The Sun.
London, England, 1848-08-07 00:00:00

NAVAL IN TELLIOENCE.

PRINCE ALFRED'S BlRTHDAY.—Yesterday the fourth
anniversary of the nativity of the Prince Alfred Ernest
was notified throughout the fleet at home by a royal
salute at one o'clock from all the ships included in the
order,

THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE COMMAND.--This appoint-
ment has at length been filled up, and conferred upon
the officer whom we stated some months since would re-
ceive it—Rear-Admiral of Blue, Barrington Reynolds,
C. 8., whose services are thus briefly given in the " New
Nary List (Parker's):—" B. Reynolds, lieutenant cat'
Niobe, in 1836, at capture of French 16-gun corvette
Nearque, of which vessel he took possession in the pre-
sence of three French frigates—commander Reaper at
the capture of the island of Java, 1811." The South-
ampton, 50-gun frigate, ready for the penant some time
since at Chatham, is selected as the flag-ship of Rear-
Admiral Reynolds, to which the following officers have
been appointed:—
Captain—Nicholas Cory.
Lieutenants—L. R. Place, R. H. Dalton, S. F. Day,
and A. B. Warre.
Master—G. H. Raynes.
S,,cretary to Admiral Reynolds—E. Waller.
Paymaster and Purser—N. B. Lash.
Chaplain—N. Procter.
Naval Instructor—H. M. Lefroy.
Second Masters—G. Turpen and W. E. Troutbeck.
Clerk—S. F. Norman.
Gunner—S. G. Cameron.
Boatswain—J. Dowrick.
Carpenter—J. Quick.
Master's Assistant—J. M. Hockley.

Clerk's Assistant—J. Hill.
To other Ships.—Captains—Peter Richards, of the
Hibernia Flag Ship iu the Mediterranean, to be superin
tendent of Pembroke Dockyard, vice l alcon, promoted;
C. Wise to the Hibernia, vice Richards.
Lieutenants—C. R. Read to the Inconstant frigate in
the River Plata; T. Andrews, J. King, and J. C.
Hughes to the Raleigh, Commodore Herbert's ship in
the River Plata; 0. M. C. Read, H. Nelson, W. H.
Payne, and W. F. Warren to the Hibernia flag ship in
the Mediterranean; S. H. Henderson to the Excellent
gunnery•ship at Portsmouth; B. Priest to the Wool-
wich steam-tectory, for study.
,Masters—T. Wallis confirmed to a death vacancy in
the Ringdove sloop, on the East India station; 11. T.
Ellis to the Driver steam-sloop, on the coast of Ireland.
Mate—W. E. Stone to the Stromboli steam-sloop, on
the Irish station.

,Midshipmen—Lord Guildford to the Raleigh ;
Slzckhouce to the Stromboli.

Tur: IRISH SQUADRON.—The command of the ships
and vessels on the Irish coust have been thus divided:—
The S'. Vincent, 120 guns; Prince Regent. 92; Belle-
rophon, 80; Blenheim, 55; Dragon steam-frigate, and
Trident and Rifleman steam-vessels' are to be under the
orders of Rear-Admiral of the Red, the Hon. Donald
Hugh Macka:,-, the commander-in-chief of the Irish
station ; and the Amphion, Birkenhead, Stromboli,
Cycl“ps, Sbearwarer, Lucifer, and *Rhadamanthus
steamers, and the Frolic, Tweed, Helena, and Pilot sail-
ing sloops, are to be under the orders of Rear-Admiral
of the White, Sir Chines Napier, K.C.B. The Reynard
screw-schooner dispatched for Portsmouth, and the
Driver steam-sloop, will also be under the temporary
orders of the latter officer.

The Fox, 44-gun frigate, Commodore Sir H. Black-
wood, Bart., was paid off into ordinary at Portsmouth,
on Saturday.

