The Sun.
London, England, 1829-11-23 00:00:00

LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 23, 1829.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PonTsmouTtl, Nov. 21.—The Wanderer trans-
port, Lieutenant Young agent, arrived on Monday
from I3emuda, which she left on the sth of Octo-
ber. Commissioner Inglis had succeeded Commis-
missioner Briggs at the dock-yard at thst island,
who (and family) came to England in the Wanderer
on leave of absence, prior to his taking charge of the
establishment at Malta. The Shannon frigate was
at Bermuda; the Ranger and Fire Fly schooner
left the island of Jamaica on the 4th; the latter
vessel had lately been launched upon a model sug-
gested by her Commander, Lieutenant Holland.
Bermuda was very healthy, although a dysentery
had crept in among the convicts employed on the
public works, from the effects of which between 30
and 40 of them had died within three months. The
tliorder had, however, in a great meacure subsided,
and the winter season havitir set in further casual-
ties were not anticipi:ted. The Wonderer brings to
England, as passengers, Captain Catty, Royal En-
gineers, Lieutenant Roche, and Mr. -Sympsnii,
-R.N., with 32 pardoned con ricts,‘ old stores, and a
few dock-yard artificers. The works on the island
were proceeding rapidly; the dock-yard is in an effi-
cient state, and the fortifications begin to assume a
formidable appearance. A steam-vessel was, hew-
ever, much desired, to tow ships in and out of the
harbour. The Clorinde and James Bushman trans-
ports had arrived out with supplies. The Governor, •
Sir Hilgruve Turner, was daily expected from New
York.

APPOINTMENTS, &c.—Vice-Admiral E. G. Col-
poys is appointed Commander-in-Chief in the West
Indies, in the room of Vice-Admiral the Hon. C.F.
Fleeming, whose period of service had expired.
Commander Eaton Travers, of his Majesty's sloop
Rose, 18, at Halifax, is rometed to the rank of
Captain. Lieutenant John George Dewar, of his
Majesty's yacht William and Mary, at Woolwich,
is appointed to the command of the Rose; and
Lieut. Henry Preston is appointed to the William
and Marv, vice Dewar. Lieut. William Lee Rees,
of his Majesty's ship Victory, is appointed to his
Majesty's ship Druid, in the room of Lieutenant
George Caswell, who exchanges, and is appointed
to the Victory. Mr. Inches, surgeon is appointed
to his Majesty's ship Druid. Mr. James Lowrey to
be the Supernumerary Assistant-Surgeon to his
Majesty's ship St. Vincent, 120, vice Mr. Francis
Osborne, appointed to the Sheldrake packet. Mr.
W. Mitchell, of his Majesty's ship Isis, to be Lieu-
tenant of the Samarang,,.
Mr. Joseph Frederick Brittain, son of the late
Captain Brittain, of Southsea, is appointed Second
Lieutenant of the Plymouth Division of Royal
Marines.
Accounts have been received of the death of
Lieutenant Thomas Dusantoy, R.M., at Fer-
nando Po.
HIS MAJESTY'S SOWS ON FOREIGN STATIONS.—
The Blossom, surveying ship, Captain Owen, was
at Madeira oil the Ist of October; the Lightning,
18, Captain Dickinson, was there on the feilowing
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, Capt. Clement, and the Victor, 18, Capt.
Keane, were at the Havannah on the Ist of Sep-
tember. The Rose arrived at St. John's, N. 8.,
from Halifax, 22d of September. The Arachne
arrived at Vera Crnz from Havannah 23c1 of Au-
gust, and sailed the 27th for Santo La Marina.
The Pelorus, from Tunis, and Cordelia, from off
Tenedos, arrived at Malta on the 16th of Septem-
ber; Gloucester and Philomel, from Portsmouth,
22d—the latter sailed again on the 30th. The
Opossum arrived at Halifax, from Falmouth, the
10th October, and sailed for Bermuda. The Hus-
sar, Rear-Admiral Ogle, from Quebec, Champion
and Manly, from Newfoundland, arrived at Halifax
previous to the 14th October ; Tyne, from New-
foundland, the 16th, and Rose and Columbine,from
ditto, 18th October.

