The Sun.
London, England, 1854-05-26 00:00:00

THE FRENCH NAVY.

station.
Henry George Belson (1851), serving as first mate o
the Dido. 18, on the Pacific station.
William Bergen PauIli.(1851), serving as mate of the
Rifleman, screw steam-vessel, on the south-east coast of
America station.
William T. W. Hambly (1851), serving as acting mat©
of the Locust, naddle-wheel steam-vessel on the south-
east coast of America station, to bo acting Lieutenant.
George Paynter Heath (1851), recently serving as
acting mate of the Calliope, 26, on the Australian sta-
tion, to be acting lieutenant.
Charles John Slaughter (1851), serving as first mate
of the Modeste, 18, sloop, in the Black Sea, to be lieu-
tenant.
Coldstream C. Robinson (1851), serving as acting
lieutenant of the Ferret, 8, sloop, on the west coast of
Africa. (1851), serving as acting
George Dacres Bevan lieu-
tenant of the Rattler, screw steam-sloop, on the East
Indies station.
(1851), serving in the
Walter James Hunt Grubb©
Excellent, gunnery-ship, at Portsmouth.
Henry Edward Crozier (1851), serving as first mate
of the Tribune, 31, screw steam-frigate, in the Black Sea.
Frederick J. Campbell (1851), serving as mate of the
Bonetta, 3, brigantine, on the south-east coast of Ame-
rica station.
Jones P. J. Parry (1851), serving as first mate of the
Terrible, steam-frigate, in the Black Sea.
Richard B. Foster (1851), serving as first mate of the
Medea, paddle-wheel steam-sloop.
Albert Henry William Battiscombe (1852), serving as
first mate of the Dauntless, screw steam-frigate, in the
Baltic.
John L. Perry (1852) serving as first mate of the Im-
,
perieuse, 50, screw steam-frigate, in the Baltic.
Henry Berkeley (1853), serving as first mate of the
Princess Royal, 91, screw steam-ship, in the Baltic.
The following lieutenants, promoted to that rank to•
day, leave been appointed to serve as under :
Lieutenants William Hewitt and Frederick T.
Thomson, to the Britannia, 120, flag-ship, Bonier Black
1 Sea ; Walter J. 11. Grubbe and Henry T. g, to the
Scourge, paddle-wheel steam-slo at Portsmouth.
Master's Assistant—Win. A.o p,
Chaffer, to the Scourge.

A FEMALE OVERSEER.—The Derbyshire Tinies reports
the nomination at a recent vestry mewing of Miss Sarah
George as a fit and proper person to fulfil the duties of
overseer of the poor of Misson, Notts, and the Retford
magistrates have made the appointment. Miss George
subsequently attended a vestry meeting, declared her
willingness to fulfil the duties, and received the balance
due to the parish ir9l;la the outgoing overseers.

