The Sun.
London, England, 1828-03-31 00:00:00

NAVAL IN TELLICIENCE.

(From the Devonport Telegraph.)
D E VON PORT, MARCH 30.—The Antelope (tender to the
Ramifies), Lieut. Loveless, sailed on Sunday, to return to
the Downs, with volunteers for the Coast of Kent Blockade

service. •
His Royal Highness the Lord High Admiral has deter-
mined, i❑ order to facilitate business, that all vessels and
departments connected with the naval affairs of the realm
shall, in future, be placed under his immediate controul.
Mr. 'Arch. Murray, Purser of his Majesty's ship Asia, is
appointed ,Agent of Malta Hospital. Lieut. Walter Roby,
:to the Badger.
A reduc'tion kt, :Alen place in the Quarantine Depart-
tent•

'(:rom the Hampshire Telegraph.)
PORISMOUTII, Marton 29.—The Arab transport, .T.
llyett, agent, ed on Monday, from Falmouth, Ja-
.mtica ; :eft that port on the 4th February, and brought
home invalids and a few passengers. The last season had
been veay sickly in that colony, and the mortality among
ills troops unusually great; nearly 700 soldiers and 01
officers; including five of the medical staff, having fallen
victims to the fever. Those who escaped front the yellow
ti.ver, were visited with a rheumatic one, which the iuha-
bitants denominate the "broke wing, and which indicates
that the contagious fever has ceased ; with this, the Ad-
miral and General had been partially afflicted. it ;„
satisfaction, however, to learn, that te; the departure of the
Arab, health was restored to all the Europeans. The
Sneer crop had commenced, and a luxuriant harvest was
anticipated ; but the Coffee plantations yielded very short
of their usual supply. The merchants of Jamaica, at their
meeting on the 23d Jannary, determined that the freight
of Sugar to England should be reduced front ss. 611. to Ss.
'rhe only nom-of-war of the squadron which had suffered
from fever was the Magnificent, and her crew was fast re-
covering, having been sent to the Key, off Port Royal, for
(dotage of air. The passengers in. the Arab are, Lieu-
tenants Gurley, Dickenson, and Burnet, of the Navy ;
- Captain Alexander, 84th Regiment ; Lieut. Carlisle, 91st
2legimeut, and Assietant-Surgeon Wilson, R.N.
' The squadron in the West Indies was disposed as fol-
lows t—Barham; at Turk's Island ; Magnificent, Druid,
Valorous, Scylla (first for England), Union, and Nimble,
at Port Royal ; Bustard, at Chagres: Espiegle, at Caren.
;vita ; Ferret and Pickle, cruising ; Harlequin, at Port-
au-Prince ; Victor, at the Pahatnaa. The Nimble was
repairing damages which she had received in a severe action
with a slave brig of 14 guns, off the Bahama Bank. At
lie Leeward Islands there were the Aurora, Slaney,
Arachne, Fairy, Skipjack, and Monkey.
The Cordelia and Britotnart sloops of war, of 10 guns
c‘ach, have been sent to Oporto, to lie there for the better
protection of the British interests and property, during .the
present disturbed state of that country ; the first men-
tioned vessels passed the Isle of Wight from Sheerness, on
Tuesday last, and the latter had sailed on Saturday, from
Plymouth.
The Kangaroo surveying vessel, commanded by Mr. De
Mayne, arrived on Torsaay from the 'River, and will sail
in a few days for Jamaica. This Officer is entrusted with
the important duty of completing his valuable surveys of
the Florida Keys.
Letters have been received from the Coast of Africa,
which state that the Onyx, of 10 guns, Lieutenant Cole,
arrived at St. Mary's, in the river Gambia, on the llth
Feb. last. That settlement had severely suffered flora the
pestilence of the climate. The Onyx was to run down the
coast, and would. probably be employed in removing the
black troops front Cape Coast to' Sierra Leone. All the
squadron was with the. Commodore in the Bight of Behin ;
the Sybille, since the arrival on that station, had been
very successful in the re-capture of slaVes, baying sent into
Sierra Leone 813 slaves; her tender, thelllack Joke; -a
very tine brig, commanded by Lieut. W. Turner, lately
captured off the sGallinas a Spanish schooner, after a Chace
of 24 hours, with 155 slaves on board, wbiCh is con-
clan*. The squadron was very healthy.
The Echo, Government steam-vessel, a.; rived' on Thurs-
day from London, with a supply of astronomical and phi-
loaophical instruments, for the of 'Captain Foster, (Allis
Majesty's' ship Chanticleer, in his intended aurViys in the
Pacific Ocean'and Antarctic Sea.
-The' Briton,. 'l6, lion. Captain Gordon, sailed tide
morning for Plymouth, to wait ler•orders. This ship has
been surveyed during the week by Sir
,Robert Seppings.
Surveyor ,of the Navy, who, notwithstanding the opinion
before given of her -defects, by former surveys, has pro-
nounced her to be perfectly sea-worthy.
The Sapphire,-28, Captain Henry Dundas; will,suil to-
morrow fur Rio de Janeiro.
Ships at Spithead—Sapphire and Kangaroo. In the
Harbour—Victory, Asia, Blonde, Wasp, Badger, Chanti-
cleer, Icarus.
The Emperor of Russia, for their distinguished services
at .the battle of Navarin,- has conferred orders upon the
following officers (in addition to those we 'have already
named) :—The Order of St. Wladimir to 'Captain J. A.
Omrcanney, C.B. the Order of St. Anne, of the second
class, with the medal set with diamonds, to Captains G. V}.
Hamilton, C. 8., and Hotrourable J. A. • Maude, C.B.
and the same Order, with the 'plain medal, to the Right
Honourable Viscount Ingestrie, Cab., Hon. W. Anson,
C.”., Lewis Davis, C. 8., G. Martin, C. 8., and Rich.
Dickenson, C.B. ; and the Oider of St. Wladimir, of the
4th class, to Mr. Henry Codriugton.
Lieutenants Walter Tobyand Patrick Inglis are appointed
to the_ Badger; Lieut. T. N. Langford, to the Sapphire ;
Lieut. F. Coppin to the Dispatch ; Archibald Murray, Esq.
Purser, his Majesty's ship Asia, to be Agent of the Naval
Hospital at Malta.
Lieut. Thomas Mitchell (b) is appointed to the Adven-
ture Surveylng-vessel, on the South American station.
Lieut. Webb, to be Quartermaster of the. Chatham di-
vision of Royal Marines.

