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

SHIP NE WS.

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

When made up in From what When
PLACES. General Post-oftlee' port die- due.
London. patched.
America (by (by Brit. pkt.) N April 1 1 .. Liverpool .. Arrived
America (by U.S. pkt.) N April 8 .. Liverpool .. April 13
America (by US. pkt.) 31 April 23 .. Southampt. April 10
Attica (West coast).. N 14th of the month ;Plymouth April 12
Alexandria* ........ N 19th & 30th of mo.'Dovor .. April 18
Belgium • . .. N Daily • • .. ..1D over .. Daily
Brazil .. .. .. M 9th of the month (Southampt. April 12
Buenos Ayres M 9th of the month Southampt. April 12
California(viaChagres)M 17th of month Southampt. Apr 1 5
Cape of Good Hope N!l4th of month Plymouth.. April 3
Constantinople* .. • • Illth 17th 27th of mo'Dover April 10
Central America .. Ml2d & 17th of mon. Southampt. April 5
Channel Isles NiMon., Wed., &Fri-Southampt. Tn. Th.Sa
Chili .. 417th of the month Southampt. April 20
France M& N Twice daily .. !Dover .. Twicedally
Greece* .. N 7th 17th27thef mo Dover April 10
Hamburgh N Tuesday & Friday London .. Tues. Sat.
Holland 3,lWeditess. & Satur. Loudon .. Moo.Thrr
Honduras Nl7th of the month Southampt. April 20
Ireland .. M& N, Twice daily .. Holyhead I wicedaily
India(via Southamp.) M 20th of the month Southampt. April 28
India (via Marseilles) N 7th& 24th ofmonth'Dover • • April 23
Mediterranean (via
Southampton) •• M 20th of the month Southampt. April 21
Mediterranean (via
Marseilles) .. N 7th& 24th ofmonth Dover • • April 23
Mexico .. •• .. 51 2d of the month.. Southampt. April 5
/*Weir& .. • • .. 51 9th of the month Southampt. April 12
Malta* N f 7th,17th,19th,27th
} Dover April 10
& 30th of month
Naples* .. • • •• N sth 15th 25th of me Dover .. April 12
Papal States* .. N sth 15th 25th ofmo Dover .. April 12
Peninsular.. .• M 7th 17th 27th of mo Southampt. Arrived
Peru .. •• •• M 17th of the month Southampt. April 20
Tuscany* .. • • N sth 15th 25th of mo Dover April 12
West Indies M 17th of the month Southampt. April 20
Woo+

Napleo* .. • • „ N'
Papal States* .. .. N
Peninsular..
Peru .. ~
Tuscany* .. • • N
Won Iralies
West Indies (except
liayaana & Nassau) 11,
* The mails to those c
French packet Aria Marla
CALIFORVIA.— Mails to
are aow despatched and d

I2d of the month ..
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) and from Callforuf
Inc by every Arnett

ISouthampt. !April b
ked (*) are conveyed by

is, via tie United States
Lean packet.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
The members of the Portsmouth Royal Naval Club
have invited Admiral Sir John Ommanney, K.C.8., to
a❑ extra club dinner, previous to his removing from that
neighbourhood, to take the appointment as Commander-
in-Chief at Plymouth. The dinner will take place at
the Portland Hotel, Southsea, on the 22d inst., when
Admiral Sir Bladen Capel is expected to take the chair.
The Gallant Admiral Sir J. Ommanney may be con-
sidered the founder of this club, and he is held in high
estimation by the members, who have thought it right
to pay him the complement of a farewell dinner.
We understand that Admiral Sir John Ommanney will
take the son of his esteemed friend, the late Admiral
Warren, as his flag lieutenant. Mr. F. P. Warren is now
serving us flag lieutenant to Commodore Lord:John Hay,
Superintendent of Devonport Dockyard.
THE STEAM BASIN AT PORTSMOUTH.—It is supposed
that some further progress will be made towards the
completion of this work during the ensuing summer.
For the last twelve months nothing has been done, and
the plant is rotting. The inlet, or doek, at the south-
east corner of the basin is to be completed; but the
inlet, or dock, at the north east corner of the basin
will, it is said, be filled up and levelled over,
leaving the stone work, &c., in the present state,
that it may be again excavated and completed, if
required. If this be true, we think it bad economy; it
would be doubling the expense, merely for the sake of
deferring it for a year or two.
Wind—N.E., moderate and cloudy.
Bear-Admiral Sir John Hill, late captain•superin-
tendent of Deptford, has received his now commission.
A congratulatory address to the gallant officer on his
elevation to his flag rank is talked of.
Vice-Admiral Sir G. Seymour, C. 8., in his
flag-ship Cumberland, 70, Captain Seymour, is by this
time clear of the Channel.
PROMOTION.
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Engineer—Edward Blackburne, to be acting chief.
♦PPOINTMENTS.

Lieutenants—James Byrn Kin:man, to be in com-
mand of the Romney coast-guard station, vice Mr. Saun-
ders, appointment cancelled; William Henry Goslen,
from Cloggan to Ballycotton station, vice Mr. Edwards,
removed.
Mate—H. G. Douglas, to the Victory, flag-ship at
Portsmouth.
Assistant Engineers—Thomas T. Murray, R. L.
Canney, and Thomas Duncansor, to tho Tartarus steam-
vessel, fitting at Woolwich; John Singer, to the Ajax,
60, screw guard-ship, Queenstown; R. T. Martell, to
the Retribution steam-frigate, Devonport.
Argus steam-corvette, will be taken out of dock, at
Portsmouth, on the 12th, and will be completed by the
30th.

