The Sun.
London, England, 1851-02-13 00:00:00

A PPOINTMHNTS.

WOOLWICH, FEB. 12.—Lieutenant William S. Geary
(1846), to the Coast Guard, dated th© 10th inst.
lSheerness, to
ieerness, with
Master Frederick William Paul (1841), additional to
superintendthe Monarch,
the 84,steam guard-chip
departmentof o r ordinary,
i naat yS
r
the same scale of remuneration as Lieutenant Robertson
has for superintending the steam department afloat at
Woolwich.

Master John E. Pettey (1844), Master-Commander of
the Lightning, is apppointed Master-Commander of the
Black Eagle steam-vessel, in the room of Master-Core-
mender S. B Cook, in the event of the latter finally sc.
cPpting the situation of superintendent of the shipping
of the. Ordnance department at the reduced salary of
3001. per annum. We have been assured, in quarters on
which we can place every reliance, that the salary of
superintendent of Ordnance shipping will not exceed
3001. per annum in future. We have also been assured
that the terms on which the appointment would be made
was virtually as we previously stated. We cannot un-
dertake to say that Mr. Cook will accept the situation
on these terms. It is well-known, however, that many
officers of the royal navy, even of the rank of lieutenant,
would be but too glad to accept it even on the terms we
Ordnanceh av e to
have
General
their announced, and consider it, in addition to their half-pay,
a fair reward for their gallant services and for the dutiesmo-
theoyarwdouolfd
rae
and Board
desire to act justly and economically in this instance, in
the opinion of all impartial persons acquainted with the
nature of the case.

Master Henry William Allen (1842), additional to the
Black Eagle steam.vessel, being senior to Mr. Petley by
2i years, is appointed V) cJmmand the Lightning steam,
vessel, in the room of Mr. Petley, in the event of these
appointments being accepted by the respective parties.

SHIP NE WS.

ALTERATIONS IN THE BEACONS ON THE

COAST OF JAVA.
The following has been received at Lloyd's:—
" Office of Conamittre of Privy Council for Trade,
Whitehall, Feb. 11, 1851.

" Sir,—l am directed by the Lords of the Committee
of Privy Council for Trade to transmit to you, for the
information of the committee for managing the affairs of
Lloyd's, the accompaning tramilation of a decree, which
has been communicated to this department by the
Foreign-office, respecting certain alterations which have
been made in the beacons leading to the loads ul

" Captain G. A. Halstead, Rag., Secretary, I.lo)d's.',
" The Minister of Marine hereby informs seafaring
men, and others interested thereby, that according to a
communication received from Vice-Admiral the Com-
mander of his Majesty's naval forces in India and In-
spector of Marine, by decree of his Excellency the
Minister of Stlte, Governor-General of Netherland
India, dated September 9, 1850, Nn. 2. the following
alterations, which have been made in the beacons leading
to the Roads of Batavia, have been approved of, viz :
" 1. The erection of a black pole, with red crossings,
on the Cliff Tauda Ketapau.
"' 2 The erection of a beacon, with cross painted en-
tirely black, on the Cliff Y.:Aida Pt. Ayer.
" 3. The beacon on the Meuiderts Shoal is painted red.
4. The btacon on Ontoug Java, behind an iron
globe two ells in diameter, the centre of which stands
about twenty feet above the average of high water, is
furnished with a fence.
"' By the same decree the Committee for thelm-
provement of Indian tiea charts ii appointed to super-
intend the beacons in the waters between the Straits of
Sunda and Batavia Roads.

" Nautical men aro requested to give notice to the
committee aforesaid, or to the officer in command of his
Majest)'s guard.ship in Batavia Roads, of any d-feets
they may have discovered in the line of beacons.
" The Hague, Jan. 22, 1851.
" B. LUCAN, the Minister aforesaid.' "

GRAVESEND, FEB 12.—Wind W.N.W., light, fine.
Arrived—Jane Cumming, from Palermo; Rose, from
Smyrna; Ino, from Guernsey; Triton, from Ostend;
Albion, from Boulogne; Fyenoord, from Rotterdam.
Sailed—Rhine and Magnet, for Rotterdam; Dublin,
for Trinidad; Golden Spring, for Port Philip; Diana
and Roscommon, for Harlingen; John Bright, for Port
Natal; Tweed, for Cape Coast; Sir Edward Banks, for
Ostend; Margaret Skelly, for the Cape; Princess Royal,
for Hamburgb; Anna, fur St. Vincent; Stadt Dordrecht,
fu: Mrdt.

VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.

Brig Lobelia Leith, of Aberdeen, Dec. 31, from London
for the Cape of Good Hope, out 38 days.
Duke, from Liverpool to Calcutta, Feb. 2, in Ist. 47 N.,
long. 10 W.
Halyards, from the Clyde, F,b. 3, lat. 48 N., long. 10 W.
Chancellor, from Bombay, Dec. 28. lat. 4 N., long. 19 W.
Elbe, from Hamburgh for Vera Cruz, Jan. 29, lat. 43 N.,
long. 22 W.
Atnbrotiu;, from Calcutta,, for London, Nev. 29, lat. 29
S., long. 41 E.
Lahore, from Calcutta, for Lydon, Dec. 8, lat. 35 S.,
1-)ng. 22 E.
Elizabeth Moore, from Shanghai for Liverpool, Jan. 1,
lat. 1 S., long. 18 W.
Anne Mary, from Liverpool for Calcutta, Jan. 4, lat. 5
N., long. 24 W.
French barque Gil BlaF, Jan. 4, from Havre, for Bom-
bay, lat. 5 N., 21 W.
A barque, second distinguishing pentint No. 7,123 fur
Sumatra, Jan. 4.
Danish barque Mary, Feb, 3, standing to the S.W., lat.
47 N., long. 10 W.
Brig Wilberforce, standing to the S.W., Feb. 3.
American ship Marmion, on the 22d of Jan., in lat. 41
N., long. 26 W.
Blair, on the 7th Jan., in lat. 6 N., long. 24 W.
Sandbach, from Liverpool. for Demerara, on the 3d inst.,
in lat. 46 N., long. 14 W.
Warbler, from Liverpool for New Orleans, on the 2d
inst., in lat. 45 N., long. 15 W.
Mary. Caroline, from Liverpool for Mobile, on the 4th
inst., in lat. 48 N., long. 18 W.

SEABORNE MAILS.
[N signifies that the mails are sent front the General Post-office
by the night-and M by the morning—dispatch.]