The Sun.
London, England, 1835-11-02 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

(From the Hampshire Telegraph.)
PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 3l.—The Champion, Commander
Fair, arrived at Janeiro from Halifax and Barbadoes on the
12th of September. She left the Spitfire steamer at Bar-
badoes all well, waiting for the mail. The Serpent, sloop
of war, Commander Napier, left Janeiro on the 30th of

August, on a cruise.
The Rover, 16, was at Bahia, on the 19th of August ;
the Romney, troop ship, was at Rio Janeiro from
the Cape of Good Hope, July 17 : the Savage, 10, at
Jamaica, Sept. 10 ; the Vestal, 28, at Grenada, Sept. 11.
The Harrier, 18, Commander Carew, will go out of
harbour on Monday, receive her advance, and will sail in
the course of the week for the South American station.
The Linnet packet, Lieut. W. Downey, will go out of
harbour 'on Tuesday, be paid advance, and proceed to
Falmouth.
The Starling schooner has been commissioned by Lieut.
Henry Kellett as a surveying vessel, and is to be under the
orders of the Sulphur. The Raven cutter is also to be
,commissioned by a Lieutenant, and will be under the orders
If the Etna.
The Beacon, surveying-ship, Commander Copeland, is
ordered home to be paid off. She has been three years and
a half in commission.
The Wanderer, 18, sailed on Tuesday, from St. Helens'
Roads, for South America, touching at Plymouth.
The Conway, 28, Capt. Eden, was paid off into ordinary
to-day, when James Tooke, master-at-arms, was awarded a
medal, gratuity 71., and 241. 6s. pension ; and Richard Far-
rell, gunner's mate, a medal, gratuity 71., and 261. 4s. pen-
sion, for long services and good conduct.
The Clio, 16, Commander Richardson, was in the
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" Since my last report the BrifiSh Aultrat triii"sek
under the orders of Sir Josias Rowley, has been cruising in
the Gulph of Maina, and on the 26th of September was left
by the Alban steamer off Navarin. It consisted of the Ca-
ledonia (flag-ship), Canopus, Thunderer, Edinburgh, Re-
venge, Vernon, Columbine, Hind, Medea, and Barham ;
the last just joined from Constantinople, after disembarking
there on the 3d of September the Right Hon. the Earl of
Durham. The Portland left. Malta the 2d inst, with des-
patches from Sir Thomas Briggs to Sir Josias Rowley, in
consequence of information having reached Malta from the
British Consul at Cagliari, dated the 27th of September,
that a Russian squadron, consisting of six liners, four fri-
gates, and two sloops, were shortly looked for from the Bal-
tic, at Palmas Bay, in Sardinia. This information was offi-
cially communicated to the Russian Vice-Consul an Antio-
ca, an island in the said Bay, by the Russian Consul Ge-
neral in the Sardinian Stares. No doubt it will have the
effect of bringing Sir Josias Rowley's squadron down to
Malta, and, indeed, previous to this intellhsence we were
led expect it here in about a fortnight's time. This Rus-
sian force is in all probability destined to co-operate with
that of the Sultan against Albania, or may perhaps be
intended to favour the pretensions of Don Carlos in
Spain. The Beacon and Mastiff still continue their sur-
veying labours in the vicinity of Lemnos, and the latter has
likewise lately been in the Gulph of Salonica, with Mr.
Brant, the British Consul General of Smyrna, in search of an
individual charged with having committed a murder. The
Favourite remains at Smyrna ; the Orestes at Tripoli ; the
Sapphire at Corfu ; the Volage at Constantinople ; and
the Tyne and Jaseur on the coast of Spain. The Tribune
arrived at Malta from Smyrna the 22d, and proceeded on
to Caaiz the 24th of September. The Pluto, having landed
the Right Hon. H. Ellis at Trebizond, on his route to Te-
heran, proceeded to Constantinople, and there embarked
the Earl of Durham for Odessa (on his way to Petersburgh),
for which, port she sailed the 15th of September. The
Confiance sailed from Malta to Alexandria with the Afri-
can's mails for Egypt and India, and is hourly looked for
with the return mails. The African reached Multi: with
the Falmouth mail of the 20th of September, and on the
following day went to Zante, Patras, and Corfu. The
Albion remains in port at Malta with the Ceylon receiving
ship, and the Seamew yacht, the Hon. H. M. Upton, which
arrived from Sicily, Sept. 24."
At Spithead—Quail cutter and Lord Lynedoch.
lu Harbour.—Britannia, Roc al George, Excellent, Pique,
!Etna, Sulphur, Harrier, Linnet packet, Pantaloon, and
the Raven cutter.
