The Sun.
London, England, 1829-11-16 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PoRTSmOUTII, NOV. 14.—The Raleigh, 18, Com-
mander Sir William Dickson, Baronet, arrived on
Thursday from the Mediterranean. She left Vice-
Admiral Sir Pulteney Malcolm with the strength
of his fleet in the harbour of Bisika on the 20th
September. Sir Pulteney had only just heard of
the cessation of hostilities between Russia and the
Porte. The Raleigh on her way down called at
Malta and Gibraltar. From the latter fortress she
sailed on the Ist instant, leaving there the Dart-
mouth frigate. When the Raleigh quitted the com-
bined squadron, the united force consisted of six
English, two French, and seven Russian sail of the
line; three English, two French, two Ruasian, one
Dutch, and one Austrian frigate ; two English, two
French, and two Russian sloops of war, and one
English bomb. The Russian fleet was anchored in
mid-channel between Tenedos wall the Main, while
in shore abreast of them was the English fleet. Up
to this period no intimation had been given of the
return of the Russian fleet to the Baltic; cillse-
quently, as the movements of the Bsitisli squadron
will depend on those of the Russian, no idea was
entertained of Sir Pulteney diminishing his force,
by.sending back to England any of the men-of-war,
by which his power was strengthened under cir-
cumstances apparently less auspicious to the tran-
quillity of Europe, than those that have subse-
quently transpired. Various rumours prevailed
among the squadron ; it was considered by some
that the Russians would winter at Poros ; if so our
ships will remain out; by others that they would
winter at Toulon, the defective state of the squadron
being such as to render hazardous a homeWarsl-
bound voyage in the winter season. Another ru-
mour circulated was, that immediately on the ratifi-
cation of the Treaty, the Russian squadron would
quit the Mediterranean for England, under the
escort of a British squadron, to insure the safety of
their crews, in the event of accident in crossing the
Bay of Biscay. Our officers have well traversed
and surveyed the plains, with Homer in their hands,
arid that ancient' bard is now as well read in that
quarter, as Hamilton Moore or Inman. The Ra-
leigh is ordered to Woolwich to be paid off, and
will sail to-morrow.
We have accounts from Malta to the 21st of Oc-
tober (fourteen days subsequent to the sailing thence
of the Raleigh), at which date the Britannia,
Ocean, Melville, Spartiate, and Madagascar, were
lying there. The Gloucester had proceeded to the
Archipelago; the other ships named were waiting
the return of the Weazle sloop-of-war, which had
been despatched to the Vice-Admiral for orders.
By information received over-land since the Ra-
leigh left the fleet, we find that the Russian fleet
has quitted its station off the Dardanelles. On its
departure, the Russian Admiral, Count Heyden,
caused his ships to hoist the Turkish, French, and
English colours, and saluted with 21 gulls. The
English fleet then did the same, and quitted the
neighbourhood, leaving only six vessels of war. On
the 29th September the French squadron quitted
the Archipelago. On the 7th October Admiral Sir
Pulteney Malcolm returned to the Dardanelles on a
brig, with a cutter in company, went up the canal
to Constantinople, and on the following day had the
unusual honour of a private audience with the Grand
Seignior, to which he was introduced by our Am-
bassador, the Hon. Robert Gordon. The Sultan
was remarkably affable and cheerful. Trade had
begun to revive at the Turkish capital. IN fifteen
days 117 ships had arrived from the Mediterranean,
50 of which had gone to the Black Sea : 76 of
these were Austrian and Sardinian, and 32 were
English.
The Blossom surveying ship, Captain Owen,
was at Madeira on the Ist of October; the Light-
ning, 18 guns, Captain Dickinson, was there on the
following day, and the Ariadne, 28 guns, Captain
Marryatt, there on the 12th of the same month.--
The Cadmus sloop-of-war and Thetis frigate were
at Buenos Ayres on the 10th of September. The
Shannon frigate, Captain Clement; arid the Victor,
18 guns, Captain Keane, were at the Havannah on
the Ist of September.
A letter has been received in this town from his
Majesty's ship Sybille, on the coast of Africa, dated
the 12th of August, which states that a fever had
begun to afflict that ship, and had carried off six
marines, 34 seamen, and the Captain's steward.
The Herald yacht, Captain Maxwell, put into
Plymouth last week, on her voyage from this port
for Carthagena, in consequence of the severe illness
of Mrs. Turner, the lady of his Majesty's Envoy to
Colombia (who is going out in the Herald), and
will remain there until Mrs. Turner is sufficiently re-
covered to proceed.
The Britomart, 10, Commander Johnson, is or-
dered to the Western Islands, to take out W. H.
Read, Esq., Consul-General of those Islands.
'The Ganges, 84, Captain Hayes, C. 8., and the
Pembroke, 74, were taken out of dock yesterday.
The Edinburgh, for repair, will, on Monday, occupy
that vacated by the former, and the Sultan the
dock out of which the Pembroke was taken. The
Amphitrite frigate will be taken out of dock on
Monday, and the Bull Dog will be brought in to be
broken up.
The Raven and Starling cutters arrived at Ply-
mouth on Friday, from Milford. These vessels
were built in Pembroke dock-yard, on a peculiar
construction, arid are intended to be fitted as tenders.

