The Sun.
London, England, 1849-06-11 00:00:00

PROMOTION.

Mate to the rank of keutenant—Williatn Henry Fen
wick, in charge of the R lid brig, at Portbmouth.

APPOINTMENTS.

Capt.ain--George Smith (1832), additional to the
Vict, ry, ftw packet service at Sour hampt-n.
Lieutenants—The Hon. G. H. amglass, from the
Hibernia to the Caledonia; G. M. Smith, of the Grey-
hound, to command the Active revenue cutter, vice G.
A. llire, to c.immand a station; W. A. Munton, to he
flag-lieutenant pro tern. to Rear-Admiral Dixon, at Cork.
Mister—G. L. Bradley (1839) late of the Fox. to
comma► d the Crescent receiving ship at Rio, vice
Nicheux, invaliqcd.

Paymaster and Purser—W. H. Reeves to the Cleo
patra, at Pi) mouth, vice Hobbs, invalided.

Mate—P. B. Shelley to the Centaur steam pendant
ship, on the coast of Africa.

Midshipmen—J. Campbell and H. D ivies, to the
Soutnampten, 50. ftig-ship, at the Cape of Good Hove;
R. R. Homfra), G. W. Burnley, W. L. Wilson, and El.
Wagon, to the Castor, 36, at Chatham; H. Rogers and
E. F. Lodder, to the Centaur; H. I. Mauls to the Ocean
flag-ship, at Sheerness; H. W. Fox to the Tweed corvette,
on the Brazils stations.
Naval Cadets—I. Irvine to the Centaur.
PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY.—We have the pleasure to
announce the promotion of Mr. William Henry Fen-
wick, Mate in command of the Rolla exercise brig tor
the naval apprentices of this port, to the rank of Lieu-
tenant. 'This gentleman has had the command of the
Rolla since July last, and has made her one of th•
smartest small afi; in the si rvice, al hough with a cre
only of boys. Ile vv,,st in the Penelope's pinnace at the
burning of the barracoous at Gailinas, under a stnar.
fire for some hours, and was in charge of several priz9s
on the coast of Africa, where he served five years. W,
believe Lieutenant Fenwick will keep the comtnAnd o
the Rolla, as a further reward for the high state of effi-
ciency he has brought her and her crew to.
The Sphynx steam-sloop, Commander It S. Hewlett,
of the Excellent (acting), arrived yesterday morhiti2
from the Downs. She sent an anchor of Rodgers's
pattern on shore by the Echo ate .m-tug, which had beet,
brought from the eastward, and sailed immediately for
Plymouth, taking such supernumeraries to that port as
r. quired a passage.
The St. Lawrence, 50, American frigate, Captain S.
Paulding, passed through Spithead at no.et to-day, from
Southampton, on her way to the Baltic. Sae saluted
the G.mmander•in-Chiers flag with seventeen guns,
which were returned by the Victory about an hour after
with an equal number (Divine srrvice preventing th.
return carder), but the frigate must have then 1 ng
before out of hearing of the acknowledgment of her
compliment.
Wind—N.N.E , fresh gales and cloudy.

