The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-19 00:00:00

APPOINTMENTS.

Lieutenants—C. 0. IL P. St. John, of the Excellent,
to the Albion ; W. N. L. Lockyer, of the Albion, to the
Excellent ; Frederick Alarryat (who exerted himself so
admirably in the endeavour to extricate the Sphynx
when ashore), and Francis Brooke, to the Avenger ;
Thomas A. Swinburne. and Samuel Powell, to the Ball-
dog ; Edward &mar], to the Vindictive.
Masters—William Archer, the Avenger ; John Cole-
borne, to be Chief Officer in the Coast Guard Service.
Paymaster and Purser.—C. 11. Jones, to_the Avenger.

Sur,cons.—J. Steele,-to the Caleaonia, fir service
in the Avenger ; A. R. Bradford, to the Albion, vice
Tarn ; G. A. Munro, to the Growler ; T. 11. Keown, to
the Crocodile. _

Second Master—W. Betts, to the Avenger.
Assistant Surgeon—B. Delany, to the Avenger.
Midshipmen—Graham Eden, to the Queen ; R. A.
Stepart, to the Sidon ; G. %V. Rice, to the Vindictive ;
F. H. Sterling, to the St. Vincent ; W. 17. Ncate, to the
Recruit.

Clerk---J. A. Mossum, to the St. Vincent.
Masters' Assistants—T. Bower, to. the Caledonia ; C.
Benny, S. Libby, and J. Molloy, to the William and
Mary yacht.

Naval Cadets—ll. J. Challis, late of the Sphynx, to
he Queen ; and F. F. Waddington, to the Bulldog,
ROY AL AIARINES.