The Delaford, freight-ship, came into harbour on
Thursday, from Deptford, and this morning were
embarked in her detachments for Corfu, of the 18th,
51st, 90th, and 95th Regiments.
The Neva transport, from Deptford, came into
harbour this morning, to take on board detachments
of the 7th Fusileers, 85th Regiment, and 2d Bat-
talion of the Rifle Brigade, to join the service com-
panies of their respective regiments at Malta : and a
detachment of the 43d Regiment to join the service
companies of that corps at Gibraltar. They will be
embarked on Monday.
The Sylvia cutter arrived on Sunday, and the
Snipe cutter on Monday from a cruise. The Sylvia
sailed again on Tuesday. The Hightlyer, tender to
the Hyperion, sailed yesterday for Newhaven.
PROMOTIONS.-Mr. W. Mitchell, of the Isis, to
be Lieutenant of the Samarang. Mr. R. B Wat-
son, late acting Lieutenant of the Menai, to ke
Lieutenant.

His Majesty's ship Rapid, 10, Commander C.
H. Swinburne, launched at this dock-yard in Sep-
tember last, is expected to sail for the Mediter-
ranean in a few days. She has been fitted with
carronade slides, on the plan invented by the Hon.
Captain Elliot, of his Majesty's ship Victory, by
which the guns can be trained at a greater angle
than hitherto.

It is said that his Majesty's ship Impregnable,
104,, at Plymouth, is to be immediately put in
commission.

APPOINTMENTS.—Capt. G. W. Hamilton, Lieut.
George Caswell, John Bazely, Wm. O'Bryen Hoare,
and W. H. Hall; Mr. Benjamin Jennings, Purser,
and Mr. Patrick Martin, Assistant-Surgeon, from
Haslar Hospital, are appointed to the Druid, fitting
at Plymouth, Lieut. W. P. Green, of the Astrwa,
is appointed to the Frolic; Lieutenant Robert
Paley, to the 4strpa, vice Green; Lieutenant Ed-
mund Norcott, is appointed to the Trineulo ; Mr.
J. R. Lilburn is promoted to the rank of Lieutenant,
and appointed to the Wellesley.
The Gillmore, in which vesFel Mr. Than as

Peel and suite embarked for the new settlement at
Swan River, arrived off Madeira on the 25th of

August.

Lieutenant Jacob Siver, Resident Lieutenant
of the Royal Hospital at Haslar, is about to retire.
Thirty-three outward-bound ships have sailed
from this port within the last two days.
The following is an extract of a letter, dated on
board his Majesty's ship Asia, off the Dardanelles,
Sept. 18th, and received on Thursday last, per the
Raleigh :—" I received your last by the Favourite,
on the sth of September : she was 31 days from
Engler-IJ. The fleet here consists of ILI sail of the
line, six frigates, four sloops, and three brigs. Of

these, six sail of the line, two frigates, and three
sloops, are English—the rest are Russians. The
Treaty of Peace between the Turks and Russians
was signed in the early part of last week, the Rus-
sians having taken Enos, and garrisoned it with
10,000 troops, and marched beyond Adrianople, to
within 40 or 50 miles of Constantinople. The
signing of the Treaty was announced to us by the
Admiral's sending a note on the quarter-deck. By
the terms of the Treaty, the Russians are to have
the free passage of the Dardanelles (which they had
not before), and are to keep the provinces of
Wallachia and Moldavia until the payment of
7,000,0001. sterling by the Turks, for the expences
of the war. It is thought impossible for the Turks
to pay so much money, and that, therefore, the Rus-
sians will still gain a great extension of territory by
the treaty. In one of the papers you sent me there
was a paragraph respecting the Mary schooner,
which was detained off the Dardanelles. We hap-
pened to be there one day with the squadron of
five sail of the line, and the his was sent in to re-
quest the Russian Admiral to let the Mary pass,
which he immediately did. When we were cruising
,between Mitylene and Scio, we exercised in the se-.
Veral manoeuvres, arid had a sham fight, the effect
of which was very fine. To-morrow we go to
Troy. It is expected that the extra squadron will
shortly be withdrawn, and as the Asia's time is
just up, she will probably be one of the ships to
go home,"
By a letter from Smyrna dated October 3d, we
learn that his Majesty's ship Revenge, 76, Captain
N. Thompson, had arrived there, arid that Captain
Thompson had for the present taken the command
of the station. The raising of the blockade of the
Dardanelles had been officially announced by a
letter from Sir P. Malcolm, to the British Consul
at Smyrna.