"Art. 4. In case of condemnation in the circumstances
provided for by the preceding 'articles :-1. If the cap-
ture has been made by vessels of the two nations acting
in common, the nett produce of the prize, deduction
having been made of the necessary expenses, shall be
divided into as many parts as there shall be men on
board the vessels of the captors, without any regard
being had to rank, and the parts appertaining to the men
embarked on board the vessels of the allied nations shall
be paid and delivered to the person who shall be duly
autirorised by the allied Governments to receive it, and
the division of the sums belonging to the respective ves-
sels shall be made by each government, according to the
laws and regulations of the countries.-2. If the prize has
been made by the cruisers of one of the two of the allied
nations, in presence and in sight of a cruiser of the other,
the division and the payment of the nett produce of the
prize, after deducting the necessary expenses, shall also
take place in the manner above mentioned.-3. If the
prize made by a cruiser of one of the two countries has
been condemned by the tribunals of the other, the nett
proceeds of the prize, after deducting-the necessary ex-
penses, shall be handed over in the same manner to the
government of the captor, to be distributed according to
its laws and regulations.
" Art. 5. The commanders of the vessels of war of
their Majesties shall conform, with- regard to the con-
duct and delivery of prizes, to the instructions annexed
to the present convention, and which the two Govern-
ments reserve to themselves to modify if necessary by
common accord.
" Art. 6. When, for the execution of the present con-
vention, it shall be necessary to proceed to the valuation
of a captured vessel of war, that estimate shall be made
on her effective value, and the allied Governments. shall
have the power of appointing one or more competent
officers to assist in the valuation. In case of disagree-
ment it shall be decided by lot which officer shall have
the casting voice.
" Art. 7. The crews of the captured vessels shall be
treated according to the laws and regulations of the con-
demnation of the capture.
"Art. 8. The present convention shall be ratified, and
the ratifications of it shall be exchanged in London
within the delay of ten days or sooner, if possible.
"In faith of which, the respective plenipotentiaries
have signed the present convention, and have affixed to
it the seal of their arms.
" Given in London, the 10th day of May.
(Signed) A. WALEWSKI.
CLARENDON.
" ANNEX TO THE CONVENTION BETWEEN FRANCE AND II
GREAT BRITAIN, SIGNED AT LONDON THE LOTH MAY.
" Instructions for the Commanders of the vessels of
war of his Majesty the Emperor of the French and her
Maje%ty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland.
"You will find annexed a copy of a Convention signed
on the 10th of this month between his Majesty the Em-
peror of the French and her Majesty the Queen of the
-United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, for regu-
lating the jurisdiction to whsll is to belong the condem-
nation of prizes taken in common by the allied naval
forces or of merchant vessels belonging to the subjects
of one of the two states by the cruisers of the other, as
well as the mode of division of the proceeds of the prizes
taken in common. In order to secure the execution of
this convention, you will have to conform to the follow-
ing instructions :
" Art. 1. When, after an action in common, you shall
have to draw up the report or minute of a capture, you
will take care to indicate with exactitude the names of
the vessels of war present at the action, as well.as of
their commanders, and as nearly as possible the number
of men on board of those vessels at the commencement
of the action, without distinction of rank. You will
hand a copy of this report or minute to the officer of the
allied power who shall have had the chief command in
the action, and you will conform to the instructions of
that officer as far as regards the measures to be taken ,
for the management and condemnation of the prizes
thus taken in common under his command. If the ac-
tion has been commanded by an officer of your nation,
you will conform to the regulations of your own country,
and you will confine yourself to delivering to the senior
officer of the allied power, present in the action, a certi-
fied copy of the report or minute which you shall have
drawn up.
" Art. 2. When you shall have made a capture in
presence, and in sight of an allied vessel of war, you will
mention exactly in the report which you will draw up,
whether the captured vessel be a vessel of war, and, in
the minute of the capture, if it be a merchant vessel, the
number of men you had on board at the commencement
of the action, without distinction of rank, as well as the
name of the allied vessel of war in sight, and, if it be
possible, the number of men on board, also without dis-
tinction of rank. You will deliver a certfied copy of
your report or minute to the commander of that vessel.
"Art. 3. When, in case of the violation of blockade,
transporting contraband articles, land or sea forces of
the enemy, or official despatches from or for the enemy,
you shall stop or seize a merchant vessel belonging to
the allied country, you must-1. Draw up a report,
stating the place, the date, and the motive for stopping
the vessel ; her name, that of the captain, the number
of the crew, and containing also the exact description
of the ship and of her cargo. 2. Collect into one
package and seal up, after taking an inventory of the
same, all the papers found on board—such as papers
of nationality or of ownership, passports, charter par-
ties, bills of lading, invoices, or other documents calcu-
lated to prove the nature and ownership of the vessel
and cargo. 3. Put seals on the hatchways. 4. Put on
board an officer and such a number of men as you may
think necessary to take charge of the vessel and carry
her in safety. 5. Send the vessel to the nearest port of
the Power whose flas, she bore. 6. Hand over the vessel
to the authorities of the port to which you shall have
sent her, with a copy of the minute and of the inventory
above-mentioned, and with the sealed package contain-
ing the papers found on board.
"Art. 4. The officer in charge of the captured vessel
shall cause a receipt to no given to him, stating the de-
livery of the vessel, of the sealed package, and of the ?::,- i
pies of the minute and the inventory above mentioned. II
Art. 5. In case of distress, if the captured vessel
not bo in a state to continue the voyage, the officer
charged to carry into a port of the allied powers a prize
made of a merchant vessel of that power may run into a
port of his own country, or into a neutral port, and he
will then deliver up his prize to the local authorities if
he enters a port of his own country, and to the consul of
the allied nation if lie enters a neutral port, without
prejudice to ulterior measures to be taken for the con-
demnation of the prize. Hen hall take care in this case
that the report or minute, nd the inventory which he
shall have drawn up, as well as the sealed package con-
taining the papers found on board, shall be sent to the
country to the jurisdiction of which the condemnation
will belong.
" Art. 6. Women, children, and civilians, who may
be on board the vessel seized shall not be considered as
prisoners, bet may be freely allowed to land. With
this exception, and those which may be suggested-to you
for your safety, you will not let any one leave the vessel ;
under any circumstances you will keep on board the
captain, the supercargo, and those whose evidence way

