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London, England, 1849-08-11 00:00:00

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..T2 Lightning, steam-tender, Mr. J. Petley, master-
.. commanding, arrived sesterthy to attend upon the Ad•
miralty during their inspection of the station. From
Devonport the board will return to town for a day or
two, and then proceed to Portsmouth, arriving there
about the 24th. The First Lord will hold levees at
Devonport and Portsmouth, at which he will see officers
who have not had audiences during the last twelve
months.

[PRICE OD•

APPOINTMENTS.

Clerks—Arthur Carrington, late of the Imauro, in the
West Indies, to the Centaur, Commodore's ship on the
coat of Africa; H. M. Moor >, of the Victory, flag-ship,
at Portsmouth, to the Crescent receiving th:p at Hio de
Janeiro; H. F. E. Morrison to the Queen, 116, at Devon-
port; Wm. Thorn to the Victory; ti. G. Barlow to the
Southampton flag-ship at the Cape of Good Hone.
Clerks' Assistants—James Sidman to the Queen, W.
B. Horn, to the H-icules
The Fox frigate!, 44, was docked at Portsmouth, in
room of the Grampus, on Thursday, to be repaired.
She will undergo a general refit, and having been on
shore in the Persian Gulf, is supposed to be damaged in
the bottom.

The CornmamL r-in-Chief of Portsmouth, Admiral Sir
Thomas Carel, K.C.8., will return to his station this day
from his annual inspection of Ihe Channel Islands.
EXA3IINATIoN FOR FOREMEN OF DOCKYARDS.—A
Court of Examination for the situations of foremen of
her Majesty's ducky ards has been sitting some days at
Port,mouth, composed of the following officers :—John
Fincham, Esq , master shipwright; J. Ric., Eeq., assis-
tant dit o; the Rev. T. J. Main, M.N., R.A.S., professor
of mathematics to the Royal Naval College; and the
Rev. Joseph Wcolley, head maskr of the Central Mathe-
matical School for Apprentices. The examination con-
cluded on Thursday night, when the following names of
candidates, with the result of their labours, was trans-
mitted to the Lords of the Admiralty:—
Mr. Daniel Harding, meacurtr, of Portsmouth yard.
Mr. Philip Thornton, inspector, of Portsmouth yard.
Mr. Randall, inspector, of Devonport yard.
Mr. Drake, measurer, of Wool% ich yard.
Mr. Saunders, inspector, of Pembroke yard.
Mr. Hutchins, measurer, of Chatham yard.
The Grampus, 50, has been repaired and undocked at
Portsmouth, and will shortly be commissioned.
TILE COAST OF AFRICA.—The Contest, 12, Com-
mander Macwurdo, arrived off Portsmouth yesterday
afternoon from the West Coast of Africa squadron. She
left the coast on the II th ult., when the squadron was
distributed as follows:--
On the South Coast—The Centaur steam-frigate, the
Commodore's pendant ship; the Britomart, 10, Com.
Chamberlain; the Philornel, 10, Acting Com. Bowie
(Commander Wood having died of coast lever since the
last advices); the Cygnet, 6, Com. Montresor; the Dart
brigantine, Com. Glynn; the Dolphin brigantine, Com.
the Hon. R. Boyle; the Bunetta brigantine, Lieutenant
Forbes; and the Star, 6, Lieut. Allyn.
In the Bight of Benin—The Teazer steam schooner,
Lieut. J. 11. Selwyn; and the Rattler steam-sloop, Com.
Arthur Cumming.
On the North Coast—The Alert, 6, Coin. Dunlop; the
Pluto steamer, Lieut.- Com. Joliffe; and the Waterwitch,
8, Com. Quin. The Spy, 3, Lieut. Western, was stationed
off the Gallinas.

