The Sun.
London, England, 1828-04-22 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

(From the Devonport Telegraph.)
His Majesty's brig Lyra, 10, arrived at Falmouth
ox Thursday, in six days from Lisbon, bringing des-
patches from stir Ambassador.
The Windsor Castle, 74, Captain King, is ex-
pected hourly at this port, from Portsmouth, and we
understand that orders have been received to take her
direct into Hanioaze, that she may be prepared for
being paid off.
The Bramble, cutter, 10, Lieutenant W. H.
Haswell, sailed on Thursday for Falmouth, to take
the Mails to Jamaica and Mexico, should the Sky-
lark packet not be ready to proceed on that service
at the time appointed.
His Majesq s sloop Wasp, ]B, Commander R.
Dickenson, C. 8., on her way to the Mediterranean,
put in here on Tuesday, in consequence of the strong
contrary winds: she sailed yesterday, and the Mer-
sey got into Falmouth from a similar cause.
In Hamoaze—Britannia, Pylades, Medina, Ri-
naldo, Pike Royalist, Reyaard, Leveret.
Sound—Briton.

During the temporary absence of our Port Ad-
miral, the command at this port has devolved on
Captain Edward Hawker, of the Britannia, who has
in consequence hoisted a blue broad pendant at the
main of that ship.

APrOlNTAlENTS.—Lieutenants John Blissinglev
and James Gordon (b); Mr. J. B. Prissick, Master;
Mr. R. Nile'', Surgeon; Mr. J. M'Master, Assistant•
surgeon ; and Mr. W. H. Bond, Purser, to the
Pearl ; Commander F. E. Seymour to the Preven-
tive Service on the Coast of Suffolk ; Lieut. J.
Lindsay, to the Stork revenue cutter.

The Pomona of London, from Portsmouth to
Waterford, has been recently seized by the Collector
of the latter port, with 1,600 half bales of concealed
tobacco on board, and the crew committed to gaol.
Directioni have .been received from his Royal
Highness the Lord High Admiral, to have a school
formed iR the Ordinary at this port, for 7the instruc-
tion of such of the shipkeepers children of the Or-
dinary as are desirous of availing themselves of this
'mode of instruction, which will be carried on in the
church ship of the Ordinary, under the Chaplain,
assisted by a youth from the head school of Green-
wich, who, with the pay and provisions of a sea-
man, will also officiate as Clerk at the performance
of Divine Service.

LIGHT HOUSE, oN CALDY ISLAND.—The Trinity
Board has now fully determined to build a Light-
house on Caldy Island near Tenby, for which pre-
parations are commenced. The site is selected, and
arrangements made for the supply of stones, &c.
The accomplishment of this object has long been
wished for, and will prove of eminent utility to
vessels entering the bay.
It is reported that the Post-office packets, to.
;ether with the TortoLie, their depot, will be remov-
ed from Milford to Hobb's Point, near Pembroke
dock, as soon as a road of three miles, and a sea-
wall for the landing of carriages, horses, &c. are
completed.
(From the Hampshire Telegraph.)

PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 19.—0 n Sunday the Vit-
toria, Loyalist, and Hope transports, with the re-
mainder of the horses belonging to the 'Staff of our
army lately employed in Portugal, and on Tuesday
the Lord Cochrane transport, Lieutenant Jeffreson,
Agent, and Neva, Lieut. Adamson, Agent, with the
remaining companies of the 4th Regiment of Infantry,
and the commissariat Department, arrived from
Lisbon. They left the Tagus on the 6th instant.
Nothing had transpired politically, since the de-
parture of the line-of battle ships Which conveyed
the troops to England ; the aspect of affairs still
remained in the same unsettled state. The 4th has
since been embarked in the Amphitrite, Lieutenant
Ward, Agent, and proceeded to Leith, to perform
duty in the Castle of Edinburgh.
The Melville, 74, Captain Hill, disembarked the
63d Regiment at Dover, on Monday, and is expected
hourly at Spithead. The Gloucester, 74, Captain
J. S. Horton, and Windsor Castle, 74, Captain E.
D. King, having disembarked the two battalions of
Guards, from Lisbon, have proceeded, the former
to Sheerness and the latter to Plymouth, to resume
their station as guard-ships at those respective ports.
Extract from a letter, dated his Majesty's ship
Aurora, Barbadoes, March 7 :—" We have just
arrived from a cruize round the island, with the Lord
Bishop and his lady, who have been on board about
five weeks. His Lordship has now visited all parts
of his diocese. All the islands to windward are
very healthy. We expect to be in England in
about four months."