The Princess Royal naval transport, and the Reynard
10-gun screw-schooner, arrived at Portsmouth on Satur-
day, the former from the West India station, with in-
valids and obsolete Government stores, and the latter
from Woolwich to receive orders.
GOOD SERVICE PENSION.—This boon, which reverted
to the gift of the Lords of the Admiralty
some time
since has been conf,rred upon Captain George Edward
Watts (1814), whose claims stand thus in the naval re-
cord:—" G. E. Watts served at the attack upon the
French frigate squadron, and capture of the Diiir6 in
Dunkilatuads, 1800. Lieutenant of the Comus, and
commanded her boats, cutting out six vessels at Grand
Canaria; and severely wounded, cutting out from the
same place the San Pt-dro, armed Spanish packet, from
under the muzzle of the enemy's guns. In same ship, at
the capture of Danish frigate Fredrickscoaru, on which
occasion he headed the boarders. Commander of Ephira,
at capture of Cuxhaven; and again wounded in the
attack upon Gessendurf on the Weser, which led to im-
portant results. Commanded Woodlark in the Baltic,
and in 1812, engaged a Danish flotilla in the Malino
Channel; and as commander of Jaseur, assisted at the
capture of the towns of Benedict and Marlborough, on
the Paturens. Gazetted twice in 1807, twice in 1809,
anditwice in 1810."

PROMOTION.
Lieutenant P. Somerville, late acting commander of
the 80 gun flag ship Collingwood, is confirmed in the
rabk of cr mmander.

APPOINTMENTS.
Mate—Robert Gibson, of the Victory, gag-ship, at
Portsmouth, to the Southampton, Cape of Good Hope
flagship, at Chatham.
Engineer—James M'Gregor, to the Bulldog, steam-
sloop
in the Mediterranean.
Midshipmen—D. B Packe and W. Spratt to the
Southampton.
Master's Assistant—A. R. Burmester to the Victory.
Naval Cadets—A. A. Hanson, L. Brine, and A. T.
Denham to the Southampton.
THE FLEET AT CORK.—The Cork Constitution,
speaking of the movements in Cove on Tuesday, says--
"Rear Admiral Mackay did not receive the orders to
send up the blue jackets and marines from the fleet in
Cove until four o'clock on Tuesday morning. The ad-
rmarching
i n agt
iniral immediately proceeded in a barge to the St. Vin-
cent, 120, and communicated the order to hear Admiral
Sir Charles Napier. The other ships were instantly
signalled, and in an incredibly short space of time the
gun boats and barges were seen falling from the sides of
all the ships of war, and the seamen were immediately
in them with heavy field pieces, muskets, pistols, cut.
lasses, boarding pikes, and a day's provisions for each
man. Four steamers were at this time actively getting
up their steam, as time would have been lost in rowing
up the boats against a heavy head gale of wind and strong
ebb-tide. In twenty minutes atter signal 19 boats
were astern of the steamers with 300 seamen, and 300
marines were in board the steamers, under the com-
mand of the Commander-in-Chief and Admiral Napier,
and the steam being put on they proceeded up the river,
and were at the Custom-house of Cork at seven o'clock
in the morning. The boats having been rowed up the
north and south channels, made sail from the Custom-
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The Admiralty have ordered the rigging
after-
wards inspected the men of that corps in heavy
to be pre-
pared at Devonport -for the Canopus, 84 ; Eagle, 50 ;
Stag, 44 ; and Amazon, 26, repairing at that port. The
Canopus turns out, however, remarkably sound, and
will be completed by the 27th September. The Amazon
will be completed by the 10th of next month.
Vice-Admiral Dacres arrived in the Mauritius, in his
flag•ship, the President, 50, on the 12th May, the Rosa-
mond steam-sloop accompanying him. The Geyser
steam-sloop arrived at Mauritius on May 8. The Rosa-
mond has since returned to the Cape.
lIIPS ORDERED HOME.—The following ships on the
East India 'stations are peremptorily ordered home with-
out delay---Vernon, 50; Dmdalus, 20; - Calliope, 26;
Dido, 18; Racehorse, 16; Ringdove, 16; and Espiegle,
12; as their relief:: have already been dispatched. The
Vernon was to leave Bombay about the Ist of July.
From the Pacific station the Grampus, 50, to be relieved
by the Inconstant; and the Juno, 26, to be relieved by
the C'aampion. From the south-east coast of America
the Comus, 18, which vessel bad repented orders to that
etl'ect. From the Mediterraneap, the Hecate
Ti steam-
5100 p..,
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