The Sun.
London, England, 1841-03-01 00:00:00

PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS.

PROMOTlON.—Commanders John Robb, late of
the Satellite, and Thomas Matthew Charles Symonds,
to the rank of Captain.
Lieutenants—Lewis Maitland, and Thomas Graves
(the latter of the Beacon surveying•vessel), Henry
Broadhead, and Arthur Jerninglaam, to the rank of
Commander.

'APPOINTMENTS. .--•• Lieutenant—Rochfort Maguire,
;0 the Vernon.

Surgeon Dr. J. M'Kroy, to the Persian, vice
Salmon, warrant cancelled ; Thomas Robertson, to the
Andromache.

Midshipman—Charles Compton, to the Excellent.
Master's Assistant—Christopher Grigg, to Endymion.
Boatswain—John Covey, to the Monarch.
Gunner—Wm. Conybear, to the Monarch.
Gunner's Mate—W. Sparkes, of the Excellent, to be
Acting Gunner of the Victory.
ROYAL MARINE ARTILLERY—First Lieutenant A.
Savage, to the Excellent, vice Holloway, to head
quarters.
(From the Hampshire Independent.)
PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 14.—1 t is reported that the
Queen, 110, will be forthwith completed for foreign
service, and despatched to the Mediterranean to relieve
the Princess Charlotte ; and that Admiral Sir E.
Codrington will shift his flag to the St. Vincent, 120.
The Royal Tar steamer, arrived at Falmouth on
Sunday last, with the Peninsular mails.
There have been no movements amongst her Ma-
jesty's ships during the past week, nor has there been
a single arrival or departure. The Indus and Tweed
both remain in the harbour, and the Pelican at Spithead.
Lieutenant Caffin, of the Excellent, has gone to De-
vonport to inspect the gun carriages and ports of the
Royal Adelaide and ships fitting out there.
Wire rope has been directed to be fitted to the masts
of the Pelican for lightning conductors.
The Wolverine, arrived at British Accra, on the
10th of December from Ascension, and sailed again
on the 18th for Cape Coast Cast'e. The Lynx
sailed on the Bth of December from British Accra on
a cruiv,.

At Spithead.—Pelican.
In Harbour—Queen, Victory, Excellent, Royal
George, Indus, Tweed, Rapid, Sylvia, Alban, Echo,
and Fanny tender.

The House of Lords, in affording the excellent
accommodation which they have done to the representa-
tives and agents of the public press, have set an example
which will, no doubt, be foilowe4 by Mr. Barry in the
construction of the near Houses of Parliament. Every
praise, on public grounds, is due to the Noble Lord
(Duncannon) at the head of the Department
of Woods and Forests, for the ud
promptite with
which he has on all occasions, particularly in the recent
instance subsequently to the trial of tbo Earl ofCardigan
listened to the suggestions of the reporters, and C
affor dd
them every facility for the discharge of their important
dutieti. We would hint, that lowering the chandelier in
the gallery, or elevating those near its front,
veni would enable
them to see better than they do at present. --EngPaper.
TRAVELLING IN THE LAST AND PRESENT
CENTURT.—When Prince George of Denmark undertook
to visit Petworth, the re)al travtiler was engaged for nine
hours in toiling down to his destination (a distance of
cbout fifty miles); and the account given by contemporary
chronicles of the measures taken to ensure safety and ex-
pedition on that ccession, together with the narrative of
then ishaps on the journey, is as irksome to read as the
journey itself must have proved to the Rsotyaltra &ler.
Now behold the difference which a little more than
aitag thee
wonders nar
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Another
Royal Prince,
George of Denmark was at the time, quits the
station-post of a Belgium railroad at the extremity of a
lino of one hundred miles, to reach the sea that separates
him from hit Queen ; and in half the time of his Royal
pre,!ecesser, accomplishes more than double the distance
without a single event the telling of which could occupy
more than a line in the
Spas of England. narrative of his journey..— Gran-
ville's