The Sun.
London, England, 1851-11-08 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

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I DEATH OF MAJOR JOINS, OF TUE ROYAL MARINES.
1 It is with iCuling3 of the deepest regret Coat we an-
nounce tho death of Major John 4 of the Woolwich divi-
sion of Royal Marines. Lai:or Johns had been lately
invalided from the Ganges. 8-1, in the Mediterranean.
lie died on Wednesday morning ;.:,hortly after seven o'clock.
PORTSMOETH, Nov. 7.--Fairy has nearly completed
her defects, touching. up paint-work, &c.; she will tin-
' dock on Menday next, to he in re';.dirlesa for her Majesty.
The bottom has be scraped on the port side to remove
Mr. Hay's former coating (which, by-the-bye, required
upwards of a score of hands three days to effect), and
has received on that side four coats of Mr. Peacock's ap-
plication; the starboard, as we stated, will be left with
Mr. Hay's original coating, vvhieh ha already stood six
months, requiring the spots where rubbed and removed
for the examination of her iron to be coated.
limpid. recently commissioned, will be taken into dock
when the Fairy comes our.
Blenheim, screw-guard-chip, on trial was found to
have such a foul bottom that she could not exceed five
knots.

At noon-day Messrs. Silver and Co. attracted a large
concourse of p,rsons to the king's-stairs in the dock-
yard, including the Ceramr.nder-in-chief Admiral Sir
Thomas Briggs, Admiral Prescott, C. 8., Captain Chad:,
most of the officers of the dockyard and naval college,
to witness some exploits with their different appliances
for saving life from shipwreck, such as floating cushioni,
mattresses, &c.

Rapid has her masts ia, and will get her tops on to-
morrow.

Birkenhead will go out at ten to-morrow morning to
the measured mile to try her engines, under Mr. Mur-
ray, chief engineer's superintendence.
A court-martial, comprising Rear-Admiral Prescott,
C. 8., president; Captains 11. D. Chads, C. 8., of the Ex-
cellent; R. A. 'fetes, of the Britannia; G. B. Martin,
C. 8., of the Victory; C. Graham, C 8., of th© Rodney;
W. U. Henderson, C. 8., of the Blenheim; and Mr.
George L. Greetham, Deputy-Judge-Advocate of the
Fleet, assembled to day on board the flag-ship Victory,
to try Mr.A.rchibald Armstrong, M.D., on the following
charge:— .

" For that he, the said Dr. Archibald Armstrong,
when assistant-surgeon of her Majesty's steam-sloop
'Tecate, on active service and in full pay in her Majesty's
fleet, was on board the said sloop on the evening of the
th of October last in a state of intoxication, and unfit
to perform his duties."
The Court having heard the evidence in support of
the charge, and the prisoner having alleged he had no-
thing to offer in derence, declared the charge fully
proved, and adjudged the prisoner to be dismissed from
her Majesty's service.
The Edinburgh, 53, steam-guard-ship, has been un-
docked to-day, and placed in the steam-basin to receive
her boilers, &c.

The Simoom iron steam• frigate has received her main
and mizen masts to-day, and on Monday she will be
taken into dock, by which time the Medea will be ready
to come out.

APPOINTMENTS.
WOOLWICH, Nov, 7.—Surgeon-Superintendent Ben-
jamin Bynoo (1836), to the Aboukir convict-ship.
Surgeon George Whitmarsh (1846), to the Rapid, 8,
brig, at Portsmouth.
Clerk Stephen H. Moore (1850), to the Victory flag-
ship, at Portsmouth.

