Star.
London, England, 1830-08-16 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

The Friendship, of Whitehavrn, from America, was Upt.l., Whr.:
half seas over. and the master drowned. Crew saved by ti -e
Thomas Tyson, arrived at Portsferry.
The Auspicious, Gral, hound to Quebec, put hack to Top-leant
on Saturday. le.ky.
DIAL, Avo. lb.—Wind N.W.—Arrived the Robert Lone,
and Henry, Wellesfels, from Jamaica ; E•peransa,
from. Faro; and Hero, Jenkins. from ideate. Arrived from
London, and remain, the Robert Edwards, Sherburne. for New
York ; Susannah Ann, Ferguson, fur the &milk &as ; Fame. Dye,
for Lisbon • and Fenwict, Wilk for 'e. The Cambridge,
Zenohia, and others, outward bound, got under wrists, but have
been obliged to anchor again, and remain.
Poanasouvn, AUG. ii• WiOJ S. W. MK'lr, U',—Arrived
th-
Mary, Thorn, from Gabe.; Bedpan, Gibbons. horn Oporto; and
Zebra yacht, from Gibraltar. Sailed the Edward, Heaviside, for
Singapore.
Pi.vssount. Auc. 14.—Wind S. W.
FALMOUTH. AUGUST l 3 and 14 —Wind S.S. W.—Arrived off
the port, the Mary. Phippard, from Gallipoly. Sailed the Cygnet
packet, for Lisbon.
!AMMON Aua. 14.—Arrived the Lindsay*, Rowe, from Ma.
ranham; Gen. Putman, Nl`Kown. and Grinder. Newcastle, from
New Orleans; Delaware, Ilartleton, and C .rolina /Wrists. Mer-
rell, from Savannah; Mary, Cumming, from Sierra Leone; Har-
binger, Harland, from Mirantichi ; Margaret. Highfiel, from
Palermo; Ellen, Jenkinson, front I.i.bote ; and Carmsens, Haram,
from Opo to. Off the port, the Bridget, from Africa.
(Fro-n the ilamplairc Telq.,raph.)
The Talbot, 28, Capt. Dickebson, and Curlew, 10, Capt. Trotter,
sailed from Plymouth on Sunday, for the Cape of Good Hope.
The Arab transport sailed ou Tuesday to the eastward. Ott
Wednesday arrived the Hope transport, from the westward. Sailed,
the Sparrow cutter, on a cruise. The Lightning steam-vessel ar.
rived yesterday, front the westward. and after landing a few pressen-
gen. proceeded immediately to Deptford.
The Union, 104, in Plyntuuth Dock, cutting down, is to be re-
duced to a third rate.

The Dreadnought, 104. is ordered from Milford to the river, tu
be fitted as an hospital ship for sick and distressed seamen, in lieu
of the Grampus, 50, which will afford accommodation for a greater
number of a strictly deserving class of meet.
The Royalist, Lieut. Giasse, is titling at Plymouth as a tender tu
the Caledonia.
His Majesty's yacht Herald, Commander Maxwell, got under
way this aftemoen, and dropped down at Cowes.
At Spithead : Pelican. In Harbour: St. Vincent, Royal George.
Ganges, /Etna, Wolf, end Columbine.
The Clyde, convict ship, for Van Dieman's Land, will take 216
convicts from the Hulks in this port for transportation, under tii.•
charge of Mr. Price, surgeon and superintendent. An escort of the . •
17th regt. will guard them. ..
The ship Edward, for akalfielit4if Good Hope, is waiting a fair
wind at St. Helen's. The 41fijp Zenobia, for Calcutta, is Hourly
expected ; most of her passenTters are here waiting her arrival.
PROMOTION Na. ATTOINTMLEIW:ieut. E. Mold, ,
„,,k,
Lieut. H. Jelli -`. Hopkins •• C. Minim: .
Lieut. J. 8. Bt. oho eta': F. Wode ie .H. Hui.
lowell Carew, Lieut. 'J. Washington (Flag-Lieu t,) and Mr.
R. Farquhar purser, to the Prince Regent; Lieut. .D. Twys.
den, of the Prince Regent, to the Caledonia, vice Goold, promoted ;
Assistant-Surgeon R. C. Nutt, to be Surgeon of the Sparrowhawk ;
Mr. Taylor, of the Winchester, to be Lieutenant of the Harpy.—
J. H. blot*' Req. is appointed Judge of the Irish Court of Ad-
miralty, vice 80 hash Barrington, dismissed.
Captain Powell, R.M. is appointed to hi. Majesty's ship
Melville.
The following midshipmen passed their examination for lieu.
tenants, at the Naval Collette this week :—Mr. M. Arrindell, late
Hecht; Thomas Burnett, late Sybelle; James R. Dacres, Un-
daunted ; J.W. Benham, T.W. Armen, C:D.taßeien, Caledonia :
John Gedge, Dryad ; W. W. Chambers ; J. Lowry, late Arachne ;
J. R. Englane, Galatea; N. M. Lockyer, late Forte ; A. S.
Booth, Pelican; J. Handford, late Camelion ; H. G. Shute, Alli.
Woe ; W. T. Evans, Columbine; Lord Clarence Paget, late Pe.
Mous ; Hon. Edward Plunkett, D. Tuckey, J. H. Murray, St.
Vincent ; C. F. Collett, Blossom • J. J. Robinson, Dryad ; J. J.
C. H. Tracey. late Esprigle; C. Ludlow, CEtna.
Pzwelows--We pirceive, by the last corrected Navy List, that
the pensions to the widows of pursers have been increased 101. per
annum, a measure which will be hailed by this deserving crass of
officer:with much gratitude. We also observed that no pensions
are to be granted to the widows of gunners, boatswains, or car.
paten, if the marriage was contracted subsequent to the 30th
, June 1830.