The slave trade, we learn by the arrival of the Contest,
is as boldly persisted in as ever, and the escapes from
the vessel in chase of daily occurrence. The Contest
has, however, made sixteen prizes, which will give her
commander (upon the old scale of distribution) about
6,000/.
The Cape of Good Hope.—The Southampton, 50,
Rmr- Admiral Reynolds, C. 8.; the Nimrod, 20, Cora-
mender Belgrave; the Geyser steam-sloop, Commander
Brown; and the Doe troop-steamer, Master Commander
_Primer, ware in Simon's Bay on the 7th of July, all well.
WOOLWICII Ac-a. 10. —ROYAL MARINES.—The
Woolwich division of the Royal Marines assembled on
the parade-ground at eleven o'clock A.M. to day, under
the command of Colonel A. H. Gordon, with Lieutenant-
Colonel APAdarn, LieutenaumColonel Pratt, and Lieu-
tenan'-Colonel Coryton, and piled arms until twelve
o'clock, when the colours of the regiment were brought
forward with the usual ceremonies, and the companies
of the division continued under arms until twenty
minutes past twelve o'clock. At that period the signal
was given that the Lords of the Admiralty bad
arrived; and their Lordships—the Right honourable
Sir Francis Thornhill Baring, Bart, M.P.; Rear-
Admiral J. W. D. Dundas, C. 8., M.P.; Captain
M. F. Fitzhardinge Berkeley, ALP.; Captain the Right
Honourable Lord John flay, C. 8., M.P.; Captain Alex-
ander Milne, and the honourable William Cowper,
M.l'.; with John Parker, Esq., M.P., first secretary—on
alighting from their carriages, were received by CoLnel
John Owen, C. 8., K.H., deputy-adjutant-general, and
Captain Wesley, assistant-adjutant-general of Royal
Marines, Colonel Parke, 0.11, commandant of Royal
Marines, being absent on leave. Commodore Henry
Eslen, superintendent of her Majesty's Dockyard, the
Rev. J. C. Connolly, chaplain, and Mr. Berney, clerk of
works, were also in waiting to receive their Lordships.
On enuring the parade ground, their Lordships were
received with the usui I salute, and they then proceeded
down the front and up the rear, minutely inspecting the
men and their appointments. On their Lordships re-
turning to the flag-staff the com panies marched past at slow
and quick time, and afterwards formed square and de-
ployed into line, w hieh occupied about twenty minutes,
when they were dismissed to Larraclis. Their Lordships
then proceeded to Lspret the companies undergoing a
c :urse of instruction under Major Philips, in the gun
exercise of ships -of-war ; and the men under the
command of the gallant Major went through their
czt rcises with a spirit arid celerity of m,vement
which would require to be seen to be credited—the
ight 32-pounder guns, mounted on ship-carriages, being
most admirably moved into the various positions for
firing and loading with a precision ani quickness of
movement which could only be attained wader an able
instructor. After the usual exercises were gone through,
the word of command was given as if an enemy had ap-
peared on the starboard side, and the whole of the men
were called to man the guns on that side, which they did
with the best effect, showing their ability to work their
guns in the most effective manner, evidently to the en-
tire satisfaction of their Lordships, who individually
congratulated Major Philips on the success of his in-
structions. From the ship-guu battery their Lordships
proceeded to the hospital, over which they were con-
ducted by Oliver Evans, M.ll , deputy-inspector of
hospitals, and were much gratified with the care bestowed
on the sick and the cleanliness of the various wards,
every one of which was entered, without exception, by
their Lordships. From the hospital their Lordships
proceeded through the guard-room, to visit the cells in
which the prisoners are confined for offences. The
school-rooms were then visited, in which the
sergeant-schoolmaster has the instruction of 61
boys, 68 girls, and 159 adults. Captain Vaile,
paymaster of the division, submitted a list of the
number of men at present at head quarters of the Wool-
wich division, and they amount to 939 residing within
the barracks, and altogether, including the married men,
exceeding 1,200. Their Lordships then visited the bar-
rack rooms, in each of which twenty men sleep during
the night. After going down st airs and witnessing the
men messing, their Lordships visited the bakehouse and
every part of the interior arrangements of the barracks,
the store rooms and clerks' offices, and even the tailors'
rooms. They then proceeded across the barrack-square
to the of mess room, where they partook of refresh-
ments, and left for town shortly after three o'clock P.M.
DA-Norm', Area. 9.—The Nimrod, 20, Commander
Belgrave, arrived in the Sound on Wednesday, from the
Mauritius, which place sire left on the 34 of May, touch-
ing at Bourbon and Augustin's Bay, Island of Mada-
gascar. She arrived at the Cape of Good Hope on the
ad of June, and sailed from thence on the 9th; arrived
at St. Helena on the 28th of June, and left on the 50th;
at Ascension on the 4th July, and sailed on the sth.
She loft at the Cape the flag-ship Southampton, Geyser,
Dee, and Seringapatam, coal deceit. At Ascension she
left the Tortoise. On Thursday morning the Admiral
went on board and exercised the crew at the great guns,
with which he expressed himself well satisfied, and this
afternoon she went up the harbour to be paid off.
The Agincourt, ordinary guard-ship at this port,
Captain William J. H. Johnstone, was paid wages
to-day.

The Persian, 16, may be expreted at this port in a
few days, to be paid advance. She will sail from here
on the 16th with dispatches for Halifax.

The Queen, 120, Captain Wise, fitted for the flag of
Admiral Sir William Parker, will be out of the bands
of the mechanics of the dockyard to•.day. She will be
taken out of harbour to-morrow, and paid advance on
Monday next, and will sail from the Sound for the Me-
diterranean to relieve the Caledonia.

APPOINTMENTS.
Lieutenant—William Henry Whyte, to the Queen,
additional.
Boatswain—James Ackworth, to the Queen.
Surgeon—George Mackay, to the Powerful.
Assistant-Surgeon—Wm. "Tennant, to the Dredalus.
CHATHAM, AUGUST I 0.—The kteeanee, 80 guns, act-
ing Captain Inglefield, end. the Melampus,
. 42 guns,
discharged
Captain T. 11. Mason, which ships arrived here last
week from India, are each to bo paid off on Wednesday
next, the 15th instant.
masterjam
James
i paw right 's pensions
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The following officers of this yard,
the 31st of March last, have been granted ou
under :—Mr. John Moore,
tent, at 3081. per annum; Mr.
James W)att, foremen of theBabb, and Mr.
yard, 931
annum. . 15s. each per

HUNGARY.—The feeling
of sympathy towards the
gallant people of Hangar which prevails in this country
increases in depth as the tr true merits of their cause be-
come better understood. During the present week, in-
fluential and numerous meetings have been held in Lon-
don, Edinburgh, Manchester, Sheffield, and Exeter, to
express this sympathy. The news from the seat of war
is contradictory, but to far as we can judge, the patriots
are holding their own with as much determination and
vigour as ever.—Leeds Mercury.
KENSINGTON GARDENS.—THE WEEPING BEECH
TREE.—There are in the ornamental plantation, on the
south side of Kensington Gardens, several specimens of
the Weeping Beech Tree, and one of them has grown
to so great en extent, that a frame has been erected
across th,-. gravel path to the other side of the plantation,
in order that the tree may extend itself in that form,
which will have a novel and pl-asing fft-ct.

The emigrant ship 4-_,l.delaide, with convicts for
Hobart Town and Port 1 hilip, anchored in Portland.
reads on Monday afternoon, %ben 120 convicts were em-
barked in her, Iron! the Portland prison. Amongst the
more notorious delinquents on board mention may be
made of the late Chartist leader Cuffey,—Poole Herald.