The Sun.
London, England, 1853-11-01 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

Her Majesty's steam-ship Leopard sailed from Queens-
town on the 25th ult., for the Mediterranean. The fol-
lowing draft from the depot companies destined to join
the service companies of the regiments mentioned are
being conveyed by this ship :—For Gibraltar-13th
Light Infantry, Ensign J. H. Cobham, 1 sergeant, and
40 rank and file ; 30th Regiment, Ensign M. Walker,
1 sergeant, and 30 rank and file ; 55th Regiment, En-
signs J. H. Scovell and G. A. Morgan, 1 sergeant, and
50 rank and file ; 92d Highlanders, Lieut. W. D. Inve-
rarity, 1 sergeant, and 40 rank and file. For Malta-
-3d Foot (or the Buffs), Captain John Floyd, Ensigns
W. J. Newton and M. It. Snow, 1 sergeant, and 40
rank and file ; 41st Regiment, Lieuts. W. Johnston and
H. Rowlands, 2 sergeants, and 30 rank and file ; 47th
Regiment, Ensign J. J. C. Irby, 1 sergeant, and 40
rank and file ; 49th Regiment, 3 sergeants, 1 drummer,
and 40 rank and file ; 68th Light Infantry, Lieut. S.
Croft, Ensign J. Cater, 1 sergeant, and 40 rank and file.
Total-1 captain, 4 lieutenants, 8 ensigns, 12 sergeants,
1 drummer, and 350 rank and file, with 7 women and
15 children. Captain Floyd, of the Buffs, is in com-
mand of the above detachments.

CLomiEL, Oct. 29.—The company of the 14th Regi-
ment which has been stationed at Caher this considerable
time back, where, by the very soldierlike and proper
conduct of its men, it earned for itself the esteem of the
inhabitants, received the route for Limerick, to which
city it proceeded on Tuesday, the 25th inst., and from
thence it will embark for foreign service. The regiment,
as we are informed, will not be replaced by any other
corps.—Clonntel Chronicle.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

THE CAPTAIN OF THE PRINCESS ROYAL.

The Right Hon. Lord Clarence Paget, whose appoint-
ment to the command of the 91-gun screw-ship Princess
Royal, at Portsmouth, we gave a week since, was born
on the 17th of June, 1811, is eldest son of Field-Marshal
the Marquis of Anglesey, K.G., G.C.8., by his second
wife, Lady Charlotte Cadogan, sister of Rear-Admiral
Earl Cadogan, C.B. He is brother of Lord Alfred Henry
Paget, M.P. for Lichfied, and of Lord George Augustus
Frederick Paget, both officers in the army ; half-brother
of Lord William Paget, Captain, R.N. ; and brother-in-
law of Viscount Sydney and the Earl of Sandwich. This
officer entered the navy May 29, 1823 ; served as mid-
shipman of the Asia, 84, flag-ship of Sir Edward Cod-
rington, at the battle of Navarino, Oct. 20, 1827 ; passed
his examination in 1830, and obtained his first commis-
sion May 14, 1831. His succeeding appointments were
-August 11, 1831, to the Warspite, 76, flag-ship of Sir
Thomas Baker in South America ; Feb. 27, 1832, as
Supernumerary Lieutenant to the St. Vincent, 120, Cap-
tain Humphrey Fleming Senhouse, stationed off Lisbon,
whence he returned in the early part of 1833 ; and
June 7, 1834, to the Winchester, 52, Captain Edward
Sparshott, fitting at Chatham. Being advanced to the
rank of Commander, Sept. 25, in the year last mentioned,
he obtained command Jan. 17, 1837, of the Pearl, 20,
on the North American and West India station. He
paid that vessel off within a short period of his elevation
to post rank, which took place March 26, 1839 ; and he
was next appointed-June 26 following, to the Howe,
120, flag-ship of Sir Robert Waller Otway at the Nore,
where he remained until July, 1840-and August 23,
1841, to the Aigle, 24, fitting for the Mediterranean.
He returned to England in the summer of 1845. We
have stated that in July, 1846, his Lordship was ap-
pointed Secretary to the Board of Ordnance, and in 1847
he was returned to Parliament as member for Sandwich,
but he was defeated at the last general election.
The following other appointments have been made to
the Princess Royal :-Commander-James George Mac-
kenzie (1847). Lieutenants-John Murray, F. A. B.
Crawford, W. 11. Jones, G. F. Burgess, and J. H.
Chads. Master-John Jarvis. Paymaster-Henry
Louth. Mate-James T. Pringle. Second Master-
George D. Percy. Clerks-Henry C. Davey and E.
S. Cooke.
The following appointments have been made to the
Royal Go bed 121, screw, at Sheerness :-Captain Cod-
rington, C. 8., and Commander J. M`N. Boyd. Lieu-
tenants-W. B. Elphinstone, C. H. L. Ray, and J. H.
Glover. Chief Engineer-J. R. Closh. Chaplain-
Rev. J. H. Laing, M.A., from the Arrogant, 47, screw,
Paymaster-Benjamin Dyer. Mates-Wellesley, Gre-
gory. Second Master-A. G. Whichelo. Assistant
Engineers-James Turner and Charles Roebuck. Mid-
shipmen-James P. Murray, H. D. Grant, and A. M.
Norman. Clerk-W. J. Comerford and C. W. Mother-
well. Cadet-N. B. Smith. Clerk's Assistant- S. G.
Robinson.
Lieutenant R. B. Pearce (1851), has been appointed
flag lieutenant to Commodore Superintendent Seymour,
at Devonport, vice Sullivan.
Lieutenant C. A B. Pocock has been appointed to the
Excellent, gunnery ship.
Master G. Biddlecombe has been appointed to the St.
George, 120, ordinary flag-ship at Devonport.
Paymasters-James H. Towell (1850), to the Frolic,
1.6, at Portsmouth ; George B. Eales (1851), to the
Polyphemus, steam-sloop, on the west coast of Africa
station.
Clerk in Charge-William A. Ward (1846), from the
Fisgard flag-ship, to the Rifleman, screw steam-sloop,
at Woolwich.
Mates-William A. Cambier (1852), from the Ajax,
58, screw, Queenstown, to the Diamond, 28, Sheerness ;
W. D. D. Selby (1853), and A. D. Norrie, to the Juno,
26, Chatham ; William Edward Brinkman (1853), from
the London, 90, at Portsmouth, to the Frolic.
Clerks-Edward W. Gordon (1851), from the Monarch,
84, guard-ship, Sheerness, to the Frolic ; Edmund A.
Rowe (1848), from the Archer, 14, screw-sloop, Leith,
to the Monarch, vice Gordon ; Edward D. Herbert
(1848), from the Vestal, 26, North America, to the
Fisgard, flag-ship, Woolwich, vice Ward ; William
Thom (1846), recently serving in the Firefly, steam-
vessel, to the Juno.
Midshipmen-G. J. Jermain, to the Frolic ;W. Cod-
rington, to the Excellent ; F. T. Holmes, to the Ajax.
Cadet-P. Maddock, to the Juno.

