The Sun.
London, England, 1828-08-25 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCI.

PLYMOUTH, AUG. 23.—His Majesty's ship Py-
lades, 10, Commader P.
.D. H. Hay, arrived on
Thursday from the squadron under Sir H. Black-
wood, which she left about 80 miles west of the
Lizard, on the preceding day. The Pylades is come
in for repairs, having carried away her fore and
main-top-masts. By her We learn that, since the
alteration in the Repines trim, by restowing her
holds, &e. her sailing is decidedly improved, and
she now heads the Britannia on every wind. The
Pearl also appears to have superior sailing qualities
to the Pylades and Orestes.
Arrived on Saturday the Antelope tender, to raise
men for the Blockade Service.

The Russian line-of-battle-ship Czar Constantine,
74, which has come into our harbour for repairing,
is a fine fir-built ship, carrying 42-pounders on her
lower deck—among these are four cannon bombs
(42-lbs. long brass guns for the purpose of throwing
shells), which the Captain of the Constantine says
have been used in the Russian naval service since
the time of Catherine, though the French have re-
cently laid claim to the invention. -The quarter-
deck bulwarks of the Constantine, which are raised
several feet above the usual height, are planked with
four-inch timber both inside and out, and her decks
are higher than English ships of the same class.
The most striking object on the main-deck is the
sanctuary, before which stands a priest of the Greek
Church, a tall personage with a tremendous beard,
attired in a long black gown. The altar-piece
is placed on a highly-finished mahogany frame ;
it is enclosed by two squares of plate glass,
and represents Saint George overcoming the
Dragon, worked in silver richly chased; the
helmet of the figure is of pure gold, and is
surrounded by a glory of the same precious metal;
the face is enamelled in natural colours; above
the head of St. George are seen angels ascending,
over which is placed a circular glory; in the centre
are two figures, supposed to be the Virgin Mary
and the Infant Jesus, and in the left corner is a dark
figure in the act of suppliancy for mercy. The
heads of all the figures appear as if occasionally
moved by some internal machinery. The Constan-
tine is manned with a tine crew, mostly young
men. About fifty caulkers and shipwrights from
the Deck-yard are now on board : the main and
fore-masts have been taken out ; her beams are to
be fastened with iron knees ; and she is not ex-
pected to be ready before the Ist of September.
We have reason to believe that the report of
Vice-Admiral Sir John Gore being appointed to
succeed Rear-Admiral Gage, in the command of
the Naval forces in the East Indies, is erroneous ;
it is generally understood that Rear-Admiral G. E.
Hammond, C.B. is to be appointed to that station.
By the last accounts, the Columbine was lying.
at Bermuda, where a ship of war is constantly to be
stationed as security, in the event,of any disturbance
with the convicts employed there.
PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 23.—The Glasgow, 60,
Captain Hon. J. A. Maude, C.B. arrived on Monday
from the Mediterranean; she sailed from Navarin
on the 29th June; Corfu, the 3d; Malta, the 10th
July; and Gibraltar, on the 4th inst. The squad-
ron blockading the coast of the Morea was com-
posed of the Ocean, Revenge, Blonde, Rattlesnake,
Alacrity, Wasp, and Infernal and Etna bombs. On
the north side of Candia were the Isis and Dart-
mouth frigates; the Warspite, 74, Dryad frigate,
and Weazle, Pelorous, and Jasper, were at Egina.
Ibrahim Pacha had proceeded with 1,500 of his
chosen troops, in the direction of Patras, to endeavour
to bring the Albanians to subjection, many of whom,
it was understood, had revolted, and committed sad
depredations. The greater part of the Turko-
Egyptian troops were encamped at Modon and Na-
varin, apparently in a wretched state of misery, sub-
sisting on a reduced allowance of beans and rice,
bread being an article of food they have scarcely
tasted for some months. The whole force of the
effective troops in the Morea is supposed to com-
prise about 15,000 men. The Pacha, finding the
entire coast of the Morea so closely watched (bit
