The Sun.
London, England, 1832-11-12 00:00:00

(From the Portsmouth Herald of Sunday.)
PORTSMOUTH, NOT. 10. —His Majesty's ship Larnee, 18,
Commander Was. Sidney Smith, was paid advance of
wages on Wednesday, and sailed on the following day for
the Downs, to j'asn the squadron.
The Gossamer, tender to his Majesty's ship Victory,
sai%et; for Plymouth on Monday, with silver, for the Pay_
office there, and returned on Friday.
His Majesty ship Spartiate, 76, Captain Rob rt Tait,
went out of harbour, on Wednesday, will be paid a lvance
of wages to-morrow, and sail on Tuesday for the D iwns.
His Majesty's ship Nimrod, 18, Command r Lord F.
Russell, sailed on Monday for Falmouth, whence she will
titre nut to Lisbon despatches for Rear-Admiral Parker,
and the mail.
His Majesty's ship Stag, 46, Captain Nicholas Lockyer,
C. 8., passed through Spithead on Friday, from Plymouth,
on her way to the Downs.
The French frigate La Sirene, of 60 guns, commanded
by Captain Martelli, arrived yesterday from Cherburg, in
search of, and to join, the French squadron under Rear-
Admiral Ducrest de Villeneuve, which, it appears, have
seen driven from the Downs by the severe storm on
Monday last.
The Emerald, tender to the Royal George yacht, pro-
ceeded in the early part of the week from the River foe
the Downs, and returned to this port yesterday, with sea-,
men for his Majesty's ship Spartiatec She will join' Sr?.
Pulteney Malcolm's squadron on Tuesday or Wednesdayv,.
His Majesty's ship Revenge, 76, Capt. D. H. Mackay,
arrived on Sunday afternoon, from Lisbon, just as the
combined French and English squadron were going nut,
The Revenge passed through them, and after saluting the
Port Admiral she was obliged to come to for the night at
St. Helen's. At d iy•light on Monday she worked up
tgainst a strong bre ze to Spithead. The Revenge has
been constantly at sea for the last six months. By her we
learn that the attack expected to have been made on
Oporto on the 26th ult. did not take place. The Mi-
guelites are either unable or disinclined to renew the action,
and it was believed they were becoming very discontented.
They continued, hoWever, to throw shells within the lines,
but not one in fifty did any mischief, as they fell and buried
themselves harmlessly in the gardens, while the difficulty
' of getting them from Lisbon was very great, as a bullock-
cart could only bring three at a time. The Con-
stitutionalists were in high spirits and quite confi-
dent of maintaining their position, having received
a large number of recruits and supplies of every
sort, and it was said they even meditated a sally
upon the besiegers. Admiral Sartorius Was off the port,
and his conduct in the late action was very highly spoken
of. The Portuguese ships in the Tagus were dismantled,
and, it is said, would not be able to go to sea again for ilia
months. In the Tagus were his Majesty's ships Asia,
Caledonia, Britannia, and Romney troop ship. Off
Oporto were the Briton and Leveret. The Childers,
Orestes, and /Etna were within the bar. Great efforts
are making to get the Revenge ready. The men work
night and day, and it is expected they will be able to con-.
plete her, so that she will be paid wages to-morrow, and
proceed on the following day to join Sir P. Malcolm's
squadron in the Downs. Her complement is full and
effective, having none on the sick-list. We are rejoiced
to hear, that Mr. Vidal, the Purser of the Asia, who was
recently wounded by a chance shot while on shore at
Oporto, had perfectly recovered. We also hear with
pleasure, that the explanation which had been given to
Lord William Russell, respecting the death of his servant,
had proved perfectly satisfactory to his Lordship.
His Majesty's cutter Sparrow was commissioned on
Tuesday by Lieutenant C. W. Riley, for the Portsmouth
station; she will proceed to the Downs as soon as ready.
His Majesty's cutter Seaflower, Lieutenant John Mor-
gan, is hourly expected from Liverpool, with volunteer
seamen for Sir Pulteney Malcolm's squadron, as is like-.
wise the Sylvia, cutter, Lieutenant Spark, from Jersey,
His Majesty's sloop Childers,:lB, Commander Deans, is
hourly expected from Lisbon, to be refitted with all de-
spatch to join the squadron in the Downs. His Majesty's
ship Malabar, 74, at Plymouth, is nearly ready fur sea,
and will sail on Wednesday, also for the Downs.
The Andromeda, male convict ship, arrived on Tues-
day from Deptford, and received on board, on Thursday,
one hundred and eighty-six convicts for New South Wales,
under the medical charge of Dr. Boyter. She will pro-
bably sail is the course of the present week.
The Hope, transport, Lieut. Ryder, Agent, arrived on
Tuesday from Deptford, with stores for the Royal Cla-
rence Victualling Yard. She will proceed to Plymouth
in the course of the present week, with stores for the Vic-
tualling Establishment at that port.
The Maitland, transport, recently taken up at Deptford,
is intended to proceed to Lisbon, fur the purpose of lying
steamers, and for the reception of British subjects and pro-
perty in case of need.