The Momiteur publishes the following :
The steamers of the Imperial navy employed in con-
veying troops to the East have accomplished that service.
The troops have left France and Algeria.
A great number of these steamers have become dis-
posable.
By order of the Emperor, and on the proposition of
the Minister of Marine, our various squadrons receive
important reinforcements.
The Baltic squadron, commanded by Vice-Admiral
Parceval Deschenes, to which are added eight new
steam-ships, consists of 31 sail, as follows :
L'Austerlitz, vaiss., 2e rang. mixte., 500 chev., 100 can.,
Laurencin, cap. do vaisseau.
L'Hercule, vales., 2o rang. mixte., 500 chov., 100 can.,
Larrieu, cap. de vaissean.
Le Jemmapes, vaiss., 2e rang. mixte., 500 chev., 100 can.,
Robin du Pare, cap. de vaisseau.
Le Tago, vaiss., 2e rang. mixte., 500 chev., 100 can.,
Fabvre, capit. de vaisseau.
Le Breslaw, vaiss,, 3o rang. mixte., 500 chev., 00 can.,
Bosse, capitaine de vaisseau.
Le Duguesclin, vaiss., 3e rang. mixte., 500 chev., 90 can.,
C.-amir, Penaud; La Chapelle, capitaine do vaiss.
L'lnflexible, vaiss., 3e rang. mixte., 500 chev., 90 can.,
V.-amiral Parseval-Descheues ; Pironneau, capitaine do
vaiss.
Lo Duperr6, raise., 4e rang. mixte., 500 chev., 82 can.,
PCmaud, capitaine de vales.
Le Trident, 4e rang. mixte., :;00 chev., 82 can., Maussion

