The Sun.
London, England, 1849-06-11 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGE:•ICE.

MASTER SHIPWRIGHTS' ASSISTANTS —The tXaMi-
nation of forem,n to fill two vacancies fur the t,f11,.,e of
assistant• master shipwrights commenced at Portsturutb
on Friday. The bard of exiiteincrs is composed of
Rear-Admiral PreseAtt, C. 8., bupe; iulendent of Ports
mon It dockyard, president ; Captain Snr
Walker, K.C.8.. surveyor of the navy ; and Isaac Watt:,
assistant surveyor. The c:Jididates for promotion
are Mr. Cradock, foremen, and Mr. Williams, ditto, of
Ponsmouth. yard ; Mr. Finchani, !oreinan of Plymouth
yard ; Mr. Moody, ditto of Pembroke yard ; Mr.

Loyalty
L P,ake, of Sheerness yard ; and Mr. Large ol
Woolwich yard. They commenced their mathematical
examination at the School of Naval Architecitire. in
Poasmouth yard, directed by Professor Maine, M.A.,
R.A.S., of the Itiy al Nzval CAlege, and Professor
Woolley, of .the Central Mathematical School, on Friday,
and c,:ncluded it on Saturday night ; the examinatto:
:appears to hare been a v.ry strict one. The practical
examination COMM, need this morning, d,rteted by the
following master shipwrights :—Williatn Edye, Esq., of
Devour ort yard; Oiiver Lang, ESA., of Woolwich yard;
and Francis J. Large, Esq ,of Ch,tham yard. (Neither
Messrs. Finctain, of Portsaaouli; Read, of Shaerness;
nor Abethell, of Pembroke, are engaged in the pro-
ceedings.)

PROMOTION.

Mate to the rank of Lieutenant—William Henry Fen
wick, in charge of the Huila brig, at Portsmouth.

APPOINTMENTS.

Captain—George Swath (1832), additional to the
Victory, for packet servive at Southampton.
Lieutenants—The Ilon. G. 11. Douglass, from the
Iliberfaia to the Calcdcnia; G. M. Smith, of the Grey.
hound, to command the Active revenue cutter, vice G.
A. Hire, to command a station; W. A. Manton, to be
utcnant pro tern. to Rear-Admiral Dixon, at Cork.
Master—G. L. Bradley (1839), late of the Fox. to
command the Crescent receiving ship at Rio, vice
Nicheux,
Paymaster and Purser—W. 11. R1:C.703 to the Clco•
patra, at Pi} mouth, v_ice Hobbs, invallded.

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Mate—P. B. Shelley to the Centaur steam pendant
ship, on the c cast of Atrica.
Midshipmen—J. Campbell and H. Davie:, to the
Southampton, 50, Meg-ship, at the Cape of Good Hope;
R. R. Ilorertt), G. W. B.ur.lty, W. L. Wilson, and H.
Waeon, to the Castor, 36, at Chatham; H. Rogers and
E. F. Lodder, to the Centreat ; H. I. MauL to the Ocean
flag-ship, at Sheerness; H. W. Fox to the Tweed corvette,
on the Brazils stations.
Nay..l Cadets—l. Irvine to the Centaur.
PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY.—WO have the pleasure to
announce the promotion of Mr. William Henry Fen-
wick, Mate in command of the Rolla ex,rciie brig for
the naval apprentices of this port, to the rank of Lieu-
tenant. This gentleman has had the command of the
Rolla since July last, and has made her one of the
smartest small craft in the service, although with a crew
only of boys. He was in the Penelope's pinnace at the
burning of the barracoons at Gallinas, under a smart
fire for some hours, and was in charge of several pr;...2s
on the coast of Mika, where he served five years. We
believe Lieutenant Fenwick will keep the command ce
the Rolla, as a further reward for the high state of effi-
ciency he has brought her and her crew to.
The Sphynx steam-sloop, Commander R. S. Hewlett,
of the Excellent (acting), arrived yesterday mornino
from the Downs. She sent an anchor of Rodgers's
pattern on shore by the Echo steam-qtg, which had been
brought from the eastward, and sailed immediately for
Plymouth, taking such supernumeraries to that port as
quired a passage.
The St. Lawrence, 50, American frigate, Captain S.
Paulding, passed through Spithead at noon to-day, from
Southampton, on her way to the Baltic. Sue saluted
the Comrnander•in-Chief s flag with seventeen guns,
which were returned by the Victory about an hour after
with an equal number (Divine service preventing the
return earlier), but the frigate must have bi- en long
before out of hearing of the acknowledgment of her
compliment.
Winet—N.N.E , fresh gales end cloudy.

