The Sun.
London, England, 1854-05-25 00:00:00

NAVAL APPOINTMENTS.

Lieutenants—William Dawson (1854), recently pro-
moted from mate of the Excellent, gunnery-ship at
Portsmouth, is re-appointed to that ship as lieutenant ;
Hon. H. W. Chet wynd (1850), recently sewing in the
Cumberland, 70, to the Sphinx ; T. E. Smith, from the
Britomart, 8, brig, on the west coast of Africa station,
to the Sphinx.
Paymaster—James W. Ashby (1852), to the Sphinx.
Masters' Assistants—A. J. Armstrong, to Nautilus,
6, brig, tender to the Impregnable, fiag•ship, at Devon-
port ;W. R. Cronin; to the Victory, flag-ship, at Ports-
mouth ; W. H. Willing, to the Indefatigable, 50, at
Devonport.
Assistant-Surgeon—John Barclay, M.D. (1846),
borne as additional assistant-surgeon on the books of
the Victory, flag-ship, at Portsmouth, for service in
Haslar Hospisal, to the Fisgard, flag-ship, at Woolwich,
fur dockyard service, vice Jenkyns, promoted.
Clerk—John Mumford (1848), recently serving in the
Fox, 42, on the East Indies station, to the Fisgard,
flag-ship, at Woolwich, vice Fisher, appointed to the
Hornet, 17, screw steam-sloop.
Clerk's Assistant—A. L. Eversfield, to the Sphinx.
Gunner—Guithard Henry, to the Hornet, at Wool-
wich.
Boatswain—William Oliver, to the Hornet.
Carpenter—William J. Gibson, to the Hornet.
Acting-Gunner—Emmanuel Farewell, to the Medina,
paddie•wheel steam-sloop, at Woolwich.

The Tribune, 30, screw-frigate Captain the Hon.
S. T. Carnegie, arrived at Shithead yesterday morning
from Sheerness to await orders. She dressed ship at 8,
and fired a Royal salute at noon.
The Sprightly steam-tender, Mr. Allen, Acting-
Master, commanding, proceeded to Sheerness yesterday
with supernumeraries, and conveyed thither also Lieut.
Crawley and the other officers and men of the late
steam gun-boat Jasper.
The Resistance, 10 guns, troop-transport, Master-
Commander M. Bradshaw, sailed from Sheerness for the
Baltic at 7 30 a.m. yesterday. Mr. R. Leighton,
master mariner of Hartlepool, proceeds in the Resistance
as pilot for the Baltic.
The Isis, 44 gun frigate, is in dock at Chatham,
masted, and being prepared for the pendant with all
possible despatch.
The Wolverine, 12-gun sloop, at Chatham, is progres- '
sing very smartly with her equipment, and will shortly
be ready for sea.
The Spy, 3 guns, brigantine, at Chatham. has had
her masts stepped, and is being rigged with all possible VALUE OF LAND IN MELBOURNE.—The price of town
land is almost beyond credit. There is no limit to the
despatch for service in the Baltic.
The guns, new screw steam-ship, Cap- extravagant opinion that buyers and sellers entertain of
twin
the Hannibal,H o 1
Frederick W. Grey, it is now stated, will its value. Innumerable instances might be quoted ;in
not be ready to be put out of dry-dock at Chatham until one case, a house, purchased for 2501., lately fetched
the 10th of next month. 12,0001. ; another, offered to Government for the use
The Rhadamanthus, paddle-wheel steam store.ship, of the military officers, for 3,0001. a month, afterwards
left Woolwich at noon yesterday for Sheerness with a was valued at 5,0001. ; they still hesitated, and the
portion of the engines for the Royal Albert, 131, fitting declinedy rose to 6,6001., which sum Government
at that port. giving, having about that period received iron
Her Majesty's steam-vessel Prometheus, having had barracks. As another instance, the Government have
her copper examined and repairs made good, will be long desired Depraves' fine blue stone sto
re, and have
taken out of dock at Plymouth on Wednesday. She made many liberalb overtures, but withoutmp
has received orders to proceed to Lisbon. proprietor to sell. They at last asked him to name a
The crew of the Calcutta, 84, Captain Stupiord, gut price—a final figure—in order that
me they might settle the
her lower rigging over her mastheads on Tuesday. affair one way or another. He meditated awhile, and
The screw steam-ship Himalaya, Capt. Kellock, from I then as his ultimatum, named 85,0001.—The Land of
Southampton to Cork, was observed on Wednesday t Promise.