The Sun.
London, England, 1851-04-07 00:00:00

THE COAST OF AFRICA.

ROYAL AR TILLERY.

GFINERA.I. ORDER.
"Deputy Acjutai.t-&-neral's•otEce,
Wo,,lwich, April 4.
"The ?vt..thter-General hug been phased to apps ini
Colonet G;iffith George Lawii, C. 8.. R )yal Eagitleers
to b- Li uteaant-Governor the Aca.
decay at Woolwich, vice Itijor-Creacral Paraer,
et used.

" IL D. Ross. 13,•puty Adjutant-General."
Colonel Lewis has :keel.: comiderablo kervice, having
served in the campaign in Naples and Calabria in 1805
zind 18G6, including toe battle of Made and siege of
SoyDLL Castle ; at the cvture of Lchia and Procicla,
in
the Bay of NapleQ, in _lBO2, and the siege of the
Castle of Ischia; siego of the fort of Santa Maura, in
1810 ; and campaign of 1813 in the Peninsula. le
was wounded at the assault of the breach of St. &has-

tian—lost the left leg above the knee. He received the
silver war medal with two clasps for Maids, and St

Sebastian.

PLYMOUTH, SATURDAY.—Hier Majesty's steam-sloop
Magicicune, in charge of Mr. Brown, secuLd-master at-
tenuant, having 'tad her ballast shifted aed restowed, left
the port on Thursday for a trial cruise in the Channel.
and returned again this afternoon.
The Retributio❑ steam. frigate, which arrived from
Lisbon on the 2.5 th alt., having been refitted and coaled,
is now ready for sea, and is waiting sailing orders,which
will in all probability be for the Cape of Good Hope.
The Rhadamanthus steam vessel, Master Commander
Belem, which arrived on Tuesday from Sheerness with
arms and ammunition for the forces at the Cape, has also
shipped here from the dockyard 100,000/. in specie for
the same purpose. Her crew were paid weges in the
pay-office at the dockyard this morning, and in the
afternoon she sailed for her cli,stination. A melancholy
event took place in connexion with her departure. Mr.
Smithers Aides, Inspector of Police at iho Royal Wil-
liam Victualling-yard, accompanied by Mrs. Aldess, an
unmarried daughter, mid Mrs. Mills, who is the wife of
Mr. Mills, one of the eegioeers of the Rhadamanthus,
left their residence in the yard, and proceeded to the
water's edge to observe the steamer going out of Ha.*
moaxe. When on the Clarence-wharf where they waved
their hands to their friend on hoard, and immediately
afterwards Mr. Aldess fell in a fit of apoplexy brought
on probably by the excitement, and being conveyed
home, expired within half an hour. Deceased was 63
years of age, and was formerly sergeant-major of the
Woolwice4 divi,ion of the R ,yel Marines; oa retiring he
joined the Government pollee eitter there or a, Dept,
ford, and came here several years since to undertake the
duties of inapecter, from which he has been cut off in
such an untimely m.nner

The Rattler, 6. screw steam-sloop, Commander Arthur
Cumming, arrived at Spithead on Saturday morning,
from the coast of Africa. Her dates are—St. Helena,
Jan. 30 ; Asc,naion, Feb. 10; Sierra Leone, Feb. 26;
and the Gambia, March 8.
The Wasp, screw steam ship, Commander Crozier, and
the Tortoise, guard-ship, Captain Hutton, were at As-
cension; and the Centaur, steam•frigate, Acting Captain
Patten, with the broad pendant of Commodore Fanshawe,
and the Cygnet, 6, Commander White, were at Sierra
Leone. _ _ _ .

The islands and squadron were healthy. The Heroine,
Commander March, was the next vessel for England, to
be ft, Ilowed by the Phenix, steam•aloop, Commander
Lysaught.
The Rattler came home entirely under canvas,
having left all her coals for the use of the squadron;
her engines are said to be in excellent order. She has
been principally cruising in the Bights and on the
south coast, and has been very fortunate, havit.g taken
eight vessels, three of them full of slaves, in all about
900. It is expected that the share of prize money for
an able seaman on board the Rattler will amount to
about 501., thus more than doubling his pay for the two
years' cruise.
There appears at the present time to be nothing doing
on the coast; the cruisers on the coast of Brazil, and the
new regulations there, have nearly stopped that traffic,
and what is now doing in the African coast is by Por-
tuguese vessels.
Dr. Jones, late of the Hospital at Ascension (re-
lieved by Dr. John Davidson), and Mr. Loder, mate of
the late Snap, have come home passengers in the
Rattler.
The Snap had been broken up at Ascension. Tho
remains of the Flamer had been sold to the Liberian
Government; and the engines that were formerly in the
(late) Albert, steamer, have been brought home in the
Rattler.
Rattier has been very healthy during her term of fe
y,
vice. She has only lost one person by death, namely,
Mr. Chace, the chief engineer, who died about twelve
months back from fever. Rattler proceeded on
Saturday evening for Woolwich to pay off.
Hecla, steam-sloop, Commander Beauchamp, was off
the Congo. Phcnnix, screw-sloop, Commander Lysaght,
off Coquimbo. Philomel, 6, Commander Forbes, off
Benguela. Sealark, 8, Commander Sotheby, off Am-
brit z; and the remainder of the squadron in the Bights.
Centaur was expected to proceed to the South Coast
shortly after the Rattler sailed for Sierra Leone.
PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY.—The Britannia, 120, ordi-
nary guard-ship at this port, is to be fitted fer sea ler-

