The Sun.
London, England, 1851-11-24 00:00:00

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lV OFFICE.
Royal Exchange, November 19, 1851.
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NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
THE COMMAND•IN-CHIEF IN THE MEDITERRA•
NEAN.—We have already reported that Captain
Goldsmith and other officers will receive appointments
on the staff of Rear• Admiral Deans Dundas, C. 8.,
in the event of his proceeding to the Mediterranean
as the successor to Admiral Sir William Parker.
Captain Goldsmith, it will be remembered, was flag
captain to the Earl of Dundonald, when commander..
in-chief in the West Indies, and is esteemed one of
the best and most popular officers in the service.
Commander Bourmaster Dickson was commander of
the Caledonia, 120. Mr. Mainprise, appointed to
the Waterloo, was master of the Thetis. The first
lieutenant, Mr. Popplewell (1842), is the son of an
old and distinguished officer. The flag-lieutenant,
Mr. Ennis Chambers, is now serving in the Blenheim
at Portsmouth. Mr. D. J. Simpson, now in the
Leander, 50, but superseded by Mr. Wilson, who
will be the admiral's secretary, is a very old friend of
Admiral Dundas. He was formerly secretary to the
Reform Club, and is very much esteemed by a large
circle of acquaintances. The intended flag-ship
(Waterloo, 120), now at Sheerness, is ordered to
make up her complement to 500; and she will not
be out of dock at Sheerness until January; and as
soon as the appointments are made, and the admiral
has accepted the command, she will be removed to
Devonport to complete her crew of 970.—Herald.

APPOINTMENTS.
Surgeon—Joseph Browne, to the Rapid.
Carpenter—Jonathan May, to the Waterloo.
' Gunner—Joseph Woodman, to the Waterloo.
Mate—John B. Anderson, to the Arethusa.
PORTSMOUTH, SHNDAY.-2The Fairy royal yacht,
Captain Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, G.C.H , em-
barked the Queen and Court at Gosport yesterday, at
half-past twelve o'clock, and conveyed them to Os-
borne under the usual ceremonies. This being the
first reception of the Queen by the new Port-Admiral,
Sir Thomas Briggs, G.C.M.G., he was presented to
Prince Albert at the Clarence-yard, by Lord Adol-
phus Fitzclarence, and his Royal Highness presented
him to her Majesty, as was also Lieutenant-General
D'Aguilar, C. 8., the acting Lieutenant-Governor,
when both officers had the honour of kissing hands on
their appointment. Rear-Admiral Prescott, C. 8.,
Captain-Superintendent; Sir Edward Parry, Flag-
Lieutenants Pasley and Aplin Messrs. Davis and
Pinhorn, R.N., and Mr. R. Willoughby Stevens, of
the South-Western Railway Company, were also
present at' the royal reception. The guard of honour
was furnished by the 7th Royal Fusiliers, and com-
manded by Major Wilbraham.
The Pembroke, 72, at this port, is reported about
to be converted into a screw-ship.
The Portland, 50, fiat of Rear-Admiral Moresby,
C. 8., Commander-in Chief in the Pacific, was at
Valparaiso on the Ist of October.
The Fox, 42, Commodore Lambert, arrived at
Calcutta on the sth of October, from Penang.
The Amazon, 20, Captain Barker, arrived at Sin-
gapore on the 16th of September, from Penang, and
sailed on the 2d ult. for the Pedier Coast, Captain
Barker having been instructed to inquire into the
outrages alleged to have been committed by the Raja
of Sawang in the case of the ship Lady Raffles.
The Hastings, 72, flag of Rear-Admiral Austin,
C.B , Commander-in-Chief, and the steam-sloop
Sphynx, Commander Shadwell, arrived at Singapore
on the 20th of September from Penang, and left
again on the 24th for Hong-Kong.
Mr. David J. Simpson, Paymaster and Purser of
the Leander, is selected by Rear-Admiral Dundas,
the Comrnanner-in-Chief elect of the Mediterranean
Fleet, to be his secretary.
PORTSMOUTH GARRISON.—Major-General Arbuth-
not will succeed Lieutenant. General Lord Frederick
Fitzclarence in the Lieutenant-Governorship of
Portsmouth, and the command of the south-western
military district.
WOOLWICEI, Nov. 22.—The Rapid, 8, brig, Com-
mander George Blane, will leave Spithead on Thurs-
day next for the East Indies, and the officers recently
appointed to ships on that station will take their pas-
sage out in her.

Kassard Khier, or Good Omen steam-yacht,
for the Pacha of Egypt, made her final trial trip
down the river on Friday, Nov. 21, with Mr. Robert
Taplin, Assistant-Inspector of Steam Machinery at
Woolwich Dockyard, on board, and, when tried at
the measured mile in Sea Reach, the average of four
runs, two down and two up, was found to be about
12i knots, or nearly 14 miles per hour. The working
of her machinery and the result of the trial were so
satisfactory that on her return up the river she was
taken over the same evening by the Pacha's agent,
and will shortly leave for Alexandria.
LAUNCH OF A 12. GUN SAILING BRIG.—The Dis-
patch, 12, now built at Chatham, is ordered to be
launched on the 25th instant. This is one of the 11-
gun Symondian class, and, we believe, one of the few
remaining on our slips. At all events, we trust she
will be the last turned off as a mere sailing vessel,
for the new screw-sloops have so entirely superseded
them, that it is a mere waste of public money to send
any more such vessels as the Dispatch into the water.
It would be far more economical to convert them into
screw vessels, and if unconvertible to take them to
pieces, and adapt the timbers to some more appropriate
service. The armament of the Dispatch is two 32-
pounders, 39 cwt., 7 feet 6 inches long, and ten 32-
pounders, 25 cwt., 6 feet long. Such a vessel as the
Plumper, with her auxiliary screw-propeller, is a
match for two Dispatches, and, altogether, such ves-
sels as the Rifleman and Sharpshooter are preferable.

THE LATE KING OF HANOVER.
COLLEGE OF ARMS, Nov. 22.
THE EARL BIA.RSHAL'S ORDER FOR A GENERAL MOURN•
ING FOR HIS LATE MAJESTY THE KING OF HANOVER.
In pursuance of her Majesty's commands, these are
to give public notice, that upon the melancholy occasion
of the death of his late Majesty the King of Hanover,
uncle to her Majesty the Queen, it is expected that all
persons do put themselves into mourning for ten days, to
commence on Sunday next, the 23d instant.
NORFOLK Earl Marshal.
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THE NEW CHELSEA ILISPENSION BRIDGE.--The
works for the erection of the new bridge, which is:intended to
connect Belgravia with Battersea-park, are in active opera-
tion. One of the large iron piers on the opposite side is
nearly completed, so far as the foundation and buttresses are
concerned, and the pier on the Chelsea side is in a state
almost equally advanced. The greatest exertions are made
to complete the bridge within the specified time, viz., two
years from the commencement of operations in June last,
and no fewer than nineteen pile-driving machines are daily
at work. The. line of the Thames embankmeat also ben
marked out,irt the rim by piles. - -