do Candi: cap. do vaisseau.
L'Audromaque, frigate le rang., 503 clam, 50 can
Gailain, capit. de vaisseau.
Da SemiHaute, frigate le rang., 500 chew., 50 can., Chiron
du Brossais, capit. de vaisseau.
La Vengeance, frigate le rang., 500 chev., 50 can., Bolle,
capitaine do vaisseau.
La Poursuivante, frigate 2e rang., 500 chew., 43 can.,
Preuihomme de Borre, capit. do vaisseau.
La Virginia, frigate 2e rang., 500 chew., 46 can., Sere de
Rivieres, capit. de vaisseau,
La Zeaohie, frigate 2e .range, 500 chev., 46 can., Herail,
capit. do vaisseau.
La Psyche, frogate 3e range, 503 chew., 40 can., Gui'bort,
capitainc de vaisseau.
L'Algerie, frigate 3e range, 500 chov., 10 can., Fereol de
Leyritz, capit. do frigate.
La Licorno, frigate transport, 500 chew., 10 can., Urvoy
do Portz.unpa,re, lieut. do vaisseau.
L'lnfatigable, frigato transport, 500 chew., 10 can., Dau-
riac, lieutenant do vaisseau.
Le Beaumanoir, brick lre class©, 500 chev., 16 can., De
Marches, cap. do fregato.
L'Asmodee, frigate i vapour, 450 chew., 16 can., Lagarde
Chambonas, cap. de vaiss.
Le Darien,. fregate a vapour, 430 chew., 16 can., Didelot,
capitaind do vaisseau.
La Phlegeton, corvette is vapeur, 400 chow., 10 can., Coup-
vont-Desbois, capit. de frigate.
Le Laplace, corvette h vapour, 400 chew., 8 can., Cabou-
reau, capit. 'de fregate.
Le Souffleur, corvette a vapour, 220 chew., 4 can., Moulac,
capitaine de frigate.
Le Milan, aviso a vapour, 200 chow., 4 can., Huchet de
Cintre, capit• do fregate.
Le Lucifer, aviso a vapour, 200 chov., 4 can., Dispan,
capit. do frogate.
L'Aigle, aviso a vapeur, 200 chew., 4 can., Martineaux-
Deschesnez, lieutenant de vaisseau.
Le Brandon, aviso Is vapour, 160 chev., 4 can., Clunk,
lieutenant de vaisseau.
Le Fulton, aviso a vapour, 160 chov., 4 can., Le Bris, lieu-
tenant do vaisseau.
Le Daim, aviso it vapeur, 120 chev., 4 can., Salami, lieu,
tenant do vaisseau.
The squadron of the Mediterranean, commanded by
Vice-Admiral Hamelin, and the Ocean squadron, com-
manded by Vice-Admiral Brunt, unite in the Black Sea,
under the orders of the first of those commanders, and
are composed as follows :
SQUADRON 01' VICE-ADMIRAL HAMELIN.
Le Friedland, vaiss. lor rang., 120 can., Guerin, capitaino
do vaisseau.
Lo Vainly, vaiss. ler rang., 120 can., C. A., Lugeol, coin.
en second ; Serval, c. do vaiss.
Ville de Parrs, vaiss. ler rang., 120 can., V.-Anair. Hame-
.u, comm. en chef. ; Rigault do Gcnoully, cap. do vais-

semi.
Lo Henri-Quatro, vaiss. 2o rang., 100 can., Johenne, cap
de vaisseau.
Le Bayard, vaiss. 2a rang., 100 can., Borius, c. do vaiss.
Le Charlemagne, vaiss. 3e rang. mixte, 450 chev., 90 can.,
De Chaboasnes Curton, cap. de vaiss.
L'lona, vaiss. 3o rang., 00 can., Repatel, c. de vaiss.
Le Jupiter, vaisseau, 3o rang, 450 obey., 90 can., Lugeol,
tap. do vaiss.
Le Marengo, 4e rang., 82 can., Martin, c. de vaiss.'
La Belle-Poule, hag. ler rang., Dangeville, capit. de frog.
La Panthere, armee en transport-magasin. Quesnel, lieu.
tenant de vaisseau.
Lo Mogador, frog. a vapour, 650 chev., 20 can., Warnier
de Vailly, cap. de vaiss.
Le Descartes, fr 62,.. a, vapour, 540 elev., 20 can., Darricau,
capit. de vaisseau.
Le Vauban, frog. a vapour, 340 chev., 20 can., De Pouques
d'Herbinghem, cap. de vaisseau.
Lo Cacique, fag. 5, vapour, 43) chev., 14 can., Guesnet,
c. de vais.
Lo Magellan, fr 62,•. a vapour, 450 chev., 14 can.,l‘,la2;re, c.
de vaiss.
Le Sane, frog. a vapour, 450 chev., 14 can., Labrousse,
cap. de vaisseau.
Lo Caton, core. a vapour, 260 chev., 4 can., Pothuau, cap.
de frog.
Lo Mouette, aviso 5, vapour, 290 obey., 4 can. D'Heureux,
cap. do frig.
Le Dauphin, aviso ii, vapour, 120 chev., 2 can., Tabuteau,
cap. de freg.
MCIRDE DU VICE-AMIRAL BRUAT.
Le Montebello, vaiss. ler rang, mixte., 140 chev., 120 can.,
Vice-andral Bruat, com. en chef. Ba.ssiere, c. do v.
Le Napoleon, vaiss. 33 rang., ii, vapour, 950 chev., 92 can.
C.-am. Chimer, coin. en second. Dupony, o. de v.
La Jean Bart, vaiss. 3e rang., mixte, 450 chow., 0) can.,
Touchard, c. de v.
Le Suffren, vaiss. 3e rang., mixte, 450 chev., 93 can., Fa.
bre La Maurelle, capitaine do vais.
L'Al3er, vais. 4e rang., mixte, 450 chew., 32 can., Sausset,
cap. de V.
La Ville de Marseille, vaiss. 4o rang., mixt., 450 chew., 32
can., Laffou Ladebat, capitaine de vais.
La Caffarelli, fregate a vapour, 450 chev., 14 can., Simon,
cap. de v.
Le Roland, corvette a vapour, 400 chev., 10 can., La Ron-
dere le Noury, c. de frog.
Le Primau.ruc,t, corvette a vapour, 40) chow., 6 can., Rey•
nand, e. s'ile fr.

