The Sun.
London, England, 1826-08-28 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTII, Atm. 26.--Letttrs have been received from
Malta of the 18th July, announcing the arrival of
,the Ariadne,
Captain Fitt-Clarence, in thirty days, from Spithead, last from
Gibraltar. The letters state, that Captain Gordon; who so greatly
distinguished himself in the command of the boats of the Sybille,
and Was repotted dead, is still alive, and it is hoped will recover ;
he was struck by three balls, two of which have passed through
him, injuring the spine, and one has lodged. This gallant officer
had received by the Ariadne the account of his having been made
Commander, three weeks, prior to this last action; by the Lords
of the Admiralty, for two services of a similar nature in 1824
and 1826. The Ariadne ,had landed the supply of Government
' silver which she brought from England. • •
The Fort William, Capt. Neish, a tine ship of 1,400 tons,
bound to Madras and Calcutta, put into this port'on Thursday
morning, with contrary winds. Yesterday the wind shifted to
' the East, and she sailed again, to make her passage through the
Needles. This evening she returned again to the Motherbank,
having lost two anchors end cables in Yarmouth Roads. Shebat
260 troops (detachments) on hoard for Calcutta...--Wind S.W.
blowing fresh.
Yesterday the Southworth transport,- Lieut. Sanders, agent,
Arrived from the Mauritius-.-sailed On the 18th of April; the Cape
of Good Hope,...sailed Sd ,June ; and St. Helena—sailed .21st
June.; having on board the last division of the 56th Regiment,
under the command of Major Barrington (who has been twenty-
two years on service in India), fifty Naval and Military, invalids,
and about one hundred tons of condemned naval stores., . As the
Southworth left the Mauritine with the halos, which , came
direct disinter end...arrived some tins ' ' ~ , there. le ..no, meal
m . news by her fro thatiolimac The S ' whewlts 18, Captain
Polkinghorne, arrived at the Cape of ' .iricsi Hops cra,ibs- 514*h of
May, from England, in 10 weeks. The Cyrenr, 18, Cas. Aim,
Campbell, tailed Mr Madras on the fetith 1 and the Hind, t t:)
Capt. Furneaux, on, the 28th of May, for Madras. The War-
spite, 74, Rear-Admiral Gage, and the Volafe,. 28, Hon. Capt,
Aunties, having refitted, were to sail for India about the 9th of
Juno. The Helicon, 10, Captain Acland, sailed from the Cape
on the 6th of May, to join Commodore Christian, at the Maui
ritius; The Samarang, .18,• Capt. Dunn, was to leave the Cape on,
the 11th June, for the same,destinatiou. It was understood thai
Commodore Christian was gone to withdraw the garrison front
the lilt of Mombase, a, poet which has been Some time held in
command by Lieutenant Emery, R.N., with a view to promote
the interception of .slave vestals tailing' from Madagascar, bist
which, by a went regulation, is oot now neeeseary. The South-
worth left at St. Helene the frees trailer George Rome, from Ben-
gal, liOnnitto Loudon, which ship intended to sail about the Hill
of Jima. The new Dutch frigate Java, the first national ship
built at that island, left St. llelena on the ed of June, for Hol-
land. The Southworth's passage was notch prolonged by having
had nothing;hut light F.. and N.li:., winds and calms during the
last two 'moths ; since the 10th of Juno, until her arrival in the
Charm), it had not been necessary to take a reef in the topsails.
Mr. Fuller, late Master of the Samaraug (he was succeeded by
Mr. Gulliver; late Second Master of the Waripite), and Mr.
Spread, Mate of the Warepite, came home iii the StinthwOrth.
The troops she brought are landed to, join to join the main body
of the regiment at Fort Cumberland. ,
It must be of importance to our Indian traders to know, that
the port charges at St. Helena have been entirely dune away ;
and that at that Island, its well as at Ascension, constant exertions
are used to raise supplies for our merchant shipping.—llanip-
, shire Telegraph.

A PPOI NTASZ NTS. --Lieutenants Smith and Snell to the Pelican;
Lieut. R. Connor, Coast Guard at Cork ; Lieut. F. Burton to
the Dispatch ; Lieuts.' Thomas Blake and John Keenan to the
Coast Guard ; Mr. S. 11. Prather°, has been prothoted. to the
rank, of Lieut. on the Jamaica station ; Mr. J. Ltickotrihof Purser,
Barham ; Mr. J. Martin, Purser, Pelona ; Mr. IL Ellis, Purer,
Carnelian; Mr. Jas. •King, Assistant Surgeon, Barham.
Capt. Vekenham, of the Harrier, has been promoted to the
rank, of Post. Captain.
His Majesty's ship Briton is ordered to be paid off at Woolwich,
for re-commissioning. .

Whew the Eclipse packets sailed front Hitt de Janeiro, on the
6th July, his Majesty's ships Wellesley, Thetis, and Doris, were,
lying there.
Mr. John M‘Farland, an Assistaut,Surgeon of the Navy, dis-:
appeared from the Junius brig, in which he was passenger, on the
.2d April, supposed to have jumped overboard.

CottrartTs.—the ORtIN anti InsToitir of the AGE
NEWSPAPER, with the names of its Projectors and Contri •
butora—Nobody writes for it, everybody denies it, somebody, SUS.
pected of it—A spy in its Camp—Reflectiona on the Duel at
Cowes---Glengisil, Linnot, Berkeley, Mike., Lowther, Croker,
Hook, Poole, Anson, and Gordon—Dinner to Macqueen—Mary-
borough Humanity—Warden of the Fleet—Debtors—Palmer-
ston's Speculotiono—Distress of the Country—. National 'Plan of
Relief—Paton and Pasta—Veatris and Stepliens—Brabarn, and
caradnri,—Sinclair and others. Office, Bride-court, BlackOirs.