vessels not being suffered to leave or enter any of the
ports), had requested the senior officer of the British
and French squadrons off Navarin, to allow an Eng-
lish sloop of war to convey a confidential Turkish
officer to Alexandria, with despatches to Mahom-
med Ali Pacha, beseeching permission for his (Ibra-
him's) troops to evacuate the Morea, the soldiers be-
ing sickly, in want of provisions, and totally unable to
subdue the Greeks. This request was acceded to,and
the Rifleman consequently despatched, but she had
not returned. The whole face of the country pre-
sented one scene of desolation ; immense fires were
burning day and night, and the destruction by this
element of the olive trees and vineyards was im-
mense. All the houses in the country were deserted,
and falling to ruin. In short the apparent misery
beggars all description. In the harbour of Navarin
there were six Egyptian men of war, none larger
than a corvette, except one of the line, which was
driven on shore, and much injured by shot, in the
battle of the 20th of October. She is now afloat,
jury masted, and rigged, and was nearly ready to
follow her crippled and disabled companions to
Alexandria, where they remain mere hulks, kept
afloat only by constantly working at the pumps; in
so deplorable a condition indeed are they, that with-
out undergoing a thorough repair they can never
leave the port. Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Co-
dringtou, is the Asia, left Corfu on the 3d July ; he
was to take the Gulf of Patras on his way to the
squadron off Navarin, whither he was proceeding
for a few days, previous to his repairing to Malta, to
await the arrival of his successor. The Musquito
and Raleigh were at Malta, with the Russian fri-
gate Flora, which was performing quarantine. She
had then been GO days under restraint, having lost
five men by the plague in the Lazaretto; all symp-
toms of the disease had, however, disappeared.—
The French squadron off Navarin consisted of one
ship of the line, two frigates, one of GO and one of 50
guns, and other smaller vessels. Vice-Admiral De
Rigny called off Modon on the 28th June, from
Corfu, to the Levant. The pirates which formerly
infested the Archipelago had ceased to annoy the
trade. All was quiet at Alexandria. The Pacha,
in the Delta, was superintending the erection of new
works thrown up on his eastern frontier.
The Falcon yacht, Lord Yarborough, which ex-
' perienced very bad weather on her passage out, had
been off Navarin, and was lying at Corfu on the 3d
of July. Several invalided officers and men came
home in the Glasgow, as well as Commander Ho-
them, the officers, and part of the crew of his Ma-
jesty's late sloop Parthian, the Glasgow having taken
them from the wreck on the 20th of May. The
Glasgow has been more than two years absent from
lEngland, during which time she has been chiefly at
sea. She sailed on Wednesday morning to Sheer-
Iness, to be paid off, having previously discharged the
crew of the late sloop Parthian.
The Galatea, Capt. Sir Charles Sullivan, Bart.
arrived on Thursday, from Plymouth. She is pre-
paring with all haste for the reception of Viscount
Strangfoa, who proceeds in her to the Brazils, on a
special mission. She will sail on Monday or Tues-
day. His Excellency Viscount Straagford arrived
here this evening.
On Sunday arrived the Harrier, 18, Commander
Wm. Morier, and Cordelia, 18, Commander G. W.
St. J. Mildmay, front Lisbon ; and Britomart, 10,
Commander R. H. Manners, from Oporto. The
two former sailed again on the following day for
Chatharn.

Two Neapolitan brigs arrived here on Monday,
from Comma, with about 200 refugee Portuguese
Officers, and a few privates, who formed part of the
Constitutional Army, which retired into Spain on
the advance upon Oporto of the Don Miguelites. So
tenacious are these individuals of giving offence, by
any unguarded expression, to those chiefs by whom
they should have been gallantly led, that fearful of
consequences, no harsher reflection will they cast
upon their conduct than an admission of the unani-
mous feeling of surprise which they affirm pervaded
all ranks when the cause was abandoned, Such a
step, to them, was as much unexpected as it was one

