The Sun.
London, England, 1828-12-15 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, Dar. 13.---Letters have been received'
rout Captain Henry Foster,- commanding his Majesty's
dig Chanticleer, dated Monte Video, Sept. 22, up to
:kith time all the scientific 'objects of the voyage had pro-
ceeded very a:16440061p , The meridian distances had
`men determined between Falmouth and Funchal, Tenerife,
;t. Antonio, St. Paul's Rock near the Equator, the Island
if Fernando Norouah, and between the latter and Cape
•rio, Rio de Janeiro, Si. Catherine's, and Monte Video, at .
rhielr latter place, a satisfactory set of pendulum experi-
tents was completed, notwithstanding au interruption in
;he midst of them from a false 111.11 M in the.jorrisoit or
fort, who were in hourly expectation of an attack front the
Buenos Ayreans, Captain Foster, Loirever, spealis
ugh terms of the accoannodating dispositipn of the (lover--
tor, to whom he was much imiebte4 fauility the
Ace affordod. The Chantielee'r was'exerted to sail
about the beginning- of October, tinVirat:tho cutlI,,in the
further prosecution of the objects of 'the voyage. The
and the Ativeriture
text letters from the vessel will probably not lie dated
tit
Video ;
tki the Straits,
tefr
an, id
Thei;Ber Beagle,
alaepn,psi
surveying
yoisn dunecvebais,
etnextaisi,nhvyaeduatir.aa arrived
muute
`le two latter from the Straits of Magellan. The Adven-
ftirneteatoedd BeagleS beenhwaidtht e some
intentionu ion tot s haying
in
igation in the Spring; but from the scurvy suddenly making
ita appearance, and other nuforeseen events, they were cow.
"Sled to relinquish their intentions, and pioveed with all
ispatch to Monte Video for supplies, Which had the effect
'checking that dreadful Malady. The Adelaide schooner,
.ieut. T. Graves, had also arrived from the same place,
under similar circumstances. Coininander P. Stokes, of
.te Beagle, who had fur some time been apparently la-
bouring under an aberration of intellect, terminated his
istetice early in August, and was interred in Port Pauline.
tent, Sholl, of the Beagle:, and some of the seamen, had
IsO died, Capt. King, of the Adventure, 'Lieut. SkYrin6,
sting in the Coin-land of the Beagle, and the other etftrArs
and men, were Well. . The weather in the Straits rllla-
ellatt is represented as having been savere and tiupestuous‘
'he natives, both Patagonians and Fnegians, had occasion-
IlyVisited the ships, and upon the whole were friendly, at
Imes attempting to steal eve-..y thing within their reach.
The Talbot, 2, Captain the lion, Frodetick Spencer,
arcieed on Sunday from Malta, filsu which island
ttl sailed•oll the 13th tilt. (eight days after 'the depat tare
alisioar4et4„--Laving-keesa tigsgkeoeii-nine days off- earr
inistem. Admiral tcsoasci had sailed flout Alalta with.
iart of the Russian squadron to early !iota effect the
lotkalle of the tkatlariellts. The Asia was at Soda, all
jell, The Talbot came into harbour on Wednesday to
he
paidbeoir: TMsteor bomb, Captain D. Hope, and. orest„, 16,
at anchor off
re Government of Cibraratt, Sir Thomas Fellowai.
TCkiagPnii;:iyii'Lliiteth)le:elEoßlaidrap:teisritoliarvcoeofbnAeselnoni.rotf:ecrCorseol:,,vmaelfild‘:;gegoelit:zduffs7,:iiti.::;
in
DartnioUth frig 4., has been ordered down to Tangier,
assist in as&eciiilg the honour of the British flag.
The Pallas, 42, Capt. Fitz-Clarence, was towed ant of
larbovir yesterday, and was this morning paid two months'
rages in advance. She will sail to-morrow with sealed
rders.

The Challenger, 28,. Captain Fremantle, is under orders
Jr the Cape of Good Hope and. the West Coast of New
South Walea. She will sail in a few days; her future pro.
eetiiiip fife connected with the formation of the intended
,w Settlement at the Swan Hirer.

DEVONPORT, DEC. 13.—We hear that the Melville, 74., '
detained in the Sound by command of-Government until
'rater orders, and it is ennjeetated that Captain Hill will
instructed to make it demonstration with'this ship o
angier, with a view to bring the refrastor il y Chief of that
The 'Melville has 200 t. °op's, •
laee to a sense of propriety.
board for tiihraltar.
The Vigilant ketch, Lieutenant C. Jones, arrived on
Saturday frost Fernando pu and
niched at Sierra Leone, Coast, and Accra, on her
Award voyage. She left Fernando Yu, on her return.,
the 13th SeirteMber, and Ascension on the lith Oct.
By the Vigilant we learn that Captain Owen and his
.rty 'were well on the 13th September, at Fernando Po.
'here had bees no cases of fever on the island, and the
dis-
rder which they had yet to complain of was that of ulcers
rising from slight wounds 'got in the woods while cutting
totttfl timber. The housea.for the settlers were completed,
and several roads are making, so that Captain Owen Will
won be able to open a more extensive intercourse with t 1.7,,
iatives in the interior of the island ; but at present 'there
little traffic going no, as the natives who lait;e hitherto
welt with the settlers are tired of 1441714_ iron-hoops;
uives, ootten handkerchief's, and )4"!.iiiar articles taken out
" Cut-throat" toad "'bottle-nose" still continue
to be. the ivedim betWo'7:n their fellow natives aad the set-
tlets, • eiket °":en enjoys most excellent health ; he liaa
alioi".'!,ued the liberated slaves placed under his care,
oit they regularly, with the Krootnen, on Sab-
ath days, attend Divine worship in the hospital at Fort
William, where Captain Owen himself officiatea, reedit
the prayers and other services of the Church of Roghind.
We are sorry to find that the slave trade goes un briskly,
and is conducted principally by ships °allying
the French
n 1 Brazilian flags. *Die Sybille and Black Joke tender
id. captured 1,800 slaves up to the middle of last Aogust.
lie Primrose has taken a schooner with SOO slaves on
inard. On the Ist of October the-Vigilant arieliored off
of Anna Bona, a Poituguese settlement. The
'habitants appered.inticli frightened on seeing tile crew, ac.
ley had been ill-used by some pirates, who shot at them
einusernent. At the Island of Aseension,the
Pas supplied with water and vegetables, of wli" aster
le island produces Eufficieut to supply all the shit"' pass,-
'g to the West Indies. Colonel Nichols, R.N., the •
'Rodent of the Island, was about to ratan to England,
icing superseded by Captain Bate, ILA -
His Majesty's ship Asia, 80, Vice-A(11111E81..8k P.
Malcolm, was off Candi,' on the Ist November, having
left Navarin ou the 11111 (if October.T/1'
was at'Navarin on the 4th of November.
The Tex ia cutter, tender to the Hui/al Charlotte, hasthis Week been paid ,fl' and placed in ordinary.
His Maj,sty's ship thitomart was at Gibraltar on tie •
nd instant, when the fever was still en the decline.
ArpoistNlFNi, Willie, Ptirser, to the Palias •
mr. S. Fidler, Purser, from the PallaS to thi-Senitia-,,
I at„pton, fitting at Chatham 14 the flay. of Rear-Admiral
Sir Edward Owen,.K.C.B.
..mr. Laughlin (Jiffies is appointed Master of this
Champion.
Mr. Daniel Weodruffe, Ide Admiralty Mite-pfptttkfi
Oaani is appointed acting Lieutenant of the Peir.4usi‘*-
the Mediterranean, vice Burridge, iavtlided.