The Sun.
London, England, 1834-03-17 00:00:00

CLIFTON V. COCKBURN.

This case, which came before his Lordship during last
week on the question of costs, was to-day decided by his
Lordship, who, under its peculiar circumstances, was of
opinion that the minority interest fund, with its consi
derable accumulations, ought to bear the expenses of both
the parties.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

(From the Hampshire Telegraph.)

PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 15.—0 n Tuesday, the Edin-
burgh, '74, Captain J. R. Dacres, sailed for Plymouth and
the Mediterranean station ; and the Seaflower cutter,
Lieutenant Morgan, to protect the oyster fisheries at
Guernsey and Jersey. The Charybdis brig, Lieut. Mer-
cer, sailed on Monday to join the squadron under Rear-
Admiral Warren, for the suppression of the slave traffic
on the coast of Africa. She would take a ensil yesterday
from.Falmouth to Lisbon, and thence proceed to the Cape.
The Belvidera, 42, Captain C. B. Strong, is expected
to sail in a few days for the West India station, taking out
Mr. Chatfield, Consul at Guatemala, and Lord Sussex
Lennox to Port Royal, to assume an official appointment
there.
At Spithead—Belvidera.

In Harbour—Victory, Royal George, Excellent, Re..
venge, President, Tyne, Rainbow, Nautilus, Espoir, and
Sparrow cutter.
The outward.bnund merchantmen, which had come in
either to embank passengers or from contrary winds, have
sailed for their respective destinations, viz., Andromache
and Dunv,,gan Castle, for Madras and Bengal ; Mermaid,
for Bombay ; Katbetine Stewart Forbes, for Madras ;
1-I ❑ry Wellesley, for the Cape and Ceylon ; Isabella, for
Demerara: Eliza Ann, for Bermuda; Neptune, for Ma-
dras and Bengal.
The Revenge, 74, was paid-off on Wednesday, and re-
commissioned on the following day by Captain William
Elliott, C. 8., an experienced, gallant, and meritorious
officer.

The Favourite arrived at Malta, from England, on the
15th of January, and sailed swain on ihe 27th. The Bar-
ham sailed from Malta on the 6th of Feb. for the coast of
Spain ; Raleigh, 27th Jan., and arrived at Gioraltar 15th
of Feb. The Firefly arrived at Malta 22d Feb., with a
mail from Falmouth. The Isis and Ttinculo arrived at
Sierra Li one Ist Jan., from cruising.
The Columbine, 18 guns, was paid off at Sheerness on
Wednesday. The officers invited the Captain, H. 0.
Love, to a parting dinner at the Fountain Hotel.
The Columbine had been nearly four years in commission,
and (lid not lose a single min through sickness, although
employed on the West India station.

The John Stewart, Williamson, of 350 tons, from De-
merara to London, was lost on the Goblet's Rock, off the
windward side of B trbadoes, on January 17, with a cargo
consisting of 556 hogsheads, three tierces, and 31 barrels
of sugar; 100 puncheons and ten hogsheads of rum. She
had been four days out from Demerara, and was driven by
fresh bretzes, thick weather, and strong currents upon the
same spot where, during the two preceding years, three
other ships had been lost, viz., the Wanderer transport,
with 250 troops, all stved, but vessel lost; the Paragon,
from Demerara to Glasgow, total loss; and the Isabel,
from Demerara to Liverpool, cargo partly lost, and a heavy
expense incurred. The Government, or the authorities in
that island, ought to erect a lightbou.e for the protection
of ships bound to or passing by Barbadoes, as the currents
vary so much in their direction and strength as to perplex
the most experienced navigator.

PLYMoUTH, MARCH 13.—Yesterday the Edinburgh,
74, Captain J. R. Dacres, came in from Spithead, and
landed the Marines paid off from the Revenge : she will
sail in a few days for Malta. Sailed the Viper cutter,
Lieut. H. James, for Portsmouth ; and the Hope trans-
port, for Cork, to embark troops for Gibraltar. Sailed
all the out-bound yesterday; among them the Mary, for
Van Diemen's Land; John Pirie, for Havannah ; Kathe-
rine Jackson, for New York ; William and Henry, for
Constantinople. Sir W. Hargood, our Commander-in-
Chief, having gene on a fortnight's leave, the command
has devolved on Captain Superintendent C. Rosa, C.B.
In liamoas,--San Josef, Canopus, Racehorse, Reynard,
Viper, and Diligence.

In the Sound—Edinburgh.
APT ,INTMENTS.-Commander Robert Scallon to the
Ordinary at Chatham.; Lieut. H. W. Hall to be Director
of Police at Portsmouth Dockyard, vice Marshall, re-
signed; Lieut. R. H. Elliott, Messrs. G. A. Hine and
P. D. White, Mates, Mr. J. Brown, Second Master, and
Mr. R. Martin, Clerk, to the Revenge; Lieut. W. G. B.
Estcourt, Excellent ; Lieut. Hon. J. R. Drummond,
President; Mr. John Shaw, Assistant_Surgeon, Vernon ;
Mr. T. Brenan, Assistant_Surgeon, Isis ; Mr. Jonathan
Gain, Purser, Rainbow ; Mr. J. A. Pdtchard, Mate,
Ocean. Royal Marines.—Captain J. M. Pilcher, and
Second Lieut. II M. l\leheux, to the Revenge; Lieut.
R. C. Spalding to the Victory.
The following Midshipmen passed their examination for
Lieutenants, at the Royal Naval College, on Monday:—
Messrs. J. Hancock, Columbine ; J. B. W. S. Gardiner,
Caledonia; C. J. Balfour, Tyne ; Hon. C. A. Dillon,
Belvidera; G. Philpots, Ocean; C. E. Hodgkinson, Ec•
cellent ; J. A. Pritchard, Ocean

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