The Express.
London, England, 1849-10-22 00:00:00

NAVAL.

ADMIRALTY, OCT. 20.—APPOINT1111111.—To Gawps—
Lieutenant : G. 0. Pi pplewell ; Midshipman : B H. Frank-
lin; Gunner: W. Sparks. Crocodik—Clerk:J. C. Motley.
Lucifer—Second Master :W.G. M. Stint. Queen—Lies-
tenant ; M. Breen. Cintifid—Midshipman : C. B. Maher-
lay. Scourge —Mate :0. Tylor. Lieutenant J. A. Pritch-
ard to he chief odder of Coast Guard.
Poirrsmoneot. Ocr. 21.—Strimboli, It al. arrived last
night from Woolwiet, and will sail this morning or to-mor-
row 'morning with supernumeraries for Devonport. In her
passies:o und Stromboli touched the ground, but sustained
nein ury. Wolverine, 12,commander Falcon, arrived from
Cha on Thunday, and sailed again the same day for
Devonport. to convey next month's mail to coast of Arica.
Thelon, at. v., Lieut. it ak, left Plymouth on nursday for
Liverpool to recruit men for the navy ; and Dasher, Lieut.
Prim instead of being paid off at Sheerness, has been sent
to Hull for a similar purpose. On Sunday, Lieut. the Hon.
W. R. de Blaquiere, of Ganges, artless' in Quenstown, and
on Monday opened a ranch:vow for the enlistment of abler
and ordinary seamen.
Tux ADMIRAL% GOOD Steams Prestime—The vacant
pension of 3001. per annum, 'scant by the death of Sir B. W.
C. K. Owen, GH, his been conferred upon
Aleniral the Hon. Sir T. B. Carl, K.C.8., commander.ir
chief at this port, who was Nelson's lieutenant and signal
(Meer in the Vanguard at the memorable battle of the
Nile, and subsequently captain of the Probe, frigate, at the
Trafalgar station
DITONFORT, OCT. 20.—The promotion of Sir John Louis,
consequent en the decease of Admiral Sir B. Owen, will
creme a vacancy in the superintendentabip of this dockyard.
Rumour, as a matter of course, has b. en busy in filling the
vacancy. Amongst the names most freely mentioned as the
probable successor of Sir John Louis are Sir James Sinclair,
Rear.Adenieal C. J. Austen, and Sir lhoesu Fellows.
Same people think that the Admiralty will induce the pentium
holder to remain in the office until Capt. Berkeley, one of
the Lords of the Admiralty, shall obtain his Big, and that
then he will be appointed here.
Wool.wicH, Olcronen 20.—Black Eagle steam yacht,
tdaster-eanmender S. B. Cook, arrived this afternoon. She
hag keen on special service for several months part, convey-
ing the Lords of the Admiralty on their various visits to
Sheerness, Porthamouth, Devonport, Pembroke, Cork,
A very foolish report, which has given considerable slam to
the friends of those on board this veiled, has prevailed exten-
sively for some days, that the veseel had been wrecked, with '
the loss of ell hand.. The report appears to have originated
in the collision which took place recently between the Tri-
dent and the Dwarf. Stromboli, steam sloop, Commander
L. A. Besuclerk, left yesterday for Portsmouth with super-
numeraries. Firebrand, steam-sloop, Captain Knox, is
rap'dly progreming, and will leave this port in a few days
SRDWISS, Oct. 10.—Steam sloop Stromboli, 6, Com-
mander Lord A. W. Beatuderk, came into harbour at 5 p.m.,
from Woolwich.
MOTBMSNTIL—Her Majesty's brig Jappho at Havanneh,
27th September. Her Majesty's brig Helena at Jamaica,
27th September. The Admiral and the rest of the squadron at
Halifax expected at Bermuda about the 25th inst.