The Sun.
London, England, 1828-04-28 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

(From the Devorport Telegraph.)
His Majesty's_ ship Mersey, '26, Captain A. B.
Branch; and the Lysa,, tender to the Spartiate, at.
Lisbon, in the command of Lieutenant Kingcombe
(promoted to the rank of Commander), sailed from
Falmouth on Friday last, with, a favourable 'breeze—
the Mersey for the West, Indies, and the Lyra to
return to the Tagus.
The fine, new frigate Leda, of 46 guns, was
launched. at Pembroke dock-yard on the .16th inst.
She went. off the • stocks in gallant style, and will
be-
.brought round to this yard to be docked and
coppered.• •
..Orders . came down on Wednesday for the
Windsor Castle, 74., to be docked and prepared
for recommissioning; also for the Vigilant ketch,
Lieutenant Meredith, to be paid off and surveyed,
with a. view, it is said, to her being again coin.
• The" Plumber brig, Lieutenant Medley, was left
all well at Sierra Leone, on the 9th February last.
The., Pembroke, 74, and Naiad, 46, are ordered
to be brought:forward for, commission at Portsmouth.
The Nightingale schooner, Lieut. E. Smith, (a)
returned on Thursday evening from a short cruise to
the Eastward, having spoken the ship Margaret, of
and for London, off the Start, early in the day, four
months from the Cape of Good Hope.
In Hamoaze7--13ritannia, Windsor Castle, Medina,
Pyliclei, 'Pike, Vigilant, Rinaldo, Frolic, Leveret,
and Reyfiard tender; At the Island—Nightingale:
Sound- Braittble.

Lieut. A. W: C. Capel:is appointed Flag Lieu-
tenant to .Sir Charles Paget; C. D. Hohiorthy to
be Agent of the Royal Hospital at Chatham; Ar-
chibald Murray, Esq. to be Agent'of Malta Hospi-
til ; Captain W. F. Martin, to the Samarang, ordered
torbe recommissioned at Woolwich.
(From the Hampshire Telegraph.)

PORTSMOUTH, APRIL e;.—Accounts from Hali-
fax to the 6th February, bring intelligence of the
Opening of the Colonian'louse of Assembly. It is
gratifying to understand, that in this Dependency, at
least, a good understanding exists between the Go-
vernor and its governed.' His Excellency Sir James.
Kempt stated; in his Address, that the Revenue of
the past year had been so productive as to enable
him to pay. off several thousand provincial notes, as
well as a fourth part of the Colonial Funded Debt ;
that the condition of the country, more particularly
the agricultural part of it, was considerably improved,.
and that the foreign commerce with the State was
greatly augmented. The fisheries, however, had not
flourished so well as usual. His ExcellencY strongly
urged the e-tablishment of 'schools—a point which
he regretted; had been neglected. congratulated
the Assembly upon the extension in all directions of
the canals, mining establishments, and roads. The
Council and House of Assembly, in their Address to
Sir James Kempt, expressed their thanks for his
communications, andpromised their utmost aid in the
furtherance of his Wishes.' _

The Briton, 46 guns, Hon. Captain Gordon, sailed
suddenly from. Plymouth on Tuesday, victualled for
four months to' cruise off the Island of Ascension
and the dape Verds, in search of;the 'Buenos
.Ayrean pirate, which' has lately , plundered tWo
British merchant ships.
On Sunday arrived the Melville, 74, Captain H.
Hill, from Dover, having there disembarked the 63d
Regiment' from Lisbon. She cameinto harbour on
Tuesday, and took up her moorings as one of the
guardships at this' port.
The Procris, 10, Commander the Hon. W. Walde-
grave, arrived on Monday, from the Eastward, and
sailed, on the following day for Lisbon. The Royalist,
tender, arrived from Plymouth on Friday, with
supernitmerary seamen for the Asia. On Monday,
the Starling and Arrow cutters sailed on a cruise.
The Asia, 84, Capt. Curzon, C. 8., Blonde, 46,
Capt. Edmund Lyons, and Chanticleer, surveying
vessel, Captain.-Foster, went out of harbour on
Monday. The Blonde will sail to the Mediterra-
nean, and the Chanticleer on her scientific voyage
to-morrow.; The Asia is. to be • paid on Monday,
and will proceed to the Mediterranean as soon after
as the wind will.permit.
The. Hecla's tender, Albatross, which has under-
gone some refitments, went out of harbour this
morning. The Hecla will sail to-morrow for the
coast of Africa.

