The Sun.
London, England, 1852-01-16 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

Commander Charles Codrington Forsyth (1849) hes
been appointed an inspecting commander in the Coast-
guard service. This officer entered the navy in 1826,
passed his examination in 1836, and served from that
time as mate on foreign service, particularly in the
Beagle, under Captains Clements and Stokes. He was
promoted to the rank of Lieutenant in 1843, and at-
tained his present rank for his services at the Cape,
where he did so much good service as Admiralty agent
in landing the supplies that the Commander•in-Chief
attributed the safety and success of the army on one oc-
casion, mainly to Lieutenant Forsyth's admirable ar-
rangements. Commander Forsyth, however, has been
better known to the public of late years by his extraor-
dinary trip to the Arctic regions in Lady Franklin's
little ship, the Prince Albert. In this vessel, it will be
remembered, ho ran out to Barrow's Straits, down
Regent's Inlet, and back again to Scotland i❑ one season,
and was the first to bring tidings of the traces of Sir
John Franklin's party at Beechey Island.
Commander V. A. Massingberd (1842) has also been
appointed inspecting commander in the Coast guard ser-
vice. This officer entered the navy in 1822, and has
served about 20 years asst. He was wounied in 1827
in a bout engagement with pirates; passed his examina-
tion in 1828, but was not promoted until 1837. Was
wrecked in the Pelorus in 1839, and has obtained his
present rank for his service in China, as First Lieutenant
of the Blenheim. He commanded the Alecto steam-sloop
at the Brazils for two years.
Lieutenant F. L. Cotton (1847), of the Coast-guard
station at Swanage, has bcen appointed to command the
Stag, revenue cutter, via Brewer promoted.
Lientenauts—G. 0. Popplcwell (1842), first from the
Ganges, 84, to the Britannia, 120, flag-ship for the Medi-
terranean, at Portsmouth ; J. W. Pike (1848), to the
Hydra, steam-sloop, Sheerness, for the Cape of Good
Hope.

Gunner—R. T. Moore, to the Hydra.
Boatswain—H. M‘Dougall, to the Hydra.
Carpenter—William Jugo, to the Hydra.
Trincomalee, at Davonport, is to have the following
armament :

Pounders. Cwt. Ft. In.
Alain- deck 8 ... 32 ... 56 ... 9 6 long.
Ditto
Forecastle

Quarter-deck 1 ... 10-inch bore pivot gun.
Tweed, 18, Commander Lord F. Russell, will be paid
off, at Devonport, on Friday next.
Rapid, 8, Commander Blanc, still waits in Plymouth
Sound for a wind to sail for the East

St. Jean d'Acre, 100-gun screw-steam-ship, building
at Devonport, is ordered to be proceeded with us expe-
ditiously as possible, and to prevent the necessity of
delsy fully seasoned timber is being used in her con-
struction.

Hotspur, gunnery-ship, Captain Hewlett, commenced
target practice to-day.
Hermes, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Fishbourno, ar-
rived at Point de Galle, Dec. 1, from the Cape; last
from Mauritius, which place she left on the 19th No-
♦ember. She left Galle for Trincomalee, carrying
Colonel Cochrane thither. She then follows the Fox,
42, to Rangoon.
Tyne, store-ship, Master Commander Wellington, ar-
rived at Woolwich from Barbadoes, with artillery, on
Wednesday.
Sprightly, steam-tender, Master Commander Allen,
arrived at Devonport on Wednesday morning with super-
numeraries from Portsmouth.

• DEVONPORT, WEDNESDAY.--The weather has been
more moderate to-day, but the appearance of it does not
entice any of the ships to put to sea.
PORTSMOUTH, THURSDAY.—The weather is extremely
changeable; yesterday we had literally a summer's day.
Now we have again a westerly gale, with much rain. The
Hendrick Hudson, American packet, sailed yesterday,
but put back again last night to St. Helens's, on account
of the gale.
The examination-of the remaining stock of preserved
meats was continued to-day at the Royal Clarence-
yard, by Mr. John Davies, the master-attendant; Mr.
Joseph Pinhorn, storekeeper ; and Dr. Mliechnie, of
the Royal Naval Hospital, Hasler, forming the board.
About 400 canisters, varying in size from 61b. to 101 b.
each, were opened to-day in the lower store, where the
investigation first commenced, the attempt to examine
the canisters in the upper store having failed from the
overpowering influence of the stench upon the officers
and men employed in the investigation. Of the 400
cases opened to-day a better proportion than upon any
other day hitherto was found passable for consumption
within forty-eight hours, 189 having been reported
" good." The 211 bad were condemned to the depths of
the sea. Some of those reported " good" were very
good—fine mutton and beef; the mutton especially was
good. But the bad and condemned exhibited the filthi-
ness before chre,nicled, some of them containing intes-
tines with the excrement in, rotten liver, putrid kid-
ney, and heart; tail, tongue, ligament of the shin and
throat, palate, root of tongue, putrid washy decomposi-
tion, &c. The stench arising from them was awful. A
greater proportion of the canisters examined to-day con-
sisted of portions of the stock of preserved meats re-
turned into store on the paying off of her Majesty's ships
Hercules, 72, troop-ship; Frolic, 16, lately from the
Mediterranean station; and the Sharpshooter iron steam-
sloop, lately from the River Plate station, clearly show-
ing that the meat has been issued fur service. What
became of the 2,000 canisters taken away by the con-
tractor's agent about three months since without exami-
nation, by whose order they were taken from the store,
and what measures were taken by the Admiralty in re-
lation thereto, are questions very frequently titled here.
Major Harvey, A.D.O. to the Lieutenant-Governor,
has resigned and retirsd to half-pay unattached, and
Lieutenant D'Aguilar, of the Royal Artillery, rises to
the vacancy.