A dinner was given on Monday, the 24th instant, to
our amiable and respected late Lieutenant-Governor, by the
Officers of Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers, and of the
Line, composing this garrison and its dependencies. Every
Officer off duty, Vionging to the different brancl►es of the
service alluded to, attended upon this occasion, as well as
Colonel :Sir, Rich. Williams, commanding the Portsmouth
division of Ro; al Marines. Upwards of eighty individuals
(1,,.vn to a sumptuous entertainment, prov►ded by Mr.
Mat, at the Green Row Rooms. After his Majesty's
health and the usual toasts had been given, that of Ma-
jor-General Sir James Lyon was proposed by the Chair-
man (Colonel Phillott, of the Royal Artillery), and received
and drunk with the most enthusiastic applause. When
the sensation produced by this toast had in some degree
subsided, Sir James Lyon expressed himself in the follow-
ing terms:—
" Gentlemen—No words in my power to utter, can
adequately convey to you the feelings with which I ant
now oppressed, and I must entreat of you not to judge of
their strength by the weakness of the expressions I may
,use. This is, perhaps, the proudest, the happiest hour of
my life, since it bestows on me one of the most gratifying
rewards a soldier can receive—the distinguished and ho-
nourable test of your confidence and esteem.
" Gentlemen, I return you my most sincere and fervent
thanks, and I anxiously wish you to believe, that wherever
fate, or the chances of the service may hereafter call me, I
shall never cease to cherish in my remembrance the honour
you have done me.
" May these chances, Gentlemen, occasion us to meet
again; may tkey, at some future period, lead me to the
field, to share your dangers and your fame, and enable me
to evince.to you that I am not altogether unworthy of the
heartfelt, mark of your regard and consideration this day
conferred on me."

We cannot attempt to do justice to the feeling and ener-
getic Manner in which this speech wan delivered, nor to
the deep impression which it made upon every individual
in-the roan ; neither will our limits permit us to detail all
the occurrences of the evening. We must, however, add,
that.the whole of the proceenings.on this interesting occa-
sion, were conducted in a manner to reflect equal honour
on the assembled officers and upon trOeir distinguished
guest; nor was there an officer present who did not appear
to be actuated by the same feeling—namely, an earnest and
praiseworthy anxiety to express the sincerity of the esteem
with which Sir Jameslyon's conduct, whilst filling the
situation of Lieutenant-Governor of Portsmouth, had
im-
pressed them, and to evince, in the strongest and most un-
qualified manner, the.heartfelt and deep regret his rem-loyal
horn amongst them had given rise to, although that re-
moval had been occasioned by his appointment to an
portant command, conferred on him in the most gratifying
and flattering manner.
• Major-General Sir Colin Campbell,- ,E.C.13. is to sue-
Jcee4 to the command of the South West District, and to
the Lieutenant-Governorship of this Garrison ; Sir Colin
is to he succeeded in his government at Tobago, by Major-
General Militaryod oes.
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Secretary
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The WeSt'Sutfolk Regiment, will Proceed to
Chatham, on its return from Portugal, for the purpose of
being embarked for duty at sew'South WaleS. , •
The Lords of the Treasury have directed.that all vessels
and boats trading between the whole of the Northern.coast
'-i of the Isle 'of Wi„lht, extending from St. Helen's Point to
.the Needles, and the opposite ports, of Southampton and
Portsmouth, Shall be placed on the footing of vessels trad-
ing within :various places specially named in see. no of
GG. IV. c. !:757, 50 that nai.tead of being compelled, ma, ttt