The Sun.
London, England, 1829-03-09 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PLYMOUTH, MARCH 7.—The Pallas, 42, Capt. Fitz'
I clarence, arrived at Plymouth yesterday se'nnight, from
cruising Terceira. From the treatment encountered
from the inhabitants of this island in one or two instance*
by the officers and seamen of this nation, may be fairly
inferred the feeling of animosity they have engendered
towards us, arising from our interference in obstructing the
landing there of the Portuguese emigrants. Capt. Fitz-
clarence had escaped narrowly with his life in a scuffle ori•
ginating in the boat's crew of the Pallas landing for water, to
prevent their obtaining which a guard was called out, which
attacked the crew. Captain Fitzclarence was slightly
wounded in the back, breast, and head, and, for protec-
tion, was compelled to push off to the Shannon, 46, Capt.
Clement, his own frigate lying farther out. A midship-
man of the Shannon had also been roughly treated, who
had landed with some official communications to our con-
sul. The Shannon had been nearly wrecked while at an-
chor there, from a sudden shift of wind, which drove her
close under the cliffs. By slipping her chain cable and
anchor, she fortunately was enabled to stand out of dan-
ger, and proceed to the West Indies. She left behind herr
however, several officers (passengers) who were on shore.
The Druid, 46, Captain Sandom, was to leave Jamaica,
for the Spanish Main on the 16th of January, and having
then taken on board what specie and cochineal might be
ready to be embarked, she would proceed to the Havannah
and Nassau on her return to England. She may be ev
pected in the early part of May. Captain Branch, of bin;
Majesty's ship Mersey, had invalided ; the appointmenti,
consequent upon which were Captain Courtenay, :of the.
Magnificent, to the Mersey; Commander Crawford, of the
Grasshopper, to the Magnificent; and Commander Deare,
who proceeded to that station on paying off the Ferret at,
this:port, to the Grasshopper. A Court Martial had been
held at Port Royal, on the officers and crew of the Kanga-
roo, for the loss of that surveying vessel, on the Hog
Sties ; the result of which was the dismissal from the ser- •
vice of Mr. Anthony de Mayne, the master.
There were no less than 38 men-of-war at Malta, oe
the 27th of January. There were 15 English, six French
and 17 Russian pendants. 'the Asia, Windsor Castle,
Spartiate, Revenge, Blonde, Rattlesnake, Cameleon, and
two bombs, were to sail in'ttvo days for Naples. The
Ocean was to proceed to Smyrna. The palace for-
merly occupied by Buonaparte was about to be con-
verted into an hospital, at the estimated cost of 20,000/.
The Russian line of battle-ship Grand Michael had
joined her consorts, in 58 days from the British
Channel ; but in such a miserable plight, that it was
presumed she must be sent back to the Baltic. The Azar,
84, with Count Heyden on board, was nearly lost off
Ceregotto, on the 3d of January, and arrived at Malls
nearly dismantled. The French troops in the More.a were
again sick, and it was reported at 2Egina that strong sus-
picious were intertained of the fidelity of Capo distria to
the cause he had apparently so warmly espoused.
The Onyx, 10, sailed yesterday for Plymouth. To-
day arrived the Arrow cutter from a .cruise, and sailed
again.

Poomcrrrows.—Commanders R." H. Manners, of the
Britomart, George Haye, of the Raleigh, and WiUiam.
Fletcher, to the rank of Captain; Lieutenant E. .r•
Johnson, to the rank of Commander, and to command
the Britomart, of 10 guns: Mr. Win. Edmonstone, Un-
daunted, and Mr. Allen, Warspite, to the rank of Lieu-
tenant.

APPOINTMENTS.-Captain P. Fisher, to the Southamp-
ton ; Lieutenant Joseph Pearce, Lieutenant John Hall (b),
S. N. Inglis, G. H. P. White, Rev. C. Handy, Mr. W.
White (2) Master, of the Gloucester, to the Melville ; Mr.
John Charles Folds, Supernumerary Assistant• Surgeon to
the Royal Naval Hospital at Plymouth ; Lieutenant Moore,
of the Rinaldo packet brig, has resigned the command of
that vessel at Falmouth.

The Tartar revenue cutter captured the sloop Eclipse, or.
Yarmouth, in the Isle of Wight, off the Needles, on Sun-
day last, with 150 tubs of smuggled spirits on board, and
a crew of four men and a boy.
The Atlas, Company's ship, for Bombay and China, hav-
ing repaired her damages, went out of harbour this morn-
ing, and sailed immediately.
The Waterloo has arrived here this week, to take on
board male convict! from the hulks at this port. One hun-.
dred and eighty will be embarked on Monday.