CaptainCheethatn's company of Royal Artillery moved
from Southsea Castle barracks to Woolwich this day.
Captain Gambidir's company arrived here to-day from
Woolwich, and is now quartered in Colewort-barracks,
a company having been removed from thence to South-
sea Castle.

The 7th and 95th Regiments have been practised in
the great gun exercise on the ramparts during the pre-
sent and past week, and appear to make rapid progress in
training.

It is stat©d that the 38th Regiment will shortly be
brought into this garrison from Winchester, the greatsr
portion occupying Fort Cumberland quarters. This
would augment the garrison to four complete regiments
of the line.

WOOLWICH, JAN. 15.—1 t is stated, although not as
yet officially given, that Commander Thomas Belgrvge
1848) will have the command of the Hydra steam-sloop,
t Sheerness; and that Major• General the Hon. George
Cathcart, appointed Governor of the Cape of Good Hope,
will proceed in her to his destination.
The Sulphur sloop, long used as a receiving ship at
Woolwich, is to be taken to Deptford tomorrow to be
broken up, and it is expected the Hebe, fifth-rate re-
ceiving ship, also at Woolwich, will be taken to Sheer-
ness or Chatham.

SEABORNE MAILS.
[N signifies that the mails are sent from the General Post-offlet
by the night—and M by the morning—dispatch.]

i When made up in . From what When
PLACES. 'General Post-oflice Port die- due.
London. I patched.
------ --
America (by Brit. pkt.)N Jan IS .... 1 ILiverpoel .. Jan. 21
America (by U.S. pkt.) N Jan. 27 .. .. !Liverpool .. Jan. 21
America (by U.S. pkt.) MI .. Southampt.
Africa (West coast).. N,l4th of the month Plymouth Feb. 3
Alexandria* • • ...... Nll9Ol & 30th of mo.I Dover .. Jan. 18
Belgium .. .. .• N; Daily • • .. .. I Dover •. , Daily
Brazil .. .. .. 31;9th of the month ISouthampt. (Jan. 16
Buenos Ayres •• .. M-oth of the month ;Southampt. !Arrived
Califonlla(viaChagres) 31,2 d & 17th of month Southampt. !Jan. 20
Cape of Good Hope N 14th of month Plymouth.. Feb. 3
Constantinople* .. •• N 7th 17th 27th of me,Dover . Jan. 20
Central America .. M2d & 17th of men. Southampt. Jan. 20
.. ;Dover
Channel Isles .. .. N Mon., Wed., & Fri. Soutkampt. Tee. Th. Sat
Chill •• .. . Md7th of the month ISouthampt. Jan. 20
France .. .. M& N Twice daily .. .. Twicedaily
Greece* .. .... N 7th 17th 27th of mo Dover .. Jan. 20
Ilamburgh .. .. NTuesday & Friday !London .. Tnes. Eat.
Uolland •• .. .. MlWedne3. & Satur.lLondon .. Moa.Thur
llond..as .. .. . Nll7th of the mosithiSoutharnpt. Jan. 20
Ireland .. .. M & NlTwice daily .. .. Holyhead .. Twicedaily
India(via Southamp.) 51 20th of the month Southampt. Jan, 23
India (via Marseilles) N 5 th& 24th efmonth'Dover .. Jan. 18
Mediterranean (via
Southairnton) •• Ml !Oth of the month ,Southampt. Jan. 23
Meditenanean (via I
Marseilles) .. .. NBthfk 24th of monthlDover .. Jan. 18
Mexico .. .. M2d of the month.. Southampt. Feb. 5
Madeira • •• .. M 9th of the month Southampt. 'Jan. 16
Malta* .. .. /I & 30th of month I Dover !Jan. 18
Naples* ..
..
..
Nl'
57tthh,:75thth,2159tthho,2f7mtho
Dover
~ :Jan. 12
Papal Stated* .. .. N sth 15th 25th of mo Dover .• J an. 12
reninsular.. .. .. M 7th 17th 27th of mo Southampt. (Jan. 16
Peru .. • .. .. M 17th of the month Southampt. (Jan. 20
Tuscany* :. .. .. N sth 15th 25th of molDover •• 'Jan. 12
hi,,st indica .. .. M 17th of the month ISouthampt. (Jan. 20

Naples* •• •• N
Papal Stated* .• .. N
roninsular.. .. M
Peru .. •• ••
Tuscany* .. •. N
West Indies .•
West Indies (except
Ilavanna & Nassau) M Id of the month ../Sonthaaapt. Feb. 5
* Tho mails to those countries thus marked (4) are conveyed by
French packet vid Marseilles.
Tho direct llavro mail from London via Southampton during this
month will bo made up three times a week only, instead of daily.
CALiroarlia.—Malls to and from California, via the United &ates
are now despatched and due by every American pack;..