The Sun.
London, England, 1854-08-21 00:00:00

APPOINTMENTS.

Lieutenant George E. K. Gore (1843), formerly flag-
lieutenant of the Fisgard, flag-ship at Woolwich, to the
Royal William, 120, guard ship of ordinary at Devonport,
for service as flag-lieutenant to Rear-Admiral Henry
Eden, superintendent of Devonport dockyard.
Master James D. Milne (1849), from the coastguard
to the Malacca, 17, screw steam-sloop, at Sheerness.
Clerk—Henry M. Moore (1847), from the Arrow,
screw steam despatch gun-boat, to be clerk in charge of
purser's stores, on board the Supply, screw steam store-
ship.

Assistant-Engineer Henry Branford, of the third class,
to the fleet.

Gunner Thomas Harris to the Curlew, 8, screw steam-
sloop, at Woolwich, ordered to be taken to Chatham, to
be made ready for sea at that port.
Boatswain—William Beverley to the Curlew.
Carpenters—George Hughes to the Curlew ; Bevil
Kingston to the Supply.

WAR PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS AT
- ,THEI ADMIRALTY*.
"The immense increase of official business in the Admi-
ralty department, consequent upon the war, has compel-
led the appointment of an additional number of clerifs,
both at Whitehall and Somerset House. At Whitehall
Edward Giffard, Esq., of the second class, has been
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Captain Giffard, of the Leopard, in the Baltic, is well
known in the service as the'secretary to the medal com-
mittee, and as having filled other offices of trust and
responsibility. In the ranks of literature he will be
recognised as the compiler of those instructive and spirit•
stirring popular volumes, " Deeds of Naval Daring."
Robert Bell, Esq., has been promoted to the second
class, vice Giffard ; and the Hon. W. Moreton has been
appointed a third class clerk, vice Bell.
At Somerset House the following new appointments
have been made :
Mr. Selby De Vere Spencer, Mr. C. G. Turner, Mr.
Joseph Senior, Mr. Henry Blyth, Mr. Andrew Arm-
strong, and Mr. F. T. Pearsall, to the accountant
gen eral's department.
Mr. J. Vivian Hampton and Mr. James Gambier to
the storekeeper general's department.
Mr. W. F. Robson, Xr. F. A. Miles, Mr. F. S.
Jerningham, Mr. Evans, Mr. John Pigou, and Mr.
Henry C. Alley, to the comptroller of victualling's
department.
Messrs. Zanti Lemaitre and Edward E. Ede to the
medical director-general's department.

THE GUN-BOATS.
The Arrow steam despatch gun-vessel, Lieutenant
Commander W. Jolliffe, arrived at Portsmouth on
Saturday morning front Woolwich and remains at,
Spithead. Careful trials of her speed at sea by Massey 's
patent log show that, when her engines are making 92
revolutions per minute, the vessel is travelling 11
knots, 12.6 statute miles per hour. She arrived at
Portsmouth without any defect. She was built by
Mire and Co., of Blackwall, and fitted with her
machinery by Humphreys, Tennant, and Dykes, of
Deptford. Mr. Humphreys went round to Spithead in
her, in company with Mr. Dineen, of the Admiralty
Steam Department, Somerset House. The Arrow is
the first of the despatch boats so called, four of which
were lately constructed by Mare and Co., and two by
Messrs. Green, of Blackwall. The Arrow Beadle,
Lynx, and Snake are by the former, and the 'Wrangler
and Viper by the latter firni.
--hey are each of 160-horse
power, mounting 10-inch and 8h Lancaster's new oval
rifle guns and 12-pounder bras, howitzers. Their great
tegkeel on each bow. They
amidships, and are ca-
Pare rakish-looking craft, with three masts, schooner-
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inspection of the
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• who will make some experiments with her new
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and peculiar armament to-morrow, in the
presence of
Priuce Albert, who will be on board.
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ADMIRALTY INSPECTION.
The Lords of the Admiralty recommenced their in-
spection at Portsmouth morning. on Saturday tnorni Captain
Richards and Sir Baldwin Walker
.mustered the dock-
rged repeatedly
dock-
yard artisans at 11 o'clock, and dismissed them after-
wards with the usual holyday ; after this, Rear-Admiral
Berkeley and Rear-Admiral Martin went on board the
hulk where the officers and. crew of. the steam-sloop Sala-
man
having numerous
been
urged
mander are berthed, to
.inquire
.into the
applications
Causes of so
many determined complaints having been made of the
commandertobe
on the part of the officers, and a. round robin having
been sent to the acting commander-in-chief and the Lords
forthwith
superseded fir
s first
lieutenant,
of the Admiralty on Saturday morning from the crew.
What the result is to be we are not informed of. Sir.
Baldwin Walker subsequently went on board the Arrow
at Spithead, and the Black Eagle conveyed the First
Lord to Cowes, after he had held a lengthened levee at
the Royal Naval College. In the evening the usual
Admiralty dinner to the heads of departments and cap-
tains of the ships in commission, was given at the George
Hotel. Rear-Admiral Berkeley presided. Sir James
Graham having gone to Cowes, it was surmised to in-
form the Queen of a telegraphic message having been
received at the Admiralty from Sir Charles Napier
notifying the fall of Bomarsund. Before concluding
their business afloat, the Lords of the Admiralty went
on board the training ship Illustrious, Captain Robert
Harris, and mustered and inspected the men under
process of training for sea service in that ship, which
admirably answers the purpose for which she is commis-
sioned. The Admiralty yacht Black Eagle left yester-
day morning (it is believed with some members of the
Admiralty) for the westward. Their Lordships during
their visit also went on board and inspected the fine
screw transport Mauritius, which arrived in Portsmouth
harbour on Saturday morning, to prepare for the embar-
kation of the 34th Regiment this morning for Corfu.

ADMIRAL. OF THE FLEET AT CRONSTADT.
Admiral Ricord is a plain and an obliging sort of a
man, in appearance not at all Russian. He was for
many years governor of Kamschatka ; from thence he
was appointed port captain at Cronstadt ; in 3828 he
sailed from Cronstadt with a squadron of frigates
under his orders, for the Black Sea, and in the British
Channel was overtaken with a gale, which separated
the ships, and all but the frigate on board of which
Admiral Ricord was bore up and reached Plymouth ;
and so certain were the officers of these ships that the
commodore's ship had foundered in the gale, and all
on board perished that they went through tho sera.