EGYPTIAN FRIGATE SHARKIE.
There is a time-honoured custom in this maritime
country that when a new ship is completed and fairly
emberked upon the element which is to be her home
the occasion shall be celebrated by hospitalities com-
tnensurete with the importance of tlie event. The
Eiryptians appear to have followed our example in
this respect, and to have bettered our instruction.
The frigate of his Highness the Pasha, which is the
sub ject of this notice, is not a new vessel, havirg been
built many years ago in Alexandria, and having been
brought over to this country to undergo alterations,
and to be fitted with engines of 550 horse power, and
a screw propeller. These objects are now accom-
plished, and this noble vessel returns to Egypt, a fine
specimen of our skill in the details of naval architec-
ture, and in the construction of steam machinery.
Previous to her departure Admiral Hatiz Be', under
whose flag she sails, justly regarding the Sharkie to
be " almost as good as new," and having due
respect for the custom to which we ha%e
already alluded, resolved to issue cards of in-
vitation and to give a numerous and distinguished
party of friends and visitors an opportunity of in-
specting his ship and partaking of his hospitality.
The gallant old Admiral carried his intentions into
effect on Saturday, and that upon a scale of magnifi-
cence which has rarely if ever been surpassed. The
frigate was moored off Poplar-stairs, and as early as
11 o'clock the invited guests began to arrive. From
that hour till one o'clock the space between her and
the shore was crowded with boats conveying parties
on board. The ladies who came first were presented
with splendid bouquets of flowers, and all the guests
were received and welcomed at the top of the compa-
nion ladder by the Admiral, Mohammed Bey, and
the principal officers of the ship. At one o'clock,
when the Sh.irkie started from Blackwa:l, the scene
which her deck presented was most animated and re•
markabte. Under a spacious awning, which extended
for more than half her length, and formed an agree-
able shelter from the rays of the sun; were assembled
about 320 gentlemen and ladies, and scattered among
them and varying the effect which their own gay
dresses produced were the dark blue uniforms and Fez
caps of those in command and their attendants There
were also present some young gentlemen sent from
Egypt to be educated in this country, and whose man-
ners and appearance formed a singular and not uninte-
resting melange of the east and the west. Passing
forwards the scene changed. Europeans had disap-
peared, and the huge ship was in this part occupied
by men whose swarthy countenances showed their
eastern descent, who all wore the red Fez and the
characteristic wide trousers ; and who, if they wanted
the broad and muscular frames of our own tars, cer
tainly looked wild and formidable enough to sustain
the warlike character of any vessel of which they
might happen to be the ship's company. Many of
these were Arabs, and some were Greeks, but the
mej alty were from the valley of the Nile, and,
judging by the deeper hue of their complexions, and
the other traces of a more scorching sun, a few must
have been born very far up the river. At the stern
of the vessel waved the red benner, with the crescent
in the centre, whi'e at the m ,imeast head floate I the
union jack. There was an excellent bard on et k
prepared to fill up with music any gap V•at nigh take
place in the amusements and festivities of the day.
Below the cabins were all thrown open, and were
curiously and admiringly examined lw the vidtore
The pannelling and furniture of them were all w
exquisite workmanship, being in many parts richly
inlaid with ivory and rnother-of pearl, and exhibiting
a total freedom both from the gaudy embellishments
of our merchant steamers, and from the Spartan
simplicity of our ships of war. Here, too, on what
will henceforth he called, and, perhaps, used as the
fighting deck, were spread out in endless profusion
the material which sustains and prolongs life, not
!het which takes it away. No " smell of villanous
seltpetre" there, but the perfume of rare fruits, and all
the grateful odours of a well-provided and boun'iful
repast. But few had the courage to turn from there
splendid preparations for solacing the fatigues of the
day to penetrate )flow water level, and inspect
minutely the splendid engines of Messrs. Miller and
Ravenhill, with which the Sharkie has been fitted.
They are of 550-horse power, with cylinders 74 inches
in diameter, and a piston-stroke of 4 feet. They are
constructed on rather a novel principle, yet are found
to act admirably in connexion with the screw-pro-
peller, which here is 14 feet 6 inches in diameter. Iu
the engine room there are not less than 18 fires, yet
so thoroughly is the ventilation that the heat is never
felt to he inconveniently great.
The trip down the river on Saturday is not to he
regarded as in an any degree of en experimental kind,
and it would be doing the sailing qualities of the
Sharkie great injustice to treat it as such. Yet, at
different points in her progress she attained a very
coubiderable speed, and these is very little doubt,

