The Sun.
London, England, 1851-04-01 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

APPOINTMENTS.
WOOLWICH, MARC' 31. Assistant-Surgeon—Ahmuty
Irwin (Acting), to the Southampton, 50, flag-ship on the
south-east coast of Aine,ica station.
Second Musters—Edwa-d Mackenzie (1845), to the
Teazer steam-vessel, of 100-horse power, commissioned to-
day at Woolwich as a tender to the Penelope steam-frigate
for service on the coast of Africa; Samuel Winnecott (1850),
to the Ocean flag-ship at Sheerness.
Clerk—John Freshtield (1847), to the Teazer.
Clerks'-Assistants—F. F. Miller to the Penelope; Sidney
Smith Boxer, to the Britannia, 120, guard-ship of ordi-
nary, Portsmouth ; James Carden, to be Master Rigger at
Portsmouth Dockyard.

PROMOTIONS.
Assistant-'Surgeon—Arthur W. W. Babington (1841), to
be •Surg.. on.
Clerk— Richard Brownsdon (1843), to be Paymaster and
Purser.
The Trident steam-vessel, Lieutenant- Commander Risk,
was paid off to-day at this port.
The Caradoc steam-vessel was taken into the basin to-day
to have a dining saloon constructed on deck, which will
prevent her being ready so soon as was expected.
Ihe Teazer steam-vessel has had her masts pnt in to-day,
and will be made ready with all dispatch to proceed with
the Penelope from Portsmouth to the coast of Africa, having
been commissioned in charge of a second master, and to
serve as a tender to that vessel.

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THE GREAT EXHIBITION.
We understand that at the meeting on Saturday her Ma-
jesty's Commissioners examined into the report of the leak-
age-of the roof, and after hearing Mr. Stephenson and Mr.
Cubitt on the subject, and communicating with Mr. Fox,
the cont actor, they were of opinion that the leaking had
been greatly exaggerated, and her Majesty's Commissioners
requested Mr. Cubitt to prepare a report for the next meeting
of the Commissioners In the mean time we may state
that but little doubt is felt that a week's fine weather would
enable the contractors to make the building perfectly
water-tight.
Messrs. Fox and Henderson have made a curious dis-
covery recen' ly, which solves a mystery that bad for a long
time puzzled them. Along a particular row of columns in
the building there was observed to be a constant leakage
when rain fell, from some cause which could not be de-
tected. At last they were induced to examine the line of
drain-pipes which runs from column to column, and there
they discovered a nail-bag securely wedged in by some
mischievously-disposed] workman, and which by stopping
the current of water of course caused the columns to
overflow.
The returns of packages up to the close of last week re-
ceived st the Crystal Palace are as follows : —From foreign
countries. 6,233 ; from the colonies, 767 ; from the Channel
Islands, 26; from our native contributors, 5,670. Saturday
was the last day for receiving agricultural implements, and
so great was the. influx of goods that the Otring of loaded
waggons, until a late hour in the evening, extended nearly
from the entrance to Sloan-street.

THE 1311tRENIIEAD DOCKS.—OPENING OF THE
FLOAT.--LIVERPOOL, MONDAY.—Mr. Abernethy has this
morning commenced letting the water into the dock of fifty
acres, and it is expected in a few days to be ready for
shipping.