The Sun.
London, England, 1852-12-23 00:00:00

NAVAL

tENCE.

WOOLWICH, DEC. 22

The following appointments have been made, to take
effect from the ,Ist of January next, according to the
new regulations :---
Paymasters.—C. E. Cottrell, to the Neptune, 120,
ordinary guard-ship, Portsmouth ; S. G. Bunn, to'the
St. George, 120, ordinary guard-ship, Devonport B.
Dyer, to the ;Prince Regent, 92, western squad; on ;
Joseph Marsh, to the Hogue, 58, screw guard-ship,
Devonport ; Thomas Hookey, to the Edinburgh, 58,
screw-steam gunnery-ship tender, Devonport ; W. P.
Carrigan, to the Leander, 50, Portsmouth ; W. P.
O'Brien, to the Simoom, screw troop-ship.
Clerks in Charge.—T. E. Terry, to the Resistance,
troop-ship, Woolwich ; W. Ward, to the Rhadaman-
thus, steam-transport, Woolwich.
Lieutenant Thomas S. Pasley, flag-lieutenant to the
late Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth, has been ap-
pointed to the Imperieuse, 50 gun screw-frigate, at
Woolwich. •

Captain Bullock is doing the duty of senior officer at
Woolwich, in the room of Commodore Eden, absent on
leave.

Lieutenant.—Armine Wodehouse (1845), has been
appointed to the Amphion, 33, screw-frigate, Sheerness;
Robert Mansell (1852), to the Desperate, steam-corvette,
Devonport, vice Bullock, whose appointment has been
cancelled; Henry D. Hickley (1847), to the Argul,
steam-frigate, Devonport ; Thomas M. B. Fellowes
(1852), to the Odin, 12, steam-frigate, Portsmouth.

Mr. Dyer, of the 111;adamanthis, steam-transport, at
Woolwich, has applied to be superseded, and the Ad-
miralty have appointed Mr. George Gilpin to supersede
him.

The following medical officers have been nominated to
the steamers just commissioned :
Surgeons.—John King, to the Argus ; Henry Ed-
monds, to the Desperate ; Robert Grogon, to the Im.-
perieuse ; John A. Paterson, to the Barracouta; Edwd.
Hodges Cree, to the Odin; ames Harvey, to the Medea;
Edward D. Auvergne, to the Cruiser; James Buchanan,
to the Amphion.
Assistant Surgeons.— Joseph Coulter, to the Amphion ;
John Eccles Hamilton, to the Odin ; James Henry, to
the Argus ; Francis Anderson, to the Desperate ; John
Gunn, to the Imperieuse ; Augustus R. R. Preston and
Beresford C. Christy, to the London ; John Mortlock
Tronson, acting, to the Barracouta ; J. C. Ingles, to the
Medea ; W. T. Carr, acting, to the Cruiser ; Edward
M`Sorley, acting, to the Firebrand.
The complement of the Imperieuse, 50, screw-frigate,
Captain Watson, C. 8., at Woolwich, is to be 586.

PORTSMOUTH, DEC, 22.

The remains of our late gallant and respected Com-
mander-in-Chief, Admiral Sir Thomas Briggs, G.C.M.G..)
will be removed from the Admiralty-house to-morrow
morning at half-past 5 o'clock for London, by the 6
o'clock South-Western train. Captain Martin, flag-
captain, and Mr. Triphook, secretary and executor, ac-
company the body to London.
Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, K.C.8., the ap-
pointed successor of Admiral Sir Thomas Briggs, will
come down and hoist his flag on Monday. Captain
Mundy, of the London, has declined being flag-captain,
and Captain John Charles Dalrymple Hay, late of the
Columbine, is named as likely to have the post.
The Simoom, 18, screw troop-frigate, Captain King-
come, arrived at Spithead at 7 o'clock last evening from
the Clyde, with the residue of the screw machinery for
the Duke of Wellington, and came into harbour to dis-
charge it to-day.
The Admiralty having ordered the Archer. 14, screw-
sloop, Commander Strange, to proceed from Portsmouth
to Falmouth, to enter men for the navy, she sailed from
Spithead on Tuesday evening for Falmouth, for the pur-
pose of entering seamen for general service in the navy.
She returned to Spithead this evening, supposed to have
met with an accident.
The Avon, Master Commander Veitch, arrived this
morning with supernumeraries from Plymouth, And
sailed again in the evening On her return.

PLYMOUTH, DEC. 22.

The alterations and repairs of the mail steam-packet'
Adelaide, bound to the Cape and Australia, will detain
her here certainly until Saturday, and probably until
Tuesday next.

SHEERNESS, DEC. 21.
The Devon lighter, Second Master J. Bond, arrived
here yesterday from Plymouth and Portsmouth with
stores for this yard and for Chatham. She has this day
completed her discharge here, and sailed this afternoon
for Chatham-yard.
The Hope lighter, Second Master J. Rich, arrived
here to-day from Chatham-yard with stores for the
Rattlesnake, 8 guns, fitting in dock here.
The Ordnance hoy Marlborough, J. Cook, master,
arrived here to-day from Woolwich with guns, gun car-
riages, &c., for the Agamemnon.
The Agamemnon, 91 guns, screw steam line-of-battle
ship, Captain Sir Thomas Maitland, has this day been
secured by her mooring chains in the fitting basin, in
order to try her machinery, preparatory to her leaving
the basin on the 27th inst.
The Rattlesnake, 8 guns, is having her copper stripped,
and is progressing actively in being rigged. She is to
be fitted with the masts, spars, and sails of the Larne,
14, gun sloop, which have been sent from Chatham-
yard, the Lame having last paid off there.

