The Sun.
London, England, 1849-12-07 00:00:00

APPOINTMENTS.

WOOLWICH, DEC. 6.—Surgeon--James 'C. Walsh
(1848), to the Contest 12-gun sloop at Portsmouth.
Assistant- Surgeon Augustus R. R. Pre3ton
(1846), to the Contest.
Assistant Engineer—Robert Moore, to the Fisgard
flag- ship, at Woolwich.
Master's Assistant—James Bundock, to the Im-
pregnable, flag-ship, at Devonport.
Clerk—George Turner (1847), to the Impregnable.
Naval Cadets—James N. Croke, to the Impreg-
nable; Charles F. Walker, to the Phaeton ; James
M. Stewart, Arthur Wing, and Prescott W. Stephens,
to the Terrible frigate, at Woolwich.
Gunner—Thomas ohnson, to the Phaeton.

The. surname of George Vallence Miall, appointed
midshipman to the Phaeton yesterday, was, by an
oversight, stated to be Uriel.

GRAND MILITARY BANQUET TO EARL DE GREY.—
On Tuesday evening last a splendid bacquet was given
to Earl De Grey, in honour of the occasion of the pre-
sentation to him of his portrait by the officers of the
Yorkshire Hussar Regiment, of which the Noble Earl
is the commander. The entertainment took place in the
De Grey Rooms, York, and was attended by about 30
noblemen and gentlemen, who are now or were formerly
members of the regiment. Those gentlemen who at
present hold commissions in the Yorkshire Hussars
appeared in uniform. The picture, which has been
painted by Grant, is a full-length portrait of Earl De i
Grey n his military uniform, and has cost, we are in.
formed, upwards of 3001. It is an admirable likeness,
and as a work of art reflects much credit on the distill-
gue;hed painter. The picture was placid in the room,
opposite the dinner table, which vitae supplied on a mag-
nificent ecale by Mr. Thomas, the steward of the rooms.
Lieut. Colonel Beckett, M.P., presided, and Captain Sir
J. V. B. Johnstone,
in what
M.P., was in the vice chair.
It is amazing what unsubstantial indications
the sanguine find grounds for hope. As the powers of
the microscope convert the green mould of some decay-
ing object into verdant forests
in the
bowers of bliss, the
eye of youth discerns promise the veering of a cloud,
and its buoyant heart dances for joy at the broken strain
of distant and unattainable music.—Eliza Cook's Journal.
THE QUEEN DOWAGER —The present urgent
demand for appropriate testimonials by which to mani-
fest the profundity of sorrow for the loss of the Queen
Dowager has tested the inventive powers of our country-
men to tha uttermost, and very large premiums have
been given to awaken the zeal and spur the genius of
those who, by a probation of refinement and the large
possession of artistic gilts, are most competent to the
task. The designs which have resulted, although
exquisite in conception, are of such a nature that time—
in this case a primary consideration—stands in the way
of their development. At the same moment she Parisian
artistes were also applied to by the Messrs. Jay, and the
following mail brought designs—not so solid and high
in art, it is true—but of an immediate practical nature—
redolent of taste, and most charming in their tout
ensemble, and these have been followed by a daily
sequence with scarcely an exception to the propriety of
their intention and destiny.
Yesterday, at two o'clock, Lord John Russell
arrived at the Royal Clarence Victualling-yard,
Gosport, from London, and proceeded in the Fairy,
Master Commander Welsh, with Captain Crispin on
board', to Osborne.