The Sun.
London, England, 1847-06-28 00:00:00

ROYAL MARINES.

The half yearly examination of the officers studying
at the Royal Naval College and the Royal Marine cadets
in the Excellent gunnery-ship terminated yesterday,
when the Commander-in-Chief announced the following
as the result:—

Mr. H. J. Blomfield (son, we believe, of the Bishop of
London), awarded the lieutenant's commission, granted
half-yearly.
Second Lieutenants H. W. Mawbey and F. L. Alex-
ander passed into the Royal Marine Artillery Com-
panies.
The following marine cadets were declared qualified
for commissions in the Royal Marine corps, to which
they will be gazetted most probably this evening :—Mr.
H. G. Elliot; son of Lieutenant H. Elliot, R. M., on re-
served half-pay ; Mr. J. Wright, son of Lieutenant T.
Wright, R.N., of Cooper's hill, Semaphore-station; Mr.
G. G. Halliday, son of Air. Halliday, paymaster and
purser, R.N., and steward of the Royal Hospital at
Haslar ; and Mr. G. Gregory, son of retired Com-
mander Gregory.
We are happy to find the First Lord's patronage
likely to be so well - bestowed, all the latter candidates
being the sons of old, deserving, and meritorious officers.
In Harbour.—The Victory, Excellent, Vengeance,
and Victoria and Albert ; the Avenger, Scourge, "In-
cline, Fairy, Myrtle, and Echo steamers; and Diligence,
naval store transport.
At Spithead.—The St. Vincent, Howe, and Resist-
ance. _ _

In Dock.—The Leander, Prince Regent, Sappho, and
Orestes.

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In the Basin.—The Britannia, Retribution, Ajax, and
Odin.

On the Stocks.—The Royal Frederick, 110; the
Princess Royal, 90 ; and the Arrogant, 46 (screw).

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.

LONDON, JUNE 25.—Wind W., light breeze, and cloudy.
DEAL, JUNE 25.—Wind W.S. W., fresh and squally;
moderate.—Arrd. Mary Ellen, Inglis, Matanzas, and sailed
for Amsterdam. Arrd. from the River, Dirk Hatterick,
Newfoundland. Sld. Sirius, Rio Janeiro. 24. Arrd. Narcis-
sus, Rio Grande.

ijORTSMOUTII, JUNE 25.—Wind W.S.W.—Arid. her Ma-
jesty's ship Resistance, Halifax, left 6th inst., and sailed for
Liverpool. _ .

SHIELDS, JUNE 23.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Nile, Calcutta.
LIVERPOOL, JUNE 25.—Wind W.N.W., moderate.—Arrd.
Hyperion, Wheelan, Havannah, sailed 21st ult. ; St. John,
Dick, New Orleans ; Robert Burns, Stewart, Savannah ;
Lydia, Soull, Baltimore; Oregon, Evans, ditto; Marmion,
Edwards, New York, sailed Bth inst. ; St. George, Ferris,
ditto; Unicorn, St. John's, New Brunswick; Scottish Maid,
Stokoe, Quebec ; Britannia, Hamilton, Montreal ; Providence,
Lawson, Newfoundland. Sld. Jet, Bahia; Sea, Demerara;
Tyrone Philadelphia ; Peel's One, Richebucto. Several casks
of palm oil were passed 20th inst., about thirty miles S.W. of
Scilly, by the Goshawk, arrived here, one of which she picked
up, and it has been identified as having belongo,l to the cargo
of the Oberon. Off port, Anne Armstrong, Parsed Mer-
chant, —.

OFF EASTBOURNE.--Lady Katharine, Barham, Jamaica.
OFF BEACHYIIEAD, JUNE 24.—Margarette, Ros Ha-
vannab, for Bremen.

BELFAST, JUNR 24.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. James Hunt,
Simeon, Antigua. 25. Veracity, Antigua; Nova Scotia,
St. John ; Allan Brown, Norfolk ; Washington,
.New Orleans.
WIIITEHAVEN, JUNE 24.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Parton,
Taylor, Antigua.
WATERFORD, JUNE 24.—Wind S.W. to W.S.W.—Arrd.
Mary Seton, Meldrum, New York.

CORK, JUNE 23.—Wind W.—Arrd. Antiquary. Gardyne,
Philadelphia; Feronia, Humphreys, New York. Off port,
British Isle, Browne, Peru, and sailed for the Clyde.
CLYDE, JUNG 24.—Wind S. S.W.—Arrd. Jane Morrison,
Robertson New York. Sid. Jane Christie, Spiers, Trinidad ;
Richard Brown, Dunlop, St. Vincent. 24. St. George,
Style, Demerara ; Arthur, Trinidad.
LIMERICK, JUNE 25.—wind W.—Arrd. Albion, Wallace,
New York.

PROTEST AGAINST THE RETEN-
TION OF CLAUSE 11. IN THE BISHOPRIC
OF MANCHESTER, &c., BILL.
Dissentient—

1. Because when Parliament declares that the interests
of the Church require an increase in the number of the
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by her Majesty's predecessors, to annex to the creation
of such bishoprics the condition that the number of
Bishops sitting in Parliament shall not be increased, and
to take away from her Majesty, her heirs and successors,
the power of summoning to Parliament all or any of
these Bishops at any future period if it should become
her or their wish to do so, thus permanently limiting
the royal prerogative, under the pretext that her Majesty
has been pleased to declare that, ai at present advised,
she does not contemplate the issue of her writ to the
new Bishops, except as vacancies shall from time to
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soictteiunrg amongarltilaiemeßnits.hops of England and Wales
2. Because by this clause the writs of summons to
Parliament to which the Bishops of the ancient sees of
England and Wales are by law entitled, are to be sus-
pended as each see shall become vacant, and as the
right of the successive holdersof such sees to such
i writs of summons s as much. inherent in their sees as
that of the Lords Temporal in their respective peerages,
the abovementioned enactment constitutes a dangerous
precedent, at variance with the principle of an hereditary
peerage, and contrary to the privileges as well of the
Lords Temporal as Spiritual.

REDESDALE.
STANLEY.
H. EXETER,
BUTE.
R. BATH AND WELLS.

THE SEAL FlSHERY.—lnteresting advices have
come to hand from Newfoundland respecting the seal
fishery. One writer states—" The sealers continue to
drop in slow, but sure,' there having arrived since our
last announcement 15 more vessels, bringing, in the
aggregate, somewhat over 50,000 seals. Up to the pre-
sent time no vessel had arrived without seals, nor have
we heard of any being seen or left behind but what were
doing well. This is indeed encouraging, and leads us to
hope that the most sanguine expectations that have been
entertained will yet be fully realised."—Greenock Ad-
verttser.

ROYAL VISIT TO SCOTLAND. —We understand it is
her Majesty's intention to proceed to Scotland before
the end of the season, and that during the royal progress
the Marquis of Abercora will be honoured by 4 visit
from hisSovereign.—The Britannia,