The Onyx, 10 guns, Lieut. Cole, arrived at Sierra
Leone on the 21st February, and was to proceed
to Cape Coast, and from thence to England.
The Asia, 84, Capt. Curzon, C. 8., and Blonde,
46, Capt. E. Lyons, will go out of harbOur on
Monday, and will sail to the Mediterranean the latter
end of the ensuing week.
The Chanticleer, surveying vessel, Commander
H. Foster, will proceed to her destination in a few
days. She is fitted for a scientific voyage. She
will touch at Falmouth, Madeira, Teneriffe, and
Cape de Verd, to ascertain their respective longi-
tudes; then proceed to Rio Janeiro, and Rio de la
Plata, to complete her stores and provisions, and
afterwards sail south. She will remain some time
at Staten Island and Cape Horn, to make observa-
tions on the vibration of the pendulum, and finally
proceed to New South Shetland, for the purpose of
correctly ascertaining its extent and position, as
well as to make observations on the pendulum in
that latitude. She will return to the Cape of Good
Hope for a re-supply of provisions. She is well
found and equipped, and the comfort of the officers
and men has been as much consulted, as the size
and construction of the vessel (a ten-gun brig) will
admit of. Her complement, including officers and
men, is 65, and she is victualled for seven months.
The Badger, 10, Commander Crowdy, sailed on
Thmrsday for Oporto, and the Arrow catter, Lieut.
Brooking, on a cruise. The Vigilant ketch, Lieut.
Meredith, arrived this morning, with supernumerary
seamen, from Plymouth, and returned to that port
this evening. At Spithead, the Hecla. In the
harbour, the Victory, Asia, Blonde, Chanticleer,
Icarus.
Lieut. Brunswick Popham, Flag-Lieutenant to
Sir E. Codrington, is promoted to the rank of
Commander, and appointed to the Zebra, vice Com-
mander Cotton, deceased. Mr. Henry William
Crawford, to be Lieutenant, and to act as Flag. Mr.
C. 0. Davies, to be purser of the Pearl.

The Bolton, Clarkson, from Bombay, after land-
ing her passengers, passed by the Isle of Wight on
Wednesday, for the River: The Thincess Charlotte
of Wales and Minerva were to sail from Sanger on
the 10th January, and the Thomas Grenville, on
the 3d of February, for England. The Marquis of
Wellington, Duke of Lancaster, Almoran, and War-
ren Hastings, were at Calcutta on 13th Dec.
The Pembroke, 74, and Naiad, 46, arc ordered
to be brought forward for commission.
The Eagle revenue cutter, Lieutenant St. Quin-
tin, captured on the night of the 9th inst. off the
Shambles, the French smuggling sloop La Provi7
dence, having during the chase cast away her cargo,
and brought her into Weymouth. The tubs have
ti_{c,:p t
since drifted off the rocks near Kemeridge, and were
picked up by the Preventive crew there. On the
16th inst. the Eagle's boat had the good fortune to
save the lives of Captain Cook, of the bark High-
bury, and three of her crew, who were upset in a
comingi‘,boliaxtonandSo.
tiounith
Kent East Indiamen.]
Orders have been received at this Dock-yard to
make an estimate of the value of all naval stores in
that establishment. Portland
Pier,
vir Roads,ey mo us between._ theain
Cook, it may be recollected, saved the crew of the

A STATE STOPPED• PAYMENT I.—Tli6 Le-
gislature of Maryland adjourned without passing any appro-
priation bills, or providing any means for the payment of
the salaries of the officers of Government, and meeting the
demands of other just claimants. The two houses differed
about a General Assessment Fill.—American Paper.