Star.
London, England, 1828-02-02 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

The Gloucester, 74, has'been towed from Sheerness to Ports-
mouth by the Echo steam vessel. Lieutenant But.Locc, on her way
to Lisbon. to fetch home the troops.
The Alexander, TURRAN, from Ireland to Newcastle, was car-
ried into Alemouth in a very leaky state on the 30th ultimo, having
struck on the Bondecar Rock.
The James and Ann, THOMPSON, from Colchester to Scotland,
was driven upon a rock off Flamborough on the 29th ultimo, and
only part of the sails and rigging expected to be saved.
PORTSMOUTH, FILIROARY 1.--Wind S.W.
Pr:mount, JAnuAltY St.—Wind S.W.—Arrived from London
the Fortitude, WABLR, for New Orleans; the Martin, HASHES, for
Charleston; and Mayflower, FOSTZR., for Bourdeatia. Put back,
'the Isabella, BALL, for Gibraltar; Mayflower, MARTIN, for Lis-
bon ; and Premium, YOL(NO, for Cadiz. Arrived the Stall, BaowN,
from Oporto.
FALMOUTH, JANUARY 31.—Wind S.W. fresh breezes.—Arrived
from London the Percy Hall, Hears, bound to St. Lucia.
COWES, JANUARY 31.—Put back the Ceres, Waimea, for Bons.
bay ; and Times, La GRAND, for Gibraltar.
WATSRFORD, JANUARY 29.—Arrived theWithartl, TAYLOR, from
Bilbao.
LivearooL, JANUARY 31.—Arrived the Yolk, Da COST, from
New York; sailed Bth January.
Ore LPIZRPOOL, JANUARY 31.—The Felix, from Buenos Ayres;
sided 9th December.
FROM TIM PLYMOUTH JOURNAL, JAM. ZO.
Mr. /Anise, the Agent Victualler at this port, has been super.
annisated, and the office abolished. The duties. or the chief part
of them, are to be discharged by a superintendent, to which office
Mr. T. numerals, Master of the Royal Sovereign yacht, has been
appointed.
The Commiuioners of the Victualling Department are expected
here en an official visit next week.
JOHN DUNSTRRYILLS, Esq. Agent Victualler at Cork, has been
superannuated.
We understand that his Royal Highness the Loan Haws Anat.
SAL has caused circulars to be addressed to thou Officer of the
Royal Navy whose sons are on the list of candidates for commis-
aims in the Royal Marines, to forward to him Immediately certifi-
cates of their age, &c.
Tuesday afternoon, a detachment of Royal Marines embarked
under the command of a Lieutenant, to complete the complement
of his Majesty's ship Ocean, in Hamnaze.
Captain A. /Imams, of the Royal Marines, is embarked in

APOCRYPHAL Bon WT.—Some person having men
dotted to the great Anti-apocryphal Champion that a
learned Divine had a pamphlet in the press which would
grind him to powder, " He had better not," was the
reply, " or. 'shall Idow him up?'
Tux Naotre.—At the last sitting of L'Academie
des Sciences de l'lnstitut, M. 'Worms de Jones cornmu-
nicated the following fact, whia *as sent to him in an
official correspondence. A) Wit' et the Jonian Isles
having been met at sea by a Turkish vessel, was forced
to send her Captain on board the latter. On her return.
to Cephalonia this boat was put under'quarantine, and
it was discovered that the Captain, who ha& communi-
cated with the Ottoman boat; was already se:zed with
the first symptoms of the 'plague. Although no one
else offered any sign of this' contagion, the English phy.l
The introduction of a certain Naval Officer to his pre- slcian of the Lazaretto considering that all the crew, to
sent Majesty (at the time Prince of Wales), and their the number of twelve, having remained togethert
present intimacy, originated in the following whimsical might have received the germ of this frightful disease,
circumstance :—His Royal Highness was disputing with rciolved to subject the whole to an active mercurial
a Gentleman on the subject of naval tactics, and finally courte,internal and external. The eventoaid M. Moreau
agreed to refer the decision to the son of Neptune, who de Jones, proved the wisdom of this precaution. All
was in an adjoining room. A note was dispatched by these individuals were attacked successively with the
the Gentleman, requesting the Officer's opinion, and plague, but with differences exttemely remarkahle.
concluded with this inaccuracy of spelling :—" You The Captain and another sailor, • who had not experi-
must be a very competent judge, being bread to the enced any sensible effect from the mercury, suffered the
disease in all its violence, and died of it. On the con-
sea." This was the neat and sarcastical reply—" I never
was bread to the sea, but the sea was bread to me, and trary, the sailors, whom the mercury had salivated, were
very bad broad it war." , seized with symptoms attended by no danger, although
When Lord Alf ranley was staying at Lord Cowper's, completely characteristic of the infection. All these
a box with the Royal Arms on it arrived, and, when sailors recovered, and it is fair to conclude that it was
opened, was found to contain four pine-apples, the snag- to the mercurial treatment that they owed their safety.
nificent gift of the generous Prince Leopold. " I won- Mercury was used in the late plague at Malta, but it
der," said Lady Cowper, " that the Prince should send was only after the commencement of the disease. • A
us pines; there are plenty of pines here; besides, though means so simple and easy as a mercurial course, wiliCtr,
we have seen him, we don't know him." "Ob depend if it does not prevent the invasion of the plague, prevents
on it," said Lord Alvanley, "he wants to spend a at least its mortal effects, is very interesting, as commtr.
month at Pensangar ; he'll be down soon after his pines : nicatious with ships infected with this contagion may at
t
so, if yon want to prevent him, send him up in return any instant be rendered unavoidable, by
the events
four rabbits ; they are as rare in town as pines here!"
_which
othe Mediterraneanan
is is at this time the theatre.—
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the Revenge,
PROMOTIONS awn Areontrworrs.—Captain Rd. Lyons is appointed
to command the Blonde frigate at Portsmouth, to be fitted for
foreign service; Commander Thomas Smith, late First Lieutenant
of the Genoa, is appointed to command the Brisk, 10, in the Me-
diterranean ; Lieutenant Kingcombe, of thelWellesley, is promoted
to tke rank of Commander; lieutenant C. Calmady Dent, serving
in the West Indies, has been promoted to the rank of Commander;
Lieutenant H. W. Hill (son of Captaba H. Hill, of the Melville),
and James Maitland, are appointed to the Tribune ; Lieutenant W.
Crook, to the Melville; Lieutenant Sir W. Dickson, Bart. to the
Raleigh; Assistant-Surgeon Mein, late of the Genoa, is appointed
Hospital Mate at the Royal Naval Hospital, Plymouth; Mr. Pa•
-
trick Colman is appointed Assistant-Surgeon of the Sybille, on the,
coast of Africa ; Mr. F. Brown, of the Conflict brig, late of the
Sybille, is confirmed in the rank of Lieutenant.