The Sun.
London, England, 1851-07-12 00:00:00

UL Y 12

1851.

ship, in the Mediterranean, until paid off is June, 1844,
and since April 28, 1847, ho has been in command of the
Howe, 120, now on the same station. Sir James Stiffing
is a lini;:ht Commander of the Orchr of the .IttNleetner
of Gfeeco. He marri,.d, in 1823, Eden, daughter of ;he
late James Itiangles, L'64., M.P. fov Guildf;aQ, by whom
he has lama nine children."

Sir James Stirling, is the Howe, conveyed her late
Majesty the Queen Dowager to Madeira and tack, and
paid off that ship last year at Sheerness.
Sir (Tames Stirling was appointed one of the naval
aides-1e- camp to .the Queen on March 9, 1849; but be
sueceede :c1 to the paid list only a few weeks since. In
addition to two good service pensions, the First Lord of
the Adm 'malty has now iu his nomination an aide-de-
camp to ibe Queen. s s

Idepe adently of what changes may have already been
made in t he senior lists of captains by retirement, Capt.
Edward I?nrcell (1828) comes within the first senior half-
pay list; :sod Capt. Rich (1838) within the second senior
half-pay Tst.

EXPEDrrxou-a EQUIPMENT.—Odin steam-frigate had
her comp lases swung on Wednesday afternoon, and at
nine o'clo k P.M. went out of Portsmouth harbour: a:nd
proceeded direct for Cork, with provisions in for 300
troops for three months, and two months' provisions fCT
her crew. On Monday morning she had her guns in
(which sia a landed); was without masts, or tanks, or
stores on board; and thus within three days she has bean
got ready for service by the untiring perseverance of the
rear-admi r al-superintendent, the officers and men of the
yard, and Captain Halstead, the officers and crew of the)
Deuntlu.s.. All have worked early and late. Mr. Davis.
the active, master-attendant of the Clarence-yard, ha; I
also contributed much to the fitting out of this vessel bee
the expedhtious way in which her tanks, provisions, ,
have been :sent to her from the Victualling-office. Mr.
Mang and Capt. Halstead went out in her last :ni:
and left ha r at Spithead, her engines working very sati:+-
factorily.
Caletioni an, 120, has been taken aleng.,
dockyard jc ety to have defects made good, when she
to take her place amongst the advanced ships at that por•ta
Heroine, 8, Commander J. B. Marsh, went into Devon.-
port harbour, on Wednesday morning, and will be pail
off in the surly part of next week.
PORTSMOUTH, THUaSDAY.—The American Congress s
sailed this morning for New York. The Americas
mail-steau ter from New York and Southampton, fat r
Bremen, p assed through Spithead this morning.
Mr. Pen Title, midshipman of the Orestes, 14, Com: -
mender H:iwker, was unfortunately drowned at the Cap(
by the ups, atting of a boat in which he with other officers ;
was return Eng to his ship, after a visit to the Castor, 3t*,
in Simon's Bay.
PORTSMOUTH, JULY 11.—The Furious new steam, -
frigate, ul ider command of Master end Command •
Banes, flared with engines of 400. horse power (paddles) ,
by Messrs. Miller, Ravenhill, and Co., arrived a: this
port to join the steam reserve squadron this morning
from the Thames. Her performances on the passage
have been very satisfactory. At the measured mile oil
Greenhithe the average speed of six trials was 10i- knots
an hour, and her average speed in coming round was
10i to 11 kmots; the engines making 17 to 19& strokes
per minute- She left Greenhithe at '2.40 P.M. yesterday,
and arrived off the Nab here at 9.1 A.M. to-day. In her
passage round she experienced a hard gale off Beach),
head, and proved herself to be a good sea boat. She is
a very handsome and formidable-looking war steamer.
By a letter from Queenstown we learn that on her
passage from this port to Cork to embark the troops for
the Cape the Sidon burst her condenser in starting thn
engines. Captain Henderson, in the Tiger steam-trigato
started for the scene of the disaster on Saturday night
last, taking with him Mr. Ward, the chief engineer of
the Blenheim, and the repairs were completed on the 9th.
(Wednesday). The Sidon will sail to-morrow (Satur-
day) or Sunday for the Cape. Mr. Ward, the former
chief engineer of the Sidon, though in this harbour, was s
not sent in her, but the engineers selected for her were a
all strangers to the machinery of the vessel. Mr. Ward ,
is now, however (experience teaches wisdom), orderer
to go in her to the Cape.
Mirsden convict ship sailed froth Cowes roads las t
evening to embark prisoners from Portland.
Seaflower cutter sailed last night to resume her sta-
tion off Jersey. _ _

PEMBROKE, JULY 10.—The Ceptain•Superintenden
of the Dockyard (Sir T. Pasley) has been absent any
leave. A largo number of the men employed in the
yard have availed themselves of the facilities afforded
them for visiting the Exhibition. The following ships,
now in course of building at this dockyard, are in an ad-
vanced state, and most of them could be finished and
launched at a comparatively short notice:—The Windsor
Castle, 120 guns; Victoria, 110 guns; Cm3ar, 90 guns;
Brunswick, 80 guns; Melpomene, 60 guns; and Sutlej,
50 guns. It is currently reported that a company of tho
Marine Artillery will be appointed to the Saturn guard-
ship at this establishment, there being no effective force
afloat for the protection of the arsenal,