The Sun.
London, England, 1832-05-21 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

(From the Portsmouth Herald of Sunday.)
PORTSMOUTH, Mn 19.—His Majesty's shit
Conway, 28, Capt. Henry Eden, arrived on Sunda
from the river, on her way to the West India sta.
ion, She will proceed hence in a few days, takin!,
out Lord Mulgrave, (appointed Governor of
tnaiea), and suite.
Vice-Admiral Sir Pulteney Malcolm, K.C.8.,
struck his flag (red at the fore), on board his Me-
,iesty's ship Britannia, on Tuesday, and proceeded to
London for a few days. The Vice-Admiral is ex-
pected to sail for Lisbon the later end of nett week.
His Majesty's ship Briton, 46, Capt..J D. 313r1i-
Lind, C.B. was taken out of the (lock on Wednes-
day, and her refitment is proceeding -vith all di -
spatch, fcr the purpose of returning to the Tagus.
She will sail in about ten days.
His Majesty's ship Maidstone, 50, Commodore
Schomberg, and Seringapatam, 46, Capt. the Hon.
William \Valdegrave, are daily expected from Rio
de Janiero.
The Queen Charlotte and Briton have been tin-
4otited during the week, and the Blonde, Beacon,
a'd Mastiff, have Ire!) taken itro dock for repair.
The Orestes, transport, Lieut. Garret, Agent,
arrived at Cork on the 10th inst. to receive on hoard
sundry detachments for conveyance to Quebec.
The Hope, transport, Lieut. Ryder, Agent, ar-
rived from Chatham on Tuesday, with naval stores
for this dock-yard.
The Amphitrite, transport, Lieut. Cooley, Agent,
errived at Chatham, on Thursday, from Woolwich,
with Government stores for that dock-yard.
The Planta, male convict ship, may be expected
from the river in the course of the ensuing week
for the conveyance of 200 male convicts from the
hulks at this port, for Australia, under the superin-
tendency of Dr. Osborne.
At Spithead—Britannia, Talvera, Donegal and
Conway.
In Harbour—Victory, Royal George, Briton,
Beacon, (late Meteor), Pantaloon, Mastiff and
Emerald.
PROMOTIONS AM) APPOINTMENTS.—Lieutenant
Richard Morgan (a) is appointed Flag Lieutenant
to Vice-Admiral Sir Pulteney Malcolm.—Mr.
Henry Tucker is appointed purser to his Majesty's
ship Beacon, surveying vessel.—Mr. Thomas Her-
ring is appointed Master's assistant to his Majesty's
ship Vernon.—Mr. Frederick Mundy is appointed
to his Majesty's ship Conway.—Mr. William L.
Browne is appointed Master of his Majesty's ship
Mastiff, surveying vessel.—Mr C. U. Napier, mate, is
app•iintesl to his Majesty's ship Excellent.—Mr.
Robert Parker, clerk, is appointed to his Nlaje•ty's
ship Conway, vice Stokes.—Mr. A. G. Rothe, y, hoe
mate to his Majesty's ship Rainbow, but now patient
in the Royal Hospital at Hasler, is promoted to the
rank of Lieutenant.—Mr. Thomas Addington, boat-
swain, late of his Majesty's • ship Spartiate, is ap-
pointed to his Majesty's ship Victory, vice Bridger,,
superannuated.—Mr. W. G. Stone, appointed to
his Majesty's ship Castor, has been superseded.—
Mr, William Bailey is appointed Assistant-Surgeon,
of his Majesty's Beacon.—Mr. William Lames,
Clerk, is appointed to his Majesty's ship Mastiff, on
the new establishment.
The following Midshipmen passed their examine-
!on in navigation at the Royal Naval College, last
,reek, v's, Mr. Thomas Sbhald, of his Majesty's
ship Donegal ; Mr. James Watson, late of his Ma-
jesty's ship Trihue; Mr. William Harvey, of his
Majesty's ship Talavera ; and Mr. W. F. Robinson
of his Majesty's ship Ranger, and Mr. R. J. C
Been, late of his Majesty's ship Shannon.

(From the Portsmouth Telegraph.)

