The Sun.
London, England, 1852-05-29 00:00:00

PROMOTIONS.

Clerks—Nicholas Giles, William J. Jenkins (of the
Penguin), and Richard J. Wiggens hare been promoted
to the rank of paymaster.
Engineers—John Davey, to be chief of the Ist class;
JoheA. Burton, to be assistant Ist class; Chas. Tucker,
to be assistant 2d class.
APPOINTMENTS.
Chief Engineer—Richard Cook, to the Edinburgh, 58,
VFLiilgCaanrdsCflraeg;
screw-ship, Portsmouth.
Clerk—H. H. Shanks, to the Impregnable flag. ship,
Davenport.
Edinburgh, 58,
Assistant-Surgeon—Daniel Finineau has been con-
Per and John
con-
firmed to the Fantome.
Portsmouth.
theshiAp,ssviis,tosonitwEionbg;infleeerrsr;FluCiiaßmasr,rt,otothe
T. Gonichy,
troop-ship, Portsmouth; John A. Burton, Charles A. 0.
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vet
te Charles
l)
Dwyer, and Richard Taplin, to the
Thompson, to the Geyser steam-sloop •
tscrew-ship,
u nte Portsmouth;
a e screw-corvette,
Midshipmen—Hon. F. J. Boyle
84, Mediterranean; W. C. a Saunders, to the Tengeance,
steam-sloop, Davenport. tinders, to the Buzzard
Master's Assistant—John Molley,
steam-sloop, Portsmouth. to the Basilisk
PORTSMOUTH, FRIDAY. T
Captain Lord Adolphus F. he Fairy royal yacht,_
Aide-de-Camp to the Queen,itzelarence, G.C.H., Naval
the Royal Family at Cowes
embarked her Majesty and
and brought them es at two o'clock this after-
noon,salutes and loyal uPto this port under the usual
Fairy was navigateddemonstrations en route to London. The
yard by alongside the jetty at the Clarence-
barking, Commander Crispin, and on the Queen disem-
barking, was
G.C.NI.G., Me*o received by Admiral Sir Thos. Briggs,
cott, C.II r, 3 , r•General Simpson, Rear-Admiral Pres-
Captain 'isi,oaiapl,ain Sir. Edward Parry, Major Maitland,
Davies, R.N. e (acting Brigade-Major), Mr. John
Stevens, of the Mr. R. W
, Mr. Joseph Pinhorn, B•IsT"
guard ih W.
of the 7th Roe railway coma, and a_eouteonnoutr.
Colonel Wilbryat Fusiliers, commanded
. by. IA
charge of Mr.
W Godson ( am. The royal train,
fe ) and Mr. Beattie
(superintendentsuperintendent of traffic), (3 , _
5 th
of locomotion), of the ou -Western
Railway Company, left the Clarence-yard at 3.27 .M.,
for London. Flag-Lieutenants Aplin and Winthropp
were in attendance upon .
their respective Admirals.
Rear-Admiral Corry returned from leave this after-
noon, and rehoisted his flag on board the Prince Regent,
90, Captain Hutton.
The Superb, 80, Captain Purcell, sailed this morning
for Chatham, to be paid off.
Captain Sir Baldwin Walker, K.C.8., &c., the Sur-
veyor of the Navy, is at this port inspecting the ships in
dock and those fitting, especially the steamers, in con-
junction with the officers of the dockyard, Captain Hen-
derson, tee.
A Board of Admiralty are expected down at Ports-
mouth to-morrow evening, and it is said will proceed
to the Channel Islands. The Black Eagle, Admiralty
yacht, arrived here yesterday afternoon for the purpose
of conveying the Board across the Channel.
Conftiet:screw-slooP, Commander Jenner, will be paid
off, and it has been current to-day that the Hogue, 60,
Captain Macdonald, will also be paid off so soon as she
has completed her three years, and will afterwards be
commissioned and do the steam reserve duties at Ply-
mouth, as the Blenheim does at Portsmouth.
Porcupine steamer was brought to the buoy off the
KiDg'S•StairS to-day, where Mr. King, the master of the
Neptune, will swing her compasses. The Porcupine will
go to the west. coast of Scotland, for the protection of
the fishery.
We understand that the " paying down" and "leave"
system has not answered so well as it was supposed it
would, and that the Queen will be probably " paid off"
at Plymouth, instead of being " paid down"—but we
give this only as a report.

SANDWICH ELECTION.
SANDWICH, FRIDAY EVENING._The nomination for
a successor to Mr. Grenville took place here yesterday.
The show of hands was in favour of Lord Clinton, and
the friends of Captain French demanded a poll,
opened this morning, and has just closed, with the fol-
lowing result:—
Lord Clinton
Captain French.. which
Majority

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AIRS. PARTINGTON IN THE PROVINCES.—Mrs. Par-
seen anything in
tington called on a friend the other day to ask if she had
had been told of One yThich had girm birth to six itimbA at
ciao Una, the papers about a profligate ewe, as she