Star.
London, England, 1830-10-11 00:00:00

PORTSMOUTH, Oct. 9.

His Majesty's ship Revenge, 76, Capt. the Hon. Charles 0. Bridge.
man, arrived on Monday, from the Mediterranean, last from Gibraltar,
which she left on the 17th ult. in company with the Musquito. She
,sailed from Malta on the 25th of August, at which time were lying
there his Majesty's ships Gloucester, Blonde, Madagascar, and Rifle.
man and a Dutch frigate. She touched at Algiers on the Ist'of Sep-
tember, and landed the Consul-General's lady and family from Malta.
The French fleet at anchor in the bay consisted of four line-of-battle
ships, ten frigates, one corvette, eight brigs, one schooner, and an Ames
dean corvette. An interchange of salutes took place between the Re-
venge and the French Admiral. Captain Peebles, R.N. late of the
Gloucester, and the gunner of the Rattlesnake, came home lava.
lided ; also eleven seamen from the squadron, and two sergeants
belonging to the rifle corps at Malta. The Revenge proceeded
on VI ednesday to Plymouth, to be paid off into Orftary at that
His Majesty's ship Druid, from Rio Janeiro, and Volage, from a
cruise, arrived at Bahia on the 14th of Augut. The Algerine and
Talbot were at Buenos Ayres on the 21st of July. The North
Star arrived at Havannah from Jamaica on the 10th of August ;
and Spanowhawk, from ditto, 11th of August. The Badger sailed
from the Cape of Good Hope for the Mauritius on the 30th of
June. The Chanticleer arrived at Barbadoes from Falmouth previous
to the 11th August.
His Majesty's ship Blanche, Commodore Farquhar, K.H. which
encountered a most violent hurricane in the Gulf of Florida, by which
she was totally dismasted, has arrived at Halifax. During the storm,
Mr. Gill, the Purser, died from a nervous attack, produced on him by
the critical circumstances in which the ship was placed, and three sea-
men were washed overboard. Two days afterwards, Mr. Kennedy, the
surgeon, died: to what cause his death is attributable we have not been
able to ascertain. The Winchester, 52, and Blanche, were to proceed
from Halifax to Bermuda, the latter end of next month.
His Majesty's ship Shannon, Captain Clement, arrived on the
24th of August, at Bermuda, with Commissioner Ascough and family,
from Jamaica. - - - -

The Leveret, 10, arrived on Wednesday at Plymouth from the
coast of Ireland, where she had been employed with the Onyx, sur.
veying.
The Musquito, 20, Captain Charles Bentham, sailed on Tuesday, to
Woolwich, to be paid off'.
The Clinker, 10, Lieut. Matson, was paid on Wedneeday, after four
years• service on the African station, when the Prize Agent, W.Holmes,
lq. paid on board prize money for all captures, save the last made by'
the Clinker in March of 230 slaves. The first-class petty Officers re-
ceived 1451.

His Majesty's ship Galatea, 42, Captain C.' Napier, K.B. sailed on
Monday, on a cruise.
The transport, Stcntor, is fitting at Deptford, to take stores to Fer-
nando Po, and to remove the establishment from Sierra Leone to that
Island. A question naturally arises, what becomes of all the slaves
whom the British Government have paid for, emancipated and settled
at Regent's Town, and other Colonies up the Sierra Leone River ?
PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS.—LieUt. C. Blair, to the rank
of Commander; Mr. R. S. Robinson, of the Undaunted, to the rank of
Lieutenant ; Mr. Cullen, to be Surgeon, vice Kennedy, deceased; and
Mr. Hislop, Clerk of the Winchester, to be Purser of the Blanche, vice
Gill, deceased; Lieut. F. Wood, to the Tribune; Licut. Thaw Pen•
nington, to the Coast Blockade; Licut. J. B. Driffield, to the Kest
Blockade, vice Brooman.
The following Midshipmen passed their examination in seamanship
on Wednesday, on board the St. Vincent ; Mr. Robert Saunders Ma-
ling, late of the Medina; Mr. George Harper, Galatea; Mr. Thomas
Rodney Eden, St. Vincent ; Mr. Henry Lincoln, Wellesley; the Hon.
It. Le Poor French, and Mr. And. Snape Ilamond, Pearl ; Mr. Henry
Cottrell, late of the Barham; R. M. Robertson, /Etna; and Charles
E. Tennant, Revenge.
In the Harbour—Royal George, Ganges, Wellesley, /Etna, Rain-
bow, and Onyx.