The Sun.
London, England, 1829-08-17 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCg.

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'PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 1.7,--=-1--Ms majesty's ship
28, Captain' the Hon. Henry Bong, at,
rived on Monday froM the East Indies. She left
Trincomalee on the 30th of April, the Cape on the
15th,of June (having remained five days in gimon's
Buvl, fit. I ielena the 26th of June, and Ascension
on the Rd of July. When ti eAßainbOw left Trin-
comalee, Admiral Gaga was lyingi there, with the
Java, Crocodile, and Cochin (termer). The Pan-
dora was cruising to the Eastward. The Satellite
was expected at Madras in July, on her return from
New Holland, the Success having gone down to re-
lieve her. The Cruizer had not arrived. His Ma-
jesty's ship Hind had been sold at Bombay for
23,500 rupees, and the ollicerN and ship's company
turned over to the Andromeda, fi rieW teak 44-gun
frigate, expected to be ready for sea on the 15th of
June. The completing of the 80-gun ship, Cal-
cutta, building, had been suspended, owing to the
death of her superintendent, Mr. Polleifen, and she
was to be housed over as soon as the raiov season
set in. The acting Chief Justice, Sir J. Grant,
had closed the Supreme Court at Bombay, owing
to the differences Wit having been adjusted between
himself and the Governor, coiLlegitently all public
trials were postponed sine die. Lieutenant-Colonel
Bird, of his Majesty's 16th-Regiment, and Cap.
tail; Dawson, of the Engineers, died at Colombo
in March, the former from cholera, and the lat-
ter owing to dysentery, brought on by exposure
to the weather, when employed in surveying
Adam's Bridge, where it is in the contempla-
tion of the Ceylon Government to improve the
navigation for coasting vessels, by blasting through
a reef of rocks. At present vessels are obliged,
to land their cargoes, to cross a bar of six feet. The

pearl fishery at Aripo had been let for 40,0001. this
season, but had been subsequently abandoned,
owing to fever and great mortality among the natives
engaged in it. The utmost tranquillity prevailed
throughout India, and the squadron was healthy.
At the Cape his Majesty's ship Comet left Simon's
Bay for India, on the 13th of June ; the bark Sir
Edward Lootnbe, homeward-bound from Bombay,
on the 14th; and his Majesty's ship Espoir, on the
15th,• to cruise off St. Helena and Ascension, in
search of a pirate which had been seen in that
quarter. Commodore Schomberg, in his Majesty's
ship Maidstone, with the Falcon, were about to
sail for the Mauritius, to relieve the Jaseur, leaving
the Tweed, Lord Henry Churchill, in Simon's Bay.
The Challenger and Sulphur had both gone to Swan
River; but not any information had been received
from them, or from the French squadron which had
preceded them on the West Coast of Australia.—
The. Company's ship Maitland, with part of the 47th
Regiment, and the BarOssa, from Calcutta, were at
St. Helena : the latter sailed in company with the
Rainbow. The transport Henry Porcher, Lieut.
Binstead, Royal Navy, was lying in Ascension
Roads, and was to sail on the 25th ult. with Lieut.
Bandritt, of the Royal Engineers (who by that
time would have completed the survey of the
island), and Captain Suckling, invalided from
his Majesty's ship Medina. The' garrison at As-
cension were on short allowance of water, having to
supply tholransport with twelve tons. Two tanks
were building about four miles and a half distant
from the landing-place, upon which immense exer-
tions and labour had been bestowed by the present
Governor and garrison. Every drop of water at
'present is brought down a mountain road of seven
Miles, on the backs of mules and donkeys. The
Rainbow, on her voyage, fell in with the bark Caro-
line, outward-bound, in lat. 1 45 N. long. 23 6 W.,
and with a brig in lat. 42 47 N. long. 31 48 W., with
her foremast and bowsprit standing, stripped of her
rigging. and water-logged. She appeared to be
American built, and about 180 tons.

