The Sun.
London, England, 1834-06-16 00:00:00

On Saturday last S. Wilson, Esq., and J. Harmer,
Esq., the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex, gave tie
customary dinner to the Lord Chancellor and the
Judges at Vintners' Hall. The Right Hon. the Lord
Mayor presided. The Lord Chancellor was onAtia
right hand, and the Duke of Richmond on his left.
Amongst the company, which consisted of the most
eminent individuals in the city of London, were the
Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, the Vice-Chan-
cellor, Justices Sir James Park, Sir W. E. Taunton,
Sir J. B. Bosanquet, Sir E. H. Alderson, Baron Bol-
land, the Attorney-General, Aldermen Thorp,-Vena-
bles, Winchester, Key, Cowan, Lucas, Brown, Thomp-
son, and Marshall, W. H. Hughes, Esq., M. P., for Ox-
ford, J. S. Crompton, Esq., M. P. for Ripon, S. T. Spry,
Esq., M. P. for Bodmin, &c. After the dinner, which
displayed all the profusion and hospitality by which
the civic entertainments are distinguished, was re-
moved, and the " Non nobis" chanted by the profes-
sional vocalists who were in attendance, the usual loyal
and patriotic toasts were drunk. Upon the health of
his Majesty's Ministers being given,
The LORD CHANCELLOR rose, and in the name of
himself and his colleagues returned thanks for the high
honour conferred by the Lord Mayor and the citizens
of London by the toast just proposed. His Lordship,
in course of a brief address, which was partly inaudible
from the tremendous hail-storm which rattled against
the windows of the hall, expressed the satisfaction he
had experienced in the co-operation of the sheriffs
and the authorities of the city of London in the
furtherance of the measure he had introduced in the
House of Lords, with regard to the removal of the
trial of prisoners from the county quarter sessions of
Middlesex, Surrey, and Kent, to the Old Bailey. It
was true that the proposed alterations would increase
the expenses of those gentlemen who might hereafter
serve the office of sheriff in the city of London, but he
was happy to find that the prospect of increased ex-
pense had in no manner abated the public spirit of
those gentlemen out of whose purses it was to be de-
frayed.

The health of the Duke of Richmond was drunk
with the greatest cordiality.
His Grace, in returning thanks, expressed his wil-
lingness to afford every facility to his successor in of-
fice, in explaining the improvements he had introduced
into the Post-office, and in attending to the wishes
and advantages of the citizens of London.
The healths of the Vice-Chancellor, the Judges,
the Attorney-General, the Lord Mayor and Corpora-
tion of the City, the Sheriffs, the city of Edinburgh,
and the strangers present, were then given, and
The Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, the At-
torney-General, and several other gentlemen, having
respectively addressed the company, the meeting
broke up shortly after 10 o'clock.

ARRIVAL OF DON CARLOS.

( From the Hampshire Telegraph.)
PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 14.—Yesterday morning his
Majesty's ship Donegal, 78, Captain A. Fanshawe,
was discovered at anchor at St. Helen's, and but little
time elapsed ere it was known that the late pretender
to the crown of Spain was on board. About noon the
Donegal came up to Spithead, where she now remains,
nothing having yet transpired as to what will become
of the Royal party and suite. It is believed that Don
Carlos wishes to proceed to Holland, but as he sought
refuge on board an English ship without subjecting
himself to any terms or restrictions, that we can hear
of, there is no doubt but he will bend his steps on
some future day towards his native land. His Royal
Highness embarked on board the Donegal on the Ist
of June, having come some distance down the Tagus
in boats. His suite and himself, but more particularly
the ladies, are but slenderly equipped with baggage ;
the whole were glad to avoid any chance of being
cut off by General Rodil. Don Carlos is accom-
panied by his Princess, Donna Maria Francisca, and her
sister, Donna Maria Theresa, Princess of Beira, a widow,
and both sisters to Don Miguel ; three sons, Dons
Carlos, John, and Ferdinande ; the Bishop of Leon ;
Count Villavicencia and Marquis Obando, Chamber-
lains ; La Calle, Confessor ; Frias, tutor to the
Princes; Don Gomez, Chamberlain to the Princess
of Beira; Don Ramon, Secretary to the Bishop;
Generals Moreno, M,arota, and Romagoza ; Marechals
de Camp Martinez and Abreu ; Brigadiers Guitteras
( Soldevello) and Amarillas ; together with grooms,
secretaries, ladies of the chamber, physician, sur-
geon, wardrobe keepers, and women, gardeners,
cooks, &e., with Colonels Martinez, Balmaseda, and
Servadilla, altogether fifty-nine persons. Lieut.-
Colonel St. Sylvain, a Frenchman, who left France
with Charles X., and who is called Secretary to Don
Carlos, though he joined him only two days before his
embarkation in the Donegal, landed and went to
London last night on business for his Royal Master.
