The Sun.
London, England, 1829-09-28 00:00:00

28, 1829.

CE.

.enai, 28, Cap-
,n Wednesday,
.bosa, Secretary
Brazils to the
lion and a half
merchants, and
;esty's late ship
'he Menai left
red at Rio Ja-
iled thence for
in the Pacific
Forte (Captain
og:..aan (Sea.. Jeer), at Coquimbo; Sapphire,
Captain Dundas, at Calloa ; Alert, Captain Bur-
gess, at:Valparaiso. The Heron was daily expected
from C•dinception, to join the Senior Officer at Co-
quimbo.' All %vas quiet at Chili. The elections for
the President were proceeding smoothly ; but the
communication between Santiago and Buenos Ayres
was still interrupted by the Indians. ThelVarspite
Rear-Admiral Daker, Cadmus, Sir T. B. Thomp-
son, Bart. (about to sail to the northward to pro-
teetthe trade), and Frolic packet, were at Rio Ja-
neiro. The Zebra had refitted, and sailed for the
Cape of Good Hope. The Tribune was in the
river Plate, and the Thetis was hourly expected
thence, on her way to the Pacific, to relieve the
Forte. The American squadron in the Pacific con-
sisted of the Brandywine, Commodore Jones, at
Callon; Vincennes sloop, and Dolphin schooner, at
Valparaiso; and the Hudson, Commodore Creigh-
ton. At Coquimbo were lying a French double-
banked frigate, with a Rear-Admiral's flag, and the
Endymion brig; and a French Rear-Admiral's flag
'was flying on board another frigate of the same
class, at Rio de Janeiro, with a brig. The Menai
will come into harbour to-morrow, to be paid off.
The Stentor transport, Lieut. Burney, Agent, ar-
rived on Tuesday, from Jamaica, whence she sailed
on the 10th August,with naval and military invalids.
The men-of-war at Port Royal were the Magnifi-
cent, Shannon, Slaney, and Harpy. The Victor,
18, Commander Keane, was at Vera Cruz, there to
await for the despatch to England of any intelligence
of importance that might arise out of the disturbed
state of Mexico. Capt. Rich (invalided from the
Magnificent), Commander Madden (late of the
Harlequin), Capt. Mason, of the 77th Regiment,
Mr. Henslop, Purser of the Harlequin, Messrs. Miller
and Moore, Assistant• Surgeons, and Messrs. Mun-
dell, Branch, and Bartlett, Midshipmen (invalided),
came home passengers in the Stentor. Commander
O'Brien, of the Slaney, is promoted to the Captain
of the Magnificent, vice Rich (invalided); Lieut.
D. Mayne, of the Barham, to be Commander of the
Slaney, vice Capt. O'Brien ; Mr. James, of the Bar-
ham, to be Lieutenant of the Mersey, vice Coham
(invalided); and Mr. Jenkins, of the Barham, to be
Lieutenant of the Slaney, vice Hookey (invalided).
His Majesty's ships Dartmouth, Athol, and Fa-
vourite, were lying at Gibraltar on the 29th ult.—
The Favourite was to sail for Malta on the following
day; and the Athol on the Ist inst. for the coast of
Africa. '1 he Athol, on her way to Tangier, where
she landed Mr. Hay, the Consul-General, and family,
on the 27th ult., touched at Corunna. The Espoir
sloop-of-war, was at St. Helena on the 25th July ;
the Primrose at Ascension on the 7th tilt. The
Chanticleer had been recently surveying New Zealand
and South Georgia, and was off Cape Horn on the
10th of July. The Champion arrived at Halifax
from Fernando Po, August 11. The Ranger ar-
rived at Havannah from Jamaica, July 3. The
Victor ,arrived at Vera Cruz from Honduras, July 6.
Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, who has arrived at
Quel4 in his Majesty's ship Hussar, is to visit
Niagara Falls. His Majesty's ship Columbine has
also arrived at Quebec.—New York Daily Adver-
tiser, Sept. 1.
By a letter dated the 12th ult. from Newfound-
land, we learn that the Governor, Sir T. Cochrane,
had sailed in his yacht to circumnavigate the island,
and visit the different ports in it. His Majesty's
ship Tyne has sailed to the Southward.
. The Naval Commands at Halifax and Jamaica,
hitherto separate, are in future to be combined, and
the command, thus extended, will, for the first time,
be vested in Rear-Admiral Colpoys, who is to hoist
his flag in the 'Winchester. This ship is now under-
going alterations (with others, that of giving her a
poop), and will be ready for commission about the
15th of next month. Captain C. J. Austen is nomi-
nated as the Captain.
The Hope transport, Lieutenant Pritchard, agent,
arrived this evening from Hull, with detachments of
the 7th and 80th Regiments, for Malta.
The Sparrow cutter sailed on Sunday, on a cruize.
At Spithead—Menai. In the Harbour—Victory,
Ganges, Pearl, Rapid, and Onyx.
The Amphitrite transport, Murray, master, sailed
from this port on Monday last, for Jersey, to bring a
detachment of the 68th Regiment from that island,
to be put on board the Marshal Bennett, for the
West Indies.
The Worcester frigate, which has been some years
building in the King's Yard, Deptford, is to be
launched next month. This is one of the largest
class frigates with a round stern. It is said, the
Lords of the Admiralty have ordered no more ships
to be laid down in Deptford Yard.
The Falcon yacht of Lord Yarborough, arrived
from Jersey on Tuesday, came into harbour on the
following day to victual and water, went out of har-
bour again this afternoon, and after joining the Har-
lequin yacht of Lord Vernon, at Spithead, both pro-
ceeded in company to the westward.

