The Sun.
London, England, 1849-11-24 00:00:00

and is well known to the service as one of its kid
I officers. His last service, it r. ill be remembered, was
in counnand of the Fir( brand, steam-frigate, on the
I4outli-east cot.st of America, where_ he obtained the_
decoration of alt-fof—tits-Otian-try-tit-tire---afiltirtit
Point Oblegado, in forcing the passage of the Parana,
Captain Hope having, under a heavy fire, proceeded
in his gig and cut the chain which moored a large
number of vessels across the river, and forced the
barrier. With so good a ship, and with so popular a
captain, no doubt she will be well, if not expeditiously
manned.

The Minx steam-vessel, fitted with a disc engine of
ten horse power, is to Ise tried down the river to-
morrow, and received 3 cwt. of coke on board this
afternoon preparatory for the trial.
The Hermes steam-sloop, G guns, and 220-horse
power, had her steam up to-day in the basin to try
her engines.
An organ has been put up in the chapel over the
saw-mills at Woolwich Dockyard, and that place of
worship is well attended every Sunday. The whole
of the Woolwich division of Royal Marines attend
the Dockyard Chapel regularly. The organ is a very
excellent one although it only cost 601.
CHATLIAM, Nov. 23.—The Horatio screw steam
guardship will not be put out of dock until the 30th
instant, at which time the Tiger steam-ship will also
be ready to be put out of the first dock, where she has
been built; both ships will then be navigated to the
river Thames, to have their engines, &c., put on board
by the contractors ; and the Magicienne steam-sloop
will, sbout that time, be out of the hands of the con-
tractors, and be ready to be navigated to this port to
be brought forward for service at sea.
The Aid naval lighter has arrived from Portsmouth
with stores for this yard, leaving the Master (Small-
man) sick in Ilaslar Hospital. Yesterday afternoon
a serious accident, which is likely to prove fatal,
occurred to a sailor named George Medhurst, who,
with others of the crew, was engaged in the hold of
the vessel, bringing the stores to hand for unloading,
while the labourers of the yard were heaving up iron
by the crane on to the wharf. A pig of iron being
hoisted up came in contact with the combings of the
hatchway, by which means the pig-iron slipped, and
it fell upon the head of Medhurst, who was below,
inflicting very serious injury; the poor fellow was
removed upon a stretcher to Melville Hospital in a
most woeful condition.

The Cressy, 80 guns, building, is fast progressing
towards completion. Her figure-head, carved by
Mr. Hellier, of Portsmouth, has arrived, and it will
shortly be put up in its place.
Detachments, consisting of 14 men of the sth
Regiment of Foot, and four men of the 12th Foot; in
charge of Lieutenant H. A. Norris, of the 12th, and
Mr. Robert Allan, second-class staff surgeon, arrived
at Fort Pitt yesterday, from the Mauritius. Captain
Shaw, of the Royal Artillery, also came home with
the above. Upon medical inspection of the detach-
ments 9 men of the sth and 1 man of the 12th Regi-
ment were taken into hospital. On the passage home
Private John Keine, of the Sth, was drowned. A
detachment of the 97th Regiment, 2d battalion, con
sisting of 3 sergeants and 12 rank and file, also
arrived from Jamaica, in charge of Captain W. An-
gelo, of the 3d West India Regiment, as invalids,
with Staff Assistant-Surgeon Jenkins. One man of
the name of Murphy, 97th, died on the passage ' • 8 men
of the 97th, on being medically inspected, were
ordered into hospital, and Staff Assistant-Surgeon
Kingdom, from St. Helena, also joined the same day
the medical establishment, at Fort Pitt. A detach-
ment of the 7th Foot, from Newport, also arrived as
invalids, to be pensioned off for length of service.