The Sun.
London, England, 1834-11-24 00:00:00

TO CHARLES TRACEY
AT STROUD, NOV. 21.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

(From the Ilamoshire Telegraph.)
Po RT:4110 ur ft, Nov. 20.--We have received by the Spitfire
steamer, which arrived at Falmouth on Monday, letters from
Malta and other dependencies in the Mediterranean to the Ist
instant :

" MALTA, OCT. 31.—The Medea steam frigate, Commander
Austen, arrived on the 17th inst. with despatches in the incom-
parably short passage of ten days and five hours from Plymouth,
during which the fire was put out seven hours to cleanse the
boilers. She is the first steam.vessel that has made the- voyage
out without stopping. at an intermediate port for coals. The
Medea sailed on the 21st to join the squadron at Vourla. The
Nile steamer (built in England) arrived on the 9th in charge
01 ..Captain Hindmarsh, R. N., and sailed on the 14th for Alex-
andria._ Captain H. is expected to remain in the Egyptian
service as High Admiral of that Navy. The Nile is the
largest steam: afloat, being 90S tons, upwards of 190 feet in
length, and is easjy convertible to purposes of war. Having
room for 1,200 troop.: in light marching order, she would
speedily transport a body of men on an emergency to any re-
fractory spot. Her speed is great, at times e'leven and a half
knots an hour. The Russian steamer Peter the Great arrived
on the 22d in thirteen days f.-om i'almoutb, and seven from
Lisbon, and after taking in a supply of coals, proceeded for
Odessa.

Sir Josias Rowley continues at Vourla with his squadron,
consisting of the Caledonia (flag), Britannia, Canopus, Edin-
burgh, Talavera, Thunderer, Endymion, Scout, and Hind.
The Admiral intends returning to Malta by the Ist of De-
cember, calling at Nauplia to perform quarantine. The Ma-
labar arrived here on the 27th instant, in twenty-two days from
Plymouth ; the Columbine on the 16th, and the Tribune on
the 18th, from Portsmouth ; the latter touched the groUnd
entering Valetta, but sustained 'little injury. The Portland
sailed on the 20th, and the Columbine on the 21st, to join the
squadron. The Romney arrived on the 26th from Plymouth,
with the sth Regiment on board, and to take the 64th Regi-
ment to Cork. The remainder of the squadron (which con-
sists of 26 vessels and 1,018 guns) is thus stationed :—Mada-
gascar at Nauplia, Endymion at Smyrna, Tyne at Alexandria,
Childers at Zante, Favourite at Tripoli, Jasseur at Gibraltar,
Beacon surveying at Scio, Mastiff at Smyrna, with the ship's
company sick of a fever ; Volage at Malta, preparing for Con-
stantinople ; also the Ceylon (flag) and the Carron ; the latter
to sail for England shortly.

