The Sun.
London, England, 1827-11-05 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, Nov., --On Thursday his Ma-
jesty's Colonial yacht, the Forte, arrived from St.
John's, Newfoundland, after a boisterous passage
of twenty days, with his Excellency Sir Thomas
Cochrane, Governor of that island. The Hon.
Chief Justice Tucker was appointed to the admi-
nistration of the Government during the temporary
absence of the Governor. His Excellency, just
previous to his leaving, visited the Southern and
Western parts of the island. We are assured by
the Newfoundland Public Ledger, that during the
two years Sir Thomas Cochrane has taken upon hin.
the Government of the Colony (the oldest of th(
British Empire) under his auspices, Newfoundland
(hitherto considered barren and sterile); is 'soot
likely to becoMe a great agricultural country ; that
scarcely had he set .his foot on the shores, when
the plough and every other implement of
dryhusban•
were put in requisition ; and, by the force of hi,
he so,stimulated others, that now are seen
on
the band, corn fields springing up, as if by
magic, in in the place of woods and forests. His li-
beral enlightened policy had equally extended to
tbelxeargainp everyfilicsheries, the business of the Chamber of Com-
merce, and to whatever promised to conduce to the
interests of the island generally. A public dinner was
given at the Commercial Hotel on the 10th of Oc-
tober, to the Governor (on the occasion of his de-
parture for the winter season), at which one hundred
and ten of the principal inhabitants were present. We
understand that the Cod Fishery, this season,
has been but moderately successful, on the whole,
but much better than last year; and the weather
having been very favourable for curing the fish, there
will be a larger proportion of the better quality to
send to market. The Seal Fishery has been re-
markably productive, there having been upwards of
300 sail of schooners employed in the last spring,
and between 350 and 400,000 seals taken, yielding,
on the average, about one tun of oil to every 85
seals. From the. spirit of enterprise which prevails
in this particular branch of the fishery, it bids fair to
become an inexhaustible source of advantage to those
concerned in this adventurous employment. The
sickness that had prevailed at St. John's during the
summer season was diminished. It was almost en-
tirely confined to the lower class of people, whose
extreme poverty would not adMit of their procuring
the common necessaries oflife—and hence the sick-
ness and disease which become so prevalent.

The Briton frigate, Capt. Hon. William Gordon,
had touched at St. John's, landed the Veteran Batta-
lion, and had gone on to Quebec, with Commissioner
Barrie. . The Orestes, Contest, and Manly, had left
St. John's, for Halifax and Bermuda.

On Wednesday the Tyne, 28, Capt. J. K. White ;
Sapphire, 28, Capt. Henry Dundas ; and the Chal-
lenger, 28, Capt. Joseph Harrison, acting, sailed on
an experimental cruise. They will call at Plymouth
for orders when the cruise is terminated. The Tyne
will be joined at that port by the Acorn, 18, Capt.
Charles Gordon; Columbine, 18, Capt. William
Symonds ; and the Coromandel—the latter having
400 convicts on board, who are to be employed on
the public works carrying on at Bermuda. The
Tyne,_, Acorn, and Columbine, are to be attached to
the North American station.

The Alert, 18, Capt. Burgess, is under orders for
the South American station ; the Primrose, 18,
Capt. Crriffenhoofe, for the Coast of Africa station;
the Wolf, 18, Capt. George Hayes, for the Medi-
terranean ; and the Satellite, 18, Capt. J. M. Laws,
for the East Indies: The Sapphire, it is under-
stood, will go to Leith.

On Thursday, the Galatea frigate, Captain Sir
Charles Sullivan, Bart., sailed for the' Tagus, with
150 seamen for the ships lying there, and despatches
for Sir William A'Court, the Ambassador at .Lis-
bon. The Galatea will return to Spithead.
On Monday, • the Russian brigs of war, Ohta,
Revel, Yserdie, and Achilles; sailed for the Mediter-
ranean, to join the squadron under Rear-Admiral
Count Hayden.
The hired ship Ann and Amelia (700 tons), is to
be fitted at Deptford as an hospital ship to the fleet
in the Mediterranean. Lieutenant H. Hopkins is
appointed agent in her. She will call here to em-
bark a detachment of the 28th-regiment, for Malta. -
On Monday arrived the Onyx, 'lO, Lieut. W. J.
Cole, from Chatham, and came into harbour. Sailed
the Myrtle packet, 10, Lieut. Bison, for Falmouth.
Sailed the Arrow, Lieut. Brooking; and the Star-
ling, Lieutenant Moffatt, on a cruise. Remain at
Spithead—Wolf, Alert, Satellite, Acorn, Primrose,
and Coromandel. , • •