DEVONPORT, Nov. 6.—Confiance steam-tug sailed
on
,Monday with a detachment of the 19th Regiment
for Pendennia Castle, Falmouth, returning with the
relief, a detachment of the 77th, on Wednesday evening.
Manceaver lighter, Ross, master, sailed on Wednesday
with stores for Woolwich.
THE FORTHCOMING BREVET.—As the day approaches
for the announcement of the long-expected brevet, the
knowledge of the extent to which it will affect her Ma-
jesty's land services has become better known, and it is
now understood that it will not ba on so extensive a
scale as was at first anticipated, or as the exigencies of
some branches of the service would require. It is now
considered certain that the brevet will only be extended
down to 1841, but will not include that year. The pro-
motions in the Royal Regiment of Artillery will, conse-
quently, only raise Colonel Frederick Campbell, Super-
intendent of the Royal Military Repository at Woolwich,
and Colonel Turner, C. 8., commanding the Royal Artil-
lery in the Dublin district, to the rank of Major-Gene-
rals. The Lieutenant-Colonels to be promoted in the
same corps will be Lieutenant-Colonel A. Maclachlan
(already holding the rank of brevet Colonel), Lieu-
tenant-Colonel E. Sabine, and Lieutenant-Colonel Chal-
mer, Assistant-Director General of Artillery. Captains
Pickering, Collington, and Hyde will be promoted to
the rank of Lieutenant-Colonels, and the Captains
highest on the list and down to the end of 1840, will
have the rank of brevet Major, there being no regimental
Major in the Royal Artillery. Second Captains Tho-
mas Graydon and Oldfield will be promoted to the rank
of Captains; First Lieutenants Chancellor, Waller, and
Freeth, to e Second Captains; and Second Lieutenants
Griffin, Piele, and Kelly, to be First Lieutenants.

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

I When made up in From what
When
PLACES. ,General Post-office, port dia-
-1 London; patched. due.
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America (by Brit. pkt.)N Nov. 14 .. .. Liverpool • •INov. 10
America (by U.S. pkt.) N Nov. 11 .... Liverpool ..(Arrived
America (by U.S. pkt.) M Nov. 29 .. .• Southampt. Nov. 13
Africa (West coast).. N 14th of the month !Plymouth Doc. 3
1
Alexandria* •. .. .. .. N 19th & 30th of mo. Dover .. Nov. 18
Belgium •• .. •• N Daily .. .. .. Dover .. DRily
Brazil .. . • .. M 9th of the month Southampt. Nov. 16
Buenos Ayres .. .. M 9th of the month Southampt. (Nov. 16
California(viaChagres) M 2d&l7th of month ,Southampt. Nov. 1. 1
Cape of Good Hope N 14th of month Plymouth.. Dec. 3
Constantinople* .. •• N 7th 17th27th of mo,Dover .. Nov. 10
Central America .. M 2d& 17th of men. (Southampt. Nov. 5 W
Channel Isles .. .. N Mon., ed., & Fri.;Southampt. Ta. Tli. Sat
Chili .. .. .. . M 17th of the month Southampt. Nov. 20
France .. .. M& N Twice daily .. .. Dover • • Twicedaily
Greece* .. .. • . N 7th 17t1127th of mo Dover .. Nov. 10
Ilamburgh .. .. N Tue3day & Friday London .. Tues. Sat.
Idolland .. .. .. M Wednes. & Satur. London .. Moa.Thur.
Honduras .. .. . N 17th of the month Southampt. Nov. 20
Ireland .. •• M& N Twice daily .. .. Holyhead • • Twicedaily
India (via Southamp.) M 20th of the monthSouthampt. Nov. 23
India (via Marseilles) N b th& 24th of month Dover • • Nov. 15
Mediterranean (via
Southampton) •. M 20th of the month; SouthaMpt. Nov. 23
Mediterranean (via
Marseilles) .. .. N 8 th& 24th of month Dover • • Nov. 15
Mexico .. .. .. M2d of the month.. Southampt. Nov. 5
Madeira .. • • .. M 9th of the month 'Southampt. N0v.16
Malta* .. .. r 7th,17th,19th,27th 3 Dover Nov. 10
i & 30th of month
Naples* .. • • .. N sth 15th 25th ofme Dover .. Nov. 12
Papal States* .. .. N sth 15th 25th of= Dover .. Nov. 12
Peninsular.. .. .. 111 7th 17th 27thof mo Southampt. Nov. 16
Peru .. .. .. •. M 17th of the month Southampt. Nov. 20
Tuscany* .. .. .. N sth 15th 25th of mo Dover • • Nov. 12
West Indies .. .. M 17th of the month Southampt. Nov. 20
West Indies (except
Havanna & Nassau) lEI 2d of the month .. Southampt. Nov. 5
* The mails to those countries thus marked (5) are conveyed by
French packet via Marseilles.
CALIFORNIA.—MaIIs to and from California, via the United States
are now despatched and due by every American pact.'

The direct Havre mail from London via Southampton during this
month will be made up three times a week only, instead of daily.
The Brazilian mail will be made up on the morning of the 10th
lust., in consequence of the 9th falling on a Sunday.