The Sun.
London, England, 1829-04-20 00:00:00

The Amphitrite transport, Lieut. Warde, agent, arrivcd
yesterday from Chatham, with a detachment of the 71st
Regiment. The detachment is landed, and will shot tly
vroct ed to Quebec.

The he id-quarters of the 83d Regiment, comprising
eight officers and 148 men, commanded by Lieut. -Colonel
Luther, C.B. which arrived from Ceylon in the tranvort
Amity en Wednesday last-, disembarked at Gosport anti
.marched into Fin ton Barracks on the following day.
The Amity left Colombo on the 4th of December, and
the remainder of the Regiment was to follow a few days
afterwards in the Arab transport. Part of the 58th
Regiment disembarked at that settlement on the 26th of
November, and the remainder a the Regiment was
shortly expected in the Lord Cochrane transport, which
ship had put into Rio de Janeiro.
The Southampton, with the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir
Edward Owen, K. C. 8., on Tuesday and Wednesday made
attempts, which were ineffectual from bad weather and
contrary winds, to proceed to the East Indies. She
sailed, however, for that station this morning, the wind
blowing fresh from the S.W.
The Artow cutter, Lieut. Brooking, is ordered to. be

paid off.
The Onyx, 10, Lieut. Bottler, sailed this day for Ply-
mouth and Jersey. •
Lieut. S. Colpoys Dscres, of his Majesty's ship Blonde,
has been honoured by the King of France with the Cor-
don of the Legion of Honour, for his conduct at Patras.
The brig James, of Liverpool, APOra, Master, has been
brought into Cork harbour by the Pylades, in a very dis-
tressed condition. She had been 125 days fioni,..Old Ca-
lobar, on the coast of Africa. • Five men had died during,
the voyage. The rest of the crew were in a very ex-
hausted state, and the vessel was leaky.
The fine new frigate President, 52, built in one of tL•e
docks in this port, and constructed on the lines of the late
American ship of that name, will be floated on Monday,
and on the following day will be launched the Favourite,
cf 18 guns.

A new metal geer block has been invented by Mr. Both-
way, of the navy, for the purpose of hanging the lower
yards of ships. It is every way well adapted for its par_
pose, and cannot be put out of order. The "Warspite; of
74 guns, now at Plymouth, has been fitted with them, and
they have been found to answer the end intended remark-
ably well. They are not above half the size of the old
cumbersome wooden blocks, and are equally powerful.
The Honourable Company's ship Canning passed by for
the river, or► Thursday afternoon. Mr. Beveridge, her
purser, landed with despatches. She left Canton on the
20th December ; the Cape, on the 21st February ; and Nt.
Helena on the 6th March. Her passengers are Mr. Ma-
joribanks and Mr. Davis and family, from China ; and
Messrs. M'Arthey and Van Oostersee, from the Cape. In
lat. 2. N., long. 24. W., she spoke the Prince Regent
(all well) for New South Wales.
The ship Albina, from Demerara, from which she sailed
on the 9th March, passed to-day, and landed despatches
for the Right Hon. Sir Geo. Murray, the Secretary. of
State for the Colonies.

DEVONPORT) APRIL 18.—Yesterday the Dolphin ran
into Stonehouse Pool, from Dartmouth, for provisions, and
will sail this day to return to her station.
The Cygnet packet arrived at Falmouth on Thursday
from Malta.

The Galatea frigate, fitting at Portsmouth, will in the
course of next month, take Commissioner Ayscough to

Jamaica.

The Echo steamer, Lieutenant Bullock, stile(' on nut's-
doy to return to the river Thames.
In Hatnoaze—Britannia, Kent, Clio, Zebra, Badger,
Leveret, Emulous, Hope, and Meteor steamer.
Barn Pool.--Royalist.
At the Island.--Cordelia.

Sound.=Warspite, Undaunted, Pallas, Ariadne.

Mr. William St. John, Surgeon, and Messrs. Eugene,
Field, and John Grant Stuart, Assistant-Surgeons, are
appointed medical officers at the Island of Fernando Po.
Mr. David Lewis (a) is appointed supernumerary Surgeon
of the Sybille.

Lieutenant F. Syer (1828) is appointed to the Mada-
gascar, in the Mediterranean.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.