His Majesty's ship tHeron, 18, Commander J.
A. Duntze ; Forte, 44., Capt. J. Coghlan ; and
Alert, IS, Commander S. Burgess, were off Callao
on the 12th of August.
By a letter from St. Helena, dated Sept. 19, we
are glad to learn that the sickness in his Majesty's
ship Sybille, Capt. F. A. Collier, on the African
station, has at last abated. It had broken out with
the most determined and irresistible violence in the
Bight of Benin on the 20th of July, since which
time the Sybille had buried no fewer than 40 of
her seamen, marines, and boys; but on the date of
the above the invalids were all convalescent. The
Commodore (Collier) we are happy to state was
quite well. The Dallas, tender to the Sybille, com-
manded by Lieutenant Harvey, had captured a brig,
with 450 slaves on board; she had also taken two
other vessels with cargoes.

The Borneo, merchant-vessel, R. M. Wichels, ar-
rived on Sunday at the Motherbank from Batavia,
from whence she sailed on the 12th of June, leav-
ing there the Thomas Parsons, Jones, for Sincapore
the Harriott, late Knaggs, to load for London, and
the William Harrington, also for London. His Ma-
jesty's sloop Pandora, IS, Commander the Hon.
John P. Gordon, had sailed for Sincapore, and the
Timandra sailed on the sth of June, for Holland.
The Borneo sailed from Mauritius on the 10th of
August, where she left his Majesty's ship Maidstone,
42, Captain C. M. Schomberg, and his Majesty's
sloop Falcon, Commander H. G. Colpoys. The
Francis, Hurd, and the Winscales, were also there.
The Cornelius, lloutman, from Batavia, had put in
leaky, as had also the Hurmonie, French ship, from
Bourbon, which was very leaky. The American
ship United States, from Batavia, was also at Mau-
ritius, and the French brig Adelaide, from Batavia,
leaky. The Borneo spoke the Glenalvon off the
Cape of Good Hope; the Helen, of Dublin, bound
to Mauritius ; the Princess Elizabeth packet, Capt.
Scott, for Rio, in tong. 21. 20. W. ; the Brazil
Packet, from Buenos Ayres, in long. 32. W., bound
to Liverpool, out 52 days. The Borneo sailed from
St. Helena, on the 25th September, leaving there
his Majesty's ship Sybille, 48, Captain F. A. Col-
lier; and his Majesty's sloop Medina, 20, Captain
Edward Webb. The General Palmer, from India,
was also at St. Helena, but was to sail on the same
day; she has since arrived at Plymouth. The Bor-
neo sailed yesterday for Rotterdam.
His Majesty's sloop Rapid, 10, Commander Swin-
burne, will go out of harbour to-morrow, and will
sail on Wednesday for the Mediterranean, on which
station she is to remain. She has been fitted
throughout according to the new rigging warrant, as
settled by the late Committee.
The Pallas frigate, Captain Fitz-Clarence, with
the Earl of Dalhousie on board, arrived at Rio de
Janeiro on the 16th of September, and was to pro-
ceed to Calcutta in a day or two after wards.

PRostenoNs.—Mr. William Barrow, of the Ma-
dagascar, to the rank of Lieutenant; Mr. J. R. Lil-
burn to the rank of Lieutenant, and appointed to
the Wellesley.
APPoINTMENTs.—Lieut. E. Norcott, to the Trin-
culo; Lieut. Caswell, to the Victory ; Lieuts. John
Bazely, Wm. O'Bryen Hoare, and W. H. Riall, and
Mr. B. Jenninas, Purser, to the Druid; Lieut. W.
P. Green, of the Astrea, to the Frolic; Lieut.
Robert Paley, to the Astrea, vice Green.
The Duke of Kent schooner, Tremaine, arrived
at the Motherbank on Monday, from Malaga.
The brig Hector, Dunlop, arrived at the Mo.