The Officers of the French surveying expedition
on the coast of Brazil, under the direction of Baron
Roussin, having completed the survey of that coast
as far Smith as the Island of St: Catherine, are di-
rected to extend their survey to the mouth of the
river Flute, by which the whole of that coast will
be completed.

An order was received on Friday last in his Ma-
jesty's Dock-yard at this port, from-the Lords Com-
missioners of the Admiralty, to fit his Majesty's
ship Ganges, 84, Captain John Haynes, with a new-
improved pump-dale on the plan of Sir Robert Sep-
pings. The pump-dales in use in the Royal Navy
until a very late period, have been constructed with
wood, and have, front their situation, been found
extremely inconvenient, leading from the pump
across the quarter-deck, offering a great obstruction
to the moving of the guns, and blocking up the free
passage of the deck. Captain Phillips, R.N., has
already improved upon this plan, by placing the
pump-dales underneath the beams supporting the
deck, by which the above inconvenience has been
remedied. Sir R. Seppittgs has, however, effected
a further improvement in the pump-dale, the parti-
culars of which we hope to be able to state in a fu-
ture paper. His Majesty's ship Asia, on going to
the Mediterranean, was fitted on this plan, by way
of experiment, and in consequence of the favour-
able report made by Sir E. Codrington, who had,
in the battle of Navarin, an opportunity of giving
it the best possible trial, it was ordered to be
adopted in his Majesty's ships Hastings, Warspite,
and Melville. The two former were fitted accord-

ingly, but'the pump-dale for the latter was not in
readiness when she sailed. It is, however, now
ready to be fitted on the first opportunity.
The Committee of Naval Officers appointed to
revise the rigging warrant, closed their sittings in
his Majesty's Dock-yard on Saturday last. Among
other contemplated improvements which have been
submitted for their approval, is a new method of
fitting the cat-blocks of anchors. The improve-
ment consists in the attachment of a swivel-11(30k to

the cat-block (instead of the fixed hook, hitherto in
use), by which the inconvenience that frequently
arises from the twisting of the rope is effectually
prevented.

On Monday evening last, at a quarter past seven
o'clock, Brown, a shipwright, one of the rounders
that night, whose duty it was to see that all was
safe, was going his rounds, when he observed thick
volumes of smoke to issue from the roof of the
whitesmith's shop, and In a few seconds the flames
burst forth through the roof. He immediately.gave
the alarm, when Mr. Radcliffe attended, and with
some assistance succeeded in battering open the
doors, when they discovered the whole place in
flames. The Marine Guard, commanded by Capt.
D. Campbell, had by this time arrived, as also 100
convicts from the Leviathan convict hulk. The
engines were brought to play with great expedition,
and, from' the plentiful supply of water, the fire
was completely got under by eight o'clock, before
many of the officers in the Dock-yard knew any
thing about it. Too much praise cannot be given
to the various officers of the yard, the officer com-
manding the guard, &c., for their prompt and effec-
tual exertions, and for which, we understand, they
received the thanks of the worthy Commissioner,
Sir Michael Seymour, who was present, giving
directions, during the whole of the time. It is
supposed that the fire originated from a spark which
had got among the wood-work, within a few feet
distance from the forge, where there is a vice-
bench, with drawers underneath, and wooden cup-
boards above. The progress of
.the fire must have
been very rapid, for at seven o'clock Mr. Sullivan,
the boatswain, went his rounds, and found all right.
Alterations of an important nature are about to
be adopted in the magazines of ships of the Navy,
by which much risk will be avoided, whilst expe-
dition in supplying the guns is attained. Part of
the principle is a revolving circular box, placed in
the bulk-head of the magazine; the empty cartridge-
box is placed in it from without, ar►d a full one is
received from the inside by merely turning the ma-
chine. The magazines are also to be lowered 14
inches more than at present below the surface of the
water.