The Rainbow has visited every pert in India,
New Zealand, Timor, Batavia, arid has twice gone
down to. New Holland. She left Van Dieman's.
Land on the 11th of November, crossed the Line in

178 deg. east, touched at Guam (Ladrones), on the
25th of December, Manilla on the 10th of January,
came down the hina Sea to Singapore, Penang,
Madras, Trincomalee, Colombo; refitted at Bombay
the btgitming of April; returned to Trincomalee;
-aii(tribrii thence-home—toying run a diStence of
27,479 miles in the last nine months, and 81,617
miles since she left this port, on the 30th of No-
vember, 1825, the longest distance on record. The
passengers by her are from India are—Lieutenants
Philips and Crosbie, R.N., and Lieutenant the Hon.
H. Keppel, from the Cape. She came into har-
bour on Wednesday, to be paid off.
Letters from his Majesty's ship Madagascar, 46,
Captain the Honourable Robert Spencer, dated
Zante, July 21st, have been received. Capt. Spencer
had been much indisposed, but was recovered.
The Briton, 46, Hon. Captain Gordon, M.P.
dropped down to Cowes on Monday, came back to
Spithead on Thursday, and yesterday returned to
Cowes Roads.

It is expected the Hyacinth, 18, at Plymouth,
will be speedily brought forward for commission.
The Fox, 46 guns, and the Rapid and Recruit,
each of 10 guns, will be launched from this Dock-
yard, on Monday.

The Champion, 18 guns, Captain Scott, was at
Sierra Leone on the 18th of May ; the Eden bad
been also there, but left on the 21st, on a short
cruise, her crew being very sickly. The Champion,
after leaving Colonel Nichols at Fernando Po, would
proceed to her station, Halifax.

The Prince of Baden (son of the Grand Duke)
has this week visited the port, and been received
with the customary honours. His Highness went
on board the Victory,. and disembarked from her
under Royal salutes, and inspected the Dock-yard.
Apartments have been this week engaged at the
George Inn, in this town; by the Marquis de Bar-
bacena and the Comte Chretien Samsoe, for the re-
.ception of the Empress of Brazils (who is on her
way hither), and the young Queen of Portugal,
who will repair to this port from Laleham, on the
arrival of her Royal Step-mother, to hold an inter-
view with her prior to the Empress leaving Europe
to join her Royal Consort at Rio de Janeiro.
Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir Henry Blackwood,
Bart., K.C.8., Commander-in-Chief at the Nore,
hoisted his flag this afternoon on board the Mel-
ville, 74, Captain Schomberg, preparatory to his
sitting as a member at the Court Martial, which is
expected to commence on Thursday or Friday next,
on Capt. R. Dickinson, C.B. Rear-Admiral the
Hon. Sir C. Paget, K.C.8., is on his passage to
this port for the same purpose, in the -Pearl, 20,
Capt. Blake. Several witnesses have also arrived,
among whom are Commissioner Rose, the Hon.
Captain Maude, Captains Baynes, Curzon, Drake,
and Robinson; Admiral Sir E. Codrington, and
Capt. J. A. Ommanney, will also be in attendance.

The Committee of Naval Officers, consisting of
Vice-Admiral Sir Lawrence Halsted, K.C.B.
(Chairman), Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Hardy,
K.C.8., Commodore J. C. White (William and
Mary yacht), Capt. Brace, C. 8., Capt. William
Parker, C.B. (Prince Regent yacht), and Captain
Hayes, C. 8., appointed to arrange the present
rigging warrants, &c., met in a room appropriated
for their reception, at the building, in this Dock-
yard, designed for the Students of Naval Architec-
ture, on Tuesday, where they have since continued
their sittings daily.
The Depot of the Ist Battalion of the Rifle Bri-
gade embarked from this Garrison, on Tuesday, on
board the Amphitrite transport, Lieut. Ward, agent,
for Dover. The Amphitrite, after landing them,
will return to this port. The Depot of the 90th
Regiment marched into the Garrison on Monday
from Fort Cumberland, to occupy the quarters va-
cated by the Depot of the Rifles.
The Cornet steam-vessel arrived on Sunday from
Plymouth, and returned on the following day.
. On Friday last, the Gun-room Officers of his Ma-
jesty's ship Victory gave a dinner to the Officers of
his Brazilian Majesty's ship Imperatriz, on which
occasion they presented Commander Houghton
(late First Lieutenant of the Victory) with an ele-
gant snuff4box, as a mttrk- of their esteem towar4s

