The Sun.
London, England, 1848-10-31 00:00:00

APPOINTMANTS.

Commander George 11. Gardner, promoted in
March last, has been appointed to study at the steam
factory, Woolwich.
Lieutenant Frank 11. Hawkins (1145), late of the
Amphion, screw-frigate, has also been appointed to
study at the steam-factory, Woolwich.
Surgeon—Dr. Colin A. Browning (1817), to be
surgeon superintendent in charge of the Hathemy,
convict ship.
Midshipman—A. J. Innes, to the Daphne, 18, at
Chatham.
LIB CYCLOPS, STEAM-FRIGLTE.--,A. letter from
an officer of the Cyclops, steam- frigate, Captain the
Hon. R. F. Hastings, dated, Madeira, Oct. 18, says—
"We leave for Cape Verde to-day ;we are all well,
and are already counting our prizes of coast slavers.
The Dover, colonial steam •vessel, for the Gambia,
and the Adelaide, colonial vessel for port Adelaide,
are here ; and likewise a French Admiral's steam-
frigate, L'Elan ; a Dutch war steam-frigate, Phoenix;
an American corvettee. One thing I must not forget
to mention—as we all experienced the benefit of it—
that is, the admirable coal establishment of the Ad-
miralty at this island. It will be scarcely believed at
our home dockyards that our vessel, together with
the French and Dutch steamers, were coaled in
Funchal Roads the same day ; but such is the fact.
We took 133 tons, and the Frenchman took 135
tons, and the Dutchman, I believe, about the same
quantity. Our Captain was highly pleased with the
expedition, and expressed as much to the people in
charge."
The Prince Regent, 92, Captain W. F. Martin, at
Spithead, will have her defects made good by the
dockyard by the 2d November. The repairs have
been delayed by the weather.
The Powerful, 84, Captain the Hon. R. S. Dundee,
C. 8., will have her defects made good at Spithead
by the 2d November. This ship has entered very
few men as yet.
The Vernon, 60, Captain Fitzgerald, arrived at
Sheerness from the East Indies on Friday, and on
Sunday, at 11.30, A.M., was towed up to Chatham by
the African and Wildfire steam-vessels.' Her orders
•re to be cleared of her ballast, and to be prepared for
being docked and surveyed, preparatory to being paid
off. When in dock Mr. Watts, assistant to the Sur-
veyor of the Navy, is to proceed to Chatham, and in
conjunction with the officers of the yard there, to
survey and to report upon the ship's condition.
A report has been called for as to when the Leander,
50, at Portsmouth, and the Indefatigable, 50, at
Devonport, will be completed and ready in every
respect as advanced frigates.
The Amazon, 26, was commissioned at Devonport,
on Saturday, by the master, Mr. Niblett. Captain
Trowbridge arrived at Devonport, and took up his
commission on the following day.
The Calliope, 26, Captain Stanley, arrived at
Auckland on the 25th June, from the Bay of Islands,
having been ashore there.
The Dido, 18, Captain Maxwell, arrived at Auck-
land on the 29th June, from New South Wales.
Both ships are ordered home.
The Daedalus, 19, is ordered to be surveyed, and
her defects to be made good at Devonport as soon as
possible, as their Lordships have intimated that her
services will be wanted very shortly.
The Orestes, 14, Commander hawker, at Ports-
mouth, will relieve the Grecian, 16, Commander
Tindal, on the Brazil station.
The Seagull, 6, packet-brig, Lieut. Commander
Smail, has been taken out of dock at Devonport, and
will shortly be reedy to return to Falmouth.
The Dragon, 6, steam-frigate, Captain W. H. Hall,
left Kingston on the 27th for Carrickfergus, with
ordnance stores.

The Reynard, 8, screw-schooner, Commander
Cracroft, will not be ready at Portsmouth before the
17th November. A spare screw is ordered for her.
The Rasamond, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Foote,
arrived at Chatham, has had her crders for paying off
cancelled, and in consequence of her efficient condi-
tion is ordered to have her defects made good, and to
be refitted with every dispatch. It has been whispered
that the township of Stonehouse political interest has
had something to do with keeping this vessel in com-
mission, instead of being paid off, as other vessels paid
off before their time have been.
The Medina, 3, steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Com-
mander Darby, to leave Woolwich on the sth No-

vember for the Mediterranean, is ordered to call at
Portsmouth.

