The Sun.
London, England, 1851-10-28 00:00:00

AYAL INTELLIGENCE.

APPOINTMENTS.
the Rosamond
Commander Fsteam . A.sloop. Campbell (1846) to command
-
Lieutenants—ll. W. Comber (18
Taylor (1850), to the Rosamond)' and Godfrey
J. W.
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;
rail, to the Excellent. M.
M'Donald (1851), to cellent, gunnery-slu the Ex
Robert Deane, and L. C. H. Somerset, supernume.
Master—George H. Blakey (1849), to the Rosa-
mond.
Paymaster—H, S. Collins (1848), to the Rosa-
mond.
Clerk—G. D. Gordon (1847), to the Rosamond.
Masters' Assistant—W. L. Baker, to the Rosa-
mond.
Clerk's Assistant—Frederick Ives, to the Rosa-
mond.

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Palmer, to the Rosamond.
Gunner—R. F. Storey, to the Rosamond.
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him the Driver steamer, Commander Johnson ;
Commander W. C. Aldham. The Daedalus, 20, Capt.
Daphne, 18, Capt. E. G. Fanshawe, and Swift, 6,
Wellesley, was still absent. The Champion, 14,
Commander Hayes, was hourly expected, with a
large freight for England. The Thetis bad a most
splendid voyage from Monte Video to Valparaiso,
rounding Cape Horn with all sails set. The Gorgon
waited the return of the admiral, to leave the station
for England, orders for which, it was anticipated,
were received by the last mail.
The iron steam-transport Birkenhead, Muter
Commander Salmond, was undocked yesterday,
having been partially touched up with Mr. Hay's
composition. She has had eight months' service since
she was last paid over with it, and all that she required
was to be touched up where the composition had
been rubbed off about the light water line, where
some few clusters of barnacles had accumulated.
Under the bilge she was hard and smooth, and we
cannot speak in too high terms of her bottom in ge-
neral. She was payed over in January last, when she
took troops to Halifax and to Quebec at a time of the
year when she encountered sufficient field ice to knock
off some of her paddle floats. She afterwards con-
veyed troops to the Cape, where she encountered
some very heavy weather, but behaved exceedingly
well, and it is quite pleasing to hear that her crew
speak of her as a prat-rate sea boat, and as to
speed, nothing can touch her.. When this vessel was
first commissioned as a steam-sloop she was thought
to be a dangerous vessel, and was placed on one side,
fortunately Capt. Stevens, of the steam department
at Portsmouth, made several short trips to Lisbon, to
Cork, &c., and he reported so very favourably of her
speed and good qualities, that she was immediately
brought into use, and is now one of our best steam-
transports. She was taken alongside the coal depot
yesterday, and when complete will go alongside the
yard jetty, where she will be in the hands of the en-
gineers of the yard till the 31st instant, when she will
be again ready to convey troop..
Medea, steam-sloop, will b!" undocked on tilt. 10th
of November, when the Simoom wi:l be taken in in
her place.
Stromboli, steam-sloop, was taken into the steam
basin yesterday.
Porcupine, steamer, was taken into dock yesterday
at Portsmouth.
Ranger, 6, Commander Miller, was paid off at
Devonport on Saturday. The officers dined together
at Morshead's Royal Hotel, where they spent the
evening very comfortably.
Rochester, lighter, Sudwicks, master, sailed from
Devonport, with stores, from Portsmouth, on Sa-
tureay.
PLYMOUTH, OCT. 25.—The Crane, 6, Commander
M`Donnell, was commissioned on Wednesday, and is
to have a complement of 76 officers and men. She
was brought to the jetty to-day, and is to be ready
for the coast of Africa on the 10r1 of November.
The Desperate screw-steamer, in charge of Mr.
Brown, Second Master Attendant, is ordered to cruise
in the Channel.
The main and mizentnasts of the steam block-ship
Sanspareil are to be fitted with galvanized iron rig-
ging.

