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

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I3AZINE V. GARAVON.
Thi• was an action to recover a sum of 841. lOs. 6d.,, the
amount of dresses and other articles, furnished by the i?lain-
tiff, a dress-maker, to the wife of the defendant, a gentleman
residing at River-street, Putney.
There was no defence, and the Jury returned a verdict for
the plaintiff, 841. los. 6d.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

(From the Hampshire Telegraph.)
PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 31.—This morning the Britannia, 120,
Captain P. Rainer, C. 8., arrived from the Mediterranean, last
from Gibraltar, in nine days„ where she was detained ten' days
by contrary winds. [The last letter of our Malta Corres-
pondent was of a subsequent date to her departure, therefore
she can bring no news.] All was quiet at Andalusia, though
the troops were quitting the coast for concentration into a
Corps d'Armee beyond Seville. Whilst the Britannia lay
at Gibraltar, a band of smugglers, guerillas, and banditti had
made some attempt to raise recruits, but they were soon either
dispersed or taken prisoners. The Vernon had passed Gi-
braltar, from the Downs, and the Tartarus steamer' left on the
13th ult. for Malta; the Jasseur had sailed for Malaga. The
Britannia is ordered to be paid off at this port.
Last night, the Mangles, Carr, passed by for the River, from
China, whence she sailed on the 20th of August, from the
Mauritius November 9, St. Helena, December 17, anti Ascen-
sion the 24th. Captain Theaker, of the late ship Earl of
Eldon, which ship was accidentally destroyed at sea, by her
cargo of cotton igniting, when on her passage from Bornbay,
landed here from the Mauritius. It must be a consolation to
this worthy man and good navigator, under the painfully unfor-
tunate circumstances, to have the highest testimony borne to
his professional abilities and good conduct, by all his passen-
gers, whose grateful expressions of thankfulness we perceive'
in the Mauritius Gazette of October 31. His conduct affords.
a striking proof of what may be effected, even under the
most distressing privations and difficulties, by skill, cool
courage, and self-possession. In the midst of the Indian
Ocean, he safely conducted the crew and passengers, amounting
in number to forty-five persons, in two boats (one a long boat
about 22 feet by 7, loaded to the water's edge with thirty-five
persons, bread, water, provisions, chart, compass, &c., the
other a jolly-boat, containing ten persons), across a space of
the Indian Ocean frightful to contemplate, of nearly 1,050
miles, weathering two storms, and in thirteen days carried them
safely into port (Port Louis) without the loss of a single life or
any real extremity of suffering beyond that inseparable:
from their situation. The reply of Capt. Theaker to his com-
panions in misfortune shows him to be every way worthy of
his command, and of their grateful acknowledgments. "I do
assure you (he says) that rather than to my humble exer-
tions in doing. that duty to which I was called, I ascribe our
safety entirely to the protecting hand of Him, without whose
aid we could do nothing, as well as to the excellent conduct
and ready obedience of the crew on all occasions, during the
trying circumstances under which they were placed. I return
my thanks to the gc ntlemen passengers for their assistance and
advice in endeavouring to save our beautiful ship, and my high
estimation of the conduct of the ladies, passengers, in so trying
a situation, who, with heroic courage submitted at once with
cheerfulness and resignation to the will of the Almighty, and
although being accustomed from their infancy to every com-
fort and luxury, abandoned the whole of their valuable pro-
perty on board, and embarked in an open boat with no other
cohering than that which chance had provided for them at the
moment ; and the fortitude and calmness with which for 13
days they bore all their sufferings, call forth more praise and
admiration than my humble pen is able to do justice to."
Yesterday, the Aurora, Dawson, from Calcutta, passed the
Wight, for the River ; sailed on August 11 ; the Cape,
Nov. 24 ; St. Helena, the sth, and Ascension, 12th Dec.
Spoke on the sth Dec., the Jane, Brown, for Greenock. The
Fairlie was at St. Helena.
The John Stamp, fi om Bombay, landed passengers here (by
a pilot boat) last evening, and proceeded on to London.
The Rose, 18, Commander Barrow, arrived at the Cape of
G)od Hope, on Nov. 3, from Portsmouth, and sailed on the
Bth for Bombay. The Winchester, 52 ( Sir T. B. Capel's flag),
was spoken on Nov. 25, in lat. 7 N. long. 20, bound to
Bombay.
At Spithes.d.—Britannia and Pelican.
In Harbour.—Victory, Excellent, Royal Georg,e, Actwon,
Rattlesnake, Salamander, Victor, Cameleon, Water Witch,
Seaflower, Speedy, and Buffalo.
The General Kyd, Captain Aplin, having embarked passen-
gers here, sailed yesterday afternoon for Madras, Calcutta, and