from the tests to which she has been already sub-
jecteA, that ,he pr.)ve a very fast frigate. The
tact is:, that. the ho*itable dispo,ition of Admiral
11;fiz Bey vats the only thing which was put to a
severe searching tri,l on Saturday, and we are
hound to say that iv stood the teA without showing a
firiw. Among the guests -present were the Earl of
Elle,mrere, Admiral L-rd Wi!li,ain Fitzroy, and the
lion. Mi•is.,,s Fitzroy, the Lori Mayor, Lady Fitz-
verald, Mrs. Henry Want, Mr. Anderson, M.P
Mr. Lloyd (chief engineer to the Admiralty), Mr.
Peacock, Mr. Conlitfe, Mr. Wigram, Mr. Penn,
Mr. Nlaudsley, Mr. Mare, Mr. Miller,• Mr. Ra-
venhiti, the 1.1,.n. 11. E. Stably, Mr. Ayrton, the
Rev. Mr. Reeves, Mr. Leonard, Mr. George
L,indseer, &nd Mr. Charles Lantheer. The
Lords of the Admiralty were among the guests
invited, but they did not appear. His Excellency
the Turkish Ambassador was also invited, but was
prevented from being present by a prior engagement.
The Lord Mayor and the Earl of Ellesmere left the
frigate before she ha I gone very far down the river.
After ihe company had bean made sufficiently at
rmihe by the politenes,; and ettenlion of Admiral
Hatiz Bey, Mohamed 13-y, and the other officers on
board, dancing w,:s introduced, in which some of the
EgyptiAn gentlemen present joined. This part of the
priweedings and the mu,ic which accompanied seemed
to give vast d Ii ht to the crew, who crowded towards
the quarter deck to see ladies in public not only un-
veiled but dancing.

At four o'clock the Shaikie, being within a few
miles of Sheerness, waA put round and returned up
the river after a very del.ghtful run, to the pleasure
of which the beauty of the weather materially con-
tributed.

A five o'clock the company proceeded to do ample
jus!iee to the sumptuous thjeuner supplied for them.
The heads of the different tables were occupied by
Admiral Ilafiz Bi-!, by Mohamed Bey, and the
superintendent of the dockyard at Alexandria, and
by M. Pasquali, commercial agent of his Highness
Abbas Pasha. The two latter speak English fluently,
and were Vierefore able to do the honours in the
language of their guests. The old Admiral used
Mr. Ayrton as the interpreter of his feelings to the
company.

A-monz, the toasts proposed during the evening
were " The Queen," " Prince Albert and the Royal
Family," " Tne Sultan," " Mehemet Ali," " Abbas
l'nsha," and the " Illtish Navy,"
Mr. AYRTON proposed the last toast, on behalf of
Admiral Hafiz Bey, in very spirited and highly com-
plimentary terms.

On returning to the deck pips and c( free were
handed round in the eastern fashion, and the former
luxury especially was eagerly embraced by many of
geictienien present. Whether the attemrs at
Oilental manners on the part of our countrymen
were quite ,5o successful as those at English manners
by the Egyptians remained to the close of the even-
ing rather a doubtful question. At Purfleet the
frigate anchored for the night, and the guests took
their d parture for town in the Jupiter steamer,
highly gratified with their day's amusement, and
with the kind and hospitable reception they had met
with.

