The Sun.
London, England, 1842-08-12 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 10.—Rear-Admiral the Hon. D.
Bouverie, K.C.8., has been succeeded by Rear-Admiral
Hyde Parker in the Superintendency of Portsmouth
Dock-yard, and retires with the esteem of all classes.
Admiral Sir Edward Codrington's period of service at
this port does not expire until December next. The
London and provincial papers are already speculating on
his successor, giving the names of Sir Byam Martin and
the Hon. Sir John Talbot. Both those officers are dis-
tinguished in the profession ; but we have reason to
think that Admiral Sir Charles Rowley will be our next
Port-Admiral,

The Crocodile, 26, troop-ship, Mr. Elson, master, is
:hourly expected at Spithead from Quebec, with the re-
mainder of the 56th Regiment. She took out the 52d to
the West Indies.

The transport George the Fourth, sailed on Sunday
for the Caps of Good Hope, East Indies, and China,
having on board an immense quantity of biscuit, &c.,
for the squadron. She will touch at St. Helena, to dis-
embark the regiment for that island, from Parkhurst
Barracks, Isle of Wight.
The Resistance, 4t?, troop-ship, Commander Paley,
will, in a few days, embark the 71st Regiment, and pro-
(l.ecl immediately with them to Quebec. The troops are
daily expected from Chichester.
The Agincourt, 72, Captain Bruce, was spoken with
on the Ist June, one week from Madeira, bound to the
Cape of Good Hope and East Indies.
The Pique, 36, Captain the Hon. M. Stopford,:will go
out of harbour on Thursday, Report sends her to the
Mediterranean, to relieve the Inconstant. It is more
likely, however, that she will gv the West Indies.
Letters have been received here, reporting the safe ar-
rival of the powerful steamer Geyser, at Malta. This
has removed the apprehensions felt for her safety on ac-
count of her having caught fire, off Gibraltar, on her ;
passage out.

There is at present no ship fitting out at Plymouth.
The Wolf corvette, Commander Osborne Hayes, was to
sail thence on Sunday, for China, to join Vice-Admiral
Sir William Earker's squadron,
There is no truth in the rumoured intention to put into
commission immediately, at this port, the 84 gun-ships
Collingwood, Vengeance, and Powerful ; they are merely
to be held in readiness for service.
The Sappho, 18, and Racer, 16, may shortly be ex-
pected from the West Indies, to be paid off, according to
a letter from the former vessel, from Halifax, of June 20.
The Samarang, 26, and Orestes, 18, will be the next
vessels commissioned here ; orders are daily expected to
hoist the pendant.
The steamer Hydra, Commander Murray, may be ex-
pected shortly from Jamaica. She arrived at Plymouth
on Sunday.
The new steamer Thunderbolt, at Chatham, is to be
commissioned by Commander the Hon. L. Carnegie, son
of the late gallant Admiral Earl Northesk.
The Nautilus. 10, Lieut. Paulson, is in the harbour, re-
fitting.

Ai-SPITRE AD.—Resistance troop-ship.
Is HARBOUR.—St. Vincent, Victory, Imaum, Pique,
Excellent, Royal George yacht, Nautilus, Echo, and
Sylvia.—Brighton Gazette.

GREAT NORTH OF ENGLAND RAILWAY.
Traffic returns for the week ending Aug. 6, 1842 :
Passengers
Merchandise 4BO 5 8

£1,797 13 2

Corresponding week last year ...£1,465 16 9
Darlington, Aug. 10. W. O'BRIEN, Secretary.

TIM BELFAST ELECTION.—The writ arrived in
town on Thursday last ; but we understand that the
election will not take place till Monday week. With
aspect to election news, we need only state, that Mr.
Moss and Mr. Emerson Tennent have published their
cddresses ; that an address has been put forth in the
i.ame of Lord H. Chichester, who is on the Continent ;
that a notice of a second Liberal candidate (name not
given) is published ; that Mr. Johnson, who was never
expected to stand, has announced his retirement ; and
lastly, that it is still doubtful whether more candidates
than Mr. Ross and Mr. E. Tennent will come to the
hustings.—Northern Whig.
EARLY HARVEST.--Mr, J. Adamson, fiesher,
Wigtown, commenced cutting down a large field of bar-
ley, on Tuesday last, in the vicinity of Wigtown. It is
expected the harvest will be pretty general in that neigh-
bourhood, next week. The crops are very good in
general.—Stranraer Paper.
THE HARVEST.—The wheat harvest was com-
menced by Mr. Bell, at Cunning Park, on Saturday
last. A field of wheat on the Newton Lands, belonging
to Mr. Findlay, of the Black Bull Inn, was partly cut
down yesterday, and will be finished to-day. The
quality of tb.e grain, we understand, is excellent.—Ayr
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Observer.