The Sun.
London, England, 1829-05-16 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PLYMOUTH, MAY Is.—The Antelope tender,
Lieut. Loveless, came in late on Friday evening from
the Ramillies in the Down.: and from Portsmouth,
to raise men for the Blockade Service.

His Majesty's sloop Badger, 10, Commander R.
F. Rowley, w•a expected to pail from Falmouth on
Saturday with mails for Halifax.

His Majesty's brig Leveret, Lieut. Worth, sailed
from Falmouth, Saturday, 9th, with the mails for
Barbadoes, St. Vincent's, Guadaloupe, Jamaica, and
Cart hagena.

His Majesty's ship Warspite, 76, Rear-Admiral
Baker, C.B. Capt. W. H. Sheireff, sailed on Thurs-
day forenoon, with a fresh breeze from the North-
ward and Westward, for the South American
station; and the Ariadne, 28, Capt. T. Marryatt,
C.B. anchored in the Sound on Thursday, from a
cruise, and sailed again on-Tuesday.
Extract of a letter from Halifax, dated the 12th
of April, 1829 :—" The Myrtle packet brig, was
wrecked on the 3d, at midnight, on the Rugged
Islands, about 75 miles from this place. She passed
between two reefs, the touching on either of which
would have destroyed her instantly, and ran on the
Beach, where she filled so rapidly that Sir Charles
Ogle's dispatches were lost in the Lieutenant's
cabin. Sison's letter attributes it to a North
West current." They did not see land before she
struck.

The Admiralty have promoted Lieut. Downes, of
the Sybille, to the rank of Commander, for his
gallant conduct in capturing the Amarante pirate, on
the coast of Africa. The two senior Midshipmen
of the Black Joke tender, are also made tender Lieu-
tenants for the same affair.

PRomoTtoNs.—Mr. Edward Banks, of the Echo,
to the rank of Lieutenant; Mr. Joseph Martin Mot-
tley, of the Sybille, to be Lieutenant of the North
Star, rice Blyth, away in a prize and supposed to
be lost ; Mr. Mends, of the Falcon, to be Lieutenant
of the Maidstone.

APPOINTMENTS.--Commander Pole, to the Maid-
stone; Commander Colpoys, to the Falcon; Lieut.
John Adams (b), and Mr. W. Brodie, Master,
(1814) to the Ramilies. Mr. H. Hodder (182.5)
to be miter of the Alligator; Mr. John Little, late
of the Clio, to the Sparrowha wk.

Messrs. Hopkins arid Lewin are appointed Second
Lieutenants of the Portsmouth Division of Royal
Marines, the former to be attached to the Artillery
brigade.—Second Lieut. Priest, from the Marine
Artillery, is appointed to this division.

Captain Owens, and Mr. J. P. Luckraft, Master,
are appointed to H.M.S. Blossom, going to com-
plete the survey of the West Indies.

His Majesty's ship Frolic arrived at Jamaica from
Falmouth 22d March, and sailed 24th for Cartha-
gena. The Rinaldo arrived at Halifax from Fal-
mouth 12th April and sailed 13th for Bermuda.
The Britannia, Hall, and Kitty, Haswell, from
this port, arrived at Cadiz Bth April. The Lady
Peel, Ashley, from this port, for Riga, passed Elsi-
neur 26th April. The Laura, Rush, from this port
for Boston, was spoken with on the 26th April, in
lat. 48. N. long.
His Majesty's ketch Vigilant, 10, Lieut. Chas.
Jones (a) sailed on Wednesday morning for Pal
mouth, for the purpose, we understand, of taking
out a mail if necessary.
Hamoaze—Britannia, Kent, Zebra, Britomart,
Bramble, Antelope, Hope, Emulous, and the Me-
teor Steamer.
In the Sound—Pallas.