The naval sub-division, under the orders of Rear-Ad-
miral Le Barbier do 'l'inan, destined to act in the Greek
waters and suppress piracy in the Archipelago, consists
of 14 vessels, of which 9 are steamers, as follows :---
La Pornonci fregate de 3o rang mixtc, 220 cher., 36 can.,

Bouet, cap. de vaiss.
La Silicuse, corvette agaillards, 2),0 chev., 20 can., 'M-
inas do la Perouse, cap. de v.
Le Mercure, brick do ire classe, 220 ehev., 18 can., Gicquel
des Touches, cap. de freg.
L'Olivier, brick do lre classe, 220 chev., 18 can., De la
Motto do Broons do Vauvcrt, cap. de frog.
Le Cerf, brick-aviso, 220 chev,, 10 can., Aumont, cap. de

Le domor, fregate a vapeur, 45) chev., 16 can., c.-a. Le
Barbicr de Tinan ; Legras, cap. de v.
Le Pluton, corvette a vapour, 2.0 chov., 4 can., Fisquet,
cap. de fro;.
Le Chaptal, corvette zi vapour, 220 chev., 2 can , Poutier.
Lo Heron. aviso A vapour, 220 chev , 4 can., Lo Ilegue.
Le Promethee, aviso A vapeur, 200 chev., 4 can., Lfebvre.
La Megere, aviso A vapeur, 200 chev., 4 can., Devouix.
Lo Narval, aviso a vapour, 160 chev., 4 can., Beral do Se-
daiges, lieutenant do vais.
Lo Solon, aviso A vapour, 160 chev., 4 can., Rusin, lieu.
tenant de vais.
La Salamanclre, aviso iti vapour, 120 chev., 2 can., Carrelot
lieutenant do vais.
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In addition to these squadrons, seventeen steam fri
gates and corvettes will remain armed in the port m
Toulon, ready to go to sea, and shall be ready at the
first order of the Emperor to embark 12,000 men of ex-
peditionary troops.
The names of these seventeen vessels are :
L'Albatros, fr(gato A vapeur, 453 thevaux, Duberna.rd,
capitaine de ft &gate.
Le Christophe-Colomb, fregato A vapour, 450 chew., Excel-
loans, capitaino do fregate.
Lo Canada, fregate Z vapour, 100 chev., Malvin, capitaine
do vaisseau.
Le Labrador, fregate Ft vapeur, 450 chew., do Varze, capi-
taine de vaisseau.
Lo Montezuma, fregate it vapeur, 450 they., Delinalde do
Castremont, capitaino do fregate.
Le Panama, fiegate A vapeur, 450 chew., Goubin, capitaine
de vaisseau.
L'Ulloa, &Opt° ii, vapeur, 450 chew., Baudais, capitaine de
vaisseau.
L'Eldora, fregato a vapeur, 450 they., Baudin, capitaine de
vaisseau.
L'Ordnoquo (attenduc du Seneg,al),
fregate it vapour, 450
they., Poudra, capitaino de vaisseau. •-
Le Berthollett, corvette A vapeur, 400 chev, Dabut, oar.
taine of fre,gate.
D
L'lnfernal, corvette A vapour de 400 chew.,
ca.nitaine do fregatc. e Rostaing,
Robin, capi-
Le Coligny, corvette it vapour de 300 chev.,
taino do fregate.
L'Eumenide, corvette A vapour de 300 chev.,
Pelletreau,
capitaine de frepte.
La Gorgone, corvette A vapeur do 303 clay.' Robin (ilex.
Andro-Edwond), capitaino ce lagate.