The Sun.
London, England, 1852-02-09 00:00:00

APPOINTMENTS.

WooLwica, FEB. 7.—Rear-Admiral J. W. D. Dun-
des, C. 8., to be Cosumander-in-Chief of the Meditrr-
ranean station, in the room of Admiral Sir William
Pal ker, Bart., G.C.8., in the command of the ships and
war sltsmere oo that station since February, 27, 1845.
Rear-Admiral Dandas hoisted his flag; as Rear-Ad-
miral of the Red to-day en board the Britannia, 120,
at Spithead.
Several officers have been named as Naval Lord at
the Admiralty, to fill the vacancies occasioned by the
appointment of Roar-Admiral anvils to be Com-
mander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean station, but it
is most probable the following arrangemedts will take
place:—Rear-Admiral F. F. Berkeley, C. 8., first Naval
Lord, vice Dundas ; Recr-Admiral Houston Stewart,
C. 8., second Navel L.ird, vice Berkeley; Rear-Admiral
Sir James Stirfin,7, Knight, third Naval L:+rd, vice
Stewart; and C.iptain Milne, fourth Naval Lord, for
the performance of hi; present duties. We named Rear-
Admiral (then Captain) Sir James Stirling upwards of
six months ago as the now Naval Lord when a vaca.ney
occurred, by the appointment of Rear-Admiral Duudas
to a seagoing command.
Captain Richard Devonshire (1838), to receive the
out-pension of Greenwich Hospital, vice Rena ick.
Li,utenant Francis Rook() (1846), to study steam at
the Royal Naval College.
Assistant-Surgeon Samuel (1846), to the Vesuvius
steam-sloop at Devonport.
Boatswain Thomas Watson, to the Vesuvius.
PROMOTIONS.

Lieutenant3—James Dirom (1841), First Lieutenant
of the Albion, on the Mediterranean station, and Fre-
derick P. Warren (1843), serving in the Impregnable
fiat-ship at Devonport, to the rank of commanderp,
Mate—Henry Carr Glyn (1850), serving in the Scourge
steam-sloop, on the Mediterranean station, to tho rank of
lieutenant.

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Captain John Moore (1848), is named as likely to
have the command of the Higbtlyer steam-sloop, now
ready for commission at this port.
Captain Sir Edward Belcher, Knight (1841), Captain
Henry Kellett, C.B. (1842), and Commander M•Clin-
tock (1851), are to commission vessels for the ap-
proaching Arctic expedition, and the number of officers
and petty officers.and seamen who have volunteered for
ibis service far exceeds the applications on any former
occasion.

The Intrepid screw steam vessel, one of the vessels
fitting for the Arctic expedition, is in the outer basic",
and ready for commission, having been completed in the
engineer department. The Pioneer is in one of the east
clocks in a forward state, and both aro expected to be
commissioned in the course of next week. A number
of petty officers and men have been waiting at this
port for several weeks past, in the hope of being em-
ployed in either of the vessels of the next Arctic ex-
pedition.
The Agamemnon, 90, building at this dockyard for a
screw propellor, is now nearly ready for launching,
and the launch of this fine vessel will take place about the
end of next month. The blacksmiths are working over
hours at present to expedite the ironwork, and a con-
siderable number of shipwrights are at work upon her.
The beams of her pocp have been nearly all put up, and
the laying of the flooring of the upper deck commenced.
The Royal Albert, 120, has had three-fourths of the
beams of the poop-deck put up, and is advancing steadily
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shipwrights will be placed on the Royal Albert, and it
is expected she will be ready for launching in July next,