•im R. 4 an Officer and a gentleman. The petty Of-
iieers likewise presented bitn with a pair of epau-
lettes, as a testimony of t!eir rospeet.
The shi; Ala+-qui:: of .1.,0,,cf,,,v!te passed by a few
days sinev, for. fhe four Van Diemen's Land,
which place sh.- rio tl:e .31st Mare!'. Mr. Be-
tinine; Mr. amf Airs. J.Z.;:mers, Dr, E. Bromley, R.N.
roe ss Walkinshaw, Pitcairn, Pargotis) and Mrs.
Connor, came passengers in her. She spoke the
brig Sunbury, from Li?erpnol to. Batavia, on the
27th of June; and on the 17th July, the brig
Jathes, from Rio Janeiro to Guernseyl and the

same day the
~!I'..qp Warrens, from Otaheite to Lou-

don; with two htindreti tthis of oil on hoard, with
which she kept company till Irle. 19th, when falling
in with a shoal of whales, the Warrena began to
strike some of them.
The Helen, Round, which sailed from the Mau-
ritius Bth February for Madagascar and Cape of
Good Hope ; and the Courier, Reed, which sailed
from Zutte Bth February, for London, have not since
been heard of. The Yeter Charmer, Captain Wagg,
from the Bay of Chaleur, for Liverpool, was totally
lost off Cape Canso 28th June—crew saved. The
ship Perseverance] Brown, from Liverpool to Cal-
cutta, was totally lost on the ,light of the 28th
February, o❑ Narsitpoor Point; her crew and cargo,
to the value of ninety thousand rupees, were saved
by the brig Coring() Seetaram.
The Juliana, Tarim, for Calcutta, is at Spithead,
embarking her passengers.
The ship Sarah, which arrived on Thrtraday from
the River, has this afternoon taken on board two
hundred male convicts from the hulks in our har-
bour, for Sydney; they are under the superin-
tendence of Mr. Alexander Osborne, surgeon, with
a guard of the 63d regiment. Four other ships are
now fitting in the River for the same destination,
Government having determined on sending out this
year at least 4,000 of these delinquents. The ship
Surry, Kemp, sailed from Spithead, for Van Die-
man Land, on Monday last, with 109 of them on
board, under the charge of Dr. Henry Gordon
Brock, R.N.

On Wednesday sailed the George, Lang, for
Jamaica; and yesterday the Wanstead, Friend, for
the Swan River, with nearly 200 set'lers, and a full
cargo of necessaries and agricultural implements.
Passed by on Wednesday, the Maria, from the
Mauritius; on Thursday the Granada, Wilson, for
London, from St. Vincent's, in 41 days ; and the
Aberton, Percival, from Calcutta, on the 25th of
March, and St. Helena, 16th of June; also the
Flinn, Phillipson, from the Cape of Good Hope.
Yesterday passed by the Sir Thomas Munro, from
Malta, on the 13th of February; and to-day the
Alchymist, Stevens, from Sierra Leone, for London
in 51 days.

His Grace the Duke of Bedford passed through
this morning on his way to his marine residence at
Ryde, Isle of Wight.
The Marquis of Douro, eldest son of his Grace
the Duke of Wellington, has this week joined the
depot of the 60th Regiment (of which he is a
Captain) jn this garrison.

Lord narborough, in his Dutch lugger De Emetge,
passed through Spithead this morning, for Cowes,
DEVONPORT, AUG. 15.—0 n Monday last Ad-
miral Earl Northesk, attended by the Flag-Lieu-
tenant, embarked in the Meteor steamer, Lieutenant
W. H. Symons, and proceeded on a visit of inspec-
tion to Falmouth, Milford, and other western parts
within his command. The Meteor arrived at Fal-
mouth on Monday, where the Admiral inspected
the different departments of the packet station, ac-
companied by Captain King. The next morning
the Meteor proceeded to Mount's Bay.
The Marlborough packet arrived at Falmouth on
Thursday from Lisbon, which she left on the 26th
ult., when all bore the resemblance of tranquillity in
that capital, though there was no disposition on the
part of the Government to relax its persecution of
the Constitutionalists.

