The Sun.
London, England, 1849-02-03 00:00:00

AFPOIXTMENTS.

Lieut. W. Shaw, to the Alert; Williaom Ray, M.D., sur-
geon to the Royal Hospital; Johnßernard, Thomas Graham,
and James Forbes, assistant surgeons to the Hastings; F. G.
Toms and J. E. M. Wallis, assistant surgeons, to the Im-
pregnable, acting; R. Dawe, acting boatswain, George
Nutche, acting carpenter, and Charles Tucker, acting gunner,
to the Bathurst.
81R W. PARSER'S SQUADRON.
Naples, Jan. 19.
At eight o'clock A.M. yesterday (the 18th) the Admiral
made the signal, " Exercise at nine o'clock." At about frra
minutes after the appointed time the signal was made, " SWlft
all topsail yards," a very pretty manoauvre, which was ejone
in the following time by the respective ships:—

Ships.

Fore. I Main. I Mizen.
Min. Sec. Min. See. Min. Sec.

1 Hibernia, 104, Admiral Parker ...... • . 20 45
Bowe, 120, Captain Sir J. Stirling .. • • 29 0
Queen, 116, Captain Bruce.— —.•..— 19 15
Belt rophon, 78, Captain Baynes ...... 30 0
Gladiator steam-frigate, Captain Robb 19 0
Terrible steam-frigate, Captain Ramsay

26 0 24 50
30 0 27 4S
25 25 24 0
53 30 33 0
None None
Annulled.

After the Hibernia and the Queen had finished, the for-
mer made the signal " Hibernia and Queen shift to pgallant-
masts ;" but, as it was very misty weather, and quite calm,
it was taken for a general signal, and the mistake was not
discovered until the flag-ship signalled " Annul. Howe and
Bellerophon ;" but it was then almost too late, for some of
the old masts were on deck. The two former did it as
follows :

Fore. Main. Minn.
Ship. Min. Sec. Min. See. Min. Sec.
Hibernia (flag) ... 7 0 ... 830 ... 730
Queen ... ... ... 12 30 ... 12 0 ... 830
The Howe then close-reefed her topsails and reefed her
courses. The Admiral made the signal " Well reefed ;" after
that she made sail, shaking out one reef at a time, and then
furled sails.

Two accidents attended the exercise; one terminated
fatally. On board the Howe, the liAard of the foretop-
gallant mast, being made with a slippery hitch, fell over the
side, carrying away the port forecastle netting and itself at
the topgallant sheave; but, strange to say, no one was hurt.
On board the Queen, when sending her foratopgallantm_Yard
across, the yard rope was let go, and the lower lift cog
cff at the same time, the yard came down from the cap, Just
clearing the two forecastle guns fore and aft, and striking
two men, one of whom died from the injuries ha sustained,
and the other had an arm and leg broken.
A court-martial is ordered totealtenan tm on
place
11 of the
Howe, on Monday next, on Lieutenant
Bellerophon.
The Gladiator steam-frigate, Captain Robb, arrived from
Messina, and the Queen, from Baia, on the 17th; and the
er irard the
,
--1 of HardWiCke, hourly
Vengeance, h 1 y
Vengeance, 84, Captain the Ear
expected from Malta. has invalided,
in the Terrible to Malta.
ran foul Of each other
Two Neapolitan steamers near Na-
plesthe
_King on board
Lieutenant Marshall, of the Howe and gone
on Thursday,
.„e with - Eight of
the crew were so htened at the accident, that
theyY jumped
overboard and were ig drowned.

EXPEDITFON.
e a , ARCTIC
i e y i l na tu r ally be felt in
rwanasklninot's/ expect to
the re Captain
Kellett, C.B to
Masatlan, BB announced by a conttnapora • h "
As
THE
stuornin of the Herald,Herald, 22
yesterday,sof Sir
jo h
shen F
the vessel actually sent anyin
expedition although, as
search of it, the following authentic particulars will be
read with interest
By his instructions, Ca • -
Captain Kellett was desired to
statedtiding
proceed to Behring's Straits, there to meet the Plover,
and having assisted to secure her in some covenient
harbour, to return to the southward to give intelligence
of the spot in which lie had left that vessel, it being in-
tended that the Plover should send her boats along the
American coast to communicate with the party which
will descend the Mackenzie river, under the command
of Sir John Richardson.
Owing to calms and a long detention from contrary
winds in Norton Sound, it was not till the Ist of Septem-
ber that the Herald arrived at the appointed rendezvous
in Kotzebue Sound. There she remained till t'ae end of
the month, waiting for the Plover, which vessel not ar-
riving, Captain Kellett again weighed and re -passed the
Straits on the 2d of October, arriving at l'lazatlan on
the 24th of November.

By letters received from Callao it appears that after a
tedious passage the Plover, being an excelleiat sea boat,
but a very dull sailer, had only reached that place on the
6th of July. It was therefore not possible for her to
arrive in Behring's Straits before the departure of the
Herald, and the probability is that she will have to pass
the winter at Petropaulski, or Sitka, and proceed this
spring, on the opening of the ice, to explore the north
coast of America with her boats. _

In the meantime the Herald, having refitted, will im.
mediately sail for Behring's Straits, with provisions and
stores for the Plover, which ship will, if necessary, 'pass
the next winter in Kotzebue Sound, or some other con-
venient spot, which may be selected for her.

THE WEATHER.—Star OFFICE, FEBRUARY 3.
TagrixoNETza, Lowest, 43; Highest, 47; Noon, 49

BiRCIIITEIt, 30.46.
WIND S.W.; dull hazy weather.