The Lotus, Surrey, and Diana, are now fitting at
Deptford for the conveyance of convicts to Australia. The
Lotus will take convicts from this port.
Orders were received on Thursday and communicated to
the respective Captains of his M kjesty's ships and vessels at
this port, to arrest and detain all ships and vessels under
the Dutch flag.

His Majesty's ship Edinburgh, 74, Vindictive, 50, and
Java, 52, are expected to be brought forward for comtuis-
,ion in a few days.
At Spithead—Spartiate and Revenge.
In Harbour—Victory, Royal George, Excellent, and
Sparrow, cutter.
PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS.—Lieutenant W.
G. Buchanan is appointed to the command of his Majesty's
steamer Firebrand.—Lieutenant W. F. Glanville is ap-
peinted to his Majesty's ship Spartiate.—Lieutenant C.
Spettigrue is appointed to his Majesty's ship Revenge, vice
Hennah, appointed to his Majesty's ship Spartiate.—The
appointment of Lieutenant Stowe to his Majesty's ship Re-
venge is cancelled.—The Rev. Thomas Ferris is appointed
Chaplain to the Ordinary at this port, vice Beattie,
Messrs. G. Moore and C. Rankine are appointed Supernu-
merary Assistant-Surgeons of his Majesty's ship Victory.—_
Mr. J. Chegwyn is appointed Second Master of his Ma-

j,sty's cuttier Sparrow._Mr. A. C. Macleroy is ap-
pointed Assistant. Surgeon of the same cutter.—Lieutenant
R. Loney, late of his Majesty's ketch Vigilant, which is
ordered to be sold out of the service, is appointed to his
Nlajesty's ship Savage, commissioned at Plymouth.—Capt.
Millar Worsley is appointed Inspecting Officer on the Irish
Coast Guard Station.—Mr. H. Wilmott, Gunner, of the
Espoir, in Ordinary, is appointed to his Majssty's ship
Nimrod.—Mr. T. Lloyd, Boatswain to his Majesty's ship
Excellent, is appointed to the Egmont, in Ordinary, vice
J. Johnstone, who exchanges to the former ship.—Mr.
Joseph Brown is appointed Second Master of his Majesty's
ship Revenge, vice Parsons.—Mr. Colin Macdonald Speck,
late Midshipman of his Majesty's ship Lightning, is ap-
pointed to his Majesty's cutter Sparrow.
ROYAL MantnEs.—First Lieut. G. Hookey, of the
Plymouth Division, is promoted to the unattached rank of
Captain on half-pay.-7-Second Lieut. A. B. Stransham,

of the Woolwich Division, is promoted to the rank of
First Lieutenant and appointed to the Plymouth Division,
Vice Hookey.—Mr. A. Russell, late Supernumerary
As-
sistant-Surgeon of this Division, is appointed As-
sistant Surgeon at his Majesty's Dock-yard, Chatham,
vice Whitmarsh placed on half-pay.—Captain S. Gem-
stone and Second Lieutenant S. S. Crispo, are appointed
to his Majesty's ship Revenge, vice Captain R. Farmer,
land First Lieutenant W. H. Sturgeon, sick at Hasler
Hospital.—Second Lieutenants Clapperton and Cosser,
4f the Chatham Division, have been ordered to these head
quarters for embarkation.
The following Midshipmen were examined, on Wed-
nesday, in seamanship, on board his Majesty's ship Victory,
viz., Mr. Graham, Mr.lPogson, late of his Majesty's ship
Procris ; Mr. Alfred Bents'', of his Majesty's ship Ex-
; and Mr. Arthur Doyle, late of his Majesty's ship
Crocodile.

The Rev. E. Beatty, Chaplain of the Ordinary at this
port, has been superseded by the Rev. Thomas Ferris, the
former having been presented to a living in Durham.
The promotion of First Lieut. Cook, R.M. to the un-
attached rank of Captain on half pay, as statedJin our last,
should have been First Lieut Cock.

Fifty privates of the Royal Marines were embarked on
board of his Majesty's ship SpArtiste at this port, on
Thursday last, as supernumeraries.

(From the Hampshire Telegraph.)
Two cutters, the Swallow and the Osprey, sailed from
this port on Thursday, with volunteers for Don Pedro.
The Rhadamanthus steam frigate arrived from the east-
ward on Sunday, with seamen for the Spartiate. The
engines of this vessel answer remarkably well, and were
made, as well as those of the Dee steamer, by the cele-
brated engineers, Maudesley and Ce. The opinion that
has been expressed with respect to the engines in the latter
vessel appears to be incorrect. Some little trouble arose
certainly from a trifling crack in the condensors of the
Dee's, but the evil has been entirely remedied, and by the
Last report front her, her engines are throughout in the
most satisfactory state. The Rhatiamanthus proceeds to
Plymouth after landing the seamen.

The Pearl sailed -troin Port-au-Prince, or Jamaica,
on the 9th of September.
The Melville packet arrived at Buenos Ayres, from Fa'-
, mouth the 29th of August.

The Rainbow, 28, frotu Vostezvo, and the Rapid, 10,