The Sun.
London, England, 1849-04-28 00:00:00

HERR STRAUSS Of Vienna) with the assist-
ance of his celebrated Band, will give his Second GRAND
MORNING PERFORMANCE at the Queen's Concert;Rooms, llauo-
♦er Square, on MONDAY, April 30.
To commence at Two o'clock precisely.
_Admission, 3s. ; Reserved Seats, 55.; to be had with programtnes
at his publishers, Messrs. Robert Cocks and Co., 6, New Burlington-
street ; of all Musiesellers, and at the Rooms.

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NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
APPOINTMENTS.
Captain Thomas Leeke Massie, a very good service
officer, has been selected to command the Cleopatra, 26,
to be commissioned at Chatham. He served as mate in
the Columbine, Martin, and Rose, in the Archipelago
during the Greek revolution; and in the boats of the
latter ship in an attack upon a horde of pirates at
Samothr6cia (1827), and of the Asia at Na;rarino, for
which service he was promoted. As a lieutenant he
was first of the Vernon, 50, for some time, and was pro-
moted in 1838. As a commander be servedin the Thun-
dercr in the various operations on the coast of Syria, in-
cluding the bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre, and was
promoted to his present rank in 1841.
Lieutenants—E. A. Porcher (1846), and W. B. El-
phinstone (1848), to the Cleopatra; Birtwhistle, of the
Vixen, additional to the Imaum; Molesa orth and \Vol-
rige, of the Wellesley, to the Vixen, vice Miller and
Birtwhistle; Sanden, First of the llelena, to the Imaum,
vice Acting. Lieutenant Barkley, who exchanges.
Master—James T. Davis (1841) to the Cleopatra.
Paymastcr and Purser—Robert Loney (1840), to the
Cleopatra.

Mittes--H. M. Bingham (1840), and Alfred Neale
(1840), from the Excellent, to the Cleopatra; Robert H.
Burton, to the Excellent.

Second Masters—Robert Smith (1846), from the
Victory to the Cleopatra; Joseph Walker, Acting Master
of the Scourge, to be Acting Master of the Trincomalee,
vice Gilpin, to the Wellesley; Nathanial J. Leone
(Acting), of the Bermuda, to the Scourge, vice Walker.
Assistant-Surgeons--John C. Inglis (Acting), of the
Wellesley, to the Helena; Sidney Bernard, to the
Alarm, for passage to England S. S. D. Wells (Addi-
tional),,of the Wellesley, to Port Royal Hospital, vice
Power, to the Wellesley; C. B. Wood, of tho Vixen, to
to do duty at Port Ro3 al Hospital.
Clerks—A. W. Cbimmo and Frederick Leine, to the
Cle(,pstra.

Midshipmen—Robert Copeland, and R. Adams, to the
Cleopatra; Richard P. Greahnni to the Excellent.
Master's Assistant—William Paynton to the Cleo-
patra. _ _

Naval Cadet—llon. R. Moreton, to the Cleopatra.

Boatswain—William Cremor to the Cleopatra.
Carpenter—William Crpad, to the Cleopatra.
The old basin at Portsmouth has been cleared fr( re
water. There is a great accumulation of mud, which
the labourers will commence getting out on Monday.
The stone work of the walls and the cement appear in
excellent preservation, and are being partially repaircd
where they need it.

The Re►. Professor Moseley has been instructed by
the Admiralty to visit the dockyard apprentice schools
next month, to examine the candidates for the central
mathematical establishment at Portsmouth. Tho Rev.
Gentleman visits Deptford on the Bth, Devonport on the
10th, and Pt mbroke on the 16th.

The Superb, 80, Captain Purcell, was exorcising firing
at a target at Spithead, on Thursday. Our corre-
spondent says, "She must have sonic very proficient
gunners on board; for I have seen her exercise several
times, and the second or third shot generally demolished
the target."
The Castor, 36, has returned to Chathan from Sheer-
ness, and was taken alongside the sheer-hulk to be
masted,'and to complete her for commission.
The Favourite, 14, corvette, Commander Alexander
Murray, arrived at Spithead on Thursday morning from
the coast of Africa; she has had a long passage, and has
brought letters, an invalid or two, and dispatches from
Sir Charles nothatn. She had not seen the Centaur;
she brings no news. She was telegraphed to proceed
immediately to Devonport to be paid oil; and she sailed
agbiu at one o'clock.

