The Sun.
London, England, 1853-02-04 00:00:00

APPOINTMENTS.

Surgeon7--John A. Corbett (1849) to the Espiegle, 12,
Sheerness.
Paymaster—John Hay (1847) to the Odin, 14, steam-
frigate, Portsmouth.
Assistant—Surgeon Dr. G. H. Edwards (1847) to the
Espiegle.
Clerk—James T. Bignell (1848), to the Horatio, 24,
screw steam-guardship, at Sheerness.
Clerks' Assistants—W. H. Haswell and C. D. Duport
for examination.
Gunner—D. Colinburn to the Duke of Wellington.
Boatswains—S. Ackworth to the Duke of Wellington ;
Henry Clunn to the Espiegle.
Carpenters—Josiah V. Earl to the Duke of Welling-
ton ; Thomas Allington to the Espiegle.

PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 3.

Duke of Wellington, 131 (screw), Captain H. B. Mar-
tin, got her topmasts, jibboom, spare topmasts, and a
great deal of her rigging on board to-day.
London, 92, Captain Mundy, has taken advantage of
the fine weather, and has been painting outside.
The Rodney, 92, Captain Charles Graham, C. 8., has
taken on board her powder, &c., at Spithead to day, and
is ready for sailing orders.
Prince Regent, 90, Captain Hutton, discharged, her
powder and shells to-day, preparatory to coming into
harbour to-morrow, to be examined, and have her copper
cleaned.
Asia, 84.—This handsome teak-built ship, having un-
dergone a most thorough repair, is now painting. She
has also been payed over on the copper of her starboard
side, with Mr. Hay's composition. The port side is to
undergo the same process, with Peacock's composi-
tion. She is expected to come out of dock on the 11th
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instant.
Gorgon, 6, steam-sloop, has been getting her boilers
on board this afternoon, and is painting outside.
Banshee, 3, Lieut. Commander Hosken, steam-packet,
hauled into dock, from the steam basin ; her copper was
rather foul, and appears very thin. As a specimen of
beauty her mould is unequalled, and as fine both ends
as well as a rowing galley; her beautiful lines amply re-
paid the trouble of getting under her hottom.
The Mediterranean mail steam-packet to be paid off
here on Saturday next is the Medina not Minden.
The Cruiser steam-sloop, Commander the Hon. George
H. Douglas, was inspected to-day by Commodore Henry
Eden, and left at half-past three o'clock p.m. for Green-
lithe, to have her compasses adjusted to-morrow. She
will then proceed round to Portsmouth in charge of her
First Lieutenant, William Lambard, should her com-
mander continue so indisposed as to be unable to join
her at Greenhithe. Commander Douglas will, in that
case, join her at Portsmouth as soon as he is sufficiently
convalescent.
On the late occasion of the return of the Fire Queen,
tender to the Victory, Master Commander F. W. Paul,
she steamed from Sheerness into Portsmouth Harbour
re-hoistedh(hslaaps
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to-morrow
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