The Sun.
London, England, 1833-01-22 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

From the Hampshire Tflegraph.)
PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 19.—8 y letters received from the
Mauritius, dated Oct. 29, we learn that the men of wa•
then lying there were, the Undaunted, 46, Captain E
Harvey, and Tana, 28, Captain Dickinson, C. B. The
former would sail for the Cape on the arrival of the Pelt,.
rus. which ship was shortly expected. Lady Colville was
to take a nassage in her to the Cape —The Curl.-w, 10,
Commander H. Trotter, had arrived at the Maiiritiu•
from the Cape, on her way to Ceylon, on Sept. 21, and
sailed for that Colony with specie on the 23d. The Mau-
' itius was perfectly tranquil and quite healthy. The corn
pany of Royal Artillery, under the command of Lieutenani
Burnaby, which went out in the Undaunted, was expected
to return shortly.—A fire was discovered to have broken
out on Oct. 18, which was likely to have made great de
vastation ; but by the exertions which were used, three
houses only became a prey to the flames.
Great diversity of ooinion prevails, as to who is to suc-
ceed the late gallant Sir Thomas Foley, as Port Admiral
of Portsmouth; the fullest expectation was expressed that
Sir Harry Neale would have had the appointment but re-
port now says, that the Admiralty would not consent, un-
less he gave up his seat for Lymington, for which borough
he is now Member, that Board alleging, very properly,
that he would he constantly asking for leave to attend his
Parliamentary duties, and that he would as constantly vot-
against the existing Administration. Sir Harry declines
to give up his seat, and consequently gives up the lucrative
and honourab!e post of the cemmand at this port. Next
' it is said to have been refused to Sir W. Hargood, and the
strife of interest now lies between Sir C. P. Durham, Lord
Ameliusl3eauclere, and Admiral R. Montagu. One of the
two former will most probably succeed, and as gentlemen
from the north country are usually successful in lotterit s,
we think the chance is in favour of the gallant Captain of
the Anson, Defiance, and Venerable.
COMBINED SQUADRON.—The Flora French frigate,
irom Cnerburg, and Creole, from a cruise, arrived here
on Saturday last. The Larne sloop of war anchored here
on Sanday last, from her cruising eratinti, and the Endy
mien French frigate, sailed on a cruise the same day. The
Snake sailed on Sunday, for a cruise in the Norh Sea,
and the Stag arrived on Monday. The Satellite came
down from the river on Monday, and the Rover on
Tuesday, and afterwards proceeded to Plymouth, on her
way to the Mediterranean; leaving at the anchorage the
Donegal, Revenge, Malabar, Stag, Larne, and Satellite
(English), and La Syrene, Melpotnene, Flora, and Creole
(French).
The Blanche arrived at Barbadoes from Antigua the
7th of Da cember ; the Arachne from Halifax the 9th;
and the mail, in the Plover packet, on the 11 th of
December.
The Nimrod sailed from Lisbon for Oporto on the 27th
tilt.

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His
Maj.,sty's packet Goldfinch, Lieutenant Collier,
arrived at Falmouth on Wednesday from South America.
She left Rio on the 14th of November, only a week after
the last packet. She sailed from Monte Video on the 24 b
of October; the late distutb.:nces bad, at that period,
settled into perfect tranquility. General Lavellage, with
his insurrectionary party, had retired, and gone into di&
f Tent parts of the country. The Rhadamanthus steamer,
Commander Evans, arrived at Falmouth on Wednesday,
to take the Friday's mail to Oporto and Lisbon, the
Admiralty orders being against vessels of her size taking
pa•~engers.
The Romney, troop-ship, W. Brown, commander, was
towed out of Plymouth harbour by the Rhadamanthus On
TuesdAy, and having embarked about 500 soldiers, sailed
immediately for the Cove of Cork, where some further mi-
litary arrangements are to take place prior to her finally
proceeding to Bermuda, Barhadoes, and Jamaica.

The topmasts of the Malabar, fitted on Captain Mor-
gan's principle, answer every expecution, and were in-
spected in the Downs on Monday, by Admiral Sir P.
Malcolm, and the Captains of the ship comprising the
squadron.

(From the Portsmouth Herald.)
His Majesty's si,ip Volage, 28, Capt. the Richt Hon.
Lord Colchester, was paid off into Ordinary on Tuesday.
The Emerald, Tender to the Royal George, yacht, Mr.
Saunders, Master, R.N., arrived on Wednesday from the
Downs, and is refitting in this harbour.
_ _ .

