The Sun.
London, England, 1846-11-09 00:00:00

AV AL INTELLIGENCE.

PORT ROYAL, JAMAICA, OCT. 9.—ThePickle schooner,
Lieut, Henry Bernard, did not sail till the 27th ult.,
when she embarked the Hon. Colonel Bruce for the Ha-
vannab, en route to Canada.
The United States' steam-sloop Spitfire, Commander
Tatnall, having completed her defects, sailed on the
24th ult. for Chagres.
The Royal Mail Company's steamer Forth, Captain
Chapman, arrived on the Ist instant from the Spanish
Main. Among her passengers from Chagres is Com-
modore Sloat, late Commander-in-Chief of the United
States' squadron in the Pacific, on his way to New York.
The Gallant Officer paid his respects to our worthy
Commodore, and sailed on the 3d instant in the Tay, for
Havannab. The intelligence brought by the party from
the Pacific confirms that which we received in this island
two months ago, viz., that California was formally taken
possession of by the American forces. When Commo-
dore Sloat left Monterey on the 29th July, all Upper
California, north of Santa Barbara, was in the full and
quiet possession of the American forces, apparently, it is
said, very much to the satisfaction of all the inhabitants,
who have been long desirous of seeing their country
under some stable government.
The United States' steam-frigate Princetown was at
Chagres when the Forth left, but;was to come on to this
island for a supply of coals. The Princetown had con-
veyed dispatches thither for the American Commander-
in-Chief in the Pacific.

The intelligence from Hayti is of an interesting cha-
racter. President Riche was progressing in his philan-
thropic efforts to unite the two divisions of the island
under one government, and in many internal reforms,
chiefest of which was the substituting coin for paper
money.
The ocean in this neighbourhood has ',been unusually
agitated for the last few .days, that miserable cemetery,
the Palisades, and the town of Port Royal, having been
partially flooded by the waves. This circumstance, it
is feared, indicates the near approach of a hurricane, or
that some of the neighbouring islands have been visited
by this direful scourge.
The Royal Mail Company's steamer Forth sails to-day
at noon with the mails for Jacmel, Porto Rico, St.
Thomas and Bermuda, at which latter island she delivers
the mails, &c., for England, to the Thames, which vessel
proceeds on to Southampton. The Clyde is at Grenada,
bound to Trinidad ; the Trent bound to this island, and
the Tay on her passage to the Gulf of Mexico.
In harbour—lmaum, 72, receiving ship, with the flag
of Commodore Pring, and the Royal Mail Company's
steamer Tweed, Captain Parsons.
PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY.

The good service pensions, which reverted to the
patronage of the Admiralty by the promotion of Cap-
tains Maurice White, Earl Waldegrave, J. D. Markland,
C. 8., Sir Henry Hart, and T. T. Tucker, C. 8., to the
rank of retired Rear-Admiral, have been conferred upon
the following officers, whose services we give from Allen's
New Navy List:—
" Captain Philip Browne (1810), who was mate of the
Minerva at the siege of Pondicherry (1790); Lieutenant
commanding hired armed cutters Swan and Vixen, and
captured numerous smugglers and privateers in 1801
and 1802; was Commander of the Plover, and captured
seven French privateers ; and in 1809 co-operated with
the Spanish patriots ; and at Flushing, for which latter
service he was officially mentioned, and twice gazetted.
" Captain Manley Hall Dixon (1811), in command of
the ordinary guard ship Caledonia, 120, at Devonport,
who was Midshipman of the Lion, 64, in action with four
Spanish fi igates, and capture of Santa Dorotea in 1798;
and in 1800 bore an important part at the capture of
Guillaume Tell ; was mate of the Genereux at the sur-
render of Malta and capture of the French frigate
Diane ; was senior Lieutenant of the Horatio, and se-
verely wounded in action with Junon. Gazetted 1809.

" Captain Peter John Douglas (1811), who was Lieu-
tenant of the Franchise at the destruction of the batteries
at Curacoa ; capture of a privateer, off Jamaica, by the
boats of that ship and Fortunee, in 1806 ; and com-
manded a boat at the capture of the Raposa brig of war,
of 12 guns and 95 men; also at the capture of a schooner
of war off La Guayra ; and, when in charge of a prize,
beat off a privateer sent to recapture her ; commander
of the Reindeer in the Walcheren expedition. Gazetted
1806.

