The Sun.
London, England, 1835-08-17 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTII, AUGUST 15.—The Alligator, 28, Captain
Lambert, arrived at a late hour this evening from the East
India station. She left the Cape on the 2d, St. Helena the
18th, and Ascension the 24th of June. We have not heard
that she has brought any news.
The Russell will proceed to-morrow for Lisbon, and even-
tually to Malta. The Magicienne, 26, will also go to Lisbon
as soon as the Courts-martial are over on the Officers for the
loss of the two schooners in the West Indies.

By the arrival of the Lightning steam-vessel (Mr. Allen),
accounts are received from Lisbon to the 3d instant, by which
'we learn that in consequence of despatches from England the
Stag, 46, Tweed, 20, Clio, 16, and the Pike schooner, had
sailed on the previous day with sealed orders—their ultimate
destination being supposed to be the south coast of Spain,
where it is rumoured this force would be strengthened in that
quarter by some of the ships of the Mediterranean squadron.
The only men-of-war left in the Tagus were the Hastings, 74
(flag-ship), Royalist, Waterwitch, Cameleon, and Viper. Tire
Lightning arrived here from Plymouth on Sunday, with super-
numeraries for the Russell and Magicicnne, and then proceeded
to the eastward.

The Columbia, from Demerara, arrived at Trinidad on the
19th of January ; the Dispatch sailed from Barbadoes on the
23d of June, for Bermuda.

The Magicienne, 28, Captain Mildmay, went out of harbour
on Wednesday.
The Pylades sloop, fitting at Plymouth, is intended for ser-
vice on the coast of Africa. The Wanderer, 16, fitting at
Chatham, will go to the East Indies. It is said that the Stag
frigate, Captain Lockyer, has been despatched to the Cape of
Good Hope, to give her assistance, while the Admiral's at-
tention, commanding on that station, in the Thalia frigate, is
occupied with the Caffre war.
The Hope and Alpha transports sailed yesterday and to-
day, with eighty horses, for the Queen of Spain's service, to
be landed at St. Sebastian. Two large ships will take on
board 180 on Monday next, and sail immediately. These
horses are of a very superior description. The Royal Tar
steamer left London yesterday, with 250 recruits, and will call
at Plymouth to-morrow for another 200, and the London
Merchant steamer leaves London to-day, and calls at this port
to-morrow, to embark cavalry officers and men, to the amount
of 150, for the Queen's services
The Sulphur, with the Starling cutter as her tender, is or-
dered to be fitted for the surveying service, to be commanded
by Captain Beechoy.
The Jupiter, armed en flute, is commissioned by the lion.
Captain Frederick Grey, to convey the Governor-General,
Lord Auckland, to Calcutta.
The Seaflower cutter, Lieutenant Morgan, is removed from
the Portsmouth to the Sheerness station.

