The Sun.
London, England, 1849-03-24 00:00:00

APPOINTMENTS.

Lieutenants.—Smyth Griffith (1823), C. E. Powys
(1841), and T. M. Gough (1846), to the coast guard
service.
Second Master.—John Way, to the North Star, cor-
vette; fitting for the Arctic expedition, at Sheerness.
Assistant Surgeons.—John Bernard, to the Hibernia,
104, flag-ship, in the Mediterranean; Will. Telfer
(acting), to the Hastings; Edwin T. Watkins (acting),
to the Lark.
Midshipman.—Robert Sterne, to the Centaur, steam
nag-ship, coast of Africa.
, SAILoRi' HOME, DllBLlN.—Captain W. H. Hall, of
;ler Majesty's steamer, Dragon, now on the coast of Ire-
,end, having been lately awarded some salvage money
TM' the Admiralty Court there, for assisting, at great
risk and peril, a Spanish vessel in distress, has munifi-
cently given 2001. of this money to open a subscription
for the endowment of a Sailors' Home at the Port of
bublin. Among the benefactors to so truly humane and
national a work we find recorded the names of those
steady, liberal, and persevering friends of seamen—Ad-
tairal Dudley Oliver, and Sir Charles Forbes, Bart., of
London; the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, M.P.; Cap-
tains Janus, Coote, Sotheby. and Rawdon M'Clean, of
the navy ; and Henry Scovell, Esq., E. Hayes, LL.D.,
and G. Rowe, Esq.. of Dublin. The subscription
already amounts to 5001., and is fast progressing, under
the direction of a provisional committee, of which the
Warm-hearted Admiral Oliver has been elected presi-
dent, Captain Hall honorary secretary, and Mr. Walter
Clotworthy, paymaster and purser, R.N., has consented
to become secretary and superintendent to the newly-
established Sailors' Home at Dublin.
The Vanguard, 80, Captain Rich, will be paid off at
Devonport, on the 29th instant.
The Collingwood, 80, is fitting at Portsmouth as an
advanced ship, in the basin. She has received a double
Coating of ordinary-coloured paint, and will shortly be
reeved up the harbour.
We understand there is no probability of the Leander,
50 (Mr. Blake's ship), being commissioned at Ports-
mouth. It is said she is to go to her ordinary moorings
ni) the harbour.
The-Rolla, brig, tender to the Victory, at Portsmouth,
aas been daily cruising about Spithead, exercising the
naval apprentices.
The Athol, 2, troop-ship, Master Commander Pearn,
arrived at Plymouth on Thursday, and sailed in the
evening for Halifax.
The Arrogant, 46, !crew-steam frigate, Captain
Ached Fitzroy, is alongside Portsmouth-yard jetty, re-
ceiving stores. She is nearly completed, and is to be
ready by the sth of next month, as we have before
Stated.
The Rifleman, screw-steamer, Lieutenant Commander
Crofton, has received a new bowsprit, rather larger and
'anger than her former one. She is alongside Ports-
!nouth-yard, riggin as a briantine. Her destination
is.the south-east coast of Amegrica; but iis likely she
Will take the coast of Africa mails first.
The Cork Constitution contains the following:—"Rear
Admiral Hon. Donald Hugh Mackay, Commander-in-
Chief at Cork, who is on the eve of promotion, is about
to leave Cove, and Sir Charles Napier, Rear-Admiral of
the White, will be nominated to the command in Cork."
PORTSMOUTH, FRIDAY.—We observe it is stated upon
very good authority that the Admiralty contemplate re-
commissioning the Albion, 90-gun ship, at Devonport.
We hope their Lordships will consider well before they
commit themselves in this matter. The Albion is well
known to have proved herself the most expensive and
the least useful ship in the fleet, and whilst there are so
many vessels which have proved the possession of the
contrary characters, and so many ships which have
never been tried at all, we trust we shall not be called
upon to comment further upon this matter.
A number of extra riggers have been ordered to be
discharged from the rigging-house at this yard, it having
been discovered that, by some miscalcutton, the " ship"
nad more than her complement.
In Port and Fitting—The Victory, 22, Port-Admiral's
flag-ship; the Illustrious, 10, Superintendent's flag-ship;
the Excellent gunnery exercise ship; the Victoria and
Albert royal yacht; the Blenheim, 56, steam-guard-ship
and guard- ship of steamers; the Arrogant, 46, screw
steam-frigate; the Rollo, 6, exercise brig for naval np-
Prentices; the Rifleman, screw steam-schooner; the Fairy,
the Fire Queen, and the Myrtle steam-tenders; the Bee,
exercise steamer for the Naval College; the Echo steam-
tug vessel; the Fanny, Port-Admiral's yacht; the Ports-
Mouth, Admiral Superintendent's yacht.
At Spitbead—The Superb, 80, Captain Purcell.
In Dock—The Princess Charlotte, 104 ; the Vindic-
tive, 50; the Blenheim, steam guard-ship, 56; the Fly-
ing Fish, 12; the Devastation steam-tug. •
In the Ship-basin—The Collingwood, 80; the Pem-
broke, 72; the Defence convict-depot; the Sparrow sur-
°e:Ving-ketcb.
In the Steam-basin—The Ajax, 56, steam guard-ship;
the Retribution and Termagant steam-frigates; the Cor-
morant steam-sloop ; the Bloodhound, the Urgent, and
the Sprightly steam packets.
Wind N.E., strong breezes and dark cloudy weather.
CHATHAM, MARCH 23.—The Wanderer, 12 guns,
Commander Montressor, was paid off into ordinary on
the 20th. The Marines, consisting of 1 sergeant, 1 cor-
P_ oral, 1 fifer, and 16 privates, disembarked the same day,
Chatham
with the exception of three privates, who joined the
division, were sent to the guard-ship at Sheer-
-11
ess, to be forwarded to Portsmouth.
The Goodwill, Pledge master, arrived on the 22d, with
'Ores for the dockyard ; and the ship St. Croix. John
.."4.o2tield master, arrived on the 19th, with a cargo of
b`mber for the yard.