RETIRED PROMOTIONS.
Lieutenants Henry Crocker (1811), on the active list,
and Paul Griffith Panton (1812), on the reserved half-
pay list, have accepted the retired rank of commander
on the list of 1830, but without any increase of pay, in-
asmuch as they are within the number of the senior
lieutenants.
Captain Decimus Hastings, brother of the store-
keeper, it is said, will succeed Captain Lord Clarence
Paget, as secretary to the Master-General of the Ord-
nance. This appointment has been held successively by
a captain R.N., a major, a rear-admiral, and a captain
R.N.
An exchange of ships between Lieut. A. B. Hodgkin-
son of the Desperate, 8, screw, Devonport, and P.
Johnston, of the Sidon, 22, steam-frigate, Portsmouth,
has been effected.
The depot-ship Saturn, at Pembroke, Captain Super-
intendent Sir Thomas Pasley, Bart., is to be paid off
and re-commissioned. A good sea-going screw-ship
would be more suitable for this port.
The steam-tender Lightning, at Woolwich, is to be
sent to Port Royal as a tender to the Imaum, depot-
ship, to supply the place of the Alban.
Frolic, 12, Commander Nolloth, is to relieve the Fan-
tome, 12, Commander Gennys, on the New Zealand and
Australian station, the Juno, 26, Captain S. Fremantle,
as we have before stated, relieving the Calliope, 26,
Captain Sir J. E. Home, Bart., C.B.

PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 31.

We presume heavy gales and seas have only been an-
ticipated as likely to visit this port on Wednesdays and
Saturdays, as the steamboat which we reported yester-
day as having been granted to attend the officers and.
liberty men in the fleet at Spithead is only ordered to be
at their disposal on those days. The ridiculous nature
of such a concession was fully exposed to-day. A strong
sea, with a stiff adverse wind, has been running all the
morning. Numbers of sailors, many of them drunk,
have been on liberty (from yesterday) ashore, mostly
congregating at Point, to the annoyance of the inhabi-
tants and the stoppage of business near. There was no
steamer to take them to Spithead this morning, and their
own boats, we suppose, could not weather it, so they
remained ashore hours after they ought to have been
aboard their respective ships. There were also three or
four launches, full of dockyard artificers, struggling to
get out to work on the Duke of Wellington, Arrogant,
and other ships at Spithead. Those who ought to have
been on board at work by seven o'clock were struggling
with the adverse waves at twelve ; and we do not think
they will all get aboard to their work before two. At
4.30 is their time for " knocking off" and coming ashore
again. Now, calculate the time and labour and their
value lost to the Government in such a single morning s
work as this, and then calculate the consumption of coal
as the chief cost of employing the port tug or any of the
tenders to place these sailors and labourers on board
their respective ships to their time, and we think the
Crown side of the account will look rather ridiculous, and
afford good ground for grumbling by those who grudge
the amount voted for the navy estimates. And this
state of things will certainly continue " for the time to
come," as it has done from " time immemorial," unless
the debtor and creditor view of the case is taken at