The Sun.
London, England, 1835-12-01 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

(From the Devonport Telegraph of Saturday.)
By the Tartarus steam-vessel, arrived at Falmouth, we
have papers and letters from Malta, dated the Bth inst.
MALTA, Nov. B.—The squadron under the command of
Sir Josias Rowley consisting of the Caledonia (flag ship),
Canopus, Thunderer, Revenge, Edinburgh, Vernon, and
Columbine, came to anchor in this port on the 16th ult.,
where it is expected, from the tranquillity that now prevails
in the East, that it will winter. The Medea steam-frigate
arrived here two days before. On the 23d the squadron
was admitted to pratique, on which day the Barham came
in from Corfu. The Volage arrived here from Constanti-
nople on the 30th ult. ; the Tartarus steamer from the.
lonian Islands on the 4th ; and the Hind cutter yesterday
from the Dardanelles. The Favourite is at Smyrna,and
the Sapphire at Corfu. The Orestes is cruising off Tri-
poli ; the Beacon and Mastiff are surveying in the Levant,
but may be shortly expected. The Pharamond, French
steamer, left this at noon for Naples and Marseilles ; she is
one of a line of packets intended to run between Marseilles
and Greece ; but the Greek Government having declined
the offer of the French Steam Company, these packets will
not go beyond Malta ; the Pharamond is a beautiful vessel,
elegantly fitted, and is of 140-horse power. The passage
to and from Marseilles is 121. The Sully is to follow her,
and may be expected here on the 14th inst. , Any person
coming to this island may arrive here on the twelfth day
after leaving London.
The Barham and Vernon are to have a trial of sailing
in a few days. The Revenge goes out as umpire ; heavy
bets are pending on the result, which is looked for with
much anxiety. It is believed that in a strong breeze the
Barham will beat the Vernon, particularly if there should
be a heavy sea at the time.
On the 21st ult. Thomas Hawkins, a marine belonging
to the Caledonia, who had been tried by Court-martia at
Navarino, for mutinous conduct, and condemned to receive
a hundred lashes round the squadron, was put into the boat
to undergo his sentence alongside the flag-ship ; he received
sixteen lashes and fainted ; he was consequently taken
down, and, it is understood, he is forgiven the remainder.
The foreign ships in this port are the Neapolitan frigate 11
Cavalier d'Alfonso, and the Austrian corvette Caroline.
The Cleopatra, 26, Hon. Captain Grey, arrived en Wed-
nesday from Sheerness. She will proceed to Rio de Janeiro
to-morrow, taking a few marines and boys for the service of
Admiral Sir Graham Hamond's squadron.

The Hermes steamer anchored at Spithead this morning
on her way to Plymouth and the Mediterranean ; she con-
veyed a few supernumerary marines to the former place after
being a few hours at anchor.

The appointment of Sir Peter Halket, G.C.H., as the
successor of Sir George Cockburn, in the command on the
West Indies and Halifax station, has been this week offi-
cially notified to the gallant Vice-Admiral, who it is said
will hoist his flag on board the Melville. Capt. P. J.
Douglas will be the Flag Captain, and J. Smith, Esq., the
'S ,cretary.
The Clio, 16, Commander Richardson, has left Lisbon
for the coast of Catalonia ; she will in future he attached to
the Mediterranean squadron. The Thalia, Admiral P.
Campbell's flag ship, arrived at the Cape of Good Hope
from Ascension on the 9th of September.
The Fair Rosamond schooner captured in the month of
July last, on the coast of Africa, the Polydora slave vessel,
with 514 slaves on board.

The Romney troop ship arrived at the Cape of Good
Hope on the 18th of September, and was immediately or-
dered to proceed to Algoa Bay with the troops she carried
out, in consequence of the Caffres having made fresh en-
croachments on the frontiers.

The Rainbow, Magnificent, and Dee, were at Jamaica
on the 17th ult.

The President frigate left Quebec for Halifax on the
26th of September.
The Emerald (tender) sailed on Tuesday with seamen
for the Rodney at Plymouth.

In Harbour.—Britannia, Royal George, Excellent,
tEtna, Sulphur, Starling, and Raven.