China.
The ship Marquis of Finney is taken up for the conveyance
of 330 male convicts to New South Wales, under the superin-
tendence. of Mr. Alick Osborne, Surgeon, R.N.
The Pelican, 13, Corn. B. Popham, arrived on Sunday from
Chatham, for the western coast of Africa.
The Alban steamer, Lieutenant Roepel, arrived at the Cove
of Cork on the 22d instant, in 28 hours from Falmouth, where
she found lying the Jupiter, troop ship, from Gibraltar. The
Alban received orders to proceed to Malta, whither she is to.
convey the George Canning, merci,an.t ship (having on board
a27stinh.all
Theiron steam
ati;boonati);erwahrircihvallefattLmiv-boat), tthe
orders of Vice-Admiral Sir J. Rowley,
Promotions and Appointments.—Commander F. G. Wills'
of the Coast Guard Station, at Hastings,to be CaPt„,te
aie
Messrs. J. Foote, Mate of the Excellent, and W. Boys', illat"
of the Buffalo, to be Lieutenants; Mr. W. Gunn, Assista."
Surgeon, late of the Isis, to be Surgeon; Captain Charles
Hope, om. W. D. Puget, Lieutenants Ralph Berton, T. E.
Smith, R. Hammond, Mr. Joshua Taylor, Master, Mr. Thoa•
Miller, Surgeon, Mr. C. E. Andrews, Purser, and Mr.
Tmhoorgmaans
(bß)asferoommbteh,e Sceocaosntd
G;1 Master, Dublin ; C om. James
Hastings ; Lieutenant R. Engledude
mander William Kent, Eieutenants W.
,It),i;strict, at Brighton, to
the Excellent ;
Robert-
son,Coul-
and W. Goose, to be Coast Guard Servi.eT; Mr. Jobe
Pillmore, Assistant- Surgeon, to do duty at Hasler Hospital ;
Mr. Pope, to be Clerk in the Admiralty Office, Ports: oath;
Mr. J. Aichton, Assistant-Surgeon, San Josef. ;H.
The fellowing gentlemen passed their mathematical exanli"
nation, to qualify them for Lieutenents, at the Naval Col-
lege, on Wednesday las :—Messrs. Halliday, Actaeon ; Bick:;
ford, Pike ; Kendall, Isis ; C. J. Walton, Actzon ; an
Royer, Pelican.
The foreign import talge of the port of Plymouth, in the
year 1834, comprised 127 vessels, with foreign cargoes (e 1-
elusive of the Guernsey and Jersey trade) ; eighty-three 0'
which were consigned to merchants at Plymouth, eight to De-
vonport, two to Stonehouse, three to Tavistock, nineteen to
his 111,ajesty's Dockyard, and twelve, laden with wine and
spirits, divided between the towns.
(From the Devonport Telegraph.)
DEVONPCRT, JAN. 31.—The African steam vessel, Lieu-
tenant West, is ready for sea, and only waits her final order!
to proceed to the Mediterranean. This fine and powerful
vessel towed the Talavera, 74, into harbour on Tuesday last,
at the rate of five knots an hour. The man-of-war's yard
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being manned, she presented a novel and animated spectacle'
showing the superiority of steam and the advantages that Oaf
be made of it in naval warfare, by taking the largest vessel°
alongside an enemy during a calm when they could otherwise
not approach, and by allowing nearly the whole of the crew tcci
attend to their guns. Lieutenant Dartly, of the Vernon, an
some supernumeraries, will take their passage in the Africa
°
to join their ships in the Mediterranean.
His Majesty's ship Dublin, 50, was commissioned for tb°
flag of Rear-Admiral Sir G. E. Hammond, on Thursday, „bi„,
Captain Charles Hope. The Pique, 36, Hon. Captain .11i;
Rous, was paid advance on Thursday, and will start irerce„ug,"
ately 'for Lisbon ; she takes out an anchor for the Castor,
Lord J. Hay. The Scorpion brig, Lieutenant Robilliarkl°,l,
sail for Falmouth with the first wind. The Royalist and Yr"
will be ready to go out of harbour on Monday. The TaJa;
vera, 74, Captain Cheetham, will be paid off into ordinarY en
the Bth of February. The Rodney, 92, took her masts in
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Wednesday last, and it is said will be brought forward rea '
for commissioning.
Mr. Foote, of the Excellent, son of Captain Foote, R'
Stonehouse, has been promoted to the rank of Lieutenanof
Lieutenant George Augustus Elliot, late First Lieutenant•
the Madagascar, has been promoted to the rank of Comman4,s
Captain Charles Hope, Lieutenants Ralph Barton, T. .r4„,fr,
Smith, and R. Hamond ; Mr. Joshua Taylor, Master,
Thomas Bascombe, Second Master, and Mr. Thomas MP':er
Surgeon ; Assistant-Surgeon James Acheson ; and Pis,
John Andrews, arc appointed to the Dublin; Mr. 'Willialfj
late of the Talavera, to the Hastings at Lisbon ; LieutenT,
Berry Haines, to the Victor; Lieutenant A. Graves,
to
Dennehy, to Coast Guard ; Mr. C. Mayberry, SurgeollAFpj.,
the Portsmouth Ordinary; Mr. J. L. M`Call, Assistant-t/
peon, Pike schooner ; Mr. Robert Denmark, to be an Ass o,
Surgeon, and appointed to the Haslar Hospital ; Mr. Jug
Martin, Assistant-Surgeon, Curlew ; Mr. W. Roy, Assista4;
Surgeon, Victory ; Mr. Y. G. Patterson to be Mate, Viet'.
Mr. W. Dunbar, Assistant-Surgeon, Speedy.
In Hamoaze—San Josef, Talavera, Dublin, Rover, Retool
Pike, Royalist, Scorpion, African steamer, Industry P"
transport. In Sound—Pique.
Af

Died, on the 26th January last, Mrs. Stone' -
Peckham, in her 49th year.