The Sun.
London, England, 1851-06-30 00:00:00

PROMOTION.
of Africa, has been promoted to the rank of commander
on the hauling down of the admirers flag.
( clB.
84020, n
theat late
coast
flag-
lieutenant
t o Rear-Admiral Willoughby
APPOINTMENTS.
Commander W. F. Fead (1845), late commander of
the Prince Regent, 90 has been appointed to command
Commander
to command
the Express, 6, at Davenport.
Lieutenants—A. Butler (1846), and W. G. Scoveil
(1840), to the
Express; R. Berrington (1846), G. A.
Pidcock (1848), and w. Jervis (1850), to the Trafal-
gar,(lB4B) 120, at Sheerness.
Alan
the athCashabtheea.
been
pointed
Paymasters and Pursers—John Henry Cook (1814), to
the London, 92, flag-ship, Sheerness; J. D. Parminter
(1850), to the Express.
Acting Master—George Richards, to the Express.
Dauntless, 24, screw-frigate, Captain Halsted (as de-
tailed elsewhere), arrived on Saturday, four A.M., from
going
gtilenstso ihnatrhbeour, afternoon
but
when
Lisbon, with the Prince of Saxe Coburg Gotha, &c. The
re-
ceived counter orders, backed out, and re-anehored at
Spithead.
The Excellent will be paid off to-day,' but the captain
and nearly all the officers will be re-appointed, as we
have before stated, and the boys and men who have not
got under
inside weigh,th e
bridge and
served their term of service will also be re-entered.
About 30 of her first-class boys, under the charge of the
seaman-schoolmaster, proceed to London on four days'
leave, to visit the Exhibition; they are to board at the
Sailors' Horne in Loudon, Ittid will rejoin their ship on
Friday evening. Nearly all these boys have the good-
service star and stripe.
Retributiesa, 28, steam‘frigate, Captain 'Kardenrand
the Sidon steam-frigate, Commander Gardner, steamed
out of Portsmouth harbour at ten o'clock on Saturday
morning, rand after remaining about half an hour at
Spithead, proceeded out to sea, and made sail with a fair
wind for Cork, where, no doubt, both vessels arrived on
Sunday eventing. Sir Charles Napier was expected to
have gone .outside the Nab in the Sidon, but the Gal-
lant Admiral arrived in Portsmouth too late, not ex-
pecting the Sidon would proceed to sea till 12 o'clock.
Trafalgar, 120, Captain the Hon. M. Stopford, at
Sheerness, is ordered to increase her advanced comple-
ment, so many men having been off lately, and entered
their nameta for general service.
MALTA, JUNE 19.—The ships have received on board
a quantity of stores and provisions for a six weeks'
cruise. The admiral will not put to sea, however, until
the 2d proximo, according to the last reports.
Comman aer George Parker arrived on the 14th inst.,
and on the following day (Sunday) read his commission
on board the Spiteful steam sloop, to which he is ap-
pointed, vice Sir T. Carmichael, superseded at hie own
request.
On the 14th inst. the officers entertained their late
and new ccanmander at a dinner.
Sir T. C. omichael will leave Malta by the Medina on
or about th e. 23d inst. for Marseilles.
On the 1 Sth inst. the Caradoc left port with the mails
for the lonian Islands, and had scarcely been out two
hours when she ran foul of a barque from Alexandria to
Liverpool ("the Nassau Belle), which lost her bowsprit
on the occrasion. Tho Caradoc lost her boat, and
slightly day naged her bulwarks. She took the barque in
tow and ret nrued to port. On Monday the barque was
visited by the dockyard labourers, by whom her damage
will be mule good. A court of inquiry assembled to
report on the facts. Captains Smart and Codd were
members. It was proved that the blame was not attri-
butable to Lieutenant Derriman, nor to his second mas-
ter; but to a master's assistant and lookout man.
The TurNish steam-frigate Fezzei Bahri arrived from
England U1f...3 morning.
