The Sun.
London, England, 1828-03-29 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PLYMOUTH, MARCH 28.—The Britonsart, 10,
Commander H. Manners, having been suddenly
completed for foreign service, sailed on Saturday for
Oporto.
The Carron steam-vessel, Mr. Rowcs, master,
came in from Portsmouth late on Saturday evening,
on special service, and remains.
The Challenger, 28, Captain A. Fitzelarence, ex-
pected here for some days past to join this station,
has been despatched suddenly from Portsmouth for
Lisbon.

The Pike schooner came into Ilamoaze, on Sa-
turday, to be paid off.
The Supply naval transport arrived on Monday
from Milford. The Amphitrite transport sailed on
Monday for Portsmouth.
The Bengal Merchant conviet•ship, bound to New
South Wales, which put back on Friday, damaged,
sailed again on• Tuesday.
In Ifamoaze—Britannia, Alersey, Pylades, Me-
dina, Rinaldo, Royalist, Leveret, Reynard, Pike, and
Canon.
At the Island—Bramble.

In the Sound—Vigilant.
The Orestes sloop of var, lately re-commission-
ed at Portsmouth, has received such an excellent
character from her former Captain (Jones), in his
report to the Lord High Admiral, that his Royal
Highness has ordered another vessel like her to be
built in Portsmouth Yard, awl to be named the
Electra. There is one now building' at Milford
from the same draught, and another at one of the
Eastern Yards.

The Wasp, 18, Commander Dickenson, C.B. is
• expected to go out of Portsmouth harbour on Tues-
day. She is allowed by competent judges to be
manned with as fine a crew as ever met ; they con-
sist wholly of the flower of the Genoa's, Albion's,
and Rose's, ships' companies.
Mr. George W. Pritchett, son of Mr. Pritchett,
of this Victualling Office, having lately passed the
necessary examinat►ons wv►th great credit, has been
appointed Supernumerary Ass►stant Surgeon to the
Britannia flag-ship at this port.
Lieut. P. Brake (son of the gallant Sir P. V.
Broke, Bart. K.C.B) it appointed to the Asia. Mr.
William Hudson is appointed Master-Attendant at
Bermuda, vice Squire.
Lieutenant and Adjutant Robert Ford, of the
Royal Marines, is promoted to the rank of Captain,
unattached; Lieut. J. A. Phillips, to be Adjutant,
of the 'Woolwich Division, vice Ford; Sec. Lieuts.
Samuel Cox and Charles Clark, from the Plymouth
Division, to be First Lieuts., and Sec. Lieut. W.
Davis placed on the retired list.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

LIVERPOOL.

ISIARcit 27.—High water 36 min. past. eight o'clock,
E.N.E. Arrived here .I‘liss Douglas, Carrnthers.
from Greenock, with sundries ; Dolphin, (steamer,)
Sinithett, from Dublin, with the mail.

CLEARED OUTWARDS, MARCH 27.--City of 'Waterford,
Thomas, for Quebec; British Tar, Cothbertsen, fur Mira.
michi ; Crescent, Le Bouf, for New Brunswick ; Red-
breast, Brangreen, for Bay Chaleur ; Marchioness of
Queensberry, Davies, for New York ; St. Joseph, Barbato
for Genoa and Naples; London, Killip, for Islernan ;
Elizabeth, Codner, for Prince Edward's Island ; Inns,
Waterson, for Isleman ; Dorothy, Dearness, for Philadel-
phia ; Elizabeth, Hannah, for Ramsay ; Earl of Surrey,
Griffiths, for Douglas.

Telegraph Office, March 27.

Passed Holyhead yesterday, homewards, No. 619, Arab,
American ship, from Savannah; No. 421, Exchange,
American ship, from Mobile.
Poncr LYNAs, March 26th.—At 6a. m., 2 brigs, 3
galliots, 4 sloops off, outward-hound ; 2 pilot boats,
1 and 3, off Lynas ; 9. 30, pilot-boat, No. 7, off Lvnas ;
12, 1 galliot, 2 sloops off, outward bound ; 12. 40, 1 Fillip, I
brig, off Middle Manse, homeward bound. Wind South,
blowing fresh.
27th.-:—An American ship made No. 412, off Holy-
head, yesterday, homeward bound, supposed to be No. 421
Exchange. Wind South, light breeze; No. 626, James,
88, passed Holyhead yesterday, outward bound.

EAST INDIA.
The HOll. Company's ship Lowther Castle, Baker, from
China, has arrived off Dartmouth ; sailed from thence 19th
Nov. 1827, and St. Helena, Feb. 5.
Passm.calits.—Lieut. and Mrs. Carr, Crow Bengal;
from
Dr. Marden, from Bombay.
CHINA, Nov. Io.—The Guildford, Johnson, and the
Marquis of Hastings, Drake, were expected to be des-
, patched from China tin. London, Dec. I.
Sr. HELEICA.-Arrived the Strenshall, Dunning, from
the Mauritius, and sailed Feb. 1, for London.
ST. HELENA, FEB. 1.-Arrived the St. Helena, Fair-
fax, from the Cape, sailed the 17th January.
Ca rE,'Jarc. 1 I.—Arrived the Jessie, Boagg, from Bei,
roil%eam
ia:iy,kf,rwl.,)loLl koiiiiidl i(amm. ,
Jan.
Ag1:4115: Q}atihi sbea'lYlJai:asiliii,dYi o'ant h,
'ell'ilfirijiag'Bl:l;l,sl.'fro m ditto. Jan. 11, sailed
the La Durance, Laurcutia, for Cayenne ; the Arethusa,
Johnson, from London to Singapore. Nov. :30, Straits of
Bann ; the Mittel!, Metcalf, from London, Dec. 1, Straits
of Singapore.
Tile Madras, Beach, from London to the Cape, Ma-
dras, and Bengal, was spoken with on the 19th of Feb. in
lat. 3. 20. N. long. 2. 10. Ni%
Was pa- Madeira the
6th Feb. The passengers were all well, but Mr. Cambers,
the fourth officer, fell overboard, and could not be saved.
The Dunira, Hamilton, from- London to Bombay and
China, was spoken with on time 10th Jan. in lat. 4S. S. N.
long. 0. 20. W. by the Madras.
The Bambay. Hythe, and General Kyd, were to he
despatched from China on the 30th Nov. for London ; and
the Atlas, for the Cape and ditto, sth December.