We regret to hear, by a letter just received from the
Rio de la Plata, dated July 23, that his Majesty's ship
Actaeon, which had been then stationed in that river two
months for the protection of British trade, had unfortu-
nately lost part of her crew by accidental drowning—M
chael Casey, William Macdonald, Samuel Baxter, and J.
Munn. The ship was on her passage from Buenos Ayres
to Monte Video, when Casey was looking out of a main-
deck port, with a lantern in his hand, to see the depth of
water (a man being in the chains sounding), when he over-
balanced himself, and fell headlong into the river. A boat
was instantly lowered with seven men in it, but unfortu-
nately only one end of it, in the confusion, was let go from
the davit, by which neglect all the men were precipitated
into the water, and Macdonald and Baxter were drowned
with Casey. Mr. Hamilton, the British Minister, who was
on board, taking his passage to Monte Video, generously
gave 201. for Casey's widow and child (he was a worthy old
quarter-master) ; and a subscription was instantly com-
menced for Macdonald's mother, as the poor fellow was her
principal support. Lord Edward Russell gave 51. ; all the
officers of the Actaeon also contributed, and every man
and boy in the ship voluntarily subscribed two days' pay.
Bravery, humanity, and generosity are always allied in the
British seaman's character. The death of Munn (a native
of Portsea) was occasioned by his falling, off the ladder in
going up the ship's side.
The sentence of the Court Martial on the Hon. Captain
Rous, wherein it says, " That from some cause, which had
not been accounted for in the evidence, his Majesty's ship
Pique was four miles to the northward of her supposed
situation when she run on shore on Point Forteau," has
attracted the observation of the Admiralty, their Lordships
having (though, perhaps, it may be called extra-judicially)
made certain inquiries respecting the charts furnished to the
Pique, more particularly with reference to the 'quantity of
variation marked on them, and the result is, strange as it
may appear, that Captain Rous was furnished with the old
charts of Cook and Lane, of the date, we believe, of 1767,
with the variation marked off the Island of Anticosti, 19.30.,
and in the Straits of Belliesle, 22. 30. ; lie had also some
charts of 1828, without any variation whatever marked on
them. Now how stands this with what Captain Rous ought
to have been furnished with ? Why that in the Hydro-
grapher's Office there are charts of a recent date, with the
variation marked on them as high as 32., or in fact three
points of the compass instead of two, as Captain Rous and
his master were led to suppose. The real cause of the
ship's getting on shore speaks for itself. Nor could Cap-
tain Rous remedy this discrepancy, for not having had an
opportunity of taking azimuths he could not correct the
error of his charts.
APPOINTMENTS.—Lieutenant J. H. Turner, to the
Ranger packet ; Mr. Barnes, Assistant-Surgeon, and Mr.
F. H. Harper, extra mate, to the Harrier ; Mr. James
Harden, Purser, and Mr. R. M'Kinley Richardson, Mid-
shipman, to the Sulphur ; Mr. M. Thompson, Surgeon,
Mr. William Hood, Purser, and Mr. James Wilson, Second
Master, to the Etna ; Mr. Jason Lardner, Supernumerary
Assistant-Surgeon, and Mr. B. H. Paget, Midshipman
(from the Pique), to the Britannia ; Lieutenant H. Kellett,
Mr. P. Chown, Second Master, Mr. W. B. Marshall, As-
sistant-Surgeon, and Mr. A. Feeley, clerk in charge, to the
Starling, surveyor vessel ; Mr. R. Bateman, extra College
Midshipman, to the Hastings , Mr. G. Sinclair, extra mate,
to the Actaeon ; Mr. A. 0. Hansard, extra College Mid-
shipman, to the Dublin.
ROYAL MARINES.—First Lieutenant James T. Crack-
nell is promoted to the rank of Captain, vice John Thomas,
deceased ; Second Lieutenants Humphrey Stevens (Royal
Marine Artillery) and Thomas C. C. Moore, to the rank
of First Lieutenant, the latter to Plymouth, vice Cracknell.
PLYMOUTH, THURSDAY, OCT. 29.—The Firefly steamer
was paid wages on Monday, and started for Falmouth yes-
terday, to take out the next Mediterranean mail. The Quail
cutter and Leveret brig have been paid two months advance.
The latter sailed to the Gambia and the Cape of Good
Hope ; the former will sail to-day for Portsmouth. The
Royal Adelaide will be ready to receive the flag of Sir Wil-
liam Hargood the latter end of November. The Rodney
will be ready for sea the middle of November ; the Nimrod
about the 26th ; and the Pearl about the 20th. The Pique
will be docked to-day ; the damage to her bottom and false
keel is not yet known, but both fore and main masts are so
badly sprung, that they must be replaced with new.
In Hamoaze—Royal Adelaide, Rodney, Nimrod, Pearl.
At the Island—Quail.