therhank, on Tuesday, from Rio Janeiro. She
brings accounts that the Emperor of Brazil had
rather unexpectedly dissolved the Chambers by
means of a laconic order, stating no reason. Pre-
p wations were making for the reception of the
Empress, expected at Rio in a fortnight. His Ma-
jesty's ship Seringapatam, 46, Capt. Hon. `r'• Wal-
degrave, had arrived at Rio. No bank had been
established, but financial arrangements were going
on, and an Edict had been issued, declaring that the
Slave Trade was to cease on the ensuing 10th of
February, in conformity to the Convention with
Great Britain. That traffic has,.of late years, been
carried on to a great extent in Brazil. It was not
known with certainty whether Dr. Francia was dead.
The Hippomenes, Captain R. Ross, arrived at
the Motherbank, on Tuesday, from the Mauritius.
The followinginteresting account has been extracted
from their log, by which it seems that the Captain
has behaved in a most gallant way in defeating the
intentions of a pirate. On Wednesday, Oct. 21st,
being in lat. 21. 16. at 8. 30. a. m., we saw a sail
a-head, Which afterwards proved to be a schooner,
On the larboard tack, standing to the South-east,
and crossing our bows. At 9. 30. she was on our
weather beam, at about three or three and a half
miles, when she fired two guns, and showed Co-
lombian colours. We hoisted our colours, and she
immediately bore down on us, evidently with no
friendly intentions. We called all hands to quarters,
and cleared away, the guns being loaded. We also
loaded the small arms, muskets, &c. and made every
preparation necessary for our defence, keeping our
course without deviation, as far as the wind would
allow, underall drawing sail. At noon the schooner
was still in full chase, about two points on our wea-
ther quarter, at the distance of about four miles. At
two p. m., the wind being moderate but squally at
intervals, the schooner was still in chase ; during the
squalls we had the advantage of her, and could have
left her considerably by out-carrying, but when the
squalls cleared away she gained on us, and came up
fast. At two p. m. the schooner had come up
within gun-shot astern, when she showed her co-
lours a second time, and fired a gun. We hauled
the mein-sail up, and laid the main-top-sail to the
mast (she having fired a second gun) to await her
coming up, that we might know what she wanted.
At 4. 30. p. in. she sheered up on our weather quar-
ter to run a-head to windward of us, at the same
time firing two muskets shotted, one of which
went over us, the other dropped short. She
then hailed LIE, in English, " Where are you
from ?" " From Padang." " Send your boat
aboard." On which Capt. Ross, being unwilling to
weaken his crew by sending off his boat, replied,
" I will not send a boat, but, if you are in want of
any thing, send your's to us." The pirate then
sail, " I will send you something else ; you are not
English, and I will sink you." Captain Ross then
said he was not aware of war having been declared
between the Colombian and English Governments.
To which the pirate answered, " I'll board you, you
villains." Captain Ross answered, "
we'll meet you"—the schooner at the same time
crossing her bows to leeward. We immediately
made sail, in order to bring her under our guns, in
case she should attempt to put her threat into exe-
cution. She then dropped, and sheered up under
our stern, with the intention, as we imagined, to
rake us, we then brought one of the six-pounders
on the poop, and the pirate, seeing that we were
every way prepared for action, hauled her wind on
the starboard tack, and made the best of her way
off. The following is a description of the schooner:—
Painted black, about 80 tons, apparently new, with
one large gun a-midships, schooner-rigged, and set
square top-sails, and top-gallant-sails on each mast,
manned with European seamen. A small bust
figure-head, and newly coppered. Inside painted ,
green, and a high quarter-deck. The Dutch officers,
General Hollsman and Colonel Schenck, came pas-
sengers in the Hippomenes, and they describe the
conduct of Captain Ross to have been gallant in
the extreme. The Hippomenes sailed from the
Mauritius on the 25th of September, leaving there
the William Miles, late Sampson, for London; and
the Arethusa, Johnson, for London. The Ratcliffe,
Greenwich, and Sarah, whalers, full ships, were
about to sail for England. The Feejee sailed on
the 24th of September for England. from Sinca-
pore. She arrived on the 17th instant at Deal, and
sailed again immediately for the River. The Hip-
pomenes sailed yesterday for Rotterdam.
The brig Atalanta, Tate, arrived at the Mother-
bank on Wednesday, from Sierra Leone, whence she
sailed on the 10th of September, leaving there his
Majesty's ship Plumper, 12, Lieutenant John M.
Green. When the Atalanta left, the colony was
healthy, and during her stay she did not lose a man,
nor did any symptoms of fever appear amongst her
crew.