The Catherine Green, Jackson, master, put in
here on Tuesday, with the loss of two anchors. She
was supplied with another, and proceeded to Loa•
don. Arrived yesterday the Sovereign, Austen,
from Rotterdam, and this morning the Sir William
Bensley, in thirty-eight days from Quebec, and the
Charlotte, from Archangel. Sailed on Thursday,
the Olinda, Robinson, for Bahia; and yesterday, the
Boyne, Warren, for Bombay.
The New York line of packet ship, Brighton, Se-
bor, master, landed her passengers and mails here in
twenty-two days from New York, on Wednesday,
and proceeded on to London.

PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 26.—The Pylades, 18, Com-
mander P. D. 11. Hay, arrived yesterday from the
Cove of Cork, to repair defects, having left that
station on Wednesday afternoon.
Remaining in Hamoaze.—St. Vincent, Kent,
Druid, Orestes, Leveret, Royalist, Eclipse, Calypso,
and Meteor steam-vessel.
Tn the Sound.—Trinculo,Britomart, Pylades.

Mr. Jason Lardner, late Assistant-Surgeon of
his Majesty's sloop Britomart, is appointed Assis-
tant-Surgeon of his Majesty's ship St. Vincent.
Mr. Brown, Master of the Kent, is appointed Mas-
ter of his Majesty's ship St. Vincent. Mr. John
Ferrier, late Assistant-Surgeon of the Britannia, is
appointed Assistant-Surgeon to the Britomart; and
Mr. Joseph Peters, late Assistant-Surgeon of the
St. Vincent, is appointed to the Royal Hospital,
Plymouth.

The Hon. Edward George Howard, Midship-
man of the Ganges, is promoted to the rank of
Lieutenant. Lieut. John Grant (a), is appointed
to the Ganges.
Lieut. John Tully, R.N. (1815), is appointed
Agent to the Irish steam-packet establishment at
Limerick.

Second Lieut. Alexander, of this Division of
Royal Marines, is promoted to be First Lieutenant,
and is appointed to the Portsmouth Division.
Lieutenants of the Navy to be qualified for the