His Majesty's ship Briton, 46, Capt. J. D. Markland,
C. 8., whose daily-expected arrival from Oporto we re-
ported last week. will be paid off at this port. By this
ship we nsay expect to receive correct accounts of the
contending parties in Portugal.
His Majesty's ship Childers, IS, Commander Robert
Deans, was paid off into Ordiniry on Friday.
The squadron under the command of Vice-Admiral Sir
Pulteney M denim, K. C. 8., we understand, are daily ex-
pected at Spithead.

His M ijesty's ship Gio, 18, Commander Onslow, is
dai'y exp.eted from South America, to be paid off.
The Hope, transport, Lieutenant Ryder, Agent, arrived
front Plymouth off the bar of Oporto on the 9th inst.,
with Government stores for the squadron.
The Prince Regent, transport, Lieutenant Binstead,
Agent, arrived at Cork from Plymouth on the Sth inst.,
and sailed on the 13th for Gibraltar, Malta, and Cortu,
with sundry detachments for those garrisons.
The Portland, male convict ship, arrived at Cork from
Deptford, on the 11th inst., to receive on board con•
victs for New South Wales, under the superintendence of
Dr. Inches.

The Sylvia, transport, Lieutenant Wesley, Agent, will
shortly s ,i 1 for Deptford, after having completed her cargo
of Goveinment stores.

His Mje+ty's ship Galatea. 42, has been brought down
from Porchester Lake, alongside the sheer hulk, to be
docked for a thorough rep ir, if found fit.
Toe Prince Regent will be undocked on Monday, and
the Galatea will be docked.

His Majesty's revenue cruiser Dolphin. Lieut. John
Jeffreys, ari iced at the Motherbank on Friday evening
from the coast of Sussex, last from Hastings, having been
ordered to the qiiarantine ground by the officers of the
Customs at the latter place, in consequence of one of the
crew having the cholera. She has been accordingly placed
under quarantine.
At Spitlie id—Spartiate.
In Harbour—Victory, Royal George, Excellent, Eme•
raid, tender, and Portsmouth, Dockyard yacht.
Paomonotts AND APPOINTMEND).--Lieut. Felix
Frankling is promoted to the rank of retired Commandi-r ;
Mr. J. Chegwyr, is appointed Second Master of the Buf-
falo, at Chatham ; Mr. J. Cater is appointed Second Master
to the Sparrow, cutter ; Mr. W. H. Damell, Midshipman,
is appointed to his Maj sty's ship Malabar ; Mr. D. Sta-
pleton is appointed to his Maj.aity's ship Spartiate, as Se-
cretary's Clerk to Sir M. Seymour ; Mr. J. Gallety,
Gunner of his Majesty's ship Dryad, is turned over to the
check at Plymouth ; Mr. F Card, acting Carpenter of his
M+sty's ship Hyacinth, is confirmed to that rank.

Rumour has bee' very busy during the week in naming
many successors to the naval cnmmand at this port, but
we ate enabled to say nothing definitive is yet determined
on. Admiral Sir Harry Neale, Bart., of Lymingion,
whose appointment was conaid.-red certain, it is now said,
declines the honour, at the request of his constituents. A
few d .ys, however, will set the question at rest. Admiral
Sir Philip Durham, Lord Aurelius Beauclerc, Sir Wil-
liam Hargood, and Sir P. Hackett, are also spoken of as
candi fates for the diitinguished post.
Rear-Admiral Sir Frederick Lewis Maitland,
is discharging the duties of the port until the new Coin-
mander.in-Chief shall arrive.

Rear-Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, Bart. and K.C.B
(whose flag is flying in his Maj,sty's ship Spartiate at
Spithead), is expected to proceed in her b South America,
about the 15th of n,•xt month.

The flag (white at the main) of our late lamented Ad-
miral, Sir Thomas Foley, G. C. 8., was hauled down on
board his Majesty's ship Victory, on Wednesday, imme-
diately alter the interment of the body, about half-past one.
ROYAL MARINES.—Second Lieut. H. F. Murton
marched yesterday with a detachment of the Royal Marines,
lately paid off at this port from his Majesty'. ships Vo.age
and Childers, to join their own division at Chath im.
It is currently reported here, but as yet it is Were report,
that Col. J. B. Savage, Deputy-Adjutant General of Royal
Marines is made a K.C. H., and that Brevet-Major John
Wright, Assistant-Adjutant General of Royal Mai ines,
and Brevet• Major Owen, of the Plymouth Division of that
gallant corps are made K. He. We trust the report may
be confirmed.

There has been a large collection of coasters bound to
London and other ports to the eastward, as well a of light
colliers bouud to the northward, during the week, in
Stoke's Bay and at the Motherbank, in consequence of the
easterly winds. But the wind having shitted on Friday
to the N.N. E., they all got away on that day, leaving not
a single siil in those roadsteads.

