The Sun.
London, England, 1841-12-09 00:00:00

_EVENING SUN

WOOL WI C(—WEDNESDA Y.
ROYAL ARTILLERY.
GENERAL ORDER, DEC. I.—" The Master-General
having submitted for the favourable
consideration of the
Queen, recommendations in behalf of gunners and
drivers, John Thompson, 3d battalion ; George Bailey,
7th battalion ; and rider Thomas Armstrong, Riding•
house department, to be restored to the benefit of their
services, which they forfeited, the two former by deser-
tion, and the latter by sentence of a garrison Court-
martial, having been convicted of 'disgraceful conduct'
"Her Majesty has been graciously pleased, in conse-
quence of their subsequent good conduct, to signify her
pleasure that they be restored to the benefit of their ser-
vices accordingly.
" The Master-General trusts this mark of Royal favour
will be duly appreciated by these men, and that they will,
by their future behaviour, prove themselves worthy of
her Majesty's lenity.
" H. 1). ROSS, Deputy Adjutant-General."
GENERAL ORDER, DEC. 4.—" The Master-General
has been pleased to approve of the following officers
being appointed Adjutants provisionally, under the re-
gulations contained in the General Order of the sth of
February, 1826, viz.:—Second Captain Nedham, to the
4th battalion, vice Somerville. Second Captain Fraser,
to the 7th battalion, vice Lethbridge. In consequence
of the above, the undermentioned officers are posted to
battalions as follows, viz.:—Second Captain Forbes, to
the sth battalion, vice Nedham. Second Captain Dalton,
to the sth battalion, vice Fraser.
" 11. D. ROSS, Deputy Adjutant-Genera"
NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
The Numa transport ship sailed on Saturday morning
from opposite the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, for Bar-
badoes ; and in addition to the officers and men formerly
alluded to, belonging to Major Kendall's company, Lieu-
tenant F. B. Wai, of the Royal Artillery, embarked for
a passage to join Major Haultain's company, and Lieut.
Galway, of the Royal Engineers, to serve at that station.
The Growler steam frigate has been commissioned at
Sheerness by Commander Claude H. M. Buckle, and will
soon be ready for sea.
Assistant-Surgeon—Win. Buie to the Apollo.
MATES, NAVAL INSTRUCTORS, AND SCHOOL-,
MASTERS.
An Act was passed in the last Session of Parliament,
c. 3, in which it is enacted, " That, from and after the
31st day of December, 1841, it shall be lawful for every
naval instructor and mate in the Royal Navy, under such
regulations, limitations, and restrictions, as have now
been, or may at any time or times hereafter be, esta..
Wished by the Commissioners for executing the office of
Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom for the time
being, to draw a bill of exchange, or a set of bills of the
same tenour and date, upon the Accountant-General of
the Navy, for the net personal pay which shall be due to
him, at such times, and for such periods, as the said Com-
missioners shall at any time, or from time to time, ap-
point in that behalf."
It is therefore directed :—That all mates and naval
instructors shall continue to draw for the sea-pay due to
them up to the 31st December, 1841, as heretofore.
That after the 31st of December, 1841, they shall be
allowed to draw bills for their net sea-pay every three
months, to end on the 31st of March, 30th of June, 30th
of September, and 31st of December, agreeable to the
annexed table of pay.
That any mate or naval instructor who shall have
been on half-pay for three months next before his ap-
pointment to a ship, or any mate not all Owed half-pay
who was not serving at the time of his appointment, may
receive three months' pay in advance on his joining his
ship, provided he transmit, with an application to the
Accountant-General of the Navy, a certificate from his
commanding officer of the day he commenced sea-pay,
when a bill of exchange will be sent to him for signature
and negotiation, or the amount will be paid to his agent,
if he requests it.
That mates and naval instructors be allowed to draw
for their net sea-pay from the date of entry, if they re-
ceive no advance, or for the termination of the period for
which advance may have been granted, to the end of the
current quarter.
That mates shall continue as heretofore to receive the
residue of their pay on ships' books ; but that naval in-
structors shall, after the 31st of December, 1841, be paid
the residue of their full pay by a bill to be made out in
office on their transmitting to the Accountant-General a
certificates of service, and a statement of their claims for
tuition for the whole peribd of their appointment.
SCALE OF PAY. Per year.
Mate
.£ 65 3 7
Naval Instructors and Schoolmasters, first
entry
127 15 0
Ditto, after three years' service 136 17 6
Ditto, after seven years' service 155 2 6
Ditto, aften ten years' service. lB2 10 0
Note.—Naval instructors and schoolmasters who receive
the new rate of pay will no longer be allowed the bounty of
301. a par ; but if a chaplain act as a naval instructor, he will
be entitled to the bounty in addition to his pas as chaplain.
N. B. Bills for tuition or bounty to be drawn separately.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
(From the Brighton Gazette.)
PORTSMOUTH, DEC. B.—Sailed on Sunday the troop-
ships Apollo, Commander Frederick, and Sapphire,
Mr. Cole, Master, for Plymouth, on their way to China.
These ships have on board detachments of the 18th,
26th, 49th, and 55th Regiments. The latter ship has
likewise embarked a company of the Royal Artillery
and an immense quantity of Ordnance stores. •
The Serpent, 16, is gone by the Wight to Plymouth,
from Chatham ; Commander Nevill, of Winchester, is
appointed to her, vice Scale.
The Queen, 110, is ordered to be expedited (as far as
the weather will admit) for departure to the Mediterra-
nean with Sir E. Owen's flag. Similar -orders have also
arrived for the Warspite, 50, Vindictive, 50, and Bel-
videra, 42.
Strong adverse weather has compelled the Malabar,
72, for the Mediterranean, Madagascar, 46, for the Cape
of Good Hope, and Harlequin, 18, for China, to put
back to Plymouth.
- The corvette Dido, Captain the Hon. Henry Keppel,
is hourly expected from Sheerness at Spithead to await
orders.
Captain Peter Fisher, late of the Asia, 84, (who dis-
tinguished himself on the coast of Syria) is appointed
Comptroller-General of the Coast-Guard, to reside in
London ; and Captain John Carter to Haslar, and the
Superintendency of the Royal Clarence Victualling Yard.
Vice-Admiral Sir John Ommanney,K.C.l3., may be ex-
pected to arrive trom Malta in the Powerful, 84, Captain
Seymour, in about a week. Three more line-of-battle
ships are ordered home, namely, the Ganges, 84, Impla-
cable, 72, and Hastings, 72. •
The Minden, 84, at PlymOuth, is ordered for com-
mission, and to be fitted for a hospital ship, attached to
the China squadron. Captain Michael Quin is appointed
to her. •