- The Spartan frigate and Ferret brig are ordered to
be brought forward for commission.
The Manceurrer lighter came in yesterday from
Woolwich.
The Lucifer steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander
George M. Jackson, is ordered to be paid off at this
port on Thursday next..
WOOLWICH, OCT. 27.—T11E ARCTIC COMMITTEE.
—The members of thit committee held a sitting at
the Admiralty to-day, to examine the reports of Cap-
tain Austin and Captain Penny, and also to obtain
answers to questions which may be put to them, and
to the officers who accompanied them in the recent
searching expeditions, as to the best plans to be
adopted in the future expeditions which were decided
upon before the committee was appointed.

SEABORNE MAILS.
[/.7 signifies that the malls are sent frons the General Post-Offieo
by the night—and M by tho morning—dispatch.]

When made up is I From what
PLACER.--------
General Post-office port dis- When
London. patched. due.
America
America (b (by
U.S. p Brit. pkt.) kt.)N N
Oct. 20 Oct. 31 .. ..'Liverpool • • Nov.
.. • •ILi Liverpool • • Nov. 1
America (by U.S. pkt.) M' Nov. 5 .• .. uthasopt.
Africa (West coast)... N 14th of the month Illymouth Nov. 3
Alexandria* ... •• Nll9il & the
of ma. Dover • • ,Oct. 28
Belgium .. .. •• N Daily • • • • .. Dover • . Nov.
Brazil .. , • •. M 19th of the month Southalnpt. Nov. 16
Buenos Ayres .. • . M 9th of the month Soathampt. ,Nov. 16
CaliforMa(viaCharres) Id 2d & 17th of month Southampt. Nov.l i
Cape of Good Hope Nll4th of month Plymouth.. !Nov. 3
Constantinople* .. • • N 7th 1 7th 27th of mo Dover .. I Oct 30
Chili
Central America •• M2d & 17th of mon. ISouthampt. Nov. 5
Channel Isles .• •• N Mon., Wed., & Fri.lSouthampt. Ta. Th• Sat
France .. •• 31 & N Twice daily .. .. Doverl .. Twicedoill
Greece* .. . • • • N 7th 17th 27th of mo Dover, • • „C'ct„„lat.
Hambrirgh .. •. N Tuesday & Friday London •• Wawii.Thui..
Holland .. .. .. M Wednes. & Satur.,Londen • •
Nov. 20
Honduras .. .. . N 17th of the mouth,SouthamPt• ____,_edany
Ireland .. .• M& N Twice daily .. ..111olyheadi: a v"'
Nov. 23
India (via Southamp.) M 20th of the month SontharnP..
Nov. 2
India (viallarsllles) N, e th& 24th efmouthjJaver
Mediterranean (via
t• 3
southamP-• Nov.•
Southampton) •• M 20th of the month
Mediterranean (via I
°nth Dover .. Nov. 2
Marseilles) .. .. N Bth&24thofmth..
sonthampt. Nov. 5
Mexico ..
he month..
southampt. No,. 16
Madeira .. •• .. 9th of
if
7th,17th,19t11,27th } Dover Oct. 25
Malta* .. •• 2 &30th of month
Dover •. ;Nov. 2
N,sth 15th 25th ofmoD
er I
Naples* • • • ' N,Sth 15th 25th of mo ov . • Nov.ov Papal States* .. ..
M 7th 17th 27th of mo Southampt. i Nov. 6
Peninsular.. •• ...
mil_ _
7u, of the month SoathaMpt.lNev. 20
southampt. Nov. 20
I Per'±_..— :. N!sth 1 ethusth ofmo Dover • •
il Nov. 2
Tusaikr-- • • —•. m 17th of the month Southampt. 'Nov. 20
West Indies .. .
West Indies (except
Havana & Nassau) M2d of the month .. Southamm ......_ .

* The mails to those countries thus marl
French packet via Marseilles.

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CALIFOZNIA.—MaiIs to and from California
are now despatched and doe by every Amerb