COMMERCIAL SHIPPING.—Tuesday, arrived theOrontes,
Currie, from Loudon for Madras and Calcutta. Wednes-
day, arrived the Attica, Shelton, from London for Ceylon.
Friday, sailed the Orontes, Currie, for Madras and Cal.
cutta ; arrived, La Bonne Mere, Campion, from London,
for Demerara.

The Philadelphia, Capt. Champlin, American packet-
ship is hourly expected from London for New York.
The East India ship Orontes, Currie, for Madeira, Ma-
dras, and Calcutta, arrived here from the River on Tues-
day, and having embarked her pawners sailed on Friday.

Baring, Esq., uncle Wells Member for this borough,
nil his lady, went out inthieritor 111,deira.
The brig Dolphin, of Jersey, W. H. Scab irou(hi
Mister, from D•nea and Altea, with fruit, for Lind n,
out in at the Motherbank on Monday last, wind bound,
nd sailed for the River on Thursday.

The Spanish schooner, Utumea, Gorovea, Master, ar-
ived at the Motherhank on Wednesday. from 13,10 a,
oleo with nuts and onions. She sailed for her dstiva-
tion, London, on Friday.
The Admiralty have ordered a ship at this port to he
sheathed with thin lead inste ,d of with copper. We be-
lieve this is only intended for ordinary service. As to the
success of this experiment we will not pretend to deter-
aline ; perhaps it will, in some measure, depend on the
nails use I for fastening the lead on Vie bottom. There
will doubtless he some chymical or galvanic action among
some of the agents employed, that is to say, the copper
silts, lead, nails, and sea water, but as we believe the lead
constantly used on the cat-wat, r of ships is not materially
decomposed, we do not see much reason for mistrusting the
success of the intended experiment, the result of which,
when made, we will endeavour to try before our leaders.
The Hyacinth is to be undocked on Tuesday next.
We noticed in a former p 'per the injury this ship expe-
rienced from the peak of her anchor rubbing off a portion
of her copper. In consequence of this the plank of the
bottom became exposed to the attacks of what is called
the worm, or rather the teredo navalis. These formi-
dable little anima's had made so vigorous an assault, that
several planks were bored like a honeycomb. The
economy of these insects is extremely interesting.
Thousands of them will attack a piece of timber,
piercing it in every variety of direction, hut one animal
his never been found to intrude on the cell or habits-
tien of another, although the bores are so close together
that the partition between them is as thin as paper. We
also believe that they never entirely pierce through wood,
for when they fiud they are very near the surface, their
I hours cease and they commence anew in another direc-
tion. The holes these animals perforate vary in size from
a sixteenth of an inch to half an inch, and even souletimrd
larger. By what instinct are th use creatures enahh-d to
ascertain when they are encroaching on each other' habi-
tations ? How are they enabled to bore holes in bald
wood ? Is it by means of the augur-like formation of
the head ? or is it by means of some solvent secretion
which emanates from the body ? We believe this, at
prevent, is all myst,ry, and, perhaps, will ever remain so.
It fortunately happened for the safety of the Hyacinth th it
she was not kept out much longer on a foreign station,
anti, perhaps it was equally fortunate, that she was filled in
solidly between the timbers, on rSir H. Sepping's plan,
4'l that if the plank of the bottom had been very m ae-
rially injured, still water would not have entered, or at
least a less quantity would have entered than if she had
not been filled in.

A modification of the Admiralty regulations, re.p,cting
the superannuation of officers at and under• 2001. per
annum, has been just issued. Same of our readers are
aware that officers of the above income f•rmerly had
an annual salary, on account of which 'hey were
eligible to superannuation by Act of Parli.ment.
Within the two last year., however, the class of persons
'hove alluded to have been placed, not on an annual
salary, but on what is called day pay ; in consequence of
which they were only entitled to superannuation during
the period of their having be,n on an annual sal ,ry. This
measure operate very hardly on several respectable men,
—for instance, on the occasion of the superannuation of
three measurers, as mentioned in a recent " Herald," it
unfortunately happened for one or two of them, that if
they had been placed en day pay bout two months later,
they would have been entitled, from length of service, by
Act of Parliament, to another twelfth of their annual in-
come, so that, ins'ead of having 74/ p r annum, they
would have had 90/. per annum. Taking the peculiar
ear ship of these and similar cases into consideration, we
utylerstand the Admiralty have offered all officer, at and
under 2001. a year, to superannuate n iw, on tlrt supposi-
tion of their having continued on salary until March next;
but that if the said officer, decline this offer, they will, in
future, be superannuat.d under the provi•ious of an Order
in Council, which Order takes into account the period of
their being workmen as well as that of their b-ing
officers. This offer will operate advantageously to some
senior officers, and it should be borne in mind by those i❑
office, who have the administration of the naval affiirs of
this country, that a very tew pounds a year, in addition
to a small income, makes all the difference in the w.,rld to
the comfort of an old man, and we feel confident that
the most rigid economists would never LT grud4e the pit-
tance which is given to an old public servant in his de.
clining age.