It is rumoured, but we know not with what truth,
that the fleet under Sir Pulteney Malcolm, in the
Mediterranean, is to be immediately recalled. It is
also reported that the Russian fleet, under Count
Heiden, are to winter at Plymouth, but we rather
believe that Toulon is intended to be their winter
cram ers.

The Plymouth Journal says that the Emperor of
Russia has offered the Command-in-Chief of all the
Russian Navy to Sir Edward Codrington. This
statement is given as " from a high quarter," but it
seems highly improbable.

'I he following are directions for vessels to enter
Mother Ivy's Bay, near Padstow, where they may
find shelter until they can run for Padstow harbour,
communicated to the Committee of Lloyd's--"
Vol-
venten, or Mother Ivy's Bay, lies on the east side of
Trevose-head, and W. half N. three miles from the
entrance of Padstow harbour. Vessels. may anchor
here with the wind from S. to N.N.W. in seven
fathoms at low water. With N.W. winds haul close
round the small islands or rocks called the Madraps,
and anchor within a cable's length of them, the
eastern most bearing about N.V. Vessels caught
on the coast by gales from the N.W., and not being
able to keep off, may anchor here to wait a flowing
tide to run for Padstow, which harbour should never
be attempted on an ebb tide in strong weather,
without a leading wind. It is recommended not to
lie long in this bay, as, should the wind shift round
to the N.E., it would bring in a heavy sea, when both

ves:el and lives would be in danger, there being very
little room to get under weigh."
DEVONPORT, Nov. 14.—The following Midship-
men passed their examinations for Lieutenants at
,the Royal Naval College on Monday last : Messrs.
R. B. Watson, Charles Grove, J. H. M. Robert-
son, W. P. Crozier, Hon. Charles St. Clair, Sid-
ney Grenfell, John Theodore Page.
His Majesty's sloop Orestes, 18, Commander J.
Reynolds, sailed yesterday for the Cove of Cork.
The packet brig Briseis, Lieut. J. Downey, arrived
from the River on Thursday, and sailed yesterday
for Falmouth.—The Armada, 74, having had her
defects made good, has been this week placed at her
moorings in Hamoaze.
The Dublin, 50, is expected to be brought for-
ward for commission, to receive the broad pendant
of Capt. the Hon. H. Duncan (1806), who will re-
lieve Commodore Collier on the coast of Africa, the
Sybille's period of service expiring in December.
The Dryad, 42, it is also said will be shortly com-
missioned for foreign service.

Orders have been received to recommission the
Druid, 46, at this port, for foreign service, Capt. G.
W. Hamilton, C. 8., late of the Cambrian, to have
the command.

In Hamoaze—St. Vincent, Kent, Pylades, Hya-
cinth, Leveret, Royalist, Meteor steam-vessel, and
Britomart transport.
In Barnpool—Undaunted.
Island—Britomart and Bramble. -
Sound—Herald.

APPOINTHENTS.—Lieutenants William O'Brien
Hoare and William Henry Riall, to the Druid;
Mr. J. A. Mould to be supernumerary Assistant-
Surgeon to the St. Vincent, 120, vice Mr. Francis
Osborne, appointed to the Sheldrake packet.
Lieut. John W. Bailey, to be Resident Agent for
Transports, at Portsmouth; Lieut. T. Williams 01
to be Resident Agent for Transports in the Isle of
Wight; and Lieut. S. Spencer, to assist the Super-
intendant, at Deptford.
Lieut.-Colonel Henry Cox, of the Portsmouth
Division of Royal Marines, has retired upon full pay,
in consequence of which the following promotions
have taken place, viz. :—Major Edward Carter
Hornby, to be Lieut.-Colonel, vice Cox, retired;
Brevet Major George Beatty to be Major, vice
Hamby; Captain James S. Pilcher to be Pay Cap-
tain, vice Beatty; and Capt. George Butt Bury,
from half-pay, to be Captain, vice Pilcher.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY Nov. 14.
DUNN V. DUNN.

Mr. HORNE supported a petition for the retnoval
of a Captain Coldieutt, who had been appointed the
next friend of the infants in this cause, and who had
bccome insolvent.

