The Sun.
London, England, 1849-10-20 00:00:00

APPOINTMENTS.

• Commander—Oliver J. Jones, promoted from Firs,
Lieutenant of the Ganges, S 4, to ba Commander a
that ship, vice Harris, promoted.
Lieutenants—J. B. Massie (1838) has been ap-
pointed to the command of the Crocodile, at Queens-
town, vice Prothero, promoted ; George 0. Fopple-
well (1842), to the Ganges.
Master's Assistant—Robert Todd, to the Ganges.
The Wolverine, 16, Commander M. Falcon, arrived
at Sheerness from Chatham on Monday, and sailed
on Tuesday, after adjusting her compasses, for Spit-
head, where she arrived on Thursday evening. She
saluted the Port-Admiral of Portsmouth yesterday
morning, and sailed about ten o'clock for Plymouth.
The Scourge steam sloop, Commander the Right
[lon. Lord Frederick Kerr, was undocked at Ports-
mouth on Thursday, to make room for the new screw
steam-ship Termagant, which is being advanced for
commission, and receiving the model coaling galley of
Thomas Grant, Esq., of the Clarence-yard. She has
not yet received her ordnance ; the 13 inch mortar
will not be put on board ; she will be armed with the
usual pivot guns, one forward, a 10-feet gun, 68-
pounder of 95 cwt. for solid shot, and a 10-inch shell
gun of 85 cwt. aft. She will have two broadside
guns, 32 pounders, 42 cwt., and two 24 howitzers for
her paddle-box boats. The mortar bed will remain
ready in case of the mortar being required.
THE ADMIRAL'S GOOD-SERVICE PENSION.--The
vacant pension of 3001. per annum, by the death of
Sir E. W. C. R. Owen, G.C.8., will be con-
ferred upon Admiral of the Blue Sir Thomas Cape!,
K.C.B , Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth, who
was Nelson's lieutenant and signal officer in the Van.
guard at the battle of the Nile, and who brought the
.iispatches of that memorable victory to England in
-he Mutine. Ile was captain of the Phcebe, 36, at
Trafalgar; captain of the Endvinion at the forcing
.f the Dardanelles, in 1807; and of the Hogue, on
the coast of North America, In 1812 and 1814.
ro- morrow (the 44th anniversary of Trafalgar) will
be a proud day fur Sir Thomas Capel and the other
surviving veterans of that great and glorious victory.-
Ile gallant old ship in Portsmouth harbour, which
bore the dyad hero's flag in the strife, will be gar-
landed and festooned once more in honour of the
auspicious day, long yet to be remembered by
Englishmen.

TIIE
COURT•MARTIAL ON LIEUTENANT RICHARDS.
—The sentence and finding of the court having been
confirmed by the Lords Commissioners of the Admi-
ralty, Lieutenant and Adjutant P. H. Fellowes,
proceeded yesterday morning to Lieutenant Richards'
quarters, and read over the proceedings and finding of
the court, being an honourable acquittal of all the
charges upon which Lieutenant Richards was tried.
Owing to his still labouring under illness, that officer
by desire of the medical officers, went into Melville
hospital yesterday.
CHATHAM, OCT. 19.—The following promotions
have taken place consequent upon the decease of Mr.
S. Vinall, first class clerk at this yard :—Mr. Charles
Slade, from second to first class; Mr. H. Alms, from
third to second iclass ; Mr. Finmore, extra clerk, to
third class ; and Mr. Wood appointed extra clerk.
The Pigmy steam vessel sailed on- the 17th inst.,
with a mumber of men and boys from the ordinary
ship Poictiers, to juin ships in commission at Ports•
mouth.
The Poictiers, 72, depot-ship of the ordinary,
Captain Peter Richards, was paid wages on the 18th
inst., down to six months ; and this day large placards
were posted at the Dockyard gates, that a number of
able seamen and artificers are wanted for the royal
navy. All applications are to be made on board the
said ship.
The Cumberiand, 70, the Warspite, 50, and the
Terpsichore, 18 guns, were severally inspected yes-
terday by the master shipwright and other officers.
It is reported that these ships are to be prepared for
commission.

WOOLWICH, OCT. 19.—The Strotnboli, steam sloop,
Commander Lord Amelius Beauclerk, left this port
at eleven A.M. to day for Portsmouth.
The Monkey, the Jasper, and the Advice steam-
ves-els left Woolwich this morning, for Deptford, to
tow the St. Lawrence, 46 gun frigate, to sheerness ;
Mr. Gosman, master of the Fisgard, in charge of the
frigate. The St. Lawrence was taken from Sheer-
ness to Deptford, to serve as a temporary hospital