His Danish Majesty's brig of war St. Thomas
(16), left this port for Copenhagen on Saturday.
The Fancy cutter has been broken up, and Lieut.
Grady is appointed to the Harpy cutter.
Remain in Hamoaze—Britannia, Kent, Trinculo,
Lightning, Vigilant, Reynard, Swallow, and Eclipse.
In the Sound—Lord Wm. Bentinck transport.
Lieut. James Rusden (1807) is placed on the
out-pension list of Greenwich, vice Lieut. Gyon,
promoted.
Lieut. Thomas Bebis (1806), of the Prince Re-
gent, 120, is appointed to the rank of Commander.
We understand that Lieut. Robert Loney (1812).
is appointed to command the Vigilant ketch, vice
Jones.

The following Midshipmen were found qualified
for Lieutenants on examination at the Royal Naval
College on Tuesday and Wednesday last :—Wm.
Scott, Samuel Powell, W. R. Payne, R. J. Hughes,
John M'Clintock Clive, Wm. George Haydon,
Hon. F. T. Pelham, Thomas Carpenter, Alexander
Baring, John B. Massie, W. R. Suckling, J. A.
Shears, W. Austin, Thomas Stephens, George
Cartwright, Wm. Rowlett.

The young Queen of PORTUGAL, attended
by the ladies and gentlemen in her suite, left her residence
at Laleham yesterday, and proceeded to the residence of
the Duke and Duchess of CLARENCE, in Bushy-park, to
pay a visit to their Royal Highnesses.

The Duke of SUSSEX was present at the din-
ner party given by the Duke and Duchess of CLARENCE
on Thursday, at their residence in Bushy-park, to cele-
brate the birth-day of the Royal Duchess. The trades-
people of their Royal Highnesses diced together at Hamp-
ton and Teddington, to commemorate the event. Both
parties were presented with venison fur the entertainment
by the Duke of CLARENCE.
The Duke and Duchess of CLARENCE came
to town on Saturday morning from their residence in
Bushy-park. The Princess SoentA visited the Duke and
Duchess, and was accompanied by the Duchess on her re-
turn to her apartments in the King's Palace, Kensington.
The Duke of CLARENCE left town about four o'clock, and
called at the King's Palace, Kensington, for the Duchess,
and then returned to Bushy. In the evening his Royal
Highness presided at the annual dinner given by the
Clarence Club at the Toy, at Hampton-court.
The Duke and Duchess of CUMBERLAND,
accompanied by Prince GEORGE, attended by the Countess
of SenurearmActr and the rest of their suite, arrived in
town on Saturday afternoon, from a visit to his MAJESTY
at the Royal Lodge, in Windsor Park. The Duke,
Duchess, and Prince GEORGE attended divine service yes-
terday morning in the Royal German Chapel
.(the Chapel
Royal being at present under repair.) The service was
performed by the Rev. Dr. KUPER. In the afternoon
their Royal Highnesses took an airing in an open carriage
in the Regent's-park, and also promenaded in the walks of
the enclosure in St. James's-park. The Duchess paid a
visit to the Marchioness of STAFFORD. The Prussian
Minister, the Earl and Countess GOWER, and Count
MuNsrEit, had interviews with the Royal Duchess yester-
day, at her residence in the King's Palace, St. James's.
The Duke of GLOUCESTER arrived in town
on Saturday from Cheltenham. His Royal Highness ho-
noured the performance of the Sister of Charity, and
other pieces, at the English Opera-house, in the evening.
His Royal Highness was, in the course of the evening, re-
cognized by the audience, and was loudly cheered. " God
save the King" was called for, and after some delay, was
sung by the performers, Miss CAWSE singing the solo : the
verse parts were sung by Messrs. TIIORNE and WOOD and
Miss H. C.,twsE, chorused by the whole of the dramatis
persona. The Duke of GLOUCESTER paid a visit yester-
day to the Duchess of CUMBERLAND, at her residence in
St. James's Palace.

The Marquis of' HERTFORD gave a grand
ball and supper on Friday night, at his villa, Regent's-
park. There were nearly 200 fashionables present. All
the rooms were thrown open ; and the dancing (in the
grand Eastern saloon) commenced early, and ended at three
o'clock. Mr. WZIPPERT'S band attended.

We are happy to know that the Portuguese
question will now be speedily set at rest. There can be
little doubt but that in a very short time, we might almost
say a few days, the Court of France will send a Minister to
the King of PORTUGAL. Should this be the case, Eng-
land will follow the example, and we should rather sup-
pose Lord SraANGroan will proceed to Lisbon early in
Septe►Rlier._John Bull.