The 6111 of February is the day said to be
fixed upon for his NIAJESTY to go in State to open the
Session of the new Parliament.

Since the accession of his present MAJESTY,
the following has been the mortality among the officers of
the naval service. Admirals of the Fleet, 2 ; Mmirals,
12 ; Vice-Admirals, 9 ; Rear-Admirals, 12 ; Retired
Rear-Admirals, 4. Total number of Fla4.-Ofl,ers, 39.
Captains, 22; Commanders, 25 ; Lieutenants, 349 ;
Masters, 28 ; Surgeons, 13 ; Assistant Surgeons, 32;
Pursers, 12.

JOSHUA BROOKES, ESQ., F.R.S., F.L.S.,
&c.—The funeral of this celebrated anatomist took place
on Friday last, at St. James's Church, Piccadilly, Mr.
BROOKES was 40 years Professjr of Anatomy in Blen-
heitn.ktreet, during which period, it is said, he educated
upwards of 7,000 students.

It is ruiuoured in the political circles that the
Marquis of QUEENSBERRY, one of his 117.,jesty's Lords of
the Bedchawber, is to have an English Barony. His
Lordship's honours are all Scotch, end, as be was an on..
successful candidate at the recent election of Scottish Re-
presentative Peets, he in not a Member of the House of
Lords. The Noble Marquis is the only Scottish Noble-
man of his rank will is now without a seat in the Upper
House. His Lordship was a sturdy supporter of Mtnistets
on the question of Reform, and it is therefore inferred
that he is entitled to receive the distinction of an English
Peerage from the Not,le Earl at the head of his Majesty's
Councils.

The Directors of the Bank of England, in
order to guard more effectually against forgery in transfer-
ring Stock by powers of attorney, have made public the
following notice Bank of England—Notice as to the
E.ecution of Powers of Attorney.—ln consequence of the
very vague descriptions frequently given of the att..sting
witnesses of powers of attorney, the Bank will in future
require that, when witnesses are described as out of town,
the name of the street and number of the house sbou d be
added." In order to increase the security of stockholders
against forgeries, it should I.e Made a mater of duty that
parties purchasing Stock should sign the Bank books in
acceptance of the same as soon as possible after the pur-
chase and transfer are completed.

We feel gratified in announcing that on Fri-
day and Saturday last, Lord Sr. JOHN paid off the srli.de
of his lather's debt', amounting to 40,0001. It was inti-
mated that three years would have been a reasonable time
to have finally discharged them, but his Lordship, much to
his credit, preferred doing it lenroediately.—C4mbridge
Independent Press.

RECOLLECTIONS OF A CHAPERON.-
" Lady DACRE'S name is a passport for any public ition,
not only into the highest, but into the best literary circles,
and we rejoice to receive into our hands a work so auspi-
ciously introduced. It is written, we understand, by Mrs.
SULLIVAN, the daughter of her Ladyship, and proving
herself in these volumes to be closely allied by talent as
well as constoguinity. We do not know when we have
read a more touching story than " The Sing'e Woman of
a Certain Age," it is full of deep feeling and quiet beauty
—simple, real, and unexaggerated. The great charact- ris-
tic of these pages is sentiment—sentiment born of genuine
emotion, but kept in control by fine taste ; and also know-
ledge of the world, using that phrase as it is commonly
used, to express society."—Literary Gazette.

It is an alarming consideration that within
the last six weeks three most atrocious murders have been
committed in this riding, and though large rewards (with
pardon to an accomplice) have been offered, no traces of
any of the murderers have yet been discovered. The fol-
lowing is a list of the victims :—..fastxs BENSON, sup-
posed to have been murdered on account of his refusal to
join a strike at Farsley ; Mr. KAY, butcher, who was re-
turning from the market, near Sutton; and ELIZABETH
BAYNES, who was murdered in Clifton-wood, near Hali-
fax, on Monday, the 7th inst.—Leeds Mercury.
HUDDERSFIELD.—A meeting was held on
Thursday in the Court-house, Huddersfield, to rake into
consideration the propriety of raisiog a volunteer force,
either of yeomanry or infarry, to maintain the tranquil.
lity of the town and neighbourhood. Alter considerable
diu
ai
benthat Government
t
he
townfur
should
the reception of the regular military force in preference to
scso
petitioned it was,
b l determined
ish
barracksin
raising volunteers. At the same time a committee was
chosen to institute an inquiry into the conotict of the con •
stabulary authorities during the late election riots in Hud-
dersfield, and to report the result to soother totentty.
Leeds Mercury.