_ .
Letters are received from the Dryad frigate, Com-
modore Hayes, of the 17th March; she expected
to be at Ascension in five days; her tender, the
Black Joke, had captured the Spanish brig Frans-
(lndia, a slaver, with :290 slaves on board, off the
Bonny River. Admiral Warren, in the Isis,
had run down the coast and remained two days at
Fernando Po. The Dryad reckoned on meeting
him again at Ascension. All the squadron was in
good health. The Black Joke schooner was ordered
to Sierra Leone to be broken up. The Dtvad would
go from Ascension to Sierra Leone, and then return
to England.
The Frolic packet arrived at Falmouth, from
Bermuda, on Sunday. She sailed from Bermuda
on the Ist of April, and Halifax on the 24th. The
Racehorse had arrived at the latter place from Bar-
•bados and Bermuda, on the 22d of April ; and
the Camden Packet, from Falmouth, on the 14th of

The Blonde, 42, was taken into dock on Tuesday;
the Egmont was taken out the same day.
The Instigator surveying vessel arrived at Rams-
gfite on Wednesday, having lost her anchor and
chain, and having her windlass damaged.
The Hindostan and London, free traders, are now
on their passage to Spithead, to take in passengers
for Madras and Calcutta.

The Royal Adelaide, for Quebec and Montreal,
will sail to-morrow or next day; she is at Spithead,
and her passengers are on board.
(From the Devonport Teleyraph.)
DEVONPORT, MAY I9.—His Majesty's ship Con-
flict, from Ascension, was spoken with the 10th of
March, lat. 6, 29, long. 15, 53, W. The Cham-
pion arrived at Barbados from Bermuda the 2d
of April, and the Racehorse sailed thence the same
day for Bermuda. The Serirgapatam arrived at
Islay from Arico the 21st of January. The Py.
lades arrived at Pernambuco from Rio the 7th of
March ; and the Tyne sailed thence for Rio the 18th
dirt:). The Samarang arrived at Bahia from a
cruse the llth of March. The Barracouta arrived
at Jacmel from Falmouth the 21st of March. The
Opossum arrived at Madeira from Falmouth the
16th of April, and sailed on the 17th for Teneriffe.
The Pylades sailed from Pernambuco for a cruise
the 24th of March.

His Majesty's schooner Pike arrived on the 13th
inst. from the Irish station, having carried away her
main boom while cruising with the Orestes and
Onyx. The Pike is much improved in her sailing
and other qualities, since the alterations made in
ber; and on different trials with the squadron (more
particularly in fresh breezes) she proved far superior
to them in working to windward.
His Majesty's packet Zephyr, Lieut. Church, be-
ing found defective, is to be paid off, and replaced
by the Thais.
Remaining in Hamoaze.—San Josef, Trinctilo,
Nimrod, Jupiter, Sheidrake and Zephyr packets,
and Arab transport.
At the Island.—Leveret and Pike.

Gloucester House was, on Saturday evening,
the gathering place of certain ultra-Tory Lords (including
Lord LYNDHURST), to the number of 30—for whom co-
vers were laid. When we recollect that a similar dinner
party of the Tories, at the same mansion, preceded the di.
vision in the House of Lords last Monday se'nnight, we
may anticipate that all resistance to the Bill is not yet
given up.—Morning Herald. ' •

On Saturday Mr. VNILLTAM DENNIS, the
Churchwarden of Hackney, and Mt. THOMAS LEONARD
BROWN, a very respectable inhabitant of that parish, ap-
peared in Court at Hick's Hall, to put in bail for the ap-
pearance Of MARY ANNE DYER, EIZARETH DYER, her
mother, and HENRY MASTERS, late footernan to Mr.
.htmits MONTAGUE, to appear and take their trial on the
indictment. found on Friday by the Grand Jury of the
county of Middlesex, at Hick's Hall, for a conspiracy
against that gentleman.
OPS 41. ND HIRON.—A worthy Alderman
of Bradford, in Yorkshire, is so.great a purist that he will
never pay a bill that. has got a fault of orthography in it.
One day he received a bill for a pocket of ops (hops) ; the
Teamed Prisician sent for the witless Wight, and, giving
him a good lecturing,asked if he was not ashamed to spell
hope in that manner.—" Why, Sir, if you must krtooi
the truth, we have been obliged to du it ever since your
brother-in-law took all the la's-to spell iron.7—Lilerayi
Gazette.
LARGO.-011 Tuesday 'morning,: last= weekt
inner whale, 14 feet in lengtll,;was-folaWt 4,41
—W
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• Ate stake nets, opposite the Hifi fiigg#44e;qlegMhig,
Viet. The huge animal Wairdfaiged-ifilihtei and exerted,
to no mail degree, the curiosity of the natives.— Cala°.
.less' Merchty,