The Sun.
London, England, 1849-11-30 00:00:00

THE SUN.

good. It wts finally resolved, at half•past five o'clock,
that the meeting should adjourn to December 21, to
receive the fourth and final report of the committee of
investigation.

LONDON,

gallant sails, entered the Sound by the Western
Channel at 1 o'clock this afternoon. The Constance
is from the Pacific and Rio Janeiro, but L►st from
Portsmouth, arid is come here to be paid off. This
day (Wednesday) week 'she was off the port, and
within two hours easy sail ,of Plymouth Sound. On
Friday night, according to a contemporary, she was
in a " position of much danger" in thick weather,
when some of the lights on the Wight could be dis-
cerned. At 9 o'clock she anchored in 10 fathom
water, when her chain parted ; another anchor was
let go, and soon after the light on the Nab and Owers
was seen. The distress guns which she fired were not
heard at Portsmouth. She arrived there on Saturday,
and on Monday landed her rich freight of specie,
which was delivered in London on Tuesday last.
We are aware that it is the usage of the service to
go to Portsmouth fur orders, and to land specie at
that station. Could it have been otherwise arranged,
greater economy and dispatch might have been ob-
served. A whole week's wages and provisions for the
officers and crew, and wear and tear of the ship, would
have been saved ; the specified risk of loss of ship and
cargo avoided, and the valuable freight, via South
Devon and Great Western Railways, delivered in
London last week instead of Tuesday.
Her Majesty's steam-vessel Stromboli, Captain
Lord A. W. Beauclerk, arrived on Tuesday, from
Portsmouth, with seamen for the Indefatigable, and
sailed the same day for Queenstown.
The Gladiator steam vessel made a trial trip round
the Eddystone on Friday.
The lower yards and topmasts of the flag-ship
Impregnable were struck, on the 23d inst., for the
winter season.

The steam-vessel Lucifer was placed in dock on
Monday, to have her copper examined; the next day,
it being found that she required calking, her copper
was ordered to be taken off.

The brig Hound is in the Sound, nearly ready
for sea.

The brig Philomel is ordered to be commissioned,
and is to take the January mail to the coast of Africa,
Wind S E. ; strong breeze.
APPOINTMENTS.

WooLwicff, Nov. 29.—Assistant Engineers—
Andrew Douglas, Richard Cotten, John A. Ritchie,
Robert Moore, John Oliver, and R. H. Alvin, to the
Terrible steam-frigate, at Woolwich.
Tha Terrible steam-frigate, Captain James Hope,
C. 8., has taken a number of able seamen on board—

fine fellows who had kept back from a desire to serve
in this vessel. Lieutenant Miller remains in charge
of the frigate until the arrival of Captain Hope. The
fifty non• commissioned officers and men of the Royal
Marine Artillery, under Lieutenant Meade, who
came round from Portsmouth to join the Terrible,
went on board to-day for service, and she will soon
be reiay for sea.
The Niger steam-sloop is ordered to be navigated
to Devonport.
Commander James Wolfe—of the Fisgard flag-
ship of Commodore Henry Eden (1843)—borne on
the books since October, 1847, for surveying service
on the coast of Ireland, died yesterday, at Wood-
street, Woolwich.