The Sun.
London, England, 1852-03-27 00:00:00

APPOINTMENTS.

Commanders—Alexander Little, from Leith coast-
guard station, to Wexford district, as inspecting com-
mander, vice Charles 11. Douglas, whose period of ser-
vice has expired; Thomas Cochran, from Grimsby to
Leith district, as inspecting commander, vice Little;
Edward Roche Power (1850), to be inspecting com-
mander of the Grimsby district, vice Cochran.
Lieutenants—James Irwin to command the Lyne
Cobb coast-guard station, vice Mr. W. B. Stocker. su-
perannuated; H. A. Clavering (1847), and C. S. Dun-
bar (1847), have been appointed to the Excellent, gun.
nery ship, Portsmouth.
Masters—Samuel Braddon (1851) to the Britomart,
8 Devonport; F. H. May
,(1844) to the Winchester,
50, Portsmouth.

Mates—G. It. Fitzgerald °to the Higbflyer, screw-
corvette, Woolwich; E. S. Douglas, G. S. Dall, and T.
M. F. Bunri, to the Winchester; Thomas Staekhouse to
the Briton-lam

Second Master—S. 0. Jones to the Retribution, steam
frigate, Spithead.

Assistant-Surgeon—Julian W. Bradshaw (1847) to
the Hasler Hospital, vice Henry Slade, to the Winches-
ter, 50, Portsmouth.
Clerk—C. A. SBapcote to the Britomart.
Midshipman—James 11,st to the Highflyer; C. Baillie
to the Leander, 50, Devonport.
Mastvr's Assistants.—F, P. Haswell to-the Dauntless;
W. B. Bastion to-the Britomart.
Ganners—S. R. Brown to the Winchester; Richard
Parkins to the Britomart.
Boatswains—Janice Etheridge to the Winchester; J.
Thompson to the Britomart; 0. D. Maxwell and Thomas
Flintham of the-M•niarch, 84, Siticerness, have been com-
firmed.

Carpenter—John Gedgo to the Britoraart.
Higi.flyer, 26, screw-frigate, Captain H. J. Matson,
ahtas"a'7r°ela'tleyb.' is
somPeicki eighty up her crew very fairly. She
ty
pany on her books. The 3odr
onfinAetpyrilofishtehre sdhaiyp'sn
acmomed-
tor her completion by the dockyard. She was tried
down the river on Thursday; when the average of three
runs, two up and one down, at the measured mile in
Long Reach; she made a speed of 9.052 knots per hour..
Sitnoom iron -screw steam-ship, Captain liiegcome,
which put into Devonport on Thursday, with the dis-
patches received from the Vulcan screw-frigate, Master
ComMander Penn, off Scilly, on W, dnesdity, will pro-
'oly sail again to-day for Portsmouth. the injury sus-
tained by the machinery being but trifling, though suffi-
cient to have placed the ship in tot rio peril, from the
circumstance of her being at the time of the accident in
the narrow channel at the east end of the breakwater.
She was towed to the anchorage, inside the breakwater,
by the Avon and Cocfiaace steamers.
Vulcan had not arrived at Devonport yesterday noon,
and from the point at which the wind stands, will have
some difficulty iu working up Channel.
Resistance troop-ship, Master Commander Bradshaw,
arrived at Devonport on. Thursday, with victualling and
naval stores, - and has b ?cn towed into harbour to dis-
charge her cargo, by the Confiaoce.
Racer, 12, Commander Beddoes, was inspected by
Captain Lowe on Wednesday, and towed into Devonport
harbour on Thursday, to be paid off.
Falinouth lighter sailed from Devonport, with stores,
for Deptford, yesterday.
. Prince Regent, 90, Captain Harris, and Leander, 50,
Capt Decree' ' left gaeenstown March 24, the former
for Portsmouth, and the latter fer Davenport, to be
" paid clowta"
lORTSMOUTII, FRIDAY.—The Rodney, 92, Captain
Graham, C.B. will, according to present arrangements,
go to Spitheadon the Ist pros.
The Antelope steam-sloop arrived at Spithead to-day
from the eastward, aad came into harbour in the after-
noon. She will be paid advance previously to leaving

this port.
The officer& and crew of the Vesuvius steam-sloop
were turned over to the Vixen steam-sloop, at this port,
to-day.
The Arethusa, 50, Captain Symonds, will be " paid
down" to-morrow, and her crew will be granted a tort-
night's leave.
The Arrogant, 46, Captain Robinson, will be "paid
down" on Monday,

MILITARY FORCE.
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actuallyni
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tafterbioense a
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hanasarmbeyenof raelrseeardwye. In the case.o4hlhme
done, and
with
• 1 more
but the p,nsiooers, besides being pr,3neoptive y
the whole body
apneinf,ssiotneeurscutt,heiss;
or less disabled,' do by.no moans form favoured
with discharw d soldiers. We have been favoured
with s:Jrie statistics on this point from credible
authority,And we shall pronably surprise the reader in
no h-. 11 eegr, e by stating that the number of soldiers
annually disbanded exceeds six thousand. Many of
these—and as the Limited Enlistment Act operates
there will be many more—are in the prime of life ; in-
dew, it is computvd that at least 1,000 men actually
purchase their discharges apart from any disability for
s,•rvice. Now, thenhitf objection to the naval reserve,
—that of tae dispersion of the seamen in vessels at tea,
—would not apply to men who would km at hand in
their several districts, exactly like militiamen or pen-
sioners; and, if they were induced by any small pri-
vilege or bounty to render th,mselves thus available, we
should at once possess a relerve of trained soldiers, no-
oessarily more serviceable than county militias. With
40,000 troops of the line, 40,000 more of the " reserve,"
and 50,000 pensioners, less robust than the reserve, but
capable of home service, we could surely give a reason-
able account of any expedition which could slip through
a chain of steamers from the North Foreland to Fal.
mouth, foul actgoiter cur Muunl squadron ;9 boot.