The Sun.
London, England, 1835-02-09 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

( From the Hampshire Telegraph.)
PORTSMOUTH, Fan. 7.—Extract from a letter dated Ascen-
sion, Nov. 25 :—" The ship Hall came in leaky and discharged
her cargo, and in endeavouring to haul her in she was com-
pletely wrecked near the fort. The brig Lady Durham, with
ivory, ebony, and palm oil, out eighteen months, came in from
want of provisions, with which she was supplied, but when
about to sail she caught fire abaft, and no exertions of the gar..
rison, the Forester, the ship Eleanor, and Diamond brig, could
save her. The crew were taken out naked; she was towed
clear of the ships, and sent adrift."
The American packet ship President, Captain Moore, ar,
rived yesterday and landed her passengers, in twenty-one days
from New York. She brings no news, excepting that the I
Americans had wisely determined not to quarrel with France,
and that the winter was remarkably severe ; so great a degree
of cold had not been experienced within the last 50 years.
Yesterday arrived the schooner Cato, Brown, from Licato,
laden with brimstone, put into repair some trifling damage ;
she is bound to Newcastle.

The Pelican, 18, Commodore B. Popham, having had a leak
in her steerage stopped, which discovered itself on the passage
from Chatham, will sail immediately for the western cop
Ol Africa.

On Wednesday the Britannia, 120, Caytain
P.. Rainer was
towed into harbour by the Salamander to toe paid off into or-
,
dinary.

The Pitt, Ajax, Benbow,
battle ships) have been r".. and Pembroke (small line-of-
for service. We 1- dered to be inspected and repaired
-
ordinary proc.- • aders'iand the order more as a routine of
sinning 0
_eding than with any real intention of commis-
,,„ ..iese ships.
.. ne Jupiter troop-ship arrived this morning from Cork,
with the depot companies of the 9th Regiment on board, for
Chatham.

At Spithead.—Jupiter.
In Harbour.—Victory, Britannia, Excellent, Royal George,
Actaeon, Rattlesnake, Salamander, Victor, Pelican, Camelion,
Water Witch, Seaflower, Buffalo.
The Andromache, 26, arrived at Canton on July 16, from
Plymouth ; and the Imogene from Singapore.
The Thalia, 42 ( Rear- Admiral F. Campbell, C. B. ), ar-
rived at St. Helena on Dec. 16 from Spithead, on her way to
the Cape.
The Stag frigate was at Cadiz on the 13th ult.
The ship Hercules, for New South Wales, is hourly ex.
pected at Spithead.
The Fanny, Emerald, and Speedy cutters have had a trial
of their respective sailing qualities this week, when the Fanny
had the advantage on all points.
The /Etna, surveying ship, was at the Canary Islands on
the 23d of December ; crew in good health.
His Majesty has been pleased to command that the cloth-
ing of the Royal Marine Artillery shall in future be blue, with
scarlet facings, and gold lace, instead of as at present, scarlet
and blue.

(From the Devonport Telegraph.)
PLYMOUTH, FEB. 7.—The African steamer, Lieutenant
Joseph West, left for Falmouth on Wednesday to take out the
Mediterranean mail, in consequence of the Firefly steamer
having injured her boiler, but the damage having been since
repaired the African is expected to return to this port.
The Jupiter troop-ship, Mr. R. Easto, Commander, arrived
on Thursday with troops from Cork, and having landed some
recruits for the 10th depot in this garrison, she sailed for Ports-
mouth yesterday.
The Romney troop-ship went out of harbour on Wednes-
day, and will shortly sail with stores and provisions for Cork,
from whence she will take the 9th Regiment to Chatham.
The Royalist, and Scorpion. Lieut. Robilliard, went out of
harbour on Saturday, and the Pike schooner on Wednesday ;
the Scorpion has since sailed for Falmouth. The Alban
steamer arrived at Cork on the 22d ult., from whence she
will proceed to Malta in company with the George Canning
merchant ship (having on board a small iron steam-boat),
which left Liverpool for Cork on the 27th.
The Winchester, from Portsmouth, for the East Indies, was
spoken with on the 9th of December in lat 24. 50., long. 29.
The Alg, rine arrived at the Cape of Good Hope, from Pl,s_
mouth, Nov. 26, and Zebra, from ditto, Nov. 27. The Mel-
ville arrived at Madras, from Mauritius, Sept. 15. The Rose
sailed from the Cape of Good Hope, for Bombay, Nov. 11.
The Racehorse arrived at Jamaica, from Fid'inouth, Dec. 8.
The Pandora arrived at Madeira, from Falmouth, Dec. 15,
and sailed the 16th for the Brazils. The Imogene, from Sin-
gapore, and Andromache, from a cruise, arrived at China,
Aug. 16. The Thalia arrived at St, Helena, from the west
coast of Africa, Dec. 16.

