The Sun.
London, England, 1841-10-04 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

(From the Hampshire Ttlegraph.)
PORTSMOUTU, OCT. I.—Vice-Admiral Sir ,Edward
' Owen, K.C.8., is appointed Commander-in-Chief in the
Mediterranean, nod will hoist his flag on board tin)
Queen. The St. Vincent, 120, will be substituted for
the flag of Admiral Sir Edward Codrington, o o Tuesday.
Captain George F. Rich will be Sir Edw Owen's
Flag Captain. The Queen is to bear a con neat of
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926 men.
The Vindictive, 50, at this port, was this day ordered
to be commissioned ; her complement of men is to be
510—ten more than the Warspite's. Captain J. Toup
Nicolas, of the Belleisle, is appointed to command her.
The Hazard, 18, was commissioned at this port yes-
terday, by Commander Charles Bell.
The Impregnable, 104, with the flag of Rear-Admiral
Sir Francis Mason, will sail to-morrow from Plymouth,
for Malta.
The Ardent, steam-frigate, Commander John Russell,
sailed yesterday for the Brazils, touching at Madeira.
The Carron, steam vessel, intended as a tender to the
Illustrious, sailed yesterday for Bermuda. . .
The Ringdove, 16, Commander H. K. Stewart, came
into harbour on Monday, to be paid off.
The Rapid, 10. sailed - yesterday for Liverpool and
Bristol, fur seamen. The Charybdis; brigantine, Lieut. de Courcey, left Ja-
maica for the Bahamas and Halifax, on the 14th of Au-
gust ; . the Hydra, steamer, Commander Murray, left
for Carthagena on the 19th August.
The Rolla arrived at Bathurst (River Gambia), from
Sierra Leone, on the 22d July, and sailed on the 27th
on her return. The Termagant arrived at Bathurst on
the same day from Portendick; and the 'Wanderer, on
the 28th July ; and both sailed on the 29th to Leeward.
The Madagascar and Satellite were taken out of dock
yesterday ; the Hazard taken into dock. The Madagas-
car and Pantaloon went out of the basin on the same day.
The following vessels are fittino. at Woolwich :
Siren, 16, Heroine, 10. Steam-vessers—Vixen,-Devasta-
don, Rhadamanthus, Volcano, Avon, Lightning, Dasher,
and Widgeon.
The following memorandum has been published, dated
Admiralty, Sept. 8, 1841 :--6, Pursers serving as clerks
are only to wear the uniform of the station in which they
are actually serving. By command of their Lordships,—
J. Barrow."

In Harbour—Queen, Victory, Excellent, Illustrious,
Warspite, Madagascar, Belvidera, Royal George, Driver
steam-frigate, North Star, Ringdove, Pantaloon, Viper,
Apollo troop-ship, Diligence naval transport, and Echo
steam tug.
PLYMOUTH, SETT. 30.—0 n Thursday sailed the Mer-
cury tender, and Diligence transport, for Portsmouth ;
also the Rochford lighter, for Woolwich and Deptford.
Arrived the Devon lighter from Liverpool, and Swale
tender, from Falmouth. The Ferret, 10, Lieutenant W.
S. S. Thomas; was taken into dock to have her bottom
examined. A Court of Inquiry has been held on the Lie-
utenant and Second Master of this vessel, to inquire into
the circumstances of her getting on shore, but the result
has not transpired. On Saturday the Albion steamer,
Mr. King, master, with the depot of the 48th from Cork,
put into this port, on her way to Guernsey, for which
place she sailed the same day to disembark the depot.
On Wednesday, the Forester, 10, Lieutenant G. J. Nor-
cock, wag paid off this day.
In Harbour.—Caledonia, San Josef, Malabar, Cam-
brian, Spartan, Nightingale, and Ferret.
In the Sound—lmpregnable, Belleisle, and Tortoise,
convict• ship.
PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS.
PROMOTIONS.—Mate—Henry William Hire (of the
Pilot), to the rank of Lieutenant.

APPOINTMENTS.—Captains—Geo. F. MA, to the
Qtwen, (for the flag of Vice Admiral Sir E. Owen), vice
K C,,dringtcm, to the St. Vincent ; J. Toup Nicolas (of
the Belleisle) to the Vindictive.

Commanders—Charles H. Seale, to the Serpent ;
M. A. Slatzr, Acting, to the William and Mary
(commanding the Lightning) ; James B. Hay, to the
Queen.

-Lieutenants—George Smythe, and F. W. C. Hickey,
to the VoLige ; .Tames C. Johnson, R. A. Oliver, J. T.
Thurburn, and Edward J. B. Clarke, to the Thalia ;
Langton 131-Owen and David A. Bui•ban, to the Vixen ;
Thomas Edwards and Percy Parkhurst, to the Styx ;
Henry G. Morris and Edward R. Power, to the Harle-
quin ; James C. Robinson and Edward M. Noble, to the
Serpent ; E. B. Not., to the Siren ; James 13. West and
Cospatrick B. Hamilton, to the Aigle; JantesA. Abbott,
Henry Eden, and James Ilunt,-to the Dido; --:—:.lr6byn,
to the Isis ; Robertson, tO the Hazard ; A. Boyle,
from North Star, to be First LientenaUt_oyqieigtieen.
Masters—James Boxer, to the VOltiire
,-.4f4neiii
Ir 'Ton-
kin, Acting, to the Formidable ; . '
4.:,,L,
Atainprise, to
the Aigle ; Francis EdiTgLon, to the Hai-lequin ; W.
J. B. Hilliard, to the Serpent ; Julius Dor,-tO the Siren ;
John °ll3agrie l Kenneth L.
Sutherland, to the
J. H. Aston, to the Styx ; R. C. Allen, to the Vixen ;
F. W. Paul, to the Hazard.
Pt
huerrslearnsd, Pursers—J.
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to
Siren ; Walter Clatsworthy, to the Thalia .JOlitt Her-
sham, to the Vixen ; W. L. Freeman, to ihe'AiglH e-;
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C. Bulimar, to the Dido ; W. A. Harris, to the:azard.
Surgeons—Wm. Kent, to the Aigle ;
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the Harlequin Cook,
; theJ lr
R. Birt"whi4e,
to the Volage ; Charles K. Nutt, to the Harlequin'.
James Lambert, to the Serpeilt ; win. Boy, to die'
Siren ; David G. Miller, to the Styx •
, Richard Douglac,
to the Thalia ; John. Naulty, to the Vixen ; A. Dona,
hoe, to the Dido.
Assistant Sufgeons•—T. H. Graham,. to the 'Aigle ;-
John Simpson, to the Dido; Bower, to the Lynx;
R. A. Godson, to the Serpent,
Acting Master—J. Warnerf to the Ferret. •
Second Master—J. Gallon, to the Illustrious; John
Garner, to the Rhadamanthus.
Clerk—C. Jenkins, to the Spartan.
Mates—George Graham, to thco Belvidera; Henry
Clarke, to the North Star.
First Engineer—R.. Sago, to the Victory, for service
of the Wildfire.
Midshipmen—P. W. D.Arnell and VV. Perrier, to the
Spartan; Allan Percy, to Warspite.
Volunteers 1 t Class—John Edward Riley, to the Isis.
Master's Assistant—George Stahl), to the Belvidera.
ROYAL MARINES—LioUt..S.TI9vener, to the Vt I.ge.
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