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London, England, 1827-11-13 00:00:00

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NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 10.—,.-On Thursday the Primrose,
18, Captain Griffenhooffe, sailed for the coast of Africa, to
relieve the Esk; and the Stot k revenue cutter•, Lieut.
•Etough, arrived from Leith.--,This morning the Colum-
bine, 18, Captain Charles Crole; Acorn, 18, Captain
Charles Gordon; and the Coromandel, with stores and
400 convicts on board, sailed for Bermuda. The Wolf,
18, Captain George Hayes, for the Mediterranean ; and
the Alert, IS, Captain Burgess, for the South American
station, will sail to:.inOrrow Morning ; and the Satellite,
18, Captain J. M. Laws, for the East Indies, is a few,
days.—Captain T. Bourchier returns to the Alert, to as-
sume, by his promotion, the command of the Menai. The
Maidstone frigate, Commodore Skipsey, is expected to sail
in about ten days, to relieve Commodore Christian, in the
command of the Cape of Good Hope.
The Rattlesnake, 2S, Capt. Hon. Orlando Bridgman,
will be inspected and mustered by the Lord High Admiral
on Wednesday next, and will leave Woolwich on Thurs-
day, for Spithead, with disposable seamen for the Ask
(flag-ship), in the Archipelago.

On Wednesday, the ship Marmion sailed for Van Die-
man's Land; with 139 convicts for the Hulks at that place,
under the superintendence of Dr. Brock.
The following merchantmen have put into this port :
The Little Louisa, Halfpenny, and Fleetwood, Buck, for
Jamaica; Charles Brook, Bell, for St. Vincent's•; Julia,
McCarthy, for St. Kitt's ; and the Mary Ann, O'Brien,
for Calcutta. The Cumberland is hourly expected from
the River, to embark passengers for Bombay.—Hampshire
Telegraph.

The Undaunted' frigate, Capt. Augustus Clifford, C.B.
is expected to leave Chatham on Tuesday next, for Spit-
head, to embark Lord W. Bentinck, Governor- General of
India.

Orders came down yesterday for the Sapphire and Chal-
lenger to discharge their foreign stores, and for the for-
mer ship to proceed to the Chatham station. The Chat.
lenger is to remain attached to the Plymouth command.
The Bramble cutter, Lieut. Haswell; arrived yesterday
from a cruize. _ .

The Leveret, tender to the Windsor Castle, Lieutenant
Knapmaia, arrived from the westward on Thursday.
The Columbine, Morn, and Coromandel, convict ship,
are hourly expected at, this port on their way to North
America.

His Majesty's ships Glasgow and Brisk were at Smyrna
on the sth of October.
His Majesty's ships Challenger, Tyne, and Sapphire, of
28 guns each, arrived from Portsmouth on Sunday, after a
short experimental cruise. The Tyne will be joined here
by the. Acorn, 18, Capt. C. Gordon; Columbine, 18; and
the Coromandel, the latter having 400 convicts on board,
who are to be employed on the public works carrying on
at Bermuda. The Tyne, Acorn, and Columbine, are to
be attached to the North American station.

The Bittern tender, Lieut. P.oehfort, sailed on Monday

for Cork.

The Alert, IS, Capt. Burgess, is under orders at Ports••
=nth, for the South American station ; the‘Primrose, is,
Capt. Griffenhoofe, for the Coast of Africa station ; the
Wolf, 18, Capt. G. Hayes, for the Mediterranean ; and
.the Satellite, 18, Capt. J. M. Laws, for the East Indies..
The Arethusa, 46, was undocked on Saturday, and the

Invincible, 74, placed in her. slip for repairs. The Fond-
royant, 80, was brought down the harbour, on Tuesday,
to the Dock-yard, to, have some defects made good. The
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Peruvian and Eclair brigs are to be laid as Breakwaters at
Cremil Point for the protection of the workmen employed
on the new victuallinc, establishment.
ArPOINTMENTS.-2Lieut. W. Styles, of Saltash, t r the
outpension of Greenwich Hospital; Captain John Menem),
of this division of Royal Marines, to be Pay Captain at
Portsinouth, vice Brevet-Major Sherwin), who retires ;
and Captain John Campbell, from Woolwich, to this di-
vision, vice Manghan. . .

Captain Sir Charles Malcolm (1802) has been appointed
to command the Bombay Marine, under the new regula•
Lions between the Eait India Company and his 111ajvity,,
Government.

Lieut. H. Hopkins is appointed Agent of the Ann ant
Amelia, fitting out at Deptford as an Hospital ship fol
the Mediterranean Fleet.

Lieut. Robert Oliver (senior Lieutenant of the Victory),
is promoted to the rank of Commander, and Mr. W. A.
Ferrar, sen. to the rank of Lieutenant.
Mr. James Henderson is appointed Purser of the Ordi:
nary at Portsmouth. •
In Hamoaze—Britannia, Ocean, Windsor Castle, Linnet,
Antelope tender.
At the Island—Royalist, Nightingale, Bramble.
In the Sound—Challenger, Sapphire, Tyne, Leveret.
Vigilant.
We learn that a change- in the uniform of the Royal
Marines corps is shortly to take place. The coat, it is said,
will be single breasted, with embroidered cuff's and collars.
The buttons to have the globe with laurels, and the word
" Gibraltar."
By a recent regulation, persons desirous of entering into,
the medical department of the navy must be unmarried.—
Devonport Telegraph.