Commander W. D. Paget is appointed to the Dublin.
Commander F. G. Wills, of the Coast Guard Station at Hast-
ings, to be Captain. Commander James Morgan (b), from
Brighton district to Hastings. W. Gunn, Assistant- Surgeon,
late of the Isis, to he Surgeon. Lieutenant R. Engledue, to
the Excellent. Commander William Kent, Lieutenants W.
Clapp, J. H. Robertson, and W. Goose, to the Coast Guard
Service Mr. John Pillmore, Assistant-Surgeon, to do duty
at Haslar Hospital. Mr. Pope, to be Clerk in the Admiralty
Office, Portsmouth. Mr. J. Aichton, Assistant-Surgeon, San
Josef.
On Wednesday Mr. J. E. L. Cooper, Midshipman of the
San Josef, passed his examination in Seamanship for a Lieu-
tenant and the following passed the Naval College last week ;
Messrs. Halliday, Actaeon ; Bickford, Pike; Kendall, Isis ; C.
J. Walton, Rover.
The Experiment of Peterhead, Joseph Scott, master, bound
to the Canaries, put in here on Wednesday last, having beefs
run on board by a French vessel bound to Dunkirk on Sunday
night last, when about two leagues S.W. of the Eddystone.
The night was so dark that neither of the vessels (the Expe.
rimeut close-hauled, and the French ship running free) reer_
ceived each other until they came into contact. The -French
vessel carried away her own bowsprit, and broke tie anchor of
the English schooner, hanging on her bows, and but fore this
circumstance the concussion would mo.", probably have ben
attended with fatal results. Three of the French crew jumped
on board of the Experiment., 'and one, in the attempt, getting
on
tangled with !he
,rim
gear, lost his life, without the
least possibility saving him, it blowing excessively hard,
with a hit sea, going. Both vessels remained within hail of
other for the night, and in the morning the remaining
crew on boa:d the French schooner intimating that she did
not leak, the three Frenchmen who had got on board the Eng-
lish vessel were restored to their own vessel by the boat of the
Experiment taking them on board. It is worthy of remark
that this is the third accident of ships running on board of each
other off the Eddystone within this six months, nor in one in_
stance does any blame attach itself to the several masters and
look-out men ' • all is to be wholly attributed to the darkness of
the night. Could not some plan be devised by lamps being
hung on the bows or fore-rigging, similar to those used in the
Brunswick steamer, invented by Captain Dolling, R. N., of
Plymouth ? This steamer has encountered many a gale of a
dark night, and proved the efficiency of these lamps.
Forty-two tubs of spirits were captured on the morning of
the sth inst. by Lieutenant John Hay and crew of the Coast
Guard, stationed at Looe.

Remaining in Hamoaze—San Josef, Talavera, Dublin,
Rover, Industry, naval transport.
At the Island—Ro) alist and Pike.
In the Sound—Romney.

The " Romance of Many Lands," announced for
immediate publication, will, we hear, embrace the most popu-
lar stories of all countries. A knowledge of the peculiar
manners and habits of a people, and of their wild legends and
superstitions, may be frequently better obtained from the pages
of romance than from any other source whatever. Many of
our most successful dramas owe their origin to the romantic
tales and traditions current in the various countries to which
they relate, but little, if at all, known to the English reader,
Of such exciting materials the present work is to be CQPirsed.

CASSEL, JAN. 29.—Her Royal Highness the Electress has
gone with the Princess Caroline to Meiningen, to spend the
Carnival with her second daughter. A short time before the
departure of the Electress, the mest satisfactory accounts had
been received of the improved state of the health of the Duchess
of Saxe Meiningen. A surgical operation, successfully per-
formed, had, as we hear, relieved this universally respected
Princess from a complaint which had caused great apprehen-
sions even for her life.
The Privy Councillor Swedes, who, in the character of
Electoral Plenipotentiary, took part in the negociations at
Berlin for extending the convention between Prussia and
Hesse, relative to the tariff, and who signed the commercial
conventions concluded with Bavaria, Saxony, Wirtemburg,
and other German states, is again chosen to participate in the
negociations now on foot, and set out for Berlin yesterday.
The Plenipotentiaries of the Equestrian Order of Hesse,
who were assembled here to make an agreement with the Go-
vernment respecting its police statutes, have also, on this oc.
casion, given their customary consent to the reception of the
children of the Countess of Schomburg into their Order, re-
quiring only the condition fixed on the annual statutes, of the
assignment of landed property to that family of the annual
value of 800 dollars.
The explanation pronounced by the Ministry respecting the
property of the late Prince of Hesse Rotenburg, and especially
with regard to the taking possession of the flomains of the
Landgrave by the reigning house, has not yet been presented
to the Assembly of the Estates, though it had been expected
without delay. The public is very anxious for the declaration
which the Government will make on this subject.
CoNsTANTINOPLE, JAN. 7.—For some time past we have
had no important news to communicate. The plague has
ceased, and all business is the more in a state of stagnation, as
the Ramazan commenced on the 31st December. Some fires,
which, however, did little damage, and the confiLing of the
Nisehanis (insignia of dignity) on the three pahiardis of the
Greeks, the Catholics, and the schismatic Armenians, are the
only occurrences of any consequence for some weeks. From
Syria we have no news. The min',ls of the people appear to
be more quiet since the arrangement between Mehemet Ali
and the Porte, and the In':Alifications introduced by Mehemet
into his system of monarchy, and levying the taxes in Syria.
The district of r,rfa had not been evacuated by the Egyptians
at the ditto et our latest accounts. The last letters from Alex-
andria say that the plague was abating. Alarming accounts
have been received from Albania.
VIENNA, JAN. 28.—Five per Cent. Metalliques, 104; Four
per Cent., 934; Bank Shares, 1296.—A/igen:eine Zeituv, Feb. 2.