The Sun.
London, England, 1848-07-29 00:00:00

APPOINTMENTS.

Captain—W. Hall, or ttic Drdgon steam-frigate, at
to command the Cyclops steam-frigute fur
peci uf service.

Commander—B. Bayntum (1841) to command the
Birkenhead iron steam-frigate for sp. cial service.
Commander--C. R. Johnson (1847) to command the
Driver steam-sloop at Portsnumin, for special service.
Lieutenants—Horatio Nel.on to the Cyclops; W. J.
Johnson, J. K. Ilaticock, T. Andrews, and C. Sullivan,
to the arkenhead, for special service.
Midshipmen—R. Gully, to the Victory flag ship, at
Portsmouth; N. E. 13. Turnour, to the Hibernia flag ship.
in the Mediterranean; Edmund Cotter, to the Excellent,
gunnery establishment, at Portsmouth.
Master's Assistants—R. Dawes, to the Blenheim
steam-ship, in Sir C. Napier's squadron, at Cork.
Naval Cadet—Charles Wood, to the Ilastings flag-
ship, for the East Indies, on her passage.
Clerk's Assistant—J. B. Kington, to the Fiver's'
pendant ship, at Woolwich.
DavoxPonT, JULY 28.—The Indefatigable, 50, was
launched from this yard at half-past two o'clock this
afternoon. The ceremony of christening her was per-
formed by Miss Louis, daughter of Rear-Admiral Sir
John Louis, superintendent. She is certainly a very,
splendid-looking frigate, and no doubt is, in point of
roominess and armament, equal to most, and superior to
some, of our line-of-battle ships, with a decided advan-
tage in respect of being able to use all her guns in a
heavy sea, which few, if any, line-of-battle ships can do,
they being obliged to close their lower-deck ports.
The Pantaloon, 8, Commander Provo, went into the
Sound this morning. She will take the mails to the
coast of Africa on the Ist of August. -
Wind W., a fine breeze.
CHATHAM, JULY 28.—A Queen's messenger arrived
at Chatham on Thursday, at six Paz., with dispatches
for the commandant of the garrison, Colonel Simpson,
and also for the Captain-Superintendent, Captain Sir
Thomas Bourchier, K.C.H.' and immediately after left
in a chaise and four with dispatches for the Port-Ad-
miral at Sheerness. These dispatches related to the
insurrectionary movements in Ireland, and this morning
two hundred men, including non-commissioned officers
of the Royal Marines of this division assembled on the
parade ground of the barracks in heavy marching order,
and were immediately inspected by Colonel Menzies,
K. 11., second in command, and are now waiting to em-
bark on board the steam-ship Virago, 300. horse power,
for conveyance to Ireland. There are also under orders
for embarkation the seamen from this ordinary, with
Commander Camalleri and Lieutenant Carter for the
same destination. The following officers of the Royal
Marines embark with the detachment :—Major Long-
ford, Captain Charles Williamson, Captain Edward Ap-
pleton, Captain Wright, with Lieutenant G. Heasty,
Lieutenant J. Branch, Lieutenant William Wright, and
Second-Lieutenant Wright. This sudden movement of
additional forces for Ireland has excited the greatest
consternation.

'HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
No one could imagine Mademoiselle Lind in the part
of Elvira in I Puritani, without supposing that her
genius, so congenial to the character and the music, must
reflect to this opera a novel éclat. The rehearsal yes-
terday has, however, fur surpassed our expectations.
Throughout the score, with her novel interpretation,
parts the least important, many hitherto never noticed,
even by the most searching musical critics, either scin-
tillate with transient, sprinkling brilliancy, or are placed
in hold relief. The gush of sentiment when she hears
the flourish of trumpets announcing her lover; her aa•
companiment, with the long-sustained note in " Al bril-
liar;" the song from the lattice, and many other portions,
are given with marvellous point, exquisite modulation,
and, withal, with that freshness and unrestrained power
of voice she alone possesses. The polonaise presents
'eats of vocalisation as ♦aried as they are original; but
her great triumph is in the grand scena in the second
act, which, coming with all its plaintive sweetness and
heart-searching pathos so soon after the playful bravura,
tells with immense success. In this scena she is mad.
as she is in the last act of Lucia ; and here is witnessed
her power as an actress—the tone of the picture being
altered, " the counterfeit presentment" having novelty
with the same reality. During the rehearsal the orchestra
and chorus applauded most enthusiastically.