The Warspite, 50 guns, is daily expected to be
brought forward for commission, to relieve the Raleigh,
50 guns, Commodore Sir Thomas Herbert, K.C.8.,
south-east coast of America.
On the medical examination of the men at Chatham
dockyard, SO artificers and labourers have been ex-
amined, and recommended to the Admiralty for su-
perannuation. These men will form a part of the reduc-
tion of the establishment; others are to be discharged.
Permission will be offered to those workmen who are
considered efficient to remain as labourers; and those
labourers who entered the yard in 1838 upon the under-
standing that after a certain number of years they were
to receive a superannuation are to be discharged without
any remuneration whatever.
Snips FOR COMMISSION.—The precent inactivity in
the dockyard ports will shortly give way to some little
business, if we may trust semi-official rumour. We are
informed there is a probability of a couple of line-of-
battle ships being commissioned at Devonport, and a
frigate; a line-of-battle ship and a frigate at Portsmouth;
a first-class frigate at Chatham; and a line-of-battle
ship at Sheerness. With regard to the first named, we
believe we are tolerably certain that the Albion, 92. gun
ship, will be shortly again under the pendant for Mediter-
ranean service; the Belleisle, 72, will be the first com-
missioned troop ship; and the Indefatigable, 52. gun
frigate, a new and splendid model on the designs of
Edye, Esq., master shipwright of Devonport-
yard. In the second case, a line-of-battle ship, most
probably a three-decker, will be commissioned at Ports-
mouth, to supply the place of the St. Vincent, 120, or-
dered to be paid off there; and the Leander, new 52-gun
frigate, on the design of the late master shipwright of that
yard, Thomas Blake, Esq.; at Chatham, the Warspite, 52,
is ordered to be reported when ready for the pendant, be-
lieved intended to relieve the Raleigh, 50, in the river
Plata, at the expiration of the term of Commodore Sir
Thomas Herbert, K.C.8.; and at Sheerness, the Formi-
dable, 84, is ordered to be reported for commission. It
is high time something were done, for the ports at pre-
sent appear stagnant for want of employ. With the ex-
ception of the Arrogant, 46, Captain Robert Fitzroy,
fitting at Portsmouth, and the Lark, 2-gun schooner,
fitting at Sheerness, to go to the coast of Africa with
the next mail, there is nothing ,fitting out under " ser-
vice" commissions at either port. The Rifleman steam
schooner, Lieutenant Crofton, is refitting at Portsmouth,
and this is the sum total of the work of fitting out at
present going on in the fleet.—Post.