Don Carlos has not, nor have any of his suite, with this
exception, yet quitted the ship. Probably orders will
arrive to morrow which will determine his destina-
tion, though we do not understand he has asked to
sojourn in this country. When the Donegal came out
of the Tagus on the 3d inst. she spoke the Stag, 46,
Capt. N. Lockyer, who had on board Don Miguel,
with a retinue of sixty-six adherents, all going to
Genoa. The Stag embarked them at Sine, but having
no stock, and the refugees being without baggage,
she intended lying in Cascaes Bay, that Admiral
Parker may send supplies. The Asia, Ringdore,
Savage, and Nimrod were left in the Tagus. It is
understood that before Don Miguel was allowed to
embark he handed over to Saldanha and Villa Flor,
and also to Mr. Grant, Secretary to Lord Howard de
Walden, a full renunciation of all his pretensions to
the Portuguese throne pending the life of Donna
Maria and her issue, with a solemn promise that he
would never attempt to disturb the
may
of the
country. by encouraging partisans who may set up such
pretensions in his behalf. A strong feeling was ma-
nifested at Lisbon against Don Pedro and his govern-
ment, arising from Don Miguel having been allowed
to escape without being brought to trial—a process
which would have been tediously long, and during
the proceedings of which no progress could have
been made in settling the peace of that country ; but
out of Lisbon and in the whole of the army an
hourly-increasing good-will is manifested towards the
young Queen's power. The universal amnesty which
has been granted has quieted the minds of all
parties, and will go far to re-establish the prosperity
of the country. At ten o'clock this evening his Ex-
cellency the Spanish Ambassador to the Court of
England arrived at the George. Hotel in this town
from London, no doubt to pay a courteous respect to
the uncle of his young Sovereign.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

( From the Hampshire Telegraph.)
PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 14.—The Revenge, 78, Cap-
tain Elliott, C. 8., went out of the harbour on Mon- CHINESE JEST.—(Translated by Stanislas
day, was paid wages yesterday, and will sail to-mor- Julien. )—A young lady that had been only three days
row, with Lady Howard de Walden, to Lisbon. Her married, seeing her husband return, ran behind Hsu
ladyship arrived here on Wednesday, with her noble I and snatched a kiss. He angrily reproached her for
father, the Duke of Portland, who will accompany such a violation of etiquette. " Pardon me, my dear,"
her in the Revenge to Lisbon, whither his Grace's I she answered; " I did not think it was you."
yacht will follow. The Revenge, after landing her Mr.Beckford, the author of the celebrated story
distinguished passengers, will forthwith proceed to the " Vathek," and the recent posiessor of the magnifice it
Mediterranean. a'Jbey at Fonthill, has at length consented to the pub.
Rear-Admiral Sir W. H. Gage, G. C. H., hoisted : lication of his travels in Italy, Spain, and Portugal.
his flag on Tuesday on board the Hastings, 74, Cap- Mr. Bentley has announced them for immediate ap-
tain Shiffner, and will sail in a day or two to succeed pearance. " His work," observes the Quarterly Re-
Rear-Admiral Parker in the command in the Tagus. ; view, " will be found unlike any book of travels in
The Castor, 36, Captain Lord J. Hay, sailed on prose that exists in any European language; and if we
Thursday for the river, having taken on board a beau- could fancy Lord Byron to have written: the " Harold"
tiful forty-feet barge for the use of the Queen. The in the manner of " Don Juan," we believe the result
Royal George yacht will be completed on Tuesday, would have been a work more nearly akin to this new
and will proceed the next day for Woolwich, to em- production by Mr. Beckford than any. other in the li-
bark her Majesty. Several steamers will attend the brary. Some immortal passages in. GrAy's Letters'
squadron across the North Sea. and ' Byron's Diaries,' are the only things in our
Captains Sir G. Westphal and Sir P. Parker,Bart., tongue that come near the profound melancholy,
arrived here from New York in the President, Ame- blended with the picturesque of description, at once
rican packet, on Tuesday last ; the former having come true and startling, of these extraordinary pages. We
to England on sick leave, and the latter being pro- risk nothing in preci.ting that these volumes wil
moted to the rank of commander. They left Her- henceforth be classed among t e most elegant produc-
t-Linda. for New York on the Ist of May in his Majes- tions of modern literature; they will forthwit • be
tv's ship Comus, leaving there his Majesty's ships tra sated into every language of the Continent, and
Vernon, Arachne, and Wasp. The Vestal sailed for wil keep Mr. Beckto.d's name alive centuries alter all
Barbadoes on the 30th of April, and the Victor for tho bras: and marble he ever piled together, have
Halifax and the Bay of Fundy. The Comus pro- cea,e,l to vibrate with the echoes of Modenhas."—
ceeded from New York to Halifax. Lieut. Duthy, of Quarterly Review, Jur.e, 1334.