EGYPTIAN FRIGATE SHARKIE.
There is a time-honoured custom in this maritime
country that when a new ship is completed and fairly
embarked upon the element which is to be her home.
the occasion shall be celebrated by hospitalities com-
mensurate with the importance of the event. The
Egyptians appear to have followed our example in
this respect, and to have bettered our instruction.
The frigate of his Highness the Pasha, which is the
subject of this notice, is not a new vessel, having been
built many years ago in Alexandria, and having been
brought over to this country to undergo alterations,
and to be fitted with engines of 550 horse power, and
a screw propeller. These objects are now accom-
plished, and this noble vessel returns to Egypt, a fine
specimen of our skill in the details of naval architec-
ture, and in 'the construction of steam machinery.
Previous to her departure Admiral Hafiz Bey, under
whose flag she sails, justly regarding the Sharkie to
be " almost as good as new," and having due
respect for the custom to which we have
already alluded, resolved to issue cards of in-
vitation and to give a numerous and distinguished
party of friends and visitors an opportunity of in-
specting his ship and partaking of his hospitality.
The gallant old Admiral carried his intentions into
effect on Saturday, and that upon a scale of magnifi-
cence which has rarely if ever been surpassed. The
frigate was moored off Poplar-stairs, and as early as
11 o'clock the invited guests began to arrive. From
that hour till one o'clock the space between her and
the shore was crowded with boats conveying parties
on board. Ths ladies who came first were presented
with splendid bouquets of flowers, and all the guests
were received and welcomed at the top of the compa-
nion ladder by the Admiral, Mohammed Bey, and
the principal officers of the ship. At one o'clock,
when the Sharkie started from Blackwa:l, the scene
which her deck presented was most animated and re-
markable. Under a spacious awning, which extended
for more than half her length, and
.formed an agree-
able shelter from the rays of the sun; were assembled
about 320 gentlemen and ladies, and scattered among
them and varying the effect which their own gay
dresses produced were the dark blue uniforms and Fez
caps of those in command and their attendants. There
were also present some young gentlemen sent from
Egypt to be educated in this country, and whose man-
ners and appearance formed a singular and not uninte-
resting melange of the east and the west. Passing
forwards the scene changed. Europeans had disap-
peared, and the huge ship was in this part occupied
by men whose swarthy countenances showed their
eastern descent, who all wore the red Fez and the
characteristic wide trousers ; and who, if they wanted
the broad and muscular frames of our own tars, cer
tainly looked wild and formidable enough to sustain
the warlike character of any vessel of which they
might happen to be the ship's company. Many of
these were Arabs, and some were Greeks, but the
majerity were from the valley of the Nile, and,
judging by the deeper hue of their complexions, and
the other traces of a more scorching sun, a few must
have been born very far up the river. At the stern
of the vessel waved the red banner, with the crescent
in the centre, while at the mainmast head floated the
union jack. There was an excellent band on
prepared to fill up with music anv gap that might tike
place in the amusements and festivities of the day.
Below the cabins were all thrown open, and were
curiously and admiringly examined by the visitors.
The Punching and furniture of them were 'all of
exquisite workmanship, being in many tarts richly
inlaid with ivory and mother-of pearl, and exhibiting
a total freedom both from the gaudy embellishmente
of our merchant steamers, and from the Spartan
simplicity of our ships of war. Here, too, on what
will henceforth be called, and, perhaps, used as the
fighting deck, were spread out in endless profusion
the material which sustains and prolongs life, nut
that which takes it away. No "smell of villanous
saltpetre" there, but the perfume of rare fruits, and all
the grateful odours of a well-provided and bountiful
repast. But few had the courage to turn from these
splendid preparations for solacing the fatigues of the
day to penetrate bt low water level, and inspect
minutely the splendid engines of Messrs. Miller and
Ravenhill, with which the Sharkie has been fitted.
They are of 550-horse power, with cylinders 74 inches
in diameter, and a piston-stroke of 4 feet. They are
constructed on rather a novel principle, yet are found
to act admirably in connexion with the screw-pro-
peller, which here is 14 feet 6 inches in diameter. In
the engine room there are not less than 18 fires, yet
so thoroughly is the ventilation that the heat is never
felt to be inconveniently great.
The trip down the river on Saturday is not to Fe
regarded as in an any degree of an experimental kind,
and it would be doing the sailing qualities of the`- o
-RDO YOUNG, °
Sharkie great injustice to treat it as such. Yet,at London Trinted—a-nd
_U ilk
Na. 112, Strand, Printer, at 7 Ise San macs, No. , or
different points in her progress she attained a very Strand, in the Precinct et
the Savoy, in the couu4
considerable speed, and there is very little doubt,
,middimx. Alonlah
June 11, 1849.