On Wednesday the Depot,of the-27th Regiment
(about.3oo men)-.embarked .in the Arab transport,
Lieutenant Joseph.Hyett, Agent, and sailed :for,
Guernsey.. The Arab , will take the depot of the
64th Regiment .from Guernsey to Cork, detach-
ments of Regiments from Cork to Jamaica, and re,
turn home with military and naval invalids.
One hundred and thirty convicts have been put
on board the ship Marmion, from the hulks at this
place for Van. Diemen's Land.

On Tuesday arrived the Reliance, Hays, for Cal-
cutta, and came into harbour, to undergo a trifling
alteration in her rudder head. Yesterday arrived
the Lalla Rookh, M'Calluns, for Madras and Penang,
to embark passengers, and will sail on Monday. •
Commander Hall (of Stonehouse) is appointed
ComMander of the Coast Guard Service at Cromer,
Norfolk ; Lieutenants Butler, to the Orestes, vice
Webber ; John Ross, to the Acorn ; Richard Roe
iVietherell and J. Robinson, to the Britomart ; Lieu-
tenant H. Hyett, to be Agent of Transports in .the
Arab, vibe Basden, resigned; Mr. H. Davy, to be
Master of the Victor ; Dr. Liddell, Surgeon of the
Asia, to be Surgeon of the Malta Hospital, vice J.
Allen, Esq., superannuated.—Hampshirc Telegraph.
The Linnet cutter, Lieut. DenhaM, is or-
tiered to accompany the Shamrock, on a survey of
the coast of France, but is not attached as a tender
to that ship.

His Majesty's ship Valorous, commanded by the
Earl of Huntingdon, having on board the late Con-
sul-General of Vera Cruz, Mr. Mackenzie, sailed
from Jamaica on the 13th'day of September, for the
Gulph of Mexico, Havannah, New York, and Eng.
land.

The Nimble, revenue cutter, has captured and
carried Min Exmouth, a smuggling boat, with 135
casks of spirits on board, and a crew, consisting of
two Frenchmen, and three men belonging to Beer, in
this county.

On the Btli inst. Lieut. Richards, of the Os-
niington Coast Guard, crept up two rafts (166 casks)
of Foreign Spirits of Brandy.
Ihe men on the preventive service have lately
been very successful in securing smuggled spirits in
Mount's-. Bay. A short time since they crept up
78, and on Saturday last 88 tubs of foreign spirits.
In Hamoaze—Britannia, Ocean, Windsor Castle,
Linnet, and Antelope.
At the Island—Bittern, Royalist, Nightingale,
i
and Bramble.
APPOINTMENTS.—Commander C. Crole to the
Columbine ; Commander W. Symonds, of the Co-
lumbine, to be Commander of the William and
Mary yacht, under the command of Commodore
White, at Woolwich. Mr. John Halket, of the
Challenger, is promoted to the rank of Lieutenant,
and appointed to that ship. Mr. John S. Ferriter,
Purser,
is appointed to the Britomart, fitting at
Portsmouth ; Lieut. Eyton to the Wolf. Mr. G.
Hunter, a reduced quarterman of Portsmouth Dock-
yard, to he Master Shipwright at Jamaica, vice
Burdwood, deceased. _ _

Mr. C. it liol-;;;;thy, of the Admiralty, is ap-
pointed Agent of the Royal Naval Hospital at Malta,
vice Alves.

Mr. Burney, gunner of the San Josef, the inventor
of a plan for throwing Congreve rockets from guns,
is appointed to the Britannia. •
His Majesty the King of the Netherlands has
transmitted to his Vice-Consul, Edward Chatterton,
Esq. at Rye, a large gold medal, to be presented to
Lieutenant Joseph Clarke, of the Coast Blockade,
stationed near Beachy Head, for his brave and hu-
mane conduct towards the crew of the ship Johanna,
wrecked last winter near that dangerous promontory.
—Devonport Telegraph.