The Sun.
London, England, 1855-02-05 00:00:00

APPOINTMENTS.

Captain George T. Gordon (1846), to the Victory,
flag-ship, at Poitsmouth, vice Captain John Dalrymple
Hay. _ __

(jommanders—Thomas Brewer (1852), and John
O'Bathurst (1853), as agents for transports in the Black
Sea.

Lieutenants—T. M. S. Pasley (1850), from the Imps-
ripuse, 51, screw steam-frigate, and Thomas H. B. Fel-
lewes (1852), from the Odin, 16, paddle-wheel steam-
frigate, at Woolwich, to be additional Lieutenants in the
Royal Albert, 121, screw steam-ship, in the .111a,ek Sea.
Master James Hill (1845), to the Pembroke, 60,
screw steam-ship, at Portsmouth.
Surgeons—William Smith, M.D. (1845), recently pro-
moted from Assistant-Surgeon of the C4nway, 14, flag-
ship, at Cork, to the Ariel, screw steam-ship, at Ports-
mouth ; Henry Liddell (1841), from the Cressy, 80,
screw steam-ship, at Sheerness, to the Waterloo, 120,
flag-ship, at the same port ; James Vaughan (1841) to
the Cressy, vice Liddell.
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Paymasters—James R. Andrews (1846) to the Hast-
ings ; G. F. C. Bateman (1847) to the Arrogant, 46,
screw steam-frigate, at Portsmouth ; George A. Lance
(1844) to the Corn wallis, 60, screw steam-ship, at Devon-
port ; S. H. L. Giles (1846), from the Nankin, 50, at
Chatham, to the Hawke, 60, screw steam-ship, at the
same port ; John E. Brooman (1846), recently Burying
in the Arethusa, 50, to the Russell, 60, screw stearo-
ship, at Sheerness ; Herbert Johnston (1851), from the
Benbow, 72, prison-.lhip, at Sheerness, to the Centaur
paddle-wheel steam-frigate, at Portsmouth.
Assistant-Surgeons—George T. Jones (1851), recently
serving in the Bonet* 3, brigantine, on the south-east
coast of America station, to the Conway, 14, flagship, at
Cork, vice Smith, promoted ; Robert Sproule, M.D.
(1851), recently serving in the Monarch, 84, to the
Orion, 91, screw steam-ship, at Chatham ; Julian W.
Slight (1846), from the St. Vincent guardship of ordi-
nary, at Portsmouth, to the Dee, paddle-wheel steam
store and troop ship, at Woolwich ; Robert F. Cullen,
(1840) to the St. Vincent, vice Slight.
Clerks.---E. J. Giles (1854), from the Edinburgh, 60,
screw steam-ship, to the Pembroke, 60, screw steam-
ship, at Portsmouth ; John Wagstaff to the Hastings,
60. screw steam-ship, at Portsmouth. •
Clerk's-Assistant R. W. Parish, to the Himalaya,
screw steam troop-ship.
Naval Cadet W. P. Barrow from the Dragon, paddle.
wheel steam-frigate, to the Odin, 16, paddle-wheel steam-
frigate, at Woolwich.
Second-Maiter James Milton (1848), serving in the
Apollo store-ship on the Mediterranean station, iy pro-
moted to be Master. •

FURTHER, EXPERIMENTS WITH THE
LANCASTER GUN.
Further experiments with the Lancaster gun, ordered
to be supplied to the Royal Sappers and Mineri, have
afforded much gratification to the men, a.; it is found
effective at 1,000 yards range, and upwards, when the
men become acquainted with D.

THE MAURITIUS. • 1
The General Screw Steam-shipping Company's fine
screw transport Mauritius' Captain Stewart, went along-
side Portsmouth dockyard on Saturday afternoon to
land her invalided and wounded soldiers, their wives
and children, and passengers. Dr. Odell, the newly-ap-
pointed staff surgeon of Portsmouth Garrison, with the
Brigade Major and attendants, went on beard, and
noted the most urgent cases for removal ; and these, 10
in number, were speedily released from between decks,
and removed to hospital quarters. The women and chil-
dren were removed in omnibuses to the Camber Hos-
pital, especially prepared for them. But while this was
going on a "diflicalty arose; nothing less than a mu-
tiny of the ship's crew; on hearing that it was contem-
plated to send the ship to Chatham, they struck, and
refused to work. Captain Stewart, with the utmost
promptitude, had them mustered, and read to them the
articles they had signed, whereby it was clear they were
bound to go in the ship wherever ordered during the
term of the contract (12 months.) To this they paid no
heed, and some saucy remarks were made, ending with
cheers
as they went forward. They ultimately went
over theside,and most of them escaped out of the dock-
yard before they could be stopped by an order from
Captain Stewart despatched is the police at the dock-
' yard gate. On a muster of the residue afterwards taking
place on the poop, or ly about 20 answered to the call, and
eight only out of 28 able seamen remained faithful to their
articles. A telegraphic intimation of this state of things
was made at once to the Horse Guards through the Ad-
miral Superintendent, asking for directions how to dispose
of the invalids in this emergency; but, although the reply
was received in the course of the evening by the mi!itary
authorities, thi,se on board the ship had heard of none
up to 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon ; meanwhile, there
the sick lay, to the number of about 110, on board with-
out a crew, except about half a dozen hands, even the
firemen having struck. It will be :Aced, probably, why
this ship, being under contract with the Crown, and her
crew under articles binding them for one par's service,
was not at once manned by a man-of-war crew, and her
deserters meanwhile hunted up and brought to justice
by the authorities ? Yesterday (Sunday) those men
belonging to the Royal Artillery and Royal Sappers
and Miners disembarked, and joinei quartars in Pcrtre
month Garrison. The remainder will disembark this
morning at 7 o'clock, and proceed by express train at
half-past 8 for Chatham, by the London, Brighton,
South Coast, and North Kent Railway, the Guardsmen
going to London by the same train, Captain Barlow
and Assistant-Surgeon Brown go round with them, and
each man will be provided before starting with a plen-
tiful and substantial hot breakfast and rations to take
with him, also a blanket eaob, and straw will be strewn
on the floors of the carriage for their comfort in travel-
ling, Each arrival of sick at Portsmouth since the first
unfortunate cargo (the Himalaya's) has received a pro-
gressive amount of attention and consideration from all
the Government authorities. On Saturday they had
not to land from the skip on to the muddy jetty, but that
space was •clean swept of its dirty load of half-melted
snow and sludge, and a liberal sprinkling of saw-dust
took its place, forming, both in appearance and experi-
ence, a most striking and agreeable contrast to former
" receptions." [To whom aro the poor gallant sufferers
and others indebted for this :t]
The sick and wounded were men from the following :
—Scots Fusilier Guards, 7th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 231
Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 30th, 33J, 41st, 42d, 49th,
Rifle Brigade, Royal Artillery, 44th, Grenadier Guards,
28th, 63d, 95th, 49th, 88th, 38th, 34th, 48th, 57th,
14th—in all 112 men, 86 women, and 97 children. The
Mauritius will, by the aid of a new craw, proceed to
Southampton to refit.