The Sun.
London, England, 1851-11-10 00:00:00

MON DA V E V E

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

THE LATE MAJOR JOHNS.—The remains of this
gallant and much-lamented officer will be interred
with military henours at the burial-ground of St.
George's, Stonehouse, to-morrow.
PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY.— The Birkenhead iron
steam-transport, Master-Commander Salmond, having
been repaired and refitted, went out of Portsmorth
Harbour on Saturday morning. She went down
Stokes Bay, and having tested that her machines and
engines were all right, returned into harbour, where
she remains all ready for service.
The Hecate steam-sloop, Commander G. Hand, is
all ready for service in Portsmouth Harbour.
DEVONC-ORT, SATURDAY.—AdmiraI Sir John' A.
Ommanney, Naval Commander-ia-Chief at this
port, struck his flag at sunset on Thursday evening,
having obtained seven days' leave of absence.
ROYAL ManaNEs.—First Lieutenant Onslow has
joined the Portsmouth division for embarkation.
Lieutenant and Adjutant Harrison has obtained
leave of absence till the 30th inst., Lieutenant Thomas
until the 27th, and Lieutenant Goull until the 2d
December. Captain Clavell, now on leave, one
month's further extension of furlough. Six
privates,
found unserviceable at the medical inspection held
yesterday at the Royal Naval Hospital, have been in-
valided accordingly.
The Nautilus, Lieutenant J. B. Dolling, returned
on Friday from a week's cruise in the Channel.
Her Majesty's steam-ship Rosamond, Captain
Campbell, is forwarding with all dispatch, nod will
probably be ready by the 20th instant to sail for the
West Indies.

The frigate Spartan is ordered to be commissioned
by Captain Peel, eon of the late ea-Premier.
The steam-vessel Avon, having been repaired, is
placed at her moorings.
The Confiance steam-vessel arrived on Thursday
with a detachment of the 77th Regiment from Pen-
dennis Castle, relieved by a detachment of the 19th,
conveyed there by the Confiance from this garrison.
An order has been issued to prevent food of any
kind from being carried into the Dockyard, Devon-
port. The artisans have been for many years in the
habit of eating their dinners within the walls, and
the present order will no doubt prove seriously incon-
venient to those residing at a distance.
His Imperial Majesty's steam-ship Danube, Cap-
tain Paul, arrived here from London on Thursday,
for a supply of fuel, bound to Odessa.
ADMIRALTY PROSECUTION.—On Saturday, Nov.
8, Commodore Michael Seymour, the superintendent
of the dockyard (and during the absence of the
admiral, Sir John Ommanney, the commander-in-
chief), sat i❑ the dockyard as a magistrate, to consider
complaints brought against seven masters of barges,
charged with discharging mud within the limits of
the harbour, against the laws. The charge having
been proved, the parties were prosecuted by Messrs.
Eastlake, the Admiralty solicitors for the port, when
Passmore, who had appeared upon a similar charge
before, was fined 51.; five of the others were fined 2/.
each, and one who appeared to have been less guilty
was fined 1/.

PROMOTIONS.
Lieut. Powell, of the Janus, has been promoted to
the rank of commander.
B. P. Heather, to be purser.
APPOID‘TMENTS.
Commander J. Ormsby Johnson has been appointed
mail agent on board one of the Cape screw-steamers,
and will proceed in the Hellespont on the lith inst.
Assistant Surgeon—Charles D. Nettleton, to the
Impregnable.
Acting Assistant Surgeon—Charles E. Playfair, to
the Hecate.
Assistant Engineer—Jas. Stuart, to the Rosamond.
Gunners—John Lowers, to the Rapid; John Wed-
dell, to the Rosamond.