The Meteor, steam-vessel, Commander Butler,
will be paid off at Sheerness on the 2d November.
The Royal Marines at Fortan Barracks, Gosport.;
have been so much in the habit of escaping over the
walls and remaining out all night, that it ,has been
complained of to the Admiralty, and their Lordships
have in consequences, directed the commandant to-
post more sentries around the barrack walls.
The Admiralty have accepted Mr. Roles tender
for supplying and fixing standard posts around the
new steam basin at Portsmouth.

Poasramourn, MONDAY.—The Kingfisher, 12,
Commander Harvey, sailed from Spithead at 11 80
this morning for Plymouth, having been 18 days only
in fitting out since the pendant was hoisted.
The Orestes, 18, Commander Hawker, we expect,
will exhibit equal expedition in fitting out. She is
manned, and will be masted to-morrow. Com-
mander Hawker took up his commis,ion to her to-day.
The Echo steam-tug embarked the provisional bat-
talion (formed from depots of regiments on foreign
service), which has been serving as part of this gar-
rison for some time past, this morning, and proceeded
with them to Cowes, on their return to Parkhurst,
Isle of Wight.
The Fairy Royal yacht, Master Commander 'Welch,
was undocked this afternoon after the repair of her
waste steam pipe, &c.
The Dockyard Revision Committee went on board
the Illustrious, 72, Captain Yates, on Saturday, be-
fore leaving for London, and inspected the working"
of the new cooking apparatus, the improvement of
Mr. T. T. Grant, F.R.S., of the Royal, Clarence
Victualling Establishment, and approved, it very
highly. Two more are ordered, one to cieok for 600
men, and the other for 100.

The Hastings, 72, Captain Morgan, arrived at Rio,
en route to the East Indies, on the 29th of August,
and embarked the new Minister to the Argentine
Republic (Mr. Sotheron) and suite, who were to be
conveyed to Monte Video in the Alecto steam sloop,
then at Rio. The Hastings had been sickly with
smallpox on the passage out, but no fatal cases had
occurred. A letter from her, dated the 6th- of Sep-
tember, states, " We sail to-morrow for Singapore,
and hope to make a quicker passage thither than we
have made here. All are well at present."
Wind S.W. by S., moderate breezes and cloudy
weather.

TIIII COAST DEFENCE BRIGADE.
The drilling of the Coast Guard at the great gun
exercise is now closed for the year, and although it
was commenced late this season, 2,600 men; con-
sisting of the Coast Guard from Harwich to Penzance,
and the crews of 37 revenue crusers, have been well
trained, making an increase of 1,600 on the number
drilled last year. The expense attending the in-
struction of this number of men has not exceeded
1,0001. The steady and prudent manner with
which the instructions were conducted under
the respective officers, and especially the ex-
ceeding good temper displayed by the gunners of the
Excellent, rendered the tuition more a matter of en-
tertainment than labour, and so much interest was
displayed by the coast fishermen and neighbouring
inhabitants where the guns were placed, that many
volunteers are ready to enrol themselves in the event
of their services being called for. The general prac-
tice of those drilled was very good, and would have
done credit to any one of her Majesty's ships after a
three years' commission. It is gratifying to be enabled
to state that throughout such extensive instruction no
accident, even of the most trivial kind,-has occurred.
The Coast Guard force consists altogether of 6,500
men, of whom 4,000 on an emergency could be col-
lected in 48 hours, which, with the Marines and
disposable men in the various Government ports,
would insure ten sail-of-the-line being at'-sea "on the
shortest notice." The Coast Guard has very many
deserving old officers in it. The present Comptroller-
General has done much to improve it, and through
his representation the Lords of the Admiralty have
granted " sea time" to those in it who brie com-
manded cruisers. There are ne men, better
acquainted with the pilotage of the British coast
than the commanders of the revenue cruisers,
naval and civilian, and as one of the proofs of this
the loss of a revenue cruiser is never heard of,
although at sea in all weathers. It is hoped, now that
the good character and' -high spirit of this invalu-
able national force has been developed, that its merits
will be appreciated, and old lieutenants who have
been faithful servants to the country may-be allowed
some retiring pension after their long and 'arduous
course beyond the small pittance of lieutenants' half-
pay (ss. per diem), and some better provislon for the
male part of their families than that of boys and ma-
riners in revenue cutters, which it is to be regretted
is too frequently their best lot. _

