The Sun.
London, England, 1832-05-04 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PLYMOUTII, MAY 3.—The Rhadamanthus, new
steatn-vessel, of 800 tons measurement, and 220
horse power, lately built at this dock-yard, siiled for
Woolwich on Thursday, about noon, with a tine
strong northerly breeze.
The Savage, 10, was paid oil into ordinary on
Saturday.
The Nimrod, IS, was commiesioned on Sunday
by Lord Edward Russell.
The L'veret,lo, , arrived from Madeira on Tuesday.

In Hamoaze.—San Josef, Ranger, Satellite, Trill-
culo, Nimrod, Romney, Jupiter, Sheldrake packet,
Echo steamer.

The Echo, steam-vessel, Lieut. Otway, started for
Falmouth on Sunday, to bring up an unfortunate
officer belonging to the Astrea, who, we hear, in a
fit of insanity, had made an unsuccessful attempt to
put en end to hirnrelf. She returned on Tuesday
afternoon with the said officer, who, on her arrival,
was conveyed to the Royal Naval Hospital.
The Firebrand steam-vessel, Lieutenant
now at Fr!mouth, will take out the next Meditor.
ranean mail on' Friday.
The Ranger, 28, Ctptain H. Dixon, Trill be paid
off on Monday next, prepgratory to going into, a
state of ordinsry
In the Sound—Caledonia.
The hired cutter, Ebenezer, arrived at Falmouth,
on Monday, with mailsand despaches hem Terceira;
left there the 20th. All was bustle in that quarter,
and provisions, and other necessaries of all kinds
were becoming very scarce. Don Pedro's troops
were supposed to amount to about 16 or 18,000
men, all in high spirits, the quarters of whom
they were removing to St. Michael's and Fayal.
The expedition was expected to be ready about the
middle of May, and Don Pedro remained very
popular.
The Swallow, of Plymouth, Carder, arrived on
Monday, at Falmouth, from Teneriffe for the Downs,
for orders—left Santa Cruz the 9th : also brings
the account of the loss of the ship Eclio,e, of
London, Davies, with a valuable cargo ,fr,m London
for the Cape of Good Hope, on the 31st January, on'
the Island of Palma, ship and cargo totally 10-1, and
four plssengers (two ladies and two childrtm,Y
drowned.

On the 25th April, arrived off Dovor, the East
India ship Morley, Douglas, commander, from Cey.-
1011, having taken out the Governor, Sir W. Hor-
ton. Sailed from Colombo, on the 15th Dec. ; the
Cape of Good Hope 9th F. b. ; deft there his Ma-
jesty's ship Undaunted, and the East India ship
Orenie,, for Bengal; sailed from Sr. Helena t Lie 2d
Feb. On the 13th March, in lat. 5. 30. N., long. 2'ef
52. W., spoke the ship Ofil?y, of London bourn
to tl:e South Seas, all well. On the sitt Apri
lilt. .34. 30. N., long. 28. 30. W. spoke the
LI hernia, from London, bound to Jamaica, al well.
April 6, in let. 35. 15., W. long. 26. 17. W., fell
in with a deserted brig, laden with timber, water-,
legged, painted yellow sides, with a white riband
over, no head, her stern stove in, fore-top gallant-
mast, jib-boom, and all her yards gone ; the remains
of the main-topsail had been rigged as a tent in the
main-top. April 9, in lar. 36. 10. N., long. 22. 4.
\V., fell in with the brig blab, Martin, from Dun-
dee, bound to Sr. Domingo, with seven feet water
in her hold, having struck on a sunken rock,
near the island of Sr. Mary, the day previous—re-
mained by her four hours, when the leak had in-
creased so much, and gaining on her pumps, and the
vessel sinking rapidly, the crew wire obliged to
abandon her, and were taken on board the Morley,
to the number of thirteen, blowing at the same
time very hard—remained by her until eight o'clock,
when she went down. This fine new vessel had
only been launched six weeks, and had been at sea
fourteen days.
The Conway, 28, Capt. Eden, fitting at Chatham
to take out Lord Mulgrave, as Governor, to Ja-
maica, will call at Spithead about the latter end of
next week, to embark his Lordship and suite.
The Victor, 18, Commander Russell, arrived at
Bermuda about the 18th of March, from Lisbon,
tripped of all her rigging and topmasts, having
experienced some most tetnpestuons weather on
her passage.
By private letters from Sierra Leone, dated 3d
February, we learn that the Dryad, 42, Corn,
Hayes, C.B. had just sailed thence on her return to
England, via Fernando Po, and Ascension. It is
reported that Colonel Nicholls, Governor of Fer-
nando Po, will come to England in her. Rear-
Admiral Warren left Sierra Leone on the 31st of
January, with the Isis, 50, Peloru', 18, Brisk, 10,
and Charybdis, 10, for Fernando Po, Ascension and
the Cape of Good Hope. The Pluto, steam-
Lieut. Buchanan, arrived at Sierra Leone from the
River Gambia, on the .sth of February, and sailed
two days afterwards to join the Commander-in-
Chief.

