The Sun.
London, England, 1848-05-09 00:00:00

APPOINTMENTS.

ADMIRALTY, MAY 6.—A. L, Kaye, midshipman, to
the Gorgon; Lieutenant John Moffatt, to be agent for
the mails; Hon. A.K. Legge, naval cadet, to the Belle-
rophon ; IVilliam H. Truscott, midshipman, to the
Thetis.

MAY 8.

ROYAL WILLIAM VICTUALLING YARD.— Quantities
of Indian corn and meal are being shipped from this
yard, to the north coast of Ireland, for the relief of the
poor in that country.
The Express 6 gun brig packet, and the Confiance
steam-tug, were taken into docks at Devonport to be
repaired on Saturday.
Sir Charles Napier's squadron has refitted and is
ready for any orders. At 'present the St. Vincent,
Prince Regent, Amphion, and Dragon are at Cork and
Kingstown. The Canopus has been detached to Ply-
mouth to be paid off.
The Wolf, 18-gun sloop, having been converted into
a floating pier for Kingstown, Dublin, left Plymouth for
that port on Sunday, in charge of Mr. Henderson, the
master-attendant of Devonport dockyard, who will with
his navigating party proceed from Kingstown to Pena-
broke Dockyard, to jury-rig and navigate the newly-
launched 80-gun ship Colossus from that station to De-
vonport, to be completed. Durin7, Mr. Henderson's
absence, Mr. Stigant, the storekeeper, will perform the
duty of Lieutenant-Colonel of the Artilleryeomgpanlentl•ees.
of the dockyard brigade, and Mr. Truscott. clerk, will
aman ct as a Capnttaoge, 72 gun Woolwich
0
ino of
Mr. Peake's company on that
op-ship, arrived off Ports-
mouthe eviiiet
tr .
to-day, from St. .John's, New Brunswick, with
the 33d regiment on board, and sailed with them for a
Herefordshire, Scotch The frigate-built p.?grtatte-ilohduiset mbarki
ship
re, 1,400 tons, ar-
rived at Portsmouth to-day, efrom Halifax, Nova Scotia,
with her Majesty's 49th regiment on board.
APPOINTMENTS.
Lieutenant John Moffat to be Admiralty agent for
mails. This officer's c
is dated
o f i,
navys
h ipm n
aetliearuchw,itlhB.ll.
of March,
as Lieutenant in the
the West Indies
in 1803;
he was midshipman and mat©
of the Amphion and Cerberus, the PliouerlTvaantmeidin.
and bore a part in nume-
rous boat enterprises in the - •the
capture
Adriatic, particularly at
capture of a convoy at Pesaro; and acting Lieutenant of
litherecunlethi :
the Cerberus In the action off Lissa, 1811.
Midshipmen--A. L. Kayo to the Gorgon steam-sloop
at Plymouth; w
. H. Truscott to the Thetis frigate, in
the Mediterranean.
Naval Cadet—The lion. 11. Legge to the Bellerophon,
78, at Portsmouth.
ROYAL MARINE PROMOTIONS.
First Lieutenant E. S. Browne, of the Chatham
division, to be Captain of the same division, vice Brevet-
Major Fynmore, retired on full pay.
Second Lieutenant A. F. Sutherland of the Plymouth
,
division, to be First-Lieutenant of the s
ame division, vice
Wynne, dismissed the service by court martial.
Second-Lieutenant E. Richards, of the Chatham divi-
- First-Lieutenant of the
Barna division, 'nice
sion, to ba
Browne, promoted.
TZ r-Adiniral J. W. Deans
WooLwicu, MAY 8.--Af...7,.
Fitzhardinge Berkeley,
C. 8., Lords of the A
Dundas, C. 8., pCa
Lainihni ,
ralty and Mr. Henry G. Ward,
First Secretary to the.
Admirals}',
1 with a number of naval
officers and friends, -
embarked at Black wall on Saturday
Eagle steam vessel, and proceeded to
last in the Black
hir Lordships went on board
the In-
Woolwich, where t <
the direction of
fitting under
In-
vestigator,
the expedition lii
to the Arctic regions. Their Lordship ' p,, ~
after remaining some time on board the Investigator,
landed at Woolwich Dockyard, and went on board
the Carodoc, Holyhead mail steam-packet, lying
in the basin, and under orders to leave Woolwich to-
morrow in charge of Lieutenant Robertson, to take her
duties on the Liverpool station. Their Lordships also
visited several other vessels in a forward
state, and again
embarked in the Black Eagle steam 1,
ves.se , and pro-
ceeded down the river to Greenhithe, - to visit the Enter-
prise, Captain Sir James Clarke Ross, at present having
her compasses adjusted by Captain Johnson.
The Investigator, Captain Bird, is nearly ready for
leaving Woolwich, and the Monkey has had her steam
up this afternoon to tow her to Greenhithe, to have her i'