the p, had been tried by a courtmartial by com-
ma er Burney, upon several charges, and was ac-
tted. Lieut. Christopher Bagot, of his Majesty's
schooner Pickle, was also tried by a courtmartial and
dismissed his Majesty's service, upon charges exhi-
bited against him for occasioning the death of a marine
by negligently firing a caronnade, before the deceased
/-4 had time to get from before the muzzle of it.
The Stentor transport, Lieut. Davison, agent, ar-
rived on Monday, with the head-quarters of the 12th
regiment on board, under the charge of Capt. French.
`•••"'"_!!!!'_ • She left Gibraltar on the 6th ult., and is now ordered
to Woolwich, to take an exchange of artillery compa-
nies to Halifax. The Jaseur, sloop of war, arrived
--":1 in' Gibraltar Bay on the sth May, to remain on that
station.
The Royal George yacht, Captain Lord A. Fitz-
clarence, will go nut of harbour on Wednesday, and
proceed direct to Woolwich. Her tenders, the Panta-
loon and Emerald, will be laid up during her absence.
The Orestes, 18, was commissioned on Monday by
Corn. Codrington, for the Mediterranean station.
The Curlew, 10, Commander H. D. Trotter, will
be paid off on Tuesday into ordinary.
The Zebra, 16, has been commissioned at Chatham
by Commander M'Crea. The Winchester, MI, was
commissioned on Monday by Captain Wauchope.
His Majesty's ship Melville, 74, was at Bombay on
the 9th February, all well.
The Blonde, 46 guns, Commodore Mason, left Ja-
maica for Rio de Janeiro on the 11th April.
The Columbine corvette of 18 guns is ordered to
be fitted as a brig, by which both her masts will be
brought further aft.
Some time has elapsed since we stated that the
Snake sloop of war had captured a slaver off Cape
Frio, carrying 450 slaves. This vessel being Portu-
guese was subsequently'sent to Sierra Leone, where,
after having lost 60 of the wretched prisoners by disease,
she has been liberated, and the captors condemned in
heavy costs. In justice to the navy, to the honour of
this country, and to the cause of humanity, we cannot
but exclaim at this. It is high time that British officers
should be protected from ruin in the execution of their
duty, and that our government should make it a con-
dition of alliance with Portugal that a stop be in-
stantly put by that nation to the hideous and barbarian
slave trade. There are at this moment in England
two slavers, or rather pirate vessels, captured by Com-
manders Blanckley and Trotter, who incur some risk
of being amerced in heavy costs for obeying the spirit
of their instructions. If these instructions be ill de-
fined, they should be amended ; if they are clear;
government should suppOrt their officers in carrying
them into execution.
A very large steamer, to be called the Hermes, is
building in this yard.
A Courtmartial will assemble on board his Majes-
ty's ship Victory on Moak, morning, at nine o'clock,
to try Lieutenant Philip Saumarez, of his Majesty's
ship Pelorus, on the following charge, preferred against
him by Commander Meredith :—" For having on the
18th of April, 1832, whilst in charge of the Theresa
slaver, flogged a seaman of the Pelorus for neglect of
duty, being contrary to the regulations of the service,
and in opposition to Commander Meredith's written
orders." Rear-Admiral Sir F. Maitland, K. C. 8.,
will be the president. Lieutenant S. has been under
arrest more than eighteen months.
PROMOTTONS AND APPOINTMENTS.—Lieut. W. Gor-
don to the rank of Commander; Messrs. T. P. Tho-
mas, H.J. W. S. P Galloway, G. D. O'Callaghan, and
J. Richardson, Midshipmen, to the rank of Lieutenant;
Commander J. S. Foreman is appointed to the Wasp ;
Commander J. Baney, Arachne ; Commander M Crea,
Zebra ; Lieut. Hon. J. R. Drummond to be Flag
Lieutenant to Sir T. B. Capel Lieut. J. L. Parkin
to be Flag Lieutenant to Sir W. H. Gage ; Lieuts.
G. S. Reynolds and J. E. Bingham, and the Rev. J.
Moore, Chaplain, to the Hastings ' • Lieut. E. Jennings,
Tyrian packet; Lieut. F. T. B. Hankey, Mr. James
Low, Surgeon, and Mr. A. Coates, Assistant-Surgeon
to the Orestes ; Mr. Daniel Quintom, Acting Master
of the Curlew, is confirmed; Lieut. C. H. Baker, Mr.
