The Sun.
London, England, 1829-06-22 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMUTII, JUNE 20.—The Isis, Samarang,
Weazlo, and Racer, were at Malta on the 23d of
April ; the Etna Nras daily expected from Mar-
seilles. Mr. Gordon, the recently appointed Am-
bassador from England to the Sublime Porte, had
gone up to Smyrna in the Revenge, 71, and would
proceed thence to Constantinople in the Samarang,
which ship was fitting in haste for that purpose.
Count Guilleminot, the French Envoy, had pre-
ceded Mr. Gordon in the Breslow. The Asia,
Nlelieitd Wellesley,
Windsor Castle, Rifleman,
had sailed to Messina.
Lord Bentinck transport arrived on
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ty,
in
eight weeks, from the island of
Ascension, to which settlement she had carried out
provisions
i and horses. The Guinea-fowls had con-
siderably increased, and fifty-five acres of land were
under cultivation. The garrison was quite healthy.
The Anacreon, Philip Jones, Master, arrived here
on Monday from Sierra Leone, from which she sailed
on the Bth of April. On her voyage to England,
died on board Morgan I{egcn, Esq., a passenger,
and the mate, carpenter, two seamen, and a boy of
the ship. The Primrose, 18, sailed from Sierra
Leone, on a cruise, the day previous to the de-
parture of the Anacreon.
The
Wanderer transport, Lieutenant Alexander
Young, agent,
arrived yesterday from the eastward,
with stores and detachments of troops for Bermuda.
Among the passengers are Archdeacon Spencer and
family, Miss Lloyd, Miss Parker, Major Hutcheson,l
of the 74th regiment (commanding the detach-
ments), Ensign Thom pson of the same regiment,
and the Rev. Robert Whitehead.
The Trinculo, 18, Commander S. Price, arrived
on Monday at Plymouth, from the Cove of Cork,
to be paid off for re-commissioning.
The Lightning, a new sloop of war of 18 guns,
arrived last week at Plymouth, from Milford.
His Majesty's sloop Helicon, 10, Commander
Charles Talbot, in consequence of the docks being
occupied at Woolwich, was towed down to Sheer-
ness on Saturday last, where she was docked on
Monday morning. The following officers have been
appointed to her :—Lieutenants A.D. Fordyce and
11. F. Mills ; Mr. Alexander Cromber, Master ; Mr.
Alex. Laughlin, Surgeon ; Mr. J. W. Lane, Assist-
ant Surgeon; Mr. Robert Lewer, Purser.
The Lyra brig has been commissioned at Ply-
mouth, for the packet service, by Lieut. Brereton,
of the Britannia.

The Snipe cutter sailed on Wednesday, on a
cruise, and on Thursday arrived the Sparrow cutter,
from a cruise.

The Hudson, Champlin, New York packet ship,
landed her passengers and letters on Tuesday last,
and went on to London ; she was out 28 days. On
the same day, the Helen, Robinson, New York
packet ship, sailed for New York.
The ship Victory, Farquharson, sailed from Spit-
head this morning, with several passengers, for Cal-
cutta. At the same time, the Orient, for the same
destination, arrived from the River, to take on board
her passengers. She will sail on Tuesday. Tire
Zenobia,.- Douglas, for Calcutta, will be here in the
course.of next week; and in the week following,
the Upton Castle and Carn Brae, free traders, will
call here for their India passengers.
Lord
Melville, Sir Henry Hotham, and Sir
George Clerk will arrive here to-morrow evening, on
'an official visit. The Board will attend the half-
yearly examination of the young gentlemen of the
Royal Naval College, prior to their dismissal for the
Midsummer holidays.