The Alfred, 50, Commodore Brett Parvis, is ordered to
be hastened in her equipment at Sheerness, and will com-
plete at Spithead, and thence depart to Rio de Janeiro.
Tho Volage, 26, Captain Sir W. Dickson, Bart., is
gone to Plymouth from Chatham ; her supposed des-
tination is China.

The Prasident;so, Captain Broughton, may be expected
home with Rear-Admiral Ross, C. 8., in the early part of
January next from the Brazils.
AT SPITUEAD.—No ship of war.
Ix HARBOUR.—St. Vincent, Queen, Victory, loyal
George, Excellent, Warspite, Vindictive, Belvidere,
Hazard, Athol, Pantaloon, Viper, Destination, and Echo
steamer.

-II.I;OUTII.—The Minden, 72, was commissioned on
Friday last by Captain Quin. Two divisions of ship-
wrights were taken from the Albion (building), and put
to work on the Minden to get her ready for sea as soon
as possible.—The North Star, 26, Captain Sir J. E.
Home, was paid advance on Thursday. She is to sail
for China with the first wind.—The Prospero steam-
vessel, Lieutenant Commander E. Keane, sailed on Sun-
day for Pembroke.—The Aigle, 24, Captain Lord
agCluairnenicnetPo atgheet,
spuout
icien
Captain J. Kinycorne, was 72, troopship,
came back
paid advance of wages on
Tuesday. She is ordered to embark her troops, and sail
as soon as the weather will permit.—The LaPwin
packet brig, Lieutenant Commander Drew was paid on
into ordinary on 'Tuesday.—The Mangles, emigrant
ship, was taken into the Sound on Monday.
In the Sound (Tuesday).—The Malabar, Belleisle,
Madagascar, Pique, North Star, Aigle, Harlequin, So-
(convict ship), (convict ship), Mangles (emigrant ship).
In I3arnpool.—The Diligence, transport.
In Harnoaze.—The Caledonia, guard ship; San Josef.
Mindon, Isis, Fly, Ferret ; Volcano, Acheron, Alban,
steam•vessels ; Devon_, Hamoaze, and Camel, lighters.
APPOINTMENTS.—LICnIenanIS—C • J. Featherstone, to
the command of the Volcano ; Charles F. L. Shadwell,
to the Fly ; Octavius Cumberland, to the Madagascar ;
Minden. Pursers
John Elliott and William Bailey, to the
Edward Owen, to the
—John 11. Cook, to the Minden ; Edwa
to the Caledo-
nia. Surgeon—James Wilson (b),
to the Min
nie. Master—Thomas Hancorne
(acting), to the North Star.
den. Mate—W. Hay Warudnrop,
da to the Ferret. Gun-
Clerk in Charge—Francis .IMinden_dohn Smallston, to
ners—John Hodges, to the Mi ,
ti P)
Boatswain—John Sterling (ac , to the
the Pique.
North Star.

" The steeple of the church of Saint-Germain.
Plogastel, fur the repair of which," says the Armoricain
of Brest, " the Minister of the Interior had granted
2,000 f., but too late to be useful, fell to the grounedudoln.
the
s2}: dE
Es destroyings,D sci.n
7i t.s—faAl ampoeriatinocnhoofityheaccheuiTdrchelii;i'tr'
occurred at Sheerness on Sunday morning. Two ma_
rives belonging to her Majesty's ship Camperdown were
being lowered in a boat into the water, when by some
accident the boat's tackling gave way, and both Were
precipitated into the river. Before any assistance could
be rendered to them they had disappeared.
bodies have not yet been found.
_ _ _

WHAT IS
not in the queen's ser-
liE —Field-Marshal the Duke of
1
Wellington has deliberately stated in writing that he
tilTelittirciaalkserlvitcies
noof theh Queen," and no
vice that he is politically retained ; neither is it in the
people's service, for he is more opposed to then than to
doubtis ‘ ‘not
ohte in
states t he
the Queen. Whose servant is he, then ?
" Under which king, Bezoniau ?"
Alas ! " How are the mighty fallen !" Seeing that ho
serves neither Queen nor people, it follows incontrover-
tibly that he is the servant of Sir Robert Peel ; for,
political service of some sort or another,
pis alter after "the Dodger."-211orning C and there is no
Chronicle.
DISTRESSED ComnostTons.--Distress among
the London printers is raging to a frightful extent, not-
withstanding the exertions made to alleviate it. By an
advertisement in our paper, we see their more fortunate
brethren in London have subscribed nearly 300/. Sub-
scriptions have also been raised by the trade in various
parts of the country, and the example may be worthy of
imitation among the journeymen of this town. We hope
also the liberality of our townsman, Mr. Henney, will
be emulated by others.—Cheltenham Examiner.