The James, Peake, arrived at Prince Edward's
Island on the 14th, from Plymouth, fell in with 24th
ult-, in lat. 46, long. 29, the Monarch, of Sunder-
land, from Liverpool to Quebec, on her beam ends,
and abandoned by the crew, who were picked up
in their boats by the James, and afterwards put on
board a ship bound to London. The Monarch was
seen to go down.
The Lowther Castle, Battie, from London to
China, arrived at Anger 24th July, was twice struck
with lightning, which, having damaged her mainmast,
she was to proceed to Singapore to repair.
It is reported the Hotspur, Grainger, bound to
Liverpool, was abandoned on the Banks of New-
foundland, and that the crew took to the boats,
and were picked up three days after by the
Phillis, arrived at Neath from Quebec.
A very interesting and successful preparatory ex-
periment was tried on Friday se'nnight, in his Ma-
jesty's dock-yard at Woolwich, on a life-boat, in-
vented by Lieutenant Cook, R.N. Any boat, used
for ordinary purposes, may be converted, in, a few
minutes, into a life-bout, on the principle of Lieut.
Cook, which will neither sink nor upset, and into
which, if a sea should break, it will empty itself
without any possibility of her being water-logged.
Were the gallies to be so fitted belonging to the
Revenue and Preventive Services, a complete line
of life-boats would be established around the coast,
well adapted for passing through surfs and pulling
to windward. Lieutenant Cook is the same who
has invented the life-preserver for pulling up horses.
DEVONPORT, Nov. 21.—Mr. Peter P. Inskip,
Master of the Badger cutter, crept up on the 10th
instant, 74 tubs of contraband spirits of brandy and
Hollands, near Cowes, which he lodged at that
Custom-house.

The Blossom surveying ship, Commander R.
Owen, which sailed from Spithead on the 16th Sep-
tember, having the Governor of the Bahamas (Sir
James K. Smythe, his family, and suite, on board),
arrived at Madeira on the 26th, all well, after a
pleasant voyage of ten days ; and sailed again for
Nassau, New Providence, on the Bth October; dur-
ing their few days' sojourn there, the Captain and
Officers had been practising themselves by a regular
survey of the island.

Remain in Hamoaze— St. Vincent, Kent, Druid,
Pylades, Hyacinth, Leveret, Royalist, Raven, Star-
ling, Meteor steam-vessel.

In Barnpool—Undaunted.
At the Island—Bramble,
Lieut. W. R. Cooley (1812), of the Ramillies, is
appointed Agent of Transports.
Pnomol.lo:Ns-4lr. J. R. Lilburn to the rank of
Lieutenant, and appointed to the Wellesley ; Mr,
Rundle 13. 'Watson, late of the Doris,. to the rank

of Lieutenant ; Mr. W. Mitchell, of the Isis, to
be Lieut. of the Samosa g ; Mr. R. B. Watson, late
acting Lieutenant of the Menai, to be Lieutenant.
APPOINTMENTS—Lieutenant John Bazely, Mr.
B. Jennings, Purser, Mr. C. Inches, Surgeon, and
Mr. P. Martyn, Assistant-Surgeon to the Druid;
Lieut. W. P. Green of the Astrea is appointed to
the Frolic; I.ieut. Robert Payley, to the Astrea,
vice Green ; Lieut. Edmund Narcott is appointed
to the Trinculo.