The Sun.
London, England, 1851-04-09 00:00:00

and on the 26th July following participated, off Santa Cruz,
Teneriffe, in that ship's able escape from tbe two 44-gun
frigates Vesta and Reg‘ineree. On next removing, with
Captain Blackwood, to the Penelope, 36, he assisted, while
at the blockade of Malta. at the hard-wrought ( apture,
March 31, 1800, of Le Guillaume Tell, of 84 gen, and 1,000
men, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Lecrts, subsequently
to which we find him attending the expedition to Egypt, and
sharing in much arduous boat service on the coast of France
and of Genoa. Passed his examination Feb. 1, 1804, and
on Feb. 20, 1805, was promoted from the Victory, flag-ship
of Lord Nelson, in the • Mediterranean, to an acting lieu-
tenancy in the Leviathan, 74, to which be was confirmed 4th
September following. After pursuing the combined fleet to
the West Indies and back he bore a part in the battle of Tra-
falgar, and at the close of that deadly struggle was em-
ployed, at much personal risk, in securing the prisoners and
destroying the prizes. As lieutenant, Mr. Carter's suc-
ceeding appointments appear to have been Feb. 28, 1806, to
the Cerberus, S 2, Captain William Selby, in the West Indies ;
June 3, following, to the acting command of the Cerf
(formerly Cyane), 18, which he brought across the Atlantic
with sails under her bottom and pumps going the whole
passage ; was advanced August 22, 1809, to the command cf
the Hyacinth, 18; and was afterwards appointed, August,
1811, to the Orestes, 16, in the Channel; and March 23
1812, to the Thracian, 18. In the latter sloop he visited the
Baltic and West Indies; captured, Feb. 7, 1814, the French
privet er L'Emile, of 14 guns and 42 men, off St. Valery ;
and on two occasions, in order to preserve the crew from de-
struction, was comnelled to throw a part of his armament
overboard. Captain Carter-who, since his attainment of
post rank, Dec. 7, 1815, has not been afloat -was nominated,
Dec. 2, 1841, superintendent of the Royal Hospital at Hasler
and of the Royal Clarence Victualling-yard-an appointment
he retained until December, 1846. He married, in 1333,
Julia, eldest daughter of W. P. Georges, Esq., and has issue
five sons and one daughter."
SUPERINTENDENTSHIP OF DEPTFOYD DOCKYARD.- The
officer indicated in yesterday's Sun, as having been appolnted
to succeed Rear-Admiral Sir John Hill, as superintendent of
Deptford Dock and Victuailing Yard, will have been recog-
nised from our description as Captain the Hon. Eichard
Saunders Dundas, C. 8., formerly private secretary to the
Earl of Haddington, when First Lord of thesAfltniiatty, and
lately commanding the Powerful, 84, in the Me:, eesaneans
A better 'selection could not possibly have been mane, 40r
not only is the gallant officer most popular in the ser-
vice, but his popularity arises from his great ability, even
temper, impartial exercise of his office, and determination
to act justly and uprightly, without distinction of persons
or classes. Great credit is due to the Admiralty for the
appointment, for in this instance the man is selected for the
office, and the office is not made for the man. Captain
Dundas (who, by the way, is no relation to the highly-
respected and efficient senior naval member of the Admiralty
Board) has served 22 years afloat. " He was (says O'Byrne)
born April 11, 1802, is second son of Viscount Melville,
K.T., for many years First Lord of the Admiralty, by Anne,
daughter and co-heir of Richard Huck Saunders, Esq.,
DLL., and grand-niece and co-heir of Admiral Sir Charles
Saunders, K. 8., who died Dec. 3, 1775 ; he is brother of the
Hon. Henry Dundas, C. 8., 60th Rifles; and of
the Hon. Robert Dundas, storekeeper general of the navy.
He entered the Royal Naval College in 1815, and embarked
June 15, 1817 as a volunteer on board the Gannymede, 26,
and afterwards was midshipman of the Owen Glendower, 42,
on the Mediterranean and South American stations ; he then
successively joined the Creole, 42, Superb, 78, Alacrity and
Icarus, sloops, and Glasgow, 50. In the capacity of lieute-
nant, to which rank he was promoted June 18, 1821, his
appointments appear to have been, Dec. 24, 1821, to the
Active, 46; and Feb. 25 and Sept. 6, 1822, to the Owen
Glendower, 42, and Sparrowhawk, 18 ; he was ad-
vanced to the command, June 23, 18s3, of the latter
vessel, on the Halifax station, where, and in the Me-
diterranean, he served until posted, July 17, 1824.
