The Sun.
London, England, 1835-01-05 00:00:00

ARRIVALS.

The Earl and Countess of Charleviile, in Cavendish-square,
from Liverpool House. Dover ; Rear-Admiral Sir Tremayne
and Ladv Rodd, in Wimpole-street, from Paris ; Hon. Cot.
Fitzgiblion, in Belgrave-square, from ditto • Sir John Byerly,
from ditto ; Hon. Captain Watson, in dhapel-stroet, from
ditto ; the Countess of Newburgh, at Colonel Peel's, Buck-
enden House, Brandon, from ditto; Mr. Orby Hunter, in
Grosvenor-place, from ditto ; Colonel Honeyman, from ditto ;
Hon. Captain Trefusis, R.N., from ditto ; the Earl of Vern-
lam, in Grosvenor-square, from Brighton; Hon. Robert Cur.
zou, at the Baroness de la Zouch's, Upper Brook-street, from
Malta; Hon. General Taylor, in Hyde Park-place, from
Leamington ; Lady Henniker, Hon. Mr. Henniker, and the
Hon. Misses Henniker, at Marshall Thompson's Hotel, Caven-
dish-square; H. L. Hunter, Esq., at ditto ; Lady Noel, at
ditto ; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Morriss and family, in Portman-
square, from Paris. _ _

DEPARTURES.
Mrs. Allen and Major Geo. Allen, from Marshall Thompson's
Hotel, Cavendish-square.

Galigizani's Messenger of Tuesday contains a long
correspondence on the subject of the dispute betwixt Mr.
Long Wellesley and Mr. W. H. Rochfort, late Lieutenant-
Colonel in the Portuguese service. It appears that, on learn-
ing he bad been described by Mr. Long Wellesley to Lord
Palmerston as " a man of infamous repute," Mr. Rochfort
lost no time in requiring from Mr. Wellesley a public retrac-
tion and apology in the following terms :—" I confess that I
have done Lieutenant-Colonel W. H. Rochfort a serious in-
justice by the epithet I have attached to his name in my letter
to
alr • ord Palmerston, dated Carlsbad, September 23, 1834,
as I was 2 Possession of no facts which could authorise
my doing so. , am consequently bound in honour to
rescind that part of u;su letter which contains an impu-
tation against the character t;f Lieutenant-Colonel W. 11.
Rochfort, and I further beg him 0 accept my apology for
having taken so unjustifiable a liberty with his name, with..
out more tna.:;:re reflection." In the event of refusal, Mr.
Wellesley was tequ:.red to rafer Mr. Rochfort's friend,
Captain Close, of the sth Dragoon Guards, to a friend of Mr.
Wellesley, to arrange a rnoetii:g. some delay occurred in
forwarding the letter to Mr. Wellesley; owing to ignorance
of the latter's place of residence. Meael,-kilo Commodore
Crosbie, of the Portuguese service, Mr. Rot.hfort's second
timoin (the laws of Belgium requiring two secon-ds for each
principal), finding that Mr. Wellesley had been pub.liel/ de-
nounced by Sir George Hamilton as a coward, refus."d to
sanction his friend's meeting him. Mr. Rochfort's lettCr,
however, has been despatched, and in reply to it Mr. Wellesley
states, that " the delinquent conduct of the person named
Rochfort has been some time under the casideration of Mr.
WeliZglEr* legal advisers ; this circumstance alone would
constitute a paramount objection to Mr. Wellesley's acceding
to the wishes expressed in Captain Close's letter." Mr. Reel::
fort, in the concluding letter, announces hie determination to
hold communication with a person of Mr. Wellesley's unique
order (at time and place befittiag) only through the medium
of an ash plant or a double-thonged Crowther horse-whip."
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, JAN. 3.--
We have had a fair demand for Cotton to-day, and the sales
are about 2,500 bales, chiefly American, at very steady prices.
GHENT, JAN. 3.--The Constitutionnel des Flan-
ders has the following article We learn from the most
authentic source the following news :—' The French Govern-
ment has officially acquainted our Government that if a Dutch
regiment should enter the Belgian territory, the Preach army
t,ould immediately enter Belgium, unless King Leopold should
o Lject.' There is, however, something true in this article—
vi'se., that King William will not invade Belgium ; but if the
Werman Confederation again take possession of the Grand
D uchy of Luxemburg, what will France do r
During the last week the barometer attained an ele-
wtiom almost unexampled in the recollection of any observer
of WO matter!.

