The Sun.
London, England, 1849-05-03 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

APPOINTDIENTS.
Captain Peter Richards, C. 8., now superintendent of
Pembroke Dockyard, removes to Chatham Dockyard,
vice Sir Thomas Bourchier, deceased.
Lieutenants—Robert Jenkins, F. H. Stirling, A. H.
Hoskins, to the Castor, 36, to be commissioned at
Chatham; John Burgess, to the Columbia, steam-vessel,
fitting at Chatham, for surveying service, vice Bullock,
whose appointment is cancelled.
Master—G. J. Hodges, to the Castor.
Paymaster and Purser—Walter Clatworthy, to the
Castor.

Mates—Charles W. Russell and Hubert Campion, to
the Castor.
Second Masters—A. G. Whichelo, to the Victory,
flag-ship, at Portsmouth ; Frank Inglis, to the Castor.
Clerks—Thomas Price and John Wotton, to the
Castor.
Midshipmen—Edward J. Mears, to the Heroine, 8, at
Devonport, for the coast of Africa; Henry Berkeley, G.
L. Sulivan, and A. A. Duff, to the Castor.
Naval Cadets— Chidley Coote, J. W. L. Oakes, Hon.
Reynolds Moreton, and G. T. Key, to the Castor;
Henry Somerville and the Hon. Crofton, to the
Cleopatra, 26, fitting at Chatham •, Thomas W. Chap-
man, to the Wellesley, flag-ship, West Indies ; Gerrald
R. Perry and Charles R. Gaper, to the Fisgard, flag-
ship, at Woolwich.
Masters' Assistant—James Woraley, to the Castor.
Boatswain—John Copplestone, to the Castor.
Carpenter—William Kingdon, to the Castor.
The remains of the late Capt. Sir Thomas Bourchier,
K.C.8., superintendent of Chatham Dockyard, will be
interred this afternoon, at half-past two o'clock, with the
honours due to his rank.
THE BASILISK. /ND NIGER STEAM-SLOOPS.—Captain
M. Austin, C. 8., superintendent of steam-vessels afloat,
with the able master, Mr. Allen, and other officers of the
Blenheim, screw guard-ship at Portsmouth, arrived at
Woolwich yesterday afternoon, by Admiralty order, the
gallant captain having been appointed to superintend the
forthcoming trials in a fortnight's cruise in the Channel
between the Niger and Basilisk. Captain Austin, it is
understood, goes to the Basilisk, and Captain Halsted is
to have temporary command of the screw sloop. The
necessary arrangements for proceeding to sea will take
a day or two to complete. It is to be hoped that these
experiments will be better carried out than those which
were instituted with the screw vessels Sharpshooter and
Rifleman, and that after going to the expense of getting
up the trials, the results will be clearly and definitely
ascertained, and intelligibly reported.
The St. Vincent, 120, has gone up Portsmouth Har-
bour to her ordinary moorings.
The San Josef, 110, was completely broken up at
Devonport, and the dock has been cleared. There will
be little chance now of charging any more building
repairs or alterations of new experimental ships to the
old three-decker. She has borne enough in her day—a
couple of hundred thousands at least.
The Castor, 36, will be commissioned at Chatham to-
morrow as the flag-ship for the Cape of Good Hope, it
having been determined to send a commodore thither as
commander-in-chief, and to send Rear -Admiral Reynolds,
C .8., in the Southampton, 50, to the Brazils station to
relieve Commodore Sir Thomas Herbert.
Nearly all the disposable seamen from the Victory,
flagship at Portsmouth, were sent round in the Myrtle
steamer, Master Commander Braddon, and the Confidence
steamer, Master Commander Martin, to join the Cleo-
patra, 26, at Chatham. Few of the men that put their
names down on the Victory's books, on the paying off of
the Rodney, have as yet returned to that ship. Our
correspondent adds,—We suppose she is very short..
handed, for we have not seen her topgallant yards across
since she has assumed her summer rig.
The Favourite, 14, Commander Murray, was mus-
tered and inspected on Monday morning, in Plymouth
Sound, by Captain Sir Thomas Maitland, after which
she sailed into harbour, to be paid off to-morrow.
The Ringdove, Lieut. Alfred Luckraft, acting com-
mander, will be paid off at Devonport this day.
Scorpion, 4, surveying vessel, Lieut. Commander Law-
rence, will be ready for sea at Devonport on the 9th.
THE PLUMPER AND REYNARD SCREA-SLOOPS.—A
new screw was cast at the foundry at Portsmouth, on
Tuesday, for the Plumper, Commander Nolloth, which
vessel is getting out her broadside medium-guns, and
will receive in lieu carronades of the same calibre,
which will not occupy so much room on her deck, nor
require so many men to handle them. She will retain
her two 32-pounder pivot-guns of 56 cwt. The Reynard,
Commander Cracroft, will also receive 32-pounder car-
ronades as broadside guns, but will retain only her bow
pivot-gun.
The Commander of the Stromboli, Lord A. Beauclerk,
has returned from leave, and that vessel is lying at
Portsmouth, all ready for sea.
The Encounter, screw-sloop, at Portsmouth, has
shipped a new screw. fitted Her old one has been on
chocks on her deck as a spare screw. She is fitting for
commission with all dispatch.
The Pigmy, old steam-packet, at Woolwich, is to be
sent to Sheerness, to be placed in charge of the master
engineers of the Wildfire steam-tender.
The Comet, 3, steam-vessel, Commander Otter, is re-
ported ready for sea this day, at Portsmouth. She has
been detained by the non-arrival of her surveying stores.
The Elfin, tender to the royal yacht Victoria and
Albert, Master Commander Balliston, arrived at Ports-
mouth during Tuesday night, from Woolwich. She made
the run from Woolwich to Portsmouth in seventeen
hours, including the time it took her to put
into Sheerness, whence she brought a few super-
numeraries. Mr. Lang, jun., went round in her.
She is said to have behaved very well, but soma acei-
dent occurred to the iron work of her paddle wheel which
will require repair; when done, she will have a trial of
speed with the Fire Queen.
The Bloodhound having had a coating of Mr. Hay's
composition on one side, and that of Mr. Peacock's on
the other, has been taken out of dock at Portsmouth .
Three dockyard lighters have been taken into the va-
cant dock.
PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY, FIVE ',al.—Wind N.E.,
varying breezes with cloudy weather.