vice, and the St. Vincent, 101 guns, will succeed the Leeds, paper-stainers--W. Jeffrey and W. Duke, New'
Britannia in the harbour duty. The Llndon, 90, is man-street, Oxford-street, wire-workers—B. Welch and
ordered to be brought forward at Sheerness to replace ; J. G. W. Welch, Upper Wellington-street, Strand, cigar
the Ocean flaq-ship there. merchants—J. Lang,ham, sen., J. Lanham, jun., and
The Marlborough, 120, building in this yard, is corn- W. D. Langhana, Leicester, hosiers (so far as regards
plete in her frame. There are now four first-rive ships W. D. Langhani)—J. Brooks and W. Green, Old Bend' -
standing on adjoining slips to each other in this yard, a street, e•tate agents—W. L. Gilpin, J. 11. Guy, and W.
feature nowhere ohm to he met with in the kingdom, or Webb, Workington, Cumberland, iron manufacturers
most probably out of it. The other ships are the Royal H. Patchett, J. Slat r, and B. Gill, Leeds, quarrymen.
l
Frederick, 120; Prince of Wales, 120; and Royal Sove• INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. •
reign, 120. The Royal Frederick has been on the John Snelling, ,Birmingham, fishmonger.
litocks 10 years, so when the four will come oft seems William Thomas Hairs, Birmingham, paper-hanger.
rather a remote probability. The Royal Frederick is H. S,phton, Balsa!! Heath, Worcestershire, glassmaktr
built after the Q:leen; the oth,r three are upon the same James Ellis, Birmingham, retail brewer.
model, lengthened by six feet, being 210 feet long Jost_ph Salt, Birmingham, cutler.
between the perpendiculars, and 60 feet in extreme William Ji,nlcins, Birmingham, poulterer.
breadth, with a tonnage of 3,185 ions The original William Ed-cards, Birmingham, grocer.
designs for these ships wire by Sir William Symonds; Ann Soicsiggor, Birmingham, brewer.
the alterations have been made since the appointment of ry Howells Horton, iiirint.r.ghgtr, commission agent."
Sir Baldwin Walker to the surveyorship of the navy. J.iseph Austey, Birmiogiutei, griengrocer.
Wo.a.wicix, APRIL Tartarus steam vessel, Geora.e Davison, Walisilin, Northumberland, innkeeper!
Lieu, enaot Commander Risk, was taken out of the basin John!DiX,lll. W ark worth. Northutnbi,rland, farmer.
teday, and will soon be ready to leave for the coast of Charles 13i-ar,on, Whttehaven, painter.
Scotland. to protect the fisheries in that cykirter. Sarah Carter Beetling, Bognor, Sussex, schoolmistress.
The offic,,rs of the G •vernolo,Sardin.an steam frigate, Widiam Rowe, Tarvtn, Cheshire,
entertaitnal a ituratPr of the officers of the Royal Willi!.un 11arn, Kelvedi.tn, wheelwright.
fry on hoard the liras, I co!th.y. J Ames 11 !Lees, Witham, Esm x, earpen er.
1 tae Loinion, 90, at Sneerer as, is to b.? taken down oe blir.w4mr),
tioarl.“ to the station oc...ninied by al- 1.)3[,a , 80. Cap- John F•iirm,uther, I),.btrihr,m, Safi .Ik, brazier.
t sin Henry Greviile, arid ~f Vice-Admiral the Eieivard Peter. v. Great B,iyet, Suffolk, blacksmith.
lion. George Elliot, C. 8.. ar, the Note, and the ollictirs Riehaid Ring, Clay don, Suff. -ik, saddler.
and crew of ttee will be tratisfirred to the ',Judo!), Robert A.,tam•, Ipswicn, Suffolk, miller.
which will be appointed to carry the fie.; of the gallant Edward C,ok, sotloik,carpentor.
Vice-A.luniral. Wuhan.) Faster, Briligwattir, Somersetatire, butcher.
The Trafalgar, 120, Captain the Hon. 'Montagu Stop- Richard Fearnside, Thornton Heights, Yerkshire,shor
lord, i. getting rigging and other tquipinents
seagoing oe.ier, and will move t the Note my tm. end e f Geinge Passrnort, Ottery St., Mary, Devonshire, tailor.
the present munch, whore she is to be stationed fur some William Stiurland, ()very St. Mary, Devonshire, boot•
time. makor.
Samuel Clutterbuck, Stroud, Gloucestershire, hair-
dreastrr.
Joni Gathercole, Bury St. Edcouni,'s, Suffolk, grocer.
Witham Suttle, Stowmarket, Suffolk, grocer.
Henry Handy, Hacheston, Suffolk. grocer.
Lace Smalloombe, Leauey. Herefordshire. farmer.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
D. C. Arbuthnot, Balrowute, farmer, to meet within
the Commercial Hotel, &amnia, April 9 end May 1, at
twelve. _ .

Ma,g,sret Duncan, Banff, cowfo.der, to meet within
the Cl,,imbtrs of Mr. Bannerm,xn, Banff, April 7 and 28
at twylvt..
A. Murray, Edinburgh, news agent, to meet witbia
Dowell's Edinburgh, April 8 and 29, at two.
J. Kippen and J. Kipper), Port Glasgow, mercantile
sgentt.. to meet within the Black Bull Inn, Port Glasgow
April 7 and May 28, at twelve.