Commander Smith, R.N. of the Excellent, in Ordinary, at this
port, has received orders from the Admiralty to report on the merits
of an instrument, the investies of the carpenter of his Majesty's
ship Hussar, for concentrating the fire of a whole broadside on the
same level, and from the accounts which have reached us, it is likely
to answer the purpose intended.
Prince Frederick of Prussia will pay a visit to this port and sat.
rison on Monday next.
(Prom the Deeoxport Telegraph. )
By letters from Malta to the lit of July, we loam that his Ma-
jesty's ship Windato Castle was at Napoli di Romania, having re-
lieved the Gloucester, which had arrived at Malta. The Welles-
lesley, Rattlesnake, and Procris were at Corfu. The Melville had
just returned to Malta, having seen Girgento, a town of Sicily, near
which there are some splendid remains of ancient temples, and the
surrounding country is highly interesting from the many relics of
antiquity found there. The letter vessel was expected to proceed
in a day or two for Catania, a town close under Mount Etna. The
Greeks, who had heard of Prince Leopold's resignation of doe crown
of Gnaw, considered that Its bad acted a wise part, for it is believed
that whoever is appointed to govern that country will have a ditty
job !
His Majesty's yacht Herald, Commander Maxwell, is ordered to
Itake out Lord Aylmer to Canada, instead of the Undaunted, gone
to Terceira. His Majesty's ship Talbot, 28, Cape B. Dickinson,
sailed on Sunday for the Cape of Good Hope ; also, rot the sante
day, and for the same destination. the Curlew, 10, Commander
H. D. Trotter.—Tho Kola Mos* J. B. Prissiek, H,N. Com-
mander, which has been lying in the &ut'd fur some weeks past,
sailed for Alexandria on Sunday. This la•ge double-banked, fri.
gate was built in Archangel, and bought in London for the Peas
of Egypt. She measures 100 tons, and is sontount sixty-four 32.
'pounder carronades and long guns • she has at present only two
long guns on board, and is in an unfinished state; her ports are n..t
cut, nor is she coppered.
The Carron steam-vessel, with the Royalist tender, and tt,ree
dock-yard lighters, with seamen from the Caledonia 120, Kent, 7b,
and thrdioary, are to uroceed immediately to 31illOrd, for the pur-
pose of navigating the Dreadnought, 101, from that port to the
River .Thames, that ship having been lentfas an hospital ship to the
Society for the Relief of Distressed Seamen.
The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have been pleased
to reinstate Ideut Jones, late Commander of the Vigilant cutter,
in his rook m Lieutenant of the Royal Navy.
The Meteor steam vessel, on her pastisre with the Niediterni.
man mails, sonsumed twelve bushels of coals per hour, and trade a
quicker ?wage than the alemeager, which ameonted twenty buibele
per hour. The latter is &private, and the Meteor is a Government-
built vetted
His llajtety's ship Druid arrived at Pernambuco from Plymouth
May 14. The Volsge sailed from Pernambuco for Bahia June 14.
The Hope arrived at Rio de Janeiro from Falmouth, June IS. and
sailed for Buenos Ayres 11th do. The Druid arrived at Rio June 17.
The Blanche arrived at Madeira from Plymouth June 27, and
sailed the 30th for the Weis Indies. The 0111111 Ct sailed tium
the Madeira. foe Africa, on the 16th June. The Shannon, from
tlarthagena, arrived at Jamaica 14th June; Monkey and Kangaroo,
limn a anise, 17th; Slander, froth St. Jaw, 18th ditto. The North
Star sailed from Jamaica for Havannah 13. h June; Icarus, foe St.
Jago de Cuba 24th; Blaney for a noise 21d. The Crocodile *trivia
at Van Diemen's Land from Sydney 28th February. The Ranger
arrived at Trioidad from Barhadoes 7th.Juns.
The new State Sealtorse an ived from Pembroke yard on 31onelay.
In Ilarnsons—Caledonist, Kens, Dryad, Royalist, Bramble, In-
dustry tender, Messenger d Carron steamers.
At the Island—Vigils anlit.