The Sun. — 1839-10-22 (London, England)

PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 19.—The Dutch ship Anthony, from Batavia, passed by for Holland, on Thursday afternoon. She came from Ascension on the 19th August last, and brought home Lieutenant Kellett, late of the Brisk brigantine, which vessel has suffered very severely from the murderous climate of the African coast, as all vessels must which are actively employed in endeavouring to suppress the villanous slave trade. This vessel has, between August 1838, and June 1839, captured eleven slavers, three of whom had negroes on board, and eight were laden with slave cargoes ; she likewise took off the Island of Bulhama 230 slaves, which the Portuguese authorities had collected, with a view of hiring a vessel to send them on to Rio Janeiro. This island, situated at the mouth of Rio Grande, did belong to England, but we had abandoned it ; tho Brisk's people, therefore, had to drive off the Portuguese soldiery, who had taken possession of the island, and hoisted the Portuguese flag, before they could get possession of these poor wretches ; and this was not the only instance in which the Portuguese authorities had made a slave depot of this island. The Brisk had gone to the Cape with 27 pirates, which she took out of a vessel that resisted her boats, and which vessel had no flag on board of any nation—she had nothing on board but the red pirate flag ; the vessel having slave equipments on board was ordered for condemnation. Our men-of-war on the station were tolerably healthy, with the exception of the Harlequin, sloop-of-war—on board which vessel the fever was very prevalent ; she was at Sierra Leone, and had captured five slave vessels. The Scout sloop-ofwar and Dolphin brigantine were ordered to England, and were presumed to be on their passage ; the Termagant was at Ascension ; the Colombine, 20, Commander Elliot, had recently left Ascension for the South Coast ; the Commander-in-chief, in the Melville, 7-), was at the Cape ; the Wolverine, which had taken two slavers, with the Viper and Nautilus, were in the Bights of Benin and Biafra ; the Fair Rosamond was gone to Sierra Leone with a prize slaver. The Sapphire (late 28) was commissioned on Monday last as a troop ship ; she is already manned with a very  fine crew. The Snake, 16, arrived at Port Royal, on the Bth of Sept., from Havannah, in 23 days. The Hornet, on the 9th, from Chagres. The Pickle schooner sailed on the Bth for Bermuda, and the Tartarus, on the Sunday, for St. Thomas. The troop ship Rattlesnake is under orders to proceed to the East Indies, with detachments of the 90th and 95th regiments, for service at Ceylon. The Fearless (steamer) has this week conveyed seamen from this port to Plymouth, for the Revenge and Blenheim.  The Firefly (steamer) for the West India station, now at Woolwich, may shortly be expected here on the way to her station.  In Harbour—Britannia, Victory, Excellent, Royal George, Pantaloon, Sapphire, and Messenger and Lucifer steamers.  At Spithead—None. NAVAL n PROMOTIONS AND APPOlNTMENTS.—Promotions—Mate, R. F. Levinge, of Britannia, Vashon Baker, late of Cleopatra, and Benjamin Sharp, of Inconstant, to the rank of Lieutenant. Appointments— Lieutenant—C. G. Phillips, to the Terror. Chaplain —Rev. W. Mears to the Revenge. Masters—W. Miller, of the Vanguard, to command the Sapphire troop ship ; G. W. Nembhard, to act in command, until the arrival of Mr. Miller in England. Second Masters--A. Mills, sen., and James Gallon, to the Sapphire ; Cornelius Fox, to be Acting Master's Assistant, to Hercules. Mate—James Hamilton (a) to the Winchester. Assistant-Surgeon—Andrew Lillie, to the Sapphire. Clerk—E. B. Robins, to the Sapphire. Boatswain—Joseph Brown, to the Sapphire. (From the Devonport Independent.) PLymoUTH,