..4INCOLN'B INN, JUNE B.—The aftertnenticnte
of th,, lion. Society of Lincoln's-inn s",i.eor
culled to the thgree of 13arri.ters-ut•Law, on rrl-t
evening latiL:—Fuontain H. Elwin, Eq.; Edward If,
field, E,q.; John J. Stuizer, M.A.; J°_,-11flivil.
Brasii!r, M. A ; cieorgp S. Fot,an, 8.A.; Hooper J. • 11,
kioson, M.A.; William E. Jones, M.A.; lthilP lir
Popp, 'M.A.; Samuel Scott, Eq.; und Frederick
Burnett, M.A.

BIRTHS. r,ottoo
At Wandsworth, on the sth inst., the wife of F.
Finch, Esq., M D., of a daughter.
On the COI inst , at Cromer, the wife of 11. E. Guri3eYP
Esq., of Upton-llne, Essex, of a daughter. Esq 4
On the 7th ins:., at Bayswater, the lady of John Best,
of a so:).
,
On he 7th inst Carley
~ at Sydeuham, the lady of Henry ,-•••-
Esq., of a daughter.
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On the 7th inst., at College-terrae...4 Islington, Mrs. Oa
n Steer, of a so.
areet
On the 7th inst , Mrs. II D. Abercrombie, Stanhope•—•
Regent's-park, of a son.
On the Bth inst., at Finsbury-place South, the wife of
flogg, Esq., of a son.

MARIED. I,
On the 7th inst., at St R.
Thomas's Church, Winc..esr be'
t,
Francis Edwin /I,launsell, Esq., 4th ( v
the King's Own) "ea'
toe:: t, son of the Rev. of KiimurrY "
Limerick, to Ellen Catherine, only daughter of the We
Stevenson, Esq., of Cohln;m, Kent. ev=
On the 7th inst., at St. Pet -r's Church, Pimlico, 001 j,
Brymer etcher, M.A., to Clara Catharine, daughter 0
M. zandham, Eq., of Clans-place.

Di
On the 30th ult.. at Cambridge, John Nichol( LuNgln- re,
aged 18, only child of the Very Bev the Dean of St. A;s,tr„h of
On the `2d at Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Eliza, the iv"-
R. G. Festing Eso., of Bath. , of
On the t,th inst., A, ary, the wife of G. E. Warren, 1;41"
Thernmn• heath. Croydon, Surrey.
At 11,ghbury-place, on the 6th inst., aged sj, Abraham
Lincolne, Esq.
th
At PreAAon, Sussex, on tl,e Gth inst., aged 55, An
wife of Mr. Gillham, of Hackney. etb
i;
At. Hanii,ton Middlesex, on the eth inst., E,a"-- b
Thresher, relict of the late J. Th7csher, Es of the Stran,:_
At Southlaud,, of Wit;lr, on the 6thq., inst., lienriettAr
the wife of Peter Hunter, Esq.
On the Sill inst., Air William Love, of Stoke Newingterfr.