APPOINTMENTS.—Cornmander E. H. Scott to the Rod-
ney_(vice Mainwaring) ; Lieutenant J. M. Mottley to the
Tweed; Lieutenant George Vincent to the President ;
Lieutenant John Potbury to the Flamer ; Mr. J. Sturtwell
and Mr. S. Murray, Masters' Assistants, to the Ranger ;
Mr. L. G. Heath, College Midshipman, to the Harrier ;
Mr. F. Marryat, and Mr. G. W. Towsey, volunteers, first
class, to the Etna ; Mr. Henry Price to be Midshipman of
the Raven ; Mr. J. C. S. Field, Mate, to the Rodney.
The Surrey convict ship went out of harbour to-day.
By accounts from Sierra Leone to the 19th of Septem-
ber, we are happy to learn that the squadron on that station
was generally healthy. His Excellency the Governor,
Major A. D. Campbell, who had recovered from a fever,
was to take a cruise to the Gambia, with Rear-Admiral
Campbell, in the Thalia.
Major-General Sir S. Chapman is waiting here for a wind
to proceed in the Princess Augusta to Bermuda, to resume
the Governorship of that island. Mr. Phillips, ordnance
storekeeper at Bermuda, also takes a passage in the Prin-
cess Augusta.
The repairs of the Pique frigate are rapidly progressing
in this dockyard, and will be completed on the 16th of Ja-
nuary, when it is presumed she will be re-commissioned by
the Hon. Captain Rous.
PLYMOUTH, Nov. 26.—The Stag frigate, Captain
Lockyer, C. 8., arrived from Lisbon yesterday in six days,
to be paid off. The Nautilus, 10, Lieutenant Crook, ar-
rived at Falmouth on Tuesday, and the Netley cutter at
this port on Monday from the same quarter. The Nimrod
is expected to sail about Saturday for the West India sta-
tion ; she takes out no less than six supernumerary Lieu-
tenants. The Tartarus steamer arrived on Monday at
Falmouth with the Malta mail. The James Watt steamer,
in the service of the Queen of Spain, arrived here on
Wednesday with five thousand stand of arms, from the
river, to be put on board the Rodney, for conveyance to
Spain. The Rodney will also take on board from this
depot a quantity of ammunition, &c., for the service of her
Most Catholic Majesty. The Rodney will then sail for
Barcelona. Commander Mainwaring has requested to be
superseded from the Rodney, in consequence of an injury
which he has received, by falling from the poop of that
ship, on Thursday evening, the 19th inst.
His Majesty's ships Malabar and Magicienne, and the
French man-of-war Dryade, 60, were in Cadiz harbour on
the 16th instant, all well, and expected to remain there five
or six months.

The Rodney will sail, on the arrival of volunteers from
Portsmouth, for the north coast of Spain. She will be paid
advance of wages on Monday.
In Hamoaze—Royal Adelaide, Nimrod, Pearl, Water-
witch, Diligence naval transport, and Falmouth lighter.
The Jupiter (with Lord Auckland, the Governor-General
of India, on board), arrived at Madeira on the 13th October
from Spithead.

The Allotment System is at
.present in operation,
with the happiest results, in 15 parishes in one part of So-
mersetshire. The number of allotments is about 350, and
nearly 1,600 of the labouring poor and their families are
partakers of the great advantages thus conferred upon them.
...Exeter Flying Post.
THE LATE DISTRESSING ACCIDENT AT
GREENOCK.—The excitement and mourning produced here
throughout the whole community, from the occurrence of
the awful calamity by the breaking down of the reservoir
of the Shaws Water Company behind the Whinhill, on Sa-
turday night, as detailed in- our last, still continues. No-
thing is talked of but the disastrous consequences of the
event, and nothing is heard but countless narrations of the
miraculous escapes of the survivors. The corpse of Mrs.
Fergusson, mother of the girl who was carried by the tor-
rent as far as Cartsdyke Quay, and saved, was found on the
opposite shore of Helensburgh, on Monday afternoon. Any
of the other bodies that were carried into the sea, have not
yet been discovered. During the whole of yesterday fune-
ral processions might be seen moving mournfully along the
streets, numerous companies of the inhabitants having
turned out simultaneously to escort the sufferers to the dif-
ferent grave-yards. The benevolence of the public for the
relief of the immediate wants of the survivors continues
as active as at the commencement of the subscription
on Monday ; and the exertions of the Committee, and
indeed the- whole members of the Ladies' Benevolent
Society, have been great and unwearied, in providing cloth-
ing and other necessaries for the children and female por-
tion of the relatives. At the meeting held in the Town
Hall, on Monday, nearly 700/. was collected before the
gentlemen separated, and contributions still continue to be
received. The neighbourhood of the catastrophe, especially
at night, presents an awfully wild and frightful scene ; and,
to a person intimate with the locality, and contrasting its
present state with the past, it cannot be witnessed without
feelings peculiarly painful. Cartsburn•street, down which
the main torrent rolled with frightful fury, tearing up the
pavement and the side-walks in its course, is still scarcely
passable. The interior of the shops on each side of the
street being completely destroyed are now shut up, which
for some months will'give the place an exceedingly dreary
appearance. By hundreds of the inhabitants of this place,
but more especially by the distressed survivors, the sad
calamities of that awful night will never be forgotten.—
Glasgow Courier

CHANCERY COURT.-MONDAY.