We subsequently find Captain Dundas appointed, September
13, 1825, to the Volage, 28, fitting for South America-
March 12, 1827, to the Warspite, 76, in which ship (the
first of her class that ever circumnavigated the globe) he re-
turned to England from New South Wales in October fol-
lowing-November 20, 1830, to the Belvidere, 42, succes-
sively employed in the Mediterranean and off Oporto, whence
he came home and was paid off in December, 1833-and,
September, 1, 1837, to the Melville, 72. In that ship he
afterwards bore a part in the opening scenes of the campaign
in China. IN/Ale there he obtained the best thanks of Sir
Gordon Bremer for his conduct at the capture of Ty-cock-
tow, January 7, 1841-was present with her Majesty's ple-
nipotentiary at a formal meeting which was held with the
Chinese commissioner on the 26th of the same month-and
on the 26th of the ensuing February took up his position in
the most gallant style in the action which preceded the cap-
ture of the forts at the Boca Tigris. lie paid the Melville
off at the end of 1841. Captain Dundas, who had pre-
viously filled the same office under his father in 1828,
1829, and 1830, was appointed, in January, 1845, private
secretary to the Earl of Haddington. His nomination to the
C.B. took place as a reward for his services in China, June
29, 1841."
PORTSMOUTH, TUESDAY. -The Penelope steam-frigate,
Captain Lyster, bent sails last evening, She will, probably,
go to Spithead to-morrow.
The Prince Regent, 90, Captain Harris, is reported about
200 short of her complement.
Captain the lion. R. S. Dundas, C.. 8., is reported as likely
to succeed Sir John Hill as Superintendent of Deptford Vic-
tualling-yard.
A dinner is about to be given to Admiral Sir John Om-
manney, K. C. 8., at the I'ortlana Hotel, Southsea, to celebrate
his appointment to the command-in-Chief at Plymouth.
The Fanny, Port-Admiral's tender, Second Master Scar-
lett, is refitting, as is the Admiral-Superintendent's yacht the
Portsmouth, Master-Commander Read.
Letters from the squadron of evolution still give the palm
to Mr. White's Phaeton.
Woorswicit, Aram 8.-The Right lion. Sir Francis T.
Baring, Bart., First Lord of the Admiralty, held a levee at
Whitehall to-day, and received the following ("fat' -•-
Vice-Admiral Thomas Browne.
Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Napier, K.C.B.
Retired Rear-Admiral John Hollingworth.
Captains-John Onslow (1834), John Parker (1838),
William D. Puget (1841), Talavera V. Anson (1841),
Charles J. Bosanquet (1846), Philip G. Il aymes (1846),
William H. Kitchen (1846), George K. Wilson (1818), and
James A. Stevens (1850).
Commanders-West, Lord Amelius Beauclerk, Harvey,
Forbes, Douglas, Carr, Tudor, Mercer, and APllwaine.
Lieutenants-Robins, S.:O. Wooldridge, Buller, Lapidge,
Walker, Marten, Latouche, and Palmer.
Dr. A. Bryson.
Rear-Admiral J. W. D. Dundas, C. 8., First Naval Lord of
the Amiralty, held a levee at Whitehall to-day, which was
attended by the following officers:-
Vice-Admiral Thomas Browne.
Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Sullivan, Bart.
Retired Rear-Admiral John Hollingworth.
Captains-J. Parker (1838), William D. Puget (1841)
and T. V. Anson (1841).
Commanders-J. R. R. Webb, V. A. Massingbird, T.
Wilson, and Mercer.
Lieutenants - L. A. Moore, T. C. Bruce, and G. Walker.
Paymasters and Pursers-W. H. Norman, W. B. Pearse,
and H. W. Hollingworth.
Sir Francis Baring's next levee after Tuesday, the 15th
of April, will be on Tuesday, the 29th of April.
