The Sun.
London, England, 1851-07-25 00:00:00

PROMOTIONS.

James Ray and Patrick Farrell have been confirmed
to the rank of boatswain; James Smith is promoted to
be acting boatswain; William Lacy is promoted to be
acting carpenter.

The Magicienne steam-sloop, in charge of Master
James Brown, Assistant-Master-Attendant at Dovon-
port Dockyard, will leave this port on Saturday next,
for Davenport, and will take back Mr. Biddlecombe and
the riggers and spare gear brought round here when
navigating the Valorous from Pembroke to Woolwich.
The Valorous steam-sloop is to be taken up to the
East India Docks, to be fitted with her engines by
Messrs. Millar, Ravenhill, and C.o, at Blackwell.
The Trafalgar, 120, Captain Greville, in temporary
command, is to be paid wages at Spithead on the 28th
inst. and sail on the 30th for the Mediterranean station.
The Lisbon squadron, under Commodore Martin,
lying in Arcos-bay, experienced very blowing weather
for the fortnight previous to the 19th inst., the latest date
of intelligence from that station. The Arrogant, 46,
screw-steam-frigate, Captan Robert S. Robinson, during
a gale, parted her best bower cable, and the buoy of the
anchor having been previously lost by the violence of the
wind, it occupied her nearly a week of sweeping and
creeping before she recovered it. The Arrogant was
to leave Lisbon for Gibraltar on the 22d inst.

SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.
Yesterday evening a flower show, on an unusually ex-
tended scale, took place at these gardens, the greater
part of the plants and fruits exhibited being chiefly
those belonging to the Chiswick Horticultural Society,
to whose fete the wcathar was so unpropitious a few days
since. It was much to be regretted that the weather did
not permit so large an attendance yesterday as is usually
congregated by floral displays in these gardens, but, not-
withstanding the damp, a considerable number of per-
sons were present. Vocal music was added specially
for the occasion, and some of the favourites of the public
did their best to enliven the company, and in some de-
gree to dispel the gloom of the evening. There was
also an entirely new arrangement of the pyrotechnic
display, and the various devices went off very success-
fully, having been carefully guarded from the atmo-
speric influence. The following prizes were awarded:—
CLASS 1. Best collection of miscellaneous plants, gold
medal, Mr. Wray; second best, gold medal, Mr. Cole ;
third best, silver medal, Mr. Ober; silver medal, Mr.
Stanley; silver medal, Mr. G. King. For Cape Heaths
—Silver medal, Cole; ditto, Mr. May, second; ditto. Mr.
Stanley, third. Fuchsias—Silver medal, Mr. Mockrett,
first; ditto, Mr. Shuckford, second; ditto, Miss Jaekson,
third. Picotees—Silver medals to Mr. E. Lochner, first;
Mr. May, second; Mr. Edwards, third; Mr. Newhall,
fourth; Mr. Hardstone, fifth; bronze medal, Mr. Sande-
lands. Carnations—Silver medals to Mr. May, first;
Mr. Lochner, second; Mr. Newhall, third; Mr. Ed-
wards, fourth; Mr. Sandelands, fifth; bronze medal,
Mr. Hardstone. Cut Flowers—Silver medals, Mr. Cole,
first; Mr. Young, second; Mr. Hamp, third. Verbenas
—Silver medals, Mr. Lochner and Mr. Brown. Grapes
—Silver medals to Mr. Thorne and Mr. Hamp; bronze
medal to Mr. Young.
CLASS 4). Miscellaneous Plants—Medals to Miss
Fraser, Mr. Pamplin, and Mr. Hook. Cape Heaths—
Medals to Mr. Fo.irbairn, Rolleson and Son, and Miss
Fraser. Picotees—Medals to Mr. Turner, Mr. Brogg,
Mr. Ward, Red Mr. Wilmer. Carnations—Medals to
Mr. Turner, Mr. Brogg, Messrs. Ward and Co., and Mr.
Franklin. Roses—Medals to Paul and Son, and Mr.
Francis. Fuchsias—Medals to Fowle and Son, Messrs.
Fro zer, and Mr. Hook. Cut Flowers—Medals to Rolleson
and Son, Mr. Francis, and Messrs Fraser.
Other prizes open to both classes were also given; as
was also a large silver medal to Mr. Dutton, for the best
glass of honey taken on the humane principle.

We hear that Mr. Dyce Sombre has left a paper,
intended to be his will, and that its validity must form the
subject of some legal investigation. By this document the
whole of his property, with the exception of small legacies
to the family of his two sisters, is given to the directors of
the East India Company, in trust, for the foundation of edu-
cational establishments throughout liindoatan.