At Spithcad—Russell, Magicienne.
In Harbour—Victory, Royal George, and Excellent.
PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS.—Mr. W. R. Mends, Mate
of the Pique frigate, to the rank of Lieutenant ; Mr. W.
Lord, late Mate of the Investigator, to be Lieutenant ; Hon.
Captain G. Grey. and Lieutenant Francis Liardet, to the
Cleopatra ; Hon. Captain F. Grey, to the Jupiter ; Com-
mander W. L. Castle, Lieutenants M. Thomas and J. M.
Langtry, Mr. W. R. Mattacott, Master, Mr. P. Toms, Sur-
geon, Mr. R. Singer, Purser, and Mr. J. A. Miller, Assist-
ant-Surgeon to the Pylades ; Commander Thomas Dilke,
Mr. Baird, Surgeon, and Mr. J. S. Pope, Purser, to the
Wanderer ; Mr. E. Johnson, Surgeon, Messrs Ashley Cooper
and Samuel Trevor Dickens, College Volunteers, to the
Missal ; .Mr. Derryman, Assistant-Surgeon to the Magi-
cienne ,• Mr. Siddell, to be clerk in charge of stores to the
Buzzard ; Mr. C. Byam, Mate, to the Excellent ; Mr. Lowe,
College .4 tte, Zebra; Mr. W. Stanway, Clerk, and Mr.
Tibbett, Schoolmaster, Nagicienne ; Mr. T. Mitchell (b),
an Assistant-Surgeon, has thrown up his warrant, because the
Admiralty would not give him leave to go to the Cape of
Good Hope.
The following Midshipmen passed for Lieutenants at the
Royal Naval College on Tuesday. Wednesday, an..l Thurs-
day :—Messrs. Reginald Thomas J. Levinge, Edward ileo.
Fanshawe, Francis Bedford Sleeman, John Sanderson, Ed-
ward Simpson, late Melville ; Robert James Rouse, bite Har-
rier ; Charles Frederick Alexander Shadwell, taste Imogene ;
Richard Wilford, late Curaqoa ; Edmund Edwarc;. Turnour,
late Barham; Edward Charles Smith, late Firefly; ischard
Wilson Pelly, late Arachne ; Thomas H. Lysaght and Jori
Seacomb, Edinburgh ; Edgar H. Blake, late Britannia.;
Edward P. Carter, Tartarus ; Charles H. Douglas, Russell ;
Lord Henry Russell, Messrs. C. H. Wem3ss and Arthur
Vyner. Twelve other gentlemen w:re remanded for fur-
ther examination, not being sufficiently proficient in the use
of astronomical instruments.
PLYMOUTH, AUG. 15.—His Majesty's ship Russell, 74, ar-
rived at Portsmouth on Sunday, from Sheerness. We regret
to state that on the preceding day a serious accident happened
on board the Russell, while weighing the anchor in the
Downes, owing to the hook of the leading block of the fish
tackle fall breaking, by which means two marines were killed
on the spot, another died shortly afterwards, and a fourth is
not expected to survive. In addition to these fatal cases seven
men were severely hurt, and nine others more or less injured
by the accident. It appears that a quantity of the chain cable
remained under water, and was not perceived until the whole
weight of it bore on the shank of the anchor in fishing, when,
from the additional weight, the hook gave way before the
shank painter could be passed.
His Majesty's steamer Fort was at Halifax on the 16th,
where she had arrived from the Havannah, and was perform-
ing quarantine, having suffered much from the yellow fever.
Above eighty cases had occurred on board, and the carpenter,
Mr. White, Ica two seamen, had died, but we are happy to
state that all the otil.;.'s were convalescent.
The Meteor steamer, Lii:::.qenant Smith, was paid advance
of wages on Wednesday, and sf.lrted for the West Indies,
having on board William Pitt Adams, Esq., Secretary of Le-
gation at Bogota, and about eighteen supernumerary boys for
the President.

Remaining in Hamoaze—San Josef, Pylades, Hope
sport.
Lieutenants T. M. Currie, President, lion. Jos. Denman,
Curlew, and Matthew Dixon, Oceen, are promoted to the
rank of Commanders. Commander W. H. H. Carew is ap-
pointed to the Harrier ; Mr. Joseph Steret, Surgeon, to the
Baldaster convict shipi Mr. J. Vallack, Purser, to the Ordi-
nary at Sheerness; Mr. W. Marsden, Purser, to the Ordinary
at Chatham ; Lieutenant W. Boyce, to the -Coast Guard at
Feltham ; Lieutenant G. Spong, to be Stipendiary Magis-
trate at Trinidad.

Sir Robert and Lady Peel and family have taken
up their residence in the splendid new mansion which has been
just 'Completed in Drayton Park. The demolition of the old
edifice took place in the course of the present summer. On
the Ist of September the Right lion. Gentleman will com-
mence the sporting season with pa ridge-shooting on his' fine
preserves at Drayton, where the game is most abundant.
The meeting at Mansfield, last Friday evening, for
assisting the fund on behalf of the wives and children of the
Dorchester " victims" was well attended, and liberal donations
were then made, and are still making.•—Nottingham Review.
DRAMATIC LITERATURE.—One branch of lite-
rature remains upon which we have not vet touched, and which
is at the lowest ebb of any—the dramatic. Nothing. is more
common than.&he complaint that the national drama is vulga-
rised and debased. by vulgar management. The management
may be vulgar, but that vie believe is not the cause of the de-
1-,sernent of the. stage. • The great deficiency is that of dra-
- . • ritings.,—From- the--First Nicntber 9/. the British and
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