" Captain Barrington Reynolds, C.B. (1812), who was
Lieutenant of the Niobe in 1806 at the capture of the
French 16 guns corvette Marque, of which vessel he
took possession in the presence of three French frigates;
Commander of the Hesper at the capture of the island of
Java (1811). Gazetted 1811.
" Captain A. R. Sharpe, C.B. (1813), who was mid-
shipman of the Kent in the expedition to the Helder
(1799); and of the Hercule at Cape Francois and siege
of Curacoa (1804); Lieutenant of the Topaze in action
with two French frigates off Corfu (1809); Commander
of the Scout at the destruction of three French armed
ships, and some batteries in Sagone Bay in 1811.
Gazetted 1800.

"Captain W. F. Carroll, C.B. (1813), who was mid-
shipman of the Diamond, and in 1796 assisted at the
destruction of a French corvette, 8-gun lugger, and
convoy, on Herquipoint, under batteries, which were
stormed and guns spiked, and same year made prisoner
with Sir Sidney Smith. Was midshipman of the Syren
at the capture of Surinam (1799), and in 1800 was
severely wounded in attacking a French sloop under
Havre de Grace. Was acting-lieutenant of the Centurion
in the engagement with the squadron of Linois in Viza-
gapatan roads (1804). Was flag-lieutenant to Sir Sidney
Smith, in the Pompee, in 1806, at the seiges of Gaieta and
Scylla, and storming of Capri ; and in 1807 commanded
the seamen and marines at the destruction of the battery
and guns on point Pesquies, and the guns in the wrecks
of the Turkish ships. In the same year he commanded
an armed transport tender to the Porn* at Copenhagen,
and repeatedly engaged the enemy's defences. Was
Senior Lieutenant of the Achille, at Walcheren, and at
Cadiz (1809) ; and in the Cadiz flotilla (1819), at the
attack upon Fuengirola and Malaga ; and in 1811 his
vessel was sunk at the attack upon Fort Catalina. Served
also at Barossa and Tarifa, and until the seige of Cadiz
was raised. Commander of the Volcano in co-operation
with the Spanish patriots on the coast of Catalonia, and
serving on shore in a breaching battery at the capture
of Fort St. Philip, when he was injured by the bursting
of a shell. Conveyed important dispatches across the
country to Wellington, relative to Tarragona. Was
Captain of the Revenge in the Adriatic at the reduction
of Venice and capture of the squadron in the port ; and
of the Cyrus, at the surrender of Napoleon (1814).
Twice officially mentioned by the Duke of Wellington.
Gazetted 1804, 1806, 1806, 1807, 1810, 1811, 1811,
1812, 1813."
The Island of Ascension, at present governed by a
Commander, will shortly have an old captain for its Go-
vernor, some disputes having arisen between that officer
and a captain on the station as to seniority, the latter
having claimed the Governor's house for his temporary
residence when ashore, upon a recent occasion. It is to
obviate similar difficulties in future that the above mea-
sure is resolved upon. Commander Morrell (1823), the
present Governor, will be promoted.
The Eurydice, 26, Commander Anson, has taken out
orders for the Lily, 16, Commander Newton, employed
on the coast of Africa, to be sent home immediately,
in consequence of the second lieutenant and paymaster
and purser having written for courts-martial upon
themselves!

The Wanderer, 12, Commander Somerville, arrived at
St. Paul de Loando on the 4th of August, having on
board Sir George Jackson (and suite), appointed her
Majesty's Commissioner in the Mixed Committee, esta-
blished in that city under the treaty of Portugal, of the
3d of July, 1842. She sailed for Ascension on the 30th.
Orders were received here yesterday for the Scourge
steam bomb vessel, Commander J. C. Caffin, to be pre-
pared for immediate service, and her complement of men,
of which she is between 20 and 30 short, to be com-
pleted from the guard ships. This has been done ; she
is required to take dispatches to Vice-Admiral Sir
William Parker.

The Emerald tender sailed for Plymouth last evening
with supernumeraries.
The Manceuvrer lighter sailed yesterday in the even-
ing, with Etores for the Eastern yards.