The Sun.
London, England, 1851-06-24 00:00:00

APPOINTMENTS.

WOOLWICH, JUNE 23.—Viee-Admiral the Hon. Joce-
line Percy, C. 8., to be Commander-in-Chief at Sheerness.
Lieutenant—Sir Henry Blackwood, from the liastinm,
72, flag-ship on the East Indies station, to the Prince
Regent, 90. flrg•-ship of Commodore Martin at Lisbon.
Mates—John Nutt, to the Fisgard flag- *hip at Wool-
wich; Edward Howard to the Excellent gunnery-ship at
Portsmouth.

Assistant-Surgeons—James D. Cronin (1814), from

the Victory flag-ship at Portsmouth, to the P,lribution;
Charles Hail Chambers, acting (1851), to the Impreg-
nable flag ship at Devouport.
Second Ma-ter—llenty G. Thomsett (1847), from the
Blenheim steatn-guard-ship, to the Itettibution, for ser-
vice in the Sidon. _

Assistant-Engineers—Thomas Owen and Charles
Icely, to the Dasher steam-vessel at Sheerness.
Musters'-Assistants—Regineld Rusdea and William
S iven, to the Impiegnable; Edward C. BAD, to the
Sidou.

PROMOTION.

James Scard to be act mg boatswain.

The command at Shetrne as hai been conferred this
day on Vice-Admiral the Hon. Junelin Percy, C. 8., re-
cently promoted to that rank.
The Magicienne steam frigate arrived at Woolwich
yesterday afternoon in churKe of Mr. Biddlecombe.
Captain Irvine Smith Weitty, appointed a director of
convict prisons in the room of Mr. Vonles, appointed an
inspector of prisons, visited the Warrior t►nd Justitia
convict-hulks today for the first time.

CARRIER PIGEONS IN THE
PRINCE ALBERT' DISCOVERY SHIP.
Severi.l carrier pigeons were placed on board the
Prince Albert, for the purpose of transmitting intelli-
gence. One of these escaped at Strornbess
just as the
ship was putting to sea; but it found its way on board
again, as appears by a note from Mr. Xennedy, which
he threw overboard in a bottle, and which has been
picked up at Ripuess, Westray, one of the northern-
most of the Orkney Islands. It must have been thrown
overboard immediately after the Prince Albert got out
to sea; in tact, belore she had entirely cleared the
Sound, as appears from Mr. Kennedy's paper:—
(Copy.)
" Rapnebs, Westray, June 9, 1851.
" Sir,—l beg leave to trouble you at this time with
the enclosed, which was found upon the water upon
Sabbath lost, being the Bth, by a young man intoned
Chcmas Seaton, my next neighbour, upon his return
from church in the afternoon. It was float-
ing off the shore in a bottle corked and waxed,
and he could observe a paper in it; he then stripped
ff his shoes and waded so that ho could get hold of
it; he then brought it to use. It was on the west shore
of Rspness, just to the westward of the Bowl of Rap-
ness; and as your address was upon it I thought it would
be very wrong not to forward it to you. I hope you
will attend to the requirement contained in it, and let
Lady Franklin know the contents.
" I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
(Signed) "JOHN SEATON,
"Inspector of the Poor of Westray.
"G. Wylie, E.q , writer, Stromness."
Enclosure within the above letter:—
" Discovery. ship Prince Albert, off Hoy
Sound, June 3, 1851, 5 P.M.
"The carrier pigeon that escaped at Stromness is
again safe on board; it joined us immediately after the
pilot-boat left us, and is now with its sister, Lady Ross.
(Signed) " WILLIAM KENNEDY,
" Commanding Lady FNeklin's private
Arctic Expedition.
" Any person finding this will nu un act of kindness by
sending it to J. Wylie, Esq., writer, Stromness.
" Mr. Wylie will please give notice to Lady Franklin."

LIVES OF THE QUEENS OF ENGLAND. BT AGNES
STIIICKLAND.-A new, revised, and considera'oly augmented
edition of this valuable and interesting work is announced
fur publication in eight monthly volumes, embellished with
portraits of every Queen. The first volume is to appear with
the magazines on the 30th of June. The following is an
extract from the Prospectus : " A revised edition of the
Lives of the Queens of Englan embodying the important
collections which have been brought t.. lignt since the ap-
pearance of earlier impressions, is now offered to the world,
embellished with portraits of every Queen, from authentic
and properly verified sources. The series, commencing with
the co sort of \Villiim the Conqueror, comprises thirty
Queens, who have worn the crown•matrimonial, and four
the regal diadem of this realm. Such as they were in life we
have endeavoured to portray them, both in pod and ill,
without regard to any other consideration than the develop-
ment of the facts. Their sayings, their doings, their mari-
ners, their costume, will be found faithfully chronicled in
this work, which also includes the most interesting of their
letters."

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CORONER'S INCIIT F ST.—Yesterday the adjourned
inquest on the body of the guileman found in the Thames,
oft' Woolwich, on Tuesday last, was resumed before Mr.
Carttar, the coroner, at the Ordnance Tavern, Woolwich.
From the evidence adduced it appeared that the deceas d
( who was identified as Mr. H. Grigg, one of the Cinque Pert
pilots) about three weeks since, was employed to pilot a vessel
through the Downs, containing a.very valuable cargo, and
in doing so had the misfortune to get her on the Godwin
Scuds; the captain thereupon refused to let him remain .in
charge of the vessel, and having obtained another pilot, or-
dered Mr. Grigg to be put on shore. This circumstance
preyed on the mind cf the deceased, and on the 4th instant
he suddenly absented him,elf, and the same day a person
answering his description jumped overboard from the Sons
of the Thames steamer, and was drowned. The evi ence,
however, was not conclusive on this point, and an open
verdict of "Found crowned" was returned. Tue &ceased Was
a resident of Dover, where he was m4ch respected, amid bad
been A pilot thirty Pm.