J. B. Cotman, Purser, and Mr. J. T. Russel, Second
Master, Thalia, commissioned on Thursday last ; Lieut.
John Wilson, and Mr. F. May, Purser, Columbine ;
Lieut. J. Barnes (a) to the Semaphore in Portsmouth
Dockyard ; Mr. Robinson, Master of the Vernon, to
the rank of Lieutenant ; Lieut. W. S. Stovin to the
Algerine, for a packet ; Lieuts. H. Hutchinson and
A. D. Carrol, Mr. Hugh Babb, Master, Mr. R.
Thomson, Purser, Mr. E. Leah, Surgeon, and Mr.
R. Narrower, Assistant Surgeon, Talbot ' • Lieut. J.
Russell, Mr. J. Sabine, Surgeon, Mr. J. Forster,
Purser, Mr. T. R. Lord, Acting Master and Pilot,
and Mr. Sutherland, Clerk, Dee ; Lieut. J. A. Mac-
donald, Mr. W. Bland, Surgeon, Mr. R. Barron,
Purser, and Mr. A. Yeoman, Assistant Surgeon,
Wolf; Mr. A. Simpson, Surgeon, Mr. O'Brien,
Mate, and Mr. L. Stapleton, Clerk, Childers ; Mr.
A. Duncan, Master, Mr. T. Breman, Assistant Sur-
geon, and Mr. Sullivan, Clerk, African ; Mr. W.
Purser, Rose • Mr. J. B. Brown, Assistant Surgeon,
Revenge ; Air. W. Lambert, Assistant Surgeon,
Victory ; Mr. T. Frazer, Assistant Surgeon, San
Josef : Mr. A. Brickwood, Second Master, Winches-
ter ; Mr. Pope, Acting Purser, Mr. Fletcher, As..
sistant Surgeon, and Mr. Stade, Mate, Confiance ;
Mr. Tucker, Acting Master, and Mr. Dobbin, Acting
Purser, Spitfire ; Mr. G. Haydon, Mate, Excellent ;
Mr. John Allen, Mate, North Star ; Lieut. R. Wea-
therly, to be Director of Police at Pembroke dockyard.
The following midshipmen passed for Lieutenants
at the Naval College on Tuesday last:—Sir F. E. Ni-
colson, Bart., late St. Vincent ; Mr. F. Church, late
Rover ; Charles F. Schomberg, late Raleigh ;
Thomas Woodgate, F. E. Rose, Victory ; Beaum,
S. Clarke, E. A. Glynn, Pylades ; F. Pinder Por-
teous, Astrea ; G. B. Jeffreys, late Pallas,;John
Allen, late St. Vincent ; F. Slade, Confiance.
Captain George Gipps, of the Royal Engineers, is
appointed Private Secretary to the new First Lord of
the Admiralty.
AT SPlTHEAD—Hastings, Revenge, and Donegal.
IN HARBOUR—Victory, Royal George, Excellent,
North Star, Childers, Orestes, Curlew, Pantaloon,-
Seaflower, and Emerald.
PLYMOUTH, JUNE 13.—The Briseis packet arrived
on Sunday from Falmouth, and came into harbour to
be re-coppered. The Pylades arrived on Tuesday
from Portsmouth, to be paid off into ordinary. The
steam transport Messenger sailed on Tuesday with
stores for Pembroke Yard. The Tyrian was com-
missioned yesterday for the packet service by Lieut.
Jennings. The Nautilus sailed on Monday to Fal-
mouth to take out the next mail.
In Hamoaze—San Josef, Portland, Wolf, Pylades,
Nightingale, Briseis, Tyrian, and Dee and African
(steamers), and Sylvia and Hope transports.
The semaphore recently erected in this dockyard
will be under the superintendence of Lieutenant 3.
Barnes (at present superintendent of that at Lump's
Fort), which, with the semaphore at the Sallyport, is
to be done away with.
The non-commissioned officers of this division of
Royal Marines this day presented, through their
Commanding Officer, Col. Sir R. Williams, K. C. 8.,
a very handsome chased silver snuff-box to Captain
W. Davis, as a token of the esteem in which that
officer was held by them during seven years he was
their Adjutant, as will appear by the following in-
scription on the lid thereof :
" Presented to Captain Wm. Davis by the non-
commissioned officers of the Portsmouth Division of
Royal Marines, as a testimony of their respect for his
efficiency as Adjutant; and the very gentlemanly
manner in which be, his conveyed his instructions to
theni.—June 14, 1834."