Advice steam-tender has proceeded from Queenstown
to Bristol, and relieved Sparrow in her service of raising
men for the Prince Regent, the Sparrow, under Com-
mander Fraser, having been ordered to resume her sur-
veying duties on the coast of Ireland.
Caradoc steam-packet, fitting at Woolwich, for Medi-
terranean, will not be completed by the shipwrights
before the 30th inst. Her machinery will be all right
by the Bth inst.
Diligence transport, Charles Mitchell master com-
manding, arrived at Devonport on Friday, from Wool-
wich and Deptford, laden with stores for Bermuda. Mr.
John Martin, first clerk to the naval storekeeper at Ber-
muda, will take a passage in her.
Penelope. 16, steam-frigate, Captain Lyster, fitting at
Portsmouth for the broad pendant of Commodore Bruce,
has had her complement increased to 313; she will be
ready to go out of harbour on the 12th, and will be
ready for sea on the 16th inst. She is manned within
half-a-dozen ratings, kept open.
Prince Regent, 90, Captain Harris, will be out of the
hands of the dockyard at Portsmouth by the 17th, and
will go out of harbour on the Ist May, and be ready for
sea on the sth prox. She is about 200 blue jackets
short.
Shearwater's (steam-vessel) machinery is to be made
good at Woolwich, at the expense of 4001.
THE COAST OF AFRICA.
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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 ; Ascension, Fda. 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 followed by the Phoenix, steam•sloop, 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, having taken
eight vessels, three of them full of slaves, in all about
900. It is expected that the share of prise 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 cf Brasil, 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. The
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 ser-
' vice. She has only lost one person by death, namely,
Mr. Chace, tho chief engineer, who died about twelve
months back from fever. Rattler proceeded on
Saturday evening for Woolwich to pay off.
Ilecla, steam-sloop, Commander Beauchamp, was off
the Congo. Phcenix, screw-sloop, Commander Lysaght,
off Coquimbo. Philomel, 6, Commander Forbes, off
Benguela. Sealark, 8, Commander Sotheby, off Am-
britx; 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, SIINDAY.—Tho Britannia, 120, ordi-
nary guard-ship at this port, is to bo Otto(' for IN oor-

LIVERPOOL, APRIL 4.—Wind N.N.E.—A sloop was
aground en West Hoyle this evening, with signals of
distress flying. Th." life-boat proceeded to her assist-
ance. The barque Margaret, bound for Providence, put
back to St. John's, New Brunswick, March 2, with loss
of anchor and chain and rudder broken, having been on
shore at Dapper Harbour. April s—Wind S.E., mode-
rate. The brig Harmony, of Bideford, and the schooner
City of Limerick, of Derry, have proceeded, after hav-
ing been on shore on Jordon Flats. The Alyth, for
Barbadoes, in beating out yesterday, got iu contact with
a foreign vessel, and put back with loss of bowsprit; the
latter proceeded, apparently without damage.
GRAVESEND, APRIL 6.—Wind E.N.E,, light, fine.
Arrived—Dart, from Ostend; Wellesley and British
Sovereign, from Calcutta; Brilliant, Trinidad; Augasta
Berths, Ls Confidence, and Naja, from Memel; Carl
John, from Norway; Naomi, from Elai❑gborg; Apollo,
from Skien; Marie Alette, from Krageroe; Seine, from
Boulogne; St. Leonard, from Dunkirk; Flora and Elide,
from Kregc.roe; Jane Boyd and Arthur, from Callao;
London Packet, from Norway; Zenobia, from Cuba;
Owen Glendower and Citmperdown, from Calcutta; Sir
John Rae Reid, from St. Kitt's; Lord Ashley, from
China; Rainbow and Ranger, from Rotterdam; Elbe,
from Hamburgh; Menai, from Calais; Diana and Ros-
common, from Harlingen; Stadt Dordrecht, from Dordt;
La Poule, from Cherbourg; City of Rotterdam and
Pink, from Dunkirk; Andes, from Bahia; Arab, from
Callao; Emma, from Antwerp.
Sailed—Herald, for the Cape; Rebel, for Nassau;
Elbe, for Hamburgh; Southampton, for New York;
Maria Elizabeth, for Singapore; Albion, for Boulogne;
Fame, for Calais; Matilda, for Barbadoes; Acis, for
Nassau; Batavier, Concordia. and Attwood, for Rotter-
dam; Eveline, for Malta; Gierdina Berta, for Bremen;
Cantille, for Lisbon; Isabella, for Quebec; Antonio, for
Newcastle; William Jolliffe, for Havre; Antwerpen and
Queen, for Antwerp; Earl of Auckland, for Dunkirk;
Arabella, for Malta; Wallace, Laurel, and Broom, for
Quebec; Daniel and Saucy Jack, for Liverpool; Gover-
neur Van Ewyck, for Hamburgh; Merchant, for Ame-
rica; Princess Royal, for Hamburgh; Columbine, for
Ostend; Ann, for Hamburgh; Elizabeth, for Triwite,
Edmondstone, for Cork; Vere, for Jamaica; Lord Juhu
Russell, for Harlingen; Thames, for Hamburgh.
VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.
Warwick barque, standing S., Feb. 16, on the Line.
John Line, from London for Port Natal, March 7, in
lat. 5 N., long. 22 W.