The Sun.
London, England, 1846-07-04 00:00:00

APPOINTMENTS.

Commander Charles Starmer, seniority Dec. 23, 1842 ; ap-
pointed to Hecla, July 3, 1846. Served upwards of thirteen
years as midshipman and mate, and five years as lieutenant.
Was in the Pelican and Blonde in China, and commanded
the small arm men of the latter ship on two occasions during

the operations there, and was mentioned by Sir W. Parker
for his gallantry on those occasions ; and for which he was
promoted. He has made steam machinery his study, and
passed his examination at Woolwich. Previous to going to
China he served upwards of three years in a steam-ship in
the Mediterranean.

Clerk—G. H. Wise of the Cyclops, June 29, 1846, to be
Paymaster and Purser of the Linnet, commissioned at De-
vonport.
The Albatross arrived at Chatham on Thursday from the
coast of Africa, to be paid off and recommissioned.
PORTSMOUTH, FICIDAY.—A court •martial, comprising Rear-
Admiral Hyde Parker C. 8., president; Captain John Pasco,
of the Victory ; Captain the Hon. M. Stopford, of the Pique;
Captain Sir Baldwin W. Walker, K.C.8., of the Constance;
Captain G. Giffard, of the Vixen; and Mr. G. L. Greetham,
Deputy Judge-Advocate of the Fleet, assembled this morn-
ing at eleven o'clock, on board the Victory, to try Joseph
Barnes, late able seaman of the Eurydice, 26, Captain George
Elliot, on the following charge :
" For that the said Joseph Barnes, being then a seaman
of, and belonging to, her Majesty's ship Eurydice, and in
actual service of her Majesty's fleet, did, on the 28th day of
June, 1845, unlawfully desert from the said ship, and did
then and there take away one of the boats belonging to the
said ship, which boat has not been recoverid, and has become
lost to her Majesty."
Lieut. Heathcote, First Lieutenant of the Eurydice, proved
that on the evening of the 28th of June, 1845, there was a
party of American cfficers on board the Eurydice, then at
anchor off Pensacola, in the Gulf of Mexico. Between the
hours of eight and nine o'clock P.M., a report was made to
him that the dingy had left the ship with two men ; he im-
mediately ran to the gangway, but could not see the boat;
he asked the sergeant of Marines. whom he suspected had
left in the boat. The sergeant said two men, of the names
of Barnes and Watts. Chace was made for three or four
hours, but without success in finding the men or boat.
A sergeant and two privates of Marines, formerly belonging
to the Eurydice, proved the prisoner to be the same person
who had deserted on the above occasion and taken away the
ship's boat, which has never since been recovered.
In defence, the prisoner denied having run away with the
ship's boat, but confessed deserting from the ship in a boat
brought off by an old shipmate, who had previously induced
him to agree to desert. He had since volunteered at Liver-
pool for the Superb, 80, and being brought to this port to
await her passage, had been discovered and identified as a
deserter from the Eurydice. He produced certificates of good
character, and said he had been ten years a petty officer iu
her Majesty's service.
The COURT declared that the charge had been fully proved,
and adjudged the prisoner to receive 50 lashes on his bare
back on board the Eurydice at such time as the commander-
in-chief at Portsmouth shOuld direct, and to be imprisoned in
Winchester gaol fur the space of 12 calendar moeths, and
during that time to be kept to hard labour.
The Nelson, 120, advanced ship, was masted to-day in the
basin.

The Vixen steam-sloop, Captain Giffard, has not yet dis-
embarked her specie, and remains in harbour.
The Eurydice, 26, Captain G. Elliot, is reported to be out
of the dockyard hands on the Bth, but she will most probably
be newly coppered before going to Spithead. The first
Lieutenant (Heathcote) has already got the ship in most
admirable order, and her rigging is set up as it ought to be.
The trial between the Eurydice and the Spartan is looked
forward to with considerable interest.
In Harbour—The Excellent, the Victory, the Pique, the
Eurydice and Contest, the Victoria and Albert, the Vixen,
the Dasher, the Comet, the Fairy, and the Echo steamers.
At Spithead—The Constance.
In the Basin—The Edinburgh, the Nelson, the Trinco-
malee, and the Amphitrite.
In Dock—The Prince Regent, the Penelope, the Leander,
the Cambrian, the Rifleman, and the Rattlesnake.
CHATHAM. JULY 3.—The Albatross, 16 gun brig, Com-
mander R. Yorke, arrived at this port yesterday evening
from the coast of Africa to be paid off and re-commissioned,
without any of her bulkheads or internal fittings being re •
moved. _ _

The Trident, iron steam- vessel, was towed round from
Woolwich on Wednesday, the Ist inst., by the Monkey
steam-vessel, which returned the same day. The Trident is
ordered to be fitted as a packet and to be commissioned, and
to have a complement of sixty-five men.
The Columbine, 16 guns, Commander J. R. Booth, has her
tops over the mast heads, and topmasts on end. and the
riggers are busily employed rigging the vessel. A detach-
ment of Royal Marines from this division, consisting of 1
sergeant, 1 corporal, 1 drummer, and 18 privates, are under
orders to join the ship.
Mr. George Henry L. Wise, clerk of the Cyclops, is to be
paymaster and pureer of the Linnet, commissioned at De-
von port.
Mr. Cotsell, foreman of smiths in Devonport-yard, is ap-
pointed master smith of this yard, vice Stonehouse, super -
annuated. _ _ _ .

Mr. Weekes, conductor of the lead mills in this yard, is
superannuated on a pension of OW. per annum, and Mr.
Bacon, master of the saw mills in this yard, is superannuated
on a pension of 1661. per annum. The last two situations
are to be abolished, and an engineer appointed at a salary of
4001. per annum.
Mr. Sturder, acting foreman of this yard, is appointed
foreman of shipwrights in the dockyard at Bermuda, vice
Moody.

Mr. John Rich, acting inspector of shipwrights, is ap-
pointed inspector, vice Driver, promoted ; and Mr. George
King, leading man of shipwrights, is appointed acting in-
spector, vice Rich.