The Sun.
London, England, 1863-09-09 00:00:00

The Tamar, 3, iron screw troopship, 2,812 tons
and 500-horse power, which was recently launched
at Millwall, is being brought forward for commis-
sion at Sheerness with all possible despatch. Capt.
Fred. Henry Stirling and Mr. Edwin Wise, master,
have been appointed by the Board of Admiralty to
the Cumberland, 24, guardship of the steam re-
serve at Sheerness, for service in this ship. She
has been surveyed by Capt. Mends, C. 8., Director
of Transports, assisted by Capt. Wise, the Capt.-
Superintendent of Sheerness dockyard, together
with other officials, and the result was pronounced
very satisfactory. Capt. Stirling obtained the
rank of Lieutenant in May, 1848, and served in
the St. Vincent from November following until
April, 1840, when he removed int.) the Caster, 36,
and served at the Cape of Good Hope until the close
of 1851. Ho served in the Penelope, 16, on the
West Coast of Africa, from February, 1852, until
promoted to Commander, March, 25, 1854 ; com-
manded the Wasp. 13, on the South-East Coast of
America station from July, 1856, until paid off at
the close of 1858 ; and was commander of the Hero,
91, attar' ed to the Channel Squadron, and on par-
ticular service from March, 1859, until promoted to
0 yesterday morning. She left at Sierra
post rank, November 19, 1860.
The screw steam sloop Wrangler, 4, Commander
H. H. Beamisb, which left Sierra Leone, August 1 ;
St. Vincent, 13th; and Fayal, 30th, arrived in Ply-
mouth Sand
Leone the screw steam troopship Megeera, 6, Com-
mander Samuel IL Henderson, and the screw steam
gun vessel
Cochrane. The paddlewheel steam frigate Odin,
16,Sparrow, 5, Commander the Hon. Ernest
Commodore Lord John Hay, left for England
on the 21st of July. The Himalaya was off St.
Vincent or, the 9th of August with troops, out-
ward bound.
The American steam-sloop Kearsage
was at Fayal,
The Wrangler has brought home
four naval invalids from the squadron, and five sea-
men
Cameron, belonging to the ship Cariboo, of Liverpool,
Capt.
belonging to Samuel Lawrence and
Co., which took fire 360 miles west of St. Vincent,
on the 20th of July. The Cariboo was from Liver-
pool bound to Bombay, with coals and machinery.
The mate was in the hold with a lantern, and fell
over a coil of rope. The lantern dropped from his
hand, and set some turpentine on fire. The crew,
26 in all, were
picked up by a Scotch bark 100
miles west of St. V
• incent. The Wrangler expe-
rienced fine weather until Saturday, when enter-
ing the Channel, since which strong northerly and
westerly winds have
Prevailed. Several cases of
fever have occured on the passage, but none have
proved fatal, and the crew are now quite healthy.
The Wrangler was commissioned on the 4th of
April, 1860, and has been constantly engaged on
the coast of Africa.

The following appointments and promotions were
made yesterday at the Admiralt Cat James
C. Prevost, to the Gibraltar; Lieut.
Stratford Tuke,
Lieut. the Hon. Francis G. Crofton, Lieut. Sebas-
tian Grasiot, and Lieut. Cecil
P. W. Johnson, to the
Pelorus ; Lieut Henry S. R
—andys, to the Speedwell;
Staff Commander Benjamin Renaud, to the Gib-
raltar ; Christopher Albert, master, to the Pelorus;
R. M. Curry, master, to the Speedwell ;John Jones,
master, to the Scylla
""; James lob .
Anderson, surg.,
to the Pelorus; William Edney, surg., to the
Scylla; Charles M'Shane, surg., to the Gibraltar ;
Dr. Robert Hay, acting assist..surg., to the
; Albert alter
T. Reid,
u acting assist.-surg.,.
Roberts,
to thep
master,
Pelorus ; William Carleton, acting assist.-surg., to
the Scylla;
to the Pelorus; M . Warburton,aymaster,
to the Scylla ; T paymaster,
to H. C. ay
Gray, paymaster.
to the Gibraltar. ; Alfred Clements, assist.-pay-
ib Gibraltar; Dr.tar W
assist.-pay-
master, to the Scylla; Frederick E. Perkis and
Alfed G. Montagu, assist.-paymasters, to the Gib-
raltar; James E. Ray, assist.-paymaster, to the
Pelorus ; E. S. M. 1‘...1 Power, assist.-paymaster, in
charge, to the Speedwell; James B. Rawlings,
assist., Paymaster, to the Excellent; John W. Sec.
combe, clerk, to the Pelorus ; Charles G. Ancell,
clerk to the Scylla; C. E. Grant and Richard
Harris, clerks, to the Gibraltar; Charles J. Bolt,
assist..clerk, to the Speedwell ; John B. Creagh,
assist.-clerk, to the Pelorus; Henry W. Hunt,assist,
clerk to the Scylla; Abraham Turner and John D.
Taylor,•assist.-clerks, to the Gibraltar; and F. E.
Thompson, master's-assist.. to the Speedwell.
The following appointments have been made in
the Royal Naval Reserve ; To be Lieutdants—
' Henry Welchman Clog and William Stewart.