On Friday night last the house of Messrs
Kesteven, of York-street, Covent-garden, who are exten-
sively engaged in the cloth and silk business, was entered
by means of the adjoining house, which is empty, and pro-
perty to a considerable amount carried off. It appeared
that the thieves obtained admission to the adjoining pre-
mises through the street-door by means of a false key, and
proceeding to the kitchen broke a hole through the wall,
which is of considerable thickness, and thus effected an
entrance to the kitchen of Messrs. Kesteven. They then
proceeded up stairs to the counting-house, and forced open
an iron chest, in which the bills and cash belonging to the
firm are usually deposited. Fortunately, however, not
more than about 50/. in bank. notes and sovereigns were
deposited in the chest at the time. With this sum the
thieves made free, and afterwards went up stairs, where
they packed up some articles of plate of no great value.
They then rummaged the ware-rooms, and selected about
2001. worth of valuable silks for waistcoating, of the
newest and most fashionable patterns, and, thus laden,
they bad the hardihood to effect their retreat, not as they
came, through the adjoining house, but through the prig
vete entrance of Messrs. Kesteven's. Information grae
given of the robbery at the Public-offiee, Bow-street, at
an early hour on Saturday morning, and one of the principal
officers of that establishment has taken the affair in hand.

STATE OF TRADE.—This week there has
been an increased export demand for yarns, and prices
have in consequence been fully maintained. Owing to the
recent decline in cotton-wool, the spinners are now doing
rather better than they were during the winter month*
inasmuch as the value of yarn has not fallen by any means
so much as the raw material. In some kinds of both
mule and water twist, indeed, prices are fully as high
when cotton was V. or Id. per lb. more than the prawns
rates. In these descriptions, therefore, the difference 111
favour of the spinner is equal to the above amount, and
lie is in consequence in so much better a situation than he
was. At the same time there is reason to believe that
this difference is only a diminution of his loss; for present
,
prices
are, even where most in favour of the spinner, with
very trifling exceptions, too low to leave any profit. The
fine spinners are in a very depressed state, and, with
respect to them, there are yet no symptoms of improve"
meat ; the demand for fine numbers being in every market
exceedingly dull. We have to notice also some increase of
business in goods, and in some sorts of power-loom clog?!
at rather better prices. Still, however, prime arg IMO
depressed. The increased demand is far from general---
many kinds of goods are as depressed as ever; and such is
the disinclination of buyers to take any thing for which
they have not immediate need, that great sacrifices must
be submitted to in order to effect sales of such goods as
are not in present demand. The complaints respecting
the difficulty and irregularity of payments continue. In
this respect no favoum able change whatever has hitherto
shewn itself. Since our last there have been some. further
failures at Glasgow announced. Wo believe, however,
that they have no connexion with this town. There have
been also two or three other failures, but not of much
consequence. One of a printing house in Staffordshire,
we understand, owes something for cloth in this town Ant
neighbourhood. It is not, however, very piteivain
Manchester Gazette.

HORRIBLF CHARGE.--On Saturday a gen'
tleman, resident in Dublin, but whose name, through re-,
spect for the wounded feelings of a parent, and fur those
of a respectable family, we abstain from giving, appeared
at College-street Police-office, to tender information against
his son, for obtaining, through false pretences, sonic pro-
perty belonging to the complainant, and which had by him
been consigned to the care of a friend for convenience of
keeping. While preferring his charge, some language of
an;ry recrimination was interchanged. between the parties;
when the father reproached the son with bayiils
disinterred from' its grave the body "gf.. hiq own
brother, and disposed of it to a surgeon for
Money, to enable htm to gratify his evil propensities. On
hearing this frightful accusation, thus wrung from the..
lips of an agonised parent, a general thrill of horror seemed
to pervade all those present, and in which the unfortunate
object against whom it was directed also seemed to,parti-
oipate, denying in the most positive terms that he was
guilty of such unnatural conduct. On, however, some
persons present expressing a doubt as to the possibi-
lity of any individual being so dead to the feelings of
nature or fraternal affection, as to be capable of such an
outrage on humanity, the father turned to them, ;hook
his head, and observed with a melancholy expression
of countenance, and in a voice almost choked with agita-
tion, that what he had stated was unfortunately but too
true, and that if he were not restrained by a feeling of de-
licacy towards the surgeon who had purchased the
,b(>4
of his deceased child, and whose name he did not care ;to
expose, he could establish the fact beyond all poaibility of
doubt. The informations having been sworn, the prisoner
was committed to abide his trial for the misdemeanour..--•
Waterford Chronicle.