PLYMOUTH, OCT. 28.—One inspector of ship-
wrights, eight shipwrights, one joiner, three rope-
makers, three sawyers, six leading men labourers,
and eight labourers-30 men in all, have been exa-
mined by the surgeon of the dockyard preparatory to
superannuation.

We had a very heavy storm of wind and rain all
last night from the southward and westward, it has
decreased considerably to-day.
Wind, W.S.W., blowing strong.

RAILWAY SHARI& MARKETS.
BRISTOL, Ocr. 30.
STOCK EXCHANGE.- -There was a decided improvement in
the shaf • market. The sales are—Great Western, Quarters,
3",zi dis.—Ditto, W. Shares, 3 dis.
LIVERPOOL, °cr. 30.
STOCX EXCHANGE.—The market opened with animation,
and prices advanced rapidly, but subsequently decline
The sales are—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junc-
tion, 31/. Shares, 81,1—Caledonian, Preference, c.
Lancashire and Yorkshire (late Blanchester and Birming-
ham), Quarters, 7 dis.—Ditto, Fifths, 4 c. dis.—Ditto, 321.
Shares (late Extension), 10 dis.—Ditto (late West Riding
Union), Fifths, .531, dis.—London and North Western 116
—Ditto, New Quarters, 11,,g c. p.—Ditto, Quarters (C), 1:17,
P.—Blanchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Eghths, 7 dis.
—Ditto, 10/. Preference, 975—Midland Stock, 77 c.—Ditto,
New Halves, 1014 c. dis.—North Staffordshire, 6%—Scottish
Central, 23—Shrewsbury and Chester, 10/. Preference, 12 ;f4--
Shropshire Union, 3 dis.—South-Eastern aild Dover, No. 4,
Thirds, C/. 183. 9d.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E.
Purchase), 11A, c. dis.

MANCHESTER, Ocr. 30.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Caledonian, Prefer-
ence, 3/4 dis.—Leeds, Fifths, 434 dis.—Ditto, Thirty. seconds,
C. dis.—London and North-Western, New Quarters, 1% p.
—West Riding Union, 54 dis.—North Staffordshire, 5 11-10
dis.—South-Eastem and Dover, No. 4,6% die.—Man-
chester and Birmingham, Quarters (C), 2 p.—Huddersfield
and Sheffield, 19—Leeds, Preference, p.—Great Northern
(13), dis.

BIRMINGHAM, Ocr. 30.
STOCK EXCITANGE.—The market opened stiff, and little
disposition to sell was manifested by holders of railway stock.
London and North-Western were at 116 or 117—Midlands
were at Saturday's quotations—North Staffordshire, 51A dis.
Shropshire Union, dis—South Staffordshire, Preference,
1-3 p.

YORK, Ocr. 28.
STOCK EXCHANOE.—The business transacted t•-day wes
as follows : Great Northern, 3%—North British, Thirds,
3%—llitto, Quarters, 3—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G.
N. E. Purchase), 434—York and North Midland, Prefer-
ence, 7%.

[ADVERTISEMENT.]—A Dreadful Enlargement of
the Knee, Cured by Holloway's Ointment and Pilll.---
Abraham Banks, an elderly- man living near the Dry
Creek, South Australia, had such a painful affection
and enlargement of the knee, that he dispaired of ever
recovering the use of his limb, the numerous remedies that
he made trial of failing to banish or even to mitigate the
disease. In this suffering condition he was advised to
try Holloway's Ointment and Pills, and- he commenced
a regular application of them, which in a short time
effected a complete cure. The Adelaide Observer of the
25th March, 1848, publishes this as one among the many
astonishing cures effected, in South Australis', by these
invaluable medicines.— Sold by all Druggists, and at
Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, Londe*•
The Havre papers state that there was less busi-
ness in the cotton market and a consequent heaviness in
quotations.