The Sun.
London, England, 1826-09-25 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 23.—The Galatea, Sir Charles
Sullivan' Bart. sailed on Sunday, on a cruise; and the
Procris, Captain the Hon. Win. Waldegrave, arrived this
morning from Chatham, with supernumerary seamen,
having also on board a life-preserving buoy, which she will
take to Plymouth, to be used in getting the crews from
shipwrecked vessels to the shore.. It is made of light
strong leather, and envelops each man up to his arm-pits;
and to prevent its being upset, it is balanced by a weight,
on which the man treads, when he hauls himself to the
shore by a grapnel or harpoon, which is to be previously
fixed on the shore or beach, by means of a rocket, of the
weight of 181bs. The Clio will bring one to this port, in
a few days, for trial.
* The Philomel, Lord William Paget, and the Alacrity,
Captain Hope Johnstone, will proceed shortly from this
port, for the Mediterranean. The Pelican, 18, Hon. Cap-
tain Irby, (commissioned only last month), is nearly ready
for the same station.

The Blonde, Lord Byron, sailed from Madeira on Aug.
11, for Berinudu ; the Lively, Capt. W. Elliot, C. 8., on Ist
September, for Sierra Leone.
His 'Majesty's yacht .Herald, Capt. Clifford, C. B. is
daily expected to 'return from St; Peteisburgh, with his
Excellency the Duke of Devonshire. Capt.. C. will com-
mission the Briton frigate for the Mediterranean station.
The following officers have been appointed to the Bar-
ham, 48, at Woolwich, lately commissioned by Captain Sir
Thomas Louis,"Bart. for the flag of Vice-Admiral the Hon.
Chas. Elphinstone Fleming, to be CoMmander-in-Chief
in the West Indies :—Lieutenants Colquhoun, Fraser,
Diinkwater° Dean, Forrester, Keith (flag); Mr. Cole,
Master ; Mr. Rose, Surgeon ; Mr. .1. L. Luckombe, Put-
ser; Captain Filcher, and Limits. Garmston and Willson,
Royal Marines.

Lieut. A. F. Gardiner, late of the Clinker, is promoted
to the rank of Commander. Lieutenant Dwyer, to com-
mand the Tyrian packet. Lieut. N. Tucker, Warden of
Sheerness Yard, is appointed to Greenwich Hospital, vice
Williams, deceased. Mr. Coningworth, to be Purser of
the. Camelion. Mr,-Quo. Berkeley Love, of the Pandora,
is promoted to the rank of Lieutenant.

•On Thursday the fine new large steam-vessel Erin put
into this port, in five days from Belfast (the wind blowing
strong from the N.E.), with 500 tons of goods, for London ;
she sailed again in the evening.

LLOYDS'—(Ttlis Day.)
DIAL, Sarre 23.—Wind, E. S. E.—Arrived and sailed for
the river, the Elizabeth, Penton, from Campeaelty ; Renewal
Cromartie, from l3arbatloes; Broxbournebury, Fraser, front
China. ' Arrived from the river and sailed, the 'John Palmer
Clarke, from the South Seas; Heighington, Purvi, from Berhice,
sm.. ft—Wind S.—Several brigs and other vessels have
passed through, for the river, names unknown.
PORTSMOUTII, SEPT. 2.9-4..=-Passed John Palmer, Clark, for
London.

FALMOUTH, San. 22-S.—Wind E. and S.E. to S.S.E.—
Arrived the Dorothea, Elliotson, from Bilboa ; Betsey, Led-
bitter, from Saint Petersburgh.—Sailed Duke of Marlborough
packet, for Lisbon ; Goldfinch packet, for Buenos-Ayres ; and
Eclipse packet, fur the Leeward Islands.—Off . the Port, the
General Foy, Chambreay, for St. Domingo.—Half-past 2, rah,
Arrived the Osborne packet, from the Leeward islands.
Gwavasown, SIM?. '23-4.-Arrived the Canada, Hindmarsh,
from St. Petersburgh ; Jessie, Watson ; \Vynyard, Harrison ;
Eugene, Johnson, from Gottenhurgh ; and Minerva, from Memel.