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

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 FlPlymouthdivision, to be First-Lieutenant of the same division, vice
Wynne, dismissed the service by court martial.
Second-Lieutenant E. Richards, of the Chatham
divi-
sion, to be First-Lieutenant of the same division, vice
Browne, promoted.
WooLlvicizt, MAY B.—Rear-Admiral J. W. Deans
Dundas, C. 8., Captain M. F. Fitzhardinge Berkeley,
C. 8., Lords of the Admiralty, and Mr. Henry G. Ward,
First Secretary to the Admiralty, with a number of naval
officers and friends, embarked at Blackwell on Saturday
last in the Black Eagle steam vessel, and proceeded to
Woolwich, where their Lordships went on board the In-
vestigator, fitting under the direction of Capt. Bird, for
the expedition to the Arctic regions. Their Lordships,
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-vessel,' 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 Greethithe, to have her

( compasses adjusted, and she will lea ve this evening, a
I at four o'clock to-morrow morning at I.ltest.
Captain Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, G.C.H., and Sir
George Wombwell arrived at Woolwich yesterday, and
went on board the Investigator, where they remained
with Captain Bird about an hour and a half, and mi-
nutely inspected the vessel.
The Llewellyn, intended for the Holyhead mail steam-
packet service, went down the river on Saturday on as
experimental trial; and the result was a speed of 15.53
knots or 17.89 miles per hour, the draught of water
being 9 feet aft and 8 feet 7i inches forward, and the
number of revolutions 27.62 per minute.

KING'S COLLEGE.
On Saturday afternoon the annual meeting of the pro-
fessors of this institution took place in the usual hall of
meeting in Somerset House. His Grace the Archbishop
of Canterbury presided.
His Grace having stated the object of the meeting—
viz., to distribute rewards to such students of the college
as had distinguished themselves in the science of medical
knowledge—the following gentlemen weto called:—

SCIIOLARSIIIPS.
Second Year—J. Wood. First Year—G. May, E.
Simpson, and C. Pardey. Vaux.

ANATOMY.
Prize—G. A. K. Lake; certificates—J. W. Wakem
and T. C. Beale.

PHYSIOLOGY.
Prize—R. C. R. Jordan; certificates—G. A. K. Lake.

CHEMISTRY.
Prize—J. F. Hardwick; certificate—W. S. ICason.

CHEMICAL MANIPULATION.
Prize—J. Vaux.

MATERIA MEDICA.
Prize—W. Hewett; certificates—H. Fowler, J. Wil-
kins, and W. Browne.

SURGERY.
Prize—J. D. Macdonald; certificates—J. Wood and
T. C. Beale.;

MEDICINE.
Prize—W. C. Lake; certificate—L. S. Beale.

MIDWIFERY.

Prize—J. B. Ruck; certificates—W. C. Lake, D. Fer-
guson, and L. S. Beale.

BOTANY.
Prize—W. Hewitt; certificates-11. C. Tumour and
J. Wood.

TORENEiIC MEDICINI.
Prize—T. Jeston; certificates—C. J. Evans and T. C.
Beale.

MEDICAL CLINICAL.

Prizes—J. B. Ruck (Summer); J. B. Ruck (Winter).