Captain Thomas Fraser. First Lieutenant J. E. W.
Lawrence, and Second Lieutenant Arthur Charles Steel,
of the Woolwich Division, have been appointed to the
Artillery Corps at Portsmouth ; First Lieutenant H.
Timpson. to the Avenger.
ooLwicn, Aryl', 17. Captain' Henry Mangles
Denham, Royal N;;vy, F.R.S., who has been recently
inveitigating the steam-vessel accidents in Ireland, com-
mencing with the loss of the Sirius steamer, and those
that have occurred in England since the passing of the
recent Act of Victoria, chap. c., opened his inquiry
yesterday touching the collision of the Royal Victoria
and Albert steam yacht with the Rose.
The ship Venice sailed from Liverpool with 170
passengers, twelve of whom died on the passage to
Boston.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—Their Royal High-
nesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, attended by
Lady Augusta Cadogan, Baron Knesebeck, and Mr. Edmund
St. John Mildmay honoured the performances at her Ma-
jesty's Theatre, on Saturday evening, with their presence.
In their Royal Highnesses' box were the Marqais and Mar-
chioness of Douglas; in her Majesty's box were the Hon.
Miss-Lascelles, Lady Caroline Leveson Gower and party.
and Lady
Mii jLt:co•
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ihsae Qwunererne
nl3, otwhaegieirn'sn . boxiis
swida s
tain Taylor. There were also present, the Prince Louis a-
itocchceultieadnblC NAls,pr-.
poleon, his Excellency the Russian Minister, the BarOnese
Brunow, and Mademoiselle Olga de Lechner, the Duke. and
Duchess of Montrose, the Marquis and Marchioner.tofe__arDouro,
the Marquis of Huntley. the Marquis of Donega , h 4
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El
fast,- the Countess of Blessington and Mis_Po_wer,
of Munster, the Earl of Falmouth, the Earl of
.Cardigan,
uis.of Clanricarde, the Earl of Lonsdale,s
_the Eartlhoef..:Eßareli
the Earl of Chesterfield, the Earl of Strathmore, Viscount
and Viscountess Maidstone and Lady Adelaide Paget; Vis-
count Cantilupe, Count D'Orsay, Viscount Torrington, Baron
Rehausen, M. de Couttu, I.ord and Lady Templemore, Lord
Charles Wellesley, Lord and Lady Francis Gordon,_ Lady
Fitzroy Somerset and Miss Somerset, the Right Hon. the
Lord Mayor and Lady Carroll, Lady Woodford and- Miss
Woodford, Lady Jervis, Lord Ernest Bruce, Lady Dormer,
Lord Nugent, Count de Courcy, Sir R.Vivian, S."- Ralph and
Lady Howard, Sir Henry Webb, Bart., General' Sir Andrew
Barnard, Sir Bellingham and Lady Graham, Hon. Cecil
Forester, Hon. Frederick Cadogan and Lady Honoria Hon..
gan, Hon. Adolphus Chichester, Hon. Mrs. Chichester, Mr.
C. de Koudriaffsky, Mr, Brenton Trelawney,M.P., and Miss
Trelawney, Mr. Stewart, M.P., &c.
ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.—Her Majesty and his
Royal Highness Prince Albert honoured the performance at
Covent- garden Theatre on Saturday last withf o_eolurxtreledn e.
e.
Her Majesty was attended by the Countess M
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lion. Captain. Gordon, and Cap.
Byron, General IVemyss, the .wesalso
present
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Baron de Rutz') n, the
Marchioness of Worcester, the Countess
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of Liverpool, Earl Bruce, the Earl of Munster,
I,leeinnaroyylrn'eri, Lennox, M.P., Lord
rpeth,
Alexander
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Viscountess Ebrington, Viscountess Glentworth, Viscount
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CLiaird:liLneyni,lilutsusresitl:Lord Somerville,
tchkeirzLnd,ies Primrose. the lion, Miss Copley, Hon.
NIX., and Lady Molesworth, Lads- llarriet Drummond, Lad
Sir
LadyW i l lilMacfarlane,nl‘i Ladyc)rtby
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lion. F. Byron, lion. Spencer Cowper, Hon.
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7 ial)lozi, bv, the lion. Dawson Darner, M.P aeid Mrs.
ii,,n- J..)11, F. r, ess:Jte. llon. Sir Edward and
Lady Puled., Ibli. C. 1-n,cl tai,l Mrs. Fitzgibbon,- Sir F.
French, :\I.P., Sic i;ellingliani Gra..ain, Sir Charles and Lady
Cecilia De Veaux, Sir W. Clayton, Sir Andrew Leith Hay,
Sir John 11. Lowther, Sir Wiliam Abdey, Sir Charles Ib-
botson, Sir Charles Kent, Sir William and Lady de Bathe,
Sir Jasper and Lady Atkinson, Sir Augustus Forster, Sir
John Johnstone, Sir 'George Wombwell. &c.
SECOND ANI ATFU a PER nil: MANC E FOR TAE BENE•
FIT ..F THE PIIINTELs PE,-1..N •-,)cia , v.-We have great
it a 5,,,,,, in ii:„. i;
.: ~..,,., . , ~ 1,.-16 rm‘itice, which is to
take, nl.ice ,ii ',lit, —.s. s, at .- - ',. iiii.ic Theatre, for the
~enetit ot the above .NC 1:- 1 10-1; _!/' I i . file pieces 'elected
for the flee: sin :::.e. tl.s, ,-, in . .3: ''l en: Poor Gentleman and
Luke the I,nlept. ri., •og •1:. . w,; , '1 Vari,ty of singing and
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daneing.
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EXTEN SI VE i{t./B EE A i.—Olt Sa'„urdav the counting-
howe of James Morrison and Co., No. 2S, St. Mary-at-Hill,
Thames street, was plunder. d if a tin cash-box, containing
60 South-Eass,,rl Haile av shares, 25 Taff Vale .Railway
shares, and 10 Paris and Lyons; 8721. in notes and bills of
exchange, as well as several bill stamps, signed J.liorrieen
and Co., payable Jone 3 Loyd and Co., and not filled lip.