The Sun.
London, England, 1828-08-23 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PLYMOUTH', AUG. 21.—Lieut. Charles Hotham
(First of the Meteor bomb-vessels) is appointed to
the rank of Commander.

Commander C. E. W. Boyel is appointed to the
Cordelia, vice Capt. G. W. St. J. Mildmay, pro-
moted to Post rank. Hon. Lieut. Edward Gore, to
the rank of Commander; Messrs. John Saunderson,
W. C. Nowell, John Barrett, George Goldsmith,
F. P. Blackwood, H. T. Harris, Midshipmen and
Mates of the Royal Sovereign yacht, to the rank of
Lieutenant. Lieut. NV. J. Cole, :now in command
of his Majesty's ship Onyx, promoted to the rank of
Commander.

The Hon. Wm. Waldegrave, Commander of the
Procris, is promoted to the rank of Captain; and
Commander C. H. Paget is appointed to that vessel.
Lieut. George Wood has taken the command of
the Nightingale schooner, vice Smith.
The Pyramus, 42, Capt. G. IL Sartorius ; and
the Galatea, 42, Capt. Sir Charles Sullivan, Bart.,
arrived on Sunday forenoon from Lisbon ; having
left the Tagus on the Bth of August, and the former
ship brings the Countess D'Alva and family, as pas-
sengers. These ships spoke the Duke of York,
steam-vessel, on Friday,
.off the Lizard.

The Galatea frigate sailed yesterday aftei noon for
Spithead, where, it is understood, she will receive
on board Lord Strangford, who is about to proceed
on an important embassy to his Imperial Majesty
Don Pedro of Brazil.

The Goldfinch packet-brig, Lieut. Walkie, came
up from Falmouth on Sunday evening to be new
coppered ; the Basilisk cutter, 10, Lieut. J. Chim-
ley, during Sunday night from the squadron off
Scilly, which she left at five o'clock on Friday,
having carried away her topmast; she sailed again
on Tuesday for Falmouth, on her way to rejoin the
squadron off Scilly.
The Procris, 10, the Hon. Commander Wralde-
grave, came in on Sunday, from Sheerness, on her
way to Cork.—Commander C. H. Paget took the
command of the Procris on Tuesday.
By the Basilisk we learn, that in consequence of
the Prince Regent hiving cleaned her bottom in
Torbay, she has recently beaten the Britannia, both
large and on a bowline ; though the latter entertains
c. hope that, by restoring the stowage of one of her
holds, which was altered in Torbay, she will move
her lost superiority,
The Russian ship of war, Czar Constantine, 74,
Commodore Butakoff, was taken in tow on Monday
afternoon, by the Brunswick steamer, and towed
into Hamoaze, for the purpose of getting out her
xn4inrpast, damaged in the recent gales of Scilly.
His Majesty's ship Samarang is expected at this
port, from the River, on her way to the Mediterra-
nean.

Ifis Majesty's ship Ferret has arrived at Jamaica
from Cuba. The Menai arrived at Lima sth April,
and sailed 9th for Valparaiso. The Isis arrived at
Vorley 3d July. The Rinaldo arrived at :Nome',
from Falmouth, 28th June, and at Jamaica, 30th of
June. The Forte arrived at Rio de Janeiro from
Monte Video 7th June, and the Ganges from St.
Catherines, 11th June. The Redpnle sailed from
Rio de Janeiro for Monte Video Bth June.

The Pereeval, Letbaby, of and from this port for
St. John, was spoken with 4th inst. in lat. 50, 30.,
long. 13. 30. The Solace, Ccosi, of this port, sailed
from J.;,verpool for Terceira 13th inst. The En-
chantress, Parrington, of this port, arrived at Graves-
end from St. Petersburg!' 17th inst.

In consequence of the unpropitious state of
the harvest, I'ead has risen in this town to 9id. the guar-
tern loaf,POreet Chrolikle.