The Sun.
London, England, 1849-11-03 00:00:00

APPOINTMENTS.

Commander Charles S. Norman (1845) to the
coast-guard service.
Lieutenant Robert Pool (1825), from command
of a revenue vessel, to the Illustrious, depot ship at
Portsmouth.

Assistant Surgeons—Dr. A. L. Archer, additional
acting, to the Impregnable; IL S. Edwards, acting
additional, to the Victory.

Midshipmen—C. F. -Palmer, to the Alarm, 26,
en route to West Indies; Irvine A. Cary to the Ser-
pent, 12, at Falmouth.
The Victory, flagship, at Portsmouth, has been
moved from the Gosport side of the harbour to her
former moorings off Common Hard. She has made
all snug for the winter, having struck lower yards
and topmasts.

Portismourtr, FRIDAY.--The quarterly meeting
of the Portsmouth Royal Naval Club was held yes-
terday, at the George Hotel ; Captain D. Chads,
C. 8., of her Majesty's ship Excellent, president.
Dr. Sir John Richardson. Medical Inspector of the
Royal Hospital at Hasler, is expected to return to
that establishment, after his unsuccessful expedition in
search of the Arctic voyagers, in the early part of
next week. Sir John was expected to leave Boston
(United States) on the 24th ult. for Liverpool, in the
mail packet Caledonia.

The Serpent, 12, Commander Barker, went out of
harbour and anchored at Spithead this :afternoon.
She will sail, it is said, on Sunday, for the East India
station. She will not touch at the Cape.
We regret to announce a melancholy accident
which occurred on Wednesday to the son of Mr.
Harvey, the esteemed secretary to Rear• Admiral
Prescott, of this dockyard. The young gentleman
was amusing himself in the fields of Fratton shooting
birds; and having occasion to cross a fence was im-
prudent enough (notwithstanding the numerous fatal
examples of the consequences of such an act) to drag
his gun at full cock after him. A twig caught the
lock, and discharged the contents of the gun into the
left shoulder of the inexperienced sportsman, inflict-
ing dreadful injuries to his person. He lies in a
highly precarious state at the house of his father,
receiving the m )st skilful surgical assistance from the
medichl staff of the dockyard and others.

In Port an Fitting—The Victory, Illustrious,
Blenheim, Leander, Victoria and Albert, Scourge,
Hecate, uckoo, Rolla, Myrtle, and Fanny.
At gpithead—The Serpent.
In Dock—The Princess Charlotte, Fox, Dauntless,
Devastation, and Sprightly.
In the Basin—The Termagant, Sphynx, Actaeon,
and Contest.

In the Steamer Basin—The Ajax, Penelope, Sidon,
Basilisk,Birkenhead, Blazer, Urgent, and Fire Queen.
Wind E. by S. ; light breezes and hazy.
PLYMOUTH, Nov. I.—Her Majesty's brig Wol-
verine was paid wages yesterday, and she sailed to-
day for the coast of Africa, touching at Madeira.
Her Majesty's steam-vessel Confiance arrived on
Wednesday from Portsmouth.
The masts of the Royal William having been
taken out, that ship is placed at her moorings.
The masts of all the advance ships are to be taken
out, and sent into the yard for examination.
Her • Majesty's !steam-frigate Firebrand, Captain
Knox, came in this morning from Portsmouth.
The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have
advised Mr. Henry J. Waring, agent for the schooner
Eliza, of Newport, that the sum of 541. 13s. Bd. has
been allowed for loss through detention of that schooner
while undergoing repairs, caused by being struck by
her Majesty's steamer Volcano, off Plymouth, on the
27th of September. This sum is in addition to all
the cost of a thorough repair.
Wind, S.E.

.
CHATHAM, Nov. 2.—The Bacchante, 42 guns, re•
cently returned from the quarantine service at Stand-
gate.creek, is to be retained at this port for harbour
service.

The Goodwill naval-lighter, Pledge, master, has
arrived with stores from Plymouth and Portsmouth,
and remains, loading the Rochester, Sedgwick, master,
for Portsmouth and Plymouth.
Mr. John Barnaby, sen., draughtsman, has been
appointed measurer at this yard, vice Rilby, removed
to Portsmouth.

The Chatham yacht sailed this morning with the
pay-clerks, from the pay-office of this dockyard, to
Sheerness, and there they paid off the Dolphin, 3-gun
brigantine, Lieutenant Hon. C. Boyle, which vessel
arrived on Sunday last from the coast of Africa.
On the 3d inst. a detachment of the 17th Regiment
of Foot, from this garrison, consisting of six ser-
geants, two drummers, and 100 rank and file, under
command of Captain L. C. Bouchier, with Lieute-
nant A. W. Dickson and Ensign D. L. Colthurst,
embarked on board the City of Rochester steam-
vessel for Sheerness, to do garrison duty.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.
RELATING TO THE PILOTAGE AND DIRECTIONS FOR
ENTERING RANGOON RIVER.
Rangoon, Aug. '2l, 1849.
Sir,—I beg your acceptance of the inclosed copy of
Sailing Directions for entering Rangoon River.
(Signed',
C. M. CRISP.
Captain G. A. Heisted, R N., Secretary, Lloyd's.
DIRECTIONS FOR ENTERING RANGOON
RIVER.
(By C. M. Cum..)
Ships bound to Rangoon' in either monsoon, should
make the land ten to twelve miles southward of the
Elephant Point. The coast being very low, will not be
seen until in 44 to 411 fathoms at low water. Thirteen
miles south of the Elephant Point there are two or three
straggling Palmyra trees, which are a certain mark to
know the land, as there are no trees of this kind farther
to the southward. Immediately after these are seen two
remarkably tall Palmyra trees will be seen. (Since the