THE COUNTR Y MARKETS.
MANCHESTER, JUNE 9 —With a continuance of most
favourable weather, every branch of trade observes the greatest
caution in purchases, which are restricted to the supply of pre-
sent wants. To-day the demand for each article is slow, and
confined almost entirely to the best samples, at about the rates
of our la,t, any change in pt ices being in favour of the buyer.
WINCHESTER, JUNE 9.—Corn—Very little difference in
the price of wheat. Corn dealers and millers bought good
samples, without much pressing, at the highest, prices given
last week. llops—Reports as to the growing plant being
various, and in some parts unfavourable, caused holders of last
year's growth to ask an advance of 5s per cwt. for best Fern..
hams, Alton's and Sussex grown, yet purchasers were not dis-
posed to yield to the excess, consequently but very little busi-
ness was transacted. Farnhams at from 5/ to 6. lOs per cwt ;
country ditto, 4/ lOs to 5 10s; Sussex, 3‘ to 51 lOs ditto.
ABERDEEN, JUNE B.—Grain—Oats 15s Od to 16s Od,4olbper
bushel ; barley, 23s to 245, 521bs per bushel; bear, 23s to 245,
52 lbs per bushel ; wheat 46s to 52s ; oatmeal, 11 s6d to 12. ad
per boll ; flour, 37s to 45s per sad,. Provisions—Beef,
5d to 7d per lb ; mutton, ditto, 5d to 7d ; veal, ditto, 5d
to 6d ; pork, per stone, 4s 6d to 5.9; lamb, per lb, f d to 7d;
tallow, pe- stone, 4s to 4s 64 ; potatoes, per peck, lOcl to Is ;
hay, per cwt, Os to Os ; rabbits, each Od to Os ; hares, each, Os
to Os ; grou-e, per brace, Os to Os ; butter, per lb, 7d to 8d ;
eggs, per doz, 64 to 7d ; cheese, per stone, Os to Os ; hens, per
pair, 3s 94 to 4s 04 ; chickens, ditto, Is 8d to 3s ; ducks, ditto,
3s 04 to 3s fid ; eucklings, ditto, 2s to 2s 6d ; turkeys, each, 31
to 4s Od ; geese, ditto. Us to Os ; butter for exportation (present
cure ), per cwt, 54, to s.!is; eggs, wholesale price, per dozen, Od
to s,id ; 4b loaf, 64 ; 21b loaf, 3d ; pork, per stone of 14 lbs
3s 6d to Os 04; pork fine, small, 5s 6d to Os Od ; pork large.
3s 6d to 4s 3d; ship pork per barrel of '204 lbs, Os. to Os.
Meal—Oatmeal, Is 3d to Is 4d; bearmeal, Is 3d to is 4d i
peasemeal, Is 10d to 2s; .ids, 7d to Od • barley flour, is 44 to
Is 5d ; barley dust, 7d to 8d ; flour, is l'Od to 2s; barley, per lb,
Id to 24d. _