The screw-steamer Arabian, reported to have got on
shore at Smyrna and to be obliged to discharge, has ar-
rived here and left for Liverpool. She got on a mud
bank at tb.e entrance of the gulf, but sufered no da-
mage at all
The acre re-steamer Pirate, from Alexandria, arrived
this morning.
The folio wing changes have taken place in the fleet:
—Master 11. Dormer from Firebrand to Ganges, vice
Gahan, invalided; Second Master Cornelius Fox to be
acting-rauCer of Firebrand, vice Dormer;' R. 1). Mason,
surgeon, from Firebrand to Albion, vice Douglas, in-
valided; E. D. Auvergne, assistant-surgeon to the
Queen, to be acting-surgeon in Firebrand, vice Mason.
PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 29.—The Fairy royal yacht,
Captain Lord Adolphus Fitzelarence, embarked the
Queen, Prince Albert, the Royal Family, and the King
of the Belt inns, the Due de Brabant, Count de Flan-
dres, and the Princess Charlotte (who arrived at Gos-
port by sp eclat train in charge of Mr. Cornelius Sto•
yin), yesterday afternoon, about five o'clock, under the
usual formalities, and conveyed them to Osborne.
Being the . anniversary of the coronation, the fleet was
dressed in colours, and general royal salutes were
fired. The royal party. was received on arrival at
Ihitr rrrkt eedirsetawfOesha-pmt-111(1 the-guard
of honour ‘'vas furnished by the Royal Marines.
Prince A.ngustus and the Princess Clementine of
Saxe-Cobur g, who arrived in the Dauntless steam-frigate,
left for Loreion via Gosport on Saturday morning. Che-
valier Vend erbergh, the Portuguese Consul at this port,
was in attendance at an early hour on their Serene
Highnesses, and proffered his yacht to bring them ashore,
which, however, was gracefully declined.
The Excellent gunnery-ship, Captain Chads, C. 8.,
will be paid off to-morrow, but will be recommissioned
on the following day by the same officers and ship's
company.
The dockyard being closed yesterday in celebration
of the anniversary of the coronation, upwards of 600 of
the artisans took the opportunity of going to London with
excursion tickets to visit the Great Exhibition.
The Centaur steam-frigate, Captain Patten,will be paid
off to-morrow. The flag-lieutenant (W. J. Lake) to
Rear-Admiral Fanshawe, lately Commander-in-Chief in
this ship on the west coast of Africa, has been promoted
to the rank of commander.
ROYAL MARINES.
Lieutenant-Colonel Delacombe commanded the guard
of honour yesterday at the reception of the Queen and
the King of the Belgians and family.
Messrs. C. W. Daly and W. Sanders, gentlemen ca-
dets, have been appointed by her Majesty second lieu-
tenants in this corps, and attached to the Portsmouth
division.
WooLwlcn, JUNE 28.—Vice-Admiral the Hon.
Joceline Percy, C.B, who has succeeded Vice-Admiral
the Hon. G. Elliot, C. 8., as Commander-in-Chief at
Sheerness, has appointed Captain George Rodney
Mundy (1837) to be his flag-captain, and he has hoisted
his flag on board the London, 92, flag-ship et that port.
The Cyclops steam-frigate, Master-Commander Hoff-
meister, arrived at Woolwich this afternoon, to embark
Captain Faddy's company of Royal Artillery, under
orders for the Cape of Good Hope, and the company
will embark on Monday and leave on the following day
to take on board troops at Cork under orders to proceed
to the same foreign station.
JUNE 29.—The Magicienne, 16, paddle-wheel steam-
frigate, left Woolwich at one o'clock, P.M., to-day, in
charge of Mr. Brown, Assistant-Master-Attendant at
Devonport, who will navigate her round on her return
with the masts and rigging used in bringing the Barra-
couta to this port. The same masts and gear will be
used in bringing the Valorous, 16, steam-sloop, built at
Pembroke, to the river to have her engines put on
board.