Mr. SOLICITOR-GENERAL said the statement as
to Captain Coldicutt's circumstances was quite cor-
rect. He had been a speculator in pictures, and it
had turned out a very unsuccessful one. Among
other bad bargains he had made, one was the pur-
chase of a picture, supposed to be painted by Salva-
tor Rosa, for 600 guineas, which was afterwards
found not to be by that artist, and which had fetched
at an auction only 61. Captain Coldicutt was not
in a situation to oppose the prayer of the petition,
but the Solicitor-General, on his part, contradicted
a statement which had been made, that he was de-
sirous of withdrawing, and that the petition was pre-
sented on his account. No such statements ought
ever to have been put forward, and they were be-
sides wholly untrue.

The LORD CHANCELLOR intended to give judg-
ment in the cause on Monday, and would dispose of
this petition at the same time.

BEVERIDGE V. HAT.

The SOLICITOR-GENERAL moved that the de-
fendant should stand committed to the Fleet for the
wilful breach of an injunction of this Court. The
plaintiff was a surgeon, practising in Newgate-street,
and the defendant, his nephew, and also a surgeon,
had entered into an agreement, on being taken into
partnership by his uncle, that when the period of
-their partnership should have terminated, he would
not practice within a certain distance of the plain-
tiff's residence. The defendant had broken this
agreement by setting up in Cheapside, and the in-
junction had been obtained, restraining him from
further practisinz in that neighbourhood. In con-
tempt of this injunction the defendant had again
established himself in Cheapside, and instead (as
he had formerly done) of proceeding quietly and un-
ostentatiously, he had had his name written above
the door, "James Hay, surgeon, &c.," in large cha-
racters. A great number of affidavits had been
filed in support of the motion, and it appeared that
some time since the defendant had married a ward
of the Court, and had suffered a protracted impri-
sonment in consequence. The plaintiff had recently
gone to France, and during his absence, in breach of
the agreement as well as the injunction, defendant
had set up business on his own account in Cheapside.
The LORD CHANCELLOR would take home the
affidavits and read them. In so important a case
he was unwilling to give judgment without full
consideration.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Nov. 14.
THE KING V. MANWARING.

This was a conviction under the Hawkers' and
Pedlers' Act of the 50th Geo. 111. c. 41. It ap-
peared that the defendant had been employed
.by a
person named Boyle, a china and Iwthenware ma-
nufacturer at Henley, to carry his ivares about the
country for sale. He accordingly went to different
towns in Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, and Leices-
tershire, and in his progress took a room an inn at
Gaiusborough, where he sold his wares by auction,
without having a hawker's licence, for want of which
he was convicted under the Act of Parliament in
the penalty of 101. By the 23d section of the Act
the real workers and makers of the articles sold, and
their children, apprentices, or known agents or ser-
vants usually residing with them, were exempted
from the penalty. The defendant was the agent or
servant of Mr. Boyle, at a fixed salary, but did not
reside in his master's house, but in a small tenement
of his own, at Henley, about 300 yards from Mr.
Boyle's residence; the question, therefore, was,
whether lie came within the description of a
" known agent or servant usually residing with the
real worker or maker only," within the meaning of
the Act.

The COURT were of opinion that he did not.
They thought that the exemption applied only to
persons who were members of the family of the ma-
nufacturer, or usually residing with hint as part of his
establishment.

Letters from Aberdeen state that the utmost
exertions are making to throw Mr. HOME out of the
district of boroughs at the next general election, and with
every prospect of their efforts being successful. Sir J.
CARNEGIE is reported to have secured three out of five,
which, if true, will undoubtedly secure his election.

The number of sealed proposals which have
been sent in to the Commissioners of Police by divers
clothiers, hatters, shoemakers, tailors, &c., who offer to
furnish the force with the articles of their respective trades
at prices far below those usually demanded, do, it is said,
exceed some hundreds. Among the number, a spirited
barber, named LOVE, who resides in Drury-lane, forwarded
a proposal for shaving the men of " F." division every
morning—supplying theta with the requisite soap and
water, together with clean towels, blacking their boots
and shoes, and finally brushing their clothes, all at the
small charge of one penny per head.
The office of Gentleman Porter, or some such
appointment, lately became vacant in the neighbourhood
of Windsor, a birth of some consequence, it seems, as it
takes the party out of livery. An influential person in
these kingdoms named one of his establishment for the
vacancy; but a lady, whose name, though frequently
mentioned, is not often seen in print, proposed one of her
own footmen—and he was thereupon appointed, and the
first party disappointed. Though the parties and the
place are insignificant, the anecdote is deemed by some
Court-end folks worthy of repetition, as still showing " how
the wind blows,"