THE FATAL FEVER ON BOARD THE
DAUNTLESS.
TO THE EDITOR OE THE SUN.
SIR,—I have read with the deepest sorrow the melan-
choly accounts of the fatal fever on board her Majesty's
screw-ship Dauntless at Barbadoes, and I and thosf who
have friends on board that ship, and in another fngate,
the Highflyer, also in the West Indies, wait with pain-
ful anxiety for later information. In the mean time,
however, I trust the Admiralty will have already ordered
the Dauntless to England, for she must be utterly use-
less now as a man-of-war on the west India station.—l
am your obedient servant,

A NAVAL OFFICER.
Junior United Service Club, Dec. 21.

ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY.

WOOLWICH, DEC. 21.
A board of officers, consisting of Lieut. Gen. Sir John
F. Burgoyne, G.C.8., Inspector General of Fortifica-
tions (President) ; Lieut.-Gen. Sir Hew D. Ross, K.C.8.,
Deputy Adjutant General of Artillery ; Major General •
Griffiths G. Lewis, C. 8., Lieutenant Governor of the
Royal Military Academy ; Col. E. C. Whinyates, C. 8.,
K.H., Commandant of the Garrison ; and Col. Thomas
Blanchard, C.B:, Commandant of the Royal Engineers
and Royal Sappers and Miners at Woolwich, assembled
at ten o'clock a.m. to-day in the hall of the cadets' lear-
racks at the Royal Arsenal, for the purpose of witness-
ing the examination of the gentlemen cadets whose
period of study in the practical class was com-
pleted, and decide upon their qualifications to be
appointed to commissions in the Royal Artillery and
Royal Engineers. Lieutenant-General Sir Charles
William Pasley, K.C.B. Royal Engineers ; Col. J. A.
Chalmer,lnspector ofArtillery; Col. 3..Nisbet Colquhoun,
Inspector of the Royal Carriage Department ; Lieut.-Col.
R.Hardinge, K.H., Superintendent o f the Royal Military
Repository; Lieut.-Col. Joseph E. Portlock, Inspector of
the Royal Military Academy; Lieut. -Col. Wilson, Director
of the Laboratory Department at the Royal Arsenal ;
Brigade-Major Bingham ; Capt. Eardley Wilmot, of the
Cadet Company ; and a number of officers of the Royal
Artillery and Royal Engineers, were also present during
the examination of the gentlemen cadets of the practical
class in practical artillery, fortification, and other require-
ments of officers in the ordnance service, which occupied
until past one o'clock p.m. At the conclosion of the ex-
aminations the following gentlemen cadets were passed
for commissions in the Royal Artillery and :Royal Engi-
neers, subject to their approval by the Mas,%er-General
of the Ordnance :-
1. Francis Towry Adeane Law.
2. John Henry Stockmar Carter.
3. Frederick William Gilby.
4. Major Francis Downes.
5. James Bevan Edwards.
6. Albert Charles Hugo Light.
7. Francis Henry William Nisbet;
8. Falkland George Edgeworth Wo.rres.
9. Henry Clement Swinnerton Dyer.
10. Thomas Lloyd Still.
11. Joseph Hanwell.
12. Joshua Frederick Betty.
13. Francis William Eveleigh Savage.
14. John Kelly Holdsworth.
15. William Frederick Moore.
16. Maurice Henry Fitzmaurice.
17. Wilbraham Digby 'Ullman.
is. Arthur Richard Robinson,
19. Henry Richmond Martin.
20. William Alexander Patrick Wyllie.
Lieutenant-Geniral Sir J. F. Burgoyne eongratulat ed
the gentlemen cadets who had passed on the highly sati,
factory examination which they had gone through ; =O.
Lieutenant-Colonel Portlock then called forward to the
board table Mr. Falkland George Edgeworth Warren,
whose invariable good conduct since he became a student
at the Royal Military Academy entitled him to receive a
regulation sword, which was presented by the Lieuten-
ant-General, who expressed himself much gratified in
handing him that valuable prize, which is conferred on
hr very meritorious conduct.
The other prizes were handed by the President to th
Following gentlemen cadets :
For Practical Artillery.—Mr. Edwards.
For Surveying.—Mr. Edwards.
First Prize Chemistry.—Mr. Donnelly.
First Class Mathematics.—Mr. Wrottesley.
Second Class Mathematics, First Prize.— Mr. Prizzl
Second Class Mathematics, Second Prize.—Mr. Darra 3
Third Class Mathematics.—Mr. Grant.
Fourth Class Mathematics.-=Mr- Boileau.
First Class Fortification.—Mr. Dumaresq.
Second Class Fortifieation.—Mr. Candilands.
First Prize, French.—Mr. Watson.
Second Prize, French.—Mr. de Montanoreney.
First Prize, Gerrnan.—Mr. Pringle.
Second Prize, German.—Mr. Malcolm.
First Prize, Historyand Geography.—Mr.Wrottesley.
Second Prize, History and Geography.—Mr. Lewellyn
Military Plan-Drawing and Sketching.—Mr. Lem

priere.
sth Room Landscape Drawing.—Mr. Bolton and Mr.
Wilson.
6th Room Landscape Drawing.—Mr. Franklaud.
Descriptive Geometry.—Mr. Macquay.
Second Prize, Chemistry.—Mr. de Winton.
There were a number of fine drawings exhibited, and
a model of a suspension bridge for conveying troops
across rivers, formed entirely of herupea cable and the
branches of trees.