of chagrin. The Constitutional force consisted of
10,000 men (including peasantry). They agree
that the great military fault committed by them was
that of halting at Coimbra : had they advanced, they
are of opinion the defection fro'ra Don Miguel would
have beeneompleted; and that the pusillanimity which
dictated a retreat from thence gave a death-blow to
,probable success. It was in this retreat that the
heroes which sailed from this country in the Belfast
steam-vessel joined them, who, instead of promptly
electing a chief, with a determination strictly to ful-
fil his orders, wasted valuable moments in disputing
priority. Had the matter been left to Gen. Stubbs,
who is a native of Basingstoke, in this county, a dif-
ferent result would have ensued; in him the Con-
stitutionalists placed great trust, and until the other
General Officers were jealous of his fame, all was
going on prosperously. On the departure of Pal-
mella and Villa Flor, Saldanha pledged himself to
shed his last blood in the cause; he had not, how-
ever, been left in command more than twenty-four
hours, ere he disregarded his faith, and decamp-
ed. The command then devolved on Brigadier-Gen.
Pisa, who, finding the army dispirited, retreated
to the Northward; had he crossed to the South
bank of the Douro, he might have avoided the force
under the Marquis Chaves, and have had thereby
Lisbon open to him; instead of which, by taking
the course he did, the force of Chaves was conti-
nually threatening his right, and the Miguelites from
Lisbon were pressing on his rear. On their arrival
st the frontiers of Spain, they besought protection
and an asylum in that country. Reception was pro.
wised them on .condition that they laid down their
arms; this being complied with, the officers were
separated from the men, with a few exceptions ; the
men, by order of the Spanish Government, were
sent back to Portugal, and the officers directed to
quit Spain within thirty days, with permission to
embark for England or France, either from the
ports of Ferrol, Corunna, or Vigo. The Spaniards,
during their stay, were prohibited, by proclamation,
from conversing with them, and the authorities
stripped them of every article they had; the people,
however, of Corunna received them with some show
of kindness. Two priests of the liberal way of
thinking arrived with the other sufferers. The Mar-
quis de Palmella has sent down one of his Secre-
taries (who arrived this morning), with 3,0001. for
their relief. It is yet undetermined how they are to
be disposed of; they have made a demand for bar-
racks, or a hulk, but Government, as yet, has not
replied to it. The greater number are without pe-
cuniary means.

Don Miguel was remarkably active in fitting out
the late expedition against Madeira. He superin-
tended the equipment himself of the line-of-battle
ship Don John, and from a state of ordinary pre-
pared her for sea, and manned and anchored her off
Fort Belim, in five days, and then ordered the fleet
to sea; but the Admiral begging a day's respite to
put the ships in a little order, the reptest was
granted. On the sixth day, Don Miguel was afloat
at day-light, ordered all the troops into their boats,
and made a mock invasion of Madeira, by landing
on the south side of the Tagus in a most gallant
manner, amidst salutes and cheers and sounds of na-
tional music.

By letters from Madeira we learn that the Gover-
nor Valdez is determined to maintain the supremacy
of Don Pedro in that Island ; he had called out and
trained the militia, and had formed a corps of volun-
teers from among the mercantile classes, and to in-
sure still greater security, he had shipped off for
Lisbon two or three Bishops, and some other supe-
rior Clergy, whose attachment was doubtful, and
whose intrigues were dangerous. One of our
cruizers from the coast of Africa, the Medina, Cap-
tain Suckling, having accidentally looked into Fun-
chal, while in search of pirates, was detained by the
British Consul. There is but one safe landing in the
Island, and that is completely overlooked by a fort.
The Challenger, 28, Captain Fitz-Clarence, was
spoken with on the coast of America, Ist August.
The Centurion, 50 guns, razee, late Clarence, is
ordered to be commissioned at Chatham, for the
flag of Rear-Admiral G. E. Hammond, C. 8., who
succeeds to the command in the East Indies.