The Meteor, steam-vessel, is ordered to repair to
Cork, to be placed under the orders of the Com-
mander-in-Chief, Rear-Admiral. the Hon. Sir Chas.
Paget.
Ships at Spithead—Asia, Blonde, Hecht, Chanti-
eleer, Royalist, and Albatross tender. In harbour
—Victory, Melville, Icarus. 0,
The Woodford convict-ship, under the charge of
Mr. W. Petre, surgeon, has taken on board. from
the hulks in this harbour, 184 convicted felons for
transportation to Van Diemen's Land.
The Amity transport, Lieut. W. Lester, has pro-
ceeded to Dover, to take on board a Company of
the Staff Corps for duty in .Upper Canada. She
will touch here for recruits for the regiments in that
Colony and in Nova Scotia.
•• The Cern Brea Castle, Capt. T. Davey, passed
this port on Monday, for the River.. She left lien-
gal, 29th December. On the 19th ult. on the Libe,
she spoke the Rising Star, Captain Gillies, bound
to Bombay, and on the Ist April, the brig Paddy,
from Greenock, bound to Demerara. At St.
Helena, on the 9th March, were lying the Duke of
Lancaster and Royal George.
The Grecian, of London, Smith, from Bengal; to
the Mauritius, was dismasted to the Southward; of
Madras, during a severe gale on the sthi and had
put into Trincomalee on • the 14th Dec. for a tem-
porary refit ; and on the 9th January, the Malabar,
with the loss of mast and rudder
Monday arrived from London and remain, the
Lonach, Noakes, for Bengal; Capt. Cook, Willis,
for Bombay; Woodford, for New South Wales ;
and Roniulus, Cox, for Honduras. ' •
This morning arrived off the Wight, for London,
the Hen. Company's ship Buckinghamshire, from
China; left 10th December, and St. Helena the llth
Match. The passengers by her are—John Priine;
Esq. President of Singapore; P. Y.-Lindsay, Esq..
and lady, Bengal Civil:Service - Miss E. Abbott;
Crawford M'Leod, Esq.; IL T:Goode, Esq.; -and
Lieut. H. Mortimer, Hon. Company's Madras Ar-
tillery. • . • ~
.Extract of a letter dated Lisbon, April 11..—"4
'few 'nights ago my Commander, myself, and cutter's
Crew, narrowly escaped 'being'murdered by the in
habitants of Passo do Arcos.' -We had 'landed' the
Countess and, it raining very hard, we took
shelter in an old
house. Whilst in this situation,
die people, who are rank Corcundas, and detest the,
English, said,' let us make a beginning, and kill
these few.' They went up to get'weapons to per-
petrate their inuideroUs purpose, when we retreated,
got into our boat, and shoved off. We were quite
unarmed."

Wednesday (St. George's. Day) being appointed
for the celebration of his Majesty's Birth-day, wai.
observed here with every demonstration of loyalty
and attachment. The Standard of 'England iva,
hoisted at all the public buildings, the Church, on
board the flag-ship, &c. At twelVe o'clock the
troops. in the garrison were drawn up on the ram-
tiatts'i.and fired aim de f °lc; and at one o'clock the
men-of-war at Spithead, and in the harbour,
fired a
royal'salute in honour of the day. The Commander-
in-Chief, Admiral the Honourable Sir Robert Stop-
ford, K.C.11., Commissioner the Hon. Sir George
Grey, Bart., the Commandant of the Garrison, and
the Corporation of the Borough, gave dinners on the
occasion. In the evening there was a. Ball, at the
Green Row 'Rooms, which was numerously and
fashionably attended.
The London Papers state, that it is reported that
the Finance Committee ii'about to recommend the.
reductiOn, if not the abolition, of, that distinguished
body of men, the Royal Marine Corps. This is at,.
idle rumour—,a more efficient corps, or one maifr
mined with stricter economy, .cannot be formed...l-n
The expence of qte Staff of - their , present force;
8,000 meii, does not aCeed that of four Regiment-

of the Line. We know also that the utility of aug-
menting this,force has been urged on the Committee
with the view to their gurrisoning wholly the Naval
Arsenals ; .a reduction to be made in proportion in
the. Household Troops- and heavy Dragoon Regi-
'tents.

The Steam-boats at this port have commenced
ranning,for the season, and afford, -communication
twice a week to.Havre and Paris, and three times a-
week to Plymouth and Falmouth. Those for Fratiee
are so, conducted, pbs4 pissengers from the Land's
End hive TIO,OCOSIOR,t9 till they reach Rouen;
in Norntandy.,„That,biantiful vessel, the Duke of
Yorki-for Lisbon, Gihraltar, Madeira, aAct Tcperiffe,
sailed-this morning with forty, passengers, ,abiong
'whom,,is the Baron de Meuril, Ambiksa.dor from
France to the -Court of:44n; who,prefers this
modtVof conveyance to thiit,hy hind through France
and Spain.- 1, ,• ; - -
The Societrof,,Arts have bestowed their large
Silver Medal upon Commander William T. Hood,.
of his Majesty's ship. Hyperion, for his method of
constructing a floating bridge, from the materials to
be found on, board all ships of war and vessels gene.
rally. This is the third Medal 'he has received from
the Sooiety: of the twb former Medals, one was the
gold and the other the silver one. -