The Sun.
London, England, 1829-12-18 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PLYMOUTH, DEC. 17.—His Majesty's sloop
Pandora, 18, Commander the Hon. J. F. Gordon,
is reported to have been seen on the coast of Corn-
wall on Monday morning, on her way up Channel,
from the East Indies, having been in commission
four years and a half.
In Hamoaze—St. Vincent, Kent, Druid, Pylades,
Hyacinth, Leveret, Royalist, Starling, Raven, and
Meteor steam-vessel.
In Barnpool—Britomart.
PROMOTIONS, APPOINTMENTS, &C.—Captain C.
R. Drinkwater, who was promoted from the Es-
piegle, and appointed to the Magnificent receiving
ship, at Jamaica, has been invalided. Commander
Joseph O'Brien, late of the Slaney, has been pro-
moted to the rank of Captain, and appointed to the
Magnificent, vice Drinkwater (and not invalided
home, as has been stated). The statement that
Commander Smith, of the Arachne, has been ap-
pointed Captain of the Magnificent, is erroneous.—
Lieut. Booth, to the rank of Commander, in consi-
deration of his services and wounds ; Lieut. Jere-
miah Scavers (1794) to be a superannuated Com-
mander, vice Sir John Reid, Bart., deceased ; Mr.
Wm. Mitchell, of the Isis, to be Lieutenant of the
Samarang, vice Goldsmith ; Mr. Chas. Godly, Mate
of the Briton, to be Lieutenant of that ship.
Capt. Lord William Paget is appointed to the
North Star, 28, at Portsmouth.
Lieut. Thomas P. Le Hardy, and the Rev. Aaron
Rodgers, Chaplain, have arrived at Portsmouth, in-
valided from the Sybille, on the African station.
Mr. William Falls, Surgeon (1814), is appointed
Naval Surgeon and Agent at Bristol.
The Rev. Keatinge Pentland is appointed to be
Chaplain of the Druid.

The following Lieutenants have been promoted
to the rank of Commander, and appointed to the
ships mentioned, vis.—J. P. D. Larcom, of the
Speedwell, to the Slaney, vice O'Brien; Dawson
Mayne of the Barham, to the Icarus, vice Best in-
valided; and H. S. Nixon of the Minx, to the
the Harpy, vice Rich invalided. Lieut. William
Worsfold has been appointed to the Childers.
Lieuts. Charles Bolton and C. H. M. Buckle have
been appointed to the. Rainbow, ordered to be com-
missioned at Portsmouth. Lieuts. J. W. Tomlinson
and Horatio Blair have been appointed to the
Sussex Blockade. The following Mates and Mid-
shipmen have been promoted to the rank of Lieute-
nant, and appointed to the ships mentioned:—Henry
Gittings, to the Espiegle ; J. Gulzman, Henry
James, and G. W. White, to the Mersey; W. B.
Oliver, to the Erebus; G. S. Hand, to the Shannon;
James Wolfe, to the Minx; Chas. Grantham, and
H. B. Young, to the Barham ; and F. Hennah, to
the Speedwell.
The statement that Lieut. Jeremiah Leavers has
been appointed retired Commander is incorrect.—
Lieut. John Blyth (1806) has been appointed to the
out-pensions of Greenwich Hospital.

HIS MAJESTY'S SHIPS ON FOREIGN STATIONS.—
The Hussar, 46, Capt. Edward Boxer, will winter
at Halifax. The Tyne, 28, Capt. Sir Richard
Grant, Knt.; the Columbine, 18, Commander John
Townsend ; the Rose, 18, Commander John George
Dewar; and the Champion, 18, Commander George
Scott, will winter at Bermuda. The Manly, 12,
Commander Henry W. Bishop, will winter at New-
foundland. The Shannon arrived at Bermuda from
Jamaica and Havannah 27th Sept. The Grass-
hopper and Speed well an ived at Jamaica from
Curacoa 21st Sept. The Espiegle arrived at Ja-
maica from St. Thomas's, 23d. The Skylark, from
Falmouth, and Harpy, from St. Jago de Cuba, ar-
rived at Jamaica, 4th Oct., the former sailed 6th
and the latter 7th ditto, for Vera Cruz.

His Majesty's ship Sphynx arrived off Rio do
Janeiro, from Falmouth 2d October. The Sybille
and Medina were at St. Helena 3d October. The
Fairy from a cruize, and Harpy from Jamaica, ar-
rived at St. Jago de Cuba 25th September. The
Swallow arrived at Barbadoes from Falmouth, 12th
October, and sailed for St. Vincent 13th. The
Mersey arrived at Barbadoes from Demerara 24th
October. Infernal arrived at Alexandria from
Smyrna 23d October. The Seringap.atanz arrived
at Bahia from Pernambuco, Bth September, The
Isis sailed from Alex2ndria for Smyrna 24th Oct.
The Salamanca, hicks, of this port, arrived at
Gravesend from Lisbon, 7th November. The May-
flower, Martin, of this port, arrived at Newfoundland
from Waterford sth November. The *man,
Symonds, of this port, arrived at Liverpool from
Palermo, 7th December. The witty, Chalker', of
this port, arrived at ristol from Fayal, llth inst.—
The Brit;ltt, Clements, arrived in the Downs from
Bordeaux, 13th inst. The Nymph, Perry, from
Messina, arrived at Gravesend, 11tb I)ec.,, and
Pearl, Fox, from Fayal, 13th pecertther,
"We learn from .5 t, Vichacl's that the Zeno, a
merchant vessel, from Gibraltar, had been con-
demned for a breach of the blockade of Terceira.

A strange commotion has beer, Felt in the
town since the arrival of the long•e4pected parliamentary
report; never did Comi4issioners show so much indiff.a.
ence tp 44, comforts of the body corporate, 14 is 14;4
neither (honer nor breakfast will except rho
Corpordtion pay for it tivrtie3,vC4l We hope a pit ottug
will be convene to petition; the /loose of Commons to
4,110Yg Ouc,4 ineonbidentis Cummissioners.—Newark
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