. -
:et, Lieut. Pas—
(mouth on Tue.-.--
xcig,ht ; left Ja—
igerul. Lord Jaspetr
, Cargill, child, andl
_ and Mr. Toatis. All wza)
.ne packet's leaving. Oct. 21, at Grenada,.
Rattlesnake and Serpent ; 27th, at Port Royal. the Porte,
Pearl, Savage, Rhadamanthus, Racer, Vestal, Racehoric ;
arrived Reindeer, and sailed Nov. 6, for Belise.
By a letter received from his Majesty's ship Orestes, Corn-'
mender Codrington, we learn that two of her crew, Mr. Lee,.
a gunner, from the Excellent, and Sparks, a ropemaker, fronr
Portsmouth, had been murdered at Alicanta by some Spaniards..
When last seen alive by their shipmates, they were In a state
of intoxication, and at seven o'clock the following morning-,
they were found- in ono of the most frequented part& of
Alicante.
His Majesty's ship Victor was commission-A at Portsmouth
on the 27th by Commander R. Crozier ; and the Rattlesnake
on the following day by Capt. W. Hobson, the: former for the
East Indies, and the latter for the Mediterranean. The Cur-
lew, 10, Lieutenant Commander Hon. Joseph Denman, will be
ready to sail for the American station this day.
Lieut. Charles Richards of the Victory, is appointed to the
Rattlesnake, and Lieut. G. C. Gayton to the Victory, vice.
Richardg, Messrs. A. J. P;lmor, and J. Lelleck, Supernu-
merary Assistant Surgeons to the Victory. Lieutenant George,
H. Ogilbv, Supernumerary, to the Winchester. Messrs. R.
B, Barwell, Colle; Matte, and J. S. Purches, Master's As-
sistant to the Cameleort. R. B. Watson, Mate; W. A. IL
Lee, Midshipman ; Henry I3rehunt. MasZc.r's Assistant ; and
Mr. Mundy, Tolunteer of the first class, to the Victor. James.
Stokes, Master's Assistant, to the Pike.
Mr. I. Dais, Assistant-Surgeon, is appointed to do duty -t.the Portsmouth Division of Marines, vice Maconchy,
dis
charged. Lieut. M. M'Neal to the Victory, vice Rook to the
half-pay. Lieutenant C. A f; rl o;v to the command of the
Meteor steam-vessel, also Mr, W, Archer, Master. Mr. Gib-
son, Assistant-Surgeon to tlic Alban ,steamer. Lieutenant C.
Yelland to the Nimrod, Mr. g: Leli.Trap to the Spitfire
steam-vessel. Mr. J. L. Al‘Call, As,sist,,nt- surgeon to the
San Josef.

( From the Hampshire Telegraph, .1a 0, t 3-)
On Thursday evening, his Majesty's ship Madalrab-mr, 46,
Captain Edmund Lyons, C. 8., arrived from her three yc,re
service in the Mediterranean. She had a long passage of 3,7
days, having left Malta ten days previously to the Tar.Nrt'i,
steamer, by which vessel the letter from our Malta correspon-•
dent, inserted last week, was received: consequently, the in-
te:ligence received by her is not new. The Madagascar left
Gibraltar on the 10th ult., and beat the whole way from Capo
St. Vincent to Scilly against contrary winds. Capt. Lyons,
on the passage down the Mediterranean, had an excellent od-
portunity of verifying, the position of Keith's Reef or Sherli.-4
shoal, on which so many fatal accidents have occurred—
(amongst others the loss of the Athenienne, 04, in 1806,
Captain Rainsford and 350 of the crew,) and respecting the
exact position of which so much doubt existed, as to induce the
Admiralty, in 1833, to send Commander Belcher, in the
Etna, especially to survey these shoils, which are in the di-
rect track of all tessels going up or down the MediL'rranean,.
and to avoid which, owing to the uncertainty of their posi-
tion, most vessels go considerably out of their way..
The Portuguese frigates Duchess of Braganza and Ilea,
Pedro, and a corvette, are now in Falmouth harbour, to con-
voy his Highness the Duke of Leuchtcnburg to Lisbon. They'
will most probably both come here to refit, His Highness,
will embark in the Monarch steamer, fitted for the purpose, at
Helvoctsluys, and will visit London.
The Pelican, is, Corn. Brunswick Popham, is under ord-ers,
to sail from Chatiun, for the western coast of Africa, to relieve'
the Pelorus.

The Rattlesnake, wag commissioned ola Monday, by Carte
W. Hobson.
The Fairy, surveying vessel, has been treominisgioned by
Corn. Hewitt, at Chatham.

Corrected volumes of signals have beets issued to all the
ships of war at this port, ‘vi ich came into use on the Ist inst.
Vice. Admiral Sir Robert Waller Otway, Bat., K. C. 8., is,
appointed to succeed Vice-Adlniral the Right Hon. Sir George
Cockburn, G. C.D. (appointed First Sea Lord of the Admi-
ralty), in the %est Indies and North American command. It
was in the West Indies that Sir Robert Otway commenced
his distinguished career, in one of the inoA gallant and hard-
fought actions of the late war.