The Undaunted, 46, Captain E. Harvey, was
lying in Simon's Bay, Cape of Good Hope, all well,
on the sth of January, having relieved the Maid-
stone, 50, Commodore Schomherg, which ship
had sailed on her return to England via Itio Janeiro.
1-1,4 111,jesty's ship Curlew arrived at Mauritius
17th December.

PRO3IOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS.-Mr. Henry
Hotham, of the St. Vincent, is promoted to the
rank of Lieutenant, and appointed to the Alfred,
vice Baring, deceased.—Lieut. Charles Eden is ap-
pointed to the Victory, vice Purcell at sick quarters
at Haslar.—Lieuts. S. C. Dacres, and H. Jcllicoe,
are appointed to the Castor.—Mr. Joseph Saunders,
Second Master of the Victory, commanding the
Emerald, is promoted to the rank of Master,and ap-
pointed to the Trinculo.—Mr. Thos. Williams is
appointed Purser of the Vernon.—Mr. Wm. Gra-
ham, Supernumerary Assistant Surgeon of the Vic-
tory, is appointed Assistant-Surgeon of the Ns.—
Dr. Joseph Clarke is appointed Supernumerary As-
taut Surgeon of the Victory, vice Graham.—Mr.
Jewell, Supernumerary Assistant Surgeon of the
Victory,is appointed to do duty at the Royal Hospi-
tal at Haslar.—Mr. Thomas Wallis M'Donald is ap-
pointed Surgeon of the Trinculo.—Mr. Charles
Bamber, Midshipman, late of the Wellesley, is rip
pointed to the Excellent.—Mr. John Johnston is
appointed Schoolmaster of the Talavera.—Mr. W.
G. Stone is appointed Boatswin of the Castor, and
Mr. Richard Lock, Gunner of the Vernon—Mr.
William Kennish, invalided from the Alfred, (in the
Mediterranean), is appointed to the Ordinary at
Chatham.

ROYAL MARINEs.—Capt. Appleton is appointed
to the Britannia, vice Major M'Callum, of the Ply-
mouth Division, whose period of sea service has
expired. Second Lieut. Noble, of the Woolwich
Division, has resigned his commission. Mr. Edward
Stanley Browne is appointed a Scond Lieutenant
at the Woolwich Division, vice Curry, removed to
Plymouth. Mr. Joseph Reid Jackson is appointed
a Second Lieutenant at the Woolwich Division, vice
Langford, resigned. Mr. Benjamin Vatlo is ap-
pointed a Second Lieutenant at the Woolwich Di-
vision, vice Noble, resigned. Mr. John ThoMson
A-lett - is appointed"it -Secottd Lieutenant at the
Portsmouth Division, vieelrOod, promoted.
Mr. Branch, son of Capt. Branch, R.N., of Lairr-
Ltreett, is appointed a Second Lieutenant of this
Division of Royal Marines, vice Stephens, promoted.
The Susan, Nicholson, from this port for Quebec,
with emigrants;was spoken with on the Bth ult. in
at. 48. long. 28., out ten days, all well.
The George, Watkins, of 4! port, sailed from
Liverpool fur Smyrna the -oth ult. Tile M,,•.
lower, Puckey, of and from this port, arrived at
21 Ant.jifr g ta•ig, 1 ;
A arvis e at
Bordeaux.: the 1 ith April. The Lord Amherst,
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