DA LKEITH, JUNE 7 —The relative weight per four bushels
of the three prices of wheat were lBst 121 b, 18st 51b, and 17at
9ib. Oats, 13st I Ib, list 131 b, and list 101 b. Barley, l6st I jib,
16st 41b, and 15st 81b. Peas and beans, IBst Illb, IBst sib,
and IBst Sibs.
Qrs. Best. Current.
165 Wheat ...... £2 12 0 £2 9 0 £l2nfeO 0
rioro.
514 Oats
55 Barley--
23 Pease and Beans 1 13 0 1 11 0 1 10 0
Average of wheat ....... . . 47s 04(1.
GLASGOW CATTLE MARKET, JUNE 7.—To-day the
numbers ss ere—oxen, 615 ; sheep, 960; lambs, 711. We had
a good supply of cattle at nor market, and prices scarcely
maintained last week's quotations. Best ox beef 48s per cwt,
sec,oid quality from 44s to 45s per do, cows ai,d inferior beasts
from 37s to 42s 6d per do, welkin. the offal. Sheep were
more plentiful. Prices were—sheep in wool bid per lb, clip-
ped sheep 5d to ;id per do, sink,ng the offal. Lambs were
very plentiful and dull of sale The prices varied from 9s to
18s per head, according to quality.
13ELFAS1, JUNE 7.—Wheat bells at former prices. Foreign
not much inquired after, and the few sales we have are at
about former rates. Petersburgh, 8' 15s to 9/ 5s ; Odessa,
915 s to 9/ lOs ; Baltic and American. 10/ 5s to II lOs per
ton. Flour unchanged in value, but
sales blow. American,
24s to =4s 6cl per barrel, Barley a slow sale, at former rates.
Oats are Id to 2d higher, and in fair demand. Oatmeal---
Fine fresh lots sell at an advance of 3d to 5d ; other qualities
sell pretty freely at about former rates. Indian corn, a slow
sale, at about foimer rates Yellow, 81 12s 6d to 8/ 17s 6d;
white, 8/10s to 8/ 17s 6d per ton.
CoRK, JUNE 8.-111 e arrivals of foreign grain continue
very small. Those of home-grown are scarcely worthy of nn:
tice, the receipts of wheat for the week amounting to only !I
barrels. Some sales, to a fair extent, have taken place in
Foreign wheat during the week, but at prices fully 6d per
barrel in favour of tie buyers. In oats but very little busi-
ness has been done, and prices are nominally unaltered. A
fair consumptive trade has been done in fine flour at late prices,
but there is still the same disinclination, so long noticed, to
make speculative purchases, and the market, in consequence, is
devoid of activity. Coarse flours are scarce and in demand.
At the close of last week, and subsequent to the publication of
our report, Indian corn made a still further advance of
2s 6d to 5s per ton upon the prices which we named. During
the last day or two, however, the market has become very
quiet, with less business doing, and though holders still ask the
extreme price of 9/ per ton, we believe a lower figure, say 81 17s ed
would be accepted. We quote prices, however, 8/15s to 9/ per ton.
Flour—Firsts 14s Od to 14$ 6d; extra 15s Od;.
seconds, 13$ Od to 13s 6d; households lOs to 12s ; thirds Ss to I,)s
per cwt. Oatmeal 13s Od to COs; Indian .r.eal 9i toils 3d ; wle'sl
meal, lOs 6d to Ils per cwt. Indian corn B'lss to 910 s per ton.
Bran 41 Os to 4/ 5s per ton. Hay—Farmers 15s to 30s; average
00s ; dealers 43s to 48s; average 45s0d per ton. Straw—Farmers
13s Od to 36s Od ; average 00s; dealers 43s Od to 48e lid,
average 00s Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 6d to 6d;
p6e6drii
dat
lo;
household loaf 5d to sid per 41b. Fresh butter, 8d to
9J per lb. Eggs -3ssdto 3s 7d per hundred. Coals--'
Newport 15s;
7Ldyt
:dn.! yin
mutton
t6osn ; Tallow
5Ld andore Iss ; Best Neath
Whisky,C
25 o. p., 6s Od per4otioam
"in
—Beef 14s
4 per
to
&icl to
7d; pork 4d to sid ; bacon 7d to ed ; sausages 6d per
lb. Hogs 61 Ills per cwt. Bangor slates 312 s 6d to 3/ 53 Per
ton. Bark—Barbary 81 to 8/ 10s; Valonia 141 tool; French
7/ 10s ; English 0/ per ton. Fleece Wool lOs to 12s per stone.
Hemp 31/ to 36/ per ton. Fish— Scotch herrings 17s tolss ; red
ditto 26s to 28s per barrel ; Newfoundland lit/ 10) to 12' per
top. Timber—New Memel 4/ 10s; old scarce; red pine 31
15s ; yellow pine 31 per ton ; deals, first quality, 201; second
quality 171 per Hides—Market 10s to 14s; salted Ils to
14s per cwt • calf skins lid to 2-id ; market lid to 2d per lb.
Potatoes, White I4d to 15d ; Minions 19d to 20d ; Guano
Peruvian, 11/ to 11/10s; Ichaboe 91 per ton ; Tar—Archangel.
19s per barrel.
gallon.WsPer Meatcw

INCOLN'S INN, JUNE B.—The aftermentiened
members of the Hon. Society of Lineoln'.i.inn were
called to the (I,,gree of Barrisiers-at-Law, on Friday
evening last:—Fountain H. Elwin. Riq.; Edward T.
Wakefield, Esq.; John J. Stutzer, M.A.; John ll'
Brasier, M.A.; Lieorge S. Fdban, 8.A.; Hooper J. "11-
kinson, M.A.; William E. Jones, M.A.; PH,ip
Pepys, M.A.; Samuel Scott, Esq.; and Frederick I/ •
Burnett, M.A.