the Flower of Yarrow, from Marmorice and Athens.
No less than twenty British pennants, besides five French,
were then flying in that port—viz., Princess Charlotte
(bearing the flag of Rear- Admiral Sir Robert Stopford),
Ceylon, Ganges, 84. Thunderer, 84, Bellerophon, 78,
Implacable, 78, Edinburgh, 74, Carysfort, 26, Wasp,
16, Magpie and Beacon surveying vessels ; Gorgon,
Hydra, Alecto, Confiancl, Medea, Acheron, Locust,
Prometheus, and Phcenix steamers; and the French
steamers Metcore, Rhametes' Mentor, and Lesastors.
The Abercrombie transport, Robinson, with the head
quarters of the 47th regiment, under the command of
Colonel Elvington, sailed from Malta for Barbadoes
on the 14th instant. The. Great Liverpool steamer,
Captain Engledue, from Southampton, Falmouth, and
Gibraltar, arrived at Malta on the morning of the 14th,
with the mails; also the City of Dublin steamer, from
Corfu, Patras, and Zante. About 1,250,000 francs,
brought from Marseilles by the Alecto, had been shipped
on board the Great Liverpool for Alexandria.
At Spithead—Pelican.
In Harbour—Queen, Victory, Excellent, Royal George,
Indus, Tweed, Rapid, Sylvia, Alban, Echo, Fanny and
Emerald tenders.
PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. Lieutenants—J.

Oxenham, to command Cockatrice ; F. W. Austen, to
Bonctta ;J. Evans (b) to Polyphemus. Mate—Stephen
F. Douglas, to Excellent.--Midshipman—W. G. Dougla!,
to Queen. Second Master—R. S. Rundle, to San Josef,
in charge of Plymouth buoy-boat, to Polyphemus.

(From the Hampshire Telegraph.)
PORTSMOUTH, MARCII 6. —The Boadicea, transport,
Lieut. Ward, Agent, arrived yesterday, in forty five days
from the Island of Ascension ; she brings home nine in-
valids, together with Mr. Kittle, surgeon, Mr. Caldwell,
assistant-surgeon, and Mr. Hancorn, of the Termagant,
all invalided; as well also as Mrs. Tinklar, the widow of
the late Commandant of the Island with her family.
We have a report by this ship that our squadron has de-
stroyed the factory or fortress of the Gallinas, belonging
to the Spaniards, and has taken 800 slaves found therein,
to Sierra Leone.
The Wolverine, 16, Capt. Tucker, Cygnet, 10, Lieut.
Wilson, and Dolphin, 3, Lieut. Littlehales, were at Cape
Coast Castle, about the 12th December, and subsequently
sailed on different cruizes.
The Indus, 743, Captain Sir James Stirling, and Tweed,
20, Commander Dougia', went out of harbour to-day.
The Monarch, at Sheerness, may be daily expected at
Spithead.
The Mercury sailed yesterday for Devonport, with men
for the ships at that port. The Emerald proceeds there
also, with Lieut. Caffin of the Excellent, who is ordered
to inspect the gun-carriages of the ships at Plymouth.
The new steam-vessel Vixen has passed by from
Milford Haven, for Woolwich, to be there fitted for com-
mission.
On Wednesday the Adder revenue cutter, Morgan,
Commander, carried into Cowes a smuggling vessel, with
four men ; all her contraband cargo was thrown overboard
during a long chase to the Southward of the Isle of Wight.
The men are lodged in the borough gaol at Newport. On
Tuesday, the Stag revenue cruizer, Captain Godden,
brought into Cowes a noted smuggling vessel, New Eagle,
of Jersey, with one man and eighty casks of contraband
spirits, seized near the Needle Ree.ks.
It is sa'd that four additional Lieut.-Colonels and twelve
Cal tales are to he given to the Marine Corps, with an ac-
cession of subalterns consequently 4 Captains, 16 Firit
Lieutenants, and 28 Second Lieutenants, will be promoted,
and 40 additional aspirants will be required.
Several young Gentlemen are now in these towns
studying, ureparatory to passing for Commissions in the
Rwyal Marines. '
Mr. John M'Lennon, Boatswain in the ordinary at
Plymouth, has Leen superannuated, on a pension of 43/.
per annum.