The Rattler steam-sloop, Commander Arthur Cumming,
went down the river shortly after her arrival yesterday,
to enable Mr. Tickett, assistant to the chief engineer, to
report on the state of her engines. She was taken into
the basin this afternoon.
The Teazer steam-vessel will be ready to go down the
river on trial on Thursday, and if found in good working
order, will hold on to Portsmouth, in charge of Lieutenant
Leckie, of the Penelope steam-frigate.
The Birkenhead steam troop-ship, Master-Commander
Robert Salmond, will embark the four companies of Royal
Artillery at 7 o'clock A.M. to-morrow, and leave Woolwich
in the afternoon of the same day. The companies assemble
in the garrison at 6 o'clock, a.m., and will march to the
Dockyard headed by the band and drums and fifes of the re-
giment.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
BRISTOL, APRIL 8.
STOCK EXCIIATIGE.—The share market was more buoyant
to-day. The transactions' were as follow :—Great Western,
87—Ditto, New 17. Shares, 21/2 dis.—South-Eastern and
Dover, 261/.,—Taff Vale, New Quarters, 21/2 p.
LIVERPOOL, APRIL 8.
STOCK ExcHANGE.—The share market was very quiet
to-day ; the business done has been limited, without any alter-
ation in prices.
MANCHESTER, APRIL 8.
STOCK EXCIIANGIL—The market has been heavy to-day,
and business limited. The transactions were as follow :
Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston (Eastern Junction),
31/2—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 584,h—Ditto, 201. Shares,
F, 11/2 dis.—Ditto, Halves (A), B—London and North-West-
ern, 12734 —Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 101.
Preference, 12 1-16—South-Eastern and Dover, 263/—York
and North Midland, 26 7-16.
YORK, APRIL 7.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were as
follow :—Great Northern, 175,4—Y0rk, Newcastle, and Ber-
wick (Newcastle Extension), IVA—York and North Mid-
land, 26A.

STATE OF TRADE.—MANCHESTER, APRIL 8.—
The market to-day is similar to that of Saturday in its chief
features of limited operations and want of decided firmness,
arising from the uncertainty respecting the real character
of the cotton crop. The arrivals by the Asia, reported on
Saturday, have had very little effect on the Liverpool
market, which is just now watched with the utmost care by
all parties, and there is a feeling that the next steamer due
will bring news more certainly indexing the quantity of the
crop than any we have received. The market is in such a
state, that if the advices from the States show a continued in-
crease on excess of receipts at the ports, prices for both yarns
and goods must recede. In cloths there is not a great deal
doing, though some considerable purchases have been made
at low prices. In shirtings, Madapolanas, aid other goods,
chiefly for the India trade, we hear that a concession of
1 L d. per piece has been made ; but the market is upon the
'whole quiet, without much tendency to a general lowering
of the terms on which business may be effected. In yarns
there is a tolerable degree of steadiness. Mule yarns have
declined a trifle, and water twist is less firm than last week.
Since last Tuesday we may fairly quote counts of weft
from 30's to 60's, and twist from 30's to 46's, from %d. to
d. lower.

NATIONAL REFORM ASSOCIATION.—The third
monthly soirée of the National Reform Association was held
ou Monday at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, Sir
Joshua Walmsley, M.P., in the chair. Mr. Edward Miall
delievered a lecture upon the subject of the franchise as an
instrument for the training of the people. The opinions put
forth by the lecturer with regard to the moral condition of
the people, and of the necessity for cultivating their feelings
of loyalty and generosity, by treating them as loyal and ge-
nerous subjects, were loudly applauded by the meeting.
" The attempt," he said, " to purify the mass of the popu-
lation by the measures which are commonly practised by
arbitrary Governments was like applying an hydraulic
engine to purify a puddle."—(Hear, hear.) After the lecture
was concluded, a resolution was passed, expressive of the
thanks of the meeting to Mr, Miall " for the highly intel-
lectual and im,,7 ortant lecture which he had delivered;" and
at the same time expressing its sense of the importance of
the principles and objects of the association, and trusting
that the recent Ministerial declarations would only stimu-
late its members to greater efforts to carry them into effect.
A vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the proceediogl.