The Sun.
London, England, 1849-05-12 00:00:00

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NAVAL NTELLIGENCE.-
PROMOTIONS.
Second Mss rs—M. Heath (1830), late acting master
or the Favourite :lop, paid of; at Plymouth; and J. B.
Hooper (1842), acting muster in the Frolic sloop iu the
'Mediterranean, to the rank of master.
APPOINTMENTna S.
Conamanders—W. Aldha, of . the Superb, to the
Hecate steam-ship at Portsmouth, pro tern ;R. S. Hew-
lett, of the Excellent, to the Sphynx steam-sloop at
Portsmouth, pro tem., for particular service.
Lieutenants—John Compton, of the Victory, 'to do
duty as flag-lieutenant to Port-Admiral Sir T.-Capel. 'St
Portsmouth, in the absence of Lieutenant Cochrane in
the Hecate.
Surgeon—G. A. Munro to the Castor, 36 .at Ckiath4n3.
Metes—J. H. Coal to the Excellent guurcerys,shie at
Portsmouth; J. D. M'Crea to the Caledonia flag• ship
in the Mediterranean.
Assistant-Surgeons—J. W. Duncan (acting) to the
Wellesley flag-ship in the West Indies; J. Eleiottlo the
Cutter,
Naval Cadet—ll. Hawker to the Castor.
The Stromboli steam-sloop, Commander LOrd A. W.
Beauclerk, is ordered to take the North St:r in tow from
Greenhithe, atter her compasses have been adjusted,
which operation is expected to be commenced to-day.
Aberdeen will be the only place the North Star will
touch at after leaving the Nure.
The Scourge steam-sloop, Commander Wingrove,
will be put out of commission at Portamouth thet day
or Monday.
The Encounter, new first-class steam•sloop, screw
propelled, is expected to be the first ship commissioned
at Portsmouth.
lIER MAJESTY'S BIRTHDAY.—Cards of invitation to
the officers of the fleet have been issued by :the Com-
mander-in-Chief at each port, to celebrate the aneiver-
sary of her Majesty's birthday (as officially -ordered),
this day week.
The Command-in-Chief at Cork is not yet filled! up.
PLYMOUTH, MAY 10.—The Trinity steam-yacht Ves-
tal, J. Jones commander, with three of the Honourable
Elder Brethren of the Trinity House on board,—;vie.,
Captain Ford, Captain Maddon, and Captain Redman,
put into Catwater yesterday morning for coals. The
Brethren visited the Eddystone and Breakwater Light-
house, and proceeded in the afternoon to the Scilly Islasds.
The Vestal has on board three tons of iron colueans
required in the building of the lighthouse on the Bishop's
Ruck, after landing which she will proceed on a tour of
Inspection of the lights in the British Channel.
Mr. Creed, foreman of shipwrights in the Devonport
Dockyard, has received the annual gratuity of 50L for
good services for the past year.
CHATHAM, MAY 11.—The Columbia steam surveying
sloop, Commander Shortland, tor surveying the -Bay of
Fundy, will sail to-morrow, the 12th, for the Nore.
The Cleopatra, 26 guns, Captain Massie, her crew
having been received from the guard-ship at Portsmouth,
are progressing fast with her rigging. She is ordered
to be completed by the 26th instant. First Lieutenant
Payne, instead of First Lieutenant Taylor, of the Royal
Marines, proceeds with the ship in charge of the Marines.
The Castor, 36 guns—Captain C. Wyetill has not yet
joined the ship, although the pendant was hoisted our
the 4th instanti; she is to have a complement of 330
men, including officers. Her marines, consisting of two
sergeants, two corporals, and one filer, with 53 priiates,
under command of First-Lieutenant Harris and Second-
Lieutenant Read, embarked from this division on
Tuesday last. The principal part of her crew will
be furnished from the different guard ships at the
several ports.
Captain Peter Richards, of Pembroke Dockyard, and
who is the newly appointed Captain-Superintendent of
this yard, has not yet made his appearance, but he is
daily expected. Mr. Kerley, master-attendant, is doing
the official duty, owing to the absence of the captain.
WOOLWICH, MAY IL—Captain Lord Johu Hay, C. 8.,
and Captain Alexander Milne, Lords of the
Admiralty, Captain Sir Baldwin Walker, KCAL, sur-
veyor of the navy, with Mr. Watts, second assistant to
• the surveyor, arrived at Woolwich Dockyard at eight
o'clock A.M., to-day. Their Lordships•were received by
Commodore• Superintendent Henry Eden, Captain Aus-
tin, C. 8., Lieutenant Gore, flag lieutenant ; and after
remaining a few minutes in the yard embarked in
the Black Eagle steam-vessel, on an offic,al visit to
Sheernes
The Stromboli, steam-vessel, Commander Lord
Aurelius Beauclerk, arrived at Greenhithe yesterday,
and will remain there until the North Star has her com-
passes adjusted, and be made ready to proceed to the
North Polar regions, us the Strouibuli will then tow her
to the edge of the ice.
The North Star has now completed taking her stores
on board, and yesterday evening bags were forwarded to
her from the Admiralty, containing letters for the Ere•
bus and Terror discovery vessels, under Captain Sir John
Franklin, the Enterprise and Investigator, uuder Cap-
tain Sir James Rosa, and the Plover, Commander Thomas
Moore. The Monkey steam-vessel will tow the North
Star to Greenhithe on Saturday, and on Monday the
latter will proceed on her expedition.
The Gladiator, steam-frigate, was taken out of the
basin here yesterday, and is now ready to proceed to
Devonport, under the charge of Mr. Laen, to
,be sta-
tioned there as an advance war-steamer.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
DURHAM RACES --luußsDAy.

The Durham Handicap of 10,sors. each. h ft, and 2 ft
only it declared, with 40 added. Ouw mile and a hat.
Mr. Arrowsmith's Lady Hylda, 5 yrs, Bst llb 1
Mr. Allan's The Duchet,s, 3 yrs, 56t 61b 2
Mr. Ewbank's Pyrrland, 3 yrs, 7$ ••• 3
Aspasia, 4 yrs, 7st 31b—Isabella Noel, 5 yrs, 73t—
and Swaledale, 3 yrs, 5$ 111 b, also ran. Wun by a
head.

The Alaiden Plate of 50 sous.; three yrs, 7st 51b; tour
yrs, 83t 51b; five yrs, &c., Bst 101 b; mares, &0..
allowed 31b. Heats. one mile and a half.
Mr. Ewbank's Orphan Boy, 3 yrs (Fenn) 2 0 1 1
Mr. Laidiaw's Lady I am-off, 4 yrs ... 1 3A) 3
Mr. E. Set.)lea's Chesterfield, aged ... 0 0 2 0
Mr. Bumble's Novel, 4 yrs ... 0 0 0 2
Mr. Osborne's Tollerton, 3 yrs ... 0 0 0 0
Mr. Russell's L zzie of Brampton, 6 yrs... 0 0 0 dr
air C. Munch's Cast•bteel colt, 3 yrs ... 3dr
The first heat was won by a neck, the second was •
dead heat betseen Orphan Boy and Chesterfield, the
third was wou by a length, and the fourth by half •
length.