" The American Squadron.—The Delaware, 84, United
States frigate, and Shark schooner, have proceeded to Malta,
as Commodore Patterson is to be shortly relieved."
Yesterday Rear-Admiral Frederic Warren returned from
his three years' command of the western coast of Africa, in
the Isis, 52, Captain Polkinghorne. Since he left the Cape
of Good Hope (July-27) he has visited St. Helena, Ascension,
Sierra Leone, and the Gambia, and resigned the command to
Rear-Admiral Sir P. Campbell, C. 8., on the 12th of Octo-
ber, the ships of which were then stationed for the suppression
of the slave traffic and the protection of the merchant trading :
The Pelorus and Forester, in the Bight of Biafra ; Brisk, off
the Gallinas; Charybdis, off Lagos; Trinculo, Lynx, and
Griffin, in the Bight of Benin ; Britomart in the Gambia ;
and the Fair Rosamond, at Sierra Leone, having taken thither
another prize, with 350 slaves on board. The Pelorus had
also captured a slaver, with 180 slaves on board. The Lynx had
chased two slave vessels off Whyda, which escaped from the
Lynx's want of sail. There were five slavers, Spanish, in the
Sherborough, and two French in the Gallinas. All the
French slavers now trade under' the Portuguese and Spanish
flags. The Isis brought invalids, and part of the reduced
garrison of Ascension, which now consists of one captain com-
mandant (Bate), one captain, three subalterns, and 130 men.
The island was very healthy, the new fort was progressing, the
tanks full of water, with abundance of vegetation on the moun-
tains. Mr. Pratt had been appointed naval officer. The Isis
left Ascension on the 7th of September. She will sail to-
morrow for Chatham to be paid off. The Pelorus and Brisk
will shortly come to England to be paid off.
The Actaeon, 28, has been this week commissioned in this
harbour by Captain Lord Edward Russell. Lieutenants Hon.
B. C. F. P. Carey and George Elliott; Mt. W. W. Thomp-
son, Master ; Dr. Browning, Surgeon ; Mr. W. Harris (of
Portsea), Purser ; Lieut. Herriot, Royal Marines ; and As-
sistant- Surgeon W. Durie, and Mr. George Beaumont, Second
Master, are appointed to her.
The Water Witch, 10, has been commissioned by Lieute-
nant J. Adams (b). Second Master R. Frampton, and Mr.
T. C. Crawford, Mate, are appointed to her. The Curlew,
10, has also been commissioned (for the South American sta-
tion) by the Hon. Lieutenant J. Denman. Mr. J. L. Jones,
clerk, is appointed with the charge of the stores.
The Rover, la, is commissioned at Plymouth : and the
Scylla. 18, at Chatham.
in Harbour—Victory, Baca-Rent, -Royal George, Acteon,
Salamander, Curlew, -Water Witch, and Braganza, Portu-
guese, which ship will go out of harbour on Monday, and sail
on Thursday for Lisbon. The Tweed was paid off to-day.
The Waterloo sailed on Thursday with convicts for Van
Diemen's Land. The David Clark, for Madras and Bengal,
will sail to-morrow morning.
The Nautilus and Espoir brigs were despatched on Wed-
nesday last from Falmouth, with supplies of provisions and
water fcr such homeward-bound ships in Channel soundings,
as are kept at sea by the easterly winds.
The brig Glory, Micholo Zeuri, master, is arrived at the
Motherbank from Constantinople, with a general cargo, bound
to London, but having a foul bill of health (the plague broke
out in that city on the 17th July, since which no clean bills of
health were granted), she will proceed to Standgate Creek, to
complete her full quarantine.
NOMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS.—Lieut. Charles Eden
(Canopus) to be Commander; Commander B. Popham to
the Pelican ; Mr. Ellicombe, Mate, of the San Josef, Mr.
Henry Byng (Victory), Mr. C. 0. Hayes Fair Rosamond),
and Mr. 'Wise (Isis), to be Lieutenants; Lieut. J. B. Roupel
to command the Alban steamer; Lieut. T. J. Clarke to the
Spartiate ; Mr. Hinhora, Purser, Rover ; Mr. R. Halliday,
Purser, and Mr. A. C. Bell, Assistant Surgeon, Victory ;
Lieut. Wilde), to the Compton Down Semaphore Station ;
Mr. J. Purves, Purser, and the Rev. N. Hennah, Chaplain,
San Josef; Mr. J. Saunders, Second Master, Curlew; Mr.
J. Miller, Midshipman, from the Isis, to the Fair Rosamond.
ROYAL Martusas.—Capt. J. Cooke (from half-pay) to the
Plymouth Division ; Mr. Sayer, son of Capt. G. Sayer, 12. N.
to 'be Second Lieutenant.
The recruiting parties of the Royal Marines are to be re-
duced to two from each division; and they are ordered not to
enlist any more men for the present, the strength of the corps
being about 130 above its number.
PLYMOUTH, Nov. 20.—Arrived his Majesty's store-ship
Buffalo, Mr. F. W. R. Sadler, Master, Corn., from New
South Wales, with timher, last from Rio Janeiro. Sailed on
Monday the Mayflower schooner, for Lisbon, with despatches,
announcing to the Portuguese Government the dissolution of
the Ministry.—Came in the Spitfire steamer, Lieut. Kennedy,
from Falmouth, to refit. Captain the Hon. Geo. Grey (pro-
moted), and the Bey Galloway, from Alexandria, came pas-
sengers. Came in on Friday the Pluto steamer, Corn. J. R.
Sullivan, from the Western African station, to refit, last from
Ascension, which she left on Sept. 16, having contended for
five weeks with strong easterly winds: spoke, on the 21st of
September,lat.s.ss.N.,
tember
Corn. Barrow, bound to the East Indies, with despatches.
The Pluto is to proceed to Woolwich, to refit. The Pique,
36, is commissioned by Lieut. Hast, far Captain the Hon.
Henry John Rous. Lieut. Richardson, the Rev. A. Field-
ing, Chaplain, and Mr. W. Hersey, Master, are appointed to
her. In Hamoaze—San Josef, Pluto, and Spitfire. In the
Sound—Buffalo

THE LAST DAYS OF PoMPEII.—" This new
work of Mr. Bulwer is pure, classical, and original. It owes
nothing, to commonplace ; but illuminating the depths of the
past with poetry, it makes all the graces of invention sub-
servient to the cause of truth, and appears to refine upon
reality without weakening its force. In these pages we live
in the luxurious Pompeii, with its baths, its amphitheatre, and
its forum ; we feel the silken flutter of a race that mocked the
Roman sternness, and affected all the virtues of the imperial
city, while they eschewed its stoical harshness ; we have As-
pasia again before us in the crowded revel and the volatile
and witty dialogue. The attempt to paint the manners of a
people who perished off the face of the earth in the year 79
A.D., knowing them only through the scanty hints of Pliny,
was not easy of accomplishment ; but Mr. Bulwer has suc-
ceeded, and we have here the best fiction, perhaps, in any
language of modern Europe that is based upon a classical
foundation."—Atlas.

LESLIE.—The Earl of ItOthes lately sent a large
turnip to one of his tenants who is famed for his superior crops
of turnips, awl the extent and rich produce of his dairy. The
bulb seemed to be very large and was uncommonly heavy. On
further examination the top was lifted off, and a large bare was
seen in the inside ; puss was pulled cut by the ears, and then
a leash of partridges, a pheasant, and a snipe, were succzs-
sively taken out of the hollow of the turnip, which had been
carefully scooped on purpose.—Fffeßhire Journal.
THE FRENCH PEOPLE.—" It is surprising, that
that with so small a sce between them, the English and
French nations should be so totally dissimilar in character,
manners, and customs, and this, too, in spite of the constant
intercourse between- the people of each, which a peace of 20
years' duration has facilitated. Any investigation which shall
tend to develop the causes of so remarkable a distinction,
cannot fail to attract the curiosity and attention of English
readers. We hail, therefore, the appearance of Mr. Henry
Bulwer's ‘. France" with much satisfaction. The opportu-
nities possessed by him were of a most favourable kind, arising
from a long residence in France, and front the position he
held as a Memter of the British Embassy at Paris. After a
brilliant and graphic sketch of the French capital, the author
describes the characteristics of the people, .as manifested in
their politeness gallantry, vanity, wit, gaiety, frivolity, and
crime. Ail these various and interesting topics are discussed
with great spirit and discrimination, and the work will doubt-
less be extensively read, and highly appreciated."--Globe