The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-05 00:00:00

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PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY.—The Sidon stein) ataf
ordered away to Lisbon immediately wito triars!Lnej..' --
stores for strengthening- t)-e force under the coarisiOvf; t.
Vice-Admiral Sir William Parker. The marine??' will
it is reported, be landed at Fort St. Julian. So peremp-
tory au order, accompanied with injunctiort for the ut-
most possible dispatch to be used in embarkmf
,the troops
and putting to sea with them, yesterday reotetng
natu-
rally created much excitement and speculation as to the
cause, which was in nowise diminished when the party
front this division, under the command of Captain Nol-
loth and Lieutenant Croker, marched out of their quar-
ters about an hour after receiving the order, proceeded
to the dockyard, and at once embarked in the Sidon,
which vessel bad warped alongside the jetty, and was
being supplied as fast as possible with stores, fuel, coals,
provisions of various kinds for the sudden increase, Stea
presenting a picture of bustle and preparation which re-
minded many who witnessed it of the almost daily events
of the last war. At six o'clock last evening a further
reinforcement of marines, consisting of one captain, three
s, three sergeants, three corporals, one drum-
ner, seal 138 privates, arrived by um t)euth- Weston
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at ouce ccbz.tr!:t .1 froze the Clarence yard,
s flk Vic.ory, h,aid the Sidon, which vessel
has he( n t;;Ii:lig in stoi.es all 11;glit, and now continut-s
loaditiL.% It wits expected 1,114: would have left in the
night, hut !wing unprepared for the iec,ptien of troops
her depai tun- has be(11 necessarily del.iyed. She Rill he
will follow the &Jon
p..;'d • I% fte"o and leava for Lisbon direct. Another vessel
,
(the,irh In'learrriilh,
el
se,
The St. Vincent. 120, Captain Milne, will be undocked
f',‘,‘rethaar-iethi.nforaud)
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-morrow if possible, and
Uspr.teli. prepared for sea with all
The Olin steam-frigate, Captain Williams, left this
morning for Ireland, with seed corn.
The Cygnet, 6, Commander Somerille, sailed yester-
day morning for Sheerness, to be paid «ff.
The Myrtle steam-tender, Second-Master Battiston,
proceeded yesterday with Mr. Bellamy, Assistant-
Master-attendant, to Brook, Isle of Wight, for the pur-
pose of raising and bringing away the guns, and some
of the heavy part of the machinery of the Sphynx,
which were unavoidably left behind when that vessel was
hove off' the shore,
The Royal yacht Victoria and Albert, Captain Lord
A. Fitzelarence, was masted yesterday.
The Kestrel brigantine, Lieutenant-Commander Baker,
has hoisted the pendant, and is entering men, it is said
!or service on the South-east Coast of America station.
A little consternation prevails in the Dockyard, owing
to the proposed superannuation, within the last two
days, of a great number of inferior officers in the esta-
blishment, said to be consequent upon the promulgation
of the Secretary to the Admiralty's (Mr. Ward's) re-
cent order for the better regulation of promotions in
Dockyards.
It is due to the London and South-Western Railway
Company to state, that all seed, meal, corn, or other
provisions
forwarded for shipment along their line of
railway by the relief association, is carried free of all
charge whatever, such provisions, &c., being understood
as for the relief of the prevalent distress in Ireland and
Scotland exclusively. Many thousand tons have already
been carried free by this liberal and efficient company.
The following promotions and appointments have
taken place during the past week :
PROMOTIONS.
Commanders—Charles Wise (1842), of the Hibernia,
to the rank of Captain, and appointed to the Inconstant,
vee Fremantle, to the Albion.
Lieutenant—A. P. Eardley Wilmot (1840), Flag-
Lieutenant to Sir W. Faker, to the rank of Commander,
vice Wise, promoted.
Mate—Wray R. G. Palliser (1845), of the Vanguard,
to the rank of Lieutenant, vice Wilmot, promoted.
A PPOINT3IENTS.
Captain Sidney Colpoys Dacres, g ,vice to the Avener
Pethury, to the Growler.
Commander—Edward Codd, to the Hibernia, vice
Wise, promoted.
Lieutenants—Thomas Cochran, to be Flag-Lieutenant
to Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, vice Collier, resigned ;
Henry Baker, to command the Kestrel ; G. F. Day, to
the Excellent ; N. D. Jolly, to the Vindictive ; R. T.
Bedford, to study at the steam factory, Woolwich ;
William Perrier, to the Sidon.
Master—John Burdwood, to the Hydrograper's-office,
Admiralty.
Paymaster and Purser— George Nicholls, to be Secre-
tary to Rear-Admiral Sir Hugh Pigot, vice John W.
Nicholls, appointed Clerk of the Check at Greenwich
Hospital; James \Vinstanley, to the Growler.
Naval Instructor—C, J. E. R. Archdeacon, to the
V olage.
Second Masters—John Richards, to the Kestrel ;
William Imrie, to the growler.
Clerk-in-Charge—J. A. Teller, to the Kestrel.
Clerks—R. F. Morrison and A. M. Moore, to the St.
Vincent ; Alexander J, &rya, to the Vindictive ; B. P.
heather, to the William and Mary.
Midshipmen—J. J. Barnard, to the Queen ;C. F.
Curane, to the Excellent ; William Graham, and Charles
F. Robinson, to the St. Vincent.
Assistant Surgeons—J. B. 11. Collings, of the Hiber-
nia, to the Trident ; Charles Roberts, of the Vindictive,
to the Nautilus.
Masters' Assistanls.—James Walter Parrot, to the
Victory ;W. Scott Harris-on, to the Crocodile ;S. Win-
niett, to the Kestrel.

COAST Appointment—CummanderGU C.AR DIL Douglas, to the
Wexford District us Inspecting Commander, vice Ken-
nedy removed to England.
Removals—Commander W. 11. Kennedy, from Vex-
ford to Lowey distict, vice Holman, term of service ex-
pired.