—The Fairy, royal yacht tender, was taken on the grav-
ing slip at Portsmouth, on Thursday. Her iron bottom
%a% very free from weeds or dirt. Mr. Peacock, of
Southampton, has been allowed to put on a patch of his
composition for trial. Mr. Hay has also put on a por-
tion of his improved composition. Master Commander
Welch, of the Fairy (Mr. Ballistcn being unwell), with
a party of the yacht crew, will proceed to Woolwich to-
day for the purpose of taking charge of and navigating
the Elfin, dispatch tender, to Portsmouth. The Elfin is
reported to be completed at Chatham to-day, and is
ordered up to Woolwich on Monday, in charge of an
officer and extra riggers at Chatham.
A new screw for the Phoenix, steam-sloop was cast at
Portsmouth foundry yesterday. It was a very complete
operation, and is the second that has been cast there. It
is made considerably stronger in the narrow parl of the
arms than her former one.

I'oRTSMOUTH, FRIDAY.—The Arrogant, 46, Captain
Fitzroy, went out of harbour to-day in a sea-going state,
and anchored at Spithead. Admiral Sir Bladen Cape),
Bart., the Commander-in-Chief ; Captain Chads, C. 8.,
of the Excellent ; Captain Austin, C. 8., of the Blen-
heim; and a large body of officers from other ships and
the Royal Naval College, went out in her to witness the
working of the screw, &c. Everything worked well,
especially the new cooking apparatus of Mr. Grant,
which has been completed, and yesterday cooked the
mid-day meals for the whole of the officers and men,
amounting to 450 and upwards, and distils pure water
at the same time at the rate of nearly a gallon per day
per man. On the Commander-in-Chief leaving the
usual salute was fired. The Arrogant will leave at day-
light on Sunday morning for Cork, where she will re•
main a day or two, and then return here to fit finally
for foreign service. Mr. John Penn, the eminent en-
gineer of Greenwich, the maker of the Arrogant's en-
gines, will go to Cork in her to watch the working of
her machinery, &c.
THE ARROGANT SCREW STEAM-FRIGATE. (AN
OTHER AccouNT.)—The Arrogant had her compasses
adjusted on Thursday, by Mr. Thompson, the master of
the Victory, and yesterday morning she got up her
steam. So much deserved praise has been bestowed
on this splendid ship, that her proceeding to Spithead
occasioned quite a sensation, and a large number of per-
sons collected in the dockyard and on the platform at
Portsmouth to see her. At about eleven the Commander-
in-Chief, the Hon. Sir Bladen Capcl, with tho Hon.
Chas. Elliot, and his flag-lieutenant, Mr.:Cochrane, went
on board her. A number of ladies and naval officers,
and many scientific gentlemen, also embarked in her.
She went out against the flood tide, and progressed in
the same excellent style that she did at her last trial,
making at least 8i knots, though the rate was not
tested. After rounding the Spit buoy a ♦ariety of ex-
periments were made with back and head turns, and she
answered most satisfactorily. She was also turned right
round in a radius little more than her own length,
answering her helm admirably, and steering remarkably
easy. Atter anchoring at Spit head the Admiral left her,
regularand l f t .
lino4inr.o fuonrt-i
when he received a salute of 17 guns from her heavy
orkance. She was a little deeper in the water than at
splendid appearance.
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returning to Spithead sail for
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before letving to tow the
day, to try her machinery
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North Star.
steam.frigate.lThe Ajax, 56, steam guard-ship;
In the Steam Basin—
R 1 Yacht; the Penelope, the
the Victoria and Albert, and the Arrogant, 46,
Sidon, the Itettibution, stud the Termagant,
auxAilt