The Sun.
London, England, 1833-07-01 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

(From the Hampshire Telegraph.)
PORTSMOUTH, Jaws 29.—We have letters from Malta,
dated June 8. Sir Pulteney Malcolm had arrived on
that day in the Britannia. His first question on
speaking the steamer outside was, " whether the squa-
dron had proceeded to Constantinople?" The Madagascar
frigate, Capt. E. Lyons, bad been sent to Napoli. The
squadron there, consisting of the St. Vincent, Malabar,
Barham, Alfred, Rainbow, Champiqn, and Rover, had been
waiting t!,e arrival of Sir P. Malcolm. The intention of
G.,vernment originally was, that the squadron should
proceed to Alexandria, to force the Paella of Egypt to
make peace with the Turks ; but now that the peace is
actually concluded, it is supposed that they will proceed
to Tenedos. The Russians are said obe fortifying them-
0-Ives in the Bosphorus, making roads, &c., indicating the
intention of a longer stay there than is consistent with
weir prof asides. NV:a, C.;:in.,:antir..:4c within their
grasp at any time they please, it is not likriy that they
will brave all Europe for the present. If they do, Poland
ought to be declared indeptiolent, Finland restored to
Sweden, &c. What a glorious prospect of immortality is
held out to a British Minister who would have nerve
enough to carry such a plan into execution. A postscript
adds, the fitet will sail for Smyrna and the Dardanelles
on the 11th. _ _ _

A courtmartial was held on board his Majesty's ship
Malabar, at M ilta, on the 31st of May, the Hon. Cap-
tain Percy, President, fir the purpose of trying Mr.
Miller Hamilton, Assistant-Surg-on of the Barham, for
using provoking and unofficer I ke language to the junior
Assistant of the same ship. It seems that Mr. Hamilton
had admitted that he had used offensive language to Mr.
Durie, but not exactly the expressions imputed to him.
Upon being ordered to apologise by Captain Pigot, lie
consented to express contrition for the expressions he con-
fessed he had used, but afterwards found that an entry had
been made in the li‘g that he had apologised for the ex-
pressions imputed to him, and which he denied. Mr.
Hamilton, therefore, requested a courtmartial might be
held upon himself, and the entry erased from the log.
The only evidence bearing upon the facts of the case was
that of Mr. Durie himself and one of the midshipmen.
The former deposed to the expressions used by Mr. Ha-
milton, and the latter proved that he SW Mr. Durie
above Mr. Hamilton. The .enteuee wee, that it was
proved that Mr. Hamilton did use provoking language to
Mr. Durie, in breach of an article of war, and that he be
dismissed his Majesty's ship Barham. It is not our
intention to say a single word a.ainst the justice of
this sentence, as it was rendered imperative upon
the Court, by Mr. Hamilton's own admissions,
not only to Captain Pigot, but in his defence before
the Cour: ; but it is to he regretted that a merito-
rious young man should have so committed himself, from
a mistaken sense of honour (as an explanatory letter nit
service to Captain Pigot would have served his purp9se
equally well), and that he should have afterwards in-
trusted his defence to men who were so ignorant of mar-
tial law as to allaw him to make admission,: which they
ought to have known would render his acquittal impos-
sible, however favourable the feelings of the Court might
be to him.

Letters received from an officer of the Hyacinth, IS,
dated Madeira, 30th May, state that they arrived on the
previous evening, after a delightful passage from Fal-
mouth. She was to sail on the 2d June for India, via
Cape of Good Hope. The Brandywine American frigate,
Britomart, 10, Lieutenant Quin, and a Danish—tnan-of-
war brig, %vac lying at Madeira on tar Hyacinth's arrival;
the former had arrived lately from Lisbon, and was about
to proceed to New York, and the Britomart sailed on the
let June for the Coast of Africa. The mail in the Eclipse
arrived on the 23d, and left on the following day for the
Brazils.
The Victor, IS, Com. Russell, has arrived at Barbadoes
from St. Lucia, and the Rhadamanthus steamer, from
Plymouth ; the latter has sailed for Jamaica. The Emu-
lous packet left on the ISth May, for the same place, and
the Pallas, 42, on the 20th, fur Antigua.
The Naiade French corvette arrived here on Thursday,
from Cherburg, with the English pilots, and boxes of
charts which had been furnished the French squadron by
this Government during the Dutch blockade. The cor-
vette returned to Cherhurg this morning. She is a very
fine vessel, mounting 24 lung guns.
The Vulage, 2S, Captain Martin, C. 8., sailed from St.
Helen's on Monday for the Mediterranean.
The Racer, 18, building in this duck-yard, will be
launched on the 18th July.
The Rodney, of 92 guns, a splendid specimen of a two-