The Pallas, 42, at this port, is ordered to be
brought forward for commission.
Serne apprehensions have been entertained for the
safety of the Russian Admiral's ship, which parted
from the test of the squadron off Scilly. We enter-
tain, however, little doubt that she is making good
her passage to Gibraltar; had she been wrecked,
some portion of her spars, or casks, &c., would have
floated ashore, and thereby indicated such a catas-
trophe. When the pilots quitted her, the Admiral
was sufficiently aware of the situation of Sicily.
Islands to avoid them, and qite alive to the circum-
stance that an indraft into St. George's Channel
would endanger him, if he stood so far to the west-
ward as to bring him into the neighbourhood of the
S.W. part of Ireland ; consequently he would tack
in time, and lay over towards Ushant.
His Majesty's ship Ferret has arrived at Jamaica
from Cuba. The Menai arrived at Lima sth April,
and sailed Bth for Valparaiso. The Rinaldo arrived at
Jacmel and Falmouth 28th, and at Jamaica 30th of
June. The Forte arrived at Rio de Janeiro from
Monte Video 7th June, and the Ganges from St.
Catharine 11th June. The Redpole sailed from
Rio de Janeiro for Monte Video 11th June.

The Pearl sloop of war, built by Mr. Sante, is
found to possess excellent sailing qualities. On the
15th inst., in a trial with the Orestes and Pylades,
she exhibited a superiority over each of these vessels.
We have the pleasure to state, that the Lord High
Admiral, with that attention which his Royal High-
ness has invariably shewn to merit, has promoted
Mr. Charles Hotham, late First Lieutenant of his
Majesty's ship Terror, to the rank of Commander,
as the reward of his distinguished services in the
Mediterranean, and of his recent intrepidity in going
through a tremendous sea in a small boat, and saving
the lives of the crew of a merchantman which had
been wrecked on the coast of Portugal.
The brig Nereid, Richard Simms, Master, arrived
on Monday from Trieste, with a cargo of hemp for
this dock-yard.
The American ships, Richmond, 'of Richmond,
from Rotterdam, for Virginia ; and the North Ame-
rican, from Amsterdam, for Philadelphia; are put
into St. Helen's Roads for a fair wind.

THE IS-INC.—It is untrue that his MAJESTY
intends to pass the winter at Brighton. The Kwc'a
apartments in Windsor Castle will be quite ready for his
reception by the end of the autumn, and the usual Courtly
circle will remove from the cottage at that period, to the
Castle.

It is reported, in the political circles, that the
SPEAKEIL of the House of Commons is a candidate for tl,.
office of First Lord of the Admiralty.

The Duke of CAAIBRIRQE honoured Sir
HERBERT TAYLOR With hi; company to dinner on Friday,
at his villa in the Regent's Park. His Royal Highness,
attended by Sir JAMES REYNETT, called at the Colonial
Office, Downing-street, on Saturday, and transacted busi,
ness with Sir GEORGE MURRAY. His Royal Highness
entertained the Duke of SUSSEX to dinner at the King's
palace, St. James's, in the afternoon, and afterwards the
Royal Brothers honoured the performance of the new comic
Opera, " Not for me," and " The Bottle Imp," at the Eng-
lish Opera-house, with their presence.
MR. C. GRANT.—It is the intention of our
townsmen to invite the late President of the Board of
Trade, now en a visit to his friends in the North, t4public dinner in the Caledonian Hotel,, os l'uoeiasy, the
9th of September. There is bit one opinion here as to
the propriety of On measure, and we have no doubt but
the tnye;;ng will be numerously attended. Independently
pf the local ties and associations which tend to bind the
natives of this district to the fortunes of Mr. GRANT, hit
eminent public services, splendid talents, and sputleaa flte-
grity, are well deserving such a mat*, of amobptioo. In
retiring from his Majesty's Councils—and we regret that
he should hays found it 'necessary to do so in. consequence
of the unlucky blunder of Mr. Htissassox—it may be
truly said that he retired without a stain upon, hie
escutcheon. The lustre of his early reputation—of his
Academical honours and literary genins—has not been tar-
nished by ally thing like political meanness or 10000si8-
Utley, ...474 cSS Courier.